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Q: Spinner de Cidade ligado com o Spinner de Estado Eu tenho 2 spinner no meu aplicativo, um populado com o nome dos estados que eu cadastrei no banco de dados no firebase e outro com as cidades, eles são ligados pelo ID do estado.
Eu consegui popular os dois, mas não consigo fazer com que por exemplo, ao clicar em São Paulo, só aparecer as cidades de São Paulo.
package com.example.reinaldo.tcc.activity;

import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.AdapterView;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Spinner;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.example.reinaldo.tcc.R;
import com.example.reinaldo.tcc.model.Cidades;
import com.example.reinaldo.tcc.model.Estados;
import com.google.firebase.database.DataSnapshot;
import com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseError;
import com.google.firebase.database.DatabaseReference;
import com.google.firebase.database.FirebaseDatabase;
import com.google.firebase.database.ValueEventListener;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static com.example.reinaldo.tcc.model.Local.InserirLocalFirebase;

public class AdicionarLocalActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private Spinner estado_spn;
    private Spinner cidade_spn;

    private ArrayAdapter<Estados> estadoArrayAdapter;
    private ArrayAdapter<Cidades> cidadeArrayAdapter;

    private ArrayList<Estados> estado;
    private ArrayList<Cidades> cidade;

    private DatabaseReference referencia = FirebaseDatabase.getInstance().getReference();

    @Override

    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_adicionar_local);

        initializeUI();

    }

    private void initializeUI() {

        cidade_spn = findViewById(R.id.cidade_spn);
        estado_spn = findViewById(R.id.estado_spn);

        estado = new ArrayList<>();
        cidade = new ArrayList<>();

        Criarlista();

        estadoArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<Estados>(AdicionarLocalActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, estado);
        estadoArrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        estado_spn.setAdapter(estadoArrayAdapter);

        cidadeArrayAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<Cidades>(AdicionarLocalActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, cidade);
        cidadeArrayAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
        cidade_spn.setAdapter(cidadeArrayAdapter);

        estado_spn.setOnItemSelectedListener(estado_listener);
        cidade_spn.setOnItemSelectedListener(cidade_listener);

    }

    private AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener estado_listener;

    {
        estado_listener = new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
                parent.getItemAtPosition(position);

}
            };

            @Override
            public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

            }
        };
    }

    private AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener cidade_listener = new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {

        }

        @Override
        public void onNothingSelected(AdapterView<?> parent) {

        }
    };

    private void Criarlista(){
        referencia.child("CIDADES").addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

                final List<String> cidade = new ArrayList<String>();

                for (DataSnapshot cidadeSnapshot : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
                    String cidadeNome = cidadeSnapshot.child("Nome").getValue(String.class);
                    cidade.add(cidadeNome);
                }

                cidade_spn = findViewById(R.id.cidade_spn);
                ArrayAdapter<String> cidadesAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>
                        (AdicionarLocalActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, cidade);
                cidadesAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
                cidade_spn.setAdapter(cidadesAdapter);
            }

            @Override
            public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {

            }
        });

        referencia.child("ESTADOS").addValueEventListener(new ValueEventListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDataChange(DataSnapshot dataSnapshot) {

                final List<String> estado = new ArrayList<String>();

                for (DataSnapshot estadoSnapshot : dataSnapshot.getChildren()) {
                    String estadoNome = estadoSnapshot.child("Nome").getValue(String.class);
                    estado.add(estadoNome);
                }

                estado_spn = findViewById(R.id.estado_spn);
                ArrayAdapter<String> estadosAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<String>
                (AdicionarLocalActivity.this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, estado);
                estadosAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
                estado_spn.setAdapter(estadosAdapter);
            }

            @Override
            public void onCancelled(DatabaseError databaseError) {

            }
        });
    }

}

Meu código está assim até agora, não sei o que colocar no OnItemSelectedListener do Estado para puxar as cidades no outro Spinner.

Minhas classes estão assim
Estado
public class Estados {

    private String estadoId;
    private String nome;
    private String sigla;

    public Estados(String id, String nome, String sigla) {
        this.estadoId = estadoId;
        this.nome = nome;
        this.sigla = sigla;
    }

    public String getEstadoId() {
        return estadoId;
    }

    public void setEstadoId(String id) {
        this.estadoId = estadoId;
    }

    public String getNome() {
        return nome;
    }

    public void setNome(String nome) {
        this.nome = nome;
    }

    public String getSigla() {
        return sigla;
    }

    public void setSigla(String sigla) {
        this.sigla = sigla;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return nome;
    }
}

E minha classe Cidade está assim:
public class Cidades  {

    private String cidadeId;
    private Estados estado;
    private String nome;

    public Cidades(String cidadeId, Estados estado, String nome) {
        this.cidadeId = cidadeId;
        this.estado = estado;
        this.nome = nome;
    }

    public String getCidadeId() {
        return cidadeId;
    }

    public void setCidadeId(String cidadeId) {
        this.cidadeId = cidadeId;
    }

    public Estados getEstado() {
        return estado;
    }

    public void setEstado(Estados estado) {
        this.estado = estado;
    }

    public String getNome() {
        return nome;
    }

    public void setNome(String nome) {
        this.nome = nome;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return nome;
    }

}

A: Reinaldo a lista de cidades deve ser populada apenas após selecionado um estado. Utilizando seu código exemplifiquei dentro do onItemSelected de estado, mas pode extrair para uma variavel global a lista de cidades e no seu método que cria seu spinner de cidades ex:
estado_listener = new AdapterView.OnItemSelectedListener() {
      @Override
      public void onItemSelected(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id) {
      Object objeto = parent.getItemAtPosition(position);

     //Após obter o Objeto você pode acessar qualquer atributo de Estado
    // apenas utilizando os getters.
      String nomeEstado = ((String) objeto).getNomeEstado();
      String idEstado = ((String) objeto).getEstadoId();

      //Com o idEstado você pode consultar no seu banco de dados na tabela Cidades
      cidade = this.criarListaCidade(idEstado);

      //aqui é criado o Spinner de cidade já com as cidades filtradas por estado
      cidade_spn = findViewById(R.id.cidade_spn);

      //Agora você passa a lista de cidade como parametro para criação do seu spinner
      ArrayAdapter cidadesAdapter = new ArrayAdapter<this, android.R.layout.simple_spinner_item, cidade>);
   cidadesAdapter.setDropDownViewResource(android.R.layout.simple_spinner_dropdown_item);
    cidade_spn.setAdapter(cidadesAdapter);
    cidade_spn.setOnItemSelectedListener(...

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A collection of stories about 3 Evanston collectors with eclectic, whimsical, artistic sensibilities
by Judy Chiss October 10th, 2021 October 11th, 2021
Dan Toomey, Michael Horvich and Barbara Myers are veteran collectors. One-of-a-kind artifacts, ubiquitous and often discarded items, small oddities, family mementoes and handcrafted objects are the treasures and lifeblood of these Evanston collectors whose creative pleasures also include organizing, displaying and living with their collections.
A sense of humor and family sentiment
Dan Toomey likes the artistry of placing things in just the right place, and he dislikes walls that aren't sufficiently filled. He likes containers such as small drawers and boxes and see-through glass jars. He also likes using borders of things to decorate a wall or room. "I've been collecting things for a long time," he said, "but now I think the hunt for me is over and I will keep arranging and mingling the things I have."
Toomey thinks his godmother, Florence, might have been a catalyst for his collecting passion. "She was a traveler and was fond of me," he said. "When she traveled she brought me back souvenirs, often miniatures that I loved."
Many years later, when his two sons were young but had outgrown their numerous Fisher-Price playsets, Toomey remembers his ambivalence about getting rid of the Fisher-Price Little People and his ultimate decision to keep them. Since then, he's been collecting and often repurposing things, finding whimsical pleasure in juxtaposing objects usually not found together.
Each of the dozens of keys in Dan Toomey's collection are a clue to his past. Each has a small tag attached revealing what the key opens. (Photo by Judy Chiss)
Toomey, a retired school social worker who lives in Evanston with his appreciative but non-collecting wife Maureen, arranges, displays and tinkers with his collection pieces in a storefront studio space in southeast Evanston.
It is crammed full of carefully arranged objects, including cabinets holding thimble collections and commemorative spoons, lapel pins, flags, vintage hat forms, magnets, holiday decorations, cigar boxes, books, postcards and vintage vinyl kept near an old turntable.
A large collection of license plates borders the walls, many of the plates presented to Toomey by friends attending his 70th birthday bash. The studio, with its couch and reading lamp and giant front window, is his perfect place to hang out and tinker. A spacious basement area contains his tool bench, storage for supplies and unfinished projects.
A passerby left Dan Toomey a donation and a thank-you note for improving his daily commute. (Photo by Judy Chiss)
Many of Toomey's collections and the spaces he fills with them reflect his strong connection to friends and family. A large map in the studio is dotted with pushpins documenting all of the places he, his wife and kids have traveled. Enlarged childhood photos of the kids and grandkids are hung near a framed self-portrait one son painted when he was a teen.
Near several musical instruments are dozens and dozens of strung-together keys and key chains, most bearing a small round paper tag identifying what that key opened. Elsewhere in the studio is a family heirloom, a very old framed picture of the Virgin Mary looking down at the infant Jesus in her arms – placed next to a framed photo of Toomey's daughter-in-law identically looking down at and holding her infant child.
Even the sports-themed bathroom filled with old golf clubs and baseball caps has nostalgic photos adorning the walls. One photo is of Toomey's mother-in-law throwing out the first pitch at a Cubs game and another is of Toomey as a pole vaulter in his youth.
Master gardener and collector
Before moving into their condo apartment a few years ago, the Toomeys lived in a house that had a yard. The yard was yet another canvas for Dan Toomey to design, embellish, rearrange and lovingly care for. In addition to a fountain and a fish pond, the yard and wooden deck were lush with flowering shrubs and trees, tall grasses, a rainbow of flowers, succulents and ferns and trellises and birdhouses.
"Leaving behind our yard was tough, but the attraction of our condo is having a spacious rooftop deck just steps away where I can garden," Toomey said. He collects plants like he does other artifacts. He has potted trees and shrubs, trailing vines, tall grasses, lots of sun-loving succulents, tall spiky plants and hundreds of blooming begonias in window boxes bordering the entire deck. There are lawn ornaments, a well-concealed but much-used potting shed, chairs spread about, and a table that can seat eight or 10 or more for a meal.
Dan Toomey changes the window display in his studio nearly every month. Metra commuters, neighbors and kids look forward to the Halloween display, up until Oct. 31. (Photo by Judy Chiss)
The beautiful garden is truly a labor of love – labor because as the seasons change, the hefty plants need to be moved inside the condo, or a block away to the studio with the giant window.
Collecting for seven decades
Michael Horvich, a retired teacher and artist, vividly remembers his 8-year-old self sitting in a hallway outside a classmate's Chicago apartment, mesmerized by the sparkly treasures his friend stored and carried around in an old cigar box. Horvich has journeyed from collecting his own childhood pocket artifacts to housing, organizing, arranging and displaying hundreds of thousands of small treasures he's collected. He's also found a unique way to share his collections with others.
Despite collector Michael Horvich bequeathing thousands of artifacts to Chicago Children's Museum in 2007, he's turning is condo apartment into a personal museum with many thousands more small treasures. (Photo by Judy Chiss)
"As a kid, I loved dime stores," Horvich said. "They were places to discover amazing things, and it was probably in a dime store that I realized my aesthetic is in small things."
He's also found small and wondrous things at flea markets, garage sales, the beach, online, even in gumball machines. Friends give him small items, and whenever he's traveling he returns home with souvenirs. "If I find duplicates of what I collect, I collect those too!" Horvich said.
A loving partnership, a spreading collection
Horvich admits that over time his collections have taken on sprawling proportions. When they began encroaching on all of the rooms in the north Evanston home he shared with his life partner, architect Gregory Maire, a plan was needed.
With Maire's leadership and talents, the house's guest bedroom became a gallery and storage room renamed Michael's Museum. Cabinets, shelves, plastic shoeboxes, ledges, a large curatorial desk, and a closet accommodated marbles of every size and sort, chess pawns, board game markers, crochet sets, plastic people, miniature books, ornaments and multitudes of other items – all small. The Chicago Tribune featured Horvich in a 2007 story, and shortly thereafter Michael's Museum found a new home at the Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier.
A museum inside a museum
Since the children's museum officially opened Michael's Museum: a Curious Collection of Tiny Treasures in 2011, more than 2 million people have experienced the fun and whimsy of Horvich's small treasures.
In keeping with the collector's love of tiny things, two of the three entries to the exhibit space are small. One doorway is just the right size for quite small children and bigger ones to walk or crawl through. Another opening is teensy, perfect-sized for a scampering mouse.
A young visitor at Chicago Children's Museum is enjoying a treasure hunt in the Michael's Museum exhibit. (Chicago Children's Museum photo)
Through the doors museum visitors discover more than a hundred different collections of small curiosities, as well as an assortment of magnifying glasses for better viewing of the tiniest things. Horvich is delighted to see his collections in a well-established museum where they are cared for and creatively shared with vast numbers of visitors.
A big pandemic project
Early in the pandemic, Horvich embarked on another grand plan. For several years since his partner's 2015 death, Horvich had been living alone in the Evanston condo that the pair purchased nearly a decade earlier. Most of his larger-than-ever collections were displayed and stored in a bedroom until Horvich commenced his ambitious mission to inventory, unpack and display all of his artifacts, turning his home (even the bathrooms) into a carefully curated museum.
Between and next to paintings and drawings by Maire and other favorite artists, Horvich has displayed more primarily small treasures. They include everything from garden gnomes to Buddhas (over a hundred); evil eyes and good-luck fetishes to stacked decorative boxes; Asian and Mexican souvenirs to a colorful bouquet of Lego flowers; and many miniature glass frogs for arranging flowers as well as a bowl of toy frogs. There are also enough vintage greenware ceramic dishes stored on top of kitchen cabinets to host a sizable post-pandemic event, conceivably an opening of Michael's Evanston Museum. If that happens, Horvich will enjoy sharing the back stories of all his small things.
Memories and beautiful things
Barbara Myers doesn't think of herself as a collector, she thinks of herself as someone who likes to live with interesting and beautiful things.
She loves to see how the sun shines through the five or six blue bottles in the kitchen window of her Evanston home, and she adores the grouping of teeny ceramic vessels that were a gift from a student teacher in her classroom.
Just as she loves wearing an old pair of soft and worn-in jeans that had belonged to a dear and now deceased friend, she likes looking at and using ceramic bowls made by a friend. She collects memories as well as beautiful things.
Myers is an artist and a graduate of the School of the Art Institute. During the many years she taught art to children at a school in the very diverse Chicago Uptown neighborhood, she decided to not only provide instruction but to totally immerse her students in art. Almost single-handedly she turned the school halls into a veritable museum overflowing with colors, textures, forms and compositions created by the student artists. She wanted the beautiful and creative art they saw to inspire them just as she is inspired by the art objects in her home.
Nearly every surface in Barbara Myers' home is filled with interesting things to look at or touch. (Photo by Judy Chiss)
Myers responds emotionally to texture and color and pattern. High on a wall of her living room is a row of colorful heavy-looking patterned gloves. Above the front window is a gift a friend brought back from travels: three flat irregularly shaped woven fans used to stoke a fire. A long wooden bowl in her dining room holds colored glass marbles and rests near a box containing Indian printing blocks that Myers brought back from a trip she took to India decades ago. Near a window is a tall open folding screen woven from tree branches, a unique gift from an artist friend.
Perhaps most prized by Myers are nine black-framed paper cuts in a lovely grouping, visible upon entering the apartment. "My son David did these. Each one is hand-cut without a pattern. I think they are exquisite, and I love looking at them," she said.
Mannequins that Barbara Myers has collected have become surfaces for her artistry. (Photo by Judy Chiss)
Myers likes mannequins and has found them at garage sales. She has transformed them with the assorted unusual and mostly small things she's tucked away from a lawn sale or Goodwill excursion. Two mannequins in her apartment are astounding assemblages of intricately layered pieces creating small vignettes that tell stories. One mannequin has a craggy exterior but opens up into a kind of detailed and intricate 3-D diorama.
A perfect personal shopper
Myers has an eye for interesting things, but not everything she buys ends up on display. Often she sees and buys special items to give away to the exact people she knows will like them.
A mannequin was delivered to an artsy friend who collects sewing novelties, a large bag of Legos went to neighbor boys across the hall, books about ceramics are dropped by the door of a friend who works with clay, and fancy old-fashioned beaded evening bags will be sent to her 5-year-old granddaughter for dress-up fun.
If not a collector, she's an unstoppable gatherer.
Judy Chiss
Judy Chiss has been a feature writer at the RoundTable since 2007 and especially enjoys writing about interesting happenings in the schools, as well as how our local not-for-profits impact the community.... More by Judy Chiss
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Isle of Wight Depot 0198 361 2928 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm
Keighley Depot 0153 561 2489 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Kiddermintser Depot 0156 282 7299 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Leeds Gildersome Depot 0113 238 0343 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 13pm
Lichfield Depot 0203 738 2529 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Lincoln Depot 0844 755 0117 *Up to 9p/minute and access charge* Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm
Llandudno Depot 0149 259 3554 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Llanelli Depot 0155 475 3643 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Loughborough Depot 0150 921 9079 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 7pm
Middleton Depot 0161 655 7768 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 2pm
Mitcham Depot 0208 685 1032 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
New Cross Depot 0207 732 1444 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Newton Abbot depot 0162 683 3165 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 5pm
Northampton Depot 0160 476 6423 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Norwich Depot 0160 348 6101 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Nottingham Depot 0115 986 0431 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Oldbury Depot 0121 552 5541 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm,Saturday 9am to 1pm
Perth Depot 0173 847 4000 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Plymouth Depot 0175 234 8943 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Poole Depot 0120 273 6856 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Preston Depot 0177 233 0093 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Reading Depot 0118 922 0050 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Rochdale Depot 0170 635 5223 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Romford Depot 0170 837 4240 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Scunthorpe Depot 0172 428 9594 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
St. Neots Depot 0148 047 2537 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Stockton-on-Tees Depot 0164 256 3043 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Swindon Depot 0179 353 7171 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Warrington Depot 0192 581 4828 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 1pm
Wrexham Depot 0203 738 2020 Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm, Saturday 9am to 4pm
Guide in Finding Yodel Contact Number
If you would like to find the Yodel customer service number, go to the Yodel website through this link http://www.yodel.co.uk/. Scroll down to the bottom page to fine the Contact Yodel link and you will be redirected to the page http://www.yodel.co.uk/contact-yodel/. Once the page opens, simply click the Call Yodel button to see the Yodel phone number.
Yodel Customer Service number 0844 755 0117 *Up to 9p/minute and access charge*
You can call Yodel number 0844 755 0117 *Up to 9p/minute and access charge* to inquire about the delivery services of Yodel. Yodel lets you send your parcel at any point in UK, within 24 or 48 hours, depending on the package that you have purchased.
Customers can readily ask for a quote through their website. You can also call the Yodel phone number to ask for a quote. When calling the Yodel helpline you will need to submit the pickup location and the destination, weight and dimension of the parcel. If you would like a detailed breakdown of the fees included in your selected, you can call the Yodel telephone number 0844 755 0117 *Up to 9p/minute and access charge*.
The Yodel customer assistance hotline is also the best number you can call to reach out to the customer service department of Yodel. The Yodel customer service is in charge of resolving issues regarding undelivered items, late delivery, damaged parcels, and the like.
Yodel Contact Number for Tracking and Delivery 0800 157 7777 Free number
If you have any concerns about the tracking and delivery of your parcel anywhere in the UK or other destination that Yodel covers, you call the Yodel helpline 0800 157 7777 Free number. They will update you with the current location of your parcel and the possible delivery date.
You can also call the same Yodel number if you would like to verify the current location of the parcel that you are expecting to receive, or sent.
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Yodel Phone Number for Depot in Leeds, England 0113 238 0343
In case the tracker in your app declares that your parcel has arrived in the nearest depot in England, you can call any of the Yodel phone number for the different Depot in England. For the Leeds depot, you can call the Yodel contact number 0113 238 0343. For those living around Hull, you can call the Yodel customer service hotline 0148 235 2993. If you are from Nottingham, you can call the Yodel number 0115 986 0431.
There are also designated Yodel customer numbers for Aylesham, Bolton, Chesterfield and Exter and these are 0130 484 1138, 0120 452 5527, 0124 626 0142 and 0139 243 6546 respectively. For customers who are from Fareham, Gateshead, Gatwick, Gloucester and Hitchin, it would be best for you to call the Yodel phone number of the nearest Yodel depot if you encounter this problem. You can call the Yodel phone numbers, 0148 9581 544, 0191 497 7971, 0129 351 6620, 0145 272 7692 and 0146 242 1336 respectively.
There are other depots located all around England like Isle of Wight, Keighley, Kiddermintser Lincoln, and Yoevill. If you would like to contact these different depots, please use the designated Yodel contact every time you want to call the Yodel helpline for undelivered parcel.
Should you encounter any issues with the different depot enumerated above, you can report it immediately to the Yodel customer service. Don't hesitate to call the different Yodel contact number listed here so they can resolve the issue immediately. When calling any Yodel helpline number, make sure that you have your tracking code with you.
Yodel Help Contact for Depot in Northern Ireland 0289 336 3284
Yodel offers exclusive packages for customers who would like to send parcel to Northern Ireland. You can contact the Yodel help numbers if you would like to inquire about the status of your parcel in the Carrickfergus depot. In case your parcel is undelivered but it is already tagged in the depot, you can call the Yodel help number 0289 336 3284.
The Carrickfergus depot is located in the Carrickfergus Industrial Centre, 75, Belfast Rd, Carrickfergus, and BT38 8PH. Feel free to drop-by if you would want to pick up the parcel yourself.
You are also advised to call Yodel customer service should you have any complaints about the Carrickfergus depot. Make sure to check the tracking page to know which Yodel telephone number you should call. Don't forget to include your parcel tracking code when you call the Yodel contact number.
Yodel Number for Depot Located in Perth, Scotland 0173 847 4000
If you are a customer from Scotland and you haven't received your parcel on time, you can call the Yodel hof the nearest depot in your area. There are four Yodel depots in Scotland. The tracker will tell you which of these centers have your parcel.
Is the parcel is held in Perth, Scotland? You can call the Yodel customer assistance number 0173 847 4000.
If it is in Bellshill, you can call the Yodel customer service 0169 874 3202.
Is the tracker saying that it's in Inverness or in Irvine, you can choose from the Yodel phone numbers 01463 714964 and 0129 421 3458 respectively.
Make sure that before you call any of the Yodel telephone number listed above, you already have your tracking code with you.
Yodel Helpline for Customers in Cardiff, Wales 0292 077 9779
Customer in Cardiff, you are advised to call Yodel contact number 0292 077 9779. If you are around Llandudno, you can call the Yodel phone number 0149 259 3554.
Customers who are from Llanelli can call the Yodel customer service number 0155 475 3643. If your parcel is tagged in the Wrexham depot, you are advised to contact Yodel number 0203 738 2020. List down your tracking code before you call any of the Yodel contact numbers for Wales depot listed here.
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Admission cancellation and refund rules for students securing admission to first-year undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programs at JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) for AICTE-approved courses.
Formally Notified Last Date of Admission
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a Undergraduate (UG) - B.Des program 15 October 2021
b All engineering undergraduate (UG) - B.Tech programs 15 October 2021
c Postgraduate (PG) – MCA/ M.Des/ WPMBA programs 15 October 2021
d Postgraduate (PG) - MBA programs 15 October 2021
e All engineering postgraduate (PG) - M.Tech programs 15 October 2021
Note: Students can apply for cancellation and request fee reimbursement on or before 15 October, 2021
The admission fee refund and cancellation policy outlined in this page is applicable for students enrolling in UGC approved First Year Under Graduate (UG) and Post Graduate (PG) programs at JAIN (Deemed-to-be University).
Admission Date Extension
As per the UGC new guidelines dated July 17, 2021, the last date of admission for undergraduate and postgraduate programs for the academic year 2021-22 has been extended till October 31, 2021.
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Q: Indexing a vector function, E(s)=(E_1(s),E_2(s),E_3(s)), in Matlab without evaluating the function This is simple, but for some reason I can't find the solution anywhere on the Internet. I have a vector function in Matlab:
E(s) = [E_1(s),E_2(s),E_3(s)]

I want to be able to index it, so normally in Matlab you would use E(1), for the first element. However this just evaluates the vector at s equals 2. E(s)(1) also gives an error.
Here's my code for reference.

A: You have a symbolic function that returns a vector. Type whos and you'll see that the class of E is symfun. Unfortunately, I don't think that you can directly index into a symbolic function. However, you can convert it into a symbolic expression (class sym) simply by setting it equal to a new variable and passing in your symbolic variable s
Es = E(s);

Now you should be able to evaluate Es(1), Es(2), and Es(3) as you wanted.

A: If I understand you correctly, your only hope is to use the command "eval."  Type "help eval" and see if that's what you need.


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Grandparent Custodial Rights in Pennsylvania Since Recent PA Supreme Court Ruling
On September 9, 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a riveting opinion in the matter of D.P. v. G.J.P., 146 A.3d 204 (Pa. 2016) which ruled a statutory provision, 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 5325, that previously afforded grandparents standing to seek custody of their minor grandchildren, to unconstitutional and therefore invalid. Prior to the D.P. opinion, 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 5325 granted standing to grandparents and great-grandparents for partial physical custody or supervised physical custody in the following scenarios:
Where the parent of the child was deceased, a parent or grandparent of the deceased parent could file an action;
Where the parents of the child had been separated for a period of at least six months or had commenced and continued a proceeding to dissolve their marriage; or
When the child had, for a period of at least 12 consecutive months, resided with the grandparent or great-grandparent, excluding brief temporary absences of the child from the home, and was removed from the home by the parents, an action must have been filed within six months after the removal of the child from the home.
The D.P. case invalidated the first clause of 23 Pa.C.S. § 5325(2) "where the parents of the child have been separated for a period of at least six months" as a prong upon which grandparents or great-grandparents may rely upon to prove standing to request physical custody of their minor grandchildren. The D.P. Court found this clause to be unconstitutional, in answering the inquiry as to whether the Commonwealth "may exercise its interest in fostering grandparent-grandchild relationships over the objection of presumptively fit parents solely on the basis that they have been separated for at least six months." D.P. v. G.J.P. 146 A.3d 204, 214 (Pa. 2016).
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court concluded that mere parental separation for six months or more does not render the states interest significant enough to justify disturbing the decision of presumptively fit parents regarding who should be permitted to exercise physical custody of the minor child. This clause was deemed to violate the fundamental rights of parents to raise their children.
The Court noted that the second parent of 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 5325 granting standing to grandparents when the parents have not only separated but also "have commenced and continued a proceeding to dissolve their marriage" is uncertain, and Justices Baer and Wecht opined in their concurrent/dissenting opinions that 23 Pa.C.S. § 5325(2) should be stricken in its entirety.
It appears the Court is waiting for that narrow and specific issue to be presented to them. Grandparents' custodial rights are currently in a state of uncertainty in Pennsylvania.
Give the attorneys at Tanner Law Offices, LLC a call at (717) 836-0471 to schedule a , 30 minute consultation to discuss grandparent custody.


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WATCH: Psaki deflects on Biden's failing strategy to combat crime
White House press secretary Jen Psaki deflected when Fox News reporter Peter Doocy pointed out that the Biden administration is failing to combat crime.
Jul 26, 2021 minute read
White House press secretary Jen Psaki deflected when Fox News reporter Peter Doocy pointed out that the Biden administration is failing to combat crime. This only days after a prime time shooting in a tony Washington, DC neighborhood.
Doocy noted that it's been more than one month since the Biden administration announced its "Comprehensive Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gun Crime and Ensure Public Safety" on June 23, outlined by the White House fact sheet.
He noted that over the weekend, 73 gunfire victims were shot in Chicago across all but four of the city's 22 police districts. At least 11 of them were killed, including a 17-year-old boy, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Monday morning.
The city has recorded at least 426 homicides in 2020, down 1 percent from 432 homicides last year at this time, but up 48 percent from 289 killings two years ago.
Biden's press release on the crime prevention plan in late June said that the president believes the surge in gun violence that has rocked local communities is "unacceptable." Doocy asked Psaki if the president thinks his strategy is working.
Psaki said that the rising crime rates across America, including Chicago, that have been gripping urban areas for 18 months or more are "unfortunately, not going to turn on a dime."
The Biden spokeswoman said that the White House is working with Chicago, one of the five cities that the administration's Department of Justice is targeting to address the selling of firearms that puts public safety at risk.
The Justice Department is launching five new law enforcement strike forces focused on addressing significant firearms trafficking corridors that have diverted guns to New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, and DC, the nation's capital.
Psaki said that mayors and local elected officials have also benefited from the federal assistance and funding included in the American Rescue Plan. "What our hope is that we can work in partnership to bring crime down, save more people. In cities like Chicago, we know that gun violence is a big driver of that," Psaki said.
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I couldn't have been more lucky in finding Pushpa Guesthouse, a real gem! Not only I've found a great accommodation in Pokhara, but also a second home. Raj and his family welcome you as a member of a family, he is ready to help you in any possible way to make your stay at the best. The place has a great location, lakeside, very clean rooms, bathroom (and hot shower) is super! Anytime I will go back to Pokhara, this will be the place where I will stay. Thanks for everything Raj!


I drank this beer last month after drinking a Fat Tire from the tap at Jungle Jim's Pint night. New Belgium was the sponsor this night. Since Jungle Jim's bar was having gas problems and it looked like pulling stout was more problematical than pulling the Fat Tire ale. Especially during the winter months I like dark beers so I bought a bottle of Salted Belgian Chocolate Stout. It is an intriguing beer with a definite chocolate taste to it. It might be a beer I would take to party since it is a conversation piece but it is a little too expensive for my general consumption.
A more affordable brew is this Holiday Ale I brewed in November. It had a little sweet taste with a hint of spices when I brewed it but that has all but disappeared with the bottle conditioning. I think the malty flavor is overwhelming the spices now. I really like the Irish Stout I brewed last year but it is gone. So now I am left with the Holiday Ale, some Irish Red Ale, and a Winter Ale that I should be bottling soon.
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Impressions of the Jewellery Quarter- Workshop
Beginning with a taster tour and taking inspiration from the layered history of J W Evans, the workshop will be a unique immersive opportunity to have a go at some of the traditional techniques and processes used in the historic silver factory and wider Jewellery Industry. Led by artists Naomi Clarke and Rebecca Steiner. Come and have a go at making a Christmas gift!
Naomi Clarke is an Artist, Jeweller and Enameler and current Artist in Residence at Birmingham's School of Jewellery. Rebecca Steiner is an award-winning Fine Jeweller whose work has been exhibited across the UK and Europe and currently works as a lecturer at Birmingham School of Jewellery.
One of the Jewellery Quarter's hidden treasures has been awarded a grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to encourage more people to visit it – and we want you to be involved.
The workshops of the JW Evans Silver Factory are crammed with intricate tools and presses, preserved as though the workers have just clocked off for the day. It's a rare survivor from an era when master craftsmen at small specialist family firms produced a vast amount of fine jewellery, silverware and metalwork. At one time, 70,000 people were employed in the trade in Birmingham, and the city was known as 'the workshop of the world'.
The factory closed in 2008 and English Heritage has cared for the factory since 2010. Now, with help from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, we're exploring how we can open it up to more people than ever before.
For more information, visit the event page.
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Staying ahead of the game requires resolution and investment – especially when you're a supplier of precision-machined parts and assemblies for the aerospace, defense, energy, medical and commercial industries.
Matthews, N.C.-based Northeast Tool has been staying ahead of the game for more than 50 years. As a general rule, the company invests between 8 to 12 percent of its annual gross sales to purchase highly mechanized, technology-driven manufacturing and support solutions. This year, it's spending roughly $2.5 million on capital investments and starting on an $11 million expansion project at its facility in Charlotte, N.C.
In August, Northeast Tool announced its plan to spend $2.5 million on capital investments in new machine tool technology to support additional capacity at its Charlotte facility. The company purchased four new milling and turning machining centers to support increased customer demand and future growth.
The new machining centers will be able to reach spindle speeds of 20,000 RPM and traverse speeds of up to 3,400 IPM. They feature a fully automated eight-pallet system, five-axis simultaneous machining and touch screen controls.
The company is spending roughly $11 million to expand its Charlotte facility and to buy new equipment. The project will help retain 60 current jobs and potentially create another 15 positions. The the Monroe-Union County Economic Development board of commissioners has approved an incentive grant to help fund the project. It is not to exceed $225,300.
The three-phase expansion, scheduled to break ground within the next 12 months, will be built over a period of five years. Northeast Tool's current facility spans roughly 36,000 square feet. The expansion will add about 100,000 square feet.
The expansion is necessary due to an increasing demand for Northeast Tool's services, Arant says. Last year, the company made roughly $10 million in revenue. By 2020, when the expansion is complete, it expects to double that figure.
Northeast Tool subscribes to a zero defect management philosophy that focuses on prevention and a conscious desire to do the job right the first time around. The company does not agree with the attitude that some mistakes don't matter since inspectors will catch them.
Northeast Tool also doesn't believe in producing scrap, he explains. "You got companies that will purchase over on material, but we decide in the beginning that we will not have scrap. Our pricing structure does not increase because of this," Arant says.
The company was founded in 1964 by Larry C. Arant, Rusty Arant's father. It started as a small shop in the basement of his northeast Charlotte home.
Larry's business was outfitted with an old lathe, a bench and belt grinder, a Rockwell mill and a Delta Mill. He soon detected a local need for a specialized machine shop that could handle unique manufacturing jobs – such as the manufacturing of patents and textile components. Northeast Tool's reputation soon grew as a machine shop that could design and manufacture specialized parts for larger corporations.
Today, Northeast Tool represents three generations of family tradition in providing precision manufacturing services. Rusty Arant's son, Aaron Arant, recently joined the company as its director of business development.
The company's manufacturing facility is AS9100C and ISO 9001:2008 certified, as well as ITAR DDC compliant. Its diverse range of capabilities include multi-axis machining, milling, grinding, wire EDM, welding, sheet metal fabrication and stamping. Northeast Tool prides itself on its ability to partner with world-class organizations and turn their ideas into innovative and cost-effective solutions.


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What happened to the undercover agent who infiltrated the real-life Sopranos?
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Although former FBI agent Giovanni Rocco may have succeeded in tackling the New Jersey family in 2015, his subsequent life was not blessed with the glory of a heroic federal agent.
Speaking with the New York Post, Rocco said his mission with the DeCavalcante crime family was the last case ever he could use his shrewdness on because the later days to him were all about surviving retaliation.
"I was being treated like a gangster," the former agent told the outlet. "My house had to become a fortress. I was isolated. I couldn't work on any new cases because of the level of exposure. The whole thing was just a nightmare."
The DeCavalcante is the very real-life crime family in New Jersey that HBO took on to produce their renowned "The Sopranos" series that premiered between 1999 and 2007. Much like their movie portrait, the DeCavalcante is not to mess with.
Rocco was the very agent that took down one of the most challenging targets: Charlie "The Hat" Stango. But not all the mobsters he went after got arrested or sprung, unfortunately, and many were living in the same community of Elizabeth in New Jersey.
To add to the dangerous situation, not long after Stango's capture, his longtime girlfriend Patricia moved to a house right around the corner from Rocco's place where he led his real life with his family.
Aware he was surrounded by enemies, all Rocco could do was to employ all his agent skills in trying to protect his own identity and his family's.
He camouflaged himself with a thick beard, and he had to teach his children to increase their vigilance, as G-men.
"They were trained to be suspicious of everyone," he writes in his book Giovanni's Ring. "If a Lincoln Town Car or a Cadillac turned into our street, we would be on pins and needles."
Rocco recalled the low moment when he saw the news that actor James Gandolfini of "Sopranos" was on TV when he was still an undercover agent. It reminded him of the dangerous world he was diving into.
"Unnervingly, some of the clips they showed had been filmed in the same Peterson neighborhood I had just left," he writes in his book. "And many of them reminded me of the true nature of the world I now inhabited: a world without honor, whose inhabitants could easily refer to me as 'our friend' today and, without a moment's thought, put a bullet in my head tomorrow."
Nonetheless, there was something beyond that of the fake relationship Rocco successfully built during the time he spent with the DeCavalcante.
When the FBI decided it was time to get Stango, Rocco admitted he did not want to send the man behind bars.
"I wanted so badly to tell him," Rocco writes. "I wanted to say, 'Charl, make a phone call. Turn yourself in now. Make a deal. Keep yourself out of jail. I am so sorry.' How sad is that?"
Stango pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder, and he was given a sentence of 10 years in prison. According to the New York Post, his jail time is due to end on March 21, 2024.
Months after the arrest, Rocco and his family were finally put into the FBI's witness protection program. They have since continued their lives under different identities and moved far away from their old place close to Stango's girlfriend in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Holed up just like a mob rat, when the FBI called, they advised him he only had hours to leave. "We left our house with toys on the floor," Rocco reminisced.
Retaining little contact with friends and family members now, Rocco still cannot disclose where his new home is.
"I was the first task force officer that it ever happened to," he said. "Once I left I couldn't come back for anything, even a funeral for a guy I worked with. I felt like what a gangster feels when he goes to jail, to lose everything. That hurt."
The former agent said since the downfall of Stango only gave the DeCavalcante a new boss, Charles "Big Ears" Majuri, he must keep on with life in utter consciousness of retaliation.
"The necessity for each of us to be vigilant," he writes, "continues to this day."
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Apple had to settle its Qualcomm dispute to make a 5G iPhone
Analysis: Even though Apple may win by getting a 5G iPhone to customers sooner than most people anticipated, it lost by settling with a company it loathes.
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April 17, 2019, 4:45 PM UTC
By Steve Kovach, CNBC
Here's the good news for Apple.
Its surprise settlement with Qualcomm Tuesday over a years-long patent spat means it's now in a position to keep pace with its competitors to bring a 5G-ready iPhone to market as soon as this year.
But even though Apple may win by getting a 5G iPhone to customers sooner than most people anticipated, it lost by settling with a company it loathes. Getting the iPhone to 5G means Apple was put in a sticky situation where it had to weigh four less-than-ideal options to make it all a reality.
In the end, Apple had to choose the lesser of all evils:
Option one: Settle with Qualcomm, the leader in 5G chips. Qualcomm's 5G chips are already shipping in some devices today, with more expected as the year rolls on.
But Apple has seen Qualcomm's business model as detrimental to the entire industry since it uses its dominant position to squeeze large fees out of each company that uses its chips and patents. Hence that nasty lawsuit. Apple CEO Tim Cook made his disdain for Qualcomm's practices known in a January interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer, and even blasted Qualcomm's decision to hire a PR firm to write fake news stories about Apple.
Option two: Wait for Intel to catch up in 5G. Even before Intel announced Tuesday night that it would abandon its plans to make 5G modems, there was speculation that the company was running behind to deliver the chips on time. Apple has been exclusively using Intel's 4G modems in its latest iPhones as its dispute with Qualcomm raged on. If that dispute continued, a 5G iPhone might not have been possible until 2020 or even 2021.
Option three: Choose Huawei. In an interview with CNBC this week, Huawei's CEO said the company was "open" to talks with Apple about bringing its 5G chips to the iPhone. But a partnership with Huawei would've looked bad for Apple, given the stink of political and security concerns around the company.
Option four: Apple could make its own 5G chips. Apple is thought to be working on its own modems after opening an office in San Diego, Qualcomm's hometown, and posting job listings for modem chip designers. But it would likely take Apple several years to develop its own 5G chip, putting it several years behind its rivals.
None of those options were ideal for Apple. It could've waited an extra year or two for Intel to get its 5G chips up to snuff. It could've waited several more years to develop a 5G chip of its own as competitors like Google and Samsung push out their 5G devices and market themselves as more innovative than Apple. It could've worked with Huawei, a company that still can't sell products in the U.S. over security concerns.
Or it could've ended its dispute with Qualcomm, even if Apple CEO Tim Cook is allergic to its business practices. Unfortunately for Apple, Qualcomm was the best bet.
Tuesday's settlement could result in a 5G iPhone as soon as this fall, when Apple is expected to release its next iPhone. (For what it's worth, timing on a 5G iPhone is still unclear. Qualcomm's CEO Steve Mollenkopf said in an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box" Wednesday that he couldn't comment on Apple's product plans that include Qualcomm chips.)
Qualcomm gets to take a victory lap this week. Its lead in 5G forced a settlement with Apple and added a massive boost to its stock. Qualcomm's stock was up 12 percent Wednesday, adding to its 23 percent gain Tuesday. Intel was up about 4 percent. Apple was up just 1 percent.
The market agrees. Apple was the loser in this fight.
Steve Kovach, CNBC
Steve Kovach is a tech editor for CNBC.com.


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MEGA Murray-Darling Microbat Project
Join us and contribute to the knowledge about our local microbat species.
The MEGA Murray-Darling Microbat Project is a citizen science partnership project between the South Australian Museum, SA Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board, the University of South Australia and local community groups, including us!
There is still so much to learn about the 16 microbat species in this region, including their current conservation status and the links between species diversity, habitat type and condition.
The project uses ultrasonic bat detectors to record the calls of bats flying past during the night, each species has its own individual call pattern, from these recordings scientists can tell which species were present.
The program is open to anyone interested in bats. It is as easy as borrowing an acoustic recorder, turning it on and hanging it up in your yard or property overnight.
You then upload details about your site to the Atlas of Living Australia via the Biocollect portal. The data collected will be analysed by scientists and you will be notified about what bats were recorded at your site.
To borrow a bat detector, contact Jacqui Wilson – jacqui.wilson@gwlap.org.au | 8536 5621
The MEGA Murray-Darling Microbat Project is funded by the Australian Government under the Inspiring Australia – Science Engagement Programme.
People on this project
Jacqui Wilson
Community Engagement Officer
Jacqui has worked in the environmental field since 1995 in roles including environment officer and revegetation officer. Jacqui believes that community groups in South Australia should be recognised and supported as the frontline delivery agents for the management of our natural resources.


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mRNA vaccine makers are working on new Omicron-specific formulations
By Rich Haridy
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Omicron-specific mRNA vaccines are currently in development while previously produced Delta-specific vaccines may be useful if it is discovered Omicron can evade current vaccines
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As scientists scramble to understand what the real-world implications are from the many novel mutations seen in Omicron, the new SARS-CoV-2 variant, both Pfizer and Moderna are racing to update their mRNA vaccines. Although it is still unknown how well current COVID-19 vaccines protect from Omicron, drug makers are already preparing new mRNA formulations just in case.
"From the beginning, we have said that as we seek to defeat the pandemic, it is imperative that we are proactive as the virus evolves," says CEO of Moderna, Stéphane Bancel. "The mutations in the Omicron variant are concerning and for several days, we have been moving as fast as possible to execute our strategy to address this variant."
Within days of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant being identified mRNA vaccine maker Moderna responded with a multi-pronged development approach. As well as starting lab-work on an Omicron-specific mRNA vaccine, the company is rapidly looking at how effectively its previously developed Beta and Delta variant-specific mRNA formulations will work against Omicron.
"We have three lines of defense that we are advancing in parallel: we have already evaluated a higher dose booster of mRNA-1273 (100 µg), second, we are already studying two multi-valent booster candidates in the clinic that were designed to anticipate mutations such as those that have emerged in the Omicron variant and data is expected in the coming weeks, and third, we are rapidly advancing a Omicron-specific booster candidate (mRNA-1273.529)," says Bancel in a statement released barely 48 hours after the new variant was reported to the World Health Organization.
BioNTech, the German company that developed the world's first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in association with Pfizer, also swiftly responded to the emergence of the Omicron variant. It is currently conducting lab experiments to determine what kind of resistance this new variant may have to its current mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
"Pfizer and BioNTech have taken actions months ago to be able to adapt the mRNA vaccine within six weeks and ship initial batches within 100 days in the event of an escape variant," BioNTech recently said in a statement.
What happened to the Delta variant-specific COVID-19 vaccines?
Early on in 2021, as several novel SARS-CoV-2 variants appeared, vaccine makers leapt to action announcing the development of new mRNA formulations. Both Pfizer and Moderna revealed the rapid development of vaccines specifically designed to target Alpha, Beta and Delta variants.
By August these variant-specific mRNA vaccines commenced human trials. But as time passed, and real-world data accumulated, it became clear that while the Delta variant was much more transmissible than prior iterations of the virus, our current vaccines still worked incredibly well.
In October Philip Dormitzer, Pfizer's chief scientific officer of viral vaccines and mRNA, indicated the company had shifted its COVID variant development strategy. Instead of actively working to create a Delta variant vaccine it was now using these new formulations as a dress rehearsal in case of the need for a new vaccine in light of a truly vaccine-evasive variant emerging.
"We want to practise all aspects of executing a strain change — the preclinical research, the manufacturing, the clinical testing and the regulatory submissions — so that if we do see a variant out there that truly escapes vaccine immunity, we're ready to go fast," Dormitzer said recently to Nature.
Moderna is in a similar position, although it says its new formulations could still be effective against future variants, including Omicron. One of its new formulations was designed to specifically target eight key spike protein mutations seen in Beta and Delta variants.
Moderna's new Beta/Delta mRNA formulation is already in advanced stages of human clinical trials with more than 500 people enrolled in the study. The company says it is possible this vaccine could provide protection from the Omicron variant, and studies are underway exploring this particular possibility.
Regardless of the clinical success of these previously developed variant-specific vaccines, the last six months has offered drug makers a perfect test bed for refining its responses to newly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants. In many ways the world has been fortunate that, so far, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has not mutated into a form that evades our current immunity (derived either from vaccines or infections).
Over the coming weeks and months we will learn how well our current vaccines can deal with the new Omicron variant. And if this new variant proves able to slip past our immune protections then scientists are ready to pull the trigger on new targeted vaccines.
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Rich Haridy
With interests in film, new media, and the new wave of psychedelic science, Rich has written for a number of online and print publications over the last decade and was Chair of the Australian Film Critics Association from 2013-2015. Since joining New Atlas Rich's interests have broadened to encompass the era-defining effects of new technology on culture and life in the 21st century.
LooseSends November 30, 2021 03:24 PM
Why are we not giving Pfizer a nobel prize for almost single-handedly saving humanity? Thank God they are thinking ahead and coming up with more vaccines for us all to share at such a heavy cost to themselves. I don't think I'm going too far when I say that I proud to know that I too, am saving humanity one dose at a time, so I can't wait till this one is ready. If only we could just physically hold people down and make them take the miracle cure for their own good...maybe one day soon!
BlueOak December 1, 2021 06:49 AM
@LooseSends, the wonderful profit incentive is a powerful motivator and has brought us, or at a minimum, broadly distributed most humanity-improving innovations.


We hereby congratulate ActionGlass Ltd. with their new website ActionGlass.ie based on Joomla CMS.
We recently went live with the new website for ActionGlass.ie.
They had an old Wordpress site, and we setup a new website for them using the awardwinning Joomla CMS platform. Furthermore GaaTec Ltd. will going forward maintain the website and have this hosted on our Irish based server.


Inspired by river's addition of PostgreSQL support, I was gonna make a few quick changes to mwdumper. I figured I'd get Eclipse and the Subclipse SVN plugin set up on my 64-bit Linux workstation so I'd have a decent Java IDE to work on it in.
Neither with the version of Eclipse that ships with Ubuntu Feisty, nor with a fresh copy of it from eclipse.org… when I try to check out from SVN, and get to the final stage, it just… stops. No error message, no explanation. Just the wizard's done and I've got no project.
Update: Mark Phippard explained the secret in a comment — you can check out a project from the SVN Repository browse view, and it works! Thanks, Mark!
I'm replacing this with a new version which uses PHP's count_chars() function to count up the ASCII-compatible bytes and multibyte sequence head bytes. It's still a smidge slower than mb_strlen but it's… much better than the old one.
* Fallback implementation of mb_strlen, hardcoded to UTF-8.
While whipping up a theme for the nascent Planet Wikimedia, I needed to use the standard font for Wikimedia logos, Gill Sans.
For some fonts, only the bold-italic version seems to come up in the font list. This time I decided to get to the bottom of it. Poking at the font files, I found that Gill Sans comes as a single .dfont file instead of the more traditional bundle of .ttfs. While Gimp/Freetype was happy to read the file, it appears to only pick up one of the style variants — in this case bold italic.
Some googling turned up this page which included a hint that you can extract .ttf files out of a .dfont using the utility fondu. Conveniently this is available as a fink package, so in a couple minutes I was able to replace the .dfont symlinks in /usr/lib/x11/fonts/TTF with separated .ttf files. Restart Gimp, and presto!
We've got some new machines in for the Wikimedia staff, and among them a shiny Core 2 Duo iMac has found its way to my desk as my in-office development workstation. Yum!
Doing web development, I need to have access to a number of operating systems for testing purposes: Linux servers, Windows clients, Windows servers, Linux clients, Mac clients, and the occasional other oddity.
In theory, at least, an Intel-based Mac should be the ideal environment to run this: test the Mac clients on the main OS, and everything else running in virtualization at full speed. The new Core 2 Duo boxes are further capable of running both i386 and x86_64 guest OSs, for full coverage.
With this in mind I've fiddled around for a while with the main desktop-level virtualization packages on the Mac to get a feel for what's available… unfortunately the field isn't very thick.
Basically there's Parallels and the beta of VMware Fusion. There's also some QEMU-based packages, but last I tried that was very unsatisfactory, both slow and unstable.
Snapshotting is the ability to save the state of the virtual machine, run it further, then return to the saved state. You can use this to roll back installation of experimental software, for instance. *Very* useful when developing and testing software, for obvious reasons.
Still in beta; there's no shipping product and you can expect problems.
That single snapshot limitation is *horrible* from my perspective; it's totally arbitrary and wrecks much of the usefulness of it.
An example of one of my prime uses for snapshots on VMware Workstation was maintaining a single copy of Windows XP in both IE 6 and IE 7 states; I could switch back and forth between them at will, while still using the snapshotting for more local changes. That's something I couldn't do with only a single snapshot available — I'd have to install two separate copies, which would imply a second license. And then I'd still be stuck with only a single snapshot for all my debugging uses!
For now I've wiped the disk and installed Ubuntu Linux, so I can run VMware Workstation for Linux. I've got the full range of snapshotting features available, and can still use my laptop for Mac client testing and all the other happy shiny Mac OS X goodness.
Hopefully Parallels will catch up or they'll get proper snapshotting into Fusion and I can someday reinstall Tiger (or perhaps Leopard by then), but in the mean time it looks pretty rockin' on my desk and VMware actually works!
1.6.9 for the stragglers, 1.8.3, and a 1.9.0rc2.
1.9.0 final in a day or so, after a few more chances for people to test last-minute regressions.


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Lighthouse Labs final project
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## The stack

* JavaScript / Ember.js 1.7.0 / Ember Data 1.0.0-beta.9 using `ember-rails`
* Ruby 2.1.2 on Rails 4.1.5
* Github API
* Pure / HTML5 / CSS3
* PostgreSQL

## Getting it up and running locally

1. Register a new developer application in your [Github](https://github.com/settings/applications) with homepage URL `http://localhost:3000/` and authorization callback URL `http://localhost:3000/auth/github/callback`.
2. `git clone git@github.com:eubenesa/goat-island-lightflow.git`
3. `cp .env.example .env`. Fill in the `GITHUB_ID` and `GITHUB_SECRET` parameters inside `.env` with your Client ID and Client Secret from Step 1.
4. `bundle install`
5. `bin/rake db:setup`
6. `bin/rails server`
7. Visit `http://localhost:3000/` in Chrome.

## Debugging

Ideally, you should have at least 2 additional tabs open in your Terminal for debugging. Run the following commands from the project's root directory:

1. `bin/rails console`
2. `bin/rails dbconsole`

## [Project management](https://trello.com/b/Xlp2bRmh/goat-island-lightflow-ember-js)


Change the market and changing fashion trends, but through the experience, the company follows several requests confirming its status in the clothing industry, not to mention the furniture industry and intimate.
Fashion through the proposals, the company is promoting new techniques to give increasing importance to embroidery. The company for over 40 years is known for professionalism, reliability and punctuality, not forgetting the various processes, and is always at your service in its specific needs, with exclusive designs on request.


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Landowners and contractors in Front Royal, Virginia often contract with each other for major construction projects. With any large construction projects, some small delays or problems are all but inevitable, but they don't usually derail the project or lead to major disputes between the parties.
In the overwhelming majority of cases, however, these problems are resolvable, and do not lead to major disputes. Being rational, business-minded adults, landowners and construction contractors are usually able to resolve disputes amongst themselves. After all, both stand to gain if the project is completed, and the contractor is paid.
Even if someone else needs to get involved to resolve a dispute, this does not automatically mean litigation is necessary. For example, the parties might attempt mediation, in which a neutral third party tries to help guide the parties to an agreement, but cannot render a binding decision himself. They might also agree to arbitration, during which a third party is able to render a binding decision. Arbitration is usually done through a private company, and may cost less than litigation, and is overseen by an arbitrator who is an expert in the relevant field.
Construction Dispute litigation in Front Royal, Virginia is usually time-consuming and expensive. But it is sometimes necessary, usually as a last resort.
Examples of Construction Disputes That Might Lead to Litigation in Front Royal, Virginia
Delays: Some minor delays in a construction project are all but guaranteed to occur. Usually, if contracts require a specific completion date, the contractor will give itself longer than the project would take under ideal circumstances, to account for possible delays. Furthermore, construction contracts usually attempt to insure against delays, such as imposing fees on contractors if the project is delayed beyond a certain point. If no such clause is included in a contract, a court will usually award the client damages that could have been reasonably anticipated at the time the contract was entered into.
Owner's refusal to pay: Contractors can also be the victims in construction disagreements. Sometimes, the person who hired them will refuse to pay the agreed-upon fee, or withhold a portion of it. This, without more, certainly constitutes breach of contract. However, in such cases, the owner will rarely go to court and say "I just didn't feel like paying, so I didn't." Instead, they will claim that they had a very good reason to withhold all or part of the payment, such as unsatisfactory work by the contractor. In these situations, the court has to determine if the owner has a valid reason for not paying. If it concludes that he or she does not, it will order the owner to pay the agreed-upon price.
Subcontractor Disputes: In large projects, contractors often can't handle every aspect of the construction, so they hire other (usually smaller) contractors to do some specialized work for them, such as plumbing, electrical installations, and the like. The general contractor, nonetheless, is responsible to the owner for anything that goes wrong. If a subcontractor messes up, and the owner sues the contractor, the contractor will have to pay. Nonetheless, the contractor can then go after the subcontractor to recover whatever he had to pay.
Mechanic's Lien: If the contractor wins in a case against the land owner, and the court orders the owner to pay the contractor for services rendered, the contractor needs a way to secure payment, if the owner refuses. In some cases, a mechanic's lien allows the contractor to force the sale of the land, and any improvements to it, in order to secure payment for the services it provided.
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Construction disputes and disagreements can be very difficult to deal with alone. The assistance of a Front Royal, Virginia real estate attorney can make the process of dealing with these disputes much quicker and easier.
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Normally, being a homeowner is a challenge. Most of the homeowners out there even use their free time to do some chores. Nevertheless, you must remember that certain repairs in your house are best to be done if you are going to call experts to do it. Read more here to have the details about these home improvements.
Your electrical needs are something that you should never dare touch. Truly, electricity is useful but it still very dangerous. In order to install if fix your electrical wirings, the perfect team to call a seasoned residential electrician team. You know you are safe under their services because they have been professionally trained, which can be proven by their licenses. Learn more about the right team of electricians in your places by clicking here.
Your kitchen is another part of your home that you should entrust to experts. Actually, the cleaning and cooking part is still yours to do. The reason why you have to call experts for your kitchen is for its remodeling. More and more homeowners are realizing the need of improving their property so that they can earn from it later on. If you have your own design, you can actually let your expert kitchen remodeling team know it so that they can use it. Since they are composed of highly experienced architects and interior designers, you can have an assurance that your plans can become a reality. There are a lot of things that should be considered when it comes to kitchen remodeling, so they will surely check each factor to be able to work well for you. Take time to interview them in order for you to know if they have license to work. If you want to talk to them about your kitchen needs, just click here.
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Миштекское письмо — идеографическая письменность народности миштеков, распространённая в постклассический период мезоамериканской истории. Сохранились миштекские кодексы, содержащие запись исторических событий, мифов и генеалогии. После прибытия европейцев в 1520 году изменились форма, стиль и функция миштекского письма. В настоящее время эти кодексы используются как источники этнографической, лингвистической и исторической информации, особенно в сопоставлении с устной традицией.

До настоящего времени письменность не дешифрована, изображения позволяют довольно широкий спектр интерпретаций.

См. также
 Мезоамериканские системы письма

Литература
 Restall, Matthew. 1997. Heirs to the Hieroglyphs: Indigenous Writing in Colonial Mesoamerica The Americas 54:239-267.
 Troike, Nancy P. 1978. Fundamental Changes in the Interpretations of the Mixtec Codices. American Antiquity 43:553-568.
 Supplement to the Handbook of Middle American Indians, Vol. IV. Ethnohistory. 1986. Ronald Spores, ed. University of Texas Press. Austin, TX.

Ссылки
 Learn how to read Mixtec glyphs
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Raffael extends contract with Borussia Monchengladbach
Last season, the Brazilian supplied 13 strikes and 10 assists in 31 league outings. Only Robert Lewandowski, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Thomas Muller had a hand in more Bundesliga goals across the campaign.
Ben Spratt
Munich 28 June, 2016 01:05 IST
Borussia Monchengladbach forward Raffael has extended his contract for another year.
Borussia Monchengadbach forward Raffael has extended his contract with the club until 2019.
The 31-year-old's deal had been due to expire in 2017, but he has now reached an agreement to stay with the Bundesliga outfit for another year.
Raffael moved to Borussia Park in 2013 from Dynamo Kiev, and has netted 44 goals in 116 appearances in all competitions since then.
In a statement announcing the new contract on Gladbach's official website, the club insisted they intend to retain key men like Raffael.
"Borussia can continue to plan with their top performers on board," it read.
"In his three seasons at the club to date, Raffael has always indisputably been a top performer."
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Typical software requests for proposals can sometimes be very detailed and sometimes not have the right details. They can contain some process flows showing internal business processes but what really needs to happen is a solid information architecture needs to be included. Using verbiage to describe a business process is like trying to describe a painting. It can be subjective to interpret and create a false sense of scope and scale. Using a Information Architecture (IA) allows you to see the high flow of all the pages in the system and what their essential functions are with the software development, web application or app build. Recently at Red Cherry with some RFP's we are taking the time to digest the RFP and build the IA.
Now this is much more time consuming on our end but it allow us to closing hone in on what exactly we are building and quote accordingly. In a perfect world of the software build you first do a discovery first building out the Persona Maps, IA, Wireframes and working prototype over the course of a few months at a fixed fee. Then both parties have time to work together understand the real problems we are solving and create a minimum viable product or go all the way with a launch of full suite of apps and the product. What a discovery phase does is reduce problems such as refactoring, guessing and ensures both parties know what the deliverables are, how long it will take to build and the exact cost of the build. But going back to a RFP. Many government programs for instance simply create a monster RFP in hopes of retaining the correct vendor with little or no scope creep as simply they are bound to that process and cannot just do a discovery phase. So here at Red Cherry we have stepped in by creating the IA during the RFP process reviewing thoroughly with the potential client first to ensure we are on the same before we provide a detailed proposal.


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The City of Sturgis was founded in 1876. It was named for Major Samuel D. Sturgis, a commander at nearby Fort Meade Cavalry Post.
During the Great Western Expansion, Fort Meade served as a United States Cavalry Post to nearly every cavalry regiment in the United States Army. The Star-Spangled Banner became part of the evening military retreat ceremony at Fort Meade in 1892, long before it became our National Anthem.
In 1938, J.C. "Pappy" Hoel hosted a dirt track race with nine riders that set a course in Sturgis history. Today, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally has evolved into South Dakota's largest tourism event and the world's largest motorcycle rally. Sturgis and the Black Hills thunder with the sounds of motorcycle enthusiasts, numbering in the hundreds of thousands, from all over the world.
The history of Sturgis also must include the background of Bear Butte rising above the prairie just northeast of town. It is a geological wonder referred to as "Mato Paha", or sleeping bear, by the Sioux Indians and is the origin of many Native American legends.
The culture and history of the Sturgis area is rich in heritage. Our past is greatly admired and respected as we move forward into our future.
Ft. Meade was originally established in 1878 at as military post to protect miners and settlers traveling in the Black Hills area. It continued to serve as a military post until 1944 when it became part of the Veterans Administration Hospital network.
Today, Ft. Meade continues as part of the VA Health Care Network. VA Black Hills provides primary and secondary medical and surgical care, along with residential rehabilitation treatment program (RRTP) services, extended nursing home care and tertiary psychiatric inpatient care services, for veterans residing in South Dakota and portions of Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana. Ft. Meade works in conjunction with VA Hot Springs and community based outpatient rural outreach clinics. Ft Meade served over 13,000 patients, with over 21,000 patients cared for within the VA Black Hills system in FY2010. VA Black Hills employs 1120 people. VA Black Hills also supports Black Hills National Cemetery which is located off I-90 at Exit 34.
The Director for VA Black Hills is Stephen R. DiStasio, FACHE, CNA.
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Ft. Meade continues to play an important role with our military. South Dakota National Guard and Army National Guard Candidate School now utilizes many of the buildings which once acted as barracks for soldiers in years past.
Ft. Meade Museum is located in the former commanding officers headquarters. It offers visitors an in-depth history of Ft. Meade. Still standing are many structures dating back as far as 1878, along with many other historic buildings including several of the stable building which were constructed of limestone. Located nearby is the historic Post Cemetery.
Ft Meade was named in honor of General George Meade of Civil War fame.
When originally established the military post was named Camp J.C. Sturgis and was further northeast. When relocated to its current location it was called Camp Ruhlen, named for the quartermaster in charge of building the fort.
Comanche, a US Cavalry horse and sole cavalry survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, was brought following the battle and continued to live here for 9 years.
The "Star Spangled Banner" was first used here for military ceremonies helping the drive to make it our national anthem
During the Depression it was base for 16 Civilian Conservation Camps
Several of the stone houses around the parade grounds were built by prisoners of war during World War II
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The 6-year-old girl who disappeared Tuesday afternoon in southern Sweden was found alive and well after an intensive search by police that spanned almost 24 hours.
"She has been found. She feels good. She was a little dirty, but she didn't answer when I asked in Somali how she felt," said Sudan, a man who was present when the girl was handed over to police by the family that found her, to Sveriges Radio (SR).
The girl, Kalif Bushra, was found around midday walking along a path two kilometres outside Gislaved, and was immediately driven to the local police station.
Police are still eager to speak with the girl to find out more about the circumstances of her disappearance.
"But it takes a little time. She's only six, so we're taking it slowly," said Jan Lagerqvist of the local police to the TT news agency.
Furthermore, the girl does not speak Swedish - only German and a bit of Somali.
The girl was taken to a doctor soon after she was found, accompanied by her mother.
Details remain sketchy about the girls disappearance, and indeed about how she spent the rainy night in Gislaved.
The six-year-old was last seen playing in a school park at 1pm on Tuesday, and police were alerted around 5pm, launching a search party that worked throughout the night and morning.
The girl is originally from Somalia but lives in Germany, and was visiting relatives in in Gislaved with her mother and sibling.