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Volunteers respond to call for action: key points from the PM's update
UK NewsPublished: Mar 25, 2020 Last Updated: Mar 25, 2020
Here is what you need to know from the Prime Minister's latest press conference.
Boris Johnson announced that "as many volunteers as the population of Coventry" had responded to his call to help the national coronavirus effort within 24 hours.
Here are the key points from the Prime Minister's daily press conference on the Covid-19 pandemic.
– Volunteers respond in their thousands
Mr Johnson said 405,000 people have volunteered to help vulnerable people in the coronavirus national effort – within 24 hours of the call being issued.
The Government launched an appeal on Tuesday evening for 250,000 volunteers – but "as many volunteers as the population of Coventry" replied.
Mr Johnson thanked them and the former NHS staff who are returning to work "on behalf of the entire country".
– Testing programme being ramped up – but problems exist
The PM said the Government was "massively ramping up our testing programmes" and hoped to be conducting 250,000 tests a day "very soon".
But Professor Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, said there had been a "global bottleneck" on buying more testing kits.
He told the press conference it was the Government's aim to be able to buy tests that would allow NHS workers to go back to work if they test negative for coronavirus.
– Help for self-employed is coming
Mr Johnson, who has faced criticism for not providing financial assistance to self-employed workers sooner, said a tailored package would be announced on Thursday.
He said that "never in our history has the Government put its arms around people in the way we are doing now to help them get through this time".
– Coronavirus to be a 'close run thing' for the NHS
Prof Whitty said the Government was expecting the demand for critical care beds to rise in the next fortnight.
And he warned: "This is going to be a close run thing, we all know that. Anybody who looks around the world can see this is going to be difficult for every health system."
– Legislative framework to prevent profiteering being considered
Mr Johnson said the Government would look at legal ways of tackling those profiteering by hiking up online prices while the country is in lockdown.
He said he did not want to see people "exploiting people's need at a critical time" and said the Government was "looking at the legislative framework to see what it may be necessary to do to prevent profiteering just as happened in war time many years ago".
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Q: Transformation of the integrand of an elliptic integral to the general form of an elliptic curve First, some background.
An ellipse is defined by the following equation:
$\frac{x^2}{a^2}+\frac{y^2}{b^2}=1\implies y=b\sqrt{1-\frac{x^2}{a^2}}.$
To get the arclength of the ellipse, we use calculus to obtain:
$4\int_{0}^{a}\sqrt{1+\frac{b^2x^2}{a^2(a^2-x^2)}}dx.$
We introduce a change of variables $x=at$ to get:
$4a\int_{0}^{1}\sqrt{1+\frac{a^2b^2t^2}{a^2(a^2-a^2t^2)}}dt=4a\int_{0}^{1}\sqrt{\frac{1-t^2(1-b^2/a^2)}{1-t^2}}dt.$
Let $e^2=1-\frac{b^2}{a^2}$ be the square of the eccentricity of the ellipse, then the integral becomes:
$\int_{0}^{1}\sqrt{\frac{1-e^2t^2}{1-t^2}}dt.$
This is an elliptic integral.
Let $u=u(t)=\sqrt{\frac{1-e^2t^2}{1-t^2}}$ be the integrand, then:
$u^2(1-t^2)=1-e^2t^2.$
I believe that this equation defines an elliptic curve of the form:
$y^2=x^3+ax+b$
Such that:
$4a^3+27b^2\neq0.$
How does one transform the equation in terms of $u$ into an elliptic curve?

A: $y^2=(1+e^2t^2)/(1+t^2)$
If $2\ne 0$,
$y=z/(1+t^2)$ gives $z^2=(1+e^2t^2)(1+t^2)=e^2(t^2+a)^2+b$
$z=w+ie(t^2+a)$ gives $w^2 +2wie(t^2+a)=b$
$t=u/w$ gives $w^2 +2ieu^2/w+2wiea=b$
or $$w^3+2w^2iea-bw=-2ieu^2$$
If $e\ne 0,3\ne 0$  it can be transformed into $U^2= W^3+AW+B$

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Moody's Downgrading of Equifax Is a Message to Boards
Moody's Downgrading of Equifax Is a Message to Boards
While affirming Equifax's senior unsecured rating at Baa1 and short-term rating at Prime-2, Moody's Investor Services downgraded the company's outlook from stable to negative due to the 2017 cyber-attack.
"The outlook revision to negative reflects weaker operating performance and credit metrics than originally expected following the cybersecurity breach in 2017," the May 17 rating action notice stated.
"Free cash flow may remain around only $150 million per year for a few years, or less than half of annual free cash flow prior to the breach," said Edmond DeForest, Moody's vice president and senior credit officer. "Diminished free cash flow limits Equifax's ability to reduce its financial leverage," he continued.
Infosecurity Magazine reached out to Equifax for comment in reaction to the news that was reported May 23 by CNBC. An Equifax spokesperson wrote in an email, "Moody's affirmed our Baa1 senior unsecured rating and the short-term rating at Prime-2. Any questions about the outlook change should be directed to Moody's. EFX remains solidly investment grade and the revision in Moody's outlook will not impact our internal investments, including new products, our $1.25bn EFX2020 technology and security advancements, or future acquisitions."
According to CNBC, a Moody's spokesperson said the downgrade is significant because "it is the first time that cyber has been a named factor in an outlook change."
The news isn't all that surprising to industry experts who have long been saying that cybersecurity is a boardroom issue. "Everyone is in business with a single goal, which is to make money. This includes the bad guys, except that they want to make their money by preventing someone else from doing the same," said Laurence Pitt, strategic security director, Juniper Networks.
Because cyber-risk is integral to business risk, boards will likely see this downgrade as a clear message in a language they can understand, said Steve Durbin, managing director of the Information Security Forum.
"For quite some time, I have been encouraging both the insurance industry and credit rating agencies to take cyber risk into account when setting policy pricing and assessing company value. Moving forward, this should become the norm since cyber-risk is so integral to business risk that an assessment of business health without taking cyber risk and a company's resilience into account will become meaningless. For the cybersecurity industry, this supports what many have been advocating for some time – that cyber is a business issue and must be taken seriously by boards."

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At the area 4 areameeting in Rotterdam march the 24th Gabriele Bruebach, Gouvernor of District 29, guided the Jane M Klausman Women in Business ceremony. Gabriele underlined the importance of this Scholarship for women students.
This years ceremony was organised to honour the District and International winner of 2017: Vivian Simonis, who was represented by Zonta Arnhem. District Committee member and ambassador of the JMK Scholarship in the Netherlands, Christel Meijerman, stated in her speech for Vivian that she was impressed by her academic achievements. With the Jane M Klausman Women in Business Scholarship Vivian was enabled to start a Master study European Business Law at the Rotterdam Erasmus Univesity.
What impressed the evaluating committee most is her vision on the impact investment banks had on the most recent financial crisis of 2007. Vivian states that there are lessons to be learned from this and aims to be part of the movement that can be made from this lessons toward a the positive impact, investment banks may have on economic stability and the prevention of future crisis.
One of her referents states: "Vivian is dedicated to pursue an impactfull career in the domain of finance and that she is very consciously grafting a path towards that goal". The professor ends his uplifting litany with the words: " I of course regret seeing her leave, but some birds are simply meant to fly".
What else can we say... Zonta will love to see Vivian fly!
Picture | from the left: Christel Meijerman, AD José Hoogveld,Vivian Simonis, Mother of Vivian, President ZC Arnhem, Father of Vivian, Governor Gabriele.


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Our goal is to provide unmatched service from order placement thru pickup or delivery. In September 2016, we created a new department, order fulfillment (OF), to facilitate the best possible service and provide a competitive advantage. The team works as a supporting partner to sales, engineering, reclamation, and operations. The department includes customer service, scheduling, purchasing, inventory management, and transportation.
Cross-functional collaboration, proactive planning and process development, scheduling, inventory management, procurement, transportation solutions, flexibility, and problem-solving are all essential elements of OF.
In existence for 18 months, the team has worked with partners across the business to confirm order accuracy, reduce cycle time, lead time, and confirm on-time shipments.
A customer's transformer had to be replaced because of flooding in the area. The unit was rush-shipped on Thursday using a well-known expediting company. When the shipment reached the expediter's dock near the customer's location, it could not be delivered because of issues from the same flood affecting the customer. The local shipper, holding the order, called Solomon Corp late Friday afternoon to apologize, and say there was no solution. This would leave our customer without power three days longer than expected.
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@template   = method_name     => "contact_form"
At the beginning of render_message @body is set to the hash of instance variables that we set in our contact_form method in our mailer. Once we are finished processing, that hash will be gone and @body will be replaced with the full rendered message.
The first thing we do is set the variable body to opts[:body] and delete it from the options hash (this is all done in one stroke by the call delete which returns the value that was deleted). Next, we test to see if opts[:file] does not match â /â? and does not respond to render then we set opts[:file] to the same thing but prepended with the mailer_name, in our case â message_mailerâ?.
This allows us to wrap the mailers view around the ActionView templating system and reuse the rendering module from ActionView in AM. This also stores our body variables for use inside of our view. Now that we have a template, we need to initialize the template_format with our mailerâ??s default template format.
This method checks the @current_template_content_type ivar and returns the proper mime-type. This is used as a switch by the renderer. If you dont explicitly set the content type AM defaults to HTML and your message is rendered in HTML mode. Since we didnt define a content_type in our example @current_template_content_type is nil and :html will be returned for the default_template_format.
After that we return the created template instance and that gets us through the initialize_template_class method.
layout "my_template" # or layout "my_template", :except => "some_message"
Whew, thatâ s it for this week. Next week, we get super deep into rendering and see how Rails performs all of itâ s rendering duties.
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Home News Terrorism We Granted $20-30 Billion to Syria– Iranian Lawmaker Said
We Granted $20-30 Billion to Syria– Iranian Lawmaker Said
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Former chief of security commission of the Iranian Parliament admitted that the regime has granted at least $20-30 billion to the Syrian government
Falahatpisheh's remarks were said in March, however, Etemad Online published them on Wednesday. This issue raised the question about the reason for the delay. Obviously, these words show an objection among Iranian officials against the supreme leader Ali Khamenei's policy for preserving Bashar al-Assad in power at all the costs. In this respect, the publication of these objections may be referred to as the debilitation of Khamenei's power and authority in Iran.
"Several people said that I imposed expenditure [to the state] when I went to Syria. However, I repeat that we might have granted $20-30 billion to Syria and the money of [Iranian] nation is spent there," Falahatpisheh added.
The former lawmaker also criticized the regime's economic mismanagement addressing the gasoline price hikes in November. "How many thousands of economic problems do we have in the country? We gain $12 million by increasing the fuel price. We can give $12 million to different provinces to resolve their problems, which we obtain from the revenue of raising gasoline prices and selling surplus consumption. This is the income of only one department," Falahatpisheh told Etemad Online.
He also highlighted the regime's failure in oil sales. On May 14, Reuters reported "Exports averaged 70,000 barrels per day in April, down from 287,000 BPD in March according to Kpler, which tracks the flows."
In this respect, Falahatpisheh said, "The share of oil sale is one-fourth of taxes. This means that the people are practically running the country, which lies in a sea of oil. There is enough budget for resolving economic problems if we consider the details. Of course, the budget should not be spent on deviation sectors."
Regarding the valueless role of the Parliament in the theocratic regime Falahatpisheh said, "The speaker [Ali Larijani] participated in several decision-making institutions as a member of the Parliament. However, Larijani was not actually an MP. In fact, he represented the interests of those institutions. Particularly, he was a representative of the Supreme National Security Council. He was sometimes the representative of the three branches of power."
"A truth may be inverted in every closed session of the Majlis," Falahatpisheh said.
Notably, since the Syrian people's protests in 2011, the mullahs supported the Assad dictatorship with manpower, money, weapon, and facilities. In this context, the Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force has played a key role in aiding the Syrian government in the crackdown on Syrian protesters, which led to the death of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, ruining hundreds of towns and counties, and displacing of several millions of Syrians.
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Additionally, Iranian officials sent several oil shipments to Syria in parallel with raising gasoline prices in Iran. On the other hand, on May 20, the Majlis passed a bill that increased the country's budget by a factor of four in the latest hours of the tenth Parliament's tenure. This took place while ordinary people face vast poverty and are becoming poorer.
"In the past four years of the tenth Majlis, the budget of our defense industry increased by a factor of four," said Reza Talaei-Nik, deputy defense minister for legal and parliamentary affairs, in the session.
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A long, forbidding, dark corner forms the first major break in the clifftop to the north of Laceration Jam. Your mission is to reach that corner and climb it. Start about 10' north of a right-facing corner and work up to a small bush. Forge boldly past a wide section (5.9) to the continuously difficult crack above.
Wonderful climb, harder that it looks from the bottom.
A crack climbing smorgasbord: body, hands and fingers. This is a very long pitch featuring exposed and sustained climbing up good flakes and corners. Highlights include sharp hand jams and encounters with rock tripe.
-while we didn't experience a whole lot of tripe today, the rest is very accurate. IMO its more on the 5.10B-D range. Strong lead.
This route is less than 200ft (around 170 to 180ft) so no worries with a 60m rope.
Red arrows indicate crack through the rock seemingly used as anchor for Scars and Tripes. Rock can be notably moved inwards when pressing on it. Caution using gear at this anchor point. April 25th 2015.


On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Friday, January 30, 2015.
Data from the Pew Research Center shows that in 1960, the median age at which U.S. women married was 20 and men, 23. Fast forward to 2014 and those ages rose considerably to 27 for women and 29 for men. Given that more U.S. women and men are delaying marriage, it stands to reason that if and when many Americans do decide to marry, they not only bring more life experiences to a marriage, but also more financial assets.
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Saturday, December 27, 2014.
Today, it's hard to define a typical all-American family. In previous decades, the word family often brought to mind an image of a happily married heterosexual couple with two or more children. Today, however, this image seems outdated and increasingly isn't one with which many younger people in the U.S. can identify.
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Thursday, December 11, 2014.
According to The Human Society of the United States, at least one pet resides in an estimated 62 percent of U.S. households. Based on statistics from 2012, there are an estimated 83.3 million dogs and 95.6 million cats that are kept as pets in the U.S.
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Saturday, November 22, 2014.
I have previously written in this blog about the benefits of prenuptial agreements. Prenuptial agreements can help reduce confusion and conflict related to the assets and possessions retained by each spouse in a divorce. Additionally, prenups can ensure a divorcing spouse isn't saddled with a soon-to-be ex's student loan debt. Given the significant financial benefits of a prenuptial agreement, it's important to ensure that proper procedures are followed when drafting and executing such a legal document.
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Thursday, October 30, 2014.
When planning to marry, Chicago area couples often spend months or even years selecting a location, choosing a photographer and picking out flowers. While a couple's marriage is certainly a good reason to celebrate, some couples fail to fully grasp what comes after the excitement of the wedding and honeymoon.
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Wednesday, October 8, 2014.
Most people are vaguely aware of what a prenuptial agreement is and that it protects the assets an individual brings to a marriage from being divided should that individual later divorce. Many people have misconceptions about prenuptial agreements and wrongly believe they are only for the very wealthy. While individuals with considerable wealth should definitely execute a prenup prior to walking down the aisle, this legal document can also provide important protections to individuals of lesser means.
Would your prenuptial agreement hold up in court?
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Friday, July 11, 2014.
Most contractual agreements tend to be complex and matters surrounding contract disputes are often contentious. This is often especially true in disputes involving contracts made by two individuals prior to legally marrying. Prenuptial agreements are readily used by individuals that plan to marry who wish to protect and retain ownership of assets brought to a marriage. While the basic principles of a prenuptial agreement may seem simple enough, if not properly drawn up and executed, disputes over the validity of a prenup can result in a judge ruling to invalidate the agreement.
On behalf of Gabrielle S. Davis of Gabrielle S. Davis, P.C. posted in Prenuptial Agreements on Wednesday, June 11, 2014.
Thanks mainly to movies and media coverage, nearly everyone knows what a prenuptial agreement is. These agreements – signed before a couple weds – serve to prevent disputes in the event of a divorce. They typically involve such things as property division, allocation of premarital debts and spousal support. What is much less known, however, is that this type of agreement can be used to dictate "lifestyle" behaviors like religious preference of the couple's future children and where the couple will live.


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Home > Theses and Dissertations > Theses > 823
Development of icejet machining technology
Dimitri V. Shishkin, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering - (M.S.)
E. S. Geskin
Zhiming Ji
R. S. Sodhi
This work was concerned with the application of ice powder for material processing. Material cutting and surface cleaning were also studied. As a result, innovative cleaning and etching technology was pioneered. The corresponding technology was designed and demonstrated.
The study involved investigation of water freezing, crushing of generated ice, ice transportation, formation of ice water and ice air streams and, finally, use of this stream for material cutting and cleaning. The theoretical work included investigation of the phase change in water and ice formation, effect of ice temperature on particles behavior and entrainment of ice particles by the water stream. Finite element modeling was used for investigation of particle entrainment process. The theoretical study was based on the examination of available information about ice behavior.
The experimental study of the second mode of icejet formation involved design and construction of apparatus for generation of ice powder, formation of ice water and ice air streams and the use of these streams for cutting and cleaning. Six different devices for powder production were tested and an acceptable devise design was selected. A conventional nozzle head was used for formation of abrasive water jet in our experiment. Ice powder was supplied as the conventional abrasive materials. The obtained jet was used for cutting various metal samples. The feasibility of cutting steel, titanium, and other materials using ice as abrasive was demonstrated. However process productivity was low. Finite element analysis showed that only small portion of ice particles survive in the course of jet formation and in order to enhance process productivity it is necessary to prevent melting of the particles.
Conventional gun for sand blasting was used for formation of ice air jet. The generated jet was used for various cleaning and decoating operations. The experiments involved removal of heavy conductive grease from an electronic board, emulsion from a photo film, and paint from CD-ROM, etc.
The performed study demonstrated the feasibility of the use of the water ice as an abrasive material. Thus, such environmentally hostile technology as sand blasting can be replaced by green ice based processing. The feasibility of the use of ice as a machining tool and thus, formation of green machining technology was demonstrated.
Shishkin, Dimitri V., "Development of icejet machining technology" (1999). Theses. 823.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/823
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Q: Store aggregate data in a table or a view? I am doing a project in MS SQL server and i am currently concerned about the following case.
CartItems (table)
CartID      ItemID      Value
1           51          100
1           52          100

If I want to have a cart sum available as a fixed value and not to be calculated with SUM for each query do I
a) create table CartInfo with columns and fill data on each item change (trigger)

*

*CartID

*CartTotal

b) create view CartInfo with columns

*

*CartID

*CartTotal

Both solution are probably valid, but I am not sure based on what facts should I choose either a table or a view?

A: Consider an indexed view. That would materialize the total, providing the performance benefits of the table approach but without extra code to maintain it. The total will reflect new values in real time as underlying data are changed.
CREATE VIEW dbo.CartItemSummary
WITH SCHEMABINDING AS
AS
SELECT
      CartID
    , SUM(Value) AS CartTotal
FROM dbo.CartItem
GROUP BY CartID;
GO
CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX cdx_CartItemSummary ON dbo.CartItemSummary;
GO

A: I'd strongly recommend using a view here, since you don't have to handle an additional table and trigger which makes your solution less maintainable and more brittle. A view is exactly what you need: A (different) view on your existing data. You then don't need to be concerned about keeping the data in the second table "synchronized" (e. g. by using a trigger). The results of the view are always "up to date".

A: Views don't contain information in the way a table does; they're simply a stored sql that is run every time you select from them. You may be referring to a materialised view, but it's not a SQL Server offering as far as I'm aware..


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Member of St. Maarten's parliament initiates law to adopt Tron as legal tender
Geneva, Switzerland — Jan. 25, 2023 — Tron may soon be officially adopted by the government of the eastern Caribbean island of St. Maarten. Member of Parliament (MP) Rolando Brison, the leader of the United People's Party and second vice chairman of St. Maarten's parliament, has been outspoken for some time now about the benefits of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency for the people and the economy of his homeland. He has now initiated the proposal of a law to designate the Tron protocol as the country's blockchain infrastructure and the Tron-based cryptocurrency, TRX, as legal tender for everyday use.
Justin Sun, founder of Tron, tweeted about the milestone:
"Another milestone for TRON! St Maarten to adopt TRON as legal tender marks another achievement for our push on worldwide blockchain adoption."
On March 19, 2022, Bitcoin.com News featured Brison, when he announced, "He's become the first elected official to request his entire salary paid in Bitcoin Cash." Brison has long believed and advocated for St. Maarten to become the "Crypto Capital of the Caribbean" by pioneering the integration of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency solutions.
On Jan. 23, 2023, the Saint Martin News Network (SMN-N) highlighted MP Brison's declaration to advance a law that would officially make Tron and Tron-based cryptocurrencies part of St. Maarten's local commerce and economic infrastructure. SMN-N noted MP Brison's intention was not to "re-invent the wheel," but rather to follow the example of St. Maarten's southern neighbor Dominica.
In October 2022, the Commonwealth of Dominica officially announced the adoption of seven Tron-based cryptocurrencies as legal tender, along with the designation of Tron as its national blockchain, following the passage of the Virtual Asset Business Legislation in May 2022, which the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank assisted in drafting. Brison is now working to translate "the law in a manner that fits our Dutch legal system and local economy," SMN-N reported.
According to its website, "The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) was established in October 1983. It is the Monetary Authority for a group of eight island economies namely Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines." St. Maarten, one of four countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, is also a member. The ECCB monetary union has a total gross domestic product of nearly $10 billion.
"The ECCB legislation is a great framework for regulation that focuses on protecting the consumer, the economy, and ensuring that virtual asset oversight does not spiral out of control, without stagnating potential growth opportunities for the sector," Brison said. Crypto is currently unregulated by the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten. "Allowing cryptocurrency to continue totally unregulated in St. Maarten is extremely risky, and we have to be proactive. Hence, I use my right of initiative to bring this law with Tron Protocol at the forefront, with possibilities later for other blockchains to be incorporated; this, too, can be done in line with other countries like St. Kitts, who I know are also working on their own legal tender legislation," stated Brison, as quoted by the SMN-N.
Brison will formally engage St. Maarten's legislative process in the coming weeks in accordance with the constitutional right MPs have to initiate laws, with the hope that official adoption will soon follow.
The Tron ecosystem is striving to make decentralized financial solutions and stable currency accessible to every human on the planet. Brison feels that collaboration with Tron will connect St. Maarten's economy with the fastest-growing blockchain ecosystem in the world, thus increasing the island's attractiveness both for innovative entrepreneurs as well as international tourists.
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From dubious goals to mishandling and disputes, rule changes and Grand Final after Grand Final, the humble AFL ball has been at the heart of the best and worst moments for well over 130 years, with multiple incarnations abound. Footy wouldn't be footy without the infamous oval leather ball, but there are strict rules and specifications that determine if an AFL ball is really an AFL ball.
Back in 1880, Thomas William Sherrin was working on patching up a damaged rugby ball, but in the process decided to invent a better ball by giving it indented ends which led it displaying a better bounce. After the initial production and working on different types of ball, the KB or Kangaroo Brand Sherrin ball remains to this day the highest standard, full-size match ball still in production.
It wasn't until 1897 that Thomas Sherrin put the ball into production in a workshop in Collingwood and soon played a significant role in the popularity of the sport of Footy, as the ball Sherrin had created was the first of its kind, specially crafted for Australian Rules football. The Sherrin brand was later sold in 1972 to Spalding, but still retains the historic Sherrin name on each ball.
Sherrin has continued to be the official brand of football used in the AFL, ever since the 1880s, with a number of additional types of ball that were introduced at a later period. The official AFL game ball, or AFL regulation ball has a regulation circumference of 720-730mm from the parallel to the stitched seam and a total length of 300mm from end to end.
Bounce balls or textured rubber high bounce balls are used in all different types of games in order for players to associate themselves with catching the ball and receiving the ball when in the air. They play an important role in the learning curve of many different games, resembling a basketball, and offer an added set of skills to bring to your AFL game.
Touch balls are soft, mini versions of official AFL balls used by children and families that love the game of AFL but enjoy touch AFL or no-contact games. They are great for all ages and allow the game to be taught in a safe way.
These balls are available in a range of sizes, from regulation size all the way down to micro versions. Usually displaying a teams' colour and logos, they are intended for fun games in the park or collectors to support their team.
Song Balls are padded PVC AFL balls that allow even the youngest of kids the chance to sing along with their favourite team's anthem. These balls have a micro speaker in them to play the teams anthem whenever they are pressed, bringing even the shyest of supporter into chorus!
These AFL balls are exactly what they sound like, soft balls made for both children and adults that display branding and logos of your favourite team that are the perfect addition to any fan's collection. Usually 20cm in size, they are perfect for all ages for a random game in the park!
A crowd ball is a great addition to any fan's collection, with the rubber gripped all-weather design; they are perfect for impromptu games on just about any surface. Featuring all of your favourite club's logos and colours, these are some of the most popular balls in the game.
The mascot ball is similar to team themed balls in which the mascot of your favourite club is emblazoned on the front. These popular balls are perfect for the fan that has everything, and needs that little more AFL in their life.
The KB or Kangaroo Brand ball is the official match ball of the AFL. Its size and shape, materials and use are under strict regulations, and is made from the highest quality materials. Available in a range of sizes for both men's and women's games, the KB is also available in standard match ball, leather and synthetic Poly and Fleuro variants.
The AFL ball has and continues to be a game changer in terms of the history of the game and the influential nature of how the sport grew up. Sherrin, the AFL and Australia as a whole revels in the continuation of inspiring each generation to take up the sport that it can proudly call its own.


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Yes, you should concern yourself with these problems; yet, at the same time, you do not have to bother about these problems. Conforms, bugs, termites, fungus ... many of these problems are difficult in any house, and it doest perhaps not if it's a great stone house or perhaps a wood home. However, because of construction techniques and the bulk of wood in a wood house, you do need to look more carefully at these dilemmas and make some choices when building a wood cabin or home.Iniciar Sesion
Let's begin at the beginning, and that's the root of a wood cottage or house --- the TREE. A tree is just a living-breathing thing right up until the minute it's reduce down. While still alive, a pine plays variety to a number of organisms. Bugs eat, sleep and lay their eggs in the bark and wood. Conforms and infection may develop more or less anywhere when there is the proper water content. If we are likely to manage to get a handle on these possible enemies, we have to understand how they make it happen, how they live and what they should survive. Let us first consider the life period of a tree. It starts living as a seed, germinates and grows to a seedling and over decades develops in to an adult tree. Then along comes a logger and he cuts down our pine, that is meant becoming a log home.
When the pine is reduce, it begins to decompose. This is usual and all things do this, but you want to end the decomposition of our timber because of this log is destined to participate our log cabin or house. But Mother Character does not know what we program to complete; and shapes and infection do their part and continue the decomposition of the pine with the intent of turning our wood back into dust. The insects also continue to do their portion because they carry on to consume their way through our log. This really is all element of nature's means of decomposition but we want to end that method and preserve the tree for countless years.
Even as we said, conforms and infection begin turning our wood in to dirt immediately. What shapes and infection need to survive and prosper is just a hot, moist atmosphere with a food source. By weight, a pine trunk has ended 40% water. As long as there's humidity in the log, this is a feasible atmosphere for the shapes and fungus and they'll continue to take the tree trunk. Insects likewise do their part. Whilst the pine degrades, the timber becomes smoother and more and more insects great it a good place to eat, live and increase a family. If left unchecked, the procedure remains till nature has completely decomposed the tree. If we left that pine resting on the forest floor, right away at all, this tree might turn into a rotten skeleton of that which was after a once grand tree.
Inside our case, you want to separate this natural period and maintain this pine start using it to build a log cabin or even a log home. What we want to do is separate the life span pattern of the conforms, fungus and insects. What sort of log house manufacture breaks that pattern is dependent on the company, but each of them must break the cycle. Let us search at what the infection and form needs. Their needs are quite simple. They require a humid atmosphere and, for ideal development, it ought to be both wet and warm. So all we must do to prevent them is dry the timber out and then keep consitently the wood from finding wet. Are you aware that insects, they're a bit more complex as some insects will like dried timber along with wet wood. Further, when the tree was reduce, there were large numbers of bugs presently living in the wood and they have laid a large number of eggs just waiting to hatch and eat away at your wood home. Somehow we've to separate their life cycle, and then we have to guard the timber from additional intrusion by bugs. Let us today search at what different log home producers do to separate living cycles of shapes, fungus and the wood-destroying insects.
All wood manufacturers first remove the bark. That is essential as the bark applied to protect the inter areas of the tree like epidermis protects our bodies. The inner area of the bark is known as the cambium coating, and it's where in actuality the tree's drain flower and dropped going nutritional elements and water involving the sources and the leaves or needles of the tree. Bugs, shape and fungus love this place of the tree. All log house makers remove the bark to ruin that crucial habitat for the bugs, molds


Mustard, any of several herbs belonging to the mustard family of plants, Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), or the condiment made from these plants' pungent seeds. The leaves and swollen leaf stems of mustard plants are also used, as greens, or potherbs. The principal types are white, or yellow, mustard (Sinapis alba), a plant of Mediterranean origin; and brown, or Indian, mustard (Brassica juncea), which is of Himalayan origin. The latter species has almost entirely replaced the formerly used black mustard (Brassica nigra), which was unsuitable for mechanized cropping and which now occurs mainly as an introduced weed. Both white and brown mustard are grown as spring-sown annual crops whose dry seeds are harvested in early autumn. From very small seedlings, the plants grow rapidly and enter a phase of dense flowering; the blooms have an intense yellow colour. The plants reach their full height of 1.5 to 2 metres (5 to 61/2 feet) as their flowers fade and after numerous green seedpods appear on their branches. The pods of brown mustard contain up to 20 seeds each, those of white mustard contain up to 8 seeds. Mustard plants are easy and inexpensive to grow; they flourish on many different types of soil, suffer from unusually few insect pests or plant diseases, and tolerate extremes of weather without serious harm.
The use of mustard seeds as a spice has been known from the earliest recorded times and is described in Indian and Sumerian texts dating back to 3000 bce. Mustard plants are mentioned frequently in Greek and Roman writings and in the Bible. In the New Testament, the tiny mustard seed is a symbol of faith. Mustard seed was used medicinally by Hippocrates, among other ancient physicians. During the 20th century the use of mustard as a spice or condiment has grown to the extent that it is by far the largest spice by volume in world trade. Mustard is unusual among spices in that it is mainly grown in the temperate regions of the world, principally on the Canadian and U.S. Great Plains, in Hungary and in Britain, and in lesser amounts in other countries. In the main producing countries, the crop production of mustard is fully mechanized.
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Mustard oil is used in Asian cooking.
Mustard seeds, both white and brown, are nearly globular in shape, finely pitted, odourless when whole, and pungent-tasting. White mustard seeds are light yellow in colour and about 2.5 mm (1/10 inch) in diameter; brown mustard seeds are about the same size but are a darker yellow in colour. The seeds of both types contain similar constituents: about 30 to 40 percent vegetable oil, a slightly smaller proportion of protein, and a strong enzyme called myrosin. When dry or when ground into a flour, the seeds are odourless, but when the seed is chewed or when the flour is mixed with water, a chemical reaction between two of the constituents within mustard, an enzyme and a glucoside, produces an oil that is not present as such in the plant. In brown mustard this action yields the volatile oil of mustard, which has a pungent, irritating odour and an acrid taste. In white mustard the result is sinalbin mustard oil, a nonvolatile oil that has very little odour but produces a sensation of heat on the tongue.
As a condiment, mustard is sold in three forms: as seeds, as dry powder that is freshly mixed with water for each serving to obtain the most aroma and flavour, and prepared as a paste with other spices or herbs, vinegar or wine, and starch or flour to tone down the sharpness. The differing flavours of white and brown mustard are used in different condiments; the pungent brown is used in French-type paste mustards, and the white is used in milder American- or German-type pastes, while both types are used in English mustard products. Mustard is widely used as a condiment with various foods, particularly cold meats, sausages, and salad dressings. It is also used as an ingredient in mayonnaises, sauces, and pickles. Mustard plasters were formerly used in medicine for their counterirritant properties in treating chest colds and other ailments.
Brown mustard, which is related to rapeseed, is grown as a source of vegetable oil and is an important crop for this purpose in northern India, Pakistan, China, southern Russia, and Kazakhstan. The oil is used for food or for industrial purposes, with the residual cake used for animal feed.


A recent question about the Plato's formula K=JTB (knowledge is justified true belief) made me curious as to what Kant thought on the matter. In the prefaces and the Introduction to the first Critique knowledge is mentioned in every other paragraph, but surprisingly Kant never spells out what he means by it, or mentions JTB. He distinguishes empirical and a priori knowledge, and even pure and impure a priori knowledge. He is very pragmatic on empirical knowledge saying that "empirical judgement never exhibits strict and absolute, but only assumed and comparative universality (by induction); therefore, the most we can say is — so far as we have hitherto observed, there is no exception to this or that rule".
In principle, Kant's usage can perhaps be subsumed under JTB, but it seems equally consistent with "knowledge first", where it is an irreducible notion taken for granted. While JTB may sit well with his pure a priori knowledge, his empirical knowledge might better fit into modern pragmatic theories. This pragmatism and sharp separation between knowledge and belief ("I had to limit knowledge to make room for faith") make me skeptical that Kant is operating under JTB. Weyl, with his strong Kantian leanings, also explicitly contrasts knowledge and belief. Plato is mentioned in the Introduction only to be mocked:"Plato, abandoning the world of sense because of the narrow limits it sets to the understanding, venture upon the wings of ideas beyond it, into the void space of pure intellect. He did not reflect that he made no real progress by all his efforts; for he met with no resistance which might serve him for a support...".
Did Kant state his position on knowledge and its relation to JTB definitively somewhere? What does modern scholarship make of his uses of "knowledge"? Did he inspire some modern alternatives to JTB?
Key text here may be On opinion, knowledge and belief, CPR B 848-859.
Opinion: We are neither convinced regarding the objectivity of the proposition because of a valid judgement nor certain that this judgement will be the same for every rational being.
Belief: We are convinced that it is true because it is the result of valid reasoning based of our personal experience ("subjective causes in the mind of him who judges"), but not certain that it is the same for every rational being.
Knowledge: We are convinced that it is true because it is the result of valid reasoning based on our personal experience ("subjective causes in the mind of him who judges"), and certain that it is the same for every rational being (because even if it is based on personal experience (empirical), it is - itself - not reliant on that particular experience).
It is different from JTB in that beliefs - taken this to be true - are always justified. Also, "truth" cannot be empirical truth, but has to be a priori, as only there, certainty is to be found.
One aspect is that of "problematical" judgements, which could be understood as "may be"-judgements (see e.g. GMM, 4:414-5). The other one is that he seems to claim here that all knowledge (other than a priori principles themselves) has to be derived from a priori principles, which, albeit "resting on empirical grounds", remain a priori (see Prol., Ak. 4:373-4,fn.). This is closely linked to Kant's understanding of science, which I have elaborated in the context of this answer.
According to a constructivist reading of Kant's approach, philosophy uses and can only use a negative procedure: it rejects all claims that do not survive self- criticism, and all claims that cannot be followed by all. Even the process of vindicating reason uses, and can only use, these two strategies. On the one hand we reject principles which, as far as we can determine, are self-defeating, and, on the other hand, we reject principles that not all can follow. In consequence, we provisionally retain only principles which do not contradict themselves and which we hold that all can follow. By these procedures, we arrive at an account of certain principles — which we come to view as those of reason — which resist refutation when subjected to reflexive self-criticism. This is not to say that these principles are the right ones, judged by some transcendent conception of reason, or that these are all the unrestricted legitimate principles there are. The principles that survive testing are still open to criticism. Vindication of reason is viewed as an incompletable task, standards of reasoning are provisional: construction is a matter of (negatively) rejecting some provisional proposals and retaining others rather than that of (positively) proving determinate proposals.
This view of vindication is exemplified by Kant's specifically juridical6 under- standing of 'deduction'. He makes a trial (or experiment; Versuch] where main procedure is negative. A 'deduction' is not a logical proof but legitimization (Rechtfertigung-, cf. for example Kr.d.p. V., 45).
Thus, arguably, a "deduction" (juridical sense) that shows that a proposition is not self-contradictory and can be followed by all is what makes a belief justified in the sense of certain beyond a reasonable (rational!) doubt. Mind, for Kant reason works on the basis of experience (Prolegomena, 4:373 fn.) and pure speculation is irrational and has to be vindicated by critical reason. In other words: Radical scepticism with Cartesian spectres like Brains-in-a-vat is irrational as in "purely speculative".
Also, there is no differentiation between true and justified because there would have to be an independent, justifiable, true criterion for truth leading to an infinite regress or scepticism.
Altogether there are some similarities, but I would say the Kantian concept of knowledge is much more restrictive since his understanding of truth forbids knowledge being empirical - following Hume's philosophy but going beyond.
The main difference is that there is no differentiation between true and justified since the justification is what determines the truth.
In his Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Sciences Kant restates this strict sense of knowledge, saying that knowledge [Wissen] that is founded in empirical findings is not to be called knowledge [Wissen] in a strict sense (Ak. 4:468). He distinguishes once more between knowledge [Erkenntnis], that is apodictically certain and systematically gained by principles a priori, and experience [Erfahrung] that is founded by empirical facts and/or gained through empirical principles.
What is therefore needed for knowledge is the "construction of the concept" (any Hegelians knowing this? now you know how strong Kant's influence was!) through schematism, i.e. especially pointing out the connection between a priori and intuition in order to prove the objective reality of the concept. Förster describes this in his chapter on the Foundations, reflecting on the preface.
(1) for him, knowlege is not first a relation between a subject and a proposition but a relation between a subject ( the knower) and an object ( a thing).
(2) according to him, knowledge as knowledge-that ( as relation to a proposition) is a component of knowledge as knowledge of a thing, or of an object: it is through knowledge-that that knowledge-of comes to it's accomplishment.
What shows that knowledge-of is more fundamental to Kant than knowledge-that is that kant attemps to provide a transcendental logic: before determining whether our judgments are true or false ( before determining whether they qualify as knowledge-that) it is necessary to explain the possibility of the relation existing between subject and object, that is it is necessary to explain knowledge-of.
Knowledge as knowledge-that is defined in the Logic, and also in the part of the Critique of pure reason called Methodology, where Kant distinguishes 3 kinds of " assent", 3 ways to " hold as true" a proposition ( the content of a judgment).
(2) second the object has to be thought, recognized as object, by means of a judgment that subsumes the object under the concept ( hence the necessity of categories, a priori concepts of an object in general).
So knowledge-of , in the case of human beings, is according to Kant an organised and stuctured combination of intuitions and of concepts. To know an object is to (1) determine through concepts and judgments an object that must be (2) given.
No knowledge without this combination : " intuitions without concepts are blind ; concepts without intuitions are empty."
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Q: TypeError: ufunc 'subtract' did not contain a loop with signature matching types dtype('I'm having trouble subtracting two columns of a data table, I am new to python and after failing in trying to research how to solve this issue I was wondering if anyone had any insight. My code is as such:
response = qc.query(token, sql=query, fmt='pandas')
result = Table.from_pandas(response)
g_r   =result['dered_mag_g'] - result['dered_mag_r']
r_z   = result['dered_mag_r'] - result['dered_mag_z']

This is the error I get:
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-13-836ed65f38bb> in <module>()
----> 1 g_r   =result['dered_mag_g'] - result['dered_mag_r']
      2 r_z   = result['dered_mag_r'] - result['dered_mag_z']
/data0/sw/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/ma/core.pyc in __sub__(self, other)
   4083         if self._delegate_binop(other):
   4084             return NotImplemented
-> 4085         return subtract(self, other)
   4086
   4087     def __rsub__(self, other):
/data0/sw/anaconda2/lib/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/ma/core.pyc in __call__(self, a, b, *args, **kwargs)
   1016         with np.errstate():
   1017             np.seterr(divide='ignore', invalid='ignore')
-> 1018             result = self.f(da, db, *args, **kwargs)
   1019         # Get the mask for the result
   1020         (ma, mb) = (getmask(a), getmask(b))

TypeError: ufunc 'subtract' did not contain a loop with signature matching types dtype('S8') dtype('S8') dtype('S8')

A: It seems the dtypes are strings, try to apply astype():
g_r=result['dered_mag_g'].astype(float) - result['dered_mag_r'].astype(float)


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Hello Everyone! How are y'all doing on this fine Wednesday evening? Or morning? Or even still Tuesday evening for some? Well, whatever timezone you're in, I hope everything is going well, and if it isn't, keep your head held high and power through, for remember that life doesn't always give you what you want, but it gives you what you deserve. Push yourself to strive for better, because no one else is going to do it for you – if anything, they're going to drag you down. Walk away from anyone who takes you joy away, for life is too short to put up with them.
Wow, I just realised how emotionally motivational I just got there, and no it doesn't have anything to with what's going on with me right now, but I just wanted to start off by asking you guys how you are all doing. When I hit the point of assuming that everyone is doing fine, I instantly became aware of that fact that not everyone may be doing fine, and it's okay to not feel 100% all the time; just remember that YOU are the creator of your own destiny.
All that aside, we're powering through with hero-ing Broccoli for the month of March! Two more days to April, and still 2 more recipes (excluding this one) to share for this month! Tonight's recipe I stumbled upon one day while on Pinterest in search for some food inspiration, but before I move onto the recipe, be sure to check out the original over on Karina from Cafe Delites: for all good food lovers.
A fair warning, my fritters don't look anywhere as near as how amazingly delicious to the eye Karina's, but they nonetheless taste amazing, but probably not crispy. Well, apparently the trick to getting baked fritters pan-fried crispy is to lightly spray a coating of olive oil on top of them. Also, I think I may have accidentally baked mine for too long and they're probably a bit too spread out and hence flatter… Oops!
Preheat oven to 200C (400F or gas mark 6). Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Set aside.
Place the broccoli florets in a food processor and pulse a few times until the florets have been chopped finely.
Add the egg, diced onions, minced garlic, plain flour, and parmesan cheese to the food processor and pulse again a couple of times until the ingredients are well combined. Add the sea salt and black pepper to the mixture and stir.
Form about 8 to 10 fritters on the prepared baking tray, making sure that they do not touch each other. Spray the tops of each fritter with a light coating of olive oil.
Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes on each side until golden. Alternatively, you can pan fry these fritters in a non-stick pan over medium heat until golden on both sides.
Allow the fritters to cool down slightly before serving with your choice of dip. Enjoy!


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Earth (1930 film)
Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Trust in Few
Intro (Bravo Band album)
Intro – The Gift Recordings
Earth (Ukrainian: Земля, translit. Zemlya) is a 1930 Soviet silent film by Ukrainian director Alexander Dovzhenko, concerning the process of collectivization and the hostility of Kulak landowners. It is Part 3 of Dovzhenko's "Ukraine Trilogy" (along with Zvenigora and Arsenal).
The film begins with the final moments of grandfather Semyon (Simon) Opanas beneath a pear tree. Next local kulaks, including Arkhyp Bilokin, contemplate the process of collectivization and declare their resistance to it, while elsewhere Semyon's grandson Vasyl (Basil) and his komsomol friends also meet to discuss collectivization, although his father is skeptical.
Later, Vasyl arrives with the community's first tractor to much excitement. After the men urinate in the overheated radiator, the peasants plow the land with the tractor and harvest the grain. A montage sequence presents the production of bread from beginning to end. That night Vasyl dances a hopak along a path on his way home, but a dark figure attacks and kills him.
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This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams's science fiction series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure invention, many are based on "real world" settings such as Alpha Centauri, Barnard's Star and various versions of the Earth.
The Galaxy
"The Galaxy" is our home galaxy, the Milky Way, though it is referred to exclusively as "the Galaxy" in the series. Apart from a very brief moment during the first radio series, when the main characters were transported outside the galactic plane into a battle with Haggunenons, and a moment when one of Arthur's careless remarks is sent inadvertently through a wormhole into "a distant galaxy", the Galaxy provides the setting for the entire series. It is home to thousands of sentient races, some of whom have achieved interstellar capability, creating a vast network of trade, military and political links. To the technologically advanced inhabitants of the Galaxy, a small, insignificant world such as Earth is considered invariably primitive and backward. The Galaxy appears, at least nominally, to be a single state, with a unified government "run" by an appointed President. Its immensely powerful and monumentally callous civil service is run out of the Megabrantis Cluster, mainly by the Vogons.
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Trust in Few is the debut and only album of Ocala metalcore band We Are Defiance, released in March 2011.
Background and recording
The band announced that Tyler "Telle" Smith of The Word Alive and Danny Worsnop of Asking Alexandria would be featured on one track each. Smith was featured on the track "Not Another Song About You", though Worsnop was pulled off Trust in Few by his label Sumerian due to the fact the bands' records came out too close together.
The album was produced by ex-A Day to Remember guitarist Tom Denney, who also engineered, mixed and mastered the album at Diamond Studios in Ocala, Florida.
Originally set for release on March 15, the release was delayed after a car accident the band had while touring through the US at the beginning of 2011, when lead vocalist Brian Calzini was brought into the hospital.
"To the Moon", "I'm Gonna Bury You Underground Eli" and "Weight of the Sea" were all released as singles prior to the album's release, with a music video shot for "It's Not a Problem Unless You Make It One".
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Intro (in Macedonian: Интро) is the debut album by the Macedonian male group Bravo Band. The album was released in October 2008 and it contains nine songs which are different by style.
The first single released from the album was "Lesno Ti E Tebe" ("It's easy for you") in 2006. With that song the band first promoted their self as a music group on the Macedonian festival Ohrid Fest. The song is work of Jovan Jovanov and Elvir Mekic which made their second single too called "Ne Bih Te Menjao" ("I wouldn't change you"). "Ne Bih Te Menjao" is a Serbian language song and it was the band's entry for Suncane Skale 2007. With this song they finished third in the first night with 63 points. The video for the song "Neka Patam" made by Dejan Milicevic was selected for best Macedonian video of 2008. In October all since then present songs they released on an album. The album is called Intro mainly for two reasons. The first one is the word intro which comes from the English word "introduction". It is just a metaphor for what they present in it, an introduction of their emotions which are in one way or another expressed in every song.
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Intro – The Gift Recordings is a compilation album by Pulp. It contains the band's three singles recorded for Gift and was released in October 1993. The version of "Babies" included here is the original single mix released in 1992, slightly different from the 1994 version available on the album His 'n' Hers. "Sheffield: Sex City" features a spoken vocal contribution from keyboardist Candida Doyle - reciting a selection from the book My Secret Garden by Nancy Friday - which is one of the few times her voice is audible on a Pulp song.
All music written by Pulp, all lyrics written by Jarvis Cocker.
"Space" – 5:11
"O.U. (12" Mix)" – 3:43
"Babies" – 4:04
"Styloroc (Nites of Suburbia)" – 3:10
"Razzmatazz" – 3:40
"Sheffield: Sex City" – 8:31
"Stacks" – 2:42
"Inside Susan" – 5:34
"59 Lyndhurst Grove" – 3:33
Jarvis Cocker – vocals, guitar
Russell Senior – guitar, violin
Candida Doyle – organ, synthesizer, stylophone, vocals
Steve Mackey – bass
Nick Banks – drums
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we couldn't stay away too long... we love this ministry and high schoolers too much!
tonight was the kick off to centennial high school younglife... the first club in over 4 years!!!
we did a christmas scavenger hunt with our new friends, which led us to some fun and "interesting" places all over franklin. :-) (toby mac's house for starters)... yo!
i'm so excited to see what god's going to do at chs!


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NASA has tested a rocket that will take off as part of the Artemis program and problems have been found!
Update: The launch is schedued for 12 February 2022.
News! NASA has announced that the NASA Space Launch System (SLS) and the Orion spacecraft are currently being tested in the vehicle building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will take off early next year as part of the Artemis mission. NASA engineers have conducted several tests on the rocket and the system to make sure they are ready for launch. They even positioned them on top of each other (Orion over the launch system). The best news from these tests is that NASA has even tested to see if the Orion rocket can communicate with NASA's ground system. In addition, all the components of the missile were checked, the systems were checked and so far, everything is going according to plan. NASA engineers also tested whether Orion rocket systems could connect during launch to the launch control console and everything went smoothly.
Unfortunately, the engineers also found problems with one of the flight controllers of the RS-25 engine, according to a report given by NASA. To give you a better idea, the engine controller is the one who gives the commands, like a kind of "brain", and there were problems with it. And if they were found there, that means the whole engine can't work! The controller is also the one that communicates with the NASA ground system, so the system can calibrate it and many other things. So if the engine is not working, then it will not be able to communicate with the NASA ground system. In short, the ship cannot take off if that controller is not repaired in time.
But don't think that NASA didn't think of that. The missile controller has two channels, if one does not work, then the other should go to the backup. At this issue, NASA engineers found that only one channel was not working, and the other was working fine. This is channel B from the ship's engine controller 4, which could not be pronounced constantly.
NASA and the main contractor for RS-25 engines, Aerojet Rocketdyne, works and tests all components almost weekly and tries to see if there are any irregularities. In the first test that was at the beginning of this year, all the tests went perfectly in the Green Run test, but now it turns out that one of the channels is still not working well. The decision of the engineers after this problem is short and simple: the whole controller must be replaced. So NASA needs to replace the controller, because most likely channel B will not be able to be restored to what it was before, until launch. But engineers continue to investigate and see the root cause of this.
Thus, after NASA makes a plan to replace the controller, it will have to see which is the best launch date in March or April. But there are still many tests to be done. For example, testing to verify the cryogenic propulsion stage, and in parallel, the amplification of the amplifiers will be done. NASA is taking these tests seriously, including the countdown test that will be started by NASA next week (a little early). There will also be final tests where all the system and components will be checked. But the test that will decide a fixed launch date is the wet rehearsal test at the historic launch complex 39B. After the test is successful, NASA will announce the launch date of the Artemis Orion rocket.
According to NASA, SLS is the most powerful rocket in the world and in addition has the most powerful system that can send Orion, astronauts and supplies to the moon in a single mission. In this Artemis mission, the Gateway system will orbit the Moon and will be one of the most important systems in this mission, being the commercial human landing system. The mission will also be a historic one, as NASA will send the first woman and the first person of color to the moon.
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Academic scholarship at its finest was on full display at the Rockville Campus February 26 during the 10th annual Student and Alumni Colloquium. The event showcased intensive research undertaken by undergraduates and alumni across all academic disciplines, linked together by the theme of this year's Colloquium, Building a Culture of Respect: Promoting Global Awareness Through Diversity, Inclusion, and Cross-Cultural Understanding. More than 20 students and alumni presented their findings on diverse topics to which they felt both personally and emotionally connected.
Michael Crittenden, a retired Army combat medic in his second semester at MC, presented his paper, Robbing the Future by Stealing the Past: The Effects of Conflict on the Cultural Heritage of Iraq and the World. An audience of more than 130 listened as Crittenden flashed images of ancient historical sites where priceless Iraqi artifacts have been either destroyed or looted—sites Crittenden himself is familiar with, having taken part in operations to recover these stolen artifacts during his 18-month tour of duty in Iraq. Reliving his wartime experience through the research he undertook was emotionally taxing for Crittenden, and yet he feels it is important to pay homage to what happened.
A strong pull toward the past and her African American heritage is what inspired Anjenee Cannon, an MC student who will graduate in the spring with an AA in general studies and pursue a BA in creative writing. For her project, Cannon wrote an original short story, The Sweetest December, which explores the budding relationship between a biracial college student from Brooklyn and her grandmother, an elderly black woman from the South.
Global Nexus's focus is on community-engaged learning experiences, according to Elhanafi; it aims to enrich minds, engage hearts, and transform communities by increasing knowledge and understanding of global communities and their cultures. It helps individuals and communities to connect locally and globally through education, partnerships, advocacy, and service, building on the international nature of Montgomery College, where there are more than 170 countries represented. To that end, the 2019 Colloquium seemed to be the living embodiment of Global Nexus's values and initiatives.
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Grubhub 'unequivocally' denies reports that it is being sold
Grubhub's Chicago headquarters is seen in 2016. The food delivery company on Jan. 10, 2020, denied media reports of it considering a sale, saying there is "no process in place to sell the company and there are currently no plans to do so." (Keri Wiginton / Blue Sky)
Grubhub says there is no process in place to sell the company, a day after media reports said the company was exploring its options as competition in the food delivery business grows increasingly competitive.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Grubhub — the second-largest player in the U.S. market by sales — was thinking about putting itself up for sale.
Grubhub said in a statement that because of the media speculation, it felt it was necessary to clarify "that there is unequivocally no process in place to sell the company and there are currently no plans to do so."
The Chicago company stands out from other recent startups in that it is making money. Grubhub was punished in October when it slashed its revenue expectations, but it also reported food sales in the most recent quarter grew 15% year-over-year to $1.4 billion.
Grubhub said that because its profitability is secure, it believes there will likely be opportunities to acquire share this year and that it continues to consult with advisers on possible acquisitions.
Share prices closed at $52.38 Friday, down 6%.
Analysts are not completely ruling out an eventual sales of Grubhub, however.
While GrubHub is generating cash and profitable, analysts see its profit dropping this year and its stock lost more than 40% of its value in one day last autumn after it slashed its revenue forecast. Altogether, the industry's four top players — Doordash, Grubhub, Postmates and Uber Eats — are losing $1 billion in earnings before interest, taxes, debt and amortization annually, according to estimates from Barclays analysts.
A sale may ultimately be the best way for Grubhub to get value for its business. Analysts say a buyer could pay well above Grubhub's current stock price to bring it into the fold. The rise in stock prices in recent days for not only Grubhub but for potential suitor Uber due to buyout speculation shows how much value investors see in a potential deal, they say.
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Several analysts see Uber as a suitor that makes sense. It's the only other publicly traded company in the industry — Grubhub is the only publicly traded pureplay delivery service — which gives it additional currency to make an offer. DoorDash and Postmates also are burning cash, and they'll likely need to raise cash to just run their businesses in the next 12 to 18 months, Morgan Stanley analysts say.
Grubhub could also be the acquirer in a future deal. It had roughly $400 million in cash and cash equivalents at the end of September. DoorDash and Postmates are privately held and could look at a merger before going for an IPO.
This story has been updated to correct that Grubhub stock closed down 6%.
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