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TASER Gun Safety Report Triggers Questions
Although many studies have shown over the years that TASER guns used by law enforcement agencies are safe to use on combative suspects, a new report reveals that these electrical stun may not be as safe as you'd think.
May 10, 2011, 4:48 AM UTC / Source: TechNewsDaily
By Samantha Murphy
A group of cardiologists from the University of California, San Francisco, have released findings that suggest much of the current TASER-related safety research may be biased due to ties to the devices' manufacturer, TASER International.
"We noticed that a majority of the studies out there about the safety of TASERS have been funded by companies that make them or involve people affiliated with those manufacturers," said senior author Byron K. Lee, associate professor of medicine in UCSF's cardiology division. "We looked into this more and discovered that TASERS might be more harmful than the studies are revealing."
The devices, also marketed for home use, deliver electrical pulses that stimulate the nervous system and cause involuntary muscle contractions.
Advocates of using such conductive energy devices, or CEDs, say that they are effective and cause only temporary physical symptoms. Critics and scientists have raised concerns about the potential dangers of using TASER devices, particularly on pregnant women, the elderly and very young, and individuals with underlying medical conditions.
The UCSF team analyzed 50 studies about the product safety of the TASER and concluded that the likelihood of them being called safe was 75 percent higher when the studies were either funded by the manufacturer or written by authors affiliated with the company than when studies were conducted independently.
Of the 50 articles studied, 23 were funded by TASER International or written by an author affiliated with the company. Nearly all (96 percent) of the TASER-supported articles concluded the devices were either "unlikely harmful " (26 percent) or "not harmful" (70 percent).
In contrast, of the 27 studies not affiliated with TASER Internationall, 55 percent found that the devices are either "unlikely harmful" (29 percent) or "not harmful" (26 percent).
"It's evident that more studies from independent parties need to be done to uncover the true effects of TASERS," Lee said. "In some cases, they cause cardiac arrest and sudden death, so they aren't completely safe."
The rebuttle
Despite these claims, TASER International is standing by the accuracy of its studies.
"Many of our TASER-funded studies were repeated by independent groups, such as University of California and Wake Forest University, that have received funding from other sources, including the United States Department of Justice, and have validated our results which directly refute any claim of bias," Steve Tuttle, vice president of communications for TASER International, told TechNewsDaily.
Tuttle also noted that the bulk of TASER-funded research went through the Hennepin County Medical Center and the Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, noting that it was accomplished by contractual grant, which means it must go through an oversight body and is often peer reviewed.
"Numerous studies funded by TASER and several funded by other sources, such as the United States Department of Justice, received very high grades in terms of relevance, validity and methodology," Tuttle said. "This is as stringent a peer review process as one could hope for."
In recent years, the media has made light of the use of TASERS. In 2007, the stun gun was used on a University of Florida student and arrested after causing a disturbance at a town hall forum, which featured Sen. John Kerry. The incident was captured on YouTube and millions watched the victim tell the officer, "Don't TASE me, bro." This now-famous phrase made its way across the Internet and even showed up on T-shirts.
TASERS have also shown up in unlikely places. Some people have held TASER parties instead of traditional Tupperware parties to buy TASERS to protect themselves at home.
In addition, a police officer played by actor Rob Riggle in the film "The Hangover" gets big laughs when he teaches a classroom of kids how to use TASERS by demonstrating several times on his friends.
"TASERS should never be used recreationally," Lee said. "They are less dangerous than a law enforcement officer shooting someone, but they can still cause a lot of harm and in even some cases, kill someone."
Reach TechNewsDaily senior writer Samantha Murphy at smurphy@techmedianetwork.com. Follow her on Twitter @SamMurphy_TMN
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Hey everyone!!!! I just got back from and exhausting but completely awesome day in LA. Why were you in LA Jaime you ask? I went for the 2011 Romantic Times Expo and Teen Day. This is a week long convention where authors do signings, giveaways, and talk on panels. I couldn't go the whole week but, when I learned that there was going to be a Teen day plus the book signing expo on Saturday I couldn't pass that up! So I booked my flight to fly down that Saturday morning big mistake. I now know to fly down the night before. I arrived in LA at 10:40 am and the book signing started at 11, the super shuttle we were on didn't drop us off at the hotel until 11:30, needless to say we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off trying to check into our room and the Expo.
Once settled in the craziness ensued. The Expo was intense! I have never been to a signing like that it was awesome people had suitcases full of books to have signed and some of the lines were very long. Why were these line long you ask? Well the answer is this amazing YA/Teen authors Richelle Mead, Cassie Clare, Holly Black, Alyson Noel, Melissa Marr, Ally Carter, Kimberly Derting, Sarah Rees Brennan, Alexandra Monir, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Jeri Smith-Ready, Tera Lynn Childs, Sophie Jordan, Rachel Vincent, Kelley Armstrong, Melissa de la Cruz, Carrie Ryan, C.C. Hunter, Kristi Cook, and more amazing authors were there. That was just the Teen Alley!!!
There were about 15 or 16 other rows with romance authors of all types including Paranormal Romance and Urban Fantasy. One of my favorite PNR authors Adrian Phoenix was there as well I even got to have an early dinner with her and discuss all things Dante and Von.
After the Expo and the nice dinner with Adrian we had a speed dating thing where the authors moved from table to table to discuss their books and basically whatever else they wanted or we wanted, then off to the Teen Party. Let me just say that was my favorite part of the whole thing! Not only did we get bags full of swag and books including some ARC's but, we actually got to hang with the authors. I sat with Melissa Marr for a few minutes and she actually asked me how I thought the day was going (she was the captain and ran the whole thing) I was amazed she wanted my opinion. I also spent time with my two good friends, authors Jeri Smith-Ready and Kristi Cook. I even rode the elevator with Cassie Clare. It was an amazing day!!!! I'm so tired today but it was all well worth it. There are more pics than the ones up above so I'll post a link to my flickr stream below. If you all get a chance I suggest going to a signing the authors are great.
Oh my goodness, I'm so freaking jealous!! I have been to one of those expo type signings but nothing that crazy.
So glad you had a great time! RT was a blast!
So sorry I missed you Lisa! Next time you're in Sacramento we should get coffee or lunch.
I can't believe I missed Sophie Littlefield who was hidden in the adult section. I would have loved to get Banished!
I think I might go to Chicago for this next year if the YA authors will be there - and also bring a better camera.
It sounds like an unforgettable time - except for your flight.
I definitely want to go to Chicago! They've already scheduled Melissa Marr, Charlaine Harris, and JR Ward!
Yeah you should've stored your books in our room sorry I didn't think of it. The teen party was amazing.
OOOHHH - Charlaine Harris. I have got to go. No question!
No worries about the room - so nice of you to offer belatedly.
I should have also picked you guys up at the airport, but didn't think about it until I got in my car that a.m.
I'm so glad I got to meet you too, albeit briefly with all the chaos. And it was so cool you had lunch with Adrian Phoenix!
Thanks Pam :) that means a lot coming from you!
I used to love going to book events like the expo when I worked for Waldenbooks in the 90's! I once went on a cruise/cocktail party and took a pic with the newest "Fabio" for a new romance line. Can't remember his name or the Series and when I look at the pic, I know it's because I might have had "too good" a time. Who knew I that I was an expert at partying "Kafe Castro" style so early on??? These events are so great and so much fun! Love the pics!
Thanks Christina :) haha yeah they are crazy fun! I'm still tired today.
Thanks Nancy! I really wish you could have been there with us.
Looks like fun! I'm jealous!


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SoftBank calls off its offering of up to $3 billion worth of shares in WeWork
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. called off its offering of up to $3 billion worth of shares in office-space rental venture WeWork, though it remains committed to its $5 billion bailout of the financially troubled company.
The main loser in the offer's failure is WeWork founder Adam Neumann, who quit the company last year, but owns about half the shares that were up for offer, according to SoftBank.
The company said Thursday that the option not to close the offer was part of the initial deal if certain conditions were not met by an April 1 deadline.
Such conditions include the release of financial and operational information from U.S. criminal and civil investigations related to Neumann, according to SoftBank.
The required anti-trust approvals have not been obtained, and restrictions on WeWork due to government efforts to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic were other factors, it said.
SoftBank said its bailout of WeWork, announced late last year, would go ahead.
Views on WeWork's potential vary. Detractors say it's just a glorified real estate company. Backers say WeWork spaces are attractive because they are equipped with the latest net and other technology features and offer opportunities for personal networking.
SoftBank /zigman2/quotes/207303954/delayed JP:9984 -0.73% and its Vision Fund, which gathers investment money, has promised to invest more than $14 billion in WeWork, including the latest bailout money.
SoftBank Senior Vice President Robert Townsend said the tender offer's closure will not affect WeWork's operations or its overall strategic plan.
WeWork has been trying to turn itself around over the past half year and has installed new managers. SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son has repeatedly expressed his belief in its potential.
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Wonderful restaurant! Great food, long wait for a table even with call ahead. I ordered pasta with eggplant, which was so good, I ordered another to go. This place is a treasure. Once I told our server I had Celiac, she made all the necessary arrangements.
Delicious food! Very friendly and knowledgeable staff, veggie and dairy-free options too.
Awesome food and very friendly and helpful waitstaff. Lots of GF options- many sauces on GF penne- we got the alfredo sauce which was amazing- yum! They also have GF pizza dough, which we will have try to some time. The restaurant doesn't open until 4 pm, so it is only for dinner.
Truly a hidden gem in Mentor! This place is adorable inside and has beyond delicious food! I got the chicken Alfredo pasta. It is so rare to find a restaurant who offers a gluten free alfredo sauce and this one was so yummy!! My sister also enjoyed her not gf chicken parm and said it may have been the best she's ever had!


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Goodbye Janet Reno
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She was small and fuzzy and fit on my hand and forearm. I had passed her by on my first trip through the line of chain link and concrete paddocks because she did not respond. When I came back she was different… like she had known me for years beyond her short, eight-week life span.
Yellow-lab features with golden-retriever tones, a mix she was, wiggling and dancing around the kennel floor. She was perfect, just the right breed, just the right time, just the right dog for the first of what would be seven grandchildren. I took her home.
At that time in history news reports were running about a small boy in Florida, Elian Gonzales, with protests, and international discourse and federal officers with guns drawn flickering from TV screens. U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno stood before microphones and cameras and proclaimed the need to send the boy back to Cuba. I scratched my head and dubbed the little dog with the moniker of newsy lady.
So, Janet Reno became a friend, a companion and a nanny for one grandchild, then another, then five more as the years rolled along – the dog, not the lady. We had had other celebrities as pets in the past. Olivia Newton John was an Australian shepherd that rode in my jeep and braved the jeep trails of eastern California's mountains and deserts. Then came William F. Buckley. Buck was a rottweiler-husky who did the same in his term as family protector.
The others had been outdoorsy friends. They loved the woods and rocks and the ride in between. But, Reno was my baby. She seemed more delicate. The thickets and tangles and gnawing bugs didn't fit her demeanor. I cringed when she would tumble through the brush where ticks could board and bite. Buck would emerge from a thorn tangle like he enjoyed the encounter. Reno would look up with soft sad eyes and I would read her gaze as saying, "I need to go home, there may be kids there to cuddle."
She took her job as nanny seriously. She licked faces and chased tennis balls and guarded and loved and served as a TV watching pillow through countless episodes of Sponge Bob and Peppa Pig. She greeted her brood at the door and moped when they would go. She cheered and brightened our lives for fourteen years.
Friendships between canines and humans are abundant in history, but dogs are here for a short time. Her coat turned gray, eyes grew tired, her zest for chasing and fetching and kid-watching waned. She slipped into family lore one morning at 9:30. Another paragraph of our lives had ended. Another story was told. I cried.
We buried her in back where her kids still play, near the ball-chasing spot across from the swing. On that point in the yard, when the spring rains make their run to the ocean, a batch of golden-yellow flowers brighten the yard as giggles and laughter echo around the house and walk and trees. I don't know if all dogs go to heaven, but they create a little a heaven while they're here.
Reno and me, April, 2000.
On Breaking Glass
Finding beauty in brokenness can be a blessing of the mind and spirit. In these images the refractive qualities of glass and light interact to evoke one's vision of whimsy or conversely reveal one's demons.
I was surprised at some of my own interpretations… more demons than expected buffered by substantial whimsy.
Some included here are studio portraits of the small one-half-inch-in-diameter glass cones. They emphasize the shapes and beauty-of-form in an attempt to transcend sterile science photos that grace the endless pages of academic journals. Many photos may have hidden features. Some do not. The viewer creates his or her own vision, so look closely.
Other images reveal surreal extensions of the viewer's mind where shapes are interpreted and features created from personal experiences, beliefs, fears and wishes.
The image, "Watchers of the Fire" is interpreted by some as adventurers around a camp fire. Others see the same shapes as demons watching the fires of Hell. You may find another personal interpretation.
I discovered these images while revisiting a photographic record created and compiled during nine years of laboratory studies on the physicalities of Hertzian fractures. By cropping closer, hidden and surreal images were highlighted in many of the photos.
View more of this portfolio of glass
The Eagle Has Landed, photomicrograph of Hertzian cone in plate glass. Width of area about 1.5 mm
Watchers of the Fire, photomicrograph of Hertzian cone in plate glass. Height of area about 1mm.
The Ascension, photomicrograph of Hertzian Cone. Width of area about 1 mm.
For more images go to http://www.jbyousphoto.com/ScienceArtSurreal.html
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Doughnut Dreams and Maple-Bar Wishes
To some the glow of the moon inspires. A glowing sunset beckons along the beach then fades slowly into the night. So starts my obsession to find the holey grail – the perfect doughnut. Not just glazed, or sprinkled or custard filled, but the best. For me it's the neon moon – the yellow-orange, heart-stopping-full-of-love-and-warmth beacon that cries "HOT NOW" wrapped around those savory words, "Krispy Kreme". THE electric moon. The siren song of pulsing neon. The lady of the evening calling, "Hey sailor!" – hanging, winking at the vulnerable passing by. It grips the lobes of the brain like the talon-gripped digits of a Yankee tourist on a Paula Deen pork chop. There are other kingdoms our city, Savannah, Georgia. Other vistas of white, sugar-glazed ridges… of golden brown islands floating in a sea of grease… of golden maple plains that crank a glucometer like a tac on a 450 supercharged engine. The best of the best… if there is such a thing to be found. Yes, Krispy Kreme is king. Later in the evening with the after-glow of heartburn, a Tums or two comforts as I'm tucked into my warm bed, visions of floating circles in mirror-rippled grease. My grin is steadfast. I fade into peaceful slumber.
But I awake… all a dream. Gluten intolerant. I cry myself to back to sleep.
The siren sign. The solicitor of more pedestrians and drivers than… well… nevermind.
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Not long ago Becky (Rebecca Harrison Byous) and I had the opportunity to visit a friend here in Savannah who allowed us to view a family heirloom that has been passed down through four previous generations. It was a small leather-covered box about 12 inches by 9 inches by 4.5 inches deep. A small medallion highlighted the lid with an eagle and an inscription, "E Pluribus Unum." The box served as a desk secretary for General Robert E. Lee and was carried by him through his early career and during the years he served and commanded troops during the War Between The States. It was a gift from his mother upon his graduation from West Point. I'd had the honor of viewing it once before late last year and was able to touch and handle it. But today it was an extra thrill for me to watch Georgia-girl, Becky as she was able to see, touch and feel history. For an Okie cowboy who grew up in history-sparse North-Central California, living here in Savannah has been exceptional and exciting experience… being the history nerd that I am. But watching others discover history is an equally fantastic event. Here, each footstep and conversation treads on and teaches of things historical. How cool is that?
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Gliding Through Savannah
Recently I had the opportunity to glide around our beautiful city on a Segway tour from Segway of Savannah. Fantastic! After a short safety video three novices – two young ladies from Delaware and me – climbed aboard. Wobbly at first, it soon became second nature to glide, turn, stop and roll along the cobbled streets of Savannah.
Our tour guide, Kathie, was knowledgeable on our city's history and made the day enjoyable. Currently SoS is providing 1.5 hour tours of downtown along with a tour of Bonaventure Cemetery which is just outside of the Historic District. Talk is they will be adding other tours in the future after moving to their new location at West Boundary Street and Oglethorpe.
Tagged as outdoors, savannah, segway, the south, Tourism
The Trustees' Garden in the beginning
If cotton was once king of the South, then the royal cradle was the sandy plot of land along Savannah's eastern bluff called Trustees' Garden. The role of the Garden changed over the years following the modes of history along the currents and courses that progressed from agriculture to industry to tourism. Events there helped form the face and destiny of Savannah, of Georgia and of the world.
Cotton was first introduced to the New World in Virginia and Florida, but was first nurtured for the commercial market at Trustees' Garden in 1734. Joseph Fitzwalter, the caretaker of the Garden wrote James Oglethorpe in January 1735, "I have met with some cotton seeds from Guinea, which from it I have raised… [a] thousand plants, some of which have shot eight feet… and a second season will come to their bringing forth fruit [of] cotton to the Trustees' use."
From the beginning silk was the desired product to be produced in Georgia. Modeled after London's Chelsea Botanical Garden, silk production was the goal. Cotton was seemingly a second thought for the Trustees and to founder James Oglethorpe.
Though the Garden fell into disuse after only a few years, the advancements achieved there were wide-sweeping. The short time when cotton plants were nurtured at the end of Broughton Street was an instrumental step in the development of a product that shaped the politics, the culture and the events of a growing region, nation and an eventual world power.
The bluff at the Garden was more than an agricultural nursery. It was situated with a strategic military overview of the Savannah River. Multiple forts and cannon batteries occupied the spot that also served as an anchor spot for fortification walls that ringed and protected the city from advancing armies, real or projected. On a map entitled "Savanna Town" a diamond-buttressed fort just outside of the Garden area entitled "Castell" can be seen. A battery of cannon was located on the bluff of the Garden.
The Gas Works wall at Trustees' Garden is often mistaken as Old Fort Wayne because it stands on the same spot.
Later in 1759 Fort Halifax occupied the bluff. The fort was named for the Earl of Halifax, the godfather of the second royal governor of the colony, Henry Ellis. This was an emblematic location during the days before the Revolution. Demonstrations against the Stamp Act by the newly named "Sons of Liberty" erupted in the city in December, 1765 when two hundred protesters mustered around the fort to destroy the loathed papers. Governor James Wright reported, "The Liberty Boys, as they call themselves, had assembled together to the Number of about 200 & were gathering fast and that Some of them had declared they were determined to go to the Fort & break open the Store & take out & destroy the Stamp't Papers &c". The Governor and fifty-four Rangers moved in to protect the stamps. When the crowd of protesters grew to three hundred Governor Wright spirited the stamps aboard the ship Speedwell that was docked at the base of the bluff. They were then taken to Cockspur Island and the protection of Fort George at the mouth of the Savannah River. Wright had reason to be concerned since the fort was in a state of disrepair from neglect over the years.
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Q: Using an insertion sort for a structure causing an error I have a Student structure that will be a Student array containing the name of a student, their four GPA numbers, and their average GPA.
struct Student
{
  string name;
  double gpa[4];
  double averageGPA;
};

I am trying to use an insertion sort to sort this array of Student structures by the name of the student in alphabetical order. I have come up with this so far with ptr being a pointer to the structure. I have tried running it and I am getting an error that says no match for 'operator='. It must be the way I am trying to compare the elements, that is causing this error?
void insertionSort(Student* ptr[])
{
    const int MAX = 10;
    int current = 1;
    int last = MAX - 1;
    int temp;
    int walker;

    while (current <= last)
    {
        temp = ptr[current];
        walker = current - 1;
        while (walker >= 0 && temp < ptr[walker])
        {
            ptr[walker+1] = ptr[walker];
            walker = walker - 1;
        }

        ptr[walker+1] = temp;
        current = current + 1;
    }
}

A: Here is a complete solution to your problem using insertion sort:
struct Student
{
 string name;
 double gpa[4];
 double averageGPA;
};

I have defined a function to swap two Student entities:
void swap(Student* a, Student* b)
{
 Student temp;

 temp.name = a->name;
 for(int i=0; i<4; i++)
  temp.gpa[i] = a->gpa[i];
 temp.averageGPA = a->averageGPA;

 a->name = b->name;
 for(int i=0; i<4; i++)
 a->gpa[i] = b->gpa[i];
 a->averageGPA = b->averageGPA;

 b->name = temp.name;
 for(int i=0; i<4; i++)
 b->gpa[i] = temp.gpa[i];
 b->averageGPA = temp.averageGPA;
}

This is the basic insertion sort algorithm:
void insertionSort(Student* ptr)
{
 const int MAX = 10;
 int current = 1;
 int last = MAX - 1;
 Student *temp;
 int walker;

 while (current <= last)
 {
    temp = &ptr[current];
    walker = current - 1;
    while (walker >= 0 && temp->name < ptr[walker].name)
    {
        swap(temp,&ptr[walker]);
        temp = &ptr[walker];
        walker = walker - 1;
    }
    current = current + 1;
 }
}

I have tested this code and it works.
Basically, where you are passing your Student array to insertion sort like void insertionSort(Student* ptr[]) is incorrect because you either use the [] or the * and they are somewhat alternatives to represent the same thing.

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Science's Favorite Self-Experimenters, Self-Endangerers, and Self-Agonizers
Science needs the fearless
Earlier this month, scientists shared a tale of a desperate man whose daring effort to cure himself may have led to a new, albeit odd, medical treatment: swallowing worm eggs. But worm man is far from the first to take desperate measures in the name of progress. There's a long line of heroes who have knowingly and willingly exposed themselves to discomfort, danger or even death for science's sake.
Take John Paul Stapp, the pained-looking man in the photo montage above. Stapp, who died in 1999, was hailed as the fastest man on Earth, willingly hopping onto a rocket sled to test the effects of acceleration and deceleration forces on humans. When Stapp started his research in 1947, most other physicians believed humans would suffer fatal trauma around 18 g — but Stapp shattered this belief, exposing himself to more than 40 g of thrust in one test. In the image above, he's riding on a rocket sled at 421 mph.
Throughout his tests, he suffered rib fractures, retinal hemorrhages and two wrist fractures, but believed he had not reached the limit of human speed tolerance.
And there are plenty of other examples. From the man who catheterized his own heart to the doctors who died seeking cures for tropical diseases, here we pay homage to a dozen of these brave souls. (And a couple just plain crazy ones.)
Check out our gallery.
Eating Roundworm Eggs
In a study published Dec. 2, doctors told the story of a 36-year-old California man who swallowed worm eggs to treat his inflammatory bowel disease. The anonymous man visited a doctor in Thailand and swallowed the eggs of a human roundworm that infects the large intestine. It wasn't a complete lark — the man had brushed up on the medical literature and knew that several researchers have proposed worm therapy to provide relief for anything from Crohn's disease to asthma. But his leap of faith paid off. Within a year of gulping down roundworm eggs, his symptoms had all but disappeared, scientists said. They explain that his body produced mucus in an effort to expel the worms, and the thick fluid coated the man's intestines, soothing the ulcers in the lining of his colon. This photo shows Trichuris trichiura roundworm eggs taken during a colonoscopy.UCSF
Descending Into A Volcano
A steel-armored, mustachioed man dangling by an asbestos thread 800 feet into the mouth of an active volcano may sound like a scene written by Dante. For Arpad Kirner, writing in the April 1933 issue of Popular Science, it was the definition of scientific adventure. Kirner describes a hellish landscape in the bowels of Mt. Stromboli, a volcanic island off the coast of Sicily, in which the rocks are hot enough to boil water and the air reaches 150 degrees F. Kirner wore an asbestos suit and steel armor to protect himself from flying rocks, and spent three hours in the volcano, studying its "incandescent sea of liquid lava, agitated, boiling, shaken with convulsions." Other volcanologists have not been so lucky. On May 18, 1980, U.S. Geological Survey volcanologist David Johnston was camping on Coldwater Ridge, a few miles north of Mount St. Helens. Johnston had been studying the volcano since it began stirring in March, after a 123-year dormancy. At 8:32 a.m., he radioed the USGS base with his last words: "Vancouver, Vancouver, this is it!" The blast killed Johnston and 56 others. He was 30. Don't ever let anyone tell you rocks are boring.via PopSci Archives
Studying the Cosmos From Underground
Volcano researchers are not the only ones who voluntarily enter the bowels of the earth for science. Though their work concerns the farthest reaches of the universe, cosmologists need to venture deep underground to answer some of their most pressing questions. Their work takes place in abandoned mines, underneath mountains (like the Gran Sasso National Laboratory of the Italian Institute of Nuclear Physics, seen above) and buried in thousands of feet of Antarctic ice. In these subterranean lairs, they look for subatomic particles called neutrinos, which have no charge and are virtually massless. Not much else can penetrate all those miles of earth and ice, so if cosmologists see a flash, they know they've found something interesting. Engineers working at the South Pole are drilling 85 holes 8,000 feet into the ice, depositing light sensors that will look for neutrinos. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory will be 14 times more sensitive than its closest cousin, the 2-year-old Antares detector beneath the Mediterranean Sea. Luckily, once the final sensors are buried this month, physicists can monitor them from their toasty offices.Princeton University
Drinking Heavy Water
Anyone who has ever licked a battery (which we are NOT recommending) has probably been intrigued by the tingly, buzzing sensation on your tongue. Perhaps it was similar to the sensation Norwegian scientist Klaus Hansen felt as he drank a quart of heavy water. He reported a "mild shock and burning lips," according to the April 1935 issue of Popular Science. Heavy water — which is denser than regular H2O and has a higher proportion of the hydrogen isotope deuterium — is poisonous to small fish and plants, but at the time, scientists didn't know why. No one knew what would happen as Hansen took his first sip, so onlookers were armed with stomach pumps and defibrillators. He drank more each day to measure its effects, and two years later, when PopSci checked in to see how he was doing, he was "still enjoying the best of health." Large concentrations of heavy water are toxic because it prevents cell division. Today, its use is closely monitored because it can be used to produce plutonium from natural uranium, according to the Federation of American Scientists.via PopSci Archives
Drinking Cholera - And Living To Tell About It
Most scientists had come to accept germ theory by the late 19th century, partly because of the German bacteriologist Robert Koch, who discovered the bug that causes tuberculosis. Koch was convinced cholera, that other Victorian-era scourge, was also caused by germs, but one colleague was less certain. Max von Pettenkofer thought cholera spread through the atmosphere, rather than from person to person, and to prove the germs were not enough to infect him, he and some of his students downed test tubes full of cholera. He didn't get sick, and though some of his students developed minor infections, he claimed victory. It was bittersweet, however. As author John M. Barry recounts in his book "The Great Influenza," the water supplies of Hamburg and neighboring Altona were contaminated with cholera in 1892. Altona filtered its water, and Hamburg did not; Altona citizens did not get sick, while 8,606 Hamburgers died. Pettenkofer was reviled for his claims, and in a fit of depression, he killed himself, Barry writes.Wikimedia Commons
Injecting Yourself With A Rabbit Disease
European rabbits were introduced to Australia in 1859, but without native predators and with an abundant food supply, they multiplied like, well, like rabbits. Nearly 100 years later, 600 million bunnies were competing with livestock for food and water, and authorities needed to do something. They decided to introduce a rabbit disease called myxomatosis, and it worked wonders — 99 percent of Australia's rabbits succumbed. It was the world's first successful biological control program of a mammalian pest, boasts the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian's national science agency. Shortly afterward, a human encephalitis epidemic spread through the state of New South Wales, and the public blamed myxomatosis. Hoping to quell their fears, three Australian scientists, Frank Fenner, McFarlane Burnet and Ian Clunies Ross, injected themselves with myxomatosis. They were fine, and the public's fears were put to rest, according to CSIRO.Wikimedia Commons
Self-Catheterization
While a surgical resident in Berlin in 1929, Werner Theodor Otto Forßmann theorized that a catheter could be inserted directly into the heart. He believed the small tube could be used to inject drugs or dyes and monitor heart activity, but it was considered dangerous and potentially fatal. To demonstrate its safety, Forßmann used himself as the first human subject. The Nobel Foundation, which awarded him the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1956, explains that Forßmann inserted a catheter into a vein in his own forearm, threaded it 25 inches into his heart and walked to the radiology department, where this X-ray was taken, showing the catheter in his right atrium. His experiment was condemned as foolhardy and dangerous, and in the face of criticism he abandoned cardiology for urology. Forßmann was a Nazi, and was a medical officer in the German army before being captured and put into a POW camp. During his imprisonment, two physicians, one American and one French, read his catheterization paper and applied it to cardiac research. Dickinson W. Richards, André Frédéric Cournand and Forßmann shared the Nobel Prize.via Heart Rhythm Society
Injected With Blood From Someone Else's Wart
Some self-injectors are not so lucky. Daniel Alcides Carrión Garcia, for whom Carrion's disease is named, was a medical student in Peru who was studying Oroya fever and verruga peruana, particularly nasty diseases only found in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. It is caused by a bacteria transmitted by sandflies like the one seen above. Verruga peruana is usually a benign condition and is characterized by multiple disfiguring tumors, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Oroya fever involves fever and anemia and has a high fatality rate. Carrión hoped to learn how to diagnose Verruga peruana before the tumors erupted, and decided the best way to learn was to inoculate himself. On Aug. 27, 1885, he used a lancet to inoculate his arm with blood taken from a wart above the right eyebrow of a 14-year-old boy. The CDC gives the following account, taken from his diaries: "21 days after the inoculation, on September 17, Carrión felt discomfort and pain in his left ankle. Two days later, fever began. He also experienced chills, abdominal cramps, and pain in all the bones and joints in his body. He was unable to eat anything, and he commented in his diary that his thirst was devastating." He realized he was not suffering from verruga, but from a related illness, Oroya fever. "This is the evident proof that Oroya fever and the verruga have the same origin," he wrote. He died Oct. 5, 1885.Images via Wellcome Trust and Wikimedia Commons
Letting Mosquitoes Bite You -- A Lot
Carrión is among a long line of doctors who allow themselves to be infected, bitten, scratched and injected in an effort to understand and cure diseases. In the 1980s, Stephen Hoffman, founder and CEO of a company called Sanaria, dedicated solely to finding a malaria vaccine, got himself bit by malarial mosquitoes to test a vaccine. It didn't work (he recovered after a nasty bout with the disease). And there are plenty of others. Perhaps few are as sad as the tale of Dr. Jesse William Lazear, an Army physician who worked with Walter Reed and others on a study of yellow fever. He allowed himself to be bitten by yellow fever-infected mosquitoes like the one in this image, and died of the disease at age 34. But his work explained how yellow fever is transmitted by older mosquitoes, in which the disease has been allowed to incubate. Lazear never admitted to experimenting on himself, but when Reed reviewed Lazear's notes after his death, he evidently found entries strongly suggesting Lazear's yellow fever was not an accident. "His death was not in vain — his name will live in the history of those who have benefited humanity," Reed later wrote.Wikimedia Commons
Breathing A New Experimental Gas
Self-experimentation is not always depressing. Sometimes it's a gas. Take Humphry Davy, for instance, who experimented with nitrous oxide and got himself addicted. His friends, who included James Watt, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey, all became regular users of laughing gas — Watt even built him a special gas chamber for his inhalation experiments. Though Davy and his friends noted the gas' ability to take away pain — using it to cure hangovers and treat a toothache, among other uses — he apparently never considered its use as an anesthetic, according to Richard Holmes' book "The Age of Wonder." He missed a huge opportunity, but at least he enjoyed himself.Wikimedia Commons
Professor X - Creating and Testing Psychoactive Drugs
Ecstasy may be a recreational drug these days, but it was initially designed to treat depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. And its creator went through hell to develop it and several other psychoactive compounds. Since his work on MDMA in the 1970s, Alexander Shulgin discovered and self-tested more than 230 psychoactive compounds, some of which have induced uncontrollable vomiting, paralysis and "the feeling that his bones were melting," according to a Scientific American report from 2008. Shulgin consulted with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for many years, and had a license to possess and analyze any type of drug. But in 1994, the DEA raided his lab in Berkeley, Calif. (where else?) and fined him $25,000. Shulgin, 85, suffered a stroke last month but is recovering.Wikipedia
The Fastest Man in the World
Astronauts have nothing on John Paul Stapp. The original Rocketman, as the Air Force fondly calls him, traveled faster than any other human and was also the fastest to stop. He volunteered to be a human decelerator in military crash tolerance tests, hoping to illuminate how humans handle extremely fast acceleration and deceleration. He's seen here in one of his decelerator sled tests. In a 1954 test, Stapp went from zero to 632 mph in five seconds, riding on a special rocket sled. He screeched to a halt in just 1.4 seconds, sustaining more than 40 g of thrust, according to the Air Force. That's the equivalent of hitting a brick wall in a car traveling at 120 mph. Throughout his tests, he suffered rib fractures, retinal hemorrhages and two wrist fractures (the second of which he reset himself, the Air Force heritage program says). But he had no permanent disabilities; Stapp believed human acceleration tolerance was even greater than his studies showed.Wikipedia
Testing a Homemade Parachute
Not everyone can survive daredevil flight experiments, however. A year after Wilbur and Orville Wright's miracle at Kitty Hawk, an Austrian tailor designed a special overcoat-parachute thingy and expected it would help him fly, or at least glide. With a video camera rolling, Franz Reichelt leapt off the Eiffel Tower — and plunged quickly to his death. The macabre video ends with men solemnly measuring the crater he left behind. Watch it here.WFMU/Darwin Awards


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Former Islamist Maajid Nawaz to fight marginal parliamentary seat for Lib Dems in 2015 election
A former activist in the radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir has been chosen to fight a marginal parliamentary seat for the Liberal Democrats. Maajid Nawaz renounced his past and called for a "secular Islam" six years ago, helping to set up the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-extremism think-tank. He was selected to contest the north London constituency of Hampstead and Kilburn, a three-way marginal currently held by Labour's Glenda Jackson with a majority of just 42. Mr Nawaz, who is 35, said: I am looking forward to running for public office. Quilliam will remain a priority for me because its values shape my beliefs and outlook."
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Olo Completes Acquisition of Wisely Inc., a Leading Customer Intelligence and Engagement Platform for Restaurants
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Olo Inc. (NYSE:OLO), a leading on-demand commerce platform powering the restaurant industry's digital transformation, today announced that on November 4, 2021, it completed the acquisition of Wisely Inc., a leading customer intelligence platform that enables restaurant brands to personalize the guest experience to maximize customer lifetime value. The acquisition was first announced on October 21, 2021.
"We are excited to welcome the Wisely team to the Olo family," said Noah Glass, CEO and Founder of Olo. "Together Olo + Wisely will create a differentiated and wide breadth of product offerings that will accelerate our restaurant brands' digital transformation, deepening brands' relationships with customers, accelerating Olo's ability to reach Digital Entirety: touching, adding value to, and deriving revenue from every restaurant transaction."
Olo acquired Wisely for consideration of approximately $187 million, a combination of $77 million in cash and approximately 3.69 million shares of Olo's Class A common stock. The cash portion of the consideration was funded by cash on Olo's balance sheet.
Olo is a leading on-demand commerce platform powering the restaurant industry's digital transformation. Millions of orders per day run on Olo's enterprise SaaS engine, enabling brands to maximize the convergence of digital and brick-and-mortar operations. The Olo platform provides the infrastructure to capture demand and manage consumer orders from every channel. With integrations to over 100 technology partners, Olo customers can build digital experiences with the largest and most flexible restaurant commerce ecosystem on the market. Over 400 restaurant brands use Olo to grow digital sales, maximize profitability, and preserve direct consumer relationships. Learn more at olo.com.
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Additional risks are included under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021 filed with the SEC on August 10, 2021, and our subsequent SEC filings, which are available on the Investor Relations page of our website at investors.olo.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release. All forward-looking statements contained herein are based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we do not assume any obligation to update these statements as a result of new information or future events.
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Q: How to get all the available methods for a object in Pycharm (for ex. Pygame) Please have a check on the screenshot,

In that here self.image has got the pygame.image.load() method on it. but if i have to access all the available methods to self.image object, Pycharm autosuggestions does not list those.
Actually, self.image has got the get_rect to display the rectangle property of the image.
self.rect = self.image.get_rect()
import pygame

class Ship:
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A: If Pycharm isn't giving you good suggestions, that's because it can't figure out what you're looking at. Python is duck typed. What a function takes or returns could be any type. But maybe you already know what it is. Pycharm's suggestions get better if you add type annotations for your functions or variables. Use Alt+Enter when your cursor is on a function or variable declaration to add type hints.
You can also use F1 to get help for the item under the cursor and you can Ctrl+click on a variable to jump to where it was defined.


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The award-winning executive chef of Fatty Weng, Lai Foo Weng, is the driving force behind Fatty Weng. He earned his nickname, "Fatty Weng" from his customers and the name caught on ever since. (There is an on-going joke that his slightly chubby appearance had a part to play in his nickname too.) From a very young age in life, Fatty Weng started cooking. His focus was always to create authentic, home-style Cantonese cuisine. His passion led to him starting up Fatty Weng in 1967 while he was in his 20s?. Back then, Fatty Weng operated as a modest roadside stall on Albert Street.
The Albert Street roadside stall saw streams of customers who kept coming back for the delicious, hearty meals prepared by him. It was at his modest stall in Albert Street where stories of his famous opeh-leaf takeaway originated from.
Fatty Weng's dishes were such a hit that barely 3 years later in 1970, he moved into a larger premise – a coffee shop on Guillemard Road to cater to his growing customer base. His loyal fans sought him out at his new premise, and in no time at all, Fatty Weng took over the neighboring shop in Guillemard Road. In the 1970s, it was a common sight to see hoards of people tucking into the famous Deep Fried Soon Hock in Special Sauce along Guillemard road.
By the early 1980s, Fatty Weng became known as the reasonably-priced, go-to Cantonese cuisine restaurant for family and corporate gatherings.
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B - Black Widow - A to Z Challenge [2014]
Black Widow ("Chernaya Vdova") (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova, also known as Natasha Romanoff) is a fictional character, appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense No. 52 (April 1964). The character was first introduced as a Russian spy, an antagonist of the superhero Iron Man. She later defected to the United States, becoming an agent of the fictional spy agency S.H.I.E.L.D., and a member of the superhero team the Avengers.
Scarlett Johansson portrayed the character in the films Iron Man 2 (2010), Marvel's The Avengers (2012) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and is set to reprise the role in the upcoming Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) as a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise.
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Anna (herding cats-burning soup) April 2, 2014 at 1:32 AM
Nice! I love her but you know I've yet to see any of those *flails* yes I have totally been living under a movie goer rock. lol
Happy A to Z-ing!
~Anna
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Alex J. Cavanaugh April 2, 2014 at 4:45 AM
Two more days! They say it's the best Avengers film outside of The Avengers.
Awesome selection for B. I love her!!! Should watch the movie this weekend ;)
I can't wait to see The Winter Soldier! It looks like Black Widow and Cap are in for some fun!
Cathy Kennedy April 2, 2014 at 7:46 AM
I am looking forward to seeing The Winter Soldier. I was pleasantly surprised to find just how much I liked the Marvel comics turn action packed theatrical flicks
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Brandon Ax April 2, 2014 at 8:12 AM
I will be there Friday. I have always liked her. I think SJ plays her decent. Still in the comics she is a bad ass.
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shelly April 2, 2014 at 8:26 AM
Knowing me, I"ll wait for the DVD.
this is super dorky to say, but she would be killed so quickly if comics were real life, you know with killer alien robots and asgardian legends and stuff running around, but fortunately comics are not real life, cause she is always hot, as are most red headed russian super spys in black leather catsuits
This is my favorite comment EVER. But then, I'm super dorky, too.
D.G. Hudson April 2, 2014 at 9:43 AM
I'll wait for the DVD too, I prefer Ironman.
cleemckenzie April 2, 2014 at 10:14 AM
I love anything Scarlett Johansson plays in.
Masquerade Crew April 2, 2014 at 10:20 AM
Gotta love Scarlett Johansson. Iron Man 3 was a disappointment, so I guess it's a good thing she wasn't in it, right?
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Anonymous April 2, 2014 at 10:27 AM
Very nice Captain America poster!
Roland D. Yeomans April 2, 2014 at 11:08 AM
I am so in lust, ah, in love with her! :-) I cannot wait for THE WINTER SOLDIER.
Brenda April 2, 2014 at 11:46 AM
I'm all for Marvel comics :-)
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Unknown April 2, 2014 at 11:52 AM
Looking forward to the winter soldier. Wondering if the Black Widow makes an appearance in the new Marvel Agents of shield TV show.
Bob/Sally April 2, 2014 at 12:02 PM
Great pick for B . . . although I am kinda partial to Black Cat. :)
Heather M. Gardner April 2, 2014 at 12:05 PM
I heard a rumor they may give her her own movie.
Personally, I think she was in Avengers too much. I guess they had to make up for how many hot guys were in the movie compared to 1 hot girl.
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Cathy Olliffe-Webster April 2, 2014 at 12:30 PM
Geez, Jeremy, I do hope you're feeling better. That bandaged dude at the top of the page kinda freaks me out.
I think the Black Widow is my favourite Avenger and Scarlett Johansson kicks butt!
SparklingMinx April 2, 2014 at 3:07 PM
Looking forward to seeing the Winter Soldier, I think she hs to be one of my favourite Marvel characters s she seems so bad ass all the time, knows just what to do, just what to say, just how to beat the living daylights out of everyone :)
The Happy Whisk April 2, 2014 at 4:18 PM
I liked her in the movies so far. She didn't annoy me, which was nice.
Yolanda Renée April 2, 2014 at 6:16 PM
That's my birthday present - a trip to the movies to see the Winter Soldier!
Tina April 2, 2014 at 6:19 PM
She's my favorite actress, period. She has tremendous range. I know you're into zombies, super heroes and action, but if you want to see a different side to her, then check out Lost in Translation and A Love Song for Bobby Long. Amazing movies and on my watch over and over and over again list.
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kjmckendry April 2, 2014 at 6:46 PM
I love the Black Widow, she's so cool!
Jennifer Steward April 2, 2014 at 7:06 PM
Great Post! :) Sending you light and love in your healing...
S. L. Hennessy April 2, 2014 at 7:12 PM
She's a terrific character. Comic series and movie alike.
Maurice Mitchell April 2, 2014 at 7:56 PM
Don Heck does some great comedic work, so it's funny to think about him creating such a character.
The Enchantress April 2, 2014 at 8:07 PM
300 has not been out of my heart ,mind and soul..and here Captain America..UUFFFF
Mark Means April 2, 2014 at 8:08 PM
As a fan of the "Cold War" era, I have a soft spot for the Widow. She's also one serious butt kicker not only in the movies, but in the comics, too.
Love me some Black Widow! She is such a badass.
I'm participating in AtoZ, as well. See you around!
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I LOVE Black Widow. She's one of my top five Marvel Characters. I hope she gets her own film.
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A to Z Challenge... the GOOD/BAD and Me!
Z - Zero - A to Z Challenge [2014]
Y - You Know him, You love him... Agent Phil Couls...
X - X-Men: Days of Future Past - A to Z Challenge ...
W - Wolverine or Hey Buddy! Keep that shirt On! - ...
V - Visit the Gift Shop! - A to Z Challenge [2014]
U - Unbelievable - A to Z Challenge [2014]
T - T.A.H.I.T.I. - A to Z Challenge [2014] [SPOILE...
S - Scarlett Johansson - A to Z Challenge [2014]
R - Robots in Disguise - A to Z Challenge [2014]
Q - Quicksilver - A to Z Challenge [2014]
P - Peter Parker - A to Z Challenge [2014]
O - Oh No, Not Again... A to Z Challenge [2014]
N - Name as Many as you Can... A to Z Challenge [2...
M - The Mandarin - A to Z Challenge [2014]
L - Loki - A to Z Challenge [2014]
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J - Joker - A to Z Challenge [2014]
I - Iron Man - A to Z Challenge [2014]
H - Hawkeye - A to Z Challenge [2014]
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F - Fury... Nick Fury - A to Z Challenge [2014]
E - Excelsior! - A to Z Challenge [2014]
D - Dalton... Brett Dalton - A to Z Challenge [2014]
C - Captain America - A to Z Challenge [2014]
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New pathways for sustainable agriculture
by Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Small-scale agricultural landscapes (left) offer advantages: they promote biological diversity, pollination and natural pest control. Credit: Matthias Tschumi
Hedges, flowering strips and other semi-natural habitats provide food and nesting places for insects and birds in agricultural landscapes. This also has advantages for agriculture: bees, flies, beetles and other animal groups pollinate crops and control pest insects in adjacent fields.
But how much of these habitats are necessary and how should they be arranged to make use of these nature-based ecosystem services?
This question has been addressed by a new study from the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology at the Biocenter of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) in Bavaria, Germany. The results are published in the journal Ecology Letters.
Small-scale land use is advantageous
According to the study, biodiversity, pollination, and pest control can be improved in landscapes even with a relatively small amount of non-crop habitat. To reach this effect, these habitats must be arranged to create a small-scale agricultural landscape.
For this study, Dr. Emily A. Martin's team took a closer look at data from ten European countries and 1,515 different agricultural landscapes. This clearly showed that small-scale land use is advantageous: it leads to a greater density of beneficial insects and spiders. And it increases the services provided by ecosystems for agriculture – pollination and natural pest control.
Creating a web of semi-natural habitats
"In order to reduce pests and promote biodiversity, increasing the density of semi-natural habitat elements can be an ideal solution for farms. You don't have to remove much land from cultivation to reach a significant effect," says Dr. Martin.
"The implementation of these findings would be an important step forward in the effort to achieve a sustainable and biodiversity-friendly agriculture," says Professor Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, head of the Chair of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology and co-author of the study.
The JMU research team is now focusing on intensified cooperation with agricultural and environmental stakeholders. The scientists want to help implement a landscape management system that benefits everyone – nature and mankind.
The publication involves data from 24 research groups from ten European countries (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK).
More information: Emily A. Martin et al. The interplay of landscape composition and configuration: new pathways to manage functional biodiversity and agroecosystem services across Europe, Ecology Letters (2019). DOI: 10.1111/ele.13265
Journal information: Ecology Letters
Provided by Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Citation: New pathways for sustainable agriculture (2019, April 9) retrieved 9 February 2023 from https://phys.org/news/2019-04-pathways-sustainable-agriculture.html
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Accor – Newsroom | Swissôtel launches new "Vitality on-the-go" wellness packages in partnership with TOMS Bags.
Swissôtel launches new "Vitality on-the-go" wellness packages in partnership with TOMS Bags.
New York, June 28, 2016 – Travel doesn't have to be all hustle and bustle, it can be an opportunity to recharge and reconnect to one's mindfulness and wellbeing. Helping guests maintain their mental and physical fitness while on the road is the intent behind a new series of packages set to launch July 1 at Swissôtel in partnership with TOMS Bags.
The new Vitality On-The-Go packages include one night in a beautifully designed guestroom and feature the added gift of a TOMS Bag, a 25oz Swell bottle that keeps liquids cold for 24 hours and hot for 12, and specially crafted and illustrated thought-provoking adult colouring postcards with accompanying podcasts. For each bag purchased through this offer, TOMS will help provide a safe birth for a mother and baby in need in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Haiti and India.
Each postcard integrates six universal dimensions of Swiss wisdom that relate to: vitality, authenticity, tradition, hospitality, calm and clarity. The cards were designed by Swiss illustrator Sebastian Fässler and include thoughtful and inspiring texts by Swiss writer Myriam Zumbühl. The postcards are linked to six podcasts that inspire the mind and are intended to spark joy and happiness among travellers.
Guests are invited to listen to the podcasts, colour in the postcards, add their own message and reflect on each topic. When they are done, they can give their postcards to any Swissôtel colleague, who will mail them free of charge to a family member or friend to spark ideas and start conversations, extending the guests' impact beyond their stay.
These customized experiences also include a $25 F&B credit, which can be used towards Vitality On-The-Go offerings to stay fuelled while spending time outside the hotel. Guests can also gain access to complimentary in-room fitness equipment and exercise cards.
For more information or to book today go to: http://www.swissotel.com/offers/deals/vitality-on-the-go/.
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The copyright on Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" won't expire until 2015, but historians in Munich have already starting working on an annotated edition. They're hoping that the copyright holder, the state of Bavaria, will allow the new edition to go into print before it expires.
Hitler's polemic "Mein Kampf" cannot be published in Germany until the copyright runs out in 2015.
There have long been periodic calls from historians for "Mein Kampf," Adolf Hitler's seminal work of hate and prejudice, to be republished in German. If an annotated, academic version of the polemic comes out, so goes the argument, it could take the wind out of neo-Nazi sails once the book is no longer protected by copyright.
Now, a new version is in the works. According to a Wednesday report on German radio, the Munich Institute of Contemporary History is working on an annotated edition complete with notes on where the ideas Hitler expounds on in his book originated.
But the state of Bavaria, which holds the "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle") copyright, says that it doesn't plan on allowing the new version to hit the shelves before the book enters the public domain.
"The state government is not planning on changing course," the Bavarian government said in a statement to the Bayerischer Rundfunk public radio station. "No permission has been granted to the Institute of Contemporary History."
Nevertheless, institute head Horst Möller says that work on the new edition, undertaken by historians Edith Raim and Othmar Plöckinger, will go ahead. "If we complete the text prior to the end of the copyright, we can approach the authorities once again," he told Bayerischer Rundfunk.
The "Mein Kampf" copyright expires in 2015, 70 years after the death of the author Adolf Hitler, as mandated by law. The copyright fell into the hands of the Bavarian state in 1945, when Bavaria took over the rights of the main Nazi party publishing house Eher-Verlag as part of the Allies' de-Nazification program. Out of fears that the book could promote neo-Nazis, Bavaria has not allowed "Mein Kampf" to be published in Germany since then.
Several foreign language editions have appeared in the meantime. Indeed, Bavaria has even initiated legal proceedings against some of those editions in the past. The book is not banned in Germany, but can only be sold for "research purposes."
Möller is concerned that, once the copyright expires in 2015, neo-Nazis will immediately begin disseminating the work. He says that an academic edition could help counter the sensationalism that he fears will accompany the book's republishing.
Other academics aren't so sure. "I think the idea is absurd," Wolfgang Benz, head of the Center for Anti-Semitism Research (ZfA) in Berlin, told SPIEGEL ONLINE in 2007. "How can you annotate an 800-page monologue exposing Hitler's insane worldview? After every single line you would have to write, 'Hitler is wrong here,' and then 'Hitler is completely off the rails here,' and so on."


Over time, we will all succumb to the effects of growing older and our lives will be different. It's time to slow down and/or stop the signs of getting older as much as possible. Following are a few useful tips that you can start doing regardless of your age so you can avoid some of the serious issues some people experience as they age.
TIP! Try not to dwell on numbers too much. Let your doctor worry about numbers.
A helpful getting older tip is to not always think about numbers. Focusing on numbers like height, weight and age will distract you from what's important. Let the professionals monitor those things and try to concentrate on things you enjoy.
TIP! Aging well is found most among those that eat a healthy diet regularly. The diet should consist of fiber, whole grain, fruits and vegetables.
Healthy relationships are crucial in helping you stay healthy as you age. People who are more active in their communities live longer and are more healthy. Focus on relationships with people you can confide in to get the most of your social life.
Do not be too concerned with numbers. Doctors are paid good money to bother about numbers such as age, weight, and height. If you dwell on how old you are, how much you weigh and how much you are shrinking through the years, you are going to miss out on the real things in life that keep you young.
TIP! Aging can be difficult. At some point in our lives, it may become difficult to remain self-sufficient.
Most importantly, make sure you eat a balanced diet. Consume plenty of fruits and vegetables, fiber and whole grain and keep fats and cholesterol to a minimum. This diet will keep your body in tip-top shape, fueled by all the nutrients it requires.
TIP! Home improvement is a great way to personalize your house. With time, you will get tired of your house and want to make it more personal.
These are great tips that you can use to slow down the getting older process as you get older, and you can also try to stop some age related issues before they happen. Even if you're young currently, it's a good idea to start being healthier now to make sure your later years are comfortable. However, do not use age as an excuse to make you feel or look like anything less than you want to be.
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A Club 45 Game Night is a super fun time for all 4th and 5th graders. We start with dinner then move into loads of silly, messy, and hilarious games that you can either participate in or just watch and cheer for. Everybody has a blast at our crazy Game Nights. You won't want to miss it!


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Q: LT3751 voltage never increases I am using LT3751 for the first time, tried alot but no luck need help.
I am using the chip in regulation mode and following the circuit given in datasheet on page number 26 with title "High Voltage Regulator."
I want to generate 500V but the problem is the output is stuck at 260V.  It never increases above no matter what I change in the circuit.
Few observations on oscilloscope to share:
1- At startup there is spike of 2.48V on FB pin which falls down and reaches to 1 volt.
2- FB pin is always noisy.
3- At load greater than 20K after around 100 ms fault pin goes low. At 16.6K load 260V is sustained. Does the chip require some minimum load for operation?
Following are my specifications:
Vtrans =  28V
Vcc     = 22V
C2     = 0.22uF 50V
RBG, RVout, Clamp pins are GND with 0 ohm resistor.
Output capacitor (C4) = 100uF 900V
M1 NMOS (MOSFET) = IRF510
C10 = 1uF 25V
R1 and R3 = 100K
R2 and R4 = 600K
D1 = 8S2TH061
Charge pin is pulsed using RC circuit.
Rest is same as the circuit in the datasheet.
Circuit diagram:

A: You don't mention the most important things at all:
Values for R10 and R11.
For 500V output, R10 needs to be 715k and R11 needs to be 1.74k.
RBG is R9, and you have that properly a zero ohms.
All that is in the chart right there with the diagram on page 26:

The datasheet doesn't mention a minimum load.  But, since the chart doesn't go all the way to 0 for higher Vtrans it may have trouble regulating the output voltage for low loads.  Or, the fault pin is reacting to the load changes because you haven't set up the regulator properly.
Check and fix the configuration (R10, R11, and compare the rest of your circuit with the recommendations.)
Once it reaches the designed output voltage you can repeat your load tests.


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package org.apache.activemq.artemis.tests.integration.rest.util;

import java.io.Closeable;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.http.client.methods.CloseableHttpResponse;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpDelete;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpGet;
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost;
import org.apache.http.entity.ContentType;
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.CloseableHttpClient;
import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClients;

public class RestAMQConnection implements Closeable {

   private CloseableHttpClient httpClient = HttpClients.createDefault();

   private String targetUri;
   private List<RestMessageContext> contexts = new ArrayList<>();

   public RestAMQConnection(String targetUri) {
      this.targetUri = targetUri;
   }

   public QueueRestMessageContext createQueueContext(String queue) throws Exception {
      QueueRestMessageContext ctx = new QueueRestMessageContext(this, queue);
      contexts.add(ctx);
      return ctx;
   }

   public TopicRestMessageContext createTopicContext(String topic) throws Exception {
      TopicRestMessageContext ctx = new TopicRestMessageContext(this, topic, false);
      contexts.add(ctx);
      return ctx;
   }

   @Override
   public void close() throws IOException {
      for (RestMessageContext ctx : contexts) {
         ctx.close();
      }
      httpClient.close();
   }

   private String getFullLink(String link) {
      if (link.startsWith("http:")) {
         return link;
      }
      return targetUri + link;
   }

   public CloseableHttpResponse request(String destLink) throws IOException {
      String fullLink = getFullLink(destLink);
      HttpGet request = new HttpGet(fullLink);
      CloseableHttpResponse resp = httpClient.execute(request);
      return resp;
   }

   public CloseableHttpResponse post(String uri, String contentType, String body) throws IOException {
      String fullLink = getFullLink(uri);
      HttpPost post = new HttpPost(fullLink);
      StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(body, ContentType.create(contentType));
      post.setEntity(entity);
      CloseableHttpResponse resp = httpClient.execute(post);
      return resp;
   }

   public CloseableHttpResponse post(String uri) throws IOException {
      String fullLink = getFullLink(uri);
      HttpPost post = new HttpPost(fullLink);
      CloseableHttpResponse resp = httpClient.execute(post);
      return resp;
   }

   public void delete(String uri) throws IOException {
      String consumerUri = getFullLink(uri);
      HttpDelete delete = new HttpDelete(consumerUri);
      CloseableHttpResponse resp = httpClient.execute(delete);
   }

   public String getTargetUri() {
      return this.targetUri;
   }

}


Foxing calibres - what is the recommended minimum?
Q: Is there a minimum recommended calibre for a foxing rifle? I currently use a shotgun and I am planning to apply for a firearms certificate.
A: There is no legal minimum calibre requirement for shooting foxes, but I would recommend you buy a centrefire rifle and not a .22 rimfire. The .22 rimfire, even when loaded with superfast ammunition, doesn't really have enough "oomph" to kill a fox cleanly.
Buy one of the more common calibres, such as the .223 or the .243 and you won't go far wrong. There are plenty of good second-hand rifles on the market. Put in for a sound moderator at the same time as the rifle and buy as good a scope as you can afford.
Q: Why is there a low opinion of the .22 rimfire for fox control? I have taken numerous foxes at a range of 100 yards. The rimfire also has the advantage of causing less disturbance than a centrefire, and the reduced power makes it a safer rifle on the smaller pieces of land, particularly when lamping.
A: I note that this shooter strictly limits his range, and doesn't attempt shots at distances at which he cannot achieve clean kills.
That's fine, but it does call for super-accurate shot placement.
For most of us, particularly at longer ranges, a centre-fire really is essential. Remember that a centre-fire generally generates at least seven times the bullet energy of the rimfire, and that a fox is quite a big animal.
Remember, too, that there is generally less ricochet danger from a centre-fire round, and a centre-fire can also be fitted with a sound moderator to help keep noise in check.