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Pregnancy , Baby Names
10 Baby Girl Names Inspired By Olympic Athletes
By Jenny Sherlock
1. Nadia
(Comaneci) The Romanian Gymnast made her first appearance at the Olympics at the young age of 14 and she was also the first gymnast to be awarded a perfect 10 score. She also won 3 Gold medals in the 1976 Olympics.
2. Serena
(Williams) Half of the famous Williams sisters (the other being Venus), she is a formidable opponent in any tennis tournament but is also an Olympic Athlete having won 4 gold medals.
3. Olga
(Korbut) Olga was a 6-time Olympic medal winning gymnast from Belarus. She competed in the 1972 and 1976 Olympic Games for the Soviet team. She set records during her career for balance beam and parallel bars.
4. Cathy
(Freeman) Cathy is an Australian sprinter who competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics. The 400m was her main event in both Games where she bagged herself two medals.
5. Jenny
(Thompson) Jenny Thompson is one of the most decorated Olympians in history. The swimmer has a total of 12 Olympic medals from four Olympic Games.
(Griffith Joyner) Known as the fastest woman of all time, Florence Griffith Joyner won five Olympic medals between the 1984 and 1988 Olympics and her records for 100m and 200m remain unbroken today.
7. Larisa
(Latynina) Larisa took part in 3 Olympic Games between 1956 and 1964 where she won a whopping 14 individual medals and 4 team medals for Gymnastics.
8. Elisabeta
(Lipa) Elisabeta Lipa is the most decorated rower in the history of the Olympic Games with a total of 8 medals to her name. She competed in a total of 5 Olympic Games between 1964 and 2004.
9. Natalie
(Coughlan) Natalie is a competitive swimmer with an impressive 12 medals under her belt. She first competed at Olympic level in Athens in 2004 at the age of 22 where she won 5 medals.
10. Mary
(Peters) One of the least decorated on our list, Mary Peters won a gold medal in the Pentathlon event in 1972. Since this, she has received many honours including an MBE for her services to athletes.
10 Baby Boy Names Inspired By Olympic Athletes
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Jenny Sherlock is a mum of three who is addicted to tea, chocolate and sleep. She enjoys crafts, reading, music and writing. Her work can be seen on various websites, newspapers and magazines and her rants are at www.seriouslymammy.wordpress.com


Greetings from Colorful Colorado, Molly! You will find that we are a pretty diverse group of ladies here. I would love to have a garden, but I have a black thumb. I think I'll make that my retirement hobby in about 15 years or so.
I also agree. Those who report false crimes, as well as all accomplices, should be prosecuted.
I agree with the others. Having a child is the most life-altering event I can imagine, so embark on that journey when you and your husband are ready for it.
I hate to break it to you all, but this activity in some form has been happening for years, maybe not to this extreme. I agree that all those involved in this scam should be penalized to the fullest extent of the law.
I've been here a little over a year, and I sign in only when posting, not to view new posts. So, my activity isn't "recorded," in that respect.
Welcome to the mid-30s! Laser hair removal may be the way to go as well. It's a more permanent solution than waxing.
Greetings from Colorful Colorado, psychmommy! You've found a very friendly group of women here.
I'm late coming in, but I agree with all the others. The loss of long-term friends is never easy. You will go through a mourning period, but you will come out of it with a better outlook.
Greetings from Colorful Colorado, Halfpint! Congratulations on your upcoming nuptials. We are a friendly, diverse group of ladies from all over the world.
Teaching is an underappreciated undervalued career…on so many levels. I hope that someday, those in power will fix that.
What led me to believe Murphy is an Australian Shepherd were the spots and apparent lack of a tail in the first set of photos. You're right…I've never heard of this breed.
Growing up as an Army brat, I've witnessed every type of mixed relationship/marriage possible…and had a bunch of "mixed" friends…and thought nothing of it. It's refreshing to see real life as I know it playing out in commercials and television shows.
The USA is "browning," Rhonda. Get over it. Frankly, your intolerance surprises me.
I've actually tried one of those about a month ago without even knowing it until now! It was very good!
Those are some really nice sketches, Jen!
I resolved not to make resolutions…so, yes!
Just don't cough or sneeze!
Husband's sister? Or, brother's wife? Either way, I wouldn't insert myself into the situation. If it was my husband's sister, I would discuss it with my husband, like I would with any other friend, but that's it.


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How could anyone hate an egg? Yet, 20 years ago, the dietary naysayers decided that the cholesterol in eggs was translating to artery-clogging cholesterol in the blood -- and eggs splattered onto the no-no list.
Finally, some scientists at the Harvard School of Public Health looked at a population of 117,000 nurses who had been followed for eight to 14 years and found no difference in heart disease risk between those who ate one egg a week and those who ate more than one egg a day.
Another study reported in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition found that eggs tended to satisfy obese and overweight subjects more than a bagel breakfast with an equal calorie count. Eggs might even be a good diet food!
"I am very happy with eggs," Ruth Kava, PhD, RD, director of nutrition for the American Council on Science and Health, tells WebMD. "Eggs have a high nutritional value, an excellent quality of protein, are only 70 to 80 calories each, and are not high in fat."
Patricia Kendall, PhD, RD, professor and food and nutrition specialist at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, tells WebMD she agrees that the cholesterol in eggs should not put them on the roster of the forbidden.
On the Food Guide Pyramid put out by the government, eggs are part of the protein-rich food group of meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, and nuts. Two to three servings from this group are recommended each day. One egg would be equal to one-third to one-half of a serving from this group.
The American Heart Association says that one egg a day is acceptable, but to keep in mind the cholesterol in that egg along with the other foods that you eat in the day. Those with heart disease, diabetes, or a high level of LDL 'bad' cholesterol should probably choose a small or medium egg vs. larger ones which have more cholesterol. Remember that egg whites have no cholesterol.
A large egg represents less than 4% of the daily calorie intake of a person eating 2,000 calories a day; it provides 10% of a person's daily recommended protein, and valuable iron, B vitamins, and minerals, including the folate recommended for pregnant women.
People who eat eggs have been shown to have better diets, perhaps -- scientists speculate -- because they tend to eat breakfast, especially eggy ones. "Eggs have both fat and protein," Kendall adds. "These increase a sense of fullness."
Of course, questions have also been raised about food-borne illnesses involving eggs. One out of 20,000 eggs may be contaminated with salmonella, bacteria that can cause extreme intestinal distress. The secret to avoiding this is to cook eggs thoroughly, Kendall says. Eggs should also be stored appropriately in the refrigerator and promptly eaten after cooking.
"It's better not to have the yolk runny," Kava agrees. "The extreme elderly and immunosuppressed should be extra careful or not eat eggs."
Kendall says you can even get eggs that are pasteurized to kill bacteria inside the shells. To avoid hard cooking, the heat levels are kept low, but are still effective.
Eggs are easy to prepare in a number of different ways. They even make recipes work by thickening things.
They have a long refrigerator shelf life.
"An egg is no longer just an egg," Kendall says.
Go to any upscale food store or even the local supermarket and you have choices, and not just the sizes.
"You have your cage-free, free-range, or free-roaming," Kendall notes. This refers to the way the chickens (yes, they come first) are raised. "People got the idea that letting chickens wander around and eat the occasional bug was more humane, and because the birds were exposed to less ammonia, made the eggs taste better." Gourmets, in fact, rhapsodize over the depth of flavor of free-range eggs. On one web site, an egg lover remarked: "My neighbor's chickens are feasting on grasshoppers and I always look forward to the eggs he brings. They are huge with bright golden yolks that stand high above thick whites."
Lower-cholesterol eggs are produced, Kendall says, by feeding the chickens a vegetarian diet and oils such as canola oil. "A large egg can have 300 milligrams of cholesterol," she notes, "and this sort of feeding can bring that down to 200 milligrams."
Omega-3 eggs are also being engineered. Chickens are fed flaxseed, marine algae, and fish oil, with the intent to increase the egg content of omega-3 fatty acids.
Brown eggs, beige, even gray or lavender, are trendy now. This is not a dye job, but a function of the type of chicken, Kendall explains. White-shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and ear lobes. Brown-shelled eggs come from chickens with red feathers and red ear lobes. Do different colored eggs taste better? The answer lies in the mouth of the omelet eater.
Those eggs in a carton, already broken and mixed, are another category on the shelves. Sometimes, Kendall says, these are considered low cholesterol because they are all whites with a little yellow coloring thrown in. Read the labels, nutritionists advise.
Kava says she is very distressed by the "demonization" of eggs. Her mother had a serum cholesterol of 202 and was told by her doctor's nurse to cut down on eggs.
"This infuriated me!" Kava exclaims. "Eggs are great for healthy older people, high in protein, easy to chew."
SOURCES: Ruth Kava, PhD, RD, director of nutrition, American Council on Science and Health, New York City. Patricia Kendall, PhD, RD, professor, food and nutrition specialist, Colorado State University, Fort Collins. Egg Nutrition Center web site: "The Good News About Eggs Just Got Better." Vander, J. Journal of American College of Nutrition, 2005; vol 24: pp 510-515. American Council on Science and Health web site: "What's The Story? Eggs." Strat's Place web site. American Egg Board web site: "Learn More About Eggs." American Heart Association web site: "Eggs."


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9-Year-Old Girl's Rare Disorder Makes Her Excessively Friendly To Everyone Including Strangers
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A young girl in Singapore suffers from a rare disorder that makes her excessively friendly to everyone -- including strangers.
Ella Yeo, 9, has a congenital development disorder called Williams Syndrome, which is characterized by -- among other things -- an excessively social personality, The Straits Times and The New Paper reports.
Most who suffer from WS don't know they are affected because it is so rare that not many people know about it.
Ella's condition went undetected until two years ago, when a doctor treating her for a heart condition raised doubts. A blood test confirmed the genetic disorder.
"When we heard about it, we were lost. We had not heard of this genetic disease before," Ella's mother, Janet Yeo, 38, a civil servant, said.
Yeo, who has two other children, said that Ella was a very small baby when she was born. Ella weighed 1.88 kilograms at 37.5 weeks, which is equal to about 4 pounds.
Some other symptoms of WS include cardiovascular disease, developmental delays and learning disabilities.
WS occurs in about 1 in 10,000 people around the world and there are at least 20 to 30 patients in Singapore, according to AsiaOne.
Parents like Yeo are not alone.
Opposing Views reported in April 2013 that Mark Fountain's son, Lane, suffered from the same disorder, which gives him advanced social skills. The 9-year-old boy has been interested in vacuum cleaners since he saw his mother cleaning one day.
The downside to Lane's condition is that he can't tell the difference between who his friend is and who might be a dangerous person.
"There is no awareness of strangers or danger," said his father. "Everybody is their friend, and they cannot see the bad in people."
"But we wouldn't have Lane any other way. He loves everyone and he's unique."
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Girl Has Rare Disorder Albert Einstein Had
Rare Disorder Makes 4-Year-Old Boy Look Old (Photos)
3-Week-Old Girl Contracted Rare Form Of Meningitis After Cat Licked Bottle, Almost Died
9-Year-Old Lane Fountain Can't Stop Vacuuming
Former Party Girl Loses 80 Pounds After Overhearing Friend Insult Her (Photos)
Mother Has Broken Or Dislocated Nearly Every Bone In Her Body Due To Rare Genetic Disorder
Couple Copes With Baby's Rare Skin Disorder
Mother Of Son With Rare Disorder Tweets Hospital Bill (Photo)

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Steve Stricker 'lucky to be alive' after lengthy hospital stay with heart inflammation, illness
U.S. Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker revealed on Tuesday that he has spent the last several months in and out of a hospital battling a "mysterious ailment."
Though it wasn't related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Stricker told WisconsinGolf's Gary D'Amato on Thursday that he's "lucky to be alive."
"I'm down 25 pounds," he said, via WisconsinGolf. "I'm freshman in high school weight. I lost all my muscle. I look like an 85-year-old man, dude. My skin is hanging."
Steve Stricker dealing with heart inflammation
Stricker first withdrew from the QBE Shootout in November due to what the PGA Tour called a "nagging, non-COVID-related virus."
Just days before that statement was put out, however, Stricker was actually discharged from a Wisconsin hospital — and was still extremely sick.
Stricker told WisconsinGolf he started experiencing a sore throat in October, shortly after he helped lead the U.S. team to a Ryder Cup win the month before. His white blood cell count soared and he started dealing with inflammation around his heart. It then went in and out of rhythm for weeks.
Stricker said he first realized he was dealing with something serious after a hunting trip. That night after they got back, he said, the 54-year-old's temperature spiked and it felt like he was having an allergic reaction.
"So, I went into the hospital about two weeks before Thanksgiving and they kept me in there," he said, via WisconsinGolf. "That's when the s*** hit the fan ... I was fighting something, but they couldn't find out what it was. My liver was going downhill. I got jaundice. I was yellow and peeing out Pepsi-colored pee."
Stricker was discharged 11 days later, just before Thanksgiving, but he ended up back in the hospital just three days later.
"You don't know where this road is leading to," he said, via WisconsinGolf. "I never thought that I'm not getting out of there kind of thing. But I didn't eat for two weeks. I didn't have any energy or appetite to eat. I had a hard time just getting up and walking because of the heart. I took a few steps to the bathroom in my room and I'd be out of breath."
Doctors still aren't positive what sent Stricker to the hospital, but he's working with a cardiologist to make sure the inflammation around his heart goes down and stays down.
He was discharged from the hospital a second time before the end of the year, and is now in Florida with his family. Stricker said he still can't eat any solid food and is on several medications.
"My heart is in rhythm now," he said, via WisconsinGolf. "It was jumping in and out of rhythm from Thanksgiving all the way to Christmas Eve. So, knock on wood. And I'm on less medication. The inflammation number that they can find out with blood tests is saying that my inflammation is going down. And it must be, because I'm feeling better. I'm walking around a little bit. I'm starting to be a little bit more active and building a tolerance a little bit better. So, things are definitely better."
Stricker, a 12-time winner on the PGA Tour, hasn't competed there since the 3M Open in July. He did compete multiple times on the PGA Tour Champions after that, most recently a T7 finish at the Constellation Furyk & Friends in October. He finished inside the top 10 in 11 of his 13 PGA Tour Champions appearances last season.
While he's started chipping again, it's still unknown when Stricker will make his return. A doctor told him it's going to be about six months, at least.
"I'm on the shelf for a little while," Stricker said, via WisconsinGolf. "I'm doing a little walking now, but not very much. I'm just trying to get back on my feet a little bit more."
Steve Stricker has been in and out of the hospital in recent months dealing with heart inflammation. (David Rosenblum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Celine Dion cancels remaining North American shows due to continuing muscle spasms
The NFL has finally drawn a hard line against teams' humiliating pre-draft behavior
Novak Djokovic has Australian visa canceled over paperwork error, vaccine exemption
Tennessee lawmaker Jeremy Faison says he 'acted the fool' after apparent attempt to pants a HS basketball ref
Heat star Kyle Lowry ejected after tossing ball back to official in wild sequence
Tsunami advisories cancelled in all areas of coastal British Columbia
The National Tsunami Warning Center has cancelled sweeping advisories that blanketed much of coastal British Columbia on Saturday and cautioned residents to be mindful of potential strong currents and waves along local shorelines. The advisories, issued early on Saturday morning and lifted shortly after 3 p.m. local time, followed a volcanic eruption in the Pacific Basin near the Tonga Islands. It had been in place for four zones, including Haida Gwaii, the central coast, and the northeast and o
City of Windsor considering new measures for businesses amid latest pandemic restrictions
Windsor city council is looking at new measures to help small businesses amid ongoing pandemic restrictions. Council will decide Monday whether or not to implement the new proposals. They include offering to waive parklet and sidewalk cafe fees for 2022 and extending free parking from 15 minutes to one hour, according to a report posted by the clerks office. City advertising and sponsorship fees could also be relaxed up to a maximum of $25,000, and the upcoming February property tax instalment w
'Upside down again': Omicron surge roils U.S. small businesses
Phillip Howard pointed toward a stack of black ski pants piled atop a counter in his winter sports shop as evidence of the hurdles small business owners still face as the pandemic drags on. Instead, they came from China the first week of January, delayed by supply-chain failures. "Late-arriving product really kills us," Howard said this week, noting that several other items had also arrived late, missing his pre-holiday sales season.
While some Canadians who have received their booster shots have later tested positive for COVID-19, medical experts agree that the science behind booster jabs is sound.


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Angelica Chéri
Angelica Chéri is a playwright, musical theatre bookwriter/lyricist, screenwriter and poet. The plays of her "Prophet's Cycle Trilogy" include The Seeds of Abraham (Signature Theatre, Billie Holiday Theatre, mentored by Lynn Nottage), The Sting of White Roses (North Carolina Black Repertory Company, National Black Theatre Festival) and Crowndation; I Will Not Lie to David (National Black Theatre-I AM SOUL...
Angelica Chéri is a playwright, musical theatre bookwriter/lyricist, screenwriter and poet. The plays of her "Prophet's Cycle Trilogy" include The Seeds of Abraham (Signature Theatre, Billie Holiday Theatre, mentored by Lynn Nottage), The Sting of White Roses (North Carolina Black Repertory Company, National Black Theatre Festival) and Crowndation; I Will Not Lie to David (National Black Theatre-I AM SOUL Residency).
Other plays include Berta, Berta (upcoming World Premiere at CATF), Slow Gin Fits (Fire This Time Festival) and The Yin & The Yang (Columbia University). Angelica is currently commissioned by Peppercorn Theatre to write and develop Learn to Speak Doll, a new children's play inspired by the great Dr. Maya Angelou.
Angelica and collaborator Ross Baum received the prestigious Richard Rodgers Award for their musical Gun & Powder, which has been developed at Goodspeed Opera, Two River Theater, the NYU Center for New Musicals and the 2017 SigWorks Lab (chosen out of 170 submissions). Gun & Powder has had public presentations in the Broadway's Future Songbook concert series at Lincoln Center and in the Drama League's 2018 DirectorFest. Also with Baum, Angelica was commissioned by Diverging Elements Theatre Company to write the short children's play A Letter to Auntie Rosa as well as the official anthem of the National Children's Theater of South Africa.
Angelica was the Master Playwright in the Frank Silvera Writer's Workshop Inaugural 3in3 Playwright Festival, and has written for the Obie-Award-Winning 48 Hours in Harlem Festival.
Her TV pilot Derailed was a semi-finalist in both Showtime's Tony Cox Episodic Screenplay Competition and the Episodic Comedy Colony in conjunction with the 2017 Nantucket Film Festival.
Angelica received her BA in Theatre from UCLA, MFA in Playwriting from Columbia University and MFA in Musical Theatre Writing from NYU.
Crowndation; I Will Not Lie to David by Angelica Chéri
Genre: biography, drama + 2 more
Keyword: christianity, sexuality + 5 more
Genre: biography, drama, faith-based, tragedy
Keyword: christianity, sexuality, coming of age, becoming a woman, mother and daughter, breast cancer, spoken word
Now the same age as her mother when she died of breast cancer, Fatima battles her inner-contradictions, yanked in multiple directions by her faith, her sexuality, her purpose and a secret she discovers about her father, all in pursuit of becoming whole before her time runs out.
Berta, Berta by Angelica Chéri
Genre: adaptation, biography + 7 more
Keyword: Mass Incarceration, african american history + 6 more
Genre: adaptation, biography, docudrama/historic, drama, fable/folktale, fantasy, period, political, tragedy
Keyword: Mass Incarceration, african american history, blues, African folklore, origin story, origin myth, based on a true story, American Folk Music
Inspired by the legendary prison song "Berta, Berta" that originated on Parchman Farm, Mississippi State Penitentiary, the play Berta, Berta offers a fictional account of the song's origins.
After committing an unforgivable crime and doomed to surrender his freedom, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long lost lover Berta. Their reunion swells from a...
After committing an unforgivable crime and doomed to surrender his freedom, Leroy is granted one final wish: a chance to make amends with his long lost lover Berta. Their reunion swells from a quarrelsome conjuring of the past to an impassioned plot to escape the fate that awaits them.
http://www.angelicacheri.com
@angelicacheri
Beth Blickers
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Milton CE Primary is a diverse community where children are encouraged to explore and celebrate individuality, and to build upon who they are to achieve success. Our school is welcoming, happy and caring. In keeping with our Christian foundation we focus on personal qualities through the values we teach, to establish the relationships necessary to succeed both socially and intellectually. Our pupils become good communicators, with a 'have a go' attitude, and the confidence to learn from their mistakes and move onwards.
My vision for Milton's future is to accelerate the development of this successful 21st century school so that we prepare every child in our community to make a success of his or her life. I believe that all children, regardless of their background, have the right to achieve and succeed, not just academically, and to become well rounded, healthy, happy human beings.
I believe in an open door policy and would urge parents to contact me with any concerns no matter how small. A successful education is the culmination of home and school working together, so it is important to ensure that communication is a two way process.
Milton School promotes and develops its distinctive nature as a Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School in partnership with its Parish, and the Diocese of Ely. We are an academy that is part of the Diocese of Ely Multi Academy Trust. The school shares with the other Church primary schools in the Diocese of Ely the following ethos statement: Recognising its historic foundation, the school will preserve and develop its religious character in accordance with the principles of the Church of England and in partnership with the Church at parish and diocesan level. The school aims to serve its community by providing an education of the highest quality within the context of Christian belief and practice. It encourages an understanding of the meaning and significance of faith, and promotes Christian values through the experience it offers all pupils.
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require "spec_helper"

describe "Konfig class" do
  describe "workspace_directory" do
    it "if the MYOSX_WORKSPACE env var is set return the full path" do
      ENV['MYOSX_WORKSPACE'] = "/Users/alan/workspace"
      expect(Konfig.new.workspace_directory).to eq("\/Users\/alan\/workspace")
    end

    it "if the MYOSX_WORKSPACE is not set default to users home" do
      ENV.delete('MYOSX_WORKSPACE')
      expect(Konfig.new.workspace_directory).to eq("#{ENV['HOME']}/.myosx")
    end
  end

  describe 'config_location' do
    it "if the MYOSX_CONFIG env var is set return the full path" do
      ENV['MYOSX_CONFIG'] = "/Users/alan/config_file.cnf"
      expect(Konfig.new.config_file).to eq("\/Users\/alan\/config_file.cnf")
    end

    it "if the MYOSX_CONFIG env var is not set return the default file name in users home" do
      ENV.delete('MYOSX_CONFIG')
      expect(Konfig.new.config_file).to eq("#{ENV['HOME']}\/\.myosx.cnf")
    end
  end
end

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Thankfully things have calmed down a bit here at Maison Desrochers. Gabe has recovered well from his lip incident and we are counting the days until friday, November 3rd when Seth's cast will come off. Seth couldn't stop smiling when the doctor told him just two more weeks. All the way home I could look in the rearview mirror and see him staring out the window beaming ear to ear.
The middle of last week Nathan decided that baby food was no longer for him, and after spitting everything out in a loud razberry sort of way over several meals we got the drift. So we have started the great food experiment. So far he has tried Cheerios, pizza crust, hot dogs, french fries, nectarines, grilled cheese, pasta, bread, and by far his favorite- Sesame Street crackers. Things are much messier on and around the high chair, but the way he talks to his food and squeals makes the extra clean up worth it.
Gabriel has had a conversation explosion as of late. He is talking to everyone about everything non-stop. Last week, a day after the stitch incident, John was putting him to bed and I could hear Gabe on the monitor saying he wanted to hug Mommy. So I made my way up the two flights of stairs to the third floor and as I round the corner into his room, Gabe says to John "Mommy a hooo-man". To which John replies "what?" . Now Gabe does not give up or even get frustrated when he is trying to get his point across. He will just keep repeating until you get it, and then he will nod his head and say "yes". So after about fifteen exchanges, of Gabe saying hooo-man and John saying what, it dawns on me. I lean over the bed and give him a hug, kiss him and say "yes Gabe, Mommy is a woman". He smiles, nods his head and says "yes". Apparently my two year old has figured out which of these is not like the others in our house and has now added the word into his vocabulary to describe it.


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Average Weather in October at Los Alamos County Airport New Mexico, United States
Daily high temperatures decrease by 12°F, from 69°F to 57°F, rarely falling below 47°F or exceeding 77°F.
Daily low temperatures decrease by 11°F, from 49°F to 39°F, rarely falling below 29°F or exceeding 56°F.
For reference, on July 4, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Los Alamos County Airport typically range from 61°F to 83°F, while on December 30, the coldest day of the year, they range from 24°F to 40°F.
Average High and Low Temperature in October
Average High and Low Temperature in October at Los Alamos County Airport18152229112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313120°F30°F40°F50°F60°F70°F80°FSepNovOct 169°FOct 169°F49°F49°FOct 3157°FOct 3157°F39°F39°FOct 1165°FOct 1165°F46°F46°FOct 2161°FOct 2161°F42°F42°FLowHigh
The daily average high (red line) and low (blue line) temperature, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted lines are the corresponding average perceived temperatures.
The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average temperatures for the quarter of the year centered on October. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.
Average Hourly Temperature in October
Average Hourly Temperature in October at Los Alamos County Airport18152229112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMSepNovvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablefreezing
frigid 15°F freezing 32°F very cold 45°F cold 55°F cool 65°F comfortable 75°F warm 85°F hot 95°F sweltering
The average hourly temperature, color coded into bands. The shaded overlays indicate night and civil twilight.
Marlengo, Italy (5,548 miles away) and Ugljevik, Bosnia & Herzegovina (5,912 miles) are the far-away foreign places with temperatures most similar to Los Alamos County Airport (view comparison).
The month of October at Los Alamos County Airport experiences gradually increasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy increasing from 21% to 29%.
The clearest day of the month is October 1, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 79% of the time.
For reference, on February 13, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 40%, while on September 29, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 79%.
Cloud Cover Categories in October
Cloud Cover Categories in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SepNovOct 179%Oct 179%Oct 3171%Oct 3171%Oct 1176%Oct 1176%Oct 2173%Oct 2173%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercast
0% clear 20% mostly clear 40% partly cloudy 60% mostly cloudy 80% overcast 100%
The percentage of time spent in each cloud cover band, categorized by the percentage of the sky covered by clouds.
A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Los Alamos County Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of October is essentially constant, remaining around 14% throughout.
For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 35% on July 31, and its lowest chance is 8% on January 24.
Over the course of October at Los Alamos County Airport, the chance of a day with only rain decreases from 15% to 11%, the chance of a day with mixed snow and rain remains an essentially constant 1% throughout, and the chance of a day with only snow remains an essentially constant 0% throughout.
Probability of Precipitation in October
Probability of Precipitation in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%5%10%15%20%25%SepNovOct 115%Oct 115%Oct 3113%Oct 3113%Oct 1114%Oct 1114%Oct 2114%Oct 2114%mixedrainsnow
The percentage of days in which various types of precipitation are observed, excluding trace quantities: rain alone, snow alone, and mixed (both rain and snow fell in the same day).
To show variation within the month and not just the monthly total, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.
The average sliding 31-day rainfall during October at Los Alamos County Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.9 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 2.2 inches.
Average Monthly Rainfall in October
Average Monthly Rainfall in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310.0 in0.5 in1.0 in1.5 in2.0 inSepNovOct 11.0 inOct 11.0 inOct 310.8 inOct 310.8 inOct 111.0 inOct 111.0 inOct 210.9 inOct 210.9 in
The average rainfall (solid line) accumulated over the course of a sliding 31-day period centered on the day in question, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands. The thin dotted line is the corresponding average liquid-equivalent snowfall.
Over the course of October at Los Alamos County Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the month, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 5 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 2 minutes, 9 seconds, and weekly decrease of 15 minutes, 6 seconds.
The shortest day of the month is October 31, with 10 hours, 44 minutes of daylight and the longest day is October 1, with 11 hours, 49 minutes of daylight.
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in October
Hours of Daylight and Twilight in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 hr24 hr4 hr20 hr8 hr16 hr12 hr12 hr16 hr8 hr20 hr4 hr24 hr0 hrSepNovnightnightdaydayOct 111 hr, 49 minOct 111 hr, 49 minOct 3110 hr, 44 minOct 3110 hr, 44 min
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line). From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray), the color bands indicate: full daylight, twilight (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and full night.
The earliest sunrise of the month at Los Alamos County Airport is 6:59 AM on October 1 and the latest sunrise is 26 minutes later at 7:26 AM on October 31.
The latest sunset is 6:48 PM on October 1 and the earliest sunset is 38 minutes earlier at 6:10 PM on October 31.
Daylight saving time is observed at Los Alamos County Airport during 2019, but it neither starts nor ends during October, so the entire month is in daylight saving time.
For reference, on June 21, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:48 AM and sets 14 hours, 36 minutes later, at 8:24 PM, while on December 22, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 7:11 AM and sets 9 hours, 43 minutes later, at 4:55 PM.
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October
Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight and Daylight Saving Time in October at Los Alamos County Airport18152229112233445566778899101011111212131314141515161617171818191920202121222223232424252526262727282829293030313112 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AMSepNov6:59 AM6:59 AMOct 16:48 PMOct 16:48 PM7:26 AM7:26 AMOct 316:10 PMOct 316:10 PM7:12 AM7:12 AMOct 166:28 PMOct 166:28 PMSolarMidnightSolarMidnightSolarNoonSunriseSunset
The solar day over the course of October. From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray.
We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.
The chance that a given day will be muggy at Los Alamos County Airport is essentially constant during October, remaining around 0% throughout.
For reference, on August 26, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on January 1, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.
Humidity Comfort Levels in October
Humidity Comfort Levels in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%SepNovOct 10%Oct 10%Oct 310%Oct 310%Oct 110%Oct 110%Oct 210%Oct 210%drydrycomfortablecomfortable
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The percentage of time spent at various humidity comfort levels, categorized by dew point.
This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.
The average hourly wind speed at Los Alamos County Airport is essentially constant during October, remaining within 0.1 miles per hour of 6.7 miles per hour throughout.
For reference, on April 11, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 8.9 miles per hour, while on August 3, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 5.1 miles per hour.
Average Wind Speed in October
Average Wind Speed in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 mph2 mph4 mph6 mph8 mph10 mph12 mphSepNovOct 16.6 mphOct 16.6 mphOct 316.8 mphOct 316.8 mphOct 166.7 mphOct 166.7 mph
The average of mean hourly wind speeds (dark gray line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
The hourly average wind direction at Los Alamos County Airport throughout October is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 50% on October 30.
Wind Direction in October
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The percentage of hours in which the mean wind direction is from each of the four cardinal wind directions, excluding hours in which the mean wind speed is less than 1.0 mph. The lightly tinted areas at the boundaries are the percentage of hours spent in the implied intermediate directions (northeast, southeast, southwest, and northwest).
Growing Season
Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).
The growing season at Los Alamos County Airport typically lasts for 6.2 months (190 days), from around April 20 to around October 27, rarely starting before April 3 or after May 8, and rarely ending before October 5 or after November 17.
During October at Los Alamos County Airport, the chance that a given day is within the growing season is very rapidly decreasing falling from 93% to 41% over the course of the month.
Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October
Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands and the Growing Season in October at Los Alamos County Airportgrowing season1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%SepNov93%Oct 193%Oct 1Oct 3141%Oct 3141%83%Oct 1183%Oct 1163%Oct 2163%Oct 21Nov 1710%Nov 1710%freezingvery coldcoldcoolcomfortablewarm
The percentage of time spent in various temperature bands. The black line is the percentage chance that a given day is within the growing season.
Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.
The average accumulated growing degree days at Los Alamos County Airport are gradually increasing during October, increasing by 173°F, from 2,698°F to 2,871°F, over the course of the month.
Growing Degree Days in October
Growing Degree Days in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031312,400°F2,500°F2,600°F2,700°F2,800°F2,900°F3,000°F3,100°FSepNovOct 12,698°FOct 12,698°FOct 312,871°FOct 312,871°FOct 162,810°FOct 162,810°F
The average growing degree days accumulated over the course of October, with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.
The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Los Alamos County Airport is decreasing during October, falling by 1.3 kWh, from 5.6 kWh to 4.3 kWh, over the course of the month.
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October
Average Daily Incident Shortwave Solar Energy in October at Los Alamos County Airport1815222911223344556677889910101111121213131414151516161717181819192020212122222323242425252626272728282929303031310 kWh1 kWh2 kWh3 kWh4 kWh5 kWh6 kWh7 kWh8 kWhSepNovOct 15.6 kWhOct 15.6 kWhOct 314.3 kWhOct 314.3 kWhOct 164.9 kWhOct 164.9 kWh
The average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground per square meter (orange line), with 25th to 75th and 10th to 90th percentile bands.
For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Los Alamos County Airport are 35.880 deg latitude, -106.273 deg longitude, and 7,011 ft elevation.
The topography within 2 miles of Los Alamos County Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 896 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 7,008 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,407 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (7,999 feet).
The area within 2 miles of Los Alamos County Airport is covered by shrubs (91%), within 10 miles by shrubs (67%) and trees (32%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (55%) and trees (40%).
This report illustrates the typical weather at Los Alamos County Airport year round, based on a statistical analysis of historical hourly weather reports and model reconstructions from January 1, 1980 to December 31, 2016.
Temperature and Dew Point
Los Alamos County Airport has a weather station that reported reliably enough during the analysis period that we have included it in our network. When available, historical temperature and dew point measurements are taken directly from this weather station. These records are obtained from NOAA's Integrated Surface Hourly data set, falling back on ICAO METAR records as required.
In the case of missing or erroneous measurements from this station, we fall back on records from nearby stations, adjusted according to typical seasonal and diurnal intra-station differences. For a given day of the year and hour of the day, the fallback station is selected to minimize the prediction error over the years for which there are measurements for both stations.
The stations on which we may fall back are Santa Fe Municipal Airport, Taos Regional Airport, Double Eagle II Airport, Albuquerque International Airport, Clines Corners, Angel Fire Airport, Las Vegas Municipal Airport, and Grants-Milan Municipal Airport.
All data relating to the Sun's position (e.g., sunrise and sunset) are computed using astronomical formulas from the book, Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets , by Jean Meeus.
All other weather data, including cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and direction, and solar flux, come from NASA's MERRA-2 Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis . This reanalysis combines a variety of wide-area measurements in a state-of-the-art global meteorological model to reconstruct the hourly history of weather throughout the world on a 50-kilometer grid.
Land Use data comes from the Global Land Cover SHARE database , published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Elevation data comes from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) , published by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Names, locations, and time zones of places and some airports come from the GeoNames Geographical Database .
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We draw particular cautious attention to our reliance on the MERRA-2 model-based reconstructions for a number of important data series. While having the tremendous advantages of temporal and spatial completeness, these reconstructions: (1) are based on computer models that may have model-based errors, (2) are coarsely sampled on a 50 km grid and are therefore unable to reconstruct the local variations of many microclimates, and (3) have particular difficulty with the weather in some coastal areas, especially small islands.
We further caution that our travel scores are only as good as the data that underpin them, that weather conditions at any given location and time are unpredictable and variable, and that the definition of the scores reflects a particular set of preferences that may not agree with those of any particular reader.
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GNA, Haftar exchange prisoners as part of peace deal
December 26, 2020 - 16:15
The Government of National Accord (GNA) on Friday exchanged prisoners with the illegal Haftar's forces as part of the ceasefire agreement signed between the two parties on October 23, 2020, in Geneva, which provides for all-for-all exchange of prisoners.
The exchange process took place at the Shuwerif area southwest of Libya under the supervision of elders from Zawiyah, Sabratha, and Zintan, in addition to several military commanders.
Spokesman of the Media Centre of The Volcano of Rage Operation Abd al-Malik al-Madani confirmed in statements to The Libya Observer that 18 captives have returned from the GNA forces in exchange for 33 from Haftar's militias.
He noted that all freed prisoners of Haftar's militias were from the eastern region, while the GNA captives came from several cities, including Tripoli, Sabratha, Sorman, and Zawia.
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Q: How can I change enum value inside it scope This is my enum class
public enum Turn{
    BeginUserTurn,UserTurn,
    BeginEnemyTurn,EnemyTurn;

    public void change(){
        if(this==BeginUserTurn)this=BeginEnemyTurn;
        else this=BeginUserTurn;
    }
}

and I have Turn valiable
Turn turn;
turn=Turn.BeginUserTurn;

I want to change turn value from user to enemy's turn by call
turn.change()

but problem is in enum class,line 6,7 , have an error say

the left-hand side of an assignment must be variable

A: You can't reassign this. It is a keyword, not a variable.
Maybe try something like this:
turn = turn.change();

and have change() return the next Turn:
public Turn change() {
    if (this==BeginUserTurn) return BeginEnemyTurn;
    else return BeginUserTurn;
}

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Manama, Dec. 7 (BNA): Her Royal Highness Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Wife of His Majesty the King, President of the Supreme Council for Women and Honorary President of Bahrain Cancer Society (BCS), delegated today Health Minister Faeqa bint Said Al Saleh to open the 3rd Combined Gulf Cancer Conference (CGCC) which is organised by BCS from December 7 to 9 at the Gulf Hotel.
The Health Minister said at the opening ceremony of the conference, which was attended by President of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) Lt. General Shaikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, that the event represents an opportunity to further upgrade health services for cancer patients and back the efforts of the Gulf countries to ensure prevention and early detection of the disease. She stressed the importance of awareness to curb the disease, alleviate the burden of its treatment and lower the death toll resulting from it, in line with the main goals of the Gulf Cancer Strategy 2016-2025.
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Bernadette Sloyan: So, the project in CSHOR that I am working on is the Indonesian Throughflow. It's the exchange from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean and how that water moves through the Indonesian Archipelago.
The Indonesian Throughflow is the transfer of water, heat and salt from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean.
Susan Wijffels: The Indonesian Throughflow is really important for climate all through Australasia.
It links two very warm bodies of water together so they can exchange heat and energy and then the image changes to show Susan Wijffels talking to the camera.
So, understanding how the two fluids that make up our climate system, the atmosphere and the ocean interact over those warm pools matters a lot and the Indonesian Throughflow is kind of a circuit between the two.
Bernadette Sloyan: We'll be able to really, for the first time, understand the dynamics that really control that transfer of water between the Indian and the Pacific Ocean. We're then able to make good projections of what the climate will look like, whether that's seasonal or longer term.
As the only interbasin exchange at low latitudes, the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) connects two warm pools of global climate significance – the eastern Indian and Western Pacific. The full drivers of ITF transport variability and its impacts on regional and global climate remain poorly understood. Regional ocean and climate models struggle to simulate the region due to complex bathymetry and processes. A dearth of observations, particularly of the flow itself and the internal seas is impeding progress.
A number of in situ observational programs provide a variety of observations over a 20 year timeframe, yet there has been few studies that combine these data to investigate the variability of the ITF at various timescales. For example, the INSTANT program, 2004-2005, directly measured the full-depth volume, temperature and salinity transport in the two major inflows – Makassar Strait and Lifamatola Passage- and three major outflows – Timor Passage, Ombai Strait and Lombok Strait – of the Indonesian Throughflow. More recently, the Australian IMOS program monitored the Ombai Strait and Timor Passage between 2011-2015 and there is an ongoing US program to monitor the Makassar Strait (Gordon, pers coms). Additionally, there are ongoing XBTs and satellite SST, and altimetry data. These programs provided valuable observations of the inflow and outflow passages, and the Indonesian seas. We will use these ocean data sets and atmospheric reanalysis products to characterize the response of the ITF to intraseasonal – interannual forcing.
The controlling dynamics of the mean and interannual behaviour of the Indonesian Throughflow remains a major research challenge. Understanding both the advection pathways and mixing patterns are important: Kida and Wijffels (2012) show that the ITF has a profound impact on the pattern of sea surface temperature in the region on seasonal time scales by suppressing seasonal upwelling via warm advection, which in turn will feedback to atmospheric patterns. Jochum and Potemra (2008) show that regional mixing rates can have strong feedbacks to the atmosphere. Investigation of the key ocean dynamics of the ITF will be assessed using both the observational data sets and a high resolution ocean regional model. The observations will be used to guide a number of model perturbation experiments specifically designed to investigate key dynamics that influence ITF characteristics.
There have been limited studies of ocean mixing in the region. INDOMIX was one of the first projects dedicated to observations of ocean mixing in the Indonesian Seas, with most of the microstructure measurements taken in the energetic Halmahera sea. INDOMIX confirmed the importance of vertical mixing associated to internal tides in setting the vertical profile of the temperature and salinity of the ITF (Cuypers et al. 2013). Based on the mixing observations, theoretical studies have indicated possible resonance between coastal wave and internal waves which would lead to increase turbulent dissipation leading to enhanced ocean mixing (Reznik and Zeitlin, 2011). However, there is still a paucity of observations of turbulence and mixing and more are needed from this region. To understand the impact of ocean mixing we will include tidal and internal wave generated mixing in our high resolution model of the region. In addition, the project will work with international partners to include ocean mixing observations in an intensive ocean field campaign.
Lee et al. (2015) suggests that a stronger than normal ITF has been transferring heat from the Pacific to the South Indian Ocean, helping to account for strong upper ocean heat content growth in that basin since 2003, compared to stasis in Pacific heat content over the same time. The relatively rapid intraseasonal variability (e.g. Madden Julian Oscillation, MJO) affects the evolution and predictability of seasonal signals. The MJO is a key phenomenon that spans and links both the areas in the Indian and Pacific Oceans and has a significant impact on the regions climate. Having a dominant time period near 50 days, and imbedded in the seasonally migrating inter-tropical convergence zones, the MJO is suggested to play a role in the initiation and evolution of ENSO and IOD events (McPhaden et al., 2006), modulation of the Indonesian Throughflow (Sprintall et al, 2009), and partly accounts for the dry break events within the monsoons (Wheeler and McBride 2005). At present, coupled models do not capture this variability very realistically (Lin et al. 2006). Recognition of the importance of the MJO for both numerical weather prediction (Hendon et al, 1999) and seasonal climate forecasting is driving a demand for comprehensive process studies of the ITF –observation and high-resolution modeling- which resolve these phenomena and increased process understanding to improve model simulation of this phenomena. Our comprehensive observational data set and high resolution models will be used to investigate the modulation of the ITF by these external forces, this will provide a more thorough understanding of the connections amongst the Indian, Pacific Oceans and the Indonesian Seas.
Cuypers, Y. S. Pous, S. Wijffels, J. Sprintall, A. Atmadipoera, G. Madec and R. Molcard, 2013. A thermohaline circulation in the Timor basin associated with high values of the vertical eddy. J. Phys. Oceanogr, under revision.
Hendon, H.H., B. Liebmann, M. Newman, J.D. Glick, and J. Schemm, 1999: Medium range forecast errors associated with active episodes of the MJO. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 69-86.
Lee, S-K, W. Park, M. O. Baringer, A. L. Gordon, B. Huber and Y. Liu, 2015: Pacific Origin of the abrupt increase in Indian Ocean heat content during the warming hiatus.
Lin, J.-L., G.N. Kiladis, B.E. Mapes, K.M. Weickmann, K.R. Sperber, M.C. vo, S.D. Schubert, A. Del Genio, L. J. Donner, S. Emori, J.-F. Gueremy, F. Hourdin, P.J. Rasch, E. Roeckner, and J.F. Scinocca, 2006: Tropical intraseasonal variability in 14 IPCC AR4 climate models. Part I: Convective signals. J. Climate, 19, 2665-2690.
McPhaden, M.J., X. Zhang, H.H. Hendon, and M.C. Wheeler, 2006: Large scale dynamics and MJO forcing of ENSO variability. Geophy. Res. Lett., 33, LI6702, doi:10.1029/2006GL026786.
Sprintall, J., S., Wijffels, R. Molcard, I. Jaya. , 2009: Direct Estimates of the Indonesian Throughflow Entering the Indian Ocean: 2004-2006. Journal Of Geophysical Research, 114, C07001, doi:10.1029/2008JC005257.


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The Chronicles of Amoronia: Belle De Couture Interviews Amoronia and Hosts New Giveaway!
Belle De Couture Interviews Amoronia and Hosts New Giveaway!
I am very excited today, because Jen from Belle De Couture, a lovely fashion blog, wanted to do a Q&A with me, and maybe host a giveaway. I said yes, absolutely, because I love to give things for free, plus I am celebrating two years on Etsy! Officially, I opened on March 22, but I was registered as a simple user around this time!
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Home / Education / Centre to set up pre-school educational units: Union school education secretary Anil Swarup
Centre to set up pre-school educational units: Union school education secretary Anil Swarup
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is coming out with a curriculum in this regard by 2018 end, Anil Swarup said on the sidelines of a session on pre-school policy organised by the ASSOCHAM.
Swarup said the HRD ministry will come out with a guideline by June 30 relating to the Central government's financial assistance to the proposed pre-school units to be set up by the school education department.(Getty Images)
Union School Education Secretary Anil Swarup on Tuesday said the central government would set up pre-school educational units and the NCERT was preparing a curriculum for them.
"There is a preparatory work to be done before a child enters into class one. We are studying how pre-school will work in the government domain. What approach needs to be taken," Swarup said.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) was coming out with a curriculum in this regard by this year, he told reporters on the sidelines of a session on pre-school policy organised by the ASSOCHAM.
Swarup said the HRD ministry will come out with a guideline by June 30 relating to the Central government's financial assistance to the proposed pre-school units to be set up by the school education department.
Asked about the role of pre-schools set up by private bodies, he said the "private sector is doing a great job and can give us ideas. Personally I believe that good work can be done in both private and public domains."
With the 'Samagra Shiksha' programme launched last month, "we plan to impart holistic education without segmentation from pre-nursery to Class 12," he said.
With 'Samagra Shiksha' coming into effect, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan will cease to exist separately and merge with it, he said.
"We expect support from state governments for rolling out the scheme effectively," Swarup said.
On a question about corporal punishment, Swarup said, "Handling a child should be different from handling an adult."
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New Delhi: The National Achievement Survey (NAS) is the largest ever national assessment survey in the country and is amongst the largest in the world, was conducted throughout the country today. Union HRD Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar said that the NAS is a transparent and credible exercise done under third party verification. It was conducted for the Classes 3, 5 and 8 in government and government aided schools. The survey tools used multiple test booklets with 45 questions in Classes III and V related to language, mathematics and 60 questions in Class VIII in Mathematics, Language, Sciences and Social Sciences. The competency based test questions developed reflected the Learning Outcomes developed by the NCERT which were recently incorporated in the Right to Education Act (RTE) by the Government of India. Along with the test items, questionnaires pertaining to students, teachers and schools were also used.
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The learning levels of more than 25 lakhs students from 1,10,000 across 700 districts in all 36 States/UTs were assessed. More than 1.75 lakhs trained Field Investigators from outside the government education system were engaged to conduct the learning assessment in the country. To ensure the fairness of the survey, a monitoring team was constituted which consisted of observers from inter-ministerial departments drawn from the State Governments, National and State Observers from Education Departments and multi-lateral organizations. This monitoring team observed the implementation of the survey in all the districts, on the Day of Assessment.
The district wise learning report cards will be prepared based on a software especially designed for this. Subsequently, analytical reports will be prepared. The analysis will reflect the disaggregated and detailed learning levels. The whole process will begin immediately and will be completed within 3-5 months. The inferences will be used to design Classroom interventions percolated to all the schools in the districts for implementation. The findings of the survey, will also help in understanding the efficiency of the education system. NAS results will help guide education policy, planning and implementation at national, state, district and classroom levels for improving learning levels of children and bringing about qualitative improvements.
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Uku Finally Responds: Sharma Did Not Meet GL
Commonwealth Spokesman Richard Uku in his first ever response to a series of articles about the Commonwealth Secretariat in the Colombo Telegraph, says that contrary to our report After Pillay: Sharma to do Damage Control for Lanka, Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma did not meet with External Affairs Minister G.L. Peiris during his visit to London last week.
Sharma and Uku
"The Secretary-General was in fact in South Africa attending the Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference for the entire duration of Minister Peiris's recent visit to the United Kingdom. The two, therefore did not meet," Uku said in an emailed response to the Colombo Telegraph.
Uku added that Sharma had not advised the Government to reverse judicial orders regarding the impeachment of "the former Chief Justice". "Nor would he," the Spokesman said.
"That the Secretary-General said anything on the subject is completely false," he said. "The separation of powers between the branches of government is a fundamental Commonwealth value. This is clear from the Secretary-General's earlier public statement. It is inconceivable that any Commonwealth Secretary-General would offer such advice," the Spokesman wrote.
He added that the Commonwealth Secretary-General has publicly welcomed recognition in Sri Lanka of the need for change following the removal of the former Chief Justice. He has since made available to the government an expert analysis of the practice in all Commonwealth countries relating to the appointment and removal of senior judicial figures, and has offered further Commonwealth assistance, Uku concluded.
Editor's Note: With reference to the story Richard Uku has responded to, Colombo Telegraph maintains that the article was based on Human Rights Commissioner of Sri Lanka, Prathibha Mahanama's discussions with a group of lawyers and government officials. These sources reiterate that Secretary General has undertaken to give the Government support to mitigate the effects of Navi Pillay's closing statement following her visit to Sri Lanka and her oral country report due later this month. Colombo Telegraph is at present unable to obtain information about what kind of expert assistance and analysis of the practice in the Commonwealth countries relating to the appointment and removal of senior judicial figures the Secretariat hopes to grant Sri Lanka. What is available in the public domain is only the suppression of the expert opinions already obtained by the SG from the CMAG. Colombo Telegraph will divulge more information about the meetings and conversations between the Secretary General and the Sri Lankan Minister and authorities as soon as it becomes available.
It is interesting to note that Mr. Uku has responded to Colombo Telegraph in this instance, although questions asked of him repeatedly by Twitter users and CT about other issues repeatedly raised by about the Commonwealth Secretariat's bona fides and allegations of the Secretariat's apparent coziness with the ruling regime in Colombo.
Furthermore, Colombo Telegraph wishes to make note of the Commonwealth Spokesman's reference to the impeached Chief Justice. This is not the first time the Commonwealth Spokesman has referred to Chief Justice Shirani Bandaranayake as the country's 'former' CJ. As per the decisions by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court and its Court of Appeal, the highest courts of the country, Shirani Bandaranayake remains the constitutionally legitimate Chief Justice. The appointment of her successor has created an unprecedented constitutional crisis in the country and is being challenged at the Supreme Court now headed by Mohan Pieris who has directly benefited from Bandaranayake's unlawful sacking from office. Yet as of today, the judgment of the highest of Sri Lanka still stands and Bandaranayake's impeachment therefore, remains illegal and unconstitutional and therefore, one must question on whose authority and what basis, the Commonwealth Spokesman for Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma refers to the De Jure Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake as "former Chief Justice." Even in the Sri Lankan independent media that functions under repressive conditions, never refers to Dr. Bandaranayake as 'former' Chief Justice, instead, as impeached CJ, CJ 43, or de jure Chief Justice, in deference to the orders by the courts.
Is Mr. Uku attempting to legitimise the appointment of Mohan Pieris, the country's de facto CJ who will now decide on the judges who shall hear the case against him, in blatant violation of the principles of natural justice that no man shall be a judge in his own case, which in turn runs contrary to the Commonwealth's stated core values of judicial independence.
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Lapatiya / September 8, 2013
"He added that the Commonwealth Secretary-General has publicly welcomed recognition in Sri Lanka of the need for change following the removal of the former Chief Justice. He has since made available to the government an expert analysis of the practice in all Commonwealth countries relating to the appointment and removal of senior judicial figures, and has offered further Commonwealth assistance, Uku concluded"
Please, we don't need the assistance of the commonwealth, specially from Sec.Genaral Kamalesh Sharma as we already have Shameless Moron Peiris and other countless goons for that purpose.
Finally there is no difference between this UKU and our Baba Ukkung.
Dodo / September 9, 2013
Great stuff – and solid journalism! Hats of Colombo Telegraph – keep it coming and keep grilling the clowns at the Commonwealth Circus in London!
Silva / September 9, 2013
Lapatiya says,
"..Please, we don't need the assistance of the commonwealth, specially from Sec.Genaral Kamalesh Sharma as we already have Shameless Moron Peiris and other countless goons for that purpose.
Finally there is no difference between this UKU and our Baba Ukkung.."
Uku, This says all about you, Sharma and other useless buggers in the Commonwealth Office and organization. Today the world has lost humanity, credibility and the value system. Most of the people are corrupt bastards like Uku. The world is heading for holocaust.
Yasantha Perera / September 8, 2013
Very nice comment by the Editor.
Mr. Uku, PLEASE comment on your use, "FORMER CJ"
on whose authority and how dare you to use that
srilal / September 8, 2013
Dear CT Editors,
Appreciate your effort, this UKU geezer unsuccessfully trying to protect his master with his " Baba UKUng " makes us laugh.
gamini / September 8, 2013
Two Wrongs will not make a Right. The most prudent will be for the De Facto CJ to step down and allow the CJ De Jure to continue. If not, no matter how much the present Regime helped by these crooked Sharma and Uku, will only set a bad precedent and Tarnish the Common Wealth, to be the laughing stock of the whole world. Why are the other Member Countries of the Common Wealth quiet on this issue? I believe the Major Players should involve themselves and not leave the Illegal Impeachment Issue in the hands of the Corrupt as these two individuals, but take the matter up at the next CHOGM as Top Priority. This is the best the CHOGM could do to salvage whatever credibility left before the World loses complete faith in the Body Common Wealth.
Pasel / September 8, 2013
Mr Uku
Don't get fool by Sharma yo might know or not Sri Lanka has back door connection with commonwealth Sharma UN Nambiar and more
These all India's puppets
R. Varathan / September 9, 2013
Why has this SG/Commonwealth Secretariat drawn so much flak in relation to a member State than all other put together? Allegations
that he virtually "hid" some vital documents from relevant officials
in different countries in a very sensitive matter is bad enough but for an important member like Canada to question his credentials is unprecedented. Under normal circumstances to protect the integrity of his office Sharma should have resigned forthwith.
Varathan
gonbella / September 9, 2013
Disregard Uku, he is just trying to safeguard his boss and his job. Otherwise the poor fellow will have to go back to Africa and live on manioc.
But keep a close watch on this fellow Sharma. He is up to no good.
The question keeps popping up. What makes Sharma go to such criminal lengths as withholding important information that the rest of the world is entitled to? What is so special about him that he receives 'privileged' information and worse still has the right to suppress that information?
What flows on from these questions is, was any privileged services made or other inducements given by the government of Sri Lanka to buy Sharma's corporation.
Must keep a close watch on this bloke Sharma – he is up to no good.


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Q: Regex: Numeric Range java I have a little generator which allows me to create a string out of a regex-expression. For something like a German license plate it is pretty easy to do.
([A-Z]{1,3}[- ][A-Z]{1,2}[0-9]{1,4}) -> e.g. "CD-B802"
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The Problem I have is, how can I build a regex for a range of int. For example I try to find a way to describe an area of validity like [37-78].
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Bus cat to beloved pet
rescue homed Swale Branch cat stories
Poor ginger tom Baggypuss was found living on the streets, so weak that he could barely stand up.
Looking at Baggypuss today, you wouldn't guess at his past life as a starving stray, pushed away by people in a bus queue as he searched for scraps.
"He's settled in absolutely wonderfully," says Vivienne Husband of the ginger tom she adopted from CP's Swale Branch in July.
Baggypuss has thrived in his new home
Things were very different six months ago. Frightened, hungry and dehydrated, the skeletal cat was forced to live off discarded scraps. In his search for food, he tried to board a bus in Halfway, Isle of Sheppey, but was shooed away by the passengers.
Luckily for Baggypuss he was spotted and taken home by a local man, who contacted Swale CP then took him to the vet.
Swale's Branch Co-ordinator Sylvia Foster visited the cat at the clinic the next day. "He was so weak that his back legs could hardly support him. His fur was ragged and tufty and his eyes were sunken," she says.
"I picked him up very gently and he snuggled into me and started purring. I thought: 'You poor mite, I've got to do something for you.'"
When he was found, Baggypuss could barely support his own weight
Sylvia guessed that the cat must have a lot of medical problems, but tests showed that he simply had an overactive thyroid which could be controlled through medication.
Baggypuss was taken to his temporary new home, a cosy Cat Cabin at the home of Branch Fosterer Val Hadnutt. With Val's care and devotion Baggypuss gradually improved, putting on more than half a kilo in weight.
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These new features are available in the presentation menu in the menu bar that appears if you move the (invisible) cursor up to the top.
Thereby, we noticed that the switch between video and picture display was not always "very clean": with slower computers the picture was sometimes shortly partial visible when changing from picture to video, with faster computers the last picture was sometimes shortly visible when changing from video to picture.
Also, we have - thanks to the hint by Jochen - re-implemented features that were not taken up in the redesign of the media center classes: the quick change of internet content pages and Miro video podcast pages by keyboard commands (Cmd-Alt-Arrow key).
As far as possible, only ScriptingBridge is now used to control EyeTV, iTunes and VLC. A few commands for communication between nessMediaCenter or nessViewer and these programs still use AppleScript because either Scripting Bridge offers no solution or simply is too slow. What has surprised us - most of the times Scripting Bridge is rather faster.
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Moulin Rouge! nine years later
ph. 20th Century Fox
The only handheld moment I remember from Moulin Rouge, as Christian (Ewan McGregor) sneaks away with Satine (Nicole Kidman), cuckolding the Duke even if the latter if a few feet away. Naughty!
This movie's whimsy and surrealism in covering late 20th century pop songs in contrast with Paris almost a century ago is a precedent to Ryan Murphy's surreal abomination known as "Glee." I understand people who don't like this movie, as Michael koresky called it 'porno garbage' in context of a review of the Hardwicke-Seyfried Red Riding Hood movie. I admit, I sometimes hate parts of this movie too. Harold Zidler (Jim Broadbent – he won an Oscar in the same year for Iris. I haven't seen that, but I'm sure he should have won for this movie instead.) singing 'Like a Virgin,' or a 'Roxanne' in tango. In the end of the day, it didn't matter whether the cast had the perfect voice, since they were auto-tuned just like pop stars and TV musical stars after them. But their gilded backgrounds help us dive into the film's craziness, and as Christian belts out lyrics like 'we can be lovers' or 'we can be heroes' with an innocent enthusiasm and Satine, like us, can't help but sing along.
I also believe this movie is created to venerate Kidman's face, especially since this is her at her prime. Possibly the last time she'll look immortal. Her emotions when Satine denies her affection for Christian, only to sing his loving words to him later. It's really difficult to stamp any role of hers to be her best, giving something different here as she does with the naturalism of Grace in Dogville or the sincere upper-class pathos of Becca Corbett in Rabbit Hole. The first word that comes to mind is seduction, when Satine gets our attention by singing the words straight and looking directly at the camera with her big eyes. She doesn't, however, shy away from the histrionic side of attracting men like Christian and the Duke, with high-pitched whispers for comic effect. Or when her game stops and has to tell Christian the truth, tearing up when necessary.
Also, when I was watching this, her face only has colour three times, when she's adjusting her make-up, on top of the elephant singing along with Christian or when she's trying to ward him off. She tells Christian that the Duke has given her everything, and anyone would have taken her word for it unless it's someone as resilient as Christian. The rest of the time, the blue light makes her seem like an unreachable Parisian geisha, her wintry beauty under the evening blue light already foreshadows her tragedy.
This part seems like I'm over thinking this movie, but there's also something interesting about her showstopper of a number, 'Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend,' a song she sings in two versions. During both times, she's practically dressed in diamonds, shining as they hug her body. I'm not sure what director Baz Luhrmann's intentions are, but using the song inadvertently puts Satine with Marilyn Monroe, the rest of the characters depend on the woman's intelligence but none of them point that quality out. They both commit to their fictional selves. Their health and career are vulnerable and precarious, their broken hearts hindering them from moving on.
Let me now talk about the multicultural references in this movie include Switzerland, India and Spain (or arguably Argentina). I'm still figuring out the fictional turn of the century Parisian's fascination with what's outside them, letting pieces of the world in through Expos and caged zoo exhibits and, in the case of this film, cabaret shows. And the 'legitimate theatre' of the last act. The film also dedicates some time to show Christian, Harold, Lautrec (John Leguziamo) and the rest of the crew making sets and backdrops, rehearsing intricately elaborate dance numbers, looking just as fabulous as the finished product.
There are also some intermissions, when the bearded Christian is alone, when the titular Moulin Rouge is barren, its red curtains no longer blushing like a youthful face. The fictional world of the Moulin Rouge at its peak is still vivid and magical even if once in a while, we remember that it all has ended.
March 20, 2011 | Categories: Movies | Tags: 2001, Baz Luhrmann, Best Actress nominee, Ewan McGregor, Jim Boradbent, musical, Nicole Kidman | 4 Comments


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Little scope for radical improvement in UK-EU relations - study
Updated / Tuesday, 24 Jan 2023 13:25
The study said there is opportunity for only 'incremental' change for the foreseeable future
By John Kilraine
London Correspondent
There is currently little scope for a radical improvement in relations between the UK and the EU, according to a new think tank report.
The study by the 'UK in a changing Europe' group said there is opportunity for only "incremental" change for the foreseeable future.
This is despite the change in British public opinion, which now records a majority in favour of rejoining the EU and evidence that the British economy is being damaged by being outside the single market.
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) currently governs economic relations between the UK and EU and allows imports and exports without tariffs, but with customs and VAT paperwork that has hampered British exporters.
The TCA is up for review in 2025 but the report states: "The desire for fundamental change appears largely absent on both sides.
"The EU will have little incentive to change the status quo, whereby the TCA provides for relatively open trade in goods (in which it has a surplus with the UK) but more restrictive terms on services (where it has a deficit).
"Meanwhile, the UK government's uncertain political position, the need for a general election by January 2025, as well as fluctuating public opinion do not speak in favour of a clear shift in any direction."
The report also points out there is potential for further division especially if there is no agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol, which it describes as "the key" to future relationships.
Other potential problems would arise if the British government proceeds with its Bill of Rights that would weaken its commitment to the European Court of Human Rights required as part of the TCA and also its obligations to the European Convention on Human Rights required as part of the Good Friday Agreement.
The report states that the TCA could also be threatened if the UK goes ahead with plans to repeal thousands of individual EU laws by the end of the year.
For instance if laws on environmental standards are abolished, this would breach Britain's commitment to a 'level playing field', it points out.
The report also said that there are deadlines looming on fishing, data sharing and electric car standards that need to be overcome.
There are opportunities for closer ties in UK participation in the Horizon Europe scientific research programme, which is currently stalled in parallel with the Northern Ireland Protocol impasse.
There is also scope for alignment on animal and plant health standards while new visa agreements could make it easier for young people including musical artists to travel between the UK and EU, it states.
Due to a UK decision to leave the 'list of travellers' scheme, children from EU and EEA countries need a passport to visit Britain as part of school trips even though many do not have one.
It is believed this has contributed to a 83% fall in EU student visits to the UK at an estimated cost of £1.5bn.
Overall, the report states that the relationship between the EU and UK "is far from either settled or stable".
And although there is scope for some better cooperation it concludes that "hanging over the whole thing will be the question as to whether the two neighbours have the wherewithal to manage being economic competitors as well as staunch allies".
Meanwhile, immigration was given as the most important issue facing Britain by 56% of people before the referendum and 85% expected Brexit to reduce it.
However, the 2022 figures show the highest levels of net migration into the UK since records began with about half a million extra people entering the country.
Although the numbers coming from the EU are down, this has been more than offset by numbers from Africa and south Asia.
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