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To sum it up, the following impact your color output: color mode (ex. RGB vs CMYK), printer setting (ex. Standard vs Fine), file resolution (ex. 72px vs 200px) and paper (ex. bright vs plain).
Have you considered a primary color palette of red, yellow and blue? Should there be one available for download please send link.
Thank you again for sending me a sample file and answering my question so quickly. I have to say that your colors look fantastic! I just printed your sample page and I got color so clear and vivid and beautiful from my old photo printer. I normally don't dish out complements unless I feel its truly deserving, but i had to in this case. Thanks again!


Stream processors allow specially written applications to utilize a limited form of parallel processing.
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Most newer video cards have stream processors built into their graphics processing unit. The GPU may also be built into the motherboard or in the central processing unit itself. Stream processing is a programming technique which simplifies hardware and software parallel processing. The stream processors in the GPU handle most of the traditional graphics rendering tasks, or can be alternatively programmed for more general-purpose number crunching.
Stream processors are well suited for traditional GPU-focused tasks such as image, video and signal processing. It is becoming increasingly common, however, to also utilize the stream processors on the GPU for both general-purpose and scientific number crunching. Stream processing techniques work well for ray tracing, computational fluid dynamics, weather modelling and protein folding calculations. Applications requiring massive vector operations and high-throughput computations see big gains versus conventional CPU number crunching. General purpose applications may not see speed improvements.
Traditional CPUs worked as a single processor executing a single instruction stream operating on data stored in a single memory location. This architecture is referred to as "single instruction, single data." Parallel techniques were developed to cope with the increasing amount of data that needed to be processed, allowing operations on multiple data locations simultaneously. Stream processing is a branch of these developments that eases some of the real-world implementations found in the earlier technologies.
Applications wanting to use stream processing must be designed from the start to effectively take advantage of the technology. Not all programs will benefit, and most general purpose business applications will see limited to no speedup versus the huge gains realized from very specialized programs or development techniques. Stream processing is suitable for programs that require high computational intensity that fit a parallel execution model.
The number of stream processors (and their speed) are not the only significant measurement for GPU performance. Different GPUs have varying clock speeds between the GPU itself, the memory and the processors. They also have different architecture and bandwidth constraints between these separate components. All of this together determines the effective performance of the GPU as a whole. Reviews and benchmarks are the best way to judge total performance of a GPU versus other comparable units.
Nvidia: What Is GPU Computing?
Martinez, Michael. "What Is the Importance of Stream Processors in GPUs?" Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/importance-stream-processors-gpus-70990.html. Accessed 19 April 2019.


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Morning everyone!!! Happy Thursday!! I would love to start your day off with some SUPER CUTE new releases from Your Next Stamp!! They are soooo adorable!!! I love them all!!
Today we are having a New Release Blog Hop... I hope you join in with us! You have 4 chances to win a fabulous prize!!! YES 4!!! But you must keep hoping with us!! If you started from my blog, please go back to Your Next Stamp Blog HERE and start from the beginning. If your on the right track you should have arrived from our wonderful DT member Linda. You wont want to miss all the fun!!!
Next I did a cute little card using Skating Fun Fhiona. I went CAS because I didnt want to take away from this super cute stamp, shes too adorable!!! I colored her with Copic Markers and cut her out and popped her up with foam tape. Then added some super cute Snowflake ribbon from May Arts. And used a sentiment from the Skating Accessories set.
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Well thanks for stopping in!! I hope you enjoy the rest of your week!! :) :) :) I know I will be!!
SQUEAL! How CUTE are your cards, Jenny! You make me want to play with them!
Jenny! These are adorable! And that frame is so sweet! Swoon!
These are so adorable Jenny!!!!
Oh Jenny, these creations are adorable! Who wouldn't love a frame like that to insert a picture of their little girl having fun on a snow day? You are very talented.
Oh I just love both of your images and your coloring Jenny!! That frame is so fun and beautiful!! Adorable!!
Oh these are delightful Jenny! Super super cute!!
What cute images! I love the frame - completely adorable. And the image just pops against the white background on the card.
I love what you did with the adorable image!! Fantastic card!
Beautiful CAS cards Jenny! Stunning!
Beautiful!Love the colors and the image!
I just love both of these, Jenny! Your CAS style rocks, girl! Have a fabulous wedding weekend!!!
Beautiful Creations Jenny you showcased these cuties perfectly!
What a super sweet lil Ellie! Great job!
Both of your projects are super cute, but that picture frame ROCKS!!!! Ellie is ADORABLE!!!
Nice job with those adorable images. I'm a big fan of Ellie and Fionna.
Cute cards! I love the ice skating.
Love your cards, they are super cute! I just bacame your newest follower and I can wait to see more! I love your coloring technique and I want to learn from you. lol. I hope you can visit my blog too! Have a beautiful day!!!
These little girls are SO CUTE! I love them!
these are so adorable! lovely cards!
Sorry no blog but hope I am considered anyway.
Aww Jenny these are soooo cute!
Jenny these cards are seriously cute! I love the little hearts hanging from the tree!
Jenny these are so cute... with the wedding coming up how are you finding time to stamp!!!!
Fabulous projects! Absolutely adorable stamps!!!
Oh Jenny, these are super cute! I guess having readily available cute stamps makes it a breeze to come out with great projects like these!
These girls are so adorable and you make a nice scenes and cards from it! Great jobs!
These little ladies are adorable and so sweet! You did a wonderful job!
Your cards are adorable! Congrats on your wedding and your Two Peas assignment! Does life get any better?!
Adorable picture frame and I like the snowflake ribbon.
Great cards!!! I love the little girls on the cards, they are so SO cute! =) Thanks for sharing!
Very creative projects! Love both of them!


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The Presidential Inaugural Committee has just made the announcement that the 59th Inauguration will be held virtually. In-person attendance at the ceremony will be strictly limited to members of Congress and a guest, similar to the State of the Union.
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INAUGURATION DAY EVENTS
While the transfer of power has occurred on every inauguration day, the events surrounding it have grown and changed. These events are the most common.
The tradition of attending a morning worship service on Inauguration Day began with Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
Procession to the Capitol
By tradition, the outgoing President accompanies the President-elect to the Capitol for the swearing-in ceremony.
Vice President's Swearing In Ceremony
Until 1937, the Vice President was sworn into office in the Senate chamber.
President's Swearing In Ceremony
There have been 56 formal Presidential Inaugural ceremonies, held at over 10 different locations.
Since George Washington in 1789, every President has delivered an Inaugural address, ranging from 8,445 words, to just 135.
Departure of Outgoing President
Following the inaugural ceremony on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, the outgoing President and First Lady leave the Capitol to begin their post-presidential lives.
Inaugural Luncheon
Since 1953, the JCCIC has hosted a luncheon at the U.S. Capitol for the new President, Vice President, and guests.
Inaugural Parade
While early parades were mostly military escorts, by 1841, floats, citizens groups, and bands became standard.
Inaugural Ball
The first Inaugural ball in Washington was thrown for James and Dolley Madison in 1809, at Long's Hotel. There have been as many as 14 balls.
Source: Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

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Tokyo 2020: Four athletes mired in controversy ahead of Olympic Games
Here are four athletes who found themselves in the middle of a controversy in the runup to the Tokyo Games.
Team Sportstar
15 July, 2021 11:55 IST
When New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard created history by becoming the first openly transgender athlete to qualify for the Olympics, the news was met by equal parts of excitement and controversy. People batting for more inclusion at the Games – and in sport in general – savoured this significant moment. The New Zealand Olympic officials who made the call on "a highly sensitive and complex issue" said she met the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) criteria to compete as a woman and had earned her right to respect and inclusion. Photo: Getty Images
American track sensation Sha'Carri Richardson was supposed to be one of the hottest medal prospects in Tokyo. The 21-year-old Richardson ran a 10.72 in Florida in April, becoming the sixth-fastest woman in 100m history. She followed it up with a 10.86 at the US Olympic trials. However, Richardson was handed a one-month suspension on July 1 and her result at the trials were invalidated after she tested positive for marijuana use. Photo: USA TODAY Sports
Gwen Berry, an American hammer-throw specialist, was mired in controversy during the US Olympic track and field trials in Oregon when she turned away from the flag as the American national anthem played while she was on the podium. She then draped a T-shirt bearing the words "activist athlete" over her head. Berry had finished third in the trials, and with the fourth-best throw of the season (76.79m), she is a medal prospect at Tokyo. Photo: AP
Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur raised eyebrows in March when she recorded a throw of 65.06m, beating Krishna Poonia's nine-year-old national record of 64.76m. The 25-year-old, who has qualified for Tokyo, managed to better her record with a 66.59m throw during the Indian Grand Prix 4 at Patiala on June 21. Among those watching closely was a fellow discus thrower and former Asian Games gold medallist Seema Punia. The veteran, who has qualified for her fourth Olympics, demanded a hyperandrogenism test for Kamalpreet after her drastic improvement in performance within a short period. Photo: Twitter/@afiindia
Click here for our full coverage of the Tokyo Olympics.


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Ask yourself what it is you want to be doing? Identify your areas of interest and your skills. Build a personal profile of your strengths and weaknesses. Once you know more about yourself you can move on to finding out what job would best suit you.
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Attract butterflies and hummingbirds to your garden. Certain plants are highly engaging to butterflies and hummingbirds due to their nectar. Hummingbirds tend to favor any flower that's shaped like a trumpet, especially whether it is pink, purple or purple. Examples of those are honeysuckle, fuchsia and monarda. Butterflies like flat, daisy-like flowers, such as chrysanthemums, asters and coneflowers. Choose a sunny place, as both butterflies and hummingbirds respect the warmth.
If you want to create an attention-grabbing fall garden with numerous height and contrasting colours, strive planting spiky vegetation just like the New Zealand flax, the yucca or tall decorative grasses. Add drama with texture and color by including chartreuse plants like the Golden Spirit smoke bush or the Tiger Eyes sumac. To contrast the chartreuse colour, plant purple vegetation alongside the chartreuse plants just like the Black Lace elderberry or Loropetalum.
Planting a bare-root rose. Bare-root roses are finest planted at the start of their dormant period to reduce the shock of transplanting. If the roots look dry, soak them in a bucket of water for a few hours before planting. Take away diseased or broken stems, and trim any thick roots by a 3rd. Place the rose in a freshly dug hole, spreading out the roots and checking that the bud union is slightly above ground stage. Backfill with soil and water completely.
Before starting a backyard, it is important that you've a plan.
If your backyard is infested with snails, the other way up flower pots might help. Simply place them in your garden, particularly near the snail's favorite vegetation. Snails will enter the flower pots to get shade within the warmth of the day. They'll get caught there, and eventually die off. If you wish to grow roses, you need to look into the different species. If you're a beginner, select a sort of rose that does not require quite a lot of upkeep. You too can get into competitions with extraordinarily delicate roses. Ensure you choose roses which might be tailored to your skills and experience.
As acknowledged earlier than, many individuals have gardens in their houses. Some gardens are floral based and a few are meals based mostly. You'll be able to simply grow a garden at your private home using the information from this article. Quickly you'll scent contemporary flowers and eat recent fruits and vegetables. When you are trying to decide your plant watering schedules, be sure to are testing your soil repeatedly. Persistent over-watering is simply as likely to kill your plants as underneath-watering. A simple strategy to test is to place your fingertip within the soil, whether it is moist, do not add water.
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Plant fruits and vegetables that you understand you want. In case you have youngsters, having them assist in the garden will make them need to eat the food that they grow. It is possible for you to to economize on your contemporary produce in addition to know that your loved ones is consuming one of the best produce round. To grow an unbelievable crop of tomatoes, be sure your planting space will get loads of light and has plenty of room around every tomato plant. Tomato vegetation are sun hungry! They actually need at the least ten hours of solar each and every day and the extra house between plants helps maximize every tomato's succulence.
The roots should have wholesome, white suggestions, and never look dry in any respect. Do not buy a plant if it has poorly developed roots, or if the roots are congested and coiled across the base of the pot.


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Dame Kelly Holmes joins Party in the Sky
Guests at a gala charity dinner enjoyed a night to remember with fine food, dancing – and Dame Kelly Holmes.
David Millward
Updated 19:41, 7 JUN 2013
The Olympic gold medallist was guest of honour at the Party in the Sky event at the Hilton Reading on Friday.
As well as speaking about her rise to the top, she also told the diners about the work her charity is doing for the young people of Reading who are not in work, training or education.
The gala night was held to raise money for the Dame Kelly Holmes Legacy Trust (DKHLT) and for the Reading 2012 Partnership Board's work on community events in the town throughout the year.
Party organiser Pam Warren said: "It was a fabulous evening. Everything went beyond my expectations.
"All the people who were helping pulled out all the stops and really made it a fantastic night.
"With all the emails and texts we have had since, I think everybody else had a good time."
She said one of the highlights of the night was Radio Berkshire's sports reporter Tim Dellor's live interview with the guest of honour.
Ms Warren said: "Dame Kelly's interview was fantastic.
"A few people had tears in their eyes when she spoke so eloquently about the work the legacy trust is doing in Reading and about how she had to fight to get to where she has."
Dame Kelly also tried her hand at playing the steel drums with the band Culture Mix.
There was a huge variety of prizes in the silent auction, including signed dolls of boy band One Direction, an Olympic Park bus tour and a signed Lionel Messi football boot, and they were nearly all sold.
After the dinner guests, who included Great Britain's rowing hope for an Olympic medal Charles Cousins, could try their luck at the casino or dance along with live acts Soul Diversity and The Rat Pack is Back.
Chris Pengilly, fundraising chairman for the Reading 2012 Partnership Board, said: "I'd like to say a big thank you to Pam Warren for her hard work in organising such a fantastic night and to everybody from the business community who supported the event.
"Not only will it aid the work of Dame Kelly's trust in Reading but also help the community stage events to mark this year of celebrations with the London 2012 Olympics and the Queen's Diamond Jubilee."
Organisers say the Party in the Sky raised a grand total of more than £23,000.
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NASA Seeks a Softer, Gentler "Right Stuff"
USAToday reported that NASA top brass is looking for better ways to select astronauts. The agency is preparing for the onslaught of astronaut applicants this summer for the first new class to be selected in four years.
After the arrest of former astronaut Lisa Nowak and reports from some crew of the difficulties adjusting to the isolation and stresses of a six month space station assignment, NASA is looking at how to recruit people who are more easy-going-diplomat-scientist and less Type-A-steely-test pilot. To start with finalists will be invited down to Houston twice instead of just once. Brent Jett, chief of flight crew operations says officials want to see, "how people deal with situations outside their comfort zone."
Given that the new Orion spaceship will be mostly automated and not require the demanding piloting that that Space Shuttle does, NASA can select for the skill mixes that this new era of exploration will call for. According to the article, that would be someone who is diplomatic, good with languages (the Space Station will soon have Japanese, European, Americans and Russian crews), an experienced scientist, and a very handy repair technician.
Before flying a shuttle mission, "you're taught that … you have to (give) 110% all the time," Bowersox says. "That's a great mind-set for a shuttle flight. But it's a terrible mind-set for six months."
1996-97 he felt so isolated from Earth and his Russian crewmates that he became clinically depressed, he told reporters at the time.
People who do beat the odds and get selected as the less then a dozen or so future astronauts selected (down from likely over 3,000 applications) will still have a long road ahead of them. After a year and a half of training they will likely be send overseas to train more, often involving a lot of time away from their families.
Gregory Chamitoff, a space rookie, is training now for a five month mission on the International Space Station that starts in April. He had to miss his twin daughters first and second birthdays while training in Russia.
All of this for a starting salary of $60,000 and a chance at riding the next spaceship in 2015 and possibly even a trip to the moon after 2019.


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	// API_SERVER_HOST
	public static String API_SERVER_HOST = PropertiesUtils.getProperties().getProperty("API_SERVER_HOST");
	// APPKEY
	public static String APPKEY = PropertiesUtils.getProperties().getProperty("APPKEY");
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	public static String APP_CLIENT_ID = PropertiesUtils.getProperties().getProperty("APP_CLIENT_ID");
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	public static String APP_CLIENT_SECRET = PropertiesUtils.getProperties().getProperty("APP_CLIENT_SECRET");
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Q: Compile 2.6 kernel on Ubuntu 12.04 I need to do kernel development on a 2.6 kernel (plain kernel, not ubuntu kernel). I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, x86. My first obstacle was getting the right gcc version to compile the 2.6 kernel. I've gotten past that and was able to get gcc 4.2 installed. However, when I try doing make menuconfig I get errors, some of which I've posted below:
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:38: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'inet_lnaof'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:42: error: expected ')' before '__net'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:46: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'inet_netof'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:50: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or '__attribute__' before 'inet_network'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:54: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_ntoa'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:60: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_pton'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:66: error: expected declaration specifiers or '...' before 'socklen_t'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:67: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_ntop'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:74: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_aton'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:78: error: expected ')' before '__net'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:84: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_net_ntop'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:90: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_net_pton'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:96: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_nsap_addr'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:101: error: storage class specified for parameter 'inet_nsap_ntoa'
/usr/include/arpa/inet.h:104: error: expected declaration specifiers before '__END_DECLS'

I assume this is due to the fact that I'm trying to compile a 2.6 kernel on a system with version 3 kernel headers?
Does anyone know how I can compile my plain 2.6 kernel on Ubuntu 12.04?

A: Ubuntu do not really use a vanilla kernel, you need to patch a vanilla kernel to be able to use the linux source for an Ubuntu kernel.
refer to this link for a complete guide.

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Heather Wardell, Women's Fiction: Alpaca and silk, oh my!
Alpaca and silk, oh my!
Made from Blue Sky Alpacas Alpaca and Silk yarn, these mitts are warm.
The pattern comes from the Crochet Liberation Front's book (which I recently bought electronically and love). They were incredibly easy to make, and they have a nice shape to the wrist that I haven't seen done in any other mitts and yet it was easy as well.
I'm amused by the fact that the pattern is called Joanna Fingerless Mitt, because one of the agents currently looking at Raoul is named Joanna. A good sign? Perhaps.
Ravelry types, the pattern has a page there, of course.
I have developed something of a bad addiction to fingerless mitts. That's not bad, is it? I mean, I could quit whenever I wanted.
YOur mitt looks great and I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
March 23, 2009 at 9:58 a.m.
Wow, they are great!! Of course, you can quit, but why would you want to? Especially while using Alpaca and silk!
March 23, 2009 at 3:01 p.m.
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Equipment required? No. You don't need any equipment because you'll rely on your own body weight for resistance. But you'll probably want to use a yoga mat to keep you from sliding around in standing poses, and to cushion you while in seated and lying positions. Other, optional equipment includes a yoga ball for balance, a yoga block or two, and straps to help you reach for your feet or link your hands behind your back.
According to Geoffrey Samuel, our "best evidence to date" suggests that yogic practices "developed in the same ascetic circles as the early śramaṇa movements (Buddhists, Jainas and Ajivikas), probably in around the sixth and fifth centuries BCE." This occurred during what is called the 'Second Urbanisation' period.[9] According to Mallinson and Singleton, these traditions were the first to use psychophysical techniques, mainly known as dhyana and tapas. but later described as yoga, to strive for the goal of liberation (moksha, nirvana) from samsara (the round of rebirth).[78]
The chronology of completion of these yoga-related Early Buddhist Texts, however, is unclear, just like ancient Hindu texts.[85][86] Early known Buddhist sources like the Majjhima Nikāya mention meditation, while the Anguttara Nikāya describes Jhāyins (meditators) that resemble early Hindu descriptions of Muni, Kesins and meditating ascetics,[87] but these meditation-practices are not called yoga in these texts.[88] The earliest known specific discussion of yoga in the Buddhist literature, as understood in modern context are from the later Buddhist Yogācāra and Theravada schools.[88]
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This terse definition hinges on the meaning of three Sanskrit terms. I. K. Taimni translates it as "Yoga is the inhibition (nirodhaḥ) of the modifications (vṛtti) of the mind (citta)".[142]Swami Vivekananda translates the sutra as "Yoga is restraining the mind-stuff (Citta) from taking various forms (Vrittis)."[143] Edwin Bryant explains that, to Patanjali, "Yoga essentially consists of meditative practices culminating in attaining a state of consciousness free from all modes of active or discursive thought, and of eventually attaining a state where consciousness is unaware of any object external to itself, that is, is only aware of its own nature as consciousness unmixed with any other object."[144][145][146]
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What is often referred to as Classical Yoga or Astanga Yoga (Yoga of eight limbs) is mainly the type of Yoga outlined in the highly influential Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.[234] The origins of the Classical Yoga tradition are unclear, though early discussions of the term appear in the Upanishads.[235] The name "Rāja yoga" (yoga of kings) originally denoted the ultimate goal of yoga, samadhi,[236] but was popularised by Vivekananda as a common name for Ashtanga Yoga,[note 19] the eight limbs to be practised to attain samadhi, as described in the Yoga Sutras.[237][234] Yoga is also considered as one of the orthodox philosophical schools (darsanas) of Hinduism (those which accept the Vedas as source of knowledge).[238][239]
^ On the dates of the Pali canon, Gregory Schopen writes, "We know, and have known for some time, that the Pali canon as we have it — and it is generally conceded to be our oldest source — cannot be taken back further than the last quarter of the first century BCE, the date of the Alu-vihara redaction, the earliest redaction we can have some knowledge of, and that — for a critical history — it can serve, at the very most, only as a source for the Buddhism of this period. But we also know that even this is problematic... In fact, it is not until the time of the commentaries of Buddhaghosa, Dhammapala, and others — that is to say, the fifth to sixth centuries CE — that we can know anything definite about the actual contents of [the Pali] canon."[92]
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Yoga is discussed in the ancient foundational Sutras of Hindu philosophy. The Vaiśeṣika Sūtra of the Vaisheshika school of Hinduism, dated to have been composed sometime between 6th and 2nd century BCE discusses Yoga.[note 14] According to Johannes Bronkhorst, an Indologist known for his studies on early Buddhism and Hinduism and a professor at the University of Lausanne, Vaiśeṣika Sūtra describes Yoga as "a state where the mind resides only in the soul and therefore not in the senses".[120] This is equivalent to pratyahara or withdrawal of the senses, and the ancient Sutra asserts that this leads to an absence of sukha (happiness) and dukkha (suffering), then describes additional yogic meditation steps in the journey towards the state of spiritual liberation.[120]
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Vajrayana is also known as Tantric Buddhism and Tantrayāna. Its texts were compiled starting with 7th century and Tibetan translations were completed in 8th century CE. These tantra yoga texts were the main source of Buddhist knowledge that was imported into Tibet.[185] They were later translated into Chinese and other Asian languages, helping spread ideas of Tantric Buddhism. The Buddhist text Hevajra Tantra and Caryāgiti introduced hierarchies of chakras.[186] Yoga is a significant practice in Tantric Buddhism.[187][188][189]


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Alan Pardew has hit out at ex-Liverpool player turned pundit Jamie Carragher, branding him biased for his comments following Christian Benteke's last minute penalty at Selhurst Park, as reported by the Mirror.
Speaking on Sky Sports following the controversial conclusion to the game, Carragher claimed Benteke was completely within his rights to go down under the challenge of Damien Delaney, and that the referee was correct to award a penalty.
This is clearly not a view Pardew agrees with, who claimed Carragher's past loyalties to Liverpool were clouding his judgement.
"What annoyed me the most were Jamie Carragher's strong comments after the game stating that Christian Benteke was right to go down to win the penalty," Pardew said.
"I couldn't disagree more with those sentiments and it is a shame that so many former and current players share his opinion that diving is a valid tactic.
"Would Carragher have had the same opinion had Wilf[ried Zaha] gone down in the box in the 94th minute of a massive game at Anfield?
The Sky pundit's view was not one that many shared, and the majority appeared to believe Benteke had dived. There was unquestionably some contact in the tackle, but was it really enough to send the big striker to the ground?
You can't really blame Benteke for going to ground when he felt the contact on his heel, and you can totally understand why the referee gave the penalty. That said though, if the contact wasn't enough to send him down, then going to ground so easily was nothing more than simulation.
A player doesn't necessarily need to be brought down to have been fouled, but equally just because there's contact it doesn't make it a foul. It's a tough one to call, and with the nature of football and the lack of clarity in the rules, it's really all down to opinion. It's the opinion of the referee that counts though, and in this case he deemed it a penalty.


King's BierHaus is the sister concept of the nationally acclaimed King's Biergarten & Restaurant.
King's Biergarten started as an addition to a carwash that served bratwurst while guests would wait in 2011.
Within 5 years Biergarten expanded 13 times, was rated #1 German Restaurant in America, Top 12 Beer Gardens in America, and developed the BierHaus concept.
The Sitter's got their start by operating "King's Hand Carwash" in 2009 where they would give out free brats to guests.
After a few weeks, the city of Pearland closed down the bratwurst stand since it didn't have a building or proper permits for operating.
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King's began to receive national recognition and awards such as the "#1 German Restaurant in America", "Top 12 Beer Gardens in America", and "100 Best Dishes in Houston" for the unique atmosphere, made-from-scratch dishes, and the constant entertainment & events they were having.
By 2016, King's Biergarten had expanded over 13 times and the family grew to 70+ employees.
King's was recognized by The Houston Chronicle as #2 of the Top 150 Best Workplaces in Houston.
April 2017, the Sitter's opened their latest concept "King's BierHaus" in the Houston Heights which leading up to the opening was considered "Top 15 Most Anticipated Openings in 15 U.S. Cities" by Zagat.


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HALF MOON BAY, Calif. – The International Junior Golf Tour (IJGT) conducted the Pacific Coast Open at Half Moon Bay Golf Links which featured talented junior golfers ages 9-19 representing four states competing for national recognition and IJGT Merit Points.
The Old Course at Half Moon Bay played very difficult over the weekend due to high winds and imperfect greens. Club selection was challenging for the junior golfers with the elevation changes on the Arnold Palmer – Francis Duane design. With all that being said, many junior golfers braved the conditions and delivered outstanding performances.
In the Boys 15-19 Division, an IJGT newcomer, William Choi of Dublin, Calif., earned the victory after two great rounds on the weekend. Choi started off the tournament well posting a 4-over-par 76 to take a one-stroke lead going into the final round. His round of 4-over-par 76 was the lowest round of the tournament regardless of division.
The final round did not start as Choi envisioned as he hit his opening tee shot out of bounds. After making a double-bogey on the first hole, he quickly calmed down and made three birdies on the front nine to make the turn with a 38. From there, the tournament was Choi's to lose and he finished strong playing his last five holes in 1-over-par to close with a score of 80. The tournament total of 156 was good enough for a two-stroke victory, which was his first on the IJGT.
The Old Course at Half Moon Bay Golf Links had out of bounds on every hole which made accuracy off the tee very important to success.
"My strategy was keeping the ball down the middle on this course…take advantage of the short par-4s and play safe on the par-5s," commented Choi.
Finishing in a tie for second place were J.T. Bloomer of Boise, Idaho, and Ethan Gray of Winnemucca, Nev., with scores of 158. Bloomer's final-round score of 5-over-par 77 earned him the Clazic Belts Low Final Round Award, which goes to the player that shoots the lowest score in the final round of every IJGT tournament.
Samantha Gong of San Francisco, Calif., was victorious in the Girls Division after firing rounds of 82 and 80. Her tournament did not start as she had planned as she struggled on her first nine holes. She regrouped and displayed a strong mental game on the back nine, where she went on to shoot an even-par 36. Her performance gave her a six-stroke lead going into the final round.
It was important for Gong to play solid on the final day and avoid any large numbers on her scorecard. The front nine went well as she recorded six pars and three bogeys for a score of 39. From there it was smooth sailing as Gong added two birdies on the back nine to clinch her first IJGT victory.
"My goal was to get as many pars and birdies as possible," said Gong.
Kylie Fong of Elk Grove, Calif., finished in second place after carding a tournament total of 167. Her final-round score of 6-over-par 78 was the lowest score in the Girls Division and also earned Fong the Clazic Belts Low Final Round Award. Gurman Kaur of Elk Grove, Calif., rounded out the top three with a score of 173.
The Boys 14 & Under Division saw a familiar face atop the leaderboard as Grant Leppek of Rocklin, Calif., won his second IJGT title in the Fall 2013 Season. This one did not come easy for Leppek after an inconsistent round of 85 to start the tournament. He did not let it affect his approach on the final round, which ultimately lead to his victory.
The final-round comeback put together by Leppek included eight pars and two birdies en route to an 80. His tournament total of 165 gave him a two-stroke victory.
All weekend the competitors had nothing but great compliments for the closing two holes on the Old Course at Half Moon Bay Golf Links, which have great views of the Pacific Ocean.
"It's a great way to end and probably the best finishing hole I have ever played. It 's just a great hole to end on," commented Leppek.
Finishing in second place with a tournament score of 167 was Moibhi Tyndall of Mountain View, Calif. Half Moon Bay resident, Ian Scarborough, took home third place with a tournament total of 168.
The IJGT West Coast tour will be back in action Dec. 7-8, 2013 at La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif., for the West Coast Major Championship. Players will compete on the Legends Course for national rankings and double IJGT Merit Points. To sign up for this Event, or others, visit IJGT.com or call (843) 785-2444.
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. – Final round results of the IJGT Pacific Coast Open conducted by the International Junior Golf Tour completed Nov. 17, 2013. Boys 15-19 Division: Black Tees – 6,819 yards, Par 72 (74.5/133). Boys 14 & Under Division: White Tees – 6,225 yards, Par 72 (71.6/129) Girls Division: Gold Tees – 5,923 yards, Par 72 (75.2/132).


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Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
Rating: 7.4/10 (84,398 voted)
Stars: Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a hospital room together, they decide to leave it and do all the things they have ever wanted to do before they die according to their bucket list. In the process, both of them heal each other, become unlikely friends, and ultimately find joy in life.
Jack Nicholson - Edward
Morgan Freeman - Carter
Sean Hayes - Thomas
Beverly Todd - Virginia
Rob Morrow - Dr. Hollins
Alfonso Freeman - Roger
Rowena King - Angelica
Annton Berry Jr. - Kai
Verda Bridges - Chandra
Destiny Brownridge - Maya
Brian Copeland - Lee
Ian Anthony Dale - Instructor
Jennifer Defrancisco - Emily (as Jennifer DeFrancisco)
Angela Gardner - Female Administrator
Noel Gugliemi - Mechanic (as Noel Guglielmi)
Taglines: When he closed his eyes, his heart was opened
Official Website: Warner Bros [France] | Warner Bros. [United States] |
Release Date: 11 January 2008
Filming Locations: California Speedway - 9300 Cherry Avenue, Fontana, California, USA
Budget: $45,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $161,840 (USA) (23 December 2007) (16 Screens)
Gross: $93,452,056 (USA) (1 June 2008)
Carter is a mechanic. Morgan Freeman in real life worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force
Continuity: In the race track scene, Carter always looks to his right when he talks to Ed who is in the yellow car to his right. When Carter races away towards the end of this scene, their cars are on the wrong side. Ed's yellow car is to the left of Carter's red car.
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Carter Chambers: Edward Perriman Cole died in May. It was a Sunday afternoon, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky...
Oscar worthy
You know that feeling when you walk out of a movie and think "God, that was just such a great film"? It takes a lot for me to think that... especially when it's a movie about two men who have cancer... but this movie really did it for me, as well as everyone else in the theater. I saw the movie at its first ever screening in Pasadena and it was just wonderful... even with temp music and unfinished visual effects! Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman were truly amazing together - it's a film about cancer, and yet the two were able to balance the comedy and the drama of the script in such the perfect way that the audience loved every moment of the movie. The script was quite original, which was such a breath of fresh air, and the acting couldn't have been any better. I would recommend this film to anyone and everyone - as it was such a feel-good movie that made you both laugh and cry at the same time - something you don't come across too often. Not only did the audience applaud the movie at the end, but EVERY single viewer who stayed to give comments agreed that the movie was "Excellent"... I can't imagine how often that happens. I'd be surprised if this movie isn't up for some Oscar or another come next year.
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A new behaviour of ac losses in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystals
Chockalingam, SP and Sarangi, S and Bhat, SV and Oka, K and Nishihara, Y (2009) A new behaviour of ac losses in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystals. In: Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter, 21 (4). 045704-1.
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A new ac loss behaviour is observed in the superconducting state of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 single crystals using a novel technique of measuring dissipation at radio frequencies. It is found that the ac loss in the superconducting state is larger than that in the normal state. This counter-intuitive result is explained in terms of the cumulative effect of repetitive decoupling of intrinsic Josephson junctions in the crystals and analysed in the framework of Ambegaokar-Baratoff theory. The ac losses are studied as a function of temperature, rf amplitude and magnetic field applied at different orientations. A peak in ac losses is observed in the superconducting state along the temperature scale. The amplitude of the peak decreases and shifts towards lower temperature with increasing field and also when the field orientation with respect to the c axis of the crystal changes from the perpendicular to parallel direction. The origin of the peak and its behaviour are discussed in the context of coupling energy of Josephson junctions present in the sample. In the presence of a magnetic field another peak in ac losses arises at temperatures close to T-c, which is associated with the Lorentz-force-driven motion of vortices.
Copyright of this article belongs to Institute of Physics.
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After months of waiting and a long series of rumor, Apple finally revealed the MacBook Pro 2018 last week. With the upgraded MacBook Pro the tech giant has replaced the last generation processor with the Intel's latest innovation. Apple launched the 15-inch MacBook Pro embedded with Intel's top-notch core i9 processor that ranges from $30,09 to $6000. However, the early test carried out on the MacBook Pro reveals that the new processor isn't able to reach its full potential.
Dave Lee, a YouTuber who got his hands on the latest Apple release for an early test shared his test results He posted a video on his channel sharing the test performed on MacBook Pro 2018 with Core i9 processor. During the test, the MacBook Pro struggled to maintain even its base clock speed at full utilization. After the couple or preliminary tests by the prominent YouTuber, it was found that Macbook 2018 isn't what the company claims it to be. According to Lee tests, the laptop's thermal throttling is the reason for the MacBook Pro underperformance.
"This CPU is an unlocked, overclockable chip but all of that CPU potential is wasted inside this chassis — or more so the thermal solution that's inside here," said Lee. The test shows that the processor gets overheated when taxed with a number of tasks. However, Lee is the only one till date coming up with this disappointing MacBook Pro results. So, there is a chance that he might have received a model having the overheating issue specifically. We hope this could be nothing more than a defective model; otherwise, Apple is up for a really big bad press with some troubling Q&A. Moreover, the overheating problem is the issue that can not be fixed by deploying further software patches.
Apple needs to address the problem as soon as possible and come out with the proper explanation to the users. The improper thermal management is the hardware issue so the company could recall the laptops in the future. However, until we get the answers directly from Apple about this thermal throttling controversy, we can't say anything for sure.
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Forget Punxsutawney Phil: Vegas has own forecaster...
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Forget Punxsutawney Phil: Vegas has own forecaster
It isn't springtime here till this desert tortoise leaves his burrow
MOJAVE MAX has been announcing the end of winter in Las Vegas since 2000, but his public relations team is still working on raising his profile. This year he emerged on March 23 to declare the arrival of springtime. (Springs Preserve)
David Montero
Mojave Max, the desert tortoise in Las Vegas who marks the arrival of spring each year when he emerges from his burrow, has always existed in the long shadow of Punxsutawney Phil — the ultimate case of a big star in a small market.
It's Phil who nabs the national headlines and knowing nods from high-profile news anchors when he is yanked out on Feb. 2 to let the nation know how much longer winter will last.
The groundhog from Pennsylvania has always hogged the limelight when it comes to weather prognostication — a Goliath among all creatures great and small. Even this story, which is about Mojave Max, starts off about Phil. See how it is?
The rodent's public relations team wasn't overly impressed when it heard Mojave Max had emerged from his burrow last Friday to declare the start of spring in Las Vegas.
"Ever heard of Mojave Max?" I asked Katie Donald, the executive director of the Groundhog Club in Punxsutawney.
"I'm sorry, I haven't," Donald said.
"Are you aware of other animals that do, um, seasonal work?" I asked.
"We're aware of few," Donald said. "There's a lobster in Maine — I can't think of his name. And there's a few imitator groundhogs in the Pennsylvania area that we don't acknowledge."
(The lobster is Passy Pete, by the way, and he predicts if summer will last another six weeks by opening a scroll with a claw. Forecast: It might be boiling hot, Pete. Beware.)
But Pete is in Maine, a far-flung state that is famous mostly for Stephen King, lighthouses and lobster rolls. There's also Mojave Maxine, a desert tortoise at the Living Desert in Palm Desert. She emerged from her burrow Jan. 31.
So, how is it that Mojave Max — a desert tortoise in a city that is internationally iconic and draws the biggest stars to its 24-hour spotlight — isn't much known beyond the Clark County line?
"We're working on that," concedes Dawn Barraclough, a spokeswoman for Springs Preserve, where Mojave Max lives.
Around 1994, as part of the Desert Conservation Program's effort to bring attention to the desert tortoise's threatened species status, one was identified in the area and moved to the Red Rock Canyon visitor center. He was named Mojave Max.
The resident desert tortoise, about the size of a football, has been identifying seasonal changes publicly since 2000. when the first Mojave Max emergence contest was held. When Max emerged from his burrow, the biologists would note that it signaled the start of spring in the area.
It was more low key back then — especially by Vegas standards — as the Las Vegas Strip was on the cusp of going big with resorts like Bellagio that brought in rare white tigers and dancing fountains. If Punxsutawney Phil were ever to move to Vegas, he'd probably have his own residency at a casino.
Max, seemingly, would prefer his residency to remain a dirt hole.
Heather Green, a spokeswoman for the county who works for the Desert Conservation Program, said the earliest that Mojave Max has emerged from his burrow in his years as a seasonal forecaster is Feb. 14. The latest is April 17.
Last year, biologists decided it was better for Max to not be bothered at Red Rock Canyon anymore, and he retired to a quieter life. But the tradition still carried on with a new Mojave Max — a 14-year-old desert tortoise living in captivity at Springs Preserve. In showbiz parlance, a casting change. Roger Moore in for Sean Connery. (In James Bond fashion, Max currently lives with four female tortoises on 15 acres of open space at Springs Preserve.)
Max's profile has also been raised on social media, where the tortoise has a Twitter account.
"Yep! It seemed like a good day to EMERGE!! My official emergence date and time: March 23, 2018 at 11:11 am! SPRING HAS SPRUNG," the tweet from @MojaveMax read.
Green said that, unlike Punxsutawney Phil, Max is allowed to dictate the seasonal change rather than being yanked out of a hut on a predetermined day, the way Phil has been marking Groundhog Day for more than 130 years.
Donald said Phil's track record is unblemished.
"He's been right 100% of the time," she said.
Time magazine did an analysis of Phil's accuracy and it revealed he was actually correct only about 36% of the time. This year, a warrant was issued for Phil's arrest by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Pennsylvania for deception — claiming that winter has continued longer than the six additional weeks predicted by the groundhog. Phil's publicity team argued that the warrant was a misguided attempt to blame the messenger rather than Mother Nature.
It should be noted that Mojave Max has never been subject to an arrest warrant.
Phil's club also steadfastly sticks to the lore centered around the groundhog's age. Donald said that because of a special elixir administered every few years, the same Phil has been doing prognostications for the past 132 years. Donald will not budge on this point, even though a groundhog's lifespan typically doesn't exceed eight years.
Green said desert tortoises live between 50 and 80 years. And Max doesn't have to drink an elixir, either. Just water.
But with a long lifespan, Mojave Max could have this gig for quite a while. A Vegas residency with the staying power of a Wayne Newton, Liberace or Celine Dion.
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Subject Headings: desert tortoises, Mojave Max


GunDoom pits the 4K DVX200 against the what is it now the 13th time that 18meg sensor was put into another body from… Wait, wait swivel screen changes everything Canon 600D CAMERA.
Panasonic recently released the AG-DVX200, a "professional" 4K video camera. Back in 2011, Canon released the 600D, which is a 550D with a tilt screen.
You may think this test is not fair because I'm comparing a pro camera and a consumer based DSLR, but what I wanted to see here is how does a 4000$ camera exceeds another that's only 400$. The answer is obvious but still interesting.
Notes: The V-Log footage is hard to color correct properly without LUTs. Some colors don't behave naturaly, and from my experience, the blue colors from the sky, sometimes, are not even there! Never really had problems with banding or aliasing, although some footage may look really over sharpened. For this video, the camera has the v1.29 version for the firmware, and it does look better than the default firmware. This is not the proper camera for low light situations and in some cases you may encounter a steped chromatic trail in the shadows that can totally ruin your footage. It feels like each CCD is out of sync when the footage is processed. On the plus side this camera has great slow-motion of 50fps in 4k and 120fps in 1080p. It includes V-Log which is convenient for grading and with an external recorder you can get 10-bit 4K footage. If you're planning on buying a camera with a 4000$ budget, you have better options like the Sony A7s II or the Blackmagic URSA Mini 4K. Considering the price and what it does I give 6/10.
Notes: This camera is about 5 years old, and its sensor is even older. There are a few typical Canon DSLR things present here like the footage on itself lacks a bunch of detail. When recording 1080p it looks much more like 720p and in-camera sharpeness is horrible, but if you cranck that up in post it looks decent. This isn't a good option for low-light, you need to have a very fast lens to get something good out of it. At ISO800 it starts to get really noisy and you should never go as high as ISO1600. The only thing I think this camera does clearly better than the Panasonic is the color science. Canon have, in my opinion, some of the best colors out there, they really nail the color science and colors always look the way they should. Slow-motion is only available at 720p of 60fps (max) and it looks the way expect it to look. Unlike the DVX200, the Canon is full of aliasing and moire. It's clearly visible in electric cables and repeated patterns. Also, it is convenient to install a third-party picture profile like Cinestyle from Technicolor, to get the best out of it. This camera is capable of amazing stills though, especially in RAW, and considering that and its price range I give it 8/10.


In March of 1928 1st Starbeck Guides opened its doors and welcomed girls into the guiding movement in order to experience new challenges and adventures, and the unit is still thriving today.
On 26 March a 90th birthday party was enjoyed by guides who attend the unit today, and also guides and leaders from yesteryear. Janet Thackwray, who led the unit for 25 years, welcomed everyone to the party and showed several photos of her own adventures over the years. These included; camping, outdoor cooking, barging and charity events including a second time around fashion show. Debs Wynn, the current leader, also shared her guiding memories, showing photos of International trips to Mexico, India and Switzerland.
Margaret Terry, who was a leader in the unit during the 1970s and 80s was asked to cut the cake alongside Beth Thurlow who was celebrating her 13th birthday that day.


It may take some time but it is possible to verify the accuracy of a digital scale. And if we give it some more time and effort we may start to have confidence in its reliability as well. But for the durability of the scale there is no easy way out. And without durability accuracy and reliability are not worth the expense. But measuring durability is not easy even if you were willing to devote the time and effort required. That is because durability testing will likely end up consuming the life of the sample specimen. And that is just one test. If you want to run a series of tests you will need many samples and that would make the economics of the testing go haywire. But fortunately you have the option of NTEP scales that have been tested thoroughly for accuracy, reliability and durability for you. And all you need to do is verify that the scale you are buying is an NTEP approved scale. And you can be sure that NTEP has done all the hard work for you. They have very exacting standards against which the scales are tested before the company that makes those scale can certify them as NTEP approved. So why do these scales manage to pass these stringent tests and which many other scales will fail. And the answer to that is quality design, quality, materials, quality components and quality manufacturing. High quality cannot occur through an accident. There will be profound reasons why a scale is of such high quality that it can deliver exceptional accuracy, reliability and durability. And it is not as if an accurate scale will be inherently reliable and durable. For each of these attributes to clear the qualifying mark special consideration has to be made by the manufacturer. And that means special attention to be paid to ensure that quality is maximized right from the first steps such as product design and choice of components that are sourced by the manufacturer. These approved scales such as NTEP floor scales are then able to give you years of trouble free service. You can see the latest digital scales at www.buyfloorscale.com About Author : Mark Floyd has over 15 years experience in the digital scales industry. He has been a part of it, as better products have been launched over the years & have changed how weight is measured around the world. You can know more about NTEP floor scales and NTEP scales at his web site www.buyfloorscale.com.


I hope you are well-stocked in peanut butter because this is quite the collection of recipes. From Peanut Butter Cup Pancakes to a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake it's hard not to run to the kitchen. I wish we all lived in the same city because this would be quite the potluck!
Pasta and peanut butter can do no wrong.
These are so creative and different but just so right.
Plain old whoopie pies are overrated.
Alex, my birthday is just a few weeks away, hint, hint.
There is no way I'd be patient enough to slice this cake. I just want to go at it with a fork.
How gorgeous are these mousse cups? Almost too pretty to eat, almost.
I'm pretty sure I'd eat these cookies right out of the oven.
My friend growing up used to order a blizzard with oreos and peanut butter cups and it was so good. Even better in pie form!
Everything is better stuffed with peanut butter.
When it comes to peanut butter, individual desserts are better. I do so much better when I don't have to share.
A peanut butter based cookie bar is always delicious.
I'd like to start putting peanut butter cups into cheesecake going forward.
Seriously, chocolate and peanut butter for breakfast? Heaven.
In my world, peanut butter and ice cream are each a food group so this ice cream is perfect!
Rachel held hot fudge week, how can you not love her?
I used to love the peanut butter cup sundae at Friendly's, this topping looks so much better than theirs.
Katrina' made this for her anniversary, that is one lucky husband!
I have a weakness for parfaits and trifles, I wouldn't stand a chance around these!
Sweet, salty and covered in chocolate, love it!
Such an interesting way to make a cake mix into something super delicious.
Ashley sent this link to me. Check out these bars and then check out her blog for where to eat in NYC.
Do you have any peanut butter recipes you want to share? Leave a link in the comments!


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| virus_group        = iv
| domain = Riboviria
| regnum = Orthornavirae
| phylum = Pisuviricota
| classis = Pisoniviricetes
| ordo = Picornavirales
| familia            = Caliciviridae
| genus              = Vesivirus
| species            = Virus del exantema vesicular porcino
| synonyms           = Virus del exantema vesicular del cerdo
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El exantema vesicular porcino'' es una enfermedad infecciosa que afecta al cerdo y está provocada un virus ARN perteneciente a la familia Caliciviridae, género Vesivirus.

El primer aislamiento del virus tuvo lugar en el año 1932 en California, detectándose posteriormente diferentes brotes, no produciéndose casos nuevos desde el año 1956. La infección cursa con lesiones en la piel de los animales y formación de vesículas, principalmente en boca, pezones, y patas. Las manifestaciones son muy parecidas a las que causan otras enfermedades del cerdo, como la glosopeda, enfermedad vesicular porcina y estomatitis vesicular.

Al parecer el origen de la infección fue la utilización de restos procedentes de mamíferos marinos contaminados con el virus, para la alimentación de los cerdos.

Referencias

Enfermedades porcinas
Caliciviridae

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Q: Tk getcoords returns empty list I have a python program at https://pastebin.com/x7K2tBTG
My problem is when i run it, i get the following errors:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "some/file.py", line 88, in <module>
    clean_up_bubs()
  File "some/file.py", line 76, in clean_up_bubs
    x, y = get_coords(bub_id[i])
  File "some/file.py", line 65, in get_coords
    x = (pos[0] + pos[2]) / 2
IndexError: list index out of range

I've done some investigating and it turns out that at some point when the get_coords function is executed, the c.coords(id_num) gives an empty list. Why does it happen and how can i fix this?

A: You weren't deleting your bub_id key inside del_bubble() which made it iterate deleted bubbles. Also noticed your reversed loop was missing one bubble, not sure if intentional, but I changed it anyhow:
def del_bubble(i):
    del bub_r[i]
    del bub_speed[i]
    c.delete(bub_id[i])
    del bub_id[i]  # <-- New line

def clean_up_bubs():
    for i in reversed(range(len(bub_id))):  # <-- Changed line
        x, y = get_coords(bub_id[i])
        if x < -GAP:
            del_bubble(i)

I like your game so far though! If you want additional tips then I recommend trying to create a Bubble class, should make it a lot easier to work with


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As ACC's first in-house security counsel, I spent most of the six years after 9/11 helping to develop the new and evolving area of homeland security law. I continue to advise SOCMA on this issue. I know, and am respected by, critical Department of Homeland Security staff. I am a national expert in:
Chemical Facility Security. I have been intimately involved in every step of the creation and implementation of DHS's Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), including the Appendix A rule, the web-based Chemical Security Assessment Tool, the guidance on risk-based performance standards, and DHS's approaches to personnel surety. I played a key role in negotiating the text of the 2014 statute that reauthorized the CFATS program for four years (Pub. L. No. 113-254, 6 U.S.C. §§ 621-29). I understand the security perspectives of leading companies. I am also expert in the concept of inherent safety.
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Walker Raises and Spends More Money than Any Candidate in Wisconsin History
Submitted by Mary Bottari on May 2, 2012 - 9:40am
The headlines in Wisconsin are all about the $25 million dollar man -- Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Walker's campaign committee has raised an eye-popping $25 million for the recall, $13 million since January 2012 when close to 1 million signatures were filed with the Wisconsin elections board triggering a recall election. Walker spent a huge sum $5 million on direct mail, rivaling the $4.5 million spent on TV. The direct mail allows him to build a national data base of funders to tap for the recall.
In total, Walker has spent $20,854,000, more money than any candidate in any race in Wisconsin history. "Wisconsin's never seen anything like this kind of money," said Jay Heck, executive director of Common Cause in Wisconsin. "This is all to persuade a relatively tiny universe of undecided voters. It'll be the highest cost per voter spent in the history of the nation in terms of the cost of persuading people."
Walker's opponents have barely scratched the surface. Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk has raised $977,000; Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has raised $831,500, Secretary of State Doug LaFollette $118,000, Wisconsin Senator Kathleen Vinehout, $44,000. Arthur Kohl-Riggs, who is running against Walker in the Republican primary, has raised little over $2,000.
Combined, the opposition candidates barely raised $2 million. Despite Walker having spent more than ten times than his opponents have raised, a poll released today from Marquette Law School shows him in a dead heat with Barrett, who entered the race just one month ago.
David Koch Lends a Helping Hand
Perusing Walker's campaign reports, many wondered, where are the Kochs? David Koch recently told the Palm Beach Post that he was going to help Walker get reelected. "We're helping him, as we should. We've gotten pretty good at this over the years," he says. "We've spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We're going to spend more." But there are no eye-popping checks from the Koch brothers in the "Friends of Walker" report. Perhaps even the Kochs have caught on that the optics of direct donations do not look so good.
But there is no shortage of indirect aid coming in from the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity 501(c)3 "charitable" arm, which has been working with the right-wing MacIver Institute to produce a multi-million dollar "issue ad" campaign called "It's Working!" The online, television and direct mail campaign touts the benefits of the Walker austerity budget, which sent unemployment in the state off a cliff. Sources say the groups have spent $2.9 million on TV ads to date and untold sums on staff, rallies, direct mail and internet.
The Republican Governors Association PAC, "Right Direction Wisconsin," is also spending heavily in the state, including a $2 million dollar television ad buy, according to sources. It filed a clunky paper report with the state elections board indicating that they spent $4 million in total, but because they are running so-called "issue ads" they are not obliged to report their donors. The RGA benefited from a generous gift of $1 million from David Koch in April 2011, after Walker's collective bargaining bill sparked a mass uprising. The Republican State Leadership Committee is also funded by Koch Industries and is also now registered to play in the Wisconsin recall.
The Democrats also have 3rd-party supporters. "Wisconsin for Falk" is a PAC and a 527 started by state labor unions most effected by Walker's collective bargaining bill, such as AFSCME and WEAC. It has reportedly spent a total of $3 million on television ads and is planning another $1 million ad buy. The Greater Wisconsin Committee, registered as a PAC, an independent expenditure group and a 527, may also be a big spender in this election cycle. It spent $800,000 in December 2011 on television ads critical of Walker's budget cuts and has raised $3 million so far, much of it from the Democratic Governor's Association. It is now up with television ads detailing Walker's jobs record.
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign's Mike McCabe predicted $60 million to $80 million will be spent on the recalls by candidates and third-party groups. The recall primary is May 8, and the general election is scheduled for June 5.
63% Walker Money is From Out of State
Walker's report shows "strong grass-roots support for Governor Walker, his bold reforms, and his plans for moving Wisconsin forward," said Walker spokeswoman Ciara Matthews. While Walker likes to say that 96,000 of his contributors gave $50 or less, it appears that the vast majority of his money is large checks from out-of-state donors.
According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
$8.37 million, or roughly 63%, of the total $13 million raised by Walker came from out-of-state;
74% of individual contributors were from out-of-state.
Top out-of-state contributors include noted private school voucher booster Richard DeVos, founder of Amway, and failed presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's SuperPac sugar daddy, Sheldon Adelson, each contributing $250,000. A cool half million came from ABC Supply Company Co-founder Diane Hendricks from Beloit, which boosted his in-state totals substantially.
Dinning His Donors for his John Doe Criminal Defense Fund?
In all the direct mail flooding the country from the Walker campaign, you can be sure that Walker is not talking about the 15 felony indictments that have been lodged against his former staff, campaigns staff and associates for embezzlement and corruption in office in a secret "John Doe" probe being run out of the Milwaukee District Attorney's office. Nor have they heard that Walker himself now has a group of law firms representing him in the ever-widening probe and a criminal defense fund called the "Scott Walker Trust." But his campaign is all too aware of the fact that they may need to raise substantial sums if Walker is indicted.
A quirk in Wisconsin campaign finance law allowed Walker to raise unlimited amounts of money once the recall petitions were filed but before an election was actually certified, a time period from January 17, 2012 to March 30, 2012. After that point, regular campaign limits for individuals and PACs are reinstated; $10,000 for individuals, $43,000 for PACs.
But a quick look at the mega-donors in Walker's campaign receipts file reveals a lot of folks donating huge sums after the March 30 cut-off. For instance, Dian Hendricks, one of the owners of the ABC Supply Company, cut a check for a whopping $500,000. There are 10 other individuals who had amounts over $10,000 past the March 30 cut-off, for a total of $1,072,000.
The Wisconsin elections board explains that Walker may be using these funds to pay old bills, incurred prior to March 31. Then again, many speculate that Walker is building the war chest in hopes of transferring the money into his criminal defense fund. This cannot be done with out the donor's permission, but who the donor is may never be disclosed.
Walker's latest filings reveal that he transferred $60,000 to his legal defense fund during the pre-primary period. The campaign has previously paid two law firms, Michael Best & Friedrich and Patton Boggs of Washington, D.C., slightly more than $115,000 for the same type of expenses.
To date, the ongoing John Doe investigation has not been a factor in the election. Not a single TV ad has aired on the topic, leading many to speculate that Walker's opponents may be holding their fire until after the primary.
Mega-Donors on Scott Walker's List
Below CMD provides a list of the mega-donors on Walker's latest report filing, many of whom gave after the March 30 cut-off. Review receipts and expense on the candidates filings on the State Election Boards Campaign Finance Information System, here.
4/13/12, Hendricks, Diane M, $500,000.00, Co-founder ABC Supply Company
4/23/12, Unitemized, $389,935.01
3/30/12, Adelson, Sheldon, $250,000.00, Las Vegas Sands
3/16/12, Devos, Richard M, $250,000.00, Alticor
3/6/12, Republican Party of Wisconsin, $218,736.95
3/22/12, Stephens, Warren A., $100,000.00, Stephens, Inc
4/23/12, Kern, Robert D., $100,000.00, Generac
4/23/12, Kern, Patricia E., $100,000.00
2/1/12, Ryan, Patrick G, $100,000.00, Ryan Specialty Group
4/23/12, Childs, John W, $100,000.00, JW Childs Associates
1/24/12, Ricketts, J. Joe, $90,000.00, Hugo Enterprises LLC
4/23/12, Kellner, Ted D., $90,000.00, Fiduciary Management, Inc.
4/4/12, Republican Party of Wisconsin, $78,195.41
4/3/12, Bacon, Louis M., $50,000.00, Moore Capital Management
4/16/12, Bacon, Louis M., $50,000.00, Moore Capital Management
3/15/12, Hertog, Roger, $50,000.00, Alliance Capital Management Company
3/6/12, People for Rebecca, $49,365.00
2/28/12, The Caterpillar Inc. Employee Political Action Committee, $40,000.00
2/13/12, Luddy, Robert L, $40,000.00, Captive Aire
3/26/12, Hanley, William L., $25,000.00, Lexington Mgmt Group
3/1/12, RPAC - Wisconsin, $25,000.0
3/19/12, Metro Milw Assn of Commerce, $25,000.00,
1/31/12, Crow, Margaret, $25,000.00, of the Trammel Crow family fortune
3/26/12, Wendt, Gary C, $25,000.00, Deerpath Capital Management, LP
2/13/12, Dennis, Richard J, $25,000.00, Self Employed
3/22/12, Uihlein, Richard E., $25,000.00, Uline, Inc.
2/6/12, Fedler, Ronald G, $25,000.00, Gold Leaf Development
3/31/12, Dhein, Jere, $25,000.00, Tosca Ltd.
3/15/12, Kuester, Jonathan, $25,000.00, Self
3/26/12, Gallun, Edwin A., $25,000.00, Metalcraft of Mayville
2/10/12, Pope, James A., $25,000.00, from North Carolina, on the board of Americans for Prosperity
3/26/12, Shields, J. V., $25,000.00, Wellington Shields & Co., LLC
3/14/12, Callan, James J, $25,000.00, James L. Callan, Inc.
2/21/12, Goodnight, James H., $25,000.00, SAS Institute Inc.
4/3/12, Marcus, Bernard, $25,000.00, co-founder of Home Depot
4/6/12, Druckenmiller, Stanley F., $25,000.00, Duquesne Family Office
3/12/12, Harris, Robert H, $25,000.00, Harris Financial Research Consultants
1/31/12, Crow, Margaret, $25,000.00, Trammel Crow Company family fortune
3/1/12, Ziegler, Stephen J., $20,000.00, InPro Corporation
3/1/12, Ziegler, Heather, $20,000.00 see above
3/14/12, Roehl, Everett G., $20,000.00, Roehl Management & Consultants
1/31/12, Schneider, Patricia, $15,000.00
1/24/12, Young, Frederick M., $13,000.00, heir to the Young Radiator Co.
1/24/12, Young, Sandra, $13,000.00, see above
4/23/12, Fieler, Sean, $12,000.00, Equinox Partners CP
This article was updated with the results of the Marquette Law School poll.
Mary Bottari is a reporter for the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD). She helped launch CMD's award-winning ALEC Exposed investigation and is a two-time recipient of the Sidney Prize for public interest journalism from the Sidney Hillman Foundation.
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