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Q: Silverlight DataGrid scrollbar synchronization I have 2 Silverlight DataGrids one on top of another. I want to synchronize their horizontal scrollbars.
I have tried to put them both in separate scrollviewers and set the horizontal offset of source scrollviewer to horizontal offset of target scrollviewer but that does not work, the below DataGrid scrollviewer disappers.I think that might be because these Datagrid are inside a StackPanel?
I also tried to put these 2 grids in a third grid and apply scrollviewer on that but that does not work either
Does anyone have an idea how to go about this?
Thanks a lot  in advance

A: I did this in SL4, have no idea if it works in SL3, sorry. The docs state that the API is there but I have not tried it.
The trick is to use automation peers. Get the scroll pattern automation peers for both grids. When scrolling happens on one grid, scroll the other one through the automation peer.
To make this more concrete, assuming we have 2 grids, named _dgGrowth and _dgTotals:
using System.Windows.Automation.Peers;
using System.Windows.Automation.Provider;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Controls.Primitives;

    public partial class MyPageWithGrids : Page {
...
        private ScrollBar _sbGrowth, _sbTotals;
        private AutomationPeer _peerGrowth, _peerTotals;
        private bool _ignoreScrollEvents;

        private void OnPageLoaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {

            _sbGrowth = GetHorizontalScrollBar(_dgGrowth);
            if (_sbGrowth != null) {
                _sbGrowth.Scroll += OnScrollGrowthGrid;
            }
            _sbTotals = GetHorizontalScrollBar(_dgTotals);
            if (_sbTotals != null) {
                _sbTotals.Scroll += OnScrollTotalsGrid;
            }

            _peerGrowth = FrameworkElementAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement(_dgGrowth);
            _peerTotals = FrameworkElementAutomationPeer.CreatePeerForElement(_dgTotals);
        }

        private ScrollBar GetHorizontalScrollBar(DataGrid parentGrid) {
            return parentGrid.Descendents().OfType<ScrollBar>().FirstOrDefault(sb => sb.Name == "HorizontalScrollbar");
        }

        private void OnScrollTotalsGrid(object sender, ScrollEventArgs e) {

            if (! _ignoreScrollEvents) {
                SyncHorizontalScroll(_peerTotals, _peerGrowth);
            }
        }

        private void OnScrollGrowthGrid(object sender, ScrollEventArgs e) {

            if (! _ignoreScrollEvents) {
                SyncHorizontalScroll(_peerGrowth, _peerTotals);
            }
        }

        private void SyncHorizontalScroll(AutomationPeer source, AutomationPeer copy) {

            IScrollProvider sourceProvider = null;
            if (source != null) {
                sourceProvider = (IScrollProvider) source.GetPattern(PatternInterface.Scroll);
            }
            IScrollProvider copyProvider = null;
            if (copy != null) {
                copyProvider = (IScrollProvider) copy.GetPattern(PatternInterface.Scroll);
            }

            if (sourceProvider != null && copyProvider != null) {

                _ignoreScrollEvents = true;

                // scroll copy at horizontal position of source, and keep vertical position
                copyProvider.SetScrollPercent(sourceProvider.HorizontalScrollPercent, copyProvider.VerticalScrollPercent);

                _ignoreScrollEvents = false;
            }
        }
    }

What is not shown is setting up the Loaded event to OnPageLoaded and the Descendants() method found in this question.


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WHOOOOOOOOPS...
It's chocolate!
It's peanut butter!
It's a MESS!
Welcome to our annual April Fool's compendium of kitchen disasters, where we present the King Arthur test kitchen's finest moments, compiled over the past 12 months.
Well, that's why they call it a TEST kitchen, right?
Baking isn't always a piece of cake. Or easy as pie.
We're smart cookies, all right. But some of the stuff that happens here in the kitchen makes us go absolutely CRACKERS.
Without further ado - welcome to our (imperfect) world!
Susan is cooking something at the stove.
Me: "Susan, what IS that?"
Susan: "It's a baked pancake... gone WAY wrong."
Gee, maybe some confectioners' sugar will help...
...or not. One thing all of us test bakers share is an occasional inability to let go.
Recipes are like our children. We coddle them, we nurture them, and we NEVER give up!
There! Breakfast fit for a king.
"Here, King, good dog..."
What do you do with soft, pillowy, absolutely under-baked and sunken-centered yeast bread?
I don't know, but one of my kitchen comrades did.
You just never know when Playmobil people will come in handy, do you?
Q. Can parchment catch fire in the oven?
A. No. But it can definitely catch fire when it's sitting on the stovetop and you don't notice it and you turn on a burner and walk away and 10 seconds later smoke alarms are going off.
Speaking of smoke alarms – did you ever wonder what happens when you inadvertently leave ONE roll in a 450°F oven for, like, 6 hours? Charcoal. (Char-roll?)
The other artifact was – something – on the oven floor. Never did figure out what.
Who says you can't halve your cake and eat it, too?
Some of us like the crunchy edge. Some like the fudgy center. And we're not shy about taking EXACTLY the piece we want.
The March of the Yeast Loaves. No counter space? No problem! Stand 'em up, they'll cool just fine.
I wonder if I should put an egg in this crust. It doesn't seem like just flour, sugar, and butter will hold together. But that's what the recipe says... Hey, let's give it a try.
WOW! Really tasty. But the presentation could use some work. YA THINK?!
MaryJane's "I forgot and only added half the flour" brownies. As MJ wrote in her test results, "Very thin and fudgy, good tasting... a BIG FAT ZERO in the looks department."
I wonder if I'm leaving enough room between these cookies? I wonder how much they'll spread?
Wonder no more. Hey, great oatmeal lace cookie recipe!
Ah, the daily microwave explosion. If it's not butter (the usual suspect), it's a bowl of breakfast oatmeal. If not a bowl of oatmeal, it's cream. If not cream...
... it's a spaghetti squash.
Did you know squash could blow up in the microwave? We didn't.
Gee, I love it when the lid on the 10-pound bucket of whole-wheat flour isn't snapped on tight when you go to grab it out of the freezer.
After I pointed the camera down and snapped this picture, I just stood there and said "Uhhhh..........."
It's also a blast when gravity has its way with the chocolate cream cake that was oh-so-precariously balanced in the overstuffed fridge.
Hey, kids, let's try this sticky no-knead dough in a banneton.
Seems like it would work, so long as the banneton's REALLY heavily floured.
Well, no sense wasting a perfectly good wad o' dough. Let's bake it up. Maybe the birds will want it.
Or not. Sadly, even the crows out on the back lawn avoided this one.
MaryJane is one of our top "fancy" bakers. She can decorate cookies like no one's business. She creates intricate Easter eggs. Lovely miniature desserts.
And really snaky braids, when we all get to yapping and laughing at once!
OK, Doors fans, this one's for you. Cast your mind back to the refrain from L.A. Woman. You know, the part about Mr. Mojo –
The dough is rising...
keep on risin'...
...over-rising...
OK, if you can't hear the music in your head, you're losing a lot of the effect.
But if you CAN hear L.A. Woman - I guarantee you've just laughed yourself right out of your chair.
"Turn the bread out of the pan onto a rack to cool."
Watch the pull-apart bread break itself into multiple pieces, all on its own.
Really, I MEANT it to do that.
Oh, man, who's been hacking away at this cake? I need it for a picture!
OK, let's put this baby back together.
Will icing cover its multitude of sins?
No. But pistachio pudding will. I wonder if you can sprinkle sugar on top of pudding and put it in the broiler and it'll caramelize?
Absolutely. The sugar caramelizes (read: burns); the pudding melts; and there are still those willing to take an exploratory bite.
"Not bad!"
"I wonder if we could substitute sunflower butter for the peanut butter filling in these cookies?"
Wonder no more! The answer is a resounding YES – so long as you don't mind cookies with green filling.
How did it DO that?
Gee, guess I'd better tweak this recipe, I think it still has a few bugs in it....
Now, before you get all crazy about the cleanliness of the KA test kitchen - I'd taken this pastry outside, to catch the light for a photo. Went back in to get my camera, came out, and this nosy fellow had already found the sugar...
Susan had her camera in one hand, her whisk with beaten meringue in the other, and as she used her third hand to quickly turn off a burner on the stove... Oh, wait, she forgot she didn't have a third hand!
The juggling act that ensued resulted in a sticky situation.
"Close-up" is right. That's called getting up close and personal with the contents of your mixing bowl.
So, folks, that's the way the cookie crumbles...
...especially when you're making gluten-free shortbread.
But wait, there's more! The fun just never ends around here – check out our 2009 Disasters.
About PJ Hamel
PJ Hamel grew up in New England, graduated from Brown University, and was a Maine journalist before joining King Arthur Flour in 1990. PJ bakes and writes from her home on Cape Cod, where she enjoys beach-walking, her husband, two dogs, and really good food!
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February 21, 2014 at 11:44am
I am an accomplished cook....I think... Sometimes you do things that are so stupid it's amazing. I was baking bread and started the dryer to warm it and speed up the rising. In a "blonde moment" I forgot the bread was in the dryer and put in a load of clothes. Needless to say, I think that's enough said. Imagine.
June 4, 2010 at 4:38pm
As an intern in a test kitchen for another company, I need to say this post makes me feel a lot better about my failures! At least I know I'm not the only one!
I exploded an eggplant in an oven once.... It blew the door open!
April 28, 2010 at 11:12am
This is my first visit to KAF....but definitely not my last! The disasters had me laughing so hard I almost did fall off my chair! My very first attempt at baking wasn't quite so bad as the chocolate cake drop; it was just a nine-year-old's interpretation of some basic kitchen terms. A friend and I bullied my babysitter into allowing me to make sugar cookies while my parents were out. I couldn't find baking powder, but my friend told me baking soda was exactly the same thing. The cookies looked scrumptious. My brother, bless him, said they tasted pretty good--like biscuits. My favorite kitchen disaster wasn't baking. I was making bean soup, and wanted the beans to get tender faster, so I put everything into the pressure cooker. My son and I were playing a game in the living room when we heard a pop. We found a guyser spewing from the stovetop, into the exhaust fan, and splashing off the ceiling onto the cabinets and floor. I am reminded of that day, every time I look at my repainted ceiling.
Just found your Whooops blog, I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.You definatle are right - what can you do but laugh when a kitchen disaster happens. The worse one that I can think of, back in 1942, my older sister was graduating from high school and I about 12. Mother asked me to make tapioca for dessert and she keep every......thing in the pantry. I grabbed the disinfectant instead of vanilla - needless to say, we had no dessert that night and nobody laughed. Another subject, I made your Spring Salmon Pie last night, it was very good, my husband really liked it. I think that needs more "spark" - maybe a dash of tarragon wine vinegar. I make somthing every time from your Baking Sheet and have always had good results. The Hot Cross Buns however got tough (hard) - I baked them on the bottom shelf of the oven, should I have put tham in the middle. The flavor was delicious, best I ever tasted, and we ate them all. (I did plump my fruit with spiced rum).
Burk
April 11, 2010 at 12:47pm
Loved these pictures! Brings back memories of many failed dishes I've made and the occassional tears that followed. Good to see the photos that usually don't get published. Thanks so much!
April 9, 2010 at 1:32pm
My mother was a nurse and frequently worked holidays. Once I volunteered to make T-giving dinner at her house, while she was at work. All was great until I was making the gravy, adding spoon after spoon of flour from her flour jar, and still no thickening. I hazarded a taste-YUCK! I was adding confectioner's sugar. Ever try sweet turkey gravy-not good. I opted for the emergency jarred gravy! Now that's FUNNY! Wish I could have seen your face. ~ MaryJane
Rocky-cat
April 9, 2010 at 10:29am
Not so much a baking disaster but I'm reminded of the time when my husband insisted on using his vintage Waring blender to make the marinade for Pastrami-cured Salmon. You know, the blender that's been missing the lid ever since his mother gave it to him? Tin foil on top will work just fine instead, won't it? I wasn't in the kitchen because that mixture contains a huge amount of cilantro and the smell of cilantro turns my stomach. Did you know that when you turn on a blender that has a lot of liquidy ingredients in it and only a sheet of foil as a lid the liquid doesn't stay contained in the blender jar? Yup, a lot of cursing from the kitchen, green stains on the cabinets and ceiling, and the loss of our security deposit on that apartment. We got a new blender - one with a lid - right after.
My opinion: If you haven't had any kitchen disasters, you're not trying hard enough! And, cats have excellent poker faces and it's really hard to check their breath to find out who dunnit. Who knew the little devils liked pie so much? And frosting. And biscotti...
April 7, 2010 at 10:52pm
I'm still laughing about all of these but especially the boob roll. Last week I was (stupidly) trying to make potato salad in a hurry before I had to leave the house. The recipe said to put the potatoes and dressing on a sheet pan and chill it in the fridge. What made me think there was room for a sheet pan in there? I covered it with plastic wrap and shoved it onto the top shelf which made the wrap come off and the potatoes squish up into the light fixture. Yuck! From now on I'll make that recipe when I have more time and less stuff in the fridge. Ah, being in a hurry - always the first step towards disaster! Thanks for sharing, Dorothy - PJH

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Pompeii (Pompeya, en el resto de Hispanoamérica y España, y Pompeii: La furia del volcán, en Argentina y en Paraguay) es una película histórico-catastrófica germano-canadiense de 2014 producida y dirigida por Paul W. S. Anderson; los protagonistas son Kit Harington, Emily Browning, Carrie-Anne Moss, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica Lucas, Jared Harris y Kiefer Sutherland.
 Está ambientada en la época del Imperio romano y su argumento se centra en los esfuerzos de un esclavo por salvar a su pareja y a su mejor amigo tras la erupción del monte Vesubio.

El estreno mundial fue en Argentina el 18 de febrero de 2014, seguido de Francia, Bélgica y Rusia simultáneamente un día después.

Sinopsis
La película se desarrolla en el año 62 d.C.
Pompeya, año 79 d. C. Milo (Kit Harington), un esclavo convertido en gladiador, ve cómo la mujer de la que está enamorado (Emily Browning) ha sido prometida a Corvus (Kiefer Sutherland), un corrupto senador. Cuando el Vesubio entra en erupción amenazando con destruirlo todo, Milo intentará salvarla...

Errores históricos

 El nombre del protagonista, Milo, era muy típico en Grecia. Aun así, el futuro gladiador tiene sus orígenes en Britania.
 En el año 62 d. C. tuvo lugar un terremoto en la zona y diecisiete años después, fecha en la que el Vesubio entró en erupción, Pompeya todavía estaba reconstruyéndose. En la película, Pompeya es una ciudad bulliciosa y completamente reconstruida.
 Los gladiadores entrenaban en las escuelas, pero en la película el entrenamiento tiene lugar en el mismo anfiteatro.
 Tras los primeros minutos de la erupción, comenzó a caer una lluvia de fina y ligera piedra y ceniza que comenzaron a acumularse sobre la ciudad. En el film, tras la erupción se origina una gran columna de humo, causa grietas en la ciudad, destruye parte del anfiteatro...
 En la película, la gente huye hacia el puerto, que se encuentra al salir de la muralla. Realmente, el puerto se encontraba a más distancia de las murallas en el año 79.
 El grandioso tsunami que refleja la película no fue tal. Se produjo un pequeño tsunami en Mileno, no en Pompeya.

Reparto

Producción
La película se rodó en Toronto, Ontario de marzo a julio del 2013, principalmente en los estudios cinematográficos de Kipling Avenida. Constantin Film y Don Carmody producciones.

Kit Harington se sometió a un régimen de entrenamiento extenuante para la película con el fin de conseguir un físico adecuado para el papel.

Recepción y críticas
Pompeya recaudó un millón en su primer fin de semana, terminando en tercer lugar, tras una fuerte competencia con La película de Lego. La película ganó el Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television de 2014, como la película canadiense más taquillera del año.

Pompeya recibió críticas generalmente negativas de los críticos, con gran crítica en la actuación y la falta de originalidad. El sitio web de revisión  Rotten Tomatoes da a la película una puntuación de 28%, basado en 145 comentarios, el consenso del sitio dice:

El público encuestados por CinemaScore dieron a la película una "tibia" aprobación de grado B. Algunos críticos fueron bastante favorables, como se muestra en la revisión que resume la película como:

Referencias

Véase también
Plinio el Joven

Enlaces externos

Películas de cine histórico
Películas ambientadas en la Antigua Roma
Películas de FilmDistrict
Películas en inglés
Películas de Canadá
Películas de Alemania
Películas de Estados Unidos
Películas de 2014
Películas dirigidas por Paul W. S. Anderson

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2 Bismarck and His Influence in the Prussian and German Revolutions When news of a rebellion broke out at the Royal Palace in Berlin on 19 March 1848, Otto von Bismarck, the Statesman, immediately set out with his army of "loyal" peasants to retake the capital and to crush the revolutionaries. He believed that if the revolution were to be successful, his presence and everything he built would be on the line. "His pride was touched, his courage stimulated, so that it seems to him the first need is to hit back against the Reds." 1 Before leaving the village of Schönhausen, he was confronted by his neighbor, who had been a long time liberal and supporter of the current revolution and attempted to stop Bismarck and his army from traveling to Berlin. Bismarck declared that if he would not move aside, he would have no choice but to shoot him. Bismarck's neighbor assumed the statesman was bluffing, but Bismarck responded, "You know that I am a quiet man, but if you do that I will shoot you…I give you my word of honor that I will, and you know that I keep my word: so drop that!" 2 And so, Bismarck marched to Berlin, in an attempt to liberate the Prussian King and to defeat the revolutionaries. This would be Otto von Bismarck's first action against the German and Prussian revolutions of 1848 and the road he walked would not be a simple one, for there would be many challenges that Bismarck would face until the revolution was defeated. This paper will discuss the actions of Otto von Bismarck during the course of the year as Prussia and the German Union were embroiled in the uprising. While the revolutionaries of both countries experienced similar ideas that they were fighting for, Bismarck believed that the ideas in Prussia would cause more damage than their German counterparts. He had to act quickly if the Prussian monarchy were to continue in power. In the first few months of the revolution, he would 1 Emil Ludwig, Bismarck: The Story of a Fighter , (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1927) 80. 2 Louis L Snyder, The Blood and Iron Chancellor: A Documentary-Biography of Otto von Bismarck , (Canada, D. Van Nostrand Company , 1967) 70.
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For much of the past year, Wall Street's bears have been predicting that a stock market bottom can only be reached once the average individual investor is thoroughly discouraged. Once that occurs, and she exits the market in a once-and-for-all selling spree, a bottom is reached and the stage is set for base-building and a general market recovery.
One can only guess whether that bottom has been reached with the recent financial turmoil, but a similar sort of disappointment would need to occur among the general public on the matter of corporate welfare if it is ever to be significantly reduced in Canada.
Judging by the recent announcements from Industry Minister Jim Prentice – $12 million in "interest rate support" for the construction of seven tugs in Prince Edward Island, $43 million in a "repayable contribution" for Magellan Aerospace, $27 million for Héroux Devtek, up to $80 million for Ford, and up to $350 million for Bombardier – the Conservatives have not deviated from previous governments on this file, especially leading up to and in the present election campaign.
Corporate welfare – specific subsidies in the form of grants, loans never repaid, and other such similar "incentives" for individual businesses – is a costly political exercise in Canada. Between 1995 and 2004, (the last year for which comprehensive statistics are available) governments at all levels and of all partisan stripes spent $144 billion from the public treasuries to prop up individual enterprises, which amounted to $11,030 for each person who filed and paid taxes in 2004.
In 2004 alone, business subsidies amounted to over $19 billion. The federal government contributed $6.6 billion of that amount, a figure I doubt will decline much once the figures are in for 2006, 2007, and 2008, the initial years of the Conservative reign in Ottawa. But there's a cost to such profligacy. At the federal level alone, corporate tax rates could have been chopped by 30 percent back in 2004 had Ottawa not engaged in the game or picking corporate winners and losers.
Beyond a souring in public attitude about corporate welfare, the only other way business subsidies might be reduced is if a strategic risk-taker of a Prime Minister with a majority government announced federal subsidies would be halted in exchange for a dramatic reduction in corporate tax rates.
But subsidies have their defenders. Corporate welfare is justified by its proponents on a number of grounds. They assert it saves or creates jobs, stimulates economic activity, and even pays a net benefit to the public treasury in terms of tax revenues.
But none of the claims have withstood critical scrutiny. The best, peer-reviewed studies on the subject of business subsidies note how jobs "created" or "preserved" in one locale have merely displaced employment elsewhere. Something akin to this happened in BC in the 1990s when the NDP busily subsidized the out-of-date, failing, and environmentally unfriendly pulp mill in Prince Rupert at an eventual cost to BC's treasury of $323 million. Meanwhile, mills elsewhere laid off employees or closed completely.
Federally, to use the example of just one program now long dead but still costly, between 1982 and 1997, the Defence Industry and Productivity Program doled out $2.6 billion in loans meant to be repaid one day between 1982 and 1997; barely over $500 million, or 20 per cent has been repaid to date. And that's for a program now dead for 11 years. Think of the 11-year opportunity cost of the $2.1 billion still outstanding, or the $144 billion in total foregone over a ten-year period.
In the history of corporate welfare in Canada, I can only think of one instance where corporate welfare made such a negative impression upon the general public so as to discredit itself and to result in significantly changed policy. It happened in Alberta. After the provincial governments led by Peter Lougheed and then Don Getty gave loans and loan guarantees in the 1980s and into the early 1990s, this to fight unemployment, many of the loans were never repaid and many of the guarantees soured, leaving the province on the hook.
The experiment in intervention wasn't cheap; the final tally to Alberta's taxpayers was about $2.1 billion. The result was that the Ralph Klein government passed legislation to require loans or loan guarantees above $1 million to be specifically approved in the legislature. To my knowledge, the only time that occurred was with a loan to Pacific Western Airlines. But in general, the government, media, and public opposition to most forms of corporate welfare in Alberta mostly stuck.
Would that were the case nationally. Unfortunately, unless a prime minister with a post-October 14 majority in Parliament is willing to risk political capital instead of public capital, it may take significant losses – beyond the billions already foregone – to change the attitudes of the wider Canadian public on corporate welfare.


Nearly 50,000 people participate in the annual Halloween Parade, including costumed marchers, puppeteers, bands and more. Anyone who is interested in participating in the Halloween Parade can—just arrive at Sixth Avenue and Canal Street from the south or the east (i.e. via Canal, East Broome or Sullivan Streets) to enter the parade between 6:30 and 9 p.m and you can join the fun, as long as you're wearing a costume! Only costumed parade participants will be allowed to participate, so be sure to dress to impress!
You can travel only north along the parade route—the police will stop you if you try to go south along Sixth Avenue.
Dress for the weather—the temperature can drop significantly once the sun goes down.
Be prepared for crowds—this is a popular event, it's dark and it can be hard to keep your group together. Pick a meeting point and time in case you get separated.
If you're taking kids to the parade, keep them close and be sure to have a plan if you get separated. It is dark and it's easy to lose someone among the crowd.
Parade watchers start lining up 2 hours before the parade begins—with some persistence (& walking) you should be able to find a prime viewing spot up to an hour before the parade begins.
This is a busy night for bars and restaurants along the parade route—if you're planning dinner after the parade, consider making reservations (especially if you're in a group).
The parade is aired live on NY1 from 8:00–9:30 p.m., so if you're home waiting for trick-or-treaters you can still get a taste of the fun!
The parade relies on donations to make it happen—show your support by making a donation (or even buying a tote!) on their website.
Volunteers play many important roles in the parade—you can help build the puppets or even participate in the parade as a parade Marshal or a puppet animator!


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Progressive Activists Look to Courts to Undermine the Electoral College
Jarrett Stepman	/ @JarrettStepman / March 04, 2018 / 1 comment
Activists are turning to the courts to upend America's Electoral College process. A lawsuit filed in four states claims the winner-take-all system most states use is unconstitutional. (Photo:Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters/Newscom)
Having failed to generate enough support to abolish the Electoral College through a constitutional amendment, the institution's detractors are now looking to the courts to upend it.
A new lawsuit, spearheaded by Harvard University law professor Lawrence Lessig and filed in four states, charges that the "winner-take-all" element of how states divvy up their Electoral College votes is unconstitutional.
The District of Columbia and 48 states use this winner-take-all system.
The only exceptions are Maine and Nebraska, which use a proportional allocation of votes.
"Under the winner-take-all system, U.S. citizens have been denied their constitutional right to an equal vote in presidential elections," said David Boies, an attorney who represented former Vice President Al Gore in the contested 2000 election and is leading the current litigation against the Electoral College. "This is a clear violation of the principle of one person, one vote."
A number of similar lawsuits have been filed in the past, but all have failed.
According to Ballot Access News, the biggest impediment to overturning the winner-take-all system is Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution, which says, "Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress."
This gives states a great deal of leeway in how they choose their Electoral College process.
It is unfortunate to see yet another attempt to end a presidential election system that has been a model of stability and success for hundreds of years.
In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, in which President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College while losing the national popular vote, there were widespread calls to upend America's 2-century-old electoral system.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said "we have to just abolish the Electoral College" in an interview with "Real Time" host Bill Maher.
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg also took aim at the Electoral College, telling a group of students in an interview that it is the one thing she'd change about the Constitution while admitting that it would be hard to do.
National Popular Vote, an organization dedicated to moving America away from the current Electoral College process, has worked toward eliminating the Electoral College through an amendment to the Constitution or a state compact.
But these calls for what would be a radical change are misguided.
>>> Why We Use Electoral College, Not Popular Vote
The Founders designed the Electoral College to give Americans a stable presidential succession process as well as preserve the principle of federalism.
It ensures that the diverse perspectives of people in states across the nation, not just those living in the most populous ones like California and Texas, have a voice in determining who will be the president.
Though many Americans see pure democracy as an unqualified blessing, the Founding Fathers had reservations. They created our republican system of government with a certain amount of democratic control, but with checks on pure majoritarianism.
As Heritage Foundation legal expert Hans von Spakovsky wrote in a paper on the Electoral College: "In creating the basic architecture of the American government, the Founders struggled to satisfy each state's demand for greater representation while attempting to balance popular sovereignty against the risk posed to the minority from majoritarian rule."
Our Electoral College system has become more democratic over time, with all states relying on a popular vote to select electors rather than state legislatures. Yet, we have kept the vital elements of federalism intact.
Despite the constant calls to give the Electoral College the boot, it continues to be a highly successful and useful means of choosing presidents.


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A gene drive system enables a quick and wide spread of a genetic trait within a population of a particular organism. This effect on a trait is especially feasible in organisms with a short generation time. Gene drives are only effective in sexually reproducing organisms.
Gene drive systems have been known to occur in nature, but only recently have molecular biology advances made it possible to create such systems through biotechnology methods.
A 'driving' construct typically consists of two components: A gene or genes encoding an enzyme that recognizes a DNA sequence located in the homologous position of the chromosome where the construct is integrated, and a gene that encodes the trait of interest. While there are different ways to accomplish this goal, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique is currently the most widely used.
Application of a gene drive is possible in practices related to health, agriculture and ecology. An example is the application of a gene drive in insects aiming at preventing or even eradicating from certain areas vectors of serious diseases like Malaria, dengue and Lyme. Other possible applications are making resistant insects susceptible to natural toxins, or reducing the chances of survival of invasive or exotic species.
Applications of gene drives are currently only in the R&D phase. Recently described gene drives are applied in fruit flies and mosquitoes and are focused on inheritance and stability.
The page "Gene-drives member area" offers further background information and a possibility for PRRI members to exchange information and comments.
Non PRRI members are welcome to send suggestions and comments to: [info-at-prri.net].
An informal group of PRRI members, lead by Dr. Hector Quemada of the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, is monitoring and discussing new publications to help keep updating this page. Other PRRI members are warmly invited to register their participation in that group via: info @ prri.net.


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Una toxina puede referirse a:

 Una toxina, tipo de proteína que causa daños a su huésped.

 El personaje Toxina, de Marvel Comics.

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Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 8 (ANI): Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tapan Bhowmik stirred a controversy on Friday by saying if the Supreme Court doesn't give a verdict in favour of Ram temple, then the apex body will be forced to pronounce a decision in support of Hindus.
While addressing a gathering here, Bhowmik said, "Ayodhya verdict will go in favour of Hindus. if it does not, we will ensure it does. Hindus will do so. After this verdict, our people sitting in Lok Sabha will make rules; pass Bill to build a temple at the same spot".
If that does not happen, crores of Hindus will make that happen," he said.


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Sports • Women's Basketball
Women's basketball defeats Arizona to open 2023
Indya Nivar goes up for a layup against Gonzaga last month. On Monday, the guard continued her stellar freshman campaign by logging 11 minutes against Arizona. (Photo: BRAD YAC-DIAZ/The Stanford Daily)
By Ryan Beyer
Jan. 2, 2023, 10:22 p.m.
No. 2 Stanford women's basketball (15-1, 3-0 Pac-12) extended its perfect start to the Pac-12 campaign with a 73-57 win over No. 15 Arizona (12-2, 2-1 Pac-12) in a back-and-forth contest at Maples Pavilion on Monday.
After an uncharacteristically slow start in the opening period, Stanford recovered well and held the Wildcats to just seven second-quarter points. The Cardinal capitalized on a sloppy third quarter in which Arizona committed more than a dozen personal fouls, before managing the game expertly in the closing minutes to prevent the Wildcats from mounting a comeback.
The opening minutes of the first quarter saw Stanford fall behind due to a swarming full-court press from Arizona and a string of costly Cardinal errors. Stanford had four turnovers in its opening four possessions, the most egregious of which came when junior forward Cameron Brink and freshman guard Talana Lepolo miscommunicated on an inbound to give Arizona the ball deep in Stanford's half. Then, amidst intense pressure from the Wildcats, senior guard Haley Jones set a screen to allow Lepolo to escape Stanford's half, but was adjudged to have fouled the Wildcats defender. Jones received her second personal foul in objection to the first decision, triggering loud boos from a passionate Maples crowd and leaving Stanford's star player with two personal fouls after just two minutes of play.
Despite failing to score in its opening seven possessions, Stanford's offense had shown signs of coming to life from its first attack, when sophomore forward Kiki Iriafen threaded a bounce pass through which nearly connected with senior guard Hannah Jump's cut to the basket. But they continued to be frustrated by the Wildcats' fast and physical start, with Brink and then Iriafen each failing to convert layup attempts after a pair of rebounds.
To cap off Stanford's poor start, Jones had a pass intercepted at midcourt and Arizona scored on the fast break to cap a 6-0 start.
"They executed their game plan at the beginning and we were a little flustered by that," Jones said. "[After that], I guess we just locked in."
Momentum began to shift when head coach Tara VanDerveer altered her lineup to include just one big player at a time in an attempt to nullify the threat of Arizona's smaller players. The Cardinal defense held firm as Arizona tried to shoot from within the paint, the pressure ultimately abating when Jones dove to stop the ball from going out, prompting another raucous cheer from the home fans. At the other end of the court, Jump was left wide open and she converted a signature 3-pointer to halve the Cardinal deficit with its first points of the afternoon.
As Stanford grew into the contest, it began drawing fouls from a careless Wildcats team, which committed 26 personal fouls over the course of the game. Freshman guard Indya Nivar, in for Iriafen, made a clever diversionary run which drew the defender and allowed Brink to drive one-on-one to the basket. She converted the layup and was fouled, finishing the and-one play to draw Stanford level at six points apiece.
Jones continued to stamp her authority on the game, weaving through the defense to deftly assist an open bank shot for Iriafen. Yet unlike in many of its games this season, Stanford was unable to pull away from its opponent early and Arizona underlined its top-15 credentials by matching Stanford for points in much of the first quarter. Jones' third assist was another expertly threaded bounce pass, this time to Nivar, who restored Stanford's one-point lead with a simple finish.
Stanford's combination of skill from deep and strength in the paint eventually saw them grow their lead to six, as Jump converted another 3-pointer before Jones drew a foul while shooting from under the basket. The first quarter ended 19-15 in Stanford's favor.
The second quarter was a lower-scoring affair, with the Wildcats in particular displaying wayward shooting and facing fierce resistance from a much-improved Stanford defense. Arizona committed a shot-clock violation in its first possession, before traveling in its second. The Wildcats did not score in the first four and a half minutes of the second quarter.
Senior forward Fran Belibi began what would turn into an incredible performance off the bench with an offensive rebound and score. Freshman center Lauren Betts also contributed with three rebounds in three second-quarter minutes as VanDerveer continued to swap her big players around to create difficult matchups for the Wildcats. Her tactics paid off as Stanford dominated the Wildcats in rebounds 53-23, a key reason for their victory.
Jump scored her third 3-pointer of the night and Stanford grew its advantage to double digits, closing out the half with a 36-22 lead.
The second half started with a bang as Lepolo scored her first 3-pointer of the game. The sensational freshman, who has started all but three games for the Cardinal this season, was quiet but effective once more today as she demonstrated her ball-handling talent against a highly ranked opponent.
"It's so much fun to play with her," Jones said of Lepolo. "We don't even think of her as a freshman, she's doing amazing things."
Stanford began the quarter on a 5-0 run. Jones recovered a missed three from Brink, pump faked and then scored to complete her 25th double-double as a Stanford player. Then, another milestone was reached by Brink, whose 226th block moved her to second place all-time among Stanford players.
As the quarter progressed, Arizona committed foul after foul, with Stanford entering the bonus after just five minutes. Arizona's 13 fouls in the third quarter alone gave Stanford the opportunity to grow an unassailable lead from the free throw line, and ensured that it was a long period teeming with stoppages. Stanford took 34 free throws while Arizona only had nine attempts; this gulf was a telling indication of which side had more influence in the game.
One moment of particular concern occurred when Belibi committed a shooting foul but was intentionally hit and fell to the ground injured. She walked off and into the locker room to receive further attention, but returned to action soon after. The third quarter ended 57-41 with the Cardinal on top.
In the fourth quarter, VanDerveer redeployed her starting five as Stanford sought to maintain its comfortable lead. Iriafen scored another basket to ensure she scored at least two points in every quarter of the game.
Belibi's prior injury did not slow her immense second-half production, as she returned to the court, exploding towards the basket and scoring whilst drawing a foul. A huge cheer erupted around Maples as she secured her first points since her nasty fall. Belibi's rebounding was even more impressive as she refused to shy away from the physical battles even after taking such a big hit.
Jones continued to shine, scoring after a give-and-go with senior forward Ashton Prechtel, who lifted a pass over three static defenders as Jones darted unmarked to the basket. In the game's final minute, Prechtel's missed 3-point attempt was snatched out of the air by none other than Belibi, who converted yet another rebound. Belibi finished with a double-double, her first of the season and a great response after playing just five minutes in Sunday's game against Arizona State.
"Her offense was fabulous," VanDerveer said of Belibi. "She's a good example for our team of someone who is ready to play."
The game ended 73-57 in Stanford's favor. Despite a subpar afternoon from Stanford's typically productive scorers — Brink, Jones and Jump shot a combined 12-for-40 — they continued to draw fouls and dominate the boards. This allowed them to grind out points and keep the ball, frustrating Arizona who started the game the better side, but faded thereafter. Stanford and Utah are the only remaining undefeated teams in the Pac-12.
"Not pretty, but gritty," VanDerveer said, summing up her team's performance. "I'm really proud of our team for battling, our defense really stepped up to hold them to 57 points."
Next up for the Cardinal is the away fixture at California (10-4, 1-2 Pac-12) on Sunday at 4 p.m. PT.


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Lozano fourth on Butterfly Valley circuits to wrap up South Aegean Tour
Spanish climber David Lozano continued his excellent start to the season for Team Novo Nordisk, taking fourth place on the hilly circuits of the final stage at the South Aegean Tour wrapping up tenth overall and keeping the smiles fixed firmly on our faces.
David Lozano (ESP) :
"I felt pretty good both of days racing here at the South Aegean Tour and I think that my main problem was with myself. I was lacking in a bit of confidence in a big bunch on small, narrow roads and it was also difficult with the strong crosswinds, but I just needed that little nudge to push on and yesterday we rode well, and we all gained some confidence from that."
"I didn't know that today's final would be as hard as it was and that's probably a good thing! Fourth place is good and bad because it's a good result, but also too close to the podium and I had the legs to be in the top three just not enough road. We all rode strongly over the last two days, and this is only my second race, so I'm happy with how this season has started."
Credits: @nassostphoto
Head Sports Director, Massimo Podenzana (ITA):
"It's great that we finished the race with a positive result today, the final climb ended up being a bit too hard for Andrea, so David took it up with around 400 meters to go and finished very strongly."
"Fourth place is good, ok it's just off the podium but we are trying to get back to basics this year and enjoy our racing instead of wilting under the pressure of getting results. We can see that it's working, because we've already surpassed our results for the whole of 2021 in six weeks of racing."
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The University of Iowa is a major national research university located on a 1,900-acre campus in Iowa City in southeast Iowa, on the Iowa River near the intersection of U.S. Interstate Highways 80 and 380. Iowa is composed of 11 colleges, the largest of which is the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, enrolling most of Iowa's undergraduates. The Henry B. Tippie College of Business, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, and the Colleges of Education, Engineering, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy, enroll undergraduates, and with the Colleges of Dentistry and Public Health provide graduate education in conjunction with the Graduate College.
More than 30,500 students enroll at Iowa each year. Some 55 percent come from Iowa, 25 percent from adjoining states, and 9 percent from the remaining states. International students from 100 countries make up 10 percent of the University's enrollment. The faculty numbers about 1,700 and there are about 13,000 staff. The total annual operating budget is about $2.8 billion, and there are more than 120 major buildings, most of them within walking distance of one another. Adding to the population are more than a million visitors each year who come to enjoy cultural events and art exhibits, to attend Big Ten athletic events, and to participate in the many conferences and educational programs scheduled at the University year-round.
The University has world renowned research programs in genetics, hydraulics, and speech and hearing, and has recorded major innovations in agricultural medicine, biocatalysis, biomedical engineering, biomedical sciences, and pharmacology education. Its graduate programs in audiology, printmaking, creative writing, speech-language pathology, and nursing service administration are first-ranked. Iowa scientists, including James Van Allen, have been pioneers in space research, designing and building research instruments for more than 50 successful U.S. satellites and space probes. The University of Iowa operates one of the nation's most advanced and comprehensive university-owned teaching hospitals. It also has developed the most technically advanced driving simulator in the world.
The University of Iowa prohibits discrimination in employment, educational programs, and activities on the basis of race, national origin, color, creed, religion, sex, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preference. The University also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to University facilities.
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Jeff Mills talks history of the T-909 drum machine
On September 9, audiophiles celebrated 909 day. What better way to celebrate the iconic drum machine than speaking with a pioneer of techno? Underground Resistance's own Jeff Mills, a king of the archetypal Roland TR-909 drum machine, took Mixmag through the history of the revolutionary machine. Mills is the perfect producer to talk about the product. For proof, watch his critically acclaimed Exhibitionist 2 documentary.
In the interview, Mills takes a deep-dive into his history with the 909. Readers find out how he discovered the legendary equipment, why he thought it was so special back then, its sounds, and his musical process. He mentions the pureness of sounds that come from the 909. There's an art in its minimal nature, denoting there's not a lot producers need to add to the sounds to make them sound great.
In 2017, Roland released a TR-09, a miniature and more affordable version of the original 909. Click here to read Jeff Mills' full interview with Mixmag.
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En architecture, les rudentures sont un motif ornemental en forme de bâtons unis ou sculptés dont on garnit les cannelures du fût d'une colonne ou d'un pilastre dans sa partie inférieure jusqu'au tiers de la hauteur.

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Configuration L2TP via LTE port.
AR 1 is LTE port and as a LAC.
AR 2 is LNS with private network address.
AR2 in private network so it should working as LNS.
can you explain the root casue too , it's very helpful for location issue .
I am very interested for this sharing , which is very helpful to our daily work. I have the similar problems in my daily troubleshooting, but I do not know how to deal with them. Now I have a clear idea. Thank you very much for your post. Hope you can update continue like this , thank you very much .
This post was last edited by Finn92 at 2018-10-31 16:56.
This post was last edited by GongXiaochuan at 2018-10-30 14:27.
hello, Brother! can I ask a question, what is LTE port? what is the difference about LTE port from WLAN? usually we use traditional port wan to configure L2TP, but this article show us a good example about how to configure L2TP with LTE port. thanks very much. This post was last edited by Torrent at 2018-10-31 14:16.
The EAP relay can be configured for 802.1x users only when RADIUS authentication is used.
If AAA local authentication is used, the authentication mode for 802.1x users can only be set to EAP termination.
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From your sharing I cannot understand the detail, could you share more about this case? Please share the detail configuration of the devices, network topology and detail requirement. With these information we can understand your point more easy. Thank you for your hard working! Look forward your detail sharing. This post was last edited by yangyong at 2018-10-30 21:05.
An L2TP server is deployed in the headquarters and functions as the gateway.
After receiving user information from an L2TP client, the L2TP server authenticates the user and responds to the L2TP tunnel setup request from the L2TP client. Then an L2TP connection is set up between the L2TP server and the L2TP client.
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It's all Costco's fault that we didn't wait.
Richard actually went there on a Saturday in December, grocery list in hand. Brave man.
Boy did he come home with a grin. They'd goofed and forgotten to change the "fresh fryer legs" on the ticker thingy to the type of thick slab of beef that they slapped the next label on as they weighed it–nearly four pounds, yes, but under five dollars?
He asked at checkout to be sure because, um, hey guys, and the clerk called the manager over because that was the protocol but she already knew what the answer was: this was their mistake and his good luck.
Then she admitted that one had come through like that yesterday–and it was prime rib.
So. Back on Black Friday, we were at Sam's house, of course, and she happened to have an Instant Pot, which has been the big fad of a kitchen gadget of the last year or two; I asked her what she thought of hers.
She LOVED her 6 quart. Uses it all the time.
I looked at hers and we debated, bigger than that? No. Too big, too much counter space, there's just the two of us at our house; it was a shame the one her size was at full price–but even that might be a bit much for us. I had no experience with them and I just didn't know.
So she and Michelle drove me to Target so I could check out the 3 quart mini version in person (which they happened to have on sale, even if I didn't want to schlep it through airports.) That I can definitely do, sure, I told them, looks good. It would be great for throwing dinner into while I drive off to get Richard from work in the evenings. I could time things and then have them kept warm if we ran late.
I did! I had them!
I'm in a lupus study at UCSF that once every year has me on the phone answering questions for about 75 minutes, and in response they've sent me small gift cards to Target the last two years. I'd never used them.
The upshot is that we ordered that Mini Instant Pot from them and it cost a grand total of $11 including shipping and taxes.
Sooo… Then the question was, when do we open it? What label do we put to this thing? Birthday? Christmas? And there it sat.
Till Richard came home with that roast today that would in no way fit into our suddenly-tiny toy. Well, alright then, and he whacked it in half and we can try two different recipes with it.
We read through the instructions. We prewashed the tub. We ran a steam cycle to test it like they say, and then we started that first pot roast.
Did I remember the part about putting the carrots and potatoes in at the last ten minutes? I did not. In with the seared meat they went.
Ten minutes later, the kitchen was already started to smell like the Sunday afternoons of my childhood.
Proofread post. Edit. Get up and check. Twelve minutes.
Oh wait–that should have been ten more minutes on that recipe oops I read it wrong, but we didn't figure out how to add more time till after we'd already pronounced it good enough and dug in. And it was already tender enough, although next time it will be more so.
Yeah. I think we're going to like this gadget. Band, meet wagon.
I've been eyeing those things…..
That sounds amazing! Our splurge a month ago was a Breville toaster oven, snagged at BB&B's "Manufacturers Savings Event." I'd been eyeing it for months after coworkers' recommendations. Roasted vegetables for 2 without heating up the full-size oven. We use it nearly every day now.
It was clearly meant for you, this lovely pot!
I remember the smell of Sunday pot roasts, too. Yum!
Please keep telling us of these cooking adventures–got to figure out if it is my thing! I have two slow cookers but have been eyeing this instant pot thing. They are everywhere in Canada.
We have a small pressure cooker on the boat (no electricity so no instant pot). I am completely amazed at how wonderfully the meals come out. There is definitely something to be said about cooking under pressure. John is a very careful cook and cool at the right times and in the right way and is careful to add the veggies at the very last so that there is actually something of them left. Yum – hot and delicious meals in the middle of a gorgeous body of water. Eating out on deck and enjoying every single aspect of it! We have a small one at home as well, but we find we use the one on the boat much more often. We sail all day and then want something hearty for dinner – perfect solution! I am sure you will enjoy this and will be very glad to have it in your cooking arsenal.
I asked our kids to go in together for Christmas a couple of years ago to get the 5 quart, and it makes wonderful yogurt too–the new-then model had added a yogurt function. Enjoy.


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See how Polish gold was transported from London. The operation had been planned for months.
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8,000 gold bars weighing nearly 100 tons and worth over 4 billion euros were transported from Great Britain to Poland. The operation ended in November this year. Only after some time did the shipping company, which took part in the whole operation, reveal some details of the unusual transport.
The transport of gold was carefully planned in cooperation with everyone involved, including the police, the Bank of England, the National Bank of Poland and G4Si," says John Lennox, Operations Director of G4Si Cash Solutions UK.
It was one of the world's largest operations related to the transfer of gold between banks.
Photo: g4si.com
They didn't stop at the lights
The operation lasted several months. A warehouse in north-west London was built especially for the valuable cargo and from there the Polish gold was transported to the airport.
This was the case, for example, on 22 November, when four armoured trucks from the G4Si freight forwarding company left for the airport early in the morning. They were escorted by the police, including a helicopter.
At the airport, the wooden crates were transferred to Boeing 737 and flew to Poland. They were accompanied by the employees of the above-mentioned forwarding company. Once there, the gold was transferred to three armoured vehicles and with a police escort was taken to the vaults.
We never stopped at the lights once," says one of the company's employees. "G4Si took on the risk and responsibility for the entire transfer until the gold was in the Polish vaults and passed the verification".
In total, eight transportations were made. Often in the middle of the night.
After 80 years, gold returns to the country
The journey of gold from London to Poland was far safer than the one the gold had to make in the first days of World War II when it was evacuated from the country. At that time, nearly 80 tons of gold, assets and banknotes were taken away in various directions, including Romania, France and the United States.
In 1943, resources were accumulated in three locations: the Bank of England in London, the Federal Reserve Bank in New York, and the Bank of Canada in Ottawa. The London part is already in Poland.
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In case you missed it, I actually blogged on Saturday about E's birthday. We had an amazing day! See the post.
What a great week of half marathon training. Oh yeah, did I tell you I'm running the Rock 'n' Roll St. Louis Half Marathon on Sunday? I've been pretty quiet about it because my training has been sub-par at best until last week.
I increased my mileage to 20 miles this week and finished an 8 mile run today. I've been paying attention to my form and my heart this week and it proved to be very frustrating at times.
I realized that I'm a total heal striker and I think it's slowing me down. So I tried some of the techniques I've read about it made my heart rate shoot up. It definitely wasn't sustainable for any length of time.
That was Friday and I finished my run feeling a little defeated and nervous. After taking yesterday off and spending sometime at the gym, I knew I had to get one more long run in before next weekend.
So I set out today with the goal of controlling my heart rate and if that meant heal striking then so be it. I took off for my 8 mile run fully expecting and accepting that my run would be very slow but sustainable.
First two miles I was able to keep my heart rate around 165 and I felt fabulous. Mile 3 and 4 I was trying to not let it go above 170 and succeeded. Mile 5 and 6 was the same…no higher than 170 or so. By mile 7 and 8 depending on how I felt, I would let it rise just a little more but I ended up keep it pretty consistent around 175.
I have never watched my heart rate so closely when I run but I'm now a believer. I finished the 8 miles feeling like I could have gone longer and I had an extremely consistent pace. It wasn't the fastest but it didn't matter.
I feel like I'm going into Rock 'n' Roll with a plan now and I couldn't be more excited to try it out and what better way to have a race day experience than as a VIP. Just think…parking, bathrooms and dedicated bag check! What could be better?
What's your biggest challenge when you run?
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Nice job Katie! My biggest challenge when I run is the mental part way more than the physical. My mind will sabotage a run before my body gives out. I'm working on it!
YOUR PLAN MADE ME SMILE.
So when it comes to HR–170 is still really high, kind of a gray zone. If you have the patience, take it down another 15 beats to get truly aerobic. Give it a few months and you'll see amazing results. As to heel striking–if you aren't injured and don't have a history of injury, no need to change!
You can do it!!! I think I am a bit of a heel striker as well, but so far it hasn't caused me any trouble, so I figured I will leave it alone.
My biggest obstacle when I run is my shin splints. Some days are better than others. This morning, it was the cold. Bah!
Good Luck this weekend Katie! My biggest challenge running is definitely my heart rate. And just started using Heart Rate Variability which is proving interesting! I start half marathon training next week. My first attempt!


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STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE- The Complete Fourth Season
DETAILS: 939 minutes, deleted scenes, text commentaries, audio commentaries, featurettes, photo gallery, and outtakes
RELEASE DATE: 11-1-2005
DISC 1- STORM FRONT Part 1 and 2/ HOME/ BORDERLAND
DISC 2- COLD STATION 12/ THE AUGMENTS/ THE FORGE/ AWAKENING
DISC 3- KIR'SHARA/ DAEDALUS/ OBSERVER EFFECT/ BABEL ONE
DISC 4- UNITED/ THE AENAR/ AFFLICTION/ DIVERGENCE
DISC 5- BOUND/ IN A MIRROR, DARKLY Part 1 and 2/ DEMONS
DISC 6- TERRA PRIME/ THESE ARE THE VOYAGES.../ featurettes, outtakes, photo gallery, and Borg Invasion trailer
STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE was at it's best during the fourth season as the writers wrote many episodes that connected to the original Star Trek series and even a little to other Star Trek series. STORM FRONT may have been one of the weak points, but it did wrap up the convoluted Temporal Cold War saga that lingered throughout the first three seasons. HOME began to lay out the seeds for other episodes. BORDERLAND, COLD STATION 12, and THE AUGMENTS found a way to feature the grandfather of Data's creator, Dr. Arik Soong (Brent Spiner) while THE FORGE, AWAKENING, and KIR'SHARA was an important moment in Vulcan history with most of the action taking place on Vulcan.
The next couple of episodes were so-so, but another three part storyline gave a little look at the Romulans and the Andorians. Then the writers delivered a story about how come the original series Klingons had no bumps. BOUND was harmless fluff while IN A MIRROR, DARKLY took a look at what the Mirror Universe counter parts of our crew were doing while answering where the USS Defiant from the TOS episode THE THOLIAN WEB went to. DEMONS and TERRA PRIME set the stage for a guest star stint from Peter Weller and it should have ended there since the show was cancelled.
Unfortunately, Rick Berman and Brannon Braga had to come back to write the terrible series finale (THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..) that some cast members even hate the episode as much as many of the fans. Season 4 was the finest moment of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE and hopefully the crew of the NX-01 will fly again for the next movies (or even direct to DVD movies) in the STAR TREK series.
Colors, shadow values, and image detail are as about the same as the other three season sets, but the episodes for season 4 were shot using High Definition Digital cameras.
AUDIO: English 5.1 Dolby Digital, English 2.0 Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English.
Dialogue is clear. The music is powerful and loud while sound effects are not at bad on the audio mix.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Season 4 has a few extras. Michael Okuda and Denise Okuda deliver the usual fun and info full text commentaries for THE FORGE, THESE ARE THE VOYAGES..., and IN A MIRROR, DARKLY Part 2. Three audio commentaries are included. They are the podcast commentaries from StarTrek.com. Writer Mike Sussman and startrek.com Editorial Director Tim Gaskill are on the commentaries for IN A MIRROR, DARKLY Part 1 and 2 while Tim Gaskill joins Writers Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens for TERRA PRIME. Pity we still didn't get more than three audio commentaries and no commentaries from the cast.
Three deleted scenes are on the season 4 set (STORM FRONT Part 1, THE AENAR, and IN A MIRROR, DARKLY Part 2). The first scene should have been left intact while the last scene doesn't quite work with the bit they cut out. The ENTERPRISE OUTTAKES show more bloopers, Jeffrey Combs and Scott Bakula playing gags on each other, and watch for Rose Bud. The usual photo gallery is on disc six with the outtakes and various featurettes.
ENTERPRISE MOMENTS: SEASON 4 focuses on how to resolve the cliffhanger from the end of season 3, the Vulcan story arc, Brent Spiner's three episode stint for the Augments storyline, the final two part story (with Peter Weller guest starring), and a little bit on the series finale.
INSIDE THE MIRORR EPISODES is the best featurette of disc 6 that talks about how the episode came about (the original pitch became FUTURE TENSE (Season 2)) and why it was a two parter (so they could build the sets for the USS Defiant, the freedom the Mirror Universe gave them for writing the story, and the CGI Gorn.
ENTERPRISE SECRETS is basically about all the extras in the final scene for the series finale, LINKS TO THE LEGACY explores the lore brought up in the Vulcan three parter and the Klingon two parter (AFFLICTION and DIVERGENCE), and VISUAL EFFECTS MAGIC focuses on animatics from STORM FRONT Part 2, how they created the Newsreel for STORM FRONT, CGI Tholians, and a little bit on some CGI effects from the Xindi arc (this last part should have been on the season 3 set instead). THAT'S A WRAP is basically highlights from the series wrap party. The hidden featurette is all about the fans talking about saving Enterprise (after the cancellation has been announced) at the Save Enterprise rally outside Paramount (a couple of the cast talking about the fans).
FINAL ANALYSIS: If you bought the first three DVD sets of STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE, this set is a must buy. If you ducked out of the show early on, buy this season set to see how good STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE became in it's last season. I do wish the special features were more.
this DVD Review is (c)11-3-2005 David Blackwell and cannot be reprinted without permission (except for excerpts and a link to the review). Look for additional content at http://www.livejournal.com/users/enterlinemedia and send all comments to lord_pragmagtic@hotmail.com
season 1 DVD Review: http://enterline2.tripod.com/enterprise_seasonone.html
season 2 DVD Review: http://enterline2.tripod.com/enterprise_season2.html


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July 14, 2021 July 13, 2021 Books, Writing Leave a comment afterlifedeathnew releasesci-fiserializedvella
Ending Forever — Episodes 1-7 — now available on Kindle Vella
Amazon's new Kindle Vella program has launched — and that also means that the first seven episodes of my serialized novella, Ending Forever, are now available!
Here's how Vella works: Episodes 1, 2, and 3 are free to sample. Additional episodes can be purchased using "tokens" on the Kindle app (or directly on the novella's Amazon.com page, if using a computer). And while episodes 1-7 are the ones currently available, there's more to come: Ending Forever will total 16 episodes, to be released on a weekly basis.
Now available on Amazon!
Axel Rivers is struggling. Throughout his life, he's worn many hats – orphan, veteran, husband, father—but a year ago, one horrific day tore down everything he'd ever built. Grief-stricken, spiraling in debt, and unemployed, Axel needs cash—however he can get it.
Enter Kindred Eternal Solutions. Founded by the world's six wealthiest trillionaires and billionaires, Kindred promises to create eternal life through mastering the science of resurrection… for anyone who can foot the $100 billion fee.
With the technology still being developed, Kindred seeks paid volunteers to undergo tests that will literally kill and resurrect their body—again, and again, and again—in exchange for a check. Axel signs up willingly, but when he undergoes the procedure—and comes back, over and over—what will he find on the other side of death?
Episode List:
Contract to Die
The First Death of Axel Rivers
Resurrection Fatigue
Stranded in Real Life
Ghosts of the Past
The Second Death of Axel Rivers
The Deathweavers (coming soon!)
Here on Planet Earth (coming soon!)
Homecoming (coming soon!)
Unlife After Undeath (coming soon!)
Turning Point (coming soon!)
Displaced Broken Bones (coming soon!)
The Third Death of Axel Rivers (coming soon!)
The Glass City (coming soon!)
Ending the Beginning (coming soon!)
September 21, 2020 September 20, 2020 Knight in Paper Armor 2 Comments booksKnight in Paper Armornew releasesci-fi
Knight in Paper Armor: The Paperback Has Arrived
Not a fan of ebooks? No worries. The paperback edition of Knight in Paper is now available, alongside its digital sibling.
Snag your copy on Amazon today!
Knight in Paper Armor
By Nicholas Conley
Billy Jakobek has always been different. Born with strange and powerful psychic abilities, he has grown up in the laboratories of Thorne Century, a ruthless megacorporation that economically, socially, and politically dominates American society. Every day, Billy absorbs the emotional energies, dreams, and traumas of everyone he meets—from his grandmother's memories of the Holocaust, to the terror his sheer existence inflicts upon his captors—and he yearns to break free, so he can use his powers to help others.
Natalia Gonzalez, a rebellious artist and daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, lives in Heaven's Hole, an industrial town built inside a meteor crater, where the poverty-stricken population struggles to survive the nightmarish working conditions of the local Thorne Century factory. Natalia takes care of her ailing mother, her grandmother, and her two younger brothers, and while she dreams of escape, she knows she cannot leave her family behind.
When Billy is transferred to Heaven's Hole, his chance encounter with Natalia sends shockwaves rippling across the blighted landscape. The two outsiders are pitted against the all-powerful monopoly, while Billy experiences visions of an otherworldly figure known as the Shape, which prophesizes an apocalyptic future that could decimate the world they know.
September 15, 2020 September 15, 2020 Books, Knight in Paper Armor 1 Comment booksdystopianKnight in Paper Armornew releasesci-fi
NEW RELEASE: Knight in Paper Armor
It's here.
It feels unreal to say that. As an author, stories aren't something you necessarily craft: if anything, as millions of writers have said millions of times, stories feel like they write themselves. It's hard to take credit for them, as the author, when it feels like you were just the lucky person who could see through the portal into another world, and describe it all.
Honestly, though, books are places that you live in, breathe in, populated by characters and scenarios, both beautiful and tragic, that often feel as lifelike as anything else in the world. And while I feel a deep connection to each of my books, I'll admit that Knight in Paper Armor is the one that feels the most real. Out of anything I've ever written, this is the one that's struck me harder than any other. Knight in Paper Armor isn't just a book, to me, but also a story, a setting, and a group of characters that have been with me for a long, long time. And now, I'm excited to share this world with the rest of you.
That's right: Knight in Paper Armor is now available, and as a release day promotion, the ebook edition can be bought on Amazon — on today only! — for just $2.99.
The price of a coffee — what could be more appropriate?
Release day! The ebook edition of my newest book, Knight in Paper Armor, is now available. Thanks so much for your support, everyone! https://www.amazon.com/Knight-Paper-Armor-Nicholas-Conley-ebook/dp/B08CLSSX8Z KNIGHT IN PAPER ARMOR: Billy Jakobek has always been different. Born with strange and powerful psychic abilities, he has grown up in the laboratories of Thorne Century, a ruthless megacorporation that economically, socially, and politically dominates American society. Every day, Billy absorbs the emotional energies, dreams, and traumas of everyone he meets—from his grandmother's memories of the Holocaust, to the terror his sheer existence inflicts upon his captors—and he yearns to break free, so he can use his powers to help others. Natalia Gonzalez, a rebellious artist and daughter of Guatemalan immigrants, lives in Heaven's Hole, an industrial town built inside a meteor crater, where the poverty-stricken population struggles to survive the nightmarish working conditions of the local Thorne Century factory. Natalia takes care of her ailing mother, her grandmother, and her two younger brothers, and while she dreams of escape, she knows she cannot leave her family behind. When Billy is transferred to Heaven's Hole, his chance encounter with Natalia sends shockwaves rippling across the blighted landscape. The two outsiders are pitted against the all-powerful monopoly, while Billy experiences visions of an otherworldly figure known as the Shape, which prophesizes an apocalyptic future that could decimate the world they know. #book #bookstagram #dystopian #scifi #newrelease
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Paperback fans, don't worry — the physical edition should be out shortly, as well, so just stay tuned to the Amazon page. If you want an update as soon as it does arrive, just tag me in the comments. And in the meantime, ebook readers can find Knight in Paper Armor at the following online stores:
Thanks for your support, everyone reading this. I genuinely appreciate everyone who stops by, every comment, and every like. You guys are awesome, and thanks for everything you all do.
Onward, as the new adventure begins!
March 13, 2018 March 13, 2018 Books, Intraterrestrial, Writing Leave a comment aliensbookIntraterrestrialnew releasesci-fi
The INTRATERRESTRIAL paperback has arrived!
Hey, paperback readers! The UFO carrying the paperback edition of Intraterrestrial has finally touched down on Earth, and materialized in physical form. Get your copy on Amazon, straight from the stars. Here's the link:
Get your copy here!
Adam Helios is a bully magnet without many friends. When he starts hearing a voice that claims to come from the stars, he fears he's losing his mind, so he withdraws even further. On the way home from a meeting at the school, he and his parents are involved in a horrible car crash. With his skull cracked open, Adam's consciousness is abducted by the alien who has been speaking to him for months. After surviving the wreck with only minor scratches, Camille Helios must deal with her guilt over the accident that left her husband badly injured and her son in a coma. When the doctor suggests letting Adam go, Camille refuses to stop fighting for her son's life. Lost among galaxies, Adam must use his imagination to forge a path home before his body dies on the operating table. But even if he does return to Earth, he may end up locked inside a damaged brain forever.
January 16, 2018 January 14, 2018 Books, Intraterrestrial, Writing 11 Comments aliensbookbrain injuryIntraterrestrialnew releasesci-fiscience fictionufo
New Book Release: INTRATERRESTRIAL
For an author, days like today are the ones you dream about.
The creative process always starts with a flash of lightning: that first moment whereupon an idea occurs to you, and you take on the heavy responsibility of bringing it to life. Then, there's that frenetic feeling—excitement meets anxiety, happiness meets fear—as the story you've been carrying inside you slowly empties out onto the page. You work on it for longer than you ever imagined. Weeks. Months. Years. You nourish it, you love it, you loathe it, you go through all of these emotions, but you always, always keep plugging away at it, letting it flow together. You experience tears, you experience laughter, the characters become friends, the locations become real. You let the story grow and change, and then—finally—you put it out into the world. At which point, it's no longer "your" story anymore: now, it belongs to the readers. And that's exactly how it should be.
These are the days where you remember why it's all so, so worth it. As of today, February 16th, the ebook edition of Intraterrestrial has officially landed on Earth.
Get your ebook copy of Intraterrestrial here on Amazon today. If you prefer reading your ebooks on a Nook, then snag it here on Barnes & Noble. You can also find it on iTunes, Google Play, and Kobo. Choose whichever format you prefer; the aliens won't mind one bit. Just make sure to grab it while it's hot, before their UFO takes off again!
To all of you reading this, thank you for your support, whether it's through comments, emails, Tweets, or what have you. Seriously, you folks are awesome. I hope you all enjoy reading Intraterrestrial, and I can't wait to hear your thoughts, theories, and speculations!
Also, for all you paperback fans: don't worry! The hard copy will be coming soon, and I'll let you all know when it does.
Adam Helios is a bully magnet without many friends. When he starts hearing a voice that claims to come from the stars, he fears he's losing his mind, so he withdraws even further. On the way home from a meeting at the school, he and his parents are involved in a horrible car crash. With his skull cracked open, Adam's consciousness is abducted by the alien who has been speaking to him for months.
After surviving the wreck with only minor scratches, Camille Helios must deal with her guilt over the accident that left her husband badly injured and her son in a coma. When the doctor suggests letting Adam go, Camille refuses to stop fighting for her son's life.
Lost among galaxies, Adam must use his imagination to forge a path home before his body dies on the operating table. But even if he does return to Earth, he may end up locked inside a damaged brain forever.
December 19, 2016 December 19, 2016 Books, Clay Tongue, Writing 9 Comments aphasiaClay Tonguedementiaebookfantasynew releaseshort fiction
Release Day – Clay Tongue: A Novelette
Language is the foundation that society is built on, and yet, out of all of our inventions, it's also our greatest enigma. The combination of sounds and/or symbols that frame ideas, illustrate concepts, and bring people together has advanced human civilization more than anything else, without parallel. But for those who suffer from cognitive disorders, like aphasia — and those afflicted by shyness and social anxiety — language can also be the tallest wall separating them from others.
Language is the key to everything. Like any writer, my love of language frames all of my actions, goals, and ideas. But I also know the pains of language, both from my experiences working in a dementia unit with patients with cognitive disorders, as well as my early life experiences as a shy little kid who didn't know how to express myself. This is what led me to write my short little novelette, Clay Tongue — the magical realism story that, as of today, is now out in the world, and ready for all of you to read.
I'm thrilled to share the news that Clay Tongue: A Novelette is now available both as an ebook and a paperback, just in time for the holidays!
From the author of the award-winning Pale Highway and the radio play Something in the Nothing comes a short fantasy of love, shyness, and the secrets of human communication.
Katie Mirowitz is a small little girl with an even smaller little voice. She possesses a deep love for her grandfather, who suffers from aphasia after a bad stroke cuts loose the part of his brain that processes verbal language. When Katie uncovers a miraculous secret inside the pages of her grandfather's old journal, as well as an ancient key, she goes out into the woods in search of answers — hoping to uncover a mythical being that, if it exists, may just have the ability to grant wishes.


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Why Series As are Much Easier to Raise in 2018 than the Past 5 Years
In the last six years, the median time between seed and Series A has more than tripled from about 200 days to about 750 days. Why? The seed market is in the midst of some secular changes. Seed rounds have declined 63% from their peak. Total dollars invested have fallen by 37%. But the median round size is up 3x in the same time period. In other words, investors are concentrating capital in fewer startups.
Consequently, this smaller number of startups has substantially longer runway, fueling a longer gestation period to series A. In 2011, the median startup raised a $0.5M seed and a $3M Series A 9 months later. Today, the median startup raises a $1.5M seed and an $8M Series A 22 months later.
Some of these startups wait more than 2 years, up to 6, 7 or 8 years, to raise the Series A. The 75th percentile raise money in about a year. The 50th percentile raise money in about 2 years and the 25th percentile raise in just over 3 years.
The increase in seed round sizes explains about 80% of the lengthening time between seed and Series A (R^2 is 0.78).
In the meantime, the number of series As has only declined 20% from its high, remaining relatively stable from 2014 through 2018. This means that the odds of a seed stage company raising a Series A have improved markedly in the last year.
In 2013, there was one Series A for every five seed investments. In the second quarter of 2018, there were three Series As for every five seeds.
Startups benefit from the incredibly supportive financial environment. This is resulting in several different and important trends. Startups can invest in deep technology by building machine learning software that might take a year or two to bring to the market. Or startups might commercialize hardware, another category where time-to-market is slower than classic SaaS. Last, startups can benefit from a longer period to experiment, and find true product market fit.
The ostensible corollary to this is that series A investors expect more at the series A than they would have in the past, because startups have more time and cash. But that's not reflected in my data. The average Series A company I've met in the last 12 or so months generates $732k in ARR, or about $61k in MRR, far from the $1M+ ARR quoted by most founders as their target.
In other words, round sizes have increased and though some startups may make more progress or invest in deep technology to create a moat, the prevailing dynamic in the fundraising market is an overwhelmingly supportive fundraising environment, aka an oversupply of capital. That oversupply has convinced some investors to reduce their exposure or pull out of the market almost altogether. For now, though, the Series A market is the strongest its been since 2010.
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