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/*
 *  Einlesen der CC-Results und Anzeige von statisischen Daten.
 *
 *  Es wird nur eine Art von CC-Result genutzt, alse NICHT
 *  mehrere Zeiten im Vergleich.
 *
 */

package experiments.crosscorrelation;

import org.apache.hadoopts.chart.simple.MyXYPlot;
import org.apache.hadoopts.chart.statistic.HistogramChart;
import org.apache.hadoopts.data.series.TimeSeriesObject;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.*;
import org.jfree.ui.RefineryUtilities;
import research.wikinetworks.NodePair;
import org.apache.hadoopts.statistics.HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble;
import com.cloudera.wikiexplorer.ng.util.NodeGroup;
import com.cloudera.wikiexplorer.ng.util.nodegroups.AllLinked32bit;
import com.cloudera.wikiexplorer.ng.util.nodegroups.EditActivityFilter;

/**
 * Based on the dataset "cc_edits" we constuct a *LinkGroup* for our preselected
 * *NodeGroupe*. The result is a Network related to a special time periode
 * the Crosscorrelation was calculated for.
 *
 * *CCResutls* is a kind of BaseData for *LinkGroup* construction.
 *
 * @author kamir
 */
public class CCResultFastAnalyser {

    static boolean singleCharts = true;
    static boolean groupedChart = false;

    static boolean createNamedList = false;

//    static String pfadEDITS = "G:/PHYSICS/PHASE2/data/out/node_groups/cc_edits/";
//    static public String LABEL = "EDITS";

    static String[] lang = {  "-1" };// , "52", "60", "62", "72", "197" };
    static String[] anz = { "100" };

    /**
     * Wenn mehrere verglichen werden sollen dann sind hier die "SUBPFADE"
     * zu erfassen.
     *
     */
    //static String[] modes = { "T1_cut150", "T2_cut150" };
    static String[] modes = {
//        "allGroups_Supr_300days_Shuffling",
//        "allGroups_Supr_300days_noShuffling",
//        "allGroups_noSupr_300days_Shuffling",
//        "allGroups_noSupr_300days_noShuffling",
//        "32bit_ALL_links",
//        "32bit_ALL_links_SHUFFLED",
          "not_shuffled", // DO,SO
          "shuffled",     // DO,SO

    };

    /*
     * Hauptpfad zu den Eregebnissen
     */
    // static public String pfad = "G:/PHYSICS/RESULTS/SO 16.10.2011/";
    // static public String pfad = "G:/PHYSICS/RESULTS/MO 17.10.2011/";
    // static public String pfad = "G:/PHYSICS/RESULTS/MI 26.10.2011/blocked/";

    static public String pfad = "G:/PHYSICS/RESULTS/DO 27.10.2011/blocked/";       // do RUN IT !!!
//    static public String pfad = "G:/PHYSICS/RESULTS/SO 30.10.2011/";      // DO RUN IT !!!

    /**
     * offset zu den access- oder edits-Results
     */
    static public String extension = "/cc_access/";

    /*
     * Defaultsprache
     */
    static public int nrOfNodes = 100;
    static public int langID = -1;

    static public Hashtable<String,CCResults> results = new Hashtable<String,CCResults>();

    // die NodeGroup zur Zuordnung der Lang Id zur jeweiligen "Paar-Kombination]
    static NodeGroup ng = null;

    static public String getLangID( String name ) {
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( name , "_");
        String s = st.nextToken();
        return s;
    };

    static public int getN( String name ) {
        boolean b = false;
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( name , "_");
        String s = st.nextToken();
        s = st.nextToken();
        int n = Integer.parseInt(s);
        return n;
    };

    static public boolean isFor_N_Nodes( String name, int n ) {
        boolean b = false;
        StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer( name , "_");
        String s = st.nextToken();
        s = st.nextToken();
        int i = Integer.parseInt(s);
        if ( i == n ) b = true;
        return b;
    };

        // hier kommen die Zeilen an und werden in die TimeSeriesObjectn bzw.
    // Netzwerkdarstellungen überführt.
    static public NodePair parseLine2(String line, int mj, String lang) {
        NodePair np = null;

        StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(line);
        int i = tok.countTokens();
        if ( i < 5 ) {
            // System.out.println( i );
        }
        else {
           String pair = tok.nextToken();
           // ggf. entfernen
           String pair2 = tok.nextToken();
           String k = tok.nextToken();
           String stdDev = tok.nextToken();
           String maxY = tok.nextToken();
           String signLevel = tok.nextToken();

           np = new NodePair(pair, ng);
           np.setCCResults( k, stdDev, maxY, signLevel );
        }
        return np;
    }

    public static void createHistogramm( TimeSeriesObject mr ) {
        HistogramChart demo = new HistogramChart( mr.getLabel()  );
        demo.addSerieWithBinning( mr, 100, 0, 10 );
        demo.setContentPane( demo.createChartPanel() );
        demo.pack();
        RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);
        demo.setVisible(true);
    };

    public static void createHistogramm( TimeSeriesObject mr, TimeSeriesObject mr2, TimeSeriesObject mr3) {
        HistogramChart demo = new HistogramChart( mr.getLabel()  );

        demo.useLegend = true;

        demo.addSerieWithBinning( mr, 100, 0, 10 );
        demo.addSerieWithBinning( mr2, 100, 0, 10 );
        demo.addSerieWithBinning( mr3, 100, 0, 10 );

        demo.setContentPane( demo.createChartPanel() );
        demo.pack();
        RefineryUtilities.centerFrameOnScreen(demo);
        demo.setVisible(true);
    };

    static HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble zaehler1 = new HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble();
    static HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble zaehler2 = new HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble();

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        int c=0;
        boolean noBreake = true;

        int mj = 0;

        int max = lang.length;
        int min = 0;

        mr___t_vs_s = new TimeSeriesObject[lang.length];
        goodOnes = new Vector<NodePair>();

        for ( int mode = 0; mode < modes.length; mode++ ) {

            mj = mode;

            z=0;

            histS_k_EQUAL_0 = new TimeSeriesObject( modes[mj]+"  tau=0");
            histS_k_GT_0 = new TimeSeriesObject( modes[mj]+"  tau != 0");
            histS_k_ALL = new TimeSeriesObject( modes[mj]+"  all");

             zaehler1 = new HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble();
             zaehler2 = new HaeufigkeitsZaehlerDouble();

            for ( int i = min; i < max ; i++ ) {
                mr___t_vs_s[i] = new TimeSeriesObject("lang="+i);
                /**  USE CALCULATED FILENAME  **/

//                String ngfn = lang[i] +"_"+nrOfNodes+EditActivityFilter.extension;
//                ng = new NodeGroup( ngfn );

                /**  USE PREDEFINED GROUP  **/
                ng = new AllLinked32bit();
                String ngfn = ng.fn;

                File f = new File( pfad + modes[mj] + extension + ngfn +".cc.log" );
                if (!f.exists() ) {
                    System.out.println( ">>> File: " + f.getAbsolutePath() + " is not there ... ");
                    System.exit(0);
                }

                BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader( new FileReader( f.getAbsolutePath() ));
                while( br.ready() && noBreake ) {
                    String line = br.readLine();
                    if ( line.startsWith( "#") ) {
                        System.out.println( line );
                    }
                    else{
                        c++;
                        NodePair np = parseLine2( line, mj, lang[i] );
                        processNodePair( np, mj ,i);

                    }
                }

                /*
                 * REPORTING ...
                 */
                if ( singleCharts ) {
//                    DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat( "0.00");
//                    NodeGroup gp = new NodeGroup(goodOnes);
//                    gp.fn = "filtered2/" + lang[i]+"_NodesFromPairs_strength_gt_" + df.format(level) +"_at_tau=0.ng";
//                    gp.store();

                    System.out.println(">>> Scatterplot ... ");
//                    MyXYPlot.xRangDEFAULT_MIN = -15 ;
//                    MyXYPlot.xRangDEFAULT_MAX = 15 ;
//                    MyXYPlot.yRangDEFAULT_MIN = 0 ;
//                    MyXYPlot.yRangDEFAULT_MAX = 8 ;
//
//                    MyXYPlot.rowONEDefualtColor = Color.BLACK;
//
//                    MyXYPlot.open(  mr___t_vs_s, modes[mj]+" strength vs. tau", "tau", "strength", true);

//                    Muss beim PROCESSIEREN ERLEDIGT WERDEN !!!
//                    FileWriter fw = new FileWriter( gp.pfad + "filtered2/" + lang[i]+"_Pairs_strength_gt_" + df.format(level) +"_at_tau=0.dat" );
//                    fw.write( sb.toString() );
//                    fw.flush();
//                    fw.close();

                    System.out.println(">>> Histogramme ... ");
//                    createHistogramm(histS_k_EQUAL_0);
//                    createHistogramm(histS_k_GT_0);
//                    createHistogramm(histS_k_ALL);
                    createHistogramm(histS_k_GT_0,histS_k_EQUAL_0,histS_k_ALL );

                     System.out.println(">>> Confidence Check ... ");

                    zaehler1.calcWS();
                    zaehler2.calcWS();

                    System.out.println( zaehler1.getConfidence().toString() );
                    TimeSeriesObject fmr = zaehler1.getConfidence();
                    fmr.setLabel( modes[mj] + " conf");
                    Vector<TimeSeriesObject> conf = new Vector<TimeSeriesObject>();
                    conf.add( fmr );
                    MyXYPlot.xRangDEFAULT_MIN = 0 ;
                    MyXYPlot.xRangDEFAULT_MAX = 8 ;
                    MyXYPlot.yRangDEFAULT_MIN = 0 ;
                    MyXYPlot.yRangDEFAULT_MAX = 1.2 ;

                    MyXYPlot.open(conf, "Confidence","strength","% of confidence",true);

//                    if ( createNamedList ) {
//                        /** aus der NodeGroup "goodOnes" **/
//                        NodePairListViewer v = new NodePairListViewer();
//                        v.createClearLists( new File(gp.pfad + "filtered2/" + lang[i]+"_Pairs_strength_gt_" + df.format(level) +"_at_tau=0.dat") );
//                    }
        }  // END OF READING CC-Files ...

        }
    }
//        if ( groupedChart ) {
//                DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat( "0.00");
//                NodeGroup gp = new NodeGroup(goodOnes);
//                gp.fn = "filtered2/all_selectionNodesOfPairs_strength_gt_" + df.format( level ) +"_at_tau=0.ng";
//                gp.store();
//
//                MyXYPlot.xRangDEFAULT_MIN = -15 ;
//                MyXYPlot.xRangDEFAULT_MAX = 15 ;
//                MyXYPlot.yRangDEFAULT_MIN = 0 ;
//                MyXYPlot.yRangDEFAULT_MAX = 8 ;
//
//                MyXYPlot.rowONEDefualtColor = Color.BLACK;
//
//                MyXYPlot.open(  mr___t_vs_s, modes[mj]+" strength vs. tau", "tau", "strength", true);
//
//                FileWriter fw = new FileWriter( gp.pfad + "filtered2/all_selectionOfPairs_strength_gt_" + df.format( level ) +"_at_tau=0.dat" );
//                fw.write( sb.toString() );
//                fw.flush();
//                fw.close();
//            }

    }

    static TimeSeriesObject[] mr___t_vs_s = null;
    /** gut sind die wo tau=0 && signLevel > level .... */
    static Vector<NodePair> goodOnes = null;

//    static StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();

    static TimeSeriesObject histS_k_EQUAL_0 = null;
    static TimeSeriesObject histS_k_GT_0 = null;
    static TimeSeriesObject histS_k_ALL = null;

    static double level = 3;

    static int z = 0;
    int zz = 0;
    public static void processNodePair( NodePair p1, int mj, int i) {

        z++;
        double s1 = p1.signLevel;
        double t1 = p1.k;

                    if ( p1.signLevel > level   ) {
//        if ( p1.signLevel > level && p1.k == 0  ) {
            mr___t_vs_s[i].addValuePair(t1,s1);
            goodOnes.add(p1);
            // sb.append( p1.pageIDA + "\t" + p1.pageIDB +"\n");

        }

        // in Blatt 13
        if ( p1.k == 0 ) {
            histS_k_EQUAL_0.addValue(s1);
            zaehler1.addData( s1 );
        }
        if ( p1.k != 0  ) {
            histS_k_GT_0.addValue(s1);
            zaehler2.addData( s1 );
        }
        histS_k_ALL.addValue(s1);
        if ( z > 100000 ) {
            System.out.print(".");
            z=0;
        }
    }

}

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Q: Android Gridview changing the selected item position I have list of items in gridview. On selecting item, position of the selected item should change to 0. Every time i choose item , it should move to first position.
How can i do this?
got it
 temp = mFilteredBrandsList.get(position);
 mFilteredBrandsList.remove(position);
 mFilteredBrandsList.add(0, temp);
 notifyDataSetChanged();

A: Try this inside your onItemClickListener.
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View v, int position, long id) {
    //assuming your grid is a list of string elements
    String item= (String)parent.getItemAtPosition(position);
    mList.remove(position);
    mList.add(0,item);
    notifyDataSetChanged();
}

Assuming mList is the main list consisting of elements inflated in grid's row.
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Speaking of programming, I'm around three-fourths of the way through an Android app-development class, and we've just started on our first real project. I decided that I might as well try to convert my cryptography program to a mobile app, hopefully making it actually work in the process. As I write this, it occurs to me that this will be the first time I've worked on that program in, well, the better part of a year. Funny how the past all catches up with you at once, isn't it?
Let's see... I haven't played any on my piano since the end of last school year. I'm researching prenatal genetic screening and human genetic engineering for an "issue exploration project" in my concurrent English class. Thank goodness the course is only a semester long. I'm also taking AP Physics and Network+ this year, although I'm stuck in a test about routing protocols in the latter.
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5 What are the risk factors?
6 What types of treatment are available?
What is Apraxia of Speech (AOS)?
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A person with AOS may not usually exhibit any problems with eating and swallowing.
Your doctor may refer you to a speech therapist for further detailed assessment when signs of speech problems are observed. The speech therapist will determine the nature and severity of any speech difficulties. He/she may ask the person to carry out volitional or spontaneous speech tasks, such as counting, saying words and non-speech tasks, such as, blowing, tongue rotation movement.
Treatment depends on the cause, type, and severity of the symptoms. The speech therapist may use various therapy methods specially tailored for the person with AOS, which focuses on his/her strengths and weaknesses.
In severe cases, learning to use alternative communication methods (e.g. simple gestures, alphabet boards, or electronic or computer-based equipment).
As stroke is one of the main risk factors for developing AOS, taking steps to prevent a stroke will in turn help reduce the risk of develping AOS.
If you are diagnosed with AOS, it is important to do exercises or carry out the strategies that are given by your speech therapist regularly in order to see improvement in speech production.


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Construction sites are a 'death trap'
The site where Tshiamo Hleza died
The residents of Hammanskraal extension 10, north of Pretoria — where a young boy drowned after falling into a trench that was left open by a construction company — fear that many more deaths and accidents may occur because of the firm's alleged negligence.
Nine-year-old Tshiamo Hleza died last week after falling and drowning in a 3m-deep hole that had been left open by Khato Civils. The City of Tshwane appointed the construction company to install bulk water, sewer services and internal water reticulation in the shack settlement. The boy slipped and fell into the trench after a weekend of heavy rains.
When the Mail & Guardian visited the area this week, residents spoke of their fear of another tragic incident; even though the trenches had been closed after Tshiamo drowned, the site had become a "death trap" mainly because of the rainy season.
But this is not the first time Khato Civils has been linked to the death of a child on its construction sites.
Last year in Giyani, Limpopo, six-year-old Nsuku Mhlongo died after drowning in a trench that had been dug by Khato Civils. The construction company was contracted to provide the infrastructure for water to more than 50 villages in Giyani.
Khato's chief executive, Mongezi Mnyani, told the M&G last year that the construction company donated R50 000 to the Mhlongo family and assisted with the funeral. However, Mnyani told the M&G this week that Khato Civils was not responsible for the Giyani incident. He said when Nsuku died, the company was no longer on site and, when it left, all security measures were in place.
The M&G sent questions to Lepelle Northern Water, which was the implementing agent in the Giyani water project, about who was held liable for Nsuku's death but the company did not respond to questions.
In the case of Hammanskraal, Mnyani disputed the residents' version that the trenches were covered only on the day Tshiamo died. He said all manholes and open trenches were closed.
However, in the same breath, Mnyani said the site construction manager was found to have been negligent and had failed to ensure that the site was well secured, even though he had been asked to do so on three occasions. "Our company has completed its preliminary investigations and we have found that the construction manager failed to secure the safety of the site, despite having been instructed to do so. The company has suspended the site construction manager and he was charged with gross negligence and gross dishonesty," Mnyani said.
He said the hearing was concluded on Wednesday and the company awaits a full report from the independent chair of the disciplinary proceedings.
There appears to be an ongoing trend of negligence at construction sites. On the weekend before the death of Tshiamo, again in Hammanskraal, three boys also died after falling into a trench in a stormwater drainage construction site.
The M&G contacted Vea Road Maintenance and Civils this week, the company responsible for the construction site. One of the company's directors, Marno Nel, said he could not comment and referred the questions to the site manager, Zama Kokela, who could not be reached.
The City of Tshwane also failed to respond to questions on whether any legal action has been taken against the construction companies as mayor Randall Williams had indicated, and whether the city had conducted its own investigation into the incident of the four boys who died in Hammanskraal at construction sites.
Regulations are unambiguous on the safety precautions that must be adhered to on construction sites.
Where excavation is concerned, a contractor must take reasonable and sufficient steps to prevent any person from being buried or trapped by a fall or material being dislodged. For instance, if a structure or a road is affected by the excavation or is close to a public area (as in the case of Hammanskraal extension 10), the contractor must erect a barrier or fence of at least 1m in height. Visible boundary indicators must also be erected when visibility is poor.
Water pipes left on the side of the road.
According to the regulations, any person who does not comply is guilty of an offence and can be sentenced to pay a fine or be jailed for a year.
The acting spokesperson for the department of labour, Musa Zondi, said it was aware that children died last week on construction sites in Hammanskraal. The department was investigating the incidents and a dossier would be given to the National Prosecuting Authority to decide whether to prosecute.
Meanwhile, in Hammanskraal, people living near where Tshiamo died still have mounds of soil in front of their doorsteps.
Those who spoke to the M&G said that Khato Civils had not erected any construction safety nets around the trenches the company had dug until after Tshiamo's death.
Mothers spoke of living in constant panic. "I have a small child, and when I could not see her for a second I would frantically search because I was scared that she might have fallen in one of the holes," said a woman who did not want to be named.
The young mother told the M&G that there was an uncovered hole right behind her shack. and that she couldn't let her children out of her sight.
But, even with the holes now covered, the residents are still concerned, because the heaps of soil left everywhere by the construction are causing mudslides, and access to some yards and streets is near impossible on foot or by car.
"The other day, I witnessed a lady who was stuck in the mud, up to her knees. People had to help out. Imagine when it starts raining hard — it means we will be trapped in our homes," said Stanley Mmekwa.
"It is December now: the construction company is going to close for the holidays and leave us with this mess. People will not be able to have their families come over for Christmas because no car can drive in here. What happens when a person gets trapped in the mud at night, and there is no one to help pull them out? That person will die. All of this is nonsense and frustrating."
Hammanskraal extension 10 residents Richard Mashele and Stanley Mmekwa, who are concerned about the mess in their neighbourhood. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
Other residents said trenches had been dug next to their shacks and when it rained water came into their homes.
"I am even scared to sleep at night, because I might wake up with my shack having been swept off by water," said Richard Mashele.
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THE CHEAPEST DAY TO BUY FLIGHTS?
Is there such a thing? Whether you're going on a vacation, visiting family across the country, or on a business trip - you want the best deal on your flight ticket. You'll spend countless hours on Google trying to find the answer. The internet is ripe with responses and eager to help with all sorts of tips, advice, and travel hacks. They will tell you that you should purchase your ticket six weeks prior or some variation of the same response.
Are there Cheapest Days to Buy Flights?
Discount Airline WOW air once offered $99 one way flights from New York's JFK to popular cities in Europe like Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, London, and Copenhagen! Deals like these are very basic. You'll have to pay for checked-in luggage and other comforts like meals. There is probably a long layover, but there are ways to take advantage of these situations.
If you happen to miss the deals on Cyber Monday or Black Friday, you can purchase cheap flights during Tuesdays. There's a reason why it has earned the "Travel Tuesday" moniker. This is because airlines announce their deals on Monday nights, and by Tuesday at noon, the other airlines are scrambling to match or offer a better deal. The only issue is that your Tuesday noon might differ than my Tuesday noon depending on the time zones.
You can see on the graph above that prices dip for flights during these days.
I use either the Skyscanner app or their website to find the cheapest deals on flights. I have written about this the Skyscanner app on my roundup: The Best Apps to Find Cheap Flights. On the Skyscanner website, you can find special deals from airlines on the Skyscanner pages. Just mark your calendar or set up an alert on the Skyscanner app to remind you to visit Skyscanner on Black Friday or Cyber Monday to search for your favorite destinations. You can even use their "Everywhere Search" feature which allows you to find the lowest prices on flights in every destination around the globe.
TripADeal is the new kid on the block and it offers great discounts on these days as well. TripADeal is also an Online Travel agency on top of being a booking site. It's also got easy to use interface to help you get the best deals on flights.
A flight with a very long stopover is cheaper than a regular ticket. People don't buy into these deals because they don't want to be stuck in an airport with nothing to do. That's not the case! It's a good way to notch another country under your belt if you do it right. Think of it as an extra reward.
You can use this time to check out the country at little to no cost to you. For example, I bought a cheap flight to Belize for $500 offseason, and it had a 10-hour layover in El Salvador. My then girlfriend and I decided to check out San Salvador city. It wasn't that far from the airport, and purchasing an 8-day visa was all we needed to see the city. Let me tell you; some dangerous things are going on in that city that are too lengthy to say here. Suffice it to say; I've gained some insights from that layover that will influence my future travel plans or not to El Salvador. I wouldn't have gotten that experience had I not had a long layover from a flight.
Flying out on a weekday is typically cheaper than flying out on the weekends. What time you fly out also plays a factor on the airfare prices, so the more flexible you are about timing, the better your chances of finding a cheap flight. If you're using Skyscanner, there is a nifty feature to see the different airfare by adjusting the date you fly out and the return date. You can see all the prices in real time as you add or subtract a day or two.
Nobody wants to get up very early or go to the airport very late. Early and very late flights are on an awkward schedule and are cheaper on average than flights on regular hours. I always think of it as a way to skip a day on hotels and accommodation. If I can sleep on the plane or a train journey, I save money by not having to stay a hotel for that duration. Red-eye flights are cheap because it's inconvenient, but you can turn this into an advantage if you plan carefully.
Flight alerts are by far one of the best tools for the budget conscious traveler. You can have your favorite travel app to set an email alert whenever it finds a deal to destinations and price point you specify. Again, Skyscanner is very good at this. You can set up the price alert on the app to track the price of a specific flight.
When and if the price changes, the app will notify you by push notification or via email. If you are flexible about your destination, you can set up multiple alerts to help you land a cheap flight to a destination of your choice. Using this method, I was able to find a very cheap trip to Bucharest and had a great adventure all around Romania!
Go to the Skyscanner homepage or open the Skyscanner app on your phone.
Search for the flight route and dates you want to track.
Click the bell icon on the website located in the top-left or the bottom-left on the app.
Click 'Create,' and that's it! You will soon get notifications of any price changes.
How about Rio de Janeiro?
Most cheap budget airlines don't include checked-in baggage on their price. These are often hefty fees that would almost certainly negate the initial affordable price of the ticket. Make you sure you read the fine print as to what's included or not on the cost of the ticket. If you are a minimalistic traveler and can do with only carry-on luggage then maybe you don't care about the baggage fees. However, if you're in need of extra baggage, you might want to look elsewhere and compare the prices with other airlines offering a free checked in baggage.
There's a high chance that you will find the best flight deal on Special Offer days - The day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday), and subsequently the Monday after that (Cyber Monday). Airline companies are offering all kinds of extravaganza when consumers know that retailers are slashing their prices. The Skyscanner app or website makes it very easy to track or find these deals so you can be on your way to your next bucket list destination!
Armed with all this knowledge, you should now have the tools necessary to land you that cheap flight to your dream destination.
HAVE YOU FOUND CHEAP FLIGHTS ON BLACK FRIDAY?
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Skyscanner. All opinions are my own.
Wow.. Thanks for your post. This is really helpful. If I buy both up and down ticket from Bangladesh can I save my money ???
Yeah, another trick to change the currency where you are buying from - I once saved $50 from a airfare by just changing my location and currency using vpn.
Ahhhh what a great read! Thanks @adonisabril. When is Cyber Monday and Travel Tuesday?
Great post! You're right about avoiding the weekends. Airlines are typically less full on Tuesday and Wednesday, so there are usually some great travel deals available to mid-week travelers. More research is always better when searching for a flight. The good deals are out there, don't settle for the first price you see.
Yes, being Johnny on the spot with travel deals is always the way to go!
Thanks for the complete helpful information.
Oh my god. I just bumped on your post and now I can't stop. I hope soon... Soon, I can travel just like what you did.


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Tuning studio Speedkore from Wisconsin has prepared Evolution Musclecar for the SEMA show, which looks like a 1970 Dodge Charger. The car is built around an individually designed frame with carbon fiber body panels and is equipped with a compressor engine from the extreme Challenger SRT Demon.
Employees of Speedkore designed a custom chassis for a car on a steel ladder-type frame with an aluminum floor. Body panels are predominantly made of carbon fiber, some of which were machined from solid aluminum blanks. The torsional rigidity of the body was increased due to the integrated safety cage.
Under the hood, Evolution installed a 6.2-liter V8 engine with a driven supercharger, replacing it with a drive pulley, fuel injectors and providing a lubrication system with a dry crankcase, and special intake and exhaust manifolds. After the modifications, the recoil of the engine, coupled with the six-speed manual transmission of the Tremec T-56, increased from 850 to 979 horsepower.
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Those were the first words of encouragement I received from my Director of Copy when I was a cheery-faced new copywriter.
At the time, I didn't really understand that he was talking about 'tone of voice' and it took me many more years of practice to get the right voice into my copywriting.
What I have come to understand about my Director's insight – that no one comments when you're doing it right – is that a good copywriter uses the right tone of voice and says all the right things, so that the 'conclusion' in the mind of the reader is so obviously correct, that there is nothing to say.
When I'm writing for a client for the first time, I ask them about the tone of voice of the writing. This establishes the language, manner, and 'sound' of the voice we all hear in our heads when we read the copy.
It's something I alluded to in Stop Yo Jibba Jabba! The Mr. T Guide to Tone of Voice in Copywriting. If you don't write the words in a way so that the reader 'hears' Mr T speaking, you're not getting right the tone of voice.
Everyone can write to some degree, and many businesses will try to do the copywriting themselves instead of getting the services of a copywriter.
But most people write the way they think it should sound.
They are all using the 'advertising voice' not a specific voice for the brand.
There is nothing in this writing that is genuine, interesting or human. It is boring. But it's easy to do.
Begin by asking yourself who you should hear when you read the words. If you are copywriter, ask your client who they want to hear.
Listen to clips from that personality, if he or she exists. Write a list of the words and phrases that personality uses. If it's an archetype you're going for (e.g. friendly neighbour), then imagine the kinds of phrases that person might use and make your list.
Once, I had a client tell me that the voice she wanted to hear was her granddad's. He had passed away, so I asked her to tell me stories of granddad and quizzed her about the things he used to say. That way, I built up a picture of the man and had some of the language he used. This helped me create the right tone for the words, so that when my client read the copy, she heard her granddad.
I encourage you to practice using a different voice as a copywriter – be Mr T, just for fun – and write your copy from another person's perspective. I guarantee you'll have more fun with the copywriting, and your customers might just like it too.


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Botanical Name ;Simmondsia chinensis
Family :Simmondsiaceae – Jojoba family
Genus : Simmondsia Nutt. – goatnut
Species: Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K. Schneid. – jojoba
Kingdom :Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom :Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class:Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Euphorbiales
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K. Schneid.
BUCH Buxus chinensis Link
SICA14 Simmondsia californica Nutt.
Common Names: Jajoba, goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bush.(The name "jojoba" originated with the O'odham people of the Sonoran Desert in the southwestern United States, who treated burns with an antioxidant salve made from a paste of the jojoba nut)
Habitat : Jajoba is native to areas of northern Mexico, Lower California, on the Islands off the coast of California, New Mexico, and Arizona. It inhabits the mountains bordering the Salton Sea basin in the Colorado Desert in California, and the southern portion of San Diego County. In Arizona, it is found in the mountains around Tucson, near Phoenix, and north of Yuma. In nature, it grows between 600 and 1500 m elevation in the desert, down to sea level near the coast, between latitudes 25° and 31° N. There is a major effort underway in the U.S., Mexico, and Israel to domesticate jojoba. There are reports that it has been planted in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Egypt, Haiti, Israel, Paraguay, Rhodesia, the Sahel, and South Africa for example. The Israeli examples are bearing fruit. We are anxious to hear more success stories. There seems to be no major difficulty in growing the plant in frost free, arid, subtropical, and tropical zones, but not many success stories have materialized.
Ranging from Warm Temperate Desert (with little or no frost) to Thorn through Tropical Desert Forest Life Zones, jojoba is reported to tolerate annual precipitation of 2 to 11 dm, annual temperature of 16 to 26°C, and pH of 7.3 to 8.2 (Duke, 1978). Jojoba is usually restricted to well-drained, coarse, well-aerated desert soils that are neutral to alkaline, with an abundance of phosphorus. It grows best where the annual rainfall exceeds 30 cm, but does exist where less than 12.5 cm occurs. Where rainfall is ca 75 mm, the jojoba grows to ca 1 m tall, where rainfall is 250–400 mm, it may attain 5 m. It tolerates full sun and temperatures ranging from 0° to 47°C. Mature shrubs tolerate temperatures as low as -10°C, but seedlings are sensitive to light frosts just below freezing.
Jajoba grows to 1–2 metres (3.3–6.6 ft) tall, with a broad, dense crown. The leaves are opposite, oval in shape, 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.6 in) long and 1.5–3 centimetres (0.59–1.2 in) broad, thick waxy glaucous gray-green in color. The flowers are small, greenish-yellow, with 5–6 sepals and no petals.
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Each plant is single-sex, either male or female, with hermaphrodites being extremely rare. The fruit is an acorn-shaped ovoid, three-angled capsule 1–2 centimetres (0.39–0.79 in) long, partly enclosed at the base by the sepals. The mature seed is a hard oval, dark brown in color and contains an oil (liquid wax) content of approximately 54%. An average-size bush produces 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of pollen, to which few humans are allergic.
Jajoba foliage provides year-round food opportunity for many animals, including deer, javelina, bighorn sheep, and livestock. The nuts are eaten by squirrels, rabbits, other rodents, and larger birds. Only Bailey's Pocket Mouse, however, is known to be able to digest the wax found inside the jojoba nut.
In large quantities, the seed meal is toxic to many mammals, and the indigestible wax acts as a laxative in humans. The Seri, who utilize nearly every edible plant in their territory, do not regard the beans as real food and in the past ate it only in emergencies.
Despite its scientific name Simmondsia chinensis, Jojoba does not originate in China; the botanist Johann Link, originally named the species Buxus chinensis, after misreading Nuttall's collection label "Calif" as "China".
Jojoba was briefly renamed Simmondsia californica, but priority rules require that the original specific epithet be used. The common name should also not be confused with the similar-sounding Jujube (Ziziphus zizyphus), an unrelated plant
Jojoba seeds retain nearly 99% germinability after 6 months, and 38% after 11 years stored in an open shed. Germination is good in alkaline sands at temperatures of 27°–38°C. Seedlings are frost sensitive. Field seeding can be done with a modified cotton planter. Seedlings need two or three irrigations during the first summer and must be protected from animals. Weeding is recommended after each irrigation. Adventitious roots may form on 50–80% of the cuttings treated with growth promoting substances. Plants could start producing seeds in 5 years, but full production would not be attained for 8 to 10 years. Using a 2 x 4 m spacing in planting would permit the planting of about 500 female and 50 male pollinating plants per hectare. Apomictic plants are known, lessening the need for male non-fruiting plants in the orchard. Suggested methods for planting include: Close spacing, ca 15 cm apart, resulting in hedge rows, with the seeds planted in flat borders or in a slightly depressed ditch so as to keep them moist until they germinate (ca 10–14 days). Male plants should be thinned out to about a 5–1 ratio, finally allowing about 2,500 plants per hectare, with possible annual yields of 2.5 MT/ha seed. Propagation by cuttings from selected shrubs could increase seed and/or oil yields. Generally flowering nodes and leaf nodes alternate, but some plants flower at nearly all nodes; some plants produce more than one flower per node. Transplanted seedlings survive readily, if the roots are pruned. Hence, cuttings could be made in a nursery for later transplanting in the field. The more efficient spacing for this method of planting is in rows 4 m apart, and the bushes in the rows 2 m apart. Male bushes should be interspersed throughout the grove (about 1,500 female and 250 male plants per hectare), possibly yielding ca 2.75 MT/ha seed. When softwood cuttings were treated with IBA, 4 mg/g of talc, they rooted 100% in 38 days.
Chemical constituents:
The seed contains liquid wax rather than oil, sort of unusual for the conventional analyses. Verbiscar and Banigan (1978) approximated a proximate analysis, some of which follows: per 100 g, the seed is reported to contain 4.3–4.6 g H2O, 14.9–15.1 g protein, 50.2–53.8 g fat, 24.6–29.1 g total carbohydrate, 3.5–4.2 g fiber, and 1.4–1.6 g ash. Seeds contain 2.25–2.34%, seed hulls, 0.19%. Core wood, 0.45; leaves, 0.19–0.23%; twigs, 0.63–0.75%; an inflorescence, 0.22%; simmondsin, a demonstrated appetite depressant, toxicant. Three related cyanomethylenecyclohexyl glucosides have also been isolated from the seed meal. The acute oral LD50 for crude jojoba oil to male albino rats is higher than 21.5 ml/kg body weight. Strains of Lactobacillus acidophilus can ameliorate this toxicity. The amino acid composition of deoiled jojoba seed meal is 1.05–1.11% lysine, 0.49% histidine, 1.6–1.8% arginine, 2.2–3.1% aspartic acid, 1.1–1.2% threonine, 1.0–1.1% serine, 2.4–2.8% glutamic acid, 1.0–1.1% proline, 1.4–1.5% glycine, 0.8–1.0% alanine, 1.1–1.2% valine, 0.2% methionine, 0.8–0.9% isoleucine, 1.5–1.6% leucine, 1.0% tyrosine, 0.9–1.1% phenyalanine, 0.5–0.8% cystine and cysteine, and 0.5–0.6% tryptophane. Detailed analyses of the wax esters, free alcohols, free acids, are reported in NAS (1975). Per 100 g jojoba meal, there is 1.4 g lysine, 0.6 g histidine, 1.9 g arginine, 2.6 aspartic acid, 1.3 threonine, 1.3 serine, 3.2 glutamic acid, 1.5 proline, 2.4 glycine, 1.1 alanine, 0.6 cystine, 1.5 valine, 0.1 methionine, 0.9 isoleucine, 1.8 leucine, 1.1 tyrosine, and 1.2 g phenylalanine. The two major flavonoid constituents of the leaves are isorhamnetin 3-rutinoside (narcissin) and isorhamnetin 3,7-dirhamnoside.
Edible Uses:
Seeds were said to be palatable and were eaten raw or parched by Indians. Recent studies suggest they are toxic. They may also be boiled to make a well-flavored drink similar to coffee, hence the name coffeberry.
Medicinal Uses:
Folk Medicine
This shrub is first mentioned in the literature by the Mexican historian Francisco J. Clavijero in 1789, who noted that the Indians of Baja California highly prized the fruit for food and the oil as a medicine for cancer and kidney disorders. Indians in Mexico use the oil as a hair restorer. According to Hartwell (1967–1971), the oil was used in folk remedies for cancer. Reported to be emetic, jojoba is a folk remedy for cancer, colds, dysuria, eyes, head, obesity, parturition, poison ivy, sores, sorethroat, warts, and wounds. Seri Indians applied jojoba to head sores and aching eyes. They drank jojoba-ade for colds and to facilitate parturition.
The leaves are good tea for chronic mucus-membrane inflammation, ranging from chronic colitis,vagnitis and hemorrhoids to stomach and esophageal ulcers.In Mxico it has been widly used as a floke medicine for asthma and emphysema, but it is a more matter of adding the injured pulmonary membranes than addressing any underline causes.A tea for the seeds will decrease inflamation in phryngitis,tonsillitis and various types sore throat.Two to three ounces of the infusion drunk every several hours decreas the irretability of bladder and urithra membranes and painful urination.
Other uses:
Simmondsia is unique among plants in that its seeds contain an oil which is a liquid wax. Oil of Simmondsia is obtained by expression or solvent extraction. It is light yellow, unsaturated, of unusual stability, remarkably pure, and need not be refined for use as a transformer oil or as a lubricant for high-speed machinery or machines operating at high temperatures. The oil does not become rancid, is not damaged by repeated heating to temperatures over 295°C or by heating to 370°C for four days; the color is dispelled by heating for a short time at 285°C, does not change in viscosity appreciably at high temperatures, and requires little refining to obtain maximum purity. Since Simmondsia Oil resembles sperm whale oil both in composition and properties, it should serve as a replacement for the applications of that oil. The CMR (Nov. 28, 1983) reports that a new oil from the fish known as orange roughy is "attempting to make inroads on the jojoba and sperm whale markets." Jojoba oil can be easily hydrogenated into a hard white wax, with a melting point of about 73°–74°C, and is second in hardness only to carnauba wax. The oil is a potential source of both saturated and unsaturated long-chain fatty acids and alcohols. It is also suitable for sulfurization to produce lubricating oil and a rubber-like material (factice) suitable for use in printing ink and linoleum. The residual meal from expression or extraction contains 30–35% protein and is acceptable as a livestock food.It is an important browse plant in California and Arizona, the foliage and young twigs being relished by cattle, goats and deer, hence the name goatnut.
The information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.
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Wish Tree: Artist Talk by Anna Marie Rockwell
Wed, May 23, 2018, 05:00 PM – 06:00 PM
Image from "Shared Sacred Sites" Wish Tree project by Anna Marie Rockwell.
About the artist talk
Join us in the James Gallery on Wednesday, May 23 at 5pm for a talk by artist Anna Marie Rockwell about her site-specific installation Wish Tree. This sculpture was commissioned specifically for the exhibition "Shared Sacred Sites," and visitors are invited to wish upon it and adorn it with objects.
This exhibition is part of a collaboration with New York Public Library and the Morgan Library & Museum on a series of simultaneous exhibitions, titled "Shared Sacred Sites." The displays at each institution will highlight historic material representing holy places and holy figures of mutual significance to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The exhibitions are curated by Karen Barkey, the Haas Distinguished Chair of Religious Diversity and Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley, Dionigi Albera, Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research, and Manoël Pénicaud Anthropologist at the French National Center for Scientific Research.
Co-sponsored by the New York Public Library, the Morgan Library and Museum, and the Graduate Center, CUNY.
Anna Marie Rockwell
Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 09:00 AM – 05:30 PM
Shared Sacred Sites Symposium: Perspectives on Pluralism from the Mediterranean to the United States
Tue, Mar 27, 2018 – Sat, Jun 30, 2018,
Shared Sacred Sites


A visit from a University of Iowa Genetics Club member to 23andMe.
23andMe intern Luis Nunez's serious soccer injury pushed him to embrace genetics education and learn about how his genetics and lifestyle affects his overall health.
Useful tips for how undergraduates can become more involved in genetics and academic research.


Don and Lois started Krzysiak's House Restaurant in 1979 when they purchased a local Tavern known as Big Dan's Bar. They had a dream of opening a restaurant which served home cooked food with a European flair at a reasonable price. Today, their dream is being fulfilled as Krzysiak's House Restaurant has become one of the most famous in the area. Travelers from foreign countries and places all over the United States visit often.
The restaurant began operating with only five employees. At present that number has grown to more than seventy, with some of the original still with Krzysiak's House today. The building itself has been expanded five times to handle the demand for more seating. The restaurant commonly serves from 700 to 900 customers per day.
The success can be attributed to a friendly atmosphere which is reflected in the name itself, Krzysiak's "House" Restaurant, a caring staff that makes everyone feel at home, and their specialty, "Authentic Polish Cuisine" at a reasonable price. All of the food served at Krzysiak's House Restaurant is home made.
Their famous homemade sausage and noodles are distributed from Michigan all the way down to Kentucky by Gordon Food Service. Aside from their sausage and noodles, Krzysiak's House Restaurant is noted for many other homemade specialties: Breads, Soups and Candies!!! Other items of interest are the hand painted murals done by local artists. Each mural has a special significance. The Northeast wall depicts family members, grandparents, mother and father, sons and daughter. The center of the wall captures the construction process during the restaurant's evolution, while the Northeast wall features employees who were present during that period.
The Cathedral walls reflect pictures that were taken during Don's trip to the motherland, Poland. People from near, far and abroad visit Krzysiak's House Restaurant just to photograph or videotape all of the beautiful works of art. Don and Lois hope that everyone who visits will enjoy the atmosphere of the restaurant as much as they do and will leave feeling like family.
Don and Lois's dream is answered by son, Donald II who is now helping Don and Lois to carry on the tradition of home cooked food at reasonable prices. Enjoy!!!


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Career developmentLearning & development
Learning to be passionate about your work
by Janine Milne 18 Sep 2007
Can passion be learned? One training guru thinks so. Highly successful people tend to have one thing in common: they are passionate about what they do. Would, for example, foul-mouthed über-chef Gordon Ramsey have achieved fame and fortune without being passionate about cooking, food and swearing? Now just imagine what your business could achieve if even just one-quarter of your workforce were as passionate about what they did. Recognising the potential power of passion in business, training company Illumine has launched a course, PassionWorks, to help companies and individuals uncover what fires enthusiasm. It is based on research by David Jones, a trainer at Canadian firm Passionworks, who set out to understand the nature of passion in the workplace and determine the factors that could positively or adversely affect it. "Passion is a strong emotion that happens within each of us when we are doing meaningful work that makes us feel better about ourselves at a pace that feels like real progress," he says. Jones came up with this definition after interviewing more than 200 people identified by their co-workers as being passionate about their job. Interviewees came from a range of occupations – scientists, artists, bakers and accountants. Some were bosses, some were near the bottom of the organisation ages ranged from 20-somethings to people nearingretirement, and while some had larger-than-life personalities, others were quiet and subdued. But a pattern emerged, and Jones says this enabled him to create a simple equation: passion = meaning x progress. Passion killers To feel passion at work, we need to believe in what we're doing and feel that our actions are getting us somewhere. There are many passion killers. You could be working for a charity, but if you don't feel your efforts are reaching your personal or organisational goals, then your passion will be quickly smothered. Someaning is high, but progress is poor. "People need to be able to see they are making progress on things that have meaning for them," says Ilumine managing director Clive Lewis. Equally, you may be working hard and making progress, but if you don't believe in what you are doing, then your passion is likely to be low. You're simply going through the motions with the result that progress is high, but meaning is poor. Persona
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.. _node-index:

Node
====
It is important to note that creation of a Node class will not immediately take
affect on the dyn.tm System unless it is created via a :class:`Zone` instance.
While creating :class:`Node`'s via a  :class:`Zone` you are required to place
either a :class:`DNSRecord` or a service on that :class:`Node` which allows
it to be created. To clerify, because :class:`Node`'s may not exist without
either a record or service ``node = Node('zone.com', 'fqdn.zone.com.')`` will
not actually create anything on the Dyn side until you add a record or service,
whereas ``rec = zone.add_record('fqnd', 'A', '127.0.0.1')`` will create a new
:class:`Node` named 'fqdn' with an :class:`ARecord` attached.

.. autoclass:: dyn.tm.zones.Node
    :members:
    :undoc-members:

Node Examples
-------------
The following examples highlight how to use the :class:`Node` class to
get/create :class:`Zone`'s on the dyn.tm System and how to edit these objects
from within a Python script.

Creating a new Node
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following example shows how to create a new :class:`Node` on the dyn.tm
System and how to edit some of the fields using the returned :class:`Node`
object. The easiest way to manipulate :class:`Node` objects is via a
:class:`Zone` object. This example will show how to create new :class:`Node`
objects both by using a :class:`Zone` as a proxy, and by creating a
:class:`Node` as a standalone object.
::

    >>> from dyn.tm.zones import Zone
    >>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
    >>> new_zone = Zone('myzone.com', 'me@email.com')
    >>> new_zone.add_record('NewNode', 'A', '127.0.0.1')
    <ARecord>: 127.0.0.1
    >>> node = new_zone.get_node('NewNode')
    >>> node.add_record('A', '127.0.1.1')
    <ARecord>: 127.0.1.1
    >>> node.get_any_records()
    {u'a_records': [<ARecord>: 127.0.0.1, <ARecord>: 127.0.1.1]}

::

    >>> from dyn.tm.zones import Node
    >>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
    >>> # Assuming the :class:`Zone` from the above example still exists
    >>> new_node = Node('myzone.com', 'NewNode.myzone.com')
    >>> new_node.get_any_records()
    {u'a_records': [<ARecord>: 127.0.0.1, <ARecord>: 127.0.1.1]}

Getting an Existing Node
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following example shows how to get an existing :class:`Node` from the
dyn.tm System. Similarly to the above examples the easiest way to manipulate
existing :class:`Node` objects is via a :class:`Zone` object.
::

    >>> from dyn.tm.zones import Zone
    >>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
    >>> new_zone = Zone('myzone.com', 'me@email.com')
    >>> new_zone.add_record('NewNode', 'A', '127.0.0.1')
    >>> node = new_zone.get_node('NewNode')
    >>> node.get_any_records()
    {u'a_records': ['127.0.0.1'], ...}

::

    >>> from dyn.tm.zones import Node
    >>> # Create a dyn.tmSession
    >>> # Assuming the :class:`Zone` from the above example still exists
    >>> new_node = Node('myzone.com', 'NewNode.myzone.com')
    >>> new_node.get_any_records()
    {u'a_records': ['127.0.0.1'], ...}


Hey Im a new PCX2 usar. I downloaded the latest version and have watched a bunch of Youtube videos on how to upgrade my speed but they are not working.
I checked the compatibility page and it says fully playable.
2.2 ghz is weak, unfortunately.
you will need more CPU power.
You will need to use a (Software) renderer in GSdx for that game for now, and unfortunatelly with your CPU it will be too slow to be playable then.
how does one find their GPU? is that graphics card?
Not really. It'll always be a weak laptop for gaming in general, especially with PCSX2. Stick to low resolutions and don't expect too much from your GPU.


An abnormal structure in a cell nucleus or cytoplasm having characteristic staining properties and usually composed of protein, occurring primarily in infectious diseases, especially viral infections such as rabies.
A generic term for a circumscribed mass of intracellular or intranuclear material, which is often "foreign" to the cell or nucleus.
Metal (e.g., lead, mercury); viral particles (e.g., herpes, CMV); metabolically inactive materials (e.g., ceroid, Mallory bodies).
a body present in the nuclei or cytoplasm of cells infected by viruses or other intracellular parasites.
an insoluble protein aggregate that may form a crystalline structure inside host cells. An inclusion body may form as a result of overproduction of recombinant or normal protein in an overexpression system (see GENE EXPRESSION).
round, oval or irregular-shaped bodies in the cytoplasm and nucleus of cells, as in diseases due to viral infection, such as rabies, inclusion body rhinitis. May be acid-fast as in lead poisoning. See also bollinger bodies, borrel bodies, elementary body (1), guarnieri bodies, joest bodies, Negri body, paschen bodies and type A, type B inclusion bodies (below).
caused by a herpesvirus, the clinical signs include weakness, anorexia, diarrhea and a mortality rate of 100%. There is a profound leukopenia.
a disease of young chickens caused by an adenovirus and characterized by jaundice and anemia. The mortality rate is about 25%. Called also chicken hemorrhagic syndrome.
a disease of the upper respiratory tract of young pigs caused by a cytomegalovirus. Clinically there is paroxysmal sneezing, a serous, ocular and nasal discharge, and a benign course. It may be a precursor to atrophic rhinitis.
thought due to a virus; observed in many boid snakes; characterized by heavy mortality after signs of CNS disease; inclusion bodies in most tissues, especially brain.
found in chromatically disrupted nuclei with margination of the chromatin fragments and the inclusion body is amorphous or granular and acid-staining; characteristic of cells infected with, for example, herpesvirus and adenovirus.
the nucleus is still well organized, there is no margination of chromatin and the inclusion bodies are well defined; seen in cells infected with, for example, distemper virus.


In his work, Koen Vanderstukken forever searches for the intrinsic differences between personal perception and reality, continuously investigating the duality between reality and appearances.
We cannot rely upon our emotions, nor upon our limiting rationality, but at the same time, we have no other choice but to rely upon both. This constant contradiction, with at it's core a positive scepticism and a distrust of human experiences, forces us to certain restraints.
As a result, Koen's work does not want to give any answers. It is unpretentious and inspires to question the appearance or reality of rationality and emotions. It investigates the reality of a virtual presence. It makes us stop and brings to our attention the ever growing complexity of our human existence, but even more so, the enormous depth and richness that is hidden within it.
Koen Vanderstukken is a renowned sculptor and educator. His work has been exhibited in major centres around the world, from Amsterdam, Paris, Prague and Venice to New York, Chicago and Montreal. He ran his own studio in Niel, Belgium from 1990 to 2006 and his works can be found in many museums and private collections, as well as significant public commissions. Koen has offered workshops and master classes in Europe and North America, in addition to teaching for ten years at the State Institute of Art and Crafts in Mechelen, Belgium. Since 2006 he's been a professor and the studio head of the glass department at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.


For STD Awareness Month, NCSD members, staff, and important partners headed to Capitol Hill for a Day of Action and a Congressional Briefing. Read the recap of those events below.
Last week NCSD kicked off STD Awareness Month by hosting members from different jurisdictions to lead the way in encouraging support for STD prevention programs. Over the two days, 10 NCSD members from 11 states took to the Hill for a Day of Action calling for STD prevention support, and educating Members of Congress and their staff about the STD epidemic happening in our country and why their help is critical.
Along with shoring-up support for STD prevention and educating congress, the Day of Action is meant to persuade members of congress into taking action. One of the ways we asked Senators to take action, was to sign onto NCSD's Dear Colleague letter, a letter that asks Senate Appropriators on Labor, Health and Human Services to provide additional funding to STD prevention programs. Each participant met with their jurisdiction's congressional offices for a jam-packed day of over 55 meetings with a laser focus on educating the key congressional offices responsible for determining national funding levels for STDs. At the end of each meeting, the congressional staffer or member was left with a better understanding of the STD epidemic in their jurisdiction, and was given options to offer support in the fight, by spreading awareness via social media, signing the Dear Colleague letter, and offering to support future legislation. As a result of the meetings with senators, many signed onto the Dear Colleague letter for a total of 18 signers – 7 more than last year!
NCSD hosted a Congressional Briefing and a Day of Action this week to educate Congress about the needs of the STD field. Above are some of our distinguished panel of experts who led the the Congressional Briefing.
NCSD's productive Day of Action was followed by engaging Congressional Briefing, STDs: A Rising Threat to Women, Children, and Families, on Wednesday. The goal of this meeting was to educate members of congress and their staff about the rising rates of congenital syphilis throughout the country and the serious health consequences it can have when untreated. Another purpose of the briefing was to explain how STDs and can cause infertility in women and men, and how women and children bear the biggest burden of the effects of STDs. To achieve these goals NCSD's expert panel was able to offer data and stories about what they have seen in their jurisdictions as doctors, disease intervention specialists, and public health officers. NCSD's Board Chair, Greta Anschuetz, American Public Health Association's (APHA) Executive Director Georges Benjamin and Carol Jimenez the Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives at the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) kicked off the briefing on a strong note, highlighting the two concurred about the desperate need for more resources in the STD field. Benjamin offered a glimpse into the second phase of the NAPA study and gave actions for consideration, such as increasing education and awareness, expanding funding and resources to match the scale of the epidemic, a change in the STD narrative by acknowledging that sexual health is an important dimension of overall health and wellness, and commitment from national leadership. Jimenez announced she is leading the federal STD plan and the work has already begun. Some key aspects the plan aims to address are stigma, discrimination, co-infections, and social determinants of health. Jimenez mentioned the federal steering committee working on the plan will be soliciting stakeholder and public input, so be on the look out for in-person and virtual listening sessions!
It is vital to tell the story of our members on Capitol Hill to put a name and a face to the workforce charged with fighting these epidemics.
The expert panel consisted of leaders in the STD field: Gail Bolan, MD, CDC, DSTDP; Marwan Haddad, MD, MPH, Weitzman Institute; Sonali Kulkarni, MD, Los Angeles County Department of Health; Katrina Miller, Southwest Washington Department of Health; and Ken Palermo, MM, Missouri Department of Health. Each speaker brought a unique perspective on the impact of STDs on the communities they serve. From Katrina Miller, who highlighted the front-line work of DIS in Washington, to Drs. Haddad and Kulkarni, who told the STD story from the clinician's experience, the true impact that the rise of STDs have on communities began to take shape for the 60+ attendees from congressional offices, federal agencies, and allied organizations. The briefing culminated in a robust question and answer section facilitated by NSCD's Board Member Michelle Allen.
Thank you to all who attended and to our members for the tireless work you do. Our field needs more resources to address STDs in the US and to shore-up some of the cracks that exist in our Nation's STD response. This few days on the Hill was an incredibly important step in that direction.


Thank you for your interest in Koontz Corporation. If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact us.
Our firm could not perform our mission statement without the hard work and dedication of our award winning workforce. Our company takes great pride in our employees, their abilities and loyalty, which is a significant factor in what sets our firm apart from our peer groups. We provide an environment in which employees have the opportunity for personal growth and career advancement. Koontz Corporation is an equal opportunity employer.


Additionally, service meshes enable us to re-route traffic and inject faulty responses or delays to verify our services' resiliency.
This article shows how container orchestration provides an abstraction over service instances and facilitates in replacing them with mock instances. On top of that, service meshes enable us to re-route traffic and inject faulty responses or delays to verify our services' resiliency.


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A bus driver for the Dave Matthews Band pleaded guilty March 9 to charges stemming from the dumping of 800 pounds of human waste from his vehicle's septic tank onto a sightseeing boat on the Chicago River.
Stefan Wohl was sentenced to 18 months probation and 150 hours of community service, said Tom Stanton, a spokesman for the Cook County state's attorney's office. Wohl also was fined the maximum $10,000, which will be paid to Friends of the Chicago River, a conservation group.
Wohl, 42, of Selma, Texas, was charged with reckless conduct and discharging contaminates to cause water pollution. He did not make a statement in court.
Authorities said that on August 8, when Wohl was alone in a bus used by band violinist Boyd Tinsley, he emptied the septic tank while driving across the open grating deck of the Kinzie Street bridge.
The human waste poured through the metal grates and onto the open deck of the Chicago's Little Lady tour boat, which was passing below with more than 100 people on board. Some passengers said they were soaked by it.
The boat immediately returned to its dock and was disinfected, and officials with the Chicago Architectural Foundation, which operates the tour, offered refunds.
When Wohl was charged in January, prosecutors said he had denied discharging waste on the bridge. Wohl's attorney, Mark Rotert, did not immediately return a call for comment after the court hearing.
Authorities said they used surveillance tapes from area buildings to zero in on the bus and consulted with engineers to determine the waste release was not an accident.
Prosecutors said the band cooperated in the investigation, flying Tinsley to Chicago to be interviewed by authorities and bringing the bus, one of a number used by the band, back for inspection.
Wohl is currently suspended without pay from his job with the group, said Dave Matthews Band spokesman John Vlautin.
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan has filed a civil lawsuit seeking $70,000 in damages against the band and driver alleging they violated state environmental laws. That case is ongoing, and the next court date is scheduled for next month, according to Madigan spokeswoman Melissa Merz.
Several passengers have also filed personal injury lawsuits.
Assistant State's Attorney Robert Egan said Wednesday that none of the boat's passengers contracted any illnesses from the waste.
Environmental officials said after the incident that most charter buses get rid of waste at licensed disposal sites. City officials have said they will step up inspections of tour buses restrooms and plumbing and increase fines for illegal dumping.


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SEC: N. Fulton man spent high-tech sub investors' $1.2M on cars, gifts
This 2009 photos shows a Russian nuclear submarine during sea trials near Arkhangelsk, Russia. Investors gave money to an Alpharetta man's fund for a high-tech submarine in 2015. He spent $1.2 million of that on cars, watches, student loans and gifts, the SEC says.
Local | Feb 14, 2018
By Mitchell Northam
A man from north Fulton County is being accused of fraud and bilking millions from investors who thought they were putting money towards the development of a high-performance submarine and national security business.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action Tuesday against Timothy S. Batchelor, 44, of Alpharetta. The civil lawsuit filed with the United States Northern District Court of Georgia accuses Batchelor of six counts of fraud. The SEC is demanding a jury trial.
The SEC's complaint accuses Batchelor of misusing $1.2 million in investments, which is about half of what he raised through an investment fund called Specter Ventures.
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Outlined in the complaint are examples of how Batchelor apparently spent that $1.2 million. The SEC says he spent $233,000 on new vehicles, used $225,000 to pay off student loans, paid $29,000 for classes at Georgetown University, gave $44,000 to his mom, gave $80,000 to his wife and spent $25,000 on luxury watches. He also withdrew $172,000 in cashier checks, the SEC says.
According to the SEC's complaint, Batchelor later tried to cover his tracks by "belatedly fabricating" a document to describe the unauthorized expenditures as a loan. The SEC also says that Batchelor was not registered with the SEC at any time he raised funds.
The SEC says Batchelor's fraud happened between October 2014 and November 2015. Specter Ventures Fund's status as a limited liability corporation in Georgia was terminated in March 2016.
Specter Ventures held military contracts, the SEC said, including one for a submarine.
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A year earlier, on March 2, 2015, Specter Ventures Fund filed a form with the SEC which indicated that the total amount of interests in the fund sold between Feb. 16, 2015 and March 2, 2015 was $70 million. The SEC found that to be false and that only $900,000 had been sold, according to the lawsuit.
The SEC's complaint alleges Batchelor violated Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5, Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The complaint seeks a repayment of Batchelor's gains, plus interest and penalties, as well as permanent injunctions against Batchelor that restrain him from taking money from future investors.
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For working moms navigating demanding personal and professional roles, rethinking your relationship to work may be the change you need to inspire business innovation and get the life you want.
After my son was born, I knew I couldn't return to the high-intensity tech world if I was going to be the kind of parent and professional I wanted to be. So I started my own business. However, long nights, early mornings and less time with my family forced me to think about my business differently. I launched MORE, family-inclusive spaces for working parents, and completely repositioned my business. Creating a professional life that aligns with my personal values was possible with some vision and business innovation.
Raising a family while growing a business isn't for the faint of heart. Both take devotion.
But that doesn't mean both can't be done well.
Here are the stories of three women entrepreneurs who found innovative ways to make their companies work for them, too.
Christine Michel Carter is a marketing consultant and the founder and CEO of Christine Michel Carter, where she and her team work with advertising agencies, research firms and companies to ensure their work connects with Black women and millennial mom consumers.
Prior to becoming a mother, Carter's research focused on millennials. She earned awards and led conversations around the new viewpoints of this powerful and dynamic group.
I never wanted to be in a position where my values were compromised again. Instead of being obsessed with rapidly scaling our firm, we shifted our model to focus on deep, sustained impact.
After she had children, her perspective changed and so did her business. Her experiences as a Black millennial mom helped her identify gaps in the market and led to business innovation.
Carter decided to narrow the focus of her company to a misunderstood and underserved segment of the population: Black millennial women and millennial moms. Her newfound focus led to an array of new clients, collaborations and press. She started a completely new business venture, Mompreneur and Me: the only national, free, mommy-and-me professional development event for moms to network and develop professional skills.
"Motherhood didn't hurt my career, it helped it," she says. "I became a leader, willing to take on new opportunities. I assess situations holistically, looking at all possible solutions. That is motherhood on a daily basis!"
Leniece Flowers Brissett is the founder and CEO of Compass Talent Group, a talent recruitment and strategy consulting agency that specializes in diversity and inclusion.
Like many young, hardworking women entrepreneurs at the beginning of their career, Brissett believed she had to sacrifice her well-being, and even her beliefs, in order to succeed.
However, Brissett experienced a complete shift in values after the premature birth of her twin girls.
"Even though I successfully ran a profitable business for three years before motherhood, I quickly learned that I could no longer operate in the way I had historically," she says.
It was this shift in mindset that led to business innovation. She revisited her company's purpose to ensure that her company's brand aligned with their growth financials and values.
"I never wanted to be in a position where my values were compromised again. Instead of being obsessed with rapidly scaling our firm, we shifted our model to focus on deep, sustained impact," she explains. "In 2019 we'll only work with select clients, by design, so we can over deliver and have energy to be fully present with our families. And I practice what I preach: Everyone we employ are people of color, women of color and/or members of the LGBTQ community."
Her advice: use your core values as a compass.
"I ask myself: 10 years from now when I retell this story to my daughters, will I be proud of my decision?" Brissett says. "I now ensure that clients are clear on our values and approach. Integrity, one of our family values, means everything."
Not only is she now better suited to serve her clients, she's happier doing it.
Katherine Wintsch is the CEO and founder of MOM Complex, a consulting company driving business innovation for the world's biggest mom-focused companies. Her idea grew from a desire to connect with mothers across the globe who were experiencing the pressures of work and motherhood.
"I started Mom Complex after the birth of my son, when I was experiencing more feelings of stress, doubt and workplace burnout than ever," Wintsch explains. "The opportunity to study the lives of over 10,000 mothers across 17 countries helped me realize that my feelings weren't unusual—in fact, they were the norm."
Winstsch now seamlessly combines the roles of founder and mother.
"This new perspective IS my business," she explains. "I help companies create opportunities to make the lives of mothers easier. I'm speaking directly to mothers to bring them tips and tricks for making life easier, both from my perspective and from the perspective of their peers. I decided to dedicate my life to making the world a better place for mothers, and in turn, created a better life for myself."
Women entrepreneurs gain an entirely new skill set through the experience of motherhood. Working moms have the unique opportunity to leverage these traits to create thriving—and inspiring—businesses.


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