Yesterday MyHandsomeHusband came home from a work meeting with a little package of breadsticks from The Olive Garden.
If only you could have heard the response from my kids!
I wish I could marry those breadstickkkkkkkks!
Get out of my way…they are miiiiiiiinnnnnneeee!
if you could have been a little bird outside my kitchen window.
And so….since we take our 5 children to the Olive Garden, like…never.
I took pity on them.
1. Turn your tap water to hot. It should feel hot, but not so hot that it's uncomfortable to touch.
2. Fill up your handy measuring device with 1 1/2 C hot water.
3. Pour the water into your stand mixer. Add the sugar.
5. Add the softened butter.
6. Pour in about 2 cups of flour.
7. Using the paddle handle start to mix the dough on low.
9. Add the rest of the flour about a half cup at a time, until the dough scrapes the sides of the bowl clean.
10. Mix the dough for 5 minutes on medium speed. See how the dough looks nice and elastic-ey. Ok…maybe it's a little hard to see!
And who know if elastic-ey is even a word! If you were to touch it, it should spring back just a bit. That is what you want!
11. Spray your counter top and your hands with cooking spray. Take the dough out of the mixing bowl and roll it into a long log on your counter top.
12. Spray a sharp knife with cooking spray and cut the dough into 12-14 pieces. You can see that I cut it into 12 here….I actually ended up cutting parts off some of the bigger pieces and ended up with 14 breadsticks total.
13. Roll the pieces into long snakes. "Whoa." you might be thinking. "That looks like some kind of Pinocchio length breadstick, or somethin!" Don't worry. Once you set them in the pan, they will shrink a bit. It will work out well for you if you roll them out long….Pinocchio long.
14. Spray 2 large cookie sheets with cooking spray, and lay the breadsticks out leaving about 2 inches between each one.
15. Place the pans in your oven with the temperature turned to 170. Let them rise for about 15 minutes, or until doubled in size.
16. Once the breadsticks have risen, remove them from the oven. Brush them with the 1 1/2 T of the melted butter and sprinkle them with the sea salt.
17. Return them to the oven and turn the heat to 400 degrees. Your dough will rise a bit more as the oven temperature increases. Once it has hit 400 degrees the breadsticks should cook for about 12 -15 minutes, or until golden brown. Half way thought the baking period open up your oven and switch the bottom pan to the top, and the top to the bottom. This will ensure they cook evenly.
18. While the breadsticks are baking combine the rest of the melted butter with 1/4 t garlic powder.
19. When the breadsticks are golden brown, remove them from the oven and brush them with the melted butter/garlic mixture.
That's it! Serve these babies hot from the oven. You won't regret it!
1. Turn your tap water to hot. It should feel hot, but not so hot that it's uncomfortable to touch.
10. Mix the dough for 5 minutes on medium speed. See how the dough looks nice and elastic-ey. Ok...maybe it's a little hard to see!
12. Spray a sharp knife with cooking spray and cut the dough into 12-14 pieces. You can see that I cut it into 12 here....I actually ended up cutting parts off some of the bigger pieces and ended up with 14 breadsticks total.
13. Roll the pieces into long snakes. "Whoa." you might be thinking. "That looks like some kind of Pinocchio length breadstick, or somethin!" Don't worry. Once you set them in the pan, they will shrink a bit. It will work out well for you if you roll them out long....Pinocchio long.
19. When the breadsticks are golden brown, remove them from the oven and brush them with the melted butter/garlic mixture. That's it! Serve these babies hot from the oven. You won't regret it!
Just want to say thanks for all the great recipes! I know when I get one from here it will be good because you have tried it!! 🙂 I can't tell you how much we enjoy them.
Congrats to the cookbook winners! Lucky people!
Thanks for the recipe. Tomorrow is Lasagna day so these will be perfect.
Pure genius!! I love Olive Garden bread sticks (so do my children when I kindly bring the spares home). At our house eating out with everyone in tow pretty much consists of all you can eat buffets (my teens and preteen, okay, all of them are bottomless pits). Anyway, I can't wait to whip up a batch very, very soon!
MMMM! This look great. I will make them tonight. Thanks for sharing.
YUM! I rarely eat at the Olive Garden, but I do love their breadsticks!!
You are amazing! I jusy joined your blog and fb page and I am so excited to get trying these new recipes. thanks for making such an awesome blog.
My husband LOVES Sweetwater. They do tours Fri/Sat. $8 for a cup and 6 drink tkecits not too shabby! They just expanded, so it will be nice to see what they have in store for the spring.
I'm not a big fan of the Olive Garden, but I'll go just to have about a dozen of those breadsticks!! NOM NOM.
Congrats to the winners of the OBB cookbooks!!
Awesome! I'm so excited! (About the cookbook AND the breadsticks!) Where should I send you my info?
Just made them….fresh and hot!!! YUMMMY!
I love all your bread recipes!
Found your blog through another blog just today. WOW and YUMMY are the first words that come to mind! Then well done, excellent how to's and I will be back again and again comes to mind next!
Thanks SO much for the cookbook. I have been wanting it for a long time!! I am so so excited!!!
Also, I will be trying the breadstick recipe!! YUM!!!
We love Olive Garden and we love breadsticks! Can't wait to make these….
They are rising now. Beautiful. And oh, so simple. Kneaded by hand cause I don't have a stand mixer (yet!… one day!!!). I'm salivating already. It's the first day of soup season here, so we will have them with homemade cream of roasted portabella mushrooms with marsala. Can't wait.
Jamie, I have said this before and will say it again. You make me look so good. We had the bishop and his family over for dinner and I made these for the first time. EVERYBODY loved them and I am very proud of myself also. I can't believe how good they taste and how much they taste like the Olive Gardens coming from MY kitchen. My bread sticks were a huge hit. Thanks again.
I have tried this recipe several times now. Each time they don't really rose, no matter how long I give them. I know my yeast is good because I make liks of other dough fine, but these just won't cooperate. Any ideas?
Sometimes depending on the temperature of your house or the weather outside these breadsticks can be temperamental. If you have had trouble with them rising a couple of times before I would go ahead and add just a bit more yeast. I bet that will help a lot. Good luck! Hope they turn out better for you the next time.


When I walk around downtown Cincinnati where I live, I try to pay attention to the people and the area around me. I don't wear ear buds, so I can hear what people are saying to each other and to me. The buildings, the roads, and even the parking lots also have a story to tell. Old photos of the city show me what buildings used to be where I am standing. But there are other clues. There is a surface parking lot on Central Parkway where a building once stood. There is a spot where the pavement has eroded or broken away and the tiled entryway of the old building peaks through. It's live archeology every time I walk to the library.
Here's a poem about the ghosts of buildings.


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Science (from Latin scientia 'knowledge') is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
The earliest roots of science can be traced to Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in around 3000 to 1200 BCE. Their contributions to mathematics, astronomy, and medicine entered and shaped Greek natural philosophy of classical antiquity, whereby formal attempts were made to provide explanations of events in the physical world based on natural causes. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, knowledge of Greek conceptions of the world deteriorated in Western Europe during the early centuries (400 to 1000 CE) of the Middle Ages, but was preserved in the Muslim world during the Islamic Golden Age. The recovery and assimilation of Greek works and Islamic inquiries into Western Europe from the 10th to 13th century revived "natural philosophy", which was later transformed by the Scientific Revolution that began in the 16th century as new ideas and discoveries departed from previous Greek conceptions and traditions. The scientific method soon played a greater role in knowledge creation and it was not until the 19th century that many of the institutional and professional features of science began to take shape; along with the changing of "natural philosophy" to "natural science."
Modern science is typically divided into three major branches that consist of the natural sciences (e.g., biology, chemistry, and physics), which study nature in the broadest sense; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science), which deal with symbols governed by rules. There is disagreement, however, on whether the formal sciences actually constitute a science as they do not rely on empirical evidence. Disciplines that use existing scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as engineering and medicine, are described as applied sciences.
New knowledge in science is advanced by research from scientists who are motivated by curiosity about the world and a desire to solve problems. Contemporary scientific research is highly collaborative and is usually done by teams in academic and research institutions, government agencies, and companies. The practical impact of their work has led to the emergence of science policies that seek to influence the scientific enterprise by prioritizing the development of commercial products, armaments, health care, public infrastructure, and environmental protection. (Full article...)
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Clement Smythe's 1822 sketch of the chamber at Smythe's Megalith. It was destroyed the same day it was discovered.
Smythe's Megalith, also known as the Warren Farm Chamber, was a chambered long barrow near the village of Aylesford in the south-eastern English county of Kent. Probably constructed in the 4th millennium BCE, during Britain's Early Neolithic period, it was discovered in 1822, at which point it was dismantled. Built out of earth and at least five local sarsen megaliths, the long barrow consisted of a roughly rectangular earthen tumulus with a stone chamber in its eastern end. Human remains were deposited into this chamber.
Archaeologists have established that the monument was built by pastoralist communities shortly after the introduction of agriculture to Britain from continental Europe. Although representing part of an architectural tradition of long barrow building widespread across Neolithic Europe, Smythe's Megalith belonged to a localised regional variant produced in the vicinity of the River Medway, now known as the Medway Megaliths. Several of these still survive: Coldrum Long Barrow, Addington Long Barrow, and Chestnuts Long Barrow are on the river's western side, while Kit's Coty House, the Little Kit's Coty House, and the Coffin Stone are on the eastern side nearer to Smythe's Megalith. Close to the site of the lost monument is the White Horse Stone, a standing stone that may have once been part of another chambered long barrow. (Full article...)
In 1257, a catastrophic eruption occurred at the Samalas volcano on the Indonesian island of Lombok. The event had a probable Volcanic Explosivity Index of 7, making it one of the largest volcanic eruptions during the current Holocene epoch. It created eruption columns reaching tens of kilometres into the atmosphere and pyroclastic flows that buried much of Lombok and crossed the sea to reach the neighbouring island of Sumbawa. The flows destroyed human habitations, including the city of Pamatan, which was the capital of a kingdom on Lombok. Ash from the eruption fell as far as 340 kilometres (210 mi) away in Java; the volcano deposited more than 10 cubic kilometres (2.4 cu mi) of rocks and ash.
The eruption was witnessed by people who recorded it on the Babad Lombok, a document written on palm leaves. It left behind a large caldera that contains Lake Segara Anak. Later volcanic activity created more volcanic centres in the caldera, including the Barujari cone, which remains active. The aerosols injected into the atmosphere reduced the solar radiation reaching the Earth's surface, causing a volcanic winter and cooling the atmosphere for several years. This led to famines and crop failures in Europe and elsewhere, although the exact scale of the temperature anomalies and their consequences is still debated. The eruption may have helped trigger the Little Ice Age, a centuries-long cold period during the last thousand years. Before the site of the eruption was known, an examination of ice cores around the world had found a large spike in sulfate deposition around 1257, providing strong evidence of a large volcanic eruption having occurred somewhere in the world. In 2013, scientists linked the historical records about Mount Samalas to these spikes. (Full article...)
Cast of specimen SAM-PK-K1332, University of California Museum of Palaeontology
Heterodontosaurus is a genus of heterodontosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic, 200–190 million years ago. Its only known member species, Heterodontosaurus tucki, was named in 1962 based on a skull discovered in South Africa. The genus name means "different toothed lizard", in reference to its unusual, heterodont dentition; the specific name honours G. C. Tuck, who supported the discoverers. Further specimens have since been found, including an almost complete skeleton in 1966.
Though it was a small dinosaur, Heterodontosaurus was one of the largest members of its family, reaching between 1.18 m (3 ft 10 in) and possibly 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) in length, and weighing between 2 and 10 kg (4.4 and 22.0 lb). The skull was elongated, narrow, and triangular when viewed from the side. The front of the jaws were covered in a horny beak. It had three types of teeth; in the upper jaw, small, incisor-like teeth were followed by long, canine-like tusks. A gap divided the tusks from the chisel-like cheek-teeth. The body was short with a long tail. The five-fingered forelimbs were long and relatively robust, whereas the hind-limbs were long, slender, and had four toes. (Full article...)
The typical rash seen in dengue fever
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Dengue is spread by several species of female mosquitoes of the Aedes genus, principally Aedes aegypti. The virus has five serotypes; infection with one type usually gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the others. Subsequent infection with a different type increases the risk of severe complications. A number of tests are available to confirm the diagnosis including detecting antibodies to the virus or its RNA. (Full article...)
Satellite image of the northern Everglades with developed areas in 2001, including the Everglades Agricultural Area (in red), Water Conservation Areas 1, 2, and 3, and the South Florida metropolitan area
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
A national push for expansion and progress toward the latter part of the 19th century stimulated interest in draining the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, for agricultural use. According to historians, "From the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth century, the United States went through a period in which wetland removal was not questioned. Indeed, it was considered the proper thing to do."
A pattern of political and financial motivation, and a lack of understanding of the geography and ecology of the Everglades have plagued the history of drainage projects. The Everglades are a part of a massive watershed that originates near Orlando and drains into Lake Okeechobee, a vast and shallow lake. As the lake exceeds its capacity in the wet season, the water forms a flat and very wide river, about 100 miles (160 km) long and 60 miles (97 km) wide. As the land from Lake Okeechobee slopes gradually to Florida Bay, water flows at a rate of half a mile (0.8 km) a day. Before human activity in the Everglades, the system comprised the lower third of the Florida peninsula. The first attempt to drain the region was made by real estate developer Hamilton Disston in 1881. Disston's sponsored canals were unsuccessful, but the land he purchased for them stimulated economic and population growth that attracted railway developer Henry Flagler. Flagler built a railroad along the east coast of Florida and eventually to Key West; towns grew and farmland was cultivated along the rail line. (Full article...)
Subspecies boobook, Oatley Park, New South Wales
The Australian boobook (Ninox boobook), which is known in some regions as the mopoke, is a species of owl native to mainland Australia, southern New Guinea, the island of Timor, and the Sunda Islands. Described by John Latham in 1801, it was generally considered to be the same species as the morepork of New Zealand until 1999. Its name is derived from its two-tone boo-book call. Eight subspecies of the Australian boobook are recognized, with three further subspecies being reclassified as separate species in 2019 due to their distinctive calls and genetics.
The smallest owl on the Australian mainland, the Australian boobook is 27 to 36 cm (10.5 to 14 in) long, with predominantly dark-brown plumage with prominent pale spots. It has grey-green or yellow-green eyes. It is generally nocturnal, though is sometimes active at dawn and dusk, retiring to roost in secluded spots in the foliage of trees. The Australian boobook feeds on insects and small vertebrates, hunting by pouncing on them from tree perches. Breeding takes place from late winter to early summer, using tree hollows as nesting sites. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the Australian boobook as being of least concern on account of its large range and apparently stable population. (Full article...)
A large flap lesion in the femur head typical of late stage Osteochondritis dissecans. In this case, the lesion was caused by avascular necrosis of the bone just under the cartilage.
Osteochondritis dissecans (OCD or OD) is a joint disorder primarily of the subchondral bone in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone. OCD usually causes pain during and after sports. In later stages of the disorder there will be swelling of the affected joint which catches and locks during movement. Physical examination in the early stages does only show pain as symptom, in later stages there could be an effusion, tenderness, and a crackling sound with joint movement.
OCD is caused by blood deprivation of the secondary physes around the bone core of the femoral condyle. This happens to the epiphyseal vessels under the influence of repetitive overloading of the joint during running and jumping sports. During growth such chondronecrotic areas grow into the subchondral bone. There it will show as bone defect area under articular cartilage. The bone will then possibly heal to the surrounding condylar bone in 50% of the cases. Or it will develop into a pseudarthrosis between condylar bone core and osteochondritis flake leaving the articular cartilage it supports prone to damage. The damage is executed by ongoing sport overload. The result is fragmentation (dissection) of both cartilage and bone, and the free movement of these bone and cartilage fragments within the joint space, causing pain, blockage and further damage. OCD has a typical anamnesis with pain during and after sports without any history of trauma. Some symptoms of late stages of osteochondritis dissecans are found with other diseases like rheumatoid disease of children and meniscal ruptures. However, the disease can be confirmed by X-rays, computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. (Full article...)
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The white-rumped swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. First described and given its binomial name by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817, it was for many years considered a subspecies of the Chilean swallow. The species is monotypic with no known population variations. It has a white supraloral streak, or streak above its lores (the region between a bird's eye and nostrils), which can be used to differentiate it from the Chilean swallow. The lores, ear coverts, tail, and wings are black, with white tips on the inner secondaries, tertials, and greater coverts of the wings. The rest of the upperparts are a glossy blue. Its underparts and underwing-coverts are white, in addition to the rump, as the name suggests. The sexes are similar, and the juvenile is duller and browner with a dusky breast.
This species usually builds its nest in holes in trees or dead snags or under or in artificial structures like fence posts and the eaves of buildings. The white-rumped swallow is solitary and nests in distributed pairs during the breeding season. The breeding season is from October to December in Brazil and from October to February in neighboring Argentina. Usually, only one brood with four to seven eggs is laid, although a second one will occasionally be laid. The female incubates the eggs over a period usually between 15 and 16 days, with the fledging after usually between 21 and 25 days. (Full article...)
A great white pelican in breeding condition flying over Walvis Bay, Namibia.
Pelicans (genus Pelecanus) are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, except for the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all pelicans become brightly coloured before the breeding season. The eight living pelican species have a patchy global distribution, ranging latitudinally from the tropics to the temperate zone, though they are absent from interior South America and from polar regions and the open ocean.
Long thought to be related to frigatebirds, cormorants, tropicbirds, and gannets and boobies, pelicans instead are now known to be most closely related to the shoebill and hamerkop, and are placed in the order Pelecaniformes. Ibises, spoonbills, herons, and bitterns have been classified in the same order. Fossil evidence of pelicans dates back at least 30 million years to the remains of a beak very similar to that of modern species recovered from Oligocene strata in France. They are thought to have evolved in the Old World and spread into the Americas; this is reflected in the relationships within the genus as the eight species divide into Old World and New World lineages. (Full article...)
In Cooper Bay, South Georgia
The macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula. One of six species of crested penguin, it is very closely related to the royal penguin, and some authorities consider the two to be a single species. It bears a distinctive yellow crest, and the face and upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts. Adults weigh on average 5.5 kg (12 lb) and are 70 cm (28 in) in length. The male and female are similar in appearance; the male is slightly larger and stronger with a relatively larger bill. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine lifestyle.
Its diet consists of a variety of crustaceans, mainly krill, as well as small fish and cephalopods; the species consumes more marine life annually than any other species of seabird. These birds moult once a year, spending about three to four weeks ashore, before returning to the sea. Numbering up to 100,000 individuals, the breeding colonies of the macaroni penguin are among the largest and densest of all penguin species. After spending the summer breeding, penguins disperse into the oceans for six months; a 2009 study found that macaroni penguins from Kerguelen travelled over 10,000 km (6,200 mi) in the central Indian Ocean. With about 18 million individuals, the macaroni penguin is the most numerous penguin species. Widespread declines in populations have been recorded since the mid-1970s and their conservation status is classified as vulnerable. (Full article...)
Bobcat in Livermore, California, US
The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is a medium-sized cat native to North America. It ranges from southern Canada through most of the contiguous United States to Oaxaca in Mexico. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List since 2002, due to its wide distribution and large population. Although it has been hunted extensively both for sport and fur, populations have proven stable, though declining in some areas.
It has distinctive black bars on its forelegs and a black-tipped, stubby (or "bobbed") tail, from which it derives its name. It reaches a body length of up to 125 cm (50 in). It is an adaptable predator inhabiting wooded areas, semidesert, urban edge, forest edge, and swampland environments. It remains in some of its original range, but populations are vulnerable to extirpation by coyotes and domestic animals. Though the bobcat prefers rabbits and hares, it hunts insects, chickens, geese and other birds, small rodents, and deer. Prey selection depends on location and habitat, season, and abundance. Like most cats, the bobcat is territorial and largely solitary, although with some overlap in home ranges. It uses several methods to mark its territorial boundaries, including claw marks and deposits of urine or feces. The bobcat breeds from winter into spring and has a gestation period of about two months. (Full article...)
The white-necked rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus) is a medium-sized bird in the family Picathartidae, with a long neck and tail. Also known as the white-necked picathartes, this passerine is mainly found in rocky forested areas at higher altitudes in West Africa from Guinea to Ghana. Its distribution is patchy, with populations often being isolated from each other. The rockfowl typically chooses to live near streams and inselbergs. It has no recognized subspecies, though some believe that it forms a superspecies with the grey-necked rockfowl. The white-necked rockfowl has greyish-black upperparts and white underparts. Its unusually long, dark brown tail is used for balance, and its thighs are muscular. The head is nearly featherless, with the exposed skin being bright yellow except for two large, circular black patches located just behind the eyes. Though the bird is usually silent, some calls are known.
These rockfowl feed primarily on insects, though parents feed small frogs to their young. One feeding strategy involves following Dorylus army ant swarms, feeding on insects flushed by the ants. Rockfowl move through the forest primarily through a series of hops and bounds or short flights in low vegetation. This species rarely flies for long distances. The white-necked rockfowl is monogamous and pairs nest either alone or in the vicinity of other pairs, sometimes in colonies with as many as eight nests. These nests are constructed out of mud formed into a deep cup and are built on rock surfaces, typically in caves. Two eggs are laid twice a year. Though the birds breed in colonies, infanticide is fairly common in this species, with rockfowl attempting to kill the young of other pairs. Nestlings mature in about a month. This bird is long-lived. (Full article...)
Anthus spinoletta spinoletta
The water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China. It is a short-distance migrant; many birds move to lower altitudes or wet open lowlands in winter.
The water pipit in breeding plumage has greyish-brown upperparts, weakly streaked with darker brown, and pale pink-buff underparts fading to whitish on the lower belly. The head is grey with a broad white supercilium ("eyebrow"), and the outer tail feathers are white. In winter, the head is grey-brown, the supercilium is duller, the upperparts are more streaked, and the underparts are white, streaked lightly with brown on the breast and flanks. There are only minor differences among the three subspecies, the sexes are almost identical, and young birds resemble adults. The water pipit's song is delivered from a perch or in flight, and consists of four or five blocks, each consisting of about six repetitions of a different short note. (Full article...)
Reconstructed skeleton of M. hoffmannii at the Maastricht Natural History Museum
Mosasaurus (/ˌmoʊzəˈsɔːrəs/; "lizard of the Meuse River") is the type genus (defining example) of the mosasaurs, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles. It lived from about 82 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. The earliest fossils of Mosasaurus known to science were found as skulls in a chalk quarry near the Dutch city of Maastricht in the late 18th century, which were initially thought to have been the bones of crocodiles or whales. One particular skull discovered around 1780, and which was seized by France during the French Revolutionary Wars for its scientific value, was famously nicknamed the "great animal of Maastricht". In 1808, naturalist Georges Cuvier concluded it belonged to a giant marine lizard with similarities to monitor lizards but otherwise unlike any known living animal. This concept was revolutionary at the time and helped support the then-developing ideas of extinction. However, Cuvier did not designate a scientific name for the new animal; this was done by William Daniel Conybeare in 1822 when he named it Mosasaurus in reference to its origin in fossil deposits near the Meuse River. The exact affinities of Mosasaurus as a squamate remain controversial, and scientists continue to debate whether its closest living relatives are monitor lizards or snakes.
Traditional interpretations have estimated the maximum length of the largest species, M. hoffmannii, to be up to 17.1 meters (56 ft), making it one of the largest mosasaurs. The skull of Mosasaurus was equipped with robust jaws capable of swinging back and forth and strong muscles capable of powerful bites using dozens of large teeth designed for cutting prey. Its four limbs were shaped into robust paddles to steer the animal underwater. Its tail was long and ended in a downward bend and a paddle-like fluke. Mosasaurus was a predator possessing excellent vision to compensate for its poor sense of smell, and a high metabolic rate suggesting it was endothermic ("warm-blooded"), an adaptation only found in mosasaurs among squamates. There is considerable morphological variability across the currently-recognized species in Mosasaurus—from the robustly-built M. hoffmannii to the slender and serpentine M. lemonnieri—but an unclear diagnosis (description of distinguishing features) of the types species M. hoffmannii led to a historically problematic classification. As a result, more than fifty different species have been attributed to the genus in the past. A redescription of the type specimen in 2017 helped resolve the taxonomy issue and confirmed at least five species to be within the genus. Another five species still nominally classified within Mosasaurus are planned to be reassessed in a future study. (Full article...)
Subsp. jamesoni, Korup National Park
Jameson's mamba (Dendroaspis jamesoni) is a species of highly venomous snake native to equatorial Africa. A member of the mamba genus, Dendroaspis, it is slender with dull green upper parts and cream underparts and generally ranges from 1.5 to 2.2 m (4 ft 11 in to 7 ft 3 in) in length. Described by Scottish naturalist Thomas Traill in 1843, it has two recognised subspecies: the nominate subspecies from central and west sub-Saharan Africa and the eastern black-tailed subspecies from eastern sub-Saharan Africa, mainly western Kenya.
Predominantly arboreal, Jameson's mamba preys mainly on birds and mammals. Its venom consists of both neurotoxins and cardiotoxins. Symptoms of envenomation in humans include pain and swelling at the bite site, followed by swelling, chills, sweating, abdominal pain and vomiting, with subsequent slurred speech, difficulty breathing and paralysis. Fatalities have been recorded within three to four hours of being bitten. The venom of the eastern subspecies is around twice as potent as that of the nominate subspecies. (Full article...)
Electrostatic discharge
Credit: Mircea Madau
Lightning is a powerful natural electrostatic discharge of lighted streaks produced during a thunderstorm. This abrupt electric discharge is accompanied by the emission of visible light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation. The electric current passing through the discharge channels rapidly heats and expands the air into plasma, producing acoustic shock waves (thunder) in the atmosphere.
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Galileo Galilei (February 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642) was an Italian physicist, astronomer, and philosopher who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. His achievements include improvements to the telescope, a variety of astronomical observations, the first and second laws of motion, and effective support for Copernicanism. According to Stephen Hawking, Galileo has contributed more to the creation of the modern natural sciences than anybody else. He is the "father of modern astronomy," the "father of modern physics," and the "father of science." The work of Galilei is considered to be a significant break from that of Aristotle.
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...that in recent years Mediterranean alcoholic beverages (pictured) have been subject of intense scientific study?
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...that the origins of Castle Lake (pictured) in California date to the Pleistocene Era (more than 10,000 years ago) when a glacier carved a basin in the location of the current lake?
...that 2002's Hurricane Elida was the first hurricane to be observed by the MERIS sensor aboard the ESA's satellite Envisat?
...that for a pure wave motion in fluid dynamics, the Stokes drift velocity is the average velocity when following a specific fluid parcel as it travels with the fluid flow?
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Further information: 2022 in science
7 January 2022 – Discoveries of exoplanets
Researchers from the University of Bern announce the discovery of TOI-2257 b, an eccentric exoplanet that orbits near a red dwarf. (Phys.org)
14 December 2021 – Living With a Star
Scientists announce that NASA's Parker Solar Probe became the first ever spacecraft to enter the stellar corona of the Sun during a flyby in April. (The Guardian)
29 November 2021 –
Researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico discover two new antibiotic molecules inside the venom of a scorpion from the Diplocentrus genus, which may hold the properties to stop several different kinds of harmful bacteria and tumour cells. (The Yucatan Times)
25 November 2021 – COVID-19 pandemic
South African scientists detect a new COVID-19 variant named Lineage B.1.1.529 that poses a "major threat" to efforts to reduce the spread of the virus, and blames the variant for the exponential rise of new cases in the country. (Deutsche Welle)
16 November 2021 – Belarus–European Union relations
Researchers at the American cybersecurity firm Mandiant report that the Belarusian government has ties to the hacker group Ghostwriter, which was accused of targeting various German politicians and ministries in September and has since been accused of launching misinformation campaigns against Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine. (RFE/RL)
5 November 2021 – Climate change
Researchers from James Cook University report that 98% of the Great Barrier Reef has been affected by coral bleaching as a result of climate change, which is more than was previously thought to have been affected. (The Guardian)
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Image 1Matteo Ricci (left) and Xu Guangqi (right) in Athanasius Kircher, La Chine ... Illustrée, Amsterdam, 1670. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 2Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, the first modern work of economics (from History of science)
Image 3The scientific method is often represented as an ongoing process. This diagram represents one variant, and there are many others. (from Scientific method)
Image 4The Royal Society had its origins in Gresham College in the City of London, and was the first scientific society in the world. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 5The atomic bomb ushered in "Big Science" in physics. (from History of science)
Image 6On this page Galileo Galilei first noted the moons of Jupiter. Galileo revolutionized the study of the natural world with his rigorous experimental method. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 7Model of DNA with David Deutsch, proponent of invariant scientific explanations (2009) (from Scientific method)
Image 8The 1698 Savery Engine was the first successful steam engine (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 9Schematic of the Antikythera mechanism (150–100 BCE). (from History of science)
Image 10Einstein's prediction (1907): Light bends in a gravitational field (from Scientific method)
Image 11Alfred Wegener in Greenland in the winter of 1912–13. He is most remembered as the originator of continental drift hypothesis by suggesting in 1912 that the continents are slowly drifting around the Earth. (from History of science)
Image 12Title page from The Sceptical Chymist, a foundational text of chemistry, written by Robert Boyle in 1661 (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 13Einstein's official portrait after receiving the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics (from History of science)
Image 14In mid-July 1837 Charles Darwin started his "B" notebook on the Transmutation of Species, and on page 36 wrote "I think" above his first evolutionary tree. (from History of science)
Image 15Earthrise, the Earth from above the Moon, Apollo 8. This 1968 NASA image by astronaut William Anders helped create awareness of the finiteness of Earth, and the limits of its natural resources. (from History of science)
Image 16Francis Bacon was a pivotal figure in establishing the scientific method of investigation. Portrait by Frans Pourbus the Younger (1617). (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 17Isaac Newton in a 1702 portrait by Godfrey Kneller (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 18A modern replica of Han dynasty polymath scientist Zhang Heng's seismometer of 132 CE (from History of science)
Image 19Dmitri Mendeleev (from History of science)
Image 20The Ebers Papyrus (c. 1550 BC) from ancient Egypt (from History of science)
Image 21Statue of Roger Bacon at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. (from History of science)
Image 22Isaac Newton initiated classical mechanics in physics. (from History of science)
Image 23Air pump built by Robert Boyle. Many new instruments were devised in this period, which greatly aided in the expansion of scientific knowledge. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 24Precession of the perihelion – exaggerated in the case of Mercury, but observed in the case of S2's apsidal precession around Sagittarius A* (from Scientific method)
Image 25Diagram from William Gilbert's De Magnete, a pioneering work of experimental science (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 26An ivory set of Napier's Bones, an early calculating device invented by John Napier (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 27Plato's Academy. 1st century mosaic from Pompeii (from History of science)
Image 28Alessandro Volta demonstrates the first electrical cell to Napoleon in 1801. (from History of science)
Image 29Vesalius's intricately detailed drawings of human dissections in Fabrica helped to overturn the medical theories of Galen. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 30Süleymaniye Mosque (from History of science)
Image 3115th-century manuscript of Avicenna's The Canon of Medicine. (from History of science)
Image 32Galileo Galilei, father of modern science. (from History of science)
Image 33One of the oldest surviving fragments of Euclid's Elements, found at Oxyrhynchus and dated to c. 100 CE. (from History of science)
Image 34Lui Hui's Survey of sea island (from History of science)
Image 35One of the star maps from Su Song's Xin Yi Xiang Fa Yao published in 1092, featuring a cylindrical projection similar to Mercator, and the corrected position of the pole star thanks to Shen Kuo's astronomical observations. (from History of science)
Image 36Image of veins from William Harvey's Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus. Harvey demonstrated that blood circulated around the body, rather than being created in the liver. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 37Star list with distance information, Uruk (Iraq), 320-150 BC, the list gives each constellation, the number of stars and the distance information to the next constellation in ells (from History of science)
Image 38Archimedes used the method of exhaustion to approximate the value of π. (from History of science)
Image 39Newton's Opticks or a treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 40Ancient India was an early leader in metallurgy, as evidenced by the wrought-iron Pillar of Delhi. (from History of science)
Image 41Watson and Crick used many aluminium templates like this one, which is the single base Adenine (A), to build a physical model of DNA in 1953. (from History of science)
Image 42Isaac Newton's Principia, developed the first set of unified scientific laws. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 43The French Academy of Sciences was established in 1666. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 44Ptolemaic model of the spheres for Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Georg von Peuerbach, Theoricae novae planetarum, 1474. (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 45Otto von Guericke's experiments on electrostatics, published 1672 (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 46Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Leoni (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 47Portrait of Johannes Kepler (from Scientific Revolution)
Image 48The frontispiece of the Vienna Dioscurides, which shows a set of seven famous physicians (from History of science)
Image 49Clay models of animal livers dating between the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries BCE, found in the royal palace at Mari in what is now Syria (from History of science)
Image 50One possible signature of a Higgs boson from a simulated proton–proton collision. It decays almost immediately into two jets of hadrons and two electrons, visible as lines. (from History of science)
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package org.apache.samza.config;

import org.apache.samza.system.SystemStream;

import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * This class contains the methods for getting properties that are needed by the
 * StreamAppender.
 */
public class Log4jSystemConfig extends SystemConfig {

  private static final String LOCATION_ENABLED = "task.log4j.location.info.enabled";
  private static final String TASK_LOG4J_SYSTEM = "task.log4j.system";

  public Log4jSystemConfig(Config config) {
    super(config);
  }

  /**
   * Defines whether or not to include file location information for Log4J
   * appender messages. File location information includes the method, line
   * number, class, etc.
   *
   * @return If true, will include file location (method, line number, etc)
   *         information in Log4J appender messages.
   */
  public boolean getLocationEnabled() {
    return "true".equals(get(Log4jSystemConfig.LOCATION_ENABLED, "false"));
  }

  /**
   * Get the log4j system name from the config.
   * If it's not defined, throw a ConfigException
   *
   * @return log4j system name
   */
  public String getSystemName() {
    String log4jSystem = get(TASK_LOG4J_SYSTEM, null);
    if (log4jSystem == null) {
      throw new ConfigException("Missing " + TASK_LOG4J_SYSTEM + " configuration. Can't figure out the system name to use.");
    }
    return log4jSystem;
  }

  public String getJobName() {
    return get(JobConfig.JOB_NAME, null);
  }

  public String getJobId() {
    return get(JobConfig.JOB_ID, null);
  }

  /**
   * Get the class name according to the serde name.
   *
   * @param name serde name
   * @return serde factory name, or null if there is no factory defined for the
   *         supplied serde name.
   */
  public String getSerdeClass(String name) {
    return get(String.format(SerializerConfig.SERDE_FACTORY_CLASS, name), null);
  }

  public String getStreamSerdeName(String systemName, String streamName) {
    StreamConfig streamConfig =  new StreamConfig(this);
    Optional<String> option = streamConfig.getStreamMsgSerde(new SystemStream(systemName, streamName));
    return option.isPresent() ? option.get() : null;
  }
}

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DeFi (Decentralized Finance)
Proximity Labs And Three Others Launch $10M Developer Fund For Near Protocol
George Ward November 24, 2022 3 min read
The blockchain firm Proximity Labs and three decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms have unveiled a developer fund for trading on the Near Protocol.
Boosting Decentralized Trading on Near
Along with Orderly Network, Spin, and Tonic, Proximity Labs has announced that they have raised $10 million in developer funds. The funds will enhance DeFi transactions in the Near ecosystem.
Also, the funds aim to provide grants and support to developers who intend to host their project on all DeFi trading entities utilizing digital order books.
Furthermore, the three projects offer a real-time experience to users similar to that of centralized exchanges (CEXs), leveraging the Near blockchain protocol as their settlement layer. Other new projects can tap into these platforms and use the liquidity provided for their operations.
At the start of the year, the protocols raised some funds, which they deployed on the Near network. In June, The Orderly Network raised $20 million.
Spin, which operates a perpetual trading system on Near, contributed $3.5 million in February. Meanwhile, Tonic deposited $5 million in April before its launch.
According to Proximity Labs, the $10 million will originate from the coffers of the four partners. Aside from its contribution to grants and investments, Proximity Labs will offer consultation services and support to developers.
A director at the firm, Kendall Cole, noted that the fund aims to expand decentralized transactions on the Near ecosystem further after the FTX crash sparked concerns about CEXs.
Cole stated, "Proximity is committed to a robust and highly efficient DEX economy triggered by the collapse of the crypto exchange giant and the accompanying shocks to the industry."
In light of the events, the $10 million fund will drive innovative enterprises to build on the Near Protocol."
Consolidating Crypto Regulation
As the crypto industry and regulatory bodies continue to scrutinize the chaos of FTX collapse, experts believe that the recent happening has significantly brought down the reputation of the digital asset ecosystem.
There is currently a sharp drop in trust amid the burning question of whether the asset class is not the acclaimed "future of money" as people once imagined it. This is a painful setback for the retail segment of the crypto market.
Still, most are convinced that blockchain technology and cryptocurrency will eventually diffuse the traditional capital market from an institutional point of view.
However, what is now needed is for the industry to get its act together, even in the absence of regulations. Thus, it can rebuild people's trust following the latest crisis.
Even though regulations are unlikely to have wholly prevented such a monumental setback for the industry, robust laws would be an excellent win for the digital asset industry.
Europe and the United States are showing encouraging signs of coming to terms with the need for a practical regulatory framework for the crypto market. But, like all new inventions, it is only a matter of time before the crypto industry experiences the once-elusive stability it craves.
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Just Be Kitchen Keeps Whole30ers on Track With Approved Menu
Beer Calendar: Crooked Stave Reopens and Big Beers Fest Hits a Milestone
Chopsticks China Bistro breaks from the pack
Lori Midson
Lori Midson | July 21, 2009 | 5:19pm
Chopsticks China Bistro, the excellent Chinese restaurant whose name is a complete misnomer, insomuch that there is nothing remotely bistro-ish about it, is closing its location at 2990 West Mississippi Avenue in mid-August, only to open a few days later in the former Bourbon Street Pizza space at 5117 South Yosemite Street, in Greenwood Village. "Our lease is up soon, the new restaurant is a lot bigger than the one we have now and we think we'll do better in the Tech Center," said owner-chef David Lee when I talked to him earlier this afternoon over soup dumplings (fantastic, as usual). When Lee relocates to the 5,000-square-foot space, he'll have 170 seats, effectively tripling the number of chairs he's got now, plus a revamped menu and full bar. "We're going to add a lot of new appetizers, main dishes and desserts, and if we can find a bartender, then we'll serve cocktails along with wine, sake and beer," he said.
In case you missed that last part, Mr. Lee is looking for a bartender - a good one, someone who can do more with a Mai Tai then just stick an umbrella in there for good measure. If you've got what it takes to concoct some clever cocktails, call Lee at 303-936-1506. But don't call on Wednesday, because that's the one day each week that Chopsticks is closed. But, Thursday? Thursday is good.
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Q: Difference between http_proxy, https_proxy, and proxy? I'm just curious about the differences between these 3 configuration settings?
If I set proxy to a value, do all requests go through that or is it just HTTP and not HTTPS? Is it a catch all?
Whereas http_proxy and https_proxy are specific to the type of request? The documentation for proxy didn't really highlight this fact and made it sound more like an alias for http_proxy.

A: It's in the documentation: https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#https-proxy

https-proxy

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*Default: null

*Type: url

  A proxy to use for outgoing https requests. If the HTTPS_PROXY or https_proxy or HTTP_PROXY or http_proxy environment variables are set, proxy settings will be honored by the underlying request library.

I assume you only checked this part of the documentation: https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#proxy

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Superheist was born in a beachside, suburban town called Frankston in the state of Victoria, Australia and began as a powerful industrial/electronic death metal band in 1993. Over time Superheist diversified into the nu-metal "groove kings" who moved thousands of punters during a time The Big Day Out  was around. But, in 2003, Superheist, decided to call it a day, much to the disappointment of their fans. They had grown so fast and achieved so much — it was a shock to see them fold.
In 2015, with social media being a fast moving carrier wave of rumour and news, word spread fast that Superheist's founder, DW Norton [Richard "DW" William Norton], had started writing songs again.
In 2016 Superheist released a smashing album titled Ghosts Of The Social Dead.
DW on the bands past: "We released a documentary last year which talks at length about the 'hows and whys' of Superheist from the early days of the Apocalypse demo right up until we were on the road on with the 'Raise Hell Tour'".
The film is called "The Fight Back" and was bolstered by sold-out shows across Australia. It WAS a "comeback".
HEAVY Magazine premiered "The Fight Back" on Facebook. Watch it in full here.
Superheist "2.0" was not without teething problems. DW himself reveals what happened during the ten-year void, "In 2014, I took a trip to Egypt. While I was there, I had a bit of an epiphany that I wanted to get back to music. I started writing again and demoing stuff, and talking to friends and colleagues. Rick Butterworth from Dinner With Wolves [independent record label – www.dinnerforwolves.com] was the one who said, 'hey, if you're going to do it you may as well do it with Superheist. You had such a great following. I really think you could build up that momentum again'".
With DW's incarnation of Superheist in place, he excitedly continues, "We recruited the amazing Ezekiel Ox, who describes it [himself] the 'final singer of Superheist.' He's been absolutely awesome for us".
"Then we got our behemoth bass player Si Durrant back from 8 Mile High days. We have the great John Sankey people will know from Devil You Know, he also co-wrote some Fear Factory records, Divine Heresy stuff… he's one of the better metal drummers in the world".
It's now 2019 and we've just witnessed the launch of "HEIST FEST 2019" featuring a double headliner of not only Superheist but also the unmistakable and passionate sound of Alaskan tyrants 36 Crazyfists who haven't been to Australia since Soundwave 2011.
Heist Fest kicks off on the Gold Coast and travels down the East Coast, then to Adelaide, then back to the east side until they reach their hometown and the stage at The Pelly Bar.
Supporting Superheist and 36 Crazyfists are Byron Bay lads, From Crisis To Collapse.
Heist Fest 2019 promises to be an event you don't want to miss and rest assured these gigs will be at capacity and have you bouncing off not only the stage but the walls!
DW and Metal V discuss things further and in-depth with details of Superheist's rise, death and rebirth in the podcast interview.
Get tickets, as we suggested, there's going to be sold out shows!


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Q: Targeting Chrome on Android I've noticed that the CSS on mobile devices needs some fixing, and I was wondering whether it's possible to target CSS for Chrome on Android?

A: i know android use different densities: low, medium and high. You can target each of these very easily with the following media queries
@media only screen and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio:.75){
    /* Put CSS for low density (ldpi) Android layouts in here */
}

@media only screen and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio:1){
    /* Put CSS for medium density (mdpi) Android layouts in here */
}

@media only screen and (-webkit-device-pixel-ratio:1.5){
    /* Put CSS for high density (hdpi) Android layouts in here */
}

And you can target Safari and Chrome with
@media screen and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio:0)

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The school canteen is open for lunch orders on Wednesday only. The school uses an online ordering system called FlexiSchools. This system allows parents/carers and staff to place orders from home or work and payment is made online. Getting online is easy and only takes a few minutes to register and it is free. Simply go to Flexischools website and click "Register Now". You will then be sent an email with further instructions on how to complete the registration. Once registered, you can start placing orders immediately.


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Northern Nigerian Governors Split on Support for President Jonathan
By Joe DeCapua
In Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan could face less opposition than first thought if he decides to seek election next year. Powerful northern governors in the ruling PDP have failed so far to put up a united front against his candidacy.
Mr. Jonathan is finishing out the term of the late President Umaru Yar?Adua. But President Jonathan is from the south, while Mr. Yar?Adua was from the north. Many northern politicians have said one of their own should run next year. It?s part of what?s known as the zoning agreement ? an informal pact that has likely presidential winners alternate between the north and the south.
VOA reporter Chinedu Offor, who?s on assignment in Nigeria, says, ?This is pretty significant in the sense that if the north were to produce the next president of Nigeria, that candidate would have to come from the governors of the north. And to the extent that they have failed to agree on a common front is a boost for the candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan if he decides to run.?
Northern governors held a long meeting Thursday in Kaduna and were split on whether they should support Jonathan or choose one of their own as the ruling party candidate next year.
?Some of the governors wanted to oppose him, but others said, no, he?s doing a good job. He should be allowed to run if he wants to. So that puts a huge stumbling block on the path of the north to choose the next president.? says Offor.
Despite the political party process, it is the governors who choose the candidates.
?If you recall, even the current president was a governor and the current vice-president was a governor of Kaduna State. So, it is believed that if the north were to produce the next candidate based on the zoning formula of the ruling People?s Democratic Party, one of those governors, who are now meeting, will emerge as the president and candidate of the ruling party,? he says.
Northern Nigerian Governors Split on Support for P
The disagreement has caused the governors to expand their meeting to include other powerful northerners, including former military heads of state, traditional rulers and leaders of grassroots groups. They?ll meet next week to make a final decision on whether to choose a candidate or support Jonathan.
?If the governors are unable to agree, then chances are that the enlarged form of that governors? forum?may also not likely agree. Because to oppose Goodluck Jonathan might take some doing because he has all the powers of the presidency at the moment,? he says.
Gentleman?s agreement at stake
The unwritten agreement between the north and south may now be in jeopardy.
?Even among the northern powerbrokers and northern governors there?s also disagreement on whether an agreement actually exists. While some of the governors say it?s a gentleman?s agreement that was just a handshake, others say it was included in the ruling party?s constitution. But not by the relevant authorities that have the powers to do so,? he says.
Some northern governors say Nigeria doesn?t need such an agreement. They say candidacy should be based on competence, not geography.
?They are saying it is not the fault of Jonathan that a northern candidate and late president Umaru Yar?Adua could not complete his term?that to the extent that Jonathan is now the current president, it will also be unfair to deny him a second chance,? says Offor.
Good grades so far
President Jonathan?s been getting good marks since taking office. For example, Offor says the daily power supply has increased from one to two hours to around six hours daily. The lack of reliable electricity supply has been a major problem for many years.
The president has also promised to spur long-promised development in the oil-rich and violence-plagued Niger Delta. This includes planned railroads and highways. Also, Delta governors, who are very influential and wealthy in their own right, are giving him their support.
Offor says Mr. Jonathan has also given more support to agencies battling corruption in Nigeria, a problem of concern to the international community as well.
Ruling Party in Niger Delta: Jonathan Has Right to Run
Ruling party members in the Niger Delta say northerners cannot keep President Goodluck Jonathan, a southerner, from running in Nigeria's next presidential election.
Joe DeCapua


Judith Rae "Judy" Harris,60, a longtime Grays Harbor resident, born in Aberdeen, September 3, 1958, the daughter of Frank and Betty Lou (Van Leeuwen) Harris, died at her home in Westport, Tuesday, January 15, 2019. She graduated from Hoquiam High School in 1977 and had lived on the Harbor most of her life.
Judy was married to Steven M. Jones, Sr. in 1976, which ended in divorce. She would later marry Earl Hubbard, Jr. in South Bend, WA in 1993 and they divorced in 1995.
For a while Judy had lived in Oregon, California and various parts of Washington.
She enjoyed rock hounding at Damon Point at Ocean Shores and Half Moon Bay at Westport. She also enjoyed being on the computer and cleaning up debris off the side of the road.
Judy is survived by a son: Steven Michael Jones, Jr., Skagit Valley, WA; a daughter: Stephanie Ann Ford, Hoquiam; a brother: Randal Harris, Port Angeles; and two sisters: Patty Kerner, Hoquiam and Joan Jester, Aberdeen; there are also 6 grandchildren and a great grandchild.
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ALIFE 2022: The 2022 Conference on Artificial Life
The International Society for Artificial Life
Emergence of more contagious COVID-19 variants from the interaction of viruses and policy interventions
Aymeric Vié
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Institute of New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford vie@maths.ox.ac.uk
Paper No: isal_a_00370, 15; 3 pages
https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00370
Published Online: July 19 2021
Aymeric Vié; July 18–22, 2022. "Emergence of more contagious COVID-19 variants from the interaction of viruses and policy interventions." Proceedings of the ALIFE 2022: The 2022 Conference on Artificial Life. ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life. Online. (pp. 15). ASME. https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00370
At the end of 2020, policy responses to the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak have been shaken by the emergence of virus variants. The emergence of these more contagious, more severe, or even vaccine-resistant strains have challenged worldwide policy interventions. Anticipating the emergence of these mutations to plan ahead adequate policies, and understanding how human behaviors may affect the evolution of viruses by coevolution, are key challenges. This article hopes to provide a simple, starting illustration to these important, complex dynamics. We present a dual genetic algorithm model in which viruses fighting for survival and policy measures aiming at minimising infection rates in the population competitively evolve. Simulation runs reproduce the emergence of more contagious variants, and identifies the evolution of policy responses as a determinant cause of this phenomenon. This evolution opens new possibilities to visualise the impact of governments interventions not only on outbreak dynamics, but also on its evolution, to improve the efficacy of policies.
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O teste de especificação de Hausman é um teste estatístico utilizado em Econometria que avalia a consistência de um estimador comparado a um outro estimador alternativo. Com isso, este teste ajuda a verificar se o modelo econométrico é adequado aos caso que o economista está lidando.

O nome do teste é uma homenagem a Jerry A. Hausman, por seu artigo sobre o assunto.

Resultado geral
Suponha que, para descrever determinada situação econômica, o "verdadeiro" modelo seja:

,
onde y é uma matriz de dimensão nX1 que denota as n observações disponíveis da variável explicada, X é uma matriz nXK que inclui todas as n observações das k variáveis explicativas e  é uma amtriz nX1 do termo de erro

Sejam dois estimadores  e  do vetor de parâmetros . Sob a hipótese nula (ausência de correlação dos regressores com o termo de erro), os dois são consistentes e  é eficiente em relação a . Sob a hipótese alternativa, ao contrário,  permanece consistente e  torna-se inconsistente. O teste de Hausman pode ser calculado da seguinte maneira:
,
sendo "EVA(d)"=estimativa da variância assintótica de d".
O número de graus de liberdade do teste J dependerão do contexto.

Exemplo com variáveis instrumentais
Num modelo econométrico qualquer, o economista pode não ter certeza se os regressores (variáveis explicativas) estão ou não correlacionados com o erro. Pode também não ter certeza se estes regressores foram mensurados com erro. Se não houver correlação nem erro de mensuração, é melhor utilizar mínimos quadrados ordinários que o estimador de variáveis instrumentais. No entanto, pela estimação pura e simples é impossível descobrir se há correlação entre os regressores e o erro, pois as equações normais produzem . Por isso, Hausman propôs, em 1978, um teste alternativo. .

A lógica de Hausman é a seguinte: sob a hipótese nula (=ausência de correlação entre os regressores e o termo de erro), o econometrista tem em mãos dois estimadores consistentes para a matriz de parâmetros : o estimador de mínimos quadrados ordinários  e o estimador de variáveis instrumentais . Sob a hipótese alternativa, no entanto, somente um destes, , é consistente. Portanto, a sugestão foi examinar a diferença  (o resultado desta diferença é um vetor), que converge em probabilidade para zero apenas sob a hipótese nula. Podemos testar esta hipótese usando o teste de Wald :
,
sendo "EVA(d)"=estimativa da variância assintótica de d".
A matriz de covariância necessária para este teste é
,
sendo Avar=variância assintótica e Acov=covariância assintótica
O problema é que não temos uma expressão para o termo de covariância, e essa foi a grande contribuição de Hausman, pois o seu resultado permitiu que se prosseguisse no cálculo acima. Hausman descobriu o seguinte resultado:
"A covariância entre um estimador eficiente  de um vetor de parâmetros  e sua diferença de um estimador ineficiente  do mesmo parâmetro, , é zero."
Para o caso acima explicado,  é  e  é . Pelo resultado de Hausman, temos:

Ou, o que é a mesma coisa,

Portanto

Inserir este resultado útil na estatística de Wald, temos:
.
Sob a hipótese nula, estaremos utilizando dois estimadores diferentes, mas consistentes, da variância . Utilizando a variância amostral  como um estimador comum, então a estatística será

Referências

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Q: Moving a square from a starting point to the position of a mouse click at a fixed speed I'm trying to move a square from it's original position to the coordinates of my mouse when I click. The code I have somewhat works, but the square does not go directly to the mouse click. It goes diagonally a bit off, then it goes to the mouse click, as shown in the picture. I tried to make it a straight movement path but I could not think of a way to do so. I'm pretty sure the error is something to do with the 1st method below.
           ________X ← the mouse click
          /
         /   ↑
        / ←  = movement path
       /
      /
_____/
|   | ← character
|___|

Here are the 3 methods involved so far
(pls dont criticize my code too much)
 //int x and int y are the positions of the mouse, champion = the character

public static Champion calculateChampionMovement(int x, int y, Champion champion) {

    if (x != champion.x || y != champion.y) {

         //x and y dist = the distance between the character and the cursor
        int xDist = x - champion.x;
        int yDist = y - champion.y;

         //the angle
        plrAngle = Math.atan2(yDist, xDist) * 180 / Math.PI;

         //the speed of the character on the x and y axis
         //(character diagonally moves at the speed of "champion.speed")
        plrXSpeed = champion.speed * Math.cos(plrAngle * Math.PI / 180);
        plrYSpeed = champion.speed * Math.sin(plrAngle * Math.PI / 180);

         //calls the method below that actually moves the character
        playerMain.champion = (Champion) Entity.moveChampions(x, y, champion, champion.speed, plrXSpeed, plrYSpeed);

        champion.moving = true;
    }
    return playerMain.champion;
}

And the 2nd one...
 //called by the method above
public static Entity moveChampions(int x, int y, Champion champion, float speed, double xSpeed, double ySpeed) {

     //if the distance between the character on the x and y axis is not
     //exactly divisible by "speed", then this helps the character stop.
    if (Math.abs(x - champion.x) <= speed) {
        champion.x = x;
    }
    if (Math.abs(y - champion.y) <= speed) {
        champion.y = y;
    }
     //stops the character
    if (x == champion.x && y == champion.y) {
        champion.moving = false;
    }
     //moves the character
    if (champion.moving) {
        champion.x += xSpeed;
        champion.y += ySpeed;
    }
    return champion;
}

The last method calls "calculateChampionMovement" and "moveChampions", and it moves the character while "moving" is true
public static void buttonTest() {
    if (RIGHTCLICK == true) {

         //mouse x and y positions
        cursorClickX = (int) (mapX + MOUSE_X);
        cursorClickY = (int) (mapY + MOUSE_Y);

         //first method (setup the x and y speed)
        playerMain.champion = PlayerMain.testMainChampionMove(cursorClickX, cursorClickY, playerMain.champion);

     // if character is already moving
    } else if (playerMain.champion.moving == true) {
         //move the character
        playerMain.champion = (Champion) Entity.moveChampions(cursorClickX, cursorClickY, playerMain.champion, champAsdf.speed, plrXSpeed, plrYSpeed);
    }
}

hi riot games pls dont sue me im too young anyways

A: When faced with a problem, I tend to go back to basics, what do I know how to do?
I know I can:

*

*Calculate the distance between two points

*Move an object a long a line over a given duration.

So we know:

*

*Start point

*End point

From this we can calculate the distance between the two points.
double distance = Math.sqrt(
                    (startX - targetX) * (startX - targetX)
                    + (startY - targetY) * (startY - targetY));

With this, we can calculate the time needed to travel between the two points based on the desired speed
time = distance / speed

where speed is a constant (0.1 in my example, make it smaller to make it slower)
With this information, we know how long we must travel for and we can calculate the progress along the line/path based on the difference between when we started (when the mouse was clicked) and now.
Assuming the startTime is the time that we started moving, runningTime is the amount of time we need to run for in order to maintain a constant speed
Then we can calculate our current progress using something like...
long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
double progress = duration / runTime;

From this we can calculate the position along the line based on the current duration...
double x = (int) (startX + ((targetX - startX) * progress));
double y = (int) (startY + ((targetY - startY) * progress));

As a proof of concept.  Sorry, you didn't mention what framework your were using ;)
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;

public class TestMove {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TestMove();
    }

    public TestMove() {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
                } catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
                }

                JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.add(new TestPane());
                frame.pack();
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }

    public class TestPane extends JPanel {

        private Rectangle champion;
        private Line2D path;

        private double speed = 0.1;

        private Timer timer;
        private Long startTime;

        private double targetX, targetY;
        private double startX, startY;
        private double runTime;

        public TestPane() {
            champion = new Rectangle(95, 95, 10, 10);

            addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
                @Override
                public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
                    timer.stop();
                    calculateChampionMovement(e.getX(), e.getY(), champion);
                    startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
                    timer.start();
                }
            });

            timer = new Timer(40, new ActionListener() {
                @Override
                public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                    if (targetX == champion.getCenterX() && targetY == champion.getCenterY()) {
                        System.out.println("Stopped as same");
                        timer.stop();
                    }

                    long duration = System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime;
                    double progress = duration / runTime;

                    if (progress >= 1.0) {
                        System.out.println("Stopped out of time");
                        progress = 1.0;
                        timer.stop();
                    }

                    double x = (int) (startX + ((targetX - startX) * progress));
                    double y = (int) (startY + ((targetY - startY) * progress));

                    // x/y are the center points, need to adjust them so the shape
                    // moves about the center point
                    champion.setRect(x - 5, y - 5, 10, 10);

                    repaint();
                }
            });
        }

        @Override
        public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
            return new Dimension(200, 200);
        }

        @Override
        protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
            super.paintComponent(g);
            Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
            g2d.draw(champion);
            if (path != null) {
                g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
                g2d.draw(path);
            }
            g2d.dispose();
        }

        public void calculateChampionMovement(double x, double y, Rectangle champion) {

            if (x != champion.getCenterX() || y != champion.getCenterY()) {

                targetX = x;
                targetY = y;

                startX = champion.getCenterX();
                startY = champion.getCenterY();

                path = new Line2D.Double(
                                champion.getCenterX(),
                                champion.getCenterY(),
                                x, y);

                double distance = Math.sqrt(
                                (startX - targetX) * (startX - targetX)
                                + (startY - targetY) * (startY - targetY));

                runTime = distance / (double)speed;

            }
        }
    }

}

A: Using the pythagorian theorem we can calculate the distance D ie sqrt((targetx-startx)^2+(target-starty)^2).
Using your velocity variable (ill call it V)we can calculate a time variable T as D/V ie distance over velocity.
We can then get the separate x and y velocity as xdistance/T
and ydistance/T or (targetx-startx)/T and (targety-startat)/T
(Note that an exception for if T == 0 must be implementerad to avoid errors)
Using time fragments to calculate the x and y velocity so that the total velocity remains the same is computationally unnecessary with the only upside being that we avoid dividing by zero but then again that is easily fixable with a single if statement(if(T != 0.0)).
Using this or similar methods will make your program run faster as less computations are needed. The time save is too small to be noticeable with modern computers but it keeps the code cleaner. Good luck with your project.


The mannequin, I mean. Not me! She's still not perfect, but we managed to make her arms work for the time being. After all the fuss and bother on Saturday, I figured that since she had arms now, I should probably work on getting her dressed. I thought that to get myself out of the funk, I'd try to redo one of my favourite old outfits featuring one of my most prized kimono. Unfortunately, it's basically unwearable now due to the sleeves detaching and a lot of the gold embroidery lifting off the silk, but gently draping it on the mannequin is safe enough.
Rather than use the same old hakata obi I used last time, I decided to see what I could do with the tsuke darari obi I got over the summer. I think I managed to disguise it quite well and I totally love how they tied together. This green and gold date-eri really looks like it belongs with this obi, doesn't it? Red accessories finished things off and pulled out some of the warmer tones from the kimono. I had fun with the obijime too. I love playing with the multiple thin ends on some of these fancy furisode obijime.
It may have been a struggle, but I'm glad I pushed through because the end result is so beautiful. I will, however, be looking for someone to repair this kimono. At the very least, the sleeves need to be re-attached properly and the gold couching needs to be fixed where it's coming off.
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