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What to do and where to go in Nitra region
With the holidays already here, this section may help you to plan trips on free days to explore natural beauties, visit cultural events or just learn more about Slovakia
ONE-DAY TRIP - Meeting the city
Get to know Nitra and look up the collection of archaeological finds. Ponitrianske múzeum (Museum), Štefánikova ulica 1. Open: Tue-Fri 8:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-17:00. Tel: 037/7419-771. Start from Svätoplukovo námestie, walk through Župné námestie, Horný Palánok, and get to Pribinovo námestie. Visit Diecézna knižnica (Diocese library) situated in Veľký seminár (Large seminary), Pribinovo námestie. Tel: 037/7721-743 (book in advance).
While walking down Kráľovská cesta, enter the Nitra castle with its bishopric cathedral.
Open: Mon-Fri 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00. Tel: 037/7721-747.
English-speaking guides (Sk300/hour) need to be ordered 3 days in advance at the City Information Centre on Štefánikova 1. Tel: 037/7410-906.
Check out the open-air museum and learn the earliest history of agriculture in Slovakia. Slovenské poľnohospodárske múzeum (Slovak Agricultural Museum), Dlhá 92.
Open: Tue-Sun 9:00-17:00. Tel: 037/6523-359.
Take a trip to a Romanesque church from the 12th century in Drážovce. Drive from the Zobor side to the Liečebný ústav Zobor (Sanatorium Zobor) and walk along the blue trail to Drážovce.
Have dinner at the museum restaurant, located in the building of Ponitrianske múzeum.
Štefánikova ulica 1. Tel: 037/7419-980.
WEEKEND TRIP - Topoľčianky
Spend a weekend in Topoľčianky surrounded by the Tríbeč and Pohronský Inovec mountains. Topoľčianky castle, built in the 19th century in the classical style, currently serves as a hotel and museum. The National Stud Farm Topoľčianky, founded in 1921, has been designed to breed Arabian, Lipican, Hucul and Sport horses.
FRIDAY evening - Topoľčianky castle
Stay at the castle and walk through a large English-style park.
Topoľčianky castle, Parková 1, Topoľčianky. Tel: 037/6301-111.
SATURDAY - Topoľčianky, Hrušovský hrad
In the morning, go horseback riding at the national stud farm. Sk2,000 per hour, not including trainer. Parková 13, Topoľčianky. Tel: 037/6301-613.
Visit the exhibition of furniture and weapons in the museum situated in the Topoľčianky castle.
Open: Tue-Fri 9:00-15:00, Sat-Sun 12:00-16:00.
In the afternoon take a trip to the 13th century ruins of Hrušovský castle, located on the Skalka hill. Hike from Topoľčianky, following the green trail for about 3 hours. The trail offers beautiful views over the surrounding countryside.
Accommodation: Same as on Friday
SUNDAY Enclosure of European bison, Kostoľany pod Tríbečom.
Take a look at the biggest European mammal - the European bison with a length of 2.7 meters and a height of 1.9 meters. The best time to see the bison is during feeding hours, between 9:00-10:00. Drive from Topoľčianky through Žikava to the town of Lovce. Signs start from the church and lead to a parking lot situated 500 meters from the enclosure.
Tel: 037/6348-128.
Visit the 11th century St. George Church located in the village Kostoľany pod Tríbečom. Hiking: The yellow trail leads to the nearby hill Veľký Lysec, situated east of the village.
WEEK TRIP - Through the districts of Nitra region
Nitra, the region of thermal pools, is situated in the south-western part of Slovakia and consists of seven districts. This area covers the Danube and Nitra river basins and is well-suited for agriculture, thanks to advantageous natural and geographical conditions.
SUNDAY - district of Levice
Visit the 840-year old town Levice, which is dominated by ruins of the gothic Levice castle. Look up the ethnological exhibition situated in the Dóobovský kaštieľ (manor house).
Levice castle. Open: Mon-Fri 9:00-18:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-18:00. Tel: 036/6312-112.
Continue to Brhlovce and look at the Rock Dwellings. Visit the house at 142 Šurda street. Open: Mon, Thu, Sat, Sun 9:00-16:00. Tel: 036/6312-112.
Accommodation: Penzión Tília, Kalvínske nám. 2, Levice. Tel: 0905/665-128.
MONDAY - district of Nové Zámky
Swim in one of the Slovakia's biggest thermal pools. Thermal pool Vadaš, Hlavná 34, Štúrovo. Open: daily 9:00-19:00. Tel: 036/7511-410.
Accommodation: Dom regenerácie I., Petöfiho 21, Štúrovo. Tel: 036/7511-696.
TUESDAY - district of Komárno
Have a look at the characteristic architecture of European states on Nádvorie Európy (Europe square) in the town Komárno. Walk through the largest fortification system in Slovakia and see the exposition of Roman stone-structured monuments.
Open: Tue-Sat 9:00-17:00. Tel: 035/7731-476.
Continue to visit the unique technical monument Water Mill in Kolárovo. Open: daily 10:00-19:00. Tel: 035/7772-045.
Accommodation: Hotel Európa, M.R. Štefánika 1, Komárno. Tel: 035/7731-350.
WEDNESDAY - district of Šaľa
Look at the sacral objects in an 11th century basilica - Church of Panna Mária, Diakovce (south-west from Šaľa)
Swim in the thermal pool, located 3 km from Diakovce. Open: daily 9:00-18:00. Admission: Sk20-40. Accommodation: Hotel Centrál, Nám. Svätej Trojice 4, Šaľa. Tel: 031/774-401.
THURSDAY - district of Nitra
Take a trip to the ruins of the medieval Gýmeš castle. Follow the red-marked trail from the Jelenec-Remitáž recreation centre (2 km from Jelenec). Enjoy the view of the Veľký Tríbeč hill.
Accommodation: castle Mojmírovce, Mojmírovce. Tel: 037/7798-201.
FRIDAY - district of Zlaté Moravce
Continue on to the next district. Have a walk in the botanical gardens with more than 2,000 different types of trees and bushes from all parts of the world. Arborétum Mlyňany, Tesárske Mlyňany. Open: daily 8:00-18:00. Tel: 037/6334-571.
Accommodation: Castle Malé Vozokany, Malé Vozokany 122. Tel: 037/6342-185.
SATURDAY - district of Topoľčany
Climb to Topoľčiansky castle situated over the village Podhradie. Drive by car to the pension under the castle, and then by walk about five minutes.
The blue-marked trail leads from Podhradie to the protected archaeological site Holé brehy, near which you can find the Úhrad hill with the foundations of ancient fortifications.


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Q: How to center some element on web page on all browsers and devices? I have some element, div or whatever with id and i want to center it on webpage.
But when it looks good on computer screen, it looks bad on mobile.
How to center it correctly, with any framework like bootstrap or something, or without, any method, jquery also is possible.
It has too looks good on all mobile and all computer browsers.
Thanks.

A: I will give you another solution to position at absolute center (horizontal and vertical) that never fails and works on every browser I've tested (ie 8+).
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Alternating Currents: Bring back roadside attractions for the EV era
Bradley Brownell
World's tallest thermometer. Photo credit: Elizabethmaher / Shutterstock.com
Patience is a virtue, and nowhere is that more true than when going on a long-distance trip with your electric vehicle. Last week I took a trip from Los Angeles to my home in Reno, Nevada on Harley-Davidson's electric LiveWire motorcycle. Thankfully it charges with a CCS DC fast charger connection, allowing an 80% charge in 40 minutes and 100% in about an hour.
But with a rated highway range of about 100 miles, and my un-aerodynamic shape loaded into the saddle, the bike and I could get no more than 80 miles from a full charge. That meant a lot of stopping on this particular trip, and it meant a lot of time sitting at the charging station with very little to do.
Most of the charging stations I stopped at were located along the I-5 and I-80 corridors in California, and they were by and large located in fast food restaurant parking lots or grocery store parking lots just off the highway. I get it, it makes sense, but there is definitely a better way. Our lives are depressing enough in 2020, we don't need to spend an hour in the Subway parking lot near Buttonwillow, California.
World's largest nut. Photo credit: Kristi Blokhin / Shutterstock.com
(Editor's note: Before anyone writes in saying "Tesla solves this problem with its infotainment," you are correct. It is a great feature to be able to play games or watch Netflix while charging. Hopefully more EV companies adopt features like that in the future. Though, as I'm sure y'all can appreciate, a motorcycle isn't a car and what works for an enclosed four-wheel cage might not make sense on a two-wheel motorcycle.)
Long distance travel has long been a part of the American tapestry, and by the 1920s it was a practical possibility as driving infrastructure grew more widespread and cars became faster and more reliable. The entrepreneurial spirit of this country meant that thousands of business owners began taking advantage of that fact, building unusual businesses to attract travelers to their corner to spend a dime or two.
World's largest picnic basket and former Longaberger Basket Company headquarters. Photo credit: Kenneth Sponsler / Shutterstock.com
This is where we got such deeply American gems as the world's largest ball of yarn or the Mystery Spot in northern California. People on long distance trips often get bored of watching mile after mile of black tarmac and yellow lane marker slide by under their tires. These roadside attractions cropped up to give motorists an ostensibly entertaining thing to do while getting out to stretch their legs. When I'm on a long trip I still make it a point to see such oddities like the Cabazon Dinosaurs or Wall Drug.
Cabazon Dinosaurs. Photo credit: Logan Bush / Shutterstock.com
Over the last decade or so, I've noticed a huge shift in the way people treat road travel. It's an inconvenience. It's something to be gotten through as quickly as possible. It seems everyone feels a need to 'make good time' which means rushed fuel stops and sustained cruising speeds well above the legal limit. There is no room for leisurely driving these days, and certainly no time to stop to smell the world's largest roses.
But as we enter a new era of electric transportation, it's time to bring that back a bit. Instead of building our charging infrastructure into a hellscape of fast food and chain hotels, we should be putting up things to do for the whole family to make charging an event instead of a hurdle to overcome. Think about what you did the last time you charged up at a ChargePoint or Electrify America port on your way to somewhere your range couldn't carry you alone. What did you do? Sit in your car as it juiced up and got lost in a TikTok black hole or tapped away a few tweets or maybe you did a BuzzFeed quiz or something?
What if, instead of getting lost in the internet, you could step out of your car and see something truly new and unique for 20 minutes or so. Doesn't that sound better? Roadside art, attractions, interesting architecture, mini museums, or even a petting zoo. This is the enlightened future that EV motorists must demand. We shouldn't just be expected to while away our time while the vehicle needs to be stationary and plugged into a charger. It's time to ask for more than a soggy burger bun and a halfway passable bathroom.
Wall Drugstore. Photo credit: Frank Romeo / Shutterstock.com
The interesting effect of faster charging networks like Electrify America's 350 kW DC fast chargers hasn't been that people expect shorter charge times, it has actually meant people expect a longer range from their vehicle. With companies like Tesla and Lucid claiming over 500 miles on a charge for their longest range models, those charge times will still be huge if you want to fill up rather than jump from charger to charger. Even if you can get charging times down to, say 25 minutes for an 80% fill-up like Porsche's Taycan is capable of, that's not an insignificant amount of time. You could easily spend a bit of time ticking off a checklist of weird stuff from Atlas Obscura or Roadside America.
And here's a semi-unrelated one for the long-distance electric motorcyclists, maybe there should be a place to charge your cellphone and in-helmet headsets at the charging station. Because the Harley I was riding didn't have a USB charge port, I was frequently relying on the kindness of strangers to get my electronics back to full-charge all the while my motorcycle was getting packed with juice. I know you electric vehicle 'cagers' have a nice place to sit out of the elements and plug in your phone to listen to some kick-ass music, but us two-wheelers aren't so lucky. If you ever see one of us at the EVGo, please offer to charge our gear inside your four-wheeled cocoon. It's a very kind thing to do. Thankfully, many EV owners are very kind.
Written by Bradley Brownell

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The Words of My Father
by Yousef Bashir
'To experience love and humanity on many levels, read this story. Beautifully told by a young man whose voice deserves to be heard — even if the world is not yet ready to listen.'
— Diana Darke, author of My House in Damascus: An Inside View of the Syrian Crisis
'A work of profound spiritual beauty, one of the great memoirs to emerge from this terrible conflict… The Words of My Father offers all of us hope that this seemingly intractable conflict can find a solution that is just to both sides.' — Yossi Klein Halevi, author of Letters to My Palestinian Neighbour
'Yousef Bashir's memoir is a moving reminder of the normality of Palestinian aspirations in what has been an abnormal situation for far too long. This book is a remarkable testimony to overcoming hatred and fear.' — Ian Black, author of Enemies and Neighbours: Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017
'[A] remarkable new memoir … full of youthful exuberance, unlikely adventures, and raw discovery … captivating.' — Robin Wright, The New Yorker
'[An] eloquent and affecting memoir … An inspiration to peace activists in all theatres of war and struggle and a book that deserves a wide audience.' — Kirkus Reviews
In the Gaza Strip, growing up on land owned by his family for centuries, eleven-year-old Yousef is preoccupied by video games, school pranks, and meeting his father's impossibly high standards. Everything changes when the Second Intifada erupts and soldiers occupy the family home. Yousef's father refuses to flee and risk losing the house forever, so the army keeps the family in a state of virtual imprisonment. Yousef struggles to understand how his father can be so committed to peaceful co-existence that he welcomes the occupying Israeli soldiers as 'guests', even in the face of unfair and humiliating treatment. Over time, Yousef learns how to endure his new life in captivity – but he can't anticipate that a bullet is about to transform his future in an instant. Shot by an Israeli soldier at the age of fifteen, and taken to hospital in Tel Aviv, Yousef slowly and painstakingly confronts the paralysis of his lower body. Under the ceaseless care of Israeli medical professionals, he gains a new perspective on the value of co-existence. These transformative experiences set Yousef on a difficult new path that leads him to learn to embody his father's philosophy, and spread a message of co-existence in a world of deep-set sectarianism. The Words of My Father is a moving coming-of-age story about survival, tolerance and hope.
In May 2018, Yousef Bashir sat down with Yossi Klein Halevi to discuss about the most pragmatic and ethical way to achieve a lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israel. You can now watch the whole video of their conversation here.
YOUSEF BASHIR is a Palestinian from the Gaza Strip, the son of a respected educator. After relocating to the United States, he earned a BA in International Affairs from Northeastern University and an MA in Co-existence and Conflict from Brandeis University. Now living in Washington DC, Bashir is a public speaker, author, and a peace advocate. He previously worked for the Palestinian Diplomatic Delegation to the United States. Visit Yousef's website, here.
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Disney+ Reveals Release Date for Marvel's Loki
By Elazje Carillo
Marvel's Loki will be the third MCU series on Disney+
Marvel's Loki will be the third MCU series on Disney+. The first two are WandaVision, to be followed by The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. The release date is set for June, which puts it right on time for the 2021 winter season.
WandaVision is nearing its finale. Meanwhile, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier will air from mid-March to Mid-April. Black Widow is still slated to be released to theaters in May. This is why Loki is arriving in June.
Loki's original release date was set in January 2021 but it was delayed due to the unforeseen events caused by the pandemic. The events within the Loki series become more intriguing as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues the building of Phase 4.
As of the moment, not much is known about the series but there is a premise available for Marvel's Loki. The series will have Loki (Tom Hiddleston) being brought to the Time Variance Authority organization after they stole the Tesseract. The series will be set was during the events of Avengers: Endgame.
The series will travel time, which can alter human history, which could end up with Loki being trapped in his own crime thriller. Tom Hiddleston will be coming back to reprise his role in the MCU series.
Owen Wilson will also join the series as he plays the character Mobius M. Mobius. He is a member of the Time Variance Authority (TVA). The TVA is a police organization that is tasked with monitoring the timeline and the multiverse. Hiddleston assisted Wilson to prepare for the role.
Marvel's Loki will be released on June 11, 2021, on Disney+.
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Being a judge sounds fun?
Fairy Ping was left speechless the moment she heard Yi Yun's words. Had she minced words so well that he could not understand her subtext? It was important for people to know their own limitations!
Jing Yuesha also rolled her eyes in secret. She could not help but blink as an undetectable smirk crept onto the corner of her mouth. "Sect Master Yi, it wouldn't be troublesome if you would like to go to the Heavenly South Peaks Meet. I have traveled the Heavenly South Great World before. I know a few people from the big sects that are organizing the Heavenly South Peaks Meet. Although the name list has long been decided, I can inquire on your behalf and see if it's possible to get you qualified as a disciple in the contest."
Jing Yuesha did not think Yi Yun was even qualified for that, to be honest.
The Heavenly South Peaks Meet hosted numerous experts, and the competition could only be described as intense!
Even the proud Jing Yuesha lacked confidence in her own abilities there.
However, with the punk being so arrogant, and having bullied her, Jing Yuesha was eager to see him suffer at the meet. She wanted to open his eyes to the experts of the Heavenly South Great World. Perhaps the experience would be so mind-blowing that his head would explode.
Fairy Ping listened on the side as she gave Jing Yuesha a reproachful look.
"This lass still has the mind of a child. She wants to make a fool of this Yi Yun with her eccentric ideas."
"But since Yi Yun is ridiculous himself, he could use a lesson. It would aid his growth and prevent him from being so insolent while he remains a frog in a well."
Therefore, Fairy Ping said, "Alright then. If Sect Master Yi insists on participating, I support Yuesha helping Sect Master Yi apply to compete."
"Compete?" Instead, Yi Yun rejected the thought languidly. "It's just a martial competition which a bunch of juniors is participating in. I'm not that interested. With my status as Myriad God Sect Master, wouldn't I be a bully if I participated in a martial competition for junior disciples? I wouldn't want to bully them."
"What?" Jing Yuesha was stupefied when she heard that.
When these words were said, Fairy Ping and Jing Yuesha's eyes went completely wide. They were at a loss for what to say. They had heard of bragging but they had never heard of someone that was so good at bragging!
What did he think was the standard of the Heavenly South Peaks Meet's martial contest? Did he think it was a contest between disciples at the level of the ones he recruited every three days? Also, who did he think he was!?
He kept mentioning junior disciples and bullying… Didn't that also include Jing Yuesha?
Jing Yuesha was amused and exasperated. She said with a voice transmission, "Martial Aunt! Look at how much a braggart he is. I feel ashamed for him."
At that moment, Fairy Ping could no longer bear it. "Thankfully, we do not need to associate with him further. We have really broadened our horizons on our trip to the Myriad God Ridge today. Forget it, let's go."
"No, Martial Aunt! Since he wants to go, we must bring him to the Heavenly South Peaks Meet to open his eyes. I want to see his expression when the time comes."
Upon thinking of how huge a setback Yi Yun would experience and his expression when he ended up being ridiculed by everyone around him, Jing Yuesha revealed a smug smile.
Yi Yun was being too arrogant. Jing Yuesha herself was a proud person, but even she knew that she had to restrain herself at the Heavenly South Peaks Meet. There were just too many experts and as the saying went, there was always a higher mountain and someone always stronger.
Yet, Yi Yun considered everybody and everything beneath him. How could Jing Yuesha tolerate his treatment of the Heavenly South Peaks Meet as a game?
Fairy Ping sighed secretly. Yi Yun would only have himself to blame.
She immediately said, "The Heavenly South Peaks Meet happens half a year from now. Going to the Heavenly South Great World requires us to travel through a spatial node. It won't be easy. Since Sect Master Yi is interested, we can travel together."
"Since both of you want to travel with me, that will work," Yi Yun said with a nod. Fairy Ping was rendered speechless when she heard that. Was Yi Yun implying that they were the ones clinging on to him to travel together?
Jing Yuesha was even more incensed and exasperated. Who wanted to travel with him!?
"By the way, I'm also very interested in the exchange. I wonder what level the items are. Are there any priceless divine treasures? I have some divine treasures I need to acquire, so I would like to try my luck. Does the exchange require any invitation letters?"
Yi Yun knew that such exchanges were often done semi-privately. One had to be introduced to be let in.
He was cultivating the Dragon Emperor Technique and needed a large number of natural treasures, so he was indeed interested in the exchange.
Fairy Ping rolled her eyes. The exchange was an event for all sorts of old freaks to participate in. As a young punk at the eighth-storey Dao Palace, why did he care for priceless divine treasures? Even if he did manage to acquire some, they would be wasted on him.
Every word this punk said was ridiculous.
"There's no need for an invitation letter. You can participate as long as you have sufficient wealth."
Fairy Ping did not wish to stay a minute longer in the Myriad God Ridge. She forced herself to inform Yi Yun of the venue and time, before rushing out with Jing Yuesha.
The Myriad God Sect Master was truly absurd.
As for Jing Yuesha, the moment she stepped out the door, she turned to look at Jade Emperor Palace and waved her tiny fist.
"What senior! What Martial Uncle! Hmph!"
Yi Yun was right. As soon as Jing Yuesha returned to Clear Lunar Island, she could not stop herself from sharing the story of her outrageous experience at the Myriad God Ridge to the other girls on Clear Lunar Island.
Clear Lunar Island wasn't large so gossip quickly spread. In less than a day, everyone in Clear Lunar Island knew Yi Yun's name.
Yi Yun naturally did not care either way.
Time passed, and half a year passed quickly.
On the day Yi Yun had arranged to meet the Clear Lunar Island group, the venue chosen was the Kuntu mountain range in the Calm Sea. There was a spatial node there that led to the Heavenly South Great World.
The regions in the Sinkhole were situated in various complicated ways but in general, the Sinkhole was split into various worlds. They were of all sizes and were relatively independent. As such, traveling through the different worlds was not a simple task.
The Clear Lunar Island had already set up an array formation. Once it was activated, they could be transported through the void.
When Yi Yun came to the Kuntu mountain range, he only brought Zuoyan Xiaoyu as a maidservant. As for the Clear Lunar Island, they brought a bevy of young girls.
At a glance, Yi Yun could see more than a dozen people.
Most striking of all was Jing Yuesha.
Other than her, there were a few elderly women. They were naturally members of the upper echelon of Clear Lunar Island.
Upon seeing Yi Yun arrive, many girls immediately cast curious looks at him. A few of them murmured in whispers before giggling.
"Is that the Myriad God Sect Master?"
"He's really rather young. But Senior Sister Yuesha, he doesn't look as bad as you described. He's rather handsome, actually."
"Yea, yea. But did he really get you to call him Martial Uncle?"
"He wishes so!" Jing Yuesha said petulantly.
The girls spoke in whispers as they looked curiously at Yi Yun with wide eyes.
At that moment, Yi Yun walked over.
Upon seeing Yi Yun come, the girls immediately closed their mouths and furtively looked at him.
"Sect Master Yi, we meet again."
Jing Yueping felt a headache seeing Yi Yun but since Yi Yun represented the Myriad God Ridge, the people from the Clear Lunar Island had to abide by etiquette.


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*   PROJECT: Win32 time functions and heartbeat logic for Stack VM
*   FILE:    sqWin32Heartbeat.c
*   CONTENT:
*
*   AUTHOR:  Eliot Miranda
*   ADDRESS:
*   EMAIL:   eliot@teleplace.com
*   RCSID:   $Id$
*
*   NOTES:
*  August 3rd, 2008, EEM added heart-beat thread.
*
*****************************************************************************/

#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>

#include "sq.h"
#include "sqAssert.h"
#include "sqMemoryFence.h"

/*
 * Win32 FILETIMEs are 10th's of microseconds since 1601.  Smalltalk times
 * are seconds from 1901.  Let's call a 10th of a microsecond a "tock".
 */

#if _MSC_VER
# define SecondsFrom1601To1901 9467020800i64 /*See PRINT_TIME_CONSTANTS below*/
# define MicrosecondsFrom1601To1901 9467020800000000i64

# define MicrosecondsPerSecond 1000000i64
# define MillisecondsPerSecond 1000i64

# define MicrosecondsPerMillisecond 1000000i64

# define TocksPerSecond      10000000i64
# define TocksPerMillisecond 10000i64
# define TocksPerMicrosecond 10i64
# define LLFMT "I64d"
#else
# define SecondsFrom1601To1901 9467020800LL /*See PRINT_TIME_CONSTANTS below*/
# define MicrosecondsFrom1601To1901 9467020800000000LL

# define MicrosecondsPerSecond 1000000LL
# define MillisecondsPerSecond 1000LL

# define MicrosecondsPerMillisecond 1000LL

# define TocksPerSecond      10000000LL
# define TocksPerMillisecond 10000LL
# define TocksPerMicrosecond 10LL
# define LLFMT "lld"
#endif

static DWORD dwTimerPeriod = 0;
static DWORD timerID = 0;

int ioOldMSecs()
{
  /* Make sure the value fits into Squeak SmallIntegers */
#ifndef _WIN32_WCE
  return timeGetTime() & MillisecondClockMask;
#else
  return GetTickCount() & MillisecondClockMask;
#endif
}

sqLong ioHighResClock(void) {
  sqLong value = 0;
#ifdef __GNUC__
  __asm__ __volatile__ ("rdtsc" : "=A" (value));
#endif
  return value;
}

/* Compute the current VM time basis, the number of microseconds from 1901.
 *
 * Alas Windows' system time functions GetSystemTime et al have low resolution;
 * 15 ms.  So we use timeGetTime for higher resolution and use it as an offset to
 * the system time, resetting when timeGetTime wraps.  Since timeGetTime wraps we
 * need some basis information which is passed in as pointers to provide us with
 * both the heartbeat clock and an instantaneous clock for the VM thread.
 */

static unsigned __int64
currentUTCMicroseconds(unsigned __int64 *utcTickBaseUsecsp, DWORD *lastTickp, DWORD *baseTickp)
{
	FILETIME utcNow;
	DWORD currentTick = timeGetTime();
	DWORD prevTick = *lastTickp;

	*lastTickp = currentTick;

	/* If the timeGetTime millisecond clock wraps (as it will every 49.71 days)
	 * resync to the system time.
	 */
	if (currentTick < prevTick) {

		*baseTickp = currentTick;
		GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&utcNow);
		*utcTickBaseUsecsp = *(unsigned __int64 *)&utcNow
							/ TocksPerMicrosecond
							- MicrosecondsFrom1601To1901;
		return *utcTickBaseUsecsp;
	}
	return *utcTickBaseUsecsp
		  + (currentTick - *baseTickp) * MicrosecondsPerMillisecond;
}

/* The 64-bit clocks.  utcMicrosecondClock is utc microseconds from 1901.
 * localMicrosecondClock is local microseconds from 1901.  The 32-bit clock
 * millisecondClock is milliseconds since system start.  These are updated
 * by the heartbeat thread at up to 1KHz.
 */
static unsigned volatile __int64 utcMicrosecondClock;
static unsigned volatile __int64 localMicrosecondClock;
static unsigned volatile long millisecondClock; /* for the ioMSecs clock. */
static unsigned __int64 utcStartMicroseconds;
static   signed __int64 vmGMTOffset = 0;

/* The bases that relate timeGetTime's 32-bit wrapping millisecond clock to the
 * non-wrapping 64-bit microsecond clocks.
 */
static unsigned __int64 utcTickBaseMicroseconds;
static DWORD lastTick = (DWORD)-1;
static DWORD baseTick;
static unsigned __int64 vmThreadUtcTickBaseMicroseconds;
static DWORD vmThreadLastTick = (DWORD)-1;
static DWORD vmThreadBaseTick;

#define microToMilliseconds(usecs) ((((usecs) - utcStartMicroseconds) \
									/ MicrosecondsPerMillisecond) \
									& MillisecondClockMask)

#define LOG_CLOCK 1

#if LOG_CLOCK
# define LOGSIZE 1024
static unsigned __int64 useclog[LOGSIZE];
static unsigned long mseclog[LOGSIZE];
static int logClock = 1;
static unsigned int ulogidx = (unsigned int)-1;
static unsigned int mlogidx = (unsigned int)-1;
# define logusecs(usecs) do { sqLowLevelMFence(); \
							if (logClock) useclog[++ulogidx % LOGSIZE] = (usecs); \
						} while (0)
# define logmsecs(msecs) do { sqLowLevelMFence(); \
							if (logClock) mseclog[++mlogidx % LOGSIZE] = (msecs); \
						} while (0)
void
ioGetClockLogSizeUsecsIdxMsecsIdx(sqInt *runInNOutp, void **usecsp, sqInt *uip, void **msecsp, sqInt *mip)
{
	logClock = *runInNOutp;
	sqLowLevelMFence();
	*runInNOutp = LOGSIZE;
	*usecsp = useclog;
	*uip = ulogidx % LOGSIZE;
	*msecsp = mseclog;
	*mip = mlogidx % LOGSIZE;
}
#else /* LOG_CLOCK */
# define logusecs(usecs) 0
# define logmsecs(msecs) 0
void
ioGetClockLogSizeUsecsIdxMsecsIdx(sqInt *np, void **usecsp, sqInt *uip, void **msecsp, sqInt *mip)
{
	*np = *uip = *mip = 0;
	*usecsp = *msecsp = 0;
}
#endif /* LOG_CLOCK */

/*
 * Update the utc and local microsecond clocks.  Since this is invoked from
 * a high-priority thread, and since the clocks are 64-bit values that are read
 * concurrently by the VM, care must be taken to access these values atomically
 * on 32-bit systems.  If they are not accessed atomically there is a possibility
 * of fetching the two halves of the clock from different ticks which would
 * cause a jump in the clock of 2^32 microseconds (1 hr, 11 mins, 34 secs).
 *
 * Since an interrupt could occur between any two instructions the clock must be
 * read atomically as well as written atomically.  If possible this can be
 * implemented without locks using atomic 64-bit reads and writes.
 */

#include "sqAtomicOps.h"

static void
updateMicrosecondClock()
{
	unsigned __int64 newUtcMicrosecondClock, newLocalMicrosecondClock;

	newUtcMicrosecondClock = currentUTCMicroseconds(&utcTickBaseMicroseconds,
													&lastTick,
													&baseTick);
	/* The native clock may go backwards, e.g. when timeGetTime wraps and we sync
	 * with the system clock, which, having only 15ms resolution, could cause a
	 * backward step.  Of course this will cause problems if the clock is manually
	 * adjusted.  To which the doctor says, "don't do that".
	 */
	if (!asserta(newUtcMicrosecondClock >= utcMicrosecondClock)) {
		logusecs(0); /* if logging log a backward step as 0 */
		return;
	}
	newLocalMicrosecondClock = newUtcMicrosecondClock + vmGMTOffset;

	set64(utcMicrosecondClock,newUtcMicrosecondClock);
	set64(localMicrosecondClock,newLocalMicrosecondClock);
	millisecondClock = microToMilliseconds(newUtcMicrosecondClock);

	logusecs(newUtcMicrosecondClock);
	logmsecs(millisecondClock);
}

void
ioUpdateVMTimezone()
{
	__int64 utcNow, localNow;

	GetSystemTimeAsFileTime((FILETIME *)&utcNow);
	FileTimeToLocalFileTime((FILETIME *)&utcNow,(FILETIME *)&localNow);
	vmGMTOffset = (localNow - utcNow) / (__int64)TocksPerMicrosecond;
}

void
ioInitTime(void)
{
	ioUpdateVMTimezone();
	updateMicrosecondClock(); /* this can now compute localUTCMicroseconds */
	utcStartMicroseconds = utcMicrosecondClock;
}

usqLong
ioUTCMicroseconds() { return get64(utcMicrosecondClock); }

usqLong
ioLocalMicroseconds() { return get64(localMicrosecondClock); }

usqInt
ioLocalSecondsOffset() { return (usqInt)(vmGMTOffset / MicrosecondsPerSecond); }

/* This is an expensive interface for use by Smalltalk or vm profiling code that
 * wants the time now rather than as of the last heartbeat.
 */
usqLong
ioUTCMicrosecondsNow()
{
	return currentUTCMicroseconds(&vmThreadUtcTickBaseMicroseconds,
								  &vmThreadLastTick,
								  &vmThreadBaseTick);
}

usqLong
ioLocalMicrosecondsNow() { return ioUTCMicrosecondsNow() + vmGMTOffset; };

int
ioMSecs() { return millisecondClock; }

/* Note: ioMicroMSecs returns *milli*seconds */
int
ioMicroMSecs(void) { return microToMilliseconds(ioUTCMicrosecondsNow()); }

/* returns the local wall clock time */
int
ioSeconds(void) { return get64(localMicrosecondClock) / MicrosecondsPerSecond; }

int
ioSecondsNow(void) { return ioLocalMicrosecondsNow() / MicrosecondsPerSecond; }

int
ioUTCSeconds(void) { return get64(utcMicrosecondClock) / MicrosecondsPerSecond; }

int
ioUTCSecondsNow(void) { return ioUTCMicrosecondsNow() / MicrosecondsPerSecond; }

typedef enum { dead, condemned, nascent, quiescent, active } machine_state;

static machine_state beatThreadState = nascent;

#if !defined(DEFAULT_BEAT_MS)
# define DEFAULT_BEAT_MS 1
#endif
static long beatMilliseconds = DEFAULT_BEAT_MS;
static HANDLE beatSemaphore;
static HANDLE heartbeatThread;
static unsigned __int64 frequencyMeasureStart;
static unsigned long heartbeats;

static void
heartbeat()
{
	updateMicrosecondClock();
	if (get64(frequencyMeasureStart) == 0) {
		set64(frequencyMeasureStart,utcMicrosecondClock);
		heartbeats = 0;
	}
	else
		heartbeats += 1;
	checkHighPriorityTickees(utcMicrosecondClock);
	forceInterruptCheckFromHeartbeat();
}

static DWORD WINAPI
beatThreadStateMachine(void *careLess)
{
	beatThreadState = active;
	while (beatThreadState != condemned) {
		DWORD res = WaitForSingleObject(beatSemaphore,
										beatThreadState == active
											? beatMilliseconds
											: INFINITE);
		if (res == WAIT_TIMEOUT
#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE) // for pulsing by timeSetEvent below
		 || res == WAIT_OBJECT_0
#endif
		   )
			heartbeat();
		else if (res == WAIT_FAILED)
			abortMessage(TEXT("Fatal: WaitForSingleObject(beatSemaphore) %ld"),
						 GetLastError());
		else
			printLastError(TEXT("beatThreadStateMachine WaitForSingleObject"));
	}
	beatThreadState = dead;
	return 0;
}

/* Answer the average heartbeats per second since the stats were last reset.
 */
unsigned long
ioHeartbeatFrequency(int reset)
{
	unsigned long duration = (ioUTCMicroseconds() - get64(frequencyMeasureStart))
							/ MicrosecondsPerSecond;
	unsigned frequency = duration ? heartbeats / duration : 0;

	if (reset) {
		unsigned __int64 zero = 0;
		set64(frequencyMeasureStart,zero);
	}
	return frequency;
}

/*
 * If we're using just a poll thread (current default) then it also decides
 * the delay resolution and so we choose THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL.
 */
void
ioInitHeartbeat()
{
	DWORD uselessThreadId;
extern sqInt suppressHeartbeatFlag;

	if (suppressHeartbeatFlag) return;

	beatSemaphore = CreateSemaphore(NULL,	/*no security*/
									0,		/*no initial signals*/
									65535,  /*no limit on num signals*/
									NULL	/*anonymous*/);
	heartbeatThread = CreateThread(0,	/* default security attributes (none) */
							  2048, /* thread stack bytes (ignored!! read it and weep) */
							  beatThreadStateMachine,
							  0,	/* beatThreadStateMachine argument */
							  0 | STACK_SIZE_PARAM_IS_A_RESERVATION,	/* creation flags, 0 => run immediately, SSPIAR implies don't commit memory to stack */
							  &uselessThreadId);
	if (!heartbeatThread
	 || !SetThreadPriority(heartbeatThread, POLL_THREAD_PRIORITY))
		abortMessage(TEXT("Fatal error: poll thread init failure %ld"), GetLastError());

	while (beatThreadState == nascent)
		if (WaitForSingleObject(beatSemaphore, 1) == WAIT_FAILED)
			abortMessage(TEXT("Fatal: WaitForSingleObject(beatSemaphore) %ld"),
						 GetLastError());

	ioSetHeartbeatMilliseconds(beatMilliseconds);
}

int
ioHeartbeatMilliseconds() { return beatMilliseconds; }

void
ioSetHeartbeatMilliseconds(int ms)
{
	if (ms != beatMilliseconds) {
		beatMilliseconds = ms;
		/*
		 * We only break the poll state machine out of its loop if it is
		 * inactive.  Otherwise the I/O poll frequency will only change when
		 * the current wait finishes.  This is consistent with the Unix/Mac OS
		 * platform which cannot break out of its nanosleep.  If you change
		 * this you should change sqUnixHeartbeat.c to match.
		 */
		if (beatThreadState != active) {
			beatThreadState = active;
			if (!ReleaseSemaphore(beatSemaphore,1 /* 1 signal */,NULL))
				abortMessage(TEXT("Fatal: ReleaseSemaphore(beatSemaphore) %ld"),
							 GetLastError());
		}
	}
#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
	/* Belt and braces.  Use timeSetEvent to signal beatSemaphore periodically
	 * to avoid cases where Windows doesn't honour the timeout in a timely
	 * fashion in the above WaitForSingleObject.
	 */
	if (dwTimerPeriod != ms) {
		void ioReleaseTime(void);
		TIMECAPS tCaps;

		ioReleaseTime();
		dwTimerPeriod = 0;
		if(timeGetDevCaps(&tCaps,sizeof(tCaps)) != 0)
			return;
		dwTimerPeriod = max(tCaps.wPeriodMin,beatMilliseconds);
		if (timeBeginPeriod(dwTimerPeriod) != 0)
			return;
		timerID = timeSetEvent(	dwTimerPeriod,
								0,
								(LPTIMECALLBACK)beatSemaphore,
								0,
								TIME_PERIODIC |
								TIME_CALLBACK_EVENT_PULSE);
	}
#endif /* defined(_WIN32_WCE) */
}

void
ioReleaseTime(void)
{
#if !defined(_WIN32_WCE)
	if (timerID) {
		timeKillEvent(timerID);
		timeEndPeriod(dwTimerPeriod);
		timerID = 0;
	}
#endif /* !defined(_WIN32_WCE) */
}

#if PRINT_TIME_CONSTANTS
SYSTEMTIME StartOfThe20thCentury
        = { 1901,	/* Blame Aloysius Lilius? */
            1,      /* January */
            2,      /* (Date fromSeconds: 0) dayOfWeekName => #Tuesday */
            1,      /* 1st of January */
            0,      /* 0th Hour */
            0,      /* 0th minute */
            0,      /* 0th second */
            0 };    /* 0th millisecond */
int
main()
{
	FILETIME startOfThe20thCentury;
	TCHAR buffer[1024];
	FILETIME utcNow, localNow;

	GetDateFormat(LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT,
				  DATE_LONGDATE,
				  &StartOfThe20thCentury,
				  0,
				  buffer,
				  1024);
	printf("StartOfThe20thCentury is %s\n\n", buffer);

	SystemTimeToFileTime(&StartOfThe20thCentury, &startOfThe20thCentury);
	printf("#define MicrosecondsFrom1601To1901 %" LLFMT "\n",
			*(unsigned __int64 *)&startOfThe20thCentury / TocksPerMicrosecond);
	printf("#define SecondsFrom1601To1901 %" LLFMT "\n\n",
			*(unsigned __int64 *)&startOfThe20thCentury / TocksPerSecond);
	GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&utcNow);
	FileTimeToLocalFileTime(&utcNow,&localNow);
	printf("Now Smalltalk seconds is therefore %" LLFMT "\n",
			(*(unsigned __int64 *)&localNow / TocksPerSecond)
			- (*(unsigned __int64 *)&startOfThe20thCentury / TocksPerSecond));
}

sqInt
forceInterruptCheckFromHeartbeat()
{
}

int __cdecl
abortMessage(const TCHAR *fmt,...)
{
}
#endif /* PRINT_TIME_CONSTANTS */

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Receiving doctors or hospitals and medical tourism companies must be ready to address more than the usual needs of medical tourists, or be prepared to risk the success of their medical tourism business because patients are harmed.
Weight loss surgery is a growth area in medical tourism. Medical tourists who choose weight loss surgery often do so without the help or guidance of a hometown doctor. Because of this, the medical travel facilitator, surgeon or hospital quality leader has a specific burden to protect these patients against the increased safety risks. The medical travel facilitator should review the facilities and surgeon's qualifications to lessen the vulnerability of the bariatric tourist.
The health care concerns of these patients extend beyond standard patient safety needs and risk avoidance issues and, for bariatric patients, beyond nutritional counseling and special diets.
According to a new report from the patient safety organization ECRI, routine hospital procedures pose unique challenges with bariatric patients, including patient handling and transport, diagnostic imaging, nursing care, airway management, and medication dosing.
These issues also profoundly affect any surgical patients with a high BMI or very tall, large men who, because of their size, may be at risk for perioperative complications such as difficult intubation, respiratory difficulties, or positioning injuries.
Here is a checklist to identify these safety risks, based on the ECRI report. The report shows how few hospitals meet these enhanced safety needs, even in countries where medical care is well developed.
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School Rugby
Conwy U16 International Festival: U16 internationals descend on Rydal Penrhos
The Conwy U16 International Rugby Festival starts on Sunday, taking place from April 3-9, with teams from far and wide coming to Colwyn Bay in the hope of taking the crown.
The tournament is a replacement for the Wellington Festival, which was held for a number of years at Wellington College in Berkshire, but has now changed towards a premiership academy competition.
There will be a total of eight U16 teams competing, including two from France (France U16 West and France U16 East) and a pair of sides from Italy (Italy U17 and Italy U17 'A').
In addition there are two teams from Scotland making the journey (Scotland 'Red' and Scotland 'Blue'), and Wales will be represented by the Academicals and home side RGC 1404.
Visiting teams will be training at Rydal Penrhos' facilities throughout the event, in addition to staying at the school's numerous boarding houses.
Rydal Penrhos School Director of Sport Allen Boyd, said:
"Due to the change in format there are now a number of international teams who need playing opportunities so I am delighted to work with the WRU to bring them to Colwyn Bay. I coached the RFU North U16s side at Wellington a number of years ago and it is a very impressive and prestigious festival."
"The sides have full use of our international standard training facilities while they are with us and to have Eirias Park as a playing venue next to the school will make it quite special. We currently have five of our senior squad at Rydal Penrhos involved with the WRU teams who will be playing in the tournament, which should be a fantastic experience for them."
There will be three game days which run from 11am-5pm, with four matches per day and 12 in total.
Matches will take place on Sunday, April 3, Wednesday 6 and Saturday 9, and will be held at Parc Eirias. Tickets are priced at £3 per day or £5 for all three days.
Conwy U16 International Festival Schedule:
3rd April – 11.00, Wales Academicals v Scotland Red
3rd April – 12.30, France U16 West v Italy U17
3rd April – 14.00, France U16 East v Italy U17 A
3rd April – 15.30, Wales RGC v Scotland Blue
6th April – 11.00, Italy U17 v Welsh Academicals
6th April – 12.30, Scotland Red v France East
6th April – 14.00 Wales RGC v Italy U17 'A'
6th April – 15.30, France U16 West v Scotland Blue
9th April – 11.00 Scotland Blue v Wales Academicals
9th April – 12.30, Scotland Red v Wales RGC
9th April – 14.00 Italy U17 v France East
9th April – 15.30, Italy U17 'A' v France U16 West
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Savanur (Kannada:  Savaṇūra []) ist eine Stadt im indischen Bundesstaat Karnataka mit 40.000 Einwohnern (Volkszählung 2011).

Bis 1948 war Savanur Hauptstadt des Fürstenstaates Savanur.

Savanur liegt im Distrikt Haveri im nördlichen Zentral-Karnataka auf einer Höhe von rund 590 Metern über dem Meeresspiegel auf dem Dekkan-Plateau. Die Stadt ist Hauptort des Taluks (Sub-Distrikts) Savanur. Die nächstgrößeren Städte sind die Distrikthauptstadt Haveri rund 30 Kilometer südlich und Hubballi-Dharwad knapp 60 Kilometer nördlich. 10 Kilometer westlich von Savanur führt die nationale Fernstraße NH 4 vorbei. Der Bahnhof Savanur befindet sich acht Kilometer östlich der Stadt.

Savanur war ursprünglich von einer Befestigung umgeben, von der noch Reste erhalten sind. Am Stadtrand Savanurs stehen drei große Baobab-Bäume mit Stammumfängen von 18, 16 und 14 Metern. Wie diese ursprünglich aus Afrika stammenden Bäume nach Savanur gelangten, ist nicht klar. Der lokalen Legende nach sollen sie vor 5000 Jahren vom Gott Krishna eingeführt worden sein.

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This is the perfect snack for those who need something sweet in the afternoon, but it's a healthy recipe because it's sweetened only with banana and dates. It's very easy to prepare and will be loved by adults AND children, so don't forget to add it to your Healthy Meal Planning.
My friend Vivi is a big fan of my healthy Nutella recipe with carob. One day she told me that she would have loved to use carob in some other recipe too. This is how the idea of these gluten-free chocolate and carob muffins came about, which are very easy to prepare and perfect for a healthy snack.
1. Let the dates soak in hot water for about 10 minutes.
2. Mix all of the wet ingredients.
3. Mix all of the dry ingredients.
4. Pour the batter into the molds and bake for about 25 minutes.
The only thing that you should keep in mind is that it would be better to leave them on a cooling rack as soon as you take them out of the oven. This will prevent them from getting too wet. In case you are wondering, I bought the cooling rack that you see in the photos from Claudia & Julia's online store.
If you are not familiar with carob, I invite you to read my Energy Ball recipe where I talk about this ingredient and I tell you why I usually add it to my recipes.
In any case, keep in mind that it is not an essential ingredient and you can substitute it with cocoa. So, instead of using one tablespoon of cocoa and one of carob, you can use two tablespoons of cocoa. The difference is that if you use only cocoa, the muffins will taste a bit stronger than if you mix cocoa and carob.
The same goes for the yogurt. Make sure it is natural and without added sugars. It is also highly recommended to buy it organic and, even better, if you get goat yogurt. Keep in mind that this recipe could be prepared even without the yogurt, which is actually used to provide more moisture and fluffiness. If you are lactose intolerant, you could even try to prepare the recipe with soy yogurt. I haven't tried it myself, but I do not think it should be a problem. Please, let me know if you try it.
If you are not a celiac and you don't have gluten intolerance, there are doctors who recommend not changing to a gluten-free diet because there's a possibility that your body will get used to not digesting that protein and, as a consequence, it could cause an intolerance.
I confess that, when I started looking for a change towards a healthy diet, I went through a phase in which I believed that eating gluten-free would help me lose weight. That was what I had perceived while reading certain articles, but I could not be more wrong. I started buying gluten-free bread and pastries, spending a lot more money, without being aware that all of those gluten-free industrial products carry a lot of added sugars to give a more pleasant taste to the foods in the industry for the production of gluten-free foods.
Today, I no longer believe that eating gluten-free helps you lose weight, but I know that using natural foods, and the least refined possible, helps maintain a balanced diet.
In addition, there are some doctors who recommend a minimum consumption of gluten, or better said, of foods that naturally contain gluten, because they claim that it causes inflammation. So I believe it's not a bad idea to have an alternative recipe for gluten-free muffins.
What I like most about this recipe is that these muffins are sweetened only with fruit, without any added sugars or sweeteners.
From personal experience, I usually store my backings made with banana in an airtight container, preferably a glass one, and leave it in the fridge. The times when I didn't store it in the fridge, I noticed that it alters the taste of the banana and I personally don't like it very much.
Once, I've even tried to freeze these gluten-free muffins. Once thawed, they were still very good, as they had maintained the same consistency and flavor. However, when I tried to freeze a loaf of banana bread, I didn't like the taste after it was thawed. I think it was probably because it had a higher quantity of banana.
Needless to say, they are ideal to take to work or a picnic and, if you have children, they are perfect as a snack after school.
I love being able to try different versions of the same recipes, and that's why in the photos and video of these muffins some of them have almonds on top. In the recipe instructions, I also tell you that you can add granulated almonds to the same batter to provide a crispy touch. I've also tried a version with grated coconut on top and it's also delicious.
I haven't experimented with other flavors yet, but one option could be to substitute cocoa and carob with blueberries or raspberries. I'll let you know if I try any of these two versions.
What do you think of this recipe? Will you probably make it?
If you do, do not hesitate to leave a comment below and tell me what you think. You can also rate the recipe by using the stars on the top of the comment box.
A thousand thanks for stopping by my blog!
45g (about 3 large) pitted Medjool dates – If they are small and with less meat, use 5 and let them soak for 10 minutes in hot water before using them.
1. Soak the dates in hot water for about 10 minutes.
2. Heat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF).
3. In a food processor, add the banana, the dates (without the water), 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons of yogurt. Turn on the processor and mix everything until there are no lumps.
4. Add the rest of the ingredients: ½ cup (50 g) of almond flour, ¼ cup (30 g) grated coconut, 1 teaspoon (5 g) of yeast, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of pure cocoa powder, and 1 tablespoon of carob in the same processor and mix for a few more minutes until there are no lumps.
5. Bake for 25 minutes. Use a toothpick to make sure they are done. Insert it at the center of a muffin. If it comes out dry, it means that they are ready.
6. Take them out of the mold and let them cool on a cooling rack.
If you like almonds, you can add ¼ of a cup of granulated almonds to the same batter to give it a crunchy touch, or you can use it simply as decoration on top.
I've recently discovered that I'm gluten intolerant and my first reaction was getting depressed because I was not be able to eat my favorite desserts anymore.
Then I find recipes like this one and everything is good again!
The best gluten free muffins I've had – hands down! These are tasty, healthy and easy to make. I recommend Claudia's muffins highly – especially for a pre-workout snack!


The White House has said the first meeting between sitting U.S. and North Korean leaders could take place in the coming weeks. Trump is expected to push for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.
"We're having very substantive talks with North Korea and a lot of things have already happened with respect to the (U.S.) hostages. I think you're going to see very good things," Trump told reporters.
Trump said this week that the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, between North and South Korea would be an excellent venue for the planned summit, but that Singapore was also a possible site.
Trump also told reporters on Friday that he was not considering reducing the U.S. military's presence in South Korea as part of the negotiations.


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Sending email using PHP on a Windows IIS server is not as simple as it is when using a Linux server. On a typical setup the mail() function probably won't work without some tweaking.
When sending email using PHP's mail() function on a Linux server, PHP uses sendmail to process the email, but the same is not possible on Windows IIS servers. On Windows servers you may be required to specify an SMTP server to connect to, the port and the sending email address.
The settings outlined above may already be specified on your php.ini configuration file, but on a shared server that will probably not be the case. Instead you can specify them within your script using PHP's ini_set() function.
when i used the above code the got the following error…..
The first error looks like you've set the SMTP mail server address incorrectly. The error message indicates that you've set it to an email address rather than a host name. You need a functioning SMTP server for this to work.
The second error looks like a PHP module is missing. You can either disable the MCrypt library in php.ini or download and instal the module to fix this error.
It sounds like your mail server is not setup with a FQDN (fully qualified domain name), as required by RFC2821.
Check your mail log and there should be the initial HELO initiation, which will list the hostname that your mail server is connecting as. Look for something like "localhost" or a hostname with no .com, .net extension to confirm that this is the issue.
You need to set the hostname to something like "mail.example.com" rather than an IP address or "localhost", for example.
Nice post..I have one doubt in mail() function. will i send a mail without headers parameter in mail() function? please explain to me.
I'm not sure I understand what you're asking.
You can add headers to the email using the mail() function's additional_headers optional parameter. You must include the From header in emails, and this can either be set in php.ini or using the additional_headers parameter. Other than that you do not have to add any other headers if you do not want to.


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In this world-class restoration shop, regular car guys get it done
The 1937 Alfa-Romeo 8C2900 Berlinetta owned by David and Ginny Sydorick is well on its way to becoming the most-awarded concours car of all time. It has won Pebble Beach. It has won Best of the Best in Paris. It scored a clean sweep of the awards at Villa d'Este Concorso d'Eleganza. It is gorgeous, and it is graceful, and it is (almost) invaluable, and its resurrection is clearly the work of master craftsmen.
Surely, the facility that restored this rolling artwork must be a shrine to the car as enshrined holy object. A hallowed place where artisans, scholars, and historians gather to resurrect the finest automobiles in the world. A place of quiet gentility, white gloves, spotless shop aprons, of hushed, reverent voices discussing the intricacies of prewar coachwork. Of…
Hang on—is that a frickin' Mini Moke parked out front?
Clang-Clang-Clang! Mike Taylor, bodywork specialist at Canada's RX Autoworks, is beating the absolute bejesus out of a body panel for a supercharged Stutz. Mechanic Rob Fram, the Moke's owner, is elbows deep in a small-bumper 1989 Aston Martin Vantage that's in for servicing. Ian Davey, in charge of paint and finish, is prepping a 1950 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Super Sport in the paint booth. He's just spent 11 hours reformulating the paint and is itching to get the Alfa out and off to Pebble Beach so he can get his own Mazda RX-3 vintage racer project under the knife.
What the deuce? Where's the oak panelling and jeweller's lorgnettes and the starched collars? You won't find those at RX.
Ported rotaries join patina-laden Plymouths, bored-out 1275-cc Minis, turbocharged Miatas, and fourth team member JP Parker's glistening, whitewall-shod 1950 Chevy Fleetline. Occasionally, you'll find Duncan Dickinson's grey MGA parked curbside too, as he pitches in on the bigger jobs.
"I think many folks in our community were surprised to find out that we have such amazing shop hidden away in North Vancouver," says Dave Hord, co-founder of British Columbia's Classic Car Adventures, a touring group for classic car enthusiasts. "We've discovered a sense of pride in the fact that this is our 'home shop.' We didn't turn a wrench, beat a panel or lay the paint, but we share in the pride that goes behind every win because it was done here. "They're just regular guys; there is no entitlement or arrogance when you meet them."
Concours events can be hard for anyone with fuel in their veins to understand, in the same way that opera doesn't always appeal to people who like electric guitars. If cars are meant to be driven, then surely the champagne, frilly hats, and static displays of a high-end concours are the exact opposite of what the vehicle makers intended.
That's not what RX Autoworks is about. The place is more like a speed shop, the type to rivet motorcycle fenders to a $20M prewar Alfa-Romeo and go ripping through the straight-cut gears on mountain-top shakedown runs. It's Bohemian Rhapsody sung by a twin-supercharged straight-eight.
Underneath the glittering chrome of a concours is real metal. Yes, there's a certain amount of bank account jousting going on at any top level car show. Behind the scenes is the genuine craftsmanship, the people who take joy not just in making things shiny, but getting the details accurate, and bringing cars back to life.
"In a world full of restoration shops, it's an honor and privilege to know that the very best in the world is right here in our hometown," says Geoff Peterson, owner of Peterson's VWs and co-founder of CarBS and Coffee. "RX is a culmination of the top craftsmen in their respective fields all coming together in the perfect virtuoso of paint, metal, chrome and octane under one roof. These guys are an inspiration to so many in the field as well as the younger generation of car enthusiasts. Not only do I respect the entire staff I also have the privilege of calling many of them friends."
Parker, who at 29 is the youngest member of the RX team, has learned that accuracy can be a messy business. Coming from the mile-deep paint of the hot-rodding world, he's had to undo modern welding habits with techniques that mirror the spatter and hand-built feel of 1930s coachwork. Taylor, who builds all his own traditional tools, sometimes will go so far as to weld left-handed to get things looking suitably Italian.
There's a language to these cars, whether it's the tell-tale dots of an Italian power-hammer or the lines made by an English wheel. Body lines are often asymmetrical, and it's not uncommon to have to undo a too-perfect previous restoration. Dexterity and a long back-catalogue of experience is required, but so to is the desire to go treasure hunting for parts or delving back through sepia-toned photos to try to reconstruct bodywork that's lost to time.
Given that so much of the period photography featuring these cars is in black-and-white, and so much of the chemical composition of paintwork has changed, Davey probably has the most frustrating job of the four. The exacting work matches his personality, and he has a few tricks up his sleeve. When painting the '37 Alfa-Romeo 6C, for instance, he test-painted a few panels with different compounds, and laid them out near the sidewalk. Whenever a woman would pass by, Davey would ask which color they preferred. Research has shown that women can distinguish tiny differences in color variation that men can miss.
Alfa-Romeo Rob Fram
All of this technical expertise probably would have gotten RX only to the threshold of exceptional. What pushes the guys across the line is the way they work together, how their personalities mesh and complement each other. Fram is affable and gregarious, to the point that the others are happy to sit back and let him do the talking. Taylor seems to be happiest when he's giving one of his teammates a verbal elbow to the ribs. Davey is his own harshest critic. And all three delight in needling Parker, who, to his credit, fires back as good as he gets it.
There's no hand-holding; it's more a friendly rivalry that doesn't let a mistake or a do-over go unpunished. "Good enough" doesn't exist here.
So while the work is performed on some of the best cars ever produced, it's more about the team than the metal. As RX responds to the huge amount of demand for its services—the reward of success—that's a formula not likely to change.
"Despite the victories at the most famous Concours events in the world, they have not forgotten their early roots and are happy to share their passion and showcase their skills locally to enthusiasts who can't make it to Pebble Beach or Villa d'Este," says Nigel Matthews, Pebble Beach Concours judge. "They share their knowledge by judging at local events or simply talking about cars at the local Carbs and Coffee meetings, or by participating in the Hagerty Spring Thaw Rally. This year, Rob Fram won the Spirit of the Thaw award for always being the first car to pull over or do a U-Turn to go back and help someone who has broken down."
The response from the impressive wins at Pebble and Villa d'Este has been huge. In a single afternoon, the RX team booked some 12,000 hours of work. Its doors are effectively shut for the next four years. The crew will keep helping former clients service and refresh their vehicles, but they're trying to reduce the number of projects to a more manageable level, to reduce turnaround.
If you happen to be in North Vancouver on July 14, you can take a peek into RX to see what the team is up to. RX's semi-sporadic annual open house provides a glimpse of the workspace, the trophies on their shelves, and the projects coming together.
Just don't forget to talk to the guys themselves. The cars are special, but the people are extraordinary.
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It's been bitterly cold here and winter hasn't even officially started yet! (It starts tomorrow). The mercury was married to Zero-O degrees celsius for most of November this year. And yet my town has seen only a dusting of snow flurries. No major snow yet! Which is a mercy for all car owners and a bit of a let down for all romantics.
Guess which category I belong to?
Surprisingly, some of my friends from Mumbai have been talking about buying a sweater and Hyderabad has had a 9 degree C day. I have in my 22 years of stay in Mumbai never needed more than a thin cotton bedsheet through winter. I have never worn a sweater during my childhood. And now when I swaddle myself with jacket, sweaters, scarf, gloves and hat, I smile at the delicious irony of life.
Born in warm to very hot climates, I now live in icy cold temperatures. A complete turnaround. I used to look at pictures of Manali, Dehradun and fight the desire in my heart to go make snow angels. 🙂 Now I go out at -2 degrees, and pray that there is no wind blowing.
Last year, we had suffered (yes after the first few snows it is suffering) several snow storms. So this time round, We are thanking our stars we haven't yet needed to dig the car out of a white mound.
But and here's how I justify myself as a romantic, I am hoping for a white Christmas. Somehow, Christmas is incomplete without the grounds covered with ethereal white fluff.
What's been making Christmas special the past 3 years, is the ability of the people here to give. There is a smile on everyone's face, a genuine cheer, and hope. Times have been very tough for the average Americans, but the holiday season brings out their best. It does of course bring out all the burglars too. But hey every silver cloud has a dark lining.
I have been genuinely impressed at how much effort people put in to make the season special for the less privileged. Some time ago, several hundreds of volunteers built homes for Hurricane Katrina victims. Some of the top designers were there too, lending their skills. They weren't building dwellings, they were building homes. Attention was paid to the decor, art work even the paint colour. That's giving!! That's powerful.
Apart from Oprah Winfrey's usual fireworks (she usually makes history while giving away gifts during the holidays), several other shows give away fabulous gifts to a carefully chosen audience. Even if they are doing it just for publicity (as some cynics would say), at least they are giving to the right people. Not fat bonuses to fat bankers, or fat grub to fat bureaucrat.
1. Pure helpers – People who help because you need it and they are there to give it. They never mention the act again nor do they go around talking about their benevolence. In fact some of them help and then disappear. It's been my privilege to know these highest form of humanity several times.
2. Help to get – Epitomised by the greedy money-lender in Bollywood and these days by credit card companies in real life, these people help you in need because they see an opportunity to get something even bigger back from you.
3. Help to gloat – Some people help you as barely as they possibly can, sometimes even when you don't want it. So that they can go out and tell the world they are great. 🙂 It's been my misfortune to meet quite a few of this type.
Getting back to the spirit of giving, here I saw the glow in the faces of volunteers. This glow is that of a genuine helper. It cannot be faked. That glow warms me up this winter. 🙂 I love being human! I love the holidays! Happy holidays everyone.
Meghana – Happy Holidays to u as well…though this time it wont be magical..no snow at all!!!!
Shana – the weather man had been predicting snow everyday since 3 weeks and we havent had any! Its usually 0 degrees during the day time…but!
Al…l the best for the next grandchild..must be exciting times!!
It will snow.. Jara sabar to kar mere yaar..world is freezing is the headlines today!
Happy Holidays Swagata. Enjoy the magical snow clad Christmas there!
Snow only happens when the temperatures are near to 0 degrees. Less than that, you get no snow apart from being very very cold! Managing ok. Have been out a lot too! Two weeks left for the next grandchild to come into the world!
I am sure you will have loads of snow soon! We have had so much here! It's minus 14 tonight!


Note: Corrected title. November and December are kind of a great big gob of trigger territory to me.
Well, it started off fine. But I started to lose endurance around 3pm, and managed to stay mostly sane until 7pm (even after a long commute), only to lose my mind shortly thereafter. It was a combination of rapid-cycling from the bipolar and my PTSD triggering all over the place resulting in being suicidal in both phases, so to speak, with just enough sanity left to keep me from actually doing myself in, and to eventually remember (an hour later) that cellphones exist and you can text people through them when your mind is unraveling and you need help holding all the pieces together.
So basically I forgot all of The Plan.
This is going to be harder than I thought. I forgot how visceral my PTSD can be; this isn't the brutal force of a level-3 or level-4 flashback, but the subtle insidiousness of a level-2 creeping in, altering my thought processes, which is harder to fight back against, much less detect. ((I mean, I even wrote about it, but I forget to apply these things to my situation.)) But good to know that it actually does inhibit my thinking to the point where I can't even remember that Valencia is packing Xanax for me for a reason. Or worse, where I remember it, but can't actually make the decision to use it.
It explains a lot of the previous years, actually. Now if I can just remember that instead of forgetting it instantly, which is what I'd usually do. So I'm blogging it. Hoorah.
So anyways. Tomorrow we're going to try this again. I did regain my sanity after eating… um, three Leapin' Lemurs chocolate peanut butter rice bars, three servings of tater tots with generous amount of non-HFCS ketchup ((Simply Heinz. Which is actually quite good.)), and a non-alcoholic pina-colada. I think this diet is definitely on hold.
Typing this while buried in cows. There's even a new cow in the fold: Elmer, who is basically mini-Kaiser (one of Gund's cow models). The Overcow is pondering careful expansion of the herd so that there's both an upstairs and downstairs guard of maybe 6 to 8 cows of various sizes. At the moment I can't bear to leave any of the cows separated from each other for long because, you know, monsters.
I think Heinz would be an excellent name for a cow, particularly the black & white Holstein kind.
It's still a good plan, even when you forget it.
I don't really see how the events you describe constitute forgetting The Plan. Or more precisely: I can see how, in the throes of a PTSD episode, you can't think beyond the episode; I don't see how any of what happened was your fault. The only part of The Plan that might have changed things is if you'd missed a planned dose of medicine. And the only thing I can see as a way for you to make things go differently next time would be if you could notice the insidious onset of PTSD sooner, in time to head it off somehow. Shorter version: not your fault.
Good for you for blogging it. Reminds me of Dracula the novel, wherein our heroes put a lot of effort into documenting what they're facing, so that even if Dracula wins this time, their knowledge will live on and eventually be used to defeat him.
I was thinking of suggesting you focus on your Crimnee; I don't know why it would be unhealthy (not prying! Accepting your judgment on the subject!), but if you decide to do it anyway, maybe stories about that time in your life would serve as practice for war stories?
Best wishes. Here's hoping you get through the next month-or-so intact. Lots of us out here are rooting for you.
The plan is going to take some practice; but like Jae Leslie said, it's a good plan. Thank you for letting us know how the day went.
Just chiming in to let you know I'm part of the etheric cheering squad. I'm impressed by your capacity to blog in the middle of a hellstorm. Admiring your Bento boxes, and have you ever tried San-J's Rice Crackers? Their "black sesame" has the slightly bitter umami of good pumpernickel.