At the end of my son's last high school summer baseball season, I was struck by the number of players who had graduated and didn't know yet where they were going to attend college. I heard a lot of talk from parents about "maybe walking on" to various teams and see what happens. These were good players, the majority better than my son who did know where he was going.
I got the feeling that many of them thought that their sons would, at the very least, already be committed to a team, if not holding an actual scholarship. Given the teams they were talking about walking on to, it was obvious that they had spent the last four years watching their sons play baseball without ever really understanding the realities of college baseball scholarships. The fact that it was the summer after their senior year indicated that they weren't necessarily up to speed on college application and financial aid deadlines either.
So if your son is playing high school baseball, even if he is only a freshman, it's time for a reality check. The odds are that your son IS NOT going to get a full ride to college playing baseball.
11.7 is the maximum number of scholarships that NCAA Division 1 baseball teams can give to its players. That's not per year, that's per team for all players. Most D1 teams carry more pitchers than the number of scholarships they can award. To make the money go further, many coaches award partial scholarships. Depending on the school, this can still leave you on the hook for a hefty chunk of the tuition bill (thus the need to know financial aid deadlines). So if you're investing money in lessons and select/travel ball in the hopes of a full college baseball scholarship, then you're making a poor investment decision.
It's simply a matter of numbers. The following table is for the NCAA based on data from the Office of Postsecondary Education for 2016. Given some schools' reclassification and missing data from others, these aren't exact numbers but still give you an idea of the odds.
Junior Colleges (JuCo) are allowed to award up to 24 scholarships and NAIA schools allow 12 scholarships.
This doesn't mean that your son won't play college baseball, it just means that you shouldn't be counting on a full ride scholarship.
Then again, unless you understand your son's actual talent level and his ability to compete on the various college teams, just playing on a team may not happen either.
Do yourself and your son a favor and go look up the roster for one of your area colleges' baseball teams. Now take a look at the seniors. How many came directly from high school and how many are transfers? If most of the seniors are junior college transfers, what do you think the chances are of a freshman out of high school making it to his senior year on the team?
Next, take a look at the names of the colleges that the players transferred from. What kind of competition do you think exists at these junior and community college baseball programs? Chances are that they aren't desperate for quality baseball players.
Think about it. How many high school players have less than stellar grades and decide to attend a junior college instead of a four-year institution?
Then there are the players who were actually drafted by a MLB team that decided to play JuCo for a year to improve their draft position for the following year. Players at four-year schools cannot be drafted until their junior year which is why these players are at the JuCo level.


Beagle Ship Website is Silver Design Award winner in 2017 - 2018 Website and Web Design Award Category.
The project was from the beginning designed to have a differential in design and that represented the main value of the company: evolution. The design features bold features and focuses on an immersive user experience. All the style applied in the website aims to present the theme of the company and to expand the culture of the agency that must begin in the real world and be expanded to the digital world.
An advertising agency based on the philosophy of evolution proposed by Charles Darwin, which uses the name Beagle Ship, Beagle is the name of the ship used by Charles Darwin in his studies. The advertising agency with almost 5 years of market operates in all areas of advertising but with a greater focus and differential in the digital area, where it always aims to innovate with technology and design, without fear of daring and breaking standards. The value-based agency Evolution has already had countless weight projects that received awards, and it is based on this that the company is constantly seeking its growth.


Jack Tempchin remembers buying his first harmonica at Ozzie's Music in San Diego at the height of Bob Dylan's influence as a performer and songwriter. Along with other influences, Jack found himself writing his own songs, including several that have become standards in popular music during the 1970s and 80s. He wrote "Peaceful Easy Feeling" which the Eagles recorded with great success (the song appears on the Eagles Greatest Hit album, which was awarded the best selling album of the 20th century). Jack also wrote songs for other performers, while becoming a noted player in Los Angeles and San Diego. Jack has also performed at the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, located at the NAMM headquarters building.


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Neu-Isenburg (nota come la Città degli Ugonotti) è un comune tedesco di  abitanti, fa parte del circondario di Offenbach, uno dei circondari del land tedesco dell'Assia.

La città si trova in prossimità dell'aeroporto internazionale di Francoforte sul Meno.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Comuni del circondario di Offenbach

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Operational Excellence »
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Monthly Connect Series
The Strategic Partnership Monthly Connect is a series of virtual and in-person (pre-COVID-19) panel discussions on topics relevant to partnerships among state government, research institutions including colleges/universities, philanthropy, and others. The Monthly Connect series is open to anyone interested in attending.
At the links below you will find PowerPoint presentations, recordings, and other resources related to these interactive sessions.
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Research Partnerships Underway and Emerging
Featured state government and research partners who highlighted completed, ongoing, and emerging partnership projects. Panelists also shared tips for successfully launching and sustaining momentum and gave advice to counterparts who may be interested in cross-sector partnerships but don't know how to get started. They also discussed the value of research partnerships for testing new ideas and the important role behavioral science can play in these collaborations.
Brandon Bell, Associate Director of Digital Communications, NC Department of Revenue
Nancy Hodges, Eastern Area Consultant, Community Programs – Juvenile Crime Prevention Councils, NC Department of Public Safety
Diana Lys, Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation, School of Education, UNC Chapel Hill
Joey Sherlock, Senior Behavioral Researcher, Center for Advanced Hindsight, Duke University
NC Nonprofit Organizations and the Impact of COVID-19
Featured the statewide survey of North Carolina nonprofit organizations and the impacts of COVID-19 launched by the NC Office of Strategic Partnerships and the NC Center for Nonprofits. Panelists discussed the value of the survey, key learnings, and how philanthropy, government, researchers, and nonprofits themselves can use the results for a range of different purposes. Click here for an analysis of the 2,000+ responses, including a link to the publicly available dataset.
Steve Hayes, Executive Director, Guilford Nonprofit Consortium
Earline Smith, Housing Program Manager, Cleveland County Community Development Corporation
Nancy Taylor, Executive Director, Community Foundation of Burke County
David Yokum, Director, The Policy Lab at Brown University; Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships
Hometown Strong: Partnerships in Action for Rural NC
Features Hometown Strong leadership and local partners (from Halifax and Madison Counties) discussing existing Hometown Strong efforts and emerging opportunities. Launched in 2018, Hometown Strong leverages state and local resources, identifies ongoing projects and community needs, and implements plans to boost the economy, improve infrastructure, and strengthen North Carolina's hometowns. Click here for the slide deck. (Password: rM5tk3wB)
Tony Brown, County Manager, Halifax County
Kenny Flowers, Assistant Secretary for Rural Economic Development, NC Commerce
Mary Penny Kelley, Executive Director, Hometown Strong
Jonathan Szucs, General Manager, Advanced Superabrasives (Madison County)
COVID-19 Response: Government-University-Student Partnerships
Features NC COVID-19 Student Response Corps participants: an Appalachian State University student intern, the Elizabeth City State University career services director, the Beaufort County Economic Development Director, and the Director of Lead for NC, a key partner in the initiative. (Password: Dxj6GkPt)
Yolanda Carcana, Interim Director of Career Services, Elizabeth City State University
Martyn Johnson, Economic Development Director, Beaufort County
Dylan Russell, Executive Director, Lead for NC, UNC School of Government
Sierra Watson, Intern, Town of North Wilkesboro; MPA candidate, Appalachian State University
Established Government-Research Partnerships
Features representatives from the Gillings School of Global Public Health at UNC-Chapel Hill, NC Department of Environmental Quality, and NC Department of Health and Human Services discussing different types of government-research partnerships, strategies for initiating and sustaining successful partnerships, and the importance of partnerships during and beyond COVID-19.
Stacey Feken, Policy and Engagement Manager, Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuarine Partnership, NC Department of Environmental Quality
Mark Holmes, Director, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
Alexia Kelley, Sr. Director of Research, Research, Innovation and Global Solutions, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
Leah Devlin, Professor of the Practice, Health Policy and Management, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
Jessie Tenenbaum, Chief Data Officer, NC Department of Health and Human Services
Doug Urland, Director, NC Institute for Public Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health, UNC-Chapel Hill
Strengthening the State Government Talent Pipeline
Features state government HR recruiters and college/university-based career services experts discussing strategies and resources for addressing the related challenges of 1) state government striving to attract needed talent for employment opportunities across the state and 2) talented graduates of NC colleges and universities striving to find and pursue state government employment opportunities. (Password: Monthlyconnect1).
Kelsey Celender, Temporary Solutions Recruitment Manager, NC Office of State Human Resources
Nicole Hall, Director, Career and Professional Development, UNC-Greensboro
Lynn Kavcsak, Dean, Career and Employment Resources, Wake Technical Community College
Sara Royster, Agency HR Consultant III/Critical Needs Analyst and Recruitment Supervisor, NC Department of Public Safety
Kristin Siemek, State Talent Acquisition Manager, NC Office of State Human Resources
Identifying Expertise at Colleges and Universities
Features external affairs and government relations staff from Duke University, NC A&T, and UNC-Greensboro sharing insights about the role of external affairs offices, the resources they offer, and the many ways they can be of service to government partners, including to help find the best person on their campuses for research partnerships, collaboration on grant opporutnities, student projects, and more. (Password: Monthlyconnect1)
Andrew Cagle, Director of State and External Affairs, UNC-Greensboro
Doug Heron, Associate Vice President for Government Relations, Duke University
Ray Trapp, Director of External Affairs, NC A&T State University
Developing and Sustaining Government-Research Partnerships
Features representatives from NC State University and RTI International who have helped develop and/or participated in a wide range of partnerships with state government and research institutions. They share strategies for developing and sustaining successful partnerships and addressing potential challenges.
Phillip Graham, Senior Director, Center on Social Determinants, Risk Behaviors, and Prevention Science, RTI International
Dennis Kekas, Associate Vice Chancellor of Partnerships and Economic Development, NC State
Philanthropy 101
Features representatives from three North Carolina philanthropic organizations discussing best practices for engaging with philanthropic partners, learning about new funding opportunities, writing strong funding applications, and the proposal review and approval processes.
Ret Boney, Executive Director, NC Network of Grantmakers
Gladys Hairston, Program Officer, John Rex Endowment
Sorien Schmidt, Senior Program Officer, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
State Agency Research Efforts
Features the North Carolina Department of Transportation Research & Development Office. Includes information about organizing and communicating research and other partnership opportunities, components of the NC DOT research program and examples of past projects, and strategies for starting a new research program.
Curtis Bradley, Research Implementation Manager, NC Department of Transportation
Neil Mastin, Research and Development Manager, NC Department of Transportation
Evidence Definitions
All About Evidence
Collaboration on COVID-19 Response
Research Partnership Opportunities
Resources for Getting Involved
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August 27, 2017 at 12:08a.m.
Marketa Plesingrova had 13 kills, and the Youngstown State volleyball team swept Delaware State to win the Eagle Challenge championship on Saturday at Morehead State's Wetherby Gym.
The Penguins beat the Hornets 25-17, 25-18, 25-18 to complete a perfect weekend of three consecutive sweeps to open the season. YSU beat Winthrop and Morehead State on Friday before topping Delaware State on Saturday morning.
Plesingrova's kills came in just 20 attempts, and the freshman from the Czech Republic posted a .500 attack percentage. Youngstown State had 21 more kills than Delaware State and outhit the Hornets .245- to 034.
Sarah Varcolla added nine kills, and Dana Borsz registered nine digs. Sam Brown had six kills and two aces, and Heather Splinter registered eight digs and three aces to go along with 15 assists.
Youngstown State did not trail in the first set and scored nine of the final 11 points to pull away. The lead changed hands three times early in the second set before a 6-0 run helped the Penguins take a 17-12 lead. The Penguins then scored the first five points of the third set and led from start to finish.
Sophomore goalkeeper Kylee Moffett collected five saves and recorded her second straight shutout as the Youngstown State women's soccer team defeated Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 3-0, on Friday afternoon. The Penguins improve to 2-1 on the year while the Golden Lions fall to 0-2.
Freshman Ruth Pena scored her first career goal on an assist from Sammy Salatino at the 14:11 mark to put the Penguins up, 1-0. Senior Kyler Lum extended the lead to 2-0 with an unassisted goal in the 23rd minute. Senior Marissa Martin put the game away with her first goal of the season that gave YSU a 3-0 lead at the 48:13 mark. Senior Meghan Wallace was credited with the assist on Martin's goal.
August 30, 2017 12:10 a.m.


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Гілберт () — місто () в США, в окрузі Мінґо штату Західна Вірджинія. Населення — 450 осіб (2010).

Географія
Гілберт розташований за координатами  (37.614956, -81.870443).  За даними Бюро перепису населення США в 2010 році місто мало площу 2,70 км², з яких 2,56 км² — суходіл та 0,13 км² — водойми.

Демографія

Згідно з переписом 2010 року, у місті мешкало 450 осіб у 212 домогосподарствах у складі 137 родин. Густота населення становила 167 осіб/км².  Було 262 помешкання (97/км²).

Расовий склад населення:

До двох чи більше рас належало 0,7 %. Частка іспаномовних становила 0,0 % від усіх жителів.

За віковим діапазоном населення розподілялося таким чином: 15,3 % — особи молодші 18 років, 62,9 % — особи у віці 18—64 років, 21,8 % — особи у віці 65 років та старші. Медіана віку мешканця становила 49,7 року. На 100 осіб жіночої статі у місті припадало 82,2 чоловіків;  на 100 жінок у віці від 18 років та старших — 83,2 чоловіків також старших 18 років.

Середній дохід на одне домашнє господарство  становив  доларів США (медіана — ), а середній дохід на одну сім'ю —  доларів (медіана — ). За межею бідності перебувало 16,4 % осіб, у тому числі 26,5 % дітей у віці до 18 років та 0,0 % осіб у віці 65 років та старших.

Цивільне працевлаштоване населення становило 154 особи. Основні галузі зайнятості: сільське господарство, лісництво, риболовля — 22,1 %, освіта, охорона здоров'я та соціальна допомога — 20,8 %, роздрібна торгівля — 13,6 %, мистецтво, розваги та відпочинок — 13,6 %.

Джерела

Містечка Західної Вірджинії
Населені пункти округу Мінго (Західна Вірджинія)


What is a typical day like for a sixth grader at BASIS Independent Fremont? Ms. Sagal, a Subject Expert Teacher who teaches Latin as a sixth grade language elective and the sixth grade Academic Enrichment class, followed several of her students around for the day to see the school from their perspective. Read on to discover what she learned from them!
A 6th grader's day starts before classes even begin. Most of the students were already in the cafeteria for Early Bird, or were trickling in after I came. But this wasn't just time for chatting—students finished homework, met with teachers, or talked each other through difficult questions from class. A few students helped me figure out the schedule I had been given—I was a "shadow student" after all!
The first class of the day was World History with Dr. Monkman. The students were examining and analyzing a primary source document, the Heiji scroll, which documents a battle involving samurai. They began by reviewing information about Bushido, a samurai's code of honor, and then spent time on the laptops engaging with the source at their own pace.
Ms. Villanueva's English class was next, on the other side of the building. The 5 minutes between classes were punctuated with laughter and chatter as the students strolled to their lockers to get their materials for the next class. The 6th graders were about to start reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, a novel where characters are heavily affected by the racism of the time. To prepare for this, the students presented on different topics involved in the policies and practices of the day, including segregation of schools, the Jim Crow laws, and the disparate effects of the Great Depression on white and black families.
The students had one more class before their first break in the day. I followed two students to their Algebra I math class with Ms. Rangoli, and took a seat. Academic Enrichment (AE) class followed, and it was very odd being in the students' seat here. I am the AE teacher for the 6th graders, but today Mr. Betcher was the substitute. He had a light conversation with the students as they ate their snacks, asking them about their classes. The students called out the ones that were the hardest this year: History, Chemistry, Physics. In a survey I did a few days later with the students, I found that some of them also consider their hardest classes their favorites.
Chemistry followed AE, and I decided to test out what remains of my high school chemistry education. The students around me were very patient with me! The student next to me showed me her notes as I pieced together the names of the chemical compounds. It was so valuable to me as a teacher to listen to the students puzzle out what made the most sense, learning from their mistakes and using and reapplying that knowledge as they moved forward with the practice problems.
After that was everyone's favorite time of the day: lunch! After a morning of nearly non-stop focus—whether moving around or seated—the students enjoyed some downtime. The 6th graders eat clustered in different parts of the cafeteria, always trying to sit with their group of close friends. They were eager to wave me over and include me in conversation as I migrated around and eavesdropped, and happy to answer my questions about their day so far, and where they were going after. I think this is such an important part of the day for them, and I'm so glad that 6th and 7th graders get to have a full 50 minute period for lunch and recess. My own middle school was much more restricted, and didn't have a playground—we just had a 20 minute study hall, followed by lunch. This break in the day allowed them to relax and recharge. Many chose to do homework so they wouldn't have to complete it all after school.
The best part is that this lunch period is followed by their elective, a class which the students also view as a break in their day. Students get to choose an elective class at this age, which gives them time to study something that is genuinely interesting to them. I followed a group of students to Mr. Harter's art class, where they were discussing the Baroque period of art history. The students discussed and analyzed a painting by Rembrandt, and then showed works of their own. This 'critique' part of the class has become a routine for them: the artist knows what kinds of descriptions are necessary to help their classmates understand the piece, and the audience knows what kinds of comments are most helpful. This kind of learning—feedback and re-thinking, without the pressure of a grade—is so important to foster growth mindsets, and I was delighted to see it in action.
Dr. Dixit's physics class followed art, and it was a rapid-paced, up-and-running classroom! The students took notes on the topic of energy and briefly reviewed a past quiz. I remembered more of my physics than my chemistry knowledge from high school, but that may be because I'd been lucky enough to have a teacher like Dr. Dixit in high school who made the lessons clear and engaging—with plenty of funny pictures in the examples!
The last class of the day—for most students—was biology. This was the first day Dr. Sadrian was back in the classroom after her maternity leave, so it wasn't a typical class for the sixth graders. Dr. Sadrian showed them pictures of her new baby and explained what was going to happen with the project they had been working on in class during her leave. The students were excited to see her—and just as excited to watch a video about how the body fights off disease.
At the end of the day, some of the students move on to their second elective, while the rest head home or to our after school Late Bird program. I learned so much about what the students do to manage all of the demanded attention, but also how much they really do love learning—despite their frequent protests to the contrary. No longer a secret, sixth graders! We're all BASIS Curriculum scholars here.


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from imp import find_module, load_module
import os, sys, inspect, logging, os.path
from traceback import format_exc
from util import VimExit

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
debug, info, warn = (logger.debug, logger.info, logger.warn,)

class RedirectStream(object):
    def __init__(self, redirect_handler):
        self.redirect_handler = redirect_handler

    def write(self, data):
        self.redirect_handler(data)

    def writelines(self, seq):
        self.redirect_handler('\n'.join(seq))

class PluginHost(object):
    """
    Class that transforms the python interpreter into a plugin host for Neovim.
    It takes care of discovering plugins and routing events/calls sent by
    Neovim to the appropriate handlers(registered by plugins)
    """
    def __init__(self, vim, discovered_plugins=[]):
        self.vim = vim
        self.method_handlers = {}
        self.event_handlers = {}
        self.discovered_plugins = discovered_plugins
        self.installed_plugins = []
        sys.modules['vim'] = vim

    def __enter__(self):
        vim = self.vim
        info('install import hook/path')
        self.hook = path_hook(vim)
        sys.path_hooks.append(self.hook)
        vim.VIM_SPECIAL_PATH = '_vim_path_'
        sys.path.append(vim.VIM_SPECIAL_PATH)
        info('redirect sys.stdout and sys.stderr')
        self.saved_stdout = sys.stdout
        self.saved_stderr = sys.stderr
        sys.stdout = RedirectStream(lambda data: vim.out_write(data))
        sys.stderr = RedirectStream(lambda data: vim.err_write(data))
        debug('installing plugins')
        self.install_plugins()
        return self

    def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
        for plugin in self.installed_plugins:
            if hasattr(plugin, 'on_plugin_teardown'):
                plugin.on_plugin_teardown()
        vim = self.vim
        info('uninstall import hook/path')
        sys.path.remove(vim.VIM_SPECIAL_PATH)
        sys.path_hooks.remove(self.hook)
        info('restore sys.stdout and sys.stderr')
        sys.stdout = self.saved_stdout
        sys.stderr = self.saved_stderr

    def discover_plugins(self):
        loaded = set()
        for directory in discover_runtime_directories(self.vim):
            for name in os.listdir(directory):
                if not name.startswith('nvim_'):
                    continue
                name = os.path.splitext(name)[0]
                if name in loaded:
                    continue
                loaded.add(name)
                try:
                    discovered = find_module(name, [directory])
                except:
                    err_str = format_exc(5)
                    warn('error while searching module %s: %s', name, err_str)
                    continue
                debug('discovered %s', name)
                try:
                    file, pathname, description = discovered
                    module = load_module(name, file, pathname, description)
                    for name, value in inspect.getmembers(module, inspect.isclass):
                        if name.startswith('Nvim'):
                            self.discovered_plugins.append(value)
                    debug('loaded %s', name)
                except:
                    err_str = format_exc(5)
                    warn('error while loading module %s: %s', name, err_str)
                    continue
                finally:
                    file.close()

    def install_plugins(self):
        self.discover_plugins()
        vim = self.vim
        for plugin_class in self.discovered_plugins:
            cls_name = plugin_class.__name__
            debug('inspecting class %s', plugin_class.__name__)
            try:
                plugin = plugin_class(self.vim)
            except:
                warn('constructor for %s failed. it must accept one argument',
                     cls_name)
                continue
            methods = inspect.getmembers(plugin, inspect.ismethod)
            debug('registering event handlers for %s', plugin_class.__name__)
            for name, method in methods:
                assert method.im_self == plugin
                if not name.startswith('on_'):
                    continue
                # event handler
                event_name = name[3:]
                debug('registering %s event handler', event_name)
                if event_name not in self.event_handlers:
                    self.event_handlers[event_name] = [method]
                else:
                    self.event_handlers[event_name].append(
                        method.__get__(plugin, plugin_class))

            if hasattr(plugin, 'provides') and plugin.provides:
                for provider_method_name in plugin.provides:
                    for name, method in methods:
                        debug('checking %s', name)
                        if name == provider_method_name:
                            self.method_handlers[name] = \
                                method.__get__(plugin, plugin_class)
                            try:
                                vim.register_provider(provider_method_name)
                                debug('registered %s as a %s provider',
                                      plugin_class.__name__,
                                      provider_method_name)
                            except vim.error as e:
                                warn('error while registering provider: %s', e)
                            break
            self.installed_plugins.append(plugin)

    def on_request(self, name, args):
        handler = self.method_handlers.get(name, None)
        if not handler:
            msg = 'no method handlers registered for %s' % name
            debug(msg)
            raise Exception(msg)

        debug("running method handler for '%s %s'", name, args)
        rv = handler(*args)
        debug("method handler for '%s %s' returns: %s", name, args, rv)
        return rv

    def on_notification(self, name, args):
        handlers = self.event_handlers.get(name, None)
        if not handlers:
            debug("no event handlers registered for %s", name)
            return

        debug('running event handlers for %s', name)
        for handler in handlers:
            handler(*args)

    def on_error(self, err):
        warn('exiting due to error: %s', err)
        self.vim.loop_stop()

    def run(self):
        self.vim.loop_start(self.on_request,
                            self.on_notification,
                            self.on_error)

# This was copied/adapted from vim-python help
def path_hook(vim):
    def _get_paths():
        return discover_runtime_directories(vim)

    def _find_module(fullname, oldtail, path):
        idx = oldtail.find('.')
        if idx > 0:
            name = oldtail[:idx]
            tail = oldtail[idx+1:]
            fmr = find_module(name, path)
            module = load_module(fullname[:-len(oldtail)] + name, *fmr)
            return _find_module(fullname, tail, module.__path__)
        else:
            fmr = find_module(fullname, path)
            return load_module(fullname, *fmr)

    class VimModuleLoader(object):
        def __init__(self, module):
            self.module = module

        def load_module(self, fullname, path=None):
            return self.module

    class VimPathFinder(object):
        @classmethod
        def find_module(cls, fullname, path=None):
            try:
                return VimModuleLoader(
                    _find_module(fullname, fullname, path or _get_paths()))
            except ImportError:
                return None

        @classmethod
        def load_module(cls, fullname, path=None):
            return _find_module(fullname, fullname, path or _get_paths())

    def hook(path):
        if path == vim.VIM_SPECIAL_PATH:
            return VimPathFinder
        else:
            raise ImportError

    return hook

def discover_runtime_directories(vim):
    is_py3 = sys.version_info >= (3, 0)
    rv = []
    for path in vim.list_runtime_paths():
        if not os.path.exists(path):
            continue
        path1 = os.path.join(path, 'pythonx')
        if is_py3:
            path2 = os.path.join(path, 'python3')
        else:
            path2 = os.path.join(path, 'python2')
        if os.path.exists(path1):
            rv.append(path1)
        if os.path.exists(path2):
            rv.append(path2)
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Yamaha is testing a robot motorcycle, Kawasaki is developing a bike with artificial intelligence and now an engineering student has built a riderless model-sized motorcycle.
Could the bikes of the future ride themselves and not need rider input?
In the above video, micro-engineering student Eric Unnervik, from the Research institution in Lausanne, explains (in French) how his miniature self-balancing riderless motorcycle works.
It will ride at up to 60km/h using an onboard computer to make steering adjustments for balance, while the controller can tell the model bike where to go via a smartphone app.
He says he plans to produce a full-sized autonomous motorcycle that he claims will be be faster and safer than any human rider.
While a robotic motorcycle would take all the enjoyment out of riding, it could be used for inner-city courier tasks, commuting (where the rider is the passenger) and could be employed to take over from a rider if they make an error of judgement.
As horrible as it sounds, it seems self-riding or riderless motorcycles are coming just as much as self-driving cars are imminent.
In fact, Australian governments have been warned to be ready for partially automated vehicles on public roads before 2020, and highly automated and driverless vehicles the following decade.
This message comes from last month's Austroads autonomous vehicle (AV) summit in Brisbane attended by leaders from federal and state road and transport agencies, motoring clubs, local government and engineering and industry groups.
Austroads deputy chair Neil Scales says AV's will "change our lives, as well as our businesses".
Roads Australia president David Stuart-Watt says AVs would significantly reduce, if not eliminate, road deaths and injuries.
Just as governments have mandated safety devices over the years from seat belts in every car to ABS in European motorcycles, robotic functions could also be mandated in future bikes.
David also says motorists may decide not to own a vehicle in the future, but hire AVs for transport.
"Only this month, it was reported that Ford in the United States was planning to build a fleet of driverless cars for ride-sharing services by 2021, which it (Ford) would potentially own and maintain on their behalf," he says.
Some people may also like to hire an automated riderless motorcycle or scooter to take commute to work, rather than owning one.
So what is the point then? If I didn't wanna ride, I'd be a pillion, or I'd drive.


With lavalier mic at the ready, Julie Winokur, director of "Bring It to the Table," sits poised, ready to engage in discussion. Winokur will be at a screening of her documentary, which focuses on making bipartisan political discussion more accepted, today at 7 p.m. in Social Sciences Room 100.
Dissatisfaction with the political process and with our representatives in Washington runs deep and wide through the American public. According to research conducted in 2014 by the Pew Research Center and the Gallup Poll, only 24 percent of the public trusts the government, while Congress maintains an abysmal 15 percent approval rating.
One popular explanation for the ever-increasing dissatisfaction in our current climate is political polarization. Partisan vitriol rises every year, with deafening shouts from both sides of the aisle muting bipartisan efforts and similarities.
"Bring it to the Table" is a project Winokur launched in 2012 as a response to a comment made by her 17-year-old son.
Funded via Kickstarter, "Bring it to the Table" is a grassroots, community campaign that works to engage and empower participants in breaking down hyper-partisan divides through dialogue. According to PPEL senior Elena Gold, one of three student interns at NICD working to bring this project to the UA, politics is something we should be able to discuss in mixed company.
Though Winokur said she believes many problems exist in our current political climate, not all of the blame can be placed on politicians and policymakers.
Through weeks of planning, NICD interns, in collaboration with Peter Michaels, communications director for the National Institute for Civil Discourse, worked to bring Winokur and her project to campus. Through community outreach, marketing and fundraising, NICD was able to secure a showing with Winokur and her documentary tonight at 7 p.m. in Social Sciences Room 100.
Additionally, Michaels said that in the effort to bring partisan dialogue to the table, NICD will introduce a new chapter of No Labels to campus tonight. No Labels, a political organization composed of various parties, will serve as a permanent installment of positive bipartisan efforts at the university, one that will attempt to bridge the philosophical divides between right and left.
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Q: Lowering metrics to finite index subgroups Let $G$ be an infinite, countable, finitely generated group. Let $H$ be a finite index subgroup of $G$. Let $S$ be a finite, symmetric set of generators of $G$, and let $d(\cdot,\cdot)$ be the word length metric on $G$ induced by $S$. Then $d$ is also a metric on $H$. The question is the following: is $d$ in the same bilipschitz equivalence class as all the word length metrics on $H$? That is, if $d'(\cdot,\cdot)$ is a word length metric on $H$, does there exist a constant $K$ such that $\frac{1}{k}d'(g,h) \leq d(g,h) \leq K d'(g,h)$ for all $g,h \in H$?

A: Even more is true. A metric space is called D-separated if the distance between any distinct points is at least D.
Claim. Let $X, X'$ be $1$-separated metric spaces. Let $f: X\to X'$ be a bijective quasi-isometry. Then $f$ is bilipschitz.
Proof. Inequality $d(f(x), f(y))\le L d(x,y)+A$ implies that $d(f(x), f(y))\le M d(x,y) + M\le (M+1)d(x, y)$. Here $M$ is the maximum of $L, A$. The same argument applies to the inverse of $f$. Thus, $f$ is bilipschitz. Qed
In your case the identity map is a quasi-isometry (by Milnor-Schwarz Lemma), so the above claim applies. Of course, one can give a more direct argument as I explained in my comments: let $S$ and $S'$ be finite generating sets for $G$ and $H$ respectively. Without loss of generality we can assume that $S'\subset S$. We can also assume that representatives of all the cosets in $G/H$ are in $S$. Then the embedding of $H$ in $G$ is 1-lipschitz. Conversely, let $p: G\to H$ be nearest point projection with respect to the metric $d$. Then, since $H$ is 1-dense in $G$, the map $p$ is 3-lipschitz. This gives you the inequality
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The towns of Lithuania are centered around a church. It well might be a large historicist masterpiece of the early 20th century built after Russian Empire eased its restrictions on Catholic religious buildings. Some of these churches are so massive that they seem to have been transplanted from much larger cities. The tallest church spire in Lithuania is not in Vilnius or Kaunas, but in a small town of Anykščiai. Churches of Švėkšna, Palanga, Rietavas and others are also impressive.
Massive gothic revival Anykščiai St. Matthew church (1909) towers over the old wooden homes of this town of 11 000 inhabittants in Aukštaitija. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Some other towns still boast older (19th or 18th century) smaller churches, more often than not built of wood in a vernacular style. Then there are settlements with post-1990 churches that either replaced ones previously destroyed by fire or were newly built because these towns never had a church as they gained their importance during the atheist Soviet era.
Churches are typically located at the pre-WW2 market square. Multiple Catholic churches or market squares mark the former importance of the town. Some towns also have a 19th-century Russian Orthodox church and an abandoned synagogue. In Lithuania Minor, there are Lutheran churches next to the Catholic ones, while in the environs of Biržai and in Kėdainiai – Reformed Christian churches.
Another gem enjoyed by some towns is a manor, built by a local noble family some 100 or 200 years ago. Such manors are sometimes still surrounded by elaborate parks that were once crafted by famous French or Italian architects. Unfortunately, the Soviet nationalization drive and subsequent destruction hit the manors heavily, but today some of them are restored. Ones in Palanga and Plungė are especially beautiful. Some of the manors, as well as other buildings, hosts regional museums but few of those are worth visiting.
Meticulously repaired palace of the Plungė manor (Plungė, Samogitia). It was built in 1879 by the duke Oginskiai family. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
The historical districts of almost every town used to be built of wood. Many buildings were destroyed by fire, others by the Soviets, therefore few old towns are intact today. The old wooden buildings were joined by Soviet functionalist shops, schools, clinics, bus stations and so-called cultural houses that were built on similar designs and layouts all across the Union. Small towns, just like cities, also received entire new districts of Soviet apartment blocks. The size of these buildings correlated with the size of the settlement, with residential buildings in villages not exceeding 2 stories, in small towns – 4 or 5. Streets of these districts are usually named after different jobs of the 20th century: "Melioratorių" (Irrigation specialists), "Mechanizatorių" (Mechanization specialists).
Soviets also built new detached homes. A popular series of these prefab buildings is known as "Alytus homes" as they used to be manufactured in Alytus.
A local fair in Inturkė, Aukštaitija. Such events, known in Lithuanian as kermošius, typically correlate to locally important Christian feasts. Long sugar sweets are among the most popular goods sold.
The Soviet era districts of the towns today are somewhat run down due to low construction quality, urbanization, and emigration. These social tendencies meant that some of the towns changed relatively little since the restoration of independence (1990). However, most of them received one or more modern chain supermarkets. New family-owned restaurants and hotels were also opened in many towns to replace the gray Soviet ones although in some more remote places it may be difficult to find a place to eat on summer weekends when the marriages are celebrated.
For every rule there are exceptions, and these exceptions are the most interesting towns to visit. Kėdainiai is the only town to host a non-wooden pre-industrial Old Town. Ukmergė has a non-wooden historical district dating to the late 19th century.
Trakai (near Vilnius) and Biržai in the north are famous for their castles, a rare thing for the Lithuanian towns to have.
Resort towns of the 19th century are famous for elaborate wooden villas that were once summer retreats for their rich and noble owners. You may see such villas in Palanga, Druskininkai and Neringa.
A wooden villa in Juodkrantė resort, Lithuania Minor region. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
The Lithuania Minor area that was part of Germany for centuries has different architectural styles with red brick facades and wooden frame architecture. You may see this in Šilutė, Neringa, and smaller towns of the area.
A couple of Lithuania's towns were conceived and built by the Soviets together with major power plants nearby. The more interesting among them is Visaginas, a 1970s-1980s town for a nearby nuclear plant. Elektrėnai is the other one.
Map of the more interesting Lithuania's towns superimposed on Lithuanian regions. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
The main square is "Great Market" (Didžioji Rinka) opens to Nevėžis river at one side. On the opposite side there stands a former city hall with a tall roof.
Main Market of Kėdainiai (City Hall on the left). ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
In times when Lithuania was virtually ruled by several important families, Kėdainiai was the seat of Radvila family. This branch of the famous family adopted a Reformed faith and therefore the Kėdainiai main square is dwarfed by a Renaissance Reformed Christian church (1652) rather than a Catholic one. The Reformed community has since dwindled and the church has one monthly mass, but the sarcophagi of underground Radvila family crypt with long epitaphs still attracts tourists. Outside summer one needs to ask at Kėdainiai museum to have the Reformed church opened.
On the opposite side of Radvilų street stands a 17th century Arnett House, built by a Scottish merchant family. Kėdainiai once had a thriving Scottish community, attracted by a common Reformed faith.
A view of Senoji Street in Kėdainiai Old Town. A massive belfry of the Reformed Christian church is visible.©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Catholics have a black wooden church of Saint Joseph not far away (Radvilų street). It is famous for being one of the oldest and largest wooden churches in Lithuania, having been built in 1766. The entire interior is wooden, including three 18th century baroque altars.
Gothic St. George Catholic church on the opposite side of Nevėžis river is even older (1662).
Other religious communities set their footprint in Kėdainiai as well. Lutheran church has been constructed by German traders in 1629 and its famous for interior decorations. Russian Orthodox church dates to the Russian Imperial rule (1861). Two white synagogues (summer and winter, 18th-19th centuries) at Senoji Rinka (Old Market) have been restored as a Jewish museum. A third synagogue stands in Smilgos street.
There aren't that many towns of this size in the world where houses of worship of 5 different faiths would stand, each of them at least 150 years old. However that old tolerance was replaced by destructive Russian and Soviet occupations of 19th-20th century when most religious buildings were looted and closed (and some destroyed), and only after 1990 was the religious life reborn, but minority faiths remained small in numbers of followers.
St. Joseph wooden Catholic church of Kėdainiai. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Pediastrianised Didžioji street is the pretty main axis of Kėdainiai Old Town. Its cute old homes house several hotels and restaurants. The former Carmelite monastery now serves as Kėdainiai museum. It has a nice collection of Lithuanian wayside crosses, as well as some modern art by local artists, historical exhibits and furniture/clothing from regional manors (furniture made of horns brought back from 1900 Paris Expo by the local nobles is interesting, even if not local). Šviesioji Gimnazija (school), established by Radvilas in 1625, is another historic institution. A two-floored townhouse at Didžioji street's eastern end has been transformed into an art project where every window reminds an episode of rich town history.
Being a hometown of Radvilas Kėdainiai also enjoyed political importance. Union of Kėdainiai was signed here, terminating the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and establishing a Swedish-Lithuanian one instead. However the Swedes subsequently lost the 1655-1660 war, leading to the restoration of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Unfortunately, neither the magnificient Radvila palace, nor the later manor built by romanticist painter Czapski. The ruins of Czapski manor and the exotic Turkish-inspired minaret built as an observation tower in his park are beyond the train station rails.
Known as the capital of Samogitia the Telšiai town (pop. 30 000) hugging the coasts of Mastis lake is interesting for its relatively authentic main street and main square.
Like many capitals, Telšiai claims to be built on seven hills. The most prominent hill is crowned by a Neoclassical Telšiai St. Anthony Cathedral (1794), the only two-floored church in Lithuania. 4-story diocesan priest seminary in a former monastery and a bishop's residence stand nearby. Telšiai diocese has been erected in 1926 and covers the whole western Lithuania, including the city of Klaipėda (until 1997 also Šiauliai).
Telšiai's religious importance helped to establish the town as the unofficial capital of Samogitia in people's minds. Locals take a great pride in this designation: ~2,5% of them even reported "Samogitian" as their ethnicity in the 2011 census. Samogitian dialect is widely used, including sculptures and plaques in the well-kept downtown.
Telšiai Cathedral (center) and some of the sculptured plaques that tell Samogitian history in the local dialect at the bottom of the hill. The right plaque in question reminds that the christianisation in Europe ended only in 1413, after Samogitia was christianed (600th anniversary in 2013). ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
The Main square, its Respublikos street approach and the surrounding side-streets on the bottom of Cathedral hill have the most authentic pre-WW2 buildings. Virgin Mary Assumption church is a former Orthodox church transferred to Catholics in 1932 as it has been built to replace a previous Catholic church. Some derelict industrial buildings stand on Gedimino street further west.
The Telšiai Alka museum that was established in the interwar period is among the best of Lithuania's provincial museums. It represents art from the Samogitian manors, Samogitian clothes, church art and other things about Samogitia. Most exhibits are good quality making the museum well worth a visit.
~1,5 km southwest of Alka stands the Samogitian countryside museum, which is actually a neat park with authentic buildings dating to ~1900 moved in from Samogitian villages. Farmsteads of varying affluence and a mill could be explored introducing to the traditional Lithuanian peasant life (a smaller alternative to the Rumšiškės museum).
5 km to the southeast of Telšiai stands Rainiai village, where a chapel marks the place of the infamous 1941 Rainiai massacre when Soviets brutally tortured and murdered at least 73 Lithuanian civilians.
This chapel reminds of the Rainiai massacre which took place in the forest behind it. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
English tourist map of Telšiai, Lithuania.
Visaginas (population 20 000) has been built in the 1970s and 1980s for workers of a new nuclear power plant built nearby. Once a secret settlement, this is a good example of a Soviet city. All its buildings are multi-storey apartment blocks built according to common layouts. They are separated by pedestrian alleys and wide four-lane streets, all of which still bear names like Tarybų (Soviet), Kosmonautų (Cosmonaut), Taikos (Peace) or Draugystės (Friendship). In the Soviet Union, every city had streets named this way.
Gate to the yard behind apartment blocks now overfilled with cars. Such architectural designs had to be eye-candy in an otherwise monotonous red-and-grey city but even they were not unique with every yard of the same street having a same-looking gate. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Only the name of the city itself was changed from Sniečkus (surname of a Lithuanian communist leader) to Visaginas after independence. The new name comes from a phrase "Everybody defends themselves" and while it reminds of poisonous snakes that used to live around the local lake, it is also surprisingly appropriate for a cold war nuclear town.
The ethnic make-up of the city strikingly reminds the former Soviet Union as well with 52% of the population being ethnic Russians. Other ethnicities that once lived in the Soviet Union, such as Ukrainians or Belarusians, are also well represented. Russian is still the lingua franca in Visaginas. The population density is highest among Lithuania's cities, but you are never far from nature as Visaginas is surrounded by forests and several lakes are nearby. In fact, fragments of pine forests are left even between apartment blocks making Visaginas a unique forest city.
Pine forest in the middle of the city. The tower block nearby has never been completed. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Although it may seem so when you are in Visaginas time does not stand still here. The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant which once employed half of the population was closed down as requested by the European Union. The gigantic industrial building east of the city that once housed the most powerful nuclear reactors in the world now stands empty. It never reached its full potential as 2 of the 4 planned reactors have not been built. Should they have been built Visaginas would have been doubled in size to house around 50 000 inhabitants. Right now the town's population already went down by a third from its peak. Visaginas ages as a whole: it was known as the "youngest town" in 1999 with an average age of 30,6 years but in 2012 the number went all the way to 39,3, showing little generational change.
The enormous power plant is a must-see. The massive pipes leading to Visaginas from the power plant once provided cheap heating. This was once the heart of the city that is now empty. In order to expedite the plans of a new power plant people of Visaginas are staging protests in favor of nuclear power. A NIMBY object anywhere else an NPP is more than welcome in what is the Nuclear Town.
Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant near Visaginas. Plant-to-city heating pipe is visible in the foreground. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Other than that, a simple stroll around the town is rewarding. The nuclear workers used to live well by Soviet standards, therefore Visaginas was built for upper middle class. With the exception of few additions, the city is still as it was in the 1980s (even the atom-shaped streetlights remain).
The post-independence additions are a modern shopping mall and several churches. The Orthodox Church of the Birth of John the Baptist (1992) constructed in a converted shop between two apartment blocks in Sedulinos Avenue is probably the most interesting. The Catholic St. Paul's (1998) and Russian Orthodox St. Pantaleimon's (2000) are more typical religious buildings. Atheism was the first Soviet-introduced cultural practice to wither: in 2001 the city still had the highest share of irreligious in Lithuania (25%), down to 9% in 2011.
A shop that was hastily transformed into Visaginas's first church after the atheist Soviet Union collapsed. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Visaginas is now also famous for the largest Country music festival in the Baltics, taking place in summer.
English tourist map of Visaginas, Lithuania.
Joniškis (pop. 11 000) is a town in northern Lithuania, dominated by a truly massive historicist church, dating to 1901. Uncommon to the area, this gray building with a mezzanine incorporates elements of various previous architectural styles rather than emulating a single one.
Church of Virgin Mary Assumption towers over Joniškis. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Among its historic residentials and other buildings the town also has two synagogues, named "white" (1823; neoclassical) and "red" (1865; historicist) as one is plastered and the neighboring one has its red masonry visible. The red one partly collapsed in 2007 but now both are undergoing state-funded restoration. Prior to World War 2, Joniškis was home to some 900 Jews.
Two synagogues of Joniškis stand side-by-side east of the main square. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Recently Joniškis became famous for its new museum of basketball, the only one of its kind in Lithuania. The museum's enthusiastic owner has a great collection of memorabilia of Lithuanian and Soviet basketball national teams and clubs. You may compare your own feet with a shoe of Arvydas Sabonis (2,20 m tall most famous Lithuanian player of the recent decades, who spent 7 seasons in NBA), review famous basketball games on a big screen, acquire bilingual books on the sport, see medals of important competitions, among other things.
Inside the Joniškis basketball museum. The screen beyond the ball-shaped door shows the controversial final minute of Munich Olympics final USA vs. USSR. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Joniškis is important to Lithuanian basketball as it was in this Lithuanian-Latvian border town where the Lithuanian national basketball team was greeted by happy crowds in 1937 after winning their first European championship in Riga. After this event basketball was catapulted to the level of national sport where it has remained ever since, despite all the trials and tribulations that fell on the Lithuanian nation.
The basketball museum is located in Livonijos str. 3 and you will need to contact it to arrange opening times. The official website is here.
English tourist map of Joniškis. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Pakruojis (pop. 5000) town is primarily known for its manor, the largest in Lithuania.
With 43 surviving buildings spread over 48 ha area it serves as a great reminder of a pre-WW1 Lithuania when noble families residing in such manors dominated politics, business and culture alike. They also effectively owned the surrounding villages with all local peasants (serfs) living there.
Pakruojis manor palace looking from the technical yard. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Pakruojis manor grounds consist of four sections.
Nobility and its guests would have stuck to the Main section, dominated by a small Neoclassical palace and a partly-overgrown park.
Two Technical sections were devoted to keeping the manor operational. They included servants housing, stables, barns and cattle sheds.
Industrial section held the manor owners' business power, with two mills, an inn and a Roman-aqueduct-styled dam (1821). It is prettier than its rather prosaic purpose would imply.
Industrial zone of Pakruojis manor with dam and water mill visible. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Like many of the Lithuania's large manors, Pakruojis was owned by non-Lithuanians (a German Von Ropp family). As the serfs were generally Lithuanians the manors were often seen as a source of discrimination. Together with independence (1918) came a land reform when the manor landholdings were severely reduced, forcibly selling the rest to peasants. The true destruction, however, came in the 1940s as Soviets nationalized the manor, remodeling the palace for an agricultural school and letting many other buildings to slowly crumble. After 1990 independence much was restored, although the full splendor has yet to return.
In weekends part of Pakruojis manor turns into Lithuania's sole American-style living museum. Marketed as "a single day of Pakruojis manor life in late 19th century", the activity combines actual history (tours of the partly-renovated manor interior), 19th century-inspired performances, entertainment and artisan souvenir shopping. Each visitor may participate in shortened adaptations of historical traditions (a wedding party with traditional songs) and witness local urban legends (a "punishment cellar" is inspired by tales of manor owner Hermann Von Ropp bloodthirstiness, although the torturing devices exhibited there are copied from all over Europe). Professional actors perform the key roles and Lithuanian language knowledge is essential (non-speakers are advised to have somebody to translate for them).
A serf is to be beaten by the manor administrator (tijūnas) during the living museum event. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Pakruojis town itself has few sights: a 19th-century small red-brick printing house, a church, an abandoned wooden pre-WW2 fire watch tower.
Birštonas (pop. 2500) is a mineral spa resort in central Lithuania. It is located in a scenic area where the Lithuania's main river Nemunas makes multiple bends ("loops"), hugging the town.
Birštonas castle hill provides some of the best views of Nemunas. Currently serving just as a vantage point, it originally hosted a wooden castle of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, guarding the river. Nemunas is also used for recreational boat tours in summer.
Excursion boat sailing in Nemunas, as seen from the top of Birštonas castle hill. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Birštonas has been established as a resort in the 19th century as the belief in mineral water healing powers swept through Europe. Birštonas's importance continued between the World Wars when it was the closest such resort to Kaunas which then served as the capital of Lithuania. Dating to that era are the iconic central mud spa building (1927), a Gothic revival red brick church (1909) and the resort house (kurhauzas, 1931), all located next to each other in the downtown and still used for their original purposes. Unfortunately, many wooden buildings of the era have burned down during World War 1 and the great fire of 1905.
Under the Soviet occupation (1940-1990), Birštonas expanded rapidly, mostly for the worse. The downtown was surrounded by massive eyesore Soviet sanitariums for the sick. After independence, Birštonas stagnated as Lithuanians would opt for other, more up-to-date resorts.
Tourists sitting near the central mud spa of Birštonas. Originally operated by the Red Cross (1920s), it still has its symbol on it. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
However, in recent years, Birštonas has successfully reinvented itself through a partial re-orientation from the caring for the sick to those who seek spa procedures for pleasure, as well as through the addition of several new free-to-use tourist attractions.
Kneipp garden in the downtown allows people to try out procedures suggested by a German priest Sebastian Kneipp: "Kneipp coffee" (putting arms into cold water, claimed to rejuvenate the same way as a cup of coffee), "Kneipp path" (a path of various rough surfaces to be walked on barefoot, supposedly stimulating various organs) and the "Stork steps" (a pool of cold water to be walked in by raising legs above the waterline with each step).
Tourists walking on rough surfaces (left) and holding their arms in cold water (right) at the Birštonas Kneipp garden. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
Nearby, Birutė villa allows its visitors to lie indoors watching an artificial waterfall and fountain.
Further north, next to the central park, a mineral water evaporation tower is a wooden structure where mineral water is automatically poured on its every wall, evaporating swiftly and providing a humid air for the surroundings, where people come to breathe it.
Additionally, just like for decades, the mineral waters of Birštonas are free to drink from several fountains (public faucets) if you bring your own glass or bottle. "Vytautas" spring is the most famous one, its fountain located in a small yellow building in the downtown. If the uncarbonated authentic flavor will be too much to stomach, you may also buy carbonated and bottled "Vytautas" all over Lithuania. In fact, this well-advertised "Vytautas" is one of the best known Lithuanian trademarks.
People relaxing inside the free Birutė villa at Birštonas. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
For the first time after 20 years hiatus, new spas have been constructed in Birštonas in the 2010s. Moreover, many of the Soviet ones were renovated. The town still has a multitude of abandoned Soviet buildings, but those now tend to be overshadowed by trees and pretty landscaping in summer rather than vice-versa.
Birštonas landscaping includes some fountains and many sculptures. Some of the biggest clusters of sculptures are located near the church (wooden sculptures) and at the southern side of the Central Park (stone sculptures). The other side of Nemunas (accessible by boat or a lengthy drive-around through the nearest bridge in Prienai) hosts a remembrance path for Lithuanians exiled by the Soviet Union.
While what is pre-Soviet and post-Soviet tend to far surpass what's Soviet in quality and aesthetics, one may want to view the Soviet era stained glass window "Lithuania" (original name "Soviet Lithuania") inside the Birštonas House of Culture (a typical Soviet institution where various events are held). 145 sq. meters in size, it was the largest stained glass window in Lithuania. It lacks any outward propaganda or Soviet symbols, although its depiction of various classes of Lithuanian population (workers, soldiers, scientists, peasants...) is Soviet-style.
A fragment of stained glass window 'Lithuania'. Photo ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
The Nemunas bank promenade for pedestrians effectively serves as the "main street" of Birštonas. It links the castle hill in the south to Central Park some 1,5 km to the north, offering benches to sit and watch the river as well as some cafes en-route. Most other things worth visiting can be discovered taking short turns inland from the promenade. The Nemunas bank promenade was created in the 1960s when a dam further downriver raised the water level of Nemunas (without the promenade, Birštonas could be submerged).
The Nemunas loops that hug Birštonas provides several more good vantage points outside the city proper. Škėvonys exposure is just ~2 km from the downtown and may be reached on foot. Balbieriškis exposure is some 15 km away (so a bike or a car ride will be necessary to visit).
Merely 5 km from Birštonas stands a town of Prienai (pop. 10000). Both towns even share a single basketball team. While Prienai is larger, it is not a resort, making its institutions, cafes, and restaurants far more prosaic and aimed at the locals rather than tourists. Sights in Prienai include a 1750-built wooden church and a 19th-century paper mill. Prienai is also the location of area's sole bridge over Nemunas.
A new spa in Birštonas and a lakeside Beach. Construction of this spa began under the Soviet occupation but was never completed as Birštonas went into decline. In 2016, it was completed according to a modernized project by the bottlers of 'Vytautas' mineral water. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.
In Vazgaikiemis some 5 km south of Prienai, a New-Age-esque "Park for peoples' harmonization" (a.k.a. Harmony Park in English) is privately developed, offering some interesting sculptures (it serves as a hotel and a hippodrome).
Map of Birštonas. ©Augustinas Žemaitis.


Oh, iPhone, how far you've come. When first introduced in 2007, Steve Jobs was fully confident of the potential of his product, calling it "revolutionary and magical." And here we are, eight years later, still camping out for every new release.
Whether you're team Apple or not, there's no denying the impact that the device has had on technology. Think back to the now-vintage 1st Generation iPhone. While it did grab some features from already existing technology, like touchscreen capabilities, it was the first of its kind to bring together the best ideas into one innovative product.
It was the first to give us a visual interface for voicemails, something that seems so standard now – it's hard to believe that no one had implemented this yet. Web browsing also became immensely more intuitive. Webpages no longer looked so oddly formatted on mobile (and here we are now thinking non-responsive sites are the worst of it). Using apps was made simple, eliminating the dependency of third parties and assuring the ones you downloaded were suitable for your specific phone.
With time, the iPhone got (sometimes) bigger and better.
The original iPhone specs, naturally, don't even match what you'd find on your iPhone 6 today. This prototype paved the way for phone providers, causing a smartphone revolution. So, here's to you, iPhone. Happy 8th birthday.


ශ්‍රිලංනීපය නැතුව ආණ්ඩු හදන්න පොහොට්ටුවට මේ කපේදි බෑ…..!
ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය නැතිව මැතිවරණ දිනන්නවත්, ආණ්ඩු හදන්නවත් බෑ, පුළුවන් නම් කරලා පෙන්වන්න කියා අභියෝග කරන බව හිටපු අමාත්‍ය වීරකුමාර දිසානායක පවසනවා.
ඔහු මේ බව ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටියේ අනුරාධපුරයේ පැවති උත්සවයකින් අනතුරුව මාධ්‍යවේදීන් නැගු ප්‍රශ්න වලට පිළිතුරු ලබා දෙමිනි.
"ඉදිරි ජනාධිපතිවරණයට සුදුසුම අපේක්ෂකයා ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය තීරණය කරලා තියෙන්නේ මෛත්‍රීපාල ජනාධිපතිතුමා, අපේ පක්ෂයේ නායකයා අපි තීරණය කරන්නේ නැතිව, ඒක වෙනත් අය යෝජනා කරන්න අවශ්‍යය නෑ, ඒ අයිතිය අපේ පක්ෂයට.බලමු ඉදිරියේදී මොකද වේනනේ කියලා, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය තමයි අද රටේ තීරණාත්මක දේශපාලන සාධකය.ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය නැතිව මැතිවරණ දිනන්නවත්, ආණ්ඩු හදන්නවත් බෑ, පුළුවන් නම් කරලා පෙන්වන්න කියලා අපි කියනවා." හිටපු අමාත්‍යවරයා පවසා සිටියා.
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Digitised photos, daguerreotypes, and slides now available in Digital Collections 12 June 2020
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Monoclonal Antibodies are a type of protein, which made in the laboratory that can bind to substances in the body, including cancer cells. There are many kinds of monoclonal antibodies. A monoclonal antibody is made so that it binds to only one substance. Monoclonal antibodies are being used to treat some types of cancer. They can be used alone or to carry drugs, toxins, or radioactive substances directly to cancer cells.
Monoclonal antibodies kill tumor cells by several mechanisms, including apoptosis and lysis mediated by complement and cytotoxic cells, They can also act as conduits for radioisotopes or toxic agents linked to them. The generic name assigned to a monoclonal antibody or fragment ends in -mab.
Fusion of cell culture myeloma cells with mammalian spleen cells antibodies result in hybrid cells/hybridomas which produces large amounts of monoclonal antibody. The cell fusion resulted in two different types of cells, one with the ability to grow continually, and the other with ability to produce bulk amounts of purified antibody. Hybrid cells produce only 1 exact antibody that is more pure than polyclonal antibodies produced by conventional techniques. Monoclonal Antibodies are far more effective than conventional drugs since drugs attack the foreign substance & the body's own cells that cause harsh side effects & the monoclonal antibody only targets the foreign antigen/target molecule, without or only minor side effects.
Monoclonal antibody drugs are cancer treatments that enlist natural immune system functions to fight cancer. These drugs may be used in combination with other cancer treatments. Monoclonal antibodies are designed to function in different ways. A particular drug may actually function by more than one means.
Process by which bulk quantities of targeted antibodies against a specific antigen are produced.Monoclonal antibodies are produced via multiple/identical copies of a certain cell called a hybridoma. To create Hybridoma cells the fusion of 2 cells are needed in order to combine the characteristics of the 2 cells into 1 cell. 1 of the cells is a producing cell antibody which is a B-Lymphocyte used from a laboratory mouse and the other is a tumor cell named myeloma. Tumor cells have the ability to grow indefinitely and at an exceeding rate from normal cell growth.
Laboratroy produced Hybridoma cells replicate much faster than normal antibody producing cells, and the individual hybridomas produce the specific antibodies for an indefinite period of time. There are 2 ways for growing monoclonal antibodies, 1 is to grow them in laboratory flasks meaning In Vitro, and the other is to grow them in the stomach lining of mice. Injecting the hybridomas into the mice is the familiar method of harvesting monoclonal antibodies. This method is done by mixing spleen cells from the mouse that has been immunized with the desired antigen with myeloma cells.The myeloma cells need to have lost their ability to synthesize HGPRT enzyme (hypoxanthine-guanine-phosphoribosyltransferase) which enables the cells to synthesize purines using an extracellular source of hypoxanthine as a precursor. Cells have another pathway that they synthesize purines so lack of HGPRT is not a problem for the cell but when cells are exposed to aminopterin they are unable to use this other pathway and are fully dependent on HGPRT for their survival. So to summarize, unfused myeloma cells can't grow since they lack HGPRT and unfused normal spleen cells can't grow since they have a limited life-span. Hybridoma cells are grow indefinitely since the spleen-cell copartner supplies HGPRT and the myeloma partner is immortal.
However, monoclonal antibody treatment for cancer may cause side effects, some of which, though rare, can be very serious.


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#ifndef CTREESTATEREVERTSELECTION_H
#define CTREESTATEREVERTSELECTION_H

#include "itreestateselect.h"

class CTreeStateRevertSelection : public ITreeStateSelect
{
public:
    /* Constructor */
    CTreeStateRevertSelection(TreeState* t) {
        text = "Revert selection";
        tree = t; }

    /* Destructor */
    ~CTreeStateRevertSelection() {}

    /* Override the select() function of the ITreeStateSelect interface */
    void select() { tree->revertSelectionList(); }

    /* Override the copy() function of the ICommand interface */
    ICommand* copy() { return new CTreeStateRevertSelection(tree); }
};

#endif // CTREESTATEREVERTSELECTION_H


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Q: PHP условия для регистрационной формы Это часть кода условий для заполнения формы. У меня (у чайника) 2 вопроса:
1) Данный код позволяет для заполнения логина ввести пробел, а я хочу запретить пробели в логине, как это реализовать?
2) Если логин написали правильный, но потом ошибка в пароле, у меня выводит ошибку, но при этом логин приходиться снова написать... можно же как-то сохранить правильно заполненный логин в таком случае?
// login
else if (iconv_strlen($login) < 1){
        $_SESSION['error']['login'] = "Please, write login!";
    } else if (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9\s]+$/', $login)) {
        $_SESSION['error']['login'] = 'Name can only contain letters and numbers';
}
// password
else if (iconv_strlen($password) < 1){
        $_SESSION['error']['password'] = "Please, write password!";
    } else if (iconv_strlen($password) != iconv_strlen($password_confirm)){
        $_SESSION['error']['password_confirm'] = "Those passwords didn't match!";
        } else {
            $password = md5($password);
            $connect->query("INSERT INTO `users` (`full_name`, `login`, `email`, `password`, `avatar`) VALUES ('$full_name', '$login', '$email', '$password', '$avatar')");
        }

A: Чтобы запретить ввод пробелов через регулярное выражение - Вам необходимо удалить \s из него.
Чтобы задать количество символов в строке, Вы можете использовать {От скольки, до скольки}.
Пример (Ограничение по количеству символов в 10):
else if (iconv_strlen($login) < 1){
        $_SESSION['error']['login'] = "Please, write login!";
    } else if (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z0-9]{0,10}+$/', $login)) {
        $_SESSION['error']['login'] = 'Name can only contain letters and numbers';
}
// password
else if (iconv_strlen($password) < 1){
        $_SESSION['error']['password'] = "Please, write password!";
    } else if (iconv_strlen($password) != iconv_strlen($password_confirm)){
        $_SESSION['error']['password_confirm'] = "Those passwords didn't match!";
        } else {
            $password = md5($password);
            $connect->query("INSERT INTO `users` (`full_name`, `login`, `email`, `password`, `avatar`) VALUES ('$full_name', '$login', '$email', '$password', '$avatar')");
        }

Чтобы сохранить логин введённым, Вы можете либо передать значение в файл php с формой, и выводить его примерно так:
<input <?php if($login){ echo 'value: "'.$login.'"'?>>

В данном случае, мы проверяем наличие значения в переменной $login, и если оно присутствует, то добавляем его в value поля input.
Или же после передачи данных в основной файл php можно проставлять значение через js.
Или же использовать localstorage или cookie для добавления значения в поле ввода через javascript или php.


In this lesson, "Ginger's Arboretum", Ginger shows you how to use a wide range of colors to paint this colorful flower landscape.
Learn from the Queen of Color how to paint this lovely scene of vibrant colored flowers and reflections.
The "Ginger's Arboretum" is painted on an 8"x10" stretched canvas using Ginger's standard palette of colors.


The gaming industry isn't at a lack for accessory manufacturers, and even console skins, for that matter. While big names like Mad Catz might lead the way in both respects, smaller companies like Exo-Flex are proving that you don't need a big name to provide big style.
Exo-Flex are the makers of Snakeskin, a new form of durable, high quality adhesives for not just gaming consoles, but most items in a techie's arsenal, including laptops and cell phones. I had the chance to test out a few Exo-Flex products, and was very impressed with what I saw.
Where other companies create skins based on established properties, whether that be video games, films or otherwise, Exo-Flex offers an extensive collection of original artwork, split into groups of either more muted solids or bright patterns, with solids being mostly monochromatic affairs, while the patterned skins offer a look at some clever creatures ranging from wide-eyed aliens and black globs of goo, to a bunch of colorful bacteria that are flying through a cloudy sky in one skin, only to meet their maker in another, as you come upon their strangely adorable corpses.
While Exo-Flex's Snakeskin products come in a variety of awesome patterns, they do take a bit of time to apply, as there is a slight stretch to the material that causes some pre-cut holes (like cut-outs for the Wii's power button, for example) to increase or change in size just enough to force you to set the product down for a few minutes, allowing it to shrink to its original shape.
That being said, the entire process of applying skins is fairly forgiving. Each skin is split into the appropriate pieces for side panels, faceplates and so on, and if you happen to put a piece on crooked, it is easily removable and repositionable (two of the three R's in Exo-Flex's Triple R feature - the third being "can be reapplied"). As an example, contrary to what one might expect, I found that no matter how many times I removed the front panel sticker on my Wii (easily the hardest piece of any skin I tested, due to the multitude of cutouts that needed to be accurately positioned), the skin never lost its adhesive power.
Once the completed skin is placed on your console, there are the understandable white or black peak-a-boo lines in between two stickers or near disc trays where placing anything closer could tamper with the system's function. But, especially with the skins I tested, the patterns are so bold and colorful to begin with, that these splits are only noticeable for those who are actively searching for them.
Even though these skins are made to be placed on items that are for the most part stationary, that doesn't mean they lack in durability. Each skin is said to never smear or fade, or be susceptible to slight exposure to moisture, but each Exo-Flex Snakeskin also come with a lifetime extended warranty, should you experience the reverse of any one of these claims.
Perhaps the best thing about the skins' triple layer design, however, is the RapidAir Technology, that eliminates the presence of air bubbles under the skin. While most of these products require the use of a squeegee or other flat object to force the air from under the sticker as you place it, here, you can slap the sticker onto the system and simply push down on whatever bubbles may be present to watch them disappear.
That feature, combined with the true ability to remove and reapply, make Exo-Flex skins perfect for the more obsessive group of gamers out there (of which I am a member), who would be bothered by anything other than perfection in each piece's placement. While this, again, adds more time to the application process, for those that take the time to make sure everything is on straight, you are rewarded with a fantastic looking system that is not only a conversation starter, but is also protected from future cosmetic injuries due to light scratches and the like, since the skin will take the damage and your system won't.
The only thing that stops me from screaming the Exo-Flex name from the rooftops is the price tag - a hefty $14.99 for even something as small as an iPhone skin, with Wii skins and larger costing $20 a piece. While the price is understandable from a quality standpoint, if you're out to cover ever piece of gaming paraphernalia you own, you're looking at a large chunk of cash. However, for the one-time buyer, who is looking for a truly unique way to express themselves through their consoles, Exo-Flex skins are a great way to do just that.
Special thanks to Daniel Workman and Exo-Flex for providing review material.


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The spunky Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson has returned to the exotic Nile valley. Parasol aloft and hot on the trail of an unexplored tomb, she must outwit a shadowy evildoer, a questionable antiquities dealer, and her loquacious son, Ramses. Washington Post Book World praises Elizabeth Peters: "A writer so popular that the public library has to keep her books under lock and key."