Last year's record heat, prolonged drought, and subsequent fire season were a wake-up call for Coloradans concerned about the climate crisis. President Obama, too, has taken notice of climate disruption. He took the issue head on in both his inaugural address and State of the Union speech, expressing resolve to take bold administrative action if congress fails to move. But what would bold action on climate look like, and what would that mean for us in Colorado?
There are five things the president could do right now to create a safer, healthier planet for our children, and establish his legacy as a climate leader.
1. President Obama needs to hold fossil fuel polluters accountable for their dangerous byproducts. Colorado is already leading the way in fostering renewable, clean energy, and the Administration should direct the Environmental Protection Agency to propose new standards that would control carbon pollution from coal plants like Craig on the Western Slope or Martin Drake in downtown Colorado Springs.
Keeping polluters accountable is a necessity which promotes creative innovation, like reforming federal lending rules to enable homeowners to pay for energy upgrades through their property taxes. For this, the president's nomination to replace outgoing EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson with Gina McCarthy is a step in the right direction.
2. The president should reject proposals to import dirty fuels and to stop the rush of fossil-fuel exports. Let's keep Colorado's natural heritage of carbon fuels, coal, and natural gas in the ground where it belongs, instead risking shipping it to China. In addition, national projects like the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline have no place in America's energy future.
3. President Obama can double down on clean energy. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, since 2008 wind energy grew by nearly 250 percent and solar energy by about 444 percent in the electric power sector. January of this year marked the first time that renewable energy (wind, solar and geothermal) comprised 100 percent of the country's new energy sources coming online. The president can use administrative actions to continue this growth, making it easier to invest in renewable energy and efficiency. This can be done through exploring innovative financing avenues, embracing environmentally responsible clean energy projects on public lands. This will mean cleaner air and water, lower electricity bills, and more jobs for Colorado residents.
4. The president needs to work with the Environmental Protection Agency and FEMA to protect communities from extreme climate-fueled disasters and prepare a robust and equitable response. As we saw with hundreds of homes burned down in Colorado, or in the aftermath of the superstorm Sandy, America needs a national climate-resilience plan that helps create strong and sustainable communities, infrastructure, and ecosystems.
5. President Obama can work to protect our lands, water, and wildlife from the impacts of fossil fuel development and climate change. This means stopping the rush to expand oil and gas drilling, coal mining, and dirty fuels development; reforming the Department of Interior coal leasing program to stop undervaluing our natural heritage; and protecting the Arctic Refuge, Outer Continental Shelf, and our national parks.
Now is the time for President Obama to establish his climate and clean energy legacy. He must throw the full weight of his office behind a national platform that takes on climate disruption, which is already threatening our economy and communities. Through the generations, the American spirit has confronted crisis after crisis with ingenuity and leadership — we never back away from a challenge. It is time for President Obama to confront the climate crisis now — for the benefit of all Americans, and for future generations.
David Ellenberger is Regional Outreach Coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation in Boulder. Bryce Carter is Associate Organizing Representative for the Sierra Club in Denver.


I have a polyline ZM layer into which I want to apply symbology, route/hatching and labels from an eixsting layer on disk.
Does anyone know how to apply route/hatching and lables programmatically?
Have you tried using arcpy.mappingUpdateLayer?
Thanks for the advice Jeff.
I'm trying UpdateLayer but it's not working yet - but (oddly enough) not throwing an exception either.
Will have another play today.
Is there a way to do this with just the LABELS? To my understanding with UpdateLayer is that it's just symbology or everything. I just want to bring over just the symbology and labels and no other layer properties.
No there is not. You would need to author the layer file with all the layer properties and then use it with UpdateLayer. This doesn't make sense if you only want to update one or two layers but if you want to update the same layer multiple times in multiple MXDs it may be worthwhile.
FYI - In case someone comes across this same issue.
I authored the layer file as suggested. However the UpdateLayer is limited on what it can do. It can either get the symbology from another layer, or it basically Removes and Adds a new layer. Instead this is what I ended up having to do.
# 1st make sure the authored layer is in the map.
lyr.name = "name as it appears in the workspace"


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By Don Bishop, Exec. Editor, Assoc. Publisher, AGL Magazine
At the Connectivity Expo, Connect (x) conducted by the Wireless Industry Association, executives of Cheytec and Squan spoke of the added value that their partnership provides building owners and enterprises seeking to invest in in-building wireless communications systems.
Cheytec has an extensive real estate portfolio and an ability to procure and license wireless carrier-certified RF signal source and base station equipment required to power in-building systems. Squan makes use of its network engineering and fiber construction know-how to solve complex and evolving telecommunications problems found in macro networks, small cells, distributed antenna systems, 5G wireless technology, the Internet of Things and smart cities for wireless, wireline and enterprise customers.
Ed Myers, regional vice president of sales and marketing at Cheytec, spoke about the future the company sees for in-building wireless systems. He said the company has seen a call for its services in all types of venues, from a single 30,000-square-foot office floor in Manhattan to large hotels with mixed-use retail space to new construction hospitals and apartment complexes to entertainment and theater venues.
"We remain focused on serving the enterprise customer," Myers said. "We do this through multiple channels, but remain true to our value proposition of leveraging our unique OEM equipment distribution capabilities with Nokia and Ericsson and tight carrier programs to provide approved signal sources and wireless operator licensing to all of the projects we work on."
Some say that building owners are receptive to paying for in-building wireless systems to attract and retain tenants, and some say the opposite: that the owners are not receptive because they view ownership turnover and tenant turnover as too short to warrant the expense. Myers explained Cheytec's view.
"Building owners are coming around to the reality that they don't have much of a choice when it comes to funding an in-building wireless system for increased coverage and capacity," Myers said. "Not only is ubiquitous, high-quality wireless coverage a customer and tenant expectation — or in the case of public safety a legal requirement — but given the scope, scale and capital requirements of providing in-building coverage, wireless operators cannot do it alone. In the case of Cheytec, we work with the building owner to understand that there is both an acceptable return on investment analysis and an increase in overall building revenue and valuation associated with an in-building system deployment. We then engage our channels to design, build, and commission an indoor solution. Our programs for signal source and wireless operator participation allow owner-funded projects to retain more control over the timelines of the build and ensure carrier signal and service within a property.
The Cheytec program that Squan is joining is called Accelerate. In the program, Cheytec licenses small cell radio and signal source equipment to end-users for use in distributed antenna systems and other in-building cellular solutions. Myers said that during the past year, Cheytec has carefully selected the partners that are now part of its channel.
"We have several distributed antenna system vendors, national and regional systems integrators, and even a few smaller boutique shops that specialize in one or two verticals," Myers said. "We will add a few more companies to the program this year. Bringing on a new partner is a bilateral commitment. The Accelerateprogram is bringing something to market that previously has not been available — owner-funded baseband units and carrier signal — in one package. There is extensive technical training, sales, operations and logistics, marketing and even legal support that goes along with program participation. As such, we are fairly selective about expanding the program too fast.
Keith Pennachio, executive vice president of Squan, said that the end users of in-building systems are the tenants, visitors, owners and maintenance workers, and the network operators provide the infrastructure. He said Crown Castle, American Tower and some emerging players are a surrogate for the network operator as it specifically relates to the fiber, conduit and ancillary support infrastructure
"Traditionally, network operators like AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon would fund the infrastructure design and construction," Pennachio said. "Historically, the model would vary between neutral host (where others could join the infrastructure as a tenant) or dedicated network (where the design was exclusive to one network operator). The former would often seek capital contribution from the other carriers to offset costs of the design and construction, where the latter was often a strategic play to support a specific client under specific conditions. An example of specific conditions may be a scenario where a network operator sells 500 devices to company and commits to improving services in the form of a distributed antenna system."
Pennachio said that in 2018, fewer carrier operators are willing to wholly support the design and construction of distributed antenna systems unless the economics make sense. He said this typically means that large venues like stadiums, airports, shopping malls and other large-scale, publicly accessible environments receive the attention in the form of budgetary dollars from the carriers. The network operators in these cases may look to companies such as Crown Castle or American Tower to build, own and operate the systems, although that may not always be ideal.
"With those design and construction dollars directed to these larger venues, it leaves a huge area of unsupported facilities, including office buildings; condominium, apartment and high-rise buildings; mixed use developments; and other environments whose occupants are becoming more and more demanding when it comes to wireless telecommunications as an amenity," Pennachio said. "In turn, this has given rise to a mix of parties who are tired of waiting for the carriers to fund these types of projects."
The Squan executive explained the nature of end-to-end wireless coverage solutions for enterprise clients. He said end-to-end wireless coverage starts from the fiber demarcation point in an enterprise facility, which feeds the signal source and head-end, which feeds strategically placed wireless componentry. This blankets a facility with wireless network coverage that is limited only to the quality of the design and the execution of the installation. Pennachio said that, at the end of the day, wireless coverage is wireless coverage. He said it is really more a matter of funding, design, installation and long-term operation of a system, which has become more of a fourth utility, along with water, electricity and natural gas as the other three.
"The user is defined as anyone who visits, lives, works, owns and maintains a building or facility," Pennachio said. "If you consider that wireless coverage is an amenity akin to climate control, let's say HVAC, the perception is more clearly aligned with a hierarchy of needs that is hyper-sensitive to the user experience. The moment some individual walks onto the premises of a facility, there is a minimum basic expectation that they will be able to use their mobile device with unimpeded access to their network provider."
Pennachio gave what he said is an example of a defining scenario: "A new class A building is soliciting tenants in a vibrant part of town," he said. "The lead partner in one of the biggest law firms in town views the top floor with her Realtor and realizes immediately that there is no reliable mobile coverage in the building. The owner of the building is now in jeopardy of losing that high-profile tenant to the nearly identical new building across the street, which will be completed in 30 days, and which has installed their own DAS that hosts all major carriers."
Along with its other services, Cheytec also provides real estate and lease management services for wireless operators. Squan focuses on the evolution of communications networks for wireless and wireline communications and the componentry involved. Its services include backhaul, small cells, C-RAN, fiber, right of way, and the design, construction and technical installation services that support them.
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Wild 'N Out é um programa de televisão sobre comédia que foi criada e apresentado pelo comediante Nick Cannon. Ele estreou em 28 de julho de 2005, na MTV e concluiu no Verão de 2007.

Em novembro de 2012, a MTV anunciou que a série iria voltar em 2013 depois de um hiato de seis anos. A série vai seguir enquanto ele procura alta e baixa para os mais novos futuras estrelas de comédia, juntamente trazendo de volta familiares de temporadas anteriores da série. Também vai contar com elenco original da série. O episódio de estréia da quinta temporada teve 1,1 milhões de espectadores no total, tornando-o classificado de maior transmissão da história da MTV.

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Understanding how to begin a home renovation project can be very overwhelming for someone who has never done it; however, this can dramatically improve your home. Patience and information will get you going in the right direction. Start with this article to learn a few basic things about popular home improvement projects.
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Abstract: This paper tests whether more frequent interaction at different spatial levels has a positive effect on the innovation performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the South-West and South-East of Ireland. Based on an original survey, it finds that more frequent interaction generally increases innovation likelihood, but at a diminishing rate, thus suggesting a trade-off between resources dedicated to transforming knowledge into new products and processes. Spatially distant interaction is found to be at least as valuable as proximate interaction, which questions the received wisdom that the best sources of knowledge are regional. Given the value of distant interaction, the results indicate that regional lock-in may be an obstacle to superior innovation performance of SMEs.
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Why Noise Matters: A Worldwide Perspective on the Problems, Policies and Solutions
John Stewart, Francis McManus, Nigel Rodgers, Val Weedon, Arline Bronzaft
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April 29, 2016 by Routledge
Is noise the most neglected green issue of our age? This book argues compellingly that it is, and tells you all you need to know about noise as a social, cultural, environmental and health issue.
Across the world, more people are disturbed by noise in their day-today lives than by any other pollutant on Earth. From the shanty towns of Mumbai to the smart boulevards of Paris, noise is a problem. It is damaging people's health, costing billions, and threatening the world's natural sound systems in the same way that climate change is altering its eco-systems.
Drawing on evidence from all over the world, this book showcases policies and strategies that have worked to decrease noise pollution, and offers lessons for policymakers and environmental health professionals, campaigners and any individual affected by noise. Written by a renowned noise campaigner and experts in law and health, this book tells you all you need to know about noise as a social, cultural and environmental issue and how we can act to build a more peaceful world.
Introduction. Why Noise Matters. Noise: Widespread and Worldwide. Hear Me Now! Noise Can Harm Your Health! Noise: The Neglected Green Issue of our Age? Noise in the Workplace. Transport Noise. Neighbour/Neighbourhood Noise. Piped Music: The Music You Cannot Turn Off. Noise and the Law. Making Change Happen
John Stewart has been campaigning on transport and environment issues for thirty years. He is a former Chair of Transport 2000 and of the road victim charity, RoadPeace. He currently chairs the UK Noise Association and is a Vice Chair of UECNA, the European body which represents airport campaign groups. He headed up the coalition which defeated plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport. In 2008 he was voted the UK's most effective environmentalist by the Independent on Sunday. For the last three years from 2008 the Evening Standard nominated him as one of London's 1000 most influential people.


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Actor Eddie Murphy is best known today for his family comedies, but that's not how he started his career. Murphy was one of the most famous comedians of the 1980s, and the most popular of his many film roles is probably that of Detective Axel Foley in Hollywood's Super Detective.
The first two films (from 1984 and 1987) are considered classics and were produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, while the third (from 1994) is considered the weakest in the series, without the participation of Bruckheimer himself. For 20 years it has been rumored repeatedly that a fourth film would be made, but until now nothing has materialized. Until Netflix arrived and confirmed that it would do it.
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So what changed Eddie Murphy's mind this time? Well, it turns out that the involvement of Jerry Bruckheimer has had a lot to do, according to Collider:
"Jerry Bruckheimer, the original producer. When he got involved and started developing the script, he knew what Beverly Hills Cop had to be. When he got involved again, that's when it all started to fall into place. Because we tried for years and years, maybe 10 , 12 years old, and I must have read five or six different scripts, and it was never right. The studio was like, 'Come on. Here it is.' It was like, 'It's just not that.' Jerry Bruckheimer came back, and he knows what he's doing, and he rode it. [Top Gun: Maverick] last year, and Bad Boys is Jerry Bruckheimer. So we have the same mastermind behind Beverly Hills Cop, and he put all the pieces in place so we could make a great movie. And I'm looking forward to people seeing it."
In addition to Murphy, both Judge Reinhold and John Ashton are confirmed to return as Detective Billy Rosewood and Sergeant John Taggart respectively, so at least all of the original cast will be here. Are you looking forward to seeing the return of Axel Foley later this year?
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Want to ensure that you have all of the information that you need about budgeting for your new infrared sauna? Well, you're in exactly the right place. We've done all of the heavy lifting for you to make your transition to the sauna of your dreams as easy and pain-free as possible.
Following the massive success of our first infrared sauna buying guide (soon to become a book!), we decided that we'd put together a list of common "I wish I knew…" questions from a selection of hundreds of our previous customers. Thank you all for your amazing input!
We sat down and calculated all of the costs involved – from purchase right now to running the sauna in five years' time – to make sure that you have all of the information you need in order to make a decision on which infrared sauna is perfect for you and your budget!
It's important to realize that the initial purchase price is not the only cost involved in your new sauna. Your basic costs come down to four areas – purchase price, installation, accessories, and ongoing running costs.
Many customers find that a higher initial outlay supplies a higher-quality, longer-lasting sauna that costs less in running and maintenance costs over the longer term.
The cost to purchase an infrared sauna will vary widely depending on brand, size, quality of construction, materials used, and the energy rating. That said, though, we've put together a table of estimates for the prices that you should expect to pay for a midrange sauna of common sizes. You'll generally find quite a few saunas above and below these ranges – these are just guides to the average prices. Keep in mind that near infrared (NIR) saunas are often less expensive than far infrared (FIR) saunas.
As you can see from the table above, size is the biggest factor in determining the price of an infrared sauna. The larger the sauna, the greater the purchase price that you'll need to pay. However, larger saunas also make for a more convivial atmosphere when you invite your friends over to warm up!
Installation costs will depend heavily on the type of sauna that you buy, the size of the sauna, and whether it requires wiring into mains power or can simply be plugged into a convenient power point. It will also depend largely on you – do you have the muscles and extra helpers required to do most of the installation work yourself, or will you need to call in someone to do the whole job from start to finish? Quotes can vary from area to area, but expect to pay at least $1,000 for the installation – keeping in mind that the larger your sauna, the more work required to install it. We recommend that you browse our saunas, decide on the model that you want, and then shop around your local tradesmen for installation quotes – this saves you being surprised after you buy!
Look carefully at what your new infrared sauna will include and what it won't, compared to what you want in your sauna. Some cheap models out there don't even include the heating element. (although in our opinion, that hardly counts as an 'optional extra'!) There are some wonderful accessories available that can substantially enhance your sauna experience. Remember to consider the five senses – sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste – and find ways to incorporate all of them in a positive way to optimize your relaxation time.
You won't need the traditional accessories, like a water bucket or dipper, unless you want to include them for ambience (but if you do, don't get the infrared heater wet – it diffuses the effect of the infrared rays).
Infrared saunas tend to be a lot cheaper to run than their traditional (wood- or electrically-powered) counterparts. For a start, they use less power because they primarily heat surfaces, not the air. But for this reason, they also have a lower preparation time. Where a traditional sauna can take an hour or more to heat up to 'sweating' temperatures, an infrared sauna can be ready for use in less than half an hour – meaning that you end up running the sauna for less time, as well as more cheaply.
Obviously, electricity costs will depend primarily on how much you pay per kilowatt-hour of energy use on your current electrical plan. However, as a general guide, you can look at the energy requirements of your infrared sauna and figure out how much electricity it will use. For example, a 1000W sauna, run for one hour, will generally use 1 KWh of electricity – in the USA, this will cost you around 12c.
As you can see, the cost of running your infrared sauna is relatively miniscule – most people, using their sauna for an hour a day, use less than $5 worth of electricity each week. You also don't need to worry about any EMF dangers.
The primary costs in your new sauna are the initial purchase of the sauna and the installation of the sauna into your home. If you take these factors into account when shopping, you'll be on the road to finding yourself the perfect sauna!
I love the idea of having an infrared sauna installed! I used to have an old wood powered one but it became a little bit too dangerous to operate after it broke. I love the use of new technology in this old custom!
Thank you for your interest in Celebration Saunas. Is there a particular sauna you are interested in? Is there a specific health benefit you are looking to achieve? Please let me know how I may be of assistance.
What is the cost of the low emf heaters? I am in the process of building an addition. May wish to build a sauna into structure.
Thank you for your interest in Celebration Saunas. Great Questions. All our saunas are constructed with low-EMF heaters. Our home heaters emit 10 mG of EMF at the heater and 2 mG at the bench and range in price from $1395 to $2595. Our Medical Grade Saunas emit 1.6 mG at the heater and 0.3 mG at the bench and range in price from $1695 to $5995.
A couple of considerations when planning your sauna room. Our 1 and 2 person saunas plug into a standard 15 amp household outlet All 3+ person saunas will require a dedicated 120v/20amp circuit shown below. The pigtails or power cords extend 9 feet from the roof of the sauna to plug into a standard height outlet. Be sure that you can unplug your sauna. If you have the ability, I recommend putting the plug near the roof of the sauna for easy access.
I like the fact that you mentioned running an infrared sauna is relatively cheaper compared to its counterpart. Plus, the preparation time is also lower. Since infrared sauna actually focuses on heating the surface and not the air or space, it will also require less power, hence, you would be able to conserve more energy. If I were to install my own sauna in the house, I would definitely consider this type. Thanks.
I am happy to hear that you found it useful. Are you currently looking for a sauna for your home? Please let me know how I maybe of assistance in your sauna search.
Great article! Infrared saunas are now being used in health facilities for a range of health problems, such as menopause, ulcers, insomnia, asthma, bronchitis, ear infections and allergies. Infrared saunas require 90% less energy than conventional saunas, and no plumbing is required for them. In fact, this is what makes these saunas such an easy addition to any home to gain all the health benefits.


Check out the new gameplay video for the upcoming expansion, The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs, featuring its unique Create A Pet feature.
During EA's Gamescom Press Conference in August, the Cats & Dogs expansion for The Sims 4 was revealed alongside its trailer. Today, a new video flaunting its pet-centric gameplay was unveiled giving players a taste of what to expect from the title.
The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs promises that you will be able to create the "perfect companion" for your Sim with the new Create A Pet tool which will allow you to customize your cat or dog's appearance, behaviors, and outfits. Your pet's look is not restricted to the traditional color palette of each breed; apply multicolored stripes, skeletal designs, or clown make-up to make your animal unique and personal.
The trailer also introduces the pet-friendly town of Brindleton Bay. Your Sim will have the ability to become the new area's veterinarian with their own clinic to run.
The Sims 4 originally released for PC and Mac on September 14, 2014. Since its launch, the game has seen multiple expansion packs such as City Living, Get Together, and Get To Work. It was recently unveiled that the popular title will make its way to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 17, 2017. If you pre-order the Deluxe Party Edition — which includes the Perfect Patio Stuff pack — you will receive the game three days early.
The Sims 4 Cats & Dogs will release on PC and Mac on November 10, 2017.
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Which is better: SEO or PPC? This is a question we're often asked.
Unfortunately, there's no concrete answer. It largely depends on your new patient goals.
In short, search engine optimisation (SEO) is a digital marketing strategy that focuses on long-term results. Meanwhile, pay-per-click (PPC) marketing fast-tracks new patient success through a paid advertising model.
Ideally, you marry the two to build a short- and long-term marketing strategy.
But that's a simplified answer. Learn below how we arrived at this conclusion.
Credibility: Showing up high in search results helps establish trust, giving you a positive branding benefit.
Return on investment: While SEO takes time and resources, success brings exceptional ROI. Unlike paid forms of advertising, you don't pay to rank organically.
Sustainability: Organic traffic doesn't dry up the moment you stop paying. If you want to scale back your marketing budget, SEO can keep your practice sustainable.
Website traffic: Google is, by far, the number-one source of new patients. Our numbers prove it. Based on our data, more than 90% of Smile Marketing clients' patients come from organic searches.
Scope: Google processes tens of thousands of search queries every second. Someone could be searching for a cosmetic dentist. Or they'd like to know the process for getting a root canal. SEO marketing gives you visibility to people looking for every possible dental procedure.
Now, SEO isn't all sunshine and rainbows. Despite what many sales-hungry consultants would have you believe, visibility in organic search is not quick or easy. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. After all, if you have the discipline and perseverance to rise to the top, your competition must do the same thing.
When you hit the mark, you can gain a sustainable marketing plan that produces a flood of new patients.
Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, like Google AdWords, is different from SEO in that you pay for visibility. Hence the name "pay-per-click," you pay a small fee each time someone clicks on your ad.
Positioning: Paid search dominates "above-the-fold" content. With three to four ads showing at the top of Google, a user sees paid search ads before they see anything else.
Targeting: AdWords gives you laser-focused targeting options to get in front of prospective patients. You can target by keywords, geography, device, time of day, and more.
Speed: Developing a productive SEO strategy that delivers results can take time. PPC gives you instant visibility in Google, so you can start converting new patients the moment you activate your campaigns.
Stability: You have complete control over your budget; therefore, if you want to ramp up new patient growth you can adjust your budget accordingly. Google's ranking algorithms can be turbulent. So if you have an SEO provider that doesn't know what they're doing, you could lose stability.
Branding: Paid search ads get your practice seen by the right people. Much of branding is subconscious (as proved by numerous studies). PPC gives prospective patients another way to see your brand.
A/B testing: Paid search allows you to test your landing pages, call-to-action buttons, and the keywords you want to target. You can take that data and roll it into your SEO plan.
PPC can be very profitable, but only if it's done right. Dentists who take the task on their own overwhelmingly fail. Dentists who hire PPC providers that don't have proven experience serving dentists, also, overwhelmingly fail.
Successful PPC campaigns require skilled optimisation and management – everything from monitoring bids to positioning and click-through rates.
Side note: Despite the hip new trend that is social media advertising, our data overwhelmingly suggests that Google is the preferred advertising channel for dentists.
So, again, is SEO or PPC better?
It depends. Regardless, if you have a website it needs to be optimised for search engines.
If you have modest new patient goals and are located in a low-competition jurisdiction, then you might be able to get away with just doing some local SEO.
If you have mid to high new patient goals, and you want to expedite new patient growth, you should add PPC to your marketing arsenal.
You get added exposure on Google's search results, as you will have visibility in the paid and organic areas of search (three areas if your Google My Business listings are optimised).
You have double the data to analyse, which allows you to determine which keywords provide the highest new patient conversion.
There is, however, a challenge: Finding a website service that can effectively link your SEO and PPC campaigns – and one that specialises in the dental field.
The challenge is that providers that exclusively work with PPC don't have access to your website. Therefore, they can't harmonise your SEO and PPC strategy.
Consider hiring a digital marketing service that houses all your marketing initiatives under one roof. This will deliver the short- and long-term new patient results to build a thriving practice.
All in all, PPC and SEO is a match made in marketing heaven. Just choose your provider wisely.


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Q: WARNING: "pecl/mongo" is deprecated in favor of "channel:///mongodb" What does that pecl message mean?
I mean specifically how does one use the channel described in the error message?
... or in other words how can I address this error (but not specific to mongo, i.e. I get this failure not just when trying to install Mongo but also when trying to install other things and I don't understand how to fix it in general).
Should I be "installing" the channel via pecl somehow? (Much like one adds a channel to yum).
Or what?

A: It simply means that mongo extension is deprecated, and you should use mongodb instead:
pecl install mongodb

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Jaguar Mk. II Saloon "Inspector Morse" (part 9)
Spick and span When looking through the pictures of this project, I noticed that there had been no work done on this project since March. So it was about time to do something. As can been seen in the previous update, there seems not that much work left to finish this build. But looks are deceiving. Because the layer of clear that has been put in this car has quite some orange peel to it, so I had to sand it all out. This process took me already a few hours, and I'm not finished yet. As with the Peugeot 307 WRC, I used MicroMesh polishing clothes in the roughness 4000, 6000, 8000 and 12000 to sand out all the orange peel. To protect the most delicate parts, where the expected layer of clear is thin, I masked them with masking tape before I started the sanding process. But sadly, all these precautions couldn't prevent me from slightly damaging the paint layer. Because when I tried to clear the panel lines of the trunk from the sanding residue (with a wooden toothpi
Preparations After so much time, there is still not a single part of this kit that has been painted. First job has been to eliminate the hardly visible mould lines and deepen the panel lines (orange arrows in images below). Apart from that, I also had to remove the incredible convenient borders that were on the monocoque to mark the borders of the different colors. Sadly those borders only apply for the 1990 livery of the car, so could not be used for this version. Removing those lines wasn't much work, but it had to been done nonetheless. However most of the work has gone into filling all the sink marks on the various parts. The parts shown below are only a selection... As you can see in the images above, I only bothered to fill the sink marks that are visible once the model is fully assembled. Lazy me, huh... Apart from all the filling and sanding I also managed to do some fun work (well, at least that's how I see it). As this kit is from Hasegawa, the
Peugeot 307 WRC "Pirelli", Tour de Corse 2006 (part 9)
the finishing touch After a considerable amount of time not working on this car, I've taken it up once more. At first I was thrilled after I sprayed the clear lacquer onto the body. But after the excitement had been subdued a bit, I noticed that there were several spots on the car where the finish was quite rough. So out came the ModelMesh sanding/polishing cloths, and after that the Tamiya polishing compounds. And after the whole car had received this treatment, it finally looked the way I wanted. The layer of clear is pretty hard (which is only good), and it took quite some time to reach the current state. But I'm very happy with it, although, on a few spots I managed to sand/polish through layers of clear and paint, so these spots need to be touched up. With all the sanding and polishing, I also had to redo the window trim. But as my first wasn't so good anyway, this was no problem (in the image below, the window trim still needs to be done). Mirror,
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Veteran screenwriter Leslie Bohem tackles the seedy underworld of Los Angeles psychics in this Hulu Original series. Shut Eye follows Charlie and Linda Haverford as they attempt to rise up from their underling position in the Romani world in which they inhabit. This drama is an interesting peek behind the curtain into a world often passed by, and until now overlooked. What goes on in these psychic parlors? Who really owns them? What mysteries lay behind the neon signs?
Shut Eye is a pinch of shows you know, a touch of a world you don't, mixed in with a really great cast. If the cards are right for this Hulu series, we see good things for this show in its future.


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Am I crazy to be thinking about opening a bookstore when all I hear about is how many are closing?
If only the media would report success stories like they do tragedies! While some predict the demise of the printed book, others say there will be a backlash and libraries, bookstores and printed books will enjoy renewed interest. We've said it many times, a bookstore needs to be more than a place to buy books if it is to survive. Look at the successful booksellers and you'll see deep emotional bonds within a community. People love spending time in a comfortable place surrounded by ideas. They love talking books with others who read. Who doesn't like to have a place to go to buy gifts ... and get them wrapped for you? It feels good to do business with a local shopkeeper who supports education and the arts. As a book retailer, we can combine books and non-book gift items with a noteworthy experience to keep people coming back to do business with their neighbors, helping build the local economy. The world is a better place when we have more bookstores, passionate booksellers, and confident retailers.


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Home Town Hall Public Safety Imperative: Regional Jail Debates Cooperation with ICE
Public Safety Imperative: Regional Jail Debates Cooperation with ICE
The 11-member Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Authority Board, along with jail administrative staff and attorneys, met September 13 in the jail's Muster Room. Photo: Mary Cunningham.
What began as a "matter from the public" during its January meeting has evolved into a major issue for the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail (ACRJ) Authority Board, and after nearly a year of vigorous debate, a range of proposals, and public meetings filled to overflow, the problem is not yet resolved. At issue is whether the ACRJ should continue its long-standing voluntary policy of alerting federal immigration officials 48 hours prior to the release of certain "detained" undocumented immigrants from the jail.
The notification policy, currently practiced in every jurisdiction in Virginia, helps federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents take noncitizen individuals from the jail directly into custody for federal immigration review, which local law enforcement officials say is crucial for public safety. "An immigration detainer is issued [by ICE] after probable cause is established that the unlawful citizen has committed a deportable offense," said Robert Tracci, Commonwealth's Attorney for Albemarle County, who notes that "most criminal noncitizens taken into custody by ICE have committed serious felony offenses."
But some local organiztions such as the Legal Aid Justice Center (LAJC), as well as several members of the jail board who represent the city of Charlottesville, want the jail to stop ICE notification, casting the policy as a violation of human rights. "Families are being torn apart and irreparably harmed," said LAJC attorney Tanishka Cruz during the board's January meeting, "and cooperating with ICE erodes and undermines community trust. We have a two-tiered system where immigrants are treated differently in the criminal justice system."
At Issue
A "detainer" is a request filed by a criminal justice agency (in this case, ICE) asking a jail or prison either to hold a prisoner for the agency or to notify the agency when release of a prisoner is imminent. The ACRJ does not hold individuals past their scheduled release date for ICE, but does comply with requests for notification before release where possible. The ACRJ is a regional jail with an 11-member governing board serving the counties of Albemarle (4 members) and Nelson (3 members) and the city of Charlottesville (4 members).
When a person is brought into the jail and fingerprinted, that information is required by law to be sent through state and national databases, including those of federal immigration enforcement agencies. If the person lacks proof of U.S. citizenship or is wanted by ICE, "then ICE comes to the jail to interview that person to determine whether or not to put a detainer on them," said ACRJ Superintendent Martin Kumer. While alerting ICE to the presence of noncitizen inmates via fingerprinting is mandatory for the jail, abiding by the detainer request is not.
An overflow crowd watched a livestream of the September 13 ACRJ board meeting from outside the jail. Photo: Mary Cunningham.
At the first ACRJ Board meeting of the year on January 11, four attorneys for the LAJC and two citizens spoke during the public comment period in opposition to the jail's policy regarding ICE detainers, urging the board to abandon the practice. Following the public commentary, Charlottesville City Councilor Wes Bellamy, attending his first meeting as a new ACRJ board member, proposed a moratorium on notifying ICE until a vote could be taken at a later date. Amid questions and requests for information from several board members, a subsequent meeting date was set for two weeks later to vote on continuing the policy.
Though the board then voted 7-3 to maintain the current policy at its January 25 meeting, the ICE notification issue has continued to dominate the board's agenda ever since. The debate widened as immigrants' rights activists and concerned members of the public attended subsequent meetings to argue passionately for both sides. The ACRJ's meeting in a room with a 50-person capacity had to be broadcast on a screen outside the building for overflow crowds. Petitions against the policy were collected from both Charlottesville citizens and CHS students, and an extra ACRJ work session in August convened 20 local and regional officials to discuss the legal and logistical aspects of ICE notification in depth.
After the intense and sometimes rancorous year-long process, the board's solution may end up relying on an electronic notification system, originally designed for crime victims, that has been in place all along.
A Balanced View
"We are genuinely trying to be balanced in assessing the position that the jail board now finds itself in over an administrative practice, a policy, of voluntarily making a phone call to another federal agency as requested by them on the occasion of an individual being released from the jail," said Doug Walker, Assistant County Executive and jail board member. Far from the slight gesture it would appear to be, the notification practice has engendered debate over the perceived fairness of the policy, encompassing public safety concerns, the rule of law, the rights of accused noncitizens, and the policy's consequences for families and communities.
Five high-ranking law enforcement representatives advocate continued ICE notification: the Commonwealth's Attorneys for Albemarle and Nelson and the Sheriffs for Albemarle, Nelson, and the city of Charlottesville. This group opposes obstructing the enforcement of federal immigration laws, noting that ICE has access to prisoner data unavailable to local agencies, such as crimes committed in other jurisdictions. "Simply terminating pre-release notification for detained individuals will result in their release into Albemarle and surrounding counties without federal immigration review," said Tracci.
In addition, immigration enforcement officials say that ending notification may lead to greater risk for both law enforcement officers and noncitizens themselves. "A large number of ICE's targeted enforcement actions occur because jurisdictions refused to cooperate with ICE regarding the transfer of custody of removable aliens in a controlled setting, thereby requiring the women and men of ICE to risk their personal safety by conducting operations under more dangerous circumstances," said Russell Hott, ICE Field Office Director for Virginia and D.C., in a letter to the board.
The lone law enforcement dissenter is the city's Commonwealth's Attorney, Joe Platania, who favors notification in felony cases but is unsure about misdemeanor offenses. In a letter to the board, Platania expressed concerns about the impact of the policy on potential witnesses and victims who may fear deportation after cooperating with police. "I am unable to see the positive impact the current policy has on family stability or public safety in the City of Charlottesville," he said.
The Legal Aid Justice Center goes a step further, arguing that the detainer system is a threat to local immigrant communities. "The current voluntary notification policy threatens our collective public safety, flouts protections within our criminal justice system, and disproportionately affects people of color," said Deena Sharuk, an attorney with the LAJC's Immigrant Advocacy Program.
The LAJC's Cruz points to the detrimental economic effects of removing a person who serves as a family's main source of income, as well as to the loss of community trust in local law enforcement. "Community members equate a routine traffic stop with deportation," she said during the January 11 ACRJ meeting. "That connection is being made because the undocumented community in Virginia does not have access to driver's licenses."
A Fair Hearing
A striking feature of the notification argument has been the stark contrast between opposing views of the same set of facts. For instance, the LAJC website asserts that "among the most common offenses for which immigrants at ACRJ become subject to ICE notification are getting drunk in public and not having a valid driver's license." An LAJC white paper says that "ICE manipulated jail data to make Charlottesville's immigrant population seem dangerous."
However, jail data for the period July 2017 to June 2018 on the charges against inmates who were subject to ICE notification requests (detainers) shows that, of the 44 individuals on whom ICE placed detainers, 70 percent of the charges were for DUI's or felony offenses including burglary, assault, kidnapping, and indecent liberties with a child. So although driving without a license was a "common" offense among detained immigrants (five cases), it was a minority of the total, which included a wider variety of felony charges.
Similarly, an oft-cited point made by notification policy detractors is that the use of detainers to take undocumented immigrants into custody amounts to a "warrantless arrest."
"Immigration detainers are not approved by a judge like criminal arrest warrants," said Sharuk at an August ACRJ meeting. "Every other law enforcement agency that wants to take somebody from this jail and arrest them gets a warrant. You can't flout the criminal justice system that we have."
But the U.S. immigration system is structured differently from other agencies, said Matt Gordon, ICE deputy chief counsel. "Congress has designed the immigration system as a civil process," he said. "There is no judge and no court for ICE agents to seek a judicial warrant in a civil context to effect immigration arrests." The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act empowers immigration officers to issue administrative warrants that do not have to be signed by a judge.
An August ACRJ work session featured a discussion of due process protections for noncitizens, including how ICE agents decide which inmates require detainers and which will be taken into custody. Charlottesville's Bellamy questioned whether the process was sufficiently objective. "I think that what a lot of our community members are really concerned about is that there is no set form or set guidelines . . . as it pertains to these individuals, because it's profiling to a certain extent," said Bellamy. Assistant City Manager Mike Murphy also pressed ICE officials for what kinds of evidence and assessment tools are used in these decisions.
ICE Field Office Director Hott said that the detainer is merely "the first step in a selective and robust process of determining deportability," which includes both mitigating and aggravating factors. "Not every encounter results in an arrest, not every arrest results in a detention," he said, "and not every detainer results in deportation." Flight risk and whether the individual is a danger to the community enter into consideration, as does any special protected status the noncitizen may fall under, including status as a valid asylee or refugee, information that may not be shared with local authorities.
While more than a dozen members of the public spoke in favor of the jail's ICE notification policy at the September 13 ACRJ board meeting, just as many had spoken against the policy at a prior meeting. Photo: Mary Cunningham.
The debate has sometimes devolved into harsh criticism of ICE itself. "Critics of notification . . . have accused local federal law enforcement agents of being Nazis and for having engaged in violations of the Convention Against Torture and other international treaties," said Commonwealth's Attorney Tracci. Local activist group Showing Up for Racial Justice Charlottesville issued a statement calling for "moral outrage at the ACRJ Jail Board for contributing to ICE's state-sanctioned terrorism," and encouraged the board to "resist fascism."
In casting his vote to continue cooperating with ICE due to public safety concerns, Albemarle County Sheriff Chip Harding advised a different approach. "I recommend that if people are concerned with current ICE practices they should direct their efforts to their congressional representation," said Harding. "Those are the folks who have been failing this country for decades by refusing to come together and enact a commonsense and fair immigration strategy."
A Hands-off Solution
After months of meetings and suggested compromises, including a (defeated) proposal by Bellamy to continue ICE notification except in cases involving four nonviolent offenses (public intoxication, driving with a suspended license, loitering, and nonpayment of child support), ACRJ board members may have finally zeroed in on a compromise solution.
A computerized system maintained by the ACRJ called VINE, or Victim Information Notification Everyday, is currently used to notify crime victims when their offender is being transferred or released. Updated every fifteen minutes, the system could provide ICE with the release date information it seeks with regard to inmates of interest to federal immigration officials.
During September's board meeting, at which over a dozen members of the public spoke in favor of continued ICE notification, the VINELink system (the online portal to VINE) was described by both jail and county officials as difficult to use and unreliable, at least partly due to a known software glitch. ACRJ tech staff are currently working to update and improve the software so that it may provide the notification ICE requests without an actual person from the jail having to place a phone call.
Though the electronic system would essentially provide the same notification to ICE as a human would, the LAJC is in favor of the change. "It's a detriment to our community when local law enforcement do the work of ICE [via pre-release notification] because it makes immigrant survivors and witnesses of crime less likely to turn to local law enforcement when they are in crisis," said Sharuk. Ending the practice of physically calling ICE "would be a victory for our entire community because this would be a way for all of us to be safer."
In contrast, ICE Field Director Hott disagrees with the potential shift in method. "Abandoning ACRJ's current policy on this important public safety matter and instead relying on a third-party system—a system that is designed for another purpose and may be susceptible to inadvertent or unforeseen errors . . . would be, for all intents and purposes, a vote to end release notifications," said Hott in an October letter to the board.
Jail board officials expect to take a final vote on revising the ICE notification policy when testing of the VINELink system is complete, hopefully early in 2019, though it's not clear that will end the issue's divisiveness. During a Charlottesville City Council meeting in September, Bellamy referred to the limitations of the regional nature of the ACRJ Authority. "Believe you me, we are trying our hardest to stop ICE, but we're in a jail board that doesn't consist just of us," he said.
For his part, Walker is optimistic that VINELink notification could not only resolve the issue for the ACRJ, but for other jurisdictions as well. "If we're talking about an automatic notification to federal agents on a fifteen-minute-interval basis that reduces or removes the possibility of human error, I think that could be a solution that could be good for not only this facility, but for every jail facility that utilizes the VINELink system in the state," said Walker. "We could be pioneering a policy change that is a good solution for everyone."
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The Phillies announced the honorees for the annual Paul Owens Award this year, with catcher Andrew Knapp and pitcher Ricardo Pinto being named as the top performers in the organization's developmental ranks.
Knapp, began the 2015 campaign with Class A Advanced Clearwater where he posted a .262 batting average with two home runs and 28 RBI in 63 games en route to being named a Florida State League All-Star. Promoted to Double-A Reading in late June, Knapp would really turn things on offensively, collecting a .360 average along with 11 homers and 56 RBI in 55 games. Knapp was the Phils' 2nd round draft pick out of Cal in 2013.
Phillies Nation recently aired a feature on Knapp. That video can be viewed by clicking here.
Pinto, a 21-year-old righty, tallied a 15-4 record with a 2.97 ERA and a 6.5 K/9 mark in 24 combined starts with Class A Lakewood and Clearwater this season. For the Venezuelan, 2015 was just his second season pitching in North America.
Earlier in the season, it appeared as thought Reading outfielder Roman Quinn was well on his way toward winning the Paul Owens Award, as he sported a .306 average with four homers, 15 RBI and 29 steals through 58 games prior to being sidelined with a hip/quad injury in June. The 22-year-old is slated to play for Licey in the Dominican Republic this off-season to make up for lost time.
Instituted in 1986, the Paul Owens Award is named after the man who spent 48 years in the Phillies organization as a scout, farm director, general manager, manager and senior advisor.
In other news, Phillies minor league outfielder Aaron Brown will be playing in Australia this off-season. Brown tallied a .257/.324/.406 slash line in 110 games for Clearwater this season. The 23-year-old was the organization's 3rd round pick out of Pepperdine last year.


I had been using the old WordPress MU Domain Mapping plugin for multisite WordPress, and was pretty happy with it, but unknown to me (because I only started reading WP blogs and groups this past year) WordPress has rolled this feature into the core.
The old plugin still works, but now you don't need it. To uninstall it, delete wp-content/sunrise.php, the tables the plugin created, and the plugin directory. Manually re-map the domains by setting the value of the URL to your custom domain.
I was working on a hack to create a mapping of subdomains to pages, and learned a bit about the domain system in WordPress.
Libraries being loaded are not listed here. It's just the important files that are run during the execution.
Mapping domains and paths to WordPress blogs and networks happens in code called from ms-settings.php.
By the time we reach ms-settings.php, the plugins have not been loaded. So, we cannot implement the feature with a plugin. It must be implemented in sunrise.php, a file that, if enabled, is loaded by ms-settings specifically to allow us to alter how the system will discover the current blog and current network of sites.
In the sunrise.php script, we could do our domain mangling, and set the globals $current_site and $current_blog.
We could set those globals, but there's already existing code that will do that for us, taking care of a lot of extra stuff. Instead of duplicating all that, can hook into a filter inside ms-load.php, in the get_site_by_path() function.
get_site_by_path($domain, $path, $segments) takes the domain and path, and spits out a WP_Site object.
Internally, it calls a filter named 'pre_get_site_by_path' that can short-circuit the process, allowing us to override the default search method.
Even better, if we only want to affect specific domains, not all domains, we can just return FALSE, and the default behavior applies.
Likewise, the function WP_Network::get_network_by_path() has a filter, 'pre_get_network_by_path', that performs a similar role with matching networks. This is called only if there is more than one network configured.
The following function doesn't do anything except dump its arguments, but that's where I am.
I was just so jazzed to find the right way to do this, that I had to share.
Well, I did end up writing this plugin, but not having really studied SEO, I didn't realize that this plugin would have dissipated the pagerank of the pages: search engines consider subdomains to be separate domains. What does this mean for domains mapping to single pages? It means each page may have a very, very low rank starting out.
It's a cool hack, but it doesn't fulfill any business goals, unless that goal was to hide from search engines. That wasn't my goal.
* get_site_by_path(), which is called by ms-settings.php.
So, the code is pretty self-explanatory. It extracts the domain, matches it against a list of domains where we want the plugin to work, and then return a matching site.
Don't use this code. It's obsolete. I'm keeping it here so you can see how the pre_get_site_by_path hook works.


Science and expertise are types of data utilized for various purposes inside society. You possibly can look at Nanotechnology as a whole, compare the results throughout large areas of analysis on this discipline that have involved different people with different backgrounds, various institutes and numerous organisations, as well as the results of business businesses already dealing and working in this subject.
On this vein the schools want the help of the Ministry of Training, Science and Technology (MEST), Neighborhood Lecturers Associations (CTAs), and donor agencies by providing grants for the acquisition of such reading materials as readers, textbooks, teaching manuals and supporting library assets.
The future of Nanotechnology tools, latest research and growth has brought onto the scientific scene the subsequent era of methods and instruments that can permit us to understand and explore the nano-world in a a lot better means than we're able to do at current.
It is the largest steerable imaging telescope in Asia; a results of scientific collaboration between scientists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, an autonomous institution of DST, and Belgian scientists.


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Q: Are Specific Facts about the Riemann Integral Logically Required? This question is somewhat in the spirit of this one in that I am trying to understand the most efficient path to the major integral theorems (Fubini, change of variables, etc).
My question is this: If one proves theorems regarding the Lebesgue integral is it not so that analogous theorems on the Riemann integral are immediate corollaries? So, for example, can one prove that the change-of-variables theorem holds for the Lebesgue integral on Lebesge-mesurable sets and then take as a corollary the corresponding change-of-variables theorem for the Riemann integral on, say, Jordan-measurable sets? Are there cases where this approach would not hold?
Note, I am not really interested in the argument of whether one should or should not "learn" the Riemann integral or whether a given approach is pedagogically sound; I'm really only interested in "logical efficiency", for lack of a better way to state it.
Update 12/28/2011
I am providing more background for this question in the hope that the additional details will allow someone to provide some direction. I have also added the self-learning tag to more accurately reflect the intent. I am asking this question, basically, to figure out if I really need to learn the theory of the classical Riemann integral in multiple dimensions considering the fact that I plan to study the theory of the Lebesgue integral. I know, of course the basics of the $n$-dimensional Riemann integral including the statements/application of Fubini and Change of Variables. Learning the proofs of these theorems, especially Change of Variables, is a fair amount of work.
This difficulty of this is compounded by the fact that every author seems to have their own specialized notations and techniques that differ in every imaginable way. Binary grids, dyadic cubes, generalized boxes, etc. Yes, the basic idea is that we are creating a partition and inspecting the upper/lower sums for equality as the mesh size tends to $0$, but, again, there seems to be no common approach with regards to the details. Furthermore, there seems to be no common agreement on what "volume" is. Some texts even define volume in terms of the integral over a unit cube/square/box etc.
In contrast, the theory of Measure and the Lebesgue integral seems very clean and tight and there is a much higher level of consistency among presentations. The results, as I understand it, are more widely applicable and considering the fact that I want to become proficient in this theory anyway, I'm trying to understand if I need to go through all of the gory details of the Riemann integral. I already know how to apply the Riemann theory of integration to solve concrete integration problems.
So, finally, what would I lose if I ignored most of the theory of the Riemann integral and simply learned the Lebesgue integral (which I find to be a considerably more pleasant task!)?

A: One difference between the Riemann and Lebesgue integrals is this: a sequence of Riemann-integrable functions can converge to a function that is not Riemann-integrable.  The theorems apply in cases where all functions involved are Riemann-integrable, but if I'm not mistaken, the proofs are more straightforward if Lebesgue's definition is used.


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The gender-bending Ezra Furman released Perpetual Motion People a month ago on Bella Union, garnering attention from Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. Before embarking on a European tour this fall, see him perform his new songs at Lincoln Hall on Tuesday, August 11 for $14 with the psych-tinged J Fernandez and the punk outfit Lala Lala.
Furman, a Chicago-native, recorded the album with his band, The Boyfriends. In just 42 minutes they cycled through the sounds of the past 60 years. Some may know him of his former group, Ezra Furman and the Harpoons, and others may know his younger brother, Jonah, in the anxious-rock outfit Krill.
According to the Guardian, he's one of the most compelling live acts you can see right now. And the talented psychonauts of J Fernandez recently released their experimental-pop album Many Levels of Laughter and they recently returned from touring with Unknown Mortal Orchestra earlier this summer. Lala Lala released their EP HAVE A GOOD DAY earlier this year.
Some horns on Perpetual Motion People beckon back to Stones à la Sticky Fingers and Exile on Main St, and the vocals sound reminiscent of Bradford Cox from Atlas Sound and Deerhunter. Organs, acoustic guitars, and big sounds culminate much in the same way Bowie weaved together glam in his songs during his Diamond Dogs years.
There are doo-wop harmonies in the song "Lousy Connection," a bit of sunshine borrowed from the '60s, and a punk attitude with a rock beat. But it's not mere imitation music. Having released six full-length albums in the past nine years, Furman's prolific, and he seems to write in order to release his own anxieties and problems.
It's like he plays happy music for sad people.
With reveling lyrics such as "the human mind gets sick real easy/the human mind gets way fucking sick of beauty" in the song "Ordinary Life," Furman seems to write to survive. On this record writes about uncertainty and mortality--and he explores what it means to be alive.


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Democrats to announce abuse of power, obstruction of Congress articles of impeachment against Trump
Five people familiar with the discussions said Democrats plan to bring two articles against the president: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The House Judiciary Committee, led by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., heard from lawyers for both parties for more than nine hours on findings from the Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images file
Dec. 10, 2019, 2:36 AM UTC / Updated Dec. 10, 2019, 12:15 PM UTC
By Alex Moe, Alex Johnson, Geoff Bennett, Heidi Przybyla and Leigh Ann Caldwell
Democrats plan to announce two articles of impeachment — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, multiple sources told NBC News on Monday night.
The House Judiciary Committee heard from lawyers for both parties for more than nine hours on findings from the Intelligence Committee's impeachment inquiry over allegations that Trump withheld aid to pressure Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden.
Democrats said during the hearing that the president violated his oath of office by jeopardizing national security for personal gain and by trying to interfere in the 2020 election. They also laid out a case for obstruction of Congress by highlighting Trump's refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas in the impeachment inquiry.
Five sources familiar with the impeachment discussions disclosed the plans on condition of anonymity after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with leaders of committees involved in the impeachment inquiry, including Adam Schiff of California, chairman of the Intelligence Committee; Jerrold Nadler of New York, chairman of the Judiciary Committee; Eliot Engel of New York, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; and Maxine Waters of California, chairwoman of the Financial Services Committee.
Highlights: Democrats and Republicans make their cases for and against impeachment
Pelosi's office announced late Monday that the leaders of the various committees would "announce the next steps in the House impeachment inquiry" during a 9 a.m. ET news conference on Tuesday.
The sources cautioned that the plans weren't final until an official announcement is made. But asked whether the announcement on Tuesday would be about articles of impeachment, Engel said: "Yeah, everything."
"I can make the case for two articles," Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill., who serves on the Judiciary Committee, said on MSNBC Monday night.
In closing statements during the marathon Judiciary Committee hearing, Doug Collins of Georgia, the committee's ranking Republican, denounced what he called "an impeachment scam" and questioned Democrats' motives.
"We have become a rubber stamp," he said, alleging that Democrats were acting out of spite over Trump's election in 2016.
PoliticsThe Democratic case for impeaching Trump, and the GOP case against it — the evidence, summarized
But Nadler argued that Trump violated his oath of office by pressuring Ukraine to announce an investigation into Biden and other Democrats, jeopardizing national security and the integrity of U.S. elections.
"I am struck by the fact that my Republican colleagues have offered no serious scrutiny of the evidence at hand," he said. "They have talked about everything else, but they have offered not one substantive word in the president's defense."
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee plan to meet early Tuesday to continue discussions.
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Alex Moe is a Capitol Hill producer for NBC News covering the House of Representatives.
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Home Lifestyle Is your dog scared of thunderstorms?
Shaking, whining, panting and pacing are all signs of thunder phobia in dogs. Instead of dreading summer thunderstorms, find out how behavior modification can help your pooch cope with his anxiety.
Thunderstorms are a source of stress and anxiety in many dogs. They can cause some dogs to pant, pace, whine, tremble, hide, or become clingy. Others may have full-blown panic attacks, digging at doors and windows, eliminating inside the house, or even chewing on their own paws or tails.
Although it's hard to say for certain why dogs become scared of thunderstorms, we do know that many are stressed by loud noises they don't understand, and thunder certainly fits into that category. In addition, because dogs are so much more sensitive than we are, they are more likely to be disturbed by changes in barometric pressure, along with the static electricity that occurs with thunderstorms. They may also start hearing thunder from an approaching storm long before we can. And since thunder follows lightning, those bright flashes can trigger an anxiety response on their own.
It's estimated that 15% to 30% of dogs suffer from some type of storm anxiety.
A dog's personality can also predict if he might become storm phobic. Fearful dogs who lack self-confidence and startle easily are more likely to develop behavioral problems such as storm phobia than confident, well-socialized dogs.
It's also important to rule out medical conditions such as hypothyroid disease, arthritis, blindness, and Addison's disease when addressing any behavior problem, including thunder phobia. All these conditions can affect a dog's personality and stress levels.
Left untreated, storm phobia escalates over time. Even dogs with mild thunder anxiety should undergo a behavior modification program to help alleviate their stress and hopefully prevent the behavior from getting worse.
The problem is, because we can't control the weather, we can't control how or when we introduce the stimulus of thunder, or its intensity or duration, making this particular behavior problem difficult to treat. Depending on where you live, a thunder-phobic dog will be beyond his comfort level on a regular basis during storm season. This means it's easiest to start a behavior modification program during off-season, although implementing these steps at any time can help.
The first step in teaching your dog that storms are okay, or at least bearable, is to make a list of any and all storm-related triggers that stress him. Think about what happens before or during a storm that elicits any kind of anxiety from your dog: thunder, barometric changes, lights flickering, dark skies, wind or rain.
Think about what happens before or during a storm that elicits any kind of anxiety from your dog: thunder, barometric changes, lights flickering, dark skies, wind or rain.
Pair the above triggers with something extra special. I mean really extra special, something your finds valuable and that you usually save for training sessions. Pick one trigger for each training session. For example, set one of your household lights on a timer, and when the light goes off, immediately toss your dog a high-value treat. Another example is to set your outdoor sprinkler on low, and aim it to hit a small area of your house while you and your dog play one of his favorite games. For noises, search the internet for thunderstorm sounds and play the recordings too softly to frighten your dog, while providing a great food treat or game; over time, gradually increase the volume. Play these noises through your Smartphone and move it around the house, so the noise isn't coming only from your computer area.
Teach your dog how to relax when he's not stressed, so you can tap into that calm emotion when he starts to feel anxious. First, think about where you and your dog will go during a thunderstorm. Where would you like to calmly sit or lie down with your dog during this time? In bed? On the sofa or floor? Ideally, it will be an area of the house that is more soundproofed from storms than others.
Next, either during off-season or on clear days with no stormy weather in the forecast, teach your dog to lie down in your chosen spot and enjoy a nice body massage while listening to a calming music track. I prefer to use the same track at each session so I can condition my dog that this particular song means we are relaxing. By practicing this at least three times a week, you will teach your dog how to be calm, not only during storms, but also his everyday life. Remember, dogs with thunder phobia tend to have stress-prone personalities to start with, so this relaxation is good for him.
Again, thunder phobia can be difficult to treat, especially if you start behavior modification during the height of storm season. I've personally lived through it with my own dog, and my heart still breaks when I work with clients whose dogs are afraid of storms. The good news is that there are several additional calming aids you can use to help ease your dog's stress during a storm, although they must coincide with the behavior modification program.
Look into some natural anti-anxiety options. For thunder phobia, I prefer remedies that address panic.
I have had great success with flower essences, and they have no adverse side effects. Mimulus, Aspen or Rock Rose may be good choices.
Some companies offer essential oil blends specially formulated for stress relief. LifeFORCE Stress Relief Oral Spray can be sprayed directly into your dog's mouth or water bowl to help re-balance his emotions and calm him down.
Homeopathic remedies are also generally safe and easy to use. Remedies to consider include Aconitum, Argentum nitricum and Phosphorus.
Other options include an anti-static jacket for your dog, white noise, pheromone therapy, and earmuffs.
When a storm does hit, help your dog by being there for him, both mentally and physically. A dog who is afraid of thunderstorms probably thinks the world is ending – he is not in his right mind. Take him to your safe spot, play your relaxing CD, and give him a light massage.
Thunder phobia in dogs is a serious behavioral problem that will worsen if not addressed. But don't feel you have to tackle the issue alone. A good holistic vet and animal behaviorist can help your dog learn to be more relaxed during thunderstorm season. Together with the suggestions presented in this article, along with lots of patience and persistence, you can calm and defuse your dog's fear of storms.
1"Thunderstorm phobia in dogs: an Internet survey of 69 cases". Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 37(4):pp. 319-324.
2Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, August 15, 2001, Vol. 219, No. 4, pp 467-473, doi: 10.2460/javma.2001.219.467.


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Partisan and pointless: The Lobbying Bill's attack on trade unions
08 Nov 2013, By John Wood
This week, charities and civil society groups have been deservedly celebrating a pause in the passage of Andrew Lansley's controversial Lobbying Bill, with hints of concessions on what has been widely condemned as a threat to free speech. Closer inspection though shows that the pause isn't what it seems, and the focus of this dogs dinner of a Bill has turned with a vengeance on trade unions.
It turns out it's only part two of the Bill that has been paused for scrutiny, and in order to keep to their timetable, the government have brought forward part three by two months, with a snap debate and vote called for Monday. In providing scrutiny time on civil society campaigns during election periods, scrutiny of some onerous new regulations for unions has been sacrificed.
Under the proposed regulations, unions will have to share membership lists with a number of external investigtors. The government's Certification Officer will have powers to view and copy information on members, and access correspondence. Unions will be open to challenges on their membership records, including from employers in disputes or even vexatious complaints from groups opposed to trade unionism. These challenges will be investigated by agents appointed from a government approved list.
This will send a chill down the spine of many union members. Until now, whether or not you join a union has been a confidential matter. Many people are obviously proud of their union membership and happy to be open about it, but in some workplaces, members will have a justified fear of discrimination. The government will claim there will be safeguards built in, but we're only just starting to find out how far the construction blacklisting scandal has reached – I for one am not ready to trust the government, or employers' auditors, with a change of this magnitude.
It's not even as if there's a reason to make this change. Unions already have a duty to maintain accurate lists, and indeed there's no incentive for them not to do so – it would only hamper the effective management of their organisations. The only time it really gets important to other parties is during statutory ballots, which are already very tightly regulated, with unions having to pay for independent ballot scrutineers, and with processes and membership being open to challenges from employers in the courts.
One thing is certain though, it will cost. Unions will need rule changes (often including emergency conferences), and will have to resource new reporting systems, to meet these pointless new demands. The government's estimated £400,000 cost to the union movement looks like a hefty underestimate.
Charities and organisations involved in campaigning aren't going to be subject to this extra regulation. Amnesty, Liberty or 38 Degrees won't have to open up their member lists. Nor for that matter will political parties. Unions seem to have been chosen merely because the government want to damage them: to tie them up in red tape (from a government supposedly seeking to cut regulation, not increase it), to make them waste their members' subscription income, and to deter vulnerable workers from joining for fear of employer reprisal.
This is all pretty strange for a Bill that was originally designed to tackle the influence of big money in politics, after a string of lobbying scandals, with a number of parliamentarians being seen as too close to moneyed lobbying interests. It might be a convenient distraction for a government still bogged down in lobbying sleaze, but how you tackle parliamentary corruption by increasing union bureaucracy is anyone's guess.
There's only a couple of days left before the crunch debate in the Lords. We've been trying to brief members of the House of Lords on the complications of union membership, but lopping two months off the timetable means we won't get a chance to talk to all the Peers who would have an interest in the debate, or encourage more of them to attend for a crucial aspect of a Bill that most people think is being paused.
We need to get the voices and concerns of trade unionists across to the Peers who will be joining the debate on Monday. Please help now by visiting our campaign site, Going To Work, where you can "adopt a Peer", and be allocated a member of the House of Lords to email about this. Your messages will be really important in raising the alarm over this rushed, damaging and pointless new regulation.
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2 Responses to Partisan and pointless: The Lobbying Bill's attack on trade unions
Nov 8th 2013, 7:24 pm
This bill serves no purpose other than to attack trade unions and charities, just because the government see them as a threat to their power. It serves no purpose to the people who they are suppose to represent the public and is partisan and pointless.
A democratically elected government should be accountable to the people and if the people are not happy they should in a democracy have the right to say so and campaign against the government without attempts to stop them campaigning by government introducing totally undemocratic laws that restrict peoples freedom of speech and rushing through part 3 of the bill is a blatant attack on trade unions and a big threat to union members privacy for no other reason than to obstruct the trade unions who are a force for good and should be allowed to function within the law without hindrance from outside organisations. The government should understand that there are 6.5 million members of the TUC and only 500000 members of the three major political parities, so if they attack the trade unions they are attacking 6.5 million hard working people in this country and nobody voted for this coalition government, and nobody other than those who want to be reelected without opposition wants this undemocratic bill.
He's at it again: Lansley has form on pauses that aren't anything of the sort | johninnit
Nov 9th 2013, 11:30 am
[…] You have to admire the chutzpah of the guy. Two months grace on the civil society gagging clauses, but he's done it by bringing the section on trade unions forward two months to match. So whilst UK progressive types celebrate a supposed victory on one section, we now have no time to prepare for a Lords battle on some severe but superfluous union-bashing regulation (of which I've wrote more on here). […]
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The FIBA U18 Asian Championship latest schedule these days Philippines / Batang Gilas, and therefore the China can match for the qualification on Tuesday August 07, 2018 for the FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA U19 World Championship started (August 5-11, 2018) at the in Nonthaburi, Thailand.
PHILIPPINES 73 – Ildefonso 18 (7rebs), Edu 13 (14rebs, 5blks), Panopio 12 (8rebs, 3asts), Sotto 11 (10rebs, 4blks), Oczon 11, Torres 5, Abadiano 2, Cortez 1 (5rebs), Amsali 0, Lina 0, Ramirez 0, Chiu 0.
CHINA 63 – Guo 24 (6rebs), H Jiang 14, Q Wang 13 (11rebs), Xu 7, W Jiang 5, Shi 0, Li 0, Chen 0, Y Wang 0.
Quarters: 18-15, 31-27, 54-39, 73-63.