Here is another story for you related to Octa-Core Smartphone to be launched recently but this one is solely for the Indian users who are planning to get their hands on the first Octa-Core device. We are here with the first Octa-Core device launched by Intex which will be available very soon to all the users. Though we are not confirmed with the exact date by which it will be available in the store and the same goes for the price also but the preliminary specifications of the device are available with us.
The Octa-Core processor running at the frequency of 1.7GHz will be fun to play with and the moment we lay our hands on it, you will get to know about the Benchmark scores of this device. The rear camera is of 13MP camera and it is equipped with BSI sensor, this combination means that the image camera will be pretty good as the BSI will not let the quality compromise on the low light issues. The front camera is of 5MP which is again good enough to give this smartphone a good grade over the camera specs.
The size of the display is 6 Inches with HD (720p) resolution, this size may be too big for some of the users and may be worrying for a low battery backup but we don't know anything about the battery strength, so no comment on backup as of now. The RAM memory is 2GB (not sure whether DDR2 or DDR3) but this is again something above average for the performance of your device. Other details about memory occupancy include 16GB or 32GB internal memory.
Other on-paper specifications include Dual SIM slots with GPS, WiFi and Bluetooth (version not specified) for the connectivity options. The speakers are also the attraction point for this smartphone as they include Yamaha Mobile PA with 1.2W output. So, these are all the specs which we have as of now, the remaining information will be updated soon.
All this rush to Octa Core is good and well- what concerns me is that with a power hungry Octa core first gen. processor and large Full HD displays- these phone had better standardize on at least 4000 mAh or even larger batteries. My Samsung Note 2-with a 3100 mAh battery – really needs a recharge by 8 evening..dispite having Not having a Full HD display and only Quad Core !! Battery Power is surely going to be a limiting factor in more power to next gen. Smart Phones.
Well In The Terms Of Specs (On Paper) It Really Seems A Great Device, I Wish This Time The Architecture Of The Processor Is Different From Cortex A7 Otherwise It Will Be Disastrous For The Battery Backup.


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ITZY'S 'M.A.F.I.A IN THE MORNING' IS STILL RACKING UP VIEWS
Still can't get over YUNA in the MV.
"M.A.F.I.A. In The Morning" by ITZY has reached another YouTube milestone!
The girl group's music video for "M.A.F.I.A. In The Morning," the title track from their fourth mini-album 'Guess Who,' officially surpassed 200 million views on YouTube on February 23 KST. The music video for "M.A.F.I.A. In The Morning," which was released on April 30, 2021, reached the milestone 9 months and 3 weeks after its release.
"M.A.F.I.A. In The Morning" becomes ITZY's fourth music video to achieve this feat, joining "Dalla Dalla," "ICY," and "Wannabe."

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Our daughter and son in law were here over night for a dear family friend wedding. Our daughters were friends through middle school and high school. Once the kids grew up, we continued to be friends through out the years.
The wedding was my first outdoor wedding!
All week the news station called for rain and by a miracle, the weather was picture perfect.
My family left this afternoon and I'm doing all those pesky chores: dishes and laundry!
Not near as fun as yours. You all look so beautiful! So glad you had a wonderful time.
Sounds like a delightful weekend. Outs has been good, too.
My weekend was quiet: knitting, reading, a few outings with friends. My favorite kind!
Love the photos of all of you. Looks like a lovely venue for a wedding. Best wishes to the new couple.
You all look so beautiful and happy, a joy to visit.
You look beautiful ! ( and that selfie looks fine, too ). Hope the pesky chores were quickly done with, leaving some knitting / reading time. Mine were, and I had a quiet weekend, which I like, actually.
The wedding looks like so much fun ... as weddings should be! (and yes, a lot more fun to attend than to plan, for sure!) Hope you're well-rested and ready for the week!
What wonderful pictures! It looks like a great time.
Great pictures! I love the one of you and your daughter. You both look beautiful. So glad the weather cooperated (for us too with a cookout on Saturday).
What a fun outdoor setting ! Yes they are more fun to attend than plan! Great photos of you all. My weekend was all that rain. But it is ok. I got a lot of knitting done!
That sounds like a pretty nice way to spend the weekend.
What a beautiful weekend. Amen to the "it is more fun to attend the wedding of a good friend or family member than to plan the wedding." But still I love weddings with all the promise of life to come. I love the photo of you and your daughter. Perfect.
glad you had a nice weekend..mine was the usual, clean, then sit and knit..
hope you have a good week ..
What a lovely weekend. That outdoor wedding looks so lovely!
Your weekend looks and sounds beautiful!
You are beautiful and your daughter is gorgeous! What a neat arbor for the wedding. Your sister is very lucky to get a handknit sweater from you. Thank you for the card love.


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Organizational Affiliation
Icon painters
Alino Monastery, Ascension Church
Dobarsko village, Church of St. Theodore Tyron and St. Theodore Stratilates
Mislovshtitsa Monastery, Dormition Church
Dragalevtsi Monastery of the Dormition / Mother of God of Vitosha (paintings from the second layer in the naos)
Kremikovtsi Monastery, St. George
Kurilo Monastery St. John of Rila
Orlitsa Cloister, Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul
Veliko Tarnovo, St. George Church
Boboshevo, St. Theodore Church
Seslavsti Monastery, St. Nicholas Church
Rozhen Monastery of the Nativity of the Theotokos
Koustochori, St. Athanasius
Kastoria, St. Nicholas Church of Nun Eupraxia
Kastoria, Church of St. Demetrius of Eleusa (1608/9)
Kastoria, Church of Panagia Koubelidiki (frescoes from 1495/1496)
Kastoria, St. Nicholas Church of Archontissa Theologina
Kastoria, Theotokos Church of Archon Apostolakis
Kastoria, St. Nicholas Magaliou (frescoes from 1504/1505)
Chebren Monastery of St. Demetrios, St. Saviour church
Dormition Monastery – Treskavec (frescoes from 1483/1484)
Brajcino, St. Petka Monastery
Čučer, church of St. Nicetas (Banjane, frescoes from 1483/1484)
Selnik, St. Petka Church
Slimnitsa Monastery, Church of the Virgin
Poganovo Monastery of St. John the Theologian
Gornjak Monastery Presentation of the Theotokos, St. Nicholas Church
Novo Hopovo, the Monastery of St. Nicholas
Monastery of St. Prochorus of Pcinja
Zervat, Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos
The monastery is situated in the area of Fruška Gora, near the town of Irig. In terms of church administration it belongs to the Eparchy of Srem of the Serb Orthodox Church. Together with the Krušedol Monastery it is one of the most important monasteries among the so-called Fruška Gora monasteries.
Although there is no certain data it is assumed that the monastery was founded in the late 15th century which is evidenced by the archaeological remains of the original church and other monastery buildings. In 1555, the relics of St. Theodore Tyron were moved into the old church of Novo Hopovo, which increased the significance of the monastery among the other monasteries of Fruška Gora. In 1576, Lacko and Marko Jovšić of Gornji Kovin erected the new church of St. Nicholas, one of the most representative churches built in the area from the years after the restoration of the Patriarchate of Peć.
The church of the monastery is linked to the Serbian Moravian tradition. The naos has a triconchal layout with a high dome, a spacious narthex was added from the west. The dome is erected on four solid pillars. The exterior of the church is markedly decorative with a number of peculiarities. The drum of the dome is unique: the twelve-wall drum is surrounded by 12 free standing columns supporting the eaves of the roof. The facades are separated horizontally in two halves by a narrow cornice as in the upper part there are shallow arched niches separated by pilasters. The narthex is almost square, covered by a longitudinal vault. In the upper parts of the four walls there are braids of arched shallow arched niches standing on solid consoles. Originally, there were two entrances: from the north and from the west. The northern entrance was walled up before the narthex was painted and the western entrance was extended later as the surrounding murals were destroyed.
The naos was painted as late as in 1608. In 1654, the narthex was decorated by murals. The paintings in the naos and the narthex are independent in terms of their program, iconography and style.
The murals in the naos were made in 1608 by traveling icon-painters headed by the icon-painter Mitrophan as shown by the ktetor's inscription which was on the western wall of the naos above the door but was destroyed when it was extended in the 18th century. The imposing dimensions of the church enable the development of a rich mural painting program. It corresponds to the traditional distribution in a cruciform church – Christ Pantocrator in the dome, prophets in the drum, and the Evangelists in the pendentives. In the concha of the apsis there is a monumental depiction of the Holy Mother of God with the infant Jesus on a throne, and underneath: the Communion of the Apostles and the Adoration of the victim. On the walls, in the conches and in the vaults there are numerous scenes from the Christological cycle, scenes from the life of the Holy Mother of God, Old Testament scenes. In the lower registers there are medallion and full-length images of saints. In the iconographic program of the naos some authors see influence from Mount Athos, especially in the presence of scenes such as the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Sunday of Orthodoxy, St. Ignatius Theophorus and the lions which are very rare in Serbian monuments.
The narthex was painted almost half a century after the naos. The murals on the ridge of the vault are not preserved. The Martyrdom of the Apostles is depicted on the slopes of the vault. Underneath them, in the arched niches (three on each wall) there are depictions (two in each niche) of the cycle of the Akathist of the Holy Mother of God. In the spaces underneath them there are twelve New Testament compositions illustrating the Sundays of the Pentecostarion. The following register is occupied by 11 depictions of martyrs in medallions on each wall. A belt of standing figures of famous monks follows: 13 on each wall. In the bottom, above a high socle there are full-length depictions of saints: warrior saints and Serbian rulers on the western wall.
Cyrillic.
Although there are numerous publications about the church and its murals, there is still no opinion regarding the origin of their creators. Vojislav Đurić stated the opinion that before they painted the naos of Novo Hopovo, the icon-painters painted the Katholikon of the Piva Monastery (1604-1606). In the Serbian publications the authorship of the murals in the naos and in the narthex is ascribed to Greek icon-painters who came from Mount Athos. In more recent publications they are associated with the work of the icon-painters from Linotopi and the villages in the Mountain of Grammos. The study of the murals of the main church of the monastery of Novo Hopovo in their entirety is forthcoming.
Bisserka Penkova
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Давидов, Д. Хопово. Београд-Нови Сад, 1964.
Петковић, Ср. Зидно сликарство на подручју Пећке патријаршије: 1557-1614. Нови Сад, 1965.
Petkovič, Sr. Cretan Influence on the Serbian Paintings and Woodcuts of the 16th and 17th centuries. – In: Mίλτος Γαρίδης (1926-1996). Αφιέρωμα II. Ιωάννινα, 2003, 565-580.
Garidis, M. La peinture murale dans le monde orthodoxe après la chute de Byzance (1450-1600) et dans les pays sous domination étrangère. Athènes, 1989.
Петковић, Ср. Српска уметност у ХVІ и ХVІІ веку. Београд, 1995.
Матић, В. Манастир Старо и Ново Хопово. Нови Сад, 2007.
Поповић, М. Представе страдања и смрти апостола у припрати католикона манастира Ново Хопово. – В: Ниш и Византија XI, Ниш, 2013, 309-328.
Τσάμπουρας, Θ. Τα καλλιτεχνικά εργαστήρια από την περιοχή του Γράμμου κατά τον 16ο και 17ο αιώνα. Ζωγράφοι από το Λινοτόπι, την Γράμμοστα, τη Ζέρμα και το Μπουρμπουτσικό. Θεσσαλονίκη, 2013 (непубликувана докторска дисертация), 355-362.
Гугољ, Б. Манастир Ново Хопово: Историја и архитектура. Докторска дисертација. Универзитет у Београду. Филозофски факултут. Отделење за историју уметности. Београд, 2014.
Поповић, М. Представа Страдања светог Игњатија Богоносца у проскомидији Новог Хопова. – Зограф 39, Београд, 2015, 193-203.
Frescoes from the naos
Frescoes from the narthex
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Mid-Lothian Mines Park: the birthplace of Virginia's coal mining history
Midlothian Mine Park, Chesterfield County
In 2014, the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), in cooperation with Chesterfield County and Schnabel Engineering, began work on a project at the 42 acre Mid-Lothian Mines Park aimed at improving the environment and the safety of park visitors while preserving an important part of Virginia's history (news release).
The park initially opened for visitors in 2004. The reclamation work to bring the park to its current state took many years and was accomplished in several phases. Today the park has exhibits depicting Virginia's coal mining history surrounded by walking trails and beautiful woodlands.
Recipient of the 2018 OSMRE Small Project Award
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) announces the winner of its 2018 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Small Project Award (news release). For this award, OSMRE recognizes a project that cost less than $1 million and is in a state that receives less than $6 million in Abandoned Mine Land (AML) funds. The Mid-Lothian Mines Park Project in Chesterfield County, Virginia was the recipient of this honor.
The historic Mid-Lothian Mines abandoned mine land features the remains of the first documented mining in Virginia's Richmond Coalfields. Unfortunately, the features were in serious disrepair and disintegration. Open shafts, subsidence areas and falling structures were huge safety hazards to the surrounding residential areas. After the landowner donated the land to the county, the state was able to close two vertical openings, stabilize and close two hazardous equipment and facilities structures, close one subsidence area, and stabilize two pits and three slumps. Today, the Mid-Lothian Historical Mines Park comprises the 42-acre reclamation site and is the most visited park in the county.
Video courtesy OSMRE, 2018
The history, in brief…
The Richmond Coalfield lies in a Triassic Basin that is part of a large chain of Mesozoic-aged rift basins that stretches up and down the east coast of North America, created more than 160 million years ago. Coal in Colonial Virginia was first reported by Colonel William Byrd in 1701, who noted coal occurrences on the banks of the James River near the town of Manakin (Brown and others, 1952). Coal was likely being used for domestic purposes much earlier than that by Huguenot settlers (Wilkes, 1988).
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Coal was first discovered in Virginia's Chesterfield County as early as 1701 and by 1730 coal was actively mined for commercial use. The largest concentration of mines was found in the present day Midlothian area. This was the site of first recorded commercial coal mining in North America. The earliest records of commercial coal mining in Virginia was from the mines in the Richmond basin which had begun supplying coal for local needs and expanding markets along the Atlantic coast (Brown and others, 1952). From 1748 to 1904, coal was mined nearly continuously in the Eastern Coalfields mainly from the Richmond basin, with total production estimated to be over 8 million tons (Brown and others, 1952).
Fatal Explosion at Mid-Lothian Coal Mine,
February 3rd, 1882.
Thirty-two men were trapped in Grove Shaft.
Proximity of the coal field to the Tidewater Port was one of the major factors in commercial production efforts. Transportation of the coal from the mine sites proved to be a challenge in many ways. In the early going, coal was transported by horse and wagon to the James River. Roads were rough and much of the coal would turn to dust from jostling by the time it arrived at its destination, proving a costly expense. By 1804 the Midlothian Turnpike (present day U.S. Route 60) was developed, a vastly improved gravel surface, and the first of its kind in Virginia. At this time up to 100 wagons, each loaded with four or five tons of coal made their way to the markets. Improvements were still needed and Claudius Crozet, Virginia's First State Engineer, surveyed the proposed route for a railroad. In 1831, the Chesterfield Rail Road, Virginia's first rail service, was in opened. This 13 mile line was powered by beast and gravity in an ingenuous use of the sloped land and thereby reduced the cost of coal transportation to Manchester by two thirds. At one time this was reported to be the most profitable railroad in the world.
Mid-Lothian Coal Mining Company stock certificate, 1866
Courtesy of Virginia Historical Society
There were seven or eight major mines in the area by 1835 when the Mid-Lothian Coal Mining Company was chartered sitting on 400+ acres owned by the Wooldridge family. Initially, four shafts were sunk (Wood, Middle, Grove and Mid-Lothian) followed by two more (White Chimney and Rise). It was at this time the Richmond Coal Field was at its peak with production reaching 75,000 tons/year. In the mines, paid workers, both white and free blacks, were mining side-by-side with slaves (something that would have been unheard of above ground). These early miners faced many challenges including explosions and flooding. It is estimated that at least 359 men lost their lives due to explosions alone.
Tredegar Iron Works
Commercial production slowed dramatically during the War Between the States due to labor shortages. Much of this coal was used to fuel the iron furnaces that manufactured ordnance used in the war. Interesting fact: 80% of the ordnance used by the Confederacy came from the Tredegar Iron Works, just down the road from the Mid-Lothian Mines Park. At the end of the war, George Wooldridge's Confederate dollars became worthless and the company borrowed money from the Burrows family of New York to explore for additional deposits. They dug and bored the Sinking shaft to 1352 feet, just shy of where the coal was later found, before running out of funding. The result is the company went bankrupt and was sold to its New York financier at auction.
Coal was mined at Midlothian until the 1930s under The James River Coal Corporation and the Murphy Coal Corporation. The land and its rich history were donated to Chesterfield County in 2004 for a park.
The reclamation effort ….
Two hundred years of coal mining activity left abandoned shafts, portals, and mining structures as reclamation was unheard of at the time. Though Richmond was a well-populated city, the mining districts fringed the outskirts of town. Each type of mining (pits, slopes, shafts) has left a different type of abandoned feature on the ground surface. Some of the shafts that remained open filled with water, other pits and shafts have seemed to heal over and reclaim themselves. It is these that can pose the greatest danger: these features seem to be just depressions in the ground, but may be shafts that have "false bottoms" where years of leaf and tree litter have obscured the opening. These features posed a serious danger to the public as homes encroach upon the mine sites.
In 2012, Chesterfield County and Merricks Construction, Inc. erected an exact replica of the original headstock at the Middle Shaft Mine, one of 4 mines orginiating from 1836 by Mid-Lothian Mining and Manufacturing Company.
Mid-Lothian Mines Park, 2012
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy's Division of Mined Land Reclamation (DMLR) helped fund a $2 million dollar transformation of Abandoned Mine Land (AML) features for the restoration and reclamation of the Mid-Lothian Mines Park in collaboration with the Mid-Lothian Mines and Rail Roads Foundation, VDOT, DEQ and others. Several features remained on the site, including the ruins of the Grove Shaft (circa 1835-1870 and possibly the oldest standing coal mining structure in the country), abutments, and plenty of ponds, pits, subsidence, and other hazards.
Initially DMLR reclaimed two features within the park: the entrance to the Murphy slope and the air shaft for the Murphy slope. At the time of this reclamation, the landowner did not wish DMLR to reclaim the other features. It was later the land owner donated the property to the county for the purpose of creating this park.
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed in 2010 clarifying the work to be done and the responsibilities of both DMLR and Chesterfield County. DMLR paid 75% of the cost of exploration, compliance and reclamation. The County was responsible for aesthetics such as trail improvements, signs, and public facilities.
The reclamation was done in several phases:
Phase 1 was the exploration including environmental and archeological impact studies which was funded both by DMME ($170,547) and Chesterfield County. DEQ and the Chesterfield Fire Department conducted exploration of the Grove Shaft using underwater video equipment provided by DEQ.
Footage captured by Brad White of DEQ with an underwater camera.
A 19th century pulley wheel was discovered about 50 feet below the water surface.
Phase 2 was the Reclamation and Construction including improvements such as an access road and bridge including meshing, grouting, and fencing. Grove Shaft and Grove air shaft were capped with wire mesh. Subsidence was grouted. DMME provided $391,649.94 in AML funding for this effort.
A 19th century pulley wheel was found in the Grove Shaft. This 625-foot shaft was pumped down to 50 feet in order
to retrieve the wheel that was identified when DMME shot the underwater footage.
Video Courtesy of Mid-Lothian Mines Park, 2015
Phase 3 include interpretive signs, public facilities, parking, etc. DMME provided $412,092.12 in AML funding.
Signage showing original Grove Shaft Ventilation Building, c 1924.
Grove Shaft ruins present day.
The park is open to visitors now and has been reported as being the most visited of all parks in Chesterfield County.
Mid-Lothian Mines Park today
Acknowledgements …
Gerry Wilkes, DMME
at Mid-Lothian Mines Park, Chesterfield County
DMME's Gerry Wilkes worked tirelessly on this project for many years. He retired in 2017. The success of this massive project is a result of his dedication and hard work.
Paul Saunders, DMM Mine Inspector Supervisor
Phil Skorupa, DMM/DGMR Director, and
Butch Lambert, DMME Deputy Director
Peppy Jones, Executive Director of the Mid-Lothian
Mines and Rail Roads Foundation
Special thanks also to Schnabel Engineering's Kenneth Megginso and DEQ's Brad White for their contributions to the success of this effort.
And to Chesterfield County's Executive Director of the Mid-Lothian Mines and Rail Roads Foundation, Peppy Jones, whose family was some of the earliest owners of the Coalfields Station and whose gift of oratory vividly recreates the history of the site.
Learn more about Coal in Virginia:
Historic Mining
Mining in Virginia has taken place in one form or another since man's initial habitation of the land. Over 50 minerals have been mined in Virginia, contributing greatly to the state's economy but also sometimes causing adverse impacts on the public's health and safety, and the environment.
Virginia's Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Program, administered by the Division of Mined Land Reclamation, was established in the late 1970s to correct pre-Federal Act (1977) coal mine related problems adversely impacting public health, safety, general welfare, and the environment.
2006 legislation requires that the seller of any new dwelling in Planning District 15 disclose in writing to the purchaser whether they have knowledge of previous mining on the property, or the presence of abandoned mines, shafts, or pits. In an effort to assist property owners, DMME provides a series of maps depiciting known locations with abandoned mine land features.
Coal Mining Today
Coal deposits occur in three main regions in Virginia: the Southwest Virginia Coalfield, Valley Coalfields, and the Eastern Coalfields. Virginia's coal miners reported production of about 12.8 million short tons of bituminous coal in 2017. Of the nation's twenty-five coal-producing states that reported domestic production totaling 774 million short tons in 2017, Virginia ranked twelfth with a 1.7 percent share of the total.
Richmond Coal Field Brochure
Whisonant, R.C., 2000, Geology and history of the Confederate coal mines in Montgomery County, Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Virginia Minerals, v. 46, no. 1, 8 p.
Wilkes, G.P., 1988, Mining history of the Richmond coalfield of Virginia: Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 85, 51 p.
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Despite the age of the massed band scores, they still have value from an educational perspective. Unfortunately, innumerable lead drummers have changed the scores to make them easier or to "dumb them down" for inexperienced players. Full disclosure: I have done the same thing changing drags to flams, switching difficult stickings out for easier ones etc. But, in order to realize the educational potential of these scores, we need to get back to playing them correctly!
And... what is the best way to (re)learn a score correctly? You guessed it: by playing it slowly!
The massed band 4/4 drum score contains many rudiments but there are three that stand out to me as being particularly tricky, and therefore candidates for slow, repetitive practice (thank goodness a video exists that you can rewind again and again!).
Five Stroke Rolls: In the first line, you will be confronted with a series of "slow" and "fast" fives. "Slow" fives begin on the "dot" of a dot/cut and "fast" fives begin on the "cut" of the dot/cut. The buzz strokes of the "fast" five are played exactly twice as fast as those of the "slow" five. The contrasting speed of the buzzes in both iterations of the five stroke roll are really only distinguishable at slow speeds so have a listen to the slowest version of the score before playing along.
Accented Rolls: In the second part, you are met with accented rolls (known also as "back to back" or "cut" sixes). These rolls are played as sixteenth note triplets. Note that the "accent" is not really played as a heavy stroke. Instead it is merely a tap instead of a buzz.
Drags: In the third part you will be met head on by a difficult series of drags played on both hands. This is one of the hardest sections to execute properly in all of the three massed band scores. Playing at slow tempos will help considerably when practicing this section. Try to remember to "place" the dead stroke of the drag instead of "playing" it to avoid any unwanted "buzz".
The videos below contain the massed band 4/4 played at three speeds: slow, medium and fast (march tempo). I recorded the first two with a metronome set to a triplet pulse to aid in playing both the dot/cut rhythms and the roll pulses correctly. The "march tempo" version is recorded with a simple eighth note pulse. If you would like to follow along download a copy of the music from the PPBSO website. Let's get started!
Next week we'll be slowing down the massed band 3/4. Until then, happy drumming!
Hi Zach: The massed band drum scores used in North America were formalized by Hugh Cameron and (I think) Dave Constant circa 1977 or early 1978 based on 1- and 2-bar phrases employed by Alex Duthart, Army Manuals and others in much older scores. Hugh was a member of the PPBSO Music Board in those days and, as I recall, they were originally composed at the behest of the PPBSO to provide a higher standard for massed band scores at Highland Games and other occasions where a collection of pipe bands may come together to play as a single unit. Not all drummers were musically literate in those days (even in Grade 1 Bands), and these scores were sometimes the first ones written to a commonly-accepted standard learned by both new and experienced players alike. The scores caught on and became widely used in North America over the next few years. (For example, the scores were learned and used by the drummers of the massed pipes & drums of the Nova Scotia Tattoo in 1979.) Hugh Cameron would certainly be able to provide more history and insight as to how they were put together and originally communicated.
Dave: Thanks for this info! Great to learn some history about these classics!


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The big advantage of investing in penny stocks is the fact that there is always the possibility of making handsome profits. One of the most attractive things about penny stocks is that they trade below $5.
That may not seem attractive on the surface. But because of this low price, it allows investors to buy penny stocks in large amounts. Hence, if there is even a small surge, there is the possibility of making a significant return. That being said, it doesn't always work out that way.
Therefore, it's necessary to keep an eye on the market. Here is a look at four penny stocks that made big moves. But will they remain penny stocks to buy this month?
Penny Stock #3: T2 Biosciences (TTOO)
Shares of T2 Biosciences (TTOO Stock Report) took off this week. The biotech penny stock has been climbing consistently since the start of August. A few things are in play with this company. First, T2 announced that it was awarded a breakthrough technology contract with Premier. Members of Premier will be granted special pricing and have access to T2's T2Bacteria Panel and T2Candida Panel.
Next, analysts at Janney boosted its price target on the company from $1 to $2. Despite this being the case, the analysts still left its rating at Neutral. Will this be enough to keep the momentum going for TTOO stock this month? So far shares have jumped from lows of $1.35 on Tuesday to highs of $2.15 during Wednesday's premarket session.
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Michael Prendergast, Interim CEO of Francesca's, stated, "We are very pleased to see significant improvement in our comparable sales for the second quarter. After a long period of double-digit comp sales declines, we achieved considerable sequential improvement in our comp sales in each month within the quarter. Gross margin was impacted by aggressive markdowns on poor performing legacy products that we accelerated within the quarter. "
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package org.priha.nodetype;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.logging.Logger;

import javax.jcr.PropertyType;
import javax.jcr.RepositoryException;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NoSuchNodeTypeException;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeType;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeIterator;
import javax.jcr.nodetype.NodeTypeManager;
import javax.jcr.version.OnParentVersionAction;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder;
import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory;
import javax.xml.parsers.ParserConfigurationException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPath;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathConstants;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathExpressionException;
import javax.xml.xpath.XPathFactory;

import org.priha.core.RepositoryImpl;
import org.priha.core.SessionImpl;
import org.priha.core.WorkspaceImpl;
import org.priha.core.namespace.NamespaceMapper;
import org.priha.util.ConfigurationException;
import org.priha.util.QName;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
import org.w3c.dom.NodeList;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;

/**
 *  This class is essentially a singleton per repository.
 *
 *  @author jalkanen
 *
 */
public class QNodeTypeManager
{
    private SortedMap<QName,QNodeType> m_primaryTypes = new TreeMap<QName,QNodeType>();
    private SortedMap<QName,QNodeType> m_mixinTypes   = new TreeMap<QName,QNodeType>();

    private Logger log = Logger.getLogger( getClass().getName() );

    private static QNodeTypeManager c_instance;

    // TODO: When created, there is no Session object available.

    private QNodeTypeManager()
        throws RepositoryException
    {
        try
        {
            initializeNodeTypeList();
        }
        catch( Exception e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
            throw new RepositoryException("Cannot start NodeTypeManager",e);
        }
    }

    public static synchronized QNodeTypeManager getInstance() throws RepositoryException
    {
        if( c_instance == null )
        {
            c_instance = new QNodeTypeManager();
        }

        return c_instance;
    }

    public static synchronized Impl getManager(WorkspaceImpl ws)
        throws RepositoryException
    {
        QNodeTypeManager mgr = getInstance();
        return new Impl(mgr,ws.getSession());
    }

    private void initializeNodeTypeList() throws ParserConfigurationException, IOException
    {
        DocumentBuilder builder = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance().newDocumentBuilder();
        InputStream in = null;

        try
        {
            in = getClass().getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream( "org/priha/nodetype/builtin_nodetypes.xml" );

            Document doc = builder.parse( in );

            XPathFactory xpf = XPathFactory.newInstance();

            XPath xp = xpf.newXPath();

            NodeList types = (NodeList)xp.evaluate( "/nodetypes/nodetype", doc, XPathConstants.NODESET );

            if( types.getLength() < 1 )
            {
                log.severe("No default nodes were found!  Everything is likely to be broken!");
            }

            for( int i = 0; i < types.getLength(); i++ )
            {
                parseSingleNodeType( types.item(i) );
            }
        }
        catch( SAXException e )
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (XPathExpressionException e)
        {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (NoSuchNodeTypeException e)
        {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        catch (RepositoryException e)
        {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        finally
        {
            if( in != null ) try { in.close(); } catch( Exception e ) {}
        }

    }

    private void parseSingleNodeType(Node node) throws XPathExpressionException, NoSuchNodeTypeException, RepositoryException
    {
        XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();
        NamespaceMapper nsm = RepositoryImpl.getGlobalNamespaceRegistry();

        String name = getStringProperty( xpath, "name", node );
        log.finest( "Loading nodetype "+name );

        QNodeType gnt = new QNodeType( nsm.toQName( name ) );

        //
        //  Basic Node Type properties
        //
        gnt.m_ismixin = getBooleanProperty(xpath,"isMixin", node );

        gnt.m_hasOrderableChildNodes = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "hasOrderableChildNodes", node );

        String primaryItemName = getStringProperty( xpath, "primaryItemName", node );

        if( primaryItemName != null && primaryItemName.length() > 0 )
            gnt.m_primaryItemName = nsm.toQName( primaryItemName );

        String superNode = getStringProperty( xpath, "supertypes", node );

        if( superNode != null && superNode.length() > 0 )
        {
            String[] nodes = parseList( superNode );

            gnt.m_parents = new QNodeType[nodes.length];
            for( int i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++ )
            {
                gnt.m_parents[i] = getNodeType( nsm.toQName( nodes[i] ) );
            }
        }

        //
        //  Property definitions
        //
        NodeList propertyDefinitions = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate( "propertyDefinition", node, XPathConstants.NODESET );

        ArrayList<QPropertyDefinition> pdlist = new ArrayList<QPropertyDefinition>();
        for( int i = 0; i < propertyDefinitions.getLength(); i++ )
        {
            QPropertyDefinition p = parsePropertyDefinition( gnt, propertyDefinitions.item(i) );
            pdlist.add( p );
        }

        gnt.m_declaredPropertyDefinitions = pdlist.toArray(new QPropertyDefinition[0]);

        //  Add parent definitions

        if( gnt.m_parents != null )
        {
            for( QNodeType nt : gnt.m_parents )
            {
                for( QPropertyDefinition p : nt.m_propertyDefinitions )
                {
                    pdlist.add( p );
                }
            }
        }

        gnt.m_propertyDefinitions = pdlist.toArray(new QPropertyDefinition[0]);

        //
        //  Child node definitions
        NodeList nodeDefinitions = (NodeList) xpath.evaluate( "childNodeDefinition", node, XPathConstants.NODESET );

        ArrayList<QNodeDefinition> ndlist = new ArrayList<QNodeDefinition>();
        for( int i = 0; i < nodeDefinitions.getLength(); i++ )
        {
            QNodeDefinition p = parseChildNodeDefinition( gnt, nodeDefinitions.item(i) );
            ndlist.add( p );
        }

        gnt.m_childNodeDefinitions = ndlist.toArray(new QNodeDefinition[0]);

        //
        //  Add it to the proper place
        //

        if( gnt.m_ismixin )
            m_mixinTypes.put( nsm.toQName( name ), gnt );
        else
            m_primaryTypes.put( nsm.toQName( name ), gnt );
    }

    private boolean getBooleanProperty( XPath xpath, String expression, Node node )
        throws XPathExpressionException
    {
        return "true".equals(getStringProperty(xpath,expression,node));
    }

    private String getStringProperty( XPath xpath, String expression, Node node ) throws XPathExpressionException
    {
        //
        //  For speed reasons, we use this iterator; XPath is really slow.  This should give
        //  about 4x the performance for initial startup time overall.
        //
        if( true )
        {
            for( Node child = node.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling() )
            {
                if( child.getNodeType() == Node.ELEMENT_NODE && child.getNodeName().equals(expression) )
                    return child.getTextContent();
            }

            return null;
        }
        else
        {
            return xpath.evaluate(expression, node);
        }
    }

    private QPropertyDefinition parsePropertyDefinition( QNodeType parent, Node node ) throws XPathExpressionException, RepositoryException
    {
        XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();

        String name = getStringProperty( xpath, "name", node );
        log.finest( "Loading propertyDefinition "+name );

        QPropertyDefinition pdi = new QPropertyDefinition(parent,
                                                          RepositoryImpl.getGlobalNamespaceRegistry().toQName( name ) );

        pdi.m_isAutoCreated = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "autoCreated", node);
        pdi.m_isMandatory   = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "mandatory",   node);
        pdi.m_isMultiple    = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "multiple",    node);
        pdi.m_isProtected   = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "protected",   node);

        String requiredType = getStringProperty( xpath, "requiredType", node );
        pdi.m_requiredType  = PropertyType.valueFromName( requiredType );

        String onParentVersion = getStringProperty( xpath, "onParentVersion", node );
        pdi.m_onParentVersion  = OnParentVersionAction.valueFromName( onParentVersion );

        String valueConstraints = getStringProperty( xpath, "valueConstraints", node );

        pdi.m_valueConstraints = parseList( valueConstraints );

        String defaultValue = getStringProperty( xpath, "defaultValues", node );

        pdi.m_defaults = parseList(defaultValue);

        return pdi;
    }

    private QNodeDefinition parseChildNodeDefinition( QNodeType parent, Node node) throws XPathExpressionException, NoSuchNodeTypeException, RepositoryException
    {
        NamespaceMapper nsm = RepositoryImpl.getGlobalNamespaceRegistry();
        XPath xpath = XPathFactory.newInstance().newXPath();

        String name = getStringProperty( xpath, "name", node );
        log.finest("Loading node definition "+name);

        QNodeDefinition nd = new QNodeDefinition( parent, nsm.toQName( name ) );

        String requiredType = getStringProperty( xpath, "requiredPrimaryTypes", node );

        if( requiredType != null && requiredType.length() > 0 )
        {
            String[] types = requiredType.split( "[\\[\\] ,]" );
            ArrayList<QNodeType> list = new ArrayList<QNodeType>();

            for( int i = 0; i < types.length; i++ )
            {
                // The split operation might end up with empty thingies
                if( types[i].length() > 0 )
                {
                    QName requiredQType = nsm.toQName( types[i] );

                    if( requiredQType.equals( parent.getQName() ) )
                        list.add( parent );
                    else
                        list.add( getNodeType( requiredQType ) );
                }
            }

            nd.m_requiredPrimaryTypes = list.toArray( new QNodeType[0] );
        }
        else
        {
            throw new ConfigurationException("Mandatory element 'requiredPrimaryTypes' is missing for "+name);
        }

        String defaultType = getStringProperty( xpath, "defaultPrimaryType", node );

        if( defaultType != null && defaultType.length() > 0 )
        {
            QName defaultQType = nsm.toQName( defaultType );
            if( defaultQType.equals(parent.getQName()) )
                nd.m_defaultPrimaryType = parent;
            else
                nd.m_defaultPrimaryType = getNodeType( defaultQType );
        }

        nd.m_isAutoCreated = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "autoCreated", node);
        nd.m_isMandatory   = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "mandatory", node);
        nd.m_isProtected   = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "protected", node);
        nd.m_allowsSameNameSiblings = getBooleanProperty(xpath, "sameNameSiblings", node);

        String onParentVersion = getStringProperty( xpath, "onParentVersion", node );
        nd.m_onParentVersion  = OnParentVersionAction.valueFromName( onParentVersion );

        return nd;
    }

    /**
     *  Finds a node definition from the complete array of all definitions
     *
     *  @param type
     *  @return
     */
    public QNodeDefinition findNodeDefinition(QName type)
    {
        for( QNodeType nt : m_primaryTypes.values() )
        {
            for( QNodeDefinition nd : nt.m_childNodeDefinitions )
            {
                if( nd.getQName().equals( type ) )
                    return nd;
            }
        }

        for( QNodeType nt : m_mixinTypes.values() )
        {
            for( QNodeDefinition nd : nt.m_childNodeDefinitions )
            {
                if( nd.getQName().equals( type ) )
                    return nd;
            }
        }

        //
        //  Find the default
        //
        for( QNodeType nt : m_primaryTypes.values() )
        {
            for( QNodeDefinition nd : nt.m_childNodeDefinitions )
            {
                if( nd.getQName().toString().equals( "*" ) )
                    return nd;
            }
        }

        return null;
    }

    private String[] parseList( String list )
    {
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer(list,", []\"");

        String[] result = new String[st.countTokens()];

        for( int i = 0; i < result.length; i++ )
        {
            result[i] = st.nextToken();
        }

        return result;
    }

    /**
     *  Find a QNodeType by this QName.
     *
     *  @param qn QName to look for
     *  @return A QNodeType corresponding to this QName
     *  @throws NoSuchNodeTypeException If it could not be located.
     */
    public QNodeType getNodeType( QName qn ) throws NoSuchNodeTypeException
    {
        if( qn == null ) throw new NoSuchNodeTypeException("No null node type");

        QNodeType n = m_primaryTypes.get(qn);
        if( n == null )
        {
            n = m_mixinTypes.get(qn);
        }

        if( n == null ) throw new NoSuchNodeTypeException("No such node type: "+qn);

        return n;
    }

    /**
     *  Implements the actual NodeTypeManager class, which, again, is
     *  Session-specific.
     */
    public static class Impl implements NodeTypeManager
    {
        private SessionImpl      m_mapper;
        private QNodeTypeManager m_mgr;

        public Impl( QNodeTypeManager qm, SessionImpl nsm )
        {
            m_mgr    = qm;
            m_mapper = nsm;
        }

        public NodeTypeIterator getAllNodeTypes() throws RepositoryException
        {
            List<NodeType> ls = new ArrayList<NodeType>();

            for( NodeTypeIterator ni = getPrimaryNodeTypes(); ni.hasNext(); )
            {
                ls.add( ni.nextNodeType() );
            }
            for( NodeTypeIterator ni = getMixinNodeTypes(); ni.hasNext(); )
            {
                ls.add( ni.nextNodeType() );
            }

            return new NodeTypeIteratorImpl(ls);
        }

        public NodeTypeIterator getMixinNodeTypes() throws RepositoryException
        {
            List<NodeType> ls = new ArrayList<NodeType>();

            for( QNodeType qnt : m_mgr.m_mixinTypes.values() )
            {
                ls.add( qnt.new Impl(m_mapper) );
            }

            return new NodeTypeIteratorImpl(ls);
        }

        public QNodeType.Impl getNodeType(String nodeTypeName) throws NoSuchNodeTypeException, RepositoryException
        {
            QName qn = m_mapper.toQName( nodeTypeName );

            QNodeType qnt = m_mgr.getNodeType(qn);

            return qnt.new Impl(m_mapper);

        }

        public NodeTypeIterator getPrimaryNodeTypes() throws RepositoryException
        {
            List<NodeType> ls = new ArrayList<NodeType>();

            for( QNodeType qnt : m_mgr.m_primaryTypes.values() )
            {
                ls.add( qnt.new Impl(m_mapper) );
            }

            return new NodeTypeIteratorImpl(ls);
        }

    }
}

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The goal of the recruitment process is to find the best person for the job. It is doubtful that anyone will disagree with this statement. The disagreement comes in the definition of "the best person." Is this the best man? Or the best woman? Or the best young person? Or the best ethnic minority or… well you get the idea. Most larger organizations have someone in the human resources function that understands that there is a legal foundation in the hiring process that must be paid heed. This legal foundation is almost global in its application. Unfortunately many businesses don't have an understanding of this foundation.
In the United States there are a number of laws that govern the recruitment and hiring process. Foremost among these is the Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act of 1964. This law laid the foundation of antidiscrimination law that has been expanded on in the following half-century. It says you cannot discriminate against a candidate or employee on the basis of their race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, or genetic make-up.
Additionally, if you are a contractor with the U.S. government you must also pay attention to veteran status. Under Federal law, sexual orientation is not a protected class but many states do define sexual orientation as a protected class in employment discrimination. That is an important distinction to understand. When hiring an individual in the U.S. it is important to not only know the federal laws but also the laws of the particular states in which you are hiring and in some cases even smaller jurisdictions, such as cities. California is well known for having employment laws that are more restrictive than other states.
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 that makes it illegal to hire workers that do not have the legal right to work in the U.S. This law requires that an employee produce the proper documentation no later than the end of the third day of their employment. If they do not the employer is required to terminate them.
The Fair Credit Reporting Act covers the employment background checking process. If an employer uses a third party to check an applicant's background the applicant has to be informed, provide consent and made aware of the results if those results form the basis for an adverse decision.
The National Labor Relations Act makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of the involvement with a labor union.
The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures defines process for uncovering adverse discrimination that is generally unintentional and may be unknown until applying the "four-fifths" analysis.
The lesson to be learned here is that hiring is not just a simple matter. Some study is important in the process before you begin. Understand the laws in the country or state in which you are doing your hiring. It may take you a bit longer to get started but the time spend will be well worth the effort in the avoidance of problems.
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Working through any family law matter can be extremely difficult for everyone involved. This can be especially true when there are children in the family. The future can seem very uncertain during these times, and having the support of a skilled Delaware lawyer can help to ensure that your rights are protected.
At the law firm of Tunnell & Raysor, P.A., we understand that our family law clients come to us for help with some of the most troublesome legal issues they will ever have to face. We are here to provide the compassionate support you need and the focused legal representation necessary to ensure your current and future well-being.
Our firm represents clients on all sides of a variety of complex family law matters. We listen carefully to our clients' concerns and develop customized strategies designed specifically to accommodate them. We work hard to secure positive results without the need for costly and painful litigation. However, we are ready to take any case to court if an acceptable outcome cannot be reached.
Contact one of our Delaware offices in Georgetown, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach or Bethany Beach to schedule an initial consultation with our Georgetown family law attorney, A. Dean Betts Jr. We will examine your dispute and explain what we can do to help you. You can reach us by phone at 302-396-9645 or toll free at 800-541-5443, or via email for an appointment.
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Just a quick update to all of those who were kind enough to participate in an interview with me during Drupal Downunder 2012 to explain what's happening with Drupal Yarns.
Things have changed considerably for Nick and myself, both of us have accepted permanent positions with PreviousNext, Australia's largest Drupal Firm. As a result Rowlands Group has effectively wound down all activities.
Read more about What's happening with Drupal Yarns?
Read more about Getting Views Bulk Operations working with Draggable Views.
Displaying content using a carousel is a common design pattern, and with Drupal it's pretty easy to use views + jcarousel to whip up a carousel for displaying in blocks etc.
The menu initially renders with the default loading animated gif and the passed loadingText.
When the menu is shown the store loads and the items are added from the store.
When the menu item is clicked the clickHandler is called with one argument, the record from the store corresponding with the clicked item.
By default you cannot have tooltips on form fields using Ext Js.
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Q: Liquibase 3.8 inserts tinyint value with quotes I am trying to insert a value into mysql using a liquibase script:
<changeSet author="liquibase" id="6225">
    <insert tableName="master">
        <column name="id" value="7"/>
        <column name="insightname" value="topic_modelling"/>
        <column name="insighttype" value="1" valueBoolean="true"/>
    </insert>
</changeSet>

But when I try this it gives me the error:

Error: Data truncation: Data too long for column 'insighttype' at row
  1 [Failed SQL: INSERT INTO db.master (id,
  insightname, insighttype) VALUES ('7', 'topic_modelling', '1')]

Is it because the value are passed with quotes? What is the solution?
My Create table statement looks like:
CREATE TABLE ss_insightmaster (
  id int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  insightname varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  enabled tinyint(1) DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_general_ci;

A: Every Database handles Boolean values differently - Liquibase is expecting the insighttype of type BIT not TINYINT since you are using MySQL as you can see in the liquibase github.
OR
As a dirty hack you can run the changeset with another dbms where a NUMBERis expected:
<changeSet author="liquibase" id="6225" dbms="oracle">
    <insert tableName="master">
        <column name="id" value="7"/>
        <column name="insightname" value="topic_modelling"/>
        <column name="insighttype" value="1" valueBoolean="true"/>
    </insert>
</changeSet>

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The totality of ideas, perspectives, attitudes, themes, images and other phenomena that are preferred by an informal consensus in the mainstream of a given culture, especially Western culture of the early to mid-20th century and the emerging global mainstream of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Snippets of information that an organisation wants to relay to its target audiences; they consist of information the organisation wants its target groups to hear and remember.
The technical, cognitive, social, civic and creative capacities that allow us to access and have a critical understanding of and interact with media. These capacities allow us to exercise critical thinking, while participating in the economic, social and cultural aspects of society and playing an active role in the democratic process. This concept covers different media: broadcasting, radio, press, through various channels: traditional, internet, social media and addresses the needs of all ages.


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11. The graph depicts the growth of two white-footed mice populations, one exposed to hawks (population A) and one without hawks (population B). Are hawks a limiting factor for either mouse population? If not, then what other factor could be a limiting factor for that population?
12. Diagram the flow of energy through an ecosystem. Include the sources of energy, producers, consumers, and decomposers in the ecosystem.
Understand the Question Be sure you understand the question before you read the answer choices. Make special note of words like NOT or EXCEPT. Read and consider choices before you mark your answer sheet.
Question 11 Make sure you understand which mouse population is subject to predation by hawks and which mouse population do hawks not affect.
Record your answers on a sheet ofpaper.
13. The colors and patterns of the viceroy butterfly are similar to the monarch butterfly, however, the viceroy caterpillars don't feed on milkweed. How does the viceroy butterfly benefit from this adaptation of its appearance? Under what circumstance would this adaptation not benefit the viceroy? Why?
Use the illustration below to answer question 14.
14. The illustration depicts a food web for a particular ecosystem. If the "?" is another mouse species population that is introduced into the ecosystem, explain what impact this would have on the species populations in the ecosystem.
15. Identify and explain possible limiting factors that would control the size of an ant colony.
16. How would you measure the size of a population of gray squirrels in a woodland? Explain which method you would choose and why.
Do you live in a dry, sandy region covered with cactus plants or desert scrub? Is your home in the mountains? Does snow fall during the winter? In this chapter, you'll learn why the nonliving factors in each ecosystem are different. The following lab will get you started.
1. Locate your city or town on a globe or world map. Find your latitude. Latitude shows your distance from the equator and is expressed in degrees, minutes, and seconds.
2. Locate another city with the same latitude as your city but on a different continent.
3. Locate a third city with latitude close to the equator.
4. Using references, compare average annual precipitation and average high and low temperatures for all three cities.
5. Think Critically Hypothesize how latitude affects average temperatures and rainfall.
Nonliving Factors Make the following Foldable to help you understand the cause and effect relationships within the nonliving environment.


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In a rapidly evolving environment it is flexibility, creativity and collaboration that remain constant attributes for retail success. Part of the response is about achieving the right dynamic between a physical and virtual presence; the answers are as varied as retailers themselves. Our Retail team also appreciates that the most appropriate solution requires an understanding of general consumer behavioural trends and individual customer preferences. Through our work with a variety of retailers - small and large, local, national and international - we apply our experience and expertise to help our clients make an informed response to new opportunities and approaches.
With teams based in London, Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds and Manchester we provide both ease of access for our clients and the flexibility to ensure that the right advice is delivered by the right team at the right price. We have the capacity to handle business as usual and special projects in tandem.
Corporate and Commercial: our team provides advice on a comprehensive range of transactional activity. Tax, banking and competition specialists are an integrated part of this team. Supply chain management will become an increasingly important element of risk management and our team includes procurement and contract specialists who help provide the maximum amount of protection for our clients. Our commercialisation specialists regularly provide advice on in-store entertainment arrangements, the management of franchises and pop-ups.
Dispute Resolution: our team provides dispute support on customer, supply chain and regulatory issues in retail. We handle complex litigation and specialise in dealing with injunctions and those areas of the business where reputational risk, regulatory scrutiny and both civil and criminal law issues combine. In addition, we also help in-house legal teams with managing their caseload of lower value disputes and complaints (which often require pragmatic and efficient solutions). Within the retail, food and drink sector, our team includes expertise in dealing with cases heard by the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
Employment: we have a long legacy of advising many household name retailers, including a global food restaurant chain and extremely well known fashion brands, on all employment issues including complex and sensitive matters that include: discrimination, equal pay, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing; as well as advice on policies and procedures, minimum wage, working time and contractual matters. The matters we are involved in are frequently high profile, with significant implications for our clients' reputation. Our team is also recognised for its pre-eminent position in the field of industrial relations: advising household name large employer clients on complex IR issues, including recent successful High Court injunction applications which prevented two national strikes.
Information law: the use of advanced data analytics exposes business to new legal risks. Our national team advises on privacy, confidentiality, continuity and the prevention of and response to cyber-attacks. We have strong links with data regulators and provide pro-active guidance on compliance.
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Real Estate: we see retail asset management as a specialist pursuit providing customised solutions to complex problems. We advise on acquisitions, management and disposal for portfolios of every size, from 8 to 8000 units. Advice on lease negotiations, planning, licensing, construction, dilapidations and re-gearing is just part of the regular guidance we provide to public and private developers and occupiers.
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Yesterday I headed over to the last day of the Latino Festival in Mel Lastman Square. As soon as I began to approach, I could hear the music bumping. It seemed as though everyones bum couldn't help but shimmy and shake as they got closer.
I got to catch the lively entertainment from various acts, which I may add, really did change from region to region. I would of never guess that there could be such drastic changes for one area to the next. Although each and every performance created more and more smiles then the next. It was just a big happy fest. My kinda jam!
Yes, the people were amazing. Yes, the food was delicious. Yes, the shopping was fab. But what stole the show, when the live band began to play they had announced that it was an open dance floor, without hestitation many bystanders, young and old (especially women), actually went to dance. I was kinda shocked. Many people by themselves! Who would of guessed? BEST PART, at the end the band asked for the two ladies, who didn't take a break between any songs, to join them on stage. Craziest part, they weren't physically very young but boy oh boy were definitely youngest by far at heart! Check out the video, it's a guarenteed smile! The saying "age ain't nothing but a number" fits perfect here!
Now we all know me, i'm kinda crazy BUT I could not get the courage to do what these ladies were doing. Dancing literally as if no one was watching. With the hubby, or a friend… Easy peezy. At the very end I did manage to build some nerve up and do some merengue and I must say (even though it was only 5 minutes) it was very liberating in a weird way. About a minute in, I realized no body really cared, nobody was watching, everyone was really just having fun. So maybe I need to lighten it up, like a lot! Why do I care about such sillyness? Really? Life should always be a dance and if someone is watching, GREAT! Hopefully I can inspire someone like these two ladies did, their smiles were priceless. And I think I just realized even more how life is suppose to be fun, life is suppose to be exciting, why the heck aren't we all smiling more often?!?
Okay this is getting deep, I think I just had another realization. I shall go now.
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DJ, producer, pioneer, innovator, visionary- Ferry Corsten is the man who single-handedly initiated a revolution in dance music. Having designed the Dutch trance sound, he propelled it into the clubbing consciousness and beyond into popular culture. For 20 years he's foreseen what clubbers want to dance to and delivered it. He's regularly ranked within the top 10 DJs in the world, he's Ferry Corsten!


Junior netball tours will no doubt enjoy the many activities and trips Australia has to offer; it boasts the great barrier reef, the world's largest coral reef covering an area of 133,000 sq miles; wet n wild theme park; white water rafting on the Tulley River; climbing up Sydney Harbour Bridge; Sydney aquarium. There should not be a minute of the day without something to do during any netball tour!
Our girls thoroughly enjoyed the experience - the netball matches, the billeting, the social events and the cultural experiences. It certainly was their trip of a lifetime.


ERBIL - A body was found on the main road between Erbil and Kirkuk provinces on Tuesday morning, a official said.
Former head of Tuz Khurmatu media, Mohammed Fayaq, said in a statement on his Facebook page that the body was discovered at around 7:30 am near the village of Sidakan on the highway between the two cities.
He further said that the victim was taken to the forensic department, noting that he was apparently an Arab national according to his outfits.
Meanwhile, only a few hours later at around 11:20 am, an improvised bomb was defused by the security forces on the highway between Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu, the official said in a different statement.
Terrorist activities have drastically increased in the disputed Kurdish territories since the Iraqi forces conducted a military incursion into the areas in October, last year.


GENIUSES (FOX) - Conor Kalopsis, Ashley Boettcher and Jack Stanton have all been cast in the comedy pilot, about Mike (Jason Biggs) and Cay (Maggie Lawson), a blue-collar couple in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses. They'll play said kids, Brian, Nicole and Marc, respectively.
LOVESTRUCK (A.K.A. LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER) (FOX) - 20th Century Fox Television has confirmed the drama's new moniker as "Lovestruck." The project is a structurally inventive dramedy, in which the entire first season takes place over the course of single night at a wedding. As we get to know the wedding party, we'll learn surprising reveals about both their present and past. We'll see that things aren't always what they seem and explore the complicated bonds of love, friendship and family at different stages of life.


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Q: Is using "Sirs" when addressing a group of men incorrect? When I was in the Army, I was taught that you addressed an individual officer as "Sir" or "Ma'am". You address groups of officers as "Gentlemen" or "Ladies", not "Sirs" or "Ma'ams".
Example:
Approaching a group of male officers, I would salute and say "Good morning, gentlemen" not "Good morning, sirs."
Now, whenever someone says "Sirs", I cringe.  It sounds as bad as if someone said "Ma'ams".
But is it actually incorrect, or is it strictly an Army thing?
Note: I'm not talking about the rare situation where you might be introducing someone to a group of knights and saying "May I present Sirs Galahad and Lancelot"


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29 Nov 2020Bahrain GP
Bahrain Grand Prix - Safety was the winner today
Sakhir 29 November 2020
The most important news to emerge from today's 16th Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit is that Romain Grosjean escaped with only minor injuries from a terrible accident in which his Haas went through a barrier and caught fire. The halo, the car's survival cell, the speedy reaction from the marshals and the immediate intervention of the Medical Car crew all played their part as did the driver's ability to emerge from the car unaided. The incident confirmed yet again the very high safety levels of current Formula 1 cars, which is mainly down to the efforts of the FIA.
One point. It was a disappointing race for Scuderia Ferrari, which brought home just a single point thanks to a tenth place finish for Charles Leclerc. Sebastian Vettel was 13th, having been forced to spend most of the race towards the back of the field.
The race. The race was stopped for over an hour while the barriers were replaced. At the restart, Charles got away well to move up to seventh. He then lost a few places and found himself fighting around tenth place, which is where he eventually finished, having struggled to find a good pace especially in the early stages. Sebastian ended up towards the back of the pack, due to the fact he had to avoid Lance Stroll's overturned car on the opening lap and spent his race in the lower half of the field, unable to move up into the points.
Same place, different track. The Formula 1 World Championship stays in Bahrain for next weekend's Sakhir Grand Prix which takes place at the same circuit, but on a different track layout, the Outer Track.
Charles Leclerc #16
"After Romain's crash, I was feeling very bad. It was probably the first time I have felt like this during a race, because I was trying to keep someone behind me and so I saw what happened in my rear view mirrors and when I got to turn 9 I saw the flames, so I was worrying and waiting for news about Romain. I was extremely happy when they told me he was ok, after what seemed like a very long time. Well done to everyone who works on making our cars safe. It's impressive to see what an incredible job they've done! Once I knew Romain was ok I focused on the race again.
It was a difficult one for us today, as we were really not quick enough. I had a very good start but unfortunately after that it was all uphill. P10 was the best we could achieve today. We have two more GPs ahead of us now and we'll try to get the most out of them."
Sebastian Vettel #5
"Maybe the only good news of today is the one I received on the radio, confirming to me that Romain was ok. When we stopped in the pitlane and I jumped out of the car I saw the images and it was incredible how he was able to get out of his car. I have to admit I tried not to look at the images too much.
Talking about my race, the first stint was very bad, I didn't have the pace and I lost quite a lot of ground. The situation improved as the race went on and in free air in the end it was not that bad but all in all it was definitely a difficult race."
Mattia Binotto Team Principal
''The outcome of today's race is secondary to the relief we felt when Romain Grosjean got out of his car after that terrifying accident. The fact that he suffered only minor injuries is a testament to the amazing job done by the FIA in terms of safety and the courage and professionalism of all those involved on that front at a Grand Prix. But for the progress made in recent years and above all the introduction of the halo, we might have been commenting on a tragedy.
As for our race, it was disappointing, but we had seen right from Friday that we would struggle this weekend. Now we have a few days in which to analyse all the data carefully and see how we can improve the car's handling for next weekend. As we stay in Sakhir, the track conditions and temperatures should be the same, but we will be racing on a different layout for the very first time, which could present us with an opportunity. It will be up to us to grasp it and to do better than we did today.''