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Heat transfer to model Newtonian liquid foods in cans during end-over-end rotation
Ramaswamy C. Anantheswaran, M. A. Rao
The effect of end-over-end rotation on heat transfer rate to canned Newtonian liquids was studied with two cans (length: diameter ( L D) = 0·73 and 1·37) over the range 0-38·6 r.p.m. and radius of rotation 0-14·9 cm. Data were obtained with water, glycerine and 30%, 50%, and 60% sucrose solutions. The agitation induced oscillations of the centre temperature about an increasing average value. The oscillations were more pro-nounced in viscous liquids. The heat transfer coefficient (HTC) was found to be independent of the radius of rotation and L D. Head space volume between 3 and 9% did not affect the HTC. A correlation was developed in terms of Nusselt, rotational Reynolds, and Prandtl numbers to predict the HTC: Nu = 2.9Re0.436Pr0.287 The characteristic dimension in Nu and Re was the radius of rotation. This correlation, with R2 = 92%, is valid for Re: 83 - 2·1 × 105 and Pr: 2·8 - 49. Attempts to improve the correlation by incorporating the Grashof number, L D and head space volume as well as other characteristic dimensions were not successful.
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Anantheswaran, R. C., & Rao, M. A. (1985). Heat transfer to model Newtonian liquid foods in cans during end-over-end rotation. Journal of Food Engineering, 4(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0260-8774(85)90019-6
Anantheswaran, Ramaswamy C. ; Rao, M. A. / Heat transfer to model Newtonian liquid foods in cans during end-over-end rotation. In: Journal of Food Engineering. 1985 ; Vol. 4, No. 1. pp. 1-19.
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Made with Napa cabbage, red onion, garlic, celery, carrots, ginger, spices, daikon radish, and seaweed. Be sure to purchase utensils if you'll need them (from the Miscellaneous category).
Made with Napa cabbage, red onion, garlic, celery, carrots, ginger, spices, daikon radish, and seaweed. Be sure to purchase utensils if you'll need them (from the Miscellaneous category).


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Bågskytte vid europeiska spelen är bågskyttetävlingar som ingår i de europeiska spelen. Bågskytte var en av de 20 sporter som fanns med vid de första europeiska spelen 2015. Sporten finns med på programmet även under andra upplagan 2019 då vissa av tävlingarna också är en del av kvalet till Olympiska sommarspelen 2020.

Grenar
Vid de första europeiska spelen genomfördes endast tävlingar i den olympiska disciplinen recurvebåge. Till tävlingarna 2019 har det lagts till tävlingar i compoundbåge på schemat.

Medaljörer

2015
Se även Bågskytte vid europeiska spelen 2015.

2019
Se även Bågskytte vid europeiska spelen 2019.

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Neeta Vora
Neeta Vora is a medical doctor and assistant professor of maternal-fetal medicine in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology within the UNC School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the role of fetal factors in the initiation of spontaneous preterm birth. She is a member of UNC's Caregivers at Carolina program, which supports young doctors who see patients and also conduct research.
What did you want to be when you were a child? If someone asked you: "What do you want to be when you grow up?" what did you say?
I alternated between saying I wanted to be a mommy and president of the United States. I did become a mom to two boys (ages 5 and 7) — and I consider that my most important and rewarding job.
"Personalized medicine for pregnant women."
I always enjoyed doing research and could never get away from it even when I tried. I moved to Chapel Hill thinking I would focus on being a clinician and taking care of patients. But when I started working here, I was struck by how uniquely collaborative people were and quickly formed a research team to study fetal gene expression in preterm birth. I wrote a grant on this subject and was encouraged to submit it to the NIH by my mentor, Kim Boggess. Kim was so enthusiastic about the grant and even met with me on a Sunday to fine-tune it. I never expected to get the grant, but it was funded on the first round and at that moment, I thought, I can actually do this! I give credit to Kim for encouraging me and helping me submit my first NIH grant. I would never have done that without her, and I think the key point is that senior faculty can have a huge impact on junior faculty.
[/media-credit] Vora and her family like to travel. Here, she stands with her two boys, 5-year-old Chetan (left) and 7-year-old Rohan, in Prague.
What's a funny story that happened while you were doing research?
I had to do a science project in third grade. My hypothesis was that plants with worms in the soil would grow better than plants without worms. I asked my mom to drive me to a fishing store to get worms. They sold them by the hundred, so I used them all because I thought more would be better. Turns out my hypothesis wasn't true and the plant with the worms died. I was hooked on science after that, though, and I have also had a lot more negative studies since then!
There is a lot of work to be done in OB/GYN! The most important thing is not to give up and not to get discouraged. Grants and papers do get rejected, but when that happens, I refocus on my passion — helping pregnant women and their children. If you do what you love, you will succeed.
Susan Girdler
Aya Avishai-Yitshak
Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson
Coretta Jenerette
Ready, Set, Brake
The Nursing Pioneer
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Finnygook Inn fire benefit gig arranged by band that played there 48 hours before
The pub was badly damaged by the fire
Andy Greenwood
The band which played the final session in a South East Cornwall pub, 48 hours before it was struck by a devastating fire, are organising a benefit gig.
The Land of the Giants played at the popular Finnygook Inn, in Crafthole, on December 9 as part of the pub's "Mini Finny Christmas Fest".
But less than two days later, the pub's roof was in flames, prompting a major response from Cornwall firefighters.
It has now been confirmed that the band, and special guests, will play in the village's Memorial Hall on December 22 with all proceeds going to support the pub.
The band said: "Land of the Giants and guests TBA will perform a one off and intimate acoustic show to support our friends at The Finnygook Inn. You'll find us in Crafthole Village Hall.
"The Finnygook have been great to us, and hosted an awesome New Year's Eve last year. Unfortunately, this year, the pub was devastated by fire. We want to put on a local show and invite all of our nearest and dearest to support everyone involved."
A bar is being organised and Ahoy fish and chips will be supplying food. A £5 donation is being asked on the door.
Firefighters battled the flames for hours after the fire broke out just after 4pm on Monday. Staff, customers, and the landlords' dog Tribute made it out safe and well.
Aftermath of the blaze at the Finnygook Inn
Since then, villagers have rallied to support the pub and its landlords, Neil and Erika Ling, who've vowed to get the pub back up and running as soon as they can.
"The first and most important thing is that everyone's fine including Tribute who has had his first newspaper article written about him," Erika told friends on Facebook. "Love how many were mainly worried about him.
Finnygook Inn roof fire investigation launched as staff are praised for swift action
"Thank you one and all. The amount of offers of help we've had is quite incredible, I'm afraid the chances of calling the favours in are pretty high. But we appreciate every single one of your messages. Thank you.
"But huge thank you to Andrea Evans and Warren Derrington Evans for turning their home into the refuge area – an oasis of calm warmth and even laughter (perhaps helped by the healthy spirit stocks). Thank you neighbour and friend. And thank you Grant (Coppock, a local builder) for coming out so many times to help fix the place up.
The fire at Finnygook Inn, Crafthole
"Thirdly – if anyone thinks this is the end of the Finny you've obviously not met me, Neil and the incredible incredible team we've got here – it would take a lot more than this to stop any of us.
"We'll keep you posted about opening, but it won't be long – the cellar wasn't touched, so the beer's fine. Thank you Erin Matthews and Kelsie for sticking with me today – needed you both. We'll see you soon."
Finnygook landlady Erika Ling
Livia Devereaux-Finnamore has also set up a crowd funding page to help the Finnygook describing it as "everyone's favourite local". It can be found at www.gofundme.com/w5ypda


One fresh morning in Dintor. Sweet and silence. As the sky grow brighter, we just realize that this is a small place. One by one the local people get outside from their house. While Jo and Steph meet some of them and asking the direction, I decide to go to the beach 10 meters away from our car.
This beach, have a peaceful ambience.. With her little waves, the sound of fisherman's boat engine, the warmness of the sunrise, and the scenery of Mules Island in front of my eyes. This beach contains with smooth rocks on its surface, with some colorful wooden house. Yes, Flores have many colorful wooden house and we will see many of them in this journey.
After filled our car with fuel and pumped the tire, we continue our journey to our main destination, Wae Rebo Village. To reach this village, we must drive to the place called Denge. Along the journey, we passed by the beautiful landscape, church, village, and cheerful local people. Everytime we pass the kids who walk across the street, they warmly greet us and shout "Helloooo…!!" with their bright smile.
Denge Homestay beside the elementary school. Yes, we finally arrive here. We see some foreign tourist near the homestay, and kids running around the yard. After parking the car, a tall man greeting us and let us sit inside his house. His name is Mr. Blasius Monta. He is the homestay owner in Denge. Visitors who wants to visit Wae Rebo can contact him for the reservation. It's necessary because the Wae Rebo village have limited space for visitors to stay the night. You can contact him at +6281339350775. But he said that his cellphone is sometimes hard to reach because the signal doesn't reach the place. So, it's a lucky guess I think hahaa..
While drinking sweet hot tea, Mr. Blasius explain on how to reach the Wae Rebo village and the rules inside it. He also said that he is the son of Wae Rebo and lend us the book that titled "Pesan dari Wae Rebo" or "Message from Wae Rebo". This book is written by Yori Antar and tells us about how Wae Rebo communities struggle to maintain and preserve its traditions, including their traditional house : Mbaru Niang. The traditional house of Manggarai, Western Flores.
Yori Antar is a well known architect who have a great dedication in traditional Indonesian architecture. When he arrived in Wae Rebo on August 2008, he just found out that four of the last surviving examples of these Mbaru Niang houses, two of which were in need of renovation. So, he initiated and facilitated a community-led revival of traditional techniques enabling all the original houses to be rebuilt. The design started on 2008 and completely built on 2011. The Mbaru Niang preservation is one of 20 projects on the shortlist for the Aga Khan Award 2013, and also won the Award of Excellence from UNESCO on Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2012.
As Mr. Blasius said, to reach the village we must hike for around 3-4 hours and will be accompanied by the local guide. After repacking our belonging and only bring the things we need for one night stay, 9:12 AM we start hiking.
The track isn't too hard. There are some road construction with a pile of stones everywhere. Apparently they're planning to build road that reach the Wae Lomba River so the visitor have shorter hiking track. This river is the first rest post from total 3 posts untill Wae Rebo village. We reach the river for just 45 minute hike. The water is so clear and super fresh, and of course we can drink it.
After passing Wae Lomba River, we entering the forest. It helps us while hiking because the shady forest prevent us from direct sunlight. It's almost mid-day when we arrive at second rest post : Pocoroko. The view from up here is absolute beautiful. All is blue and green. The sky, the hill, the valley, and the Sawu Sea in the south… Perfect spot for a rest!
Just an hour hike from this spot, we found a bamboo bridge above the dry river. Our water supply is nearly empty even though we've taken plenty water from Wae Lomba. But hey, look what we found! There's a small hut with banner that said : WELCOME TO WAEREBO. From this hut we can see Wae Rebo village very clear. In this hut, as the tradition, our guide had to rang the gendang. This is also as a notification for the local villagers that there's a visitor so they can prepare for the welcoming ceremony. From now on, nobody allowed to take pictures untill the welcoming ceremony ends.
Located 1100 meters above the sea level (longitude 120°17'2.51″E, latitude 8°46'8.89″S), this place have a very magicall ambience. Surrounded by mountains, and literally behind the cloud. Lucky for us, today's weather is very clear and warm enough. One by one we entered the biggest house, Mbaru Gendang, for welcoming ceremony.
Inside the house, there is an elderly men and his wife sitting in the center, facing the entrance door. After we getting the permit to enter, the elderly men hold a welcome ceremony in Manggaraian language. Our guest who sat beside him then translate it for us. He said that we had welcomed by the villagers. After this ceremony had ended, our guide tell us that we can take some photographs inside this Mbaru Gendang house.
The people who lives here is currently the eighteenth generation. Empu Maro, was the very first generation and touted as the founder of Wae Rebo village. He built all the seven houses. The Mbaru Gendang is the biggest house, and the other six are called Niang Gena. One of the Niang Gena is used as the sleeping area for visitors. The building itslef is made from local materials such as woods, bamboo, and black palm fiber from sugar palm tree for the roof covering.
Mbaru Niang is classified as stilts house and have 5 storeys with different function for each floor.
1st storey, is called Tenda. Used for daily activities such as sleep, eat, greeting the guest, etc. In Niang Gena house, the diameter is +/- 11 meter.
2nd storey, is called Lobo, where the foodstuffs are stored. Lobo also means 'the attic' and the diameter is +/- 9 meter.
3rd storey is used for future foodstock. The local used to stored corns in this 6 meter diameter area. They called this storey a Lentar which means 'corns'.
4th storey is also used for future foodstock. But nowadays this 3 meter diameter storey is remain empty. This storey is called Lemparai.
5th storey, is called Hekang Kode. Which literally means 'the monkey house'. The diameter of this storey is +/- 1,8 meter, and commonly used for Ancam Bobong ceremony.
After have a delicious lunch made by the village's most awesome housewifes, we decide to spent this afternoon by exploring the house's construction and of course having fun with the local. Especially the kids. Today, the village doesn't look too crowded. Most of the adults are going down to Denge to attend the 40-days-death ceremony of Mr. Blasius' son.
After having a light meal for our dinner and a warm chat with the elderly, we decide to get outside of the house. The air is very cold, but the reward is the super clear sky up there. You know what happened when the sky is clear? The stars…and not only that, you'll see the Milky Way galaxy too!! It's look like a thick sky dust if you see it with naked eyes.
In this early morning, our room filled with super cold fresh air. Somebody must have open the door. It's a very good morning alarm though, we immediately rise up and step outside.
There's always a moment of silence when you see the sunrise. Especially this beautiful one. When the sky turned orange, this highland weather became more warmer. Still cold though, but this little warm sensation is priceless.
But the thing that made this morning perfect, was the sound of villagers who roasted the coffee seeds. Yeah the sound and the smell is like heaven on earth hehe.. One by one, the kids running around the field with their laugh and bright smile. I wonder how peaceful their life is. The true and honest expression from the people who live in the nature.
We spent this morning with many many smiles. Almost forgot about the time when our guide suddenly told us to pack our stuff. We must hike back to Denge at 8:00 AM. Time flies, brother.. I think it's not enough for spending just one night in Wae Rebo. The magnificent house, the scenery, the kindness, the kids, the smile..all is missed and all is perfect. Yes, one day we will definitely come back here!
Thanks for your sweet smile, Wae Rebo, one of true and authentic Indonesia's jewellery.
that's amazing experience. Jadi pengen ke daerah sana juga.


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Coat of Many Colors – A Geek and the Bible
Stealing from the Blind – Jacob Receives Isaac's Blessing
April 27, 2014 Joe Pranevich	5 Comments
You hear about these cases all the time: men and women who take advantage of an elderly or infirm person for monetary gain. Sometimes, the theft is large such as a police sergeant who stole $20,000 last year near Chicago, or the Boston couple that stole $130,000 from an elderly man and his handicapped daughter. It is easy to imagine many more crimes going unreported– like credit cards used by a caretaker without permission, or easily forgotten items being sold. To take advantage of anyone in their time of need is one of the worst violation of trust that I can imagine. I did not know how common this was until I researched for this post.
And yet, this is exactly what we are told Jacob did when he conspired with his mother to steal his father's blessing and, by extension, the patriarchy of all of Israel. It is a violation of trust on a terrible scale, made all the worse because we readers of Genesis have seen Isaac grow from a boy to a man and now finally to this humbling end. Jacob is one of the great heroes of Genesis, and this is not a great way to start his story.
It all begins with a home-cooked meal. Read on for more.
"Isaac, A Lover of Peace" by the Providence Lithograph Company (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
(This post is part of a continuing series of chronological commentaries on Genesis, starting at the very beginning. Jacob's story starts with the purchase of Esau's birthright and continues here several years later.)
When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, "My son."
"Here I am," he answered.
Isaac said, "I am now an old man and don't know the day of my death. Now then, get your equipment—your quiver and bow—and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die."
Genesis 27:1-4
It may have been only a few lines since Isaac was negotiating peace with Abimelech, but years had passed and his health was declining. Isaac was at least 100 years old now, his two sons grown men of at least 40. Isaac was frail, blind, and seemingly unable to rise from his bed. Although we know from reading ahead that Isaac would live quite a while longer, he must have thought that his time was coming. It was time to pass on his blessing, his inheritance, to his eldest son.
Why did Isaac call Esau to him instead of Jacob? Esau was the oldest by a few moments, but he was also Isaac's favored son since early on. Isaac appreciated that he was a hunter, in contrast to the homebody that was his brother Jacob. What's more, Esau was perhaps more an "adult" than Jacob: he had married and may have already provided Isaac and Rebekah with grandchildren. While Genesis does not paint Esau with a very nice brush much of the time, Isaac's choice seems understandable.
How would this blessing be passed on? Like business arrangements even to the current day, it would be done over a meal. Not just any meal– Isaac requested that Esau hunt and prepare his favorite food. There is a real sense of family and love in this request, but it would not go according to Isaac's plan.
Rebekah Steps In
"Jacob and Rebekah" by the Providence Lithograph Company (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Now Rebekah was listening as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau left for the open country to hunt game and bring it back, Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Look, I overheard your father say to your brother Esau, 'Bring me some game and prepare me some tasty food to eat, so that I may give you my blessing in the presence of the Lord before I die.'
Rebekah overheard Isaac and Esau from the next room. Forty-something years earlier, God had given her a vision that foretold that Jacob would be the favored son– to make that vision come true, she would need to act. There was very little time to think or plan; Esau was already on his way into the wilderness to hunt up some wild game. Jacob was nearby–he was unmarried and probably still lived with his parents– and they would need to work quickly.
It is worth pausing for a moment to consider: why did Jacob sign on to this? In the heat of the moment, perhaps there was not time to consider the consequences. Some years before, Jacob had purchased (or perhaps extorted) Esau's birthright for a bowl of soup— would it be theft if he took what was already in his mind rightfully his? If he has any hesitation, the bible does not show it to us. Instead, Jacob is concerned is for the anger that his father will have if he is caught– rather than having remorse for fooling his father in the first place.
Regardless of Jacob's own thoughts on the subject, Rebekah was in the drivers seat. In no time at all, she had a plan and was executing it. And while we certainly can be disappointed in the way that she chooses to act, we have to give her credit for her quick intelligence. She is an amazing woman!
Item 1: Canaanite Fast Food
[Rebekah said] "Now, my son, listen carefully and do what I tell you: Go out to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, so I can prepare some tasty food for your father, just the way he likes it. Then take it to your father to eat, so that he may give you his blessing before he dies."
Isaac requested to Esau that his blessing would be over a plate of delicious wild game, but Jacob was no hunter. Jacob was "content to stay at home among the tents" (Genesis 25:27) and so there was no way that he would win a hunting race. Rebekah solved this by substituting a goat from the flock instead, but this had risk. Whatever animal Esau was bringing home, it was not going to be a goat. We might imagine some creative use of Canaanite spices, but it would be very difficult to prepare a meal of goat and have it appear to be wild game. Rebekah may have been gambling that Isaac's tastebuds were also failing in his old age.
It is also great to notice that Esau was not only a skilled hunter, he was a skilled cook. In contrast, Jacob relied on his mother to prepare his father's meal. Jacob is fairly useless at this stage, doing no more than slaughtering a domesticated goat. I can hardly help but feel that this is another point in Esau's favor, a note that he was truly the "older" brother of the pair. Even so, it would take more than just a well-cooked meal to fool Isaac.
Item 2: A Disguise
Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, "But my brother Esau is a hairy man while I have smooth skin. What if my father touches me? I would appear to be tricking him and would bring down a curse on myself rather than a blessing."
His mother said to him, "My son, let the curse fall on me. Just do what I say; go and get them for me." So he went and got them and brought them to his mother, and she prepared some tasty food, just the way his father liked it. Then Rebekah took the best clothes of Esau her older son, which she had in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. She also covered his hands and the smooth part of his neck with the goatskins. Then she handed to her son Jacob the tasty food and the bread she had made.
Jacob would need a disguise if he were to fool his father into thinking he was his brother. Once again, Rebekah had the solution: fetch some of Esau's finest clothes and a few goat skins. Put the skins around Jacob's hands and neck and he would easily pass for his brother, right? This sounds more than a bit like a first-grade play rather than something that could actually work. Would it be enough to fool Isaac?
Once again, this scene tries to tell us something negative about Esau, but tells us something about Jacob instead. Esau was hairy– that was his defining feature even since he was born. Even at birth, his "whole body was like a hairy garment" (Genesis 25:25), and I feel from this we are supposed to get the impression that Esau is animal-like and stupid. A bit of that characterization does come out in the incident where Jacob bought the birthright, but it feels like shorthand to me. We no longer see hairy people as being less intelligent, so the point Genesis is trying to make is lost. That Jacob could dress this way and resemble Esau sounds like an exaggeration for effect and it is difficult to imagine this playing out well. To Jacob's credit, he steps out a little from his mother's shadow: he suggests adding the disguise, even if she has to work out the details.
It is Rebekah that I am most impressed by in this scene. Not only does she solve the second problem quickly and easily, she demonstrates that she is willing to put everything on the line to do what she sees as God's will. Jacob is worried that he will be cursed– a natural fear given the circumstances– but Rebekah is willing to step up and say "let the curse fall on me". She has the courage of her convictions and that says a lot, no matter how uncomfortable we might be about where those convictions are taking her.
Three Lies
"Isaac Blesses Jacob" by Govaert Flinck, 1638. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The clock was ticking and the pieces were in place. Jacob had his meal and his disguise, and now it was time to approach Isaac to try to pull it off. Any minute now, Esau could return from hunting to serve his father his own meal. If he were to arrive before the blessing took place, it would be a disaster.
The First Lie
[Jacob] went to his father and said, "My father."
"Yes, my son," he answered. "Who is it?"
Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may give me your blessing."
Jacob enters his father's presence and calls out, yet Isaac does not seem to recognize his voice. Was his hearing also fading? It appears so, but we will learn in a few more lines that he recognizes Jacob's voice. And yet, he still asks "Who is it?" Why does he do that? I have read commentary– which I cannot find the source for now– that suggests that Isaac was in on the ruse, that he knew that Jacob was pulling the wool over his eyes and that he had intended to give the blessing to Jacob the whole time. I am uncomfortable reading that into this story. Isaac will forgive Jacob quickly, but there is little else in this text to suggest that he is in on this deception. If he wanted to give the blessing to Jacob, he could have done so at any time.
The Second Lie
Isaac asked his son, "How did you find it so quickly, my son?"
"The Lord your God gave me success," he replied.
Isaac may have been getting suspicious, because his next question is about how Esau (Jacob) was able to find and prepare food so quickly. One aspect really bothers me: Jacob brings God into the story. He could have said that he was lucky, but instead he wants his father to believe that his mission received divine favor. But, Jacob also distances himself from God. By using the phrase "The Lord your God", rather than "my" God, Jacob not only uses God's name in vain, he suggests that he is not his God– what a patriarch!
Some commentators rightly point out that Jacob was taking in Esau's voice, not his own. Rashi, for example, posits that Esau was not pious, so Jacob is using these phrases to imitate Esau who did not believe that God was his God. Even so, Jacob still is the one to bring God into the conversation and then claims to have been blessed. That is still quite a low blow.
The Third Lie
Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come near so I can touch you, my son, to know whether you really are my son Esau or not." Jacob went close to his father Isaac, who touched him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." He did not recognize him, for his hands were hairy like those of his brother Esau; so he proceeded to bless him. "Are you really my son Esau?" he asked.
"I am," he replied.
Isaac remains suspicious, so he asks to touch his son. Jacob's judgement about needing the disguise was correct, as was Rebekah's idea as to how to go about it. Isaac touches him, feels the goat fur, and believes it to be Esau's hands he is holding. But just in case, he asks one more time: "Are you really my son Esau?" Jacob lies again.
The deception was complete. Rebekah's plan worked. Now it was time for the meal and the blessing.
Isaac's Blessing for Esau (given to Jacob)
"Isaak weist Esau zurück" by Giotto, c. 1293. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Then he said, "My son, bring me some of your game to eat, so that I may give you my blessing." Jacob brought it to him and he ate; and he brought some wine and he drank. Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come here, my son, and kiss me." So he went to him and kissed him. When Isaac caught the smell of his clothes, he blessed him […]
After being convinced that the son before him was Esau, Isaac ate of the "wild" game and kissed his son. Jacob's ruse had been successful and the blessing was now his– but not before one final test. This time, Isaac did not ask a question of Jacob, he did something more basic: the sniff test. With the help of Esau's clothing, Jacob passed that test as well. Rebekah predicted every area where her plan might have failed and mitigated against it.
Isaac had used his remaining four senses, and the pair had successfully fooled three of them:
Hearing – Not fooled, as Isaac recognizes Jacob's voice.
Smell – Fooled, as Jacob is wearing Esau's clothing.
Touch – Fooled, as Jacob is wearing goat skins to feel hairy.
Taste – Fooled, although not described clearly. The goat that Rebekah prepared must have tasted like wild game, so much so that Isaac never comments on it.
I will be looking at the twin blessings of Jacob and Esau in a future post, but for now this is how Isaac blesses his son:
"Ah, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed.
May God give you heaven's dew and earth's richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.
May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you.
Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you.
May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed."
And with that, we will end this section. Esau will be home momentarily and discover the deception– and be none too pleased. His actions, and how Rebekah solves the next problem, will be the key to the remainder of Jacob's life. We will get to it soon!
It is very challenging to look at this passage and like Jacob. We know from reading the bible that Jacob will be favored by God, and that he may even redeem himself– but Jacob is far from a paragon to be emulated. I am disturbed by the easy way in which he steals from his father. Even if Jacob receiving the blessing was God's plan, there must have been a better way to go about it.
In some ways, Rebekah comes off better in this passage. She is a strong woman, quick on her feet, and creative. She believes this is the right course of action, no doubt in large part because God himself told her that Jacob would be the favored son. She is also willing to risk the most. If Isaac curses his son, Rebekah agrees to take the curse on herself. That suggests that her motivation is not selfish, but rather something that she does for the long-term good. Jacob's motivations are never so altruistic. We'll see in the next section that she may not hold true to her word, but the picture we have is of a driven woman who uses her brain to get what she wants. I cannot think of a matriarch or patriarch up to this point who is depicted as being this crafty.
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niko says:
U have to remember God hated esau from the womb hence your comment about a commentary stating
esau was unpious
Stuart Gathman says:
God did not hate Esau personally – he hated the line of Esau, especially considered as a possible line of the Messiah. God blessed Esau personally, and gave him and his descendants an inheritance in Canaan (Deuteronomy 2). Think of it like "Back to the Future 2", where the protagonist and audience hate the Biff future, but in the George future, Biff has a good life.
Why God hated the Esau future becomes apparent later when the Amalekites (descendants of Esau) refuse to allow Israel passage. Later, King Saul is instructed to kill all the Amalekites – he kills all but King Agag and his family. Smart move, the survivors wouldn't be expected to hold a generational grudge against Israel, would they? Samuel kills the king, but the sons escape.
Much later, Haman the Agagite nearly kills all the Israelites.
Robert P. Killian says:
Hello Joseph,
If you would contact me by email,— I can mathematically show you,— mathematically,— that Isaac was 123 years & 'the twins', Esau/Jacob 63 years old in 2171AM, 1721BCE, when Jacob, with the aid of his mother Rebecca, 'stole the blessing' intended for the elder son Esau.
This notable biblical event evidently occurred 17 years before Isaac became completely blind at 140 years, 2188AM, 1704BCE.
That chronology leads to Esau obtaining a wife from Ishmael after Ishmael is dead. You could explain it away (e.g. he actually obtains Mahalath from her brother Nebahoth, son of Ishmael).
Other chronologies solve that problem by introducing others (which can also be explained away). E.g. Joseph becoming prime minister at 30 really means 30 years since obtaining the birthright after Reuben forfeits it (a usage which appears elsewhere also).
Ironically, after all the trouble to take Esau's blessing, and suffering 20 years exile as a result, Jacob grovellingly attempts to return the blessing to Esau in Genesis 33.
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£300m UK and China deal includes new attractions from Merlin
5th	February 2018
Merlin Entertainments is to introduce two of its brands to China as part of a £300m ($425m) package of projects intended to deepen cultural ties between the UK and China.
The deal was announced by Prime Minister Theresa May on the final day of her visit to the country. Among the projects are three new developments from Merlin Entertainments, including two brands making their first appearance in China. The company will open one of its history-themed Dungeons in Shanghai and a Little Big City attraction in Beijing. In addition, in 2019 Merlin will open its third Legoland Discovery Center in the country in Beijing.
The agreement also includes plans for a Serpentine Pavilion in Beijing to open in May 2018, modelled on the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Palace Gardens. It will be the first Pavilion co-commissioned and built by the Serpentine outside the UK.
Eden Project International and China Jinmao Holdings will create a tourism and education centre in the city of Qingdao, focussed on the theme of water. The project is due to open in 2020. Eden Project will also undertake pre-planning and early feasibility consultancy work for a project in a former limestone mine in Jizhou.
Other elements of the agreement include:
ITV shows Poldark and Mr Selfridge to be shown on Chinese TV.
UK studio Zycon Media (UK) and Chinese studio DeZerlin Media to co-produce 10 animated feature films with each to be followed by a subsequent animated television series.
Joint production of the fifth season of children's animation Octonauts by UK company Silvergate Media and China's CCTV Animation.
The Prime Minister said: "Both the UK and China have rich and distinctive cultures of which we are rightly proud. Today's agreements mean we will work even more closely together, collaborating on film festivals, theme parks, architecture, history and much more.
"These deals underline the strength of the UK's creative industries and will generate hundreds of millions of pounds of investment, creating opportunities across the UK."
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Our Mile has become a tradition in our town and we have contributed enormously to people that are an awful lot less fortunate than ourselves.All funds raised go to all of GOAL'S various humanitarian programmes across the developing world. GOAL has programmes in 13 countries worldwide right now. So please come along and run or WALK 1 mile through the streets of our lovely town and afterwards enjoy a mulled wine, some Christmas cake and a chat and maybe a photo with Santa who takes time out to be with us each year. We will try our best to start at 11 sharp as those who are running get very cold if it runs late. Looking forward to seeing you all on the day.
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Q: Lexicographical order - two char array as parameters, looking for a better solution I have to write a function that takes 2 char[]s and returns:

*

*-1 if the the first word comes before the second in a lexicographical order

*0 if they are the same word

*1 if it comes after

I'm aware of compareTo() method but this is an assignment, I need to avoid using it. So far, my code is working well, I've done a few tests with different words.
I was wondering if there was another way of doing it, my code doesn't feel optimized, it's long and repetitive:
public static int lexico(char[] word1, char[] word2) {
        int length1 = word1.length;
        int length2 = word2.length;

        if (length1 == length2) {
            for (int i = 0; i < length1; i++) {
                if (word1[i] < word2[i]) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (word1[i] > word2[i]) {
                    return 1;
                } else if (i == length1 - 1) {
                    return 0;
                }
            }
        }

        if (length1 < length2) {
            for (int i = 0; i < length1; i++) {
                if (word1[i] < word2[i]) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (word1[i] > word2[i]) {
                    return 1;
                } else if (i == length1 - 1) {
                    // If I'm here then it means that all of the characters
                    // from 0 to length1-1 are equals
                    // but since length of the first string is shorter than the second,
                    // the first string will be put before the second
                    return -1;
                }

            }
        }

        if (length1 > length2) {
            for (int i = 0; i < length2; i++) {
                if (word1[i] < word2[i]) {
                    return -1;
                } else if (word1[i] > word2[i]) {
                    return 1;
                } else if (i == length1 - 1) {
                    return 1;
                }
            }
        }

        return -999;
    }

public static void main(String[] args) {
    char[] share = { 's', 'h', 'a', 'r', 'e' };
    char[] ship = { 's', 'h', 'i', 'p' };

    System.out.println(lexico(share, ship)); // -1 share is before ship
    System.out.println(lexico(ship, share)); // 1 ship is after share
    System.out.println(lexico(ship, ship)); // 0 same word

}

A: A couple of notes for you:

*

*You only need one loop: From the beginning to the lower of the two lengths. If the arrays are the same up until the lower of the two lengths and their lengths are different, your assignment should tell you what to return (normally it would be -1 if the left array was shorter than the right, 1 otherwise).

*a < b isn't a valid alphabetic comparison of two characters (what most programmers mean when they say "lexicographic", the "lexico" meaning "pertaining to words"), it's a numeric comparison. Now, String's compareTo claims to use "lexicographic ordering," but it really just uses numeric ordering, so that may be good enough for what you're doing. If you want alphabetic ordering, I can't think of a JDK comparison method that accepts two single chars to compare rather than strings. There may be one I don't know of, or you may have to create one-character strings to do the comparison (with a Collator), which will (for instance) correctly identify that the à in "voilà" should be before any of the other letters in it.

A: okay I gave up and wrote it...no Unit testing (always delivery code Unit Tested) but I think this should give you a good idea to work functionally (there are like edge cases like different lengths etc. I have not dealt with but you get the idea right?)...cheers and have fun :=)...it can be done more efficiently i guess with streams...
public static void main(String[] args) {
    List<Character> firstCharArr = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList('a', 'c'));
    List<Character> secondCharArr = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList('x', 'c'));

    BiFunction<Character, Character, Integer> charCompareFunction = new BiFunction<Character, Character, Integer>() {
        @Override
        public Integer apply(Character character, Character character2) {
            if (character.charValue() < character2.charValue()) {
                return -1;
            } else if (character.charValue() == character2.charValue()) {
                return 0;
            } else {
                return 1;
            }
        }
    };

    int i = 0;
    for (Character firstLineChar : firstCharArr) {
        if (charCompareFunction.apply(firstLineChar, secondCharArr.get(i++)) == 0) {
            continue;
        } else {
            if (charCompareFunction.apply(firstLineChar, secondCharArr.get(i++)) < 0) {
                System.out.println("FirstLine is Smaller");
                break;
            } else {
                System.out.println("FirstLine is Larger");
                break;
            }
        }
    }
}

In fact, you can using the above, prove the character lexicographic order of Java:
Numbers before letters
Uppercase before lowercase

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Buhari fires Minister of Agriculture and Power
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the 2 are the first set of ministers to be sacked by the president since he assumed office in 2015.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked ministers from his cabinet in what is an extraordinary move for his management.
The dismissal of the Minister of electricity, Sale Mamman, and Minister of Agriculture and Rural development, Sabo Nanono, was made known to the public . after the Federal executive Council (FEC) assembly on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. The Minister of environment, Mohammad Mahmood, was being redeployed to assume the position of Minister of Agriculture and Rural development; and the Minister of state for Works, and Housing, Abubakar Aliyu, was appointed the new Minister of electricity.
Mamman and Nanono are the firstministers to be sacked by President Buhari from the day he assumed office in 2015.
he is known to stick with his cabinet appointees, specifically staving off severe public pressure to reshuffle the p.c. at some stage in his first term.
Buhari said at Wednesday's FEC meeting the reshuffle is to deepen his government's capability to consolidate on its legacy achievements.
He stated that the dismissal of the 2ministers was based totally on 'independent and vital self-evaluation' of the administration's projects and programmes.
"these great review steps have helped to discover and beef up vulnerable regions, close gaps, construct brotherly love and synergy in governance, control the economy and enhance the transport of public goods to Nigerians," he stated.
The seventy eight-yr-old said that greatnominations can be made to fill the twoopen vacancies as a result of Wednesday's dismissals.
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There are a variety of campus clubs and organizations on campus. Each club or organization sponsors various activities throughout the academic year related to the interests of the members and the stated mission of the group. Students may contact the Vice President of Student Services at 443-8746 or stacy@dacc.edu for more information regarding DACC clubs and organizations.
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DACC recognizes the important role that campus clubs can play in developing students' personal and professional interests. Campus clubs and organizations may be formed by requesting official recognition from the College. To gain official recognition, the club or organization must take the following steps:
Obtain a DACC faculty or staff advisor who is able to attend club meetings and participate in club sponsored activities.
Identify at least five students who wish to form the club as charter members.
Identify the name of the organization and criteria for membership.
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US leads condemnation as Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi charged after coup
A person holds up a placard depicting Aung San Suu Kyi after the military seized power in a coup in Myanmar, outside United Nations venue in Bangkok, Thailand, on Feb 3, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun)
04 Feb 2021 05:19AM (Updated: 04 Feb 2021 04:06PM)
YANGON: The US on Wednesday (Feb 3) called on Myanmar's military to free Aung San Suu Kyi, as the ousted leader was charged after being detained in a coup, while calls for civil disobedience opposing the putsch gathered pace.
The Southeast Asian nation was plunged back into direct military rule when soldiers arrested key civilian leaders in a series of dawn raids Monday, ending the army's brief flirtation with democracy.
Aung San Suu Kyi, who has not been seen in public since, won a huge landslide with her National League for Democracy (NLD) last November, but the military - whose favoured parties received a drubbing - declared the polls fraudulent.
On Wednesday, the NLD's press officer said the 75-year-old Aung San Suu Kyi was formally charged with an offence under Myanmar's import and export law, with a court signing off on two weeks' remand.
The unusual charge stemmed from a search of her house following her arrest in which walkie-talkies were discovered, according to a leaked police charging document seen by reporters.
A similarly unorthodox charge under the country's disaster management law against President Win Myint revolved around him allegedly breaching anti-coronavirus measures last year by meeting voters on the campaign trail.
The United States said it was "disturbed" by the charges.
"We call on the military to immediately release them all," US State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters of Aung San Suu Kyi and other civilian leaders.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Thursday that Britain condemns the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi and other elected officials.
"They must be released immediately and have charges removed. There must be no backsliding from democracy. The UK is consulting with international partners on next steps," Raab wrote on Twitter.
An army personnel carrier patrols the streets in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb 3, 2021. (Photo: AP)
With soldiers and armoured cars back on the streets of major cities, the takeover has not been met by any large street protests.
But signs of public anger and plans to resist have begun to flicker.
Doctors and medical staff at multiple hospitals across the country announced on Wednesday they were donning red ribbons and walking away from all non-emergency work to protest against the coup.
"Our main goal is to accept only the government we elected," Aung San Min, head of a 100-bed hospital in Gangaw district, told AFP.
Some medical teams posted pictures on social media wearing red ribbons - NLD colours - and raising a three-finger salute, a protest gesture used by democracy activists in neighbouring Thailand, while some have chosen to bypass work altogether.
"My protest starts today by not going to the hospital... I have no desire to work under the military dictatorship," said Nor Nor Wint Wah, a doctor in Mandalay.
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Activists were announcing their campaigns on a Facebook group called "Civil Disobedience Movement" which by Wednesday afternoon had more than 150,000 followers within 24 hours of its launch.
The clatter of pots and pans, the honking of car horns and the singing of democracy protest songs also rang out across the commercial capital Yangon on Wednesday evening for a second night in a row after calls went out on social media.
Late on Wednesday, the military issued a statement rejecting rumours that 5000 kyat (US$3.70) and 10,000 kyat notes (US$7.40) would be demonetised.
Demonetising of bank notes was a key factor in an 1988 uprising.
MILITARY'S DEADLY LEGACY
Army chief Min Aung Hlaing appointed himself head of a new cabinet stacked with generals, and on Tuesday justified his coup as the "inevitable" result of failure to heed the army's fraud warnings.
The military declared a one-year state of emergency and said it would hold new elections once its allegations of voter irregularities were addressed.
The move stunned Myanmar, a country left impoverished by decades of military misrule before it began moving towards a more democratic government 10 years ago.
But protesting is fraught with risk.
During junta rule, dissent was quashed with thousands of activists - including Aung San Suu Kyi - detained for years on end.
A convoy of army vehicles patrol the streets in Mandalay, Myanmar on Feb 3, 2021. (Photo: AP)
Censorship was pervasive and the military frequently deployed lethal force, most notably during huge protests in 1988 and 2007.
The new government has already issued a warning telling people not to say or post anything that might "encourage riots or an unstable situation".
On Wednesday, the NLD announced the military had committed "unlawful acts" in the coup's aftermath, raiding its party offices across the country and seizing documents and computers.
INTERNATIONAL CENSURE
The army's actions have been met with a growing chorus of international condemnation - although the options are limited for those nations hoping Myanmar's generals might reverse course.
On Tuesday the United States formally designated the takeover as a coup, meaning it cannot assist the Myanmar government.
Any impact will be mainly symbolic, as almost all assistance goes to non-government entities and Myanmar's military was already under US sanctions over its brutal campaign against the Rohingya minority.
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting Tuesday but failed to agree on a statement condemning the coup.
To be adopted, it requires the support of China, which wields veto power as a permanent Security Council member and is Myanmar's main supporter at the UN.
"China and Russia have asked for more time," said a diplomat requesting anonymity.
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Both countries repeatedly shielded Myanmar from censure at the UN over the military's crackdown on the Rohingya, a campaign that UN investigators said amounted to genocide.
On Wednesday a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman called for the international community to "create a sound external environment for Myanmar to properly resolve the differences," according to state-run Xinhua news agency.
With the UN meeting failing to issue a statement, G7 nations produced their own - calling on Myanmar's military to reverse course.
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Sometimes even polar bears just want to have fun.
Not everyone would consider sleeping in a tent on the ice the perfect vacation, but Bobbie Henderson thought it a great adventure. Over the past few years, she has made not one, but two trips to the far, far north just to get up close and personal with polar bears.
While she's had a long-time passion for animals, one day while teaching an eighth grade class, they watched a film about polar bears. At the end of the film, it told about possible tours on the tundra where you could see polar bears just outside your window. Bobbie was hooked.
Three polar bears relax in the setting sun on Hudson Bay.
Her first polar bear expedition headed to Churchill on Hudson Bay in the far north of Manitoba, Canada. Northern style shops lined the streets of this small town. Sirens went off to alert people when a polar bear came to visit. They even had a polar bear jail, where they placed tranquilized bears until they could be taken back to the wilds by helicopter.
At Churchill, a group of 32 boarded Tundra Buggies set high off the ground to take them exploring. Once they reached camp, the group settled in for a week of visiting polar bears.
Headquarters consisted of a stationary area with seven modular sections. Camp here was spartan, but comfortable…with excellent food. Showers were limited to two and a half minutes as all water had to be heated, while outhouses stood on the edge of camp. Overall, a relaxed atmosphere.
The highlight of the trip for Bobbie was when this polar bear stuck its nose in the tundra buggy window right beside her.
Half the group would go polar bear watching in the morning, while the other half went in the afternoon. On one of these trips, windows were left down to take better pictures. The thrill of the trip for Bobbie was when one polar bear, 10′ tall, actually stuck its nose in the window right where she sat. She could have reached out and touched him…but took a picture instead.
Forty polar bears were sighted on her first expedition.
One strict rule here states: "Don't even think about feeding the bears." Feeding was discouraged as it would make the bears too familiar with humans, perhaps causing both of them problems. If anyone did feed a bear, they were taken from camp in a helicopter at their expense. Bears find their own food and enjoy a steady diet of seals. They can eat a hundred pounds of blubber in a single sitting.
On that first expedition, Bobbie saw 40 polar bears in their natural environment. There's a reason that Manitoba is called "The Polar Bear Capital of the World".
Their yellow tents were the only sign of civilization in this Arctic wilderness.
Her second polar bear adventure began in Nunavut near Pond Inlet on the northern tip of Baffin Island. Now she was 700 K north of the Arctic Circle! This small town said their biggest problems were drugs, family abuse, and alcohol. They did have a couple television sets and computers, which broadcast in their native Inuktitut language.
Snow machines pulled them to camp this time on 18′ komitak sleds…three people to a sled. The ride took eight bumpy hours. Camp consisted of bright yellow tents on the ice with an insulated pad underneath and a very warm sleeping bag. Native Eskimos served as guides and someone stood guard around the clock to make certain no bears invaded the camp.
Bobbie, their guide Dave and Jenny from Australia listen through hydrophones to the world beneath the ice.
The reflection of the midnight sun off the ice gave members the worst sunburns on their faces that they could imagine. They would reach outside their tents at night to get ice to cool off their burning face.
Perhaps it was due to the weather, but on this trip they only saw four polar bears. They first faced blizzard conditions but by the end of the week, it started to rain, so ice was melting in spots especially along the crevices. Now the komitak sleds had to jump the crevices making for a very rough and wet ride back to town.
Living on the frozen ocean, they explored ancient ruins of the Thule people, followed tracks of polar bears in the snow, built snowmen and created snow angels. Each day provided another unique adventure, which made this magical place a once in a lifetime experience.
Ms Henderson brought back her experiences and used them in the classroom.
Upon her return, Bobbie shared her Arctic adventures in her Florida classroom. She used the trip to teach spelling, vocabulary, map skills and wildlife conservation. Bringing personal experiences to the classroom always enhances learning. Now she enjoys sharing her experiences as a substitute teacher here in southeastern Ohio.
Her house is overflowing with polar bear memorabilia.
While Bobbie was glad she did both trips, she wants to return to Churchill again because she saw more bears there, and camping was a little more relaxing. Since she likes cold weather, Greenland, the North Pole, and Arctic regions are places she would enjoy visiting.
Bobbie volunteers at Dickens Victorian Village, where she dresses as a lovely Victorian lady.
Animals like Bobbie. At her home near Cambridge, she keeps several dogs, cats, and rare macaws. Deer hang out at her back deck. But if you happen to see a polar bear there, it's just Bobbie in her polar bear costume.
Sometimes she enjoys dressing as a polar bear.


While the eyes of the world are fixed on the international tennis stars coming to Australia, there's a group of potential stars from the northern suburbs whose talent has been richly rewarded.
Eight young players, ranging from 12 to 17, have each been given a huge cheque (literally) of $2,500 as part of the Jack Frazer Memorial Scholarship from Lane Cove Tennis Club. The money will be used to support all aspects of the players' tennis: training, tournament fees, fitness training, equipment and clothing.
The Scholarships went to young players who have realistic ambitions of playing at an elite level, either nationally or internationally. They must be hardworking, competitive but fair players, team oriented and committed to continuing both their school education and their sports.
The Tennis Club, in Longueville, has been welcoming players from toddlers to ancients at its premises for more than a century. The late Jack Frazer was President and a life member. A very good player, he demonstrated humility and sportsmanship in all his games. He believed tennis offered great exercise but was also a vital community service in that friends and family of all abilities could join in. The Scholarships are offered through his financial generosity to the Club.
Lily Logue, 15, from Riverside Girls' School says: "This means so much to me, and to my family. It has taken some of the financial pressure off us and let's me just go ahead and play the game I love. You bet I'll be competing big time one day!


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Q: How to export graphs generated with the dygraphs package in R to png? How can I export a plot generated with the R package "dygraphs" to a png file?
library(dygraphs)
sample_dat <- data.frame(1:1000, rnorm(1000))
dygraph(sample_dat)

A: As hrbrmstr suggested in the comments, try using webshot.
library(dygraphs)
sample_dat <- data.frame(1:1000, rnorm(1000))
dygraph(sample_dat)

This produces the following output in my default web browser (safari in this instance):

You will notice in the address bar a path to where the file is temporarily stored on your local drive:

Copy paste that path like in the following:
webshot("file:///var/folders/47/71_55p097y94jptwk6t75f8w0000gn/T/RtmpBPhijO/viewhtml2f836e308321/index.html",
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Sparsholt blazed their way into the national phase of the Davidstow Village Championships with a thumping eight-wicket win over Eversley at Locks Lane.
They restricted their opponents to 182-4 and chased down the target to win with 16 overs to spare.
Alex Davidson (71) and Tom Howorth (55) top scored for Eversley, but Sparsholt openers Mike Haworth (74 not out) and Stu Tognarelli (63) set about the reply at a blistering pace, passing 120 inside 15 overs.
It was a formality after that, Sparsholt booking a home tie with Berkshire champions Wraysbury in the first national round on Sunday week, June 28.
Rowledge also gained home advantage – against Kent winners, the Folkestone based Sibton Park – after beating Blackheath (Guildford) by 37 runs.
Ian Metcalfe (63) and Nick Morant (41) led Rowledge to 189-9, but at 135-1, Blackheath looked set to win.
But teenager George Keeley produced an astonishing spell of 7-22 to send the last nine Blackheath wickets crashing for 17 runs.
Parley are out after suffering a revenge defeat by Goatacre, whom they defeated in last season's Dorset/Wiltshire county final.
Progress into the national phase of the competition which has its prestigious final at Lord's looked a distinct possibility as Tom Blakeley (3-50) and left-arm spinner Dom Clutterbuck (3-18) reduced Goatacre to 58-6.
But the Wiltshire club wriggled out of trouble and posted 165-9, which proved a winning total.
Oli Green (23) and Jamie Price (21) made starts for Parley, but with Ed Wilkins taking 5-26 the visitors could only manage 120 all out.


How do you build and manage a global IP portfolio and how do you enforce your IP rights in countries such as China, India, Turkey, UAE, the Ukraine, Russia, Vietnam and more? Werner Fröhling, chairman of EIRMA's Special Interest Group on Intellectual Asset Management, talks to Luke Collins, EIRMA Rapporteur, at the end of a meeting in December 2013 on the topic. You can watch the video here.


Some of Australasia's experts in sustainability and leadership recently inspired Waikato dairy farmers at a national event in Wellington.
The Dairy Environment Leaders Forum held in December hosted 93 dairy farmers who focused on sustainable farming issues in the dairy sector and celebrated dairy achievements.
Guest speakers included Australian author and science communicator Julian Cribb, Maori businesswoman Mavis Mullins, businessman and environmentalist Sir Rob Fenwick, DairyNZ strategy and investment leader Bruce Thorrold and a selection of dairy farmers.
At the forum, Julian warned the culture of waste sees half of farmers' efforts end up as landfill.
North Waikato farmer Jenny Morrison said the range of speakers at the forum, including a 'learning from leaders' session with 14 different leaders, was hugely motivating.
While little, everyday things help – Jenny and husband Craig have done some big things on their Hikuai farm, including extensive tree planting and fencing neighbouring waterways many years ago. Twenty hectares of their dry stock farm has also been planted in forestry. Stock type is matched to land type and native trees, including 100-year-old kauri, are enabled to flourish.
DairyNZ strategy and investment leader for sustainability, Dr Rick Pridmore, established the Dairy Environment Leaders Forum five years ago to build a cohort of farmers who would lead the industry into its future.
"The forum brings together farmers who work in their communities, with councils and on farms," says Rick.
He says over 250 Dairy Environment Leaders now take positive action nationwide, from hosting visitors on-farm or liaising with council/government, to working on local catchment water quality and climate change.
"There used to be one way to farm to make milk and one way to farm for the environment – and now the two are totally aligned for these farmers. It's really great to see it as the top agenda for dairy farmers," says Rick.
Dairy Environment Leaders chair Tracy Brown, a Matamata dairy farmer, says the forum is about farmers showing leadership on-farm and in communities.
"We have created a movement of dairy farmers who want to make things better. They are part of shaping our future for the good of all New Zealand," says Tracy.
Tracy says while much has been achieved already, highlighted by this year's Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord results, there is still work to do as part of a collective effort of New Zealand working together.
For more information about the Dairy Environment Leaders Forum, including highlight videos, visit www.dairynz.co.nz/DELF.


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was confronted this week with critical questions relating to his platform's role in the spread of disinformation and hate online. In the past, Facebook has allowed advertisers to target "Jew Haters," algorithmically promoted "crisis actor" conspiracies after mass shootings, and sold data to Cambridge Analytica, a firm specializing in electoral manipulation.
In a conversation with Kara Swisher, Zuckerberg failed to directly address the line between hate speech and free speech. Despite waves of critical reporting about Facebook's poor response time to the spread of extremist propaganda leading to domestic terrorism and horrific acts of large-scale violence overseas, the platform still positions itself as a neutral space open to the very fringes of acceptable speech.
What we will do is we'll say, "Okay, you have your page, and if you're not trying to organize harm against someone, or attacking someone, then you can put up that content on your page, even if people might disagree with it or find it offensive." But that doesn't mean that we have a responsibility to make it widely distributed in News Feed.
Facebook also chose to split hairs when defining differences between "white supremacist" and "white nationalist" content, distinctions drawn from definitions given by the extremist far right.
While Zuckerberg refers to holocaust deniers as a "set of people," the coalition that he has emboldened are celebrating their win.
At Data & Society, an independent nonprofit research institute, we study how fringe communities online use technology to change culture. Last year, we witnessed a surge in white supremacist violence, enabled by the so-called alt-right's capacity to organize online as a social movement. The outbreak of public organizing and violence by white supremacists relies on the infrastructure Facebook provides to connect to new audiences. Holocaust deniers are an important group in that network.
These racist groups congregate on platforms, message boards, and chat rooms, spreading racist stereotypes disguised as humor, distorting data to cultivate fears of migrants, and heralding the demographic replacement of white people. Now, they are openly celebrating Zuckerberg as "their guy" and that he's "gotten with the program" regarding their coordinated efforts to mainstream white nationalism. For them, Facebook is still a safe place to operate.
Through coordination and exploitation, a vocal minority posits itself as a majority, amplifying their messaging with fake accounts and bots to hide their identities.
In his implicit defense of conspiracy content on Facebook, Zuckerberg misunderstands the relationship between words and actions. He suggests that it is impossible to assess intent in online conversation.
Yet if someone is participating in group discussions and is posting anti-Semitic content in the form of Holocaust denial repeatedly, they are not simply sharing information. They are seeking to change others' hearts and minds. In this way, if platforms do not draw harder lines related to hate speech, violence will follow. Charlottesville was a warning.
Moreover, Holocaust denialism is a tool for white-nationalist radicalization. The problem with Zuckerberg's approach to "the Jewish Question," as it is referred to by online trolls, anti-Semites and racists, is that he opens the door for much greater marginalization of other identity-based defamation and discrimination.
White nationalists, racists, and bigots rely on dehumanizing others; women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals. While Facebook may believe it is committed to the value of free speech, in reality it is an amplifier for hate speech. It is time for Facebook to step up to the challenge of moderating in the public interest.
Donovan is the media manipulation research lead at Data & Society. Friedberg is a research analyst at Data & Society who focuses on social movements and alternative media.


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Overwatch League's California teams venture into regional championships
Joseph Knoop
OWL's Los Angeles and San Francisco teams may boost profile and profits with the Overwatch California Cup.
The world of Overwatch League has just gotten a bit more personal for residents of California. Even though the majority of matches were held at the Blizzard Arena in Los Angeles, the competitions was generally a brawl between increasingly international teams. Now, with the emergence of an off-season regional championship, the two major California teams could see a boost in profile, and perhaps profits.
The Los Angeles Valiant and San Francisco Shock formally announced the Overwatch California Cup last week, promising two competition dates (October 20 and November 10) where the two teams will fight for control of the trophy.
The move could reasonably be seen as an attempt to solidify the California OWL market, especially with the recent announcement that the League would be making significant expansions. In September, Overwatch League announced that six more teams (making for a total of 20) would be joining the league. The teams will represent the cities of Chengdu, Hangzhou, Paris, Toronto, Vancouver, and Washington, D.C.
GameDaily has previously reported that each new team slot will cost owners $30 million to $60 million, up from the first season's ballpark cost of $20 million per team. The Overwatch League has not currently announced a start date for its 2019 season.
Given the international nature of OWL, Immortals (which owns Los Angeles Valiant) and San Francisco Shock's ownership are likely looking to utilize existing infrastructure to bolster the growing west coast OWL community. Considering the majority of the first season was filmed in LA, it would require a relatively minimal investment to secure a physical (and digital) crowd worth the financial risk. The teams won't be using the Blizzard Arena in LA, but they will have the benefit of good optics from west coast fans who feel like attending.
It's unclear if this means the finances of either competition will change. Immortals and Shock could still be forced to give a portion of the profits to the broader Overwatch League organization, but odds are they may have tried to secure a different set of financial obligations due to the increased workload on their part.
Immortals did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
Joseph Knoop is a writer for Game Daily, IGN, PC Gamer, and plenty more. He owns an irresponsible amount of Overwatch merch. Break it down with him on Twitter @JosephKnoop.