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Climate takes center stage in sweeping federal infrastructure plan
By: Robin Bravender - January 30, 2020 12:01 am
A solar array. (Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — U.S. House Democrats this week unveiled plans to spend $760 billion over five years on infrastructure upgrades throughout the country.
A central theme throughout their plan: combating climate change.
The framework unveiled by Democrats on Wednesday prioritizes slashing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector while also boosting resiliency in the face of a changing climate.
"It's an opportunity to build climate into the whole infrastructure plan," Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat from Alexandria, told the Mercury in a brief interview on Wednesday. "I think the public support for the infrastructure plan is going to be much higher if we … make sure that [combating climate change] is an essential design element."
U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat who represents Northern Virginia's 8th District, speaks at a town hall meeting last year in Alexandria. (Allison Stevens/ States Newsroom Washington Bureau)
Democrats hope to plow more than $34 billion into clean energy investments, including efforts to upgrade the electric grid to accommodate more renewable energy and grants for local governments to fund energy efficiency and conservation projects.
The plan also seeks to invest $1.5 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure "to assist the transition to zero emissions vehicles."
The sweeping package also aims to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on crumbling roads, bridges and tunnels around the country, while investing in mass transit, passenger rail, airports and water infrastructure projects. It would put $1 billion toward helping communities address contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
Securing a bipartisan deal on infrastructure could present one of the most significant opportunities this year to legislate on climate change, as most other initiatives have ground to a halt amid the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump and the upcoming 2020 elections.
Environmental groups hailed the release of the Democrats' infrastructure framework.
"This plan would help us address climate change by making long-overdue investments in transportation, safe drinking water, and clean energy including preparing for more frequent extreme weather events," said Stephanie Gidigbi, director of policy and partnerships in the Healthy People & Thriving Communities program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Democrats and Republicans alike are eager to find common ground on the issue, particularly some freshman lawmakers anxious to declare a tangible legislative success ahead of their 2020 reelection bids.
But past infrastructure negotiations between congressional Democrats and the White House have collapsed. Last May, Trump walked out of an infrastructure meeting with congressional Democrats, insisting they couldn't work together while investigations of his administration proceeded. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) labeled the blowup a temper tantrum at the time.
And playing up the climate change aspects of their legislation might make it tougher for House Democrats looking to get Republican support.
Rep. Morgan Griffith, a Republican who represents Southwest Virginia's 9th District, said Wednesday that he hadn't yet read the Democrats' plans, but he cautioned the House majority against passing something that's "never going to see the light of day" in the Senate.
"If you make it so far to the left that the Senate won't even consider it, what are we doing? If it comes out of here straight party line, the Senate's not even going to look at it," he said.
Beyer cited Griffith as the least likely Republican in Virginia's delegation to support climate change measures in an infrastructure bill, given the coal mining interests in Griffith's southwestern Virginia district.
But Beyer said it wouldn't be "particularly hard" to bring Republicans like Rob Wittman and Denver Riggleman on board.
Beyer pointed to the changing politics surrounding climate change in recent years. "We had a big climate hearing in [the House] Ways and Means [Committee] where everyone said — both parties — it's real, it's man-made, we have to do something."
Republicans and Democrats tend to favor different approaches to tackling the problem, Beyer added. "We tend more towards regulation; they tend more towards innovation."
But at least a few House Republicans this week suggested that Democrats' focus on climate change would indeed make bipartisan compromise more difficult.
"Why don't we just focus on infrastructure in the infrastructure bill?" said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) when asked about the climate provisions.
"Of course" the climate language will make negotiations more difficult, said Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.), who's on Trump's impeachment defense team. Lesko added that she's not very optimistic about passing major legislation, given the heightened partisan tensions on Capitol Hill.
"The rhetoric that is going on right now in this whole impeachment thing is just taking over everything," she said.
But Democrats say they're optimistic about the effort's chances this time around.
"These are not message bills," Pelosi insisted Wednesday at the Democrats' press conference. "We are hoping that we will have the support of the Republicans and the president of the United States."
Allison Stevens contributed to this report.
by Robin Bravender, Virginia Mercury
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Prepared with nothing but the title—Tiziano e Giorgione—one is both compelled and halted by the head-on confrontation between the two singular works that Michele Gabriele and Alessandro Di Pietro installed parallel to each other at the end of a long garage-like space in Turin. Barriera, its location, is normally the depository of several contemporary art collections belonging to a club of lawyers and accountants that was chosen by Treti Galaxie and curator Matteo Mottin for their present exhibition.
In its preparation, Gabriele and Di Pietro made a pact—in a way as a sentimental but also parodic rendering of an anecdote that art history tells us about Giorgione and Titian, according to which the latter promised to complete the work of his friend after Giorgione's early death by the plague in the autumn of 1510—a promise which Titian famously kept for some late paintings of Giorgione.
The artists thus developed works as if they were their very last. […] Every artist works in constant relation to death, and despite the bane of uncertainty, entrusts the task of surviving them to their works, thus keeping the memory of their creator alive. Death, while accompanying all artists day after day, observes them through their work, but in this project death becomes the protagonist. Gabriele and Di Pietro decided to place this thought, this tension and the awareness of this presence at the center of their approach. A preponderant presence at that, which could not but alter their creative processes.
Tiziano e Giorgione can initially be read as a meditation on a shared form of life inscribed through labor in the form of a visual artwork and installation. It might allegorically be read as a work on the (im-)possibility of an eternal friendship that does not depend on the living bodies of friends but rather on the idea and the faith preserved in the friend's uncompleted work. The bio-finality of the numbered encounters of this friendship has thus no limit and end as an idea, since artworks, as long as there is time for them, can be activated and finished after the lifetime of their authors. This however requires the gesture of a work which is already unfinished, like a promise, a warning, a prophecy, or a joke with a secret pun. During the making of the two works there was therefore no interaction between the artists. The pun is yet to come.
The explanatory text claims that Gabriele worked out of an anxiety that he would not be able to finish the work before his death, thus in an accelerating quickness and rush, while Di Pietro, on the other hand, procrastinated, postponing his decisions until the very end. Gabriele digitally sketched the work on a screen and rendered it as exactly as possible into raw matter of steel, earth, paint and plastic once he began to install it. His work fixes a complex system in one hermetic body; it might seem as if a gated structure is both flattened and frontalized: we see aggressive fences, a panoptical vision, the inside/outside, transmitters or transceivers, ineffectual modalities and means of violence such as the barbed wire as sculptural elements and the effect of violence on matter in terms of its destruction and contamination. Gabriele represents an illegible screen that seems to show a motionless deserted territory without any potentiality in its semantics, but a strong potency as a flaccid apparatus. Given time, the caricature of the curator/muscle-man appears within the deserted earth-fields of the inner screen, which adds a comic component to the former perception of the material nothingness and the violence of the fencing. The curator plays the role of the deliverer; he is a kind of donor figure, a facilitator or mediator; he is the angel that only survives in joy. His muscles however belong to the same semantics that return—metonymically—in the pink plastic flesh that the artist intends as beacons. Their double-function for the representation is a presence of flesh-without-soul and color-without-nature. This impression of the color's paleness is confirmed by the light design taken from the ceiling and installed uniformly throughout the space.
Since the entrance to the space opens vision first to the left side, and thus to Gabriele's work, Di Pietro's screen on the right side is first seen standing as close as possible to it at the river. By stepping backwards, further distancing one's own position from the work, an enigmatic script appears, while the soft and slightly wave-folded overvoltage turns itself into a glowing background that recalls the lightest computer readout: Distract Yourself: a Flat Vampire is Sucking Silicone until you'll Shine bright. The effect relies on a simple installment; a special tissue, normally used for sport sneakers, is juxtaposed across a simple light source on the adjacent wall.
The double-work of the young Italian artists is well-placed in a limbo, in-between the established, market-oriented works of the absent Barriera collection. This inaccessibility has its absolute metaphor in a safe and by all means closed door. To understand its function in the perception of the exhibition it might help to recall Franz Kafka's enigmatic parable Before the Law, where a man from the country asks a gatekeeper to gain entry into the law, which is over and over refused. After a lifetime of waiting, the man finally askes the gatekeeper why no-one except himself has ever requested entry. Just as the old man is about to die the gatekeeper shouts at him: Nobody else could have got in this way, as this entrance was meant only for you. Now I'll go and close it.
If the supplicants are the artists, one might paraphrase that the entrance into the other room is always possible, but not now. In their no-mans-land, between the financial depository of the lawyer's club inside the art collection and the life-world of the beholders outside of art practice, the Tiziano e Giorgione-show creates, surmounts and sublimates the limbo of a precarious intimacy. In their lifetime of preparation, what are the events of arrival and what will they get for themselves from the time that remains? What does it imply for one artist, in his or her technique of solitude, to support another one, following the classical imperative by Paul Celan, that if the world is gone, I have to carry you.? What does the blood pact then mean beyond its peculiar or rather comic link to the Venetian painters of the 16th century?
There is a strange theology at work in the installation. The cross and crown of thorns in Gabriele's work, the segregation of the work itself, the reflection of the light in Di Pietro's work, the structure of the mystical river, the flattened rod screen that cuts the space in half, the enclosed door to the depository as an uplifted crypt of capitalism as religion, if nothing else, the allusion to the coming dead of individual lives, the survival through the fulfillment of the friend's care and thus the eschatological time of the artwork's intention.
What remains in a time that has just started to end? Maybe the insight that there are hopefully endless demands in your work, but that it is not up for you to give it its final form. Before the law, in the limbo, there is a space to risk a faithful oath. The fluid of this prelaw is the blood the artists invested and exchanged in their pact.
Toni Hildebrandt lives in Rome where he is since 2013 a Fellow at the Istituto Svizzero. He also teaches in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art History at University of Berne and in the Independent Study Programme at the Maumaus in Lisbon.
 [Anonymous], Text laid out in the antechamber of Barriera, Turin.
 Franz Kafka, The Trial, trans. David Wyllie (New York: Dover, 2003), p. 155.
 Paul Celan, Atemwende (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 1967), translation of the author.


Lake Geneva – the perfect setting for a Chinese Cracker!
In our 33 years as a professional firework event company our displays have taken us all over the world.
Our latest fireworks epic took us to stunning Lake Geneva in Switzerland. A Chinese telecoms company were staging an international conference and we were asked to provide a spectacular finale. The event organisers, from Shanghai, wanted a bilingual firework company to help them overcome any language problems in French-speaking Geneva. We won the contract on the strength of our ability to deliver their demanding brief.
In addition to a fireworks display set to music and fired from a barge on the lake, the event organisers wanted a standby display that could be fired if weather conditions made it impossible to fire the barge show.
We proposed a land-based display utilising all-weather cold burn sparkling fountains programmed to the same soundtrack as the main display. Another advantage of this approach was that as non-pyrotechnic devices they did not require a special licence granted by the police, fire and airport authorities.
We got to know what a miracle is and it's amazing!
Fortunately the weather stayed kind and the backup was not required. Show day was beautifully warm and sunny and our crew assembled on a quay near the city centre right by the city's giant landmark water fountain. It took 7 hours to mount the show on the barge. Then, shortly after 6pm it was attached to a tug and towed the 5 miles to the convention centre on the lake's edge. This would normally take nearly 3 hours but with a clear, still evening, accompanied by the most stunning sunset, the barge arrived in just over 2.
Developments in technology mean that all the top firework shows are fired wirelessly, with signals wizzing across the airwaves to detonate the display. The first thing was to establish a connection between Mission Control (a laptop computer on the bank of the lake) with the receivers on the barge and with the PA system that would play the music. With clear line of sight to both, comms were quickly established and the show was all set.
At 9pm we pressed the button and the show fired flawlessly. Guests greeted the glittering finale with a big round of applause and our clients shook us by the hand.
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Q: Combine output of Netstat and PS - linux I want to combine the output of the following commands:
-NETSTAT
    [root]# netstat -nltp
    Active Internet connections (only servers)
    Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address           Foreign Address         State       PID/Program name
    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:32552 0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN
 151634/java

-PS
[root]# ps -eo pid,cmd | grep 151634
130485 grep --color=auto 151634
151634 java -classpath

I want to combine the following 2 commands and have the following OUTPUT (txt file):
PORT PID CMD
123  333 java/etc
234  444 java/etcetc
345  555 java/etcetcetc

I've made the following:
netstat -nltp | awk '{print $4}' | sed -e 's/.*://'

This prints the PORT from netstat -nltp output
for i in `netstat -nltp | awk {'print $7}' | awk -F '/' {'print $1'} | uniq` ; do ps -eo pid,cmd | grep $(echo $i | sed "s/^\(.\)/[\1]/g") ; done

This gets the PID from netstat -nltp command and after that it displays the PID and CMD from PS command (also it excludes displaying grep --color=auto results
Thank you very much!
LE: I've removed the output html to avoid confusion. It was just an example on how it should look like.

A: Thank you very much JUSHJUSH,
I've written here my response because it was too long for the comment response.
I've updated also the script with that FOR and it worked, but, it seems that the script doesn't obtain the right OUTPUT.
I will try to explain below
If i have the following netstat -nltp output
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:32552         0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
tcp        0      0 10.77.66.33:8081       0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:7070            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:9090            0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:20100           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:20101           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:20102           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      151634/java
and the CMD for PID=151634 is java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
the script gives the following OUTPUT:
PORT PID CMD
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
32552   151634  java -classpath /opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./conf:/opt/application/nifi-1.6.0/./lib/jetty-schemas-3.1.jar:
The OUTPUT should have been
PORT PID CMD
32552 151634 CMD from above
8081 151634 CMD from above
7070 151634 CMD from above
9090 151634 CMD from above
20100 151634 CMD from above
20101 151634 CMD from above
20102 151634 CMD from above
Or, another example:
If i have the following netstat -nltp output
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3030          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      88284/ruby
tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:3031          0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      88284/ruby
and the CMD for PID=88284 is /opt/sensu/embedded/bin/ruby /opt/sensu/bin/sensu-client -c /etc/sensu/config.json -d /etc/sensu/conf.d -e /etc/sensu/extensions -p /var/run/sensu/sensu-client.pid -l /var/log/sensu/sensu-client.log -L warn
the script gives the following OUTPUT:
PORT PID CMD
3030    88284   /opt/sensu/embedded/bin/ruby /opt/sensu/bin/sensu-client -c /etc/sensu/config.json -d /etc/sensu/conf.d -e /etc/sensu/extensions -p /var/run/sensu/sensu-client.pid -l /var/log/sensu/sensu-client.log -L warn
3030    88284   /opt/sensu/embedded/bin/ruby /opt/sensu/bin/sensu-client -c /etc/sensu/config.json -d /etc/sensu/conf.d -e /etc/sensu/extensions -p /var/run/sensu/sensu-client.pid -l /var/log/sensu/sensu-client.log -L warn
The OUTPUT should have been
PORT PID CMD
3030 88284 CMD from above
3031 88284 CMD from above
Thank you very much for your help and patience!

A: Ok, so, i've manage to make the script work with all the duplicate problems etc.
Below you can find the updated scripts in case anyone else needs.
Thank you! :)
netstat -ntlp | sed 1,2d > /tmp/output_netstat.txt

echo PORT$'\t'PID$'\t'NAME
for port in $(cat /tmp/output_netstat.txt | awk '{print $4 " " $7}' | sed -e 's/.*://' | awk '{print $1}' | uniq)
do
    pid=$(cat /tmp/output_netstat.txt | grep -w "$port" | awk '{print $7}' | cut -d ' ' -f 7 | cut -d '/' -f 1 | uniq )
    ps_name=$(cat /tmp/output_netstat.txt | awk '{print $4 " " $7}' | sed -e 's/.*://' | sed 's/\// /g' | awk '{print $3}')
    ps_name_outputed=$(ps -ef | grep "$pid" | grep "$ps_name" | grep -v grep |tr -s ' '| sed 's/^[^0-9]*//g' | head -1 | cut -f2- -d/)
    echo  "$port"" ""$pid"" ""$ps_name_outputed"
done

rm -rf /tmp/output_netstat.txt

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Egfrid o Ecgfrith (c. 645 – 20 de maig del 685) va ser rei de Deira del 664 al 670 i, posteriorment a aquesta data, monarca del regne unificat de Northúmbria fins a la seva mort, el 685. Si bé Northúmbria arribà al punt àlgid de la seva hegemonia durant el govern d'Egfrid, el seu regnat va acabar amb una desastrosa derrota en la batalla de Nechtansmere, en què Egfrid va perdre la vida als 40 anys.

Joventut
Egfrid va néixer el 645, fill del rei Oswiu i la seva esposa Eanflæd. Als 10 anys, quan Penda va envair Northúmbria, el jove Egfrid fou pres com a ostatge i enviat a la cort de Mèrcia, d'on va tornar fins que Penda fou finalment derrotat i mort a mans d'Oswiu durant la batalla de Winwaed. Amb Penda mort i per tal d'assegurar l'hegemonia de Northúmbria sobre els altres regnes anglosaxons, Oswiu arranjà el matrimoni entre Egfrid i Eteldreda (Æthelthryth), filla d'Anna de l'Ànglia Oriental, possiblement quan Egfrid tenia 15 anys.

Egfrid fou proclamat rei de Deira el 664, que en aquell temps era un regne vassall de Northúmbira.

Rei de Northúmbria
Quan el seu pare va morir l'any 670 d'una malaltia, ell va heretar el títol de rei de Bernícia i col·locà en el tron de Deira el seu germà Aldfrith.

El 671, en la batalla dels Dos Rius, Egfrid va sufocar una rebel·lió dels pictes i aprofità la victòria per prendre el control del territori entre el fiord de Forth i el riu Tweed, que passaria a mans de Northúmbria durant els següents catorze anys.

En la seva vida personal, la seva esposa Eteldreda el va deixar per esdevenir monja i entrar al monestir de l'abadessa Æbbe, tieta d'Egfrid. Un any més tard, Eteldreda fundava l'abadia d'Ely.

El 674, Egfrid va repel·lir l'atac del rei de Mèrcia Wulfhere, i prengué possessió del Regne de Lindsey. El 679 lluitava de nou contra les forces de Mèrcia, aquest cop dirigides pel germà de Wulfhere, Etelred, casat amb la germana d'Egfrid, Osthryth. Després de la intervenció de l'arquebisbe de Canterbury en el conflicte, el territori de Lindsey fou retornat a Mèrcia.

El juny del 684, Egfrid va enviar una força d'assalt a Brega, Irlanda, liderada pel seu general Berht, que retornà amb un gran nombre d'esclaus i tresors de moltes esglésies i monestirs que van atacar. Les raons d'aquesta batuda no són clares, encara que és sabut que la ràtzia fou fortament condemnada per Beda i altres personalitats de l'Església.

Mort
El 685 Egfrid es posava de nou al davant del seu exèrcit per lluitar contra els pictes de Fortriu, dirigits pel seu cosí Bridei mac Bili.

El 20 de maig les dues forces lliuraven la batalla de Nechtansmere. Egfrid fou derrotat i mort, a l'edat de 40 anys. La derrota debilità seriosament el poder de Northúmbria al nord i Beda considera aquesta data el començament de la decadència del regne. Egfrid fou enterrat a Iona i succeït al tron pel seu mig germà, Aldfrid.

Encunyació
Egfrid fou dels primer reis de Northúmbria, i potser dels primers governants anglosaxons, a encunyar un penic de plata, el qual esdevindria el puntal de l'encunyació anglesa als segles següents.

Referències

Bibliografia

 Stephen de Ripon, Vita Wilfridi (James Raine, Historiadors d'Església de York, Sèrie de Rotlles, London, 1879–1894), 19, 20, 24, 34, 39, 44
 Beda, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (editat per Charles Plummer, Oxford, 1896), III. 24; IV. 5, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 26.

Enllaços externs
 Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis anglorum, Vol 1, Beda, traduït a l'anglès per Charles Plummer, 1896, (ed.Clarendon Press, Oxford): 4 esmenta "Egfrid"
 Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis anglorum, Vol. 2. Beda, traduït a l'anglès per Charles Plummer, 1896, (ed.Clarendon Press, Oxford): 71 esmenta "Egfrid"

Reis de Deira
Reis de Northúmbria
Morts en combat

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CIA Has Recording of Saudi Crown Prince Ordering Khashoggi Silenced, Turkish Media Reports
Posted by TRUTH IS OUT on November 30, 2019
Prominent Turkish columnist says CIA director Gina Haspel had 'signaled' the existence of the recording in a visit to Ankara
The CIA has a recording of a phone call in which Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave instructions to "silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible," Turkish news website Hurriyet Daily News said on Thursday.
It cited a prominent Turkish columnist as saying CIA director Gina Haspel had "signaled" the existence of the recording during a visit to Ankara last month.
A Turkish official contacted by Reuters said he had no information about such a recording. "There is talk of another recording," Hurriyet newspaper journalist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote in a column, saying the purported call took place between Prince Mohammed and his brother, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington.
"It is being said that CIA chief Gina Haspel indicated this during her visit to Turkey," he wrote, adding that they had discussed Khashoggi, a critic of the kingdom's de facto ruler.
"It is being said the crown prince gave orders to 'silence Jamal Khashoggi as soon as possible'," in a call which was monitored by the U.S. agency, he said.
A day earlier, Turkish news site Haberturk released what it said was quotes from a tape of the Saudi dissident journalist's last moments.
Also Thursday, Federica Mogherini, the European Union's foreign affairs chief, said after talks with Turkey's foreign minister that a transparent and credible investigation into the killing of Khashoggi has not yet been completed.
Khashoggi, a critic of the kingdom's de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Riyadh has said it was seeking the death penalty for five suspects in the case.
Speaking at a joint news conference with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Mogherini said she was completely against any application of the death penalty.
Haaretz contributed to this report.

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African American Family Reunion Ideas
By: Winona Rasheed
Wedding Reception Program Ideas
How to Celebrate Your Parents' Anniversary
Family Reunion Church Programs
Family Retreat Ideas
How to Help Parents Celebrate 50 Years of Marriage
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For African American families, reunions are huge celebrations meant to reconnect family ties. For most African Americans families, the family reunion is more than a backyard cookout or get-together. This is an event that must be planned far ahead of the actual date. This occasion calls for preparations that include detailed activities and a scheduled agenda for an event that can last an entire weekend.
Unlike the informal gatherings of summertime cookouts, reunions involve planning from start to finish. For this event, the host can use stationary and postcards with a reunion theme to make the announcement. You can also create your own handmade invitation that personalizes the announcement, adding a special touch for the family reunion. The invitation must include an RSVP so that you can plan for activities, food and accommodations.
Choosing the Location
African American family reunions have traditionally been held in parks or outdoor pavilions; however, today's family reunions can be held in convention centers, halls and theme parks. You can even have a family reunion on a cruise ship. Some families may consider going on a safari, taking the family back to their African roots. For these styles of family reunions, the celebration will last longer than a weekend. Remember to accommodate both adults and children when putting together an African American family reunion.
When your family reunion is not on a cruise ship or at a theme park, you will need some activities to keep everyone entertained. You can entertain the crowd with a style show or a talent show. Get the relatives involved, showing off African fashions for both adults and children. Kids who love showing off their talents to adults can sing, dance or play an instrument. You could also set up tables for card games; bingo, Scrabble, Jenga, Connect Four, dominoes or checkers are all games that allow families to connect and play together. Hand out prizes for the game winners.
Gifts and Sunday Brunch
A family reunion is not complete without door prizes and giveaways. Consider giving away family cookbooks with recipes handed down from generations, or distribute photo albums of family history. You can also create a huge family tree using pictures of those who attend the reunion. Since the reunion is usually a three-day event, you can wind up the festivities with a Sunday gospel brunch. African American reunions are about family, faith, love and heritage, and a reunion is not complete without some kind of Sunday worship, even if it's just brunch with gospel music playing in the background.
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By Janet on December 1, 2013
The House and Senate Intelligence Committee said that the threat of terrorism is on the rise for the US, and Americans aren't as safe as they were a year or two ago.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein said there are more terrorist groups than ever, with more sophisticated and hard-to-detect bombs. The California Democrat said "there is huge malevolence out there." Rep. Mike Rogers said there's enormous pressure on U.S. intelligence services "to get it right, to prevent an attack."
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Rogers said that job is getting more difficult because al-Qaida is changing, with more affiliates around the world. He said those are groups that once operated independently of but have now joined with al-Qaida.
That makes it exponentially harder for our intelligence services to stop an event like that from happening," he said in a joint interview on CNN's "State of the Union" that aired Sunday.
Even though neither lawmaker offered specifics about what led them to their conclusions, Feinstein spoke generally of "a real displaced aggression in this very fundamentalist jihadist Islamic community, and that is that the West is responsible for everything that goes wrong and that the only thing that's going to solve this is Islamic Sharia law and the concept of the caliphate." The caliphate is an Islamic state led by a religious and political leader, or caliph, considered a successor of the prophet Mohammed and who governs by Sharia law.
Rogers said al-Qaida groups have changed their means of communication as a result of leaks about U.S. surveillance programs, making it harder to detect potential plots in the early planning stages.
"We're fighting amongst ourselves here in this country about the role of our intelligence community that it is having an impact on our ability to stop what is a growing number of threats. And so we've got to shake ourselves out of this pretty soon and understand that our intelligence services are not the bad guys," Rogers said.
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It's going to continue as long as we have our obumbler-in-chief trying to convince everybody HE has them on the run. If he'd keep his mouth shut and let knowledgeable people negotiate we might find some peace.


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MISSISSIPPI STATE -- If you can stand the pain before seeing a surgeon, you don't need a hip replacement.
Although vast improvements have been made in joint replacements in the last 20 years, nothing a doctor does will last as long or as well as the original joint.
Dr. Rusty Linton, orthopaedic surgeon in Columbus, said if performed on a person meeting the ideal criteria, replacing a hip can be like getting a new life.
"First surgeries have a 95 to 97 percent success rate that notable improvement will occur," Linton said. "Unfortunately, those replacements will not last as long as the original -- maybe 20 years at best. The success rate of second surgeries, or revisions, is around 80 percent."
Dr. Thomas Turner of Berwin Veterinary Associates near Chicago, said animal research such as that taking place at Mississippi State University's College of Veterinary Medicine, is giving crippled people and animals a shot at better artificial hips.
Turner, an internationally-known expert on joint replacements in humans and animals, said the complications doctors see with animal hip replacements are similar to those suffered by humans.
"Animals put a lot more wear and tear on hips than people do," Turner said.
Linton said when natural hips are bruised, they heal. When the material is manmade, it cannot heal itself.
"When we perform a first surgery -- which is elective -- we burn bridges. There will be no going back. If that person is going to have a hip joint, it will be an artificial one," Linton said. "It is so important to get it right the first time. You don't want to go back into that hip."
Linton also stressed the importance of patients meeting ideal criteria before attempting a replacement.
Negatives include being too young and being overweight.
"Since the hips won't last long and second surgeries are undesirable, it is best that people seek alternatives to the surgery first," he said. "Alternatives include losing weight, reducing stressful activities and using a cane."
Linton said he encourages patients to wait as long as possible before having the surgery.
"This is a procedure for crippled people, not just people in pain," Linton said. "It's for people who can't get up and go to the bathroom without help; then after the surgery, many can walk around without pain."
Ray Watson, a biology professor at MSU, knows what it means to live with hip pain and to feel relief after the surgery. He began to experience pain when he was in his 40s.
"I could barely walk, barely sleep. The pain was starting to interfere with my work. Even with a cane, I could barely handle outdoor class labs," Watson said.
Watson's first hip was replaced in 1981 and the second in 1992. Now, the time is approaching when the first will need to be revised.
"If people experience the pain like I have, they will recognize the value of hip research," he said.
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What is it that makes super-hero movies so appealing, when in fact they have the most predictable storylines of all the movies out there?
For me the part I enjoy and look for, is the aspect of pushing beyond one's limitations. If you take any of the superhero movies, the common structure of all the stories is that the superhero will be faced with a challenge that is beyon his capacities – something that he has not faced yet.
In other words the superhero has to completely step out of his comfort zone and give it all he or she's got and even more – to be able to surmount the challenge he or she is faced with.
The superhero in effect has to move through "the eye of the needle" in order to succeed.
The one thing that is perhaps artificial within this story line is that the viewer is already expecting the super hero to succeed. Somehow, failure is not quite possible or highly unlikely.
I would say that in real life situations, the risk of failure is much more real and pertinent. In other words, in real life there are actually no guarantees to succeeding at something – whereas in superhero movies this guarantee seems to be implicit (because we paid for seeing the superhero succeed and not for seeing him fail isn't it?).
I would say that in real life situations it is not so much about achieving the result that is perceived to be 'success' but about walking through one's limitations regardless of the actual result. To give a practical example: A week ago me and my partner were scheduled to participate in a flea market in the city. This is something we have often done in the past and we have always done it together. But on the day of the fea market, unexpectedly my partner was ill, and we had already paid a reservation cost to participate in the fleamarket. At this point I was ready to walk away from doing the fleamarket regardless of the money I had already paid – yet when we dicussed this together the point came up of: why don't I go alone? At first I dimissed this idea because of the perception that 'this is not my thing' – yet when looking at it again there was a little flame in me that lit up. I saw that it could actually be interesting for me to do it alone as a way to test myself. I then stated to my partner that I would go by myself and we were both happy with this decision. I went by myself as a means to create a little adventure and to push myself out of my comfort zone. It was indeed a lot of work because of having to find a spot to park the car and then unload all the items to my selling location and then setting up everything – but it worked out fine and I could get going with selling our stuff. In fact I did not sell a lot on that day. I just made enough money to cover for the reservation cost which from an "investment" perpective would have meant that the fleamarket was a failure – but for me it wasn't, because I found satisfaction in the fact that I had simply pushed myself to do something that I would normally not have done and that I could show to myself that i am able to act independently.
This is why process is not about 'the picture' as 'success' but about self-honesty and doing what is best for all and best for self.
Here is some self-forgiveness I wrote about a pattern of being impatient when assisting my partner with learning a language.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to be impatient when F does not understand what I mean and I will think that she is deliberately doubting me and trying to know better – instead of stopping my judgment and assumptions and simply realise that she is learning and she will not understand everything from the get go.
I commit myself to be patient and to teach like I would like to be taught.
I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to have expectations about the other when I explain something – instead of allowing the teaching to actually flow as the interaction between me and F for both of us to learn.
I had already given him the solution to his problem, so I did not further reply to his comments. I nodded my head in a neutral manner and walked on to the garage. There was a moment where a thought popped up in my head that I should at least prove to him that the bottles were not coming from us, but upon taking a breath, I saw that this would add little to the point and in fact the point was not wether or not he agreed with me the but about whether I am clear within myself about my starting point. When I was done with my business in the garage, I walked past him again and said 'bye'.
This showed me that when I am clear inside myself, it is very easy to direct a situation. There is no need to take on the emotions from others.
A few nights ago I could not sleep as I was feeling uncertain about a decision I needed to make. I realized that whatever I do I need to be clear in my starting point, specifically I cannot allow any self-deception to influence me in my decision. There was also a sense of urgency, as I would not be able to postpone this decision for much longer. Within this I was feeling quite 'shaken' and because I had been very preoccupied about this point I was also feeling exhausted. A part of me simply wanted to go to bed and 'give myself a break from this experience' and 'finally rest' – however I kept on lying wide awake in bed, unable to calm myself down.
I had already written about the issue at hand throughout the day more than once, therefore I initially dismissed to go back to writing. In a way I was facing a point where in the past I would have written to Bernard and asked him for a perspective – and this desire to get someone else to clarify the situation 'for me' still existed. In fact I had already received input from my partner on the matter I was dealing with on that day, and there was even a thought for a moment that I could go and 'ask her again'. But within all this there was fundamentally an unwillingness in myself to take responsibility for the situation I was dealing with.
I realized that it is up to me to create the clarity I need. I therefore got out of bed and got my notebook to make additional notes on the point. I directed myself to look at the issue and initially I still found no clarity – I was still nervous and uncertain. When I was done making notes I put my book aside and went back to bed. I could feel that the point was still brewing in me – I forgave myself for feeling helpless and used breathing to stabilize myself. After 10 or 15 more minutes of lying down, suddenly the point shifted within me and it made a 'click' like a puzzle piece that fits. I suddenly had found a way to see which choice would be best for all and with this satisfied feeling I became very calm and finally was able to go to sleep.
This experience showed me that I have to be able to show extreme patience with myself and that even when there are no immediate results and things seem very bad, that is no excuse to give up on my own support. Even though I did not know what to do in an absolute sense – because I kept on supporting myself against all odds, the answer then later on revealed itself 'by itself'. Had I run and asked for 'help' I would have missed the point of creating self-reliance and the realization that I have the capacity to give myself perspective and establish clarity. Because underlying all this was also the question I asked myself: one day I must inevitably become able to give clarity to myself on difficult issues – it cannot be that I remain eternally enslaved to 'asking others for perspective' – because that means that I remain 'confused' instead of developing self-insight and self-trust. If Bernard could do it then – eventually – I must also be able to do it.
We had planned on making a little trip outside of town and go for a walk. We had made preparations in terms of the trajectory along which we would be walking and also where we would be parking the car.
When we arrived we wanted to determine the starting point of the walking trajectory. We were still sitting in the car and looking at a little map on one of our phones. At the same time I was working from memory regarding the plan I had seen on the computer earlier and I had also seen how this correlated with the street map on our GPS system in the car. Based on this I was sure about where exactly the starting point of the walking trajectory was in relation to the car. I told my partner and wanted us to move on and get out of the car.
To my partner however, my assessment was not entirely clear and she was not convinced that my direction was correct. In this moment I started to experience irritation because I was within myself justifying that I was 'certain' and therefore my partner was irresponsible in wanting us to spend more time on determining the beginning of the trajectory, so my backchat went.
At the same time I realized there had been countless situations where I had perceived myself to be correct about a point which then later on turned out to be 'incorrect'. Therefore I calmed myself down with breathing and started to explain patiently to my partner, using all the tools we had available, the phone and the GPS – also getting out of the car myself to verify the streetnames outside - until she actually arrived at the same conclusion that I had come to. Then, we were both on equal footing and together we left the car and started our walking trajectory.
This to me was a little victory, because it showed me how easily I would have let something so small turn into a point of friction and conflict – instead of applying humbleness and within that creating equality. And how much more enjoyable it was to simply be patient and share and communicate than to become emotional.


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There was always a self-important sense of literariness, of artifice, in some of the movies of those directors who were censured by the ideologues, movers, and shakers of the Nouvelle Vague, or the French New Wave. These ideologues projected their censure and feelings of hurt to the American counterparts of those directors: to Billy Wilder, to William Wyler, to everyone else who were so constrained by the big studios that all they could do was forget their own personality. In the eyes of the new critics, nothing could absolve what was considered as their shameless acts of fawning to the studios: their movies were at best literary, not cinematic, and second rate.
Pauline Kael called these critics (many of whom took to directing later on) movie brutalists. The movies they had grown up on were dead, obsolete, and rooted in milieus which were no longer relevant to the new world the new wave was riding on. They rejected the craftsmanship of the old order: the carefully conceived, technically superior, but banal work of the old directors. The directors they admired – Nicholas Ray, Howard Hawks, Orson Welles, and Alfred Hitchcock – were ignored by the mainstream producers because they couldn't be rationalised by the criteria those producers brought up when assessing, and going for, the Wilders and the Wylers. It was left to the brutalists to promote them, and in doing so to emulate them.
The greatest movie brutalist of them all was Jean-Luc Godard. And not for no reason: apart from the fact that he is the only surviving member of the Nouvelle Vague, he was also the most consistent. Nearly everyone else who followed him or were part of the revolution he wrought returned more or less to the same cinema they had repudiated: Truffaut, Rohmer, even Chabrol. But Godard was different. His influence spawned imitators the world over, some second hand, others first rate. That his stints at moviemaking followed and ran parallel with the New Wave in East Europe was no coincidence: it was an era of rejection, rejection of values which were superficially different (conservative versus liberal, capitalist versus communist) but actually thrived on conformity, more specifically artistic conformity.
Cinema in the seventies
That culture of rejection came to Sri Lanka towards the end of the sixties, with a movie that brought in nearly everyone who would be part of the transformation of our cinema in the seventies: Sugathapala Senarath Yapa's Hanthane Kathawa. Siri Gunasinghe had made Sath Samudura a few years earlier: it brought D. B. Nihalsinghe and Vasantha Obeyesekere together. Nihalsinghe would later make our only technically "American" movie, Welikathara. Obeyesekere would subvert the mainstream cinema by resorting to, and muddling up, the tropes it thrived on. But the brutalist who radicalised our cinema was to emerge from Yapa's movie, one that was set in an integral locale of the revolution to come: the University.
Hanthane Kathawa is one of the few Sinhala movies that seem as fresh now as the day they were first released. It breathes naturally, in the open, despite the underlying tensions which move into an inexorable climax. Much of its texture, its raw feel of life in the University, came out from the fact that many of its cast and crew members were real-life students at Peradeniya. Two in particular had come from the same school and were studying for the same degree. One of them turned out to be an actor. Daya Tennakoon. The other turned out to be that aforementioned radical. Dharmasena Pathiraja. Last year Pathiraja the director and artiste "turned" 50. This is a brief outline of the man and what I believe his cinema has stood for.
Dharmasena Pathiraja's characters, like the characters in Godard's movies, entranced an entire generation. They entranced us because the world they inhabited was too chaotic, too turbulent, to make them plan for the day after tomorrow. They don't conceive of what's to come, they live for today. Because of this, his plots can't be rationalised or boiled down. They are like sentences that never end, that lead backwards at times and take us to climaxes we never get to in others. Probably that's why one of the books written on him was titled "An Incomplete Sentence."
Technically inferior
But Pathiraja is probably the only director here who has never made a technically inferior movie. (With other directors then and now you get movies which are great, good, not so good, mediocre, and terrible.) From his first real film Ahas Gawwa – I have unfortunately not seen Sathuro, which he made five years earlier, in 1969 – he said everything, and I mean everything, that he would elaborate on, though only obliquely, in his subsequent work. The only movie of his that made some concession to the box office, Eya Dan Loku Lamayek, was, I daresay, not that bad in comparison. But I remember what Regi Siriwardena wrote of it: "When one has praised Malini Fonseka's performance in it, one has virtually exhausted its virtues."
In Ahas Gawwa the characters had some semblance of a family to fall back on. In Eya Dan Loku Lamayek the conflict is rooted in a love triangle between Malini and two men who don't seem to have any family at all (Vijaya Kumaratunga and Wimal Kumar da Costa). It's in Bambaru Avith that we come across a perfectly uprooted protagonist, with Victor ("Baby Mahaththaya"), played by Kumaratunga as the son of an ailing mudalali we never even hear about. But Bambaru Avith, like its music, was very operatic and stylised despite the salty dialogues and Donald Karunaratne's cinematography. Pathiraja needed another movie to open up and do away with those operatic, epic overtones. He got to that with Para Dige.
Para Dige is the movie that best sums up that sense of obliqueness which comes through his characters. There are sequences that seem so random and out of key that the only reason they could be there was Pathiraja himself. Why do Chandare (Vijaya) and his sister (Sunethra Sarachchandra) go to the birthday party of those triplets? Why are they the only ones there when they cut their birthday cake? Why do they break into a small dance that's at once mesmerising and confusing? And why do they never talk? I don't think these are meant to be answered, but they are there, painfully obvious, never even asked. It's not just that the director randomly inserts them: it's also that he himself doesn't make us WANT to question WHY he inserts them in the first place. That's where he triumphs: with other directors, such randomness would at most be considered jerky. These sequences are arbitrary, but because of their arbitrariness they are woven into the narrative even though they exist outside it.
When Godard titled a section of Masculin Feminin with the famous line "This film could be called The Children of Marx and Coca-Cola", he was thinking about how the world was dangling between two worlds, shell shocked and confused. The youth were revolutionaries, but they were also allured by popular culture: they were pop revolutionaries, neither here nor there, never seriously committed to anything. Para Dige epitomised them: desensitised but not incapable of love, impersonalised but not incapable of affection, synthetic but not incapable of honesty. They were in a class of their own, free of familial bonds and constraints.
Bambaru Avith, despite its operatic overtones, had Brechtian undertones: you never felt for its characters the way you did for those in Para Dige. Those undertones came from Pathiraja's trysts with the theatre, in particular his Koraya saha Andaya, which was Beckettian. He returned to Beckett with Soldadu Unnahe, which more than anything that preceded it forced audiences to radically evaluate the cinema.
To an outsider, Soldadu Unnahe is shoddy, even untidy. It doesn't quite contain the technical mastery of Pathiraja's previous work. There are long, overdrawn sequences and sequences that end so abruptly that they confound reason and judgment. It was destined to alienate audiences because it was formally meant to.
The late Ajith Samaranayake in a review contended that its climax (where the soldier, played by Joe Abeywickrama, comprehends the true meaning of sovereignty) was incongruent with the Gorkian poignancy of everything that led to it. Valid though his point was, it was a little misplaced. As Regi Siriwardena pointed out in a reply to Samaranayake, Soldadu Unnahe wasn't Gorkian or realistic: it defied realism in a way that could only be described as Beckettian. Pathiraja had, in other words, reinvented our cinema: he had made the first real existential film we could claim.
The great tragedy of Pathiraja is that, like Dharmasiri Bandaranayake, his movies were never properly evaluated by the press. With Bandaranayake I think the problem was that the generation of Gamini Haththotuwegama and Ajith Samaranayake and A. J. Gunawardena was soon to pass away. With Pathiraja, on the other hand, the problem was the man himself. He trumped his critics with his refusal to enter the completely political. They were upset because he hadn't conformed to their standards of propriety: for them, a movie like Bambaru Avith could work only if Victor was labelled as an evil capitalist and Helen (Malini Fonseka) was labelled as a corrupted peasant virgin. They were upset, in other words, because he refused to turn our cinema into what Bandaranayake and his contemporaries had turned our theatre: politically fragmented, thriving on symbols, metaphors, protests, and stark dichotomies.
But in trumping those critics, Pathiraja has sealed his legacy. And I think it's just as well: the intrusion of the theatre into our cinema has given me enough reason to lament, not celebrate. That no critic, apart from someone like Siriwardena, took him seriously remains the best tribute we can make to him. Not because he defied those critics, or criticism in general, but because he was able to make inroads to audiences despite the alienation those critics felt from his work. To date, I have not come across another director (in the serious cinema) who has touched the pulse of his or her audience so sharply while overturning those preconceptions of the medium that writers and commentators and of course popular audiences revere so highly.
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package com.navercorp.pinpoint.web.service.stat;

import com.navercorp.pinpoint.web.dao.stat.SampledActiveTraceDao;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.web.util.TimeWindow;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.web.vo.stat.SampledActiveTrace;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.web.vo.stat.chart.StatChart;
import com.navercorp.pinpoint.web.vo.stat.chart.agent.ActiveTraceChart;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Objects;

/**
 * @author HyunGil Jeong
 */
@Service
public class ActiveTraceChartService implements AgentStatChartService {

    private final SampledActiveTraceDao sampledActiveTraceDao;

    public ActiveTraceChartService(@Qualifier("sampledActiveTraceDaoFactory") SampledActiveTraceDao sampledActiveTraceDao) {
        this.sampledActiveTraceDao = Objects.requireNonNull(sampledActiveTraceDao, "sampledActiveTraceDao");
    }

    @Override
    public StatChart selectAgentChart(String agentId, TimeWindow timeWindow) {
        Objects.requireNonNull(agentId, "agentId");
        Objects.requireNonNull(timeWindow, "timeWindow");
        List<SampledActiveTrace> sampledActiveTraces = this.sampledActiveTraceDao.getSampledAgentStatList(agentId, timeWindow);
        return new ActiveTraceChart(timeWindow, sampledActiveTraces);
    }

    @Override
    public List<StatChart> selectAgentChartList(String agentId, TimeWindow timeWindow) {
        StatChart agentStatChart = selectAgentChart(agentId, timeWindow);

        List<StatChart> result = new ArrayList<>(1);
        result.add(agentStatChart);

        return result;
    }

}


Watlow provides energy process equipment engineers with innovative electrical heaters, sensors and controllers which enable a competitive edge for oil, gas, power generation market leaders as well as LNG and Hydrocarbon Industry. We accomplish this through world-class FEED-to-FIELD documentation, project management, integrated thermal products and technical support.
– WATCONNECT® standard control panels that are quickly configured to your specific application requirements and delivered within two weeks.
The F4T with INTUITION® temperature process controller from Watlow® offers a wide range of field removable I/O modules for maximum design flexibility. Configurations can be custom tailored to meet the scaling needs of a tremendous range of equipment and applications while providing exactly the hardware types required for compatibility.
The F4T controller also features a 4.3 inch, color, graphical touch panel. Combining power, flexibility and functionality, this new controller offers unmatched versatility, and its best-in-class ease of use could very well make user manuals a thing of the past.
Electric process heaters that interface with flammable materials in explosive environments need to be properly evaluated to protect the equipment against catastrophic failures. There are several possible protection methods that may be employed to protect from a potential explosion. A temperature class requirement will be provided by the user based on the explosive gases that may be present in the installation area. The maximum surface temperature of the process heater must then be evaluated to assure compliance. Temperature classes that are based on the maximum operating temperature for heaters prescribe the level of safeguards. Determining the temperature class for a specific electric process heater is unique compared to other electrical components installed in classified locations. The temperature code, or T-code, is highly dependent on the process conditions of the heating application. Global Temperature Classes/Codes are broken down into the following various levels.
It has generally been assumed in energy process heaters that pins attaching heating elements to the power terminal do not generate heat on their own. That is why they are called cold pins. Engineers at Watlow believe cold pins actually generate heat creating an environment that is leading to heater failures.


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2016 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of International Literacy Day (September 8), first proclaimed by the General Conference of UNESCO in 1966. The overarching theme of the 2016 event is 'Reading the past, writing the future'.
UNESCO has worked to ensure that literacy remains a priority on national and international agendas, as well as to make available knowledge on effective literacy policies and programmes around the world. To promote excellence and innovation in the field of literacy, the organization recognizes the work of institutions, organizations and individuals whose efforts contribute to the promotion of dynamic literate societies. The thematic focus of the 2016 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes is 'Innovation in Literacy', which emphasizes the importance of innovation in literacy in the rapidly changing societies, economies and environments of the contemporary world. The award ceremony for UNESCO's International Literacy Prizes honours programmes that have demonstrated innovative approaches in literacy in the context of Sustainable Development Goal 4, Education 2030 and the Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) through the UNESCO's Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase), offers more than 200 comprehensive case studies on effective youth and adult literacy programmes from more than 70 countries. Many of the educational programmes featured on LitBase focus on developing literacy and numeracy. LitBase was created in response to the demand for examples of effectively designed and executed programmes to serve as models for the development of new and improvement of existing literacy initiatives and showcases the literacy programmes of the 2016 UNESCO International Literacy Prize winners.
Related News by topic by country
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NGC 6750 é uma galáxia espiral (Sc) localizada na direcção da constelação de Draco. Possui uma declinação de +59° 10' 02" e uma ascensão recta de 19 horas, 00 minutos e 36,0 segundos.

A galáxia NGC 6750 foi descoberta em 10 de Setembro de 1885 por Lewis A. Swift.

Ver também
Astronomia extragaláctica
Lista de galáxias
Lista de objectos NGC
New General Catalogue

Ligações externas

NGC 6750
Constelação de Draco
Galáxias espirais


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You are here: Home / Recreation / Entertainment / Clear Lake is rock-n-roll capital for the Winter Dance Party
Clear Lake is rock-n-roll capital for the Winter Dance Party
Thousands of rock-n-roll lovers are converging on Clear Lake for the Winter Dance Party at the Surf Ballroom.
The three-day event started last night. It's a celebration of the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and "The Big Bopper" J. P. Richardson, who died along with pilot Roger Peterson in a plane crash near Clear Lake after a show at the Surf on February 2nd, 1959.
Surf Ballroom director Laurie Lietz says they see music lovers every year from at least 40 states and several foreign countries.
"This is the place that they come to take their vacation," Lietz says. "It really just resonates with us that this is an important event to them and it's just so much fun, too. They've created a 'February family,' I think they call themselves. For a lot of people, it's a place to come and just enjoy the music and enjoy the friendships that they've created over the years."
Thursday night's concert featured the '60s garage-rock band The Kingsmen, whose big hit was "Louie Louie," as well as Joey Dee and Little Peggy March. Austin Allsup also performed. He's the son of Tommy Allsup, the last surviving member of Holly's Crickets from the Winter Dance Party. Tonight's (Friday) lineup features two performers from the doo-wop group Sha Na Na as part of the event's traditional sock hop.
"We've got Bowzer's Rock and Doo-Wop Sock Hop featuring Bowzer and the Stingrays," Lietz says. "They're a fabulous group along with Rocky and the Rollers. We've got Johnny Contardo, who was also with Sha Na Na, as Bowzer was, and an original Comet, Joey Ambrose." Lietz says they've recently been turning the corner on their Saturday night concerts to highlight some artists that have been influenced by Holly, Valens and the Bopper.
"This year's Three Stars Memorial Concert is featuring Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives," Lietz says. "He is a rockabilly artist, and before it was rock-n-roll, it was rockabilly, so it really kind of ties into the history of the music itself and kind of how it all started." Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys are also performing Saturday night, as are Albert Lee and Headcat 13, along with special appearances by Narvel Felts, Linda Gail Lewis, and Sonny West. Lietz says Sonny West has direct connections to Buddy Holly's career.
"He goes way back in the lineage of the rock-n-roll music," Lietz says. "He wrote 'Oh Boy' and 'Rave On' for Buddy Holly. So he knew Buddy Holly and he is thrilled. He reached out to us via Facebook and wanted to be part of the event once again, so we're thrilled to have him come back and be a part of Saturday evening's show." Tickets to each night's concert are available this year or people can still purchase a three-day pass.
(By Bob Fisher, KRIB, Mason City)
Filed Under: News, Recreation / Entertainment


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Polynesian dancers from Siva Pasefika delight the crowd with a hula.
It's back! After a one-year sabbatical, the St. George Area Chamber of Commerce is bringing back the family friendly community festival, Taste of Dixie on October 20 and 21 at the Washington City Community Center MultiUse Field and adjacent ball fields. More than just food–although there will be plenty of that–this event is designed to show all that southern Utah has to offer. From learning about various local businesses, to nonprofit organizations, to those honing an art or craft, this promises to be no ordinary festival.
With the cooler autumn temperatures, the Chamber has invited American Legion Post 90 to host their Annual Chili Cook-off at Taste of Dixie. Proceeds from the Chili Cook-off benefit the various activities the Legion hosts including: Boy Scout flag retirement ceremonies, sponsoring the Sentinels Baseball Team, Wreaths Across America, and The Annual Veteran's walk/run. With help from JRW Rods & Customs, one ball field will be dedicated to a free classic car show with attendees selecting a favorite car with the People's Choice Award.
Employees from Dr. Wayne Christian's office in St. George get in the spirit of the festival.
No stranger to events, the St. George Chamber of Commerce hosts a weekly Wednesday luncheon featuring trainers and inspirational speakers, an annual golf tournament, awards gala, movies in the park, and a healthy business challenge. With the merger of the Washington City Chamber earlier this year, more than 800 businesses are now part of the organization. The St. George Area Chamber of Commerce exists for the benefit of each member, and aims at maintaining and developing a community in which businesses and families can thrive.


When the turtles are fed, it's a good idea to confirm the tank. Thus, when you're planning buy reptile enclosures it's important to grasp the environment of their normal habitat. The lizard has to be housed in a container (such as a tank) that is full of a substrate. A lot of people argue that it's rare for leopard geckos to acquire impaction from such substrates, particularly if they are adults.
Whenever you have exhausted all probable reasons by yourself and your dragon is still not eating you'll want to search for the assistance of a veterinarian that specializes in the care of reptiles. In their normal environment bearded dragons are rather happy leading solitary lifes. Bearded dragons desire a big habitat. Since you can see, purchasing a bearded dragon can quickly come to be a costly endeavor. With a suitable egg nesting region and incubation, the female bearded dragon will create several clutches of eggs each year.
You would also have to make sure your dragons have a comfortable and proper habitat and together with the appropriate grooming and handling. Dragons are among the most common mythological creatures. Bearded dragons are getting to be very popular pets, and it's easy to see why. The Bearded dragon is not only a magnificent creature within the wild but they're also thought to be excellent option for pets. If you're thinking about including a bearded dragon to your loved ones, perhaps this brief guide can help you decide if they're a good option for you. Some even provide bearded dragons for sale.
Running back and forth between a hundred unique things daily can make it hard to remember to keep positive and upbeat. Yes, when you take some time and receive the appropriate info and education on the best way to keep gecko pets. When it's time to get started handling, pick this up by sliding your hand underneath it and scooping this up. Only people who have enough time along with money is able to adopt this chameleon for a pet.
At first, a young one ought to be fed insects. It is necessary you do not feed insects which you have caught around your house, as they may be contaminated by pesticides. It is necessary to be aware that these lizard species aren't appropriate for beginner owners, because they can be rather hard to look after. Habitat has a critical role on their general wellness and life expectancy. Also if an acceptable habitat is supplied with tons of climbing material they may be hard to find. Aquatic habitat is largely composed of water. You never understand what sorts of new wildlife it's possible to encourage into your back garden!
Some of the most beautiful and distinctive animals of earth are observed in rainforests of the planet. Handling your dragon It's incredibly vital that you know how to manage your pet. It has been a favourite pet of vivarium builders for quite a while now, and might even be the reason you realize that you are trying to understand how to construct a salamander vivarium from this informative article. Some people today utilize large ceramic dog bowls, which are simple to clean.


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Q: Handling large amounts of requests on IIS and MVC ASP.NET I have a server that loggs different things from various web pages. This server recieves a large amount of requests at all times of the day. All of the requests is a "fire and forget" requests. Therefore the server returns out of the action as fast as possible. I have run a few tests where i log the amount of time the client side uses and the time that is used in the action. The action in the server always used around 5ms before it exits, but the klient side went up to around 2 seconds after running a couple of minutes.
My theory is that IIS can't handle the amount of requests. The IIS has been set up with a default configuration. Therefore I wonder if there is anything I can do on the IIS to optimize for handling large amounts of short lived requests?

A: AFAIK
Every http request have a property named as Timeout, you can reduce it so connections will have less time so you can make quick connections in less time.
and maximum number of connections is also one of the parameter which can help you.


Contact Microsoft on their freephone business enquiries telephone number 0800 032 6417 if you require technical support as the admin for Microsoft Office 365 in your workplace.
Microsoft is an multinational technology company that develops software and personal computers to millions of customers around the globe. Microsoft is currently the world's largest computing company by total revenue but is arguably best known for its software products such as the Microsoft Windows operating system and the Office 365 suite that are available on to UK businesses on a corporate scale.
Contact Microsoft Office by calling their freephone Office Admins telephone number 0800 032 6417 for free technical support if you are calling on behalf of a company that uses the 365 Office Business suite. For instance, if you are a registered admin for Office 365 then you can discuss any of the facilities available included in your monthly 365 subscription whether your company has a standard or Premium account. Businesses should contact Microsoft to report any technical issues with their desktop or app versions of the Office 365 suite whether they are having difficulty with Word or Outlook. Alternatively, if you are unable to log into your Microsoft Cloud account then you should get in touch so that a representative can help you access any files that would otherwise be lost. Moreover, if you are having server issues then the Microsoft representative can help you access any web versions of Microsoft Word, Excel or PowerPoint over the phone.
If you are a member of the premium Office service then you may wish to discuss how to create a custom email domain address for any number of employees working in your business. Customers can also enquire how to set up Skype for Business so that their company can host unlimited online and video conferencing meetings for up to 250 people.
The Microsoft Office Support for Admins uses a freephone 0800 contact number as all customers are guaranteed access to free telephone support. Furthermore, the Microsoft Office helpline is available to contacted at any time as the line open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
If you would like to register a formal complaint following your experience with the Microsoft Office 365 Business service then you should write to the company's UK Head Office on the following address: Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1WG, United Kingdom.


A Unite member who worked at a car manufacturer in Castle Bromwich has been awarded almost £12,000 compensation after he suffered a crush injury and lacerations to his left leg in an accident at work.
Terence Deen, 61, was placing information on a work notice board when a heavy duty wheel that had been left unattended rolled towards him and hit his left foot and ankle.
The wheel, which is used for large trailers, should have been stored in a stillage to stop it from moving, but had just been left standing against a wall.
The force of the huge wheel hitting Terence damaged the muscles and skin on his left leg. He needed nearly six weeks off work before he was able to return to light duties, and may get ulceration of the skin in later life.
Terence said: "Doctors told me that I was lucky to not break my leg, which really took me by surprise. Common sense suggests that heavy wheels that can roll around should be put away in safe storage not left lying around. It was an accident waiting to happen.
"I had to move to a less manual role for a while after the accident because of the pain in my leg, and I do worry about how my mobility will be in the long-term, especially as I'm approaching retirement. I'm a keen gardener and enjoy working around the home, but my leg injury has limited what I can do.
Tim Parker, Unite regional officer said: "This very successful conclusion to Terence's personal injury case underlines the vital importance and value of the impressive legal services and support that Unite provides to our members on a daily basis.
"Our local Unite health and safety representatives quickly followed up the initial accident with the company and ensured that safer working practices were introduced immediately to stop any future reoccurrence.


Severe,-1305: S0002: [Microsoft][ODBC Excel Driver] The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object 'itemmast'. Make sure the object exists and that you spell its name and the path name correctly.
This error is caused when you have created a MS Excel ODBC driver entry, but the named range itemmast wasn't created in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.


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Ringina antarctica, unique représentant du genre Ringina, est une espèce d'araignées aranéomorphes de la famille des Linyphiidae.

Distribution
Cette espèce est endémique de l'archipel des Crozet dans les Terres australes et antarctiques françaises.

Publications originales
 Hickman, 1939 : Opiliones and Araneae. British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931. Reports-Series B. Adelaide, , , .
 Tambs-Lyche, 1954 : Arachnoidea from South Georgia and the Crozet Islands with remarks on the subfamily Masoninae. Scientific Results of The Norwegian Antarctic Expeditions, , .

Liens externes

 genre Ringina :

 espèce Ringina antarctica :

Notes et références

Linyphiidae
Espèce d'araignées (nom scientifique)
Faune endémique de l'archipel des Crozet


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Topics on This Page: Hair Loss | Flu Vaccine and Bell's Palsy | MMR Vaccine and ITP | Thimerosal and Autism | Thimerosal and Neurodevelopment | Yellow Fever Vaccine | Thimerosal and Neurodevelopment
Recent studies suggest that alopecia areata (hair loss) may occur rarely in persons who have received hepatitis B vaccine. While the mechanisms responsible for alopecia following vaccination are not certain, the condition may be caused by an immune disorder. Researchers at two VSD sites are conducting two studies using different study designs to assess the association between receipt of hepatitis B vaccine and the risk of alopecia in adults and adolescents.
For one site, the final analyses are complete. The other site is completing their final analysis for the study.
Flu Vaccine and Bell's Palsy
Bell's palsy is a common neurologic disorder that accounts for up to 75% of all peripheral facial palsies. Although the etiology of Bell's palsy is not clear, one of the theories put forward involves an autoimmune etiology. Following the introduction of newly licensed intranasal influenza vaccine in Switzerland in October 2000, 46 cases of Bell's palsy were noted among people who received the vaccine. The situation warranted a thorough investigation to determine if there is any association between influenza vaccine and Bell's palsy in which VSD researchers are currently conducting a case-control study. As part of the study, researchers will identify people with Bell's palsy who are members of HMOs participating in the VSD project. At each participating site, medical records of persons will Bell's palsy will be reviewed to assess exposure to influenza vaccine, hepatitis B vaccine, Td vaccine, and other vaccines.
Final analyses calculating the relative risk of Bell's palsy following vaccination as well as the incidence of Bell's palsy among vaccinated and unvaccinated populations have been conducted. The manuscript for this study is currently under development.
MMR Vaccine and ITP
Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) is an acquired disease that is caused by the destruction or impaired production of platelets. In children who are otherwise healthy, the acute onset of thrombocytopenia is commonly characterized as ITP. Over the last several years, there has been growing concern that the live virus MMR vaccination is associated with an increased incidence of ITP. Previous studies have demonstrated a significant risk of ITP following receipt of MMR vaccination, however, they were based on small populations. To better quantify the relationship between MMR vaccination and ITP, VSD researchers are currently investigating the association in a large cohort of children. Researchers will use inpatient, outpatient, and laboratory data to identify children with a diagnosis of ITP during a specific period of time. Medical charts will then be reviewed to verify cases of ITP and collect information on vaccination history. Analyses will be performed to assess the risk of ITP following MMR vaccination.
Final analyses are currently being conducted for this study.
Thimerosal and Autism
In response to public concerns, VSD researchers have begun a case-control study to examine the association between thimerosal and autism rigorously. The study aims to determine whether exposure to thimerosal in infancy or in utero is related to development of autism. The study will also evaluate whether exposure to thimerosal in infancy is related to development of the subclass of autism predominantly associated with regression. As part of the study, researchers will use automated data and registries to identify children with autism (cases) and without autism (controls). In-person examinations, telephone interviews, medical chart reviews, and immunization tracking systems will be used to collect information on vaccine history and other possible covariates. Recommended by the Institute of Medicine, this VSD study will be the first rigorous, epidemiological study conducted on the issue of thimerosal and autism. Data from this VSD study should provide the best available scientific information on whether a causal association between exposure to thimerosal and the development of autism is possible.
This study is in the data collection phase.
Thimerosal and Neurodevelopment
CDC conducted the Infant and Environmental Exposures to Thimerosal and Neuropsychological Outcomes at Ages 7 to 10 Years study to investigate possible associations between prenatal and early childhood exposure to thimerosal-containing vaccines and/or immunoglobulins and deficits in neuropsychological functioning. Thimerosal is a preservative that contains ethyl mercury and is used in some vaccines and immunoglobulins. This study was not designed to assess possible association between thimerosal and autism.
Yellow Fever Vaccine
In June 2001, seven cases of yellow fever vaccine-associated viscerotropic disease (previously called multiple organ system failure) in recipients of 17D-derived yellow fever vaccine were reported. The ACIP reviewed these cases, recommended enhanced surveillance for adverse events, and updated the ACIP statement on yellow fever vaccine. An additional report in MMWR provided two new suspected cases of yellow fever-associated viscerotropic disease and four suspected cases of yellow fever-associated neurotropic disease (previously called past-vaccinal encephalitis). Although yellow fever vaccine remains essential for travelers to yellow fever endemic areas, these findings underscore the need for enhanced surveillance and timely clinical assessment of yellow fever vaccine-associated disease.
In collaboration with the Department of Defense, VSD investigators are conducting epidemiologic studies involving the databases and records systems of the VSD, the Air Force and the Navy to study hospitalized viscerotropic and neurotropic events associated with yellow fever vaccine.
Data collection is currently underway for this study.
Diphtheria-Containing Vaccines
Three vaccines currently recommended for adolescents (Tdap, Td, and Menactra meningococcal conjugate vaccine) contain diphtheria toxoid and result in a diphtheria antibody response. While the safety of individual diphtheria-containing vaccines has been evaluated, less is known regarding the safety of administration of two or more of these vaccines, either simultaneously or sequentially. Local injection site reactions are the primary adverse event of concern with administration of multiple diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccines. The primary aim of this VSD study is to assess the occurrence of relatively severe local reactions, defined as medically-attended reactions, in adolescents and young adults with varying patterns of receipt of diphtheria toxoid-containing vaccines. In addition, the occurrence of illnesses possibly indicative of a hypersensitivity response to vaccination will be identified. The study will involve collection of information from administrative data, with chart review confirmation of presumptive cases.
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China made Bluetooth speaker which I purchased off a street vendor in Mongkok night market, Hong Kong.
Despite its bad English "intelligent voice" function when you turn it on, it sounds pretty descent for a small speaker and price.
It comes equipped with dual full range stereo speakers on both left and right with passive oval shaped bass driver in the middle. Wattage is unknown. Should be about 5 watts and below.
This was priced at HKD 145. How do I get this price? Go shop when they are closing before midnight!!
Video was recorded with iPhone 6 Plus.
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Airlift drama of premature twins birth
LITTLE FIGHTERS: Twins Brandon and Leo.
A LITTLE Downham man has talked to the Ely Standard about the dramatic first few days when his twin sons were born 14 weeks prematurely. The drama unfolded when Matthew Rayner s partner went into labour at her Diss home on April 23 and the pair had to be
A LITTLE Downham man has talked to the Ely Standard about the dramatic first few days when his twin sons were born 14 weeks prematurely.
The drama unfolded when Matthew Rayner's partner went into labour at her Diss home on April 23 and the pair had to be airlifted from Norfolk to Manchester because it was the nearest place with intensive care cots for their babies.
Matthew, of Kiln Close, rushed to the Norwich and Norfolk Hospital to be close to his partner Vicky Cummings after her waters broke on Sunday, April 23.
But staff at the hospital explained that there was only one neonatal intensive care cot available, and that the nearest place with two of the cots together was Salford's Hope Hospital - 230 miles away. Staff had to contact the RAF to have a helicopter dispatched.
"It was a real shock to be told," Mr Rayner, 18, said.
"We got to the hospital on Sunday at 7.30am, and by nine that morning we were in the sky in a helicopter and on our way to Manchester."
"The ride up there was good fun - I've never been in a helicopter before."
Miss Cummings said the experience was "terrifying", but said the birth two days later of twin boys Leo, who weighed just 1lb 7 and Brandon (1lb 9) had more than made up for the ordeal.
The boys were 14 weeks premature and had to be looked after at the Manchester hospital - which is currently facing closure - for just over a month before they were transferred to West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds.
"We had a lot of trouble finding clothes to fit them because they were so small," Mr Rayner said.
His mother, Tracy Rayner, said: "When I saw them lying in their incubators at Salford I just cried."
"The boys have had a real fight since the day they were born, but they are here and they're the apple of my eye."
Now Mr Rayner, who works in catering, makes his way to see his sons in Bury St Edmunds each day.
"We are up there every day," he said, "feeding them, changing them and going out for walks."
The couple, who met through Miss Cummings' cousin, hope to have their sons home over the next week, and Mr Rayner said he is currently looking for accommodation for his family.