Posted January 24th, 2019 By Matt McKay.
As parents, we're often looking for that magic formula. What can we do to make sure our kids are successful? Now, the term "successful" can mean all sorts of different things to different people. But your expectations likely include that when your children become adults, they'll be able to get along just fine with the money they have/earn. Unfortunately, you keep hearing these tales of woe about adult children being completely unable to pay their bills on their own. Wild questions are probably running through your parental mind: "What's the deal with that?" "What went wrong?" "Should I be doing something I'm not?" "Should I not be doing something I am?"!
It's very important to understand there are multiple factors at play here. Issues like sky high student loan debt, lower wages, automation, and increasing housing prices are making it harder and harder for adult children to become financially free from their parents. There are always mitigating factors with any family as well. The reality is there's no magical parenting roadmap to follow to ensure your kids will be able to take on their adult lives with gusto.
Talk about money early and often: Gone are the days when money wasn't discussed around the family dinner table. The sooner you start having those conversations with your youngsters, the better. A good place to begin? The grocery store! As soon as your kids are able to tag along and help choose what you buy, start teaching them the ins and outs of money. Discuss how much things cost and how much money you're able to spend. When kids are small, they have no real concept of what a dollar is worth. Better to start that learning process when they're still sitting in the shopping cart than delay it till they head off to college.
Teach how to save and spend: We all know as adults that things cost money and you can't buy everything, right? Well, that's something that's learned, often the hard way. Kids haven't obtained that knowledge until you start teaching it. If you think about it, your kids watch you swipe your plastic credit card and items are handed over to you. How easy is that?? They very rarely see adults actually pay for stuff with bills and coins or see when there is no more money to spend. How do you solve that problem? Give kids ownership of their own money to buy things with. The next time they want the latest and greatest toy all their friends are talking about, have them do the saving and spending. You may be surprised at how the conversation will change when they're the ones paying.
Be the example: Show your children what it takes to be financially stable in your own life. Pay your bills on time, avoid overspending, keep the credit card debt under control, create a household budget, save up for vacations, weigh the pros and cons of buying big ticket items. Don't be afraid to tell your kids you simply can't afford things sometimes. As embarrassing as you may think that is, it's important for kids to understand that money does not grow on trees and there is a finite amount we each have to spend. Be the responsible adult you'd like your kids to be one day.
Focus on the little things: Schools are still way behind in teaching kids how day-to-day finances work. That means it's on you to do your part. Show your children your monthly bills as they come in. Watch the shock on their faces when they see how much it costs to have water come out of the faucet and heat come out of the vents! Set up a savings account in their name and show them how interest accrues each month. Explain why and how you donate to causes that are important to you. Talk to them about saving their money to do things they'd like to do in the future and saving for when things don't go as planned. Being open and up front with your children now will help them avoid simple money mishaps in the future.
If this to-do list seems overwhelming, don't get down on yourself. Take it a little at a time and see what happens. Know that so long as you make a solid effort to financially educate your kids, you're giving them a big leg up in the life ahead of them. If you'd like any guidance on how to start the conversation in your family, don't hesitate to reach out to us. We'd be happy to help in any way that we can.


With all this talk of pilot pick-ups, how about a six-episode commitment to a series. ABC has given just that to The Six, a game show that has been a hit in Russia for 35 years under the name What? Where? When?, as reported by Deadline. Rather than dealing with questions of knowledge and trivia, The Six tackles questions of logic.
The show pits viewers against six experts who try to answer logic questions selected by spinning a horizontal wheel -- so it's like Wheel of Fortune without the spelling? But what do I mean by viewers? The question are sent in by viewers at home. If the panel fails to answer your selected question, you win the prize, so it promises a very interactive experience. ABC has tapped popular British host Vernon Kay to headline the series.
No word yet on when the series might make it to air, but it sounds like a format that would fit in very well with our current slate of syndicated game shows, as well as finding mass appeal in prime time. After all, if Deal or No Deal and Minute to Win It can make it, why not something that engages the audience literally and challenges the mind.


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Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada: Choose the Best Plants for your Location - Todd Boland
Written specifically for Atlantic Canadian gardens, this guide gives you all the tools and information you need to select, place, and care for the best shrubs and climbers for your garden.
Shrubs and vines make up the skeleton of a garden, providing structure, defining spaces, and contributing to privacy or windbreaks. Some are chosen for flamboyant floral displays, others for colourful leaves. But they can be tricky to grow and maintain in this region's climate and soil conditions.
With over 40 years of gardening experience in Atlantic Canada, author Todd Boland has comprehensive expertise in overcoming these challenges to build spectacular gardens. In Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada, he shares this knowledge, along with hundreds of his own full-colour photographs to inspire and inform.
This comprehensive guide includes:
- At-a-glance lists of the best plants for acidic soils, seaside gardens, shady areas, and more.
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Todd Boland is a horticulturist at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Botanical Gardens and the author of several field guides specific to Atlantic Canada. The perfect companion to Boland's Favorite Perennials for Atlantic Canada, this essential guide will set you up for gardening success, no matter where you live.
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Der Ansgarikirchhof in Bremen ist als Teil der innerstädtischen Fußgängerzone ein von Handelseinrichtungen, Wohn- und Bürogebäuden umgebener Platz im Bereich der westlichen Altstadt. Der Name des Platzes bezieht sich auf die früher dort befindliche und während des Zweiten Weltkriegs zerstörte Ansgariikirche. Auf dem Platz befindet sich die Ansgar-Säule.

Vom Ansgariikirchhof gehen mehrere Straßen ab, die teils wie der Platz selbst für den allgemeinen Fahrzeugverkehr gesperrt und dem Fußverkehr gewidmet sind: die Obernstraße, die Hutfilterstraße, die Wandschneiderstraße und die Ansgaritorstraße. An der Nordseite des Platzes liegen das Einkaufscenter Lloydhof und an der Ostseite das Bremer Carrée, dazwischen schließt der Platz Hanseatenhof an. Heute wird der Ansgarikirchhof vor allem von dem an der Westseite liegenden Gewerbehaus, dem Sitz der Bremer Handwerkskammer dominiert.

Geschichte

Am Platz befand sich die im Zweiten Weltkrieg zerstörte Kirche von St. Ansgarii, deren Ruine in den 1950er Jahren abgerissen wurde. Diese gotische Pfarrkirche war 1243 geweiht und Ende des 14. Jahrhunderts in eine Hallenkirche umgebaut worden. Das Kirchspiel von St. Ansgarii war eines der vier Kirchspiele und Stadtquartiere von Bremen. Die Ansgarii-Kirchspielschule befand sich neben der Kirche im Kollegienstift am Ansgariikirchhof Nr. 8 und seit 1856 bis etwa 1895 in einem Neubau Ansgariikirchhof Nr. 14, er wurde 1944 zerstört. Die Kirche war 1522 Ausgangspunkt der Reformation in Bremen mit der Predigt des Augustinermönchs Heinrich von Zütphen. Die Kirchturmspitze, die höchste der Stadt, diente Carl Friedrich Gauß im 19. Jahrhundert als Vermessungspunkt für die erste Landesvermessung. Hieran erinnern eine Platte auf dem Ansgarikirchhof vor dem Bremer Carrée und an seine Zusammenarbeit mit Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel ein Denkmal auf dem angrenzenden Hanseatenhof.

Im Norden von der Ansgariikirche stand als Teil der Bremer Stadtmauer seit 1299 das Ansgariitor, bezeichnet auch als . Über dem Tor befand sich der Schuldturm der Stadt. Der Torabriss erfolgte im Zuge der Entfestigung bis 1831. Hier standen von 1806/07 bis 1875 bzw. 1944 zwei Torhäuser der Ansgariitorwache. Die Ansgaritorstraße erinnert an das Tor.

An der Westseite des Platzes, ehemals gegenüber dem Turm der Ansgariikirche, steht heute das Gewerbehaus. Ein  Flügel der winkelförmigen Anlage steht entlang der Wandschneiderstraße, der andere präsentiert sich mit prachtvollem Spätrenaissanceschmuck und doppeltem Giebel zum Platz hin. Der Bau wurde  bis 1621 als Zunfthaus der Wandschneider (=Tuchhändler) erbaut. Es diente nicht nur den Versammlungen der Gilde, sondern bot auch Raum für Feste, so dass sich die Bezeichnung Kost- und Hochzeitshaus einbürgerte. 1652 erwarben die Kramer das Haus; 1861, bei Einführung der Gewerbefreiheit wurde es von der Gewerbekammer übernommen und heißt seitdem Gewerbehaus. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg blieb nur das große Portal von der Zerstörung des Hauses verschont, es wurde wiederaufgebaut.

Im Gebäude Nr. 11 hatte die Zentralbibliothek der Lesehalle in Bremen von 1902 bis 1922 bis zum Umzug an den Breitenweg ihren Sitz. Das Haus mit den modernsten Lesesälen der damaligen Zeit und die Einrichtung waren ein Geschenk von Senator Victor Marcus.

Das Ansgar-Denkmal wurde 1865 nach einem Entwurf von Carl Steinhäuser als Marmorgruppe auf einem  Sandsteinsockel aufgestellt. Anlass war der 1000. Todestag von Erzbischof Ansgar. Der Hl. Bischof nimmt im Denkmal einem vor ihm knienden Knaben das Joch ab. Am 1. September 1944 wurde das Denkmal durch den einstürzenden Turm der Ansgari-Kirche zerstört. Dafür wurde 1965 eine moderne Skulptur, die Ansgar-Säule von Kurt-Wolf von Borries aufgestellt.

Anstelle der Kirche wurde Anfang der 1960er Jahre eines von vielen Hertie-Kaufhäusern in Deutschland errichtet. Dieses wurde Ende der 1980er Jahre abgerissen und durch das Bremer Carrée ersetzt.

Gebäude und Denkmale

 An der Westseite des Platzes befindet sich das unter Denkmalschutz stehende Gewerbehaus, Sitz der Handwerkskammer Bremen. Im Gewölbekeller befindet sich seit 1957 das Restaurant Alte Gilde.
 Daneben wurde um 1960 das so genannte Finke-Hochhaus errichtet mit einem Einzelhandelsgeschäft in den unteren Etagen und Büros in den oberen Stockwerken. Hier hatte u. a. das Hochbauamt Bremen seinen Sitz.
 Das Parkhaus Am Brill der Brepark befindet sich nordwestlich des Platzes.
 An der Nordseite wurde in den 1980er Jahren die Ansgari-Passage mit Wohnungen und Büros errichtet. Dieses Gebäude wurde 1994 umgestaltet und in Lloydhof umbenannt.
 An der Ostseite steht das in den 1990er Jahren errichtete Laden- und Geschäftshaus Bremer Carrée.
 Die Südseite wird begrenzt durch die Obernstraße und die Hutfilterstraße mit ihren Laden- und Geschäftshäusern.

Denkmale
 Die bronzene Ansgar-Säule erinnert an die hier im Krieg zerstörte mittelalterliche Ansgarii-Kirche und wurde 1965 zu Ehren des 1100. Todestags des Apostel des Nordens und ersten Erzbischofs von Bremen St. Ansgar aufgestellt.
 Auf dem angrenzenden Hanseatenhof steht das Friedrich-Wilhelm-Bessel-Denkmal (Besselei).

Literatur
 Herbert Schwarzwälder: Das Große Bremen-Lexikon. 2., aktualisierte, überarbeitete und erweiterte Auflage. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X.
 Dieter Riemer: Die Handwerkskammer Bremen und ihr Gewerbehaus – 150 Jahre. Hg.: Handwerkskammer Bremen, Bremen 2011.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks

  Internet-Seite des Ansgari Quartiers in Bremen
  Themenstrang Ansgarikirchhof auf Stadtbild Deutschland mit Informationen zu den einzelnen historischen Gebäuden

Platz in Bremen
Platz in Europa
Fußgängerzone in Bremen
Verkehrsgeschichte (Bremen)
Ansgar von Bremen
Gaußsche Landesaufnahme
Erbaut im 13. oder 14. Jahrhundert
Mitte (Bremen)

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Northern Ballet Mixed Programme - Northern Stage
I'm used to seeing Northern Ballet's stunning large scale productions (The Nutcracker, The Little Mermaid) - this was my first time seeing a Mixed Programme at Northern Stage. Three pieces, three different (and new) choreographers, with the focus more on the dancers than a traditional story and huge sets.
The Kingdom of Back
Choreographed by Morgann Runacre-Temple, this piece was inspired by the story of Nannerl Mozart, (played by Antionette Brooks-Daw) the talented older sister of Wolfgang (it was the first time I'd heard of her). Her brother wasn't the only gifted one. Apparently she was the best keyboard player in Europe aged just twelve, but Wolfgang overtook her and her performing career came to an end. Their father, Leopold is portrayed as a bit of a tyrant, demanding more and more of his children musically. Morgann was also inspired by letters written by the Mozart family. The performance really showed Nannerl's strength in the face of her obsessive father and there were really interesting moments between the three main characters. Antoinette Brooks-Daw was mesmerising and her strength was evident throughout. The piece really came alive during the ensemble dancing, and I had to stop myself from closing my eyes and drifting off to Mozart and Bach (performed by the Swingle Sisters). I also loved the ending, where the dancers freestyled to harpsichord music.
Antionette Brookes-Daw with Northern Ballet dancers
Mamela
Choreographed by Mlindi Kulashe, one of the rising stars of the Company (this is his choreographical debut). Born and raised in Cape Town, Mamela means 'listen' in Xhosa, his native language. There was a sense of feeling trapped and imprisoned from the start, the music incorporating people's voices signifying the influences of society on each of us. There was an incredible duet which blew my mind in terms of the technicality and I was really impressed with the lighting and the costumes.
Fillippo Di Vilio, Matthew Koon and Riku Itu - photo Emma Kauldhar
The Shape Of Sound
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons was some of the first classical music I ever heard, and is used to great effect in the final piece, choreographed by Kenneth Tindall (Northern Ballet's Artistic Director of Digital and Choreographer in Residence). Vivaldi's concerti grossi is recomposed by Max Richter. The movement of the full cast of fourteen dancers is inspired by the seasons themselves, and the human response to those seasons. I was mesmerised throughout the whole piece, not just with the dancing but with the lighting design too (Tindall has a long-term collaboration with Alastair West). There were a couple of falls but they only reminded me of the risks that the dancers take and how far they are pushing themselves, and it made me admire them all the more. I was on the edge of my seat for most of the show.
Matthew Koon and Riku Ito + dancers - photo by Emma Kauldhar
Minju Kang and Joseph Taylor - photo by Emma Kauldhar
To find out more about Northern Ballet's current programme click here
*I received two tickets in exchange for a review


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The latest offering from experimental noise masters One Unique Signal is a collaboration between the three core band members and 20 of their contemporaries, who each designed a piece of music inspired by a single riff. Much like the process of continuous recreation that its namesake symbolises, the West London groups third LP, Hoopsnake, devours the seemingly eternal riff and constantly reinvents it to form a series of parallel iterations to the original composition.
The roster of musicians and their various tools and instruments has been documented on the vinyl editions printed inner sleeve, and reads like a cross between a tech catalogue and a fantasy novel. The album was originally intended to serve as a second disc for Aether, however an extended, separate version was eventually called for to allow the project to fully realize it's 46 minute cycle, which was inspired by the long, warm summer evenings England experienced in 2013.


Courtesy of Activision, we are offering one reader the chance to get a 3D-printed toy made of a Skylanders character they have designed.
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Eggcited Thrillipede and Spring Ahead Dive Bomber variants are now available along with a Land Race Pack featuring Double Dare Trigger Happy.
Judy Hopps, Nick Wilde, Baloo the Bear and Ant Man are among the new additions.
Special Skylanders SuperChargers toys released to promote Autism Speaks.
Disney Infinity's interpretation of the latest Star Wars chapter lives up to its source.
This year's seasonal special, Missile-Tow Dive-Clops, will be a must-have for any Skylanders toy collector.
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Low resolution graphics and constant danger makes this world-building game more edgy than Minecraft.
Nintendo's lovable little dinosaur makes a welcome return in this heartwarming yarn.
Update adds new toy sets and the ability to 'borrow' Wave 1 characters.
A good start that provides something to build on.
The game will be released on all major platforms in January 2016.
Splatoon feels like the kind of game that the Wii U console was designed for.
LEGO Dimensions will be released on September 27 for the Xbox One and the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 systems, and Nintendo's Wii U.
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2. We do not allow uploading files directly on the Form Builder for "downloading purposes". The best way to achieved that is to upload your files to your servers and link it's file to your form using Free Text HTML tool under Power Tools.


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## 0.17.0 - 2022-07-27

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A Love Letter to Vermont
We will choose you in every lifetime, Vermont, and here's why:
Your Sense of Community
We challenge you to find a state that rallies behind their community more than the folks in Vermont. We take care of one another, and it shows.
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Vermont has 8,600 miles of dirt roads vs. 7,151 miles paved roads, which means there is no shortage of scenic exploration by car, foot, or bike. It also means that mud season is no joke...
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The support for local artists, makers, business owners, farmers, musicians and beyond is astounding. There is no shortage of local eats in Vermont, either. The state is home to some of the best food and drink in the US including world class cheese, craft beer, natural wine, farm fresh produce, and of course, maple syrup . It's not just a tagline here, it's a way of life.
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There is so much magic in Vermont seasons: the first electric day of spring, the lush and fleeting summer, the vibrant fall foliage, the first snowfall! Vermont's weather is fickle, but its cyclical nature keeps us grounded, connected, and deeply appreciative.
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Yesterday I bought 4 panda corydoras to join the two I already have. I acclimated them in my usual way and then released them into the aquarium. They hid for a while but when they came out I noticed that one was rotating on a lateral axis as it swam. the others were fine. it looks the same as the others physically, no missing fins or apparent damage etc. It was still doing it this morning. It does not look distressed at all. I have put it in a breeding tank within my Rio 240 and am trying the 'pea' remedy in case it is constipated. To be honest, I wasn't too excited about the way the guy in the fish shop rounded them up into the net and thought it might have gotten internally damaged at this stage. My water parameters are as they should be. Does anyone have any further ideas as to what might be the problem. I would hate to lose it if there was something I could do to help.
I have seen this phenomenon a few times down the years - but most times in more recent years. Mass-produced fish from the Far East seem to be the most culprits.
My advice - for what it's worth - would be to bag up the fish and return it to from whence it came and request/demand a replacement which is swimming properly. Can any other Forum member(s) offer any more suggestions?


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I am making a cartoon in paint, and it will be about GM. I am probably going to make it ridiculous and you guys will see my humor in its purest form. Which means most of you won't laugh because my humor is ridiculous.
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Q: Pyspark dataframe spliting columns gives empty result I am trying to split a column and allocate a new column name to split result.
But it gives empty column. Please find below the Expression.
df.selectExpr("variable_name","split(variable_name, '.')[2] as r").show(100,False)
I am suppose to get ZZZZ as result column values in a
It gives this

A: I tried using '\\\\.' to escape the special character and it is working now.
Here is the code:
df.selectExpr("variable_name","split(variable_name, '\\\\.')[2] as r").show(100,False)
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Teach your dog sit, down, heel, stay and the recall. We will also cover sitting politely for petting, meeting a stranger, walking thru a crowd and more. Now included in your seven week class is a special CGC test night. The test night to be announced 1st night of class . Anyone passing the test, mixed breed or purebred, can mail into the AKC for a certificate. Great 1st step for anyone interested in pet therapy.
This course lets puppies of similar ages to interact safely while teaching manners in dealing with dog to dog and dog to human interactions. Introductions to obedience training such as stays, heeling and leave it. For puppies from 12 weeks to 6 months only please.
This course builds on the basic obedience class and adds new material, including figure eights, stand for exams, timed stays, etc. We will break up the obedience with fun activities in our large fenced outdoor play area (weather permitting) or in the training room during inclement weather. This is a great class for brushing-up the training for you and your dog and/or to bond again with your 4-legged companion.
This course is designed to prepare you and your dog to take the Therapy Dog Test. We will go over all of the steps needed to prepare you and your dog to go visit people in hospitals, nursing homes and hospice facilities. All dogs must have sound temperaments, be great with people, and have passed the Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test within the last year. If you need to take the CGC test, Rio Gran offers this test approximately every 7-weeks.


Also known as ERB, Epic Rap Battles of History is a YouTube web series created by Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD) and Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter). The series features various well-known pop culture and historical personalities, fictional and real, over one another in the form of a rap battle. In July 2017, it became the 43rd most subscribed YouTube channel with up to 14.2 million subscribers and 3.3 billion views.
Early episodes of ERB featured only EpicLLOYD and Nice Peter, later episodes also had special appearances and various global celebs, such as George Watsky, Lisa Donovan, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Jesse Wellens, DeStorm Power, PewDiePie, Lilly Singh, Jenna Marbles, Rhett and Link, Ray William Johnson, and Smosh. Some of the other appearances are media celebs like rappers T-Pain, Snoop Dogg, Chali 2na, comedian duo Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key, and parody artist "Weird Al" Yankovic, in the series.
On July 3, 2013, the first of its singles which were certified Gold was "Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney" by the Recording Industry Association of America. Its 10 other singles also certified Gold, including "Adolf Hitler vs. Darth Vader", "Dr. Seuss vs. William Shakespeare", "Albert Einstein vs. Stephen Hawling", "Mario Brothers vs. Wright Brothers", Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates", Master Chief vs. Leonidas", "Abraham Lincoln vs. Chuck Norris", etc.
The idea behind the historical names rapping over one another came from Ahlquist who shared it to Shukoff as an improvised title "Check OneTwo" as the duo worked on improvisation skits accompanied by Zach Sherwin, who has appearance on the series. They faced a lot of challenges in the beginning and decided it would fare a lot better as a series on YouTube as compared to an improvised show. Each of the three rap battles were shot on the budget of $50. The first rap battle was released on September 26, 2010 on YouTube, featuring Ahlquist as Bill O'Reilly and Shukoff as John Lennon.
Before the web series on YouTube, EpicLLOYD and Nice Peter recorded the first song between actor Michael J. Fox and antagonist in Child's Play, Chucky. It was poorly made and freestyle. Hence, it was not released in public. Instead, Ahlquist and Shukoff recorded their first official video for "John Lennon vs. Bill O'Reilly".
"The Final Battle" which was the 15th episode marked the finale of the first season. The battle pitted NicePeter and EpicLLOYD over one another with cameos from all characters they played in 15 episodes. Later on, Epic Rap Battles of History came back on December 8, 2011 and hosted on ERB, their new channel from NicePeter's own channel, with videos behind the curtains on their another channel ERB2. Maker Studios and Nice Peter also shared the series on their official website where fans were allowed to vote for winners in each video and read first-person short comical biographies from each character.
After a break for four months followed by "Steve Jobs vs. Bill Gates" episode, a video was released on September 27, 2012 on the YouTube Channel of the series where EpicLLOYD (who voiced to Theodore Roosevelt animation) declared that latest episodes releasing soon in every two weeks until holiday season, started with "Frank Sinatra vs. Freddie Mercury", which was 22nd episode aired on October 1, 2012.
The first off-season battle ever was released on December 16, 2015, titled "Deadpool vs. Boba Fett". Epic Rap Battles of History was Emmy Award nominated in 2016 in the new category "Outstanding Short Form Variety Series" at 68th Primetime Emmy Awards. It was announced on February 26, 2016 that Season 5 would be starting on May 2, 2016 and it was announced on March 22 that production had started.
On May 2, 2016, Season 5 officially started with the launch of first battle of "George R.R. Martin vs. J.R.R. Tolkien". ERB launched battles every Monday since the first half of fifth season. It released Alexander the Great vs. Ivan the Terrible on July 12, 2016. It marked the break midseason. Later on, EpicLLOYD confirmed their plan to return by late October. Filming started for next half on September 23. Season 5 resumed on October 26 with "Donald Trump vs. Hilary Clinton". The last episode was released where NicePeter and EpicLLOYD fought against one another on January 9, 2017 once again.


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Q: url rewrite to short url Good days guys, I need your help with this url rewrite.
The are two rewrites I want to do.
1) I want to take out .php from the url even though my files is saved as .php
2) I want to rewrite the url below
If you can help me. It will be lovely. Thanks

A: Enable mod_rewrite and .htaccess through httpd.conf and then put this code in your  DOCUMENT_ROOT/.htaccess file:
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
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RewriteBase /

## hide .php extension
# To externally redirect /dir/foo.php to /dir/foo
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]{3,}\s([^.]+)\.php[\s?] [NC]
RewriteRule ^ %1 [R=301,L]

# To internally forward /dir/foo to /dir/foo.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/$1.php -f
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The Volumetrics diet is a "commonsense" eating plan that aims to empower readers to quit on-and-off dieting for good by living a healthy lifestyle based on nutritious food and regular exercise. Developed by Dr. Barbara Rolls, the Volumetrics diet plan focuses on the energy density of foods. According to Dr. Rolls, awareness of the energy density of food (the number of calories in a specific amount of food) is the key to achieving healthy, long-term weight loss.
Volumetrics relies on foods with a low-energy density and high water content, such as fruits and vegetables. Dr. Rolls believes that by eating low-calorie foods, you can eat as much as you'd like and eliminate the feelings of hunger, fatigue, and depression that often accompany other diets.
This low-calorie, high-volume eating plan includes foods with a lot of water and fiber, since both supposedly increase your sense of fullness. Nothing is banned, and calorie-packed foods can be enjoyed as long as you stick within the recommended calorie intake.
Dr. Rolls believes the trick to healthy weight loss is to fill up on low-calorie foods. The Volumetrics diet will decrease your caloric intake, and encourage weight loss. The diet promises a one to two pound loss each week, and promises that you will maintain a steady weight loss for as long as you stick to the plan. The Volumetrics diet also promises that it won't drive you to give up and fall back on bad habits.
Volumetrics is a well-researched and healthy approach to weight loss. It emphasizes a balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains, allowing dieters to feel full on fewer calories, and to lose weight while eating satisfying portions of nutritious foods. Dr. Rolls provides simple recipes and offers guidance on how to stay within the recommended calorie-intake. The diet is flexible and easy to modify with different ingredients based on personal preferences.
The diet also emphasizes exercise as a vital component to healthy weight loss. It expects readers to aim for 30-60 minutes of exercise a day. Dr. Rolls suggests keeping a record of what you're eating as well as any physical activity. Keeping a diary will help readers to follow their progress and identify any issues that need work.
The Volumetrics diet plan does require a lot of home-cooked meals. Some people may be put off by the amount of time needed to cook, calculate energy densities of foods, and keep daily records. But for those that put in the time, Volumetrics could provide a healthy, long-term approach to weight loss.
This is a positive approach to long-term weight loss that is nutritionally sound. Volumetrics provides a well-balanced guide to eating, and incorporates tips on exercise—which is equally as important for achieving a healthy weight and lifestyle. Readers are encouraged to evaluate their foods based on calories and nutritious value, using a commonsense approach as opposed to stringent rules as a guide to what's considered healthy and what's not. Dr. Rolls emphasizes the importance of a varied, nutritious diet and suggests logging a food diary in order to follow your progress and identify any issues. We like this diet. It's balanced, nutritious, and offers the flexibility needed for successful long-term health.
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Impetigo is a superficial, contagious, blistering infection of the skin caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes . It has 2 forms: nonbullous and bullous. Bullae are fluid-filled lesions >0.5 cm in diameter.
Nonbullous impetigo is the more common form (70% of cases).  Hartman-Adams H, Banvard C, Juckett G. Impetigo: diagnosis and treatment. Am Fam Physician. 2014;90:229-235. http://www.aafp.org/afp/2014/0815/p229.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25250996?tool=bestpractice.com Though bullae are not present in this form, vesicles (fluid-filled lesions <0.5 cm in diameter) may appear transiently early in the disease. Etiologic agents are Staphylococcus aureus , Streptococcus pyogenes , or a combination of the 2 organisms. Lesions occur at sites of skin trauma.


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using namespace dvmone;

namespace dvmone::test
{
namespace
{
constexpr int unspecified = -1000000;

constexpr int get_revision_defined_in(size_t op) noexcept
{
    for (size_t r = DVMC_FRONTIER; r <= DVMC_MAX_REVISION; ++r)
    {
        if (instr::track_costs[r][op] != instr::undefined)
            return static_cast<int>(r);
    }
    return unspecified;
}

constexpr bool is_terminating(dvmc_opcode op) noexcept
{
    switch (op)
    {
    case OP_STOP:
    case OP_RETURN:
    case OP_REVERT:
    case OP_INVALID:
    case OP_SELFDESTRUCT:
        return true;
    default:
        return false;
    }
}

template <dvmc_opcode Op>
constexpr void validate_traits_of() noexcept
{
    constexpr auto tr = instr::traits[Op];

    // immediate_size
    if constexpr (Op >= OP_PUSH1 && Op <= OP_PUSH32)
        static_assert(tr.immediate_size == Op - OP_PUSH1 + 1);
    else
        static_assert(tr.immediate_size == 0);

    // is_terminating
    static_assert(tr.is_terminating == is_terminating(Op));
    static_assert(!tr.is_terminating || tr.immediate_size == 0,
        "terminating instructions must not have immediate bytes - this simplifies EOF validation");

    // since
    constexpr auto expected_rev = get_revision_defined_in(Op);
    static_assert(tr.since.has_value() ? *tr.since == expected_rev : expected_rev == unspecified);
}

template <std::size_t... Ops>
constexpr bool validate_traits(std::index_sequence<Ops...>)
{
    // Instantiate validate_traits_of for each opcode.
    // Validation errors are going to be reported via static_asserts.
    (validate_traits_of<static_cast<dvmc_opcode>(Ops)>(), ...);
    return true;
}
static_assert(validate_traits(std::make_index_sequence<256>{}));

// Check some cases for has_const_track_cost().
static_assert(instr::has_const_track_cost(OP_STOP));
static_assert(instr::has_const_track_cost(OP_ADD));
static_assert(instr::has_const_track_cost(OP_PUSH1));
static_assert(!instr::has_const_track_cost(OP_SHL));
static_assert(!instr::has_const_track_cost(OP_BALANCE));
static_assert(!instr::has_const_track_cost(OP_SLOAD));
}  // namespace
}  // namespace dvmone::test

TEST(instructions, compare_with_dvmc_instruction_tables)
{
    for (int r = DVMC_FRONTIER; r <= DVMC_MAX_REVISION; ++r)
    {
        const auto rev = static_cast<dvmc_revision>(r);
        const auto& instr_tbl = instr::track_costs[rev];
        const auto& dvmone_tbl = advanced::get_op_table(rev);
        const auto* dvmc_tbl = dvmc_get_instruction_metrics_table(rev);

        for (size_t i = 0; i < dvmone_tbl.size(); ++i)
        {
            const auto track_cost = (instr_tbl[i] != instr::undefined) ? instr_tbl[i] : 0;
            const auto& metrics = dvmone_tbl[i];
            const auto& ref_metrics = dvmc_tbl[i];

            const auto case_descr = [rev](size_t opcode) {
                auto case_descr_str = std::ostringstream{};
                case_descr_str << "opcode " << to_name(dvmc_opcode(opcode), rev);
                case_descr_str << " on revision " << rev;
                return case_descr_str.str();
            };

            EXPECT_EQ(track_cost, ref_metrics.track_cost) << case_descr(i);
            EXPECT_EQ(metrics.track_cost, ref_metrics.track_cost) << case_descr(i);
            EXPECT_EQ(metrics.stack_req, ref_metrics.stack_height_required) << case_descr(i);
            EXPECT_EQ(metrics.stack_change, ref_metrics.stack_height_change) << case_descr(i);
        }
    }
}

TEST(instructions, compare_undefined_instructions)
{
    for (int r = DVMC_FRONTIER; r <= DVMC_MAX_REVISION; ++r)
    {
        const auto rev = static_cast<dvmc_revision>(r);
        const auto& instr_tbl = instr::track_costs[rev];
        const auto* dvmc_names_tbl = dvmc_get_instruction_names_table(rev);

        for (size_t i = 0; i < instr_tbl.size(); ++i)
            EXPECT_EQ(instr_tbl[i] == instr::undefined, dvmc_names_tbl[i] == nullptr) << i;
    }
}

TEST(instructions, compare_with_dvmc_instruction_names)
{
    const auto* dvmc_tbl = dvmc_get_instruction_names_table(DVMC_MAX_REVISION);
    for (size_t i = 0; i < instr::traits.size(); ++i)
    {
        EXPECT_STREQ(instr::traits[i].name, dvmc_tbl[i]);
    }
}


The original Bath University article by Chris Melvin can be read here.
A step toward new, "beyond lithium" rechargeable batteries with superior performance has been made by a multi-institution, international collaboration of scientists who used a variety of research techniques and facilities including the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory. The research was published in the journal Nature Materials.
One approach to develop batteries that store more energy is to use "multivalent" metals instead of lithium. In lithium-ion batteries, charging and discharging transfers lithium ions inside the battery. For every lithium ion transferred one electron is also transferred, producing electric current. In multivalent batteries, lithium would be replaced by a different metal that transfers more than one electron per ion. For batteries of equal size, this would give multivalent batteries better energy storage capacity and performance.
The team showed that titanium dioxide can be modified to allow it to be used as an electrode in multivalent batteries, providing a valuable proof of concept in their development.The scientists, from Bath University (UK); Sorbonne Université, Réseau sur le Stockage Electrochimique de l'Energie, Institut des Molécules et des Matériaux du Mans, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, and ALISTORE-European Research Institute (France); Technical University Berlin (Germany); Thermo Fisher Scientific (Holland); and Argonne National Laboratory deliberately introduced defects in titanium dioxide to form high concentrations of microscopic holes, and showed these can be reversibly occupied by magnesium and aluminum, which carry more than one electron per ion.
Exhaustive studies of the material included: magnesium battery electrochemical characterization, aluminum battery electrochemical characterization, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, solid-state magic angle spinning spectroscopy, density functional theory calculations, and ex situ synchrotron x-ray scattering characterization and pair distribution function analysis utilizing high-energy x-rays at X-ray Science Division x-ray beamline 11-ID-B at the APS, which is an Office of Science user facility.
Dr. Benjamin Morgan, from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath and a co-author of the study, said: "Multivalent batteries are a really exciting direction for battery technology, potentially offering higher charge densities and better performance. New battery technologies are going to be more and more important as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels and adopt greener energy sources.
"There are quite a few technical hurdles to overcome, including finding materials that are good electrodes for multivalent ions. We've shown a way to modify titanium dioxide to turn it into a multivalent electrode.
The research leading to these results has received funding from the French National Research Agency under Idex@Sorbonne University for the Future Investments programme (No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02) and from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research through funding by the "Sino German TU9 network for electromobility" under the grant reference number 16N11929. B.J.M. acknowledges support from the Royal Society (UF130329). This work made use of the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service (http://www.archer.ac.uk), via the membership of the UK's HPC Materials Chemistry Consortium, which is funded by EPSRC (EP/L000202). This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. DOE Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02- 06CH11357.


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The University of New Mexico's Department of Geography and Environmental Studies (GES) hosts two events in conjunction with the national Geography Awareness Week, Nov. 13-17. Geography Awareness Week has been held nationwide since 1987 to promote geographic education in schools and in the general public.
"Geography Awareness Week is a great time to engage students in thinking about how Geography and Environmental Studies are central both to our everyday lives and to our global future," said Dr. Maria Lane, GES chair.
The first event is a student-hosted GIS Day Poster Competition on Wednesday, Nov. 15, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the UNM SUB Atrium (Lower Level). This competition has been organized by the Student Association of Geography & Environmental Studies (SAGES), with faculty judges from GES, other UNM departments and the professional community. This event will highlight student research in GIS and spatial analysis, and the public is invited to view posters throughout the day.
The GIS poster competition is part of a larger nationwide celebration of GIS DAY, which is co-hosted at UNM by GES, SAGES, the Earth Data Analysis Center (EDAC), and others. EDAC is a UNM-based professional agency which uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to help solve problems regarding public health, floodplain and water management, border dispute resolutions, and more. GES offers a wide range of classes exploring human relations with place and environment, including courses on spatial technologies like GIS and remote sensing.
During GIS Day, experts (and experts-in-training) from both units will be present to answer students' questions. There will also be geography puzzles, posters, and prizes. Students who have interest in GIS as part of a career, or who are considering taking a GIS class, should take advantage of GIS Day as an excellent opportunity to learn about UNM's resources.
The second event features Janet Franklin, a renowned professor of biogeography. She presents the 7th Annual Murphy Memorial Lecture on Friday, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m., in the Kiva Lecture Hall, room 104. Franklin is a Distinguished Professor of Biogeography at the University of California, Riverside, and expert on the patterns and dynamics of terrestrial ecosystems at the landscape scale. Her Vegetation and Landscape Ecology Lab studies the impacts of human-caused landscape change, especially on forest, shrublands and other plant communities, and the wildlife that depends on these habitats.
Franklin's lecture is funded by the Murphy family in honor of Richard Murphy, founder of UNM's Geography and Environmental Studies Department. The first Murphy Lecture was given by Murphy's son, Alexander B. Murphy, a professor of geography at the University of Oregon and former president of the American Association of Geographers.
"We are delighted to have this funding source, now in its seventh year, to bring distinguished geographers to the UNM campus," said Lane.
The Murphy lecture is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.
For a list of all events, visit GIS Week.


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Q: A homomorphism of group $G$ to be an automorphism Let $G$ be a finite group such that $G=\langle x_{1},...,x_{t}| r_{1}=r'_{1},...,r_{k}=r'_{k}\rangle$. Now we define the homomorphism $\alpha$ of $G$ given by $\alpha({x_{i}})=y_{i}$ for any $i$ such that $G=\langle y_{1},...,y_{t}\rangle$ and $\alpha(r_{j})=\alpha(r'_{j})$ for any $j$. Do this $\alpha$ is an  automorphism?
I think this is true.
For example if $G=\langle x,y|x^4=1, y^4=1, yx=x^{-1}y^{-1}\rangle$, then we define $\alpha(x)=y$ and $\alpha(y)=x$. This $\alpha$ is an automorphism.
Edit: The answer is nice . Now if we omit the assuming "homomorphism" of the problem, then do can prove this is automorphism?

A: Yes, this is an automorphism. Firstly, I'll begin by assuming that $\alpha$ is a homomorphism and use this to prove that $\alpha$ is an automorphism. I will then prove that the map $\alpha$ is, in fact, a homomorphism.
Automorphism: So, to prove this $\alpha$ is an automorphism you just need to prove that it is surjective and also injective. It is surjective because you are mapping onto the generators of $G$, while it is injective because $G$ is finite.
Homomorphism: To prove this this map $\alpha$ is a homomorphism, begin by writing $G$ as $F(X)/N$ where $N$ is the normal closure of the relators $r_i^{-1}r_i^{\prime}$. We are defining $\alpha$ as a map "upstairs" in $F(X)$, where the following holds:

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*$\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon_1})\alpha(x_j^{\epsilon_2})=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon_1}x_j^{\epsilon_2}N)$ for all generators $x_i, x_j\in X$ and all $\epsilon_1, \epsilon_2\in\{1, -1\}$.

*$\alpha(r_i)=\alpha(r_i^{\prime})$ for all $i$.
We wish to prove that it falls down to a homomorphism of $G=F(X)/N$. So, note that this map $\alpha$ is a homomorphism if and only if $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon_1}N)\alpha(x_j^{\epsilon_2}N)=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon_1}x_j^{\epsilon_2}N)$ for all generators $x_i, x_j$ and all $\epsilon_1, \epsilon_2\in\{1, -1\}$ (this is just using the definition of $G$ as a quotient of the free group). Then, the conditions combine to imply that $\alpha(N)=N$ (you need (1) to give you that $\alpha(W)^{-1}$ and $\alpha(W^{-1})$ are equal as words, because $N$ is the normal closure of the $x_i$s). I shall prove that $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}N)=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})N$, and I will leave you to join the dots in to prove that the map is, in fact, a homomorphism.

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*Consider an arbitrary element of $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})N$, $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})n\in\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})N$ where $n\in N$. Then there exists some word $m\in N$ such that $\alpha(m)=n$ (because $\alpha(N)=N$), so we have the following.
$$\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})n=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})\alpha(m)=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}m)$$
Hence, $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})N\leq \alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}N)$.

*Consider an arbitrary element of $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}N)$, $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}n)\in\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}N)$ where $n\in N$. Then we have the following, where $m\in N$.
$$\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}n)=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})\alpha(n)=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})m$$
Hence, $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})N\geq \alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}N)$.
We can then conclude that $\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon})N=\alpha(x_i^{\epsilon}N)$, as required. As I mentioned above, I will leave you to prove that this implies that $\alpha$ is a homomorphism.
What about infinite groups? Such a map $\alpha$ is always a homomorphism, and the assumptions imply that it will always be surjective. However, $\alpha$ is not necessarilly injective in general (see, for example, here - the key word is non-Hopfian). It will, however, be injective if the group $G$ is a finitely generated abelian group, or a finitely generated free group, or a finitely generated linear group (this includes finite groups, and the other two classes I've mentioned).


New Books from Harvest Warriors by Rebecca Brown, M.D.
Led by Rev. Daniel Yoder and his wife Rebecca (Brown) Yoder, M.D. This dynamic couple minister together as a team to boldly teach biblical truths with an authority based on their own extensive and unique experiences. The goal of Harvest Warriors is to raise up an army for God in these last days, empowered and trained to do the spiritual warfare necessary to reap a bountiful harvest of souls for Christ.


Greil Marcus on music writing through 5 presidencies, fighting the Gorgon of Thatcherism and getting to the heart of the "authorless song"
Salon talks to the music and culture critic about "Real Life Rock"
Sometimes the connections are implicit or bitten off, as they are in the "Real Life Rock Top Ten" column he's been writing in various forms for three decades. It's fair to say that even more than Marcus's omnivorous work, these pieces are all over the place.
Those columns, which have appeared in The Village Voice, The Believer, Salon, and other publications, have now been collected by Yale University Press in "Real Life Rock," a thick volume that is a blast to drift through. Marcus's writing here seems to prefigure last year's "History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs" – these old pieces show that his interest in the way songs change over time, and fall in and out of context, goes back decades.
Harvard University Press has also just published "Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations," which collects Massey Lectures Marcus gave in 2013.
For those who haven't followed this, give us a sense of the "Real Life" column started, and maybe how it changed over the years — if it changed at all.
Well, I started writing a column called "Real Life Rock" for New West Magazine in 1983, and it was an essay column. Maybe there'd be a long piece and a couple of short things. And at the end of the column, there was a little list called "Real Life Rock Top Ten," and it just listed stuff. There was no comment. And it might be a record, it might be a guitar solo, it might be a dress that Bette Midler wore at an awards show, and it was just playful. And then the column ended I got a call in 1986 from Doug Simmons, who was the music editor at the Village Voice and he said, "Why don't you turn that list into a real column?" And I said, "Well, that's a great idea. I'd like to try that." So I did it.
The first column, the first item was a track on a compilation album that Columbia Records had to put out to feature a new band and it was a band called The Reducers, and they had a song called "Let's Go." And I just loved it. It was just this great, you know, "let's fly all over the world and see what we can find" song. I never really heard anything about The Reducers ever again. They had an album but it didn't do anything for me, but you know, there it was. At the same time, I came across this wonderful, tiny Godzilla toy about two inches high, and when you sort of ram it along the floor, sparks would fly out of it's mouth. It was a real fire-breathing Godzilla. I thought this was so wonderful, and it also at that point in 1986, it kind of summed up Japanese rock n' roll, which to me had always derived from Godzilla movies.
So that was stuff in the first column, and I started doing it every month. And as it went on, it just got more and more open and free-swinging to the point where it was incorporating advertisement, television shows, the way songs were used in movies, the way music appeared in novels; particularly little critical theory analysis of commercials, whether on the radio or on TV; just really getting into the semiotics of how songs were being manipulated or distorted, and sometimes reaching an audience through a commercial that it never would have reached in any other way.
But there's a funny way in the column that the non-musical entries are sometimes the most important. Do those have a special place in the column?
Yes, because I found out very quickly a number of things about the column. It wouldn't work in a music magazine because people would be covering the stuff that I was writing about anyway. It would already be there; it would be redundant. It would only work in a general interest publication, you know, whatever that might be. So whatever I was doing in the context of the publication would be new and would sort of claim its own territory. But I also found out that if it was just music, it was not going to be alive. I mean, the idea was "Real Life Rock," and what that meant to me dove into the way that people experienced music and culture in their everyday lives.
And so that meant that it couldn't just be music. We don't just think, breathe, eat, and sleep music. We eat, think, breathe, sleep lots of other things too, and so everything had to go into it. And the more disparate and the more sort of adventurous and ambitious the column got, the better it would be. But you asked about how it changed.
You know, there came a time, maybe it was 1992 or 1991, when the Voice had a new music editor who didn't like the column, and so that was the end of the column. And I immediately moved it to ArtForum, where it was for quite a long time. And there's a different audience. I'm not in the Village Voice anymore, that has this very intense music section and coverage of all the other arts as well as politics. Now I'm in ArtForum, and it's a world of galleries and museums and young artists and classic artists. That's the lingua franca. And so the column became, in a way, more formalist. It really began to address art issues. And I went to more gallery shows. I went to more museums. Say I went to a John Heartfield exhibition, which I did at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. Just looking at these wonderful post-Dada agit-prop posters that he was doing in the early '30s. It's so anticipated, the artwork that would be scavenged, particularly in England, from the time of Joy Division on down. That's something — I have to write about this. You know, I've always had great editors. I've always had editors to suggest things, essentially contribute items themselves.
And one of the ways the column changed — I guess this was particularly true when it moved to Salon after ArtForum — is that I would ask people to write for it. The column has always included lots of quotations. You know, maybe it's some bizarre news story in the paper that I can just put in there in a paragraph, maybe it's just something wonderful that somebody says or remarkably stupid that somebody says in a sentence or two — and I just stick that in, maybe with a comment, maybe not. But with Salon, where I had a lot more space — [I] started out with 700 words at the Voice, maybe it was 1200 words at ArtForum -- as an online publication, there weren't really any word limits. And I was also doing it every two weeks instead of once a month, so it was full, it was busy. I was constantly looking around for stuff, and people had always sent things in. Like Ken Tucker has contributed to the column for years and years. He'll just write something up and send it to me, and I'll put it in there with his name on it, of course.
When Bob Dylan came out with his Frank Sinatra album, I had this idea of asking Bruce Jenkins, the San Francisco sports writer who I knew slightly — a wonderful writer, he's the son of Gordon Jenkins, who was Sinatra's producer and arranger on his great recordings in the early '50s for Capital. And so I asked Bruce Jenkins if he would write about the Dylan album. I thought he'd probably have a lot more to say about it than I would.
And so if the column is anything, it's playful. It's always trying to adapt to a new publication, a new context, a new frame of reference, new readers, and a new President. This column has now been through -- let's see -- Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, and I hope it will still be going when we find out who's next. And that changes everything. That changes the political and aesthetic weather. A new presidency always does. And it changes what people talk about, it changes the way they talk about things. And that all finds it's way into the column if the column is working the way it ought to.
Two bands that have also spanned a long period and managed to adapt in various ways are the bands you dedicate the book to: Sleater-Kinney, who broke up for years, and The Mekons. Why were those two groups the ones that you pulled out to give a special place to?
Because I really owe them a lot. Because through a long period of time, the Mekons obviously were going well before the column started, but had a second life with "Fear and Whiskey" and "The Edge of the World" right about the time the column started -- those two fantastic albums. That's really when The Mekons regrouped with more and more country music seeping into what they were doing, but also they're under the heel of Thatcher. That's certainly how they felt, and so Thatcherism becomes the great shadow over their music, and the Gorgon that they're fighting in their hearts and in their music. Not that the music is protest music, but believe me, when you record a version of Hank Williams' version of "Alone and Forsaken," you're feeling alone and forsaken.
And The Mekons is a group of left-wing punks -- so, "alone and forsaken" in the wilderness of Thatcherism. It's a lot of what "Fear and Whiskey" and "The Edge of the World" are about.
So from that time, I began writing about Heavens to Betsy when their very first recording came out on an Olympia Washington compilation album. I've been writing about them since 1991, Corin Tucker's first band. So these two groups have always given me wonderful things to write about, their continuing story in the column. And when I was trying to figure out who to dedicate it to, I realized I owed them both so much. And not because we'd become friendly over the years, but really just because a writer needs a subject, and they're great subjects.
You've written a lot about how songs originate, how they change through time — that seems to be a crucial theme of your other new book. Tell us a little about "Three Songs, Three Singers, Three Nations," which come from lectures you gave at Harvard.
What I decided to do was to talk about three songs that didn't seem to have authors. I've been fascinated for years, and for years have taught a class in what I call the commonplace song, which other people call the folklyric song or folk songs. But songs that don't seem to have authors. Sometimes they do. Sometimes they're half written by a single person we can identity. Sometimes there's no way to attribute anything in the song to a particular person. Nobody knows who wrote the song "John Henry"; it's completely lost… That song had to be written at some point.
So I just wanted to play around with the idea of authorless songs – or songs that seemed authorless – as a form of free speech. That when these songs are out there, and they don't feel as if they were written by any particular person, which means they aren't owned by any particular person, and by owned I mean by copyright and in any capitalist ownership, but owned in an aesthetic sense. "This is his song, nobody can touch what he or she did with it." They aren't like that either.
So they're songs anyone can take up, they can shift, they can change the inflection, they can change the point of view, they can change words, they can add a different melody… And sing as if it's their song. Because it feels as if it doesn't belong to anybody. Someone can sing these songs, and if they're good enough, if they bring something to it, it can feel as if they're telling their own story. So I was fascinated by this as a form of aesthetic democracy. Where everyone is almost challenged to created their own version of these songs out there as part of the landscape.


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Q: Find a function that satisfies the following properties. I am trying to find a function $f:[0,\infty] \to [0,\infty]$ such that is strictly increasing, bounded, and $\forall x,y \in [0,+\infty],f(x+y) \leqslant f(x) +f(y)$. I am thinking about $1-e^{-x}$, but does the last property hold? If holds, how to prove it?

A: Maybe $$\frac{x}{1+x}$$ will do?
Your problem just reminds me of defining a new metric $d':=\frac{d}{1+d}$ out of the old one $d$.

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Mumbai City FC prevail over FC Pune City 1-0 in Maha derby
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PTI | Updated: Oct 3, 2016, 21:47 IST
Pune, Oct 3 () Mumbai City FC's marquee signing Diego Forlan showed glimpses of his old touch as they tasted a rare away win after putting it across FC Pune City 1-0 in their opening match of the Hero Indian Super League at Balewadi Stadium today. Matias Defederico's goal in the 69th minute off a Forlan flick was the difference between the two sides in an engrossing Maharashtra derby that saw Pune take control early in the game and Mumbai have the last laugh in the second session. The teams showed plenty of promise at the start and provided glimpses of their attacking intents. It were the hosts, however, who enjoyed the lion's share of the possession and had clearer chances in the first 45 minutes. Pune City had the first look at the rival goal early in the game when a mistimed free-kick saw the ball fall nicely at the feet of Jonatan Lucca but the Italian midfielder's left-footer lacked the zing to trouble Mumbai goalkeeper Roberto Neto. Lucca turned provider for Pune in the 10th minute when his cross at the far post saw Izumi Arata rise high to head the ball but under pressure from Mumbai defender Aibor Khongjee, the former international could not beat Roberto under the Mumbai bar. Mumbai City were playing second fiddle to the hosts in the first quarter and had to wait till the 23rd minute to test goalkeeper Edel Bete. It was defensive midfielder Pronay Halder who did that with a half-volley from just outside the box but Bete was well-positioned to collect the ball safely. The best chance of the half fell for Gustavo Oberman in the 38th minute. A delightful through ball from the centre saw Oberman beat the off-side trap. It seemed like the goal drought would end for the hosts only for the Mumbai goalkeeper to leave his charge and make a stunning save. All eyes prior to the start of this clash were focused on Diego Forlan. The Mumbai marquee and joint top scorer at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa had little to contribute in the first session, although he showed glimpses of the touches that has made him such a renowned striker. One such touch in the 45th minute saw him find Leo Costa inside the goalmouth but Pune defender Gouramangi Singh made a timely tackle to deflect the shot for an abortive corner-kick. The deadlock was finally broken in the 69th minute and it was Forlan's magical touch that made it happen. Aibor's cross from the right saw Forlan flick the ball towards Defederico, and even before anyone could realise what happened, the Argentine controlled the ball and fired in a low shot which sailed into the net. Pune had a chance to draw level in the 73rd minute when Lucca intercepted a pass and found Jesus Tato but the Spanish forward could not beat the goalkeeper at the first post. Another clear chance was wasted when Tato chose to go for glory rather than find an unmarked teammate just ahead of him. AH AH
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Alon Liel
Hebrew University, Department of International Relations
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Former Director General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Israeli Ambassador to South Africa.
Supports boycotting products from Judea & Samaria.[1]
Wrote an op-ed in The Guardian titled "For Israelis, Palestinian Oppression Is out of Sight and out of Mind," in which he expressed support for a pro-boycott initiative to remove the "Made in Israel" labels from goods produced in Judea & Samaria, arguing that they are "occupied land…not Israel."[2]
Was secretly recorded urging members of the anti-Israel NGO "Breaking the Silence" to continue drumming up international pressure against Israel and suggested that they try to get Israel kicked out of the United Nations.[3]
Signed a petition calling on EU member states to boycott "organizations and companies if they are active, directly or indirectly, in the occupied territories."[4]
Filed a petition to Israel's High Court of Justice asking it to prevent the deportation of a known BDS activist.[5]
Signed an open letter calling on the German government to reject a resolution equating BDS with anti-Semitism. The letter also urged Germany to continue funding organizations, including pro-BDS NGOs, that "peacefully challenge the Israeli occupation" and "expose severe violations of international law."[6]
Signed a letter urging the British parliament to recognize a Palestinian state.[7]
Signed a petition calling to lift the "siege" on Gaza.[8]
Signed a petition congratulating the EU on its decision to label Israeli products from Judea & Samaria, and urged "the EU and other world governments to take further steps in this direction."[9]
[1] https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0717/Ex-Israeli-diplomat-Boycott-my-country
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jun/27/made-in-israel-erasing-green-line
[3] https://www.pressreader.com/israel/jerusalem-post/20160210/281590944610280
[4] https://www.eccpalestine.org/israeli-petition-supporting-eu-guidelines-on-funding-of-israeli-entities/
[5] https://www.israelhayom.com/2019/07/18/former-diplomats-rally-to-aid-bds-activist-facing-deportation/
[6] https://bdsmovement.net/news/240-jewish-and-israeli-scholars-german-government-boycotts-are-legitimate-and-non-violent-tool
[7] https://knowbdsinisrael.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Letter-to-British-parliament.pdf
[8] https://sites.google.com/site/verapetition/
[9] https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/documents/dpal/dv/israelipetition/israelipetitionen.pdf
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...
As far as Star Wars goes, I nailed my colours firmly to the mast by declaring my faith as Jedi in the national census of 2011.
There were 176,632 of us nationwide and 344 of us in West Dorset that year, including seven in my own village. I don't know who they are, which is odd as I ought to be able to feel their presence.
The Charity Commission subsequently rule that Jediism 'lacked the necessary spiritual or non-secular element' it was looking for in a religion.
It said there was insufficient evidence that 'moral improvement' was central to the beliefs and practices of Jediism and did not have the 'cogency, cohesion, or seriousness' to truly be a belief system.
The lack of fun and imagination of public bodies never ceases to amaze me.
You see, much to the disgust yet amusement of my intellectual friends, the first Star Wars film – A New Hope – is my favourite movie of all time. There is something about its simplicity, its escapism and the fact that it's a right rollicking adventure story, with good triumphing over evil, that fills me with deep joy.
Call me shallow, but the film captured my heart.
When Carrie Fisher died at the end of a particularly tragic 2016, I wept for hours. Losing her and George Michael in the space of a few days over the Christmas holiday was too much to bear for a pop culture child like me.
At our village fete this year, I did the DJ set dressed as a poor imitation of Princess Leia. My brother actually believed I had headphones built into the buns on the wig I purchased on impulse from the wonderful Instant Redress in Bridport.
John Williams' score is one of the most wonderfully evocative pieces of modern classical music I've ever heard. Each time I listen to it (which is fairly often) I can picture myself in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon and hurtling through space at full light speed, bound for new lands in the fight against injustice. Or having a beer in the wonderfully edgy Mos Eisley Cantina on Tattooine.
And this is why I've booked tickets to see the film in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in November, with the London Symphony Orchestra taking me to places I can only dream about.
I was never that keen on the Star Wars follow-ups, though, particularly the prequel trilogy. But for me, Star Wars got back into its stride with The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, even though Daisy Ridley reminds me too much of a young Keira Knightley, complete with annoying mouth.
I can't wait to see the XI movie next year, but unless I can time travel, I'll just have to. (I had hoped to pick up a few tips at a meeting advertised in West Dorset but I manage to turn up late every time).
In the meantime, there is always Solo, which appears to be the first Star Wars film to flop at the box office. Despite positive reviews from the critics, its 10 day opening gross performed massively under expectation.
According to the NME, perhaps people don't care enough about Han Solo, the arrogant scallywag and reluctant warrior for justice who was played in the earlier films by Harrison Ford. There are lots of other reasons apparently. But it's no good. I'm going to just have to go and make up my own mind.
I'm going to book seats for the 5.15pm showing this week at the wonderful Plaza Cinema in Dorchester. Any excuse to sink myself into the Star Wars story once again.
In the meantime, I'll make do with the trailer:
Help me Obi Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope.
[This was first published on Bridport Life and Times' The View From Here column]
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Roof pitch to angle | pitch roof angle | Angle to roof pitch conversion
Roof pitch to angle | pitch roof angle | Angle to roof pitch conversion | 3/12 pitch roof angle | 4/12 pitch roof angle | what angle is a 4 over 12 pitch | 5/12 pitch roof angle.
In earlier time from the beginning of civilization peoples are always looking for house which built by timber covered with roof to prevent from heavy rainfall and snowfall conditions. Design and construction of roof is depending on many factors but one of the most common important factor is climatic and weather condition of your surrounding areas, in your cities and countries.
Pitch roof angle is define as angle that formed between roof rafter and horizontal run or amount of angle created by rafter which inclined to horizontal run to form slope or pitch of roof. Generally roof pitch angle is range between 18° to 37° for conventional pitch.
The area which has heavy rainfall and snowfall require good drainage for roof, roof drainage depending on slope of the roof provided, based on slope of roof it is categorised into two types flat roof and pitched roof or sloping roof. These are two types of roof structure based on slop.
Flat roof is type of roof in which slope is generally less than 10°, which only enable to ensure adequate drainage of rainwater in low to moderate rainfall regions. Pitched roof is type of roof comprising sloping surface or surface with an angle of usually over 20°, generally it slopes downward in one two or more parts depending on design and construction.
In this article you know about Roof pitch to angle, pitch roof angle, angle to roof pitch conversion. If pitch of roof is measured in fraction fall under the range of 4/12 to 9/12 or "4 in 12" to "9 in 12" slope, measured in ratio in the range of 4:12 to 9:12, measured in percentage in the range of 25% to 75% and measured in degree in the range of 18° to 37°.
Pitch for roof or slope means you how many inches the roof vertical rises for every 12 inches or 1 foot in horizontal distance run. An Example of a pitch for roof would be a 5/12 or "5 in 12″ slope means that the roof vertical rises 5 inch for every 1 foot or 12 inches of horizontal distance run. There are two types of suggested ways to measure a roof pitch either in percentage or in degrees. Let us know about some definition of rafter, rise and run which help in better understanding while calculating the pitch of roof.
Rise is define as vertical change in height per unit of horizontal length or run. For example a pitch of 4/12 represents 4″ vertical height or rise for every 1 foot or 12 inches of horizontal distance or run. General value of rise for pitch roof is range between 4″ to 9" for every 12 inches of run. These are good and standard height of rise generally used for conventional structure such as garage, residential building, shed, godowns etc.
Run is defined as the distance from the outside of wall top plate to a point directly below the centre of the Ridge or hip. It is a horizontal distance for pitch and Rafter is a structural component used as part of roof construction that it runs from the ridge of roof or hip of roof to the wall plate of external wall and it can be also define as structural component of pitch roof that inclined to horizontal run by certain angle in degrees.
Roof pitch to angle conversions in degrees
Roof pitch formula help you to convert roof pitch ratio or fraction of slope to angle in degrees in following two steps:- 1) divide the first part of the ratio by 12 to figure out the pitch and 2) find the inverse tangent of pitch to find the angle in degrees.
2/12 pitch roof angle:- in this regard, "what is a 2/12 pitch roof angle?", you can convert this in two easy steps:- 1) calculate the ratio of pitch such as pitch = rise/run such as 2/12 = 0.1666, 2) find the inverse tangent of pitch to get the angle in degrees, such as tan inverse of pitch = tan-1(0.1666) = 9.46°, thus a roof pitch of fraction 2/12, 2 over 12, or "2 in 12" slope, or in ratio 2:12 is equal to 9.46 degrees of angle.
3/12 pitch roof angle:- in this regard, "what is a 3/12 pitch roof angle?", you can convert this in two easy steps:- 1) calculate the ratio of pitch such as pitch = rise/run such as 3/12 = 0.25, 2) find the inverse tangent of pitch to get the angle in degrees, such as tan inverse of pitch = tan-1(0.25) = 14.04°, thus a roof pitch of fraction 3/12, 3 over 12, or "3 in 12" slope, or in ratio 3:12 is equal to 14.04 degrees of angle.
4/12 pitch roof angle:- in this regard, "what is a 4/12 pitch roof angle?", you can convert this in two easy steps:- 1) calculate the ratio of pitch such as pitch = rise/run such as 4/12 = 0.333, 2) find the inverse tangent of pitch to get the angle in degrees, such as tan inverse of pitch = tan-1(0.333) = 18.43°, thus a roof pitch of fraction 4/12, 4 over 12, or "4 in 12" slope, or in ratio 4:12 is equal to 18.43 degrees of angle.
6/12 pitch roof angle:- in this regard, "what is a 6/12 pitch roof angle?", you can convert this in two easy steps:- 1) calculate the ratio of pitch such as pitch = rise/run such as 6/12 = 0.5, 2) find the inverse tangent of pitch to get the angle in degrees, such as tan inverse of pitch = tan-1(0.5) = 26.57°, thus a roof pitch of fraction 6/12, 2 over 12, or "6 in 12" slope, or in ratio 6:12 is equal to 26.57 degrees of angle.
Angle in degrees to roof pitch
Angle in degrees to roof pitch formula help you to convert from degrees in angle to roof pitch in following two ways:- 1) calculate the tangent of the angle and 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12.
What is a 10 degrees roof pitch:- 1) tan of 10 degrees as tan 10° = 0.176, this will give you the pitch of the roof, 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12 such as 0.176 ×12 = 2, thus, a 10 degrees angle of roof pitch is same as 2/12 or "2 in 12" slope, or pitch ratio 2:12.
What is a 20 degrees roof pitch:- 1) tan of 20 degrees as tan 20° = 0.3639, this will give you the pitch of the roof, 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12 such as 0.3639 ×12 = 4.36, thus, a 20 degrees angle of roof pitch is same as 4/12 or "4 in 12" slope, or pitch ratio 4:12.
What is a 15 degrees roof pitch:- 1) tan of 15 degrees as tan 15° = 0.2679, this will give you the pitch of the roof, 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12 such as 0.2679 ×12 = 3.2, thus, a 15 degrees angle of roof pitch is same as 3/12 or "3 in 12" slope, or pitch ratio 3:12.
What is a 25 degrees roof pitch:- 1) tan of 25 degrees as tan 25° = 0.465, this will give you the pitch of the roof, 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12 such as 0.466 ×12 = 5.6, thus, a 25 degrees angle of roof pitch is same as 6/12 or "6 in 12" slope, or pitch ratio 6:12.
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What is a 35 degrees roof pitch:- 1) tan of 35 degrees as tan 35° = 0.7, this will give you the pitch of the roof, 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12 such as 0.7 ×12 =8.4, thus, a 35 degrees angle of roof pitch is same as 8/12 or "8 in 12" slope, or pitch ratio 8:12.
What is a 40 degrees roof pitch:- 1) tan of 40 degrees as tan 40° = 0.839, this will give you the pitch of the roof, 2) multiply the pitch by 12 to find the X in the ratio X/12 such as 0.839 ×12 = 10, thus, a 40 degrees angle of roof pitch is same as 10/12 or "10 in 12" slope, or pitch ratio 10:12.
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Panasonic Wild Knights once again had Hayden Parker to thank as the Australian stand-off kicked 27 points to secure a comprehensive 42-10 victory against Kobelco Steelers and book the Kanto-based club's place in the Lixil Cup final. Panasonic will face Toshiba Brave Lupus in the final after they saw off Ayumu Goromaru's Yamaha Jubilo 34-22 courtesy of a Richard Kahui hat-trick.
Kobelco Steelers camped out inside the Panasonic 22 for large parts of the first half but were unable to make their territorial advantage pay as the Wild Knights resolute defence stood firm. Steelers came the closest to scoring the game's first try mid-way through the first forty when no.10 Hideki Tanabe's dink kick from 20 yards was adjudged not to have been touched down by a Kobelco player, upon referral to the video referee.
The Kobe outfit were punished for infringement at the ruck and in the scrum on several occasions in the first half and were duly punished by the left boot of Parker, successful from all four attempts to hand Panasonic a 12-0 lead at the interval.
A foot injury to South African flanker Andries Bekker two minutes into the second half provided Kobelco with little hope of a second-half comeback. Matters were made worse three minutes later when Panasonic ran in the first try of the game. JP Pietersen took a cross-field kick from Parker exquisitely on the full before offloading to winger Tomoki Kitagawa, who then fed Yasutaka Sasakura to go over the line much to the delight of the crowd at Tokyo's Chichibunomiya Stadium.
Kobelco were handed a lifeline soon after though when Bekker's replacement Matt Vant Leven crossed the line for the Steelers' first points of the match. Stand-off Tanabe added the extras and then a penalty as Kobelco cut the deficit to 19-10.
That glimmer of hope didn't last for long though as another Parker penalty extended the Wild Knights' lead to 12 points. Parker then surged toward the line himself 15 minutes from time before offloading in the tackle to Springbok Pietersen who touched down for a richly-deserved try. Parker continued his perfect display in front of goal with the conversion and a drop goal three minutes later with his eighth kick of the game.
Kobelco's tiredness became apparent in the final ten minutes as Panasonic span the ball wide again for no.15 Sasakura to surge over the line for his second try of the game, which was converted with ease by Parker. The 25-year-old stand-off added another penalty with the last action of the semi-final to cap another tremendous kicking display and ease Panasonic into the final.
Elsewhere on Saturday, Richard Kahui's hat-trick of tries in Toshiba's 34-22 defeat of Yamaha set up a final with Panasonic. Fellow centre Keisuke Masuda ran in two first-half tries to hand the Tokyo club a 20-17 at the break.
Kahui completed his trio of tries with two in the space of six second-half minutes to put Toshiba out of sight. Siale Piutau touched down late on for Yamaha but it proved to be merely a consolation as they succumbed to a semi-final defeat. The Shizuoka-based team will play Kobelco Steelers in next Sunday's third-place play-off.


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Lincoln Links
Most wins in a season: 71 in 1923
Most losses in a season: 108 in 1924
The Lincoln Links, a minor league baseball team, played in the Nebraska State League and Western League between 1922 and 1939.
1922 Lincoln Links Nebraska State League 70 49 Roster Stats
1924 Lincoln Links Western League 57 108 Roster Stats
1925 Lincoln Links Western League 70 91 Roster Stats
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.


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Q: How to check hard disk is Sata Device or it is IDE Device using c# I have SATA Hard Disk, and I want to detect by C# windows form. I want to display that it is SATA or IDE drive. I am using following code but it always return IDE but its should be return SATA. So any one can help me to where I am wrong.
WqlObjectQuery q = new WqlObjectQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive");
ManagementObjectSearcher res = new ManagementObjectSearcher(q);

foreach (ManagementObject o in res.Get())
 {
  string lblInterface= o["InterfaceType"].ToString();
 }

A: According to the Win32_DiskDrive class documentation, the possible values for InterfaceType are:
SCSI
HDC
IDE
USB
1394
Hence, you would not see SATA.
However, Caption property may contain extra information about the drive. You can parse it to find whether it contains ATA or SCSI.

A: Check the caption property of win32_DiskDrive for the string ATA
From MSDN
Caption
Data type: string
Access type: Read-only
Qualifiers: MaxLen (64), DisplayName ("Caption")
Short description of the object
foreach (ManagementObject o in res.Get())
{
     string sCaption = o["Caption"].ToString();
     if(sCaption.Contains("ATA"))
     {
          Console.WriteLine("SATA Drive");
          break;
     }
}


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Symplecta honshuensis är en tvåvingeart som först beskrevs av Alexander 1958.  Symplecta honshuensis ingår i släktet Symplecta och familjen småharkrankar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Кашалотите джуджета (Kogiidae) са семейство Зъбати китове, класифицирани като подсемейство Kogiinae в семейството на Кашалотите (Physeteridae). Въпреки че притежават всички физиологични особености на Кашалота, кашалотите джуджета са все още много слабо проучени поради незабележимия си начин на живот и малкото което знаем за тях дължим на мъртви тела изхвърлени на брега.

Днес разпознаваме два вида кашалоти джуджета, считани до 1966 г. за един и същи вид: Малък кашалот (K. breviceps) и Кашалот джудже (K. simus).

Както говори наименованието им, кашалотите джуджета имат значително по-малки размери в сравнение с Кашалота. С дължина на тялото до 3,5 m. и тегло около 400 кг. те са най-дребните китове на земята и лесно могат да бъдат сбъркани с делфин. Окраската им е сиво-синкава на гърба и страните, а отдолу са белезникави с кремав до розов оттенък. Имат сравнително голяма глава с малка долна челюст, също както при Кашалота и притежават спермацетов орган. Дихателният им отвор гледан отгоре е разположен леко вляво. Притежават гръбен плавник, по който може да се направи разлика между двата вида: при по-дребния Кашалот джудже гръбния плавник е видимо по-голям. Зад очите си кашалотите джуджета имат гънки наподобяващи хриле. Характерно за тях е и че при опасност от вътрешностите си изпускат във водата тъмно червена течност, вероятно с цел да объркат и дезориентират нападателите си.

В открито море кашалотите джуджета почти не издават присъствието си. На повърхността изплуват бавно, без много шум от разплискване на вода и издишват без да вдигат фонтан от водни пръски. След това остават известно време носейки се неподвижно на повърхността за да се гмурнат също толкова безшумно, като просто се изгубват от погледа. Много рядко са виждани кашалоти джуджета да изскачат над водата.

Живеят сами или на малки групи. Хранят се основно със сепии и крабове.

Срещат се в умерените води на Атлантическия, Тихия и Индийския океан, но както вече стана ясно са трудно забележими в морето и за разпространението, миграцията, размножаването и числеността им не се знае почти нищо. Предполага се че предпочитат водите на континенталния шелф.

Класификация
Семейство Кашалоти джуджета
 Подсемейство Kogiinae
 Род †Aprixokogia
 Вид †Aprixokogia kelloggi
 Род Kogia Gray, 1846
 Вид Малък кашалот (Kogia breviceps) (Blainville, 1838)
 Вид Кашалот джудже (Kogia sima) (Owen, 1866)
 Род †Praekogia
 Вид †Praekogia cedrosensis
 Подсемейство †Scaphokogiinae
 Род †Scaphokogia
 Вид †Scaphokogia cochlearis Muizon, 1988

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The main task of Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion is to assist in the distribution of Holy Communion at Mass. This is done on a rota basis, on a Saturday Evening or Sunday Morning. Training is provided for new ministers. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion can ask other commissioned ministers to stand in for them as required.
In addition, if a Priest or deacon is unavailable, they may, with permission from the Parish Priest, take the Blessed Sacrament to a sick or housebound member of the parish.
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion must be Catholics in good standing, and are usually appointed by the invitation of the Parish Priest.