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Dodgers: Trevor Bauer Legal Decision Has No Firm Time Frame
by Staff Writer 12/27/2021, 8:00 AM
For Dodgers fans, one of the most oft-asked questions when it comes to the 2022 season is what's going to happen with pitcher Trevor Bauer. The right-hander is entering the second year of a 3-year, $102 million deal but missed the entire second half of last season after allegations of sexual assault forced MLB to put the 30-year-old on paid administrative leave.
The answer to the above question is beyond complicated. As it stands, the Los Angeles County district attorney has findings from an investigation conducted by the Pasadena Police Department in hand. And that's been the case since August 27th. Now we sit four months later and nothing has happened.
In a recent article by Brittany Ghiroli of The Athletic, the author tackles one of the big questions — is there any timeline for the DA?
None. The only comment the DA's office will give is the case remains "under review." … Multiple sources indicated Bauer's case won't be decided one way or the other until at least January and it has little, if anything, to do with the holiday.
Bauer has already successfully fought to dissolve a temporary restraining order against him as part of these allegations, but the restraining order doesn't necessarily mean anything in whether or not he could be hit with criminal charges stemming from the two encounters.
Moreover, whatever the outcome in the DA's decision, Bauer will also face potential punishment by Major League Baseball, depending on the results of the league's separate investigation.
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The Dodgers officially have to play wait and see with this situation. If the DA does not file criminal charges, and MLB opts to not suspend the pitcher, the LA front office will then need to determine how to move forward. Should the team choose to let Bauer return to the starting rotation, there will certainly be a public backlash. Additionally, there's no telling what a return would mean for a Dodger clubhouse that was rumored to have soured on the veteran.
On the other hand, if the DA does not press charges, the league can still issue a suspension to the pitcher, which he will certainly fight in that situation. At any rate, MLB wouldn't actually be able to do anything until club owners end the lockout, which throws another wrench in things for LA.
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Certainly, the longer the DA's decision takes to make, the less time the team will have to know what its options are player wise and payroll wise for 2022. Andrew Friedman has echoed as much while desperately dodging Bauer questions. Currently, the Dodgers are on the hook for $32 million in salary for the pitcher for next season.
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Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh pole teiega midagi jaganud.
The Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh (TCCP) is a non-profit organization devoted to the nurturing of Turkish culture in Pittsburgh. It's next to Giovanni's Pizza and Pasta, across from the Mount Lebanon Baptist Church. All are welcome to the numerous and diverse activities and events.
In 2006, he traveled to Turkey on an educational dialogue trip sponsored by Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh. Highlights of the trip included visiting the Temple of Artemis and the Last House of the Virgin Mary, both near Ephesus, and the museum of Mevlana Rumi, the Persian mystic poet in Konya.
Americans, like all people, could learn from Gulen's sermons, said Mahmut Demir, president of the Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh in Dormont. The center typically draws 100 to 200 people for dinners and events related to Turkey and interfaith communication.
The Turkish Cultural Center Pittsburgh (TCCP) is a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of Turkish Culture in Pittsburgh and the United States. TCCP strengthens the social bond between Pittsburghers by regularly organizing activities and events.
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How does The CD road trip? Join us for our first – food filled – drive down the historic El Camino Real (U.S. Highway 101) from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
I was born to road trip. At a young age, I stayed alert and curious of my surroundings on our many family road trips, even memorizing the exit numbers and sign descriptions on the oft-traveled 75 mile (125 km) route to my grandparents' house. As soon as I became a licensed driver, I road-tripped whenever I could. I remember one of the first entailed carting my friends to my dear friend Caroline's parents' river house for a long June weekend, blasting Spice Girls and No Doubt along the way (forgive me, it was 1997!) Just over a week ago, the world lost Caroline, far too young. Her passing brought up so many memories I hadn't thought of for awhile. They show me how life changes, as we do, and yet some things never do.
With only a short long holiday weekend (intentional oxymoron), I took my first major road trip down California's coastal region via US Highway 101, which also holds the designation as part of California's historic El Camino Real (Royal Way/Highway) between San Jose at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles. And of course, the trip involved food and wine stops – all of them spontaneous, which can either be the best or worst kind. Shall we see my hits and misses?
Unlike the jarring, otherworldly contrast one might see after flying hundreds or thousands of miles point to point, I love the continuity of a long drive, where the terrain and cultural shifts are more subtle and more meaningful.
Highway 101 meanders through a broad range of terrain and microclimates: from the green(ish) forested hills between San Jose and Monterey; to sweeping valleys of farmland and grassy plains, to somewhat sandy-soiled hills covered with vineyards, to rocky, desert mountains, to coastal cliffs. It originated as a Spanish government road that connected the numerous missions in Alta California down to Baja California, back in the good old 17 to early 19th centuries when the former was not an American territory but instead a Mexican province controlled by Spain.
Today, the 101 connects large cities (San Francisco, San Jose, Salinas, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Oxnard, and LA) with small beach and farming towns (Gilroy, San Miguel, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach, Santa Maria, etc.) and isolated stretches that offer few signs of civilization. And in between, many food and wine adventures are to be had. Alas, I could only try a few.
Turning off the freeway – around the halfway point of the outbound trip – literally was a spur of the moment decision spurred by an equally last minute Google search and the small, annoying voice of Future Regret (Oh, and Siri, as usual, was of little help. Way to go, Siri.).
Had I done (any) previous research or experienced much Paso Robles wine before, I might have ended up with a better experience. As it was, I picked one with slight name recognition from the search results. Call it Wine Roulette. I will refrain from naming the winery, as I don't want to give negative publicity, but if you must know, email us (or just figure it out). A short drive four miles east of the 101 on CA 46, I was pleasantly surprised to find a rustic but busy (good sign?) lodge-like tasting room with friendly staff. Even better was the complimentary tasting of up to five wines of one's choice – Toto, we're definitely not in Napa anymore! (Tastings in Napa without a club membership often can cost between $25-50 per person). For those of you concerned about responsible driving, know that I sipped and dumped here!
Alas, I found every single wine to be incredibly bitter, regardless how many of their oversized, mutant oyster crackers I ate to cleanse my palate. Their Viognier was the most interesting to me. The rosé of Syrah was the biggest disappointing (tannins, lack of complexity). The Cabernet Sauvignon had a wonderful nose reminiscent of black cherry, cola, and vanilla, but it just tasted tannic with a very "green" oak finish. The staff was simply too nice not to make a purchase, so I walked away with a Viognier and some photos.
Two thirds of the journey down, I finally made it – very hangry – to my late, quasi-planned lunch in Santa Barbara at the urging of a friend, who swore she would road trip to this taqueria just for tacos.
Tucked back from the main drag (State Street) in Santa Barbara is La Super Rica Taqueria on Milpas Street. Though its humble turquoise structure would be easy to miss when passing by, the long line snaking around the entrance is a hint as to why it is everyone's recommendation.
I have to admit that I was a bit nervous that it might be a tad overhyped. Looking at the crowd, it was a mishmash of ages and ethnicities but almost certainly majority tourist. I shouldn't have worried about the product; the food was fantastic and the not so fantastic wait in line set me back only in terms of my arrival time to LA.
The menu consists of 19 standard items, as well as a few daily specials (the latter of which that day included a mouth-watering vegetable tamal). Pay close attention to the menu descriptions; some items are served like small street tacos, while others are large plates full of meat and vegetables with tortillas on the side. All are priced to stuff oneself silly.
At any rate, my two selections were filling and flavorful. I ordered for my "main" the #8, alambre de pechuga. It described the dish as grilled chicken with bell pepper, onions and mushrooms, plus three tortillas. The dish was a large plate full of the meat and veggies, served atop three hidden, homemade corn tortillas. It reminded me of the amazing Turkish Iskender Kavob. I asked for it to be topped with melted cheese and ended up eating it with their killer salsa verde and cutting the tortilla into chunks, mixing it together. I so ordered the #18, guacamole. It wasn't a stand out but solidly good; it just needed added salt. The salsa verde offered the needed saltiness and the great tang of lime. The wait was worth it, and I was more than stuffed sufficiently for the rest of the drive.
On my way to LA, I spent too much time in line at La Super Rica Taqueria to have time to drive through Santa Barbara, one of my favorite cities in California. So I built in another stop on my return trip. I had been told that Santa Barbara had several great French bakeries, so I did a hasty yelp search and found three that sounded great. I went with one that seemed the easiest to access. Renaud's patisserie and bistro, though tucked in a corner of a shopping center, is a Santa Barbara staple. Its clientele are predominantly locals – an encouraging sign. I ordered the almond croissant after reading numerous rave reviews (the croque Madame was the other frequently mentioned menu item).
The large croissant is covered in a not-too-sweet almond icing and thick slivers of almond. Inside is a very generous almond custard filling. My verdict: B+. I have to qualify that I have had some truly wonderful croissants in my day – most of them inexpensive and most outside of the US. Renaud's version was a bit brittle for my liking on the exterior; the texture was soft but perhaps too dense on the inside. The filling and icing had nicely balanced flavors, but I really appreciate croissants with the strong almond flavor of almond paste, which did not come through in this one. Alongside coffee, though, it was one American breakfast I would never refuse!
This post is long in story but short in food adventures! I definitely will do another trip again with new – better planned and more obscure – food and wine adventures to share. Stay tuned!
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Q: How do I POST/GET from rails to API with Nestful? this is a pretty basic question but I'm not entirely clear how to do this.
I am trying to use a third-party service that has web-based service.  The service is called Postful.  But I'm not clear what exactly to do?
I've looked at ActiveResource (http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveResource/Base.html) and rest-client, but I'm still not clear exactly what steps, code, and files to create.
I'm trying to use Nestful but I'm not entirely clear how to make this work.  http://github.com/maccman/nestful
http://www.postful.com/service/mail is one of the services (details found http://www.postful.com/developer/guide#rest ), but to upload an image I have to post the following (but I'm not sure how I actually do this?).  Thanks!
> http://www.postful.com/service/upload
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> Be sure to include the Content-Type
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> image itself as the body of the
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A: I've had a look at their API and it doesn't seem like attachment uploading is RESTful - it looks like only mail order creation is. So, ActiveResource won't do the trick here.
Depending on your dev/production environment, you might want to look into using something more generic like curl.
From the manual: curl is a tool to transfer data from or to a server... The command is designed to work without user interaction.
You'll want something like this:
# Encode your username:password as base64
USERNAME="youremail@example.com"
PASSWORD="yourpostfulpassword"
BASE64_ENCODED_AUTH = `echo $USERNAME:PASSWORD | base64`

curl -F "@path/to/file/to/upload;type=application/octet-stream" http://$BASE64_ENCODED_AUTH@www.postful.com/service/upload

I haven't tested this as I don't have a username/password - but it should get you on the right track.
You can put this in a script in /lib and call it from your controller using your preferred method.
Edit:
So I tried this with a dummy username and password, and using the --verbose flag to curl, and the headers looked right. I also got a 401 UNAUTHORISED response so it looks like it's working right.

A: Nestful is really easy, you should be able to just do this:
Nestful.post 'http://www.postful.com/service/upload', :format => :multipart, :user => 'foo', :password => 'bar', :params => {:file => File.open('YOUR_FILE')}

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Why? Because the presence has for some reason chosen us for it's doing. Anytime we enter these woods it is always there. Three of the original "Group of Four" live directly beside of this place and have gone into these woods all their life. I have only been to this place twice and every time, it comes around so to speak.
I think it has something to do with myself because I have been around a lot of ghosts in my time. Mostly those dealing with the civil war and ghosts specifically in the WV mountains. I don't know if it wants something from me but, I am kind of worried about this one.
There is something out there and I intend on finding out what it wants and what it is. Sound like the Blair Witch? Hope not. The things that I speak, are all true. If you don't believe in the this story, take a trip to the Peterstown woods, find an old shack, and it will find you.
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Why we should stop paying executives for performance.
It is not unusual for 60 to 80 per cent of chief executives and other senior leaders' pay to be tied to performance – whether performance is measured by quarterly earnings, stock prices or otherwise.
And yet, from a review of research on incentives and motivation, it is wholly unclear why this is the case.
If you have someone who will only do a good job based on a large bonus, you should really consider someone else.
Research points to five problems with performance-based pay.
Research by Dan Ariely, the Duke University professor, and his colleagues showed that variable pay can enhance people's performance on routine tasks – for example, for a factory worker. But where innovative, non-standard solutions are needed, results showed that variable pay hurt performance.
Performance-based pay is named so because incentive plans encourage leaders to hit specific goals. But as researchers have found, if you want high performance, performance is the wrong goal to fixate on.
Recent research by one of this article's authors, Dan Cable, and colleagues showed that consultants' creativity improved when they focused on learning rather than results, and they also were more likely to help their colleagues perform.
A meta-analysis of 128 independent studies confirmed that when financial incentives are applied to increase senior leaders' extrinsic motivation, intrinsic motivation diminishes.
When a large proportion of a person's pay is based on variable financial incentives, they are more likely to cheat.
Research conducted in America has revealed the relationship between goal-setting and unethical behaviour is particularly strong when people fall just short of reaching their goals. Our colleague Daniel Effron, assistant professor of organisational behaviour at the London Business School, found that cheating occurs at the last chance to do so – "The cheat-at-the-end-effect".
Incentive plans demand that metrics are used as the trigger for a payout. Whatever measure you use, you will undoubtedly end up with an imperfect quantification of what you would like your executives to do.
Research by Mihaela Stan and Freek Vermeulen, the other co-author of this piece, showed that in fertility clinics, the measure of success seems unambiguous and objective. After focusing on distorted metrics, healthcare providers' behaviour negatively affected clinics' long-term performance.
High bonuses can lead to unethical behaviour, even cheating, and high pay rewards strip out the desire to do the job for the love of it, replacing passion with remuneration. Our solution might seem radical, but it's based on evidence.
We argue in favour of abolishing pay-for-performance for top managers. We propose that most companies should pay their top executives a fixed salary.
Even if only 30 per cent of pay is flexible, there is a high probability that the incentive will distort the executive's behaviour and that the metrics to activate the bonus will be wrong.
If you think that suggesting senior executives' pay be fixed is "throwing out the baby with the bathwater", that is an understandable response. But consider this: to tie pay to long-term performance, we need to understand two crucial points. First: can you define long term? Second: can you define performance? Put them together to create "long-term performance" and what do you get? Ambiguity.
Why do we do the things we do? What is it that drives our behaviours? Extrinsic motivation occurs when we are motivated by a desire to gain a reward or avoid an adverse outcome. Extrinsic motivation decreases creativity and innovation.
Intrinsic motivation involves engaging in behaviour because it is personally rewarding: the desire to participate in an activity for its own sake. Good chief executives really don't need extrinsic motivation. And pay-for-performance destroys that all-important intrinsic motivation, which is vital to creativity and innovation.
Evidence shows that people will start to behave differently if you make a large portion of their pay dependent on a measure of performance. But it will not be in a way you want them to behave. Fixing executive pay is a radical solution. And there are arguments for either sides of the debate. But in this case, we say fix it.


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Q: pass data on a click event on foreach produced divs I'm fetching data from an API and run it through a Foreach loop in PHP to produce a list of cards.
When someone clicks on the card, is there a way to get the PHP values to be sent to jQuery so that I can execute another process from then?
For example an ajax call to send data on click.

    <?php foreach ($call_array ['events'] as $data ) { ?>

          <?php echo '
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          <a href="<?php echo $data['event_url'];?>" role="button">Go Now

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

A: You can use attributes to keep the data in your div.
<div class="card" data-name="<?php echo $data['name'];?>" data-url="<?php echo $data['event_url'];?>">

      <?php echo '
'. $data ['name']['text'] .'
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      <a href="<?php echo $data['event_url'];?>" role="button">Go Now

And then access it this way with Jquery:
$(".card").on("click", function(e) {
   $(this).attr("data-url"); //contains url of card clicked
   $(this).attr("data-name"); //contains name of card clicked
});

A: Instead of passing the values to the click event, you could read them from the DOM within the event handler. Something like this:

$('.card a').click(function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  var name = $(this).closest('.card').find('.card-title').text();
  var url = $(this).attr('href');

  console.log(name, url);
});

Name A

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How do you make an Alligator Let Go if it's Chomping on your Arm or Leg?
You might not be able to make an alligator let go if it's chomping on your arm.
An alligator's jaws are extremely strong and once it bites down, it's a real pain to get it to let go.
The opposite is true and when the alligator's jaws are closed, it takes relatively little power to keep it shut.
Your best bet if you have a gator hanging off your arm or leg is a hard punch to the sensitive snout area, or a poke in the eye.
Where does the phrase "to pull one's leg" come from and What does "pull my leg" mean?
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Funeral of former Chron news editor Terry Morris will take place next Thursday
Terry Morris worked at the Chronicle & Echo from 1974 to 2006
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The funeral of a former Northampton Chronicle & Echo news editor and Northampton Saints reporter will take place next week, his family has confirmed.
Terry Morris, who worked at the Chron from 1974 to 2006, died on Wednesday after a short illness.
His son James said the funeral would be held at the Counties Crematorium in Milton Malsor on Thursday, November 12 at 2pm. It will be followed by an event at Northampton BBOB in St Andrew's Road.
James Morris said everyone who knew his father is welcome to attend the funeral or the event afterwards.
The family have requested that, instead of flowers, donations be made to Cancer Research or Dementia UK. The donations should be sent to the funeral directors SE Wilkinson & Son, 30 Grove Road, Northampton NN1 3LQ.
Dozens of former colleagues of Mr Morris have paid tribute to him since the news was announced he had died.
Chronicle & Echo sports editor Jeremy Casey described Terry as "a real character and an excellent writer" who was admired and respected by his colleagues.
He said: "Terry was from the old school of journalism, he liked a pint and a smoke, and he was somebody I admired and respected greatly.
"When I started at the Chron in the early 1990s, I only knew Terry by reputation, that he didn't suffer fools gladly and was no-nonsense. I was a bit wary of meeting him to be honest.
"What I had been told was true, but underneath the tough exterior, Terry was a big softie really with a big heart, and always good company.
"Players and coaches may not always have agreed with what Terry may have written about them at times, but they always respected him. And that is important."
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Center for Birds of Prey
Marking the Griffon Vultures
Why The Griffon Vulture?
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Virtual "adoption" and "Naming" the Griffon Vultures
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Managing population of the Griffon Vulture using satellite technology, 2018.
Managing population of Griffon Vulture in the SRP, "Trešnjica" and "Uvac" using program of marking and monitoring with satellite technology and video surveillance, 2019.
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Jubilee – a quarter century of the Foundation we celebrated in the gorge of the Trešnjica river
11.05.2019. We celebrated a significant jubilee, a quarter of a century of existence and work of the Birds od Prey Protection Foundation, visiting the Special Nature Reserve "Klisura reke Trešnjice". This is the twenty-seventh traditional excursion in May that was organized by the Foundation in the gorge of a beautiful river, this time exactly on the day the Foundation was founded, in 1994!
Upon arrival at the village Gornje Košlje, Irena Hribšek, director of the Foundation and gave a short lecture about the Reserve and Griffon Vultures, for which this area was primarily protected. Zoran Karić, a member of the Board of the Foundation, introduced the participants about the Foundation's history, the goals for which it was founded, the activities, the results achieved so far, as well as the plans for further development and work on the protection of leek and birds of prey.
On an exceptionally pleasant day, followed by the flight of our Griffon Vultures from the northernmost European colony – Trešnjica, but also enjoying the beautiful untouched nature of the area, the group slowly walked the entire gorge of the Trešnjica River and descended to the village Gornja Trešnjica. There we were welcomed by locals, with whom we had a good time together with a great lunch.
The representative of the Manager of the Special Reserve "Natura" addressed to the group. We sincerely thank for their support and hope that we will continue to work togather on the welfare of Griffon Vultures and the Trešnjica reserve.
After lunch, another very important ceremony was held. Our guest, PhD Goran Sušić, President of the "Grifon – the Birds of Prey Protection Association" from Croatia and Irena Hribšek, Director of the Birds of Prey Protection Foundation, have formalized several decades of cooperation between these two close organizations and signed the "Long-term Cooperation Agreement". The goal of this Agreement is to joint efforts about the research and publish data, and exchange experiences in protecting Vultures.
It was a great pleasure to hear some interesting details from the long-standing cooperation in the protection of Griffon Vultures in the Croatia and Serbia, which were told by our dear guest and PhD Saša Marinković. In the end, we would also like to mention our Secretary Vuk Popić who perfectly organized the entire excursion.
Nest "El Greco" Griffon Vulture, with a cub. The bird was marked in the Greece with a wing marker "07". Late he was recorded in a colony in Trešnjica. Wibg mark dropped off, but we know it is him and he is successfully nesting.
Audience Award went to photo… 12/16/2019
2019. Photo Exhibition. 12/08/2019
Unfortunately, Dobrila is no longer with us 12/06/2019
Resolved "Emergency" situation with Igor… 11/28/2019
Marked Griffon Vulture from Trešnjica 11/12/2019
Awarded Photos from the XV Best Photo Contest 2019 – "Birds in Action!" 11/12/2019
The lecture "Managing a population of Griffon Vulture" in the Faculty of Biology in Belgrade 11/05/2019
Griffon Vulture from Trešnjica – a candidate who needs to bring a new satellite transmitter 11/02/2019
At the European Conference on the Protection of Vultures in Portugal, the Foundation presented the work 10/09/2019
XV Competition for the best photo of 2019 – "Birds in action!" 09/11/2019
International Vulture Awareness Day, 7.9.2019. in SRN "Uvac", Serbia 09/10/2019
Report on marking and monitoring of Griffon Vultures in SRN "Uvac", 2019. 08/30/2019
Young Griffon Vulture found in Stublenica, near Ub 08/27/2019
International Vulture Awareness Day, 7.9.2019. in SRN "Uvac". Welcome! 08/12/2019
Visit to the Kresna Gorge and "Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna – FWFF" in Bulgaria 08/03/2019
Supporting the citizens protesting against the construction of the minihydrocentral power plant and threatening biodiversity! 08/03/2019
The 34th census of cubs Griffon Vultures in Serbia has been completed 07/07/2019
Remembering "Sadam 14" 06/21/2019
Dobrila was in Bosni and Hercegovina… 06/15/2019
This year marking cubs Griffon Vultures has successfully completed! 06/10/2019
The first shift on the marking of Griffon Vultures in the Uvac completed its work … 06/03/2019
Dobrila is at home on Uvac… 05/27/2019
The release of Dobrila… 05/18/2019
Members of the Foundation marking the vultures in Croatia 05/15/2019
Jubilee – a quarter century of the Foundation we celebrated in the gorge of the Trešnjica river 05/12/2019
This year we are also marking the Griffon Vultures on Uvac, May-June 2019 05/04/2019
Finding two of our Griffon Vultures in Turkey, August 2018. 04/25/2019
The Birds of Prey Protection Foundation invites you on a traditional trip to Trešnjica, 11.05.2019. Welcome! 04/21/2019
Why the Griffon Vulture? 04/17/2019
Greetings from Dobrila from the Uvac! 04/14/2019
Sorry, this page is only available in Serbian. 04/12/2019
Dobrila came back home to Uvac 04/12/2019
An International Workshop on Illegal Poisoning of Wild Animals was held in Nova Varoš, near Uvac from 8.-10.04.2019. 04/11/2019
International Workshop on Illegal Poisoning of Wild Animals in Nova Varos, 8.-10.04.2019. 04/03/2019
Found exhausted Griffon Vulture, who soon afterwards died. The autopsy has shown that the cause of death is pneumonia 03/16/2019
For return our Dobrila home … 02/22/2019
After 800 km of flying Dobrila again asked for help 02/12/2019
Dobrila is still in the focus of interest 01/30/2019
The Griffon Vulture "Zlatar" is registered at the feeding station 01/16/2019
Photo exhibition in the "Vlada Divljan" Center 01/13/2019
About the Griffon Vulture named "Dobrila"… 01/06/2019
Calendar 2019… 12/17/2018
Workshop for the future of Vulture in Balkans. Tackling Threats and Building Network opportunities, Messolonghi, Greece, Dec. 2018. 12/13/2018
Griffon vulture "18" was found near Syrian border 12/13/2018
A photo of "Marija mts" from 27.10.2018. 12/01/2018
New content on the Foundation's website… 11/26/2018
Griffon Vulture "Dodo" is coming back to Uvac … 11/09/2018
Winning photos from the XIV contest on the theme "Birds in Action" are… 11/08/2018
Happy epilogue story about Vulture "Kerem" – he flew to freedom 11/05/2018
Caught Vultures in Iraq, no proof that they are from Serbia 11/01/2018
Griffon vulture "21" in Istambul is saved and named "Kerem"… 10/20/2018
Griffon Vulture "26," which was hatched at Uvac seen in the Eastern Rhodopes 10/17/2018
Piroćanac did not make it :-( 10/13/2018
Piroćanac on the Pešter, Zlatar and Marija mts still on the Uvac… 10/06/2018
The first month of satellite tracking of Griffon Vultures in Serbia 09/30/2018
XIV Competition for best photography in 2018 09/22/2018
Griffon vulture with a wing mark "29" who hatched on the Uvac seen on Trešnjica 09/15/2018
International Vultures Awareness Day- September 1, 2018. 09/07/2018
Griffon vulture "Marija mts" on the feeding place 09/05/2018
The first results of the monitoring griffon vultures with satellite transmitters 09/03/2018
Successfully released griffon vultures with satellite transmitters 09/02/2018
First satellite transmitters installed 08/30/2018
Successfully tested three satellite transmitters "OrniTrack-50-GPS / GSM" 08/15/2018
The Bearded Vulture and Egyptian Vulture, species that no longer exist in Serbia… 08/14/2018
"Piroćanac", Welcome to Uvac… 08/11/2018
We present you a new poster… 08/10/2018
Griffon vulture Piroćanac travels from BeoZoo garden to Uvac … 08/08/2018
Reconstruction of the Web presentation 08/06/2018
Received transmitters "OrniTrack-50" for satellite tracking birds… 08/06/2018
"The Vultures Awareness Day of the Balkan" 09/01/2018. Welcome! 07/24/2018
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Comorbidities such as hypertension and lipid metabolism are often associated in diseases such as diabetes, and the early prediction of these is of great value when trying to manage progression. This is the start of a project to model multiple comorbidities in diabetes using dynamic Bayesian networks with latent variables in order to stratify patient cohorts. In this paper, we demonstrate some initial results on a dataset where the class imbalance problem poses an issue due to the rare occurrence of different individual comorbidities on a visit-by-visit basis. This is dealt with using a bootstrap technique that has been specifically designed for longitudinal data where the occurrence of the positive class occurs far less than the negative.


Do you have a tough time forgiving yourself?
Several years ago my son and my husband were sparring in a karate class, and my son threw a punch that broke his father's nose. My son has a very sensitive nature, and son he felt so badly that we had to keep the story under wraps while my husband recovered from surgery to repair the break. The situation was an accident, and yet we knew our son well enough to know he would not forgive himself if we said anything.
In these verses, the Apostle Paul talks about someone being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. The Apostle had judged him for his sin, and the church had done appropriate church discipline. The man stopped sinning but could not seem to let go of his sorrow.
Sarah Sundin tells a similar story in her newest book.
You can find Sarah here.


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Grows best in full to partial sun, in wet to moist conditions. Soil should consist of plenty of organic material to hold moisture. Drought conditions will cause this aster to go into early dormancy. Plant height and width vary depending on location and soil moisture. Naturally found in highly fertile, low-lying areas along streams, ponds and woodland edges.


POLL: What is Your Favorite Drinking Holiday?
Monday is May 5th--or Cinco de Mayo to those of us who understand how to tell time in Spanish.
To most Rhode Islanders, Cinco is simply another drinking holiday-- the third of the calendar year behind Super Bowl Sunday, and St. Patrick's Day, and ahead of Independence Day, Thanksgiving Eve, and New Year's Eve.
While Americans celebrate the holiday as a day of drinking margaritas, Cinco de Mayo originated with Mexican-American communities in the American West as a way to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the American Civil War, and today the date is observed in the United States as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride.
In the state of Puebla, the date is observed to commemorate theMexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín. Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16.


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Erin Larson: Book Reviews & Essays
"The Fall of Gondolin" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Posted: October 18, 2018 at 10:05 AM in Erin Larson: Book Reviews & Essays
By J.R.R. Tolkien
Edited by Christopher Tolkien with illustrations by Alan Lee
I'm going to start out by saying something which probably won't encourage you to keep reading: this is a pointless review. It's pointless because The Fall of Gondolin is a Tolkien deep-cut, targeted to the most die-hard of die-hard fans, and you likely know already whether you want to read it if you're one of those fans. Having read The Silmarillion is the minimum pre-requisite to The Fall of Gondolin; ideally, you'll want to be well-versed in most of Tolkien's major works and have a firm grasp on the ways in which his mythology morphed and developed throughout his life and career. But let's say you're a Tolkien die-hard and, for whatever reason, you're on the fence regarding whether you should read The Fall of Gondolin. This review is for you.
The first points of comparison for The Fall of Gondolin are 2007's The Children of Hurin and 2017's Beren & Luthien (Tolkien considered these three stories to be the "Great Tales" of the Elder Days, and while they all appear in abbreviated form in The Silmarillion, it's simply thrilling to finally see them all in stand-alone editions). In The Children of Hurin, Christopher Tolkien brought together disparate Tolkien texts to create a complete novel-length narrative, the full realization of the story told so briefly in The Silmarillion. Beren & Luthien was not a novel-length narrative because the texts to support such a creation simply did not exist; rather, it was a succession of retellings of the same story as Tolkien changed it over time and linked it more and more inextricably with the mythology of Middle-earth. Beren & Luthien was, in truth, a work of nonfiction, the study of an evolving story that deepened, darkened, and transformed.
The Fall of Gondolin, although it resembles Beren & Luthien more than The Children of Hurin, lies somewhere between the two. This is again a succession of retellings, all of which have been published before (although never juxtaposed in this fashion), but this time, Christopher does not seem interested in chronicling the evolution of the story (The Fall of Gondolin doesn't change as drastically as Beren & Luthien) so much as coming to terms with why his father started but never finished it in the form of a novel-length narrative. Ask virtually any Tolkien fan, myself included, about "Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin" (the portion of the full-length Gondolin story completed by Tolkien before he abandoned it; it was previously published in Unfinished Tales and closes out The Fall of Gondolin), and they will tell you it belongs alongside Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" as one of English literature's most tragic "what-could-have-been"s.
Unfinished as the story still may be, it's difficult to overstate how significant the release of The Fall of Gondolin is for Tolkien fans. Not only does it complete the set of the three Great Tales alongside The Children of Hurin and Beren & Luthien, but it's a release we thought we'd never see: Christopher Tolkien, who is now ninety-four years old, stated in Beren & Luthien that he was unlikely to compile any further editions of his father's work. But what was tentative in 2017 becomes certain in 2018—The Fall of Gondolin was the final piece of the puzzle, and I believe Christopher Tolkien can rest easy in the knowledge that he has solidified his father's legacy. Without Christopher, we wouldn't have The Silmarillion or Unfinished Tales or The History of Middle-earth or The Children of Hurin or Beren & Luthien or The Fall of Gondolin. These are indispensable texts; without them, understanding the clarity and strength and resonance of Tolkien's mythological vision would be impossible.
I haven't yet said anything regarding the actual story of The Fall of Gondolin because, frankly, if you don't already know it, this book probably isn't for you. But just in case: the version which opens The Fall of Gondolin contains the complete tale, albeit in abbreviated form at roughly a hundred pages. This is the first story from his legendarium that Tolkien composed, shortly after the Battle of the Somme in late 1916-early 1917, and it portrays one of the greatest defeats from the First Age of Middle-earth (roughly 6,500 years before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)—the siege and destruction of the hidden Elf city of Gondolin by Morgoth's armies (orcs and balrogs and dragons, oh my!). It's a thrilling tale, perhaps most memorable for Glorfindel's showdown with a balrog, and an important one; the refugees from Gondolin include Tuor and Idril and their son, Eärendil, a character who is central to Tolkien's mythology as the one who brings about the War of Wrath, the defeat of Morgoth, and the end of the First Age. (Hey, you know the planet Venus? That's actually Eärendil. Long story.)
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention Alan Lee's illustrations. Tolkien fans know his work well, and he again delivers in The Fall of Gondolin. If the lack of new narrative content disappoints you, at least revel in the iconic scenes which Lee brings to life. I am particularly fond of his depiction of the Glorfindel/balrog battle and of Tuor's encounter with the Vala Ulmo. But is The Fall of Gondolin itself, overall, worth it? That depends on your knowledge of and relationship with Tolkien's works. I again stress that this is a repackaging of already-published variations on the same story, but it is a beautifully-presented repackaging designed for fans who are interested in easy reference, in teasing out the nuances between variations, and in exploring how those variations manifested throughout Tolkien's life and career. If nothing else, this is a meaningful note on which to end. Gondolin was Middle-earth's first story, and now, in a sense, it is the last. If we were to map Tolkien's legacy over the timeline of his legendarium, we might say that the First Age ended with the death of Tolkien himself in 1973. The Fall of Gondolin, then, marks the end of the Second Age. Let the Third Age begin!
Review by Erin Larson


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OSARO provides INNOTECH with machine learning software for mobile piece picking robot
By The Robot Report Staff | November 6, 2020
OSARO is providing picking software, and INNOTECH is providing hardware and services. Source: OSARO
The next generation of industrial automation is combining artificial intelligence with robotics hardware for new applications. OSARO Inc. today announced that it is providing software to product development company INNOTECH Corp. for a new mobile Piece Picking Station.
OSARO, which has offices in San Francisco and Tokyo, said it combines machine learning for object recognition with motion control software to deliver industrial automation productivity. The company said its artificial intelligence software adapts to customer data and environments and is tightly integrated with every major industrial arm and gripper. OSARO was founded in 2015 and began deploying its systems in Japan in early 2018. It raised $16 million a year ago and has raised $29.3 million to date.
Yokohama, Japan-based INNOTECH provides technology and support for product development and manufacturing. Since 2000, the company has offered hardware, software, and consulting for customers' design, development, and mass-production activities.
OSARO and INNOTECH combine expertise
Factories, warehouses, and distribution centers all need automation that can select single products from jumbled bins or individually stacked containers and then place each one in a specified position, said OSARO. Such piece picking involves complex development elements, such as image processing using a 3D camera, handling design, robot learning, and fine-tuning of the surrounding environment.
The mobile picking robot is the first collaboration of OSARO and INNOTECH. The system combines a mobile robot cell, OSARO piece-picking software and machine learning models, as well as related INNOTECH services, including systems integration, training, and support.
The INNOTECH Piece Picking Station also uses OSARO's application programming interface (API). This provides flexibility for defining missions and image-inference requests to enable robots to perform in a wide variety of environments, said OSARO. In addition to enhancing productivity, automation can help to create more robust supply chains with reduced susceptibility to infectious disease and labor shortages, according to the partners.
Robot to be introduced at new picking lab
The companies are introducing the system at the INNOTECH AI Picking Lab in Japan. They said the pick-and-place system will enable INNOTECH to provide a complete solution for logistics customers and factory automation requirements.
"We look forward to continuing our work with INNOTECH as the lab uses OSARO robotics automation software to develop new products and solutions for industrial automation," stated Derik Pridmore, co-founder and CEO of OSARO.
The robot, described as a step toward "general purpose" mobile units, will be exhibited at INTERPHEX JAPAN 2020 at Makuhari Messe from Nov. 25-27, 2020.
"We expect this unit will accelerate the automation of factories and distribution warehouses that OSARO and Innotech are working on," said Yosuke Kaburagi, director of INNOTECH. "We aim to provide a service that delivers smarter, more capable automated robots more quickly to customers who are considering automation. This exhibition is an important opportunity to experience in real time the advanced technology of OSARO AI. We will take all safety measures to insure against infectious disease."
"The entire OSARO team has contributed their AI and machine learning expertise to the new collaborative effort with Innotech, and we are delighted to jointly announce the Piece Picking Station," Pridmore said. "We look forward to a long-term relationship with Innotech as they bring new solutions to market, support customer automation projects, and develop new products."
The Innotech Piece Picking Station will be available in January 2021 to improve productivity for food, medicine, and cosmetics businesses.
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OnRobot launches palletizing solution for leading robot arms


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Spain to hold crisis talks after Catalonia's suspended independence declaration
Supporters of an independence for Catalonia listen to Catalan president Carles Puigdemont's speech broadcasted on a television screen at the Arc de Triomf.PHOTO: AFP
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BARCELONA (AFP) - Spain's government prepares to hold crisis talks on Wednesday (Oct 11) after Catalan leaders signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for negotiations with Madrid.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will chair an emergency cabinet meeting in response to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont's announcement on Tuesday that he had accepted "the mandate of the people for Catalonia to become an independent republic" following a banned referendum earlier this month.
Rajoy has vowed to use everything in his power to prevent independence and has refused to rule out imposing direct rule over the semi-autonomous region - an unprecedented move many fear could lead to unrest.
At stake is the future of a region of 7.5 million people, one of Spain's economic powerhouses, whose drive to break away has raised concern for stability in the European Union.
Crowds of thousands gathered outside the parliament building in Barcelona on Tuesday evening, waving Catalan flags and banners screaming "democracy" in the hope of witnessing a historic night in a region that remains deeply divided over independence.
But Spain's political establishment rounded on Puigdemont following the declaration, and support among separatists in Catalonia was mixed.
Deputy prime minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria told reporters shortly after the signing that Puigdemont was "a person who doesn't know where he is, where he's going or with whom he wants to go".
Barcelona resident Maria Rosa Bertran said she was against a delayed secession. "I find it even worse because it is suffering a longer agony. Indecision and uncertainty is the worst thing that can happen to us," she told AFP.
UNKNOWN CONSEQUENCES
Political leaders in Catalonia, Spain and Europe have come out against secession, concerned over the country's biggest upheaval since its transition to democracy in the 1970s.
Puigdemont and his allies signed an independence declaration outside the parliament chamber, but he then suspended it and again called for dialogue, a regional government spokesman told AFP.
Spain and Catalonia now enter into the unknown, as Madrid has repeatedly said independence is not up for discussion.
Marc Cazes, a student in Barcelona, said: "I did not expect independence to be declared today because of all the processes that the government of Spain has begun, both with police actions and with threats."
Catalonia pressed ahead with an independence referendum on Oct 1 that the central government said breached Spain's constitution.
Around 90 per cent of those who cast ballots voted for independence but the poll was poorly monitored and many Catalans opposed to secession boycotted what Madrid branded an illegal plebiscite.
The crisis has caused deep uncertainty for businesses in one of the wealthiest regions in the eurozone's fourth-largest economy.
Spain's stock market shed nearly 1.0 per cent ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary session and a string of companies have already moved their legal headquarters - but not their employees - from Catalonia to other parts of the country.
Demands for independence in Catalonia, which has its own language and cultural traditions, date back centuries.
But a 2010 move by Spain's Constitutional Court to water down a statute that gave Catalonia additional powers, combined with a deep economic meltdown in Spain, sparked a surge in support for independence.
Party clears way for separatist to be Catalan president
Arrested Catalan ex-leader Puigdemont to appear in German court
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont detained in Germany
Puigdemont slips out of Finland despite arrest warrant: Lawyer
Finnish police seek arrest of former Catalonia president Carles Puigdemont under European warrant
Campaigning blackout in Catalonia ahead of knife-edge polls after independence drive crushed
Catalan parliament speaker detained over independence bid
Ex-Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont urges unity as window for secessionist pact closes
Axed Catalan leader summoned to Spanish court
Catalan crisis leaves Europe on a tightrope
Crunch day for Catalonia as Madrid takes control on Monday
Resist or obey Madrid's rule? Catalonian civil servants must decide
All eyes on whether Catalonian leader will step down after Madrid crushed independence bid
Football: Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde skirts Catalonia independence debate as Andres Iniesta ruled out for Bilbao game
Spain sacks Catalan government after independence declaration, calls snap election