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Liverpool-Atletico match linked to '41 additional' virus deaths: report
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The decision to let Liverpool's Champions League match against Atletico Madrid go ahead may have "led to 41 additional deaths" due to the coronavirus, the Sunday Times reported.
Jurgen Klopp's side faced the Spanish club in a second-leg last 16 tie at Anfield on March 11 in front of a crowd of some 52,000, with 3,000 visiting supporters in attendance.
The match was the last major football fixture played in England before the coronavirus lockdown.
According to the Sunday Times, Edge Health, which analyses data for Britain's National Health Service, estimated the match was "linked to 41 additional deaths" at nearby hospitals between 25 and 35 days later, compared with similar hospital trusts that were used as a control.
Imperial College London and Oxford University have estimated Spain had around 640,000 positive coronavirus cases at the time that the match went ahead compared to 100,000 in Britain at that stage.
March also saw jump horse racing's four-day Cheltenham Festival in southwest England go ahead as scheduled, with officials citing British government guidance that it was safe to proceed with major sporting events.
According to the Edge Health research estimates cited by the Sunday Times, that decision may have been linked to 37 additional deaths.
More than 250,000 people attended Cheltenham, with organisers insisting they had introduced special hygiene measures for the event, including extra hand-washing stations for spectators.
But racing in Britain was suspended on March 17 in response to the pandemic after the British Horseracing Authority was widely criticised for allowing the festival to go ahead.
Last month one of the mayors for Liverpool called for an investigation into why the Atletico match was allowed to proceed as scheduled.
"If people have contracted coronavirus as a direct result of a sporting event that we believe shouldn't have taken place, well that is scandalous," Steve Rotheram, Mayor of Liverpool City Region, told the BBC.
"That needs to be investigated to find out whether some of those infections are due directly to the Atletico fans. There were coronavirus hot cities, and Madrid was one of those."
Atletico won the game 3-2 after extra-time to knock out the defending champions 4-2 on aggregate and reach the quarter-finals.
An initial ban on spectators is expected when sport resumes in Britain, which has already seen more than 36,000 deaths during the pandemic—the worst tally in Europe and second only to the United States.
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Illinois Adds Protection for Dreamers, Other Non-U.S. Citizens to State's Human Rights Act
By Amy L. Peck on August 27, 2021
Posted in Asylum / Refugee, DAPA / DACA, DED, EADs, H-4, I-9 and E-Verify, L-2, Permanent Residence, Temporary (Non-immigrant) Work Visas, TPS
Illinois has amended the Illinois Human Rights Act to make "work authorization status" a protected category.
The amendment, Public Act 102-0233, became effective immediately upon the governor's signing in early-August.
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Immigration and Labor Shortages
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are far reaching. The labor shortage plaguing America has been one of the most publicized. Why is it so difficult for some employers to find employees? The 2020 United States Census offers possible reasons: an aging population, decreased fertility rates, and low rates of immigration.
The 7.4% population…
Update on Northern and Southern Border Travel Restrictions
By Forrest G. Read IV on August 20, 2021
Posted in Citizenship, COVID-19, Green Cards, Permanent Residence, Travel (General)
In a tweet on August 20, 2021, the Department of Homeland Security announced that:
"To minimize the spread of COVID19, including the Delta variant, the United States is extending restrictions on non-essential travel at our land and ferry crossing with Canada and Mexico through September 21, while continuing to ensure the flow of essential…
COVID-19 Fears Prompt State Department 'Do Not Travel' Advisory for UK, Other Restrictions Continue
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The State Department, in coordination with the CDC, raised its Travel Advisory for the United Kingdom to "Do Not Travel" because of COVID-19 (Level IV).
Coincidentally, the Department's move came on the same day Prime Minister Boris Johnson lifted most COVID-19-related restrictions in the United Kingdom (yet, excluding Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland). He made…
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The hoped-for opening of the U.S.-Canadian border is set to begin in August.
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Although the Biden Administration has taken steps to maintain H-4 EADs for spouses of highly skilled H-1B workers, the program is still in jeopardy. Now, the Biden Administration is representing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in defending the H-4 EAD rule.
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Yes, we have a dental lab create custom nightguards that match your measurements and exact specifications. The material we use is durable, yet comfortable enough to wear at night, without interrupting your sleep.
There are oral appliances that are used to treat sleep apnea. This is different from a standard night guard. However, we can provide you with more information when you visit our dentist office.
If you take good care of your night guard, there is no reason that it should stop working. That is, if you buy one made of strong material. The type of guard that you can buy in the store is not designed to last forever and will typically give up after six months to a year. A dentist-made night guard can last for years, sometimes even decades. At Integrated Dental Care, we also recommend that you store it in a safe place. We will give you a hard case, and that is the ideal place to keep it. Most patients put their night guards in a case and keep it in their nightstand drawer. Out of the way, it is unlikely to get lost or taken by a child or pet. If you travel a lot, you may want to have two created so you can keep one at home and one in your carry-on bag.
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1,000-year-old Middle Eastern recipe book claims to have the ultimate hangover cure
Written nearly a thousand years ago, the Kitab al-tabikh (book of cookery) written by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, is the most comprehensive work of its kind. It includes more than 600 recipes for culinary and medicinal dishes, including a well-known ancient Middle Eastern hangover cure, ingredients for enhancing sexual performance, and dishes for curing a range of health problems. The ancient text has been translated by Nawal Nasrallah, a former professor of English and comparative literature at the University of Baghdad, into the 'Annals of the Caliph's Kitchen', making these fascinating recipes accessible to the English-speaking world for the first time.
Very little is known about Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, the author of the text, except that he died in 961 AD, and that he was commissioned to write a cookbook on the dishes of Caliphs, Lords and dignitaries of the time. Many of the recipes are thought to have been acquired from much earlier writers and may be much older than 1,000 years.
Nawal Nasrallah's translation of the Kitab al-tabikh. Image source .
Al-Warraq's comprehensive recipe book consists of five chapters about kitchen utensils, spices, the eight type of tastes, the causes of spoiled food, and remedies for burned food; seventy-nine chapters of culinary recipes, twenty chapters about cooking and dining etiquette, and twenty-five chapters on the medicinal properties of food, including what Nasrallah describes as 'the ultimate hangover cure'.
Al-Warraq's hangover cure, called 'Kkishkiyya', is a meat, chickpea, and vegetable stew with the addition of a special ingredient known as khask, a fermented yoghurt, milk, and whey product, which is thought to be the key to alleviating what Nasrallah describes as excess heat in the head and stomach. The book also advises to eat cabbage prior to drinking alcohol, eating snacks between drinks to slow down its effects, and sipping on water the following day before consuming the stew. Today, Kkishkiyya is still cooked in the same way, mostly in northern Iraq and the Levant.
The ingredients and steps for making Kkishkiyya are available here.
Illustrations from an Arab manuscript (1199 AD) showing typical ingredients used in Middle Eastern cuisine, with 'rue' on the left' and 'cassia' on the right. Image source .
In addition to the hangover cure, Al-Warraq includes a recipe to "invigorate coitus", which is just for men. It is made up of 15g each of sweet Ceylon cinnamon, spikehard/nard, cloves, sea costus, and ginger, as well as 3 ounces each of long pepper, sea-musk, seeds of watercress, seeds of Persian leeks and carrot seeds. The reader is instructed to mix them all together with honey to bind them into a paste, and eat one lump the size of an almond twice a day on an empty stomach. The text writes that the recipe will be effective "God willing".
Al-Warraq's ancient cookbook serves to unfold the role of food in the culture of Islam's golden era, and provides a fascinating insight into Middle Eastern agriculture, health, and food trends of the 10 th century.
Featured image: The Kitab al-tabikh written by Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq. Credit: The National Library of Finland
By April Holloway
Kitab al-tabikh
Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq
Kkishkiyya
khask
April Holloway is a Co-Owner, Editor and Writer of Ancient Origins. For privacy reasons, she has previously written on Ancient Origins under the pen name April Holloway, but is now choosing to use her real name, Joanna Gillan.
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Pikkewyn wrote on 30 January, 2015 - 20:58 Permalink
"Al-Warraq includes a recipe to "invigorate coitus", which is just for men." Yep, that's a Middle Eastern book all right!
I thought the Middle Eastern hangover cure was banning alcohol completely. The recipe sounds like good, old fashioned stick-to-your ribs kind of stuff, the universal hangover cure. Certainly better for you than anything from Waffle House.
antientarcana wrote on 28 October, 2014 - 01:56 Permalink
I would like to read a copy of it too. Is there anyone out there who has it, or maybe a odd, or us it too soon?
Kevin Carey Jr. wrote on 27 October, 2014 - 22:05 Permalink
I look forward to the kindle Addition of this book maybe I am the only one who hopes for that no?
ancient-origins wrote on 8 October, 2014 - 23:34 Permalink
Thanks Angie for noticing that! We have fixed the link.
angieblackmon wrote on 8 October, 2014 - 16:37 Permalink
The link doesn't appear to work anymore! :( I'd love to get some ancient reciepes and try them out, assuming i can get my hands on the ingredients!
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William Wotton
William Wotton (August 13, 1666 - February 13, 1727), was an English scholar, chiefly remembered for his involvement in The Battle of the Books. He was the son of the Rev. Henry Wotton and was born in his father's parish of Wrentham, Suffolk.
He was not yet ten years old when he was sent to Catherine Hall, Cambridge, having by this time a good knowledge of Latin, Greek and Hebrew. He obtained a fellowship at St John's College, and was elected an F.R.S. in 1687.
Wotton is chiefly remembered for his share in the controversy about the respective merits of ancient and modern learning. In his Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning (1694, and again 1697) he took the part of the moderns, although in a fair and judicial spirit, and was attacked by Swift in The Battle of the Books and A Tale of a Tub. During some of his later years Wotton resided in Wales and gave himself to the study of Celtic, making a translation of the laws of Hywel Dda, which was published after his death (1730). Having taken holy orders, he was a prebend of Salisbury from 1705 until his death at Buxted, Essex, on 13 February 1727.
Wotton wrote a History of Rome (1701) and Miscellaneous Discoveries relating to the Traditions and Usages of the Scribes and Pharisees (1718).
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Sherman ALEXIE wins the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
SEATTLE NOVELIST SHERMAN ALEXIE was named the winner of the 2010 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction on March 23, 2010, for his latest collection of stories and essays, interspersed with poems, War Dances (Grove/Atlantic, 2009). Alexie's book, along with books by the other finalists, Barbara Kingsolver for The Lacuna (Harper, 2010), Lorraine M. López for Homicide Survivors Picnic and Other Stories (BkMk Press, 2009), Lorrie Moore for A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf, 2009) and Colson Whitehead for Sag Harbor (Doubleday, 2009), was selected from about 350 novels and short-story collections published by American authors in 2009.
Alexie, who previously won the 2007 National Book Award for Young People's Literature for his autobiographical novel, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, won for "a collection of structurally inventive pieces on the themes of love, betrayal, familial relationships, race and class." Judge Al Young says, "War Dances taps every vein and nerve, every tissue, every issue that quickens the current blood-pulse: parenthood, divorce, broken links, sex, gender and racial conflict, substance abuse, medical neglect, 9/11, Official Narrative vs. What Really Happened, settler religion vs. native spirituality; marketing, shopping, and war, war, war. All the heartbreaking ways we don't live now—this is the caring, eye-opening beauty of this rollicking, bittersweet gem of a book."
Alexis recently picked up the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven, his first collection of stories which won a PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Book in 1993. (One of the stories from the collection was adapted as a 1998 independent film, Smoke Signals.)
The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction is an annual award given by the Washington, D.C.-based PEN/Faulkner Foundation.
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One of the most terrifying and dangerous UFO encounters of all-time occurred in a place you might expect it to occur - the deep, dark, spooky woods. On December 29th, 1980, Becky Cash and Vicki Landrum, as well as Landrum's 7-year-old grandson Colby, were driving through the Piney Woods of East Texas when they spotted a large, diamond-shaped (but with no bottom or top) craft hovering overhead.
Becky, who was driving at the time, and Vicki stepped out of their vehicle to get a closer look, and as they were observing the ominous craft, which hovered in mid air and emitted flames before taking off, 20+ helicopters approached it. The sighting lasted an incredible 8-10 minutes. However, Becky and Vicki's decision to get a closer look at the UFO would soon prove to be a bad one.
When Betty and Vicki went back to re-enter their car, they noticed the door handles were hot to the touch! But that was only the beginning of their troubles.
All three witnesses ended up experiencing classic symptoms of radiation poisoning shortly after the encounter, including skin blisters, nausea and hair loss. Their medical ailments were so well-documented, in fact, especially for Betty Cash, that the witnesses sued the US government for their medical bills, claiming that it knew about the dangers of this UFO but were pretending to be ignorant about it. The US government denied any knowledge of the incident, however, and the suit was ultimately thrown out.
The only surviving witness of the Cash-Landrum Incident is Colby, the grandson of Vicki Landrum, and he has done an interview as an adult and shares the same basic memories of his grandmother.
As well, many UFO researchers and authors have tried to do the case justice and continue to investigate to this day.
Skeptics are hot on the trail, as well. One writer accused Betty and Vicki of hoaxing the incident, as it would be unlikely that the two would choose to watch the UFO (rather than flee the scene), and it would also be unlikely that the two would remember such great detail about the encounter (like the number of helicopters). None of this skepticism is warranted, if you ask me. If Vicky and Betty had continued driving and never stopped to observe the UFO, the same writer might ask "why didn't they stop to look at it or follow it?" Similarly, if Vicki and Betty didn't provide detail about their encounter, the same writer may accuse them of making it all up. Furthermore, the encounter lasted for several minutes, plenty of time to count up the number of helicopters in the sky.
This skeptical writer also claimed the US government had zero knowledge about any UFOs. In 2017, however, the New York Times revealed that the government has indeed investigated UFOs secretly, and in modern times.
As always, you be the judge about whether this amazing UFO sighting is real or not. If it is real, it's one of the more disturbing UFO cases ever on record.
Fun fact: the Cash-Landrum Incident occurred just one day after the Rendlesham Forest incident, a UFO case even more infamous!
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This was a test aircraft using a nuclear fuel. It wasn't alien. The Chinooks helicopters were there with personnel on board to monitor its flight and other data.


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El Molino, a legend at the Parallel
The origin of El Molino is found in 1898 when the owner of a tavern located on Vila Vilà street called La Pajarera sold it for 100 pesetas. The new owner, an Andalusian, changed the name to La Pajarera Catalana and set up a small stage. In three years time there already was a stable musical programming, a restaurant and a free car service to facilitate the journey from the Ramblas to the place. In 1901, La Pajarera Catalana had found its place in the entertainment world at the Parallel.
After flirting with cinema for a brief period under the name of Gran Salón Siglo XX, in 1908 there was another ownership change and the place was renamed Petit Palais. The new business was designed to bring cabaret shows from Paris adapting them to the Spanish way. Those were the years of Music Hall and this soon took over the the Parallel, whose fame as the avenue that brought together the largest number of shows in Europe grew.
In 1910, the original wood construction was brought down and the modernist architect from Barcelona Manuel Joaquim Raspall (Domenech i Montaner's disciple) carried out a major reform. He designed an interior configuration that one century later still remains the same. After the famous Moulin Rouge of Paris' Montmartre district, the name changed once more to Petit Moulin Rouge. Three years later, with Antoni Alstell as owner, the theater name was shortened to Moulin Rouge. When the architect Josep Alemany i Juve put the rotating sails in the façade, in 1929, the Moulin Rouge became the icon of the Parallel.
The victory of the Nationalist side in the Spanish Civil War provoked the prohibition of all the French-like names and all those adjectives that referred to Communism, which forced to change the theater name for the last time to El Molino. The couple formed by Francisco Serrano, owner of the historic theater El Bataclan, and Vicenta Fernández bought the local and gave it back the atmosphere of music hall it had lost in the previous stage.
During the forties, El Molino emerged as the most singular theater at the Parallel, providing a constant lesson of freedom, sublimation of the popular, grandeur of neighborhood and healthy eroticism. Those were the years of the legendary Bella Dorita, the first great star at El Molino. For decades, the spinning of the façade mill's arms beat the rhythm of the city and well-known artists such as Lander y Leanna, Mary Mistral, Mirko, Piper, Johnson, Escamillo, Christa Leem, La Maña and Merche Mar, among others, would act in its stage.
In 1976, El Molino won the first annual Sebastià Gasch FAD award of the paratheatrical arts, which distinguishes the different and innovative looks to entertainment. However, the greatest recognition that El Molino could never ever get has been the outpouring of love and support that the citizens of Barcelona have shown for the theater since its closure in 1997.
Aware of the huge historical and sentimental value of El Molino, the company Ociopuro buys the theater and starts the reconstruction project. The new company owner of El Molino hires all the professional teams that will participate in the new El Molino project: the company EGI is in charge of the Project Management and the architects BOPBAA will be the responsible to create the new El Molino.
After years of great efforts, major investments and a long and complex process of restoration, in 2010 El Molino reopen its doors, thus returning to Barcelona a local landmark and hope to its citizens.
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An exceptional Port that secured a perfect score of 20/20 from Matthew Jukes, from a vintage that Neil Martin of Vinous called "fabulous". The abiding quality of this labels is now being built on by investment from the legendary Symington family. Stocks are limited so don't wait!
The story of two families across three centuries. For almost two hundred years W & J Graham's has been an independent family business renowned for producing the finest Port wines. Graham's was one of the first Port companies to invest in its own vineyards in Portugal's Douro Valley in 1890 and is now at the cutting edge of innovation in winemaking techniques. Today, five Symington cousins share responsibility for every aspect of the company and personally make the Graham's wines. They too have been involved with Port and the Douro for many generations, with ancestry dating back to the mid-17th century. Graham's owns five mountainous vineyards, which are located in different parts of the best wine-growing areas of the Douro region. Each property has the maximum 'A' grade classification. Much of the original wild flora has been left deliberately undisturbed amongst the vines on these estates to preserve the indigenous biodiversity, which Graham's believes contributes to making wines with a more unique and powerful expression of this terroir.
"This wine has every single facet of flavour and energy that I adore in vintage Port. The nose is epic and all-encompassing and the power and attack on the palate is relentless and also insanely pleasurable at the same time. Infinitely layered and lasting for minutes on the palate I went back to taste this Port three times such was the magnetic appeal of its profound flavours. While this is a dense and indulgent wine it has exquisite freshness, too, and the balance is nothing short of perfect."
"Extremely complex aromas that show the classic Graham character of black-fruit marmalade and burnt oranges. Follows through to a full body with great grip at the finish. Lightly sweet. Chewy and powerful. Such a focus at the end."


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@QuarkusTest
@TestHTTPEndpoint(TenantOpaqueResource.class)
public class TestSecurityLazyAuthTest {

    @Test
    @TestSecurity(user = "alice", roles = "user")
    public void testWithDummyUser() {
        RestAssured.when().get("tenant-oidc/api/testsecurity").then()
                .body(is("tenant-oidc-opaque:alice"));
    }

    @Test
    @TestSecurity(user = "alice", roles = "user")
    @OidcSecurity(introspectionRequired = true, introspection = {
            @TokenIntrospection(key = "email", value = "user@gmail.com")
    })
    public void testOpaqueTokenWithDummyUser() {
        RestAssured.when().get("tenant-oidc/api/user").then()
                .body(is("tenant-oidc-opaque:alice:user:user@gmail.com"));
    }

}

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Casemanagers serve children and adults who have a serious and persistent mental illness which interferes with their capacity to function in significant areas of daily life over a prolonged period of time.
Blended/Intensive Casemanagement & Resource Coordination Services are non-clinical primary mental health services to insure that the most seriously mentally ill individuals receive additional support geared to improving the quality of their lives and reducing psychiatric hospitalization. Casemangers use natural occurring supports in the community, i.e., family, friends and neighbors. Only when these supports have been exhausted and the consumers needs remain unmet are generic service providers used.
Casemanagers employ a variety of individualized strategies to assist consumers in developing a more functional and qualative lifestyle consistent with the goals established by the consumer. They provide consumers with information about appropriate community services and resources and support them in accessing these services. They teach consumer basic aspects of independent living, assist in behaviors learned at treatment program and are often the first line of intervention during crises.


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General Dynamics to deliver anti-submarine mine system Hammerhead Prototype to US Navy
Naval News October 2021 Navy Forces Maritime Defense Industry
Posted On Saturday, 02 October 2021 18:08
According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense on September 30, 2021, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Fairfax, Virginia, is awarded a $92,931,647 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract to design, test and deliver Hammerhead Prototype articles and other related equipment.
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The Mark 54 Lightweight torpedo is the weapon element of Hammerhead underwater mine system. (Picture source U.S. Navy)
The General Dynamics Mission Systems will deliver a prototype of the Hammerhead system meant to detect and engage anti-submarine warfare targets, the Department of Defense said Thursday, September 30, 2021.
The cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, which has a base value of $92.9 million, also provides for articles and equipment associated with the Hammerhead technology.
Nearly half of contract work will be conducted at locations in Massachusetts, with the remaining being done in Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Connecticut, Nebraska and Minnesota, through September 2023. Efforts could continue up to September 2026 if all options are exercised.
Hammerhead, also called an "encapsulated effector," is designed to destroy anti-submarine assets. It is designated both a middle-tier acquisition rapid prototyping program and a Navy maritime accelerated acquisition program, according to the statement. Those designations grant the program certain authorities to streamline acquisition.
The new Hammerhead mine is designed to lie in wait on the seabed floor, listening for the telltale signs of enemy submarines. Once a foe passes over, Hammerhead unleashes a homing torpedo that hunts down and destroys the offending sub. Laid in the path of enemy ships, sea mines can slow passage through vital areas or deny transit entirely. Sea mines are also difficult to detect, and the underwater explosions caused by their detonation can cause serious, sometimes fatal damage to a ship's hull.


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Q: Solve numerical equation quickly I am using scipy.optimize.newton_krylov to solve the problem described below.
However, it is rather slow (this done for thousands of points). Even if my initial guess is very close to the solution it is slow. This makes me wonder if there is a better way to do this.
What is the quickest way to find a 3D point (x,y,z)=pvec that fulfills the three equations el1, el2 and el3 (e.g. minimize the norm of the vector [el1,el2,el3]).
sr1=np.sqrt(np.sum( (pvec - p2)**2 ))
sr2=np.sqrt(np.sum( (pvec - p1)**2 ))

el1=(sr1 + sr2)/(2.0*scalar1) - 1.0
el2=np.sum( (pvec/scalar2)**2 ) - 1.0
el3=np.dot(v1,(pvec - p1) )/(sr1*scalar3) + \
    np.dot(v2,(pvec - p2) )/(sr2*scalar3) - 1.0

A: I would try the different methods mentioned here
In my experience the default method "hybr" works very well.

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Our Diabetic Life: mySentry: My diary of the first 3 days.
mySentry: My diary of the first 3 days.
You're in the right place! My blog is under construction. Please bear with me!
I have so much to share and only so much brain capacity. I've been sitting here staring at the screen for five minutes and have decided to just begin typing and see where it takes me.
I want to start out saying that I fully understand how completely blessed I am to have the mySentry sitting on my bedside table at this very minute. It is the beginning of something wonderful, and I have this unshakable feeling that this is bigger than what it seems to be.
On the outside it seems so simple. A monitor that displays your child's CGM graphs, directional arrows, BG number, Reservoir units, battery life and more. But on the inside, you know...my inside...it is peace of mind, and that is such an overwhelming feeling I can't wrap my head around it.
Yeah...I didn't look like that. Most of you know that last week I was on my deathbed with the flu of the century. Included in the perfect storm of an ear infection and a sinus infection...I also had pink eye. The word "mess" doesn't even seem to cover it. So I was in my sweats, with bright red eyes, and a headache the size of Mt. Everest the first two nights I worked with the mySentry. Needless to say, my experiences were under "real life" circumstances, not nighttime perfect hair, cute nightgown, lab conditions.
Below is my thought process throughout the weekend.
Day 1: This UPS guy probably thinks I'm a junky. Bright red eyes, not a stitch of makeup, and obviously full of some kind of medication...but yet I smiled and I smiled wide. It has arrived! IT. HAS. ARRIVED!
Wait. I need to slap a CGM on someone. Who? Who will be my lab rat? Ahhh! B! He is my most mellow...AND he had the highest A1C last week...brilliant!
After inserting the CGM, which B took like a champ, my husband and I set to our room to set up the mySentry and to synch the pump and the outpost. I checked the clock to time us...we were expecting a good half hour...it took 8 minutes from opening the box to having it ready to go. Winning!
Now before I go on, you should know that I didn't read the instruction booklet before we went to bed. I was sick and my eyes hurt. This was a mistake. The alarm went off ALL NIGHT LONG. I was beside myself with confusion. I would silence it and it would just go off again and again. Later I found out that you can mute the alarm by pressing the silence button TWICE. I did not know that, obviously. There was one High BG alarm that I got up and fixed and then there were a couple where it couldn't find the pump. I'm chalking night one up to a rookie mistake. Do over!
It was the weekend, so I spent much of my day walking by my bedroom door to look at the graph. Hello, awesomesauce! I know when we used the CGM in the past the boys would be beyond annoyed with me when I would ask them to take out their pump so I could see the graph and the number. This device sets them free of that...when we are at home anyway. That night when we went to bed, I was ready. I let the lights on the graph lullaby my eyes to sleep and night 2 began.
12:00am ALARM. High BG. B has been sick and his BG was over 250. This is the first big victory. I had bolused him an hour and a half before. I wouldn't have known for a couple hours that he was going up, (rather than down,) if it weren't for that alarm. I went in and bolused him and things were quiet until 12:30.
I got up at 2am and did my rounds, where I was forced to bolus B again. I was so thankful I had an eye on the graph, I hate bolusing before the first bolus has run its course. I turned the alarm sound back on and the rest of the night was quiet. I woke up periodically on the hour because of my head cold, and in a blurry haze smiled at the CGM graph in front of me. Flat line...all was well.
11:45pm. Low alarm. Tears. Feed B. This thing is magic. It would have been another TWO hours before I checked him.
3:00am Alarm that I need to calibrate the CGM. "Thanks for the reminder" >Quiet! It keeps alarming. Apparently this is non negotiable. I always calibrate at 2:00am check, but this time forgot. My mistake. I jump up and check again and calibrate and there are no other alarms the rest of the night.
"Will I ever be able to afford this?"
"You have three boys, how is this ONE gadget, that works with only ONE child at a time, going to help you?"
"And, how do you really feel about it?"
If you have any other questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments section and I will try my very hardest to answer those too!
Ok, if you get two messages from me its because the 1st one I published isn't coming up!
I have Type 1 and am an adult... I worry all the time that this will happen to my son, too. I have hope after reading your post that perhaps help really is on the way! Thanks- and please keep us updated.
Damn DexCom. I want one! So glad you got to have a go at this.
What awesomeness!!!!!!!!!!!! You so deserve the opportunity to try this out Meri!
Meri - thanks so much for taking the time to share some real life experience with this. You rock!
Just the thought that the alarm actually wakes you is enough to make my heart jump! That is currently my biggest frustration, not being able to hear Ally's alarm at night. Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.
Question: So, during the day you said you looked at the graph. I am constantly asking Ally what her pump says (and she gets annoyed!). Does it work only if they are in the same room as the outpost?
Could you please share with us where your boys keep their sensor on them while at school/sports/etc.? We have a six year old using a DexCom, but find it tough to find comfortable/secure ways for him to wear the sensor. Thank you so, so, so much!
I AM LOVING THIS! We started pumping in October and we watched the video you published during the pump carnival several months ago. We chose Medtronic and a huge part of it was that my 8 year old saw your boys using it all by themselves. Independence is a big deal to her.
And...when did your blog header change? Cuz...I love it!
again, i am so happy you have the opportunity to use one of these! i look forward to hearing more about it.
not gonna lie, i want one for myself. i don't always hear the pump alarming in the middle of the night.
How far away from the mySentry unit can the person be. Does this make sense? So...if, say, he was all hooked up, but went out front to play, would you still be able to keep tabs from inside the house?
Like.........and I know it's a long shot, but............could he go to SCHOOL? I'm thinking probably not, but it would be nice, no?
thank you so much for sharing your experience with this!! it sounds SO AMAZING! I haven't really heard much about it yet, but I plan on googling my little heart out to find out more. :o) In the meantime, I wanted to ask is it strictly for Medtronic? thank you again!!
Totally LOVING the new look!
Pretty dang jealous about the amazing technology you get to play with, but am so excited to read all about it!!
This is so great! I'm so glad you get to try it and I can't wait to hear more 'real life' experience!
This is fantastic that someone I "know" is getting to try this thing out!!! Totally get the thing about not knowing who to use it for - I have 2 T1D kids - so have asked myself the same question about devices like this! We trialled a nocturnal hypo monitor (non-invasive chest strap thing) for several months - my bedside table was taken up with two separate receiver units - alarms going off on two different receivers all through the night - still, I'd rather have the alarms letting me know something's not right! Just wish there was some way they could build in the option to monitor more than one child with the one receiver - wishful thinking -but LOVING the look of this device - and LOVE your new blog layout!
I can't hear my own alarms at night sometimes (most of the time). I want this device so badly, but financially, it's not going to happen right now. :( I'm hoping that it will either come down in price, or that insurance will pick it up. Or I win the lotto. That would work also.
I am sooooo excited that you're using this! You deserve it!
ahhhh the answer is YES OMG THAT IS SOOO BEAUTIFULLLL!!!!!


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As part of being a responsible pet owner, it is important to have your cat spayed or castrated.
Castration: The surgical removal of testicles from the male cat.
Spay: The surgical removal of the uterus and ovaries from the female cat.
The ideal time to neuter your pet is between the age of 5-6 months, at this age, it is easier because things have not matured, and females have not gone into heat. The recovery time of your pet is shortened when this is done earlier than later. This conversation depending on your pet's needs can be had with your veterinarian when you are in for your puppy visits.
The first step would be to call us and make the appointments, our intelligent and caring staff will walk you through the steps over the phone, any questions you may have regarding this procedure can be answered at this time.


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Since Mississippi made the news recently for finally deciding to get rid of the Confederate flag, only 126 years too late, today's #Blackcomposer late edition will be about Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Nina Simone (Born Eunice Kathleen Waymon) started out on…
Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953) was born in a racially-integrated community in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her mother was a school teacher and her father, the city's only black dentist. At the age of four, she played in her first piano recital…
Harry Burleigh
The story of Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866-1949) is one linked to that of Antonin Dvorak.
Burleigh received his first musical training from his mother. As a youth, he was given a job as a doorman at the musical evenings hosted…
William Levi Dawson
William Dawson (1899-1992) was born to a former slave. In 1912, Dawson ran away from home to study music full-time as a pre-college student at the Tuskegee Institute (now University) under the tutelage of school president Booker T. Washington. Dawson…
Irene Britton Smith
It is difficult to find much recorded music of composer Irene Britton Smith (1907-1999). She was born to parents of African-American and African-American and Crow-Cherokee descent. In her early years she played first piano, then violin; she wished to study…
George Theophilus Walker
George Walker (1922-2018) is often identified as an "African-American" composer instead of simply an American composer. In a 1987 interview, Walker said there are two sides to that label.
"I've benefited from being a black composer in the sense that…
Julia Amanda Perry
Another one of Nadia Boulanger's Paris students, Julia Perry (1924-1979) was born in Kentucky. Her father was a doctor and amateur pianist, who once accompanied the tenor Roland Hayes on tour (unclear in what role). Julia started off on the…
Harry Lawrence Freeman
In researching the opera composer Harry Lawrence Freeman (1869-1954) again I come to a troubling theme running through accounts of all these black composers. "First black composer to…" "the black Mozart" (referring to Chevalier de Saint-Georges/Joseph Bologne, who was born…
George Bridgetower
18th century classical violinist George Augustus Polgreen Bridgetower is now best remembered for his association with Ludwig von Beethoven, who originally dedicated his Violin Sonata Op. 47 to the young Afro-European musician, and first performed the sonata with Bridgetower. A…


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't Hasselt is een gehucht en een parochie in de Belgische stad Bree. 't Hasselt telt ongeveer 320 inwoners en is gelegen langs de N73 tussen Bree en Kinrooi.

Het gehucht is al eeuwenoud. Zo is er vanaf de 17e eeuw een schuttersgilde bekend, namelijk de Compagnie Sint-Pieter van 't Hasselt.

De parochiekerk, gewijd aan Sint-Lutgardis, werd gebouwd in 1933 naar ontwerp van Karel Gessler. Het is een bakstenen zaalkerk met een hoog en spits zadeldak, en een zware, uitspringende, vierkante toren die door een tentdak is gedekt. De vensters zijn met natuursteen omlijst. De kerk is in modern-gotische stijl gebouwd.

Plaats in Limburg (België)
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Hello everyone, this is my first attempt at blogging lol, so bear with me. I thought I would give it a go. Where am I right now as a photographer? Currently I am working on inventing a proper studio space. A place where people can come and feel like there in a studio space and well so that I and my family can feel as though we have a living space.
So how does one do that? hmmm. Well through a ton on research and some planning, I think I have come up with some solutions to get me started on a small budget.. Fresh White Walls for that clean contemporary look. And some polystyrene painted wall boards for backdrop changes. These 4ftx8ft boards, I have plans to hang on the wall like art when not in use and take off when they are. Gonna take some creative planing with 6 of them but I am gonna make a go at it.
I am feeling encouraged for 2016 to make a studio space that both me and my family will love. So stand by and I will be posting some pictures in the near future.


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1995, Funeral Scene
"Hispanic man wearing a shirt with obscenity regarding the Los Angeles Police Department on it sits in his car that is part of a funeral procession in Lincoln Heights."
2000, Coffee on the Roof
"Artists Roland Reiss, Dawn Arrowsmith and Jeanine Breaker enjoy their morning coffee on the roof deck of Reiss/Arrowsmith's loft at The Brewery, with several Downtown high-rises as their backdrop. Billed as the largest live-and-work artists' colony in the world, the Brewery Art Colony in downtown Los Angeles, is a 23-acre area comprised of about 300 studios; the former Eastside and Pabst Blue Ribbon Breweries, from which the community derives its name; and one of Los Angeles' first power plants, Edison Power Station #3. The leased apartment lofts of The Brewery range in size from 1,200 square feet to 6,000 square feet. Monthly rents are about $1 to $1.25 per square foot, depending on the size of the unit, and leases are for a minimum of one year. Approximately 400-500 artists reside here. Located in Lincoln Heights, near Olvera Street, Chinatown, and Little Tokyo; The Brewery Arts Complex is owned and operated by Carlson Industries. Photo dated: April 2000."
2005, Lincoln Heights - Cypress Park Station
"The Gold Line, which opened in July 2003, operates between Downtown Los Angeles and eastern Pasadena, with 16,000 average weekday boardings. The Gold line uses two-car trains, with the exception of one-car trains used during the evenings and weekend mornings. Seen here is a two-car train at the Lincoln/Cypress station, with its final destination being the Sierra Madre Villa station. Lincoln/Cypress station is an elevated Metro Rail station, located at Lacy Street and Ave 26, which is adjacent to the Golden State Freeway and Pasadena Freeway interchange. It offers 91 free park/ride lot spaces. Travel time to Union Station is approximately 5 minutes, and to the Sierra Madre Villa station, approximately 31 minutes. New construction, possible apartment units, is visible behind the metro train. Photograph dated November 14, 2005."


Narok Water and Sewerage Services Co. Ltd (NARWASSCO) has received funds from the Water Sector Trust Fund under rural investment programme for J6P. The origin of the WSTF funding is from Governments of Kenya (County Government of Narok), Finland and Sweden. NARWASSCO intends to use part of the funds to undertake the following projects and hereby invite bids from eligible firms to undertake the following works. The objective of the projects will be to increase access to water in the rural areas.
This tender shall be conducted through the Open National Tender (ONT) procedure specified in the Government of Kenya (GOK), The Public Procurement and Asset Disposals Act, 2015.
Interested eligible bidders Can obtain tender documents with detailed specifications by downloading tender documents and the accompanying attachments free of charge from the County Government of Narok website http://www.narok.go.ke/tenders. Bidders are also required to fill in the BIDDERS REGISTRATION FORM (in the tender document), scan in PDF and email to narokwater@yahoo.com, for registration purposes.
Narok Water and Sewerage Services Co. Ltd.
MANDATORY PRE-TENDER SITE VISIT: There will be a mandatory pre-tender site visit for all interested bidders on the dates specified on the table above. Bidders to meet at the designated points and time as specified in this advert.
PLACE OF TENDER SUBMISSION: The sealed tender document should be lodged in the TENDER BOX marked '' J6 PROGRAMME'' at the company offices located at Narok County, next to County Commissioners office.
Tenders will be opened in Public immediately thereafter at the Company's Boardroom in the presence of interested tenderers or their representatives who choose to attend.
Late bids, portion of bids, electronic bids, bids not received, bids not opened and not readout in public at bid opening ceremony shall not be accepted for evaluation irrespective of circumstances. Please note that canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.


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Q: PLINQ AsParallel() with lower priority? is it possible to run some of my PLINQ AsParallel() - Queries with a lower priority than others?
(Or some with a higher priority than others)
Is this possible with PLinq or will I have to avoid PLINQ and do all the stuff on my own?
EDIT/UPDATE:
Would it be possible to call
Thread.Sleep(0)

inside the parallel executed method when I want to archive a lower priority?
Or is that a very bad practice/hack?

A: Unfortunately, this is not directly possible in PLINQ.
You can do it in most of the rest of the Task Parallel Library via creation of a custom TaskScheduler.  This would allow you to have custom "priorities" when using Parallel.For or ForEach.
However, the ability to customize the TaskScheduler was not provided with PLINQ, since PLINQ requires very strict guarantees from the TaskScheduler, and the fear was that exposing this would be very problematic.

EDIT/UPDATE:
Would it be possible to call
Thread.Sleep(0)

This would "lower" the priority, but unfortunately, has it's own issues, especially when combined with PLINQ.  This will potentially cause thread starvation in the ThreadPool, since you'll be "sleeping" on ThreadPool threads.
In addition, there's a fundamental problem with this - PLINQ is designed and intended to handle queries, and is not designed for processing.  Introducing logical code to control the flow structure is really against the theory behind PLINQ, and will likely cause unintended performance repercussions you aren't expecting, especially if you're using the default partitioning.

A: AsParallel is very high level API. You should really use Threads if you want fine grained control over what is happening using Priority

A: The PLINQ library does not allow configuring the TaskScheduler, for good reasons:

The reason we didn't make this public initially and then haven't each time the question has come up is due to fear of deadlocks. Some PLINQ operators use barriers, such that all tasks/partitions involved in processing the query need to join before any of them can make further progress. If the underlying scheduler can't guarantee that all of the tasks queued as part of PLINQ's processing will be able to run at the same time, e.g. if it's a scheduler created with a fixed number of threads, then we risk deadlock.

If you feel adventurous you could consider doing this configuration with reflection. Here is a PLINQ operator that does exactly this:
/// <summary>
/// Sets the scheduler that should execute the query.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Has been tested on .NET 6 only.</remarks>
public static ParallelQuery<T> WithScheduler<T>(this ParallelQuery<T> source,
    TaskScheduler scheduler)
{
    if (source == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(source));
    if (scheduler == null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(scheduler));
    const string name1 = "_specifiedSettings";
    FieldInfo fi1 = typeof(ParallelQuery).GetField(name1,
        BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
    if (fi1 == null) throw new InvalidOperationException($"Field {name1} not found.");
    object querySettings = fi1.GetValue(source);
    if (querySettings == null) throw new InvalidOperationException($"{name1} is null.");
    const string name2 = "TaskScheduler";
    PropertyInfo pi2 = querySettings.GetType().GetProperty(name2,
        BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
    if (pi2 == null) throw new InvalidOperationException($"Property {name2} not found.");
    pi2.SetValue(querySettings, scheduler);
    fi1.SetValue(source, querySettings); // The QuerySettings is a struct
    return source;
}

Usage example:
TaskScheduler lowPriorityScheduler = new ConcurrentExclusiveSchedulerPair(
    TaskScheduler.Default, Environment.ProcessorCount).ConcurrentScheduler;

var query = source
    .AsParallel()
    .WithScheduler(lowPriorityScheduler)
    //...

You could use the same lowPriorityScheduler to schedule other operations that should run with low priority, in parallel with this and other queries. All these operations combined will use at most Environment.ProcessorCount threads from the ThreadPool. All other threads that are available beyond this limit, will be used exclusively by non-low-priority operations.
You could also take a look at this somewhat related question.


FILE | Children watch a York County Library presentation during its summer reading program.
Taking the City Ministry will host a Bringing it to the Neighborhood event at the Hagin/Fewell Street substation at 5 p.m. Saturday. The Outreach Ministry is in partnership with the Urban Rock Hill Weed and Seed program.
Activities will include live music, a youth praise dance, free food, words of encouragement and more. The event is free and open to the public. For more information or to arrange transportation, call Deaconess Jacqui at 328-2263.
Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism will have a paddle trip on the New River Saturday. The group will paddle a 10-mile stretch on the river through Ashe County, N.C., near North Wilkesboro. Participants can purchase a meal at Shatley Springs Inn Restaurant, which serves family-style home cooking. Previous paddling experience is recommended. Pre-registration is required. Cost is $65 per person or $50 for tagalongs with their own boat. Transportation is included in the cost.
A new state historical marker will be unveiled at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at 4028 Woodlawn St., Sharon. Speaker will be Jerry West, a historian and director of the Museum of Western York County.
West co-authored the text for the historical marker commemorative booklet with Culture and Heritage Museums historian Michael Scoggins. The marker will commemorate the First National Bank of Sharon, founded in 1909 and the oldest continuous operating bank in York County. First National Bank of Sharon was an independent national bank until it merged with First Citizens Bank in 1986. The event is free. For details, visit www.chmuseums.org.
The 2008 Kids Art Show and Sale in Lancaster is seeking works of art from students ages 5 to 18. All two- and three-dimensional works are accepted. Art is due by July 6 to Bob Doster's Backstreet Gallery, 217 East Gay St., Lancaster.
To schedule a delivery time, call (803) 285-9190. All work exhibited can be offered for sale with proceeds to the artists. The exhibit and sale will be from 5 to 8 p.m. July 11 at the gallery. The event is open to the public and refreshments will be served. For details, call Avant Garde Center for the Arts, (803) 287-7853 or e-mail csmstevens@comporium.net.
Boyd Hill Baptist Church Youth Outreach Ministries will have a kick-off for its youth program from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the church, 315 Glenn St., Rock Hill.
Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. The event will include praise teams and youth speakers. Door prizes will be awarded every 30 minutes, but you must be at the event by 12:30 p.m. to be eligible. Admission is free and all youth are invited to attend. Lunch will be served. For details, call Rev. Neely-Goodwin at 327-8825 or Pastor Barber at 327-2422.
A free program about easy healthy eating will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the York County Library, 138 E. Black St., Rock Hill. An expert will discuss how to makeover favorite recipes, discover healthy restaurant options and decipher supplement claims. The program is offered in conjunction with the YMCA Activate series for healthy living. For details, visit www.yclibrary.org.
n Good Samaritan United Methodist Church will have a July 4th celebration at 7 p.m. Saturday at the church, 5220 Crowders Cove Lane, Lake Wylie. Activities include fellowship and karaoke. The event is open to the public.
n The Lake Wylie Community Fourth of July fireworks display will be at dusk, approximately 9:45 p.m., July 4 at Lake Wylie by the Buster Boyd Bridge, S.C. Hwy. 49 at Lake Wylie. The best viewing sites are the Buster Boyd Bridge Boat Landing, T-Bones on the Lake outside deck, Rey Azteca deck at Lake Wylie Plaza and Lake Wylie Italian and Pizza on patio at Lake Wylie Plaza.
n The Tega Cay Lions Club will have its annual fish fry from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 4 at the Phillip Glennon Community Center in Tega Cay. The menu choices will include flounder or chicken fingers with baked beans, potato salad, hushpuppies, slaw and iced tea. Cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children. Bruster's Real Ice Cream will sell ice cream. Food is available for dine-in in the air conditioned community center or take-out . Tickets may be purchased from any Tega Cay Lion or by calling 548-1648 or 548-3539. Following the fish fry, the City of Tega Cay will have its 26th anniversary party, a dedication of the Philip T. Glennon Community Center, the cutting of the birthday cake and fireworks.
n The annual July 4th firing of the cannon and Independence Day Celebration will be at 10 a.m. July 4 in the Historic Band Stand in Confederate Park downtown Fort Mill. Guest speaker will be Congressman John M. Spratt. The event will also feature patriotic music and Mike Short will fire the cannon in celebration of the nation's 232nd birthday. The event is free and open to the public. For details call 547-2116. The Town of Fort Mill is sponsoring the event.
n Library hours 3 to 6 p.m., activities 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Monday.
n Library hours 9 a.m. to noon, activities 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., June 30.
n Library hours 3 to 6 p.m., activities 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., July 14.
n Library hours 9 a.m. to noon, activities 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., July 21.
n Library hours from 3 to 6 p.m., activities from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. July 28.
n Library hours from 9 a.m. to noon, activities from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Aug. 4.
All York County libraries will offer a free vacation reading program for ages 3 to 12 through Aug. 1. For details, visit www.yclibrary.org or call 981-5888. Children can keep track of minutes read or being read to and will receive prizes when they meet goals.
n Insect-O-Mania, for ages 10 to 12, 11 a.m. Monday and 3 p.m. July 29, York County Library, Rock Hill. Learn about the fascinating life of bees from a local beekeeper and make an earthworm hotel. To register, call 981-5888.
n Creepy, Crawly Critters, for ages 6 to 9, 3 p.m. Tuesday and 11 a.m. July 22 at the York County Library. To register call 981-5888. Explore the lives of good and bad bugs with a special guest, The Orkin Lady, become a certified master bug hunter and make insect crafts.
n Teddy Time, 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Tuesday at the Fort Mill Public Library; 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. Wednesday at the York County Library; 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Clover Public Library; 2:30 and 4 p.m. Thursday at the York Public Library; and 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Lake Wylie Public Library. A lovable bunch of teddy bears dance, play music, juggle and get into some mischief in this puppet show presented by Becky's Box of Puppets.
n Itty Bitty Baby Bugs, for babies 23 months and under and their caregivers, 4 p.m. July 1 or 10 a.m. July 17 at the York County Library, call 981-5888 to register. Bring your babies to a wiggly, giggly story time filled with stories, rhymes and songs about our smallest creatures.
n Sadie's Spectacular Saturday, 1, 2:30, and 4 p.m. at the Fort Mill Public Library; 1, 2:30 and 4 p.m. July 2 at the York County Library; 10:30 a.m. July 3 at the Clover Public Library; and 2:30 and 4 p .m. July 3 at the York Public Library.
n Teen Screen, 2 to 4 p.m. June 30 at the York County Library. Teens can watch a movie; the title will be announced later.
n Teen Advisory Board, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the York County Library. The teen advisory board selects materials for the young adult collection and plans events for teens.
n Anime Club, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Monday at the York County Library. Join other fans to view and discuss anime and manga, hear guest speakers and share work.
n Green Teens: Make a jean purse, 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Mill Public Library. Call 547-4114 to register. Turn your jeans into a funky purse.
n The York County Library, 138 E. Black St., Rock Hill, 981-5858.
n The York Library, 21 E. Liberty St., York, 684-3751.
n The Clover Library, 107 Knox St., Clover, (803) 222-3474.
n The Fort Mill Library, 1818 Second Baxter Crossing, Fort Mill, 547-4114.
n The Lake Wylie Library, 185 Blucher Circle, Lake Wylie, (803) 831-7774.
The Emmett Scott Class of 1962 will have a fellowship picnic at 5 p.m. July 5 at Cherry Park. All alumni are invited to enjoy fellowship, food and fun. 2009 reunion packages will be given out. For details, call Jackie Thomas at (803) 817-1703.
n The 2008 Power of Mentoring golf tournament will be at 9 a.m. Friday with a shotgun start at Waterford Golf Club, 1900 Clubhouse Drive, Rock Hill.
A continental breakfast will be served at 8 a.m. Entry fee is $80 per person and $300 per four-person team. Fee includes range balls, green fee, GPS, online scoring cart, continental breakfast and lunch. Proceeds will benefit the Rock Hill schools mentoring program, which provides a support system to enhance the school experience.
For details, call Zipporah Little at 981-1088 or e-mail her at zlittle@rock-hill.k12.sc.us.
n Faith Christian Ministries Men's Ministry will have a fish fry beginning at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at 213 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill. Fish sandwiches are $3.50 and fish plates are $6.50. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be sold. To pre-order or for delivery, call 328-2246.
n Thrift Store Ministries of Western York County, 31 N. Congress St., York, will have a buy-one-get-one-free sale on all cassette tapes this week and all books are $1 per inch. The store needs donations of furniture, clothing, appliances and other items. Volunteers are needed. Store hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday; the store is closed Wednesday. Thrift Store Ministries serves needy families in the York school district. For details, call 628-0808.
n The Bethesda Fire Department is having a pre-order barbecue and hash sale for July 4. Whole cooked Boston Butts are $20, chopped barbecue is $8 per pound and beef hash is $6 per pound. Pre-orders will be taken until June 30 by calling 242-0572. Orders can be picked up beginning at 7 a.m. July 4. All proceeds will go toward the purchase of new equipment.
n The Ballroom Dance Club will have its fourth Friday dance from 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Springs Recreation Complex, 971 Tom Hall St., Fort Mill. Disc Jockey will be Jim Wright. Dress is dressy casual and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Members are asked to bring snacks to share. Admission for first- and second-time visitors is $5 and other visitors are $10. Beginners and experienced dancers are welcome. For details, call Joyce at 366-9805 or visit www.theballroomdanceclub.com.
n The York County Board of Disabilities and Special Needs will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in the administration building, 7900 Park Place Road in the East York Industrial Park, York.
n The Rock Hill branch of the NAACP will have general and youth division meetings at 6 p.m. today and an executive meeting at 5 p.m. today at the Freedom Center, 215 E. Main St., Rock Hill. Topics will include the Centennial Celebration, State Conference Convention in Charlotte, the election of officers for the 2009-2011 years, criteria for a NAACP scholarship and how to apply for the economic stimulus payment. For details, call Susie B. Hinton at 366-2184.
n The Tega Cay Vintage Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Tega Cay Golf Club, in the Phil Glennon Community Center, 1 Molokai Drive, Tega Cay. Cocktails will begin at 6:30 p.m.
n The Rock Hill chapter of NPHC, the National Pan-Helenic Council, will have a one-year anniversary celebration with a three-day event Wednesday through Friday this week. Events include a Home and Safety program at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the York County Library in Rock Hill, 138 E. Black St., Rock Hill; a meet the council and the Alumni Greek Community at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Backstage Karaoke Lounge, 1106 N. Anderson Road, Rock Hill; and a Greek picnic from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday in Confederate Park, North Confederate Avenue, Rock Hill. Advanced meal tickets for the picnic are $10 and can be purchased from a council member or by contacting committee chair, Anthony at (803) 361-5576.
n The Rock Hill chapter National Federation of the Blind will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Red Cross building, 200 Piedmont Blvd., Rock Hill. Discussion topics will include the past yard sale and the upcoming national convention.
Free HIV testing will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at Galilee Baptist Church, 15 Galilean Road, York. Friday is National HIV Testing Day, a national mobilization to encourage people to get tested. Refreshments and prizes will be available.
Catawba Care Coalition is sponsoring the event. The coalition provides free walk-in HIV testing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday at 1151 Camden Ave., Rock Hill.
Carolina Community Actions is offering the Emergency Cooling and Direct Assistance Cooling program to assist eligible households facing a crisis with electric bills or air conditioners because of severe heat. The households must not have been served from January 2008 through April 30, 2008.
The program offers assistance only one time during the year. Priority is given to households of the elderly, disabled or containing children ages 5 or younger.
Other programs are available to assist with other needs, such as rent, utilities, water, medicine employment and more. For details, call the Carolina Community Actions office in your county, York, 366-5537; Chester (803) 385-5205; and Lancaster, (803) 285-2034.
The 2008 Western York County Senior Expo will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Filbert Presbyterian Church, 2066 Filbert Highway, York. The expo invites seniors, caregivers and health professionals to view products, benefits and services for the elderly in York County.
Free health services, screenings and information will be provided. Admission, food and beverages are free. There will be entertainment and door prizes. The Greater York Chamber of Commerce with the Greater Clover Chamber of Commerce and Individuals Caring for the Elderly are sponsoring the event.


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Explore, Automotive
Top Tier Automotive Elegance
Published Thursday, March 1, 2018
Top Tier Automotive Elegance: La Jolla Concours d'Elegance
There are two main types of classic car shows. The most common is a simple gathering of vintage cars for people to enjoy. Then, there's the more formal Concours d'Elegance, where top tier classics are strictly judged for authenticity and awarded much-coveted trophies. A concours is a challenging event to create and maintain, and more than a few have bitten the dust. But the annual La Jolla event has successfully managed to be both kinds of show, adding a Concours d'Elegance to a successful street gathering, a tour for classic cars, and festive parties.
2017 Best in Show, Ron and Sandy Hansen, 1921 Duesenberg – A Dual Cowl Phaeton
What Classic Car Owners Want
About five years ago, the La Jolla Historical Society approached Michael Dorvillier, a financial executive and classic car owner, about revitalizing The Jewel's car show and the Concours d'Elegance. Dorvillier reached out to leading classic car owners to see what might entice them to bring their cars to the La Jolla venue. The simple answer was "judging."
Collectors who spend huge amounts of time and treasure to restore a vintage car to essentially new, showroom condition want its merits to be fairly assessed by knowledgeable judges. Too often, some show organizers take an easier route and have the Classic Car Club or Sports Car Club of America take over judging duties. For some car classes, that works just fine. But in other cases, not so much.
So, Dorvillier brought in Pebble Beach Chief Judge Ed Gilbertson to team with veteran La Jolla Chief Judge Dr. Cy Conrad to assemble a peerless panel of judges. Shortly after, Conrad retired and Nigel Matthews, a world-class judge, took the helm. A well-regarded selection committee was established to stage a top tier field of collector cars. Dorvillier says that moving the Concours event up a level was possible because of the past work and enthusiastic support of the La Jolla community.
Michael Dorvillier and Mayor Kevin Faulconer
What the Public and Sponsors Want
The La Jolla Concours d'Elegance's accompanying La Jolla Motor Car Classic, with about 100 interesting vintage, super sport, and hot rod cars, is the perfect transition from downtown La Jolla to the main Concours gates at Scripps Park along the stunning coastline. The show is well organized and a variety of car clubs award their own trophies to participants.
The celebration begins the evening of Friday, April 6, with the "Dapper and Delight Soirée" at the elegant Covo on Prospect. On Saturday, classic cars take to the road for a driving tour and that evening, a VIP Reception will host nearly 1,200 entrants, sponsors, and guests. On Sunday, more than 20 vintage aircraft will fly over the cars on the Concours field. It's a full weekend of celebrating the classics.
2017 Judges
Lincoln Honored
Every year, a historic carmaker or coachbuilder is selected as the Concours' honored marque. For 2018, Lincoln was chosen, and attendees will see a remarkable gathering of the venerable brand's classics. New models from San Diego's exclusive dealer, Witt Lincoln, will be on display at both the Concours and the Motor Car Classic. The Witt family will bring their 1964 Lincoln Continental Convertible, restored right at the dealership and showcased on the field for judging. lajollaconcours.com Brian Douglas
Tagged Cars, La Jolla, La Jolla Concours d'Elegance, Lincoln, March 2018 Feature, Witt Lincoln
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Smallish so-called crossover SUVs have become the "must have" in an automaker's product portfolio. Lexus began the assault in earnest with its RX model line and others quickly jumped on the bandwagon. And when brands didn't follow the formula, like Cadillac's original SRX that was just too big, they quickly made a course correction. A…
Bringing Elegance to Reno
Cruising to the Reno Air Races in Bentley's flagship Mulsanne   It had been way too long since I traveled to Reno for the annual air races and the last few times I made the pilgrimage, I flew with my brother and friends in light aircraft. In vivid contrast, driving to Reno and back seems…
Rediscovering Jaguars Roots
The company that wowed the world with its XK sports cars launches another hit   For luxury brands, two-passenger sports cars can be challenging. In the big GT category, Mercedes-Benz SL models have rebuffed challenges from serious rivals while volume in the luxury sports class has been Porsche's province. In the high-luxe category, Ferrari, Lamborghini,…
True Grand Touring
Mercedes incorporates the best of its fabled Gullwing heritage in the SLS GT   Recreating an iconic car by reaching back into a company's history is fraught with potential peril, especially when the icon was produced in the 1950s. So Mercedes-Benz was faced with the same challenges Ford encountered with its GT supercar. That is,…


2 Matching Set Of Blue California License Plates-1978 October Tags 526-THJ. Matching set of California plates last registered in 1978. These plates have great color and are in great condition in my opinion for 40 year old plates. They do have flaws like scratches, scuffs, dirt, marks, dings, bend, tape marks and other blemishes. There all very minor in my opinion.
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Измайловский сельсовет — упразднённая административно-территориальная единица, существовавшая на территории Московской губернии и Московской области до 1935 года.

Измайловский сельсовет был образован в первые годы советской власти. По данным 1924 года он входил в состав Разинской волости Московского уезда Московской губернии.

По данным 1926 года в состав сельсовета входили село Измайлово, детская консультация при селе Измайлове и лесная сторожка при селе Измайлове.

В 1929 году Измайловский с/с был отнесён к Реутовскому району Московского округа Московской области.

10 мая 1935 года на территории Измайловского с/с был образован рабочий посёлок Измайлово, а Измайловский с/с при этом упразднён (10 ноября 1936 года р.п. Измайлово был включён в черту города Москвы).

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Упразднённые сельсоветы Балашихинского района


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Every state should do what Oregon did to get voters to turn out. It worked, big time.
A magical thing happens when registering to vote becomes easier — or, if you can even imagine, effortless.
Case in point: Oregon.
Image via iStock.
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Just as he's set to leave office, the governor of Kentucky makes a bold move to help ex-convicts.
Politicians frequently do their best work when they no longer have to play politics.
The latest example? Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, whose term is up in January, signed an executive order restoring voting rights to convicted felons who have completed their sentences.
The executive order doesn't apply to all convicted felons — according to Beshear, felons convicted of violent crimes, sex crimes, bribery, or treason will still not be allowed to vote — but thousands of Kentucky residents who have served their time for nonviolent offenses will finally have their full citizenship rights back.
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Here are 3 big reasons millions of Americans don't feel like voting.
Brandon Weber
Gerrymandering. The primary voting system. The U.S. Electoral College.
These are just some of the problem areas with our system of choosing and electing those who represent us in each branch of government.
So ... what's wrong? Let's examine these three systems.
1. Gerrymandering is what happens when districts are divided up to favor one political party over another.
Also known as "redistricting," gerrymandering is when the incumbents who are in power after an election get to draw the boundary lines to make up districts of voters that benefit their own party. It's super hard to explain.
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This 4 bedroom Town House sits in a gated community with a lake view from the large patio.
Ground floor is a large open family room having a modern feel, with dining table and comfortable seating area for enjoying the 60 inch flat screen TV. The well equipped kitchen is a large expanse of polished granite and 4 bar stools. The garage has a double sided games table with pool and air hockey. The patio has a dining area and comfortable seating as well. The ground floor rest room is located adjacent the front entrance door.
The en-suite Master Bedroom is furnished with a modern King size bed, bed side cabinets, dresser, built in closet and a 42 inch TV.
The second en-suite bedroom is furnished with a modern Queen size bed, bed side cabinet, dresser, built in closet and a 42 inch TV.
The fourth bedroom is furnished with a bunk bed having full sized base and a twin upper, dresser, built in closet and a 42 inch TV.
The third full bathroom with shower is located off the landing.
Air conditioning is located through out the property.


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Q: Trouble finding next threshold in IDA* algorithm I'm working with 3x3 and 4x4 sliding puzzle and I did my A* algorithm and works as expected. But now I have to code the IDA* since 4x4 is a big big deal. I'm having trouble finding the next threshold in each iteration of the recursive thing.
Taken from Korf's:
"At each iteration, the
threshold used for the next iteration is the minimum cost of all values that
exceeded the current threshold."
This is the part that I just can't code, I understand it but just can't.
Here is my cpp file:
#include <iostream>
#include "IDAstar.h"
using namespace std;

void IDAstar::DFS(state &start, state &goal, int d, int &f, bool &foundGoal, int Puzzle){
    if(start == goal){
        cout << "Cost: " << start.cost << endl;
        foundGoal = true;
        return;
    }
    vector<Action> PossibleActions;
    environment.GetActions(start, PossibleActions, Puzzle);
    for(int i=0;i<PossibleActions.size();i++){
            /*The missing code should
                go around here?*/
        state simulator;
        simulator = start;
        environment.ApplyAction(simulator, PossibleActions[i], Puzzle);
        simulator.cost = simulator.cost + 1;
        simulador.heuristic = environment.HCost(simulator, Puzzle);
        if(simulator.cost+simulator.heuristic <= d)
                    /* or inside this if? */
            DFS(start, environment.goal, d, f, foundGoal, Puzzle);
    }
}

void IDAstar::GetPath(state &start, int Puzzle){
    int d = environment.HCost(start, Puzzle);
    int f = d;
    environment.SetGoal(Puzzle);
    bool foundGoal = false;
    while(true){
        DFS(start, environment.goal, d, f, foundGoal, Puzzle);
        d = f;
        if(foundGoal)
            return;
    }
}

So a few explanations:

*

*d is the variable that defines the depth of the search at each
iteration

*f is the variable I created to receive the minimum ... (What I said
about Korf's that I can't code)

*environment, Action and state are classes that I created to help to
solve the problem

*Puzzle is an int (9 or 16) to represent which puzzle I'm dealing
with.

Please any help would be much appreciated!
If you need any other cpp file - like Action/environment classes - or .h file just ask.


The MSc degree programs necessitate the completion of at least 24 credits coursework, a seminar course and a graduate thesis. The 24 credits coursework should include at least 8 courses half of which should be chosen from the compulsory courses list. At least 30% of the 24 credit hours should be courses instructed in English. The maximum duration allowed for completion of the program (while maintaining all the given student privileges) is 6 terms, and the final GPA should at least be 3.00. At least one of the taken courses should be a mathematics course.
The PhD program requires at least 21 credits hours from at least seven courses for students with an MSc degree. Students with a BSc degree should complete at least 42 credits hours from at least 14 courses. A qualification exam, a thesis proposal and thesis work are also required for the completion of the PhD study. At least 30% of the credit hours should be courses instructed in English, and at least 50% of the credit hours should be PhD courses (600 level courses). Students who got admitted to the PhD program after a BSc degree should chose at least 25% of the required coursework from the compulsory courses list of the corresponding MSc program. Students should complete their course work with a GPA of at least 3.00. After the completion of the coursework, students should take the qualification exam at the latest one term later with the approval of their advisor. The duration allowed for the PhD study (while maintaining all the given student privileges) is 6 years (12 terms) for students who got admitted with an MSc degree and 9 years (18 terms) for students who got admitted with a BSc degree.


A global effort to save the Arctic Sea ice habitat for endangered polar bears is being backed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and the charity the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation.
The park, home to four majestic polar bears, has joined the call to the public to save energy to reduce the global warming that is devastating the Arctic ice cap.
Arctic Sea Ice Day, which takes place on Friday July 15 with events around the world, is focusing on the drastic reduction of the minimum ice levels which are declining by 13.4% per decade. The diminishing ice, which supports a vast eco system of animals and plants, poses a huge threat to polar bears whose hunting grounds are vanishing.
"The Arctic is far away and vast so people don't necessarily realise that the sea ice is rapidly receding and animals, such as polar bears, are struggling to survive," said Cheryl Williams, Trustee of the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation.
YWP is part of the international programme to protect the species and its 10-acre Project Polar Reserve – home to the country's only polar bears Victor, Pixel, Nissan and Nobby – is a unique centre for conservation and welfare and one of the largest polar bear reserves outside Canada. The reserves of Project Polar have rolling hills, lakes and caves mirroring the Arctic summer tundra.
Visitors are mesmerised by the four bears playing together and diving – the largest lake is 8m deep and an acre in size.
Polar Bears are one of many species that depend on the Arctic Sea ice, using it to hunt and build winter dens for birthing. Every year, they are forced ashore earlier in the summer because of warmer conditions while the winter ice is taking longer to form and depriving them of food.
The condition and survival of many adult polar bears and their reproductive success is tightly related to their fat stores. Females who are in poor condition have smaller litters and smaller cubs that are less likely to survive.
Arctic Sea Ice Day organisers say the public can help with small changes to their shopping, eating and living habits such as buying less meat and choosing sustainable foods to help reduce carbon emissions.
Making sure lights are switched off and unplugged and keeping the thermostat at 18C or below would also reduce C02 emission.
"We stand at a point of no return; we can continue on this detrimental path or make a choice to change the way we live our lives," added Ms Williams.
YWP, which puts conservation at the heart of all its activities, is the UK's fastest growing and most innovative walk through experience.
Visitors come almost face to face with some of the world's most beautiful and rare animals, including Amur Leopards, Tigers, Painted Dogs, Giraffes, Lemurs and many more.
YWP is at the forefront of many international breeding and conservation initiatives and the Yorkshire Wildlife Park Foundation raises money for conservation and welfare projects overseas.


Moving from a 'throwaway society' will require all of us to change our behaviours. There is an existing evidence base to provide a starting point. My review paper collating the international evidence base for waste prevention (http://bit.ly/XC3wAp) sets out a conceptual framework to facilitate navigation through the various behavioural influences on businesses.
Engage people through education and information: from primary schools and professional courses to practical business support.
Enable people to do the right thing, for example through certification and supply chain initiatives. This means misshapen fruit and veg can be sold, sustainable products become available and reused items are guaranteed to work.
Encourage, through the 'carrot' of differential rates of VAT or reward schemes and the 'stick' of potential producer responsibility.
Exemplify, for example through Government procurement and funded demonstration projects.
There are also gaps in the existing evidence. Priorities include making an effective business case for waste prevention; exploration of business behaviours; and research on measuring success in preventing waste.
What do you think? Join the conversation on our LinkedIn page (http://linkd.in/11h1g1G) or Twitter (@MRWmagazine).


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F120. Dystopias and Utopias in Contemporary Asian American Literature
Ted Chiang writes in Story of Your Life: "Despite knowing the journey and where it leads, I embrace it and welcome every moment." Despite Chiang's renown, little attention has been paid to dystopian and utopian visions in Asian American works, particularly by women. Four writers examine the speculative impulse present in literature that on its face is about contemporary political events, combining brief readings, a Q & A on cross-genre literary work and craft, and an audience writing exercise.
Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Jimin Han is the author of the novel, Small Revolution. Her work appears in Platypus's digital shorts series, NPR's Weekend America, Poets & Writers Magazine, Hyphen Magazine, and the Rumpus, among others. She teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College.
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint is the author of the novel, The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, A Haven. Her short stories have appeared in Black Warrior Review, TriQuarterly, and Kenyon Review Online, among others. She is a PhD candidate in creative writing at the University of Denver.
Anita Felicelli is the author of a poetry collection, Letters to an Albatross, and the short story collection Love Songs for a Lost Continent, which won the 2016 Mary Roberts Rinehart Fiction contest. She graduated from UC Berkeley and UC Berkeley Law School.