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Multiwinia previewed
Published by Simon Jones on July 31, 2008
Three years ago any article about Introversion and its games would have been prefaced with something along the lines of "you might not have heard of them, but…" In 2005 sales were not matching the critical acclaim for early titles Uplink and Darwinia, with only a small but loyal fanbase standing between the UK team and the place where developers go to die.
At the same time Valve's delivery platform, Steam, was in the throes of reinventing itself, transforming from a clunky Half Life 2/Counterstrike front-end into the massive online store and community it is today. Part of its new remit was to locate independent games and bring them to the masses, with Darwinia becoming one of the first to benefit from Steam's wide userbase. Introversion's fortunes flipped overnight, boosted even further by receiving high profile awards at the Independent Games Festival, and they were suddenly on the map, in the money and looking to the future.
Preview: Multiwinia
Which brings us neatly to Multiwinia, a multiplayer sort-of sequel to their earlier classic. Multiplayer options were conspicuous by their absence in Darwinia, so it's a natural step forwards; the question is whether there's going to be enough to justify Multiwinia's existence as standalone title and whether existing Darwinia fans will feel compelled to part with more of their cold, hard cash.
One problem that afflicted Darwinia and no doubt contributed to its initially slow sales was its unusual interface. While it was a slick and involving system once you had grasped the basics, it was so different to anything seen before – or since – that it was less of a learning curve and more of a vertical cliff-face without any safety wire. Or hands. Although this was partially rectified in later updates there remained a geek barrier between the game and more casual players. A single player game can occasionally survive such a handicap; a multiplayer game will suffer if players are unable to grasp the gameplay potential quickly.
Multiwinia immediately makes a better first impression, with a stylish but decidedly standard menu setup that provides useful information on each game mode and enables you to get playing quickly. Once the playing area has loaded on-screen prompts highlight the crucial areas, performing much of the same role as the movies accompanying each of Team Fortress 2's maps. By the time the match begins you already know where you should be heading and what you should do when you get there. An interactive tutorial is also included that should get complete beginners up to speed.
If you've played Darwinia you'll feel right at home here, although that's not to say that Introversion haven't made some substantial changes. The implicit control system for the Darwinians themselves remains, with 'officers' pointing the way for the little critters who otherwise behave autonomously. However, you can also gather up a small selection of the green chappies and direct them to a spot manually, although their behaviour on the way and once they arrive is still in the hands of their AI. Pathfinding has been improved drastically, with Darwinians no longer able to get irrevocably defeated by a small, polygonal hill.
The autonomy of the Darwinians neatly avoids the tedious micro-management of other RTS games, in which you often find yourself desperately juggling the needs of hundreds of individual units rather than focusing on the battle itself. Too many supposed strategy games concern themselves with feeding the troops rather than commanding them – you wouldn't have found Field Marshall Hague or Alexander the Great serving up in the canteen. In Multiwinia you instruct your troops and they obey without question – their survival depends upon their numbers and your carefully considered strategy.
Although there are additional units that can be accessed by capturing upgrade crates that fall from the digital sky, the game is kept generally simple and focused on the Darwinians. While RTS purists might balk at this, the result is that it's less about which unit you use and more about what you do with it. It levels the playing field to a degree and enables player skill to shine. Although it's impossible to tell until the game goes live, it may also finally resolve the eternal problem of multiplayer RTS games – the 'rush' tactic, which sees expert gamers making hundreds of precision clicks a minute in order to assemble an army of statistically perfect units before you've even had time to take in the scenery. When there's only one main unit, that's not really an option.
One final word of warning: the preview code given out to us journos is, rather perplexingly, single player only. Presumably this is an attempt to curb piracy through leaked copies, but it does leave me in the rather odd position of reviewing a game that is specifically about multiplayer in an entirely offline environment. However, it does highlight that playing the computer is still remarkably good fun, thanks to several core concepts being carried over from the original single player game, so at least Multiwinia will still be worth playing if your Internet connection breaks.
Visuals remain largely unchanged from Darwinia, although the preview copy seemed to be missing a few bells and whistles such as reflecty water; these may yet show up in the final game. It's a uniquely retro look, mixing TRON with early Amiga games to create a nostalgic neon landscape of sharp-edged polygons and simple 2D creatures. Whether you take to it or not will depend much on your age and love of the 80s, but there's no denying the awe of hundreds of Darwinians colliding together like a simplistic Lord of the Rings animatic, or the sad sight of hundreds of the little fellas running about on fire after their troop transport is blown to pieces.
The greatest success of the visuals is in keeping the armies separate and distinct. By using a limited and primary palette, you can always spot your armies, no matter where your camera is currently pointing. Even if you have troops positioned on the other side of the map, you can easily pick them out amongst hundreds of other moving pieces.
Introversion really nailed the use of sound in games with DEFCON, creating a soundtrack that made an abstract and detached multiplayer game into a highly visceral and haunting experience. With Multiwinia they make the digital playground feel very much alive, with the beeps and chirrups of Darwinians merging with the pulsing of lasers and the electronic hum of power-up crates descending from above – very literal deus ex machina. When arranged in glorious 5.1 surround sound it's a soundscape that makes every battle feel immediate and exciting.
Remaining questions
Multiwinia is great fun in its current state, with a couple of months yet to go before release. Several questions remain, however, not least of which is its actual multiplayer credentials. The single player preview code shows off the game's fantastic art design, technical prowess and slick interface but does little to show the stability of the online mechanisms, or how battles will play out against human opponents. Until this has been properly playtested it's hard to properly assess the game's potential.
The preview demonstrated two game modes – a traditional base-capturing mode called 'King of the Hill', similar to the Battlefield model, and an innovative 'capture the statue' mode in which you have to shepherd giant icons around the map – both of which played well and were suitably different. The remaining four modes have yet to be tested. Variety is the key to the longevity of multiplayer games, so much will depend on each mode offering something unique.
The biggest hurdle to jump is the same one that brought Darwinia to its knees: accessibility. Will new players flocking to the game on Steam be able to master the unusual control scheme? Will the eccentric re-conceptualising of the RTS genre appeal or simply confuse people? Will hardcore Starcraft players be disappointed by the lack of units and micro-management? If the casual and the hardcore don't buy into the idea it could be a bumpy road for Introversion, but Multiwinia's subtle interface tweaks and exciting, innovative gameplay should hopefully bring it to PC audiences that seem increasingly interested in independent, unusual titles. The best result of all, of course, would be if through increased awareness Multiwinia finally brought Darwinia the sales and recognition it deserves.
Part Two:
Categories:	Games
Tags: battlefieldDarwiniadefconIntroversionMultiwiniastarcraftSteamuplinkValve
Ben Bayliss	· August 1, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Although I haven't really has a great deal of knowledge on Darwinia I have constantly heard about it through steam and whatnot, Multiwinia though I hadn't heard about until you mentioned you were going to be reviewing it. Well this looks like a well thought out game and I enjoyed reading the history about the company and the game so well done there! Upon reading this review though I'm actually dying to buy Darwinia, learning it then possibly upgrading to Multiwinia.
Can't wait for the future previews to come, keep it up!
Nutter	· August 3, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Nice preview and excellent video(s) 🙂
Simon Jones	· August 4, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it, Nutter!
And Ben – you definitely should look into grabbing a copy of Darwinia, especially as it's so insanely cheap on Steam. In fact, get the Darwinia/Uplink pack, as Uplink is also superb (although pretty hardcore). Two British classics for a tenner – what's stopping you? 🙂
Erez	· August 19, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I think this preview is verry well written, and the videos are good, you explained just the right things, nice.
Simon Jones	· August 19, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Hi Erez! Thanks for the kind comments, much appreciated. I've only recently started this blog, so it's really encouraging to hear from people that have enjoyed reading articles.
tals	· September 13, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Nice preview – really looking forward to release now. Out of interest World In Conflict has the same control scheme for the camera 🙂
Simon Jones	· September 13, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Yeah, I've had a few people mention WiC's camera controls to me now. I played the demo, briefly, when it came out, but had since completely forgotten about it. With luck other devs will start using that control system where appropriate. Playing Company of Heroes at the moment, I really miss the ease with which you can move around in Dar/Multiwinia.
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It is difficult to know what to make of Future Cities by Camilla Ween unless you are aware it is part of the All That Matters series of books published by Hodder & Stoughton under the "Teach Yourself" banner… and not at all related to the German soap opera of the same name (Alles was zählt) with more than 2,700 episodes and counting since 2006. I mention this because Future Cities is kind of like a soap opera in that it covers a weighty, substantial topic (e.g., the future of cities in the 21st century) in a superficial manner… and thinks it is doing a public service in the process. However, many people (whether well-informed or not) are likely to come away bewildered and confused after reading Ween's book. As they say, it is a mile long and an inch deep… or 1.6 kilometers long and 2.54 cm deep for those on the metric system. It covers a wide range of topics – all nominally under some header of (insert descriptive adjective here) sustainability – without any serious attempt at critical appraisal of concepts and ideas discussed other than an subtle anti-status quo message (primarily directed at fossil fuels and capitalism) and a vague sense that we should all become vegetarian farmers by returning our cities to a pre-industrial state of agrarian existence. However, these leanings are extremely nuanced and subtle: most people will not even notice under than a noticeable lack of 'how-to' explained in the book. This means Future Cities does manage to accomplish something quite remarkable, which is an almost completely value-free overview about a topic of great value, e.g., cities. Quite frankly, I did not think that was possible. This means Future Cities is unlikely to offend anyone while actually doing very little to help them.
This perspective places Ween's book squarely within the Landscape Urbanism school with a distinctive Old Labour leftward lean to the material, which is not surprising since she worked for more than a decade for former London Mayor Ken Livingstone. For example, Ween's description of the London Transport bus system in the 1990s (i.e., before Ken Livingstone became Mayor of London and Ween worked for the Greater London Authority) is an outright mischaracterization as anyone who lived in London during the 1990s can attest. In this sense, Ween seems to be referring to customer satisfaction surveys (a 'take a poll to solve the problem' solution) and not public transport usage. Anyway, there is nothing wrong with Ween's leanings as long as you bring substantive ideas to the table but she does not seem interested in deep ideas; only fashionable 'Gizmo Green' solutions about the bright technologically-based, zero-carbon, fusion-fuelled, socially-just future of our cities based on ad infinitum budgets. Cities are more dynamic, complex, problematic, and deeper than Ween's book is willing to dive. However, that is the intention of Teach Yourself/All That Matter series: a Cliff's Notes (a series of student study guides for people who cannot be bothered to read the source material in more detail) version on any fashionable topic. When it comes to cities, you should bother. In the end, it is the superficial nature of the series premise itself, which tends to undercuts any value in Ween's Future Cities. It is like watching the movie without reading the book… and mistaking that you know everything about the book based on the movie. Future Cities might have some minimal value for second and third undergraduate architecture and planning students as a jumping-off point for more in-depth investigations and discussions about the urban issues raised by Ween but nothing more.
Future Cities by Camilla Ween
Series: All That Matters
English, Paperback, 160 pages
Publisher: Teach Yourself (2013)
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Tall Ship Sail Training Open to All With Autumn Voyages
#TALL SHIPS - Sail Training Ireland for Youth Development (STIYD) has announced a golden opportunity for the general public to sail on a tall ship.
Hot on the heels of the Tall Ships Races visit to Dublin this August, a series of three tall ship voyages have been scheduled to take place to and from Irish ports by the UK-based Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) on its 65-metre tall ship Tenacious between 11 October and 4 November 2012.
The first sailing from Southampton to Dublin (via Waterford) runs for 10 days from 11-20 October, followed by a seven-day jaunt from Dublin to Belfast from 22-28 October, and another seven-day trip from Belfast to Milford Haven from 29 October-4 November. Each voyage will have room for 40 trainees.
Anyone aged 16 and above can join the voyage crew as a trainee, and no previous experience is necessary.
Tenacious is also specially designed to cater for the needs of people with varying degrees of physical disability, including wheelchair users.
Features on board Tenacious and her sister ship Lord Nelson include signs in braille, lifts between decks, power assisted and 'joystick' steering, wide aisles and low-level fittings, guidance tracks and other on-deck pointers, and a speaking compass with digital screen.
STIYD says it is committed to providing access to tall ship sailing for the people of Ireland. The JST has also offered these voyages at a greatly reduced rate to encourage Irish trainees to get on board with what is hoped can become an annual event.
"It is great to see that the international tall ship fleet is reacting to recent activity in Irish sail training," said Michael Byrne, manager at STIYD. "Now that there is a central point of contact for trainees and vessel operators through STIYD, we can expect to see more and more of this kind of activity.
"When the JST approached us with a proposal to run their Irish Sea programme we offered our full support in promoting the opportunity. A unique and hugely important aspect to the JST is its ability to cater for people with varying degrees of physical ability."
Kyle O'Regan of STIYD's youth branch added: "It is great for Irish trainees that the JST has arranged for Tenacious to have an Irish Sea programme. Being able to join or leave in your own country is a major advantage in terms of lowering costs."
Meanwhile, the JST's Grainne Arntz said the charity has shown its "commitment to Ireland" by scheduling these autumn voyages.
"Three years ago we introduced the Ultimate Transition Year Tall Ship Adventure, a programme whereby groups of Transition Year students from Irish schools experience the challenge of tall ship sailing with diverse people.
"These voyages in the autumn will allow more groups and individuals to avail of the unique JST experience of sailing on a tall ship with people of all ages and abilities."
The tall ship voyages are priced at £775 per person for the 10-day trip, and £525 per person for the seven-day excursions. To book your voyage with the JST visit their website HERE or call +44 23 8044 9108.
For information on the Irish branch of the Jubilee Sailing Trust visit www.jstireland.ie. For general information on sail training activities in Ireland contact Sail Training Ireland, Port Centre, Alexandra Road, Dublin 1 at 01 887 6046, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.irishsailtraining.com.
STIYD is the national sail training organisation for Ireland and is endorsed as such by Sail Training International. The vision of STIYD is to "provide access to the sail training experience for the people of Ireland".
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Pennsylvania HS Students Play 'Financial Football' for Fin-Lit
The Department of Banking's Office of Financial Education, Visa and the National Football League and Players Inc. have teamed up to help high school students score a touchdown every time when it comes to financial literacy.
By Staff Writer | October 09, 2007 at 08:00 PM | The original version of this story was published on Credit Union Times Magazine
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Department of Banking's Office of Financial Education, Visa and the National Football League and Players Inc. have teamed up to help high school students score a touchdown every time when it comes to financial literacy.
Recently high school students in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia kicked off "Financial Football", a free, money management video game that's being provided to every high school in Pennsylvania.
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August 18-20: Riverfest 2017 in Elora, Ontario.
A music festival in a beautiful setting: Bissell Park, right beside The Grand River.
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Come and listen to the music. Visit the craft and arts vendors. Enjoy what the food trucks have to offer.
The festival was founded by Elora artist Marilyn Koop in 2009. Koop passed away in 2012 and the festival continues in her memory. Look for the giant green "M" canvas on the grounds throughout the festival.
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Weill Cornell Research Findings Link Nicotine, Atherosclerosis
By Jamie Meyerson | October 4, 2007
Nearly 70.3 million Americans over 12 years of age used tobacco at least once a month in 2004 according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. This statistic is of increasing concern, as findings recently published by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College linked nicotine and atherosclerosis.
Nicotine, the addictive ingredient found in tobacco, stimulates reward pathways and releases certain neurotransmitters in the brain, according to the NIDA. These events lead to feelings of pleasure which shortly dissipate, creating a powerful addiction.
Not only is nicotine highly addictive, but it also presents other serious health risks.
"Nicotine itself is particularly hazardous in terms of heart disease and stroke," explained Prof. Babette Weksler, medicineand co-author of the study.
Specifically, the research, headed by Prof. Daniel F. Catanzaro, medicine, showed the accelerating affects of nicotine on the development of atherosclerosis in young mice.
According to Weksler, "Rather quickly, smoking high nicotine cigarettes has a strong affect on the development of early atherosclerosis lesions and even lowering the amount of nicotine in cigarettes does not avoid these bad effects."
According to the American Heart Association, atherosclerosis refers to deposits composed of fatty substances, cholesterol, calcium and other products, which cause the arteries to harden. These deposits, known as plaques, can block blood flow and produce clots, which in turn can lead to heart attack, stroke, and gangrene.
In this study, the effects of Eclipse and Quest 3 cigarettes, both "potentially reduced exposure products" containing 0.2 and 0.05 mg nicotine per cigarette, respectively, were compared with those of Quest 1 and 2R4F cigarettes, containing 0.6 and 1.0 mg nicotine per cigarette, respectively, on young mice. 2R4F is a research cigarette supplied by the University of Kentucky. All cigarettes tested had comparable amounts of tar.
The mice were exposed to smoke from the cigarette types in two studies of varying length. Both studies concluded that mice exposed to smoke from high nicotine cigarettes Quest 1 and 2R4F developed greater areas of atherosclerotic lesions than did mice exposed to the lower nicotine cigarettes Eclipse and Quest 3. The control group, consisting of mice that were not exposed to smoke, developed the fewest lesions.
Additionally, researchers found increased levels of iPF2alphaV, a marker for oxidative stress linked to atherosclerosis in humans, increased proportionately with nicotine content. This finding points to nicotine as a cause of oxidative stress and as an inhibitor of nitric oxide.
"Nicotine acts in the artery wall itself to block enzymes that normally produce nitric oxide or to inactivate nitric oxide once it's already produced," Weksler further explained.
This is especially dangerous, according to Weksler, as nitric oxide serves as a protective mechanism that keeps blood vessels relaxed, prevents platelets from clumping and sticking to blood vessels, blocks the multiplication of cells in the walls of blood vessels and prevents clots from forming on the blood vessel surface.
Although some cigarettes, such as the Eclipse and Quest, claim to be less hazardous, they are "probably more harmful than the manufactures thought they were" Weksler suggested.
Eclipse cigarettes claim to be safer by heating tobacco rather than burning it, yet the American Cancer Society urged R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in 2004 to pull Eclipse off the market, citing evidence that the cigarettes produce greater amounts of cancer causing chemicals than other available low tar cigarettes.
Additionally, the R.J. Reynolds website's claim that, "Nicotine in tobacco products is addictive but is not considered a significant threat to health," may prove inaccurate, as suggested by Weill Cornell's new findings.
Quest cigarettes, also an alternative to traditional cigarettes, are made from modified tobacco offering various levels of nicotine.
While Quest claims that these cigarettes allow smokers to reduce their nicotine intake, Catanzaro argued, "It doesn't work this way because one of the main reasons that people smoke is to get their nicotine. So if you're smoking a low nicotine cigarette, what most people do is just suck harder or smoke more."
Smoking cessation products, specifically nicotine replacement therapy, may also need to be reexamined.
"If [nicotine patches and gum] are the only way to get you not to smoke, it's probably better than nothing, but it may not be quite as safe as it was thought," Weksler said.
Despite this research, Jennifer May, a representative of GlaxoSmithKline Health Care, confidently asserted the safety of nicotine replacement therapy. GlaxoSmithKline Health Care manufactures products such as NicoDerm CQ and Nicorette Gum.
"More than 100 clinical trials involving over 35,000 participants and extensive consumer use over more than 20 years have proven the safety and efficacy of NRT [nicotine replacement therapy]," May said.
Catanzaro urged, "We just have to drive home a public awareness message that nicotine in it of itself is bad for you it just adds to the list of the different ways in which tobacco and smoking are harmful for you."
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It's almost time. Years in the making, a decade in the waiting, now it's just a few more weeks away. Peter Jackson is ready to take us back to Middle Earth for the story of Bilbo in The Hobbit, kicking off his trilogy this December with An Unexpected Journey. We've been following the numerous wonderful 10-min video blogs Jackson has been making along the way, with the "Last Days" (#8) vlog the most recent. But PJ has unveiled one more, a look at the very final days, the last few minutes and hours of post-production (editing, effects) to have the film ready two days before its premiere (on Nov. 28th in New Zealand). It's as exciting, impressive and awe-inspiring as every other video blog he's made. You don't want to miss this one!
Really love these video blogs! Wish more filmmakers would do them.
interesting - this does a good job showing (in a small way) just how much effort it takes to make a big blockbuster movie.
I've watched all of the DVD/Bluray extras for LOTR as much as I've watched the films themselves. Look forward to doing the same for The Hobbit.
This was one of my favourites from these, the work behind the scenes is incredible. Great to see some the cogs in that giant machine and how it moves along without falling apart.
I was hoping for one last new look at the Glamdring sword before I see the movie.


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What is particularly frightening is the deficit caused by the dual effects of aging30 and statin drug use that can result in severe depletion of cellular vitality.
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The next SECAC meeting will be March 25th at the Ten Oaks Fire Station Freedom Room.
At the beginning of every SECAC meeting, we will have a time for parents or students to ask for help on a situation as needed before our agenda starts. Please let us know how we can help.
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package org.openeos.erp.core.ui;

import org.openeos.erp.core.model.BusinessPartner;
import org.openeos.erp.core.model.Client;
import org.openeos.erp.core.model.Organization;
import org.openeos.erp.core.model.User;
import org.openeos.services.ui.window.AbstractDictionaryBasedWindowDefinition;

public class CoreWindows {

	public static class UserWindow extends AbstractDictionaryBasedWindowDefinition {

		public static final String ID = UserWindow.class.getName();

		public UserWindow() {
			super(ID, User.class);
			setName("User");
			addVisibleField(User.PROPERTY_CLIENT);
			addVisibleField(User.PROPERTY_USERNAME);
			addVisibleField(User.PROPERTY_USER_TYPE);
			addVisibleField(User.PROPERTY_LOCKED);
			addOrderAsc(User.PROPERTY_USERNAME);
		}

	}

	public static class ClientWindow extends AbstractDictionaryBasedWindowDefinition {

		public static final String ID = ClientWindow.class.getName();

		public ClientWindow() {
			super(ID, Client.class);
			setName("Client");
			addVisibleField(Client.PROPERTY_VALUE);
			addVisibleField(Client.PROPERTY_NAME);
			addVisibleField(Client.PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION);
			addOrderAsc(Client.PROPERTY_VALUE);
		}
	}

	public static class OrganizationWindow extends AbstractDictionaryBasedWindowDefinition {

		public static final String ID = OrganizationWindow.class.getName();

		public OrganizationWindow() {
			super(ID, Organization.class);
			setName("Organization");
			addVisibleField(Organization.PROPERTY_CLIENT);
			addVisibleField(Organization.PROPERTY_VALUE);
			addVisibleField(Organization.PROPERTY_NAME);
			addVisibleField(Organization.PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION);
			addOrderAsc(Organization.PROPERTY_VALUE);
		}
	}

	public static class BusinessPartnerWindow extends AbstractDictionaryBasedWindowDefinition {

		public static final String ID = BusinessPartnerWindow.class.getName();

		public BusinessPartnerWindow() {
			super(ID, BusinessPartner.class);
			setName("Business Partner");
			addVisibleField(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_ORGANIZATION);
			addVisibleField(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_VALUE);
			addVisibleField(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_NAME);
			addVisibleField(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_NAME2);
			addVisibleField(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_DESCRIPTION);
			addVisibleField(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_TAXID);
			addOrderAsc(BusinessPartner.PROPERTY_VALUE);
		}
	}

}


CC Compute Canada - As a national organization, Compute Canada coordinates and promotes the use of HPC in Canadian research and works to ensure that Canadian researchers have the computational facilities and expert services necessary to advance scientific knowledge and innovation. WestGrid represents one of four regions across Canada that manage and support Compute Canada's national platform of resources. The other regional organizations are Compute Ontario, Calcul Quebec, and ACEnet.
CCDB Compute Canada Database - The CCDB website is the one-stop-shopping site to apply for consortium accounts and resource allocations. Registering on this site gives the researcher a national identity called a CCI (see below). Usernames associated with a researcher's computing accounts do not have to be the same at every consortium. Even so, they are linked together for usage reporting purposes by the CCI and CCRI.
CCI Compute Canada Identifier - A CCI follows this format: abc-123. Each person retains a unique CCI and may possess only one.
CCRI Compute Canada Role Identifier - The CCRI looks like this: abc-123-01. It is based on the CCI and extends the identifier to include information that can change, such as the institution to which the person belongs, and his or her position there. If a person moves to another institution or position, he or she is given a new CCRI for the new circumstances, and the old CCRI is deactivated. For example, when people complete graduate student roles and begin post-doctoral fellow roles. In some cases, one person can have multiple active roles, and subsequent multiple CCRIs, because that person has different positions.
Position - There are a number of different positions in the CCDB. For example: faculty member, graduate student, post-doctoral fellow (PDF), etc. We make these distinctions to keep track of system usage for our funding agencies. Each position has different privileges.
RAP Resource Allocation Project - A faculty member is allowed to be the Principle Investigator (PI) of a RAP. Others – graduate students, PDFs, etc. – are allowed to join a RAP when the PI sponsors them. All members of the RAP share the resource allocation given to the RAP. This corresponds to what WestGrid used to call a project.
RAPI Resource Allocation Project Identifier - The RAPI looks like this: abc-123-aa.
RAC Resource Allocation Competition - An annual Call for Proposals process for researchers who require more than the default level of usage on any Compute Canada system. Any researcher at a Canadian institution who is eligible to apply for funding from a national granting council is eligible to apply to the Compute Canada Resource Allocation Competitions.
Accounting Group - Most users will not need to know or use this term, since jobs run in the user's default accounting group. Your default accounting group looks like this: nam-abc-123-aa which represents the first three letters of the PI's last name plus the RAPI. However, users who belong to multiple RAPs should use the accounting group name together with the -A flag on the qsub command line when they submit jobs to their non-default accounting group.
Username - Each researcher chooses his or her own West Grid username which is then linked to his or her CCI. WestGrid allows only one WestGrid account per user.


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Pop Culture Detective put out some great videos on the alternative masculinity of Fantastic Beasts's Newt Scamander, as well as my personal sparkle muffin Steven Universe.
You will probably enjoy Be Steadwell's music video for her song "Sage (Witch Two)".
Also entertaining: Funny or Die's Handmaid's Tale for men.
Did you wonder how, exactly, the Babadook became an unexpected queer icon? Vox has got you covered.
A lot (no, really, a lot) of people loved Wonder Woman (and for good reason!), but Ariel Henley over at Bustle is disappointed in the film's conflation of disfigurement and morality. Teen Vogue agrees, looking more broadly at the legacy of disfigured villains.
Okayafrica has a great introduction to afrofuturism, if you'd like a refresher.
Refinery29 explores how to cast a love spell without being a creep.
Art site Topical Cream has a great piece on MHYSA, RAFiA, and Liz Mputu, three artists tackling science fiction, blackness, and radical softness.
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Speaking of the two Coreys. . .
I see Corey Haim's movie Lucas (1986) is now going for $129.99 on Amazon (Blu-ray). Corey Feldman claims that Corey Haim was raped by Martin Sheen on the set of Lucas.
Corey Feldman, Haim's closest friend, wrote in his memoir about Haim being sodomized on the set of 'Lucas' but never named Sheen.


ACER releases today the study "Capacity Booking Platforms Assessment" which analyses the current gas capacity booking platforms' compliance with the Network Code on Capacity Allocation Mechanisms (NC CAM), which is to be applied by 1 November 2015.
The report compares the degree of network code implementation related to booking platforms as well as the functionalities provided by the three existing platforms. The study was co-financed by the three booking platform operators and a number of EU National Regulatory Authorities, who commonly selected an independent consultant to assess the platforms.
Find the report and further info here.


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Ms. Sims is an Airworthiness Subject Matter Expert certified by the United States Air Force Test Center.
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Q: How to support both json and urlencoded content-types in Web API I want to support all 3 of the following content-types in my controller/action.
application/json
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
multipart/form-data

with this signature i can support both urlencoded and form data, however a JSON payload does not get bound to Message
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> PostAsync(Message message)

If i want to bind a JSON payload to Message properly i need to use the FromBody attribute like this:
[HttpPost]
public async Task<IActionResult> PostAsync([FromBody]Message message)

however doing this starts throwing 415 erros for the other 2 content types I'm interested in.
My question is, how can I provide a single API endpoint to my customers and give them the flexibility of sending data in any of these 3 content types.

A: You should add the different content types supported using ConsumesAttribute then update your action as follows;
[HttpPost]
[Consumes("application/json", "multipart/form-data", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")]
public async Task<IActionResult> PostAsync([FromForm, FromBody, FromQuery]Message message)

A: First, you should avoid combining the application/json and multipart/form-data for the same action which will make application unstable.
If you insist on this, you need to implement your own ModelBinder by following steps below:

*

*MyComplexTypeModelBinder
public class MyComplexTypeModelBinder : ComplexTypeModelBinder
{
    public MyComplexTypeModelBinder(IDictionary<ModelMetadata, IModelBinder> propertyBinders, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, bool allowValidatingTopLevelNodes) : base(propertyBinders, loggerFactory, allowValidatingTopLevelNodes)
    {
    }

    protected override Task BindProperty(ModelBindingContext bindingContext)
    {
        try
        {
            var result = base.BindProperty(bindingContext);
            if (bindingContext.Result.IsModelSet == false)
            {
                var request = bindingContext.HttpContext.Request;
                var body = request.Body;

                request.EnableRewind();

                var buffer = new byte[Convert.ToInt32(request.ContentLength)];

                request.Body.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);

                var bodyAsText = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(buffer);

                var jobject = JObject.Parse(bodyAsText);
                var value = jobject.GetValue(bindingContext.FieldName, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
                var typeConverter = TypeDescriptor.GetConverter(bindingContext.ModelType);
                var model = typeConverter.ConvertFrom(
                    context: null,
                    culture: CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
                    value: value.ToString());
                bindingContext.Result = ModelBindingResult.Success(model);
                request.Body.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);

            }
            return result;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {

            throw;
        }
    }
}

*MyComplexTypeModelBinderProvider
public class MyComplexTypeModelBinderProvider : IModelBinderProvider
{
    public IModelBinder GetBinder(ModelBinderProviderContext context)
    {
        if (context == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(context));
        }

        if (context.Metadata.IsComplexType && !context.Metadata.IsCollectionType)
        {
            var propertyBinders = new Dictionary<ModelMetadata, IModelBinder>();
            for (var i = 0; i < context.Metadata.Properties.Count; i++)
            {
                var property = context.Metadata.Properties[i];
                propertyBinders.Add(property, context.CreateBinder(property));
            }

            var loggerFactory = context.Services.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>();
            var mvcOptions = context.Services.GetRequiredService<IOptions<MvcOptions>>().Value;
            return new MyComplexTypeModelBinder(
                propertyBinders,
                loggerFactory,
                mvcOptions.AllowValidatingTopLevelNodes);
        }

        return null;
    }

}

*Register MyComplexTypeModelBinderProvider in Startup.cs
services.AddMvc(options => {
    options.ModelBinderProviders.Insert(0, new MyComplexTypeModelBinderProvider());
}).SetCompatibilityVersion(CompatibilityVersion.Version_2_2);

A: Actually you can have a single endpoint accepting multiple content-types:
[HttpPost]
[Consumes("application/json")]
public async Task<IActionResult> CommonEndpoint([FromBody] JObject payload)
{
    ...
}

[HttpPost]
[Consumes("x-www-form-urlencoded")]
public async Task<IActionResult> CommonEndpoint(/* this overload doesn't specify the payload in its signature */)
{
    var formFieldsDictionary = HttpContext.Request.Form.Keys
                .ToDictionary(k => k, k => HttpContext.Request.Form[k].FirstOrDefault());

    var payload = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(formFieldsDictionary);

    ...
}

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Although the question may seem simple enough, there is no simple answer.
I often take the time to contemplate the question, because when asked, my answer always begins with, "I just find a way to get it done…" I know, that's not the most informative answer, but given my jam-packed schedule, I try to construct my elaboration carefully. After all, my goal is to inspire, encourage, and motivate… not to scare parents off.
Manage your time wisely: Time management is critical to your success. If you are like me, you are juggling many things in addition to homeschooling. Look at your schedule ahead of time, and map out the time dedicated to homeschooling first. Consider homeschooling your top priority, and schedule everything else around it.
Ask for help: When you encounter scheduling conflicts, ask your significant other, a loved one, or another homeschooling parent to assist with homeschooling while you are away.
Make friends: The homeschooling community is full of families who are willing to support you through the challenging times. Utilize them. It's highly likely that someone has been through a similar experience. Homeschooling families also have a wealth of ideas and access to resources that may help you with your homeschooling challenges and endeavors.
Enjoy the experience: Homeschooling is FUN! Don't make it a job! If you feel yourself losing your passion for homeschooling, take a break, hug your child, and schedule a field trip! Remember why you are homeschooling in the first place.
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Stick with what works: If it works for you and your child, stick with it. Remember that you make the rules.
Motivate your child: The purpose of homeschooling is ultimately to give your child an enjoyable learning experience. Continue to motivate your child, and be creative! Your child won't forget, and he or she will be willing to adjust to modifications made to their homeschooling plans.
Be honest: Inform your child of any changes made to his or her "typical" homeschool day. Some children get upset when their routines are changed without their knowledge. Next, ask for their input or ideas. Your child will feel that his or her contribution is valued, and he or she will feel empowered and more likely to cooperate.
Speaking from a mother who homeschooled in the past, I know how incredibly time-consuming it can be. It's a full-time job. And, it's such an important job to do… that of educationally molding your child. Time, dedication, effort, and much patience is needed to do the job and to do it well. So, I have to tip my hat to any mom who does so and also wears the hat of working an additional full-time job. All I can say is take one day at a time, break your day down to manageable parts (so as not to get too overwhelmed), and do the best you can with each part you come across. Your child will recognize your effort and love you for it.
Thank you for your feedback! I try not to think of homeschooling as a job. I think of it more as an experience. With jobs, you are doing it to receive monetary compensation (to pay bills 😂). I homeschool, to help my child and I love doing it, and the reward for that far exceeds monetary compensation.
Yes, I agree, it tends to get a little easier as they get older. Thanks for your feedback!
You're welcome, thanks for your posts!


This sugar Easter egg bead pattern came from a challenge… Could I make a sugar egg out of beads? Well, I'm always up for a challenge. So, here is the answer!
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I worked with Miyuki brand, but this will work with any brand. Just make sure you don't try and mix different brands. Also, please choose a good quality brand – you don't want to be working with a lot of mis-shapen or irregular beads.
This is a fairly advanced pattern. So, I recommend it for confident beaders.
If you're already thinking 'this isn't for me' because I don't know those techniques, stop right there! If you like this project, you should go for it.
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I designed a little Spring scene with 3D Easter eggs to sit inside my beaded sugar Easter egg. So, you get all this design in the tutorial. But I have also included blank graph paper (shaped to fit) and some additional ideas for 3D decorations.
So, you can use these to design your own egg. Or maybe make more than one egg.
The finished size of the egg is about 2.5″ high, 2″ wide and 1.5″ deep.
Choose your own colouring and you can personalise the decoration on the egg too. So, have a little fun with this project. It doesn't take too long to make!


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Dealing with makeup is tricky. You have to find what works for your skin, how to wear it and deal with lipsticks that smudge.
But when it comes washing off your makeup, there is no gray area. The skin on your face is one of the most sensitive areas on your body and you need to take care of it. That means washing off all makeup before bed, no questions asked.
Your skin has tiny pores that are just asking to be clogged. When you don't remove your makeup and wash your face before bedtime, layers of foundation and bronzer burrow into the pores. Add in some sweat and dirt from the day and you have a recipe for clogged pores. Keep your skin healthy (and happy) by thoroughly removing all traces of makeup before calling it a day.
Along with enhancing your natural beauty, makeup basically suffocates your skin. Thick foundations and powders settle in your pores and don't let your skin breathe during the day. It's important to let your skin have a break and breathe. The best time to do that is during nighttime when your skin repairs itself while you sleep. Don't block that process from happening by sleeping with makeup on. Personally I like to take one day each week where I take a break from makeup. My skin feels healthier when I do.
Your skin is delicate and should be treated carefully. Particles from the air, dirt and makeup (if left on) damage your skin if you don't take care of it. Overtime, this habit will increase the stress on your skin and you will see signs of premature aging. Wrinkles and dark spots will appear faster than you would have hoped.
By leaving your makeup to sit on your face all night, you are creating the perfect environment for pimples. Someone who sleeps without washing their face off at night is practically asking for breakouts.
Skin on your face is sensitive. Your skin naturally will react to something that prevents its healing properties. Makeup prevents your body from producing those particles that want to mend your skin. Leaving makeup on your face can cause swelling, rashes or dry patches on your face. Always remove makeup and smooth your skin over with a good moisturizer to rejuvenate it after a long day.
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Beaumont ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand: ) im Département Meurthe-et-Moselle in der Region Grand Est (vor 2016: Lothringen). Sie gehört zum Arrondissement Toul und zum Kanton Le Nord-Toulois. Die Einwohner werden Sambumontais genannt.

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Beaumont liegt etwa 42 Kilometer nordwestlich von Nancy. Umgeben wird Beaumont von den Nachbargemeinden Seicheprey im Norden, Mandres-aux-Quatre-Tours im Osten und Süden sowie Rambucourt im Westen.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Reste eines Residenzschlosses aus dem 18. Jahrhundert
 Kirche Saint-Laurent aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, 1923/24 wieder errichtet

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Make sure the laptop lid is closed, turn it over and remove the battery by moving the switch right to left.
there are three philips screws located on the surface where the writing is. remove those three screws.
turn the laptop right side up. Between the cover and case on the top right of the laptop and using a plastic sludger or a finger lift gently on the speaker cover as to disengage the clips.
Be sure not to pull hard or you may damage the ribbon cables.
From the side closest to the screen turn the cover towards yourself.
there is one connector from the speaker bar to a control board. Gently remove the cable.
There are two more screws attaching the speaker bar to the cover, remove these and take the speaker bar out.
you are now ready to replace or repair the speaker bar. I recomend purchasing a new one, they range anywhere from 5-15 dollars online.


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FDA Documents Reveal Lengthy Delays on Rosiglitazone (Avandia) MI Risks
GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Documents prepared by the FDA for Monday's review of the cardiovascular safety of rosiglitazone (Avandia) support published reports of a significant rise in the risk of myocardial infarction for the diabetes drug.
GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 27 -- Documents prepared by the FDA for Monday's review of the cardiovascular safety of rosiglitazone (Avandia) support published reports of a significant rise in the risk of myocardial infarction for the diabetes drug.
Moreover, the FDA said that treatment with pioglitazone (Actos), a rival thiazolidinedione, "has not been shown to result in an increased risk of myocardial ischemia." Both drugs have, however, been associated with increased risk of heart failure.
At the joint meeting of two advisory committees, the question of rosiglitazone's continued marketing will be addressed.
Among the hundreds of pages of data and analyses prepared by the FDA and by GlaxoSmithKline, the maker of rosiglitazone, in preparation for the meeting is one startling piece of information. Almost a year ago-Aug. 4, 2006-the company asked the FDA to add a warning about myocardial ischemic events to the rosiglitazone label.
At the time, the company said that on the basis of its own "integrated trials analysis" the occurrence rate of myocardial ischemic events was 1.99% among rosiglitazone-treated patients versus 1.51%, which represented a hazard ratio of 1.31 (95% confidence interval 1.01-1.70).
Despite this finding-and its request for a label change-GSK said in its briefing documents that that "there is no consistent or systematic evidence that rosiglitazone increases the risk of MI or cardiovascular death in comparison to other anti-diabetic agents. Therefore, the benefit risk profile of rosiglitazone continues to be favorable."
When the FDA did it's own analysis of the GSK data, it said there was a 40% higher risk of MI among rosiglitazone patients (95% CI, 1.1-1.8, P=0.012) and the risk for either MI or congestive heart failure was also 40% higher for rosiglitazone groups versus comparators (P=0.003).
In a Feb. 6, 2007, memo to Mary Parks, M.D., director of the FDA's division of metabolism and endocrinology products, Kate Gelperin, M.D., M.P.H., a medical epidemiologist at the FDA's division of drug risk evaluation, said GSK's suggested wording was not strong enough.
Dr. Gelperin wrote that the evidence supported a black box warning for rosiglitazone. "Prevention of macrovascular complications of diabetes is a desired benefit of antidiabetic therapy, and the demonstration of a failure to achieve this goal denotes a serious limitation of anticipated therapeutic benefit," she wrote.
Dr. Gelperin's memo was sent more than three months before the online release by the New England Journal of Medicine of a meta-analysis of 42 clinical trials that found a 43% increase in the relative risk of myocardial infarction among type 2 diabetics treated with rosiglitazone.
Meta-Analysis Links Rosiglitazone (Avandia) to Risk of Myocardial Infarction
And GSK's request for a label change went to the FDA 10 months before publication of the NEJM meta-analysis by Steven Nissen, M.D., and Kathy Wolski, M.P.H., both of the Cleveland Clinic.
Nonetheless, it has been the Nissen meta-analysis that has generally been considered the flash point in the rosiglitazone debate.
For example, within hours of its release on May 21, the FDA announced that it was sending a safety advisory to physicians, beefing up the safety warning on the rosiglitazone label, and that it would schedule an advisory panel review of the drug.
FDA Orders New Safety Labels for Rosiglitazone (Avandia) and Pioglitazone (Actos)
That same day, Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) announced a congressional hearing to investigate the FDA's handling of the drug.
Within a week, the editors of The Lancet published an unsigned editorial urging calm and hinting that Dr. Nissen's conclusions were overblown.
Journal Advises Calm in Rosiglitazone (Avandia) Uproar
The editorial was followed by a letter from Ronald L. Krall, M.D., chief medical officer of GSK, who vigorously defended the drug, noted that three ongoing prospective trials RECORD, BARI 2D, and ACCORD, would provide ample evidence of its safety and efficacy.
Drug-Maker Defends Rosiglitazone in Letter to The Lancet
But just six days later the NEJM released online the results of an unplanned interim analysis of the RECORD trial which offered mixed results and little help for GSK. The analysis found no significant increase in MI or cardiac death, but suggested an increased risk of heart failure. Moreover, the publication opened the trial to a torrent of criticism about its design, which FDA researchers also criticized in the briefing documents.
RECORD Fails to Confirm or Refute Cardiovascular Risk for Rosiglitazone (Avandia)
At Monday's meeting---actually a joint meeting of the endocrinology and metabolic drugs advisory committee and the drug safety and risk management advisory committee-23 FDA advisers will be asked to vote on these questions:
What are the strengths/limitations of the GSK meta-analysis of 42 controlled clinical trials?
Do these completed or ongoing trials-DREAM, ADOPT, RECORD, and BARI-2D-adequately address cardiovascular ischemic risk?
Do the available data support a conclusion that rosiglitazone increases ischemic risk in type 2 diabetes?
If yes, is that risk greater than the risk with other therapies?
And the really big question-the .2 billion question on the basis of last year's worldwide sales of rosiglitazone-is this: Does the overall risk-benefit profile of rosiglitazone support its continued marketing in the U.S.?
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ADA: Avandia Critic Meets Skeptical Diabetologists
MedPage Today Survey Finds rosiglitazone (Avandia) Out of Favor for New Patients0
At the Center of Rosiglitazone Storm, Steven Nissen, M.D., Focuses on Safety
Rosiglitazone (Avandia) Linked to Fractures in Women
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Paraphisis pachycercata is een rechtvleugelig insect uit de familie sabelsprinkhanen (Tettigoniidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van deze soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1992 door Jin.

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"Once upon a time, in some out of the way corner of the universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of "world history", but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die. One might invent such a fable, and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature."
—Friedrich Nietzsche "On truth and lies in a nonmoral sense"
A plurality of other worlds and temporalities are just beyond our reach. Rock formations develop and decay over thousands of years. The glaciers move at their own speed. Animals, too, have different senses of time – from the fly that lives but a few days to the bear that hibernates in winter to giant turtles that live longer than humans. This arrogant thing we call world his- tory is not the temporality of the earth and its geological time, nor the time of flourishing nonhuman animals. Rather, we comprehend all of time—cosmic, geological, and animal – only through and within the narrow scale of human time and human being.
These individual lives were made to represent their species for humans across the globe who wanted to know about this nonhuman world. Then, they live on in a material afterlife as figured SKINS: taxidermied bodies molded around wire, wood, and straw to fit ideal forms of animals. They endure for decades even a century or more, outlasting any human they met, and continue to live on today and into an indefinite future. Much later they are photographed by Saksa where the light of a moment is captured on camera and then presented to us as photographs in a gallery or a book.
Consider that these taxidermied forms and these printed images will outlive us viewers. The vulnerability and fragility we see in these stuffed forms echo across time and space to each of us as 'clever animals' who, too, are vulnerable as individuals and as a species passing from this earth. For a moment in these photographs we SHARE a gesture, a time, and a vulnerability with another species who lived in spaces and times far from us. Perhaps in these echoes we will hear the voice of nonhuman beings calling us to something beyond human time and world history.
To look at these images is to imagine worlds beyond our technologies of capture: beyond guns and cages, taxidermy models and cameras and prints. Where these apparatus of capture fail, the artist invites us to imag- ine this beyond: photographed against dark backgrounds, the formed SKINSseem to drift outside of human time and context. The seams bear witness to the unseemly capture of a life which we can only imagine. What and who were these animals before us? They have human-like features and expressions. Their hands and ours echo and yet open on to different lives. They live before us and we (follow) after them. They are of our time and outside of our time. Like and unlike, the vertigo echoes back upon us until we re-think what it means to be a clever beast in the universe.


Our integrated treatment model connects gaps in patient care and offers additional healing modalities to complete their primary medical care.
Our clinic brings together a team of the region's top clinicians to serve a common mission—to enhance the body's natural ability to heal and to maintain good health.
As members of the Brigham and Women's Hospital staff located at the Ambulatory Care Center in Chestnut Hill, our clinicians enjoy working with primary care physicians and medical specialists to help resolve our patients' health problems. We know that working together as a team provides the most comprehensive and convenient care.
The Osher Center staff has worked and trained together for several years, becoming a cohesive team whose members understand the value of each other's unique treatment approach. When appropriate, we offer a combination of therapies under one roof, documented in the patient's Brigham and Women's Hospital unified electronic medical record. The most important aspect of service provision is that we encourage patients to participate actively in any decisions regarding their health care.
The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, a collaboration between Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, is focused on enhancing human health, resilience and quality of life.


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Q: $S _4$ the symmmetric group Let $S_{4}$ the symmmetric group of order $24$ and let an involution $%
\alpha \in S_{4}$ and $\alpha \not\in V$ ($\alpha $ fixed) where $V$ is normal Klein group in $%
S_{4}.$
I want to show that $\left[ S_{4},\alpha \right] =A_{4}$ where $\left[
S_{4},\alpha \right] =\left\langle x^{-1}x^{\alpha };x\in S_{4}\right\rangle
$
It is clear that $\left[ S_{4},\alpha \right] \leq A_{4}.$ Why $\left[
S_{4},\alpha \right] \geq A_{4}$?

A: Since the involution $\alpha$ lies outside the normal Klein $4$-subgroup $V,$ it has the form $(ab)$ for $a \neq b.$ Note then that $(ab)(abc)(ab) = (cba).$ Hence
$[(abc),\alpha] = (abc).$ Thus $[S_{4},\alpha]$ contains an element of order $3$.
But $[S_{4},\alpha] \lhd S_{4}$ and all $3$-cycles are conjugate within $S_{4},$ so that $[S_{4},\alpha]$ contains all eight $3$-cycles of $S_{4},$ so contains $A_{4}.$

A: HINT: You can ignore the statement about $V$. As an involution, $\alpha$ is either of the form $(a\,b)$ or $(a\,b)(c\,d)$, wlog. $(1\,2)$ or $(1\,2)(3\, 4)$. For both cases, find suitable elements of $S_4$ such that the corresponding commutartors give you a generating set for $A_4$.


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The ruling Liberal Democratic Party's newly elected lower house parliament member Takeaki Matsumoto celebrates his victory with supporters on October 22nd, 2017, in Himeji, Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's party is expected to win with a two-thirds majority, according to media reports.
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McAuley delivers a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performance of 'Mary Poppins'
Just one word accurately describes McAuley High School's performance of "Mary Poppins."
McAuley delivers a Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious performance of 'Mary Poppins' Just one word accurately describes McAuley High School's performance of "Mary Poppins." Check out this story on cincinnati.com: http://cin.ci/26sMc36
Jenna Gripshover, Scott High School Cappies Critic Team Published 9:34 p.m. ET April 26, 2016
The cast of McAuley High School's Production of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins sing "Jolly Holiday."(Photo: Kiersten Hughes.)
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: the only word that accurately describes McAuley High School's performance of "Mary Poppins" the weekend of March 18-20. The stage version of the Disney classic and children's books wowed a packed house on a Saturday night, with cheers echoing throughout the house from the first song to the curtain call.
Danielle Mouch rose above the rest (quite literally) as Mary Poppins herself. Mouch's posh accent and perfectly timed wit made her the perfect Mary Poppins, emulating Julie Andrew's original incarnation of the iconic character. Mouch kept the audience cheering for more, from her very first second on stage to her exit, flying off like a shooting star into the night.
Sam Osterwisch portrayed Bert, the lovable chimney sweep with a talent for dancing, and it's impossible to argue that Osterwisch wasn't born to play the role. The actor seamlessly became the character on stage, popping in and out of the scenes to provide narration to help the audience along. Osterwisch and Mouch worked together incredibly as the lead characters, providing a contrast between the two that made the relationship even more real on stage.
Jacob Nichols and Raelynn Snodgrass were a vocal powerhouse duo as George and Winifred Banks, both putting on a successful performance in songs such as "Cherry Tree Lane," "Good For Nothing" and "Being Mrs. Banks." Nichols' lower timbre perfectly matched that of a father, framing his songs with the sort of brooding strictness that provided the story's main conflict. Snodgrass' vocals, on the other hand, were light and timid to provide a stark contrast from her onstage husband. In "Being Mrs. Banks," Snodgrass got an opportunity to show her true vocal talents and deserves praise for her incredible performance.
The play's set was complex and beautiful, comprised of rolling rooms and rooftops and hand-painted backdrops. The stage crew and set design team of Abby Kreimer and Julie Lasonczyk worked together to make scene transitions quick and flawless, mastering movement between scenes without hesitation and as naturally as scene movement can be.
All choreography was created by the student talents of Maria Huey, Jenna Lawhorn and Nora Honkomp. Huey specifically shined during her tap solo in "Step in Time,"and Honkomp set the mood with her solo in "Feed the Birds." The team set up a high-energy dance sequence for every single choreographed song and set the whole show to an upbeat pace.
McAuley High School's production of "Mary Poppins" succeeded in bringing the magic of a nanny with an umbrella to life with the incredible use of technical effects, musicianship and energetic performance.
About the Cappies of Greater Cincinnati
The Critics and Awards Program strives to recognize Greater Cincinnati's talented community of young writers, performers, and technical crews. High school theater and journalism students who participate in the Cappies program are trained as critics, attend shows at other schools, and write and publish reviews. At the end of the school year, the student critics vote to give awards to their fellow students for outstanding productions, group and individual performances, and achievements in technical categories. Awards are presented at the annual Cappies Gala at the Aronoff Center. Learn more at cappies.org.
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Q: Changed part of path and need to redirect old to new I have updated country code in the base path and I am attempting the redirect users that end up going to:
www.example.com/uk/etc1/etc2/etc..
www.example.com/gb/etc1/etc2/etc..
But also sometimes also www.example.com/uk#etc
I thought this would be fairly trivial in mod_rewrite I cant get anything to work.
The closest I feel I have come is the following rule, but nothing happens when I land on uk.
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    Options +FollowSymLinks
    RewriteEngine on

    RewriteRule .* index.php [L] #this is active already on the page

    RewriteRule   ^/uk(.*) /gb(.*) [R]
</IfModule>

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This seems closer but I am getting stuck in an endless loop:
RewriteRule   ^uk(.*) /gb$1 [R]
Edit 2 / (3) Answer:
This seems to redirect correctly(is correct):
RewriteRule ^uk(.*)$ /gb$1 [R=302,L]

RewriteRule .* index.php [L]

But the formatting is broken on the page, looks like some loop problem.
But the formatting is incorrect, If I swap the two RewriteRules the formatting is correct but the uk => gb conversion doesn't seem to get called at all.
Answer
Be careful of Rewriteconditions, I failed to notice the significance of them and I removed them for the original index.php rewrite which meant it could not locate any media.
I failed to take notice of the rewrite conditions which applied for the original index.php

A: This should do the trick:
Options +FollowSymLinks

DirectoryIndex index.php

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule   ^/uk(.*) /gb$1 [R=301,L]


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Comparing Circadian Rhythms in Blood Pressure Computed from the Arterial Line and Sphygmomanometer in the ICU
Finnegan E., Villarroel M., Davidson S., Harford M., Jorge J., Tarassenko L.
It has previously been shown that there is an underlying bias in blood pressure (BP) measurements between the arterial line and the sphygmomanometer cuffs. It is unclear the extent to which this bias can lead to differences in the standard of care inside the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The objective of this study was to compare the circadian patterns of systolic, mean arterial and diastolic BP (SBP, MAP and DBP) derived from simultaneous measurements of arterial lines and sphygmomanometer cuffs in the ICU. 2,243 patients were selected from the MIMIC-III database, resulting in 22,743 data-points of paired BP measurements from the arterial line and sphygmomanometer cuff. A significant bias between the two measurement sources was found for SBP and MAP but not for DBP. In addition, a significant proportion (SBP - 51%, DBP - 23%, MAP - 41%) of cuff measurements had a difference greater than 10 mmHg with respect to the arterial line. Despite these errors, the circadian rhythms between the two signals showed a high correlation: SBP - r = 0.92 p < 0.001; MAP - r = 0.90 p < 0.001; DBP - r = 0.86 p < 0.001. Despite significant errors and bias between the arterial line and cuff, the sphygmomanometer cuff is sufficiently accurate to track circadian rhythms in BP in the ICU.
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John M. Garrison
John M. Garrison was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on June 20, 2018, to become the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas.
He was initially sworn-in on February 4, 2019 by Rodney Gilstrap, Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. Marshal Garrison currently oversees 42 personnel in the district with an annual operating budget of over 20 million dollars for operating expenses, which includes the secure care and custody of federal detainees, judicial security, apprehending fugitives and non-compliant sex offenders, and seizing and managing assets acquired by criminals through illegal activities. The Eastern District of Texas consist of 43 counties and has eleven federal courthouses in seven different cities.
Marshal Garrison began his career in law enforcement in 1987, as a Deputy Sheriff with the Rapides Parish Sheriff Office (RPSO) in Alexandria, LA. He was hired by the U.S. Marshals Service in January 1990 as a Deputy United States Marshal in the Eastern District of Texas. He joined the U.S. Marshals Service Special Operations Group (SOG) in November 1998. Marshal Garrison spent his whole U.S. Marshals Service career in Tyler, Texas, but due to special assignments was able to travel the United States in addition to a six-month assignment in Iraq with Special Operations Group. He also served in numerous programs with the U.S. Marshals Service to include being a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Violent Crimes Task Force, the District's Sex Offender Investigations Coordinator, Judicial Security Inspector, and was the (Acting) Assistant Chief when he retired from the U.S. Marshals Service on November 25, 2017.
Marshal Garrison attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is also a proud United States Marine Corps veteran.


The former DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) built many computer systems, largely inspred (copied?) from models of the West. Robotron VEB formerly built mechanical calculators and typewriters. This Z9001 is from 1984, using the U880 microprocessor (a copy of the Z80).


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