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It could go either way
We'll know at 2.30 pm AEDT
The Reserve Bank board is likely to leave interest rates steady when it meets today, Tuesday, despite overwhelming evidence that Australia is on the edge of recession.
Relentlessly negative data on profits, sales, inventories and production released Monday suggest that Australia's economic growth will be negative when the official figures for the December quarter are released tomorrow, Wednesday.
If in addition the barely-positive growth already reported for the September quarter is revised down, Australia will have experienced 2 successive quarters of negative growth - the popular definition of a recession.
"The news is dreadful. It shows extreme weakness no matter how you cut it," said ABN AMRO economist Kieran Davies...
"The Australian economy may have contracted by as much as 1 per cent in the December quarter."
"Inventories fell by almost 2 per cent as firms slashed stocks rather than produced goods. Sales fell even faster, dropping 2.2 per cent. Every industry except for retail, which benefited from Government cash handouts, fell sharply."
"Company profits are a shocker," said ANZ economist Katie Dean. "The 6.5 per cent fall is the biggest quarterly drop in about six years. Outside of mining, profits collapsed 11.3 per cent."
The Australian Industry Group's survey found that manufacturing output fell for its 9th successive month in February with employment falling for the 12th successive month.
Ai Group chief executive Heather Ridout described the shutdown in employment as "extraordinary".
"It suggests that companies are looking quite actively to reduce costs by reducing employment. We've already lost about 40,000 jobs out of manufacturing in the six months to December. This suggests there will be further pressure on employment," she said.
Treasurer Wayne Swan Monday prepared the ground for news of an Australian recession warning of "a dramatic impact on growth" from developments offshore.
"Something like 7 of our top 10 trading partners are now in recession and there's no doubt that that flows through quite quickly when you're dealing with trading partners such as Japan."
Japan's economy shrank an annualised 12 per cent over the December quarter, its worst result since the mid 1970s recession. The US economy shrunk an annualised 6 per cent, its worst result since 1982.
Australian shares slid a further 2.8 per cent to a new 5-year low Monday on the back of the US and Australian news and a decision by the ratings agency Moody's to switch its outlook for Australia's top banks from "steady" to "negative". The Australian dollar slipped one US cent to 64.35 US.
The Reserve Bank board will use additional data to be released during this morning's meeting to help it decide whether to cut interest rates once again for the sixth successive time. It will announce its decision at 2.30 pm.
Another cut of 0.50 percentage points would take the Bank's cash rate to a new low of 2.75 per cent and if fully passed on would take some variable mortgage rates below 5.00 per cent.
But much of the current bad economic news has already been factored into the Bank's calculations and there is a feeling amongst Bank staff that the halving of its cash rate since September needs to be given time to have its full effect.
Labels: gdp, mortgage rates, reserve bank


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TSS News
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Karst Regions
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TexBib
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Founded in 1960 in support of research, exploration, education, and conservation of cave and karst resources, the Texas Speleological Survey (TSS) was incorporated in 1995 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, dedicated to the collection and management of Texas cave data. To further its primary mission of collecting, documenting, disseminating, and preserving cave data in all media, the TSS actively solicits and curates donations from cavers, consultants , and federal, state, and municipal agencies, including estate donations, which are sorted and catalogued in work sessions (including maps, original survey books, and visual materials).
Affiliated with the National Speleological Society (an official project of the NSS, the national organization for all things related to caves, karst, cavers, caving, and conservation), the Texas Speleological Association (the state's organization for cave scientists and explorers), and the Texas Natural Science Center, the TSS has its office and library at the Pickle Campus of The University of Texas at Austin. Its holdings include extensive cave and map files, a reference and lending library with materials of all sorts focusing on Texas caves and caving, and an in-house electronic database of over 14,700 items, available for searching both text-based and array-map reports on Texas cave areas.
Orion Knox in the entrance room of Electro-Mag Cave, Sun City, Williamson County, Texas.
- photo George Veni
In service to the Texas caving community, the TSS website offers free downloads of Walls Cave Survey Data Management software and WallsMap - GIS Viewer and Shapefile Editor. This website also hosts TexBib, TSS' bibliographic database for Texas caves, caving, and cave science. Regularly updated, TexBib currently contains over 14,000 bibliographic entries dating from 1866 to the present, searchable by author, keywords, dates, or combinations; TexBib entries reference the broadest possible range of published sources from caving newsletters (Texas, national, and international), books, science journals, newspapers, magazines, theses, agency reports, and more.
Individuals and entities wanting additional information on Texas's underground resources can request information from the TSS; we support safe and responsible caving, cave science, educational initiatives, and conservation. Additionally, an awards program, office data-cataloguing work sessions, and an annual technical workshop are all ways that TSS supports and encourages Texas caving, while preserving its legacy.
The TSS maintains an active publication program, now more than 3,500 pages and 2,500 maps (with more in press). County surveys have published data on 68 counties represented in 28 volumes. Paleontology, bats, checklists, and guidebooks make up the majority of other published volumes, including out-of-state caves and detailed cave fauna studies from North America and Mexico. Out-of-print volumes are replaced by facsimile reprints (for sale on CD or as free downloads from the website). The current sales catalogue offers 38 TSS publications, including a map CD containing over 1,200 cave maps, and caving publications from non-TSS entities on Texas, North America, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
The (all volunteer) Board of Directors meets quarterly; contact information is listed on the Contact Us link under the "About TSS" menu in the navigation bar. For current information on TSS events and on events in the Texas caving community, please consult the TSS News link for special announcements and the Calendar link for event listings.
For more information or for information on sales, write the TSS at PRC 176/R4000, The University of Texas at Austin, TX 78712-1100, email at
president@texasspeleologicalsurvey.org or info@texasspeleologicalsurvey.org.
This web site offers an overview of the TSS, its holdings, its projects, and what the Texas caves and karst resources mean to the state. It provides links to short descriptions and pictures of very famous Texas caves, an introduction of the state's karst geology, links to local caving organizations, and to additional resources that can help you find out more about caves and karst.
The TSS is a volunteer organization that welcomes your participation in supporting its goals and mission. The most important way you can help is by submitting information about previously unknown caves or the current status of known caves. To facilitate this, the site offers a convenient data submission form. Any information you provide will be used to update our master database files. The TSS has provisions to keep data confidential when necessary, to protect both owners and cave resources.
Other donations of cave-related materials are also welcome. Please contact us (see the donations page on this site), and we can help you decide where your materials might best be placed. If you have questions, suggestions, or would like to participate in TSS activities, please contact us.
NOTE: If you are accessing this site from a tablet or smartphone, the pulldown menus on the navigation bar above may not function well on all platforms. In that case, please note that each page has a footer including a full sitemap that will get you where you're going.
All information contained on this site is © copyright by the Texas Speleological Survey. All Rights Reserved unless otherwise shown. For further information please email site webmaster.

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Q: how to calculate a moving average in a dataframe? I have a dataframe column that looks like this:
CurrentCreditLines
0   5.0
1   14.0
2   NaN
3   5.0
4   19.0

with 110k records, how can I calculate the moving average? also I need it to be rounded and with type float, I tried this:
test["CurrentCreditLines"].rolling(min_periods=1, center=True, window=12).mean().round().float()

but I got the error:
'Series' object has no attribute 'float'

A: The error you're getting is telling you that it's not an issue with your .rolling() method but there is no .float() attribute of series in pandas, so, you should use pandas.DataFrame.astype() function to manipulate column dtypes.
test["CurrentCreditLines"].rolling(min_periods=1, center=True, window=12).mean().round()

test["CurrentCreditLines"].astype(float)

A: mrVerma is completely right. As a side note, when you chain so many operations it is sometime really handy to use brackets for readability:
(
    test["CurrentCreditLines"]
    .rolling(min_periods=1, center=True, window=12)
    .mean()
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    .astype(float)
)

A: As noted, float is not a valid pandas method.
That said, your column looks like it is already of float type, so it is useless to perform a conversion.
Just run:
test["CurrentCreditLines"].rolling(min_periods=1, center=True, window=12).mean()

If, for some reason, the column is of another type, perform the conversion before applying the rolling mean:
test["CurrentCreditLines"].astype(float).rolling(min_periods=1, center=True, window=12).mean()

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Bollywood favourite Rahat Fateh Ali Khan , who sells out shows across the world, will headline the Mela Coventry and take centre stage in a concert on 12 August to open the festival from 6pm.
On 13 August further musical legends and international superstars Miss Pooja, Abrar Ul Haq, Sukshinder Shinda , and Malkit Singh MBE will perform.
Miss Pooja, the princess of Bhangra, is a respected singer and actress and one of the largest selling female Bhangra artists in India and overseas. Pakistani singer Abrar Ul Haq will be performing some of his all-time hits from Billo De Ghar, Beja Cycle Te and Nach Punjaban, some of the biggest international hits known to Punjabi music lovers worldwide.
Midlands-based singers Sukshinder Shinda and Malkit Singh MBE, two of the most successful artists from the UK to gain international fame, will be performing live at the Ricoh Arena for the first time.
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What exactly is pu-erh? According to the Bureau of Standard Measurement of Yunnan Province, pu-erh teas are: "products fermented from green tea of big tea leaves picked within Yunnan province." Pu-erh teas undergo a unique fermentation process that infuses them with their defining musty character. In China many people believe that pu-erh aids in digestion by breaking down fat in foods.
Hot Tea Brewing Method: Bring fresh cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 teaspoon of tea for each cup into the teapot. Pour water into teapot to cover the leaves – pour the water off – in effect you are rinsing the tea.
Next pour the boiling water into the teapot over the 'rinsed' leaves. Cover and let steep for 3-7 minutes according to taste (the longer the steeping time the stronger the tea). You may add milk and sugar to taste though this is generally not done.
Iced Tea Brewing Method: not recommended – however if you do (To make 1 litre): Place 6 teaspoons of tea into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1¼ cups of freshly boiled water over the tea. Steep for 5 minutes.


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Children's Health Coalition urges candidates to #MakeKidsCount, invest $1B in children's health care
CHC also calling on political parties to come together to develop Ontario's first-ever Children's Health Strategy
TORONTO – With the start of the provincial election campaign, the Children's Health Coalition (CHC) is calling on leaders and candidates of all political parties to make kids' health across all sectors a priority by adopting the 100 Day #MakeKidsCount Commitment.
"Children and youth have had vital care delayed and have experienced devastating impacts. Delaying access to care will have lifelong effects on tens of thousands of children across the province and their families," said Dr. Ronald Cohn, President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). "The pandemic increased the pressure the children's health care system is facing and has also shone a light on the immediate need for government support to enable system-wide improvements. We need action now."
To #MakeKidsCount the Children's Health Coalition wants the next government to commit to the following within the first 100 days in office:
Invest $1 billion over four years in the Make Kids Count Action Plan.
Convene a cross-sectoral children's health summit with government, specialized children's health care organizations, and health care providers to agree on principles for a long-term provincial Children's Health Strategy.
Develop and release Ontario's first-ever Children's Health Strategy.
"Every day matters in the life of a child when it comes to their health and development. Sadly, over the course of the pandemic we've seen surgeries and rehabilitation services get repeatedly cancelled, further delaying the care children need," said Julia Hanigsberg, President and CEO of Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. "A generation of children and youth is at risk of significant long-term health problems without immediate action."
"Children need early interventions aligned with their developmental milestones to optimize physical, psychological, and social development," said Alex Munter, President and CEO of Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. "Missing key opportunities to assess, care, treat or rehabilitate a child severely impacts the life of that child."
The Make Kids Count Action Plan is a solution for a children's health system that is in need of care. The Children's Health Coalition calls on everyone to come together to make kids a priority. Kids health is not a partisan issue. CHC hopes candidates and leaders across the political spectrum will also see the benefits to collaboration and make the investments our kids need and deserve.
"Today, only one in three kids receives community-based rehabilitation services within the clinical standard while the majority wait almost three years to access care. These numbers are significant; each patient is a child at risk of missing treatment during critical care windows."
-Jennifer Churchill, CEO of Empowered Kids Ontario
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'Shockingly Stupid' Attack on Science: Trump to Eliminate NASA Climate Research
President-elect plans to entirely slash climate science in favor of deep space exploration
Nika Knight, staff writer
"Without the support of NASA, not only the U.S. but the entire world would be taking a hard hit when it comes to understanding the behavior of our climate and the threats posed by human-caused climate change." (Photo: CAMIO/flickr/cc)
President-elect Donald Trump plans to entirely eliminate all climate research at NASA, a move that climate scientists warn will send us back to the "dark ages." Trump instead plans to devote more funds toward exploring deep space.
Trump's proposal is "a shockingly stupid move that would deal a very severe blow to global research on environmental change across the world."
—Bob Ward, London School of Economics and Political Science
The proposal to totally eliminate climate research falls in line with previous GOP efforts to gut NASA's Earth sciences program, and takes those attempts even further. In 2015 and earlier this year, Republican members of Congress also sought deep cuts to climate research while favoring space exploration in its stead, as Common Dreams reported.
It also lends credence to the charge that Trump's apparent reversal of his anti-climate statements in a recent New York Times interview was nothing but "a bunch of empty rhetoric."
The Guardian reports on this latest move:
Bob Walker, a senior Trump campaign adviser, said there was no need for NASA to do what he has previously described as "politically correct environmental monitoring."
"We see NASA in an exploration role, in deep space research," Walker told the Guardian. "Earth-centric science is better placed at other agencies where it is their prime mission."
"My guess is that it would be difficult to stop all ongoing NASA programs but future programs should definitely be placed with other agencies. I believe that climate research is necessary but it has been heavily politicized, which has undermined a lot of the work that researchers have been doing. Mr. Trump's decisions will be based upon solid science, not politicized science."
Scrapping NASA's Earth sciences program "could put us back into the 'dark ages' of almost the pre-satellite era. It would be extremely short sighted," Kevin Trenberth, senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, told the Guardian.
Michael Mann, a climate scientist at Penn State University, also commented to the newspaper: "Without the support of NASA, not only the U.S. but the entire world would be taking a hard hit when it comes to understanding the behavior of our climate and the threats posed by human-caused climate change."
The gutting of the climate program, which expanded under President Barack Obama, appears unfortunately likely to pass, observes Scientific American:
Now set to hold majorities in both the House and Senate, Republicans appear likely to support forthcoming Trump administration proposals to pare back NASA's Earth science budget, which grew by some 50 percent under the Obama administration. That boost, which gave Earth science the lion's share of NASA's science funding, has sustained a growing fleet of satellites that collect data demonstrating climate change's reality: rising surface temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions, retreating glaciers and ice sheets, and shifting patterns of rainfall and vegetation growth, to name a few.
"Earth science's preferred growth under Obama—the fact that it has grown over all of NASA's other science—has created a big political target on its back and validated, in a sense, Republican interpretations of its partisan nature," says Casey Dreier, director of space policy for The Planetary Society. "And this is taking place in a new political dynamic of strong, near-universal condemnation and skepticism of climate change by the Republican Party, without a Democratic president and key members of Congress that used to push back. That's a bad double whammy for Earth science."
And it's not only American scientists who are deeply concerned by Trump's proposed cuts.
"While deep space exploration enables us to have big dreams, understanding planet earth enables us to live better lives and actually save lives," Malte Meinshausen, director of the Climate & Energy College at Melbourne University, told the Sydney Morning Herald.
The NASA Aqua satellite "now delivers unprecedented detail about the water cycle, and the patterns of carbon-dioxide concentrations. Those satellites are what the X-ray instrument is in any hospital—vital to our understanding where the patient planet Earth is sick and what the root causes are," Meinshausan noted.
Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science, also told the Sydney Morning Herald that slashing the NASA program "would be a shockingly stupid move that would deal a very severe blow to global research on environmental change across the world."
"Stopping all funding would, for instance, mean abandoning satellites that monitor the Earth's surface," Ward said, "and would be an enormous waste of billions of dollars of scientific research."
But Gavin Schmidt, a climate scientist and the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, believes that Trump won't be able to fulfill his promise to make such drastic cuts. The federal bureaucracy's size and complexity makes it impossible to change course so swiftly and radically, Schmidt argues.
"When I first started working for the federal government I got frustrated," Schmidt told Business Insider, "like why are we stuck in this pattern? Why are decisions that are made so difficult to reverse? Why is it so hard to shift anything? And it's hard because there's a lot of people and there's a lot of moving parts and there's a huge amount of money. But now I'm thinking, 'Oh, you know what, it's a good thing that that things can't be changed on a dime.'"
"Chopping off science just to prevent people from talking about climate change won't work," Schmidt also noted. "You need science for hazards, for weather forecasting, and climate comes along for the ride."
"During the [George W.] Bush administration we had climate skeptics rewriting reports and trying to control what's said to the media," the climate scientist added. "But the planet kept warming. We kept reporting on it. We kept improving the science that underlies our understanding of why it's changing. And we will work to continue to do so."
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NASA, Donald Trump, #NotNormal, War on Science, Barack Obama


As a Christmas present I received this Bialetti Moka Espresso Maker and I finally got round to using it to make espresso for a Chocolate and Coffee Brownie recipe.
First you fill the main bottom compartment with water to just below the valve. Then place the funnel or basket inside. Add finely ground espresso coffee to the basket section – gently packing it down to get a stronger coffee.
You then screw the bottom section into the top section and leave the lid open. Under a low flame heat the water slowly to boil. When it starts spluttering close the lid.
If you get bored and heat it too quickly then it splutters in quite a dangerous way.
So don't do that! Keep it on the lowest flame setting and be patient.
When it's finished (it could take as long as 5 minutes) it should look something like this. Leave it for a couple of minutes before pouring.
I mainly made this espresso to try out the maker and use it in baking. Although I did try the coffee I found the espresso style pretty strong and I much preferred the Puro coffee made through a filter coffee machine.
I used this helpful video when making Stove-top coffee.
For making this espresso I used Puro fairtrade pre-ground coffee. You can find out more about Puro fairtrade coffee on their website. Or watch this video about how buying fairtrade coffee helps the growers and the rainforest. Disclaimer: I received my first batch of Puro coffee for free from the company.
Want to keep up with all my latest posts? I am @coffeemuffins on twitter.


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One hurdle remains for U.S. WNT U-17's in World Cup qualifying quest
By Jenna PelMay 8, 2012, 8:23 PM EDT
With a combined score line of 18-0 from group play, the United States Under-17 Women's National Team is within striking distance of a World Cup berth. Conventional wisdom might call it a done deal, but recent history suggests otherwise.
Albertin Montoya's team topped Group B Monday night with a 3-0 win over Mexico. The team could make World Cup qualification official on Thursday with a win against Panama.
Forward Summer Green was on target again, netting all three of the U.S.'s goals. The Michigan native has had a downright goal-scoring bonanza in Guatemala. She collected five goals in the team's 10-0 tonking of the Bahamas in their first group match (in which the U.S. outshot their opponents 52 to 1). Green's first-half hat versus Mexico trick ups her total to nine goals in the group stage alone. She's averaged a goal every 27 minutes.
A victory in the semifinals in two days will see the side secure a place in the 2012 U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan. It would be its first trip to the tournament since 2008. Lest we forget, the U.S. stumbled in the semifinal round of the 2010 CONCACAF Qualifying tournament. Canada edged the favorites in penalty kicks and dashed the team's World Cup hopes.
Panama should pose less of a threat this time around, as the team reaches the semifinals by dint of a superior goal difference over Group A opponents Jamaica. Even if the stage springs another shock, the U.S. has a safety net to fall back on. Unlike previous years, three teams advance from the CONCACAF region.
You could say the U.S. are as good as in, but that's what was said last time. Oh, who are we kidding.
Watch Summer Green do what she does below.


We are so excited you want your child to become a part of the YMCA Camp Cullen family! Attending summer camp truly can be an experience that lasts a lifetime. We know that for many families the cost of attending summer camp can be a financial burden that they might not be able to afford. We have scholarships, payment plans and multiple child discount to help families send their children to camp.
Multi-session Discount - $50 off each additional session booked. Houston YMCA membership must be verified before member discount is applied.
Early Bird Discount - Register your camper AT CAMP while picking them up and receive $100 off next year's session. Or Register AFTER CAMP through September 1st of that year and save $100 on the next year's session.
Working with local, regional, and national groups, we've created an experience as unique as the campers who attend.
For those registering online, you will have the option to spread your payment from the time you register up to one week prior to your child's camp session starting.
Thanks to the generosity of our Annual Giving Campaign donors, scholarships are available for those who demonstrate need. All information is kept confidential. Scholarships are available for all camp programs.
Applications are available and processed through YMCA Camp Cullen's Program Coordinator. Scholarship applications are typically processed within two weeks of receipt. The application packet must include the one page application, verification of income by your most recent tax return and any other proof of income the family might have.
For more information, please download our financial assistance application. This is a simple form that explains our scholarship guidelines and requirements. Once filled out completely, the application can be faxed or mailed directly to YMCA Camp Cullen.
Please fill out this Financial Assistance Application, and email the form to camp or complete and submit your online application here.
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Lepidodactylus aureolineatus este o specie de șopârle din genul Lepidodactylus, familia Gekkonidae, descrisă de Taylor 1915. A fost clasificată de IUCN ca specie cu risc scăzut. Conform Catalogue of Life specia Lepidodactylus aureolineatus nu are subspecii cunoscute.

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体外研究 AR-42 treatment induces histone hyperacetylation and p21WAF/CIP1 overexpression, and inhibits the growth of DU-145 cells with IC50 of 0.11 μM. HDAC42 is potent in suppressing the proliferation of U87MG and PC-3 cells, in part, because of its ability to down-regulate Akt signaling. AR-42 inhibits the growth of PC-3 and LNCaP cells with IC50 of 0.48 μM and 0.3 μM, respectively. Compared to SAHA, AR-42 exhibits distinctly superior apoptogenic potency, and causes markedly greater decreases in phospho-Akt, Bcl-xL, and survivin in PC-3 cells. AR-42 treatment induces growth inhibition, cell- cycle arrest, apoptosis, and activation of caspases-3/7 in malignant mast cell lines. AR-42 treatment induces down-regulation of Kit via inhibition of Kit transcription, disassociation between Kit and heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), and up-regulation of HSP70. AR-42 treatment down-regulates the expression of p-Akt, total Akt, phosphorylated STAT3/5 (pSTAT3/5), and total STAT3/5. AR-42 potently inhibits the growth of JeKo-1, Raji, and 697 cells with IC50 of <0.61 μM. AR-42 also sensitizes CLL cells to TNF-Related Apoptosis Inducing Ligand (TRAIL), potentially through reduction of c-FLIP. AR-42 treatment also induces autophagy through downregulation of Akt/mTOR signaling and inducing ER stress in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells.
体内研究 The growth of PC-3 tumor xenografts is suppressed by 52% and 67% after treatment with AR-42 at 25 mg/kg and 50 mg/kg, respectively, whereas SAHA at 50 mg/kg suppresses growth by 31%. In contrast to mice treated with SAHA, intratumoral levels of phospho-Akt and Bcl-xL are markedly reduced in AR-42 treated mice. In the transgenic adenocarcinoma of the mouse prostate (TRAMP) model, administration of AR-42 not only decreases the severity of prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) and completely prevents its progression to poorly differentiated carcinoma, but also shifts tumorigenesis to a more differentiated phenotype, suppressing absolute and relative urogenital tract weights by 86% and 85%, respectively. AR-42 significantly reduces leukocyte counts, and prolongs survival in three separate mouse models of B-cell malignancy without evidence of toxicity.
特征 More potent than SAHA.


TABLE FOR TWO Hong Kong: Post from TFT Chef Ambassador Andrea Oschetti: "Dieting Demystified"
Post from TFT Chef Ambassador Andrea Oschetti: "Dieting Demystified"
Note from the Editor: this article first appeared in the South China Morning Post on 23 October, 2012.
Forget dieting: it slows your metabolism, reduces your lean mass and you accumulate toxins, soon enough you put back what you lost.
Forget counting calories: quality calories are full of nutrients, while poor calories increase our appetite. Cooking techniques are much more important than the calorie count, a chef can heal or poison by the way he cooks. Cook your food simply and quickly.
Forget the complexity of the commercially driven diet industry. The key principles for healthiness are few and simple. The goal of losing weight is already misplaced; you want to lose body fat, not just weight. Don't relay on scales, look at the mirror. In terms of body aesthetic, toned is beautiful, skinny is not.
There are three simple rules if you aim at losing excess body fat or maintain your ideal weight: eat well, keep the metabolism active and do physical exercise.
On eating well Michel Pollan put it as simple as one's can: "Don't eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn't recognize as food". Avoid industrial food and deep fried and you are 80% on the right track.
To focus on keeping the metabolism active is revolutionary, alas, but the most important point to lose weight sustainably. The problem with diets is they disregard the role of the metabolism and simply limit calories: our body reacts by slowing down its consumptions and make out body prone to gain weight easily. You should lose weight by eating healthy food and intelligently distribute your food throughout the day. Eat what you need, don't starve yourself. Have a rich breakfast, a balanced lunch and a light dinner. Eat within 30 minutes of when you wake up or your metabolism will slow down. Don't eat a lot in the evening or you will fuel the body's night anabolic phase, i.e accumulation of fats.
Physical exercise does not mean competing in Ironman races. It means doing regular activities that you regard as fun. Start gradually and make sure your work out is intense enough to burn energy.
My dream of ideal weight and healthiness became real in the summer of 2008 at Kamalaya, the wellness retreat in Koh Samui (www.kamalaya.com). The programme I followed at Kamalaya re-started my internal engine. Rather than working on calories intake, it focused on making my body work again. It offered a menu which is nutritious and deeply satisfying, complemented with daily herbal and anti-oxidant supplements. Karina Stewart, Kamalaya Co-Founder, explains that Kamalaya's cuisine philosophy is to "favor fad-free over fat-free; a sensible approach to dining that aims to educate and inspire guests to develop a more thoughtful and enriching relationship with food. Purists may be alarmed to find some richer dishes on the menu, like Chocolate Soufflé, but Kamalaya recognises that human nature sometimes seeks indulgence. When it comes to healthy eating, the quest for perfection can be our greatest downfall because it often leads to an all or nothing mentality where one chocolate seems little different to the entire box." I would like to share with you Kamalaya's key principles for optimizing weight loss.
Early Dinner: Eat your evening meal before 7pm; ideally start your meal at 6pm.
Carbohydrates: It is best to eat complex carbohydrates in the daytime when you are awake and moving, which is when you are most metabolically active. Try a a small serving of complex carbohydrates at either breakfast or lunch – for example, muesli at breakfast or glass noodles at lunch are good choices. Complex carbohydrates are not recommended in your evening meal or more than once a day. A light dinner with an emphasis on lean protein and vegetables is more energy efficient.
Protein: Try to eat protein with every meal to maintain a stable blood sugar throughout the day. This will help you sustain the energy levels necessary to get you through your day and most of all, it will prevent you from getting ravenously hungry and overeating.
Eat as a ritual: Turn eating into a ritual. If your body is your temple, then eating would be the ultimate act of worship. Blessing your food, giving thanks or even just taking a few deep breaths before starting your meal will calm the nervous system to work optimally.
Chew your food thoroughly: By slowing down your eating and chewing more, you will enhance your digestion and give your body time to signal when you've had enough. We recommend that you chew each mouthful 30 times, counting to yourself until this becomes a habit.
Go the soup and salad route: Eating more water based vegetables and soups will provide the hydration necessary for cellular metabolic reactions to happen as well as prevent overeating.
Fiber: Increase your intake of fiber through cooked and raw vegetables, low glycaemic grains, legumes and fruits. Bulking up fiber will minimize over eating, help with constipation, release trapped toxins, decrease absorption of fat and lower cholesterol. Additionally, increasing fiber will expedite the transit time for food through your digestive system.
Drink more Green Tea: It is a potent antioxidant, it boosts energy and strengthens the heart. Research shows that the combination of green tea and exercise targets tummy fat.
Talking about the importance of activating our metabolism, for this week's recipe I borrowed a dish from Kamalaya which features Wakame, one of the richest source of vegetable proteins vitamins and minerals. The high iodine content makes it an excellent food to support thyroid function.
Cut wakame, spring onions and cucumber into thin strips. Mix together in a bowl, season with oil, vinegar, salt and pepper.
To serve, arrange the salad in the middle of your serving plates and sprinkle with some extra sesame seeds.


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Are Indian banks and insurance companies allowed to invest outside India?
Are Indian banks and insurance companies allowed to invest outside India? Couldn't find much information on this, so any links etc will be helpful. Thanks.
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Fear is a factor that always surrounds a relationship. It is a great hurdle whose cause can sometimes be identified by a psychic tarot reading. Sometimes you try really hard to keep the relationship alive. A psychic reader can help you give direction on your decisions.
Through a tarot relationship analysis you will be able to increase your perception. It also helps with your intuition regarding love issues and personal problems. The tarot cards provide information about you and your partner, behaviour patterns of both of you and other factors which affect the relationship.
You should get a love tarot reading if you want to have success in your relationship. You should be open-minded and receptive to believe in tarot cards and their true predictions about your life as you have to have faith in the abilities of the tarot card reader.
A Love Tarot Reading Can Help!
Through a relationship reading with a gifted psychic, a person can enhance his or her perception, awareness, and intuitive nature regarding to personal love issuess.
The tarot card can provide information about you and your partner, some behavior patterns, and other factors that influence the relationship. If you want to follow a new course for the success of the relationship, getting a free tarot love reading is the first step.
If you don't believe in love tarot there is no sense in consulting with a psychic reader. As mentioned earlier, you should be open-minded and you must be receptive. You can't do these things if you don't have faith in the abilities of the reader.
Get straight to the point when asking the reader. You can also ask about the issues that you're currently dealing with. Other things that you can ask are the following – the aspects where you and your partner has to grow, the things you can do to overcome difficulties, expectations of the couple, the direction of the relationship that you must follow, and many others. With creativity, you can ask as many questions as you like. Just make sure you ask about the rate because it will tend to differ. Some psychic love readers charge by the minute or per question that you ask. To avoid surprises, you have to find out the rate.
Are You Looking for a Relationship Reading?
If you surf the web, there are lots of resources where that you can find a free love tarot reading but you have to be careful. With as few clicks away, you can get a free reading but there are actually only a few good resources, Oranum is such a one. You can always go there to ask a free question.
To get accurate love readings, you should have faith and you must focus on the questions. Soon enough, you can get the answers through a paid or free love tarot reading and use it for the improvement of your current relationship.


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About Dr. Wayne Phillips
"Better Tomorrows"
"Dr. Wayne Phillips possesses tremendous insight into a valuable area of Senior Wellness. He has spent the better portion of his adult life investigating and researching how the physical and mental well being of the fastest growing population in the world is affected by strength training. Wayne has developed the theoretical and commercialization of this concept into a package that will enhance this population in a way that is simple and comprehensive. I firmly recommend him as a visionary in the field of Senior Well Being."
-Al Schaap
Partner, B2B CFO
Dr. Phillips is an internationally known consultant, researcher, author, and speaker in the field of active, healthy aging. Over a career spanning more than 30 years, both in the US and the UK, he has worked with a range of organizations including disease management companies, senior healthcare providers, and senior residential facilities, on 'Best Practice' behavioral approaches to strength, wellness and active lifestyles for older adults. He holds an MS in Exercise Science and Physical Education from Loughborough University, UK, a Ph.D. in Exercise and Wellness from Arizona State University, AZ and is a former Post-Doctoral Fellow and Research Scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, Center for Research in Disease Prevention. He is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Exercise and Wellness at Arizona State University, a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, and a former scientific advisory board member for the International Council on Active Aging. Dr. Phillips also serves on the expert panel of a number of service provider organizations for older adults and is an "Expert Curator" for Organized Wisdom - one of the largest health based search engines on the web.
For the last 2 decades Dr. Phillips has continued to develop his work on discovering accessible and lasting pathways to active, healthy living for seniors. In pursuit of this purpose he has worked proactively and collaboratively with senior-focused organizations and healthcare providers to develop wellness and communication solutions that enable older adults to discover for themselves their "better tomorrows". As well as his extensive teaching and research experience Dr. Phillips is an advanced level Intrinsic Coach®, and facilitates the renowned Stanford Healthy Lifestyle Program. He also administers and implements the DISC Behavioral Styles Analysis System, a unique and highly effective methodology for improving wellness-related communication.
Dr. Phillips is known for his humorous and provocative speaking style, eliciting 'new thinking' from audiences about wellness and active lifestyle issues. He has presented on more than 200 occasions, both nationally and internationally, on a wide range of health and wellness topics for older adults and has published close to 100 studies in these areas.
In addition to founding ProActivAge, Dr. Phillips is also a Founding Partner of The STRIVE Wellness Corporation (www.strivealive.com), a company whose mission is to improve the functional independence and quality of life of older adults.
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Distria Krasniqi (Peć, Yugoslavia, 10 de diciembre de 1995) es una deportista kosovar que compite en judo.

Participó en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020, obteniendo una medalla de oro en la categoría de –48 kg.

Ganó dos medallas de bronce en el Campeonato Mundial de Judo, en los años 2019 y 2022, y cuatro medallas en el Campeonato Europeo de Judo entre los años 2018 y 2022.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Judokas de Kosovo
Judokas en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Medallistas olímpicos de oro de judo
Medallistas olímpicos de oro de Kosovo
Medallistas olímpicos de oro de Tokio 2020
Deportistas de Kosovo en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020


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Contractional tectonics : the Himalayan orogen and Perdido fold-thrust belt
Dian He, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow
This dissertation focuses on the kinematic evolution of two major categories of contractional tectonics: collisional orogenic belts and toe structures of passive margins, which are characterized by fold-thrust belts that are hundreds of kilometer-scale and tens of kilometer-scale, respectively. The Himalayan orogen is an excellent example of collisional orogenic belts along convergent plate boundaries. It is commonly structurally defined as three stacked units separated by two fault systems: the Main Central thrust (MCT) and South Tibet detachment (STD). The development and emplacement of the middle unit, the Himalayan crystalline core, has long been debated within the extrusion framework, a process that involves exhumation of the crystalline core to the surface. Recently, the debate has expanded to two end-member regimes: extrusion versus underplating. To determine how the crystalline core evolved, an integrated investigation was conducted, involving structural mapping, microstructural, quartz c-axis fabric, and geochronological analyses across the northern margins of two frontal klippen in the Nepal Himalaya: the Dadeldhura klippe and Kathmandu Nappe. The work suggests that the STD occurs and merges with the MCT in these two klippen. The merging of the MCT and STD requires that the crystalline core was emplaced at depth via tectonic wedging kinematics, incompatible with extrusion models. By synthesizing the Himalayan evolution history from the development and emplacement of the crystalline core to ongoing deformation, a reconstruction shows that Himalayan mountain-building processes are dominated by underplating. The Perdido fold-thrust belt is a gravity-driven toe structure in the passive margin of the Gulf of Mexico. Structural models for the Perdido fold-thrust belt are highly dependent upon the interpretation of seismic images, which commonly display wipe-out zones associated with faults. Fault interpretations in seismic wipe-out zones are commonly non-unique. Trishear, a quantitative fault-propagation folding model, was applied to an anticlinal structure in the Perdido fold-thrust belt and reproduced the fold geometry. Three dimensional kinematic evolution was reconstructed by interpolating the best-fit models of the serial cross sections. The trishear modeling indicates that the Perdido fold-thrust belt underwent ~7.5-12.5 km shortening, which could balance the landward extension of the passive margin during the same period.
He, Dian, "Contractional tectonics : the Himalayan orogen and Perdido fold-thrust belt" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 672.
Webb, Alexander


Reserva ALFAMAR BEACH RESORT (SV)HB más barato.
Set directly on the endless sandy beach of "Praia da Falésia", surrounded by pine trees. 13 km to Albufeira.
Room are all spacious and very nicely decorated and with gorgeous sea view. The rooms are spread between 7 floors that make this hotel very beautiful for the lovely position.
Restaurant offer a good selection of international and Portuguese dishes.
The hall is large very nicely decorated leading to seating areas.


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Q: "Stylesheet could not be loaded" en Firefox Me ha salido un error en Firefox a la hora de probar un sitio que estoy creando, el error dice "Stylesheet Could Not Be Loaded" y solo pasa cuando utilizo Firefox pero lo raro es que algunas partes de la hoja de estilos si carga como por ejemplo el color de fondo del footer y del main, además cuando modifico la hoja de estilos desde Firefox esta cambia, modifiqué cosas en la hoja de estilo y todo pero cuando vuelvo a ejecutar el sitio es como si los cambios nunca se hubiesen hecho, es más, también modifiqué el estilo directo desde Firefox y guardé esa hoja de estilos pero sigue sin "reconocerla" digamos, ¿alguien sabe a qué se debe esto?
Gracias.

A: Vamos por partes:

el error dice "Stylesheet Could Not Be Loaded"

Este error lo que quiere decir es que hay algún recurso que no es ha cargado correctamente. Puede ser que dentro de la hoja de css se pida un recurso externo como por ejemplo una topografía y esta no se cargue correctamente. Un motivo puede ser porque la url a la tipografía esta mal o el servidor esta caído.
Para saber esto te recomiendo abrir la ventana de desarrolladores de firefox y mirar si hay un error de algún tipo a la hora de descargar los recursos. Por ejemplo un 404.

modifiqué cosas en la hoja de estilo y todo pero cuando vuelvo a ejecutar el sitio es como si los cambios nunca se hubiesen hecho

Creo que cuando vueles a recargar la página los recursos se vuelven a descargar sobrescribiendo el cambio.

también modifiqué el estilo directo desde Firefox y guardé esa hoja de estilos pero sigue sin "reconocerla" digamos

Posiblemente sea porque firefox carga la hoja de estilos desde la cache. Busca alguna herramienta para limpiar la cache de la página.
Al no tener más datos no puedo responder de una manera más precisa. Saludos!


I am a trust worthy, honest, hard working, friendly outgoing person who does not turn away a challenge. I believe the only disability in life is a bad attitude. I hold many certifications in public records, records retention and records management. These certification allow me to be an organized agent with experience in managing all types of situations that may occur in the real estate business.
Buying a home is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. Beforehand, a buyer needs to be as informed as possible about the surrounding communities and schools. With that in mind, I have compiled information on public and private schools to help you make in informed choice. In addition, there are links to attractions in Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga counties.
For the Lake County Public Schools, you have the option of clicking on the school website link or the link for the school report card.
For the Geauga County Public Schools, you have the option of clicking on the school website link or the link for the school report card.


Edward A. Lee. "Ptango: a modular prototyping framework for distributed heterogeneous services". Talk or presentation, 20, August, 2012; Presented at NSF site visit for ActionWebs Monday, August 20, 2012.
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Q: SqlDataClient not working with using statement but works when including the full namespace I am converting a project from VB to C# and I ran into an issue with SqlClient. My classes make extensive use SqlConnection and SqlCommand. To start the conversion I created a new class library and slowly re-created all of my files in c#. I kept running into a red squiggle under SqlClient so I added it with a using statement at the top of the document, using System.Data.SqlClient; and... it didnt do anything. I still had a huge number of the following errors...

The type of namespace name 'SqlClient' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly referece?)

I clicked the lightbulb and Visual Studio recommended I replace SqlClient.SqlConnection conn = null with System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection conn = null. After replacing it it actually turned grey. I moused over it again to find

Name can be Simplified

When I select that option it deletes the entire System.Data.SqlClient string from the call and leaves me with SqlConnection conn = null
So it looks like it looks like using System.Data.SqlClient allows me to directly access SqlConnection and other methods but it wont let me reference SqlClient. I already have using System.Data; and when I type "Sql" the only autocomplete suggestion is "SqlDbType"
Where in the world is SqlClient?

A: System.Data.SqlClient is a namespace, not an actual type. You can add the using System.Data.SqlClient; statement at the top of your code and then reference the public (exported) types that are grouped in that namespace directly without having to prefix the namespace to the type. In a nutshell namespaces are a way to organize/group types to avoid name collisions and allow for type organization.

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*See Understanding and Using Assemblies and Namespaces in .NET

*See SqlConnection
Example1 - using statement
using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace MyNamespace {
    public class MyClass {
        public void TestMethod(){
            SqlConnection myConnection = null; // no need for a namespace prefix
            System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection myConnection2 = null; // this is ok too, the namespace is redundant but that is fine
        }
    }
}

Example 2 - no using statement
// using System.Data.SqlClient; // no using statement

namespace MyNamespace {
    public class MyClass {
        public void TestMethod(){
            // SqlConnection myConnection = null; // this line would not compile if you remove the comment because the compiler cannot find a global type SqlConnection
            System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection myConnection2 = null; // you need a namespace because there is no using statement at the top so no shortcuts
        }
    }
}

A: In VB.NET, you can "import" a parent namespace and reference variables using the inner namespace:
Foo.vb:
Namespace Outer
    Namespace Inner
        Public Class Foo
        End Class
    End Namespace
End Namespace

Program.vb:
Imports Outer

Public Class Program
    Dim f As Inner.Foo
End Class

However, in C#, you can't do this - you have to either put a using at the top with the full namespace, or fully qualify the type in the code:
using Outer.Inner;

public class Program {
    Foo foo;
}

or
public class Program {
    Outer.Inner.Foo foo;
}

The exception in C# would be if you are in your own namespace, you can use relative namespaces:
Foo.cs
namespace Outer {
    namespace Inner {
        public class Foo { }
    }
}

Program.cs
namespace Outer { // Or this could even be Outer.SomethingElse
    public class Program {
        Inner.Foo foo;
    }
}


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# --description--

Ви можете створити більш складний компонент, що зберігає стан, комбінуючи поняття, розглянуті раніше. Вони включають ініціалізацію `state`, методи запису, які встановлюють `state`, та призначення обробників кліків для запуску цих методів.

# --instructions--

Компонент `Counter` відстежує значення `count` в `state`. Існує дві кнопки для виклику методів `increment()` та `decrement()`. Напишіть ці методи так, щоб значення лічильника було збільшено або зменшено на 1 при натисканні відповідної кнопки. Крім того, створіть метод `reset()` так, щоб при натисканні кнопки рахунок дорівнював 0.

**Примітка:** Переконайтеся, що ви не змінили `className` кнопок. Також не забудьте додати необхідні прив'язки для новостворених методів в конструктор.

# --hints--

`Counter` повинен повертатися як елемент `div`, який містить три кнопки з текстовим вмістом у такому порядку: `Increment!`, `Decrement!`, `Reset`.

```js
assert(
  (() => {
    const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(Counter));
    return (
      mockedComponent.find('.inc').text() === 'Increment!' &&
      mockedComponent.find('.dec').text() === 'Decrement!' &&
      mockedComponent.find('.reset').text() === 'Reset'
    );
  })()
);
```

Стан `Counter` має ініціалізуватись за допомогою властивості `count` з заданим значенням `0`.

```js
const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(Counter));
assert(mockedComponent.find('h1').text() === 'Current Count: 0');
```

Після натискання кнопки збільшення, рахунок має збільшитись на `1`.

```js
const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(Counter));
mockedComponent.find('.inc').simulate('click');
assert(mockedComponent.find('h1').text() === 'Current Count: 1');
```

Після натискання кнопки зменшення, рахунок має зменшитись на `1`.

```js
const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(Counter));
mockedComponent.find('.dec').simulate('click');
assert(mockedComponent.find('h1').text() === 'Current Count: -1');
```

Після натискання кнопки перезапуску рахунок дорівнюватиме `0`.

```js
const mockedComponent = Enzyme.mount(React.createElement(Counter));
mockedComponent.setState({ count: 5 });
const currentCountElement = mockedComponent.find('h1');
assert(currentCountElement.text() === 'Current Count: 5');
mockedComponent.find('.reset').simulate('click');
assert(currentCountElement.text() === 'Current Count: 0');
```

# --seed--

## --after-user-code--

```jsx
ReactDOM.render(<Counter />, document.getElementById('root'))
```

## --seed-contents--

```jsx
class Counter extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      count: 0
    };
    // Change code below this line

    // Change code above this line
  }
  // Change code below this line

  // Change code above this line
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <button className='inc' onClick={this.increment}>Increment!</button>
        <button className='dec' onClick={this.decrement}>Decrement!</button>
        <button className='reset' onClick={this.reset}>Reset</button>
        <h1>Current Count: {this.state.count}</h1>
      </div>
    );
  }
};
```

# --solutions--

```jsx
class Counter extends React.Component {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      count: 0
    };
  this.increment = this.increment.bind(this);
 this.decrement = this.decrement.bind(this);
 this.reset = this.reset.bind(this);
 }
  reset() {
    this.setState({
      count: 0
    });
  }
  increment() {
    this.setState(state => ({
      count: state.count + 1
    }));
  }
  decrement() {
    this.setState(state => ({
      count: state.count - 1
    }));
  }
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <button className='inc' onClick={this.increment}>Increment!</button>
        <button className='dec' onClick={this.decrement}>Decrement!</button>
        <button className='reset' onClick={this.reset}>Reset</button>
        <h1>Current Count: {this.state.count}</h1>
      </div>
    );
  }
};
```


The Christmas party season could be starting a little early this year. Neptune has us all in its slippery grip this week, so it won't take much to overdo the celebrating and end up a little worse for wear. A bit too much good living is one thing – a painkiller and a good night's sleep will fix the problem – but buying into a situation that is not quite what it seems could have painful consequences of an altogether different nature. Love and relationships could be subject to the sudden and the unexpected whether you are bowled over by someone new or events impact a long-term union raising the prospect of the end of a beautiful friendship.


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Suspended CCSU Football Players Facing Breach Of Peace Charges Following Off-Campus Party
By Desmond Conner
Starting quarterback Jacob Dolegala and backup center David Cinti have been suspended by head coach Pete Rossomando and will not play in the program's first ever FCS playoff game at New Hampshire Saturday
Two Central Connecticut State football players face second-degree breach of peace charges following an off-campus party Saturday night that continued into early Sunday morning.
Blue Devils starting quarterback Jacob Dolegala and reserve offensive lineman Dave Cinti were two of four residents at 1497 Stanley St. in New Britain issued misdemeanor summons, according to police. The two players were suspended by head coach Pete Rossomando for the upcoming Football Championship Series playoff game against the University of New Hampshire Saturday, but it was unclear at the time of the suspension what led to the discipline.
Two CCSU Football Players Suspended For Team's First Ever FCS Playoff Game
Quarterback Jacob Dolegala and offensive lineman David Cinti were both suspended one game for "violation of team policy," according to a statement from the school.
"We're on extra patrols because off-campus behavior, quality of life issues … the university has made a commitment with the city of New Britain that we're going to work collaboratively with them to try to cut down on off-campus parties and loud disturbances," CCSU campus police Sgt. Jerry Erwin said Tuesday. "Sgt. [Ramon] Baez was going by 1497 Stanley St. and there was a large gathering, at which point we both went in to talk to the residents and cleared out the house, and the four [leasers] were charged with breach of peace, second degree, which is standard for them basically hosting a party."
"The key is to get everyone out of the house, making sure nobody is in any type of need of medical care or whatever, and then they were cited with breach of peace second degree," Erwin said. "They were not taken into custody. They were just issued summonses that they'll have to go to court."
Rossomando would not comment on the event over the weekend, but on Monday night he told The Courant: "We have a certain set of standards we hold our players accountable to and unfortunately these two men did not live up to those. We had to unfortunately suspend them and we're going to have to play this week without them."
The 8-3 Blue Devils are 6-0 in the Northeast Conference and are the first team to go undefeated in conference play since 2008. They also won a program-record eight straight games after starting the season 0-3.
Left-handed sophomore Tanner Kingsley of Beacon Falls will start in place of Dolegala.
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still i can not receive email, it simply keeps asking me for the password and user name three times and than tells me i got rejected hmmm…whats wrong?
How can i install a certificate on my Samsung E250??? Ive downloaded the Gmail app on my phone. It opens up beautifully. I enter my login details. It then loads and then complains about a certificate error which prevents me from using the gmail app. NEEP HELP PLZ!!!
It is really unbeliavable that Nokia, Equifax and Google have put their users to such hassle and security risk.
Thanks for this great tip and people, you better contact Equifax to get a "der" root certificate rather than becoming ultra paranoid if you download it from third party.
My nokia 6288 can not access my Gmail. It say that my certificates are invalid. What do I do?
When I download items with opera mini, my phone says it does not know how to place the download and thats after consuming my bundle. Someone help. Use a simple language please I do not understand those complex jargons.
wow! who would think my nokia 9300 would get revamped to a gmail pop reader? thanks to your certificate. the certificate manager ate it like it was a yummy icecream! thx!
thanks guys for all these post. my greatest problem of certificate prompt on 9300 has been solved simply by downloading a thawte CA cert. and change the pop server of my gmail tp google mail instead of gmail.
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Does the author know the root certificate required to connect to pop.att.yahoo.com ?


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Ironmongery experts celebrated at industry awards
Dedicated industry professionals and promising newcomers within the door hardware industry were recognised at the annual IAI awards ceremony on 23 February.
The IAI Fellowship Award is given to an individual who has shown a longstanding and ongoing commitment to the IAI over at least 10 years, and who is still actively involved within the industry and Institute. This year's winner was Mario Del-Signore, director of CES UK and the current treasurer of the GAI.
Mario started as a committee member for the IAI South East branch before becoming branch chair. He went on to become vice chair of the IAI, and then served as chairman from 2015 to 2018. During his time as chair, Mario helped to develop the ongoing One Future Vision initiative, has been a strong voice for the Institute at Executive level and has been a tremendous support to our overseas branches.
The Paul Lewis Award for Customer Service is given to an individual, group or company that has made an outstanding commitment to customer services throughout the year.
Karen Nelson, business development manager at HOPPE (UK) and chair of the IAI Midlands branch, won the award after being nominated by one of her customers for her technical and product support.
The GAI Award for Services to the Institute is awarded to a current IAI member who has made a recent and visible contribution at branch level.
This year's winner was Michael Spoors, managing director of Norseal and recently stepped down as branch chair of the IAI South East branch. He is also a member of the Education Committee and the CPD working party. Michael was nominated for his passion for promoting the IAI and helping to develop members of both his branch, and the wider Institute members.
The Promising Ironmonger of the Year award went to Cameron Parry, sales advisor at Locks & Fittings Ltd.This award is given to the brightest ironmongers in the early stages of their careers.
Cameron has impressed fellow Institute members with his dedication to learning the industry at such a young age. He completed the third year of the GAI Diploma at just 18, and is now working towards his RegAI status.
Jo Milne-Rowe, chair of the IAI, said;
"Each year, the awards highlight the commitment of our Institute members. The Institute relies on its members to keep supporting their branches and spreading the message about the benefits of being a part of the ironmongery community.
"It's important that we continue to learn and grow as professionals to keep giving customers high quality advice, and that we support each other as we continue our personal and professional development."
The IAI Awards were held on the 23 February at the Park Royal hotel, Warrington. The awards were given at a dinner following the Institute's AGM, an event that also included a test demonstration at the UL testing lab and CPD opportunities for Institute members.


Yes, I think I have made it obvious by now how much I love the 70s- the music and especially the fashion. When I first saw these shoes in Forrest Gump, I was about 7 or 8 years old and something about them got me hooked. Yes, I loved it when Jenny gave them to Forrest and the love that they had, but at that age, the actual shoe was really what I was paying attention to. It took me many years, until they made a comeback recently, to get my hands on them. Just like me, so many people have loved them too and turned these originally running shoes into iconic streetstyle must haves. The Nike Cortez are a perfect mix of vintage and modernity, of old school but still very much something we would easily wear today. Below are some shots of my favorite pair in the iconic red, white and blue and other of my favorite color combinations are below as well!
Love these as much as I do? Let me know how you like to style them below!
Creo que lo he hecho bastante obvio el amor que tengo por todo lo que se relacione a los 70s- desde la música a la moda. Cuando vi los zapatos Nike Cortez por primera vez fué cuando tenia unos 7-8 años y en la pelicula "Forrest Gump". Si, me gustaba el amor de Forrest por Jenny y la parte cuando ella le entrega los zapatos. Sin embargo a esa edad poco me importaba el amor, pero siempre me ha importado la moda. Vi los zapatos y por siempre quedé flechada. Cuando vi que habían vuelto, supe que los tenia que tener. En los 70s eran zapatos de correr pero porque tanta gente amó el estilo vintage pero también muy moderno de ellos, es que ahora son extremadamente populares para los amantes de la moda y lo incorporan tanto en sus looks de streetstyle. Abajo les dejo mis combinaciones favoritas de este zapato y también algunas fotos de los míos en la combinación icónica de rojo, blanco y azul!
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Updated 6 February, 2016 - 03:49 dhwty
Weird Witch Bottles, Historic Efforts to Ward Off Evil Spells and Witchcraft
Witch bottles (known also as 'spell bottles') are apotropaic devices (things believed to have the power to avert evil influences). These objects are believed to protect their owners from the negative effects of witchcraft. The belief in evil and malevolent forces went hand in hand with the efforts to counter these threats. In Early Modern Europe and North America, the centuries old belief in the powers of witchcraft was very real.
Over time, people devised various ways of protecting themselves against witches, most notably through witch hunts. Witch bottles were also a way of protecting oneself against witches, and they become popular during the 16th and 17th centuries. Interestingly, the available evidence suggests that usage of this device was popular in England and North America, but not in other parts of Europe.
Choosing a Witch Bottle
Normally, glass bottles with lids would be used to make the witch bottles. Another common type of bottle used to make these apotropaic devices was a stoneware container known as bellarmine jugs (known also as bartmann jugs).
These vessels may have been named after Robert Cardinal Bellarmino, a Catholic Inquisitor who played an important role in the Counter-Reformation. The bottles can be easily identified as they are customarily adorned with the figure of a bearded man. It has been suggested that due to the depiction of this fearsome Inquisitor on such vessels, the bellarmine jugs were often used to make witch bottles.
Bartmann Jug, 1525-50, Germany, Cologne (Victoria and Albert Museum) ( CC BY-2.0 UK )
Contents of the Bottle
The bottles, however, were not as important as their contents. Based on witch bottles that have been discovered, it has been reported that the contents of witch bottles usually varied from one bottle to another. It has been suggested that this is likely due to the fact that the contents of a witch bottle were determined based on the kind of spell its creator thought had been cast on him / her. It has been established that one of the most common components of witch bottles is human urine.
People believed that by preparing a potion through boiling, they would be able to turn a witch's spell back at her. Thus, a person with bladder / urinary problem would boil his / her own urine, as it was believed that not only would a spell be cast back on the witch, but that person's problems would cause her suffering as well. Additionally, pins and nails were occasionally thrown into the urine to cause more pain to the witch.
A Bellarmine jug, a type of vessel commonly used to make witch bottles. ( Public Domain )
There are a variety of objects that have been found inside witch bottles. The contents of a 17th century witch bottle unearthed in Greenwich, London, in 2004 is found to have included "human urine, brimstone, 12 iron nails, eight brass pins, hair, possible navel fluff, a piece of heart-shaped leather pierced by a bent nail, and 10 fingernail clippings." Further analysis of the urine is said to have revealed that it had come from a smoker, as "cotinine, a metabolite of nicotine" was found in it, whilst the nail clippings, which appeared to be "quite manicured", suggests that it had belonged to someone of "some social standing".
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Early 19th-century witch bottle from Lincolnshire, England. (CC BY 2.0 )
Witch bottles were not only created to punish witches who casted evil spells on a person, but were also used to prevent spells from harming a person in the first place. These are said to have been normally buried upside down beneath hearths or doorways.
One example of such a protective witch bottle is a 17th century green glass vessel that was unearthed in Newark in 2014. Alternatively, they could also be carried around as amulets. Such protective witch bottles would typically contain sharp, rusty items, such as nails, pins and razor blades, as these are believed to be able to deflect evil spells and bad luck. Other ingredients, taken from websites showing how to make the bottles today, include salt, red wine, red string / ribbon, various herbs, and, of course, human urine.
Many people put great efforts into protecting themselves from the evil spells and curses of witches, and witch bottles provided one of the less violent means for personal defense.
Featured image: From Mal Corvus Witchcraft & Folklore artifact private collection owned by Malcolm Lidbury. Photo source: ( CC BY-SA 3.0 )
By Wu Mingren
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Wu Mingren ('Dhwty') has a Bachelor of Arts in Ancient History and Archaeology. Although his primary interest is in the ancient civilizations of the Near East, he is also interested in other geographical regions, as well as other time periods.... Read More
luvartifacts1 wrote on 9 February, 2017 - 13:57
A remarkably educational and fascinating article.
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Karen Medcoff wrote on 6 February, 2016 - 05:53
one of the most powerful ingredients for female witch's was moon blood/menses
4 October, 2022 - 01:53 Natalia Klimczak
The Spellbinding Story of Circe, Goddess of Magic in Greek Mythology
Circe is a complex character within Greek mythology. Feared and desired in equal measure, Circe was a goddess of magic, and even today she continues to be one of the most enchanting and deadly...
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18 August, 2022 - 01:59 Robbie Mitchell
The Lamia of Ancient Greek Mythology: The Original Bogeyman
Ancient Greek mythology is absolutely full of things that go bump in the night. It's one of the many reasons Greek mythology is still so popular today. How many films, novels, and video games take...
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3 August, 2022 - 18:52 Sahir
Last Salem Witch Has Been Exonerated Posthumously By Boston Court
It's not just something one can bury in the recesses of history because even today many cultures across the world accuse women of practicing black magic and witchcraft. And women accused of this...
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11 June, 2022 - 18:39 Mark Brophy
The Cringeworthy Reason Witches are Shown Riding Broomsticks
What comes to mind when you think of a witch? For most people, the first image that comes to mind is of a witch flying through the night sky on a broomstick. Ever wondered why witches have been...
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2 December, 2021 - 00:48 Natalia Klimczak
Victims of Arrogance and Cruelty: The Pendle Witch Trials of 1612
Witch trials are among some of the cruelest events in European history. Thousands of innocent women were murdered by people who provided fake accusations. In England, one of the most famous witch...
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18 July, 2021 - 22:47 Bipin Dimri
Who Was La Voisin? France's Socialite Poisoner For Hire
In a darkened room stands a 40-year-old woman named Catherine Monvoisin. Her figure is lit only by torches held by the faceless men standing in front of her, men who are sentencing her to death by...
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After a decade of defeats, NDP's Andrea Horwath still 'just good enough'
This weekend, Horwath will be held to account at a party convention and leadership review to decide whether she takes the party into her fourth provincial campaign. But after 10 years in the job, Horwath-mania has yet to gain momentum, Martin Regg Cohn writes.
By Martin Regg CohnOntario Politics Columnist
Wed., June 12, 2019timer4 min. read
Officially, they are the official opposition.
In reality, Andrea Horwath's New Democrats are punching — and polling — well below their weight.
This weekend, Horwath will be held to account at an NDP convention and leadership review to decide whether she takes the party into her fourth provincial campaign, expected in 2022. After 10 years in the job, Horwath may be the longest-serving major party leader in Canada today — enduring if not always endearing to voters.
In the daily question period, the NDP leader still reads methodically from her notes when speaking, despite her decade of experience. In the media, Horwath is often overshadowed by her Liberal and Green party rivals.
With Premier Doug Ford's Tories tumbling, the NDP would seem well placed to profit from PC unpopularity. Yet Horwath's New Democrats appear unable to gain traction at a time of widespread political discontent, a year after they claimed second place in the "change" election that brought Ford to power.
Surprisingly, one poll last month showed the battered Liberal party has vaulted from a distant third place into the lead, with the NDP languishing well back alongside the wounded Tories. In other surveys, the NDP is roughly tied with the Liberals and Tories and unable to break out, while the last-place Greens are gaining fresh support.
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Despite their current limbo, Horwath will boast Saturday that she won 40 seats in the 2018 election and achieved the prestige of official opposition status. But delegates know well that she benefited from public contempt for Kathleen Wynne's Liberals and lingering distrust of Ford — a perfect storm that yielded a high-water mark, possibly never to be repeated.
Unlike ex-PC leader Tim Hudak — who was also elected party leader in 2009, but bowed out after his second election defeat in 2014 — Horwath is a survivor. She seems assured of a healthy endorsement from loyal New Democrats on Saturday, as in previous party conventions.
In truth, however, Saturday's vote means everything and nothing — for behind even the most auspicious review a revolt may be brewing. Tom Mulcair can attest to the risks, having lost a dramatic post-election review in 2016; but even a splendid victory is no assurance of success, as ex-PQ leader Pauline Marois discovered in 2011 after winning her review by 93 per cent only to be deposed months later by her disaffected caucus.
Beyond securing her anticlimactic convention vote from delegates, the bigger challenge for Horwath is how to resonate with voters at large.
She has long enjoyed high favourability ratings compared to, say, Ford, Wynne and Hudak — largely because she had fewer negatives (or more precisely, because she was the least well known). Now, however, Ontario has a new Mr. Congeniality in Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, whose folksy manner and passionate environmentalism are eclipsing Horwath's persona.
In between elections, the NDP is typically the beneficiary of public discontent as disaffected voters "park" their support while straying from the Liberals or Tories. Today, it is the Green party that is swelling in support, both federally and provincially, as voters mull their options — turning the NDP into a no-parking zone.
Despite the seeming stall and fall in NDP fortunes, Horwath insists she is gravitating to government, pointing to stronger fundraising and a disciplined caucus that is poised for power after years of Liberal and PC blunders:
"Our party's never been in better shape," she told reporters this month. "I'm looking ahead to government."
Horwath's challenge, however, is not just predicting her own march to power, but making it happen. Over her 10 years as leader, she has yet to make her mark.
She led a disastrous campaign in 2014 — giving up the balance of power in a Liberal minority government by allowing Wynne to outflank her on the left. She presided over the party's strong recovery in the 2018 election, but failed to make the most of Ford's errors (while making a few of her own — standing by wayward candidates and insisting she'd never end a long-running York University strike).
To this day, Horwath seems unable to forge a strong connection with Ontarians. Few people line up for selfies at her events, there is little visible camaraderie with her fellow MPPs onstage (she rarely shares the microphone), no inspirational rhetoric to lift up her audiences beyond putting down her rivals (teleprompters don't do the trick).
After a decade of defeats, for better or for worse, Horwath seems just good enough. Perhaps the NDP will be lucky again with an unpopular new Liberal leader (to be chosen next March) and an unelectable PC premier in 2022.
Over the past 10 years, however, Horwath-mania has yet to gain momentum. The NDP has three years left to get it going.
Martin Regg Cohn is a columnist based in Toronto covering Ontario politics. Follow him on Twitter: @reggcohn
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Het Stoppeldijkse veer is een voormalige veerdienst over het Hellegat.

De veerdienst verbond de buurtschappen Stoppeldijkveer en Zaamslagveer en heeft bestaan van 1650-1819. Tegenwoordig loopt de Rijksweg 61 over het traject, waar nu de Willem III polder ligt.

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