My Oktoberfest recipe for this year!
My wife has never been a fan of my original sausage roll recipe unless I take the time to trim all the casings off. This has always seemed a little too time consuming for me, so I don't and she doesn't eat them if I make them for a party. This time I just started with a pound of sausage meat and that made the whole thing much easier.
When I was coming up with this recipe I did some research on egg washes and discovered that doing an egg wash with just a beaten egg yolk gets you a deep brown color when baked. When you add a nice serving of large grain salt, it can give puff pastry a pretzel like exterior.
Roll out the sheets of puff pastry. I like to use a rolling pin to smooth any creases, I think it makes it easier to roll in the end. Divide the ground sausage into 4 equal portions.
Take one portion and place it on the narrowest edge of the pastry sheet and form into an even log that stretches along the entire edge. Brush the sausage with some of the maple syrup.
Carefully roll the puff pastry around the sausage and right before the pastry would overlap, brush the bit that would overlap with a little egg yolk to seal it. To make sure the roll has a flat bottom, before I seal it up, I lightly dock, or poke with a fork, the piece that will overlap. This collapses the layers of pastry and keeps them from rising as much. This is mostly a cosmetic decision but I find that it makes the whole batch turn out more even and uniform looking.
Cut the roll off from the remaining sheet. Each roll should take half a sheet, feel free to stretch the dough or roll it out thinner if you find that you don't have enough space.
Repeat for the remaining sausage portions. When they are all rolled, lightly brush with the remaining egg yolk and then sprinkle liberally with large flake salt. If you can get pretzel salt, even better.
Cut the logs into 6 equal portions. I shallowly score the tops twice with a knife, not deep enough that it goes through the pastry, so that they don't expand too much. Again, this is a personal preference that helps the finished product look nice and uniform.
Bake on a greased or parchment covered baking sheet for 15-20 minutes until dark golden brown.
To make the dip, combine equal amounts of maple syrup and mustard. Enjoy!


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Q: MySQL timestamp and GROUP BY with two tables I have a table with 3 fields:

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*ID (not unique, not primary key)

*timestamp

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I want to get the last entry for every distinct ID, but when I doSELECT ID, max(timestamp) from table GROUP BY IDthe marker field is wrong.
I have another table with the following fields:

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I would like to perform the same query but with the lat and lng fields as well, but since I can't do the first step, I don't know what kind of query should I use. I've been trying with no success.
Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks a lot.

A: Having an ID column that is not unique sounds "unexpected", but this one should get you the expected rows:
SELECT t.id, t.timestamp, MAX( t.marker ) marker,
       t2.lat, t2.lng
FROM table t
JOIN (
    SELECT id, MAX(timestamp) ts
    FROM table
    GROUP BY id
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JOIN t2 ON ( t2.id = tx.id )
GROUP BY t.id, t.timestamp

The second group by will make sure that you only get one row in case there are more records for the same id and timestamp.
Update: Edited query to join t2.
Use LEFT JOIN in case there are ids in t1 that do not exist in t2. lat and lng would then be NULL for that rows.

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Nina Dobrev Shares Flirty Vin Diesel Video From New Movie Set: Former 'The Vampire Diaries' Star Paid Actor To Say Nice Things?
BY Roguero Caler on March 24, 2016 | Comments: one comment
Related : Gossip, Hot Celebs, Hot News, Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Television, The Vampire Diaries
Sorry "Vampire Diaries" fans, but Elena Gilbert actress Nina Dobrev still has no plans of returning to The CW series that established her career in Hollywood. There is still no hope in hell that we'll see the 27-year-old actress reuniting with her onscreen lover and ex-boyfriend Ian Somerhalder, despite the confirmed renewal of the Vampire themed show for season 8.
Unfortunately, it's not true that Delena will be returning. Despite reports that Nina could be making a comeback while Ian is departing from "The Vampire Diaries," there is no confirmation whatsoever that Dobrev is interested to return, especially now that she has kept her distance from the show and her former leading man.
The Bulgarian beauty is currently focusing on her new project "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage," which is the 2017 installment of the popular "xXx" franchise, starring Vin Diesel. The movie is currently filming in Toronto, Canada, and Ian Somerhalder's ex has been keeping her fans posted through her Instagram updates.
Just yesterday, Dobrev took to the social networking site to share a snap of herself wearing a warm and fashionable coat to beat the blistering cold on set. She wrote, "Brrrrrrrrrrr. It's cold in here." A little later, she uploaded a clip which features the lead actor of the movie. The video clip was actually a repost of what the 48-year-old "Fast & Furious" star said about Nina Dobrev
On Diesel's Instagram account, he shared the clip, which he captioned: "Actors like Nina make every scene better. Blessed to have her in Our XxX franchise… She does Hot/Sexy/Hilarious effortlessly." What even made the post more interesting was not the caption but the "flirty" yet "friendly" gesture of Nina behind Diesel. The actress could be seen attempting to bite Vin's neck.
Moreover, Diesel was indeed right when he noted that the actress is funny. In her repost of the clip, Nina wrote a quirky caption on how she made Vin say all the wonderful things about her. She wrote: "I paid Vin to say all those nice things about me. Best $50 bucks I've ever spent."
Meanwhile, on the same day, Ian Somerhalder took to Instagram to show his hard work and best effort in directing an upcoming episode of the "Vampire Diaries." Aside from sharing a snap of him doing his director's duties, he asked his fans to not miss the April 1 episode he directed. He wrote: "Working on post production of episode 716 that I directed. It airs FRIDAY APRIL 1st– can watch it with me? Let me know what you think? I know that you are all very busy but we worked very hard on this episode, to tug at your heartstrings…"
Since Nina Dobrev left, the show has been very different, storyline-wise and ratings-wise. However, executive producer Julie Plec believes that the series will survive as long as Ian and his other lead costar Paul Wesley are up for it. At the start of this year, Plec admitted that the show will follow the brothers and will continue their story as long as the actors will not walk away from the show.
But now things are very confusing since reports claiming the imminent death of Somerhalder's Damon Salvatore have surfaced. Then, there's the rumor about Dobrev considering a possible involvement on the show's spinoff "The Originals." Should the newly single actress choose to join the spinoff series?
Don't miss the latest scoops and gossip in Hollywood; tune in to CDL for your regular updates!
I paid Vin to say all those nice things about me. Best $50 bucks I've ever spent. #XXXtheMovie @vindiesel #Repost @vindiesel with @repostapp. ・・・ Actors like Nina make every scene better. Blessed to have her in Our XxX franchise… She does Hot/Sexy/Hilarious effortlessly. #TheReturnofXanderCage
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Mora försvarsområde (Fo 54) var ett försvarsområde inom svenska armén som verkade i olika former åren 1947–1955. Försvarsområdesstaben var förlagd i Falu garnison i Falun.

Historia
Mora försvarsområde bildades den 1 januari 1942 och var direkt underställd militärbefälhavaren för V. militärområdet. Staben vid försvarsområdet delades och var gemensam med Falu försvarsområde. Den 30 juni 1953 upplöstes försvarsområdet och uppgick den 1 juli 1953 Falu försvarsområde.

Förläggningar och övningsplatser
När försvarsområdet bildades samlokaliserades dess stab med staben för Falu försvarsområde på Stigaregatan 5 7 i Falun. Dock hade försvarsområdesstaben en krigsorganiserad stab fram till den 31 maj 1945 på Hantverkargatan 3 i Mora. Denna leddes av den tidigare chefen för Dalregementet, överste Anders Andén.

Förbandschefer
Förbandschefen titulerades försvarsområdesbefälhavare och  tjänstegraden överste och var tillika chef för Falu försvarsområde.

1942–1949: Överste Karl Hörnfeldt
1949–1953: Överste Per Kristian Wik

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COLOURFUL GLIMPSES OF NIGERIA'S SARTORIAL HISTORY
January 3, 2021 October 4, 2020 by adminartbeat
A commemorative exhibition, organised by the Lagos-based Terra Kulture in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, seeks to reconstruct the Nigerian identity through the dress codes of its diverse cultural groups in the pre-independence years. Okechukwu Uwaezuoke reports
With its lustrous cultural credentials, Terra Kulture seems best positioned – as the most appropriate Lagos-based venue – for the hosting of a commemorative exhibition on Nigeria's diamond jubilee. And the idea of partnering with the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture for this landmark event distinguishes it from other independence-themed art events. As for the local aficionados and the cultural centre's habitués, the exhibition – whose Saturday, October 3's grand opening was strictly by invitation – remains open until Saturday, October 31. This is, of course, in addition to the fact that it already has regaled the megacity's Independence Day revellers with a public preview on Thursday, October 1.
Titled Nigeria's Journey: Cycles of Fashion, this is only the first among a series of multimedia visual offerings, which have been packaged by the cultural centre for this jubilee. These curated shows are supposedly meant to examine the sociocultural influences that have influenced – and still influence – the shaping of a national identity from the mosaic of cultural groups that make up Africa's most populous country.
Its appropriation of fashion – defined by the free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia as "the social and temporal system that 'activates' dress as a social signifier in a certain time and context" – can easily be explained by its intrinsic association with culture. Hence, the sartorial tastes of Nigeria's diverse cultural groups have become synonymous with their identities.
An Igbo cultural costume
"Terra Kulture is committed to telling Nigerian stories and this exhibition affords another opportunity to do so," says Mrs Bolanle Austen-Peters, the Terra Kulture CEO as well as the project's executive producer. "Ours is a country rich in culture, and we are showcasing differing expressions of our culture through the evolution of our fashion. In this way, we invite you to don new lenses that allow us to see the metamorphosis of Nigerian fashion from the nation-state's coming into being till independence. You will be immersed in an audio-visual experience that stimulates multiple senses, as we explore yet another facet of the Nigerian story, our Cycles of Fashion!"
Yet, such reenactments of Nigeria's pre-independence history from 1900 to 1960 through its diverse cultural communities' dress codes are usually fraught with nebulous glossing over of historical inaccuracies. An obvious reason for this is the fact that so much has been lost in the dark recesses of an undocumented past.
Take, for instance, the popular Igbo cultural costume, called "Isi Agu" (which translates as "leopard's head"). It representation – or substitution? – with a garment adorned with the motif of roaring lion heads raises a question of authenticity. For the Igbo-speaking areas of Nigeria are primarily located in lowland forest regions of Nigeria, where lions are virtually non-existent. That is especially since these felines are known to hunt in grasslands and woodlands and not in rainforests.
Besides, the so-called "Isi agu", whose popularity was only as recent as the 1970s, could not have been that widely-used among the Igbo people during the pre-independence years.
A Yoruba female traditional dress
It is, of course, expected that the curators – Oludamola Adebowale and Yakubu Yahaya – could have factored in these concerns, among others, while putting together the month-long show. Yet, unearthing the diversity of the country's cultural heritage through such a presentation has definitely been no cakewalk. Adebowale – described as "quite knowledgeable on Nigerian history and cultural heritage" – seems to be the more familiar name of the curatorial duo. As the show's leading curator, he has been commissioned by the Ogun State Government to curate its 2019 African Drum Festival as well as by Chief Ebenezer Obey and the British Council. He also curated Timeless Memories: The Humanity of WS, an exhibition whose opening coincided with Professor Wole Soyinka's 86th birthday. As his co-curator, Yahaya reminds the viewers that this exhibition is a part of a series, which coalesce into one pictorial cultural story of Nigeria.
The exhibition, which will be open daily between 10 am and 7 pm until its conclusion at the end of the month, is being supported by the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, ECOBANK, The History Studios, Guardian Life, Abiola Philips and ASIRI Magazine, The BEAT 99.9 FM, Classic 97.3 FM. In his endorsement of the exhibition, The History Studio's Timi Onibon says: "As we define ourselves as a people and continue to introduce ourselves to the world, understanding who we were and are gives us the tools to tell our own true and authentic stories. Cycles of Fashion is the first in a series of exhibitions by Terra Kulture and we at The History Studios are excited to be supporting this effort."
Somehow, this endeavour chimes in well with the Terra Kulture's profile as an educational and recreational organisation set up to promote the richness and diversity of Nigerian languages, arts and culture. The venue – which though was established in 2003, but started operations in 2004 – is undisputedly the city's main cultural hub. For it has not only hosted several art exhibitions but also stage productions and book readings, among other events.
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The Head of the Chechen Parliament denied allegations about his involvement in gay abuse
Sunday, May 28, 2017 5:00:51 PM
The speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya called the Human Rights Watch report 'cheap slander' and stated he welcomed an investigation. Earlier, the human rights organization accused him of being involved in the prosecution of gays in the republic.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, commented on the report by the human rights organization, Human Rights Watch (HRW), on his page on Instagram, accusing him of being involved in the prosecution of gays in Chechnya.
"Yes, I am totally against that, because I think it is a sign of degeneration in any nation!" - writes Daudov. "That's why the corrupt zealots of 'human rights' are trying to accuse me of an assault on those whom we have never had!"
"I want these 'truth-seekers' to know that I do not raise a hand against defenseless people, even if I despise them," he notes.
The Speaker of the Chechen Parliament called the report of HRW, 'cheap slander,' and added that he is ready to investigate this case. "I am ready for any investigative proceedings with you as a citizen of Russia. But as a Chechen I just despise you!" he concluded, addressing the authors of the report.
On May 26th, HRW published a report stating that the Speaker of the Parliament of Chechnya, Magomed Daudov, was involved in the torture of men detained on suspicion of nonstandard sexual orientation.
On the same day, Delimkhan Dzhamaldinov, a representative of the Secretariat of the Chechnya Parliament, commented on the HRW publication on Govorit Moskva (Moscow Speaks) news outlet. He stated the report was only 'journalists' conjectures' and that the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament is not going to discuss it.
"The media writes whatever they like," said Jamaldinov, explaining that, in his opinion, there is no need to 'react to everything.' "We don't care a dime what some European hatchet men write," he concluded
Previously, Novaya Gazeta reported on Daudov's involvement in the persecution of Chechen gays. The Press Secretary of the head of Chechnya, Alvi Karimov, commenting on the publication of Novaya Gazeta, called it 'an absolute lie'. "It's impossible to detain and oppress someone who simply does not exist in the republic", he stressed.
Later Ramzan Kadyrov himself, during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, called the publication of Novaya Gazeta a 'provocation.'
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Just a heads up for people that are looking out how to solve the issues with Huawei/honor phones with Android auto: Allthough this issue has been reported as early as 2016, this is still not solved. The newest models of both Honor and Huawei with Android Oreo still suffer from the same issue.
If you are faced with this issue, like and follow this page in order to put some pressure on Huawei/Google to solve this issue. I'll post every update/possible fix on this page. Let's hope there will be a fix asap.
@moderator of this forum: I don't want to spam this forum, just want to help out people that have this issue. Thanks for understanding.
It's not listed as a device that is not compatible. What version of Android en EMUI?
Is this xda page owned by the same person who created @huaweinotcompatiblewithandroidauto facebook profile?
Please add Honor 8, 9 and P9 Lite to the list.
I 'm on BLA-L29 too, and it's not working. Works perfectly with a Note so it's defenately the phone that messes up.
I have no in call screen on my head unit and with every reboot I have to wipe all data of AA to make it kinda work.
I am using the stock cable as well . And no issue at all so it definitely not the phone .
What's your build? Here I have 8.0.0.29 (C432) in Belgium.
Very weird that some units have it, others don't.
Disable : android auto "swipe to unlock" screen?


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Shorts v. Trousers | Featured Artiste: Modele
Labels: Education, IBK Spaceship Boy, Modele, Music, Secondary School
*Quick shout-out to AdeOla F of JostWrite for the wake-up call to update my blog. And of course a major shout-out to all the followers, commenters and visitors for putting up with my haphazard updates recently. I am working on being more consistent. Please bear with me.*
I had secondary school students in mind for this post. Sometimes, I think school uniforms were designed to torture students. But, of course, that isn't true. What I want to know is who came up with the bright idea of making junior boys wear shorts and senior boys wear trousers? For girls, the junior girls tend to wear blouses and pinafores, while the senior girls wear skirts and blouses.
I get the idea of distinguishing between those in junior secondary school and those in senior secondary school. And don't let me get started on the caps/berets. For those boys who (God forbid) end up repeating JS3 and can't yet cross over to SS1, the whole world will know because they will end up wearing shorts for another year (Some of them don't send o! They will go and borrow trousers and pose for that one year sha). I guess we should be thankful that they don't make you wear uniforms in university too, otherwise all those people with carryovers would be 'easily discoverable.'
But the law students would probably refute that argument because they have to wear black and white in university AND law school. For those who decide to actually practice, the black and white trend doesn't end in school, and the wig and gown are added on for good measure. And then, there's more uniform-wearing to look forward to post-graduation, thanks to NYSC. Just the other day, I happened to watch an episode of Gilmore Girls where one of the characters said that her on-going addiction to clothes stemmed from the restrictive and hideous school uniforms she had to wear in high school. In other words, she is now 'making up' for all those years of punishment. Would you say that about yourself? For me, all I can say is that wearing uniforms saved me the trouble of worrying about "baffs" and "raining clothes" ... unitl I landed in UNILAG. So, what about you: Did wearing uniforms in school in any way affect your fashion sense (or lack of it ... LOL!) Please share!
Featured Artiste: Modele
Modele's debut album "Heart Cry" was one of the very first Nigerian albums I purchased on Real Player around 2006, which is when the album was released.
Modele / Twitter
My favorite track on that album was 'Adara' and the album itself introduced me to Modele's musical style which she describes as a "blend of Jazz and Soul with a touch of Reggae riding on traditional African rhythm." But that was back in 2006. Towards the end of 2011, Modele released a single titled "Elevation Song (That's the way the story goes)" produced by IBK Spaceshipboi, who also raps on this track. Here's the Elevation Song for your listening pleasure:
Likes: The beats are very catchy and you feel like you're on a roller coaster ride from beginning to the end. The level of excitement is consistent throughout the song and you get a feel for Modele's strong vocals. IBK's brief rap was okay, and frankly, the rap seemed to be a better match to the beats and structure of the song, than Modele's vocals. The parts where the piano featured prominently in the foreground alongside Modele singing the verse were strong. I would have preferred to hear more of the rap. I keep referring to the beats because that is the strength of the song. However, if you have listened to IBK's other song, Tongues, you can distinctly hear that the beats are VERY similar. In fact, I would venture to say that this 'Elevation Song' is a different spin using those same beats as the foundation. If you listen closely to both tracks, you'll see/hear what I mean. However, since IBK produced BOTH tracks, I suppose he has the latitude to use his beats in whatever way he pleases. Of course the lyrics match the title of the song and you can read them in full HERE.
Dislikes: I am being honest when I say this: The beats do not sound like they were made with Modele in mind, and they do not suit her very well. Modele's voice was drowned out in some parts by all the colorful dynamics going on in the background. So, in my honest opinion, this song suits IBK (and I daresay, any other rapper) better than it suits Modele. For the sake of experimenting and trying a different style of music, she should be commended. But I would suggest that she sticks to her jazz style because that's where she really shines.
As always, more information on Modele follows:
Artiste's Stage Name: Modele
Artiste's Real Name: Omodele Akintokun
Official Website: http://www.modeleonline.com/
Connect with Modele: FaceBook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, Blogger
(Yup, she blogs too!)
Have a blessed weekend!
***Download ELEVATION SONG
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All I will say again is 'you and your mind'. What made you think of this?
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 8:02:00 AM CST
@ilola
I'm glad you are back. It was weird to not have you pop up on my google reader. Do not do it again. lol. I don't believe I have a long lasting reaction to shorts or trousers, it feels like a distant memory, but maybe If i repeated, I would be forever scarred. However, my wonderful sculptured body was banging in my above knee lenght skirts...I miss that. lol
I like her voice...there is a tinge to it, but it is not a match for the song, the beat and everything that came with this track. It felt like a forced combination. Her voice is beautiful, but not 'elevated" in this track. My token.
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 10:38:00 AM CST
AdeOla @ JostWrite
Lol...... I don't think so, i dont think you can really build that much fashion culture in highschool. It felt good at the time though, I was a prefect in my senior year, so my uniform was different from those of my mate.
9jaFOODie
I think like you said shorts v trousers are meant to distinguish between junior and senior students. I guess it may have something to do with our culture of 'respect'. But anyway it never influenced my dress sense whatever that means :-)
Saturday, February 18, 2012 at 3:05:00 PM CST
Nnaija4life
Oh my Oh my! Whoever invented 'White school uniforms' did not just try! Luckily for me, I started wearing trousers from JS1 but the only difference was in the sleeves. Seniors wore long-sleeves, juniors short. But the major torture came from the 'white'. I went to school in sparkling white and always came back in dazzling 'brown'.
But the weird/good part was I fell in love with white afterwards. White native, white singlet, white bedsheet, white shoe .LOL! Twas cool. (white shoe wasn't true o)
Michael Onobote
and I like Modele's song ni sha. Some Oh Oh o Oh o Oh *bobbing head up and down* WoooHooo!
Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 3:52:00 PM CST
Maybe it was cos of all the uniforms that I have no fashion sense? LOL...but most of my schoolmates are on top of their baffs. I don't mind uniforms, it's one less thing to worry about competing on and it makes students focus on studies.
Adara was also the song that introduced me to Modele back when I was still in Naija and I loved it. This Elevation song, I have to agree does not showcase her talents properly. But it's OK.
Myne Whitman
Yes o. I didnt have a dress sense until later in my life. lol. In fact, it was when I met my fiance that my dress sense started to change.
- LDP
Lmao. hmn, I kinda liked the uniform idea jere and i loved pinafores back then but then i rocked my short skirts with no slit. Thing is, even with the uniform, you could still jazz it up a little bit. House wears were also good enough for showing styles and boy, were girls creative #goodmemories
Monday, February 20, 2012 at 4:29:00 AM CST
Toinlicious
Atilola: I wish I knew too! It was a thought that eventually morphed into a blog post.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 5:28:00 PM CST
AdeOla: That makes two of us (on being glad to be back, that is). I will try to be more consistent, ma! LOL! Thank God you did not have to repeat a class because it wouldn't have faded out of your memory so quickly. Ah, the sculptured body again ... Here we go! You can still wear the above knee length skirts in different colors and patterns, Hallelujah! Err... That's good news, right?!
Phew! I was second-guessing myself at some point, but boy, am I glad you said what I had been thinking, i.e. her voice was not a good match for the song. Yup, you confirmed it. Thank thee ma'am!
9jaFoodie: You were a prefect? I am trying to imagine you issuing orders to those junior girls (and boys?), but all I can see is you crafting an updated recipe for moi-moi ... Don't mind me jare! I didn't know prefects could have a different uniform from other students. I am used to seeing them just wear badges to distinguish themselves. Nope, there is not much latitude to build a fashion culture in secondary school. I think that's one reason for the uniforms.
Nnaija4Life: Yes, they were meant to create that distinction, but I still wonder what it is about trousers that screams "I am a senior boy." Maybe it could be the other way round. Working with your suggestion of the 'culture of respect' might explain it though. LOL @ not affecting your dress sense. I think it would be less of an impact for a man than a woman. Women's clothes tend to have more variations than men's clothes.
Michael: You went to KC, didn't you? The white school uniform palaver I observed all the time with my brother. He faced the same white to brown dilemma everyday. And of course, there's only so much bleach can do, abi?
I can't believe you're admitting that wearing white on white for 6 years or so made you fall in love with white. Shhhh! Not so loud! The school authorities might think they actually did a good thing! LOL! White shoe? *looking to see what shoes Michael wore today* At least, it beats dyeing your hair white too. That would have been emmm ... unique? LOL!
So you actually like the song? Well, different strokes for different folks. At least now you know about it :-) E ku igbadun!
Myne: Emm ... Maybe? LOL! So, competition and focusing on studies are your suggestions? True ... until the students go on holidays. Or prom comes. Or Awards night and all those other uniform-less school activities. But you're right. It's the stuff American high school movies depict too.
I was beginning to think I was the only one who had heard 'Adara.' Thankfully, you have too, so you can appreciate what I was referring to in my review. Adara is still my favorite song by Modele. I prefer it to the Elevation song. It is okay for the sake of trying out something new, but I believe that that jazz style is her forte.
Ha! Dudushewa has that magic touch, I see. *shinning teeth* Well, na so e suppose be. Tiri gbosa for her: Gbosa, Gbosa, Gbosa! *Now picturing the BEFORE and AFTER pictures* ... Spontaneous laughter!
Toinlicious: What! You liked the uniforms ke, including the pinafores? But wait o, how often do you wear pinafores nowadays? Dat na anoda tory for anoda day. You're sounding like AdeOla with the short skirt nostalgia. At least now you can rock it in different patterns too, ba? I am aware of (and also have good memories of) jazzing up housewears by sewing more figure flattering styles, but I wasn't aware of jazzing up uniforms sha. Please enlighten me :-)
LOL! *Caught red-handed* You're too sharp for my liking :-( Hehe.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7:04:00 PM CST
Better to be sharp than dull ... That's what I say. Hehe!
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According to the World Health Organisation, every dollar spent on treating anxiety and depression produces a fourfold return in better health and ability to work, which is good for the countries' development and economic growth.
These disorders cost the global economy USD 1 trillion a year, as per a study led by the WHO, which provides a strong argument for greater investment in mental health services in countries of all income levels.
Common mental disorders are increasing worldwide. Between 1990 and 2013, the number of people suffering from depression and/or anxiety increased by nearly 50 percent, from 416 million to 615 million. Close to 10 percent of the world's population is affected and mental disorders account for 30 percent of the global non-fatal disease burden.


> 1) Sneakers (1992), Track 01: "Main Title"
> Man (1999), Track 01: "The Machine Age"
> (2001), Track 01: "A Kaleidoscope of Mathematics"
> one particular, perhaps most famous, Hornerism.
> and the Robot wears clothes for the first time) = "Jupiter"
It is so interesting to hear people criticize James, yet when if the people were to ask Ron Howard and Brian Grazer what they thought of Horner's music, they would back off their comments. In fact, the composer for the little mermaid stole the music from Frank Sinatra's My Way.
I bet if there are any musicians who write music, even they could be criticized for stealing a piece of music, since there are so many songs that have been written today. Bethoveen stole work from himself like Horner did, and so did many of the other composers.
I ask anyone to write "new music" and I bet anyone could call them "stealers". People need to respect the composers and what they have to do in such a limited time and yes, Williams has stolen some of Horner's themes, but I ask the question..."Does it really matter?" The simpsons, Danny Elfmans Theme was stolen from The Jetson's theme opening.
If you are going to criticize Horner about stealing music, criticize everyone writing music today!


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Q: What would the Oracle SQL version of this T-SQL be? I'm trying to port some SQL Server code over to using Oracle, and I'm uncertain about one particular sql statement.  I don't have a good understanding of the locking in Oracle the way I understand the SQL Server locking.
WITH message AS (
  SELECT TOP(1) * FROM [MyTable]
  WITH (UPDLOCK, READPAST, ROWLOCK)
  ORDER BY [RowVersion] ASC)
DELETE FROM message
OUTPUT deleted.Id, deleted.CorrelationId, deleted.ReplyToAddress,
       deleted.Recoverable, deleted.Expires, deleted.Headers,
       deleted.Body;


I don't remember where I read it, but it was surely in some parenting magazine or book of child-rearing advice. It said that when you have a son, there will come a time, when he is a toddler, that you (the mother) will become, in essence, chopped liver. During this phase of his life, all things will revolve around Daddy. Mommy will be passe.
I read this passage to Tom at the time, and I recall him saying something to the effect of "Yeah, right."
But it is true, and Sam has reached that phase.
His love of all things Daddy is in stark contrast to John, who whimpers whenever Tom holds him, and wants Mommy's endless attention and minstrations. I suppose that's why I'm suddenly so aware of this change in Sam, because once, not too long ago, he acted just like John.
Tom works crazy long hours. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who knows us. He typically leaves the house at 7am and isn't back through the door until 7:30 or 8pm most nights. I hate it. Sam hates it more. Lately, starting at about 4pm, Sam'll begin asking "Daddy come home soon?" and keep asking me every ten minutes until Daddy does, in fact, come home. He's learned to say "I miss you" in the last week, and lately I'vd heard him while he plays with his trains saying "Daddy, I miss you. I miss you. Sam misses Daddy. Daddy come home soon."
This weekend, Tom started tiling our master bathroom. I encouraged Sam to set up his train sets on the carpet in our bedroom, so he could play while Tom worked. Tom was surprised at how happy Sam was just to sit beside him and play. He'd envisioned all kinds of apocalyptic scenarios where Sam would try to ingest the mortar or throw a tile against the wall, and none of it happened. Sam was extremely well-behaved even though he wanted to help so badly he could barely stand it.
This morning, Tom left for work before Sam woke up. Later I was sitting in the bed, feeding John, while Sam played on the new tile in the bathroom. I wasn't paying a lot of attention to what he was doing. It wasn't until I went in the closet to get dressed that I saw what he'd done.
As a writer, I see metaphors everywhere, and this one stood out to me immediately. This was one little boy's way of connecting with his Dad.
it's not just boys. c is completely and utterly in love with her daddy.
the boys miss their dad, who lives more than day's drive from us, they are about to go see him for 5 weeks in 2 days. and yes, i am still chopped liver. s has been counting it down since christmas break.
Oh, that's sweet and sad at the same time. It's so easy to get wrapped up in the daily, everyday stuff. Sometimes you just have to let it sit and play with your kids.
hey there, hope writing is going well!


Just to clarify, lone pairs are included as one area of electron density right? It's not just bonds, but also lone pairs that contribute to the type of hybridization?
Yes, lone pairs also contribute to the type of hybridization. For example, BrF3 has a Br with two lone pairs bonded to three F atoms making it sp^3d (5 areas of electron density). Hope that helps!


The past three days have seen hectic activity at both the excavation site and in the storeroom to prepare for digging on site in the morning. After moving most of the modern sand that covered the site, our primary concern was to locate as precisely as possible the corner pins of our previous season. Once these were uncovered, more modern sand was removed in the general vicinity of the areas in which we might wish to dig later in the season. Such foreplanning is necessary due to the intensive labor required to move this much earth. Later, when careful excavation calls for more precise work, and fewer people, some of the workers can go back to clearing backfill from other areas of the site.
After we removed the backfill from the three five by five meter "squares" (excavation areas in the shape of a square, precisely defined by iron stakes set five meters apart) which were excavated in 1995, Carl Andrews, team photographer and computer guy, Noubie Abdul Baset, surveyor's assistant, and Dr. Lehner used the new Sokkia theodolite to lay out the new squares to be dug this year.
These new squares run along the projected path of the southern wall of the large building used for bread baking and fish processing. It is in these squares that we hope to find either the continuation of this large, meter-and-a-half wide mudbrick wall, or its corner, to help determine the overall size of the building.
Other areas which may be excavated this season were also laid out using the theodolite. These include areas following the north-south extension of the mudbrick wall (remember that we are working away from the southeastern corner of this enclosure wall, which was discovered in 1991), as well as a square some distance to the northwest, closer to the center of the area which may be enclosed by the wall. However, it is in the squares which we will be opening tomorrow where we hope to find out how far west the southern wall runs.
At the storeroom two procedures have been underway, in addition to the never-ending task of organizing our new space. The most important work has been processing the back-logged pottery from the archaeological layer (or, what our project calls a "feature") which was discarded by the bakeries when they were in use. By processing this massive (more than 1000 kilograms) amount of ceramic, we hope to determine what kinds of activities were carried out, and for how long. As it now stands, most of this pottery has been sorted, but much more detailed analysis has yet to be done in the afternoons to come.
In addition to this pottery sorting the "heavy fraction" from all our previous seasons has finally been sorted as well. The "heavy fraction" consists of the largest objects which are strained out from soil samples as they are processed by our paleobotanist. Wilma Wetterstrom, our paleobotanist in 1988-1989 and 1991, ran these samples, mixed with water, through a series of finer and finer mesh sieves, to extract the seeds, pollen, and grain left behind. This evidence not only gives us clues as to how our archaeological features were deposited, but also tells the story of the ancient environment.
The large objects contained in the "heavy fraction" can be bone, worked flint and mud sealings. Sealings are pieces of the fine, clean mud which the ancient Egyptians used to seal up their pottery jars, basket boxes and doors. In the Old Kingdom, they would roll cylindrical pieces of stone, inscribed with hieroglyphs or designs, over the mud when it was still wet, leaving behind written impressions. When this mud dries, it becomes so hard that it does not dissolve, even in our flotation machine. The words and designs left on these sealings help us to assign a date to our site.
Until today, all the excavators have been spending their days in the storeroom. Beginning tomorrow, we will excavate in the mornings, and will spend our afternoons working in the storeroom.


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Q: Programmatic configuration of PreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter position Looking at the Spring documentation for pre-authentication scenarios, there seems to be a specific position for implementations of AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter when using XML configuration, namely
<security:http>
<!-- Additional http configuration omitted -->
<security:custom-filter position="PRE_AUTH_FILTER" ref="refToMyPreAuthFilter" />
</security:http>

How can I achieve the same effect using programmatic configuration? Presumably, a filter for processing pre-authentication should be invoked before the ExceptionTranslationFilter? However, using something like
@Configuration
@EnableWebSecurity
public class MySecurityConfiguration extends WebSecurityConfigurerAdapter {

    @Override
    protected void configure(HttpSecurity http) throws Exception {

        http
          .addFilterBefore(new MyPreAuthFilter(), ExceptionTranslationFilter.class)
        // ... additional configuration omitted
    }
}

does seem to lead to the filter not being invoked at all? Using just
http.addFilter(new MyPreAuthFilter())

seems to work, but I'm not sure the filter gets added at the right position (given the fact that the XML sample configuration uses a specific position for this filter)?
Looking at Filter Ordering in the Spring documentation, using
http.addFilterBefore(new MyPreAuthFilter(), ConcurrentSessionFilter.class)

seems to be a good place and it works in tests.
Can anyone confirm this is the correct position for such a filter (or, else, name the correct position)?

A: After browsing around a bit more, I found the following answer, I hope it's useful for some people.
TL;DR Using just http.addFilter(new MyPreAuthFilter) is correct, as the right order for subclasses of AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter is automatically established.
So, here's the full explanation: Looking at addFilter() of HttpSecurity, we see that it does the following
public HttpSecurity addFilter(Filter filter) {
        Class<? extends Filter> filterClass = filter.getClass();
        if (!comparitor.isRegistered(filterClass)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException(...); // Complain about missing order
        }
        this.filters.add(filter);
        return this;
    }

First, note the following two facts:

*

*HttpSecurity::addFilterBefore and HttpSecurity::addFilterAfter actually do call HttpSecurity::addFilter after first registering the given filter class comparitor, for example
public HttpSecurity addFilterAfter(Filter filter,
        Class<? extends Filter> afterFilter) {
    comparitor.registerAfter(filter.getClass(), afterFilter);
    return addFilter(filter);
}

*FilterComparitor::isRegistered not only checks for the given class, but also for superclasses.
Now, remember that http.addFilter(new MyPreAuthFilter()) where (class MyPreAuthFilter extends AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter { ... }) worked without throwing an exception. This means, that AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter (or one of its superclasses) must be already registered in comparitor. And, indeed, looking at the constructor of FilterComparator we see the following order being established:
...
final int STEP = 100;
...
int order = 100;
put(ChannelProcessingFilter.class, order);
order += STEP;
put(ConcurrentSessionFilter.class, order);
order += STEP;
... // more filters
put(X509AuthenticationFilter.class, order);
order += STEP;
put(AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter.class, order);
order += STEP;
...
put(UsernamePasswordAuthenticationFilter.class, order);
        order += STEP;
...
put(ExceptionTranslationFilter.class, order);
order += STEP;
put(FilterSecurityInterceptor.class, order);
...

Therefore, using HttpSecurity::addFilter for subclasses of AbstractPreAuthenticatedProcessingFilter is the right answer.


MUFF WIGGLER :: View topic - Retail orgone accumulator.
will be released around Jan 15.
final version im finalizing firmware on.
Can you talk a little about the additional features in this version?
the sound is the same as the DIY version. it actually runs the same code, and detects the hardware to know what to do with interface changes.
CV control of the 3 main wave selectors and the mod wave selector.
4 layer modern PCB with SMD parts, slightly less noise.
you need a separate programmer (not very expensive, its just a USB jack and IC with abootloader that connects to a heade ron the back) to modify firmware, so DIY firmware tinkerers need to keep that in mind.
sound wize they are the same. the only thing "extra" are 2 different features in the drum effect because you no longer need "cv swapping" now those 2 buttons create a more gradual drum tail on their respective drum envelopes.
I've been away but a massive congrats on the official release!!!!!!
Definitely gonna switch out my DIY version for this. CV control of the 3 waves+mod selector is crazy awesome.
If I may ask, what is the retail price gonna be for the Orgone, and are they going to be available either through direct purchase, or distributors?
That's great news, congrats !
I have to say, I've been following the development of the Orgone Accumulator with great interest through each and every firmware update there's been.
It's moved from being what was a great oscillator to what I now consider to be the very best oscillator, noise machine, drum module all rolled into one.
I really can't wait for the retail version, but will also be keeping my original DIY version for twin Orgone action.
Neutron and WMD working together.... Perfect.
Jumping in on the thread. Also curious of price!
Cool. Been wanting to build one, but lack the skills. Are there any demos of the drum mode in it?
there are drum sounds on a few of the demos in this playlist. the "orgone trax" ones use exclusively orgone sounds including drums.
Will you still be selling DIY kits through Thonk?
I will be interested in a kit or partial kit if it happens.
thonk and synthcube will still have diy. as long as they want them, ill keep reordering.
You mean the first version or this new version too?
I am not sure about the new version in a kit because the through hole op amps for the cv inputs might take up too much space. if i do it it will not be for a while because i am working on the hardware for another module.
Yay! I've been looking real hard at getting one of these but the DIY backlog is too long and time consuming I'd gladly pay to get a manufactured unit. Who's reselling in the EU? EFN I hope!
as far as i know, anyone who sells WMD can stock them.
Great! I'll tell Ulf to get them then!
Congratulations on this release. Its all very exciting.
Congratulations! This makes one of the most exciting, exotic modules in Eurorack accessible to dullards like myself who cannot be trusted with a soldering iron.


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Low Levels of Soluble NG2 in Cerebrospinal Fluid from Patients with Dementia with Lewy Bodies.
Nielsen, Henrietta LU ; Hall, Sara LU ; Surova, Yulia LU ; Nägga, Katarina LU ; Nilsson, Christer LU ; Londos, Elisabet LU ; Minthon, Lennart LU ; Hansson, Oskar LU and Wennström, Malin LU (2014) In Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
The proteoglycan NG2 plays a major role in proliferation, migration, and differentiation of pericytes and NG2 cells in the brain. We have previously reported decreased NG2 levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a relationship between NG2 and AD biomarkers in these patients. To further investigate whether alterations in NG2 is specific to AD pathology, we measured levels of soluble NG2 (sNG2) in CSF from a patient cohort consisting of non-demented controls (n = 51), patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 61), and patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) (n = 37), two synucleinopathies whereof the latter disorder frequently coincides with amyloid-β pathology similar to AD. We found... (More)
The proteoglycan NG2 plays a major role in proliferation, migration, and differentiation of pericytes and NG2 cells in the brain. We have previously reported decreased NG2 levels in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a relationship between NG2 and AD biomarkers in these patients. To further investigate whether alterations in NG2 is specific to AD pathology, we measured levels of soluble NG2 (sNG2) in CSF from a patient cohort consisting of non-demented controls (n = 51), patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) (n = 61), and patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) (n = 37), two synucleinopathies whereof the latter disorder frequently coincides with amyloid-β pathology similar to AD. We found decreased sNG2 concentrations in DLB patients, but not in PD patients, compared to controls. Levels of sNG2 in controls and PD patients correlated to T-tau, P-tau, α-synuclein, and neurosin. Only one correlation, between sNG2 and neurosin, was found in DLB patients. Analysis of a second cohort consisting of controls (n = 23) and DLB patients (n = 31) showed that the result was reproducible, as lowered levels of sNG2 again were found in DLB patients compared to controls. We conclude that lower levels of sNG2 levels indicate a DLB-related impact on NG2 expressing cells foremost associated with neuropathology linked to accumulation of amyloid-β and not α-synuclein. (Less)
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Artists often use themselves as subjects. Of course, these days— selfies, or photographs of oneself, are popular . . . but take a look at these self-portraits.
Rembrandt may have used mirrors to create realistic portraits.
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HP's recent decision to split into two companies is undoubtedly a big deal. It's a cornerstone of Silicon Valley, and it has been synonymous with PCs for much of its lifetime. However, this is really just the latest chapter for a technology legend that has witnessed plenty of triumphs and disasters throughout its 75-year history. We've rounded up some of its greatest and lowest moments in a gallery, ranging from its humble beginnings in a garage to the webOS era and a series of scandals -- check them out if you want to know how HP reached yet another turning point.
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Chris Fedak is the creator and executive producer of the popular action-comedy series Chuck on NBC. The series follows Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) as a computer nerd turned spy, when a database of government secrets and deadly fighting skills that was meant for someone else is downloaded into his head. Chuck is assisted by Colonel John Casey (Adam Baldwin) and CIA agent (and now wife) Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski).
This season everything has been turned on its head as the team no longer work for the CIA, but rather their own private security company Carmichael Industries. The "Intersect" has also now been downloaded into Chuck's best friend, Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez), so Chuck must learn to work with his own set of skills.
Fedak recently discussed the new season of Chuck with the digital media.
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Silas Weir Mitchell on NBC's "Grimm"
Published: Tuesday, 15 November 2011 20:48 | Written by SciFi Vision
Grimm is NBC's new drama that is inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales. The show follows Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli), who discovers he is a descendent of the "Grimms," who work to keep balance between humans and the mythological creatures that live among us that only they can see.
Burkhardt soon discovers Monroe (Silas Weir Mitchell), a reformed Blutbad, who ends up helping him with his cases.
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David Giuntoli & Russell Hornsby Star in "Grimm"
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One of the bright spots on NBC's fall lineup is Grimm, a supernatural police drama based on the classic Grimm's fairy tales. The series is drawing steady-but-not-huge numbers, averaging more than 5 million viewers each week. Not bad for Fridays at 9 pm, a tough slot for a new genre series where it has to compete against cult favorites Supernatural and Fringe.
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I take back much of what I said last week. In "Bloodletting" I thought we were seeing another side of Shane, a side that was loyal and responsible and almost likeable. This week, I'm pretty sure that is the last time anyone will use those words to describe Shane.
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The Walking Dead: Episode 2x02, "Bloodletting"
With thirteen episodes this season, the writers of The Walking Dead have the luxury of slowing down and developing the characters. Week two was another slow episode, but I think these early episodes devoted to character development will pay off down the road.
I love what they did with Shane this week. They've been building him up to be a villain almost as dangerous as the walkers. He left Rick for dead, slept with his wife, and tried to make Rick's family his own. He even tried to rape Lori. He really has not been a good friend.
And suddenly, there is another side to Shane, a side that is likeable.
Ben Hansen & Jael Pardo Return for More Episodes of "Fact or Faked"
Published: Saturday, 05 November 2011 15:42 | Written by Lynn Tackitt
By Lynn Tackitt
We have all heard of UFO's and possible alien abductions and ghosts and hauntings, but do we all believe them or do we wonder if someone is trying to pull the wool over our eyes? Would it even be possible to fool people regarding the out of the ordinary lives we live in?
In Syfy's show Fact or Faked, they deal with the reality of the claims of hauntings and UFO's on a more scientific scale. Taking myths and tales of modern lore and using scientific experiments to determine if there is any validity, or if they have been faked for entertainment purposes, they deliver a good show that often delivers more thought provoking questions than what you had when you started the show.
We joined in on an interview with Ben Hansen and Jael de Pardo who shared their adventures and the hopes for future shows.
Ving Rhames Stars in Syfy's "Zombie Apocalypse"
Published: Friday, 28 October 2011 22:50 | Written by SciFi Vision
In the Syfy movie, Zombie Apocalypse, a plague has wiped out ninety percent of the human population. The film follows a group of survivors as they travel across the United States to try to find safe haven rumored on the island of Catalina. The leader of the group is Henry, played by Ving Rhames.
Rhames, who is most known for his work on films, such as Pulp Fiction, Dawn of the Dead, and the upcoming Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, recently sat down to talk to the digital media about the movie, which airs tomorrow night on Syfy.
Maria Bello Stars in "Prime Suspect" on NBC
Published: Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:48 | Written by SciFi Vision
NBC's new crime drama Prime Suspect revolves around the New York City homicide department. The series follows NYPD homicide detective Jane Timoney, played by Maria Bello, who has just transferred to a new squad where her new colleagues don't like her and do their best to keep her away, including taking her cases. Jane, however, will let nothing get in the way of doing her job.
Bello, who is known for television series such as ER and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and films such as such as A History of Violence and more recently Abduction, recently sat down and talked to the digital media about the new series.
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CJ Group opens sixth animal feed plant in Vietnam
CJ Group today announced the opening of a new CJ Vina Agri Feed Production Plant in An Hoa Industrial Zone in the central province of Binh Dinh.
The new animal food processing plant underscores CJ Group's long-term investment in Vietnam
CJ Vina Agri Binh Dinh Factory has a total investment value of $13.6 million. Covering an area of 41,000 square metres, the factory will have an estimated capacity of about 72,000 tonnes per year.
Lee Tae Ki, general director of biological resource business of CJ CheilJedang (Korea), said that Vietnam has been selected as the most important strategic investment area of CJ group. The group has been concentrating its resources on investment and development in Vietnam. CJ Group is dedicated to maximising investment to achieve the medium and long-term plan of the Great CJ Plan 2020.
Kim Sun Kang, general director of CJ Vina Agri added that CJ Group has now moved to a new chapter, and the role and mission of the future CJ Group is located here, in Vietnam.
CJ Group wishes to become a global company that always accompanies customers and actively contributes to the development of the livestock industry in general and the animal feed sector of Vietnam in particular.
The group brings customers the best products and services by continuously transferring to Vietnam the technical know-how of the specific industry and animal feed production in Korea. At the same time, CJ is committed to maximising its efforts, acquiring customer feedback, continually learning, concentrating on all resources so as not to subdue customer expectations, while promoting cooperation and strategic relations.
CJ Vina Agri started business in Vietnam in 2001 with the launch of the Long An plant. Hung Yen—the second factory in Northern Vietnam—was inaugurated in 2006. In 2008, CJ Vina Agri built the Vinh Long factory, which specialises in the production of fish feed.
In 2015, CJ continued to inaugurate the Dong Nai factory. By January this year, the Ha Nam factory was put into operation. On September 21, the sixth plant of CJ Vina Agri, the Binh Dinh factory was officially inaugurated. In addition, CJ Vina Agri is building a factory in the Mekong Delta region, bringing the total number of animal food processing plants to seven in the coming time.
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Edward Kremers in 1886, the year he earned his undergraduate degree from the UW Department of Pharmacy (left), and Kremers circa 1895, as a young professor in the Department of Pharmacy.
The name "Kremers" probably sounds familiar—but unless you're a University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy history buff, or you listen intently during Dean Steve Swanson's introduction of one the School's prominent lecture series, you might not recall why.
Edward Kremers, whose legacy lives in the Kremers Lecture series that promotes leadership and excellence in pharmacy education, was the second director of the University of Wisconsin's Department of Pharmacy. Despite meeting heavy opposition, Kremers introduced the world to a four-year degree in pharmacy, changing the course of the profession's educational standards from the foundations to what would become the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy.
To enhance and deepen both the practice and understanding of pharmacy, Kremers also continuously pushed for the inclusion of humanities and history in pharmacists' education.
Ultimately, his forward thinking would influence the future of the profession by carefully remembering the past, collected and held within the walls of the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy.
"In our utilitarian and materialistic age, too little attention is given to history even in the academic courses of our colleges and universities," declared 27-year-old Kremers, then director of the University of Wisconsin Department of Pharmacy. He was presenting a paper, "The Study of Materia Medica," at the 1892 meeting of the American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA), providing a wide-ranging critique of the current state of pharmacy education.
Edward Kremers in front of an exhibit of historical pharmacopoeias put together by the UW Department of Pharmacy at the annual American Medical Association convention in Milwaukee in June 1933.
Kremers' early and ground-breaking interest in the humanistic and historical aspects of pharmacy established the University of Wisconsin's longstanding commitment to the study and preservation of the history of pharmacy.
Born in Milwaukee in 1865 to German immigrants, Kremers attended a German-style "Gymnasium" for high school and then apprenticed at a local German-style Apotheke. In addition to studying at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, Kremers earned his undergraduate degree in pharmacy from the UW Department of Pharmacy and then received his PhD from the University of Göttingen.
Kremers' primary goal was to improve the quality of pharmacy education at the University of Wisconsin and around the country. He strongly believed in raising the level of the pharmacy curriculum to match the quality of instruction in other disciplines on campus, and he wanted to fully integrate the Department of Pharmacy and pharmacy students into the larger university.
By 1932, the four-year pharmacy course pioneered by Kremers at the University of Wisconsin had become the national standard.
Over the rest of the decade, Kremers' ideas won more acceptance. By the end of the 19th century, several public institutions, including Michigan, Kansas, Purdue, and Auburn had followed Wisconsin's example and introduced elective four-year courses in pharmacy, and many of the old-line private colleges of pharmacy began seeking affiliations with nearby colleges and universities to provide more well-rounded educations. By 1932, the four-year pharmacy course pioneered by Kremers at the University of Wisconsin had become the national standard.
During the early 20th century, Kremers focused more attention on his particular interest in the history of pharmacy. He was a driving force behind the founding of the American Pharmaceutical Association's Historical Pharmacy section in 1904, and he was instrumental in locating, gathering, and preserving archival records and other materials for the benefit of future historians.
Edward Kremers sits in front of glass drug bottles in 1938.
In 1907, Kremers introduced, for the first time anywhere in the United States, an elective class about the history of pharmacy. Since the introduction of this groundbreaking course, the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy has continuously offered its students a class about the history of the profession.
Kremers corresponded widely about his interest in the history of pharmacy, and, in the late 1930s, he played a critical role in bringing George Urdang to Wisconsin. A well-known editor of pharmaceutical journals and historian of German pharmacy, Urdang was a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany, and his arrival and collaboration with Kremers in Madison helped spur the publication of the groundbreaking book, History of Pharmacy.
On January 22, 1941, Kremers, Urdang, and four other colleagues founded the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP). Five of the six AIHP founders were associated with the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy, and, ever since, AIHP and the School have enjoyed a close and collaborative partnership dedicated to maintaining and enhancing Kremers's lifelong work in promoting and preserving the history of pharmacy. Six months after participating in the establishment of AIHP, Kremers died in Madison at the age of 76.
Kremers's voluminous correspondence and meticulous research notes now form the core of the Kremers Reference Files, an important historical research collection maintained by AIHP and the UW–Madison School of Pharmacy.
Today, Kremers's legacy lives on in the School of Pharmacy and AIHP's joint commitment to preserving and studying the humanistic and historical aspects of pharmacy practice, and utilizing that insight to push pharmacy forward.
Ever prescient, Kremers in 1911 anticipated the expanded role of pharmacists and knew that the profession would go beyond dispensing.
Learn more about the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy.


Hanoi Telecom Corporation has selected the Infinera TM-Series, via its local partner Nissho Electronics Vietnam, for HTC's metro network in Vietnam connecting Ho Chi Minh City and Vung Tau.
By deploying the Infinera TM- Series, HTC can deliver multi-service transport services with low power, high density and scalability.
HTC is one of the leading wireless telecom operators in Vietnam. HTC offers carrier and wholesale services, focusing primarily on providing wireless, wireline Internet and VoIP services. The company offers its mobile services under Vietnamobile to more than 13 million wireless subscribers.
This is the first selection of Infinera's TM-Series by an existing Infinera customer post the acquisition of Transmode, which closed on August 20, 2015. The Infinera TM-Series packet- optical platform provides multi-service capabilities including services such as Ethernet/CE2.0, MPLS-TP and OTN aggregation, which are well suited for mobile fronthaul and backhaul, and metro aggregation applications.
Infinera worked closely with partner Nissho Electronics Vietnam, an end-to-end network system integrator, to select the carrier-class solutions enabling HTC to rapidly respond to its customers' needs. Through Infinera's partnership with Nissho Electronics Vietnam, HTC first deployed the Infinera DTN and ATN platforms in its network. The Infinera TM-Series solves HTC's new requirement for an optimized 10G transport solution upgradeable to 100G, including 1+1 protection, high density, low power and space savings.
"Infinera has world-class solutions for our customers across Asia," said Mr. Hasegawa, General Director at Nissho Electronics Vietnam. "We rely on Infinera Intelligent Transport Networks to provide seamless network integration delivering scale, speed and efficiency. The Infinera TM-Series was an ideal fit for HTC's network."
"We are pleased to continue to deploy Infinera's wide range of application specific solutions to help us meet our needs," said Madam Trinh Minh Chau, Chairwoman & CEO at Hanoi Telecom Corporation. "The Infinera TM-Series will support our metro applications where high density, low power and bandwidth scalability are critical for providing innovative services to our end customers."
"HTC's deployment of the Infinera TM-Series underscores the significance of Infinera's expansion into the metro market and marks our first customer announcement highlighting the combined Infinera and former Transmode solutions," said Andrew Bond-Webster, Infinera's vice president sales, Asia. "This announcement also emphasizes the value of our channel partners and is a great example of the company's ability to provide customers with packet-optical transport solutions across all layers of the network and for specific applications."


Here is some of the stuff I got. No, not all are Godzilla and Destoroyah. Part of the reason is I did so well collecting Destoroyahs that I got nearly all of them before I went to Boston.
When [Michael] saw the breadth of his [Destoroyah] domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.
This is Dulce's very own Godzilla collectible. The figure is 1" hollow ceramic and depicts a cute Godzilla sitting down. She likes the feet the best.
She went with me once to Creature Feature, the other time, we dropped her off at Filene's Basement. No doubt she was happier there. One Godzilla was enough for her.
Ramonette, Flory, and I went to Tokyo Kid in September 2000 during my wedding week. You may recall Ramonette is the one who got my SuperWalk Destoroyah. Not to be outdone, Flory got me this keychain as a wedding gift. Well, perhaps she did get outdone, but I do use the keychain everyday.
This is featured in my Misc Collectibles.
You can see Dulce and my wedding page at www.dulcemichael.com.
Fabian actually made these. He took a Godzilla figure, made a mold, then painted it and stuck it to a magnet.
This particular one is Bandai's 1991 Ghido-Goji Godzilla. Known as the "closed-mouth Godzilla", it is prized among collectors. Now I have part of one!!
When I went back in October, I got a magnet featuring the GvD artwork poster.
One of my favorite parts of Creature Feature is the dioramas full of loose Godzilla figures. The two on the left are from a Yutaka GvD set. On the right is the 1995 Yutaka 4" Destoroyah.
These are featured in my Figure Collection.
This Bandai set came with twelve 2" fairly detailed monsters and yummy ramune!! Assembling them made the plane ride home a joy!
These are featured in my Candy Toy Collection.
This Banpresto toy was made with the collectors market in mind. What else can you do with it? Nothing is posable, and he's attached to a stand.
This makes him the perfect Godzilla for the office. The plastic has a metallic look to it, and the plaque is metal, making it look really attractive. With its design, it helps fight the temptation to play with Godzilla while at work, a plus for all bosses of Godzilla fans!
Alas! I fell into the hype, I'm on the Gamera 3 bandwagon. But it was only $14, and I do think Irys looks really cool. Since everyone is ignoring the flying turtle in his 1999 movie, I just make him fight Godzilla (the size is compatible with the 6" Godzilla Island vinyls).
The Kaiyodo one was simply awesome, with terrific coloring and detail. However, for $40, I was able to restrain my lemming instincts.
Godzilla vs Destoroyah Film Comic: Graphic novel adaptation, but with photos rather than drawings.
TV Magazine Card Book #2: 49 postcards of all the Toho kaiju.
These are featured in my Book Collection.
How could I forget this? From Japan, this black t-shirt has Godzilla's face on the front, certainly the pinnacle of fashion. 20 different Godzilla heads are on the back, from his various movies.
Ralph Lauren, eat your heart out!
When I went back to Boston in October 1999, I picked up Gamera 3 from Creature Feature. While I did like the effects, I thought the lack of monster action hurt the film. On the whole, I found Godzilla movies more enjoyable (which I personally consider the most important factor in judging kaiju eiga).
Go Back to Collection Page.


From Gallup (A) in New Mexico we began travelling further west and after five hours we had reached Roswell (B), so we decided to stop for an alien encounter and learn a little more of the events of July 1947.
Heading into Roswell we started spotting alien life forms throughout the streets and around local businesses. We found the International UFO Museum & Research Center and paid $14 USD/$20.70 NZD for the four of us to spend about an hour or so looking through. It was somewhat interesting to get more details about these events and the boys enjoyed some of the displays. We continued through New Mexico and into Texas for nearly another five hours to San Angelo (C). We had lost an hour crossing a time zone so we had a bite to eat and fell into bed, staying the evening at Super 8 by Wyndham San Angelo (see our Wyndham Properties review here). The next morning we were up early, driving 340 kms to San Antonio (D). After many recommendations, we were going to visit The Alamo Mission, the site of the 13-day 'Battle of the Alamo' back in 1836. It is free to visit but we booked some audio tours online which cost us a total of $14 USD/$20.70 NZD and meant they were available as soon as we arrived. Unfortunately it was a Saturday so it was very busy and the line to go inside the church was too long for us to warrant the wait. So with our audio guides we wandered around the grounds listening to the information. I'm sure we've previous mentioned this, but we find audio tours so useful as they let everyone take things at their own pace and they give the boys control over their own experience and they enjoy these activities more. It was an interesting history lesson but we had another afternoon activity planned so we finished up after a couple of hours. For quite a while Lincoln had been talking about wanting to go horse riding again, after he experienced it a couple of years ago during a school holiday stay with his Nana and Poppa. We thought that we would find a ranch or somewhere similar around Texas to let him tick this off his list.
Lincoln was going to do the ride by himself but then decided he would like either Logan or I to come with him. I don't mind a horse ride (even though I hadn't done one in years) so I volunteered to join him. We booked online with Westbrook Trail Rides for a one hour ride, the cost for the two of us was $84.80 USD/$125.37 NZD. We arrived and after a little bit of extra waiting for the previous group to return from their ride, we saddled up with about 12 other people, a couple of guides and a three-legged dog. We set off in single file, Lincoln was in front of me as we slowly meandered through the bush. It was quite a tame ride and we didn't get any opportunity to even have a little trot, but Lincoln enjoyed himself and it was nice to do an activity just for him. We stayed the night just outside San Antonio at Super 8 by Wyndham Universal City and were ready for another big driving day ahead. However, we were really looking forward to spending a few days in our next location…. and we weren't going to be in a single room Wyndham property!!
I am really enjoying all your blogs. I am very impressed that you make the most out of any places you visit, and sample what the area is known for. What experiences the boys will have to remember. Having never being to this part of the US, it was very interesting to read. Safe journeys ahead.


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375 Classic Cars To Parade in Rome On May 13 for the World's Greatest Road Race: MilleMiglia!
By Night, For Kids, Free Visits, Sport	 May 12, 2011 0 BuzzInRome
The spectacular world rendezvous for classic cars called the Mille Miglia is revving up its engines and is arriving tomorrow in Rome, at Castel Sant'Angelo, an ideal setting for the Mille Miglia's fascination and history. Its 375 classic cars will parade through the city on the evening of May 13 for the first leg of a race that is a symbol of passion for cars, for adventure, for challenges. Hundreds of famous champions and unknown heroes have indeed raced in the Freccia Rossa (Red Arrow) helping to make it one of the icons of Italy's motor racing, sport and traditions.
The Red Arrow of the Mille Miglia and the 375 crews of driver and co-driver will be back along the roads of Italy from May 12 to 14, 84 years after its inception. Along the historic route going from Brescia to Rome and back, the 375 cars— selected from over 1,400 requests — built between 1927 and 1957 and representing 52 different automobile brands will cross 7 regions of Italy, 177 towns, and 1 foreign state (San Marino) passing through some of the most picturesque areas of the Italian landscape.
The world's most famous regularity race continues to emphasize the technical aspect making the race more of a sports challenge this year with the trial in the Vallelunga circiut near Rome.
The 2011 race will also feature the spectacular Ferrari Tribute to the Mille Miglia that will bring 130 splendid Ferraris, both classic and modern, to parade in front of the participating cars down the
roads of the race.
Are you then ready for the effort and impassioned competitiveness of its participants, the much-awaited parade through Rome, the enthusiasm of the cities it passes through and the fervour of the crowds lining the streets?
Friday at 8pm the first Ferrari Tribute Cars will reach Castel Sant'Angelo, from 9pm the first Mille Miglia cars will arrive for the drive past and the presentation of cars and crews to the public. If you can't make it on Friday night, well wake up early on Saturday. From 6:30am the cars will start leaving from Castel Sant'Angelo for the second leg of the race, final destination: Brescia.
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Q: Add vertical lines to ggplot2 bar plot I am doing some research on non-defaulters and defaulters with regards to banking. In that context I am plotting their distributions relative to some score in a bar plot. The higher the score, the better the credit rating.
Since the number of defaults is very limited compared to the number of non-defaults plotting the defaults and non-defaults on the same bar plot is not very giving as you hardly can see the defaults. I then make a second bar plot based on the defaulters' scores only, but on the same interval scale as the full bar plot of both the scores of the defaulters and non-defaulters. I would then like to add vertical lines to the first bar plot indicating where the highest defaulter score is located and the lowest defaulter score is located. That is to get a view of where the distribution of the defaulters fit into that of the overall distribution of both defaulters and non-defaulters.
Below is the code I am using replaced with (seeded) random data instead.
library(ggplot2)

#NDS represents non-defaults and DS defaults on the same scale
#although here being just some random normals for the sake of simplicity.
set.seed(10)
NDS<-rnorm(10000,sd=1)-2
DS<-rnorm(100,sd=2)-5

#Cutoffs are constructed such that intervals of size 0.3
#contain all values of NDS & DS
minCutoff<--9.3
maxCutoff<-2.1

#Generate the actual interval "bins"
NDS_CUT<-cut(NDS,breaks=seq(minCutoff, maxCutoff, by = 0.3))
DS_CUT<-cut(DS,breaks=seq(minCutoff, maxCutoff, by = 0.3))

#Manually generate where to put the vertical lines for min(DS) and max(DS)
minDS_bar<-levels(cut(NDS,breaks=seq(minCutoff, maxCutoff, by = 0.3)))[1]
maxDS_bar<-levels(cut(NDS,breaks=seq(minCutoff, maxCutoff, by = 0.3)))[32]

#Generate data frame - seems stupid, but makes sense
#when the "real" data is used :-)
NDSdataframe<-cbind(as.data.frame(NDS_CUT),rep(factor("State-1"),length(NDS_CUT)))
colnames(NDSdataframe)<-c("Score","Action")
DSdataframe<-cbind(as.data.frame(DS_CUT),rep(factor("State-2"),length(DS_CUT)))
colnames(DSdataframe)<-c("Score","Action")
fulldataframe<-rbind(NDSdataframe,DSdataframe)
attach(fulldataframe)

#Plot the full distribution of NDS & DS
# with geom_vline(xintercept = minDS_bar) + geom_vline(xintercept = maxDS_bar)
# that unfortunately does not show :-(
fullplot<-ggplot(fulldataframe, aes(Score, fill=factor(Action,levels=c("State-2","State-1")))) +     geom_bar(position="stack") + opts(axis.text.x = theme_text(angle = 45))  + opts    (legend.position = "none")    + xlab("Scoreinterval") + ylab("Antal pr. interval") + geom_vline(xintercept = minDS_bar) + geom_vline(xintercept = maxDS_bar)

#Generate dataframe for DS only
#It might seem stupid, but again makes sense
#when using the original data :-)
DSdataframe2<-cbind(as.data.frame(DS_CUT),rep(factor("State-2"),length(DS_CUT)))
colnames(DSdataframe2)<-c("theScore","theAction")

#Calucate max number of observations to adjust bar plot of DS only
myMax<-max(table(DSdataframe2))+1
attach(DSdataframe2)

#Generate bar plot of DS only
subplot<-ggplot(fulldataframe, aes(theScore, fill=factor(theAction))) + geom_bar        (position="stack") + opts(axis.text.x = theme_text(angle = 45))  + opts(legend.position = "none") +     ylim(0, myMax) + xlab("Scoreinterval") + ylab("Antal pr. interval")

#plot on a grid
grid.newpage()
pushViewport(viewport(layout = grid.layout(2, 1)))
vplayout <- function(x, y)
viewport(layout.pos.row = x, layout.pos.col = y)
print(fullplot, vp = vplayout(1, 1))
print(subplot, vp = vplayout(2, 1))

#detach dataframes
detach(DSdataframe2)
detach(fulldataframe)

Furthermore, if anybody has an idea of how I can align the to plot so that correct intervals are just below/above each other on the grid plot
Hope somebody is able to help!
Thanks in advance,
Christian

A: Wrap aes around the xintercept in the geom_vline layer:
... + geom_vline(aes(xintercept = minDS_bar)) + geom_vline(aes(xintercept = maxDS_bar))

A: Question 1:
Since you provide the vertical lines as data, you have to map the aesthetics first, using aes()
fullplot <-ggplot(
        fulldataframe,
        aes(Score, fill=factor(Action,levels=c("State-2","State-1")))) +
        geom_bar(position="stack") +
        opts(axis.text.x = theme_text(angle = 45))  +
        opts    (legend.position = "none")    +
        xlab("Scoreinterval") +
        ylab("Antal pr. interval") +
        geom_vline(aes(xintercept = minDS_bar)) +
        geom_vline(aes(xintercept = maxDS_bar))

Second question:
To align the plots, you can use the align.plots() function in package ggExtra
install.packages("dichromat")
install.packages("ggExtra", repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
library(ggExtra)

ggExtra::align.plots(fullplot, subplot)


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Sports complex planner accused of conspiring to flip federal land
The city of Henderson has revealed new evidence that it says bolsters its claim that the developer behind a proposed complex of sports arenas never intended to build the complex and instead sought to sell off the land for new home building. Henderson officials say they were defrauded by the developer and his team of professionals, who allegedly promised in the contract selling them the federally-owned property not to attempt to "flip" the land.
We previously discussed this business litigation in our Feb. 19 blog post. The city of Henderson agreed to help the developer purchase the 480-acre lot, which is owned by the federal government, at a discount price of $10.5 million. The developer presented a plan to build a series of sports arenas, including a football stadium and a basketball arena, which he later said to have secured funding to build.
But the sale was never finalized, with the purchase money still in escrow. According to attorneys for the city, in April the developer began discussing the resale of some of the land to a housing developer. They developers made a secret agreement to "flip" the land in violation of the agreement with the city, the attorneys say. In an email to his attorney and lobbyist, the developer allegedly discussed keeping the plans confidential so that the city would not find out about them.
The litigation could be complex and involve millions of dollars in damages. Businesses that get involved in deals with government entities such as cities should consult with an attorney to make sure that their rights are protected.
Source: VEGAS INC, "Henderson alleges developer had struck secret deal to develop homes on stadium site," Eli Segall, Feb. 28, 2013