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May 6, 2019: Legislators and activists gathered in Harrisburg to call for updates to Pennsylvania law that would extend anti-discrimination and hate crime protection to LGBTQ Pennsylvanians. Senator Farnese is prime sponsor of two of these bills.
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March 26, 2019: Senator Farnese joined with fellow Democrats in the Senate and the House to introduce a package of bills designed to protect Pennsylvania workers from workplace harassment.
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April 5, 2018: Senator Farnese joined Governor Tom Wolf and fellow lawmakers to introduce legislation to combat sexual harassment. His anti-discrimination legislation, Senate Bill 613, would expand the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act by prohibiting discrimination against LGBTQ individuals in employment, public housing and accommodation.
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January 24, 2018: Recently the Federal Communications Commission voted to get rid of net neutrality, which would allow internet service providers to charge more for certain services. Senator Farnese has introduced legislation that would make sure the state stays net neutral.
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November 15, 2017: Senator Farnese reminds Pennsylvanians that they can still sign up for health insurance on the Affordable Care Act website (Healthcare.gov) — or modify an existing policy — but the time to do so is limited.
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October 24, 2017: The law providing protection against hate crimes for certain groups in Pennsylvania hasn't been updated in more than 10 years. Senator Farnese has introduced legislation to change that.
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October 3, 2017: Senator Farnese urges everyone to help the victims of this summer's hurricanes, but warns that you shouldn't become a victim yourself.
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September 13, 2017: Senator Farnese says his legislation to end a statewide problem concerning frivolous and destructive lawsuits against community activists needs quick action from the House.
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July 5, 2017: Pennsylvania Moment: Senator Farnese passes on tips from the PA Department of Health about how to deal with ticks this summer.
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June 29, 2017: Senator Farnese comments on Senate passage of Senate Bill 529, bipartisan legislation that will provide for automatic sealing of criminal records for minor offenses.
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June 29, 2017: The Pennsylvania Senate approved a bill (Senate Bill 383) by a 28-22 vote that will allow school employees to have guns on school grounds. Senator Farnese was a no vote, and he explains why.
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February 6, 2017: There are thousands of African-American citizens from Pennsylvania who have made a difference, large and small, both here in the Commonwealth and in the United States. Senator Farnese recognizes their accomplishments during Black History Month.
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January 18, 2017: Pennsylvania Moment: Winter weather can cause hazards and delays for drivers on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Senator Farnese advises you to be prepared by checking Turnpike conditions before you head out.
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January 17, 2017: Senator Farnese announced a $1.5 million state investment in Philadelphia's Mazzoni Center, which will provide health care services for members of the LGBTQ community.
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December 1, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: Senator Farnese suggests making a donation to your local food bank as one way to make this a happy holiday season for all.
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November 2, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: Registration has opened for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Senator Farnese says the LIHEAP program is designed to help low-income Pennsylvanians pay for heat this winter and get needed repairs to furnaces and other heating equipment.
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September 21, 2016: Senator Farnese speaks on the Senate floor as he introduces a Resolution marking September 21st as International Day of Peace in the Commonwealth.
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September 2, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: The deadline to register to vote in this November's Presidential election is October 11th. Senator Farnese reminds state residents that they can now register online to vote (register.votespa.com).
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August 5, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: Senator Farnese reminds drivers to watch out for highway workers, police and emergency personnel who may be on the shoulder of the road.
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June 23, 2016: On the floor of the Senate, Senator Farnese says he's grateful that Senate Bill 1307 passed through committee and is heading to the full Senate for a vote. The bill would amend the state's Human Relations Act to prohibit discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. But the Senator adds there's more to do to fully integrate the LGBT community in Pennsylvania.
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June 22, 2016: At a State Capitol rally today held by Equality PA, the commonwealth's leading organization advancing equality and opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Pennsylvanians, Senator Farnese strongly voiced support for comprehensive non-discrimination legislation in the area of employment, housing, and public accommodations. Here are the senator's remarks:
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June 13, 2016: In remarks on the Senate Floor today, Senator Farnese voiced his support for the victims of the Orlando shooting this past weekend, a tragedy, he says, that just doesn't make sense. Here are the senator's remarks:
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June 13, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: With summer coming, more bicycles will be on Pennsylvania roadways. Senator Farnese has safety tips for motorists and bicyclists on how to share the road.
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May 25, 2016: A state Senate panel is looking into the effectiveness and best use of peer youth courts in Pennsylvania that adjudicate cases such as school infractions and minor criminal offenses. Here's more with Senator Farnese, a strong supporter of youth courts.
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May 16, 2016: The Pennsylvania Senate has adopted a resolution designating May as "ALS Awareness Month" in Pennsylvania. Here's more with Senator Farnese, sponsor of the resolution, on what is commonly referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease."
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May 6, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: May 30th is Memorial Day, and May 21st is Armed Forces Day. Senator Farnese says veterans, their families and survivors should check and make sure they are receiving all of the benefits to which they're entitled.
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May 6, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: May is national Pet Month. Senator Farnese says one of the best things you can do for your dog is get a license.
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April 6, 2016: April is AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH in Pennsylvania. Senator Farnese says state law requires insurance coverage for autism treatment, and there's a website listing the services offered to help those with autism.
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April 6, 2016: April is SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH in Pennsylvania. Senator Farnese says there's a statewide campaign, "It's On Us, Pennsylvania," designed to call attention to and stop sexual assault, especially on college campuses.
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March 22, 2016: In remarks on the Senate Floor today, Senator Farnese commended those state legislators and Gov. Wolf for working on government reform measures but said the major reform issue facing the state is campaign finance reform. Here's more with Senator Farnese.
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March 17, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: Senator Farnese says one of the best ways for people to help their communities is to volunteer as a firefighter or emergency responder.
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February 10, 2016: The Pennsylvania Senate today failed to approve a Senate Resolution that would have directed Gov. Wolf to remove Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office under section 7 of Article VI of the Pennsylvania Constitution. A two-thirds vote of the Senate was needed to adopt the resolution but it fell four votes short. Here's more with Senator Farnese who opposed the resolution.
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February 10, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: Time for parents and students to begin the process of applying for college loans and grants. Senator Farnese says Pennsylvania's Higher Education Assistance Agency can help.
February 1, 2016: Black History Month Moment with Senator Farnese.
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January 27, 2016: In remarks on the Senate Floor, Senator Farnese talked about his legislation that's intended to protect reproductive health care clinic patients and employees. Here's more with the Philadelphia lawmaker on Senate Bill 1105 which is now before the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration.
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January 15, 2016: Legislation has been introduced in Harrisburg to help protect patients and employees at reproductive health care clinics in Pennsylvania. Here's more with Senator Farnese, the bill's sponsor, and a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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January 13, 2016: In view of last week's shooting of a Philadelphia police officer while on patrol in his car, Senator Farnese is renewing his call for legislation that would require lost or stolen guns to be reported to law enforcement officials. Here's more with Senator Farnese, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who says common sense gun laws are needed in Pennsylvania.
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January 8, 2016: Pennsylvania Moment: Senator Farnese says Pennsylvanians who need health insurance have a new affordable option: the Health Choices program.


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December 16, 2014 4 minute read
When You Actually Think About It: Text Analysis and Search is Awfully Useful
When you think about the amazing text analysis capabilities available in SPS08, and reflect that these have been further improved on recently, you will agree that checking out this video is an absolute must. In this video by the SAP HANA Academy, Tahir Hussain Babar aka Bob, takes us through Text Analysis for the Public Sector, a brand new feature for SPS09.
Today I have been working out of a library close to where I live in the Northern English countryside. This place is a bastion of old England with some of the most expensive real estate for hundreds of miles. The technologies I have covered over the last few blogs have made for amazing conversation starters. I have noticed that people just take for granted what software can do. The old thumb scanner monitor trick, we used to play in the IT classrooms on April 1 when I was a teacher, would catch out most people here. However, they are all sceptical about text analysis and search as a practical concept. By this I mean they cannot see how it works, though they acknowledge it would be useful, especially to governments.
In this video you will be learning about a new configuration type for SPS09 called extraction core for the public sector. This includes a set of entity types and rules for extracting information about events, persons or organisations and their relationship specifically orientated towards security.
Bob does this in SAP HANA Studio with a SPS08 and SPS09 servers. He starts by creating a SQL console in SPS08. He does this to explain the differences in syntax. The SPS08 server will contain a table with two columns stored as below.
After he has executed the code to create the table Bob demonstrates how to load data into it. He inputs these four rows. Bob uses this data to run a full text index as shown. He uses configuration type voice of customer because public sector did not exist in SPS08. You will notice that the line referring to the public sector has been commented out. Once the tables have been refreshed you will see another table generated above the first one which contains all your types of text analysis.
Bob then runs a SQL statement that will select four columns from the first table which uses the primary key as a reference. The four columns will include the headings for a primary key, the individual counter for each object that's going to be extracted, the type of object extracted and the value or worth. Bob then executes and discusses the results.
Bob then states this type of analysis has been improved in SPS09 and goes onto to demonstrate how to perform the same task in SPS09 using the second schema. He uses the same statements in the same order, re-explaining what he is doing. He creates a table with two columns but then loads the data one row at a time. For the index instead of using the configuration, voice of customer, he uses the extraction core public sector.
Bob then uses the SQL statement he used before and then discusses the differences in results.
The type of person, organisation and alias are broken down to the extent that SPS09 recognises that the person Tahir Hussain Babar is also known as Bob.
After executing the SQL to insert the second row Bob highlights that 6 ft is a measure of height. In SPS09 you can analyse by sentence as well.
Whilst demonstrating the execution of the third row Bob shows that Berlin has been identified as a locality. This is not unique to SPS09 but the Travel_cameTo From is a new feature.
However, new to SPS09 are the exact spatial reference, direction and distance.
Bob then states that there are lots of other new features to do with spatial references on distances, cardinal directions and exact locations. There are also lots of other features customised for the public sector to do with military units, teams that you've been in and squadrons you could be a member of.
When I think of the public sector I think of hide bound convention, unwieldy bureaucratic obsession with administrative correctness and inherent desire to standardise everything. You can guess that I have had enough of its starchiness and relentless crush on ambition over the last twenty years. This technology will enable the public sector to see and take account of diversity in its deliberations. Instead of playing lip service to recognising difference, Text Analysis and Search will enable them leverage huge volumes of structured and unstructured data in real time and focus it in a way that makes sense, is easy to digest and use it to make better decisions. Data can be captured from a multiplicity of sources and analyzed in real time to avoid hazardous situations and enhance operations. Now that's what I call making a difference.

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How Will The iOS 11 App Store Affect Your App?
App DevBy Hady ElHady July 26, 2017
iOS 11 was announced in early June at the Apple WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) 2017, and with it came a lot of changes. One of the most drastic changes in the new operating system is its App Store. Apple's App Store was launched nine years ago and currently has over two million apps, and that…
iOS 7.1 / Xcode 5.1: What's in It for Developers?
App DevBy Moataz Soliman March 16, 2014
Apple released a new version of iOS and Xcode (iOS 7.1 and Xcode 5.1) last week that included many features and fixes that were long-awaited. Other than the support for CarPlay, the update includes several significant enhancements and additions. Here's what stood out: I bet you've already read this somewhere before. We're here to talk…


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Ancient Pipes
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Mini Miracles and Gulps
Following on from the 2014 Extinction Marathon which presented environmental and human crises facing the world today (co-curated with Gustav Metzger) and the 2015 Transformation Marathon, which proposed ways of identifying and effecting change in the face of increasing complexity, the 2016 Miracle Marathon focuses in on ritual, repetition and magical thinking to consider ways in which the imaginary can not only predict, but also play a part in affecting long-term futures. This year, the initial concept for the Miracle Marathon was developed together with artist Sophia Al-Maria.
This track is part of Miracle Marathon
Leafcutter John (John Burton) initially studied painting at Norwich School of Art and Design. After graduating in 1998, he moved to London and began exploring the possibilities of recording and manipulating sound on an old computer he originally bought to write his dissertation. John has released numerous critically acclaimed albums, his music combining elements of music-concrete and electro-acoustic music, with voice and guitar work more commonly found in folk music. His awards include an Honorary Mention at the 2004 Ars Electronica Awards, a feature in The Wire magazine's Top 50 records of 2003 and the 2015 Quartz Award for Innovation, which he received for his light controlled musical interface. He is a key member of Polar Bear, a twice Mercury Music Prize-nominated London-based band.


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Chris Moore Is Meeting Community Needs in Multiple Ways
By: Multi-Unit Franchisee | 5,347 Reads |
Chris Moore, a multi-unit Watermill Express franchisee, is in the enviable position of knowing exactly who his customers are, what they want, and why--and where--they want it. This has allowed him not only to become a successful franchisee with 92 water purification vending kiosks across the Houston area, but also to contribute to the community in an unusual way.
"Our freestanding structures, often in the middle of a parking lot at a shopping center, allow people to get purified water gallons at a time and 24 hours a day. This works especially well in Sun Belt states, like Texas, Florida, and California," he says.
"Our primary customer is a person from another country who didn't trust the water system where they grew up and so always had to drink purified water. When that person comes to the U.S. and tastes the tap water, they think they've been poisoned. They can't stand chlorinated water because their palate has been developed drinking clean, pure water. That's what they drink and cook with and make coffee with, and that's what they'll seek out here."
His customers, often lower- to middle-class, he says, "don't want to buy a bottle of Aquafina for 99 cents or pay a dollar for a gallon of water when we're out there selling water for 35 cents a gallon." Since customers often reuse their own containers, there's also a green aspect to the business, he adds.
Moore, who started with Watermill in 1992, has been impressed with the work of Neighborhood Centers Inc., the largest charitable organization in Texas, which for more than 100 years has been active in community-building in the Houston area. Among its many activities, the nonprofit provides citizenship, civics, and language classes to immigrants at nearly 60 service sites to help them adapt in their new country.
"We've created a bigger presence with money, having made $100,000 in direct contributions to the centers in Houston, which is a major gateway to the U.S. with large pockets of Asians, Africans, and Hispanics," he says. "We sponsor a jillion sports teams and also supply water or personnel at health fairs and trade shows all over the area. It's a way of giving. Yes, we're promoting our product, but we're doing more than that. We're embedding ourselves into their neighborhoods and helping them to assimilate into the community. We respect them, and they respect us."
Moore shares the market with founding franchisors Lani and Don Dolifka, whom he describes as "driven and committed to providing a clean, affordable product to customers."
Choosing locations is vitally important, says. Moore. "We typically want to go where our people shop. We don't own any sites--we have simple ground leases for 250 square feet in the parking lot. We pull our own utilities. We'd love to get into a grocery store or more high-traffic strip centers."
Name: Chris Moore
Title: CEO, Cap-Mor Ltd., Houston
No. of units: 92 Watermill Express
Family: Wife Kim and daughters Lara, Rory, and Kimberly
Years in franchising: 22
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BA Quarterly Newsletter Issue 12
04 Aug 2011 , Bibliotheca Alexandrina Newsletter Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
Available in: English
A Quaterly Newsletter issued by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
From Promises to Practice
17 May 2010 , Ismail Serageldin, Ehsan Masood, with Mohamed El-Faham and Marwa El-Wakil Other Publications Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
Published on the occasion of the BioVisionAlexandria Conference held from 12 to 16 April 2008, the book tackles the applications of science and technology in Food, Healthcare, Energy and Environment.
01 Jan 2007 , CSSP Other Publications Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
One of the main objectives of BioVisionAlexandria 2006 was to highlight both the challenges and the successes in delivering better healthcare and nutrition to those most in need – aiming at changing their lives.
Time's Mysteries and Miracles: Consonance with Physical and Life Sciences
03 Apr 2006 , Ahmed Zewail Other Publications Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
In the booklet, Dr. Ahmed Zewail begins with an overview of physics in the first decades of the 20th century, with particular attention paid to the nature of time. He then discusses the history of photographing moving objects, from the first crude attempts by Eadweard Muybridge through the more refined efforts of Étienne-Jules Marey, and then into the difficulties involved in making images at femtosecond intervals.
Discovery to Delivery
01 Jan 2005 , Ismail Serageldin / Gabrielle J. Persley Other Publications Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
The overall theme of this publication reflects the exciting new discoveries in genomics and other aspects of gene technology that are finding applications in human health care, food and agriculture, and conserving biodiversity and the environment.
The Colors of BioVisionAlexandria 2012
09 Jun 2013 , Bibliotheca Alexandrina Catalogue Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
This publication aims to present an overview of the BioVisionAlexandria 2012 conference and gives a brief portrayal of the next BioVisionAlexandria 2014 Conference
BioVisionAlexandria 2012
19 May 2013 , Bibliotheca Alexandrina Catalogue Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
The theme of BioVisionAlexandria 2012 Conference was "New Life Sciences: Linking Science to Society" which aimed at addressing the role science can play in achieving a fair, equal and just society, not just through scientific research but also policy adjustment. This publication shows the extensiveness and the depth of topics and issues that discussed during the three days conference covering almost all Life Sciences fields. It includes presentations of invited speakers in form of articles to help -in a way - how new life sciences can help society to reach its full potential."
BioVisionAlexandria2006: Conference Booklet
01 Jan 2007 , Ismail Serageldin Catalogue Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
The Conference booklet comprises all information related to the BioVisionAlexandria2006 starting with the conference's program and ending with the list of partners, sponsors, supporters and exhibitors. In addition, the booklet includes profiles and short biographies of all attending speakers with a brief description of their presented abstracts.
Colors of BioVisionAlexandria 2006
01 Jan 2007 , CSSP Catalogue Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
This publication aims to present an overview of the BioVisionAlexandria 2006 conference and gives a brief portrayal of the next BioVisionAlexandria 2008 conference.
Colors of BioVision 2004
01 Jan 2005 , Mohamed El-Faham Catalogue Center for Special Studies and Programs (CSSP)
An overview of the first BioVisionAlexandria that took place in 2004 that contains a short description of BioVisionAlexandria2006 conference's main topics.
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Walking through the desert, tired and fed-up, David Xiao hiked through the scorching Californian sun without water for 20 miles, which meant his pack was full of water. Is the Pacific Crest Trail worth all this suffering? The past 40 miles lacked a single natural water source. Even with the help of local trail angels, who left the occasional water cache en route, he ran out of water for the last few miles.
The highs of the trail, however, were enough to keep him going through the lows. "The highs are so good that you want to push yourself past the lows so that you can experience those highs again. Quitting the trail means you would lose the opportunity to experience more highs. It would not be worth it", David informs me. The PCT is an adventure. A chance to experience a new lifestyle and to experience a freedom you can never quite explain.
Growing up as a child in China, in a city of concrete and steel, David's friends introduced him to the outdoors when he moved to Canada. Through friends, David eventually began hiking every weekend and decided he needed to undertake a bigger challenge. Chasing adventure, David chose to hike the PCT 2,653 miles from Mexico to Canada.
If you have ever read about the PCT, you will often come across people with tales of how friends and family mailed them food and gear packages at every stop. This, David assures me, is not necessary. At first, he thought he would have to pursue this path too but soon found towns en route offered sufficient food options. In choosing this method, he did not have to worry about packages in the mail and it provided an even greater sense of freedom.
Discussing gear further, David tells me that his biggest aim was to go as ultralight as possible. He desperately wanted to carry his camera gear but also wanted to remain comfortable – this required sacrifice in other places. For example, David chose to break away from the need to sleep in a tent, he first opted for a pyramid tarp but soon realised it was overkill as well and worked on both pitching and sleeping in a flat tarp to save weight. His final pack weighed 12 pounds (including camera gear and a tripod). You can view his gear list here.
David also shared the resources he used to prepare for his hike. Top of his recommended reading list, David encourages all PCT hikers to read 'The Pacific Crest Trail: A Hike's Companion'. Although it focuses less on planning, it shows you what the trail brings. It is filled with interesting facts about history, geology, flora, fauna, and animals. David found it hugely motivating as it encouraged you to get out there and do it. For the planning side of the PCT, he used various blogs of past hikers and utilised Facebook groups titled: 'The PCT Class of XXXX', checking on posts from past years PCT thru-hikers.
On a typical day, David woke at 5am and enjoyed walking in the dark, watching the sunrise as it broke just over the horizon. The damp cold of darkness then faded and gave way to the beauty of the daylight sky. For breakfast, rather than slaving over a stove, David opted for a quick snack on different bars and continued to walk until he grew tired, took a break, snacked, and headed off once more until he settled down for the evening. At the start of the PCT, he walked far slower than in the middle once he became more experienced. However, nearing the end of the trail, he slowed down once more and enjoyed hot breakfasts, coffees, and long lunches; he did not want the trail to end any quicker than it had to.
Along the route, David hiked with several different groups, known colloquially as one's 'trail family'. Each person is also given a trail name. One particular group that he remembers fondly consisted of two others: Carmen, a friendly and adventurous Canadian that had travelled to over 75 countries, and Lost, a war veteran with an incredible sense of humour. Together, they hitched a lift to Northern California and hiked south through the Sierras to beat the snow before returning north again. Together, they hiked over 700 miles. Despite some inevitable struggles and conflict, they swapped stories and have become friends for life.
TL; DR: Key Questions answered by David!
1. What's the best memory from your thru-hike?
Honestly, this is an impossible question to answer. There are so many memories I will never forget, and they mean so much to me, but they are impossible to explain. Most of these memories are valuable because they play into the grand experience of the trail. Isolating a single memory is never the same. It is the whole experience of the PCT, and everything it represents, that stands out most in my mind.
I work as an Actuarial Analyst for a general insurance company, a job not a lot of people know about. Basically, I use statistics to calculate insurance premiums and do other analytics to help the company grow while being profitable. It's really the exact opposite of the outdoors but I love my job because it's interesting and it allows me the work life balance to explore the outdoors.
When I am not hiking, I do other outdoor activities of course! I am spending a lot of time climbing and backcountry skiing. Skiing is basically hiking but you get to ski down afterwards instead of walking down and climbing is basically hiking but you go up a vertical wall. Photography is something I incorporate into all my outdoor activities, but I strongly believe in doing outdoor activities for the joy of itself and putting photography second. When I am not enjoying the outdoors, I like to spend time with friends, working on my photography and binge Netflix.
I hike pretty much every weekend in my local playground, the Canadian Rockies. My favourite area is the Icefield Parkway between Banff and Jasper. The mountains there are just fantastic. Tall, jugged and surrounded by lakes and glaciers of all shapes and sizes. There are so many different routes that takes you out of the trees in no time at all and rewards you with jaw dropping vistas in all directions.
I am going back to my old job for now. Honestly, it is a really hard adjustment – post-trail depression is definitely a thing! I am going to work on saving money and figure out how to best live my life – find a way to balance work with doing what I love. I definitely want to go skiing more now winter is rolling around so I will get my adrenaline hits there for now!


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Gabriel Alejandro Vargas Venegas (born 8 December 1983), known as Gabriel Vargas, is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays as striker for Deportes Concepción in the Segunda División Profesional de Chile.

Club career
He began on the youth squad of Deportes Concepción and debuted in 2002. After he was released in 2005, he moved to Norway to work as a stevedor, at the same time he played for Norwegian Third Division club Andes. In 2006, he played for Puerto Montt.  In 2007, Vargas played for Cobresal where he was one of the team's leading goal scorers for the year.  In the 2007 Clausura tournament, Vargas scored 11 goals.

In 2008, he moved to Universidad de Concepción. Then he moved to Universidad de Chile, to play 2010 Apertura and 2010 Copa Libertadores.

Personal life
He is nicknamed El Arcángel del Gol (The Goal Archangel) due to the fact that his name is Gabriel just like the biblical character.

Honours

Club
Universidad de Concepción
 Copa Chile (1): 2008-09
 Primera B (1): 2013

Universidad de Chile
 Primera División de Chile (2): 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura
 Copa Sudamericana (1): 2011

Notes

References

External links

1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Concepción, Chile
Chilean footballers
Chilean expatriate footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
Puerto Montt footballers
Cobresal footballers
Universidad de Concepción footballers
Universidad de Chile footballers
Club Atlético Patronato footballers
Curicó Unido footballers
Chilean Primera División players
Norwegian Third Division players
Primera B de Chile players
Argentine Primera División players
Segunda División Profesional de Chile players
Expatriate footballers in Norway
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate footballers in Argentina
Chilean expatriate sportspeople in Argentina
Association football forwards

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Philadelphia Bar Association Chancellor Jane L. Dalton issued an op-ed piece to various Southeastern Pennsylvania newspapers commending the law firms with Philadelphia offices providing pro bono services to the Guantanamo detainees, and to dozens of other clients whom the average person might find offensive.
"The pro bono representation of Guantanamo detainees reminds us that all individuals have a right to habeas corpus review - the judicial order to bring a prisoner to court and justify the detention. It has been a basic instrument under which courts in common-law systems have protected citizens against wrongful imprisonment," Dalton wrote.


I am out of town, and that creates a wonderful opportunity to revisit some older posts. Here's one from August 2014. I'll let you judge how well it has aged.
Last week, I ordered a pint of Gigantic's new beer, IPL, sight unseen. I was at a pub that listed nothing but the name. A few minutes later, the waiter dropped a glass of something pilsner-pale and conditioned-clear in front of me. I had assumed--correctly, it emerged--that the name of the beer stood for "India Pale Lager." Thebeer in front of me had almost nothing to do with IPA, though. Indeed, I later discovered that Ben and Van (brewmaster and master brewer) also call it a "Northwest pilsner," and it's a lot closer to a pils than anything to do with English or American ales. It's 5.6%, has a pilsner malt bill, and is, not unimportantly, a lager.
An American IPA in Copenhagen. They knew what to expect.
During that same session--possibly just after the arrival of the Gigantic--one of my friends complained that IPA no longer had any meaning at all. He ticked off the various offenses against a once-knowable style: black IPAs, white IPAs, lagered IPAs, session IPAs, fruit IPAs. (He actually ordered a rye and double IPA that night.) It had nothing to do with the original IPAs and has devolved into little more than a marketing gimmick, he argued, reasonably.
As someone who has complained about this very phenomenon, I should have been sympathetic, but here's the thing: to the average drinker, slapping the word "India" on a label communicates a very specific, easily-understandable meaning. It's shorthand for "saturated in the flavors and aromas of American hops." Gigantic IPL, for all the ways it wasn't an IPA, instantly met the expectations I'd had--it was decadently perfumed and soaked in Simcoe and Citra hops.
Beer taxonomists and history prescriptivists miss this truth that is so obvious to the casual drinker. The qualities that separate the 19th century English originals--or the middle 20th century English or even late 20th century American versions--from these myriad permutations (Belgian, black, imperial, etc.) are vast. But that's because there is now a contemporary definition and it does a pretty good job of characterizing things.
Until something like thirty years ago, the hoppy beers typical in American brewpubs today did not exist. There were hoppy beers, but they didn't have the kind of hopping Americans now use--which is partly a function of the method but mostly a function of the hops themselves. And those qualities, begotten by vigorous kettle hopping and profligate late and dry-hopping of American hops, is what "India" (or "IPA" or \"IP-whatever") now refers to. It's sort of like the catch-all term "Belgian," which means anything with vivid yeast character but can be applied to any imaginable style (except, I suppose, lagers). One of the great revelations of my foreign travel was to see that this shorthand was well-understood by breweries in the UK, Italy, and the Czech Republic. "American IPA" or "American-style" always meant super-hopped with American hops, whatever the beer style.
I've stopped overthinking this. Breweries want customers to know what the beer is going to taste like. If they attach the word "India" to it--whether it is just a hoppy pilsner or witbier or stout--customers know what they mean. It's pedantic to insist that there's something wrong with how this artifact of language has evolved.


A physics student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has reportedly built a drone as his final year project.
student, It will serve as a surveillance drone to assist in the search for the missing Chibok Schoolgirls.
The drone which was tested at the stadium in front of a handful of spectators was named 'Hope for Chibok Girls' by the final year student.
It will be recalled that the Chibok school girls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014, and have since then been in captivity.
Am so impressed by his tarlent! More problems solvers are needed in Nigeria.
Wishing the young inventor greater height!!!
Campusamebo, this is the second time i will be complaining about this kind of breaking news. Please, do well to always find out names of our inventors and innovators before posting the news, this will serve as encouragement to them, challenge to others and enable the country celebrate them and possibly get their name in inventors/innovators hall of fame and Nigeria book of records.


Each spa is equipped with a thermistor that is used as temperature sensor. The thermistor is a semiconductor that changes resistance with temperature changes (as the temperature goes up, the resistance goes down). A comparitor circuit then compares the voltage to the set point voltage. If the voltage differs the heating circuit is sent a signal to energize the heater system or teminate the system if voltage is equal to the set point. The set point is the spas default temperature (102°F) unless reset at the control panel's up or down temperature set buttons. The high limit is designed to disable the heating system and controls but keep the circulation pump running protecting against freeze damage in winter conditions.
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Hera asteroid mission's brain to be radiation-hard and failure-proof
ESA /	Safety & Security /	Hera
At the heart of ESA's Hera mission to the double Didymos asteroids will be an onboard computer intended to be failure-proof.
Designed to operate up to 490 million km away from Earth and withstanding four years of harsh radiation exposure, Hera's computer must run smoothly without locking up or crashing – on pain of mission failure, while pushing the limits of onboard autonomy.
Development of the Hera mission for planetary defence is taking place across Europe, to finalise a ready-to-build design to present to Europe's space ministers at the Space19+ Ministerial Council this November. Hera's onboard computer is being overseen by QinetiQ Space in Belgium, also the makers of the Proba family of technology-testing minisatellites.
Hera onboard computer
Peter Holsters of QinetiQ Space explains: "A popular analogy is that if a satellite's platform is like a bus – with the science-generating payloads like passengers on its seats – then the onboard computer is the driver of the bus. It is the brain of the entire mission, coordinating and operating the various onboard systems and payloads."
Beyond Earth orbit
The challenge is that this particular onboard computer will be operating much further away than a typical mission in Earth orbit. In order to intercept the Didymos pair of near-Earth asteroids the desk-sized spacecraft will be venturing far into deep space, slightly beyond the orbit of Mars.
Space radiation
"Going so far away means operating in a different radiation environment for a start, which requires very careful component selection as well as specific software strategies," adds Peter.
Beyond the protection of Earth's magnetic field, space is riddled with charged particles from the wider cosmos, as well as solar storms from our own Sun. These particles are energetic enough to pass through surface shielding to 'flip' individual memory bits – potentially corrupting computer memory – or do permanent damage called 'latch-ups', equivalent to tiny short circuits.
Computer testing
"Our computers use flash memory – the same as in your own laptop or smartphone – but we perform rigorous radiation testing to ensure the batches we use meet the necessary performance standards," adds Peter.
"The next level of managing the problem is on the software side, with speedy error detection and checking in the memory management, including the ability to identify and work around 'bad blocks' in memory."
Venturing far from the Sun also means the onboard computer – like the spacecraft as a whole – will have to get by on less power than in its home planet's orbit, as available sunshine shrinks.
Hera mission timeline
Pushing the boundaries of autonomy
As for all deep-space missions, support from ground control will be constrained as well. The sheer distance involved means that real-time control will not be feasible. Hera's computer will be capable of making many of its own decisions. In addition, in the complex double asteroid environment of Didymos, switching into safe mode during critical close-proximity operations must be avoided.
"In Earth orbit a mission's computer going into safe mode is no big deal – the satellite itself is not going anywhere, there's time to reconfigure it," says Peter. "But in deep space, with big asteroids whirling around, any recovery from failure will have to be done autonomously, and as quickly as possible.
Processor module
"That implies maximum redundancy and fast switch-over times from the failing element to its backup. We actually have good experience of such hot redundancy from another company project: developing a safety-critical docking mechanism according to the International Birthing and Docking Mechanism Standard, which is used for making the connection between crewed and uncrewed spacecraft on one end and the International Space Station or in future the Lunar Gateway station, on the other.
"Our benchmark for Hera is that reconfiguration from any computer failure should be extremely fast, a matter of 10 to 20 seconds.
"Another design strategy is to deliberately not have all the functionality in the central onboard computer. On Hera the image processing – which can potentially be used for autonomous spacecraft navigation – will be performed by a dedicated unit, being developed by GMV in Romania."
Proba-V satellite
It's a similar approach to having a separate graphics card to make your home computer run video games better – avoiding clogging up the computer with computationally intensive but non-core tasks.
From the Proba fold
Hera's computer will run on a powerful dual-core LEON-3 processor – part of an ESA-originated family of microprocessors for space. Its overall design is developed from the ADPMS – Advanced Data and Power Management System – computer flown on Proba-2, Proba-V and the forthcoming Proba-3 mini-satellites. This computer has demonstrated more than 15 years of in-orbit operations with very high reliability.
"We've reached the engineering model phase of our upgraded ADPMS design, which will serve the Altius ozone-monitoring mission as well as Hera.
"This testing – supported through ESA's General Support Technology Programme – is taking place under our ProbaNEXT project, which is developing our next-generation Proba platform for a wide variety of uses and users.
"Currently, we are qualifying the redundancy and fast switch-over time element of the design. This testing is allowing us to demonstrate all relevant functioning that Hera needs, so once the decision is made to fly the mission then we will be ready."
Hera mission
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