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Novak Djokovic's return to the Australian Open is not what you might expect
It means that Djokovic's preparations have focused more on the postitive memories at Melbourne Park rather than negatives. Statistically speaking he can call the Rod Laver Arena, the scene of his nine Australian Open titles, the most successful court of his career. Indeed, although Djokovic is not the defending champion, and is only fifth in the world due to a tumultuous year of ranking points, this is still his to lose.
Djokovic felt like the 'villain of the world' after his turbulent arrival in Australia
His preparation could not have gone any better. After landing in Australia, Djokovic warmed up at the ATP 250 event in Adelaide, swiftly dismissing Denis Shapovalov and then, impressively, last season's Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev. In the final against the in-form American Sebastian Korda, Djokovic found himself facing match point at a set down. From there, Djokovic did what he did best, he showed steel to stay alive in the match, sucking the life out of the 22-year-old Korda in the process.
There isn't anyone better at it, and Djokovic knows it. "It gets into the heads of your opponents," he said of his reputation, and the strength of his will. "That's what I want. I want them to know that regardless of the scoreline, I'm always there." It was an unerring statement for Djokovic to make ahead of his return to this tournament, where only Chung Hyeon has defeated him since 2018. After beating Korda and as Djokovic pointed to his head and then cupped his ear in celebration, the message was clear.
Djokovic shut out the noise to win the Adelaide International
It was not, though, in response to the crowd, which is what a fleeting glance of the image may have suggested. On the contrary, Djokovic was welcomed back by tennis fans in Adelaide. As well as his ardent following of Serbian fans, who took to the streets in protest of Djokovic's detention last summer, there were those who gathered around Djokovic for autographs and selfies.
The reception may be different in Melbourne – where Covid lockdowns were stricter – but by all accounts Djokovic will be given a warm welcome when the opening grand slam of the season begins on Monday. He did so in an open practice session with Medvedev on Wednesday, while a charity match against Nick Kyrgios to be played on Friday sold out in just 58 minutes. That said, the Australian Open is braced for some boos. Before the tournament, Tiley said anyone who crosses the line in taunting Djokovic will be "kicked out" but added he was "confident that the fans of Melbourne, similar to the experience that he had in Adelaide, will be just as good."
Thursday's draw was kind to Djokovic in the early rounds and he avoided being placed in the same half of the tournament as Nadal and Medvedev, the only two players to have beaten him at a grand slam in the past two years. A potential rematch of the Wimbledon final against Kyrgios is a tatalising prospect for the quarter-finals, but the 19-year-old talent Holger Rune, who defeated Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters last season, is also a possibility. As always, though, facing Djokovic across five sets is a different challenge.
Djokovic is expected to receive a warm welcome when the Australian Open begins
The Australian Open was supposed to not just be about Djokovic's long-awaited return, but also the first grand-slam showdown between him and Carlos Alcaraz, the world No 1 and reigning US Open champion. Alcaraz's forced withdrawal due to injury is a blow to the tournament but a boost to Djokovic, while Nadal's hopes, already hampered by poor form, were hit by a fiendishly difficult draw. It starts with Jack Draper and only gets tougher.
There remains an ever-growing list of contenders even without Alcaraz, but Djokovic on his return has the ability and the aura to make all other conversation and considerations obsolete. It was why on match point in the Wimbledon final last summer, where Djokovic had rarely found the majority of the support, Centre Court began to chant his name. In the end, there was only admiration for his game. In Melbourne he will aim to let that do the talking once again, even after everything he has been through.
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Brouwer & Meeuwsen looking for a proper end to golden season
Hamburg, Germany, August 12, 2018 – Seven of the ten men's teams competing at the Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals presented by Vodafone in Hamburg this week have enjoyed the feeling of topping the podium in a World Tour event in the 2017-2018 season, but none of them has done it as much as Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands.
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The Dutch duo has won as many as three international tournaments this season, the most for any tandem competing in the World Tour. Brouwer, 28, and Meeuwsen, 30, the bronze medalists of the Rio 2016 Olympics, have played in 12 events since January.
This is already the most prolific season for the Europeans, who have been together since 2011 and prevailed in the 2015 edition of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships.
Their first gold came in March, when they prevailed in the four-star tournament in Doha, Qatar. The next week, they returned home and topped the podium again, now in the one-star event in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. Their most recent victory happened in May, in another four-star tournament in Huntington Beach, USA.
The Dutch players' successful international season was also highlighted by the gold medal they won in the European Masters event in Pelhrimov, Czech Republic, in January. They also celebrated a victory in the Swiss Tour as they won the tournament played in Zurich in April.
Much of their success can be explained by the chemistry they developed over the eight seasons they have been playing together. With 78 tournaments under their belts, Brouwer and Meeuwsen are the second most long-lasting team competing in Hamburg, just behind Spain's Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira, who have shared the court for 102 events.
The other men's teams competing at the Rothenbaum are Norway's Anders Mol/Christian Sørum (15 tournaments together), Poland's Piotr Kantor/Bartosz Losiak (77) and Grzegorz Fijalek/Michal Bryl (17), Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins (68) and Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs (12), Italy's Daniele Lupo/Paolo Nicolai (74), Russia's Oleg Stoyanovskiy/Igor Velichko (9) and Germany's Clemens Wickler/Julius Thole (12).

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Viñales Valley is located in Pinar del Río, the westernmost province of Cuba. Declared a Cultural Heritage of Mankind by UNESCO in 1997, the beauty of its mountains in mound forms, agriculture based on tobacco growing, and kind and hospitable people has made of this site a place of extreme interest for travellers from all over the world.
The first time I met Rachel in a restaurant 5 minutes away from the center of Viñales, she sized me up and said, "Come on, bend down and pick up 4 bunches of lettuce for lunch." Actually, we came to visit this place as part of a guided lunch. And what a lunch! More than 21 different dishes! All were delicious. The vegetables were especially good: sweet tomatoes and juicy eggplants. Later we learned that all were grown in the family house yard, which has now expanded and turned into the Finca Paradiso.
The Paradiso farm project is based on respect for the environment and service to the community. About 10% of the production of vegetables and legumes is selflessly donated to day care centers, the municipal hospital and pregnant women health centers.
Along the years, Wilfredo and his collaborators have improved the planting, irrigation and farming techniques. Presently, they receive the support and recognition of international organizations such as UNDP and GREEN PEACE. Likewise, Cuban state institutions have helped them with educational and promotional materials.
Our second visit to the farm was with the purpose of learning more about their techniques, although our stomachs and our minds were fixedly set in those 21 delicious dishes. Adrian and Tony revealed the secrets of flowers, smells and colors that keep away the pests. They took us to the lagoon where they produce fertilizers with food leftovers and we walked through the Viñales Valley admiring one of the most spectacular views of Cuban landscapes.
Then Rachel reappeared to tell me that I seemed stressed. She prepared an anti-stress coctail with different herbs of the region and we all returned to Havana sedated and curious to know the secret recipe of "Rachel Paradiso" cocktail.


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Home Phillips Library Manuscript Finding Aids Marshall Y. Colley (1921-2009) Papers
Marshall Y. Colley (1921-2009) Papers
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MARSHALL Y. COLLEY (1921-2009) PAPERS, 1918-2009
Collection Summary
Repository: The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum 132 Essex Street Salem, MA 01970 Phone: 978-745-9500 Fax: 978-531-1516
Creator: Colley, Marshall Yerrinton, 1921-2009
Title: Marshall Y. Colley (1921-2009) Papers
Dates: 1918/2009
Quantity: 0.25 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract: This collection consists of photographs, foreign currency, and correspondence from United States government officials, mostly governors.
Collection Number: MSS 466
This collection consists of photographs, foreign currency, and correspondence from United States government officials, mostly governors.
Folder 1 contains letters from 46 of the 50 United States governors with their signatures written in 1981-1982. Photographs from four Governors, Bruce King, Robert List, James Hunt, and Larry Alexander, are included in Folder 5. Correspondence from other officials, including two United States Senators, Lowell Weicker and Harrison Williams, is in Folder 2. Information about the Triton nuclear submarine and its launching in 1958 is in Folder 3. Folder 4 contains biographical information about Marshall Colley. Folder 6 contains eight official United States Coast Guard photographs of icebergs and Coast Guard icebreakers. Finally, Folder 7 contains a few pieces of foreign currency. Included is a 50 Pfennig banknote from Danzig (1918) and a Japanese one Peso note issued during the Second World War.
Marshall Yerrinton Colley was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on April 28, 1921, the son of William and Frances Colley. He served in the United States Navy, either on reserve or active duty, from 1938 to 1945. In 1947 he moved to Massachusetts where he worked in the food industry for many years until his retirement in 1980. Marshall and his wife, Lois (Drinkard) Colley, had three children: Richard, Jane and Jeffrey. Marshall Colley died in Rockport, Massachusetts in 2009.
This collection is indexed under the following headings in Philcat. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.
Colley, Marshall Yerrinton, 1921-2009
United States. Coast Guard
Triton (Submarine)
United States--Governors
This collection is open for research use.
Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Marshall Y. Colley (1921-2009) Papers, MSS 466, Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass.
This material was donated by Ann Porter Colley in 2012 (acc # 2012.010).
Collection processed by Lee Jacoby, August 2013.
Call Number MSS 466
Title Marshall Y. Colley (1921-2009) Papers
Creator Colley, Marshall Yerrinton, 1921-2009
Date 1918/2009
Restrictions This collection is open for research use.
Publisher The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Description This collection consists of photographs, foreign currency, and correspondence from United States government officials, mostly governors.
Subject United States. Coast Guard; Photographs; United States--Governors; Colley, Marshall Yerrinton, 1921-2009; Autographs; Icebergs; Money; Triton (Submarine)
Publication Rights Requests for permission to publish material from the collection must be submitted in writing to the Manuscript Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Type Finding Aid
Provenance This material was donated by Ann Porter Colley in 2012 (acc # 2012.010).


I am: A law professor and lifelong travel junkie, with a special love for exploring cities.
Current Home: West Mt. Airy, Philadelphia.
Last March, I published a love note from George Matysik and Doug Moak to Pete's Clown House in the Frankford/Juniata section of Philly (I'm not choosing one, as tensions about neighborhood boundaries run way too high up there). Though George and Doug couldn't make it that day, I asked around on Twitter and managed to round up three friends for a breakfast feast. And I do mean feast. We had four He-Man platters, which basically means we had everything, all for about six bucks each. To this day, Pete's Clown House remains one of those gems that I take friends to who've had it with the lines at Sabrina's or Honey's.
Years in Philly: 23 years in Wissinoming, Tacony and currently in Fox Chase.
Years in Philly: My whole life (30.5 years). My husband and I swore we'd only have a 191 zip code.
The Great Northeast and the Riverwards are a huge section of the city full of distinct neighborhoods, great food, and expanses of parks.
Start your day off right with donuts, specifically, plum jelly-filled Paczki from Krakus Market, a Polish market in Port Richmond which also contains within its walls the delicious Staropolska restaurant.
Years in Philly: All of them!
I am: Jewish (non-practicing), biker and member of the Bicycle Club of Philadelphia, Phillies fan, active member of the Northeast community. I hope my love letter will inspire everyone in Philadelphia and outside Philly to have a much appreciation of our city's culture & history like myself.


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A passenger in the vehicle, Amy Shea, 25 of Ashlund, was arrested on an outstanding Ogle County warrant. Both Capella and Shea were transported to the Ogle County Jail where they were held in lieu of bond.
Glyde Wilson Jr., 40 of Rochelle, was arrested and charged with possession of controlled substance, driving under the influence, and possession of cannabis, 10-30 grams after deputies respond at 10:45 p.m. to a one-vehicle crash in the 7,000 block of East Grist Mill Road.
Wilson also received citations for improper lane usage, failure to reduce speed, and driving on the shoulder. He was transported to the Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.
Leslie Nicolosi, 63, of Rockford, was arrested on an outstanding Ogle County warrant for failure to appear. She was released on a $1,000 recognizance bond and is scheduled to appear in court on March 29.
Deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash at 1:30 p.m. in the 9,000 block of West Town Line Road.
Matthew Akins, 19, of Leaf River, told investigators he had observed a vehicle in the oncoming lane and attempted to avoid it, but the vehicle collided with his.
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Akins was issued a citation for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Both vehicles were removed from the scene by Haldane Towing.
Shelly Nelson, 45, of Rockford, was arrested on an outstanding Ogle County warrant for driving while under the influence of alcohol. She posted the $10,000 (10% bond) and is scheduled to appear in court on April 12.


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Cheteshwar Pujara defied Australia's bowling attack and overcame stifling conditions at the Adelaide Oval with a century on the opening day of the first Test at the Adelaide Oval on Thursday.
After reckless batting in the opening two sessions, India were in danger of being bowled out cheaply but Pujara scored 123 runs as India reached 250/9 at stumps.
Pujara didn't score a run for 55 minutes while he was partnering Rohit Sharma, but then boosted the run rate while battling with the tailenders. His century – and eventual score of 123 runs from 246 balls – bore similarities with his knock earlier in the year in Southampton.
The only way one could stop him was with sheer brilliance and that is exactly what Pat Cummins managed with just one stump to aim at, finding Pujara a yard short at the non-striker's end. That, as it turned out, was the final act of the day which otherwise went Australia's way.
The 30-year-old notched his 16th century and also passed 5,000 Test runs in the process.
Pujara played with the determination and patience, which was lacking from the rest of India's specialist batsmen. He scored his first hundred on Australian soil and joined an elite list of players courtesy his outstanding knock.
Pujara became the sixth Indian batsman to score a hundred on the opening day of a Test match outside Asia after Vijay Manjrekar, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay.
Kohli is the only Indian batsman to achieve the feat twice in his career so far.
Pujara meanwhile, also hit the third highest score by a visiting batsman on the first day of a Test in Australia.
Incidentally, Pujara and Rahul Dravid have reached the 3000, 4000 and 5000-run mark in Test innings in equal number of innings. Pujara, like Dravid, has taken 67 innings to reach 3k, 84 innings to reach 4k and 108 innings to complete 5k runs in the longest format.
After the end of play on the first day, where the temperatures soared to about 39 degrees, Pujara toiled hard for every run. And this has got twitter abuzz.
Pujara and Dravid have got to milestones of Test runs in identical number of innings.


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SOFI TUKKER Tap African Legends, Amadou & Mariam, on Driven New Bop "Mon Cheri"
Austin Miller | May 28, 2021 |Sofi Tukker|Bangin
We know the production prowess of SOFI TUKKER like backs of our hands. The American duo has proven they're more than capable of pumping out all shades of bangers, but their newest release, "Mon Cheri," takes an international twist with the help of famed African husband/wife duo, Amadou & Mariam.
An adventurous guitar line plucks away as a Portuguese siren song captures a sense of wanderlust. As the percussion picks up, the declarative Bambara & French chorus adds an energized drive to the charismatic tune. After utilizing the organic sounds of traditional instruments, the track culminates with a stimulating drop of rapid fire laser ticks.
SOFI TUKKER commented in a recent tweet that Amadou & Mariam were their dream collab. After meeting at Mali's Bamako Institute for the Young Blind, where they both performed at the Institute's Eclipse Orchestra, the pair went on to find continental success through the 80's and 90's. Through the 2000's their reputation grew to international levels, even leading to work with Gorillaz' Damon Albarn and his Africa Express project. Their sound has led to consistent international touring and working alongside some of music's biggest names.
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Back in 2013 I wrote a post detailing a cold call I received. Unfortunately, it is representative of many current sales calls. In that post, I also offered some suggestions on how to improve that particular call.
Here's a recap of the two communication tips I suggested for that particular cold call along with an updated third tip that is now a common staple in our sales and marketing landscape.
As salespeople, we need to own the process. As we say in our training programs, "No one ever sold anything to a business. We sell to people." As far as the prospect is concerned, the conversation is between two human beings, not between them and a "brand".
As a sales rep, your call should begin by getting attention and then to generate interest. The prospect doesn't need to know the inner workings of your sales and marketing process. You tell your prospects and clients enough information to move the process forward and no more. And a major component to making this happen is for you, the sales rep, to own the call and not be just a cog in the sales and marketing machine.
This ties in well with the previous tip. Become interested in your prospect, their challenges, and their issues if you want to build a relationship with them. A big part of conveying interested in your prospect is to use your prospect's name in your conversation, but not to wear it out.
When you communicate with your prospect, use their name once or twice to show you are interested. In normal conversation, people usually use pronouns to maintain conversational consistency. So when you call, use their name enough to establish rapport. Overusing their name will only disrupt rapport and irritate your prospect. Step away from the numerous formulaic scripts and "use the Force", young Skywalker.
In retrospect, marketing should not have given Bob the sales rep my name after I downloaded a single whitepaper. In sales, there's a technical term for a prospect at my level of interest – tire kicker!
Bob's corporate marketing automation should have handled my information and enrolled me in a lead nurturing program. Or if he didn't have one, his marketing team should have put my information in a CRM, like Salesforce, and then put me in a nurturing program based on previous interest, which in my case was none.
Two marketing automation programs that come to mind are Act-on and Hubspot. These are enterprise level programs that will let a one or two people run complex marketing campaigns that usually require 5 for 6 people. However, if you are a small consultancy or SOHO operator, an email service provider like Vertical Response or Aweber will provide you with an excellent start at creating email lead nurturing campaigns.
There's a philosophical argument at play in sales and marketing circles. On one side, thought leaders are telling marketers that a sales rep needs to contact the prospect immediately. After all, that's when interest is hot and the prospect will only lose interest with each passing moment.
On the other side, thought leaders tell marketers not to give fresh leads directly to sales reps to call. Instead, put the lead into a nurturing program to build interest and turn them into sales qualified prospects. This latter approach will cut down on the number of tire kickers that take up a sales person's time, enabling them to spend their time on more profitable contacts.
As I said before, you don't want to turn your sales and marketing process into a bucket brigade where each person is simply passing the baton or moving a client along a "sales assembly line". Remember, routine tasks and processes that you can automate don't need human sales reps involved. You let the marketing automation handle it.
If you are involved, it's because the process needs your communication abilities and sales expertise to finish the deal. Don't fall back on regular habitual tasks and processes. Bring your particular uniqueness to the table and close the deal.


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Q: Broadcast video file (not video from ip camera) from server to web page In the folder on the server is the downloaded / recorded video file in MP4 format. I need to remotely connect to the server and play the file on the client page.
>On client. ts:

export class VideoLayoutPartComponent implements OnInit {
  @Input() part: LayoutPart;
  videoSource: SafeUrl;

  constructor(private httpService: HttpService, private configurationService: ConfigurationService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.configurationService.configurationUpdated.subscribe(() => this.configurationUpdated());
  }

  private configurationUpdated() {
    return this.httpService.get('configuration/getVideo?videoUID='+ this.part.properties['referenceUID']).subscribe(videoData => {
      this.videoSource = videoData;
    });
  }

>On client. html:

<video width="320" height="240" controls="controls" preload="auto">
    <source src="{{videoSource}}}" type="video/mp4">
</video>

>On server

Configuration.cs:

    [HttpGet]
    public BitArray GetVideo(Guid? videoUid)
    {
        return VideoFactory.GetVideo(videoUid);
    }

VideoFactory.cs:

public static BitArray GetVideo(Guid? videoUID)
{
    if (videoUID.HasValue && videoUID != Guid.Empty)
    {
      foreach (var fileInfo in contentFolder.GetFiles())
      {
    if (Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileInfo.FullName) == videoUID.ToString())
      {
         byte[] bytes = File.ReadAllBytes(fileInfo.FullName);
         return new BitArray(bytes);
          }
       }
     }
}

The reference UID comes from the client, the server finds the video, successfully processes it in the byte array and sends it back. But the client does not perceive the bytes and the browser freezes. Please help me understand how to accept an array by the client and play the video.

A: I solved my problem like this:
On client. html:
<div class="main">
    <video playsinline controlsList="nodownload" controls autoplay [src]="videoSource">
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    </video>
</div>

On client. ts:
export class VideoLayoutPartComponent implements OnInit {
  @Input() part: LayoutPart;
  videoSource: SafeUrl;

  constructor(private sanitizer: DomSanitizer, private httpService: HttpService, private configurationService: ConfigurationService) { }

  ngOnInit(): void {
    this.configurationService.configurationUpdated.subscribe(() => this.configurationUpdated());
  }

  private configurationUpdated() {
    return this.httpService.get<string>('configuration/getVideo?videoUID=' + this.part.properties['referenceUID']).subscribe(result => {
      this.videoSource = this.sanitizer.bypassSecurityTrustResourceUrl('data:video/mp4;base64,' + result);
    });
  }
}

On server
        [HttpGet]
        public ActionResult GetVideo(Guid? videoUid)
        {
            return Json(VideoFactory.GetVideo(videoUid));
        }

    public class VideoFactory
    {
        public static string GetVideo(Guid? videoUID)
        {
            var contentFolder = new DirectoryInfo(AppDataFolderHelper.GetFolder("Server/Config/Resources"));
            if (videoUID.HasValue && videoUID != Guid.Empty)
            {
                foreach (var fileInfo in contentFolder.GetFiles())
                {
                    if (Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fileInfo.FullName) == videoUID.ToString())
                        return Convert.ToBase64String(File.ReadAllBytes(fileInfo.FullName));
                }
            }
            return null;
        }
    }

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PHOTO: JON MATTHEWS DIRECTING WHOOPI GOLDBERG (CREDIT: KRISTINA KLEBE 2015)
ALL ABOUT JON MATTHEWS
Jon grew up in rural West Virginia. He practiced civil rights law for seven years and was legal director of the ACLU of Connecticut, before deciding to follow his dream of becoming a filmmaker. In 2009, Jon was accepted—with a full-tuition scholarship—to NYU's graduate film program. At NYU, Jon worked as Spike Lee's teaching assistant. Mr. Lee awarded a production grant to Jon for his film, SURVIVING CLIFFSIDE, which premiered at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival and was licensed by the Sundance Channel. Jon's next film, a narrative feature called BLACK DOG, RED DOG was co-directed by James Franco and stars Mr. Franco, Olivia Wilde, and Oscar-winner Whoopi Goldberg. It premiered in 2015. Jon's next feature was KHALI THE KILLER a crime drama that he wrote and directed. This film was produced by Millennium and was released by Sony in 2018. Also in 2018 Jon co-produced HILLBILLY a documentary about the perception of Appalachia. This film won the jury prize at the Los Angeles Film Festival and was long-listed for Academy Award consideration. Outside of filmmaking, Jon started the non-profit Appalachian Arts Academy to help fight the opioid epidemic through arts education and co-founded the Appalachian Queer Film Festival, which was featured in IndieWire and Huffington Post and in 2017 Jon was named one of Vice's "50 Activists Fighting for LGBTQ Rights in 50 States." Jon is currently directing and producing segments for SESAME STREET, including Big Bird's Road Trip and Cookie Monster's Foodie Truck. Jon is also on the festival circuit with his short film, ANG MOTEL, which has screened at over 50 festivals, including HollyShorts, the L.A. Asian Film Festival, and TallGrass. The film has received numerous nominations and awards, including multiple Best Short Film and Best Director awards.
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Exclusive Ranges is to become the sole supplier for Capic equipment in the UK this month.
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Previously, Milton Keynes-based supplier Grande Cuisine had been providing the French brand to the UK market since 2013.
However, Exclusive Ranges' MD Trevor Burke also said that his company will be covering all existing warranties across the UK.
Burke believes that his customers will benefit from what he feels is the the quality, functionality and durability of the Capic range. The brand's products will be profiled at Hotelympia on the Exclusive Ranges stand, number 1718, in London's ExCel on 5-8 March.


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# Dependencies
- Python 3.5.x
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- Postgresql 9.5

# Usage

### Build
    docker-compose build

### Start Container
    docker-compose up

### Create Database and Site
The first time you start this you need to create the database by running:

    docker-compose run mezz python manage.py createdb

### Go to site
[http://localdocker:8902](http://localdocker:8902)

In my local environment I set `localdocker` to resolve to the ip address of my docker VM. Change this as appropriate.

# Notes

### SECRET_KEY
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### Docker Hub
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WEST CHESTER (January 30, 2018) – State Senator Andy Dinniman recently met with student journalists from the Conestoga Spoke, the student newspaper of Conestoga High School, to discuss legislation to ensure the rights of a free student press.
Dinniman met with Conestoga students, Justin Huang, Avery Maslowsky and Audrey Kim, and their staff advisor, Cyndi Hyatt, as part of the New Voices Campaign, a student-powered grassroots movement to give young people the legally protected right to gather information and share ideas about issues of public concern.
The New Voices Campaign is a project of the Student Press Law Center, a nonprofit advocacy organization for the rights of student journalists.
Dinniman, who serves as minority chair of the Senate Education Committee, said he will work to draft legislation to ensure protections for student journalists in public secondary schools and institutes of higher education.
So far, several states, including Illinois, Maryland, Nevada, North Dakota, and Vermont, have passed some form of legislation to guarantee and protect free speech rights for student journalists in public high schools and colleges.


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Q: Displaying a localstorage variable This question pertian to a Chrome Browser Extension (js Injection and localstorage)
Okay, I swear I have searched for days for the answer to this question (or one similar) and either there is not one or I am a complete moron about this topic.
Here is what I'm trying to do and it should be something very simple.  I am not new to chrome extensions but VERY new to creating options for the addon....
I simply want to display a saved piece of data visually.  For example...
Let's say the localstorage has stored an input text field (username) as "MyUsername".
I want to recall and display that visually in the page that i am injecting code to.  Here is an example...
The Code (inject.js):
var el = document.createElement('div'),
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    return showMsg();

Where you see  "msg = 'just testing';"... I just want it to display the username (from local storage) instead of 'just testing'.
The Output should just look like...

MyUsername

Please tell me I'm not an idiot.  I can't figure out why it's not displaying the result.  It simply shows...

Undefined

A: When a content script accesses localStorage, it will access the storage belonging to the domain of the page where the script was injected. That's probably not what you want in this case.
You can use the chrome.storage api instead, that will allow you to share information across all your extension scripts instances and your background page.


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The Poker Million has been a televised European poker tournament since its inception in November 2000.  The final debuted to 30 million viewers and has since remained popular.  It was created by UK gaming outfit Ladbrokes with the help of sports promotion firm Matchroom Sport. In 2009 sponsorship was transferred from Ladbrokes to Full Tilt Poker, which produced Poker Million VIII.

Format
The Poker Million is a no-limit Texas holdem "shootout" tournament.  Shootout tournaments differ from standard tournaments in that starting tables do not rebalance as players are eliminated.  Instead, each starting table is an independent "heat" which plays down to one player, who then advances to the next round.

The exact format for The Poker Million has changed with sponsorship over the years, but typically involves a starting field of 72 players in 12 heats.  The winners of each heat advance to one of two semi-final tables.  The semi-final tables play down to three players, and then combine to form the final table.

History
Poker Million I was sponsored by Ladbrokes and Matchroom Sport and took place at the Hilton Hotel on the Isle of Man in November, 2000.  Coverage of the final table drew 30 million viewers.  John Duthie, who later created the European Poker Tour, defeated Teddy Tuli with a full house on the final hand to win the first place prize of £1 million.

The tournament returned in 2003 with Poker Million II.  Snooker-player Jimmy White won $150,000 for first place at a final table featuring heart rate monitors and exposed hole cards.

The field for Poker Million III was expanded to feature 72 players, including 36 online qualifiers and number of celebrities.   Among the celebrities were snooker stars Stephen Hendry, Mark Williams and 2003 winner Jimmy White; rugby World Cup star Mike Tindall; and, sports celebrities Tony Cascarino and 16 time World Darts Champion Phil Taylor.  Irish poker professional Donnacha O'Dea won first place and $300,000.

Ladbrokes guaranteed a $1 million first place prize for Poker Million IV.  Freeroll qualifier Tony Jones outlasted 66 fellow online qualifiers, eventually defeating television celebrity Helen Chamberlain heads up to claim the million dollar prize.

Northampton, UK resident Rajesh "foggy71" Modha won Poker Million V after qualifying in a $9 satellite.  He overcame a final table draw that seated two-time bracelet winner and chip leader Mel Judah to his left, earning $1.2 million for the effort.

Joe Beevers won Poker Million VI when his pocket nines held up against Marty Smyth's King high.  It was the second consecutive year Smyth was eliminated at the final table of the Poker Million.

Smyth returned in 2008 to win the Poker Million VII for $1 million, after being reduced to one set of blinds on the third hand at the final table.

James Akenhead won the 2009 Poker Million VIII, held in London on December 4.  Akenhead  entered heads up play at a slight chip disadvantage to Juha Helppi.  Akenhead eventually gained the chip lead and went all-in pre-flop with pocket tens to Juha Helppi's pocket 6s.  Akenhead earned $500,000 for 1st, and Helppi $250,000 for 2nd.

Gus Hansen won the 2010 Poker Million IX on December 10, defeating Tony Bloom heads up to win the $1,000,000 winner takes all prize from a final table of 8.

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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Bloomington-based fashionista is incorporating her love for the bow tie into a whole line of Minnesota-made accessories.
Renee Larson was first exposed to men's wear when she worked at Nieman Marcus. By day she's a window dresser for Brooks Brothers stores across the Twin Cities, but her real passion comes with a twist.
With every cut and every stitch, Larson's love for antique shopping has carried over to her Minnesota stitched Bow Tie Shoppe based out of her living room.
Her hunt for handbags and classic fashion started at a young age.
"My mom was always wearing vintage glasses, and tried to find vintage glasses, like hers, (after she died) and it stemmed from there," Larson said.
A photo that stands next to her sewing machine serves as a reminder of who inspired this talent — her parents, Alan and Angie Thompson.
"My father died at 41 from a heart attack, my mom died at 44 from lung cancer," Larson said.
She was 14 years old when her father passed away and 18 years old when she lost her mom. Since then, thrift store shopping has been one of her favorite ways to pass the time. Her bow fastened handbags were her first test.
Shortly after sewing handbags, she transitioned into old fashioned bow ties.
"I made a bow tie as a gift and it kind of went on from there," Larson said.
It has served her well, too. Her hand made designs are being sold at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts this year as part of MIA's 100th anniversary celebration. You can't be "Made in Minneapolis" without a little Minnesota flavor.
Renee's line can purchased at three different Twin Cities businesses: Heimie's in St Paul, Martin Patrick 3 in Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Larson is commissioning two bow ties at MIA a month that are based on works of art that belong to the museum's permanent collection.


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Milan Linate was original named Airport Enrico Forlanini after the locally-born inventor and aeronautical pioneer. It was completely rebuilt in the 1950s and then again in the 1980s, and today it consists of one three story passenger building. Italy's national airline Alitalia have made the airport their base, and while low-cost flights aren't as prevalent as other airports it is still possible to get well-priced European flights to Milan Linate from EasyJet, Air France, Aer Lingus & KLM.
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UBC Thunderbots take top spot at international robot soccer competition
Members of the UBC Thunderbots student design team
The UBC Thunderbots have placed first in their division at the RoboCup, an annual robot soccer competition for university students around the world.
It is the UBC design team's second RoboCup victory in a row, having topped the same event category — the Lower Tournament of RoboCup's Small Size League — in 2019. (The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)
"Despite the challenges of the past year, including not being able to meet in person since March of 2020, we were fortunate to achieve another win," says Chantal Sousa, a fourth-year integrated engineering student and the team captain. "I'm so pleased with what we've accomplished, and grateful to be able to participate in this wonderful competition again."
Formed in 2006, UBC Thunderbots gives students with an interest in artificial intelligence and robotics an opportunity to create their own group of small-sized autonomous soccer-playing robots. Every year, the students work together to improve the bots' performance, drawing on their backgrounds in engineering and computer science to give their players greater agility, speed, power and accuracy.
Before the pandemic, games in the RoboCup's Small Size League would involve two teams of either six or eleven robots — each no greater than 15 centimetres in height and 18 centimetres in diameter — playing with an orange golf ball on a nine-by-six-metre green-carpeted field. This year, the competition took place entirely online, with teams facing off in computer-simulated matches that, Sousa notes, proved no less challenging than in-person ones.
The UBC Thunderbots' winning goal
"The technical committee behind the competition actually ended up making the simulation as realistic as possible," she says. "Along with a very accurate, physics-driven simulation, they incorporated physical robot metrics, faked sensor noise and injected spurious glitches occasionally found in real gameplay — often worse than we would experience in the real world!"
Without a hardware component to work on, Sousa and her colleagues focused on sharpening their players' artificial intelligence, or the software that enables them to move intelligently and work together as a team. The virtual nature of the tournament also allowed all 60 members of the Thunderbots to participate, which was not possible in the past.
"In a typical year, our competition would likely be in a city in a foreign country like Germany or Australia. Since these trips are expensive, we usually can't involve more than 10 to 14 members," says Sousa. "This year, though, everyone was able to watch, participate and help out. That was really fantastic, as far more members got involved with the RoboCup community."
One of the largest robotics events in the world, the RoboCup was established in 1997 "as a vehicle to promote robotics and AI research, by offering a publicly appealing, but formidable challenge." It aims to lead to the creation of "a team of fully autonomous humanoid robot soccer players [that] win a soccer game […] against the winner of the most recent World Cup" by the mid-21st century.
Despite the benefits of competing remotely, the Thunderbots are looking forward to the return of the in-person event and are actively recruiting new members to help develop their physical robots. Interested candidates can reach out to the team via Facebook, or by email at ubcrobocup@gmail.com.
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A PUBLIC relations firm headed by a Spen Valley businesswoman has been shortlisted for three industry awards.
Approach PR, led by Gomersal woman Suzanne Johns, is in the running for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations annual PRide Awards, which celebrates the most talented agencies and outstanding campaigns in Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Approach, which began as a sole trader business in Cleckheaton and expanded to a team of six PR professionals this summer, has been shortlisted for outstanding small consultancy, best use of media relations – with its "Dales does Bollywood" campaign for Skipton's Rendezvous Hotel – and best newsletter for its Délifrance UK staff journal.
Approach has previously won six regional PR awards, including gold for best use of media relations, gold for corporate and business communications and silver for its charity and not-for-profit campaign. In January, the team was named national winner of the CIPR President's Grand Prix Award for its execution of the Yorkshire Biz Awards.
Said Suzanne: "I'm incredibly proud of how the business has evolved from a back bedroom operation in 2001 to a multi-award winning, six-strong team.
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- Detailed map showing Confederate camp and batteries near Columbus, Kentucky, "Camp and battery of secessionists" near Belmont, Missouri, Union troop positions and movements during battle, location and names of Union gunboats, roads, vegetation, fences,and relief by hachures.
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Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 297 Detailed map showing Confederate camp and batteries near Columbus, Kentucky, "Camp and battery of secessionists" near Belmont, Missouri, Union troop positions and movements during battle, location and names of Union gunboats, roads, vegetation, fences,and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Belmont, Battle Of, Belmont, Mo.
United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. Map of the battlefield near Belmont, Missouri . [S.l, 1876] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/99447442/.
United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. (1876) Map of the battlefield near Belmont, Missouri . [S.l] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/99447442/.
United States Army. Corps Of Engineers. Map of the battlefield near Belmont, Missouri . [S.l, 1876] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/99447442/>.
The battle of Belmont, November 7, 1861. Also available in digital form.


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KC Industries, LLC introduces the first advancement in water fluoridation technology in 40+ years.
A "New WAVE in Fluoridation." The KC Industries' Fluoridation Tablet and Feeder System. UL and ANSI 60 certified, the tablet coupled with an NSF certified feeder system provides consistent levels of fluoridation.
A prescribed number of sodium fluorosilicate tablets are placed into a housing assembly. Water is permitted to flow over the tablets at a paced or consistent flow rate whereby the tablets slowly but consistently dissolve resulting in disassociation and release of Fluoride (F-1 ) ion, which can subsequently be delivered to the water supply system.
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SHERMAN, Texas –After shooting nearly 56% from three in the first half, the Austin College men's basketball team made just 2-of-17 from deep after halftime and Johnson & Wales took advantage on their way to handing the 'Roos a 92-81 loss on Friday night in Hughey Gym. The 'Roos are now 7-15 overall and 3-10 in Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play.
Austin College fell behind 18-6 early on in the game but a 14-5 run capped off by a triple from Derek Lockman pulled the 'Roos to within three at 23-20 with 9:29 left before the break. After JWU answered with a three to go back ahead by six, Austin College responded with a 12-0 run that included threes from Lockman and Luke Brumbaugh as the 'Roos took a 32-26 lead with 7:11 on the clock.
The 'Roos went on top 43-33 on a bucket by Michael Holland with 1:40 left before halftime, and after Johnson & Wales scored six in a row to cut it to a four-point game, Kam Hogan buried a three just before the buzzer to give Austin College a 46-39 lead. Lockman knocked down 3-of-6 from deep, scoring 11 points in the opening half.
Austin College maintained its lead early on in the second half, and Justice Mercadel's basket with 18:44 left made it a 50-43 game. However, the Wildcats countered with a 15-0 run to take a 58-50 lead just over five minutes later. Two free throws from Kameron Hill pulled the 'Roos to within six at 60-54, but eight straight points for JWU pushed the deficit to 68-54 with 8:23 left in the game.
Johnson & Wales maintained a double-digit lead for most of the next seven minutes, but after getting fouled on a three, Lockman made all three free throws and Chanston Goodman stole the ensuing inbounds pass and scored, quickly cutting it to an 83-78 game with 1:05 to play. Lockman knocked down another three with 58 seconds left to make it 84-81, but those would be the last points of the game for the "Roos as JWU added eight free throws down the stretch to make it a 92-81 final.
Mercadel scored 21 points on 8-of-15 shooting and added six rebounds, three assists, and two steals, and Lockman came off the bench to score 20 in the loss. Holland added 16 points and five boards.
Jontrell Herman led all scorers with 35 points for Johnson & Wales, adding seven rebounds and six assists. King Grant-Perry scored 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, and Andrew Romero III scored 14 points with 11 boards.
Austin College closes out the home portion of its schedule tomorrow night, playing host to Colorado College at 7:30 p.m. Tip-off will follow Senior Night recognition, which will take place between the women's and men's games.


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School district in Tuscarawas County gets active shooter detection dog
by: Maia Belay
SUGARCREEK, Ohio (WJW)– The Garaway Local School District in Sugarcreek is among the first in the country with an active shooter detection dog trained to prevent a school shooting.
Sailor, a Belgium Malinois, is trained to detect gunfire, and sniff out firearms and ammunition at the Tuscarawas County district home to about 1,200 students, according to district superintendent Jim Millet.
"We're the first in Ohio to have a dog like this. The second in the country," Millet said.
He said Sailor, acquired from Skool Dogs Inc., is a priceless addition to the school's security.
"Cost $25,000. We got a $10,000 discount so $15,000 was the cost. We did not have to use local tax funds for that," said Millet who explained a grant funded the dog.
Although Sailor is in training, he is already zeroing in on potential threats. During a drill Tuesday, he located a gun inside a student's locker. The gun was placed there prior to the drill as a test for Sailor.
"It's something that's never been used inside a school for the safety of the kids," said Joe Nick, Skool Dogs Inc. founder. "We were always there too late. I thought that if we could invent something that would get there or be there when, God forbid, this incident took place."
According to Nick, Skool Dogs is a patent-pending specialized dog that can engage an active shooter. Nick will be in the district for the next several days making sure Sailor is equipped to handle the task ahead.
Jason Wallick, a recently-appointed district school safety official and former school teacher. will be Sailor's handler.
"Anytime there is active gunfire in the building, he will drag me to the scene," Wallick said. "I will release him and he would apprehend the shooter."
District officials expect Sailor will be able to serve 10 years. Millet said an area veterinary clinic donated ongoing care for Sailor.


1981-82 – First human rights commissioner.
1983 - First woman chancellor of a university.
1991-96 - First woman state governor.
Glimpses of Dame Roma's glorious life. Adelaidean. April 2002:11.
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Osborne, Emily. A young woman's role model. The Advertiser. March 6, 2000:5.
Eccles, David. Deep faith energised a life. The Advertiser. March 6, 2000:4.
Final honor from state. The Advertiser. March 6, 2000:4.
Pioneer forged a path for women. The Advertiser. March 6, 2000:4-5.
Baker, Tony. The Famous Five. The Advertiser. March 6, 2000:6-7.
King, Melissa. Roses for Roma on the day of farewell. The Advertiser. March 10, 2000:3.
Hein, Mel. Students create mural in honor of an icon. The Advertiser. March 10, 2000:3.
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Roma Mitchell in 1965, wearing the robes and wig of a Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia.


The start of a small collection of maps of Hampshire and the places within it, that have featured in its history to help inform a view of where as well as when and with whom events have occurred. Our aim is to create useable and actionable data images and resources that you can not only read and view but use if you so wish within your own projects. Open access for all.
We are also working on some Digital Humanities approaches to various sub-projects including an open access Digital Gazetteer of Hampshire to help us explore and see what new insights we can gain into the history of Hampshire. We will be working on this step by step and plan to integrate the maps with some open source GIS and mapping applications that will be free for anyone to use, add-to or supplement in due course. We are very mindful of the wonderful Norgate project that predates this project (more in related projects posts here), and the Vision of Britain project which sadly and unfortunately is not open access to the public other than as per the web pages. Access to the maps requires affiliation with a university, and no it doesn't make sense to us either. There is inspiration also from the Spatial History endeavours around the world and in particular from Stanford's fabulous lead in these areas.
These resources are for anyone with a casual interest, a local, family, micro-history, social or special interests within or across the county.
Our approach is to use and share sources either available in the public domain already or via direct acquisition of old maps we can share digitally and provide on a Creative Commons basis as a minimum. In the full spirit of share and share alike, this is an open project. And yes it may well take some time but it is a labour of love and we want to undertake these projects as well as we possibly can.
Choose Map Pins from Key on right-hand side and click to open info box on Map click on title to selected any article.


Engle MA, Gustin MS, Zhang H. Quantifying natural source mercury emissions from the Ivanhoe Mining District, north-central Nevada, USA. Atmospheric Environment 2001;35(23):3987-3997.
Engle MA, Gustin MS. Scaling of atmospheric mercury emissions from three naturally enriched areas: Flowery Peak, Nevada, Peavine Peak, Nevada and Long Valley Caldera, California. Science of the Total Environment 2002;290(1-3):91-104.
Gustin MS, Lindberg SE, Austin K, Coolbaugh M, et al. Assessing the contribution of natural sources to regional atmospheric mercury budgets. Science of the Total Environment 2000; 259(1): 61-71.
Gustin MS, Nacht D, Giglini A, Engle M. Speciation of mercury in the atmosphere above naturally and anthropogenically mercury enriched substrate. American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry 2002;42(1):755-758 (abstract).
Gustin MS. Are mercury emissions from geologic sources significant? A status report. Science of the Total Environment 2003;304(1-3):153-167.
Gustin MS, Coolbaugh M, Engle M, Fitzgerald B, et al. Atmospheric mercury emissions from mine wastes and surrounding geologically enriched terranes. Environmental Geology 2003;43(3):339-351.
Johnson SB, Yoon TH, Brown Jr GE, Scales PJ, et al. Effect of simple organic acid adsorption on the stability of aqueous metal oxide systems. American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry 2003;43(1):512-518 (abstract).
Johnson SB, Yoon TH, Slowey AJ, Brown Jr GE. Adsorption of organic matter at mineral/water interfaces: 3. Implications of surface dissolution for adsorption of oxalate. Langmuir 2004;20(26):11480-11492.
Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Utility of EXAFS in characterization and speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 1999;6:648-650.
Kim CS, Brown Jr GE, Rytuba JJ. Characterization and speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Science of the Total Environment 2000;261(1-3):157-168.
Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown GE Jr. EXAFS study of mercury(II) sorption to Fe- and Al-(hydr)oxides. I. Effects of pH. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2004;271(1):1-15.
Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Geological and anthropogenic factors influencing mercury speciation in mine wastes. Applied Geochemistry 2004a;19(3):379-393.
Lindberg SE, Zhang H, Vette AF, Gustin MS, et al. Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils: effect of flushing flow rate and verification of a two-resistance exchange interface simulation model. Atmospheric Environment 2002;36(5):847-859.
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Zhang H, Lindberg SE, Barnette MO, Vette AF, Gustin MS. Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils. Part 1: simulation of gaseous mercury emissions from soils using a two-resistance exchange interface model. Atmospheric Environment 2002;36(5):835-846.


The mission of the James River Association is to be guardian of the James River. The James River runs through Virginia, and has played an starring role in the state's history. The James River Association's five core programs are education, community, conservation, the JAMES RIVERKEEPER© Program, and watershed restoration. The James River Association launched a water quality monitoring program in 2013. The Upper and Lower James Riverkeepers manage the water quality monitoring program. Results from this citizen monitoring program, awesomely named River Rats, are shared here on Swim Guide. The James River Watch Website also shares sampling results, and other phenomenal data and info for recreational water users on the James.


Aspro offer cheap summer holidays abroad to destinations worldwide. Aspro is part of the MyTravel Group, one of the largest travel and holiday companies in the UK. Aspro provides Cheap holidays deals and flights for couples, family holidays, groups and single people. We offer budget holidays in self-catering, half board, full board and all-inclusive accommodation. We have thousands of cheap holidays on offer, our customers book with Aspro because they know they're getting a bargain summer holiday deal. Add to that extra savings and offers, such as free child places on family holidays and nil flight supplements.
Use our online Travel Guides to find out about each exciting holiday destination. We travel to Tunisia, The Algarve, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Majorca, Menorca, Corfu, Zakynthos, Crete, Rhodes, Kos, Malta, Turkey, Bulgaria, Italy, Sicily and Egypt.
But that's not all, Aspro also provides a great choice of exotic far and away summer holidays to destinations such asFlorida, Barbados, Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Florida and The Gambia. Cheap summer holidays to Florida include fly drive, resorts and theme parks including Walt Disney World & Universal Studios.
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With so many new dispensaries opening across North America, it's clear that cannabis retailers understand out of the gate how crucial the dispensary customer experience is to the growing industry.
When hiring a professional designer isn't an option, retailer owners can look to their work for cannabis dispensary design ideas and inspiration then tap into their resourcefulness to seek out furnishings and decor that don't cost a fortune.
In this post, we detail 4 DIY dispensary design ideas that will enable retailers to create a beautiful dispensary environment without having to break the bank.
Retail owners might consider following the lead of apartment renters and homeowners globally by looking to lower-priced furniture retailers like IKEA. The Swedish retailer offers a large variety of reasonably priced shelves, chairs, tables and decorations that are functional and look beautiful. Since IKEA's merchandise requires assembly, putting the furniture together and even hiring a contractor to do it for you may be more cost saving than buying similar looking pieces from more expensive stores.
Another idea is to consider second-hand furniture and antique stores, swap meets, yard and estate sales, office liquidations and auctions are all excellent ways to find deals on everything you need to furnish and decorate your store. By repurposing used furnishings, not only can retailers save money while potentially discovering pieces that are unique and less typical to what's sold at mass retailers; they also help reduce their environmental footprint.
Having to purchase a brand new display to accommodate a new product launch or to freshen up the store environment can quickly become a financial drain. Modular shelving provides retailers with the ability to change their displays by simply adding or subtracting shelves, hooks and other elements as needed without having to purchase anything more than an accessory or two at a time.
Modular shelving is a great investment for retailers on a tight budget because the displays can be configured in numerous ways and work well even in smaller spaces. With this option, updating the store's floor set, highlighting a new product or promotional message or refreshing the look of the store every few months is much more accessible for dispensary owners without putting too much of a dent into their wallets.
For retail owners on a budget, using your space to create unique shopping experiences for customers helps reinforce your presence in the community while costing little to no money to implement.
In some US jurisdictions where on-site consumption is allowed, retailers offer customers access to flower and dab bars where they can try cannabis and concentrates in the comfort and safety of a licensed retail environment. Even in areas where consumption is illegal, dispensaries can reinforce their role as a bridge between people and cannabis companies by hosting in-store events and demos in which customers can interact directly with brands.
The same is true in Canada where each province has its own regulatory framework. Holding free educational workshops or simply enacting a consumer loyalty program can be highly engaging, and partnering with cannabis tourism companies to make sure your location is along their route is an effective way to reach visitors from out of town. Whatever you decide to try, check what's legal in your state or province so you can be sure you're operating in compliance.
Incorporating technology to your retail store environment can help streamline operations while offering endless branding opportunities, and doing it yourself doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg.
We know that touchscreen menus can ease the flow of store traffic by empowering customers to access pricing and inventory information on their own, and retail owners looking to get creative can easily combine technology with their store's actual design elements. With modular shelvingfor example, retailers can set up their displays in a range of configurations so that products and a tablet or TV screen can occupy the same space.
As for content, no need to hire a creative agency - producing content is easier and less expensive than ever since all you need is a smartphone. Display a looping slideshow featuring photos taken at your cultivation operation, share a short video telling the story of the dispensary's founding, or offer an educational video on featured products. With this option, retailers can change their messaging anytime without incurring high costs, while customers get exposed to interactive features that keep them engaged and shopping in the store longer.
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package imageFX;
import static imageFX.ImageFX.getAlphaValueFromPixelValue;
import static imageFX.ImageFX.getBlueValueFromPixelValue;
import static imageFX.ImageFX.getGreenValueFromPixelValue;
import static imageFX.ImageFX.getPixelValueFromARGBValue;
import static imageFX.ImageFX.getRedValueFromPixelValue;

public class Detect {

    //////////////////////////////// EDGE DETECT METHOD ////////////////////////

    /**
     * This method will detect edges in the image
     * mask[ -1, -1, -1,
     *       -1,  8, -1,
     *       -1, -1, -1]
     *
     * @param img The image to blur.
     */
    public static void edgeDetect(MyImage img){

        /**
         * Mask is a 2D square of odd size like 3x3
         * For simplicity storing it into 1D array.
         */
        int mask[] = new int[]{  -1, -1, -1,
                                 -1,  8, -1,
                                 -1, -1, -1};

        int maskSize = 3;   //The width of the mask.

        /**
         * Buffered array of pixels holds the intermediate value of pixels that
         * is multiplied with the mask to get the final value for the center
         * pixel under the mask.
         */
        int buff[];

        /**
         * This array will store the output of the median filter operation which will
         * be later written back to the original image pixels.
         */
        int outputPixels[] = new int[img.getImageTotalPixels()];

        //image dimension
        int width = img.getImageWidth();
        int height = img.getImageHeight();

        /** Sharpen operation */
        for(int y = 0; y < height; y++){
            for(int x = 0; x < width; x++){
                /** Fill buff array */
                int i = 0;
                buff = new int[9];
                for(int r = y - (maskSize / 2); r <= y + (maskSize / 2); r++){
                    for(int c = x - (maskSize / 2); c <= x + (maskSize / 2); c++){
                        if(r < 0 || r >= height || c < 0 || c >= width){
                            /** Some portion of the mask is outside the image. */
                            int tr = r, tc = c;
                            if(r < 0){
                                tr = r+1;
                            }else if(r == height){
                                tr = r-1;
                            }
                            if(c < 0){
                                tc = c+1;
                            }else if(c == width){
                                tc = c-1;
                            }
                            buff[i] = img.getPixel(tc, tr);
                        }else{
                            buff[i] = img.getPixel(c, r);
                        }
                        i++;
                    }
                }

                /** Multiply mask with buff array to get the final value. */
                int sa=0, sr=0, sg=0, sb=0;
                for(i = 0; i < 9; i++){
                    sa += (mask[i]*getAlphaValueFromPixelValue(buff[i]))/16;
                    sr += (mask[i]*getRedValueFromPixelValue(buff[i]))/16;
                    sg += (mask[i]*getGreenValueFromPixelValue(buff[i]))/16;
                    sb += (mask[i]*getBlueValueFromPixelValue(buff[i]))/16;
                }

                /** Save result in outputPixels array. */
                int p = getPixelValueFromARGBValue(sa, sr, sg, sb);
                outputPixels[x+y*width] = p;
            }
        }
        /** Write the output pixels to the image pixels */
        for(int y = 0; y < height; y++){
            for(int x = 0; x < width; x++){
                img.setPixelToValue(x, y, outputPixels[x+y*width]);
            }
        }
    }

}//class ends here


With great sadness we announce that Professor Golam Hossain was killed in a tragic car accident on 31th July 2012 in Dhaka/Bangladesh. Prof. Hossain was associated with the Department of History at the South Asia Institute as a DAAD and Humboldt Fellow since 1998 and has periodically visited Heidelberg for research purposes during the last fifteen years. We convey our sincere condolences to his bereaved family and relatives.
On July 18th 2012 the newly appointed Indian Ambassador in Berlin, H.E. Mrs. Sujatha SINGH visited the SAI. She met members of the SAI board as well as students from India.
On Monday, August 8th 2012 the 13th Summer School in Spoken Sanskrit and Nepali Intensive - both conducted by the department for Cultural and Religious History of South Asia (Classical Indology) will start.
It is a sad duty to announce that Prof. Dr. em. Jürgen Lütt has passed away on July 17th 2012 in Heidelberg. The funeral service will be held on coming Tuesday, 12.30h at the Heidelberg Handschuhsheim cemetery.


Having the ability to create your own nitrogen means being in full control of your N2 supply. This could be beneficial to a lot of companies that need nitrogen on a daily basis. What does that mean for your company? When nitrogen is generated in-house, you do not have to rely on third parties for the supply, therefore eliminating the need for processing, refills and delivery costs. One way of generating nitrogen is through Pressure Swing Adsorption.
How does Pressure Swing Adsorption work?
When producing your own nitrogen, it is important to know and understand the purity level you want to achieve. Some applications require low purity levels (between 90 and 99%), such as tire inflation and fire prevention, while others, such as applications in the food and beverage industry or plastic molding, require high levels (from 97 to 99.999%). In these cases PSA technology is the ideal and easiest way to go.
In essence a nitrogen generator works by separating nitrogen molecules from the oxygen molecules within the compressed air. Pressure Swing Adsorption does this by trapping oxygen from the compressed air stream using adsorption. Adsorption takes place when molecules bind themselves to an adsorbent, in this case the oxygen molecules attach to a carbon molecular sieve (CMS). This happens in two separate pressure vessels, each filled with a CMS, that switch between the separation process and the regeneration process. For the time being, let us call them tower A and tower B.
For starters, clean and dry compressed air enters tower A and since oxygen molecules are smaller than nitrogen molecules, they will enter the pores of the carbon sieve. Nitrogen molecules on the other hand cannot fit into the pores so they will bypass the carbon molecular sieve. As a result, you end up with nitrogen of desired purity. This phase is called the adsorption or separation phase.
It does not stop there however. Most of the nitrogen produced in tower A exits the system (ready for direct use or storage), while a small portion of the generated nitrogen is flown into tower B in the opposite direction (from top to bottom). This flow is required to push out the oxygen that was captured in the previous adsorption phase of tower B. By releasing the pressure in tower B, the carbon molecular sieves lose their ability to hold the oxygen molecules. They will detach from the sieves and get carried away through the exhaust by the small nitrogen flow coming from tower A. By doing that the system makes room for new oxygen molecules to attach to the sieves in a next adsorption phase. We call this process of 'cleaning' an oxygen saturated tower regeneration.
First, tank A is in the adsorption phase while tank B regenerates. In the second stage both vessels equalize pressure to prepare for the switch. After the switch, tank A starts regenerating while tank B generates nitrogen.
At this point, the pressure in both towers will equalize and they will change phases from adsorbing to regenerating and vice versa. The CMS in tower A will get saturated, while tower B, due to the depressurization, will be able to restart the adsorption process. This process is also referred to as 'swing of pressure' , which means that it allows for certain gases to be captured at higher pressure and released at lower pressure. The two tower PSA system allows for continuous nitrogen production at a desired purity level.
It is important to understand the level of purity that is needed for each application in order to purposefully generate your own nitrogen. Nonetheless, there are some general requirements regarding the intake air. The compressed air has to be clean and dry before entering the nitrogen generator, as this positively affects the nitrogen quality and also prevents the CMS from being damaged by moisture. Furthermore, the inlet temperature and pressure should be controlled between 10 and 25 degrees C, while keeping the pressure between 4 and 13 bar. To treat the air properly, there should be a dryer between the compressor and the generator. If the intake air is generated by an oil lubricated compressor, you should also install an oil coalescing and carbon filter to get rid of any impurities prior to the compressed air reaching the nitrogen generator. There are pressure, temperature and pressure dew point sensors installed in most generators as a fail-safe, preventing contaminated air from entering the PSA system and damaging its components.
A typical installation: Air compressor, dryer, filters, air receiver, nitrogen generator, nitrogen receiver. The nitrogen can be consumed directly from the generator or through an additional buffer tank (not shown).
Another important aspect in PSA nitrogen generation is the air factor. It is one of the most important parameters in a nitrogen generator system, as it defines the compressed air required to obtain a certain nitrogen flow. The air factor thus indicates a generator's efficiency, meaning a lower air factor indicates a higher efficiency and of course lower overall running costs.
Nitrogen can be generated on site with membrane generators. These machines are based on a very simple working principle. Learn more.


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The Board of Directors and management of Amkor believe that good corporate governance is important to ensure that Amkor is managed for the long-term benefit of our stockholders.
Susan Kim was elected to our board in February 2015. Ms. Kim is an active philanthropist who also sits on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Foundation of Greater Philadelphia and the Council of Emeritus Directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In the past, she has served on numerous Boards of Directors including: The National Constitution Center, The Franklin Institute, The Gesu School, The Shipley School and EB Games Corp. Ms. Kim holds a B.A. in Sociology from Hamilton College. Susan Kim is the daughter of James Kim, our Executive Chairman, and sister of John Kim, our Vice Chairman.
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Vice President for Finance and Treasurer, University of Pennsylvania
Chairman of Bridge Investment Group Partners and Chairman and CEO of PMC Partners
Gil Tily
President and Chief Executive Officer, Comcast Cable