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FRENN has released the lookbook for its 2017 fall/winter collection. The Finnish brand specializes in laid-back, casual clothing that focuses on usage of fabric rather than ostentatious design. For this collection they've looked to Helsinki's city plan and used that as inspiration. In terms of fabrics, the brand uses a wool/alpaca/mohair blend, washable wool and flannel, alongside the brand's mainstays of organic denim and indigo jersey. The collection will be available from Frenn's web store in the coming months.
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Michigan National Guard hands off PPE warehouse to State of Michigan
Photo By Bruce Huffman | The 130,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse is the size of three football fields, and is packed full...... read more read more
Photo By Bruce Huffman | The 130,000 Sq. Ft. warehouse is the size of three football fields, and is packed full of COVID-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Soldiers from the Michigan National Guard's Task Force Tiger, inventoried and organized more than $275 Million in PPE and streamlined the distribution processes so items can be same-day shipped to municipalities and first responders throughout the state of Michigan. see less | View Image Page
LANSING, MI, UNITED STATES
Story by Bruce Huffman
Michigan National Guard
Lansing, Mich. – Days after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Michigan, Governor Gretchen Whitmer tapped the Michigan National Guard to assist with supply distribution management of $275 million in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and supplies to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Working closely with the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) and the Michigan State Police to conduct an accountability audit, and optimize warehouse and distribution operations, the Soldiers of the Michigan National Guard's Task Force Tiger handed over operational control of a 130,000 square foot warehouse full of PPE to the State of Michigan July 17th.
With more than 71 million COVID-19 related items organized on the shelves, and new distribution and supply chain processes in place, this sustainable new capability enables state employees to efficiently ship vital PPE from the warehouse in Lansing to municipalities and first responders throughout Michigan within hours instead of days or weeks.
"We began the mission with 35 engineers from across the state and four MDOC personnel," said Chief Warrant Officer 2 Randall L. Hartlerode, an engineer from the 507th Engineer Battalion in Kalamazoo, Mich. and the commanding officer of the Soldiers tasked with organizing and distributing the PPE. One of their first missions was setting up equipment in COVID -19 emergency field hospitals in Detroit and Novi, Mich. "Since March we've participated in a civil disturbance in Grand Rapids, the flood in Midland, Mich., COVID-19 testing in the prisons, and the distribution of PPE," said Hartlerode.
As the number of infections rose, there was a nationwide shortage of PPE. COVID-19 supplies were on back order for months, but soon a flood of deliveries began showing up at various locations. "Things were so spread out, it was difficult to know exactly what you had," said Hartlerode. So he sent eight-man forward coordination cells to locate items and ship them to a 130,000 square foot warehouse in Lansing. The pallets were broken down, each item was counted, repacked, and stored for easy access.
"I was a shipping and receiving manager at a small abrasives recycling plant during my first year of college, but I've never seen anything on this scale before," said Corporal Zakariah K. Blackmon. "Back then, we would take in eight to 12 pallets per day. Whereas here, we can take in as many as 400 pallets per day." Blackman, who is from Iron Mountain in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has been in the National Guard for eight years, and says he plans to stay for 20.
"Serving in the warehouse means a lot to me," said Blackmon. "It's not something everyone gets a chance to do. I have the opportunity to help people working around the state in the fight against COVID -19, and I think we're really making a difference."
According to Hartlerode, having 15 to 20 trucks waiting to unload is normal. "Some of it comes in organized and some of it arrives a mess, you just have to open the door and see what's there," said Hartlerode. Some of the Soldiers were assigned to a quick reaction force (QRF). "If a truck showed up in the middle of the night, the QRF had to get out of bed and come unload it," he said.
The warehouse is about the size of three football fields, and busting at the seams, according to Hartlerode. "In the back of the warehouse we have long-term storage of durable goods like beds, hand washing stations, copiers and office equipment that's needed to set up field hospitals. On the other side we have PPE like masks, gloves, gowns and other items that are continuously being shipped here and redistributed in smaller amounts to the municipalities and first responders," said Hartlerode. The State of Michigan contracted with a local company to build custom racking to help organize the items. "We'll be able to get even more supplies in here once the racking is built," he said.
According to Hartlerode, there are 7,000 beds stored at the Detroit Detention Center that need to come to Lansing, and they will be arriving soon on MDOC trucks. "We currently have about 70 percent of the items here, and the rest is coming."
Toward the end of the mission, Hartlerode reduced to 14 Soldiers, MDOC to two personnel, and the State of Michigan provided 10 personnel in anticipation of the turnover. "It's been a constantly evolving joint effort," said Hartlerode. "We report our progress to the State of Michigan and up our military chain of command, but we also send reports back to each Soldier's individual unit for accountability," said Hartlerode. Recently four Soldiers and Hartlerode had to go to Grayling for rifle qualifications, which left only 10 Soldiers to manage the warehouse. "We still have to meet our military requirements in addition to work at the warehouse," said Hartlerode. "You have to be ready, anticipate future requirements, and develop innovative solutions," he said. "We'll be ready if COVID-19 ramps up with a second wave."
"This is a brand new capability for the State of Michigan," said C. Todd Bechler, MDOC. "Knowing what we have available, and being able to same-day ship items, has taken us to a whole new level of readiness. Disasters like COVID-19 put an incredible strain on the supply chain," said Bechler. "If a second wave of COVID-19 ramps up, or any other disaster occurs, Michigan will be ready!"
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Tomgram: Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian, A World in Peril
October 8, 2017 ·	by Rise Up Times ·	in capitalist system, Corporatism/Capitalism, Government/Politics, Militarism, Trump presidency, U.S. Foreign Policy	· Leave a comment
There, out of the spotlight, the most savage fringe of the Republican Party is carefully advancing policies designed to enrich their true constituency: the Constituency of private power and wealth, "the masters of mankind," to borrow Adam Smith's phrase.
By Noam Chomsky Tom Dispatch October 03, 2017
I first "met" Noam Chomsky in 1969 by reading these words of his about the My Lai massacre:
"And now there is Song My — 'Pinkville.' More than two decades of indoctrination and counterrevolutionary interventions have created the possibility of a name like 'Pinkville' — and the acts that may be done in a place so named. Orville and Jonathan Schell have pointed out what any literate person should realize, that this was no isolated atrocity but the logical consequence of a virtual war of extermination directed against helpless peasants: 'enemies,' 'reds,' 'dinks.'"
Discussing various of America's criminal acts in the larger war in Vietnam, Chomsky then added of the My Lai massacre itself:
"It is perhaps remarkable that none of this appears to occasion much concern. It is only the acts of a company of half-crazed GIs that are regarded as a scandal, a disgrace to America. It will, indeed, be a still greater national scandal — if we assume that to be possible — if they alone are subjected to criminal prosecution, but not those who have created and accepted the long-term atrocity to which they contributed one detail — merely a few hundred more murdered Vietnamese."
Chomsky wrote "After Pinkville" — areas like Song My were then colored pink on American military maps — in 1969. Almost half a century later, the question is: Have things improved? After all, in Ken Burns's new Vietnam extravaganza, his 18-hour documentary on that war, he seems to have captured the zeitgeist of the moment by carefully changing the word "murder" in the script for the My Lai episode to "killing." "At lunch, Burns defended his change," wrote the New Yorker's Ian Parker,"on the ground that My Lai continues to have 'a toxic, radioactive effect' on opinion. 'Killing' was the better word, he said, 'even though My Lai is murder.'" To be thoroughly upbeat, perhaps by 2067 Americans will finally be able to take "murder" straight on television when it comes to My Lai.
Almost 50 years ago, Daniel Ellsberg was both celebrated by many and unsuccessfully prosecuted by the Nixon administration, in part under the Espionage Act, for releasing The Pentagon Papers, a massive secret trove of documents that revealed to the American people something of what the United States was actually doing in Vietnam. In our era, Chelsea Manning did something similar. She turned over a twenty-first-century trove of secret documents on the Afghan and Iraq wars — on, that is, what she's accurately termed "death, destruction, and mayhem" — to WikiLeaks and for that she was celebrated by few and prosecuted and convicted by the U.S. military. Pardoned by President Obama after seven years in military prison, she recently had her visiting fellowship to Harvard's Institute of Politics at the Kennedy School of Government rescinded after CIA Director Mike Pompeo cancelled a talk there, complaining that Manning had "betrayed her country," and former CIA Acting Director Michael Morell, a senior fellow at the same school, resigned in protest. Or to put it another way, Harvard caved to men who represented an agency that had committed secret acts of horror betraying every imaginable American value. (To give credit where it's due, significant numbers of Harvard faculty members protested this craven act.) The same institute felt no compunctions about offering a visiting fellowship to former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer and, despite alumni protest, not rescinding it. Perhaps there's an essay, "After Punkville," to be written about all of this.
Under the circumstances, it's our good fortune that, with civilians regularly being "killed" by U.S. firepower across the Greater Middle East, Noam Chomsky continues to remind us what our world really looks like if we don't censor either our language or our thoughts. It makes today's TomDispatch post, a recent interview from his upcoming book with David Barsamian, Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, particularly relevant to our moment. —Tom
Or How to Further Enrich "The Masters of the Universe"
By Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian
[This interview has been excerpted from Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy, the new book by Noam Chomsky and David Barsamian to be published this December.]
David Barsamian: You have spoken about the difference between Trump's buffoonery, which gets endlessly covered by the media, and the actual policies he is striving to enact, which receive less attention. Do you think he has any coherent economic, political, or international policy goals? What has Trump actually managed to accomplish in his first months in office?
Noam Chomsky: There is a diversionary process under way, perhaps just a natural result of the propensities of the figure at center stage and those doing the work behind the curtains.
At one level, Trump's antics ensure that attention is focused on him, and it makes little difference how. Who even remembers the charge that millions of illegal immigrants voted for Clinton, depriving the pathetic little man of his Grand Victory? Or the accusation that Obama had wiretapped Trump Tower? The claims themselves don't really matter. It's enough that attention is diverted from what is happening in the background. There, out of the spotlight, the most savage fringe of the Republican Party is carefully advancing policies designed to enrich their true constituency: the Constituency of private power and wealth, "the masters of mankind," to borrow Adam Smith's phrase.
These policies will harm the irrelevant general population and devastate future generations, but that's of little concern to the Republicans. They've been trying to push through similarly destructive legislation for years. Paul Ryan, for example, has long been advertising his ideal of virtually eliminating the federal government, apart from service to the Constituency — though in the past he's wrapped his proposals in spreadsheets so they would look wonkish to commentators. Now, while attention is focused on Trump's latest mad doings, the Ryan gang and the executive branch are ramming through legislation and orders that undermine workers' rights, cripple consumer protections, and severely harm rural communities. They seek to devastate health programs, revoking the taxes that pay for them in order to further enrich their Constituency, and to eviscerate the Dodd-Frank Act, which imposed some much-needed constraints on the predatory financial system that grew during the neoliberal period.
That's just a sample of how the wrecking ball is being wielded by the newly empowered Republican Party. Indeed, it is no longer a political party in the traditional sense. Conservative political analysts Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein have described it more accurately as a "radical insurgency," one that has abandoned normal parliamentary politics.
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[Note for TomDispatch Readers: It will be no news to TomDispatch readers that Noam Chomsky, soon to turn 89, is one of the wonders of our otherwise somewhat less than wondrous American world. He has a new book of interviews coming out in early December, his 11th with David Barsamian, and who wouldn't want it? If you happen to be an Amazon shopper, you can pre-order Global Discontents: Conversations on the Rising Threats to Democracy by clicking on this link and, in the process, you'll even contribute a few cents to TD's coffers at not a penny's cost to you. So check out today's post from that book and then hustle to secure a copy for yourself. Tom]
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La La Land is shallow (spoiler alert)
By Patricia McCarthy
The apparent hit film of the year-end releases is La La Land. All the critics are giving it rave reviews, calling it an homage to the fabulous musicals of the 1950s. And it is a good film. But a '50s musical it is not – not even close.
The story is bittersweet; two people who dream of success in Los Angeles, he a musician, she an actress, fall in love but sacrifice their relationship for their individual success. This is definitely a Millennial tale. In the old days, people who fell in love, even in Hollywood, found ways to make their love relationships prevail, despite all manner of separations and geographical difficulties, even if they did not survive in the end. They had survived WWII! Today, among our youth, it seems that the career comes first, no matter the sacrifice.
The film begins with a truly fabulous scene of a gridlocked Los Angeles freeway during which the trapped drivers get out of their cars to sing, dance, and celebrate their youth and place in sunny California. Shortly after, the two main characters meet and become a couple. When he is offered a wonderful job with a successful band about to go on tour, she is selfishly shocked and disappointed. When she gets a major acting job that will take her to Paris, they agree, despite their love for each other, to go their separate ways. Why? Both of their wildest dreams have come true and yet they could not remain a couple? Who are these people?
While meant to be poignant, the shallowness of the story is blatant. How many military families remain intact through years of separations? There are countless professions that demand that couples be separated by thousands of miles for months or years at a time. Human beings of both genders are capable of loyalty and permanence despite long periods apart. Not so, apparently, among our young and talented Hollywood wannabes. They are, as portrayed in the film, wholly self-motivated. Permanence and loyalty have been bred out of them in favor of personal, individual success. Let us hope this is not true across the board, because what it breeds is loneliness and misery.
It would be nice if this film triggered a resurgence of interest in the glorious musicals of the past: South Pacific, Paint Your Wagon, West Side Story, Sound of Music, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, etc. Those films taught traditional values, pride in country, culture, faith, and American and world history. This one simply demonstrates the shallowness of America's youth and entertainment culture, as if the popularity of the Kardashians had not already made that sad fact abundantly clear.
If La La Land is meant to be a testament to musicals of the past and a mythologized commentary on life in the cloistered entertainment industry of Los Angeles, it is a sad one. And it is one sorely lacking the fabulous talent of days gone by, in both substance and artistry. See the film, and then go home and teach your children well. Love and commitment can and do prevail over the countless difficulties disparate careers present to couples and families around the world. Our Millennials will be relegated to sad and lonely lives if they let the narcissism that has somehow been inculcated in them dictate the paths of their lives, as it does the two characters in this film. While it is not a political film, it is a sad commentary on where the political left has taken our culture and so our youth.


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Courtland is een plaats (town) in de Amerikaanse staat Virginia, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Southampton County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 1270.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 1260, een daling van 10 (-0,8%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
2,4 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Courtland ligt op ongeveer 27 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 24 km rond Courtland.

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Plaats in Virginia

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If you plan on day hiking on your next camping trip, having the right gear is important. Today, we are going to go over what items you want to make sure to have with you, even if only out for a few hours. You don't want to get caught in the middle of nowhere not being prepared. So let's get started!
If you will be hiking for the day, you will need the right type of backpack. I mean, you need to have a place to store everything we will be going over below. Taking the right kind of backpack is important as well. You want something that is laid out in a way that everything has a place to be.
A bright colored backpack can help you be seen if you are in trouble and people are searching for you. Using a dark colored or camouflage backpack will work if you also use it for hunting but if not, go with a bright color. If you do go dark, make sure to pack a bright (hunter orange) color rag just in case.
You want to get a backpack that has a lot of room but comfortable to carry around all day. Pictured above is a large outdoor hiking backpack that has plenty of room and pockets for everything you may need.
Things to think about when buying a hiking backpack are: will you even hike camp (do you need room for a tent like above)? Does it have room for everything you need? Is it too big (how much can you carry)?
Heading out in unfamiliar land without anything to help you get around is just kinda dumb. How many news reports have you seen about hikers getting lost with search parties being sent out to find them? You cannot depend on having phone service when in the woods or underpopulated areas. It is important to know where you are and how to get back.
Taking a map that has local landmarks is a good idea. You can usually find these at local tourist stations. Make a note of landmarks on the map as you head out so you can look for them if lost on your way back.
Compasses are not used nearly as much as they should be. Having a compass will help when trying to read a map. Knowing which way is what can help you confirm landmarks in a specific direction. A compass app can be found on most (if not all) smart phones. One thing to remember is that if your phone dies, you will not have a compass. A small pocket compass is cheap and well worth the little space it will take in your backpack.
A real GPS is always a smart idea and can replace your map and compass. You can not rely on your phone GPS, you would want a dedicated device strictly for this. Just make sure it has a personal GPS locator function built into it.
Even if you plan on hiking in the woods, sun lotion is a smart thing to pack. Have you ever got sun burned on a cloudy day? Being hidden under trees will protect you but if you will be in open areas, you will wish you had it. It is smart to pack a small tube of sun lotion that doesn't take much room and will not add unneeded weight to your pack.
It is recommended not to use spray lotion for a couple reasons. One, you will be taking arousal into nature. Second, more and more people are having chemical reactions to them. You do not want to be too far out if you have one. This happened to me nephew and it was BAD!
You may not think of something like an extra pair of clothes as something you will need, but it is. Weather changes, it could be cool when you leave but become very hot. Or, it could be a nice day and the sun goes down quicker than you thought. Preparing for the weather can ave you from suffering weather changes.
What if you run into the perfect swimming creek or pond? I bet you will be kicking yourself that you didn't bring an extra pair of your skimmies (bra/undies)!
What if it rains? Do you have a poncho? They are light and easy to pack.
Lastly, pack a pair of work gloves. You can thank me later.
You will of course take water on your hike, but make sure to take enough to last. You need plenty of water to stay hydrated but water is heavy! A gallon of water weighs over 8 pounds, and that's a lot of weight to add to your pack.
Using a water bottle that has a built in filter not only make hiking fun by refilling from lakes and streams, it also cuts real pounds from your back. The technology of today is awesome! Here is one from Amazon that gets great reviews.
Besides water, protein is just as important. Staying hydrated and fueled will keep you energetic and keep you feeling good. packing things like jerky, protein bars or a jar of peanut butter will make sure you will have the power throughout the day.
So, above we covered a checklist of things to take on a day hike. You may think of your hike as harmless fun but all you have to do is watch the news to see what type of things that can happen while out. The above may sound like overkill but being prepared is being responsible. Your friends and family want you to come back!
Stay safe and enjoy Mother Nature!


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Home Syria Syrian Army steamrolls Turkish-backed rebels to capture key town
Syrian Army steamrolls Turkish-backed rebels to capture key town
BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:00 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army's (SAA) Tiger Forces launched a large-scale assault on the key town of Kafr Naboudeh this morning.
Backed by heavy artillery, the Tiger Forces were able to penetrate the militant lines at the southern part of the town, paving the way for their troops to enter.
Shortly after entering the town, the Syrian Arab Army was engaged in a fierce battle with the Turkish-backed National Liberation Front (NLF) front troops at the southern axis of the town.
Following the fierce clashes, the Syrian Arab Army was able to overrun the militant defenses and impose full control over Kafr Naboudeh for the first time since the first years of the war.
The capture of Kafr Naboudeh is a major victory for the Syrian Arab Army, as this town is located near the Al-Ghaab Plain and the southwestern axis of the Idlib Governorate.
For the Turkish-backed rebels, the loss of Kafr Naboudeh now leaves them in serious trouble near the historical town of Qal'at Al-Madiq, which is also near the Idlib Governorate's southern axis.
On Monday, the Syrian Arab Army kicked off their long-awaited offensive in northwestern Hama. This offensive would get off to a great start for the Syrian military, as they managed to capture two towns and the key hilltop of Tal Uthman.
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This is yet more good news in the epic battle to defeat the US Empire of Terror in their attempt to force Zionist rule of the earth.
All the US offers is destruction or servitude to other nations.
Except Israel of course, as the US kneels to Israel.
Daeshbags-Sux
Ridiculous : these are the Turkish+Qatari puppets! And wasn't it for US+French forces in Rojava, all northern Syria would be occupied. Turkey is about to be dumped from NATO and Turkey+Qatar are now allies with Iran… But hey, when one knows that FlorianGeyer was the name of a Waffen-SS division and the Muslim Brotherhood was ally with the Nazis when the REAL founder of PLO, the infamous Hajj Amin al-Husseini (Arafat's uncle), was a Waffen-SS general and, before he became grand mufti of al-Aqsa in 1921, Arabs and Jews lived together in peace in what is now Israel since he… Read more »
Weldon Cheek
Saa,kicking a*s once more! After all the frustration of waiting for Turkey to do absolutely nothing to honor its aggrement over the DMZ, lets hope the saa can roll them all back to the turkish border and block them in,let turkey finaly deal with the rats they should of controled long ago!.
It'd be nice to export some to Doha, but since half+ of population are Indians/Nepalese, they wouldn't go after the regime.
Nestor Arapa
Excelente noticia, la expulsión debe ser hasta la frontera Turca y que Erdogan acoja a sus perros mercenarios.


The brand new trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story made it's debut tonight and this is a much more satisfying and terrific trailer compared to the first one. We get to see a lot more of Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo, more Chewbacca, and Donald Glover getting his Lando Calrissian on in fine fashion. Lot's of new characters as well and just a fun sense of adventure with this trailer that makes Star Wars so great. There's also a new poster for the film below to check out as well. Solo: A Star Wars Story is directed by Ron Howard after all the trouble that went down last summer and is due in theaters May 25th. We can't wait!


We'll be conducting a doorknock from 8 October this year to verify dogs are registered and microchipped.
All dogs over 3 months of age need to be registered and microchipped.
New dog registrations must be made within 14 days and must be microchipped within 28 days of the dog coming into your household. Proof is required to claim registration concessions.
If your dog is found to be unregistered during the doorknock, you will receive a $170 expiation notice. A $15 late fee per dog may apply.
You may also face a $170 expiation notice if your dog is not microchipped.
How to register or microchip your dog.


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namespace MonteCarlo{

// Create the material name data maps
template<typename ScatteringCenterType, typename MaterialType>
void CollisionHandlerFactory::createMaterialNameDataMaps(
   const boost::unordered_map<ModuleTraits::InternalMaterialHandle,
                            Teuchos::Array<double> >& material_id_fraction_map,
   const boost::unordered_map<ModuleTraits::InternalMaterialHandle,
		      Teuchos::Array<std::string> >& material_id_component_map,
   const boost::unordered_map<std::string,Teuchos::RCP<ScatteringCenterType> >&
   scattering_center_map,
   const boost::unordered_map<Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle,
                              std::vector<std::string> >& cell_id_mat_id_map,
   const boost::unordered_map<Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle,
                              std::vector<std::string> >& cell_id_density_map,
   boost::unordered_map<std::string,Teuchos::RCP<MaterialType> >&
   material_name_pointer_map,
   boost::unordered_map<std::string,
                  Teuchos::Array<Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle> >&
   material_name_cell_ids_map )
{
  // Make sure the cell data maps have the same size
  testPrecondition( cell_id_mat_id_map.size() == cell_id_density_map.size() );

  // Load the nuclide name data maps
  boost::unordered_map<Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle,
                       std::vector<std::string> >::const_iterator
    cell_id_mat_id_it = cell_id_mat_id_map.begin();

  while( cell_id_mat_id_it != cell_id_mat_id_map.end() )
  {
    TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION( cell_id_mat_id_it->second.size() > 1,
			InvalidMaterialRepresentation,
			"Error: " << cell_id_mat_id_it->second.size() <<
			" materials set to cell "
			<< cell_id_mat_id_it->first << "!" );

    TEST_FOR_EXCEPTION( cell_id_density_map.find( cell_id_mat_id_it->first )->second.size() > 1,
			InvalidMaterialRepresentation,
			"Error: " << cell_id_density_map.find( cell_id_mat_id_it->first )->second.size() <<
			" densities set to cell "
			<< cell_id_mat_id_it->first << "!" );

    Teuchos::RCP<std::istringstream>
      iss( new std::istringstream( cell_id_mat_id_it->second[0] ) );

    ModuleTraits::InternalMaterialHandle material_id;

    *iss >> material_id;

    Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle cell_id =
      cell_id_mat_id_it->first;

    std::string density_string =
      cell_id_density_map.find( cell_id_mat_id_it->first )->second[0];

    iss.reset( new std::istringstream( density_string ) );

    double density;

    *iss >> density;

    std::string material_name( cell_id_mat_id_it->second[0] );
    material_name += "_";
    material_name += density_string;

    if( material_name_pointer_map.find( material_name ) ==
	material_name_pointer_map.end() )
    {
      Teuchos::RCP<MaterialType>& new_material=
	material_name_pointer_map[material_name];

      new_material.reset( new MaterialType(
		     material_id,
		     density,
		     scattering_center_map,
		     material_id_fraction_map.find( material_id)->second,
		     material_id_component_map.find( material_id )->second ) );
    }

    material_name_cell_ids_map[material_name].push_back( cell_id );

    ++cell_id_mat_id_it;
  }
}

// Register materials with cells
template<typename MaterialType>
void CollisionHandlerFactory::registerMaterials(
   const boost::unordered_map<std::string,Teuchos::RCP<MaterialType> >&
   material_name_pointer_map,
   const boost::unordered_map<std::string,
                  Teuchos::Array<Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle> >&
   material_name_cell_ids_map )
{
  typename boost::unordered_map<std::string,
				Teuchos::RCP<MaterialType> >::const_iterator
    material_name_pointer_it = material_name_pointer_map.begin();

  while( material_name_pointer_it != material_name_pointer_map.end() )
  {
    const Teuchos::Array<Geometry::ModuleTraits::InternalCellHandle>&
      cells_containing_material = material_name_cell_ids_map.find(
                                  material_name_pointer_it->first )->second;

    CollisionHandler::addMaterial( material_name_pointer_it->second,
                                   cells_containing_material );

    ++material_name_pointer_it;
  }
}

} // end MonteCarlo namespace

#endif // end MONTE_CARLO_COLLISION_HANDLER_FACTORY_DEF_HPP

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//
// end MonteCarlo_CollisionHandlerFactory_def.hpp
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------//

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While last week we saw the dominance of formal outfits, this week, B-town celebrities were spotted giving some major winter fashion inspiration. While Deepika Padukone aced an all-black look, Kangana Ranaut exuded elegance in plaids. Here's a compilation of some of the most interesting airport looks of Bollywood celebs.
If you want to opt for an all-black look, take cues from Padukone. The actor aced her travel style in a high-neck sweater teamed with black jeans and another matching longline sweater. With black boots, handbag and sunnies, we think she looked ultra-chic.
Known for her excellent airport fashion, Kapoor impressed us in a printed, crop jumpsuit to which she added a formal touch by styling it with a white blazer. She accentuated her outfit with a black belt and a statement handbag. We also love those curls that complemented her look well.
We like how Ranaut paired her plaid dress from Marks and Spencer with the stockings and casually carried a Miumiu overcoat. With H&M shoes and Lady Dior handbag, we think she looked comfortable and chic.
Advani channeled winter airport fashion in a pair of black pants teamed with a light-hued sweatshirt, black boots and an Off-White sling bag.


Here's what it looked like prefire.
I like the way the edges ran down the corners and pooled in the corners of the small square. I'll remember that the next time I make this form.
The mold for this is an el chipo plastic 1960s dish I found at the thrift store. Great place to look for clay forms. The good thing about this is I can lay a slab down on the plastic which I line with damp strips of newsprint, and just let it dry. The recessed center makes a good foot on the dish.
What is it with camera lenses?
This little "Viking" bowl just doesn't photograph well. Somehow, the camera distorts it. It's body is so much more rounded than it appears in shots. The has more of a smooth transition from flare to the tilted up points.
I've tried to take a good photo of this piece several times and so far, this is the best it has shown. I've set it up with a paper drape backdrop, used special full spectrum lights, tried every angle.
These shots are done just on my kitchen table with natural light from the adjacent window. Sheesh!
The glaze is a shino, fired in oxidation at between a cone 5 and 6. The glaze is from Coyote.
The bowl was thrown on a batt made from a sink off-cut --the piece that has been cut out of a kitchen counter for the sink. Or at least that's how the batts started to be made. I think now, they are just made as batts in the first place.
The slick finish on the batt allows me to let the porcelain dry on the batt. If I trim the outer edge of the foot at the time of throwing, I only have to burnish the bottom for a nice, smooth finish.
Now that I have a new logo design and business cards set up, I can morph that into any kind of other card.
By removing the text under the logo, I can add "Thanks" and add an address, phone number, website address; virtually anything then create a new master for duplication.
I like to tape a note card to the bottoms of my bakeware that say things "Place in a cool oven" or "Microwave Safe", "Lead-free glaze" or "Microwave Safe - contains iron glaze; may be warm to the touch." And sometimes, "Not suitable for food".
I've been trying out some new logo ideas. I need tags for my pots for an upcoming show and my old tags need to be refreshed, design-wise.
Since I did my last batch, I've changed computers and graphics programs. What a pain! It required some redesigning to get a design resource sheet like this one done. I can take one of these rows and convert it into multiple repeats as a one-design master sheet. This sheet was done to see how new ideas would work out.
I started off this series by scanning one of the old hangtags and using that image, manipulated it around for a while trying different designs. When I get something I like, I'll run off a couple of master sheets and put them into a dedicated folder so I can reprint different cards and tags as I need them.
On the sheet above, the first and third rows will probably be used for price tags because they will be printed in large batches and they take less ink to make.
The darker design will be used for more expensive items or for contact info cards, thank yous, or other special printing.
I will take each one of these 4 variations and make a master sheet of each. That will give me 4 different logos to duplicate.
For a hangtag, I can run off a sheet and punch holes in the top, put in some black embroidery thread for the tie and attach them to the pots. The design must take into account that a hole will be punched in the top, so room has to be left for that. I want to see how the would look on a pot. There's a lot of difference in how they look on a sheet of paper in a row and how they will look individually.
A blaring, dark row will look entirely different as single tags. Likewise, a lighter design might turn out to be wimpy. We'll see.
I like to use a creamy heavy paper for my printing. With a strong black and white design, you can print the cards off on any color paper.
It gets complicated, but there's lots you can do between a simple graphics program, a scanner and a good printer. Oh, and a big paper-cutter.
In every kiln firing, there is usually one piece that comes out better than you dreamed. Some people call them "Racers".
This thing has been setting around on a shelf waiting to be fired for a long time. It's big. There hasn't been a firing that allowed a free shelf, so this piece got put off and putt off.
But this guy made it into the OVERFIRE kiln. Yikes. All these glazes are supposed to be good up to cone 6. I don't know how hot the last kiln got because the thermocouple malfunctioned. The chances of duplication? almost nil.
I do know that this is celadon and iron applied over it.
It did blister a bit, but no explosions or craters.
I just love it. It's a keeper.
One piece that survived the kiln overfire was a small egg separator.
It goes without saying that the inside must be absolutely smooth.
My thinking is that this little thing might be handy to have in a kitchen drawer.
If you can crack an egg with one hand, you can hold it in the other hand.
Or it could sit over a glass, measuring cup, inside a small bowl.
I like it so much I think another is in order and maybe this time with a matching cup to go underneath.
The dome design would work well as a lid for an incense jar or a garlic keeper too. Here it is sitting on a small flared bowl. I think lips and flanges are in order for a jar or keeper, though.
I can see why people find one or two glazes they like and just do everything with those.
Testing glazes means a lot of stirring, sieving, dipping, drying, labeling, shifting buckets around, making notations on my test record pages.
Some tests were about new glazes; some were just checking old ones that might have changed over time.
I used to make my tiles really small because I put a string through the hole in the top and tie the tile to the glaze bucket. If the glaze is in a jar, I fasten the tile to the side with a big piece of transparent package tape.
I also use a Sharpie to label the bucket or jar in big letters. Saves a lot of time when you're trying to hunt down a glaze.
Bigger tiles mean more room for notes. I use any underglaze to do this. Just a dot on a piece of paper or spare yogurt lid is fine and handy for the underglaze. I also like the fine limner brushes to do the lettering with.
----------Of course, just as soon as I wrote this and fired the kiln, the thing overfired. The thermocouple failed. Pots welded themselves to the shelves and the witness cones are beautiful, pearly puddles.
A trip to Clay Art Center is in order. New shelves, new thermocouple, and while I'm at it, some grinding stones.
Pottery: It teaches you how to deal with failure and move on.
Funny, the things you keep.
This urn just blew my mind.
It's made of plastic and has four plates, three bowls, and two small sauce dishes.
The whole thing masquerades as a jar. It's so Clever!
I'd love to make one like it in clay, but I think it would be too heavy.
A modification of this idea might work, though.


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Holiday illness solicitors at Irwin Mitchell successfully secured a settlement for a retired police officer and teaching assistant who suffered serious gastric illnesses whilst on holiday in Turkey during the summer of 2011.
The holiday was supposed to be a luxurious and relaxing break where they could spend some quality time together. Unfortunately both of our clients were struck down with serious gastroenteritis and both were admitted to a local clinic and had to be put on intravenous fluid drips for 24 hours.
Our clients advised us that they sometimes saw birds and cats eating food in the restaurant. They also noticed that some of the food was left out for long periods, salads were not in chillers and meals which were meant to be served hot were usually lukewarm or cold.
Both of our clients had to be treated for sickness and diarrhoea. Following negotiations with the tour operator Thomas Cook, our team secured the couple a four-figure settlement.
The couple were very pleased with the outcome and stated: "We were kept informed at every stage and Irwin Mitchell went to great lengths to secure a very favourable settlement.
"We would have no hesitation in passing on the great name of Irwin Mitchell Solicitors to anyone in the same position."
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Beautiful virgin bundles that's very soft, tangle free, and minimal shedding. Straightening is not advised, will go back to it's curly texture once wet. Bleaching is not advise, but with professional use, can be colored beautifully.


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Q: How to show that $\frac{a + b}{\gcd(a,b)^2}$ is a Fibonacci number when $ \frac{a+1}{b}+\frac{b+1}{a}$ is an integer?
Let $a, b$ be positive integers such that the number $ \dfrac{a + 1}{b} + \dfrac{b + 1}{a}$ is also integer. Then, show that $\dfrac{a + b}{\gcd{(a, b)^{2}}}$ is a Fibonacci number.

I prove that : $ \displaystyle{\forall a, b \in \mathbb{N}} $ such that $ \displaystyle{ k = \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} \in \mathbb{N} \Rightarrow k = 3 }$ or $ \displaystyle{ k = 4 } $. Also, we have that (I use the method Vieta Jumping) :
$ \displaystyle{ \mathbb{S} = \Big \{ \big( a, b \big) \in \mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N} : \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = k \in \mathbb{N} \Big \} = \Big \{ \big( a, b \big) \in \mathbb{N} \times \mathbb{N} : \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = 3 \text{  } or \text{  } \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = 4 \Big \} } $
Fibonacci sequence : $\displaystyle{f_{0} = 0, f_{1} = 1}$ and $\displaystyle{f_{n+2} = f_{n+1} + f_{n}, \forall n \in \mathbb{N} \cup \{ 0 \} = \{ 0, 1, 2, 3, . . . \}}$
$ \displaystyle{ k = 3 } $ : If $ \displaystyle{ \big( a, b \big) \in \mathbb{S} } $ with $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = 3 } $, then $ \displaystyle{ \big( 3 \cdot a - 1 - b, a \big) \in \mathbb{S} } $ so we have $ \displaystyle{ \big( 2, 2 \big), \big( 3 = f_{3} + 1, 2 \big), \big( 6 = f_{5} + 1, 3 \big), \big( 14 = f_{7} + 1, 6 \big), \big( 35 = f_{9} + 1, 14 \big), . . . \in \mathbb{S} } $ (I checked some couples and I found that the request is valid) but I can not porve that $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + b}{\gcd{\big(a, b \big)^{2}}} } $ is a Fibonacci number.
$ \displaystyle{ k = 4 } $ : If $ \displaystyle{ \big( a, b \big) \in \mathbb{S} } $ with $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = 4 } $, then $ \displaystyle{ \big( 4 \cdot a - 1 - b, a \big) \in \mathbb{S} } $ so we have $ \displaystyle{ \big( 1, 1 \big), \big( 2, 1 \big), \big( 6, 2 \big), \big( 21, 6 \big), \big( 77, 21 \big), . . . \in \mathbb{S} } $ (I checked some couples and I found that the request is valid) but also I can not porve that $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + b}{\gcd{\big(a, b \big)^{2}}} } $ is a Fibonacci number.
I need some help, because I can not solve the problem. So my questions are :
if $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = 3 } $ where $ \displaystyle{ a = f_{2 \cdot n - 1} + 1, b = f_{2 \cdot n + 1} + 1 \in \mathbb{N}, \forall n \geqslant 2, \forall n \in \mathbb{N} } $, how I can show that $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + b}{\gcd{\big( a, b \big)^{2}}} } $ is a Fibonacci number ?
and
if $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + 1}{b} + \frac{b + 1}{a} = 4} $ where $ \displaystyle{ a, b \in \mathbb{N} } $, how I can show that $ \displaystyle{ \frac{a + b}{\gcd{\big( a, b \big)^{2}}} } $ is a Fibonacci number ?

A: First of all we assume that $gcd(a,b)=d $ so we may assume that there exist coprime integers $x,y$ such that $a=dx , b=dy$ then from the hypothesis of the problem: $ab|a^2+b^2+a+b
\rightarrow ab|(a+b)(a+b+1)
\rightarrow dxy|(x+y)(dx+dy+1)$
because $d$ is coprime to $dx+dy+1$ , $d|x+y$ (first result) and because $x,y$ are coprime it is easy to conclude that $xy$ is coprime to $x+y$ and therefore $xy|dx+dy+1$ (second result) now instead of the first result, assume that there is a positive integer $t$ such that $y=td-x$ then the second result will be $x(td-x)|td^2+1 $.
Now assume a positive integer $k$ such that $td^2+1=ktdx-kx^2$ which is the equation $kx^2-ktdx+(td^2+1)=0$ and by multiplying both sides by $4k$, $4k^2x^2-4k^2tdx+(4ktd^2+4k)=0$ and this is actually $(2kx-ktd)^2=(k^2t^2d^2-4k-4ktd^2)        $.
From this result, the existance of such $x$ is clearly equivalent to these two:
i) $k^2t^2d^2-4k-4ktd^2$(we'll call this $r$) is a perfect square
ii) $2k|\sqrt{r}+ktd$. Now just let's say that we choose $k$ to be odd. Then this condition will be changed to the following two conditions:

*

*$2|\sqrt{r}+ktd$ which is clear because $\sqrt{r}$ has the same parity with $r$ and $r$ has the same parity with $k^2t^2d^2$ so actually $\sqrt{r}$ has the same parity with $k^2t^2d^2$ and thus, $\sqrt{r}+ktd$ is even because $ktd+k^2t^2d^2$ is even, so the first condition is satisfied.

*$k|\sqrt{r}+ktd$ iff $k|\sqrt{r}$ iff $k^2|r$ iff $k^2|4k+4ktd^2$ iff $k|4+4td^2$ but because we've chosen $k$ to be odd, that's equivalent to $k|td^2+1$
So, summing up; if we choose $s$ to be a number that satisfies $td^2+1=ks$, it's enough to prove that $r=4k^2s-k^2t^2d^2$ is a perfect square, which is again equivalent to $4s-t^2d^2$ being a perfect square.
So, for avoiding any confusion here I restate the new problem:
We have positive integers that satisfy $td^2+1=ks$ and $4s-t^2d^2$ is a perfect square and want to prove that $t$ is a fibbonachi number.
Now $k$ doesn't have a role anymore so instead of $td^2+1=ks$, we say that $s|td^2+1$.
Now again assume $u$ to be a number that $4s-t^2d^2=u^2$.
Mixing the two hypotheses, we'll have $u^2+t^2d^2=4s|4td^2+4$.Now because RHS shall be bigger than or equal to the LHS, $4td^2+4\leqslant u^2+t^2d^2$.
Now considering $t$ as our variable,
$t^2d^2-4td^2+(u^2-4)$ is less than or equal to zero.
On the other hand that is actually $4+4d^2-u^2\leqslant(t-2)^2d^2$.
Now two important notes here:

*$d\not=1$ because then the problem's original statement leads to a contradiction so I assume it meant $d\not=1$.

*$u\leqslant2$:
If $u=0$ , then back to the $u^2+t^2d^2|4td^2+4$, $t|t^2d^2|4td^2+4$ and thus $t|4$ but if $t=4$ then $16d^2|16d^2+4$ a contradiction. Otherwise $t=1or2$ which are both fibbonachi numbers.
If $u=1$, back to the definition of $u$, $4s=t^2d^2+1$ which is a contradiction $mod4$. So $u\leqslant2$.
Now back to our inequality, $4+4d^2-u^2\leqslant(t-2)^2d^2$. This is equivalent to $sqrt{\frac{4+4d^2-u^2}{d^2}}+2\leqslant t$
Now by the second note we just mentioned, the LHS is maximized when u=2 , and so clearly $2\leqslant t$ and so $t$ is a fibbonachi number.
In the same way you can consider that $k$ is even and get to the numbers {3,5} and so all of the possible values of $t$ are {1,2,3,5} which are all fibbonachi numbers.

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then weakened again through the afternoon.
at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.
figures earlier in the week.
the theme for a while, you just had to get that U.S. data,"
Canada, weaker than Thursday's close of C$1.0904, or 91.71 U.S.
rally that stretched through much of June.
"And when it flips around, and we start looking at the U.S.
so in a rapid manner."
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Review: Dum Dum Girls @ Empty Bottle 2/24
By Bonnie Page
Dum Dum Girls bassist Bambi (Photos by Dave Knapik)
There's an obvious formula to girl groups: a few attractive females plus revealing clothing and any sort of gimmicky feature equals record company cash. For the most part, it's played out. The Dum Dum Girls, however, manage to pull off girl group without it feeling formulaic. Even though the Dum Dum Girls are four good-looking females, in a band, they strummed the girly-goody-goodiness out of their guitars (or beat it out of their drum kit) at the sold out Empty Bottle show Thursday night.
The Girl's ability to dodge formula may also have something to do with the fact that the group's album I Will Be was born out of lead singer Dee Dee as a bedroom solo-project. Dee Dee combined a buzz sawed up garage-pop sound with dark lyrical themes and dressed them up with sweet sounding harmonies and '60s girl group "baby baby" choruses. Adding band mates, Jules (guitar and vocals), Bambi (bass), and Sandy (drums and vocals), for live purposes. They are often lumped with other in vogue retro bands like Best Coast, but they are much darker, even though both write about drugs and boys.
Bambi's ensemble (Photos by Dave Knapik)
Dressed in all black — black tights, black dresses, black shoes, black short-short jumpers and black leather — the girls weaved in between the many bodies, drinks in hand, climbed onto a darkened Empty Bottle stage and adjusted themselves before getting on with it. With a hip-swivel-shoulder-jerk motion, fringy banged, red lipped Dee Dee opened with a Rolling Stones cover, "Play with Fire". The foursome added fuzz while Dee Dee's rich, threatening vocals added depth to the song. As a counter balance, the Girls added girly three part harmonies to the chorus. They followed with the reverbed, modern, "He Gets Me High". Even though the Girls can have an Angelsesque, retro feel, not a male at the Bottle would have described Dee Dee's alto as naïve.
Following the first two songs, nearly every chorus line in the rest of the sixty minute set included the word "baby". There was "Take Care of My Baby", "My Baby is better than you" from the song "Everyone's Out" and "Someone tell my baby or else he won't know I need saving" from "Jail la la la". "Jail la la la" also put further emphasis on Dee Dee's throwback versus present day contrasts as she sang about needing to be bailed out of jail by her boyfriend. The Angels certainly didn't handle such topics. But the Angels didn't look like Bettie Page gone Joan Jett either.
Dee Dee (Photos by Dave Knapik)
The Girls also played crowd-jump-inspiring "Bhang Bhang, I'm a Burnout" and "It Only Takes One Night", both tracks containing present day subject matter. The two part harmonies sweetly repeated the chorus line "Bhang Bhang" — a reference to being drugged out - and the lyrics asked the crowd "Are you dead / In your head"? It would have fit perfectly on the Kill Bill soundtrack. Similarly, Dee Dee sang about her life getting screwed over in a night in "It Only Takes one Night". Finally, they ended the night with a crowd-pleasing, feminine cover of The Smith's "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out". Who doesn't love Morrissey?
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Q: SQL Query -Without using nested subqueries Table1
ID  SystemID    Description
---------------------------
1   25             Test1
1   25             Test2
2   40             Test1
2   40             Test3
3   26             Test9
3   36             Test5
4   70             Test2
4   70             Test9

Table2
ID  Department
------------------
1   Sales
2   Marketing
3   Accounting
4   Purchasing

I have these 2 tables, Table1 and Table2.
I need to select all the distinct ids from Table1 that have the same description as ID = 1 and SystemID = 25, and then select all the rows from Table2 from the query result.
Is there a better way to query for this, without using nested subqueries?
select *
from Table2
where ID in (select distinct(ID)
             from Table1
             where SystemID = 25
               and Description in (select Description
                                   from Table1
                                   where ID = 1 and SystemID = 25))

Final output is
1 Sales
2 Marketing
4 Purchasing

Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

A: I think you want:
select t1.id, t2.department
from table1 t1 join
     table2 t2
     on t1.id = t2.id
where t1.description in (select tt1.description from table1 tt1 where tt1.id = 1 and tt1.systemid = 25);

This is standard SQL and should work in both SQL Server and Oracle.

A: You can also use a modification of an outer join to detect presence of a value.
SELECT DISTINCT t2.ID, t2.DEPARTMENT
FROM
    table2 AS t2
    INNER JOIN table1 AS t1a ON table2.ID = table1.ID
    LEFT OUTER JOIN table1 AS t1b ON t1b.id = 1 AND t1b.systemID = 25 AND t1b.description = t1a.description
WHERE t1b.ID IS NOT NULL
      AND t1a.systemID = 25

This will filter out all entries who don't have a description matching an entry with id 1 and systemID 25

A: I believe this should give you the same result. Instead of using an IN I used an EXISTS and then instead of a futher subquery you can then use a JOIN:
SELECT *
FROM Table2 T2
WHERE EXISTS (SELECT 1
              FROM Table1 T1
                   JOIN Table1 T1t ON T1.[Description] = T1t.[Description]
              WHERE T1.ID = T2.ID
                AND T1t.ID = 1 AND T1t.SystemID = 25);

A: SELECT DISTINCT T2.* --Use a distinct for simplicity but a group by is better
FROM Table2 AS T2
INNER JOIN Table1 AS T1_Source ON T1_Source.SystemID = 25 AND T1_Source.ID = 1
/*^ Find table1 with System and ID
    Expected Result
    ID  SystemID    Description
    1   25             Test1
    1   25             Test2

    Note Rows are duplicated use distinct or group by
*/
INNER JOIN Table1 AS T1_Target ON T1_Target.Description = T1_Source.Description
/*^ Find table1 with all the Description matching the result we found
    Expected Result
    ID  SystemID    Description
    1   25             Test1
    1   25             Test2
    2   40             Test1
    4   70             Test2

     Note Rows are duplicated use distinct or group by
*/


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Scott Has Ties To Sheldon Adelson
Published on April 4th, 2014 7:42 pm EST
Earlier this week, Florida Governor Rick Scott revealed that he supports a ban on Internet gaming.
Here is what Scott had to say via Twitter:
"Although a national ban would be a better approach, I support a ban on internet gaming in Florida."
With his Tweet, Rick Scott joins Rick Perry (Texas), Nikki Haley (South Carolina) and Bobby Jindal (Louisiana) as Governors who have come out in support of the "Restoration of America's Wire Act". Perry, Haley and Jindal have all been rumored for 2016 Presidential bids, and all three politicians would benefit greatly by having Sheldon Adelson's very considerable financial resources behind them.
Governor Rick Scott has benefitted from Sheldon Adelson's considerable fortune in the past as well, as Adelson wrote a $250,000 check to Scott's "Let's Get to Work" political action committee in 2012. Scott is now returning the favor by speaking out in support of Sheldon Adelson's campaign to outlaw Internet gaming in the United States via the "Restoration of America's Wire Act" bill, which would seek to restore the Wire Act to its pre-2011 form.
A 2011 ruling by the Justice Department limited the scope of the Wire Act to sports betting, and this opened the door for states such as Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey to offer online gaming in their states. Sheldon Adelson believes that this proliferation of online gaming is contributing to the moral decay of the United States.
A couple of political groups, including the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Democratic Governors Association, have come out against the bill.
Source: Miamiherald.com - Sheldon Adelson Pens 250k Check to Rick Scott
Source: Pocketfives.com - Florida Governor Rick Scott Supports Internet Gambling Ban
Source: Twitter.com - Rick Scott
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