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package com.frostwire.jlibtorrent;

import com.frostwire.jlibtorrent.swig.piece_index_bitfield;
import com.frostwire.jlibtorrent.swig.torrent_status;

/**
 * The bitfield type stores any number of bits as a bitfield
 * in a heap allocated array.
 *
 * @author gubatron
 * @author aldenml
 */
public final class PieceIndexBitfield {

    private final piece_index_bitfield f;
    private final torrent_status ts;

    /**
     * @param f the native object
     */
    public PieceIndexBitfield(piece_index_bitfield f) {
        this(f, null);
    }

    /**
     * Used to keep the torrent status reference around.
     *
     * @param f  the native object
     * @param ts the torrent status to pin
     */
    PieceIndexBitfield(piece_index_bitfield f, torrent_status ts) {
        this.f = f;
        this.ts = ts;
    }

    /**
     * @return the native object
     */
    public piece_index_bitfield swig() {
        return f;
    }

    /**
     * This methods returns the internal torrent status or null
     * if it was constructed without one.
     * <p>
     * This also prevent premature garbage collection in case
     * the storage was created from a torrent status.
     *
     * @return the pinned torrent info
     */
    public torrent_status ts() {
        return ts;
    }

    /**
     * @param index the bit index
     * @return the bit value
     */
    public boolean getBit(int index) {
        return f.get_bit(index);
    }

    /**
     * @param index the bit index
     */
    public void clearBit(int index) {
        f.clear_bit(index);
    }

    /**
     * @param index the bit index
     */
    public void setBit(int index) {
        f.set_bit(index);
    }

    public int endIndex() {
        return f.end_index();
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if all bits in the bitfield are set.
     *
     * @return true if all bits are set
     */
    public boolean isAllSet() {
        return f.all_set();
    }

    /**
     * @return true if no bit is set
     */
    public boolean isNoneSet() {
        return f.none_set();
    }

    /**
     * Returns the size of the bitfield in bits.
     *
     * @return the size
     */
    public int size() {
        return f.size();
    }

    /**
     * Returns true if the bitfield has zero size.
     *
     * @return true if empty
     */
    public boolean isEmpty() {
        return f.empty();
    }

    /**
     * Counts the number of bits in the bitfield that are set to 1.
     *
     * @return the number of bits set
     */
    public int count() {
        return f.count();
    }

    /**
     * @return the bit index
     */
    public int findFirstSet() {
        return f.find_first_set();
    }

    /**
     * @return the bit index
     */
    public int findLastClear() {
        return f.find_last_clear();
    }

    /**
     * Set the size of the bitfield to ``bits`` length. If the bitfield is extended,
     * the new bits are initialized to ``val``.
     *
     * @param bits the number of bits
     * @param val  the bits value
     */
    public void resize(int bits, boolean val) {
        f.resize(bits, val);
    }

    /**
     * @param bits the number of bits
     */
    public void resize(int bits) {
        f.resize(bits);
    }

    /**
     * Set all bits in the bitfield to 1 (set_all) or 0 (clear_all).
     */
    public void setAll() {
        f.set_all();
    }

    /**
     * Set all bits in the bitfield to 1 (set_all) or 0 (clear_all).
     */
    public void clearAll() {
        f.clear_all();
    }

    /**
     * Make the bitfield empty, of zero size.
     */
    public void clear() {
        f.clear();
    }
}

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Gottfried Arnold (5 September 1666 – 30 May 1714) was a German Lutheran theologian and historian.

Biography
Arnold was born at Annaberg in Saxony, Germany, where his father was schoolmaster. In 1682, he went to the Gymnasium at Gera and three years later to the University of Wittenberg. He made a special study of theology and history, and afterwards, through the influence of Philip Jacob Spener, the father of pietism, became tutor in Quedlinburg.

Arnold's first work, Die Erste Liebe zu Christo, appeared in 1696. It went through five editions before 1728 and gained him a high reputation. In the year after its publication, he was invited to Gießen as professor of church history. He disliked academic politics and academic life so much that he resigned in 1698, and returned to Wittenberg.

The next year, Arnold began to publish his largest work, his Unpartheyische Kirchen- und Ketzer-Historie ("Impartial History of the Church and of Heresy"), two volumes in which some thought he showed more sympathy towards heresy than towards any established Church, or especially the clergy (cf. Otto Pfleiderer, Development of Theology, p. 277). The book was described by Tolstoy (The Kingdom of God Is Within You, chap, III.) as "remarkable, although little known".

In this major revision of church history, Arnold directed his sharpest criticism against those who wrote deeply biased apologetic "orthodox" histories instead of trying to understand where substantial religious differences actually came from. In his view, "heresy making" was usually the defensive reaction of those in authority, rather than a true indictment of unconventional thinkers. He thought that the worst calamity in Church history was its establishment as the accepted and orthodox faith by the Roman Emperor Constantine in the fourth century. Arnold evinced a remarkable sympathy for a huge variety of "heretics." This "impartial history" exercised a wide influence on the German Enlightenment and won approval from such thinkers as Johann Wolfgang Goethe in addition to Leo Tolstoy.

His next work, Geheimniss der göttlichen Sophia, showed that he had developed a form of mysticism including a female image of wisdom (sophia) as a kind of divinity. Soon afterwards, however, his marriage and his acceptance of a pastorate marked a sharp change of views, and he produced a number of noteworthy works on practical theology. He was a thoroughly learned and prominent Pietist Lutheran, with a wide range of influence, and at least in his early career a radical Pietist, vehemently opposed to the unbending ecclesiastical structures of his time.

Arnold's sacred poems also made a substantial contribution to the treasury of hymns within the Lutheran church, and a poem of his was used by Johann Sebastian Bach ("Vergiss mein nicht", BWV 505).

References

 Peter C. Erb, Pietists, Protestants, and Mysticism: The use of late medieval spiritual texts in the work of Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714) (Pietist and Wesleyan Studies, no. 2) (Metuchen, N.J., 1989)
 Dietrich Blaufuss and Friedrich Niewöhner, eds., Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714). Mit einer Bibliographie der Arnold Literatur ab 1714 (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1995) One of the important contributions to this volume is Reinhard Breymayer: "Der wiederentdeckte Katalog zur Bibliothek Gottfried Arnolds", pp. 55–143. Contents: scholarly articles, pp. 1–336; the inventory of Arnold's personal library taken at his death, pp. 337–410; a schematic listing of the major events in Arnold's life, pp. 411–414; and a bibliography of works on Arnold dating from 1714 to 1993, pp. 415–424.
 Werner Raupp: "Arnold, Gottfried (Pseudonym: Christophorus Irenaeus)", in: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL), Vol. 20, Nordhausen: Bautz 2002 (), Col. 46–70 (with detailed bibliography).
 Werner Raupp: "Art. Arnold, Gottfried", in: Heiner F. Klemme, Manfred Kuehn (General Editors): Dictionary of Eighteenth-Century German Philosophers, Vol. 1, London/New York 2010, p. 34–36.

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1666 births
1714 deaths
People from Annaberg-Buchholz
German Lutheran theologians
Radical Pietism
People from the Electorate of Saxony
University of Wittenberg alumni
Academic staff of the University of Giessen
Protestant mystics
18th-century German Protestant theologians
18th-century Christian mystics
German male non-fiction writers
17th-century Lutheran theologians
18th-century Lutheran theologians

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Marvel Writer Admits 'Doctor Strange 2' Was Rewritten 'From Scratch'
Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige surprised fans at San Diego Comic-Con on July 20, 2019, by unveiling the official title of the second Doctor Strange film: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
In the months that followed, the film saw several alterations, the most noteworthy of which being director Scott Derrickson's departure due to "creative differences," leaving Marvel Studios to look for someone else to take over the project.
Sam Raimi, an established director known for his blockbuster Spider-Man trilogy in the early 2000s, was in talks to become the film's next director just a month after Derrickson's departure.
At the same time, Kevin Feige was in discussions with Michael Waldron about joining the Doctor Strange sequel's creative team. Waldron, who is the showrunner, head writer, and executive producer of the MCU's upcoming Disney+ series Loki, was dubbed as the film's writer. As a result, Waldron has recently discussed the enormous changes that have occurred behind the scenes.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, Waldron revealed that in February 2020, Feige got in touch with him before production began for Loki. The Marvel executive explained that "they were going in a different direction on Doctor Strange," asking for the writer's help just two months before Loki began filming. Waldron questioned, "How do we just make a movie in two months?"
Weeks later, COVID-19 hit the globe, pushing back Loki's production to November 2020 and in turn, allowing Waldron to "spend [his] 2020 on Zooms with Sam Raimi. Not too bad."
However, Waldron confirmed that he and Raimi rewrote the sequel's script "from scratch" in nine months.
Although outside forces brought Waldron on board for Doctor Strange 2, he did admit that he "wanted to stay in the family," adding that he "felt like Loki was in a great place and was eager for what the next challenge would be."
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Mark Ruffalo Seen on Set of Marvel's 'She-Hulk'
Sony Executive Says 'There Is a Plan' for Connecting Their Marvel Universe to the MCU

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Many studies attempt to establish the linkage between business strategies and human resources strategies necessary in making the business strategies a success. The linkages fall into two categories: the micro perspective and the macro perspective. Under the micro perspective, the linkages between the human resource strategy and business strategy depend on the different career systems. Mainstream HRM adopts this perspective in tracing connections between individual HR policies and business strategies.
Under the macro perspective, Porter identified two generic strategies: the differentiation strategy and the overall cost leadership strategy. Under the cost leadership strategy, a company takes a low-cost position and aims to get above average returns in spite of the strong competition facing the company. Under this strategy, the staff's job descriptions revolve around setting up tight cost controls, enforcing strict rules, making numerous reports, and establishing incentives depending on quantitative methods for the employees. Differentiation strategy, on the other hand, entails differentiating an organization's goods and services from those of its competitors. Under this strategy, a company offers non-price, unique and distinctive products, which enables it to earn customer loyalty. The job descriptions under this strategy entail putting importance on coordination, setting up incentive-based qualitative methods, maintaining technological, and quality leadership.
The macro and micro approaches linking HRM and strategy fail to plainly recognize the assumptions that govern their formulation. The first assumption is that the mix and selection of HR practices depend on the strategy a company adopts, which depends on environmental constraints like competitors and government regulations, among others. And the second assumption is that the companies that achieve a tighter fit between HRM practices, strategy practices, and aligning environmental constraints perform better than the companies that do not.
While establishing HRM policies, a company needs to strike a balance between standardization and differentiation. For instance, while a multinational company may want to standardize the practices between the parent companies and the subsidiaries, the environment surrounding the subsidiaries may force HR to modify the local operations to fit into the environment, like complying with local regulations, labor unions, and worker skill levels. The pressure facing multinationals as they attempt to align their internal practices with the external environment has a significant impact on developing human resource practices. In the discussion that follows, the study aims to show how a multinational company makes business strategies and how such strategies affect the human resource strategy employed by such companies.
The Environment-Business Strategy Match
One way of analyzing the external environment is to spot the nature of international competition facing the industry in which a firm operates. There are two main forms of industry competition. The first one is the multi domestic industry, where the competition within one country is fundamentally autonomous of competition in other countries. For example, the competition in soft drinks in one country does not affect the competition in soft drinks in other countries. The second form is the global industry, where competition in one country is dependent on competition in another country. For instance, the competition in the petroleum industry in one country affects competition in all the other countries.
In light of these two types of competition, there are varying demands for coordination, which in turn influences the kind of HR practices a multinational chooses. The company, therefore, can choose either a cost leadership strategy or a product leadership strategy. A while ago, companies would only choose one strategy, and being the middle was an indication of the weakest strategy a company could choose. However, with time, multinational companies realized that they could make a strike between the two strategies and enjoy the benefits of both. Nevertheless, this does not always entail equal weighting of the strategies. A company may get inclined to one strategy more than the other.
Companies pursuing a cost leadership strategy in a multi-domestic competition industry generate high stress levels in their parent-subsidiary relationship. This strategy demands standardization of operations across the company, but the multinational nature of the industry requires the company to change and adapt to the local environment so as to compete effectively. On the other hand, companies pursuing this strategy in a global competitive industry face the pressure for internal consistence and low stress levels to change to the local environment.
Pursuing a differentiation strategy in a domestic competitive strategy leads to low stress levels in parent-subsidiary. This is because differentiation strategy requires providing unique products and services to customers, while the global nature of the industry demands conforming to the local conditions. However, companies pursuing differentiation in global competitive industry offers the companies a wide range of freedom in consistency requirements.
Regardless of the competition environment a multinational operates in, the cost leadership strategy emphasizes more on internal consistency than the differentiation strategy. At the same time, the localization pressure facing multi-domestic competitive environment renders it harder for multinational companies to attain consistency than in a globally competitive industry.
The business strategy-HRM Strategy Match
Performance of a multinational largely depends on the ability of a company to align its internal operations in a way that enables it to match the local environments. The human resource functions are considerably decentralized with the parent company dealing with the expatriates and international assignments matters only. Consequently, multinationals must design ways of incorporating the subsidiary's business strategy when choosing which strategy the entire company will undertake.
At the subsidiary level, the need for internal consistency can be defined as the level of assimilation with the parent company necessary for success. For instance, the strong pressures for internal consistency for multinational companies pursuing the cost leadership strategy result in a high integration with the parent company. The companies pursuing a differentiation strategy in environments considered to be in multi-domestic industries, on the other hand, are less integrated with the parent companies.
Human resource strategies
This framework predicts that when a firm is matching with the external environment, its performance is will most likely be higher than in the company which does not match the environment. However, consistency between the strategy and the external environment is just the first step, and it does not directly predict the company's performance. Rather, the application of the strategy through implementing of functional policies, including the HRM strategies, determines the overall performance of the company.
The human resources strategies can be categorized into three different types: the utilizer strategy, the accumulator strategy, and the facilitator strategy. The utilizer strategy makes use of the human resources as efficiently as possible, achieved by employing and discharging depending on the short-term needs of the company and matching specific task requirements to employee skills. An accumulator strategy is the strategy which builds up the HR through acquiring of staffs with latent, large potential and developing that potential over time in a way consistent with the needs of the company. The facilitator strategy, on the other hand, focuses on new knowledge and creation of new knowledge. It aims at developing the human resource of a company effectively through acquiring multi-talented staffs, encouraging and supporting the staffs to develop skills and knowledge, which they believe, are significant on their own. Companies making use of cost leadership and differentiation strategies would adopt a facilitator strategy, where the company develops the existing staffs while at the same time seeking new knowledge to help in improving and developing unique products for customers.
The appropriate strategy for a subsidiary is determined by assessing the extent of intersection of the subsidiary's strategies with the level of integration with the parent company. A utilizer strategy is best for a cost leadership strategy since it entails acquisition and dismissal of personnel depending on the needs of the company. This allows flexibility and easy integration of the company with its parent. However, with the increased pressure for localization, this strategy increasingly becomes ineffective. An accumulator strategy is effective under the differentiation strategy, because it provides a pool of employees that HR can tap as needed. This would, however, be effective in an environment with minimum integration with the parent company since the increased integration would result in exercising tighter controls.
This case study offers companies with the information necessary in linking the micro and the macro perspectives and on how multinational companies link human resources strategies with the business strategies. It offers the circumstances under which a multinational can adopt a cost leadership strategy and when it should adopt a differentiation strategy. However, it places great importance on the need to merge the two strategies to enjoy maximum benefits. It also offers a guideline that governs how a company can choose a human resource strategy, depending on the business strategy in use. The ability of the company to tie business strategies to the HRM strategies determines the overall performance of the company. However, while choosing which strategy to employ, the subsidiaries should still strive to integrate with the parent company to ensure achievement of the entire company. This is because the increased globalization results in an amplified need and desire for increased consistency and coordination between the subsidiary and the parent.
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Pottery from the studio of Julie Dickinson and Janet Hero Dodge.
In 2008 Paragon featured Julie Dickinson and Janet Hero Dodge in full-page, color magazine advertisements. The owners of Paragon had found Julie and Janet while on vacation in Roscoe, Montana and discovered that the potters also fired Paragon kilns.
John Burkholder, who retired after 27 years as a cardiac surgeon, was surprised to see the Paragon ad in Pottery Making Illustrated, because he, too, had visited Julie and Janet in their Roscoe studio. Here is a story John wrote for us about the Montana potters. Following his story is the text of the ad that appeared in Pottery Making Illustrated and Ceramics Monthly.
The scenery was magnificent--peaks topped with glacial ice, unfiltered sun's rays among fluffy clouds.
After a spectacular thundershower and subsequent flawless rainbow, I arrived safely in Red Lodge, Montana, a cozy town. I parked so I could walk along the storefronts and was soon lured by the smell of fresh baking. I stopped at a bakery and bought something sweet to accompany a coffee. On the way out I noticed a small display case facing the street. The display featured the work of a local pottery, and I was drawn in.
I have always liked pottery. Maybe it is in my genes, as I was told that one of our ancestors crafted salt-glazed crocks in Ohio. But at the time of this trip, I was a full-time surgeon with little spare time. It wouldn't be until the fall of 2002 that I would be retired and enrolled in my first ceramics class.
The next morning at 9 o'clock, I was on the road again. I recall the dampness from a nighttime rain. Pioneer Pottery of Roscoe, Montana was situated several miles into the country from Red Lodge. When I got to the lane to the pottery, there was a barricade there. So I parked and waited a short time until a woman came down the lane and opened it. She waved me on in.
The lane was fairly long. I remember a big frame house on the right and several cars. The pottery was a good-sized building on the left, not far from the house but on the other side of a rapidly running stream. The place was dimly lit and plain but filled with the warmth of the two women who worked there, Julie Dickinson and Janet Hero Dodge. I learned that they both had MFAs and had taught ceramics. I now know that they were taught by Marguerite Wildenhain.
Their workspace was rather crowded, but it was evident that they were quite productive. A separate, primarily utilitarian room served as a show place for their work. The pottery impressed me with the forms, the excellent carving and other decorative work and with the wonderful, earthy glazes.
I eventually set aside ten pieces for purchase. They assured me that the pieces would be carefully packed and mailed but that I would have to wait awhile as they had pressing demands on their time, like an upcoming show or a huge order that took priority. That was fine with me as I felt so privileged to have found these nice women potters.
The pieces later arrived back in Pittsburgh in excellent condition. They continue to bring me pleasure in their use and cause me to reflect on that trip to Montana and to the serendipitous meeting with those highly skilled potters.
You can imagine my surprise and pleasure upon seeing the Paragon kiln ads in ceramics magazines that featured these splendid potters. It brought back all the great memories, as does writing this letter.
Pioneer Pottery near Roscoe, Montana is so isolated that bears come right up to the studio and smudge the windowpanes with nose prints. The sound of the East Rosebud River flowing past the red two-story building breaks the silence.
Janet Hero Dodge and Julie Dickinson began Pioneer Pottery in 1972. They converted a horse stable built in 1910 into their busy pottery studio.
Janet and Julie planned to fire with propane; in the meantime, they bought a Paragon square K-6H electric kiln. But they were so satisfied with the Paragon that they never converted to propane firing. Over the years they just bought more Paragons and have been firing them ever since.
"The glazes I developed for the electric firings had the softness and subtlety I had hoped for with propane," said Janet Hero Dodge. "So I never quite got around to building that gas kiln.
"You can't deny that gas firing is exciting," said Janet. "But as a production potter who also does my own specialty pieces, I need the reliability of electric, which is more reliable than gas because you have fewer variables. And I like the fast turnover I can have with the electric kilns. If I get a special order that I have to get out fast, I don't have to wait to fill up a big gas kiln.
The Paragon kilns of today are built with the same dependability as the kilns Janet and Julie are using. Since their Paragon kilns have worked faithfully for so many decades, imagine what your next Paragon will do for you.
We offer a wide selection of top and front loading kilns. Call 800-876-4328 or visit www.paragonweb.com for a free catalog and the name of the Paragon dealer near you.
The Paragon kiln ad that featured Pioneer Pottery.


One ethnic studies teacher in Oakland, California, noticed that her students, who come from all over the world, had some trouble relating to each other. So, she created a video dictionary so that the students can teach each other words and phrases from their home country.
It's not always easy to bridge gaps in communities. But these two friends are giving it a try.


Meet Cocoa, the beautiful, sweet and spunky winner of our 2015 Cover Dog Search! When this miniature sized, adorable Muppet came onto the set of our Cover Dog Search, plopped down, and gave us an adorable pose, she immediately won our hearts. But looking at Cocoa's shots after the event, it became even clearer that this girl was our Cover Dog winner. I mean, she just can't take a bad picture! We also loved her rescue story and her amazing family.
Could she be any more gorgeous? We think not.
In fact, the hardest part of our job was trying to pick just one photo for the cover! She had so many great shots!
We could not be more happy for Cocoa and her amazing family, who adopted her from Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue about a year ago. Can you believe this beautiful, friendly pup had been set out on the side of the road by a field? Thankfully some awesome folks rescued her! And the rest, as Cocoa says, is history. She is a beloved member of a wonderful family, and loving every minute of it!
What a happy little gal! Life is good when you're a rescued pup!
We also enjoyed a fun and snuggly photo session with our Crowd Favorite winner, Marshmallow. Pulling in 813 votes (that's over 200 more than last year's crowd fave!), this super fluffy and friendly Great Pyrenees won the interwebs by a landslide!
This gentle giant was dumped at a shelter due to a congenital condition. Thankfully, National Great Pyrenees Rescue (NGPR) came to his rescue, bringing him into their foster program and giving him the operation nexccessary to try and correct his advanced stage luxating patellas—or, rotating kneecaps—in his rear legs. In fact, the poor guy could hardly walk. But thanks to lots of love from foster mom Michelle Stout, he's loving life!
While he has a ways to go after two surgeries and continued physical rehabilitation and therapy, he's such a trooper and is doing great. Look at this big teddy bear! We're in love.
Congratulations, Cocoa and Marshmallow! Be sure to pick up our Cover Dog Issue to check out Cocoa and all 118 canine contestants in our special feature! You can find a free copy at one of these locations... or, subscribe to have it mailed, and we'll donate $10 in your name to local animal welfare!


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I'm starting to recover from my bronchitis. This bronchitis is becoming a regular occurrence. I'm going to need to do some research to figure out why I seem to be getting this about twice a year now. It eats up a good two weeks or more each time. Anyone else have this problem?
I've been sitting by the fire reading and knitting and watching movies for a good week now. Not such a bad time actually. We celebrated a very low-key Christmas, with ham sandwiches and cookies sent by my brother in Hawaii. I've read three books.
And, despite the fact that I was whining that I wouldn't have any gifts to open because we weren't going to be able to visit family, and my husband and I had agreed not to exchange gifts, there were gifts.
My husband cheated, and got me some, and our daughter and son-in-law stopped by with presents and a nice visit. As you can see from the above photo, I didn't move from my chair all week!
The coughing is starting to subside, so today I took care of a few things. I boxed up all the gifts for our sons and DIL, and my husband took them to the post office. I vacuumed and dusted and swept and did some laundry.
Sheets need to be washed, groceries need to be bought, and bathrooms need to be cleaned, but . . . they always do, don't they?
Are you thinking about the new year? This quiet week between Christmas and New Year's is a perfect time for contemplation and planning. And even if I wasn't sick, I'd be staying pretty close to home this week anyway. We've had about eight inches of snow, and the temps have been in the single digits.
I don't like to think about resolutions. The word "resolution" sounds so grim and determined. And kind of like "will worship," as St. Paul describes it. I like to think of possibilities and dreams and goals, and see those words with little sparkles shooting out of them.
Here are some of my ideas, still fermenting, still bubbling in the pot.
*** Making Sundays device free. Here is a good article on this from a favorite website. Maybe. I do need to figure out how to corral the online time into a set part of the day so it doesn't invade my life all day, every day, as it often seems to do.
*** Writing another nonfiction book and dusting off my fiction book.
*** Learning to knit a sweater and finishing two afghans.
*** Reading through morning and evening prayer from The Book of Common Prayer. I'm not Anglican, but was brought up one and miss the rich liturgical prayer book. I'll use the old 1928 version. You know, because older is better.
*** Sorting through all the paper work in the basement. I still have boxes of old homeschooling papers and lots of photos to sort. This seems monumental to me. But sometime in the next five or ten years we will be downsizing and the time will pass quickly. Setting the timer for an hour and going at it regularly will make things so much easier later.
*** Visiting our children. In just the few short years since they've left home, our children have worked in Montgomery, Alabama; Winston-Salem, Jacksonville, and New Bern, North Carolina; and Richmond, Virginia. Now our youngest is moving to Des Moines. I've never been to Iowa. Far from being in the middle of a cornfield, Des Moines is supposed to be an up and coming city. I'll let you know.
I'm still dreaming, still thinking of different ideas. How about you? Any hopes and dreams for 2018?
So glad that you are finally feeling better. Not sure what to say about bronchitis twice a year. I take echinacea from September to May and extra on shopping days and times of gathering with people...think germaphobe. 😏 I also have essential oils and Thieves on hand always.
Happy New Year! You have lots of things on the docket.
It's good to hear that you are some better.
Having that down time can always be for the good, though it may not seem like it at the time.
I like your idea of setting the timer for an hour to purge and downsize, going at it all day can be overwhelming.
I'm not one for resolutions either, I like to set goals, realistic ones.
My husband suffers with bronchitis too and working with saw dust doesn't help.
When he startes taking thieves essential oils the instant he feels something coming on it has helped tremendously, but, he has to take them immediately and continue until he is no longer ill. This may not sound very nice, but he believes hacking up phlegm is key. He says you gotta get it out. :) I hope that helps.
Oh, you make me feel your cold, in the single digits - oh my!
As many times i've had a bronchitis, it almost always got coupled with cold weather. Working one January in North Dakota for one week at minus 40, did me in for weeks on end... I vowed to never ever going to such a place; not even for a million and I mean it.
Living in Pennsylvania also had me sit bundled up in the living room, studying Italian for our next job... It was cold there.
Do you have a de-humidifier in your home? Doing away with a humid environment helps a lot. Dressing well and using a silk or cotton camisole is a must for winter time. Just that extra layer, a buffer zone for absorbing any climatic changes your body has to cope with.
Breathing clean air at home, replacing the airconditioning filters in time, having your car's filters changed in time. Eating some hot soup is good for keeping your system happy and warming you inside.
A good balance of body - mind - spirit and eating plenty of fresh fruits and veggies with plenty of rest.
Taking vitamins as a supplement also boosts your immune system.
Don't know what miracle thing there is for totally avoiding it?! But I must say that I do steer clear of those bouts of bronchitis over the past couple of years.
Wishing you a speedy recovery and oh my, resting comes with a hefty price tag once the days arrive where we have to play catch up on EVERYTHING! But that is life, isn't it?! We all are facing the same and it sure is not a fairy tale for maneuvering through the year.
I am so glad you are feeling better, long may that last. Working towards down sizing is such a good idea, it took weeks for us to sort out our old home prior to moving. e are still working on some things after the move, Christmas decor been one. All the colour in my hair has now completely grown out and it is all my natural colour, a mixture of greys. I thank you for giving me the courage. Wishing you and yours everything you wish for yourself for the Ne Year.
Dear Deborah ~ I am so glad you are starting to feel better & may you grow stronger and healthier with each new day.
Making Sunday be a 'quiet' day sounds great to me. I want to cut my computer time way back in 2018. It does cause me to waste a LOT of time, and I've things I want to get done around here, especially before summer's heat and humidity come back.
Glad you're feeling somewhat better, Deborah. And yes, I have a sister, sister-in-law and girlfriend who seem to get bronchitis 2x year. I can see how exhausting it can be.
I love your busy bee planner! I also like the idea of setting a timer for going through paperwork - like bathrooms needing cleaned, it's a universal, first-world problem.
Cheers to working toward your goals in 2018!
I am so sorry you have recurring bronchitis, Deborah. That is so draining...and the coughing seems to last long past the worst of the bronchitis. I have only had it once but it turned into pneumonia and that was awful.
Dear Deborah, I'm so sorry you've been dealing with bronchitis~I used to get it a lot and it was always caused by allergies-which started the infection. I take several supplements when I'm around those with colds. I also swear by putting Vicks vapor rub on the soles of my feet at bedtime and wearing socks(so you don't ruin your sheets). My two daughters who have large families shared this with me years ago. It works to help stop the horrendous coughing. Also I grew up using Vicks on my chest and back, due to the severe problems I would have. Also a humidifier helps. I love your thoughts and goals on the New Year. I don't do resolutions either, but try to set some goals. Getting stronger and healthier is one of mine for this year. Blessings to you today. Praying you are well soon..
I'm glad that your bronchitis is starting to subside, Deborah, and you even have energy for some household chores. I received your book and hope to be reading that soon. My poor little mom fell and broke her right shoulder, so I'll be heading to Ohio to help with her care.
Deborah, I'm trying to implement a bit more routine into my day. I stopped working in June, and since then I've let myself wander through the days, doing what I prefer. I want a loose schedule, not rigid, but enough to keep me on task with writing, painting, yarn work. Designate general periods of the day for certain things.
Just stopping by to wish you a beautiful and blessed 2018. Wishing you a speedy recovery dear friend. Please get checked out.
I have a brother that lives in Des Moines and it is a wonderful place. Clean, clean and neat, neat! Glad you are feeling better and hope you will soon be 100%. Blessings for the new year!
Happy New Year, Deborah! Glad to hear that the R & R worked and that you're feeling better.
Limiting my social media time is also one of my 2018 goals. I got sucked into Twitter last fall (for work though) and I just joined Instagram (to follow bloggers who have switched over to Instagram).
Your book was delivered the other day!!! I was so excited that I bundled up and ventured out in -20C snowy weather in order to pick up the book from the community mailbox located down the street.
Deborah, sorry to hear about the bronchitis. Not fun. When I was growing up I got bronchitis twice a year, and it lasted about 6 months each time! Turns out it was my parents' heavy smoking that caused it. Once I had been out of their home for a few years, it cleared up. I still get it, but not even once a year. Think it's been about four years now since the last episode. Wishing you a healthy and happy 2018.
I'm glad you're feeling better. Take your time getting really well! I like your thoughts about 2018. We are starting a slow clean out so we will be ready when it's time to downsize. But I think it will be a slow process as we are not yet retired and there is so much to do each day! But still, a goal!
Anyway, thank you as always, for your beautiful comment on my blog. I did reply to it. Do you get those reply's when I do that???
You always say the sweetest things and I appreciate your heartfelt words of kindness.
And I look forward to seeing that knitted sweater! You can do it! It's really quite easy... I promise.
I had a similar cold around the same time as you. I went through 1 1/2 big boxes of Kleenex and coughing fits on a regular basis.
I'm so sorry that you've been sick especially over Christmas. I haven't been around blogland too much lately but wanted to wish you all the best in 2018! Hope you're feeling better each day.
...I saw the book about depression on your blog but was wondering if you have written any others. I will be entering the giveaway!
I had bronchitis forever, then developed adult asthma about 18 years ago. Dampness, mould, and going from warm to very cold eg warm house, then going outside where it is icy, these were my enemies for bronchitis. The asthma is brought on by mould, can be allergy-induced, emotional, damp. So they overlapped for me. But things have gotten better over the years. Unless one has lived with breathing difficulties, it is impossible to understand how debilitating and exhausting it is. I practice gentle yoga which helps, plus have pressure point treatments (similar to acupuncture and shiatsu).


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Warren Relay For Life celebrates silver anniversary
Burton Cole
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WARREN — In its first 24 years, the Warren edition of the American Cancer Society Relay For Life has raised $8.3 million for research, treatment and other aids in the fight to end cancer.
This year, the 25th anniversary year, the Warren Relay is projected to add another $250,000 to that total, said Philip M. O'Hara, who has been the lead chair of the event for eight years.
O'Hara, a cancer survivor himself, says perhaps the best way to tell that the Relay For Life is doing good is to witness the Survivor Lap, when more than a thousand survivors clad in purple T-shirts take the first lap around Courthouse Square in downtown Warren.
"The best stories are about the survivors. Watching the sea of purple taking that first lap around the track still gives me chills," he said.
"Every year the Warren Relay tries to do something a little different, but the main focus is celebrating those who have survived cancer and honoring those who have lost their lives to it," he said.
While the cause is serious, Relay For Life has always taken on the air of a party that lasts all night and a good chunk of the next day. This year, to mark the silver anniversary, the festivity plans are grander.
"We are bringing back as many of the original teams / team members as possible to honor and celebrate with them," O'Hara said. "We are also having a birthday celebration on Saturday to celebrate the first 25 years.
"Weather is always a topic at Relay," O'Hara said. "I have been there through snow, several thunderstorms severe enough where we had to evacuate the site and wind so strong that we had to tie the tents to a truck to keep them from blowing away.
"One thing that has stayed the same is that the Warren Relay For Life has been the largest Relay in Ohio for most of the years it has been in existence."
The Relay For Life kicked off in Warren because a local dermatologist was searching for an event that would both capture the imagination of a community and raise money for cancer research and awareness.
At a conference in Florida, Dr. Robert Brodell heard about the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life, a 24-hour party on a walking track that started in 1985 in Tacoma, Wash., and was spreading across the United States.
Brodell brought the idea home to Warren. In 1994, a dozen teams stepped off for Warren's first, hastily organized Relay. They raised $28,000.
The idea caught fire in the Mahoning Valley. Other Relays sprang up in Niles, Lordstown, Newton Falls, Liberty, Champion, Cortland and Youngstown. Meanwhile, Warren's Relay For Life grew to become the largest in the state of Ohio and one of the biggest Relays in the nation.
Nationally, Relay For Life, an all volunteer-administered event, has become the American Cancer Society's signature fundraiser. Estimates are that nearly 4 million people take part in Relays in more than 5,000 communities and have raised nearly $5 billion and counting.
Kaitlin Irgang, community development manager for the North Central Region of the American Cancer Society, said, "The fact that the city of Warren has raised $8 million in the last 24 years is astounding to me.
"I think the thing that a lot of people don't realize is that most of this money isn't coming from large donors or a wealthy population. It comes from everyday middle-class people in this community that want to see a cure for cancer. The average donation size is $50 or less.
"When you think about how hard our teams and participants have to work to raise over $200,000 a year it's so clear that fighting this disease has been and will continue to be relevant for the city of Warren because the people refuse to quit until a cure is found," Irgang said.
A big portion of the money raised goes toward medical research for cancer treatments and a cure. The Relay also helps fund the Hope Lodge in Cleveland, near both the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals.
"It houses cancer patients and a caregiver while they are undergoing treatment that they needed to travel to Cleveland for, completely free of charge," Irgang said. "It saves patients millions of dollars and hours of travel every year.
"The highest percent of patients that stay in the Cleveland Hope Lodge are from Trumbull and Mahoning counties. Some of these people are facing a life-and-death situation and have no choice but to get the treatment in Cleveland," she said.
"I could go on about the programs and services we have, but you can find a full list at cancer.org," she said. "What you can't find on the website or fully understand until you experience it for yourself is the wave of emotion that the Relay For Life brings. When the survivors start taking their lap and all you can see is a sea of purple T-shirts and the faces of so many people who have heard the words, 'You have cancer,' there is no other feeling in the world like it.
"The Survivor Lap is a celebration of life, and for newly diagnosed patients, it's a sign of hope," she said.
Pam Marshall, who managed the Warren Relay for 16 years, says she plans to be back this year as a member of the team at Trumbull Regional Medical Center, where she is a physician's liaison. She said the reason for the success of the Relay is because cancer has affected pretty much everyone, either personally or a family member or a friend.
"In a nutshell, everybody always had a reason to relay. I think that's what kept the event going," Marshall said.
"It was always well-accepted in the community. There was always an abundance of help, very enthusiastic volunteers. They each had their own reasons, their own story. That's what got them engaged," she said.
"When it started, you said the word 'cancer' and people assumed time was not on their side," Marshall said.
Now after a quarter century of discovery of new treatments, death rates are down and more and more forms of cancer are beatable, she said.
"After all the years and all the ceremonies I was lucky enough to be a part of, I always embraced the Survivor Lap as being the most important," she said.
Tammi Penman of Warren said that, as usual, she will be walking with the Howland United Methodist Church team.
"We've been doing it at least 16 years from our church, and my husband and I were involved as participants years before that," Penman said. "It's just such a great experience.
"So many people from our church congregation were affected," Penman said. "As a church, we need to do all we can to help people, so this is one way we can help them to raise money for research and support them.
"My dad had bladder cancer. My mom died from brain cancer three years ago," she said. "I do it for them."
And while she looks back and laughs at so many crazy things that have happened at Relays — such as the time it rained so hard, walkers joked about paddling canoes around the track — the Survivor Lap shows what it's all about, she said.
"Just honoring the people who have fought so hard and at that time are winning the battle — they're very deserving of the clapping given to them," Penman said.
"When it rains, those are tears coming down from heaven for them … tears of joy," she said. "Rain doesn't deter us."
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Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit (, FMGMmsv/FMSMmsv/FMGM/FMSM) is a Swedish reward medal established in 1995 by the Swedish Armed Forces.

History
The Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit in silver or gold has been awarded to personnel who performed extraordinary effort that benefited the Swedish Armed Forces, for example, with resourcefulness and energetically action and with an example of excellent leadership and personal commitment. The medal, which was awarded to the year 2007, usually did not come into question in connection with foreign service as far as the extraordinary efforts etc, did not have a strict national dimension.

In 2007, this medal was merged with the Swedish Armed Forces International Service Medal of Reward and instead the Swedish Armed Forces Medal of Merit was established in 2008.

Appearance
The medal is of the 8th size and the ribbon is of yellow moiré. A sword in gold/silver may be attached to the ribbon.

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of Sweden
Awards established in 1995
Awards disestablished in 2007
1995 establishments in Sweden
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I have been going on and on about how I am digging iron signals and finding stuff that is not iron. I was digging around an old park yesterday at lunch happily unearthing rusted nails when it dawned on me that I have not been 100% accurate while describing what it is I am doing.
To be precise, I am not hunting iron signals but wrap-around signals. To understand what a wrap-around signal is, picture your VDI scale from 00 to 99; 00 being iron and 99 being a nice shining silver dollar.
That's what the real VDI scale should look like. Wrap around happens when the sweet signal from the high 90's –97,98,99, bleeds into the low iron readings, 00, 01, etc.
I don't pretend to understand why this happens but it is common to all detectors. Now, when I am hunting iron, I am not digging the low grunts. Those may be good targets but I bet that when the Deus generates a low grunt, it is accurately identifying iron. I set my Deus with a very low iron discrimination. What I am digging are those wrap-around signals and so far my method is somewhat good as I dig many items that are not iron with those high tone wrap around signals.
One thing I would like to share is the broken nature of a rusted nail signal. Often, the wrap-around signal generated by a rusted nail is broken, kind of like static. Non-iron wrap-arounds are often solid beeps. The other thing about the wrap-arounds is that if I really pay attention, coins that fall in this category of signal still have that sweet audio signal albeit harder to discern. It takes practice; lots of practice. That is the reason why I still gleefully dig rusted iron. It's all about educating the ear.
So there. Now you know what I am doing.
Do you want to discriminate iron? Or do you want to identify it? There is a subtle difference here. To be sure, your detector has to identify iron before it can discriminate it.
I believe the term discriminate comes to us from the time when detectors only had one tone and had no visual identification system. Basically, the machine would beep and then you would adjust a discrimination knob until the beep stopped. This was how you could tell if the beep was iron or if it was something else.
Nowadays, with the digital displays and with the multiple tones to help us id the targets under the ground,I think it's important to know when the detector has identified iron. Knowing if your ground is laden with iron is very useful. Also in some machines anyway, if you discriminate iron, you may miss good targets sitting next to the iron. In other words, let the machine tell you when iron is present.
I run my machines wide open and I let the detector tell me when the iron is there. It's all about getting more information about what's under your feet.
Does it make a difference? I think so.
Thank your for looking and Happy Hunting!


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National PTA's STEM Project Signs Up Math Partner
Shortly, the National PTA will be cranking up a STEM initiative first announced last fall. This country-wide alliance of parents and teachers is developing and plans to distribute resources to engage families in science, technology, engineering and math.
To help with the job, the PTA has teamed up with a company that has franchised hundreds of math centers in the United States and Canada. Mathnasium runs standards-based math programs for K-12 students that use face-to-face tutoring sessions. Mathnasium will contribute math resources to the PTA initiative.
The entire project is structured to deliver "100,000 STEM experiences" — hands-on activities — over three years to families, with a particular focus on those in urban areas as well as female and underrepresented students.
"Families play an important role in helping students navigate educational and career decisions and are influencers of students' perceptions of what's possible for their futures," said Executive Director, Nathan Monell, in a prepared statement. "Family engagement is critical to strengthen STEM education, support student success in STEM and inspire children to pursue STEM careers."
National PTA is seeking out additional collaborations with other organizations that can represent the "T" and the "E" in STEM. The project's "S" aspect is being underwritten in part by the Bayer Foundation, which supports a number of science education programs.


Lenny had some impactful scenes.
The highly anticipated Legion premiered to mixed reactions from Twitter last night. Loosely based in the X-Men, Legion follows a young man named David Haller who thinks he's mentally ill but is actually superpowered. While David (Dan Stevens) himself had many fans talking, his best friend Lenny (Aubrey Plaza) stole the show. At least, she did according to Twitter.
Spoilers for the premiere below.
Legion is already messing with people's minds. Lenny's accidental death had people shook, and psychic resurrection even more so. Either people loved it or hated the premiere, but the killer cast is definitely what will keep fans coming back for the next episode.
What did you think of #LegionFX ?
Plaza's Lenny, though, was the real winner of the night, making a splash in the premiere with, well, her death and blowing fans away with her performance.
Even her co-star Dan Stevens chimed in.
#LegionFX AlternativeFact: Aubrey Plaza was 1991 Delaware Junior Tricycle champion.
Legion is like 12 Monkeys sorta trippy. The fact that it's linked to X-Men and Aubrey Plaza is in it makes it even better.
Have to say thought Aubrey Plaza was brilliant in that first episode of Legion.
WATCH LEGION!!! AUBREY PLAZA KILLIN THE GENDER ROLE!!!
Stay tuned for more insanity as Legion Season 1 continues on FX.


Wa have a long distance relationship ordeal, huh….
I I've been with my boyfriend for 2 years. I'm 21 and he's 23. We have a long distance relationship. 4 hours actually. The whole time we have been together there has been many girls making up things like that he cheats on me etc.. But ive found out that the girls have actually just wanted him but recently he's been lieing to me alot and also not treating me very well. Wondering if you think he is cheating on me. And if you have any advice on how I could trust him alot more.
Ok, here we go again. Is he cheating on you? He probably is. He's a damn 23 year old male in a "long distance relationship" of course he is! In a guy's world being in a "long distance relationship" means he's single.
Advice on how you can trust him again? Yea, break up with him. If you break up with him and you still keep in touch than that means both of you can do whatever you both want which also means you can trust him because you won't be worrying about him and what he's doing every 10 seconds.


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Q: Possible bug in comment @replies with trailing dots I received a comment to this answer on tex.sx, and "@Hendrik." was used to notify me:

According to How do comment @replies work?, the trailing dot shouldn't have mattered, and I should have gotten a notification of the comment. Instead, a strange thing happened: I didn't get a "red-dot-notification" in my inbox (in fact, there's still nothing about this comment in my inbox), but when I hit the (non-lit) envelope, I found the reply.
Maybe some recent change to the comment-reply feature caused this?

A: The following is wrong, as moderator edits do show the little pencil, which is not visible in the comment that is being discussed here. Hence: the comment has not been edited!

I guess Joseph edited the comment to fix a typo in your name, and that this happened after the 5 minute edit window. Such edit is not shown using the little pencil , due to him being a moderator. (Or maybe another moderator made the edit; maybe point Joseph to this question?)
See also What are the ramifications of editing a comment with a reply well after the 5 minute window:

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Stamford - A man claiming to not be a fool when asked if there was marijuana on him had 19 bags of weed hiding in his sock during a patdown and now faces additional charges.
Authorities in Connecticut say a man who told his probation officer that he wasn't foolish enough to bring drugs into a courthouse had been hiding 19 bags of pot in his socks.
Darren Shelley had a hearing Monday in the Stamford Superior Court on charges of possession with intent to sell, but the case was postponed until Aug. 7.
Authorities tell The Advocate that the 22-year-old Stamford man reeked of marijuana when he met with his probation officer on June 9th.
When the officer asked about the marijuana, Shelley said he was "not a fool" and "did not bring drugs into the court," at least initially.
The officer revealed the bags of pot during a pat down.
Shelley is being held on a $5,000 bond. He also faces a possible revocation of his probation on charges of risk of injury to a minor.


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Q: Minimization with two functions that are not completely related Two caveats: 1) This is a problem I formulated myself, and so may not be structured correctly/logically. 2) I don't have an extensive math background, but am currently finishing up Calc 3.
I have an objective function f(x,y,z) = x(437 + 16.28y + 24.42z) that represents the monthly cost of an agent in the contact center at my firm, where x is the number of agents, 437 is an approximation of the fixed cost per employee, y is the number of monthly hours worked, and z is the number of overtime hours worked. This cost should be minimized, subject to: the probability that any phone call being answered in greater than 30 seconds is less than 10%.
This probability relies partially on the Erlang-C function, (E^x/x! - x/x-E) / (x*E^x/x!(x-E) + summation from i = 0 to x-1 of x^i/i!) where E is the offered traffic.
The probability expression is a function of several variables, only one of which appears in the objective function.
My questions are:
1) how do I actually find critical values if the constraint function and the objective function don't have the same variables? If I hold big E (offered traffic) constant, the probability calculation is really only a function of one value, x, which is in my objective function. Can I therefore just take the probability function and set that equal to zero and use the resulting value of x as the x-value in the original function? Do I have to do a partial with respect to x of the second function? It seems this would lead to an inconclusive second-partials test (d would = 0)
2) I've understood from this forum that the Gamma function is the continuous analog of the factorial function, but assuming I can use that if I do have to do any differentiation on the probability function, how would it work inside of the summation?
3) Is optimization different for discrete variables? x (number of agents) obviously has to be an integer...
Any and all help, including pointing me in the direction of some reading/problem sets, would be sincerely appreciated.
Thank you for reading!

A: I've just re-read the question and Lagrange multipliers don't appear necessary after all (sorry).
Your objective function is minimised when $x$ is as small as possible. So if $x$ is the same in both $f$ and the Erlang-C then the question becomes: what is the smallest $x$ for which the Erlang-C function is less than 10%? Since $x$ is discrete, the easiest solution is simply to iterate over $x=1,2,...$ until you find the first value with Erlang-C < 10%. Would that be a satisfactory solution?


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If you love hills and like to travel to hilly destinations on Indian holidays, Meghalaya is the ideal place for you .The name means "the abode of clouds. It is a tiny but picturesque state in the northeastern region of India. The state remained cut off from the mainstream India since a long time due to some ethnic issues but survived the onslaught of rude commercialization that has taken over from other famous tourist spots of India. Hilarious hilly Meghalaya – is the beauty personified. Statistically amongst the wettest places Meghalaya draws huge amount of tourists from across the world. The state is rich in minerals, but it has no significant industries. These sacred groves harbor has many ancient rare plant and animal species.
Khasi and Garo are principal languages.
Trekking in rain forests and the Meghalaya Hills are very common among tourists. Tura, Nokrek peak, River Canyoning and other water sports like Angling, Water Skiing, Sailing, etc defines that Meghalaya is a land of experiencing adventure sports. Golfing and Archery are popular local sports practiced at a vast rate. The state of Meghalaya enjoys temperate climate with sacred forests of Khasi Hills, orchids, flowering trees, etc. Nongkhnum Island is the second biggest river island of Meghalaya consisting of huge trees, areas of grassland, fishing pools, etc. The marvelous Hills are decked with all residential facilities. Agriculture in the state is characterized by low production and unsustainable farm practices. Due to diverse climatic and topographic conditions, Meghalayan forests support a vast floral diversity, including a large variety of herbs.
People of Meghalaya are really passionate about their music since there is no insufficiency of local talent. As the week reaches its end the crowds of Meghalaya are ready to dance all night away to music being buzzed out by some local band. Shillong nightlife is generally restricted to bars that are just attached to hotels for drinks and entertainment.
Carving out two districts of the state of Assam the state of Meghalaya was given a semi-autonomous status. Meghalaya, along with neighboring state of India, has been of archeological interest. The ancient people of Meghalaya mixed their spiritual beliefs of Animism and ancestor. Meghalaya has many rivers. Most of these are seasonal .The place is mountainous, its the most rain soaked state of India. The tribes in Meghalaya has unique feature of the state in majority. The tribal population follows matrilineal system where inheritance and lineage traced through women of Meghalaya. The locals are known for their weaving skills and creating special material of cane mats, baskets and stools that guarantees a good quality which lasts long.
[Guwahati- Shillong]:- Pickup from Guwahati Airport, transfer to Shillong (4 hours), visit Umiam Lake or Barapani, Khasi pines and overnight in Shillong.
[Shillong- Cherrapunjee]:- Transfer to Cherrapunjee, visit Seven Sister falls, Mawsmai cave, Thangkharang Park and overnight stay.
[Cherrapunjee]:- Providing you with the complimentary Breakfast, Witness local arena, visit living root bridge, relax and overnight stay.
[Cherrapunjee- Mawlynong- Shillong]:- Providing you with the complimentary Breakfast, Full day sightseeing to Mawlynong, return back to hotel and overnight in Shillong.
[ Shillong- Smit- Jowai]:- Providing you with the complimentary Breakfast, Transfer to Jowai (4 hours), visit Smith Village, local tour of Jowai including villages and overnight stay.
[Jowai- Nartiang- Jowai]:- Transfer to Nartiang Monoliths and Durga Mandir and overnight stay.
[Jowai- Thadlaskein Lake- Shillong]:- Return to Shillong, visit Thadlaskein Lake and overnight in Shillong.
[ Shillong- Nongkhnum- Mawphlang- Shillong]:- Transfer to Nongkhnum Island (3 and half hours), visit Mawphlang (25km), forest, museum, return to Shillong and overnight stay.
[ Shillong]:- Providing you with the complimentary Breakfast, Sightseeing tour of Shillong includes all attractions and overnight stay in Shillong.


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Q: How to insert an array into SQL using PHP? I have an array like:
$arrays = array(
array('id' => '1','Name' => 'Monica','online' => '1'),
array('id' => '2','Name' => 'Jessica','online' => '1')
);

I only included 2, but let's say I have 200 of these. I already have a table  in SQL with associated columns id, name and online.
Can you help me input these into database? I'm developing using wordpress. From Insert array into MySQL database with PHP I have an idea of how to do it for 1 single array

A: If you're having an array , you need to use a foreach loop to know the length content of insertion.
This is an example of insertion:
if(is_array($array)){

    $sql = "INSERT INTO some_table (id, name, online) values ";

    $valuesArr = array();
    foreach($array as $row){

        $id= (int) $row['id'];
        $email = mysql_real_escape_string( $row['name'] );
        $name = mysql_real_escape_string( $row['online'] );

        $valuesArr[] = "('$id', '$email', '$name')";
    }

    $sql .= implode(',', $valuesArr);

    mysql_query($sql) or exit(mysql_error());
}

A: Please try this.
Using PDO example
$sql = <<<EOT
INSERT IGNORE INTO
       table_name (id, name, online)
   VALUES
       (:id, :name, :online)
;
EOT;
define("INSERT_UPDATE_SQL", $sql,true);

try{

    $con = new PDO(CONNECTION_STRING);

    if(is_array($arrays)){

        $stmt = $con->prepare(INSERT_UPDATE_SQL);
        $stmt->bindParam(':id', $id);
        $stmt->bindParam(':name', $name);
        $stmt->bindParam(':online', $online);

        foreach($arrays as $row){
            $id = (int)$row['id'];
            $name = $row['Name'];
            $online = $row['online'];

            $stmt->execute();
        }
        $stmt = null;
    }

    $con = null;
}catch (PDOException $e) {
    echo 'error !!';
    throw $e;
}

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McDowell Scores First 2009 Finish After Overheating at Homestead
Michael McDowell picked up the 2nd last-place finish of his career in Sunday's Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway when his #36 Wave Energy Drink Toyota fell out with overheating problems after completing 35 of the race's 267 laps.
McDowell was one of the biggest surprises in qualifying, securing the 18th spot at a speed of 171.434 mph. The run marked the best start for Tommy Baldwin Racing since the Daytona 500 with Scott Riggs. On race day, Marcos Ambrose led four laps, slipped to fourth, then fell to last when he had to make a pair of unscheduled stops for a cut tire, a dead battery, and a faulty carburetor. McDowell went behind the wall on lap 35 and Ambrose returned to the track on lap 42, moving McDowell to the 43rd spot.
It is McDowell's first last-place finish of 2009; his only other finish came in the 2008 Lifelock.com 400 at Chicagoland while driving for Michael Waltrip Racing. It is the third last-place finish for Tommy Baldwin Racing; the other two finishes came with Patrick Carpentier at the Pocono 500 at Pocono and the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire.
2009 last-place champion Dave Blaney failed to qualify for the season-ending race, as did third-ranked Joe Nemechek. Neither second-ranked Tony Raines nor fourth-ranked Mike Bliss had a ride for Homestead. Travis Kvapil qualified Bob Jenkins' #37 car 28th, but was unable to tie Phil Parsons' #66 team for the most last-place finishes in 2009. After David Stremme spun James Finch's #09 during qualifying and missed the show, the #37 team acquired the #09's Miccosukee Resort & Gaming sponsorship and was able to run the entire race for only the second time in 2009.
43) #36-Michael McDowell / 35 laps / overheating
42) #08-Terry Labonte / 88 laps / electrical
41) #19-Elliott Sadler / 116 laps / crash
40) #43-Reed Sorenson / 116 laps / crash
39) #7-Robby Gordon / 227 laps / running
2009 RANKINGS - FINAL
1st) Dave Blaney (8)
2nd) Tony Raines (5)
3rd) Joe Nemechek (4)
4th) Mike Bliss (3)
5th) Patrick Carpentier, David Gilliland, Bobby Labonte (2)
6th) Tony Ave, Todd Bodine, P.J. Jones, Matt Kenseth, Travis Kvapil, Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Michael McDowell, Mike Skinner, Mike Wallace (1)
Raines' Electrical Issue Gives Him 2nd In 2009 Rankings, Phoenix Sweep
Tony Raines picked up the 8th last-place finish of his career in Sunday's Checker O'Reilly Auto Parts 500 at the Phoenix International Raceway when his #37 Long John Silver's Chevrolet fell out with electrical problems after completing 6 of the race's 312 laps.
It was Raines' first Sprint Cup start since his most recent last-place finish at the AAA 400 at Dover in September. In the six races since, the #37 team has spent more time off the track than on it: The team first failed to qualify with Kevin Hamlin at Kansas, then Raines DNQ'd at California, Travis Kvapil DNQ'd at Charlotte, then qualified at Martinsville and finished last; and finally Raines withdrew at Talladega, then DNQ'd once again at Texas, where the team switched from Dodge to Chevrolet.
On Friday, Raines just squeaked his way into the field with a speed of 132.091 mph, giving him the 43rd and final starting spot. He remained there during the early stages and fell out during the opening green-flag run just 6 laps in. It was Raines' fifth last-place finish, breaking his tie with Joe Nemechek for 2nd in the 2009 rankings.
Tony Raines has become the first driver to finish last in two consecutive Phoenix races; his first last-place finish of 2009 came while driving Barry Haefele's #73 Dodge in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 back in the spring. Raines also finished last at Phoenix in the fall of 2002.
It is the first time the #37 has finished last at Phoenix since an ailing Rick Carelli parked his Chesrown Chevrolet on the second lap of the 1992 Pyroil 500 in response to injuries he suffered in a companion race earlier that weekend.
The #37 team now has seven last-place finishes in 2009 (5 with Tony Raines, 1 each with Tony Ave and Travis Kvapil), second only to the Phil Parsons' #66 team, which has scored all 8 of its finishes with Dave Blaney. Blaney, who went behind the wall 3 laps after Raines, finished 42nd on Sunday, marking the 10th time in 2009 he has come just one spot shy of finishing in last.
43) #37-Tony Raines / 6 laps / electrical
42) #66-Dave Blaney / 9 laps / overheating
41) #36-Michael McDowell / 36 laps / brakes
40) #87-Joe Nemechek / 47 laps / power steering
39) #71-Bobby Labonte / 169 laps / crash
6th) Tony Ave, Todd Bodine, P.J. Jones, Matt Kenseth, Travis Kvapil, Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Mike Skinner, Mike Wallace (1)
Skinner's Brakes Go Sour, Finishes Last at Texas
Mike Skinner picked up the 9th last-place finish of his career in Sunday's Dickies 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway when his unsponsored #70 TRG Motorsports Chevrolet fell out with brake problems after completing 6 of the race's 334 laps.
For only the second time in 2009, Kevin Buckler's TRG Motorsports team attempted to get two cars into a NASCAR Sprint Cup field. The team brought two cars to Watkins Glen in August for the Heluva Good! at the Glen, but while Andy Lally made his NASCAR debut in the team's flagship #71, David Gilliland was unable to get the #70 into the show. On Friday at Texas, Mike Skinner was in the #70 and, despite a lack of sponsorship, qualified an impressive 23rd at a speed of 188.844 mph. It was Skinner's first Cup start since the Carfax 400 at Michigan back in August. Last-place leader Dave Blaney, 2nd-place Tony Raines, and 3rd-place Mike Bliss all failed to qualify while Joe Nemechek, tied with Raines for 2nd, made the field.
While point leader Jimmie Johnson crashed out just 3 laps into the race and held the 43rd spot for much of the race, Skinner, who fell out on lap 7, inherited last place soon after Johnson returned to the track on lap 115. Teammate Bobby Labonte finished 31st in car #71 while Nemechek finished 42nd. Johnson barely missed the bottom five and finished 38th.
With the exception of his early exit from the Gatorade Duels at Daytona back in February, the race was Skinner's first last-place finish in more than three years. That finish came in the 2006 Bank of America 500 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway where his Bryan Mullet-owned #72 Dutch Quality Stone Chevrolet was involved in a multi-car wreck on lap 2. It is the first last-place finish for the #70 since Max Papis crashed out of the 2008 Centurion Boats at the Glen in his HAAS Automation Chevrolet. It is the first last-place finish for the #70 at the Texas Motor Speedway.
For much of NASCAR Sprint Cup history, the #70 was driven by the late J.D. McDuffie, one of the sport's most prolific owner-drivers. All but four of McDuffie's record 32 last-place finishes came while driving the #70. For more on McDuffie, click on the "Dedication" link on the right side of this page.
43) #70-Mike Skinner / 6 laps / brakes
42) #87-Joe Nemechek / 13 laps / electrical
40) #77-Sam Hornish, Jr. / 88 laps / crash
39) #99-Carl Edwards / 174 laps / crash
2nd) Tony Raines, Joe Nemechek (4)
3rd) Mike Bliss (3)
Manufacturer Rankings (1949-present)
Last Update: November 8, 2020
(Standings current through most recent race weekend. Model names listed in official race results were used in place of manufacturer. Does not include non-points or exhibition races.)
(91) Buick
(63) Mercury
(7) Nash, T-Bird
(4) Rambler
(2) Cadillac, MG, Packard
(1) Camaro, Corvette, Henry J, Jaguar, Kaiser, Matador, Sprite, Tucker
(6) Unknown
(63) Oldsmobile
(20) Unknown
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Nemechek Nabs 1998-Present Record With Early Crash At Talladega
Joe Nemechek picked up the 17th last-place finish of his career in Sunday's AMP Energy 500 at the Talladega Superspeedway when his #87 NEMCO Motorsports Toyota was involved in the first caution of the race: a two-car accident on lap 5 of the 191-lap event.
Qualifying was rained-out on Saturday, so Nemechek secured the 39th starting spot for Sunday's race. Although he came into the race without a sponsor, Nemechek gained sufficient funding from his fans and planned to run the entire race. Unfortunately, he was unable to defend his 14th-place finish from the spring race. While racing through turns one and two alongside Paul Menard on lap 5, Menard lost a left-rear tire and crossed Nemechek's nose, slamming both cars into the outside wall. While the two avoided causing a massive multi-car wreck, both were done for the day.
It was Nemechek's first last-place finish since the NASCAR Banking 500 at Lowe's two races ago. Nemechek has also broken the four-way tie for the most last-place finishes since 1998, beating Todd Bodine, 2009 last-place leader Dave Blaney, and overall leader Derrike Cope for that mark. Nemechek is also fourth on the all-time list and has tied Jimmy Means and Morgan Shepherd for the 2nd-most last-place finishes since 1972. He is tied with Tony Raines, who withdrew with the #37 team on Saturday, for 2nd in the 2009 rankings. However, both Nemechek and Raines are still four finishes behind leader Dave Blaney, who pulled behind the wall eight laps after Nemechek's wreck on Sunday.
It is only the second time in NASCAR Sprint Cup history that the #87 has finished last at Talladega: Dick May's Fast Lane Ltd. Oldsmobile lost oil pressure in the 1979 Talladega 500 without completing a single lap.
43) #87-Joe Nemechek / 4 laps / crash
42) #98-Paul Menard / 4 laps / crash
41) #66-Dave Blaney / 12 laps / vibration
40) #77-Sam Hornish, Jr. / 44 laps / engine
39) #78-Regan Smith / 99 laps / engine
5th) Tony Ave, Todd Bodine, P.J. Jones, Matt Kenseth, Travis Kvapil, Joey Logano, Mark Martin, Mike Wallace (1)
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English Pen: Turkey: end human rights violations against writers and journalists
Restrictions on freedom of expression during and following the Gezi Park protests
The Turkish authorities severely restricted the right to freedom of expression of journalists and writers during and after the Gezi Park protests in 2013, English PEN and PEN International said in a new joint report published today. Journalists, protesters and social media users are still facing prosecution in the aftermath of the crackdown.
In The Gezi Park Protests: the impact on freedom of expression in Turkey, PEN assesses the violations of the right to freedom of expression and to freedom of assembly during last year's protests, detailing numerous examples of intimidation, judicial harassment and violence against writers and journalists by the authorities in Turkey, and shedding light on the mechanisms by which the mainstream media in Turkey is pushed towards self-censorship.
There have been further clashes with police this week as thousands took to the streets following the tragic death of teenager Berkin Elvan on 11 March. Fifteen-year-old Elvan had been in a coma for 269 days having been hit on the head by a tear gas canister whilst out buying bread during last year's protests in Istanbul. His is the eighth death linked to the Gezi protests.
These most recent protests have served to highlight continuing issues of police impunity and to demonstrate the lack of progress that the Turkish authorities have made in recent months with regard to respecting the right to peaceful assembly. PEN remains concerned at the continuing death toll and urges the police to respect the rights of citizens taking part in peaceful protests.
PEN has a long history of supporting writers at risk and campaigning for the protection of freedom of speech in Turkey. The intense and exceptional nature of the protests, and the response of the media and the authorities, offered a unique opportunity to examine the threats to freedom of expression and the need for reform.
PEN gathered first-hand evidence for the report, interviewing journalists and editors in broadcast, print and online media; researchers at think tanks and civil society organisations who specialise in human rights work; trade unionists; members of parliament; lawyers; protesters; artists; and representatives of international social media companies.
The report examines Turkish legislation concerning freedom of expression, assembly, and the press in light of Turkey's obligations under international human rights treaties to which it is a party.
PEN's research identifies not only the necessity for addressing the violations of human rights that took place during the protests, but for both legislative and media reform.
As part of its key recommendations, PEN calls on the Turkish authorities to:
Investigate all violations of the right to freedom of expression and assembly committed by state officials and bring anyone responsible for abuses to justice
Ensure that violations of the right to life are not met with impunity
Carry out an independent inquiry into the failure of the police to protect journalists adequately
Decriminalise defamation as a matter of urgency and dismiss cases brought against critics of the prime minister
Overturn the regime of online censorship and surveillance initiated by the new internet law
Jo Glanville, director of English PEN said: 'The report provides first-hand evidence of the intense pressures facing journalists, protesters and government critics during the protests, underlining the urgent need for reform. PEN calls on the authorities not only to investigate the violations of freedom of speech that took place last year, but to introduce more robust protection for freedom of expression in line with international standards.'
Marian Botsford Fraser, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International said: 'The report highlights some of the most pertinent matters impacting freedom of expression in Turkey today, from the pressures facing dissenting writers and journalists to the regime of online censorship ushered in by the new internet law. PEN calls on authorities in Turkey to ensure that police conduct during the protests is properly investigated and that serious efforts are undertaken to bring laws protecting freedom of expression in Turkey in line with international standards.'
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by Alev Yaman
Source: http://www.englishpen.org
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Star Wars Battlefront: New Trailer & Characters
Dice & EA are working full speed, and they have brought us a new Star Wars Battlefront trailer along with a new look at the characters we will control in the game. Read all about it here!
We are getting closer and closer to the release date of Star Wars Battlefront, which is launching tomorrow for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. That is why EA have released a new trailer in which they show Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect). This time around, the video doesn't show all that much gameplay, but instead what a game like Battlefront is meant to produce on fans who love the series and have been a part of it for years now.
When it comes to the characters, we can see some of the most well-known heroes and villains from the saga, just as EA told us during the Paris Games Week a while ago. Some characters such as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Palpatine, Han Solo and Boba Fett will be available for players to control, featuring some of their most iconic skills taken straight from the movies.
What about the soldiers, though? Just like its predecessor, the new Star Wars Battlefront brings a fantastic variety of soldiers, characters and loadouts to pick from, some of them being exclusive to certain scenarios, and some others that can be controlled anywhere. When it comes to the Rebels, players can control:
The Rodian, a lot of reptile-looking guys which can be found throughout the entire galaxy.
The Hoth Rebels, the soldiers from the depths of the Ice planet.
The Ishi Tib, another lizard-type species, this time from the planet Tibrin.
The Quarren, a species that kind of look like Cthulhu with all their tentacles, and who hail from Mon Cala.
The Magma Rebels, a squad of soldiers who have trained for operations in volcanic lands such as Sullust.
The Zabrak, a race known for their facial tattoos and their independence. Just like the Rodian, they can be found throughout the entire galaxy.
The Sullustan, or the humanoids from Sullust.
The Duros/Durosians, humanoids that can be found in planets such as Tattoine o Coruscant.
On the Empire side of things, there are also many trooper kinds players can choose from:
The Stormtroopers, who are available to patrol and survive in almost any situation thanks to their rifles and armor.
The Biker Scouts, or the troopers we could find in the lush forests of Endor. These warriors are specialized on recoinassance and infiltration, and are not as versatile or powerful as regular Stormtroopers.
The Snowtroopers, the team of warrios who fought in Hoth along with the AT-ATs – just like their name hints at.
The Magma Troopers, or the counterpart to the Magma Rebels, who are specialized in volcanic environments and areas.
The Shadow Troopers, the only warriors who carry the powerful T-21 blasters along with a black armor.
The Sandtroopers, the Empire's tip of the spear, who fight in desert terrains such as Tatooine.
The Shock Troopers, some of the Empire's most powerful warriors thanks to their DLT-19.
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