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8 Best Movies Like Beast of Burden (2018)
If you enjoyed Beast of Burden we recommend 8 similar movies: Den of Thieves, Thumper, Death Wish, Sully, Imperium, Non-Stop, Stolen, Flight
Den of Thieves (2018)
Genre Action, Thriller, Drama, crime, detective
Cast Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Director Christian Gudegast
It follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff's Dept. and the state's most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank.
Thumper (2017)
Genre Thriller, Drama, crime
Cast Eliza Taylor, Pablo Schreiber, Lena Headey
Director Jordan Ross
In a town of low-income and fractured families, a group of teens are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives who hides a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.
Death Wish (2017)
Genre Action, Thriller, crime
Cast Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue
Director Eli Roth
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act. Dr. Paul Kersey is a surgeon who often sees the consequences of the city's violence in the emergency room. When home intruders brutally attack his wife and young daughter, Kersey becomes obsessed with delivering vigilante justice to the perpetrators. As the anonymous slayings grab the media's attention, the public begins to wonder if the deadly avenger is a guardian angel -- or the Grim Reaper itself.
Genre Drama, biography
Cast Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Valerie Mahaffey
Director Clint Eastwood
On Thursday, January 15th, 2009, the world witnessed the "Miracle on the Hudson" when Captain Chesley Sullenberger, nicknamed "Sully", glided his disabled plane onto the frigid waters of the Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155 aboard. However, even as Sully was being heralded by the public and the media for his unprecedented feat of aviation skill, an investigation was unfolding that threatened to destroy his reputation and his career.
Imperium (2016)
Cast Daniel Radcliffe, Toni Collette, Tracy Letts
Director Daniel Ragussis
An FBI agent goes under cover to disrupt a local terrorist group's effort to make a dirty bomb. Based on a true story.
Non-Stop (2014)
Genre detective, Thriller, Action
Country United Kingdom, France, USA
Cast Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Michelle Dockery
Director Jaume Collet-Serra
Alcoholic and world-weary, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks (Liam Neeson) lost his passion for his work long ago. Even though lives are potentially at stake during every flight, he sees the assignment as just a desk job. However, his "ordinary day at the office" becomes a high-stakes crisis during a flight to London. Marks receives a series of text messages demanding that he instruct the airline to transfer $150 million into an offshore account, or a passenger will die every 20 minutes.
Genre Action, Thriller, Drama, crime
Cast Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston
Director Simon West
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Flight (2012)
Genre Thriller, Drama
Cast Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Bruce Greenwood
Director Robert Zemeckis
Capt. Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington) is an airline pilot who saves a commercial flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
Movies about Pilots
Aviation Movies
Kidnapping Movies


Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) joined Vice President Mike Pence and President Trump in Miami, Florida Friday to unveil the White House's new Cuba policy.
Well, the president was on hand to explain just some of the ways he intends to empower the people of Cuba, starting by canceling many of the provisions in the Obama administration's "one-sided" deal with the Castro regime.
"With God's help, a free Cuba is what we will soon achieve," he added.
President Trump proceeded to do what his predecessor failed to so many times – expose communism for the failure it is.
"Now that I am president we will expose the crimes of the Castro regime," he promised.
He wasn't finished. The president demanded that Castro stop harboring fugitives and criminals like Joanne Chesimard, who escaped from prison in 1979 and has been hiding in Cuba ever since gaining political asylum in 1984.
Trump finished his remarks, and went to a nearby table to sign the new contract.
"America will expose the crimes of the Castro regime and stand with the Cuban people in their struggle for freedom," he said.
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A escala de depressão de Beck ou inventário de depressão de Beck (Beck Depression Inventory, BDI, BDI-II), criada por Aaron Beck, consiste em um questionário de auto-relato com 21 itens de múltipla escolha. É um dos instrumentos mais utilizados para medir a severidade de episódios depressivos. Seu desenvolvimento marcou uma mudança entre os profissionais de saúde mental, que até então entendiam a depressão em uma perspectiva psicodinâmica, ao invés de enraizada nos próprios pensamentos dos pacientes (cognição).

Na sua versão atual, o questionário é desenhado para pacientes acima de 13 anos de idade e é composto de diversos itens relacionados aos sintomas depressivos como desesperança, irritabilidade e cognições como culpa ou sentimentos de estar sendo punido, assim como sintomas físicos como fadiga, perda de peso e diminuição da libido.

Existem três versões da escala: a BDI original, publicada em 1961 e revisada em 1978; a BDI-1A; e a BDI-II, publicada em 1996. A escala é largamente utilizada como ferramenta para medida por profissionais de saúde e pesquisadores em uma variedade de contextos clínicos e de pesquisa.

Desenvolvimento e história

Historicamente, a depressão era descrita em termos psicodinâmicos como "hostilidade invertida contra si mesmo". A BDI, entretanto, foi desenvolvida em um novo modelo: coletando as descrições textuais de pacientes sobre seus sintomas e utilizando estes termos para estruturar uma escala que refletisse a intensidade e severidade de um dado sintoma.

Durante seu trabalho, Beck chamou atenção à importância de "cognições negativas": pensamentos negativos persistentes, imprecisos e intrusivos sobre o self. Beck acreditava que estas cognições "causavam" a depressão, ao invés de serem gerados pelo quadro depressivo.

Beck desenvolveu uma tríade de cognições negativas sobre o mundo, o futuro e o self, que têm grande papel no desenvolvimento de um quadro depressivo. Um exemplo da tríade  retirado de Brown (1995) é o caso do estudante que obtinha maus resultados nos exames:
 O estudante apresenta pensamentos negativos sobre o mundo, assim ele passa a acreditar que não gosta das aulas.
 O estudante apresenta pensamentos negativos sobre seu futuro, pois pensa que não será aprovado na disciplina.
 O estudante apresenta pensamentos negativos sobre si mesmo, já acredita que não merece estar na faculdade.

O desenvolvimento da BDI reflete estes problemas na sua estrutura, com itens como "Eu perdi todo o interesse em outras pessoas" para refletir o mundo, "Eu me sinto desencorajado sobre o futuro", para refletir o futuro, e "Eu me culpo por tudo de ruim que acontece" para refletir o self. A visão da doença depressiva como mantida por cognições negativas intrusivas tem particular aplicação na terapia cognitivo comportamental, que busca desafiar e neutralizá-las através de técnicas como a reestruturação cognitiva.

BDI

A BDI original, publicada em 1961 consistia de 21 questões sobre como o indivíduo se sentiu na última semana. Cada questão apresentava pelo menos quatro possibilidade de respostas, que variavam em intensidade. Como exemplo:

 (0) Eu não me sinto triste
 (1) Eu me sinto triste
 (2) Eu me sinto triste todo o tempo e não consigo sair desta situação
 (3) Eu me sinto tão triste ou infeliz que não consigo suportar

Para avaliar o resultado, um valor de 0 a 3 é determinado para cada resposta e o resultado final é comparado a uma chave para determinar a severidade do quadro depressivo. Os valores básicos são: 0-9 indicam que o indivíduo não está deprimido, 10-18 indicam depressão leve a moderada, 19-29 indicam depressão moderada a severa e 30-63 indicam depressão severa. Valores maiores indicam maior severidade dos sintomas depressivos.

BDI-IA

A BDI-IA consistia em uma revisão do instrumento original, desenvolvida por BECK  na década de 1970 e registrada em 1978. Para facilitar o uso, Beck retirou itens com a mesma pontuação e os indivíduos passaram a responder sobre a qualidade do seu humor nas duas últimas semanas antes da entrevista. . A consistência interna da BDI-IA era boa, com um coeficiente alfa de Cronbach por volta de 0.85, o que significa que os itens do inventório são fortemente correlacionados uns aos outros.

Entretanto, esta versão ainda apresentava algumas falhas: a BDI-IA apenas lidava com seis dos nove critérios para depressão do DSM-III. Estes e outros problemas foram tratados na BDI-II.

BDI-II

A BDI-II é resultado da revisão realizada em 1996, desenvolvida em resposta à publicação da quarta edição do Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders pela American Psychiatric Association's, que alterou muitos dos critérios diagnósticos do Transtorno Depressivo.

Itens que envolviam mudanças em imagem corporal, hipocondria e difuldade para trabalhar foram substituídos. Itens sobre sono e apetite foram revisados para medir tanto aumento quanto redução dos mesmos. Apenas três itens permaneceram os mesmos: itens sobre sensação de estar sendo punido, pensamentos suicidas e interesse sexual.

Assim como a BDI, a BDI-II também contém 21 questões e cada resposta recebeu um valor de 0-3. As categorias utilizadas diferem da original: 0-13 depressão mínima, 14-19 depressão leve, 20-28 depressão moderada e 29-63 depressão severa.

Uma outra forma de avaliar a utilidade de um instrumento é notando-se quão perto suas medidas estão em sintonia com instrumentos similares, que foram validados contra entrevistas clínicas realizadas por clínicos treinados. A este respeito, a BDI-II é positivamente correlacionada com a Escala de Depressão de Hamilton com  Pearson r de 0,71, indicando boa concordância. O teste também demonstrou ter alta confiabilidade teste-reteste com uma semana de intervalo (r de Pearson = 0,93), o que sugere que não é extremamente sensível a mudanças diárias no humor. O teste também demonstrou ter alta consistência interna (α=.91).

Abordagem bifatorial da depressão

A depressão pode ser entendida como tendo dois componentes: o componente afetivo (humor) e o componente físico ou "somatico" (por exemplo, perda de apetite). A BDI-II reflete esta abordagem e pode ser divida em duas subescalas. O propósito destas subescalas é determinar a causa primária da depressão do paciente.

A subescala afetiva contém oito itens: pessimismo, perdas passadas, sentimentos de culpa, sentimentos de punição, auto-desprezo, autocrítica, pensamentos ou desejos suicidas e pensamentos de desvalor. A subescala somática consiste de outros treze itens: tristeza, alterações no apetite, perda de prazer, choro, agitação, perda de interesse, cansaço ou fatiga, indecisão, perda de energia, alterações nos padrões de sono, irritabilidade, dificuldades de concentração e diminuição da libido. As duas subescalas são moderadamente correlacionadas a 0.57, o que sugere que os aspectos físicos e psicológicos da depressão são relacionados ao invés de completamente distintos.

Impacto

O desenvolvimento da BDI foi um importante evento em psiquiatria e psicologia. Ela representou a mudança na visão da depressão entre os profissionais de saúde de uma abordagem freudiana e psicodinâmica para uma guiada pelos pensamentos ou cognições do paciente. A escala também estabeleceu o princípio de que ao invés de se tentar desenvolver uma medida psicométrica baseada em uma teoria possivelmente inválida, questionários de auto-relato, quando analisados através de técnicas como análise fatorial podem sugerir construtos teoréticos.

A BDI foi originalmente desenvolvida para garantir medida quantitativa da intensidade do quadro depressivo. Como foi desenhada para refletir o grau de depressão, ela pode ser utilizada para monitorizar mudanças e prover medidas objetivas para julgar melhora ou efetividade de métodos de tratamento. O instrumento continua a ser largamente utilizado em pesquisa e em 1998 já tinha sido utilizada em mais de 2000 estudos.

A escala foi traduzida e validada em múltiplas línguas,

Limitações

A BDI sofre o mesmo problema de outros inventórios ou escalas de auto-relato, nos quais os resultados podem ser facilmente exagerados ou minimizados pelo indivíduo que as completa. Assim como os demais questionários, a forma na qual o instrumento é administrado pode causar um efeito no resultado final. Se a um paciente é solicitado que complete a escala em frente de outras pessoas em um ambiente clínico, por exemplo, expectativas sociais podem suscitar uma resposta diferente quando comparados a administração através dos correios.

Em respondentes com quadros físicos associados, o peso da BDI em sintomas físicos como fatiga, por exemplo, pode artificialmente inflacionar os resultados devido a sintomas físicos de doenças, ao invés de depressivos. Em uma tentativa de lidar com este problema, Beck e colegas desenvolveram a "Beck Depression Inventory for Primary Care" (BDI-PC), uma curta escala de rastreio que consiste em sete ítens da BDI-II considerados independentes da função física.
Diferentemente da BDI, a BDI-PC produz apenas o resultado binário de "sem depressão" ou "deprimido" para pacientes que pontuam acima de 4.

Embora desenhada como um instrumento de rastreio e não como ferramenta diagnóstica, a BDI pode ser ocasionalmente utilizada por profissionais de saúde para obter um rápido diagnóstico.

Notas

Leia também

 Beck A.T. (1988). "Beck Hopelessness Scale." Harcourt Assessment|The Psychological Corporation.
 Craven J.L., Rodin G.M., Littlefield C. (1988). "The Beck Depression Inventory as a screening device for major depression in Dialysis|renal dialysis patients". Int J Psychiatry Med 18: 365-374

Ligações externas
 Beck Depression Inventory - Original scientific paper published in 1961
 Publisher's page
 A list of psychiatric rating scales for depression from Neurotransmitter.net
 Escala de depressão de Beck - Teste online

Testes psicológicos
Psicometria
Transtornos do humor
Depressão

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David Crosby, Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder, dies at 81
By KCAL-News Staff
Updated on: January 19, 2023 / 6:29 PM / KCAL News
Music legend David Crosby dies at 81
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Singer-songwriter-guitarist David Crosby has died at age 81.
Crosby was a founding member of two popular and enormously influential '60s rock units, the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash (later Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young).
David Crosby attends the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for The Recording Academy
His wife confirmed his death in a statement to Variety on Thursday. Later, his publicist confirmed the musician's death to CBS News.
"It is with great sadness after a long illness, that our beloved David (Croz) Crosby has passed away. He was lovingly surrounded by his wife and soulmate Jan and son Django," the statement said. "His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music. Peace, love, and harmony to all who knew David and those he touched. We will miss him dearly."
Crosby was influential in Los Angeles' Laurel Canyon music scene, with his band the Byrds featured in the documentary "Echo in the Canyon."
"A really integral part of this really 'happening' L.A. music scene that has been going on for a long time," KRTH morning host Gary Bryan said. "Really picked up speed in the mid-60s and went right through the 70s."
In 2014, the two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Famer performed a five-night residency at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. His impact is ever-present with the performers influenced by his art.
"He always found these amazing places to weave in and around other people's voices," said sing-songwriter Steven Page, formerly of Barenaked Ladies. "For me, as a singer and a singer in a group with other vocalists, it's one of the things you really strive for but when you hear Crosby do it — it's magical."
Friends and fans from across the globe have taken to social media to share stories and express their condolences, including Graham Nash and Brian Wilson.
It is with a deep and profound sadness that I learned that my friend David Crosby has passed. I know people tend to...
Posted by Graham Nash on Thursday, January 19, 2023
I don't know what to say other than I'm heartbroken to hear about David Crosby. David was an unbelievable talent - such a great singer and songwriter. And a wonderful person. I just am at a loss for words. Love & Mercy to David's family and friends. Love, Brian pic.twitter.com/Hjht7LeGiv
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilsonLive) January 19, 2023
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Definitions, epidemiology and prognostication of liver disease
Jody C. Olson, Patrick Sequeira Kamath
Patients presenting to the intensive care unit with liver failure may be categorized into two main subtypes, those with acute liver failure and those with complications of chronic liver diseases, the former being a rare condition and the latter far more common. In both categories, patients presenting with liver failure have phenotypical features of multi-system failure, a deranged inflammatory response, and pose unique challenges for management in the intensive care unit. Differentiating acute liver failure from the liver failure associated with chronic liver disease is of critical diagnostic importance, as management strategies are distinctly different. The purpose of this chapter is to review the definitions of liver failure, the epidemiology of liver disease, and current tools to aid in prognosis of liver failure.
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The goal of our preschool is to provide an opportunity for children to learn and play in a wholesome environment by experiencing activities that promote self-esteem and a positive feeling about school. Our school emphasizes activities appropriate for preschool-aged children.
Our teachers will guide the children through a variety of activities that will help them develop an awareness of their own abilities and a sense of accomplishment.
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Joseph Anthony Galante (* 2. Juli 1938 in Philadelphia; † 25. Mai 2019 in Somers Point) war ein US-amerikanischer Geistlicher und von 2004 bis 2013 römisch-katholischer Bischof von Camden.

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Der Erzbischof von Philadelphia, John Joseph Krol, weihte ihn am 16. Mai 1964 zum Priester des Erzbistums Philadelphia.

Papst Johannes Paul II. ernannte ihn am 13. Oktober 1992 zum Weihbischof in San Antonio und Titularbischof von Equilium. Der Erzbischof von San Antonio, Patrick Fernández Flores, spendete ihm am 11. Dezember desselben Jahres die Bischofsweihe; Mitkonsekratoren waren Francis Schulte, Erzbischof von New Orleans, und Francis Xavier DiLorenzo, Weihbischof in Scranton.

Am 5. April 1994 wurde er zum Bischof von Beaumont ernannt und am 9. Mai desselben Jahres in das Amt eingeführt. Am 23. November 1999 wurde er zum Koadjutorbischof von Dallas ernannt und am 14. Januar des nächsten Jahres in das Amt eingeführt.

Am 23. März 2004 wurde er durch Johannes Paul II. zum Bischof von Camden ernannt und am 30. April desselben Jahres in das Amt eingeführt. Am 8. Januar 2013 nahm Benedikt XVI. seinen altersbedingten Rücktritt an.

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More Than Love
By Natasha Gregson Wagner
Read by Natasha Gregson Wagner
An Intimate Portrait of My Mother, Natalie Wood
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The "graceful, loving," (The New York Times Book Review), never-before-told story of Hollywood icon Natalie Wood's glamorous life, sudden death, and lasting legacy, written by her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner.
Natasha Gregson Wagner's mother, Natalie Wood, was a child actress who became a legendary movie star, the dark-haired beauty of Splendor in the Grass and West Side Story. She and Natasha's stepfather, the actor Robert Wagner, were a Hollywood it-couple twice over, first in the 1950s, and then again when they remarried in the 70s. To Natasha, she was, above all, a doting, loving mom.
But Natalie's sudden death by drowning off Catalina Island at the age of forty-three devastated her family, turned Robert Wagner into a person of interest, and transformed a vibrant wife, mother, and actress into a figure of tragedy. The weekend has long been shrouded in rumors and scandalous tabloid speculation, but until now there has never been an account of how the events and their aftermath were experienced by Natalie's beloved eldest daughter. Here, for the first time, is a"deeply intimate chronicle of life with her famous mother and how Wood's death devastated the family" (Los Angeles Times).
Cutting through the shadow hanging over her mother's legacy, More Than Love is a "poignant" (The Washington Post) tale of a daughter coming to terms with her grief, as well as a "revealing new look at Natalie Wood" (Good Morning America).
Photograph by Brigitte Jouxtel
Natasha Gregson Wagner
Natasha Gregson Wagner has acted in such films as Another Day in Paradise, High Fidelity, Two Girls and a Guy, and David Lynch's Lost Highway, and in the television shows Ally McBeal, House MD, and Chicago Hope. In 2016, she coauthored a coffee table book titled Natalie Wood: Reflections of a Legendary Life. She is one of the producers of the HBO documentary of her mother's life: Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind. Wagner lives in Los Angeles with her family.
Publisher: Scribner (May 5, 2020)
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Biography & Autobiography > Personal Memoirs
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"A vivid portrait of Natalie Wood, the person.... A deeply intimate chronicle of life with her famous mother and how Wood's death devastated the family."
"A poignant look at a complicated relationship...and a tantalizing foray into 'What if?'"
"Wagner...begins her graceful, loving memoir of her mother, Natalie Wood, with an affecting account of waking to news that she had drowned...the best of a crop of new books that take us into the turbulent world of stardom.... Wagner's book effectively reclaims Wood from tawdry gossip and shallowness.
"Natasha is ready to share who her "brave and strong" mother truly was...in her memoir More Than Love."
"[A] revealing new look at Natalie Wood."
"What her daughter remembers isn't the myth, but her mother. A beautiful woman devoted to giving her daughters the only thing she never had – a real childhood."
"In this heartfelt memoir, she offers a look at her life — as a child enraptured by her mother, and then as an actress, trying to forge her own way while making sense of her mother's."
—Milwaukee Journal Sentinal
"Reveals many small, sweet details of her mother's personal life...By sharing her memories, Natasha hopes to erase the perception that Natalie was a victim."
"Heart-wrenching.... Wagner's beautifully written and unashamedly emotional memoir is a love letter to Natalie Wood and an enduring gift to her fans."
"[An] eloquent debut… it is Wagner's sensitive, probing depiction of how she coped without Wood that makes for the most compelling reading in a book that celebrates both a brilliant actress and a bygone film era. An intimate and heartfelt memoir."
"[V]ivid and heartbreaking... fascinating... [a] personal account that fans of old Hollywood will savor."
—Booklist, starred
"This beautifully written memoir will appeal to movie fans, but Wagner's long search for emotional stability also makes it a compelling tool for those crippled by grief."
—Shelf Awarenes
"In More Than Love, Natasha Gregson Wagner brings to life her extraordinarily talented and devoted movie-star mother, Natalie Wood, their magical life before Natalie's tragic drowning when Natasha was eleven, and Natasha's struggle to grow up after. The book is moving, powerful, and so honest. Natasha Gregson Wagner is a bright life force as was her mother."
—Delia Ephron, author of Siracusa
"In this wrenching memoir, Natasha Gregson Wagner conjures in precise, dreamlike detail the idyllic, protected childhood that her mother, Natalie Wood, created for her—a menagerie of animals and friends, a garden always in bloom, laughter on the telephone, bubbles in the bath—and how that dream that morphed into a cold-sweat nightmare with Wood's sudden death. After Wood dies, eleven-year-old Natasha's world goes grey, like Oz in reverse. Writing from inside an experience long crystallized as Hollywood lore and sometimes as Hollywood scandal, Wagner deftly redirects us to the true mystery, that of the deep and enduring bond she shares with her namesake."
—Dana Goodyear, author of The Oracle of Hollywood Boulevard, Honey and Junk, and Anything That Moves
"A mother's death is a loss that changes a daughter forever. In More Than Love, Natasha Gregson Wagner shows us how it's possible to carry memories forward with compassion and grace. Her book is a beautiful testimony to the enduring nature of a mother's love."
—Hope Edelman, author of Motherless Daughters
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A Deeper Look into the Supernova Remnant Vela Junior
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Fig 1: Skymap of the Vela constellation showing the Galactic plane (dashed line), the H.E.S.S. skymap of the Vela Junior region, the size of the H.E.S.S. field of view (5° in diameter - red circle), and the size of the Vela SNR (cyan circle).
Most of the cosmic rays that constantly bombard Earth's Atmosphere have their origin in cosmic particle accelerators within our Galaxy, the Milky Way. H.E.S.S. found various types of such accelerators in the past decade, but shell-type supernova remnants (SNRs) remain the likely dominant contributor to this sea of diffuse, sub-atomic particles. Shock waves of SNRs expand over hundreds of light years into interstellar space, and are thought to accelerate electrons, protons and heavier nuclei. One very prominent supernova shell, first detected in the X-ray band [1], is Vela Junior, or RX J0852.0-4622. It receives its common name from the fact that it is superimposed to the much larger Vela SNR (see Fig. 1). It is likely farther away than the Vela SNR, but still one of the closest TeV sources, at 2400 light years from Earth.
Remarkably, Vela Junior is one of only a few SNRs whose shell morphology has been resolved in gamma rays. The other objects of this group are SNR RX J1713.7-3946, SN 1006, HESS J1731-347, RCW 86, and HESS J1534-571. Moreover, the properties of Vela Junior and RX J1713.7-3946 are quite similar: both are young (around a thousand years), nearby (distance < 1.5 kpc), and therefore appearing very extended (diameter > 0.5°); they are comparably bright, and the emission in X-ray and radio has a continuous spectrum that suggests the presence of accelerated, highly energetic particles. Detailed studies of Vela Junior's properties are crucial for the understanding of the processes that occur in SNRs, in particular the mechanisms through which SNRs accelerate particles up to the highest energies, and their role in the 100-years long-standing enigma of the origin of Galactic cosmic rays.
Fig 2: Image of Vela Junior in Very High Energy gamma rays, as recorded by H.E.S.S.. The position of the pulsar PSR J0855-4644 is marked by the green star, and the white dashed line shows the position of the Galactic plane. The inset on the left shows the angular resolution of the instrument, and the size of the full moon is indicated for comparison on the bottom right.
Since the last H.E.S.S. publication [2], the amount of data available for Vela Junior has roughly doubled, allowing a much deeper study of this object. The morphology of the gamma-ray emission seen by H.E.S.S. is that of an arc (shell) from North, through West, to South (see Fig. 2). Significant emission is also detected from the centre and a local enhancement towards the South-East, matching the position of the energetic pulsar PSR J0855-4644. The enhancement detected towards the pulsar suggests that some of the emission might come from a possible pulsar wind nebula associated to the pulsar. Its contribution is estimated to be less than 8% of the flux of the whole region, i.e. relatively small compared to the emission from the SNR.
Fig 3: Energy spectra of Vela Junior, recorded by H.E.S.S. and Fermi-LAT. The Fermi-LAT measurement was taken from [3]. The figure shows the spectral points with statistical (light and dark blue error bars for Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S., respectively) and systematic (red error bars in both cases) uncertainties. Separate spectral fits are indicated by the light and dark blue shaded bands. In addition, the orange dashed line shows a fit to the combined Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. data points.
To investigate the properties of the relativistic particles that are present in the shell, causing the gamma-ray emission that is observed, we examined the energy spectrum of the emission. Firstly, our updated flux measurement makes Vela Junior the brightest steady source in the sky above 1 TeV, with a flux 13% larger than the flux of the Crab nebula in the same energy range. Secondly, the spectrum is clearly curved: it can be described by a power-law with an exponential cut-off at energy Ecut = 6.7 ± 1.2stat ± 1.2syst TeV (see Fig. 3). The H.E.S.S. spectrum connects well to the Fermi-LAT measurement at GeV energies, without need for a spectral break as in previous publications [3]. This smooth connection of the GeV and TeV data, together with the well-defined cut-off, allows a direct determination of the characteristics of the parent particle population using gamma-ray data only.
Spatially-resolved spectroscopy reveals no clear spectral variation across the source, suggesting that the parent particle population can be assumed to be the same throughout the remnant, which in turn indicates that the conditions for particle acceleration, i.e. properties of the SNR shock and ambient medium, are similar everywhere.
Fig 4: Spectral energy distribution of Vela Junior in the GeV-TeV band. Filled squares reflect the emission detected by Fermi-LAT, while filled circles show the H.E.S.S. data. Error bars indicate statistical errors. Lines represent fits of the leptonic (dashed red) and hadronic (solid blue) gamma-ray emission models to the data.
The origin of the gamma-ray emission in SNRs, either leptonic (relativistic electrons scattering off ambient photons) or hadronic (highly energetic protons colliding with ambient matter), keeps being a matter of intense debate. Fig. 4 shows fits of such models to the Fermi-LAT and H.E.S.S. data. Unfortunately, even with our new results we cannot distinguish which of these two scenarios is currently at work in Vela Junior. For that, deeper observations at both lower energies (in particular in the MeV band) and higher energies (above 10 TeV) would be needed.
However, for each of these scenarios, our data can be used to determine important source properties: in the leptonic case, the magnetic field strength within the Vela Junior region can be estimated at a relatively low value of about 7 μG. In a hadronic scenario, the total amount of energy in accelerated protons would be less than about 10% of the SNR explosion energy, imposing at the same time a limit on the ambient medium density of about 1 cm-3 (for the assumed distance to the source of 750 pc).
Even if it is still not possible at this point in time to identify the driver of the gamma-ray emission in Vela Junior (either electrons or protons, or a combination of both), H.E.S.S. observations have provided the most accurate characterisation of source properties ever obtained in gamma rays for this unique SNR. Deeper insights at this energy range may only be possible with future instrumentation like CTA, offering an order-of-magnitude sensitivity improvement and a better angular resolution at TeV energies.
H.E.S.S. Collaboration, H. Abdalla et al., "Deeper H.E.S.S. Observations of Vela Junior (RX J0852.0-4622): Morphology Studies and Resolved Spectroscopy", arXiv 1611.01863, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics
[1] B. Aschenbach, "Discovery of a young nearby supernova remnant", Nature 396 (1998) 141
[2] H.E.S.S. Collaboration, F. Aharonian et al., "H.E.S.S. Observations of the Supernova Remnant RX J0852.0-4622: Shell-Type Morphology and Spectrum of a Widely Extended Very High Energy Gamma-Ray Source", The Astrophysical Journal 661 (2007) 236
[3] T. Tanaka et al., "Gamma-Ray Observations of the Supernova Remnant RX J0852.0-4622 with the Fermi Large Area Telescope", The Astrophysical Journal Letters 740 (2011) L51
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Workforce diversity figures released by Twitter on Wednesday drew criticism from some who say that, like many technology companies, the San Francisco-based social media firm is too white and male.
Twitter is the latest among Silicon Valley tech giants like Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Facebook to release detailed demographics about their employees.
A black-advocacy group called Color of Change and the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition campaigned in recent weeks for the release of the statistics after a series of private meetings with company executives, and also launched a Twitter based component last week, MotherJones.com reported.
Upon the release of the figures, it was revealed that African-Americans comprised 2 percent of the overall Twitter workforce in the U.S., while Hispanics and Latinos made up 3 percent, Asians made up 29 percent, and whites 59 percent.
Women made up roughly 30 percent of Twitter's workforce across the globe.
"We are keenly aware that Twitter is part of an industry that is marked by dramatic imbalances in diversity — and we are no exception," Janet Van Huysse, Twitter's vice president of diversity and inclusion, wrote in the release on the company's blog and Twitter timeline.
In a response to the data release, Jackson released a statement.
"Over 25,000 petitions were delivered to Twitter this past weekend demanding that they release their workforce data," he began. "While slow to release these paltry and pathetic numbers, it's a step in the right direction. Now it's time to set goals, targets, and timetables — to partner with African-Americans, Latinos, and people of color in 'fair trade.'"
Van Huysse noted that Twitter has been actively promoting many efforts to correct the perceived imbalance, including programs to teach women how to program computers, and internal training sessions about racial and gender bias.
The San Francisco Examiner pointed out that missing from the report were statistics about Twitter's age demographics, which are pertinent in light of a lawsuit filed against the company July 9. Former employee Peter Taylor, 57, alleges age discrimination in the suit, saying he was fired without explanation.
Apple CEO Tim Cook said statistics on his Cupertino-based company would be made available soon.


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Culture and Change in Asia's Tiger Cub
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Vietnam has emerged from poverty and isolation to become one of the fastest growing economies of Southeast Asia. Numerous economic and legal reforms have helped spur foreign investment and domestic entrepreneurship, resulting in an annual growth rate of 7.1 percent over the past decade. The percentage of the population living in poverty has fallen from over 70 percent in the mid-1980s to 14.7 percent in 2007. Vietnam's new status as an economic "tiger cub" is especially fascinating because Vietnam has little historical experience with the ideas and institutions of market-oriented and pro-entrepreneurship reforms.
Even more than Buddhism and Taoism, Confucianism, introduced long ago by the Chinese, has greatly influenced Vietnamese beliefs, legal practices, and living conditions. Confucian values, for example, have shaped Vietnam's rigid bureaucracy and historically low esteem for entrepreneurs and merchants. Will these values pose significant obstacles for economic liberalization? Perhaps not. Many features of Confucianism have been successfully adapted to the modern world, transforming societies in ways that Confucius could not have imagined.
Vietnam's Communist Party leaders insist their Doi Moi reforms are "renovating" their country but not dismantling socialism. You wouldn't know that by looking at the rapid growth of private enterprise: by December 2007, the private sector accounted for more than 60 percent of GDP. Production is led by small and medium-sized enterprises and household businesses. On average, more than 14,000 enterprises have been created every year since 2001.
Vietnam's 1,900 state-owned enterprises (SOEs), a costly legacy from the days of Ho Chi Minh, provide about 70 percent of the country's tax revenue, half its exports, and more than a third of its GDP. They soak up 70 to 80 percent of its bank loans. Their earnings, however, are only 40 percent of GDP. A 2006 survey of 850 equitized SOEs showed that 85 percent had become economically successful—still a low percentage. By 2010 only 544 SOEs are scheduled to remain fully under government control in the fields of national security and public utilities.
Doing business in Vietnam can be frustrating, but it is getting easier. The World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report 2007–2008 ranked Vietnam's business environment 61 among 131 countries. A 2008 report by the World Bank ranked Vietnam 91 among 178 countries in ease of doing business (compared to 83 for China). It ranked Vietnam 97 in starting a business, 63 in dealing with licenses, 84 in employing workers, 38 in registering property, 48 in getting credit, 165 in protecting investors, 128 in paying taxes, 63 in trading across borders, 40 on enforcing contracts, and 121 on closing a business. Because the reform of Vietnam's legal system has lagged, many concerned parties prefer to avoid the legal system and instead resolve their disputes by negotiating with each other.
Vietnam has come a long way, but it must continue to adopt liberal reforms if it is to realize its full potential and thereby bring hope for a better life to millions more citizens. In addition to liberalizing their flawed educational system, inefficient banking sector, and labyrinthine legal system (among other areas), the Vietnamese must make a conscious commitment to the values that support liberal reforms. Doing so will not be easy: Vietnam's communist legacy and some counterproductive aspects of its traditional culture often seem pervasive and entrenched. Nevertheless, the Vietnamese people show a strong desire to learn and to change.
Vietnam, a country once known for chronic food shortages, is on the rise. At the heart of its transformation are reforms that Vietnam Communist Party officials insist merely "renovate" the economy while maintaining a commitment to socialism. What exactly are the nature and extent of Vietnam's reforms? How have the fundamental beliefs that underlie Vietnamese culture shaped its recent progress? Will Vietnam's progress continue apace? Or will the economy backslide in the face of a global financial crisis or a political and cultural backlash?
In Vietnam Rising: Culture and Change in Asia's Tiger Cub, East Asia historian William Ratliff (Research Fellow, The Independent Institute) examines the causes behind Vietnam's dramatic transition; assesses its legal, educational, and economic reforms; and provides insights on the further changes that must occur for Vietnam to fulfill its potential as a dynamic, emerging economy.
"While for many years I have averaged about two months annually in China, I have also continued periodic trips to Vietnam, as an academic, journalist, and tourist," writes Ratliff in the book's preface. "Each time I visit the country I am more impressed by the spirit and dynamism of the people and by their determination to transform their lives and thus bring the long-embattled, stagnant, and repressed land into the modern world."
Confucianism, Colonialism, and Communism
After briefly reviewing Vietnam's political and economic conditions as of mid-2008, Ratliff examines the cultural and historical background of the government's current reforms, showing their link to Confucian China, French colonial rule, and earlier programs of the Vietnam Communist Party.
Although only 3 to 5 percent of Vietnam's 85 million citizens are ethnic Chinese, Confucian values greatly influenced the development of Vietnamese culture before and after Vietnam's formal independence from China in AD 939. Vietnam's bureaucratic political culture and rigid family hierarchies, its reverence for education and tradition, its elevation of the collective over the individual, its low esteem for entrepreneurs and merchants, and its legal practices reflect aspects of Confucianism.
France's influence on Vietnamese culture during and after the French colonial period is also noteworthy, especially its impact on Vietnamese political thought. In addition to sparking nationalist aspirations, Vietnam's French connection introduced Ho Chi Minh, among others, to communism while he studied in France.
Led by Ho, Vietnam's new communists overthrew French colonial rule in 1954 and began to implement a Soviet-inspired economic model in 1960. After Ho's death in 1969, his successor Le Duan launched policies that impoverished Vietnam, isolated it from most of its neighbors, and fought wars against China and Cambodia. A brutal program of mass collectivization liquidated all forms of private economic activity. This disproportionately harmed ethnic Chinese merchants and entrepreneurs in Saigon and launched the saga of Vietnam's famous "boat people," who escaped the country in the late 1970s and 1980s.
After Le died in 1986, Vietnamese pragmatists began the so-called Doi Moi renovation program, just as China's reforms were postponed until Mao's death in 1976. Even today, Vietnam Communist Party leaders continue to speak of a "transition to socialism," and many of the institutions established by Ho remain.
Overview of Reforms Today
Vietnam's reforms are shaped by its legal system, which resembles a jungle of laws. To comply with World Trade Organization regulations, dozens of laws have been passed reforming commercial law, intellectual property, investment, competition, and standards for practicing law. Legal changes closely affecting. Party or state power, however, have come more slowly. Many laws take effect only several months after they have been passed—and even then they might not be enforced. Red tape and corruption keep foreign investment and economic growth below their potential.
A flawed educational system also holds back economic growth. Private schools, though common, must follow public school standards for curricula, teaching, testing, and diplomas. Schools lack autonomy and accountability. Employers complain that graduates entering the workforce are lacking in knowledge and communication skills.
Vietnam's antiquated financial system also keeps the economy from living up to its full potential. Although the banking sector has grown 20 percent annually in the 2000s, Vietnam remains a cash-based society with more money stashed in homes than deposited in banks. Central bank policies have created episodic inflation. Legislation to reform the banking sector has been hampered by a lack of expertise, bureaucratic foot-dragging, and remnants of communist and pre-communist traditions. Many banks have been undercapitalized and have held significant nonperforming loans, largely because the Vietnam Communist Party has used banks to prop up state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
Reforming Vietnam's numerous SOEs is a tremendous challenge to economic modernization. They are typically overstaffed, lack adequate standards for corporate governance, and are incredibly inefficient. Attempts to reform them have been mixed at best.
Entrepreneurship in Several Forms
Since its initiation in 1986, Doi Moi policies have led to a surge of foreign investment and private entrepreneurship. Key reform measures include the Foreign Direct Investment Law (1986), the Private Enterprise Law and the Company Law (1990), official recognition of small private enterprises in the Constitution (1992), the Domestic Investment Promotion Law (1994, 1998), the Enterprise Law (1999), and the Unified Enterprise Law (2005).
Asian capital has predominated in the foreign-invested enterprises, although a significant amount of it came from U.S. subsidiaries based in Asia. Foreign-invested enterprises are responsible for almost all oil and gas production; most automobile assembly; and a significant share of electronics, textiles and garments, chemicals, steel, cement, rubber, plastics, and food and beverages. Fully owned foreign enterprises now account for almost half of committed foreign direct investment in Vietnam.
Vietnam's domestic private sector will likely play an essential role in employing its young and growing workforce. The Vietnam government hopes that 500,000 small and medium-sized enterprises will be operating by 2010. Even if this unrealistically ambitious goal were achieved, Vietnam would still have only six businesses for every 1,000 people, as compared to forty-nine for the same number of people in Taiwan.
Ratliff also examines two other factors affecting Vietnam's business climate: women and overseas Vietnamese involvement. Women currently own only about 20 to 30 percent of the businesses in Vietnam, although females and males are comparable in levels of educational attainment and health. Increases in women-owned businesses may be on the horizon. Similarly, increased commercial ties with overseas Vietnamese may be an additional source of economic expansion.
Special Challenges for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
More and more of Vietnam's informal family businesses have become formal small enterprises, and some small businesses have become medium-sized businesses. Yet almost no medium-sized businesses have become large. Why not?
The rankings of Vietnam on several international indexes are instructive. The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation rank Vietnam 91 among 178 nations in the ease of doing business; the 2008 Index of Economic Freedom ranks Vietnam 135th among 157 nations. Vietnam also fares poorly in comparisons of starting a business, employing workers, protecting investors, paying taxes, trading across borders, and closing a business.
Other obstacles to the creation of large businesses include very inefficient land-use policies, poor funding/credit practices, and bureaucratic business-registration procedures. For Vietnam to break through the glass ceiling, it will need to dismantle these barriers.
Vietnam Confronts the World
Changes in Vietnam's relationship with other countries have played a huge role in its recent rapid growth. The thawing of Vietnam-U.S. relations began in 1994 when President Bill Clinton lifted the U.S. trade embargo in response to greater Vietnamese cooperation in searching for American prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action. U.S. investors have plowed, directly or via third countries, an estimated $8 billion into Vietnam.
Eight other countries have invested more than the United States, due partly to Vietnam's membership in the World Trade Organization, which began formally in January 2007. WTO membership has also given the country equal access to world markets.
Globalization—and Vietnam's reaction to it—will likely continue to influence market-oriented reform and the successful emergence of private enterprise in Vietnam.
"Recent years have shown that many Vietnamese are determined to build more rewarding lives for themselves and their families," writes Ratliff. " The unanswered question is whether both the government and people want major change enough to reform the cultural characteristics that in the past impeded development into characteristics that can promote constructive change. Vietnam's future will depend on how they work out these challenges."
William Ratliff is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute and a member of the Board of Advisors of the Institute's Center on Global Prosperity. He is also a Research Fellow and Curator of the Americas Collection at the Hoover Institution, and he received his Ph.D. in Latin American/Chinese history from the University of Washington.


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Intruder arrested for all three murders
14:45 02/08/2018 Nokuthula Khanyile
A reign of terror on elderly residents at two retirement homes in the city has been halted by the timely arrest on Wednesday of a suspect.
The Witness learned that the man was arrested while allegedly intent on further invasions at the same two homes, which were both thwarted.
Police believe he is linked to the murders of all three elderly residents at Kenwyn Retirement Home and Jacaranda Lodge.
The arrest of the 27-year-old suspect was confirmed on Wednesday by Pietermaritzburg police spokesperson Sergeant Mthokozisi Ngobese.
Ngobese said the suspect, who is to appear at the Pietermaritzburg Magistrate's Court today, was arrested by a team of city detectives.
He said so far the suspect had been linked to the three murders, and one case of housebreaking.
A manager at Kenwyn, who asked to remain unnamed, said the man was arrested around 1.30 am on Wednesday.
"Myself and my assistant were called up this morning. It was very chaotic."
The manager said a neighbour had seen somebody on the wall at the back of the property.
"The guy jumped when he spotted him and our beam went off. The security guard that was patrolling then ran after him and he was apprehended."
The manager said according to information from the head of security guards at Jacaranda Lodge, the suspect had been spotted at that complex 20 minutes earlier. He was seen at a point where the properties join and he ran.
"Shortly after that he was seen on our wall. At first he kept saying it wasn't him.
"A big thanks to the neighbour who kept an eye out. He was the one who caught this guy by spotting him … whether he stood guard the whole night or whether he was woken up I'm not 100% sure.
"Thanks to him for catching the guy and bringing him to us where there is more help."
The manager said they will make an official announcement on Thursday to the residents.
The branch manager of Khusela Security and Risk Management, who asked not to be named, also commended the observant neighbour.
"Yesterday [Tuesday] afternoon we walked onto the vacant side of the residence to go and see how the perpetrator is getting on top of the wall. The neighbour approached us and said he had caught someone in his yard at 5 am on the Tuesday morning."
He said when the neighbour cornered the man he said that he was being chased by criminals."He believed him and let him go," he said.
"Yesterday when the alarm went off at Kenwyn and the same guy ran into his yard again, he caught him and then alerted security."


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Q: minishell created in c not working as expected, pipes related im making an UNIX minishell in c, in my OS signature. I only have to improve the shell itself, we have a premade parser for implement yacc and a scanner for implement lex among other files.
The file to modify is msh.c, the main executable file.
Well, the problem begins when I try to implement the pipe secuences. This is what I made:
int executePipeLine (char*** argvv, int bg, char** filev, int n){
    int i;
    int in = 0;
    pid_t pid;
    int fd[2];

for (i = 0 ; i < n-1 ; i++){

    pipe(fd);
    pid_t pid = fork();

    if (pid == 0){ //child

        if (in != STDIN_FILENO){
            dup2(in, STDIN_FILENO);
            close(in);

        }

        if (fd[1] != STDOUT_FILENO){
            dup2(fd[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
            close(fd[1]);
        }

        execvp(argvv[i][0], argvv[0]);
    }

    else { //parent

        close(fd[1]);
        in = fd[0];
    }

}

if(in != STDIN_FILENO){
    dup2(in, STDIN_FILENO);
    close(in);
}

pid_t lastpid = fork();
if(lastpid == 0){ //child

execvp(argvv[i][0], argvv[0]);

}

if(lastpid == -1){

    perror("no se pudo crear el hijo\n");
    exit(-1);

}
else { //parent

    /* not bg*/
    if(!bg ) {
    int status;
    while (wait(&status) != lastpid); /* wait the child. */
    }

    else {
    /*bg mode*/
        printf("pid del proceso last: %d\n", lastpid);

    }

    return 0;
}

}//end  executePipeLine

This seems to work fine. In the main , where we have an extern function called obtain_order(); that returns the number of commands + 1 and save it to ret. If ret is 1 we continue with the prompt, if is 0 means EOF (Control + D keybinding) to end the shell, and if is >1 execute the commands.
Here you have it:
int main(void)
{
    char ***argvv;
    int command_counter;
    int num_commands;
    int args_counter;
    char *filev[3];
    int bg;
    int ret;
    int reset = 0;
    setbuf(stdout, NULL);           /* Unbuffered */
    setbuf(stdin, NULL);

while (1)
{
    fprintf(stderr, "%s", "msh> "); /* Prompt */

    ret = obtain_order(&argvv, filev, &bg);

    printf("ret: %d\n", ret);
    if (ret == 0) break;        /* EOF */
    if (ret == -1) continue;    /* Syntax error */
    num_commands = ret - 1;     /* Line */
    if (num_commands == 0) continue;    /* Empty line */

    if(num_commands > 1){

        executePipeLine(argvv, bg, filev, num_commands);

    }
    else if (num_commands == 1){
        executeCommand(argvv, bg, filev);

    }

} //fin while

return 0;

} //end main

All works fine with a simple command. The problem is when I try to execute a pipe line. It show a good result, but i dont know we, after that ret always is 0 in the next iteration, so every time I try to execute a pipe line, it works but close the shell process, and have to execute it again instead of continue with the promt.
You know what is the problem here?
I hope you understand me, my english is not perfec. Thanks

A: In the parent process (i.e. your mini-shell) you are duping the standard input:
...
else { //parent
    close(fd[1]);
    in = fd[0];
}

...

if(in != STDIN_FILENO){
    dup2(in, STDIN_FILENO);
    close(in);
}

When your pipeline terminates, children are dead, pipes are no longer readable => stdin is considered as closed. When you later call obtain_order in your main loop, it returns 0 (EOF) and your program exits.

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Using Google's "don't be evil" slogan in articles criticizing the technology giant's hunger for private data is a pastime tech bloggers and journalists have long since worn out. Yes, we know Google is an advertising company. Yes, we know nearly every single product and service in Google's massive portfolio is used in part to collect personal data from the company's massive user base. Yes, we know that data is then used to build profiles of each Google user. And yes, we know those profiles are used to serve targeted advertisements.
Advertising is Google's business, and business is good. Google's net income came in at about $3.4 billion last quarter on massive revenues totaling $16.9 billion.
Because advertising is Google's core means of earning money, the company is able to offer most of its services for free. "Free," of course, always has a cost. In Google's case, that cost is our data. Whether or not you've read them, the terms of service tied to all of Google's products make this very clear.
Since private data is essential to its business, Google always finds creative new ways to learn more about us. Google's recent Nest acquisition, for example, could end up being the most creative one yet.
As has been the case with Google's products from the beginning, every "evil" new tool Google uses to learn more about us has the pleasant side effect of also being a terrific service that provides tremendous value to the user.
And for that, I'd like to say thank you.
I was working this past Sunday night, sad though it may be, when something horrible happened. My MacBook Air crashed.
My mid-2011 MacBook Air is a dinosaur in computer years, and it crashes once or twice each month. It's typically not a big deal since everything I do auto-saves, and I'm used to it by now.
This crash, however, was not like other crashes.
It appeared as though Google's Chrome web browser was the culprit this time around. And Chrome didn't just crash… it died. When my computer rebooted and I finally got the Chrome app open again, all of my data was gone. My bookmarks, gone. My extensions, gone. My saved passwords, gone. Everything was gone.
A few short years ago, a catastrophic crash like this would have instantly made my blood boil. A string of profanity would have been inevitable, and at least a few items on my desk might have been hurled across the room. Nothing in my immediate vicinity would have been safe.
But this past Sunday, I didn't sweat for a single moment.
One of many beautiful things about the fact that Google needs my personal data is the requirement that in order to make use of all that data, it must be stored on Google's servers.
This aspect of Google's business model horrifies some people and keeps them away from all Google services. Personally, I know that Google goes to great lengths to protect my data, and I absolutely love all of benefits that Google's creative uses of my data afford beyond just advertising.
"Google Now" is a perfect example of this. Google's eerily helpful assistant app tells me when to leave for meetings, shows me how to get to restaurants on my phone after I search for information on my computer, tells me when packages shipped to me will arrive at my home by digging through my email for shipping notifications, and does hundreds of other great things with my private data.
In the case of my catastrophic Chrome crash on Sunday night, Google's hunger for my data brought about a sync mechanism in Chrome quite some time ago. Once I got the app open again, all I had to do was log into my Google account. In less than one minute, all of my bookmarks, passwords, extensions and settings were back where they belong.
I didn't lose all of my data. I didn't have to dig all of my data out of backups buried away in my Time Capsule. I didn't have to restore my system or fish things out of a complex third-party online backup system.
All I had to do was log in.
This is just one of dozens or even hundreds of examples of how Google is changing our lives for the better by creating products and services that help users just as much as they help Google. Google needs my data and it puts that data to use better than any other advertising company, but that's not why Google is so successful. It is successful because I need Google just as much as Google needs me.


Nominations for the second annual "40 Under 40" Awards, which identifies current and future leaders in the RV Industry who are under 40 years of age are now open! The RV Industry Association developed the program in 2017 to salute the achievements of those who exemplify leadership at their company and inspire others to help grow our industry.
Candidates for the "40 Under 40" Awards must be under the age of forty prior to December 31, 2018 and currently employed by a RV Industry manufacturer, dealer, supplier, campground, media company or other industry member. Candidates can be anyone within the industry, at any level of the organization, and do not need to be in a management position within their company.
Selected finalists will be announced prior to RVX: The RV Experience. To nominate someone for the "40 Under 40" Awards, click here to create a login with Open Water and fill out the online nomination form. Self-nominations are accepted for the program. The nomination process includes a short bio and demonstration of how the candidate shows commitment to the RV Industry and leadership potential in his or her organization.
The final group, selected by members of the RV Industry Association Trade Shows and Events Committee, will be recognized during the 2019 RV Industry Awards held during RVX on March 14th in Salt Lake City, UT. The entire industry is invited to celebrate the 40 Under 40 at the event, as well as other superstar dealers, manufacturers and suppliers who are driving the industry to new heights. For more information, click here.


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Q: What is the best method to bin intraday volume figures from a stock price timeseries using XTS / ZOO etc in R? For instance, let's say you have ~10 years of daily 1 min data for the volume of instrument x as follows (in xts format) from 9:30am to 4:30pm :
    Date.Time               Volume
    2001-01-01 09:30:00     1200
    2001-01-01 09:31:00     1110
    2001-01-01 09:32:00     1303

All the way through to:
    2010-12-20 16:28:00     3200
    2010-12-20 16:29:00     4210
    2010-12-20 16:30:00     8303

I would like to:

*

*Get the average volume at each minute for the entire series (ie average volume over all 10 years at 9:30, 9:31, 9:32...16:28, 16:29, 16:30)

How should I best go about:

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*Aggregating the data into one minute buckets

*Getting the average of those buckets

*Reconstituting those "average" buckets back to a single xts/zoo time series?

I've had a good poke around with aggregate, sapply, period.apply functions etc, but just cannot seem to "bin" the data correctly.
It's easy enough to solve this with a loop, but very slow. I'd prefer to avoid a programmatic solution and use a function that takes advantage of C++ architecture (ie xts based solution)
Can anyone offer some advice / a solution?
Thanks so much in advance.

A: First lets create some test data:
library(xts) # also pulls in zoo
library(timeDate)
library(chron) # includes times class

# test data
x <- xts(1:3, timeDate(c("2001-01-01 09:30:00", "2001-01-01 09:31:00",
    "2001-01-02 09:30:00")))

1) aggregate.zoo. Now try converting it to times class and aggregating using this one-liner:
aggregate(as.zoo(x), times(format(time(x), "%H:%M:%S")), mean)

1a) aggregate.zoo (variation). or this variation which converts the shorter aggregate series to times to avoid having to do it on the longer original series:
ag <- aggregate(as.zoo(x), format(time(x), "%H:%M:%S"), mean)
zoo(coredata(ag), times(time(ag)))

2) tapply. An alternative would be tapply which is likely faster:
ta <- tapply(coredata(x), format(time(x), "%H:%M:%S"), mean)
zoo(unname(ta), times(names(ta)))

EDIT: simplified (1) and added (1a) and (2)

A: Here is a solution with ddply,
but you can probably also use sqldf, tapply, aggregate, by, etc.
# Sample data
minutes <- 10 * 60
days <- 250 * 10
d <- seq.POSIXt(
  ISOdatetime( 2011,01,01,09,00,00, "UTC" ),
  by="1 min", length=minutes
)
d <- outer( d, (1:days) * 24*3600, `+` )
d <- sort(d)
library(xts)
d <- xts( round(100*rlnorm(length(d))), d )

# Aggregate
library(plyr)
d <- data.frame(
  minute=format(index(d), "%H:%M"),
  value=coredata(d)
)
d <- ddply(
  d, "minute",
  summarize,
  value=mean(value, na.rm=TRUE)
)

# Convert to zoo or xts
zoo(x=d$value, order.by=d$minute) # The index does not have to be a date or time
xts(x=d$value, order.by=as.POSIXct(sprintf("2012-01-01 %s:00",d$minute), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") )


I use this Guacamole Recipe frequently, both at home and the restaurant. Guacamole has become so popular in most parts of the United States, that people enjoy the dip all year long, not just for celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
There really are no specific foods associated with Cinco de Mayo (May 5), but guacamole certainly fits the festivities.
Guacamole is basically avocado mashed up with a few other ingredients added to it. And there are many, many variations of this recipe.
In fact, if you have a good salsa on hand, there is a recipe below that I have used when I need guacamole in a hurry. It saves time and is very good. If you want to serve both a guacamole and a salsa dip, you can make extra salsa and then use some in your guacamole recipe.
Avocado has a high fat content and is full of vitamins. Avocado has always been revered for its nutritional value and a good recipe makes for a great way to serve a nutritional dip. This is a healthy eating recipe!
Preparation time: 15-20 minutes. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
Preparation time: 5 minutes. Makes about 1 1/4 cups.
This recipe assumes you have extra salsa on hand.
Ole'. Now that was really easy. Of course this is a delicious guacamole dip and certainly an easy, healthy eating recipe, but only IF you have a very good salsa. Click on Roasted Salsa Recipe.
Enjoy your Guacamole Recipe and the company of those you share it with!


This is a 3oz can of black polycarbonate spray paint from Tamiya. These spray paints were developed especially for decorating transparent polycarbonate (Lexan) bodies used in R/C car modeling. Each can contains 100ml of paint, which is the appropriate amount for finishing a model. Small detail work should be brush painted beforehand using Tamiya bottle paints for polycarbonate. Paint the body from the inside, keeping the can about 30cm from the surface. After curing, apply another coat. These paints are impervious to oil and fuels, so they can be safely used on gas-powered R/C bodies. Never use these paints on plastic models.
never had the issue the other person decribed. used this paint on 5 bodies so far emaxx 2 of them hyper10 a Friends slash raptor body and my 5b desert rat body. never had this paint flake or chip. worse if gotten is with tamiyas lighter colors taking a lot of coats to cover well. buy more paint then u think ull need. 2 cans of red / blue for a sc or monster truck top wont cut it.
For an 1/8 scale rally body, I needed two cans to fully paint the body with multiple coats, and for a 1/10 scale 2WD buggy, I only needed one. It's great as a main color or as a backer. I start with lighter coats and progress to heavier ones (heavier ones right away if it's the backer), keeping an eye out for wet spots before they form. I wait 15-20 minutes between coats, and a full day before using the body on a vehicle. With this method I've had zero issues with flaking or anything of the sort. This'll be my go-to brand of RC paint.


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Although the leaders of both nations are meeting in Vienna for peace talks again this week, confidence that there will be an immediate resolution to the long-running impasse is modest.
"Since the first contact between the Prime Minister of Armenia and President of Azerbaijan last fall the ceasefire regime was generally observed and it was the calmest period during the last decade. Although there were continues belligerent statements from the Azerbaijani side the relative calmness on the line of contact created a necessary atmosphere to have a formal meeting under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group," noted the Ambassador Varuzhan Nersesyan. "Armenia has always supported the mediator's proposals on building up an environment conducive to peace, introducing risk reduction and incident prevention mechanisms, and confidence-building measures to allow the negotiations to move forward."
He also said that the Vienna summit was "held in an atmosphere of constructive dialogue, and the two leaders reiterated their agreements reached in Dushanbe. Humanitarian issues related to the conflict were among the topics of the discussion. There was an extensive exchange of views between the two leaders. Our overall assessment of the meeting is positive."
For the Armenian side the existential security of the people of Nagorno Karabagh and its status remains a top priority," Nersesyan continued.


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D50-D89 Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
D78-D78 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
D78- Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code D78
Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
D78 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
Short description: Intraop and postprocedural complications of the spleen
The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM D78 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of D78 - other international versions of ICD-10 D78 may differ.
The following code(s) above D78 contain annotation back-references
that may be applicable to D78:
D50-D89
2021 ICD-10-CM Range D50-D89
Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism
autoimmune disease (systemic) NOS (M35.9)
certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] disease (B20)
injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Code annotations containing back-references to D78:
Type 2 Excludes: T81
Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
complications following immunization (T88.0-T88.1)
complications following infusion, transfusion and therapeutic injection (T80.-)
complications of transplanted organs and tissue (T86.-)
complication of prosthetic devices, implants and grafts (T82-T85)
dermatitis due to drugs and medicaments (L23.3, L24.4, L25.1, L27.0-L27.1)
endosseous dental implant failure (M27.6-)
floppy iris syndrome (IFIS) (intraoperative) H21.81
intraoperative and postprocedural complications of specific body system (D78.-, E36.-, E89.-, G97.3-, G97.4, H59.3-, H59.-, H95.2-, H95.3, I97.4-, I97.5, J95, K91.-, L76.-, M96.-, N99.-)
plateau iris syndrome (post-iridectomy) (postprocedural) H21.82
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To D78
D75.81 Myelofibrosis
D75.82 Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
D75.89 Other specified diseases of blood and blood-forming organs
D75.9 Disease of blood and blood-forming organs, unspecified
D75.A Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency without anemia
D76 Other specified diseases with participation of lymphoreticular and reticulohistiocytic tissue
D76.1 Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
D76.2 Hemophagocytic syndrome, infection-associated
D76.3 Other histiocytosis syndromes
D77 Other disorders of blood and blood-forming organs in diseases classified elsewhere
D78 Intraoperative and postprocedural complications of the spleen
D78.0 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating a procedure
D78.01 …… on the spleen
D78.02 Intraoperative hemorrhage and hematoma of the spleen complicating other procedure
D78.1 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during a procedure
D78.12 Accidental puncture and laceration of the spleen during other procedure
D78.2 Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following a procedure
D78.22 Postprocedural hemorrhage of the spleen following other procedure
D78.3 Postprocedural hematoma and seroma of the spleen following a procedure


So I lifted my truck with a 4" BDS lift kit. It has a 2" rear block in the back and an add a leaf for about 2.25" of lift. I think I am going to up it the raptor style rear blocks (2.75" tapered to 2.625")) so I get about .75" of rake back when I tow.
Here is my dilema. I can get a set of raptor style rear blocks without bump stop ears for free from my installer. Or I can get the factory raptor rear blocks for $180 and they have bump stop ears.
I will be off roading it one or two weekends a month. If I wasn't, I wouldn't worry about the bump stops. But, is this concern just in my head? Is there a better option to spend the $160 on? Anyone have any good idea on how to lengthen the bump stops besides just washers and longer bolt (I don't think that would hold up very well but maybe it will)? My tires will clear the fenders just fine if the rear axle is articulated but would rub if I compressed both sides of the truck at the same time via a jump (I don't plan on jumping my truck).
Last edited by jdunk54nl; 01-10-2019 at 06:06 PM.
I had the same problem / concern and solved it with a purchase of Timbren SES rubber springs to serve as my new bump stops. At full compression, the factory yellow bump stops were not long enough to reach the tab on my lift blocks to prevent further compression, and so my tire would ram up into my wheel well. I grabbed a set of Timbren SES springs which are longer and also come with some height adjustment brackets, and they work great. I had my off-road shop actually articulate my truck with a forklift to ensure they stopped the compression at the proper spot. Not 100% sure if that directly answers your question, but just wanted to chime in with how I solved the problem you are mentioning.
That might be a good option which I might do anyway since my blocks now do not have ears either.
But after more measuring, I may end up just lowering the front a 1/2". My rear raptor take offs are riding right at 25.5"-26" which based on my research is right where they ride on the on the raptors. This also leaves me about 5.5" of max drop since they max out at 31". I need to do more research and see if taking them up to 26.5"-27" will take them too much outside of their valving zones and if I want to only have 4.5" of drop.
In case I accidentally made it sound otherwise, by blocks do have the ears, and the Timbren springs hit the ears to stop the compression.
After more research, I see the raptors can get deavers with a 1" ride height increase, so if I go up 1" taller block I should be good. I doubt deaver would do that if it was going to cause issues with the raptor rear shocks. Since my rears are right where the raptors ride now, I should be fine going up 1". My installer has 3" rear blocks with ears so I will just go with that. Then the bump stops should be ok since it will only be an add a leaf difference which is fairly normal for the f150.
Last edited by jdunk54nl; 01-11-2019 at 11:52 AM.
Awesome. Very cool. And it's always good to see someone else take their F-150 off-road. I feel like this off-road forum is very quiet! Haha. Anyway, enjoy!


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Gracing the screen with her luminous presence and enhancing closets with her classic-chic clothing range, Zetske van Pletzen is a dynamic FEMtrepreneur, motivational speaker and actress with bales of talent. South Africans will recognise her exquisite features from local Afrikaans TV shows like Getroud met Rugby and Binnelanders (KykNET), the historical political drama Bloedbroers, and of course, everyone's favourite soapie, 7de Laan. Zetske isn't a stranger to the national theatre scene either, having appeared in many acclaimed musicals at the State Theatre. Her love for 'fashion with functionality' prompted her to start her own clothing line, Halo by Zetske, which caters to the stylish modern woman with elegant cocktail dresses, modish maternity attire and quirky printed lounge wear.
Zetske enlightens us on what it's really like behind the scenes….and seams.
Where does your love of acting come from?
From my parents who are both actors. My brother and I basically grew up in the theatre. I also started ballet at the age of 4, so in hindsight, I've always been a performer.
What inspired you to start the Halo by Zetske clothing brand?
The acting industry can be very unstable and you're not always guaranteed to have work. I wanted to do something that could keep me going in between acting projects. I've always had a love for fashion and starting my own line felt like the right thing to do. It turned out to be a lot harder than I anticipated. It's a very competitive industry and I had to work hard to establish where I would fit in. I've never been a fan of mass-produced clothing and I like the idea of being able to offer exclusive, locally-produced items.
How would you describe your clothing brand?
I wanted to create items that are feminine, chic and sexy. I don't necessarily follow trends, but rather stick to things that are classic and that you'd still love to wear a few years down the road. The brand showcases versatile items for day and night, as well as maternity wear and a range of quirky slogan tees.
What makes Halo by Zetske unique?
I only produce a limited number of each garment, so you are sure to purchase something that is exclusive and of a very high quality. Most of the items are custom-made and tailored to fit the client's measurements, but we also offer some ready-to-wear items. Everything is made in South Africa. Instead of bringing out entire collections twice a year, I launch a few new items every month. So there's always something new on the website.
Did you study in the field of your profession?
No, I did not study fashion at all. I've surrounded myself with people who are experts in their field and learned as much as I can from them. I have a team of qualified pattern-makers and seamstresses, and we work closely together. I did, however, study Psychology and French through UNISA and graduated in 2016.
How involved are you in the design/manufacturing process?
I design all the items myself, but I don't manufacture them.
The process goes as follows:
I draw a sketch of what I'd like, then look for the perfect fabric.
I take the sketch and fabric to a pattern-maker.
Then it goes to my seamstress. She makes a sample.
Usually there are many alterations that need to be made. We make the necessary changes on the pattern and the sample.
Once finalised, I take photos of the new item and upload it onto the website.
Where do you find design inspiration?
Everywhere! Often, I just walk around in the fabric store until a certain fabric speaks to me. Sometimes I don't know immediately what to do with it, but I buy it anyway and usually I wake up the next day with an idea. Other times, I'm inspired by what I see people wear on the streets or on social media, and I think of how I could make that different or unique. When I'm looking for a specific item in a store and I can't find it anywhere, I will make it.
Since you wear many different business hats, how do you balance it all?
It's a difficult task to balance it all. I have often reached burn-out, but I've stopped being so hard on myself and trying to do everything perfectly. I try to prioritise and do the most important things first.
What has been the most effective way of marketing your business?
I haven't done much marketing outside of social media. I've recently started working with influencers and have found it to be quite effective. The key is just to find someone who represents your target market.
What is the most courageous thing you've done as a FEMtrepreneur?
Building any business from the ground up is a courageous thing to do for anyone. It takes a lot of dedication, sacrifices and perseverance. And just to keep going after failures and disappointments, that takes a lot of courage.
Describe yourself in three words:
Determined. Loyal. Genuine.
What do you love most about your acting career?
That I get to climb into other people's minds and feel what they feel. And every day is different.
Is there anything you dislike about your profession?
The long hours and there's lots of waiting involved. Hurry up and wait.
Which acting role has been your favourite thus far and why?
There have been a few, but the one that stood out the most was the period drama series Bloedbroers, which was set between 1914 and 1948.
Is there anything you haven't done yet that you would still love to achieve?
To play the lead in a film. And my heart is yearning for the stage. I haven't done a theatre show in a few years, and I miss it a lot.
What advice would you give to other young female entrepreneurs/actresses?
Just start! Where you are, with what you have, just take that first step.
Fun facts about Zetske
Favourite business tool: Instagram 😉
My personal style is… Practical and relaxed. Guided by my mood.
Heels or flats? Flats
Three things I always carry in my bag: Lip balm, tissues and water.
Tea or coffee? Coffee
I handle stress by: Making lists and tackling one thing at a time. And wine 😉
Favourite shade of lipstick: Rosebud
Book recommendation: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
An acting role I'd love to play:
(national or international) Portraying a real person in history.
My favourite Halo piece is: The infinity jumpsuit
A coffee haunt or restaurant I love to frequent: Bambanani in Melville, because they have a great play area for kids.
Dream destination: Europe
The one thing required for success is… Perseverance
This multi-talented mum-of-one is an inspiration for all young budding actresses, as she effortlessly confirms that with the right attitude and determination, you can string it all together; a profession driven by passion, a wholesome family life and a sustainable business. We'll be closely following (and fangirl-ing over) Zetske's career, confident that she will achieve any goal she sets her mind to, be it a local or Hollywood blockbuster, or a runway show at SA Fashion Week.
Shop the Halo by Zetske collection on Zetske's website and follow her exciting acting career via Instagram
*All the T-shirts and dresses worn in these photos are available from Halo
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Facebook wants to launch own Internet Satellite in 2019
By Odisha News Insight On Jul 21, 2018 1,194
As part of its plan to connect billions of people who are still offline, Facebook is working on launching Athena, its own Internet satellite, early in 2019, the WIRED reported.
According to an application Facebook appears to have filed with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under the name PointView Tech LLC, the project is designed to "efficiently provide broadband access to unserved and underserved areas throughout the world," the report said on Friday.
Facebook, however, is not alone in aiming to increase Internet accessibility through satellites in low Earth orbit. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Softbank-backed OneWeb are two other prominent names who have similar ambitions.
Facebook also confirmed that Athena is their project, according to the report in the WIRED.
"While we have nothing to share about specific projects at this time, we believe satellite technology will be an important enabler of the next generation of broadband infrastructure, making it possible to bring broadband connectivity to rural regions where Internet connectivity is lacking or non-existent," a Facebook spokesperson was quoted as saying in a statement.
While Facebook had long expressed its cherished goal of connecting billions of underserved people around the world, it has not had much success with two earlier projects.
In June, Facebook announced it decided to abandon its plan to develop high-flying solar-powered drones called Aquila that was aimed to deliver Internet to nearly four billion people in remote parts of the world.
A high altitude platform station (HAPS) system, Aquila's mission, according to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, was to connect the world and help people who do not have online access all the opportunities of the Internet.
Facebook began Aquila project in 2014. In 2017, the solar-powered drone successfully completed the second full-scale test flight.
The social network also discontinued in 2017 a small helicopter drone project that could temporarily replace cellular services in emergency situations, The Verge reported.
The idea was to send a helicopter equipped with telecommunications equipment hundreds of metres up in the air to be able to tether to fibre and power lines in places where wireless capacity was compromised due to disaster or other factors. (IANS)
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