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Die Fahrzeuge der Klasse 3B der South African Railways (SAR) waren Dampflokomotiven  mit der Achsfolge 2'D1' (Mountain). Sie gehörten zu den ersten Heißdampf-Lokomotiven in Südafrika.

Die Lokomotiven waren eine Weiterentwicklung des Nassdampf-Typs Hendrie D der Natal Government Railways (SAR-Klasse 3), nachdem diese Bahn mit einer aus den USA beschafften Heißdampf-Versuchslokomotive (American D) gute Erfahrungen gemacht hatte. Weil der Heißdampf Kolbenschieber erforderlich machte, musste die Zylindergruppe neu konstruiert werden, weswegen gegenüber der Hendrie D auch der Umlauf etwas erhöht angeordnet wurde.

Zehn Exemplare wurden, wie schon die Hendrie D, von der North British Locomotive Company gebaut und 1912 geliefert, als die NGR bereits in die SAR aufgegangen war. Zunächst wurden die Lokomotiven, wie schon die Hendrie D auf dem steigungsreichen oberen Teil der Natal Main Line eingesetzt. Später wurden sie nach Ost-Transvaal und in die östliche Kapprovinz verlegt.

Alle 3B wurden im Laufe ihrer Einsatzzeit mit neuen Standardkesseln ausgestattet und als Klasse 3BR bezeichnet.

Zuletzt wurden die Lokomotiven für Rangieraufgaben in Kapstadt eingesetzt. Die Ausmusterung erfolgte im Jahr 1974. Lokomotive Nr. 1486 ist unter der Obhut der Umgeni Steam Railway in KwaZulu-Natal betriebsfähig erhalten geblieben.

Literatur
 Leith Paxton, David Bourne: Locomotives of the South African Railways. A Concise Guide. C. Strui (Pty) Ltd., Cape Town 1985, ISBN 0-86977-211-2.

Weblinks
 Fotografie und technische Daten der Klasse 3B (englisch)
 Fotografie und technische Daten der Klasse 3BR (englisch)
 Die 3BR der Umgeni Steam Railway (englisch)

Dampflokomotive Achsfolge 2D1
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Schienenfahrzeug (North British Locomotive Company)


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Transcript |ribes Alleged Kidnapers of 'Hilltop's Popular Man' Induct New President | rs Display Blackjack and tim Begins 'House Clean - Absents Self from Dance Avoid Riot.' 11 By MARCELLA SALB Bve unknown men, alleged to be Marquette Journalists, are being fight by Gardiner Roeber, recently gted most popular man at the wersity. His absence from the ton Spring frolic Friday night, P'13, where he was to have been ftied king, was due partially to attempted kidnaping. In that es- Kde he experienced a hectic ride Ugh the streets of Milwaukee in Inlicensed automobile, and partici- H in a wrestling bout with the [ressors. "he culminating point came when Spring" decided to remain away S/the scene of festivities and thus Bl any dishonor to himself or the Bersity. I Challenges Tribune IRoebei* also challenges the an- lcement made by The Tribune in Ht special edition issued Friday it at the dance that all contest- B withdrew before the votes were Sited. 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The Mandalorian With No Name: How Star Wars Fuses Sci-Fi and Westerns
Column by BH Shepherd	January 8, 2020
Star Wars is a place. One of my favorite fictional destinations. A vast continent of stories to discover, so expansive that it cannot be contained by over a dozen movies, hundreds of hours of television and video games, and enough books to fill a library. We have been excavating for the last forty years and have only just scratched the surface. While many are about epic struggles between good and evil, Star Wars feels like a real place because it can encompass a wide variety of stories, just like the world we live in. It's an extremely versatile setting that can host much more than just sci-fi; I've seen everything from military thrillers to zombie horror in our favorite far away galaxy. My personal favorite is a novel (Scoundrels by Timothy Zahn) about Han Solo putting together a crew to pull off an Ocean's 11 style heist that has nothing to do with the greater struggle against the Empire. Or I should say it was, because it recently got dethroned by a new favorite. The Mandalorian is a delicious fusion dish from a galaxy far far away, the best space western since Firefly. Let's take a look at some of the ingredients.
Like many Westerns, The Mandalorian takes place in the sandblasted fringes of civilization, where the old ways and cultures haven't died yet. A place where mercenaries of every stripe eke out a living in the shadow of a monolithic yet absent government. On rimworlds like Navarro, life is cheap, and the only law comes from the barrel of a blaster. Although the Mandalorian travels to several different planets during the course of the story, they feel more like towns along a frontier than autonomous worlds. Everywhere he goes there is a foreboding sense that the Empire is not as far away as it used to be, and "civilization" is coming for them whether they want it or not, as inevitable as the railroad.
"The Mandalorian" is grand theft homage, full of stock characters, recycled plots, borrowed icons and stolen imagery...but much like the Westerns it borrows from, that's part of the fun.
Navarro and its neighboring worlds are populated with a colorful gallery of recognizable archetypes. Kuiil is the cranky old prospector that helps the hero along his journey, where he will encounter an eccentric tinkerer that talks to her equipment, a disillusioned soldier turned drifter, and even a shamanistic wise woman to vaguely tell him where his destiny lies. The titular Mandalorian is basically Clint Eastwood with a Star Wars paint job. Our protagonist is a mysterious man with no name, an enigmatic stranger come to a small border town to literally take names and kick ass. While a man of few words, we learn a great deal from his actions. He is a capable combatant, schooled in an ancient warrior culture, and he wears the uniform of a long-defeated army. Although he hunts men for coin, he does have a code. The Mandalorian does not kill in cold blood, sparing enemies if they are helpless or unarmed. He does not remove his helmet—he claims no living thing has seen his face since he first put it on. We also learn that he is a man of honor when he breaks his contract and becomes a fugitive from his own guild in order to protect the Child.
This wolf and cub setup is a classic premise in Westerns: you pair a seasoned badass with an innocent that needs protection in a hostile land. You can learn a lot about a place by looking at the kind of warrior it forges, and we learn a lot about this warrior by watching how he treats those that are weaker than him. Not just the Child, but also the rookie bounty hunter, the Sorgan villagers, and Kuiil—he treats them all with respect if not kindness, even if not all of them deserved it in the end. At its core, The Mandalorian is a collection of these classic Wild West scenarios arranged like a gauntlet for the protagonist to run through. There's a heist episode, a jailbreak episode, a man vs. nature episode, even a Magnificent Seven episode. It's not about seeing if he survives, but how. Every time he overcomes (or bounces off) an obstacle, more of his character is revealed. Through his example, we learn about the Mandalorians and their ways. It can be formulaic at times, but it's a formula that works.
The Mandalorian is grand theft homage, full of stock characters, recycled plots, borrowed icons and stolen imagery, introducing few new concepts to the canon of Star Wars. But much like the Westerns it borrows from, that's part of the fun. Despite its basic ingredients, the show is ultimately more than the sum of its parts, and quite enjoyable even if you've never watched any Star Wars. It may not be revolutionary, but The Mandalorian will show you a good time.
Column by BH Shepherd
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J.G.A. (Jan) Baas (24 oktober 1952) is een Nederlands bestuurder en politicus voor de Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA). Van 2004 tot januari 2018 was hij burgemeester van de gemeente Enkhuizen.

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Na de opleidingen lts elektro en mavo te hebben afgerond volgde hij de opleidingen mbo sociale dienstverlening en hbo maatschappelijk werk. Hij werkte bij de sociale dienst van de gemeenten Amsterdam en Alkmaar. Bij de laatste gemeente was hij hoofd van de afdeling beheer en informatievoorziening. Jan Baas was van 1990 tot 1996 wethouder in Beverwijk. Van 1996 tot 2004 was hij burgemeester van de gemeente Wieringen en in 2004 werd hij burgemeester van de gemeente Enkhuizen.

In 2006 werd hij door de gemeenteraad van Zaanstad afgewezen als kandidaat-burgemeester voor deze gemeente; omdat in zijn periode als burgemeester te Wieringen het beleid, in woningbouwzaken, niet beheerst bleek. De conclusie van een onderzoek van Noord-Hollands commissaris van de koningin Harry Borghouts was dat Jan Baas wel integer had gehandeld.

Op 21 november 2017 heeft Baas zijn aftreden als burgemeester van Enkhuizen bekendgemaakt aan de gemeenteraad. Op 10 januari 2018 is hij opgevolgd door Albertine van Vliet-Kuiper, zij is waarnemend burgemeester.

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import * as React from 'react';
import { ViewProps } from 'react-native';
import { NativeLinearGradientPoint } from './NativeLinearGradient.types';
/**
 * An object `{ x: number; y: number }` or array `[x, y]` that represents the point
 * at which the gradient starts or ends, as a fraction of the overall size of the gradient ranging
 * from `0` to `1`, inclusive.
 */
export declare type LinearGradientPoint = {
    /**
     * A number ranging from `0` to `1`, representing the position of gradient transformation.
     */
    x: number;
    /**
     * A number ranging from `0` to `1`, representing the position of gradient transformation.
     */
    y: number;
} | NativeLinearGradientPoint;
export declare type LinearGradientProps = ViewProps & {
    /**
     * An array of colors that represent stops in the gradient. At least two colors are required
     * (for a single-color background, use the `style.backgroundColor` prop on a `View` component).
     */
    colors: string[];
    /**
     * An array that contains `number`s ranging from `0` to `1`, inclusive, and is the same length as the `colors` property.
     * Each number indicates a color-stop location where each respective color should be located.
     *
     * For example, `[0.5, 0.8]` would render:
     * - the first color, solid, from the beginning of the gradient view to 50% through (the middle);
     * - a gradient from the first color to the second from the 50% point to the 80% point; and
     * - the second color, solid, from the 80% point to the end of the gradient view.
     *
     * > The color-stop locations must be ascending from least to greatest.
     * @default [0.0, 1.0]
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    /**
     * For example, `{ x: 0.1, y: 0.2 }` means that the gradient will start `10%` from the left and `20%` from the top.
     *
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    /**
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     * **On web**, this only changes the angle of the gradient because CSS gradients don't support changing the end position.
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};
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export declare class LinearGradient extends React.Component<LinearGradientProps> {
    render(): JSX.Element;
}
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Welcome to the Electrocardiogrm Vigilance with Electronic data Warehouse II(ECG-ViEW II), the database comprising numeric parameters (RR interval, PR interval, QRS duration, QT interval, QTc interval, P axis, QRS axis, and T axis) of Electrocardiogram for surveillance of proarrhythmic potential of marketed drugs.
The database contains more than ~0.7 million of QT/QTc measurements and associated clinical data, including diagnoses((~7.7 million ), drug prescriptions (~49 million) and selected laboratory-test results (~3.8 million), from ~461 thousands patients over the 19-years study period. The data is intended for researchers interested in surveillance on proarrhythmic potential of marketed drugs.


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The White Rhinoceros: A Dark Future?
With rhinoceros horn worth more than its weight in gold, poaching has reached record levels – with at least 1004 rhinos killed by poachers in South Africa alone in 2013. Increasing pressure from the international rhino horn trade, together with habitat loss, is pushing the white rhinoceros closer to extinction. It is thought just a handful of captive northern white rhinos remain. Although the southern white rhino has been brought back from the brink of extinction, conservationists continue to fight to save the subspecies.
White and black rhino are being poached and killed indiscriminately, at the rate of three per day!
It doesn't take a scientist to figure out that the threat of extinction is very real.
Nikela helps protect rhino in three ways:
1) On the ground: Supporting Peter and his team of skilled anti-poaching rangers to stay ahead of the hi tech and syndicate driven poachers.
2) Awareness campaigns: Sharing information across the social networks to increase global awareness and invite anyone anywhere who cares to get involved, to get involved, like World Rhino Month.
Created by Nikela Volunteer Joyce Chin
Facts about the white rhinoceros
Two sub-species of the white rhinoceros are currently recognised: the southern and the northern white rhinoceros.
The northern white rhino is thought to be extinct in the wild, but this is unconfirmed. The southern sub-species occupies southern Africa, with 93% found in South Africa alone.
The white rhinoceros' name is deceptive, as it isn't actually white. It is grey/brown in colour. Its misleading name is thought to have come from a mistranslation of the Dutch or Afrikaans word for 'wide', as the species has a wide mouth. The black rhino isn't the colour its name implies either. Instead, the white and black rhino can be distinguished by their upper lip. The white rhino has a squarer, broader jaw than the black rhino, whose jaw is more pointed. This distinctive jaw morphology means the white rhino is also known as the square-lipped rhinoceros.
Being grazers, white rhinos consume vast amounts of grasses – which they pluck using their square front lip. White rhinos spend half of their lives eating. In wetter conditions, white rhinos drink from watering holes almost every day. However, when water is scarce they can survive four to five days without drinking.
Behaviour and social groups
White rhinos rest in the shade during the middle of the day to avoid the heat, becoming more active in the evening, early morning and late afternoon. In very hot weather, they cool down by wallowing in shallow mud pools. This has the added benefit of getting rid of ectoparasites.
The most social of rhinoceros species, white rhino can occasionally be seen in temporary groups of 14 or more individuals. Young animals can often group together, as will females without calves. Dominant males are less social than females, often living solitarily and occupying smaller ranges. Males are territorial, marking their area through urine spraying, dung spreading, creating dung pules, feet dragging and using their horns to damage plants.
Conservation status and threats
The white rhinoceros is on the IUCN's Red List, classified as Near Threatened. The northern sub-species is classified as Critically Endangered, with hopes for the species' future falling on a handful of captive individuals. Although currently classified as Near Threatened, the southern white rhino is often billed as a conservation success story – with the sub-species having been brought back from the brink of extinction. Its numbers have increased since the start of the 20th century, with IUCN estimating there were nearly 17,500 southern white rhino in 2007.
Despite now being the most common rhino in the world, the southern sub-species is not safe from extinction yet – mainly due to the major threat posed by poaching. Rhinoceros horn is used in traditional medicines and in ornamental use. Rhinoceros poaching is thought to have dramatically increased in recent years, which isn't surprising as rhino horn currently sells for more than its weight in gold. A record 433 rhinos (at least) were killed by poachers in South Africa alone in 2011. Rhinos can be left with horrific injuries from having their horns hacked off by poachers, which can often be fatal. Habitat loss is another factor threatening the white rhinoceros.
How you can help save the white rhino
To protect the remaining white rhinos against the threat of poaching, the efforts of people like Peter Milton is crucial. You can help Peter and his team in their patrol, surveillance and intelligence gathering work in South Africa by making a donation. Your donation will help protect the white rhino by supplying Peter Milton and his colleagues with the equipment needed to continue their work, as well as prosecute more poachers and train more people to do this vital work.
You can also volunteer on the ground or more importantly in spreading the word and donating your time and expertise. Here are 7 ways you can help even if you don't live in South Africa.
Information researched and provided by Nikela Volunteer Danielle Boobyer


This month, Trina has created two stunning scrapbook pages which are soft and dreamy. Sigh, feel the peace seep into you when you look at these colours.
Blue Fern Studios papers are known as good quality papers, thick and sturdy. They are also beautifully designed. Trina shows how to make the most of these beautiful papers by cutting and ripping them to form designs to feature your photos.
Choose any theme to add to your pages...Trina has used baby and travel photos, but you could also use garden, everyday, birthday, youth, graduation, wedding... the list goes on. Sit them side by side in your album for a faux double page.
What techniques will I use when creating?
Distressing, clustering, layering, ripping, inking, changing chipboard,and using vellum.
What will I need to complete my pages?
Standard scrapbook kit (as found in FAQ's), waterpen, gold inkpad (or colour to match layouts for chipboard), your favourite acetate adhesive (Trina loves "Art Glitter"!).


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Q: Basic Rails design for belongs_to same model There are many questions like this but I can't find one that seems to answer the specific question - apologies if this is a repeat.
I have a model, let's call it a Shark, with a very simple definition (here, annotated:)
# == Schema Information
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# Table name: sharks
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#  id                :integer         not null, primary key
#  created_at        :datetime        not null
#  updated_at        :datetime        not null
#  origination_entry :integer
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class Shark < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :originator, class_name: "Shark", foreign_key:"id"
  attr_accessible :origination_entry
end

Specifically, the "origination_entry" column in the database should be a foreign key back to the same table, Sharks. The idea is that every entry might have either null in that relation, or else it will point to another Shark object that was the 'originator' of this Shark. (By 'originator', I am referring to a prior instance of this Shark - trust me, this makes sense with more background.)
Unfortunately this doesn't seem to work.
irb(main):001:0> shark1 = Shark.new(idnumber:"foo")
=> #<Shark id: nil, idnumber: "foo", created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, origination_entry: nil>
irb(main):002:0> shark1.save()
=> true
irb(main):003:0>
irb(main):004:0* shark2 = Shark.new(idnumber:"foo", origination_entry:shark1.id)=> #<Shark id: nil, idnumber: "foo", created_at: nil, updated_at: nil, origination_entry: 3>
irb(main):005:0> shark2.save()
=> true
irb(main):006:0> shark2
=> #<Shark id: 4, idnumber: "foo", created_at: "2012-06-26 22:35:19", updated_at: "2012-06-26 22:35:19", origination_entry: 3>
irb(main):007:0> shark2.originator
=> nil

(I snipped out some SQL queries, let me know if they would be helpful.)
Why is it returning nil? How can I instead get it to return shark1's object?
Thanks!

A: Try this. It works for me
class Shark < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :originator, class_name: "Shark", foreign_key:"origination_entry"
   attr_accessible :origination_entry
end

This docs are very useful for AR associations and options ;)

A: Try the below:
class Shark < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to : creator, class_name: "Shark", foreign_key:"shark_id"
  attr_accessible :origination_entry
end

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January 4, 2021 Rebekah Ingram
This blog post is, essentially, a cautionary tale. It's about automatically assuming that we understand a word or a concept, rather than questioning our assumptions—even the most basic of these–and then digging deeper to find an "Aha!". Let me explain this through the place name Ottawa.
Ottawa is an important place for a lot of reasons. For me, personally, it is the location of the school that I attended, my work location, and the location of friends and family members. Another reason for its importance is that it is the capital of what is now known as Canada. It was also originally an important location for trading, as evidenced by Champlain and the Jesuit Relations.
In fact, this is where the name Ottawa comes from; "Ottawa" is actually Odawa, one of the groups making up the Confederacy of Three Fires and this word means "to trade" (Ojibwe People's Dictionary, 2020).
According to the Jesuit Le Mercier, all those who came to trade with the French were known by the term "Odawa", regardless of their tribal belonging. The Ottawa River, at which several other rivers converge, such as the Gatineau River, the Rideau River, and the Mississippi River, was the "chief artery of the Montreal fur trade as well as further exploration into the interior of the continent" (Taylor, 2019). It was not until the 1820s that a permanent settlement was named Bytown after the Royal Engineer John By, and it was only after it was to become the capital of Canada that a "more Indigenous" name was chosen, i.e., Ottawa.
According to the late William Commanda (often known as "Grandfather Commanda"), Ottawa is the heart of Algonquin territory and its name in Algonquin is Akikpautik (Gehl, 2016). It is a reference to the Chaudière Falls, which been dammed in some form since the 1810s to harness the water's power (Canadian Museum of History, 2020). The Ottawa River flowed over a ledge at the bottom of which were rocks; when the water hit the rocks, it caused spray to float up from the bottom—similar to what one would see from Niagara Falls on the Maid of the Mist. In her blog, found here Lynn Gehl outlines the meaning of the name and the Algonquin relationship to that name; the falls create a "pipe bowl" with the mist looking like the smoke that floats out of a pipe. In fact, these falls are, according to Gehl's work with Grandfather Commanda, Creator's first pipe that was given to the Algonquin people.
The Kanyen'kéha name for Ottawa is Kaná:tso which could be translated as something like "a pot in the water". Interestingly, the same idea is encoded in the French name Chaudière which is still used today and is also the source of the English name. But what exactly is a "chaudiere" or the -na'tsy- in Kaná:tso? And is it the same as the "pipe bowl" of Akikpautik?
"Chaudière" and "Kaná:tso" are often translated as a "boiling pot" or a "kettle". (You can even see the French word "chaud" in Chaudière.) When we think of a "boiling pot" in English, we may be thinking of this:
And when we think of a "kettle", we are probably also thinking about tea:
But these are modern innovations that don't really reflect the meanings of the words used to describe Akikpautik. The reference in "chaudiere" and "kaná:tso" is to a thing that we no longer use, and it is encoded by a word we use only rarely and with a specific meaning. That word in English is "cauldron". You might see one when you go to "pioneer villages" or at a sugar shack that demonstrates the older techniques of making maple syrup.
(You may also remember the Disney movie The Black Cauldron, which haunts the blackest recesses of your mind. Just me?) Basically, it is a large, heavy metal (probably cast iron) cooking pot that one would hang near the fire. When the contents boiled, the steam would rise up and out of it. Think, "double, double toil and trouble":
This metaphor was descriptive and evocative of the place to those who utilized cauldrons (whether Indigenous or non-Indigenous).
The point of this post is to demonstrate that although place names may be translated, changes in the meanings of words and changes to the way we live may render that translation moot. When I first wrote "boiling pot", did you think of the stainless steel version sitting on your stove top? If I say "kettle", do you think of "tea"? To me, none of those words conveys the same image or feeling as "cauldron", which was the original intention behind the name Chaudière. Kaná:tso involves a similar shape as a cauldron, but it is actually sitting in the water in the Mohawk version of the name. But both of these names make more sense not only when viewed through the lens of history (i.e., what people once used to boil water in), but also when we consider the falls as a pipe bowl: a large, concave object made of solid material, from which a mist or vapour emanates. That is what all three of these names have in common: the shape and the idea of holding something (whether it be water or tobacco).
Just because we understand the words and the language does not mean we understand the concepts behind them, and we need to be careful that we are not projecting our own cultural assumptions onto other people. According to Dr. Gehl, the pipe bowl of Akikpautik has a very specific meaning to the Algonquin people. And although Chaudière does a fairly good job of visually explaining a landscape feature, the cultural reference to the pipe bowl also links the Algonquin people to that landscape feature and an act of the Creator (see here for more.)
Canadian Museum of History. 2020. "The Chaudière Dam".
https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/hull/rw_28_ie.html
Gehl, Lynn. 8 June 2018. "Chaudière Falls: Creator's Sacred Pipe".
https://www.lynngehl.com/black-face-blogging/chaudiere-falls-creators-sacred-pipe
Taylor, J. 11 March 2019. "Ottawa". The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ottawa-ont
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New jetty and lighthouse completed at Patchogue River breakwaters
Patchogue's latest installation will serve as a beacon of hope for boaters looking to have a good time on the river or Great South Bay this season.
In the meantime, Mayor Paul Pontieri, Brookhaven Supervisor Ed Romaine and Councilman Town Neil Foley took to the waters to admire the rehabbed jetty and lighthouse at Sandspit Marina.
Work to rehabilitate the east jetty at the river's breakwaters cost over $1 million. It was funded by the state ($650,000), town ($300,000) and village ($100,000).
Next, a new fishing pier, which will be accessible to people with disabilities, will be constructed over the jetty using a town Community Block Grant ($100,000), according to a town announcement issued Thursday.
The jetty project was deemed essential in preserving boater access to and from the bay after dredging of the river was done over 10 years ago.
Pointieri previously told GreaterPatchogue the repairs were long overdue.
"We didn't do the things we should have done at the time [of the dredging], which is to have the jetty fixed," he said during the construction. "It needs to be done before we get into a situation where we have to dredge the river again."
Top: Neil Foley, Paul Pontieri and Ed Romaine at Sandspit Marina with the newly constructed Patchogue Lighthouse in the background. (courtesy)
Pontieri: Jetty rehab essential to prevent Patchogue River from filling in again


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The Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub has launched its second round of Flexible Funding to advance research into the opportunities and challenges of offshore wind, wave and tidal energy.
This second round of Flexible Funding will award a total of up to £1.2m to researchers at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Research Council Institutes and Centres, and Independent Research Organisations (IROs) approved by UKRI, to seed areas that complement existing research, fill gaps or add cross cutting activities to explore the transfer of research findings between sectors within ORE.
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A hearty weeknight dinner, this Italian Sausage Soup with Spinach, Pasta, and Caramelized Fennel fills any home with the spicy-sweet scents of a meal worth savoring. Mild Italian sausage mingles with leeks and fennel caramelized to sweet perfection, then slow-simmers in a tomato-laden broth before finishing with petite ditalini pasta and fresh baby spinach. Topped with fresh grated Parmesan, this Italian sausage soup comes together in under an hour, perfect for any night of the week!
In a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil, followed by the Italian sausage. Cook until browned, breaking the meat up as it cooks, around 5 minutes. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving behind the juices in the pot.
Reduce heat to medium and add remaining olive oil, followed by the fennel and leek. Saute, stirring occasionally, until fennel is softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, around 1 minute. Add the white wine and cook until mostly evaporated, about 1-2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high and continue cooking until fennel and leek are browned and caramelized, 3-4 minutes more.
Add the tomato paste and crushed red pepper and saute until fragrant, 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper as desired.
Add chicken stock, diced tomatoes, and the cooked sausage. Stir gently and bring the pot to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in the ditalini pasta and cook for an additional 8 minutes. Stir in the spinach and let wilt for 1-2 minutes. Adjust seasoning as needed, then ladle hot soup into bowls and top with grated parmesan. Enjoy hot.
*to prepare the leek, cut away the dark green leaves and bottom root, then cut in the half lengthwise. Slice 1/4" half moons and add to a bowl of cold water to remove any dirt. After a couple minutes, remove leek from water with a slotted spoon and gently dry with paper towels.


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Characterizing and Anticipating U.S. Droughts' Complex Interactions
The Climate Program Office's Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections (MAPP) Program, in collaboration with the National Integrated Drought Information system (NIDIS) program is announcing 11 new 3-year projects in Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) that aim to advance our capability to more integrally characterize and anticipate U.S. droughts in the context of hydroclimatic variability and change, linking this research to practical NIDIS applications. The competitively-selected projects total $5,688,495, including $5,173,423 in grants and $515,072 in other awards.
The Colorado River runs dry on the U.S./Mexico border 2 miles below the Morelos Dam. Photo Credit: Pete McBride, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). According to the USGS, "While prolonged drought with widespread impacts on food and water supplies for people is among the oldest stories in human history, ecological drought has only been recently recognized as an important climate stressor for fish and wildlife species."
Droughts are the result of chains of complex interactions that involve natural and human systems, and as these systems evolve the face of drought may change in ways we don't understand and anticipate. For example, drought conditions can favor wildfire occurrence, and in turn, fire occurrence can affect snowpack, hydrology, and air quality. Snowpack and hydrology can affect air quality, which can affect clouds and precipitation. Long-term surface temperature increases also influence such processes.
In order to fully characterize droughts and predict their general evolution and specific stakeholder-relevant thresholds, it is increasingly important that we capture the array of complex interactions which may intervene in U.S. droughts—considering processes across timescales, spatial scales and disciplines, and linking both natural and human-induced effects. Research is needed to advance our understanding of how climate affects drought processes. In addition, we need to know the relevant processes and feedbacks, and link this understanding to a more integrated characterization of droughts and improved probabilistic predictions from seasons to decades. The 11 new projects will help meet these research and information needs and build new cutting-edge capabilities.
A Drought Task Force composed of the funded investigators will be led by Rong Fu (UCLA), Andrew Hoell (NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories/Physical Sciences Laboratory), Justin Mankin (Dartmouth University), and Isla Simpson (National Center for Atmospheric Research). Since 2011, past iterations of NOAA's Drought Task Force, organized by the MAPP Program in partnership with NIDIS, have catalyzed community research aimed at improving national and regional drought capabilities. First authorized in 2006 and reauthorized in 2013 and 2018, NDIS is a multi-agency partnership that coordinates drought monitoring, forecasting, planning, and information at national, state, and local levels across the country. NIDIS aims to help the nation move to a more proactive approach to understanding and managing drought risks and impacts, and improve long-term drought resilience.
The Drought Task Force has focused on supporting NIDIS and its Drought Early Warning Systems via advances in the understanding, monitoring, and prediction of drought, and has produced critical information, knowledge, and capabilities supporting NIDIS's mission. In FY20, this fourth iteration of the Drought Task Force will continue to support NIDIS's development through a new set of activities that will focus on emerging priorities, creating collaborations between the projects, entraining the science being conducted under this funding initiative into NOAA, and applying science to ongoing and emerging droughts.
The 11 new projects include:
Combined land and ocean drivers of U.S. drought determined from information theoretic evaluation of observations and coupled models
The project has three objectives: (1) characterize the roles of ocean and land in drought by examining the coupled processes each have with the atmosphere in a systems approach using established metrics, updated with techniques from information theory that minimize arbitrary assumptions; (2) diagnose operational and research models that currently provide subseasonal forecasts, portraying their coupled ocean-land-atmosphere performance, and potentially attributing drought forecast skill to specific model behaviors; (3) specifically apply and diagnose the behavior of the Unified Forecast System in the area of drought prediction, including sensitivity studies to isolate drivers.
PI: Paul Dirmeyer, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies at George Mason University
Co-PIs: Bohua Huang, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies at George Mason University; Chul-Su Shin, Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies at George Mason University
Identify alternatives to snow-based streamflow predictions to advance future drought predictability
This project aims to develop and evaluate new techniques for drought prediction that will suit the needs of western U.S. water management entities, considering regional characteristics and shifts to a warmer, less snow-dominated future climate.
PI: Ben Livneh; University of Colorado Boulder; Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering; CIRES
Co-PI: Joseph Kasprzyk, University of Colorado Boulder; Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering
Co-Pi: Benet Duncan, University of Colorado Boulder, CIRES
Advance understanding of drought prediction from environmental stressors
This project will analyze cases of North American droughts from the satellite era, then (a) examine whether they evolved as characterized by drought outlook monitors, and (b) identify the possible positive or negative feedbacks from vegetation response to climate conditions.
PI: Ian Baker, Colorado State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere
Co-PI: Lori Bruhwiler, NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory
Co-PI: Aleya Kaushik, University of Colorado Boulder CIRES
Improve understanding of the interacting factors that influence the evolution and severity of U.S. droughts in present and future climates
This project will fully characterize the role of land-atmosphere coupling processes in governing drought severity. Capitalizing on recent land- and atmosphere-model improvements, the research team will use a constrained circulation ensemble approach to systematically quantify how the inclusion of a variety of land-atmosphere processes impact on the evolution and severity of drought events and how we expect these impacts to change in a warmer climate.
PI: Isla Simpson, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Co-PI: David Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research
A probabilistic characterization of the interaction between large-scale atmosphere, land surface, and fire to enable improvement of drought early warnings over the Great Plains and California
This project will characterize and understand the integral effect of the coupling between atmosphere, land surface, and fire-generated aerosols on drought triggers and persistence for a seasonal scale, and its interannual and decadal variability over the Great Plains and California.
PI: Rong Fu, UCLA
Causes of multi-year droughts in the Missouri River Basin
This project will clarify whether the monitored states of the ocean and land surface can offer early warning for the likelihood of first-year droughts becoming multi-year events in the Missouri River Basin, thereby furthering our predictive understanding of the region's hydroclimate.
PI: Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
Co-PI: Martin Hoerling, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory
Understanding the mechanisms leading to early warning of meteorological and hydrological drought in the U.S. Caribbean
This project will provide critical monitoring and drought early warning improvements in the U.S. Caribbean islands with limited water resources for human populations, unique drought-vulnerable ecosystems, and a recent history of economic hardship and natural hazards--including a major drought in 2015.
PI: Thomas Mote, University of Georgia
Co-PI: Grizelle Gonzalez, USDA Forest Service
Co-PI: Paul Miller, Louisiana State University
Co-PI: Craig Ramseyer, Virginia Tech
Droughts in Hawai'i and the U.S Pacific Islands: a framework to understand processes and feedbacks, assess predictability, and reduce uncertainties
The overarching goal of this project is to work towards the development of a Drought Early Warning System in the Pacific and contribute to the Drought Task Force. To accomplish this goal, the project objectives are: (i) based on specific stakeholder-relevant thresholds, study characteristics of severe and prolonged droughts from a multitude of observations and reanalysis products; (ii) assess the predictability of drought life cycle, and develop a robust system for drought monitoring; and (iii) work closely with various regional stakeholders and the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), and link the research results to improve drought prediction.
PI: H. Annamalai, University of Hawai'i International Pacific Research Center
Co-PI: Arun Kumar, Climate Prediction Center NCEP NOAA
Co-PI: John Marra, NOAA NCEI
Regional influences of vegetation on complex droughts in North America
This project will focus on trace vegetation-drought feedbacks and how these complex interactions shaped previous drought characteristics and influenced their predictability. It will also quantify what role, if any, vegetation played in the onset, evolution, and termination of historical severe seasonal-to-interannual droughts. This project will use the latest generation of coupled Earth-system models from CMIP6, along with insights gleaned from historical analysis to characterize the influence of vegetation-drought interactions on future North American drought risks.
PI: Justin Mankin, Dartmouth College
Co-PI: Jason Smerdon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Co-PI: Richard Seager, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Observed and modeled interactions between droughts and heat waves for the Northeastern United States
The goal of this project is to understand the interactions between droughts and heat waves, and assess current model skill in simulating and predicting these phenomena and their interactions. This project will use machine learning and moisture tracking techniques to objectively identify and classify these events into various "types" based on daily circulation data, as a foundation for dynamically-based investigation. These results will then be used as a basis for assessing the predictability of the relationships and the ability of current climate models to reproduce the relationships.
PI: Matthew Barlow, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Co-PI: Christopher Skinner, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Disentangling complex interactions and feedbacks among droughts, fires, and snowpack in the Western U.S. by integrating observations and models
The project goal is to disentangle and quantify the complex interactions and feedbacks among droughts, fires, and snowpack in the Western U.S. by integrating observations and models to improve predictions and projections of drought characteristics and impacts.
PI: Cenlin He, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Co-PI: Michael Barlage, NOAA NWS Environmental Modeling Center
Co-PI: Fei Chen, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Unfunded Collaborator: Wenfu Tang, National Center for Atmospheric Research
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In FY23, approximately $2.4 million will be available for approximately 5 new awards pending budget appropriations. Current or previous grantees are eligible to apply for a new award that builds on, but does not replicate, activities covered in existing or previous awards. Current grantees should not apply for supplementary funding through this announcement. Programs: MAPP/ESSM LOIs...
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NOAA Awards Over $15 Million for Climate Science, Community Resilience
NOAA'S Climate Program Office (CPO) announced today a total award amount of over $15 million to support 63 innovative and impactful projects that will improve our nation's resilience at a...
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Do you have an iPad? If so, you've probably tried one of my favorite apps — Flipboard. Flipboard gives your iPad a magazine-like interface to Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader and other news streams.
Whether you have an iPad or not, now you can give your WordPress-powered website the same cool Flipboard experience on the iPad. It's super easy and with the new Onswipe plug-in, it's free. Here's how it's done.
If your site is hosted on WordPress.com, the plugin is automatically available for you. If your WordPress site is self-hosted (i.e. WordPress.org) then you'll first need to install the free Onswipe plugin.
From the admin console, go to Plugins > Add New and search for Onswipe.
Set the permissions of the thumbs cache folder (WP-Contents/uploads/thumbs-cache) to 777. This allows Onswipe to cache generated thumbnails to make the iPad version of the site load faster for subsequent requests.
Once you've installed Onswipe, you can find the configuration options in the Appearance panel.
The Cover logo does double-duty as the home screen icon and should be 200×200 pixels transparent PNG.
The launch screen image only shows up if someone adds a link to your site on their iPad home screen, then launches the site from their home screen. But it's a nice touch. Make it exactly 768×1004 pixels.
You can also tweak the display font and skin color. Note that while these fonts are available on the iPad, they may or not be available on your computer. If the fonts are installed on your computer, you'll see the sample text reflect the correct font selection.
Onswipe will automatically detect iPad browsers and display the new swipe-able interface. You can toggle this on and off as needed.
Onswipe is super easy to install and configure. Their website claims it provides "insanely easy tablet publishing" and I found that to be true. Once it's setup, it just works. You can swipe to browse through the index, and Onswipe will detect the orientation of your iPad and automatically reformat things (portrait or landscape).
But there are a few caveats that might keep you from using Onswipe.
If you absolutely need access to widgets on the iPad, forget Onswipe. It provides a simplifed interface (much like an iPad app). Onswipe doesn't support sidebars and widget areas.
Onswipe doesn't support Facebook comments or other comment systems that don't store comments in the WordPress database.
There is currently no way for the user to specify the "full" version of the website, if they so desire. It's either on or off for everyone.
If you are signed into your WordPress admin console on your iPad (i.e. you checked "remember me") the Onswipe interface won't show until you sign out.
There is no way to browse tags; only categories are currently supported.
The Onswipe website considers this 1.0 release a "preview" and asks you to sign-up for email notification when they "officially" launch, but you don't need to do that to download or use this plugin.
Is Onswipe worth trying? If you care about providing iPad users with a great experience, and your site primarily leverages posts vs. pages, you should definitely consider Onswipe. If you're site is primarily page-driven (as many CMS-centric sites are) Onswipe is not for you.
At WordPress.com, they are already seeing about 750,000 daily page views from iPads, and that figure is growing. For that reason alone, Onswipe is worth a look.
You can also change the font and color of the skin. Note that while these policies are available on the IPAD, which may or may not be available on your computer.
Really like your blog because are very interesting and very useful articles here ,I will return later for other items.
it works, hell yes… But only after deactivating WP Touch that generates an iPhone app. It has a strange way of cropping images in a post, but it should be possible to find a solution to it.
I also think that it should be able to support at least one custom menu. For me it's no big deal, but it might be for other pages where the categories are not as simple to change any more.


The 71-year-old actor is treated for an ankle injury.
NEW YORK — Harrison Ford was injured on the set of "Star Wars: Episode VI" and was taken to a hospital.
Disney said the 71-year-old actor was being treated for an ankle injury he suffered during filming Thursday.
Harrison Ford accepts the "Hollywood Career Achievement Award" onstage during the 17th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, in 2013.
The "Star Wars" sequel is being filmed at Pinewood Studios outside of London.
Ford is one of the several original "Star Wars" stars returning to the J.J. Abrams-directed sequel. He's joined by fellow alums Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew. Disney said shooting will continue as planned while Ford recuperates.


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My order wasn't delivered. I had to cancel it. The rider ended up coming 2 hours after the expected time.
The food was great but the delivery guy was pretty late.
I want to report a complaint!!!
The Fries and Chicken Fries were very good, but the nuggets were not as good as the last time.
They gave chicken instead of beef burger which I ordered.
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Q: How to prove $\ln{6}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\sum_{r=2}^{\infty}\left({1\over r^{2n}}+{2\over (r+1)^{2n}}+{1\over (r+2)^{2n}}\right)$? I need help, on how to prove
$$\ln{6}=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\sum_{r=2}^{\infty}\left({1\over r^{2n}}+{2\over (r+1)^{2n}}+{1\over (r+2)^{2n}}\right).$$
Any hints?

A: I don't find the announced result.
Hint. The double series is absolutely convergent, then one may interchange the summations, using the geometric standard evaluation,
$$
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left({1\over r^{2n}}+{2\over (r+1)^{2n}}+{1\over (r+2)^{2n}}\right)=\frac{1}{2 (r-1)}+\frac{1}{r}-\frac{1}{r+2}-\frac{1}{2 (r+3)}
$$ then one may observe that terms telescope  to get

$$
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\sum_{r=2}^{\infty}\!\left(\!{1\over r^{2n}}\!+\!{2\over (r+1)^{2n}}\!+\!{1\over (r+2)^{2n}}\!\right)\!=\!\sum_{r=2}^{\infty}\!\left(\!\frac{1}{2 (r-1)}\!-\!\frac{1}{2 (r+3)}\!+\!\frac{1}{r}\!-\!\frac{1}{r+2}\!\right)\!=\!\frac{15}8.
$$

A: Another approach is the following one:
$$ \sum_{r\geq 2}\left(\frac{1}{r^{2n}}+\frac{2}{(r+1)^{2n}}+\frac{1}{(r+2)^{2n}}\right) = 4(\zeta(2n)-1)-\frac{3}{2^{2n}}-\frac{1}{3^{2n}}\tag{1}$$
giving:
$$ \sum_{n\geq 1}\sum_{r\geq 2}\left(\frac{1}{r^{2n}}+\frac{2}{(r+1)^{2n}}+\frac{1}{(r+2)^{2n}}\right)=-\frac{9}{8}+4\sum_{n\geq 1}\left(\zeta(2n)-1\right)\tag{2}$$
where:
$$ \sum_{n\geq 1}\left(\zeta(2n)-1\right)=\sum_{n\geq 1}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{x^{2n-1}}{(2n-1)!}\frac{dx}{e^{2x}-e^{x}}=\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{\sinh(x)}{e^{2x}-e^{x}}\,dx\tag{3} $$
and:
$$ \int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{\sinh(x)}{e^{2x}-e^{x}}\,dx =\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{e^{2x}-1}{e^{3x}-e^{2x}}\,dx = \frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{e^{x}+1}{e^{2x}}\,dx = \frac{3}{4}\tag{4} $$
leads to:

$$ \sum_{r\geq 2}\left(\frac{1}{r^{2n}}+\frac{2}{(r+1)^{2n}}+\frac{1}{(r+2)^{2n}}\right) = 3-\frac{9}{8}=\color{red}{\frac{15}{8}}\tag{5}.$$

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&\color{#f00}{\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}\sum_{r = 2}^{\infty}\bracks{%
{1 \over r^{2n}} + {2 \over \pars{r + 1}^{2n}} + {1 \over \pars{r + 2}^{2n}}}}
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\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}\braces{%
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Follow	Genre: Strategy, Simulation
Developer: System 3
Publisher: System 3
Platform: Xbox One, PS4, PC
Tested on: PS4
Constructor – Review
June 21, 2017	- ThaMofo	- No Comments
Good: Comical, Nice upscaled graphics, Complex enough
Bad: Sometimes a bit hard, Still made to be played on a PC
Those of us that were actively gaming twenty years ago, might just remember a quirky title called Constructor. While the title may seem rather casual, the game itself was tough as nails, as it revolved around you building your own real estate empire, with the necessary factories in place, all while avoiding the rival companies who would not hold back in destroying your property. Before you knew it, you were starting turf wars, sending out psychopathic clowns to the houses of your competitors, arranging street protests, or simply putting the competition six feet under. This wacky construction game has been revised, revamped and rereleased for our entertainment on the current generation of consoles and PC.
Even though Constructor looks like it could have a fun storyline, or loosely tied together plot points to create a bigger whole, seeing the game aims for the simulation and strategy aspect of becoming a real estate tycoon, there is no real story to be found. That being said, the game does well without a bigger plot, and it focuses wholly on its gameplay mechanics, which prove to be the meat of the game. If you're looking for something more in the story department, you're looking at the wrong title.
Graphically Constructor is a very nice blend of the game's 1997 visual, with a new lick of paint over it all. While many items will look a bit dated, the comical style of the characters, the in-house views and the small character portraits will make up for a lot, and in many ways will make the game still look rather spiffy and interesting. The environments seemingly look quite simple, but there are a lot of details to them, as each house can be decorated with small items, a new hedge, a picket fence, and the variety of buildings is also rather impressive, given this is simply a remastered version of a game that's already twenty years old. Even though it might have been more impressive if the game was remade from scratch, it undoubtedly would have lost the charm it had when it was first released on PC, and gained its popularity.
The music in Constructor is fairly relaxing, similar to many 'tycoon' games, when you're overlooking your real estate empire. Every house, factory or even the residencies of the undesirables, all have their own unique sounds when entering the building, and sometimes it differs if the tenants inside are moody and so on. This means that the game has a lot of 'voice acting' and sound effects, while many of these are often a bit abstract. The units you control, be it your workforce or the thugs you hire to bash your opponents, all have voice acting as well, mainly to confirm your commands. Sadly, the latter sounds a bit as if they used the twenty year old audio tracks and didn't update them whatsoever. This makes the latter sound a bit grainy compared to the rest of the game.
Constructor is a mix of an RTS title, with a hefty amount of simulation elements, all with a very wacky and hilarious undertone. It's up to you to build up a real estate empire, one that outshines that of your competitors. This means you'll be placing factories and houses, in order to achieve said goal. Sadly, not everyone plays by the rules, so you shouldn't either, and thus before long you'll find yourself employing the mafia, serial killers, psychopath clowns and even squatting hippies who'll overtake the housing areas of your competitor(s). While this alone sound manageable, it's best to try out a few sittings without any competition first, as there are enough problems that will arise even without any enemies to worry about.
You'll start off rather humbly with only one plot of land, which you can divide into smaller plots, to place your first factory and some rather shabby houses. From here on out you'll have to involve your tenants in the process as well, as having them pay rent is certainly important, but it's even more important to have them produce more workers, which can be turned into foremen and repairmen as well, or even higher classed tenants, which will be able to afford and occupy better housing. The game is all about finding the proper balance, dealing with complaints, and keeping your tenants happy, by sprucing up their yards, giving them gadgets and of course, upgrade a few of their rooms now and then, like the bedroom, which allows them to produce some new workers or tenants more quickly.
If you've passed the tutorial, which takes more than an hour, and have tried a few sessions without opposition, the game truly starts to become interesting when you turn on one or more AI opponents, as you'll have to keep your eye on them as well. You'll have to creates special buildings with undesirables in them, who will be able to sabotage your opponents' progress, but they'll certainly do the same to you. It's interesting to mess around with these characters, trying to take over houses and of course, eventually trying to put the other companies six feet under, before you eat dirt yourself. The overall difficulty is a tad on the high side, but this was not uncommon for games twenty years ago.
Constructor was originally released on PC, and truth be told, having tried the PS4 version, we're convinced that the game will still play a lot better with a keyboard and a mouse. While the controls are adequately adjusted to console play, it's sometimes hard to precisely select the character you're aiming for, or to quickly intervene in difficult situations within a reasonable timeframe. Of course, you can pause the game and navigate while doing so, but it does feel a bit tedious at times.
Constructor is still a great game after 20 years, even though it has only received a new lick of paint and console support, while keeping the core of the game nearly identical to that of the 1997 release. While the controls and difficulty spikes can be rather hard to overcome during critical times in the game, Constructor proves to be a lot of fun, not only thanks to the many options the game has to offer, but also thanks to its rather funny theme, its comical appearance and gameplay that easily withstood the test of time.
Constructor - Review, 6.0 out of 10 based on 1 rating
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If I used the same code within a python shell (with additional from scapy.all import * as first import), the code does not sniff
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Endicott (6-2) 44 40 84
Pts: Ryan Carney - 19
Reb: Cole Stairs - 7
Ast: Ryan Carney - 5
Pts: Nick Thibeault - 16
Reb: 2 Players (#22, #34) - 10
Ast: Joe Shehadi - 6
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's basketball team never trailed in a 84-69 non-conference victory over visiting Bridgewater State University on Saturday afternoon at MacDonald Gymnasium.
The host Gulls improve to 6-2 on the season, while the Bears fall to 1-8. Endicott is now 3-2 in the all-time series.
Nick Thibeault (Gorham, Maine) and Matt McDevitt (Cumberland, Maine) each posted double-doubles to pace Endicott to the win. Thibeault finished with a team-high 16 points (6-9 FG, 4-8 FT) and ten rebounds, while McDevitt posted 13 points (5-11 FG, 3-7 3PT) and pulled down ten boards.
Joe Shehadi (Dorset, Vt.), Keith Brown (Pelham, N.H.) and Kyle Henderson (Southborough, Mass.) also scored in double figures for the the Gulls. Shehadi was a rebound shy of a double-double as he recorded 14 points and nine rebounds in addition to a game-high six assists. Brown collected 14 points and eight boards, while Henderson tallied ten points.
Bridgewater State featured three student-athletes in double-figures, which included a game-high 19 points from Ryan Carney (Easton, Mass.). Rayshon Ward (Fayetteville, N.C.) added 15 points and five rebounds, while Nick Crocker (East Falmouth, Mass.) contributed 13 points, four rebounds, and a game-high three blocked shots.
The Gulls led 44-33 at the break and held a 16-point advantage (60-44) with 14:49 remaining in the second half. The Bears chipped away at the deficit and pulled to within six, 70-64, following an Admar Jaramillo (Brockton, Mass.) jumper with 7:42 left to play. Jaramillo's bucket capped off a 15-6 BSU run highlighighted by five points from Crocker including a three-pointer. Bridgewater had five chances to get to within three or four points, but could not convert. Endicott answered with six straight points to take control of the game.
Endicott capitalized on second-chance points by posting a 16-4 differential in the category. Neither team shot the ball very well. The Gulls connected on 39% (27-69) of their field goal attempts, while the Bears shot just 37% (26-71) from the floor. Endicott went 8-for-32 (25%) from behind the arc and 22-for-29 (76%) at the free throw line. Bridgewater converted 6 of 27 (22%) three-point field goals and finished 11-for-15 (73%) at the charity stripe.
In upcoming action, the Gulls host Salem State University on Tuesday night at seven, while the Bears entertain No. 9 MIT on Thursday evening also at seven.


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King Henry VIII: Begins His Reign in England
Henry VIII was born Henry Tudor, to Henry VII (King of England) and Elizabeth of York on the 28th June 1491. His reign began on this day in 1509 and continued until his death on the 28th January 1547. He succeeded his father, Henry VII as King of England, Lord of Ireland and claimant to the throne of France. his reign lasted over 37 years and was perhaps one of the greatest (certainly one of the most powerful) kings in English history – not that this necessarily made him a great man.
Henry VIII is well known for his six wives and what became of them. He is also known for the part he played in the English Reformation. His split with the Roman Catholic Church saw the advance of Protestantism and the Reformation in England, though he remained theologically 'Roman Catholic.'
For more on Henry VIII and the Tudor Dynasty, visit:
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Sir Francis Drake Destroys the Spanish Fleet in Cadiz, Spain
War had broken out (Anglo-Spanish War of 1585 to 1604) between the Spanish and English – between Roman Catholic Spain and Protestant England. But it was more than just a religious war, for there were also political and economic agitations. English privateers were having a major impact on Spanish shipping. English support for the Netherlands in their fight for independence against Spain and also their support for an alternative Portuguese ruler (Portugal were in league with Spain) were a constant annoyance to the Spanish Empire. England saw Spain as a major threat to their security. Soon it was war, with Spain determined to invade England and crush Protestantism in its infancy.
Sir Francis Drake had been one of the thorns in Spain's side, acting as a privateer in the Spanish Indies and taking many a Spanish ship as a prize. He was given command of an English fleet and set out to attack the Spanish on the 12th April 1587. On the 19th April 1587, Sir Francis Drake carried out what he described as having 'singed the beard of the King of Spain,' by sinking the Spanish fleet at harbor in the Bay of Cadiz, Spain. Up to 33 ships were destroyed and four were captured. This occurred the year prior to the sinking of the Spanish Armada during the attempted invasion of England.
When the fleet returned to England on the 6th of July, they had sunk over 100 enemy vessels and suceeded in setting back the planned Spanish invasion of England by a year. Drake had already sealed his place in history as one of England's heroes, but his work had only just begun.
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ugly.... i miss the purple.
the new header is cool. remove the word "blog" from it. it sounds awkward and looks kindof dumb.
also, add some more color to the actual page. look at the header and try and pull some colors from that. for example there are some blues and stuff that would look nice.


Anyone got an email from MCA on this? or have their CoC listed on the Annex?
Who is the training provider? I'm guessing its not the obvious suspect as I have a folder of certs mostly from them and no MCA email.
It was a training provider in India offering 'MCA accredited' courses but appear to have failed their audit or caught cheating or something. I believe it was STCW refreshers being issued without due process.


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Outcomes, Practices and Open Space session facilitated by Village Care coordinators in Gidan Shuci village in Sumaila LGA Kano State, end well.
We believed that disease, Abuse and Poverty that ravage villages can be eradicated, if community members come together and work hard and utilise avaliable resources they have to better their lives without waiting for external assistance first .


Designs of sofa furniture will vary from shop to shop and one can select sofa furniture that is stylish. Before purchasing sofa furniture, one may need to consider the designs that are available and purchase modern designs or traditional sofa furniture. One of the materials used for designing furniture is hardwood and one can decide to purchase this. The frame of sofa furniture which is made of hardwood can last for a long time.
A customer who wants to purchase sofa furniture can choose fabric such as velvet, leather, cotton, etc. When selecting the fabric for sofa furniture, one may need to consider the maintenance that is necessary for sofa furniture. When shopping for sofa furniture, one will find that the materials used can determine the price of sofa furniture since some materials are more expensive than others. Sofa furniture which is of a larger size is more expensive than normal sized furniture. The time that it takes to make sofa furniture can determine the cost due to the intricate designs that are made on the sofa furniture.
People can also purchase corner sofas if they like this design for their homes. Corner sofas are good because they utilise space well and one can have additional seating space. People have the option of selecting from a variety of colours from the sofa furniture that is available for sale. Some homes can benefit from extra storage and one can get storage space when they purchase sofa furniture which comes with storage. People who like organised living rooms can be able to take advantage of the storage space in sofa furniture and one can have a neat looking living room.
Guests who visit a home can use sofa beds and they will be comfortable as they stay for the night. Sofa beds are a good way to utilise one's space especially if one does not have a guest room in their home. When one is living in a small room, one can benefit from purchasing a sofa bed since it will act as both a sofa and a bed which uses space well in a small room. Delivery of sofa furniture can take some weeks and one needs to consider this when they are planning to purchase sofa furniture. One may be charged for the delivery of sofa furniture and this is a cost that one needs to have in mind.


Can any one help me with the steps to upload data from collector to Smart Net Total Care Portal file import. Is it automatic from collector ? If yes, then please provide us the steps to do it.
Can any one help me with the steps to upload data from collector to Smart Net Total Care Portal file import. If it is automatic then please provide us the steps to do it.
below URL may be helpfull.