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Virgin's SpaceShipTwo crashes in Mojave Desert during test flight
One pilot dead, the other seriously injured
By Iain Thomson in San Francisco 31 Oct 2014 at 19:25
Updated Richard Branson's commercial space company Virgin Galactic suffered a serious setback on Friday when a test flight of its SpaceShipTwo aircraft crashed during the testing of its rocket motor.
This doesn't look good
"Virgin Galactic's partner Scaled Composites conducted a powered test flight of SpaceShipTwo earlier today. During the test, the vehicle suffered a serious anomaly resulting in the loss of the vehicle," Virgin Galactic said in a statement.
"Our first concern is the status of the pilots, which is unknown at this time. We will work closely with the relevant authorities to determine the cause of the accident and provide updates as soon as we are able to do so."
Police and fire crews have been dispatched to the crash site and, based on live television coverage, it appears that the pilots ejected, since what looks like a parachute has been spotted on the ground. The aircraft wreckage is spread over a relatively wide area, indicating the aircraft broke up in flight.
In a series of tweets, the company said that the WhiteKnightTwo spacecraft, which carries SpaceShipTwo to launch altitude, landed safely. The company said that it will work with the authorities on an investigation but its first concern is to locate the two pilots.
The SpaceShipTwo vehicle uses a solid-fuel rocket to boost itself into low earth orbit before gliding back down to Earth. In May, the design of the rocket was changed and successful test burns of a new thermoplastic polyamide fuel were completed.
It has been a terrible week for commercial space companies. On Tuesday, Orbital Sciences was forced to destroy an unmanned Antares rocket, losing all cargo, after it suffered a catastrophic engine failure seconds after launch.
El Reg is crossing fingers and toes that the pilots managed to eject safely and will be recovered safely. ®
The California Highway Patrol has confirmed that one of the pilot has been recovered alive and has been airlifted to a local hospital. The other pilot has perished in the accident.
Under Armour and Virgin Galactic team up so tourists can stay on-trend throughout white-knuckle ride into space
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Virgin Galactic test flight reaches space for the first time, lugging NASA cargo in place of tourists
SpaceShipTwo goes faster and higher than ever before
Virgin Galactic wins US operator's licence for SpaceShipTwo
Beardy Branson's bird not cleared for takeoff just yet, but hopeful of flight tests soon
Virgin spaceplane makes maiden rocket-powered flight
Video And pops the sound barrier for good measure
Branson on Virgin Galactic fatal crash: 'Space is hard – but worth it'
Test flight killed one pilot, seriously injured another
Dead pilot named in tragic Virgin Galactic spaceship crash
Vid Branson: 'We are determined to find out what went wrong'
SpaceX's Demo-1 green lit for launch as Virgin enjoys a brief ménage à trois aboard VSS Unity
Roundup Plus: Up close and personal with Ultima Thule and Fregat saves the day
SpaceShipTwo ready to slip the surly bonds of Earth for Virgin Galactic
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Penguins heading home with 3-2 lead
May 17, 2014 September 27, 2016
Anton Zlobin snapped a 2-2 tie with 5:40 left in regulation and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins killed off a late Providence power play and held on for a 3-2 win over the Bruins on Saturday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
The Penguins now lead the teams' best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series, three games to two, and will host Game 6 on Monday and Game 7 (if necessary) on Wednesday.
Craig Cunningham staked the Bruins to a 1-0 lead with his third goal of the playoffs at 12:47 of the first period, getting a piece of Ryan Spooner's shot during a Providence power play.
But Wilkes-Barre scored twice in a span of 1:47 late in the frame and held a 2-1 edge at the first intermission. Harry Zolnierczyk scored at 16:21 off a give-and-go with Spencer Machacek, and Josh Archibald buried a rebound for a power-play goal in his playoff debut at 18:16.
Providence tied things up at 2-2 as Tyler Randell scored his first of the playoffs with 4:16 to go in the second period, picking up a loose puck after Joe Morrow's point shot hit traffic in front and sliding it past a sprawling Peter Mannino.
Zlobin's fourth goal and third game-winner of the postseason came off a rebound of a Jayson Megna shot at 14:20 of the third period, and the Penguins had taken two of three in Providence to grab a 3-2 series lead.
Mannino (6-3) made 31 saves on the night, including 23 over the final two periods.
Malcolm Subban (2-1) stopped 20 of 23 shots in the loss.
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Eastern Conference Semifinals – Series "J" (best-of-7)
6-W-B/Scranton Penguins vs. 7-Providence Bruins | Series Snapshot
Game 1 – Fri., May 9 – Providence 4, W-B/SCRANTON 0
Game 2 – Sat., May 10 – W-B/SCRANTON 6, Providence 1
Game 3 – Wed., May 14 – W-B/Scranton 5, PROVIDENCE 4 (2OT)
Game 4 – Fri., May 16 – PROVIDENCE 3, W-B/Scranton 2 (OT)
Game 6 – Mon., May 19 – Providence at W-B/Scranton, 7:05
*Game 7 – Wed., May 21 – Providence at W-B/Scranton, 7:05
*if necessary… All times Eastern
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(6/25) The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert.
In this wonderfully written book, Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway, who left his home at age 17 to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last 20 years he has lived off the land. He sleeps in a tepee, makes fire with rocks and sticks, eats what he forages and kills. And in his "spare time," travels all across the country trying to convince others that they can do it too.
It's the story of one of the last true American pioneers, and it's told by a writer who is not only funny and intelligent, but who has a very strong emotional attachment to Eustace and his family. As a result, we really get a strong sense of Conway and his ideas about life. It's not a story being told by a distant observer, but by someone who is actually close to him. It's written by a friend whose admiration for her subject is palpable and infectious. And also, did I mention she's damn funny? Because she is.
I greatly enjoyed this and found it inspiring as well. Eustace urges all he meets to slow their lives down. To step back from the material world and try to return to a lifestyle based on simplicity. He talks about how we should stop thinking about "reducing, reusing, and recycling," and instead think about "reconsidering and rejecting." And while I definitely have no plans to quit my job and move into a tent, I have gained a new perspective on my life thanks to Eustace, a perspective I hope sticks around for a long time. Recommended! And when you're done with this, make sure you immediately read Bill Bryson's "A Walk in the Woods" -- they make an excellent and humorous contrast to each other.
(6/22) More Than You Know by Beth Gutcheon.
I read this book for the first time a few years ago and recently got the urge to pick it up again. And boy, I now happily report that it was just as great the second time through as it was the first time (though the first time, I actually gasped in fear audibly a few times and this time, I knew when the scary parts were coming and was better prepared for them). Here's my old review -- not much has changed!
Hannah Gray, an elderly woman, returns to the house she summered in as a young woman and decides to tell us the story of the summer she spent falling in love and being terrorized by a ghost. Her story is separated by the story of a family who lived on the island across from Hannah's old summer houseover 100 years prior to that fateful summer. The love story is intense and unforgettable, the ghost story is scary as hell, and the connection between Hannah's ghost and the old island family that slowly emerges as the stories progress will totally surprise you. I could not put this down once I picked it up. It's FANTASTIC.
Highly, HIGHLY recommended!
(6/21) Scott Free by John Gilstrap.
Sixteen year old Scott O'Toole has parent problems. His mom, Sherry, a famous self-help book author, and his father, Brandon, went through a nasty divorce six years ago and have been bickering over Scott ever since. Brandon got custody, and Sherry has ever since felt threatened by his close relationship with their son.
So, in an attempt to woo Scott over to her side, Sherry invited him for a week of skiing at a posh resort. But, as usual, she gets too busy with work to spend any time with him so, partly in anger, Scott jumps at the chance to skip town with a friend and go to a Metallica concert. The friend owns an airplane and the two decide to fly instead of drive because snow has closed many of the roads.
A few hours later, the plane has crashed, Scott's friend is dead, and Scott is alone in the frozen wilderness with no supplies and no way to call for help. Luckily, he and his father had taken a survival course together and Scott remembers enough to be able to make a shelter and keep from freezing to death. But after three days with no food or water, he knows it's up to him if he wants to get out alive. He begins walking and, luckily, fairly quickly comes across the yard of a hunter's cabin deep in the woods.
The good news is: someone's home! The bad news is, that someone turns out to be pretty strange. And then, pretty scary. And when Scott stumbles across something he wasn't supposed to see, the strange, scary man turns out to be something even more terrifying. Jar Jar Binks! No wait, I'm just kidding.
I can't say this was a great book. The writing was mediocre and the whole subplot about the warring parents who learn they have to work together if they want to save their son is trite and cliche. Also, the whole scary cabin guy thing was a bit over the top. But regardless of its numerous flaws, I still enjoyed "Scott Free." I'm a sucker for a good wilderness survival tale, after all. If you are too, you might as well pick this one up. If not, I'd recommend not bothering with this one, as it has little else to offer.
(6/18) When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka.
It started when the men came one night and took her husband away -- the father of her two young children. Not long after that, the signs went up around town: all people of Japanese ancestry were to pack a single suitcase each and board a train headed towards a special camp built just for them.
So, the mother and her two children did just that. The train was hot, the ride long. There wasn't enough food or water. And the camp -- an internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII -- was almost insulting it its hypocritical attempts to seem friendly and hospitable. The armed guards who shot anyone who dared to touch the fences were "the safety council." The prisoners were "residents." Their tiny room with its single lightbulb and no heat was on "Alexandria Avenue," near "Elm Street" and "Cottonwood Way."
But there was nothing hospitable about the way they nearly froze to death in the winters. Or the way they nearly died of thirst in the hot desert summers. Or the way "residents" who became ill were left to die. Or the way anyone who mentioned Hirohito or clung to their Japanese culture were deported. Or shot. The way the family's home was vandalized and looted while they were away. Or the way their father finally returned to them, four years later, a broken man.
This may be a short novel, but it packs a tremendous wallop. From the simple, confused thoughts of the children to the fact the family is never even named, this novel brings to life this horrible part of our nation's past in a variety of subtle, powerful ways. Anyone studying the history of WWII would do well to spend an afternoon with this book. And may this novel serve as a reminder of what we're capable of when we are afraid. Then may it sadden us so deeply that we vow never to let this happen ever again. Highly, HIGHLY recommended!
(6/16) City of Masks by Daniel Hecht.
Engrossing ghost story about a professional parapsychologist, Cree Black, hired by a New Orleans woman being tormented by a violent spirit that has invaded her family home.
The house has been in the Beauforte family for generations, but stood empty for years after the murder of one of its tenants (the Beaufortes rented it out for a time to a TV news anchor and his family after the Beauforte matriarch, Charmian, had a stroke).
Lila Beauforte, Charmian's daughter, decided to move back into the house with her husband Jack, hoping to recover a bond with her family and its lengthy history in the city. But almost immediately, she found herself hunted and tormented by a terrifying spirit. After a month of torture, she finally moved out, on the verge of a complete mental collapse.
Desperate to help his wife, Jack agreed to let Cree come and work with Lila, despite his disbelief in her work and his suspicion that his wife is just plain nuts. Cree is not only a ghostbuster, though, she's also highly empathic. And not only can she sense quickly that the spirit exists, as well as the fact it has nothing to do with the murdered tenant, she gradually is able to actually hear its thoughts -- feel its emotions. She also makes a startling realization -- there are actually two ghosts in the house. Two spirits violently connected both to each other, and to Lila.
I'm a sucker for a good ghost story and while I usually prefer a bit more in the thrills and chills department, I found the psychological approach to the story really unique and interesting. Cree is a fascinating and interesting character and the story was well-devolped and fast-pasced.
The only real complaint I have is that the novel was about 100 pages too long. There are a lot of lengthy passages that are unnecessary to the story or its characters' development -- too much rambling on about New Orleans, Mardi Gras traditions, and various psychological concepts. And some of the stuff about Cree's past could've been touched on less frequently without altering its impact or relevance to the story. All these long, unnecessary passages got in the way of the plot at times which, especially towards the end when I was on the edge of my seat, really frustrated me.
But ultimately, this is a book I greatly enjoyed. I'm looking forward to the next installment (and hoping it will be set in Cree's hometown, Seattle!) and recommend this to all fans of ghostly fiction.
(6/11) Homeland and Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver.
I'm not a big short story reader, usually. Which is odd because whenever I do pick up a book of stories, I end up really liking it (most of the time). I guess I just have to be in the right mood, and that that mood comes infrequently for me. But clearly, I've been in that mood all week this week, and a few days ago, I finally picked up this book, which I've had on my shelf for years now, and started to read it.
I have greatly enjoyed most of Kingsolver's novels, especially the older ones, and I greatly enjoyed this collection of stories for all the same reasons. As usual, her writing here focuses mainly on women, especially women who have some connection to the natural world (other than just living in it) -- they're hippies, or they live in cabins somewhere, or they have somewhat annoying mothers who make necklaces out of animal bones and greeting cards out of bark. And, as usual, these characters are both tough and tender and Kingsolver's writing makes them come vibrantly alive. Fans of her novels will find much to love here too. And fans of short fiction ought to give this a try as well. It was nice getting to spend some time in Kingsolver's world again -- her novels sure are too few and far between! Recommended!
(6/7) Pure Drivel by Steve Martin.
Short collection of some of Steve Martin's latest essays and short stories, many of which readers of the New Yorker will recognize. I've read a lot of Steve's stuff and not only is his writing often as funny as his comedic acting, but it's also witty, smart, and occasionally even pretty darn profound. Fans of the man and his often bizarre mind will greatly enjoy this collection. Recommended!
(6/4) Prey by Michael Crichton.
Wouldn't it be cool if scientists could create teeny tiny mechanical cameras, each the size of a single atom? You could program them to work together -- to swarm like bees, kind of -- and have them pull into a ball and effectively work like an eye that records images and beams them back to a compter. It's entirely possible -- scientists are actually working on stuff like that this very minute. And getting closer and closer to figuring out how to do it.
But what would happen if the nanoparticles took their programming a step further? Started to evolve -- to reprogram themselves, to adapt? And then, what if they got out?
This suspenseful, intelligent novel is about just such a scenario. A group of scientists working in an isolated lab in the middle of the Nevada desert have created these amazing machines and figured out a way to mass produce them. Inject them into a patient's veins and you can see right where a blockage is forming -- these tiny cameras are about to revolutionize medicine as we know it. But, before they realized one of their air-tight vents wasn't acutally air-tight, a swarm of nanoparticles escaped and now it's out in the desert buzzing around, reproducing, and adapting.
And, trying to get back inside.
While there were aspects of the plot of this novel that weren't all that original (scientists working on secret project screw up and secret project escapes and threatens to destroy the world, so scientists have to work together to try to destroy secret project before the rest of the world finds out what they've been up to -- heard it before? Yeah, me too.), the actual premise was pretty interesting. Crichton is such a great scientific dreamer and I found his explanations and descriptions of this technology fascinating -- enough so that I didn't really mind the fact the rest of the novel was something I'd read 80 gazillion times before elsewhere. It's essentially "Jurassic Park" with nanoparticles instead of dinosaurs, really. But while I was a little worried coming into this novel that Crichton might be going the way of Robin Cook -- turning into a total hack who can't even keep the details straight, let alone come up with an original idea -- my fears were completely unjustified. This is an entertaining and thought-provoking novel that science geeks everywhere will enjoy. Recommended!
(6/2) Sara Moulton Cooks at Home.
From time to time, I like to watch Sara Moulton's cooking show on the Food Network. I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan, but I've enjoyed it the few times I've happened across it. So, when I heard she had a new cookbook out, I put it on hold at the local library. Sara seems to specialize in simple, accessible foods and cooking and as someone who prefers quick and easy over complex and showy, I truly appreciate her focus on recipes that don't take a lot of work, but result in great, healthy dishes.
Her cookbook, however, didn't have much in it I found intriguing. There are barely any photographs of the food -- my favorite part of most cookbooks -- and the recipes were for things I just don't really eat -- squash soups, roast duck, flan, etc. Despite the lack of recipes I wanted to try, though, I did enjoy her personal anecdotes about family and cooking, and there are also a bunch of general cooking tips that I found interesting. All in all, I'd recommend the library approach to this one -- read it and return it.
(6/1) Avoidance by Michael Lowenthal.
Jeremy Stull has two passions. Well, three really. The first is a passion for his summer job -- as a camp counselor at Ironwood, a camp for young boys in Vermont. It's the camp he himself attended as a youth and since the first day he set foot there, he's never been able to imagine life without it.
His second passion is for his work the other nine months of the year. He's a graduate student at Harvard, writing his thesis on the Amish. In particular, those Amish who have been shunned. He even spends several months living with a devout Amish family and through them becomes acquainted with Beulah, a young Amish woman who was bannished from the community when her husband was shunned and she refused to respect the rules that said she must not touch him, speak to him, or even acknowledge his presence.
Jeremy himself is about to learn a little something about confusing and bitter exile, though. Because his third passion is for Max, one of his campers, a young boy with a rebellious nature and a seductive charm. And though Jeremy struggles to remain in control, ultimately he is forced to confront both his reprehensible desires and their root -- a legacy of sexual abuse perpetrated by counselors on campers at Ironwood. Abuse he experience himself as a camper there -- abuse Max now says he is a victim of as well (not by Jeremy, but by another counselor there).
This is an extremely well-written and thoughtful, intelligent novel that compares two communities where people are cast out when they let their passions overpower their sense of right and wrong. Where individual desire is grounds for exile, and all deeds must have the good of the group at heart. Though the situation at the camp is clearly far more disturbing than Beulah's shun-worthy crime, Lowenthal has a gentle touch with this topic. A non-judgemental touch that makes it hard not to feel compassion for Jeremy even while you recoil from his thoughts. And though this is ultimately a sad tale, Lowenthal is an incredible writer and his words will make you think as well as feel. Highly recommended! I'll be looking for more work by this author.


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The Mountaintop
Katori Hall
Young Vic (The Clare)
Gbolahan Obisesan as Martin Luther King Jr and Ronke Adékoluejo as Camae Credit: David Sanderson
Gbolahan Obisesan as Martin Luther King Jr Credit: David Sanderson
Ronke Adékoluejo as Camae Credit: David Sanderson
When Katori Hall's The Mountaintop was first produced in 2009, winning the Olivier Award for Best New Play, Barack Obama was newly President and things looked hopeful.
It is a play about Dr Martin Luther King Jnr and this timely revival by director Roy Alexander Weise, coming when Clinton and Trump are in contest, gives the play a much bleaker outlook. As demonstrators protest that Black Lives Matter, it makes Dr King's call it contains to continue the struggle especially relevant.
It is set on the night of 3 April 1968 in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. King, in the town to support striking black sanitary workers, has that day delivered his "I've been to the Mountaintop" address. Now, back in his motel room, he is waiting for a friend who has gone out to buy cigarettes.
This is the private King: he's tired, he needs to pee, he takes off his shoes and his feet stink. "I'm just a man," he tells the room-service man who brings him coffee, and that's what we see here. But he is a man with a mission and he is honing the speech that he plans for the morrow, a man who knows he's in danger, that he's being watched by the authorities as well as by racist enemies. He checks the room for bugs. There is a big storm in progress with flashes of lightning and thunder. He doesn't like thunder—it sounds to like explosions—but that doesn't stop him from noticing the maid's well-rounded posterior.
She's new: it's the first time he's seen her but she knows him. She's seen him on TV down at Woolworths. He starts flirting a little, she knows what he's up to, plays him along a bit. It's funny, full of little touches revealing character and feeds in its politics gradually.
Hall's script makes it seem completely natural and Gbolahan Obisesan as King (he even looks like him) and Ronke Adekoluejo as maid Camae give stunning performances as their bantering builds to Camae literally putting herself in King's shoes to deliver her own rallying call, partly parody but very passionate.
But Camae says something that makes King suspicious. Is she a CIA plant? Then, as the play moves in surreal mode, it seems she is something much more ominous. The transition from realism is surprising, but it is beautifully handled for the playing remains completely natural.
While everyone in the audience surely knows what will happen next day, King isn't ready for it; there's too much left to do and martyrdom isn't his style.
The play gives King his view from the mountaintop, a sight of his personal Canaan, the Promised Land. For the audience, Camae, in her new persona, offers something different: a rapid review of half a century of black and world history, a helter-skelter montage of continuing struggle that comes right up to date.
This is a fine production that matches the light touch of the writing, handling something very serious with humanity and laughter. With these performances, it also makes you want to see more of these actors as well as more from their director.
Roy Alexander Weise is the winner of this year's JMK Award, set up to commemorate director James Menzies-Kitchen, which awards a production budget of £25,000 together with mentoring and support to create a work for the Young Vic. This is it.
Reviewer: Howard Loxton


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Q: Finding out how many time units will each algorithm spend for sorting an array of $1\,000\,000$ objects Question:
You have found empirically that the implemented sorting methods $A$ of complexity $\Theta(n^3)$ and $B$ of complexity $\Theta(n^2 \log n)$ spent $2$ and $10$ time units, respectively, to sort an array of $100$ objects. Find out how many time units will each algorithm spend for sorting an array of $1\,000\,000$ objects?
For this question can I say that the time spent by these implementations can be written as $T_A(n) = c_A n^3$ and $T_B(n) = c_B n^2 \log n$, therefore continue to solve $c$ using given numbers?

A: If you are just finding an approximate time, then
$\cfrac{t1}{t2} = \cfrac{(n_1)^3}{(n_2)^3}$
$\cfrac{t1}{t2} = \cfrac{(n_1)^2 \log n_1}{(n_2)^2 \log n_2}$
Why approximate?
Because this theta notation just gives assymptotic behaviour.
In above calculation i have assumed that $k*n^3$ is the number of operations in first case, which is not exactly true. It can have lower degree terms also.

A: As stated, this question has no solution. Possibly the intent is to work with constants as you suggest. However, an algorithm that takes
$$
   T_{A,1}(n) = \begin{cases} 2 & \text{if }n < 10^{10} \\ n^3 & \text{if } n \ge 10^{10}\end{cases}
$$
steps is still a $\Theta(n^3)$ algorithm, as is
$$
   T_{A,2}(n) = \begin{cases} 2(n/100)^3 & \text{if }n \ne 1\,000\,000 \\ 47 & \text{if } n = 1\,000\,000\end{cases}
$$
or any other number of possibilities. Both $T_{A,1}(n)$ and $T_{A,2}(n)$ satisfy $T_{A,i}(n)=2$, so they're possibilities for $T_A$, but they have different values at $1\,000\,000$, and in particular you can set $T_{A,2}(1\,000\,000)$ to be anything you like with a trivial modification.

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Medical Cannabis Physicians in Florida: No Knowledge or Experience Required?
I just finished the renewal certification course that Florida physicians are required to complete to be "qualified" to certify patients to use medical cannabis. The course and examination now cover only two (2) hours of material, reduced from the eight (8) hour course I was required to take last year before the new laws under Amendment 2 and SB-8A were passed. I was curious to see how the revised course would incorporate the new rules and regulations (including the hurdles and hoops), which my patients and I have had to jump through this past year.
How Does the New Certification Course Match Up to Last Year?
The original certification course went into great detail about the science behind medical cannabis and the different medical conditions it might help. I was pleased to see that the State saw the value in testing physicians on this material. However, the revised course contained none of this critical information. The new two-hour course was entirely about the Florida Laws and the myriad of requirements that must be met by the physician and patient.
As I sifted through page after page of the course, I was instructed on such obvious things as how to change my password on the Florida Medical Marijuana Use Registry website, and where to click to enter each line of patient data. At least now I know how to change my password!
Although it does a very good job explaining the laws and what qualifies a patient, it amazes me that Florida is allowing physicians to recommend medical cannabis to patients with absolutely no knowledge of the various types of medical cannabis (low-THC/CBD vs THC-containing cannabis), the difference between sativa, indica, and hybrid strains; or the various methods of ingesting the medicine and when each may be more desirable. Furthermore, Florida law does not require physicians to provide any dosing or product information to the patient. In my opinion, it should not be left to the patient to figure out dosing. This is similar to me diagnosing a patient with pneumonia, and then having the patient swing by the pharmacy for an antibiotic without telling them which one to get or how much to take!
I offer all patients the opportunity to consult with me on dosing and administering medical cannabis. Some patients do not need much guidance because they have lived in states where they were already successfully using medical cannabis or have extensively used cannabis outside of the legal system. For this reason, I offer different length appointments to meet the various needs of my patients.
With the help of legal consultants, I continually monitor Florida law to ensure my patients and I are in compliance. As a result of my being proactive, there wasn't a single question on the State's certification test for which I did not already know the answer before reviewing the course material. This is unfortunate because I would have liked to have learned something during the two hours I spent reviewing the course material. I am grateful, though, that after twenty years practicing medicine I am finally being given the opportunity to treat patients with this amazing medical herb, which has helped more people improve the quality of their life than any other treatment that I have utilized the last 20 years!
Wholistic ReLeaf (formally Family Medical Cannabis Clinic) and Wholistic Pediatric and Family Care have been treating patients with medical cannabis since 2016. As the Tampa Bay area's leading authority on medical cannabis treatment and one of the nation's most experienced pediatricians treating with medical cannabis, Dr. David Berger is committed to first understanding his patients' needs. He then customizes a medical cannabis treatment plan that will produce the most effective results. For more information about medical cannabis treatment in Florida, please visit our website by clicking here. Existing patients may also contact the clinic directly through their patient portal.


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Q: Make all possible combinations of URL with the String I am trying to make a url from a different combinations of string separated by comma so that I can use those url to execute them and get the data back.
I have simplified something like this, I have a HashSet that will contain all my strings, not A,B,C in real. I just modified it here to make it simple.
Set<String> data = new HashSet<String>();
h.add("A");
h.add("B");
h.add("C");

for (int i = 1; i < 1000; i++) {

String pattern = generateString(data);

String url = "http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/"+pattern;

System.out.println(url);

}

/**
 * Below is the method to generate Strings.
 /
private String generateString(HashSet<String> data) {

//not sure what logic I am supposed to use here?

}

So the output should be something like this-
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,A

--
And other combinations

The above output can be in any random order as well. But it should be all the possible combinations. And if all the possible combinations are finished then start again.
Any suggestion how can I achieve the above problem definition?

A: What you're asking is not trivial.
Let's look at 2 strings, A and B.
Here are all of the permutations.
A
B
AB
BA

Ok, let's look at 3 strings, A, B, and C.
Here are all the permutations.
A
B
C
AB
AC
BA
BC
CA
CB
ABC
ACB
BAC
BCA
CAB
CBA

Do you see a pattern yet?
First, you have to find all of the single string permutations.  Then the two string permutations.  Then the three string permutations.  And so on, up to the number of strings.
Then, within a set of permutations (like the two string set), you have to find all of the possible permutations.
You can do this with java loops.  You can also use recursion.

A: Given what is k-arrangement (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Probability/Combinatorics), you are looking for the k-arrangement where k varies from 1 to D, where D is the size of the data collections.
This means to compute - my first post I can't post image so look at equation located at :

In order to do it, you can make k varies, and the for each k may n varies (i.e. deal only with a sub array or data to enumerate the k-permutations). These k-permutations can be found by walking the array to the right and to the left using recursion.
Here is a quick bootstrap that proves to enumerate whart is required :
public class EnumUrl {

private Set<String> enumeration = null;
private List<String> data = null;
private final String baseUrl = "http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/";

public EnumUrl(List<String> d) {
    data = d;
    enumeration = new HashSet<String>(); // choose HashSet : handle duplicates in the enumeration process
}

public Set<String> getEnumeration() {
    return enumeration;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {

    List<String> data = new ArrayList<String>();
    data.add("A");
    data.add("B");
    data.add("C");

    EnumUrl enumerator = new EnumUrl(data);

    for (int k = 0; k < data.size(); k++) {

        // start from any letter in the set
        for (int i = 0; i < data.size(); i++) {
            // enumerate possible url combining what's on the right of indice i
            enumerator.enumeratePossibleUrlsToRight(data.get(i), i);

            // enumerate possible url combining what's on the left of indice i
            enumerator.enumeratePossibleUrlsToLeft(data.get(i), i);
        }

        // make a circular permutation of -1 before the new iteration over the newly combined data
        enumerator.circularPermutationOfData();
    }

    // display to syso
    displayUrlEnumeration(enumerator);
}

private void circularPermutationOfData() {
    String datum = data.get(0);
    for (int i = 1; i < data.size(); i++) {
        data.set(i - 1, data.get(i));
    }
    data.set(data.size() - 1, datum);
}

private static void displayUrlEnumeration(EnumUrl enumerator) {
    for (String url : enumerator.getEnumeration()) {
        System.out.println(url);
    }
}

private void enumeratePossibleUrlsToRight(String prefix, int startAt) {
    enumeration.add(baseUrl + prefix);
    if (startAt < data.size() - 1) {
        startAt++;
        for (int i = startAt; i < data.size(); i++) {
            int x = i;
            enumeratePossibleUrlsToRight(prefix + "," + data.get(x), x);
        }
    }
}

private void enumeratePossibleUrlsToLeft(String prefix, int startAt) {
    enumeration.add(baseUrl + prefix);
    if (startAt > 0) {
        startAt--;
        for (int i = startAt; i >= 0; i--) {
            int x = i;
            enumeratePossibleUrlsToLeft(prefix + "," + data.get(x), x);
        }
    }
}
}

The program outputs for {A,B,C} :
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,A,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,B,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,C,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,A,B

And for {A,B,C,D} :
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,A,D,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,D,C,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,C,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,C,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B,C,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,C,B,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,B,A,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,C,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,C,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,D,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,D,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,D,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,D,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,B,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,A,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,A,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,B,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,A,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,A,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,C,D,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/A,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,D,A,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,A,B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,B,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/D,B,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,D,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,B
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,A,D
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,A
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/B,D,C
http://localhost:8080/service/USERID=101556000/C,A,B

Which is not the exhaustive enumeration. Basically we should have:
(my first post I can't post image to look at equation located in my reply, I don't have the reputation to post 2 links ... #omg)
That makes 64 combinaisons, distributed as follows:

*

*4 combinaisons of 1 element (k=1)

*12 combinaisons of 12 element (k=2)

*24 combinaisons of 24 element (k=3)

*24 combinaisons of 24 element (k=4)

You can see that my program is OK for k=1, k=2, and k=3. But there are not 24 combinaisons for k=4. In order to complete the program, you will need to iterate also on other type of shuffling the data than circular permutation. Actually when k=4, circular permutation does not generate for instance ADBC as input data (hence DBCA cannot be generated by my implementation for instance). In this case, you will want to enumerate all possible data input array with n elements in all possible order. This is a special case of k-permutation, where k=n, and therefore leads to finding the n! permutation. We can achieve this by calling the EnumUrl method for each of the n! possible permutation.
For this, you should update EnumUrl enumerator = new EnumUrl(data); accordingly, but I guess I am letting some work for you to make :-)
HTH

A: A short version working for arbitrary set size, with generics, using guava, and the method for permutation given here.
Basically the idea is the following :

*

*Generate the powerset, discard empty set

*For each set of the powerset, generate all permutations
public class QuickEnumeration {
Set<T> objects;

public QuickEnumeration(Set<T> objects) {
    this.objects = objects;
}

public List<List<T>> generateEnumeration() {
    List<List<T>> result = new ArrayList<List<T>>();
    // Compute the powerset
    Set<Set<T>> powerset = Sets.powerSet(objects);
    for (Set<T> set : powerset) {
        // Discard empty set
        if (set.size() > 0) {
            // Arraylist faster for swapping
            ArrayList<T> start = new ArrayList<T>(set);
            permute(start, 0, result);
        }
    }
    return result;
}

private void permute(ArrayList<T> arr, int k, List<List<T>> result) {
    for (int i = k; i < arr.size(); i++) {
        java.util.Collections.swap(arr, i, k);
        permute(arr, k + 1, result);
        java.util.Collections.swap(arr, k, i);
    }
    if (k == arr.size() - 1) {
        result.add((List<T>) arr.clone());
    }
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
    Set<String> testSet = new HashSet<>();
    testSet.add("A");
    testSet.add("B");
    testSet.add("C");
    QuickEnumeration<String> enumerate = new QuickEnumeration<>(testSet);
    System.out.println(enumerate.generateEnumeration());
}

}
Testing with "A","B","C" gives :
[[A], [B], [A, B], [B, A], [C], [A, C], [C, A], [B, C], [C, B], [A, B, C], [A, C, B], [B, A, C], [B, C, A], [C, B, A], [C, A, B]]

A: I am not entirely sure what you really want, so I ended up writing this piece of code for you. Hope it gets you started!
public static void doThis() {

    String url1="http://www.example.com";
    String string1="A";
    String url2="http://www.foo.com";
    String string2="B";
    String url3="http://www.bar.com";
    String string3="C";

    Map<String, String> abbrMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
    abbrMap.put(string1, url1);
    abbrMap.put(string2, url2);
    abbrMap.put(string3, url3);
    String string = string1+string2+string3;
    for(Map.Entry<String, String> m : abbrMap.entrySet()) {
        arrange(string, m.getValue());
    }

}

private static void arrange(String str, String url) {
    if (str.length()==0) return;
    StringBuffer sbuf = new StringBuffer();
    for (int j=0; j<str.length(); j++) {

        for(int i=j; i<str.length(); i++) {
            char c = str.charAt(i);
            sbuf.append(c);
            System.out.println(url+"/"+sbuf.toString());
            sbuf.append(",");
        }
        sbuf.setLength(0);
    }
}

Output:
http://www.example.com/A
http://www.example.com/A,B
http://www.example.com/A,B,C
http://www.example.com/B
http://www.example.com/B,C
http://www.example.com/C
http://www.foo.com/A
http://www.foo.com/A,B
http://www.foo.com/A,B,C
http://www.foo.com/B
http://www.foo.com/B,C
http://www.foo.com/C
http://www.bar.com/A
http://www.bar.com/A,B
http://www.bar.com/A,B,C
http://www.bar.com/B
http://www.bar.com/B,C
http://www.bar.com/C


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Q: How to fix Django Rest API error? How to fix this error?

Traceback (most recent call last):
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      execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "F:\Anaconda2Installation\lib\site-packages\django-1.10.5-py2.7.egg\django\core\management__init__.py", line 367, in execute_from_command_line
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File "F:\Anaconda2Installation\lib\site-packages\django-1.10.5-py2.7.egg\django\core\management__init__.py", line 316, in execute
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      self._setup(name)
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Q: Best practices of using lambda expressions for event handlers After discovering lambda expressions, and their use as anonymous functions, I've found myself writing a lot of more trivial events such as these:
txtLogin.GotFocus += (o, e) =>
{
    txtLogin.Text = string.Empty;
    txtLogin.ForeColor = SystemColors.ControlText;
};
txtLogin.LostFocus += (o, e) =>
{
    txtLogin.Text = "Login...";
    txtLogin.ForeColor = SystemColors.InactiveCaptionText;
};

I've also moved away from event handlers which just call other functions, replacing them with small lambdas which do the same:
backgroundWorker.DoWork += (o, e) => DatabaseLookup.Open(e.Argument as string);

I've found some similar questions addressing performance concerns and pointing out that you can't remove them, but I haven't found any addressing the simple question of is this a good idea?
Is the use of lambdas in such a way considered good form, or do more experience programmers look down on this? Does it hide event handlers in hard-to-find places, or does it do the code a service by reducing the number of trivial event handlers?

A: It's a perfectly reasonable idea - but in this particular case, I would use an anonymous method instead:
txtLogin.LostFocus += delegate
{
    txtLogin.Text = "Login...";
    txtLogin.ForeColor = SystemColors.InactiveCaptionText;
};

The benefit is that you don't have to specify the parameters - which makes it clearer that you're not using them. This is the only advantage that anonymous methods have over lambda expressions.
The performance hit is almost always going to be negligible. The inability to remove them afterwards is a very real problem if you do need to be able to remove the handler, but I find that often I don't. (Reactive Extensions has a nice approach to this - when you subscribe to an observable sequence, you're given back an IDisposable which will remove the subscription if you call it. Very neat.)

A: Actually, it's consider it putting event handlers in easy-to-find places, namely right next to the name of the event it's assigned to.
A lot of the time, you'll see event handlers like:
 void Text1_KeyDown(....) {....}

attached to the KeyUp event of txtFirstName, because after using Intellisense to create the handler, someone decided to rename the textbox, and that KeyUp worked better.  With the Lambda, the object, the event and the function are all together.

A: It's a tricky one.  I remember reading in Code Complete about how some (smart) people say you should keep the flow of control as simple as possible, with many arguing for single entry and exit points from a method, because not doing so made the program harder to follow.
Lambdas are getting even further away from that, making it very difficult in some cases to follow what's happening, with control leaping around from place to place.
Basically, I think it probably is a bad idea because of this, but it's also powerful and makes life easier.  I certainly use them a fair amount.  In summary, use with caution!


Have been regrettably negligent of late to post anything on my birding over the past few months--I suppose that's what a 6month old does to you!
AC's comment about the potentially dying art of exploration when it comes to birding struck a chord with me--as that is currently my favourite aspect of birding in NZ. Coming from Canada, I dearly miss the very obvious seasonal migration of passerines and non-passerines alike--which makes patch birding so addictive. Visit your local domain every day in April for example and you'll come up with a different list every time. Therefore in NZ I've shifted more to a "where have I not been yet" or "where might be good that no one regularly checks?" type of mode. This gives all the 'regular' birds a fresh context since they're in a completely new location to me. I also feel like it's a great warm up for the breeding bird atlas, when I'm sure all of us will be aiming to get out to those under-trodden paths to see what might be about.
One of the more remote settlements on the peninsula, this east coast bay is a fabulous place for a weekend away or a longer retreat. It's about a 25min drive of windy sealed/unsealed road NE of Coromandel Town, but once you get there you don't have to move around much at all. The bay itself seems to attract good numbers of tern, gull, and shearwater flocks (coming right into the bay) working bait fish at this time of year, and even better were around 10 skuas working the flocks including 1 adult POMARINE in addition to a variety of plumaged Arctic Skuas. Both NZ and Banded Dots patrolled the beaches and the creek mouths provide a great opportunity to study WF Tern plumages in detail (and anything else that might join in?).
While the Bay and beach (including swimming) is fantastic, my favourite part of birding Kennedy Bay was along the stream inland from the beach/spit. The lower tidal part of the stream is mostly sand flats and mangroves which probably attract a few arctic waders on passage but at this time of year it's mostly oystercatchers. The highlight in the offseason here is a WHITE HERON that locals reckon has been around for at least the past 4 years. Even better is the stream as it winds west (upstream) from the main road. If you're staying in a local batch with kayaks, or you can bring your own--do it! While some stretches wind through rough farm paddocks, there is a wonderful stretch that winds through conservation land where all you can see is the river and native bush. This mix of manuka swamp and mixed woodland gives you a feel for the primeval as there are no signs of human habitation in sight. From my kayak I floated past several groups of BROWN TEAL (20+ in total) and even spotted a FERNBIRD foraging in the open on the river bank. The kingfisher numbers were truly impressive and both Tui and Bellbird could be heard singing and seen criss-crossing the river. What a place!
2) Wairiri Falls--Much less off the beaten track (being so close to Matamata and fairly well-known) but this was actually the first time I'd visited (yesterday). It has to be one of the more impressive falls in NZ--tumbling 153m from high in the Kaimais into some splendid regenerating bush. I wasn't sure what to expect birdwise given how quiet some of the forest is in this area, but was quite impressed in the end with good numbers of Tui and Bellbird seen along the walk, 4-5 singing robins, a number of tomtit in the higher reaches of the track, and best of all--a group of 5+ WHITEHEAD just above the first bridge and a single RIFLEMAN just below that bridge. A single KAKA flew over during the hike, and perhaps the most surprising bird of all was a ROYAL SPOONBILL seen flying north toward Te Aroha (over the carpark)--my first for the Matamata-Piako District.
So there are two of my favourite recent excursions with the family. Hope you enjoy exploring your patch and beyond this autumn and winter!
This is perfect timing since our crew over here are heading to the waikato this weekend so we will definitely check these sites out!
That's a good list from Wairere Falls Russ. Above the falls is good for whitehead, robins and riflemen (and surprisingly different in character from the track below the falls, it's worth exploring a bit once you've done all that climbing), but below the falls I've never seen more than one robin at a time, only occasionally come across whitehead, and never seen a rifleman. The kaka's also quite a bonus. I wonder if there's been some pest control in the area?
There also used to be a reasonable population of Kakariki in the tops behind Wairiri falls, along with Forest Ringlet butterflies.
I saw a couple of forest ringlets there in January 2016, but haven't managed to make it back at the right time of year since then. Hope they're still hanging on.


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Grupa powstała w roku 1984 w Woolwich. Założyli ją wokalista i gitarzysta Trevor Tanner, perkusista Jan Kalicki i basista Nick Chown. Początkowo grali jako support dla The Cult, Wall of Voodoo i podobnych grup. Pierwszy album nagrali w roku 1986. Grupa rozpadła się w roku 1988. 12 maja 1989 roku wystąpili na koncercie w Polsce w katowickim Spodku.

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Albumy studyjne
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 Friends (1986)
 Lindy's Party (1987)
 Country Life (nagrany w 1988 r., wydany w 2015 r.)

Albumy kompilacyjne
Bigger Giants (1990)
A Way - Best of The Bolshoi (1999)

Listy przebojów
Na Liście Przebojów Trójki pojawiły się piosenki: "Happy Boy", "Sunday Morning", "Looking for a Life to Lose", "Please", "T.V. Man" i "West of London Town". Piosenka "Sunday Morning" była notowana dwukrotnie na miejscu pierwszym (wyd. 263 i 264).

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Brytyjskie zespoły nowofalowe
Brytyjskie zespoły rocka gotyckiego

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Loop are excited to announce three headline shows from L.A.B. in Mount Maunganui this April! These two shows are not only their first headline shows since the release of their second album L.A.B. II in December, but also their only headline shows for summer 2019.
Released just prior to Christmas, L.A.B. II shows an act further expanding on their genre-bending sound. Since its release, the album has not left the NZ Top 20 Album Charts over three months later. The first album has not left the same charts over 15 months later, showing the growing popularity of the act. These two special hometown performances come as the band get set to head back into the studio and begin work on their third album.
Thanks to NZVapor, we're excited to announce these two special chances to catch L.A.B. live in their hometown, with special guests to be announced.


President, Broadcast Group. SVP, Human Resources, The New York Times Co. ? New York, N.Y.
A senior executive at one of the nation?s biggest and most venerable newspaper companies, Cynthia Augustine believes in embracing life ?with all the love and courage [I] can muster.? It?s no surprise, then, that Augustine, president of The New York Times Co.?s Broadcast Group and senior vice president, human resources, of the The New York Times Co. cherishes the words of Brazilian poet Joao Cruz e Souza: ?Dance as though no one is watching; love as though you have never been hurt before; sing as though no one can hear you; love as though heaven is on Earth.? A supportive family, especially her mother and husband, encourage her fearless attitude. ?Both have always reinforced that there isn?t anything that I can?t achieve if I want it, and to have faith and intelligence,? says the Columbus, Ohio, native.
Augustine graduated from Sara Lawrence College in 1972 and from Rutgers University?s law school in 1982. At the Times Co. she is responsible for all human resources functions, including compensation and benefits, diversity, employee relations and organizational development. She first joined the company as a lawyer, handling employment, labor relations and employee benefits, but left to become a partner at the law firm Sabin, Bermant and Gould LLP. She returned to the Times five years later, abandoning the practice of law altogether. ?Leaving first the Times Co. then my law firm entailed walking away from good jobs, job security and work that I liked,? Augustine says. ?Not being afraid to take risks gives you choices in life, and that is liberating. I think risk taking is simply vital to self-confidence, freedom and, frankly, a life well lived.?
Her mentors at the Broadcast Group are Solomon B. Watson, the general counsel and her former manager, and Russ Lewis, the Broadcast Group?s CEO, to whom she now reports, she says. Watson ?gave me advice on how to be successful at the Times,? while Lewis ?gave me opportunities I never would have thought of for myself,? she says.


Debt is part of modern life. It can be used to help you reach your goals, but only when you are in control of it, not when it is in control of you. It's easy to build up little bits of debt here and there that don't appear to amount to much, but can quickly eat into your cash flow.


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The true colour of chlorophylls
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Most leaves are various shades of green. This is due to the chlorophylls. The name chlorophyll comes from the Greek words chloros (green) and phyllon (leaf). There are six types of chlorophylls in plants. The two main chlorophylls are chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b.
Chlorophyll a absorbs purple and orange light the most. Chlorophyll b absorbs mostly blue and yellow. But, as you can see in figure 1, they also absorb light with other wavelengths with less intensity. In any case neither one absorbs green, so the leaf looks green because that light is reflected to our eyes instead of being absorbed by the leaf. If there are no other pigments present, that is.
Absorption Spectrum of both the Chlorophyll a and the Chlorophyll b pigments | Credit: Wikimedia Commons / M0tty
Figure 3. Structure of chlorophyll b
Chlorophyll molecules have a ring shape at one end, called a porphyrin ring, with a magnesium ion in the center (see figures 2 and 3; the magnesium ion is represented in green). If you boil a leaf in water, this magnesium ion gets replaced by a hydrogen ion (a proton), and the color changes from bright green to the dull color of overcooked broccoli. Just a slight change and the optical behaviour of the molecule changes. Furthermore, as you can see in figures 2 and 3, chlorophyll a and b only differ in a substituent of the porphyrin ring, for chlorophyll a it is a -CH3 and a -CHO for chlorophyll b, but it is sufficient to alter the spectrum of the molecule.
Figure 2. Structure of chlorophyll a
Photosynthetic chlorophylls are not alone in the leaf cells, they are usually in a protein pocket. It is this interaction with the surrounding microenvironment what finetunes chlorophylls to cover as much of the visible spectrum as possible. To know how much this microenvironment modulates the colour we need to know first which is the true colour of chlorophylls. And this is very important if we are ever going to understand how photosynthesis work and use this knowledge to build truly efficient photovoltaic devices.
This is not an easy question to answer, though. You might think that it is as simple as preparing a solution of chlorophyll and use a spectrometer to get the answer. This has already been done with different solvents. The problem with this method is that these solvents have an effect on the electronic structure of the chlorophyll molecule, namely on the electron cloud at the porphyrin ring, thus modifying its optical behaviour. Now, a group of researchers, including Angel Rubio from the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter and DIPC, have developed a method1 to measure the true colour of chlorophyll in the absence of perturbations from its surroundings. They publish their results in Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
The method consists in tagging chlorophyll (a and b only) molecules with three different ammonium cations with no mobile protons, so that in each case the distance between the chlorophyll and the electric charge is known. Then dissolved mixtures of chlorophyll and tags are electro sprayed in a vacuum within a spectrometer. The excitation provoked by light produces the dissociation of chlorophylls and tags allowing the measurement of the spectrum of chlorophylls for different cations.
The spectra obtained by the researchers using this method demonstrate negligible dependence on the nature of the tag. This would mean that the cations are far enough from the porphyrin ring that confers its optical properties to chlorophylls. This possibility was confirmed using first-principle calculations: the results showed that the tag has minimum influence on the excitation energy and therefore on the wavelengths the chlorophyll molecules absorb; actually less than 10 nm.
So, what is the true colour of chlorophylls? In the case of chlorophyll a the maximum absorption in the red region is at 642 nm and in the blue one at 372 nm; for chorophyll b the values are 626 nm and 392 nm respectively. This means that the environment red-shifts the spectra of chlorophylls or, in other words, chlorophylls are bluer than we think.
Author: César Tomé López is a science writer and the editor of Mapping Ignorance.
Milne B.F., Angel Rubio & Steen Brøndsted Nielsen (2014). Unraveling the Intrinsic Color of Chlorophyll, Angewandte Chemie, 127 (7) 2198-2201. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ange.201410899 ↩
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Robin Wood e.V. - "Capuchin Monkey", "Polar Bear", "Deer"
The environmental organisation Robin Wood has been working hard to promote nature conservation for over 30 years. The focal points of the campaign are forests, rainforests and climate. How can we raise awareness and generate donations through a billboard campaign?
We developed a billboard campaign with a photo-realistic illustration style, which dramatically demonstrates the consequences of the destruction of nature for local forests, rainforests, the climate and thus also wildlife.
Our billboard campaign highlights the destruction of nature. From illegal logging and slash-and-burn clearing to the reckless over-exploitation of nature. Ecological systems are being destroyed and animals are vanishing from our motifs one by one. If we destroy nature, we destroy life. The motif is presented in the same authentic way as the issue at hand. The photo-realistic illustration style, the 3D presentation and the wealth of information provided also highlight the various causes of the decimation of the animal kingdom.


The rise of eSports has been meteoric. World eSport championships fill Olympic-sized stadiums, while hordes of dedicated fans stream footage of competitive gaming around the world.
Lachlan McAllister's love of gaming is second only to his knowledge of the Melbourne bar scene. He's previously co-owned Lily Blacks, Mr Wow's Emporium and Pixel Alley. As an avid gamer, and an early follower of eSports – namely League of Legends World Championships – he opened Australia's first dedicated eSports bar.
GG EZ offers fans a sleek place to watch competitive gaming, discuss strategy and enjoy a drink, just like a regular sports bar.
McAllister and wife Justine designed the underground space. A long pine bar reproduces the communality of an American sports bar, but one sharpened by a tech-y edge. Red and blue neon bounce brightly off concrete walls, in a nod to the post-apocalyptic bunkers that have forever been a trope in game design. A giant mural of D.Va, the beloved hero from Overwatch, keeps a protective eye over the space.
Cocktails are a tribute to bubble tea, and include the EZ CUP, with vodka, black Assam tea, house-made honey dew and cantaloupe syrup with mango popping pearls. The eSpresso CUP is essentially a bubble-tea Espresso Martini. You'll find Coors and Samuel Adams Boston Lager on tap, with local bottle option from 4 Pines, Kona, Omission and Stone & Wood.
The kitchen serves mainly Korean fare – a nod to South Korea's dominance of international eSports. There are helpings of kimchi fries, dolloped with gochujang mayo, and Korean barbeque burritos. The LA beef kalbi burger is the most popular item on the menu, layered with smoked bacon, American cheddar, pickled red onions and aioli.


So, why did we decide to travel to Iceland to film the next documentary? The volcanoes. This episode of Join The Adventure will explore how volcanic eruptions can affect our daily lives, natural landscape, and climate. Yesterday, we started in the Golden Circle— home of Strokkur Geysir. This was our first time in an active geothermal area and all we could say was, WOW! Boiling mud pits and exploding geysers... Just incredible. Coming Spring 2019.


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Left to right: Regent Laurel Lemarié; 1st Vice Regent Marti Meiners; Registrar Kathleen Loftman; new members Shirley Sayer and Amy D'Lima; and Chaplain Joanne Dudek.
The De Anza Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution welcomed two new members at its monthly luncheon meeting held March 1 at the Lomas Santa Fe Country Club. A record number of 15 new members, four transfers-in and one reinstated member joined the De Anza Chapter in 2013.
De Anza 1st Vice Regent and membership chairman Marti Meiners and Chaplin Joanne Dudek inducted Amy D'Lima and Shirley Sayer, whose patriot ancestors saw battle during the Revolutionary War.
Shirley's ancestor, John Jacob Speck, was born in Pennsylvania in 1753 and was a weaver by trade. At age 27, he enlisted in the Third Battalion of York County Militia. He was killed in 1780 during the devastating Battle of Camden, North Carolina, a major British victory, and buried in a mass grave, leaving a widow and three children under age 5. Amy's ancestor, Jonathan Sheppard, who enlisted at age 15 in a Maryland regiment was taken prisoner by the British at the battle of Fort Washington and shipped to England. After a prisoner exchange between the colonies and England, he reenlisted and fought at the Siege of Yorktown. He survived the Revolution, married and settled in what is now West Virginia.
The event's guest speaker, De Anza Librarian Katharine Dixon, MD, is a psychiatrist who directed the Ohio State University Eating Disorders Program during her tenure on the College of Medicine faculty. Katharine spoke about women's health issues, specifically, diabetes. She has been a runner, swimmer, cyclist, weight lifter, equestrian, ice skater, racquetball player, skier, spelunker, trekker and a high-altitude mountain climber in South America and the Nepal, Indian and Bhutan Himalayas. She shared that she was diagnosed as pre-diabetic about a year ago, in spite of her active lifestyle. Since then, she followed dietary management to prevent further progression of this disease to type II diabetes. She explained in simple language what happens when we eat carbohydrates, the mechanism of insulin resistance, potential risk factors and the deleterious effects of diabetes. Katharine recommended consultation with a physician for further screening when risk factors for metabolic syndrome or diabetes are present, as well as nutritional information through The Center for Science in the Public Interest: www.cspinet.org. The attendees came away with good knowledge to use to in the prevention of insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type II diabetes.
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Book Review: Chesterton's America
By Mary Kochan on	 June 10, 2014 Agrarianism & Distributism, Featured, MyChurchParish.com, On Books, The Social Order
To recommend any book, I should at least be able to say to you that it is a pleasure to read. This book is a pleasure indeed! But saying the least is not my problem with reviewing Chesterton's America: A Distributist History of the United States. My problem is having the space to say all the deserved good things about it. So let me start with the bottom line. You should get and read this book. There is not another book as important, and few as delightful, for thoughtful Catholic Americans (really all American Christians) to read at this moment.
Chesterton's America is friendly and accessible, even while being urgent and sobering.
An exchange recorded by United States Constitution signer James McHenry illustrates our need. Among the citizens gathered outside of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 was a woman who asked Benjamin Franklin upon his exit, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" Franklin responded unhesitatingly, "A republic, if you can keep it." Many of us would be no less hesitant to declare that it has not been kept. And even those who would not make quite so bold an assertion at least vaguely sense that something vital has been lost.
But what exactly and how? Only a story could begin to answer and Chesterton's America is that story — told with all the narrative verve you should expect from the name "Chesterton" (and from the name Rod Bennett*!). The Chesterton we encounter most in these pages is not GK, but his brother Cecil, who, as the First World War drew to a close desired to pen for his fellow Englishmen an accessible history of their great ally across the pond.
Hence this history is our story — through the early part of the 20th century — as a told by a friend. It is very pointedly not the story that most of us have in our heads. It is neither the American mythology we absorbed as children – and still teach to children — that turns the Pilgrims into Founding Fathers (like this) and makes slavery the single pertinent issue of the Civil War (like this). Nor is it the decidedly unfriendly story that portrays Columbus as merely the first in a line of rapacious racist conquerors indulging in ruination of a pristine paradise. However often they sink to demonic depths or rise to heroic heights, men are neither devils nor angels and the Catholic understands this. Hence we get an account of America marked by sobriety: by clarity of thought, keenness of vision, and steadiness of bearing — and in total opposition to the inebriation of the political spirit.
Although the backbone of this book is Cecil Chesterton's text, Rod Bennett's handing of the material deserves acclaim. He has interlaced the original with pertinent writings from the more famous of the Chesterton brothers and from English historians Hilaire Belloc and Christopher Hollis, along with Herbert Agar of Kentucky. It is a testimony to Bennett's considerable narrative skills that these amplifications are mated to the Chesterton text so seamlessly that the flow of the story is not disturbed, but rather enhanced. Bennett's own notes are essential clarifications that intrude only when necessary. As an editor, he has done the good and faithful thing: placed himself at the service of the material, the authors, and the readers.
What makes this book so urgent for us as Catholics and as Americans is that the Great Recession has created a strange and wonderful opening for us. The shattered dreams of the Capitalist system would likely drive a mass exodus to Marxism if every attempt to instantiate that system had not so dramatically collapsed in living memory. With the rubble of one materialistic "ism" behind them and another falling in ruins around their ears, our once self-confident secular compatriots seem momentarily open to considering, of all things, what the Church has and has had to say on economic issues.
Distributism – an effort to apply the social teaching of the Catholic Church to the modern world – has been bubbling up as a topic with increasing frequency. Unexpected people are being caught reading Catholic stuff (even Catholics!), even hundred-year-old encyclicals . People who live in a condo and commute within a megapolis to a job with an industrial multinational are arguing about agrarianism. Seriously.
Chesterton's America: A Distributist History of the United States demonstrates for us what American history looks like through the eyes of those whose thinking about man's economic life – as with their thinking about man as a being — is shaped by Catholic truth. It gives us hope that we, looking about us at the history we live inside, can shake off political intoxication to see with the same clarity and find a way to apply the teachings of our faith to our families, communities and, God help us, our republic.
*Rod Bennett is the author of Four Witnesses: The Early Church in Her Own Words (Ignatius Press, 2002) which skillfully blended his own narrative text with the writings of four of the Early Church Fathers — Clement, Ignatius, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus — to tell the story of the first two hundred years of the Christian Church, available in paperback or on Kindle. His first novel (2012) was The Christus Experiment about a team of researchers who capture Jesus and bring him to our time, also available in paperback or Kindle version. A Catholic Lane interview with the author about The Christus Experiment is at this link. Buy Chesterton's America here.
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"Many of us would be no less hesitant to declare that it has not been kept.
And even those who would not make quite so bold an assertion at least
vaguely sense that something vital has been lost."
Yes indeed, we have lost the Republic. Thank you for the recommendation, Mary. I'm busier than a one legged guy in a potato sack race, but I'll make time.
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The task now is not to keep the Republic, but to recover it.
We know that the recovery effort will be impeded mostly by those who swore on the bible to uphold the law. Let's pray that it will be more fruitful than the recovery of the Malaysian airliner.
I'm in agreement with your plan to reorganize the Republic with States that want to honor the Constitution and let the others go.
There is now no middle ground to stand on.
Yes, for some years now I wax silent during the flag pledge when we get to the word, "indivisible."
You almost have to because in totality we have to believe in the same God. Absent that premise, the conclusion is irreconcilable. So we're trying to force a logical conclusion to something that doesn't follow logic.
One of the most illogical statements that gets constant circulation is that in America we worship the god of OUR choice.


The Georgia Ice Dawgs will face off against rival Georgia Tech Yellowjackets on the ice at The Classic Center Arena this Wednesday at 7:00pm. The Dawgs are asking fans to "Spread The Red" as they call for fans to wear red for a RED-OUT at The Classic Center Arena. Special limited edition RED t-shirts will be available at the game!
Georgia comes into the mid-season rivalry at 7-6, while the Yellowjackets come to Athens with a 7-5 record. Both teams are looking to take success from Wednesday's game into the remainder of their season. "Take the records, previous games, and hype, wrap it all up and throw it out the window, because this rivalry is always a smash-mouth, hard hitting, and heated game and both teams show up ready for a battle royale," UGA head coach Hoos remarked about the upcoming game.
Select seating tickets start at $7, student tickets are just $2 at the door, and on-the-glass super premium seats are $25 bucks!


illustrations of great detail, in fact he believes that "It's all in the detail" – For more on this topic, please see: "Philosophy".
Loerie Technical, Spada and Black Eagle trophies.
For the past 10 years Steven has returned to oil painting, as his preferred medium of expression.
the Southern Cape of South Africa. These are not intended to be viewed as Botanical illustrations but as a subjective record (See "Philosophy") of his personal experience of the Fynbos.
guitarist Avril Kinsey (www.avrilkinsey.net) through the SAMRO Music Foundation, to compose the Fynbos Suite musical score. The work is written for classical guitar, soprano, tenor and SATB choir and has since added to Ms Kinsey's portfolio of works for her doctoral degree in music.
Since hearing the music Steven has been inspired to continue creating paintings in this genre.
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