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Weekend recommendation: NOSH NOSH!
Brevity is the spice of life: The short film programme NOSH NOSH of the 27th JFBB will show six short films from Germany, Israel and Turkey whose ingredients could not be more different on Saturday at the Filmmuseum Potsdam and on Sunday at the City Kino Wedding in Berlin, both at 8 pm.
Jewish film art is as multifaceted as the stories of the people it tells. Jewish film can be gentle, it can be thought-provoking, it can be oppressive. It is often political, and more and more often humorous. The 27th JFBB has combined all this in its short film programme NOSH NOSH.
Irina Rubina will be represented here with her animated short film BLACK SNOT & GOLDEN SQUARES (DE/2020). The film poem processes feelings of the first lockdown that we can all relate to:
*"BLACK SNOT & GOLDEN SQUARES was created quite spontaneously in the first Lockdown, so the need for closeness turned into a contagion-free cinematic embrace. We're hugely excited to be showing this for the first time at the JFBB in the cinema to a physically present audience and not just at home in front of the screen at online screenings."
Rubina will be at the screening in Potsdam together with teammates - best opportunity for a after-lockdown exchange!
In Tal Shmuni's NECRO-MEN (IL/2020), tricksters play on people's fear of the devil, which the Jewish-Muslim duo promises to exorcise from their fellow men - but in the end the tide is to turn for them.
Orthodox, Jewish and gay: The protagonist in the documentary RABBI FALSCH (IL/2019) by Roy Goldman had his coming out and is subsequently disowned by his family. The film enjoyed success in the LGBTQ+ community and screened at TLVfest for LGBTQ+ films.
RETURN TO MOTHERLAND (IL/2019) by Ron Rotschild deals with the refugee story of his grandmother Ruth, which miraculously converges 80 years later with the story of an Eritrean in Seeburg, Germany.
Rotschild will also be present at the screening at the Potsdam Film Museum to talk about his short film.
We learn that true friendship knows no borders and can have special faces in Ilay Mevorach's film RINA AND ZAKI (IL/2020) - a short portrait of a long and unusual friendship.
Last but not least, the Turkish family comedy SUSAM (2021) by Sami Morhayim will amuse us in the NOSH NOSH programme: Susam disappears at his own bar mitzvah, causing quite a stir in the festivities.
Here tickets are available for the short film programme NOSH NOSH!
BLACK SNOT & GOLDEN SQUARES, RABBI FALSE, RETURN TO MOTHERLAND and RINA AND ZAKI are also available in our VoD programme until the end of August!


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Apr 17, 2019byDelara Zand
Fashion's Most Powerful Names Raise Nearly One Billion Dollars In 24 Hours To Rebuild Notre-Dame
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17April2019byDelara Zand
Those at the helm of LVMH, Kering and L'Oreal have made contributions to rescue France's historic landmark
Images of the orange blaze engulfing the roof of France's iconic Gothic cathedral have swept newsfeeds this week, with many across the world sharing the image in a show of solidarity with the French nation.
When a fire broke out at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday, onlookers captured the disaster and the subsequent display of sorrow on photograph and video.
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An outpouring of grief and shock ensued, as citizens and stars alike nostalgically reflected on Notre Dame's longtime status as a symbol of French culture, civilisation and national identity.
Some of the most influential figures in the fashion and beauty industry were quick to make their contribution to the cause.
François-Henri Pinault, husband of former Harper's BAZAAR Arabia cover star Salma Hayek and CEO of Kering, the luxury group owning Gucci, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Lauren, has pledged over €100 million (around Dhs415 million) to the restoration effort.
As many others I'm in deep shock and sadness to witness the beauty of Notre-Dame turn into smoke. I love you Paris. Comme beaucoup d'autres, c'est avec effroi et tristesse que je regarde la beauté de Norte-Dame partir en fumée... Paris, je t'aime ! #notredame #paris
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Bertrand Arnault, CEO of LVMH, the luxury conglomerate looking after brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior and Celine, contributed over €200 million (around Dhs830 million).
LVMH also pledged its skills and expertise, announcing in a statement, "LVMH Group puts at the disposal of the State and the relevant authorities all its teams – including creative, architectural and financial specialists – to help with the long work of reconstruction and fundraising, which is already in progress."
Mobilisation de la famille Arnault et du groupe LVMH pour Notre-Dame « La famille Arnault et le groupe LVMH, solidaires de cette tragédie nationale, s'associent à la reconstruction de cette extraordinaire cathédrale, symbole de la France, de son patrimoine et de son unité. Ils feront un don d'une somme globale de 200 millions d'euros au fonds dédié à la reconstruction de cette œuvre architecturale, qui fait partie de l'Histoire de France. D'ici là, le groupe LVMH met à la disposition de l'Etat et des instances concernées toutes ses équipes, créatives, architecturales, financières, pour aider au long travail de reconstruction d'une part, et de collecte de fonds d'autre part, qui s'annonce. » _ Commitment by the Arnault Family and LVMH Group for Notre-Dame de Paris The Arnault family and the LVMH Group, in solidarity with this national tragedy, are committed to assist with the reconstruction of this extraordinary cathedral, symbol of France, its heritage and its unity. They will donate a total sum of 200 million euros to the fund dedicated to the reconstruction of this architectural work, which is a core part of the French History. In the meantime, the LVMH Group puts at the disposal of the State and the relevant authorities all its teams – including creative, architectural and financial specialists - to help with the long work of reconstruction and fundraising, which is already in progress. _ Credit: Gpesenti, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Picture cropped and turned in N&B _ #notredame #paris #lvmh
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Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, heiress of L'Oreal, has promised a further €200 million (Dhs830 million), bringing the total donated to around €600 million, or Dhs2.5 billion. Apple's CEO Tim Cook also took to Twitter to add that the tech company would also lend its support.
We are heartbroken for the French people and those around the world for whom Notre Dame is a symbol of hope. Relieved that everyone is safe. Apple will be donating to the rebuilding efforts to help restore Notre Dame's precious heritage for future generations— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) April 16, 2019
French President Emmanuel Macron invited donations from the public and made clear his intention to salvage France's heritage, stating in an address to the nation, "We will rebuild the cathedral of Notre-Dame and make it even more beautiful than before."
Notre-Dame is aflame. Great emotion for the whole nation. Our thoughts go out to all Catholics and to the French people. Like all of my fellow citizens, I am sad to see this part of us burn tonight. https://t.co/27CrJgJkJb— Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) April 15, 2019
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\section{Introduction} \label{intro}
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The table of integrals \cite{gr} contains some evaluations that can be
derived by elementary means from the {\em gamma function}, defined by
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(a) = \int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-x} \, dx.
\label{gamma-def}
\end{equation}
\noindent
The convergence of the integral in (\ref{gamma-def}) requires $a > 0$.
The goal of this paper is to present some of these evaluations
in a systematic manner. The
techniques developed here will be employed
in future publications. The reader will find in \cite{irrbook} analytic
information about this important function.

The gamma function represents the extension of factorials to real parameters.
The value
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(n) = (n-1)!, \text{ for } n \in \mathbb{N}
\end{equation}
\noindent
is elementary. On the other hand, the special value
\begin{equation}
\Gamma \left( \tfrac{1}{2} \right) = \sqrt{\pi}
\end{equation}
\noindent
is equivalent to the well-known {\em normal integral}
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty}  \text{exp}(-t^{2}) \, dt =
 \tfrac{1}{2} \Gamma \left( \tfrac{1}{2} \right).
\label{normal}
\end{equation}
\noindent
The reader will find in \cite{irrbook} proofs of Legendre's duplication
formula
\begin{equation}
\Gamma \left( x + \tfrac{1}{2} \right) = \frac{\Gamma(2x) \sqrt{\pi}}{\Gamma(x)
\, 2^{2x-1}},
\label{legendre}
\end{equation}
\noindent
that produces for $x = m \in \mathbb{N}$ the values

\begin{equation}
\Gamma \left( m + \tfrac{1}{2} \right) = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2^{2m}} \,
\frac{(2m)!}{m!}.
\label{gammahalf}
\end{equation}
\noindent
This appears as $\mathbf{3.371}$ in \cite{gr}.

\section{The introduction of a parameter} \label{sec-parameter}
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The presence of a parameter in a definite integral provides great amount of
flexibility. The
change of variables $ x = \mu t$ in (\ref{gamma-def}) yields
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(a) = \mu^{a} \int_{0}^{\infty} t^{a-1} e^{-\mu t} \, dt.
\label{gamma1}
\end{equation}

\noindent
This appears as $\mathbf{3.381.4}$ in \cite{gr} and the choice $a = n+1$, with
$n \in \mathbb{N}$, that reads
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} t^{n}e^{- \mu t} \, dt = n! \, \mu^{-n-1}
\end{equation}
\noindent
appears as $\mathbf{3.351.3}$. \\

 The special case
$a = m+ \tfrac{1}{2}$, that appears as $\mathbf{3.371}$ in \cite{gr},
yields
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} t^{m - \tfrac{1}{2}} e^{- \mu t} \, dt =
\frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2^{2m}} \,
\frac{(2m)!}{m!} \mu^{-m - \tfrac{1}{2}},
\end{equation}
\noindent
is consistent with (\ref{gammahalf}).

\medskip

The combination
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{- \nu x} - e^{- \mu x}}{x^{ \rho + 1} } \, dx =
\frac{\mu^{\rho} - \nu^{\rho}}{\rho} \, \Gamma(1 - \rho),
\label{int-11}
\end{equation}
\noindent
that appears as $\mathbf{3.434.1}$ in \cite{gr} can
now be evaluated directly. The parameters are restricted by convergence:
$\mu, \, \nu > 0$ and $\rho < 1$. The
integral $\mathbf{3.434.2}$
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{- \mu x} - e^{- \nu x}}{x} \, dx  = \ln \frac{\nu}{\mu},
\end{equation}
\noindent
is obtained from (\ref{int-11}) by passing to the limit as $\rho \to 0$. This
is an example of {\em Frullani integrals} that will be discussed in a future
publication. \\

The reader will be able to check $\mathbf{3.478.1}$:

\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{\nu-1} \text{exp}(- \mu x^{p}) \, dx = \frac{1}{p} \mu^{-\nu/p}
\Gamma \left( \frac{\nu}{p} \right),
\end{equation}
\noindent
and $\mathbf{3.478.2}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{\nu-1} \left[ 1 - \text{exp}(-\mu x^{p} ) \right] \, dx =
-\frac{1}{|p|} \mu^{-\nu/p} \Gamma \left( \frac{\nu}{p} \right)
\end{equation}
\noindent
by introducing appropriate parameter reduction. \\

The parameters can be used to prove many of the classical identities for
$\Gamma(a)$.

\begin{Prop}
The gamma function satisfies
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(a+1) = a \, \Gamma(a).
\end{equation}
\end{Prop}
\begin{proof}
Differentiate (\ref{gamma1}) with respect to $\mu$ to produce
\begin{equation}
0 = a \mu^{a-1} \int_{0}^{\infty} t^{a-1}e^{-\mu t} \, dt -
\mu^{a} \int_{0}^{\infty} t^{a}e^{-\mu t} \, dt.
\end{equation}
\noindent
Now put $\mu=1$ to obtain the result.
\end{proof}

\medskip

Differentiating (\ref{gamma-def}) with respect to the parameter $a$ yields
\begin{equation}
\Gamma'(a) = \int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-x} \, \ln x \, dx.
\end{equation}
\noindent
Further differentiation introduces higher powers of $\ln x$:
\begin{equation}
\Gamma^{(n)}(a) = \int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-x} \, \left( \ln x \right)^{n} \, dx.
\end{equation}
\noindent
In particular, for $a=1$, we obtain:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} \left( \ln x \right)^{n} e^{-x} \, dx = \Gamma^{(n)}(1).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The special case $n=1$ yields
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-x} \, \ln x \, dx = \Gamma'(1).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The reader will find in \cite{irrbook}, page $176$ an elementary proof that
$\Gamma'(1) = -\gamma$, where
\begin{equation}
\gamma := \lim \limits_{n \to \infty} \sum_{k=1}^{n} \frac{1}{k} - \ln n
\end{equation}
\noindent
is Euler's constant. This is one of the fundamental numbers of Analysis.

On the other hand, differentiating (\ref{gamma1}) produces
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1}e^{-\mu x} \left( \ln x \right)^{n} \, dx =
\left( \frac{\partial}{\partial a} \right)^{n} \left[ \mu^{-a} \Gamma(a)
\right],
\label{derrr}
\end{equation}
\noindent
that appears as $\mathbf{4.358.5}$
in \cite{gr}. Using Leibnitz's differentiation
formula we obtain
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1}e^{-\mu x} \left( \ln x \right)^{n} \, dx =
\mu^{-a} \sum_{k=0}^{n} (-1)^{k} \binom{n}{k} \left( \ln \mu \right)^{k}
\Gamma^{(n-k)}(a).
\end{equation}
\noindent
In the special case $a=1$ we obtain
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-\mu x} \left( \ln x \right)^{n} \, dx =
\frac{1}{\mu} \sum_{k=0}^{n} (-1)^{k} \binom{n}{k} \left( \ln \mu \right)^{k}
\Gamma^{(n-k)}(1).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The cases $n=1, \, 2, \, 3$ appear as $\mathbf{4.331.1}, \,
\mathbf{4.335.1}$ and
$\mathbf{4.335.3}$ respectively.

In order to obtain analytic expressions for the terms $\Gamma^{(n)}(1)$, it
is convenient to introduce the {\em polygamma function}
\begin{equation}
\psi(x) = \frac{d}{dx} \ln \Gamma(x).
\label{poly-def}
\end{equation}
\noindent
The derivatives of $\psi$ satisfy
\begin{equation}
\psi^{(n)}(x) = (-1)^{n+1} n! \, \zeta(n+1,x),
\label{der-psi}
\end{equation}
\noindent
where
\begin{equation}
\zeta(z,q) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{(n+q)^{z}}
\end{equation}
\noindent
is the {\em Hurwitz zeta function}. In particular this gives
\begin{equation}
\psi^{(n)}(1) = (-1)^{n+1} \, n! \, \zeta(n+1).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The values of $\Gamma^{(n)}(1)$ can now be computed by recurrence via
\begin{equation}
\Gamma^{(n+1)}(1) = \sum_{k=0}^{n} \binom{n}{k} \Gamma^{(k)}(1)
\psi^{(n-k)}(1),
\end{equation}
\noindent
obtained by differentiating $\Gamma'(x) = \psi(x) \Gamma(x)$.  \\

Using (\ref{der-psi}) the reader will be able to check the first few
cases of (\ref{derrr}), we employ the notation $\delta = \psi(a) - \ln \mu$:
\noindent
\begin{eqnarray}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-\mu x} \ln^{2}x \, dx & = & \frac{\Gamma(a)}{\mu^{a}}
\left\{ \delta^{2} + \zeta(2,a) \right\}, \nonumber  \\
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-\mu x} \ln^{3}x \, dx & = & \frac{\Gamma(a)}{\mu^{a}}
\left\{ \delta^{3} + 3 \zeta(2,a) \delta - 2 \zeta(3,a) \right\}, \nonumber \\
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-\mu x} \ln^{4}x \, dx & = & \frac{\Gamma(a)}{\mu^{a}}
\left\{ \delta^{4} + 6 \zeta(2,a) \delta^{2} - 8 \zeta(3,a) \delta +
3 \zeta^{2}(2,a) + 6 \zeta(4,a) \right\}. \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
\noindent
These appear as $\mathbf{4.358.2}, \, \mathbf{4.358.3}$
and $\mathbf{4.358.4}$, respectively.

\section{Elementary changes of variables} \label{sec-changes}
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The use of appropriate changes of variables yields, from the basic
definition (\ref{gamma-def}), the evaluation of
more complicated definite integrals. For example, let $x = t^{b}$ to
obtain, with $c = ab-1$,
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} t^{c} \text{exp}(-t^{b}) \, dt = \frac{1}{b} \Gamma \left( \frac{c+1}{b}
\right).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The special case $a = 1/b$, that is $c=0$,  is
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty}  \text{exp}(-t^{b}) \, dt = \frac{1}{b} \Gamma \left( \frac{1}{b} \right),
\end{equation}
\noindent
that appears as $\mathbf{3.326.1}$ in \cite{gr}. The special case $b=2$ is the
normal integral (\ref{normal}).

We can now introduce an extra
parameter via $t = s^{1/b}x$. This produces
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty}  x^{m} \text{exp}(- s x^{b}) \, dx =
\frac{\Gamma(a)}{s^{a}b},
\label{gamma-4}
\end{equation}

\noindent
with $m = ab-1$. This formula appears (at least) three times in
\cite{gr}:  $\mathbf{3.326.2}, \mathbf{3.462.9}$
and $\mathbf{3.478.1}$. Moreover, the case $s=1, \,
c = (m + 1/2)n-1$ and $b=n$ appears as $\mathbf{3.473}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} \text{exp}(-x^{n}) x^{ \left(m+ \tfrac{1}{2} \right)n-1} \, dx =
\frac{(2m-1)!!}{2^{m} \, n} \sqrt{\pi}.
\end{equation}
\noindent
The form given here can be established using (\ref{gammahalf}). \\

Differentiating (\ref{gamma-4}) with respect to the parameter $m$ (keeping in
mind that $a = (m+1)/b$), yields

\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{m} e^{-sx^{b}} \, \ln x \, dx =
\frac{\Gamma(a)}{b^{2} \, s^{a}} \left[ \psi(a) - \ln s \right].
\label{gamma-7}
\end{equation}
\noindent
In particular, if $b=1$ we obtain
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{m} e^{-sx} \, \ln x \, dx =
\frac{\Gamma(m+1)}{ s^{m+1}}  \left[ \psi(m+1) - \ln s \right].
\label{gamma-7a}
\end{equation}
\noindent
The case $m=0$ and $b=2$ gives
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-sx^{2}} \, \ln x \, dx  = - \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{4 \sqrt{s}}
\left( \gamma + \ln 4s \right),
\end{equation}
\noindent
where we have used $\psi(1/2) = -\gamma - 2 \ln 2$. This appears
as $\mathbf{4.333}$
in \cite{gr}.

\medskip

An interesting example is $b=m=2$. Using the values
\begin{equation}
\Gamma \left( \tfrac{3}{2} \right) =
\sqrt{\pi}/2 \text{ and } \psi \left(\tfrac{3}{2} \right) =
2 - 2 \ln 2 - \gamma
\end{equation}
\noindent
the expression (\ref{gamma-7}) yields
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{2} e^{-sx^{2}} \, \ln x \, dx =
\frac{1}{8s}(2 - \ln 4s - \gamma) \, \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{s}}.
\label{form-99}
\end{equation}
\noindent
The values of $\psi$ at half-integers follow directly from (\ref{legendre}).
Formula (\ref{form-99}) appears as $\mathbf{4.355.1}$ in
\cite{gr}. Using (\ref{gamma-7}) it is easy to
verify
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} (\mu x^{2}- n)x^{2n-1}e^{-\mu x^{2}} \, \ln x \, dx =
\frac{(n-1)!}{4 \mu^{n}},
\end{equation}
\noindent
and
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} (2 \mu x^{2} - 2n-1)x^{2n} e^{-\mu x^{2}} \, \ln x \, dx =
\frac{(2n-1)!!}{2(2 \mu)^{n}} \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{\mu}},
\end{equation}
\noindent
for $n \in \mathbb{N}$. These
appear as, respectively,  $\mathbf{4.355.3}$ and
$\mathbf{4.355.4}$ in \cite{gr}. The
term $(2n-1)!!$ is the semi-factorial defined by
\begin{equation}
(2n-1)!! = (2n-1)(2n-3) \cdots 5 \cdot 3 \cdot 1.
\end{equation}

Finally, formula $\mathbf{4.369.1}$ in \cite{gr}
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{a-1} e^{-\mu x} \left[ \psi(a) - \ln x \right] \, dx =
\frac{\Gamma(a) \, \ln \mu}{\mu^{a}}
\end{equation}
\noindent
can be established by the methods developed here.  The more ambitious
reader will check that
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{n-1} e^{-\mu x} \left\{ [ \ln x - \tfrac{1}{2} \psi(n)]^{2} -
\tfrac{1}{2} \psi'(n) \right\} \, dx =
\frac{(n-1)!}{\mu^{n}} \left\{ [ \ln \mu - \tfrac{1}{2} \psi(n)]^{2} +
\tfrac{1}{2} \psi'(n) \right\}, \nonumber
\end{equation}
\noindent
that is $\mathbf{4.369.2}$ in \cite{gr}.  \\

We can also write (\ref{gamma-7}) in the exponential scale to obtain
\begin{equation}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} t e^{mt} \text{exp}\left( -s e^{bt} \right) \, dt =
\frac{\Gamma(m/b)}{b^{2}s^{m/b}} \left( \psi \left( \frac{m}{b} \right)-
\ln s \right).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The special case $b=m=1$ produces
\begin{equation}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} te^{t} \, \text{exp}\left(-se^{t} \right) \, dt =
- \frac{(\gamma + \ln s)}{s}
\end{equation}
\noindent
that appears as $\mathbf{3.481.1}$. The second
special case, appearing as $\mathbf{3.481.2}$,
is $b=2,\, m=1$, that yields
\begin{equation}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} te^{t} \, \text{exp}\left(-se^{2t} \right) \, dt =
- \frac{\sqrt{\pi} \, (\gamma + \ln 4s)}{4 \sqrt{s}}.
\end{equation}
\noindent
This uses the value $\psi(1/2) = -(\gamma + 2 \ln 2)$. \\

\medskip

There are many other possible changes of variables that lead to
interesting evaluations. We conclude this section with one more:
let $x = e^{t}$ to convert (\ref{gamma-def}) into
\begin{equation}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \text{exp} \left(-e^{x} \right) \, e^{ax} \, dx =
\Gamma(a).
\end{equation}
\noindent
This is $\mathbf{3.328}$ in \cite{gr}. \\

As usual one should not prejudge the difficulty of a problem: the example
$\mathbf{3.471.3}$ states that
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{a} x^{-\mu-1} (a-x)^{\mu-1} e^{-\beta/x} \, dx =
\beta^{-\mu} a^{\mu-1} \Gamma(\mu) \text{ exp} \left(- \tfrac{\beta}{a} \right).
\end{equation}
\noindent
This can be reduced to the basic formula for the gamma function. Indeed, the
change of  variables $t = \beta/x$ produces
\begin{equation}
I = \beta^{-\mu}a^{\mu-1} \int_{\beta/a}^{\infty}
\left( t - \beta/a \right)^{\mu-1} e^{-t} \, dt.
\end{equation}
\noindent
Now let $y = t - \beta/a$ to complete the evaluation. The table \cite{gr}
writes $\mu$ instead of $a$: it seems to be a bad idea to have $\mu$ and $u$
in the same formula, it leads to typographical errors that should be
avoided. \\

Another simple change of variables gives the evaluation
of $\mathbf{3.324.2}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} e^{-(x-b/x)^{2n}} \, dx = \frac{1}{n}
\Gamma \left( \frac{1}{2n} \right).
\end{equation}
\noindent
The symmetry yields
\begin{equation}
I = 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-(x-b/x)^{2n}} \, dx.
\end{equation}
\noindent
The change of variables $t=b/x$ yields, using $b>0$,
\begin{equation}
I = 2b \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-(t-b/t)^{2n}} \,  \frac{dt}{t^{2}}.
\end{equation}
\noindent
The average of these forms produces
\begin{equation}
I =  \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-(x-b/x)^{2n}} \, \left( 1 + \frac{b}{x^{2}} \right) \, dx.
\end{equation}
\noindent
Finally, the change of variables $u = x-b/x$ gives the result. Indeed,
let $u = x-b/x$ and observe that $u$ is increasing when $b >0$.
This restriction is missing in the table. Then we get
\begin{equation}
I = 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-u^{2n}} \, du.
\end{equation}
\noindent
This can now be evaluated via $v = u^{2n}$. \\

\noindent
{\bf Note}. In the case $b<0$ the change of variables $u=x-b/x$ has an
inverse with two branches, splitting at $x= \sqrt{-b}$. Then we write
\begin{eqnarray}
I & := & 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-(x-b/x)^{2n}} \, dx  \label{int11} \\
 & = & 2 \int_{0}^{\sqrt{-b}} e^{-(x-b/x)^{2n}} \, dx +
       2 \int_{\sqrt{-b}}^{\infty} e^{-(x-b/x)^{2n}} \, dx. \nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
\noindent
The change of variables $u=x-b/x$ is now used in each of the integrals to
produce
\begin{equation}
I = 2 \int_{2 \sqrt{-b}}^{\infty}
\frac{u \, \text{exp}(-u^{2n}) \,du}{\sqrt{u^{2}+4b}}.
\end{equation}
\noindent
The change of variables $z = \sqrt{u^{2}+4b}$ yields
\begin{equation}
I = 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} \text{exp} \left( -(z^{2}-4b)^{n} \right).
\end{equation}
\noindent
We are unable to simplify it any further.

\section{The logarithmic scale} \label{sec-logar}
\setcounter{equation}{0}

Euler prefered the version
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(a) = \int_{0}^{1} \left( \ln \frac{1}{u} \right)^{a-1} \, du.
\label{euler-def}
\end{equation}
\noindent
We will write this as
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(a) = \int_{0}^{1} \left( - \ln u \right)^{a-1} \, du,
\label{euler-def1}
\end{equation}
\noindent
for better spacing.
Many of the evaluations in \cite{gr} follow this form. Section
$\mathbf{4.215}$ in
\cite{gr} consists of  four examples:
the first one, $\mathbf{4.215.1}$ is
(\ref{euler-def}) itself. The second one, labeled $\mathbf{4.215.2}$ and
written as
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \frac{dx}{\left( - \ln x \right)^{\mu}} =
\frac{\pi}{\Gamma(\mu)} \text{cosec }\mu \pi,
\end{equation}
\noindent
is evaluated as $\Gamma(1 - \mu)$ by (\ref{euler-def}).  The identity
\begin{equation}
\Gamma(\mu) \Gamma(1 - \mu) = \frac{\pi}{\sin \pi \mu}
\label{gamma-99}
\end{equation}
\noindent
yields the given form. The reader will find in \cite{irrbook} a proof of
this identity. The section concludes with the special values
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \sqrt{- \ln x} \, dx = \frac{\sqrt{\pi}}{2},
\end{equation}
\noindent
as $\mathbf{4.215.3}$ and  $\mathbf{4.215.4}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \frac{dx}{\sqrt{ - \ln x}} = \sqrt{\pi}.
\end{equation}
\noindent
Both of them are special cases of (\ref{euler-def}). \\

The reader should check the evaluations $\mathbf{4.269.3}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} x^{p-1} \, \sqrt{ -  \ln x } \, dx = \frac{1}{2}
\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{p^{3}}},
\end{equation}
\noindent
and $\mathbf{4.269.4}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^{p-1} \, dx}{\sqrt{- \ln x }} =
\sqrt{ \frac{\pi}{p}}
\end{equation}
\noindent
by reducing them to (\ref{gamma1}). Also $\mathbf{4.272.5}, \,
\mathbf{4.272.6}$
and $\mathbf{4.272.7}$
\begin{eqnarray}
\int_{1}^{\infty} \left( \ln x \right)^{p} \frac{dx}{x^{2}} & = &
\Gamma(1+p),  \\
\int_{0}^{1} \left( - \ln x \right)^{\mu -1} \, x^{\nu-1} \, dx
& = & \frac{1}{\nu^{\mu}} \Gamma(\mu), \nonumber \\
\int_{0}^{1} \left( - \ln x \right)^{n - \tfrac{1}{2} } \, x^{\nu-1}
\, dx & = & \frac{(2n-1)!!}{(2 \nu)^{n}} \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{\nu}},
\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
\noindent
can be evaluated directly in terms of
the gamma function.  \\

Differentiating (\ref{euler-def}) with respect to $a$ yields
$\mathbf{4.229.4}$ in \cite{gr}:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \ln \left( - \ln x \right) \,
\left( - \ln x \right)^{a-1} \, dx = \Gamma'(a) = \psi(a) \Gamma(a),
\end{equation}
\noindent
with $\psi(a)$ defined in (\ref{poly-def}). The special case $a=1$ is
$\mathbf{4.229.1}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \ln \left( - \ln x \right) \, dx = - \gamma,
\end{equation}
\noindent
and
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \ln \left( - \ln x \right) \,
\frac{dx}{\sqrt{- \ln x }}  = -( \gamma + 2 \ln 2 ) \sqrt{\pi},
\end{equation}
\noindent
that appears as $\mathbf{4.229.3}$, is obtained
by using the values $\Gamma \left( \tfrac{1}{2} \right)
= \sqrt{\pi}$
and $\psi \left( \tfrac{1}{2} \right) =  -(\gamma +  2 \ln 2)$.  \\

The same type of arguments confirms $\mathbf{4.325.11}$
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \ln( - \ln x ) \,
\frac{x^{\mu -1} \, dx}{\sqrt{- \ln x}} =
-( \gamma + \ln 4 \mu) \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{\mu}},
\end{equation}
\noindent
and $\mathbf{4.325.12}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \ln ( - \ln  x ) \,  \left( - \ln x
\right)^{\mu-1} \, x^{\nu-1} \, dx
= \frac{1}{\nu^{\mu}} \Gamma(\mu) \left[ \psi(\mu) - \ln \nu \right].
\end{equation}
\noindent
In particular, when $\mu=1$ we obtain $\mathbf{4.325.8}$:
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{1} \ln ( - \ln x ) \,  x^{\nu-1} \, dx
= -\frac{1}{\nu} \left( \gamma + \ln \nu \right).
\end{equation}

\section{The presence of fake parameters} \label{sec-fake}
\setcounter{equation}{0}

There are many formulas in \cite{gr} that contain parameters. For example,
$\mathbf{3.461.2}$ states that
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{2n} e^{-px^{2}} \, dx = \frac{(2n-1)!!}{2(2p)^{n}} \sqrt{\frac{\pi}{p}}
\end{equation}
\noindent
and $\mathbf{3.461.3}$ states that
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} x^{2n+1} e^{-px^{2}} \, dx = \frac{n!}{2p^{n+1}}.
\end{equation}
\noindent
The change of  variables $t = px^{2}$ eliminates the {\em fake} parameter $p$
and reduces $\mathbf{3.461.2}$ to
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} t^{n - \tfrac{1}{2} } e^{-t} \, dt = \frac{(2n-1)!!}{2^{n}} \sqrt{\pi}
\label{gamma8}
\end{equation}
\noindent
and $\mathbf{3.461.3}$ to
\begin{equation}
\int_{0}^{\infty} t^{n}e^{-t} \, dt = n!.
\end{equation}
\noindent
These are now evaluated by identifying them with $\Gamma(n + \tfrac{1}{2})$
and $\Gamma(n+1)$, respectively.  \\

A second way to introduce fake parameters is to shift the integral
(\ref{gamma1}) via $s = t+b$ to produce
\begin{equation}
\int_{b}^{\infty} (s-b)^{a-1}e^{- s \mu} \, ds = \mu^{-a} e^{-\mu b}
\Gamma(a).
\end{equation}

\noindent
This appears as $\mathbf{3.382.2}$ in \cite{gr}. \\

\noindent
There are many more integrals in \cite{gr} that can be reduced to the
gamma function. These will be reported in a future publication.

\bigskip

\noindent
{\bf Acknowledgments}. The author wishes to thank Luis Medina for a careful
reading of an earlier version of the paper. The partial support of
$\text{NSF-DMS } 0409968$ is also acknowledged.

\bigskip

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Reduce Restrictions on Foreign Investment in India's Multi-Brand Retail
By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — India only allows 51 percent foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail. Further, tough investment regulations targeting foreign investors in this sector have hampered foreign investments. High Difficulty: Legislation, Light Opposition —…
Deregulate Kerosene Pricing in India
By Raymond E. Vickery, Jr — Status: Partially Done — Kerosene meant for Public Distribution System (PDS) remains price controlled and subsidized. Despite deregulating non-PDS kerosene during the first term, Prime Minister Modi's government incrementally raised the control price of…
India Should Allow More than 50% Foreign Investment in Defense
By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — Foreign direct investment (FDI) Policy last amended in June 2016 to allow 49 percent FDI; 100 percent FDI allowed based on government approval for cases where FDI "is likely to result in…
Update on India's States: January 2, 2020
Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh top SDG India Index 2019; Andhra Pradesh considers decentralization of state capital; Delhi passes new electric vehicle policy; Karnataka allows shops to be open 24×7; Maharashtra discom opposes net metering for rooftop solar due…
Deregulate India's Natural Gas Pricing
By Raymond E. Vickery, Jr — Status: Incomplete — Acquisition price for domestically-produced gas largely set by government through a formula using prices in several developed markets. Pricing of gas from new, deepwater, and high pressure/high temperature wells liberalized but…
Establish the Already Approved Indian Railway Development Authority
By Kriti Upadhyaya — Status: Incomplete — In 2017, the Union cabinet approved the formation of the rail development authority (RDA). This reform further requires an executive order, and an initial allocation of $6.9 million to set up the RDA.…
Amend or Replace India's Land Acquisition Act 2013
By Aman Thakker — Status: Not Started — The Fair Compensation in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation, and Resettlement Act, 2013 requires that states obtain approval from at least 80 percent of residents before buying land; making it difficult to find plots for…
Track Foreign Investment Flows in India with More Detail
By Richard Rossow — Status: Not Started — With changes to India's bilateral tax treaties with Mauritius and Singapore, India should be more comfortable outlining the real origins of FDI. Difficulty Level: Easy, No Legislation & No Opposition — Simply…
Allow More than 50% Foreign Investment in India's Insurance Sector
By Richard Rossow — Status: Not Started — On July 5, 2019, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the government's intention to further hike the FDI cap from 49 percent. High Difficulty: Legislation, With Opposition — This reform requires legislative change. Insurance…
Update on India's States: December 24, 2019
Jharkhand election results show JMM-Congress has unseated BJP; AIIB loaning $210 million for irrigation & solar projects in West Bengal & Rajasthan; Modi government climbs down from plan to adopt a National Register for Citizens; ADB signs $490 million loan…
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India's Smart Metering Breakthrough Index
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Prosecutor wants 54 months. Defense wants free ride or worst case -> 6 months. Judge goes for 10 months. Soooo does the prosecutor have to request a 20 year sentence to just break even with these idiotic sentencing determinations? That's not even close to half way! This clown has 46 prior convictions and yes of course he also found Jesus. How original. While it disgusts me to even read about this kind of blatant stupidity, I can't even imagine how a judge can sit there, day in and day out doing this. It must wear you down to know you're being made a fool of. How could you not want to blow your brains out? I am absolutely stunned that their suicide rate isn't through the roof.
I know this guy and he will say and do anything for a lesser sentence. He will be back downtown dealing the day after his release!!!
LOL interesting choice of words.
Once your plugged in, you become saved! I do hope this fellow is, maybe it will change his ways. I guess copy the page and see if he breaches his parole when released.
Not sure what Judges think on sentencing although in saying this, the system we currently are using is not working. Maybe we need heeling lodges for prisons.
They suggest and this is from a man who worked directly with them that there is very few repeat offenders.
Probably reaping higher profits during his stay at remand.
Just another example on how screwed up the Canadian justice system is, the criminal gets tiny slap on the wrist.
It must be so disheartening to be a police officer in this town. You can do everything right, catch the bad guy, dot your i's and cross your t's to make sure a criminal doesn't get off on a technicality, and the courts will just hand out a tiny wrist slap or nothing at all.
I understand his Lawyer has to do whatever it takes, but how did he manage to keep a straight face?
If only the Higher Power had reached out on say idk, the 30th conviction. Course Higher Power is busy and all.


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Snapchat's latest update changes the app in a fundamental way
Snapchat just added a load of new ways to upgrade your snaps.
By Karissa Bell on July 5, 2017
Credit: snap
The app introduced three new "creative tools" Wednesday: backdrops for adding illustrated backgrounds to your photos, voice filters for altering your voice without an animated lens, and -- in a big break from the app's history of a silo'd experience that isolates you from other apps -- Paperclip, which lets you add outbound links to your photos and videos.
SEE ALSO: 7 of the most hard-to-reach Snapchat geofilters around the world
Backdrops are a bit like Snapchat's geofilters but instead of overlaying a design on top of your image, you can put the illustrations behind objects in your photos. Trace the objects you want to appear in your image and then choose a backdrop. Just like its lenses and geofilters, the company will swap out new backdrops each day.
Voice filters let you upgrade your video snaps with Snapchat's popular voice-changing effects without using an animated lens. After you record a video, tapping the speaker icon will let you preview and change the sound.
The most surprising part of the update, though, is the addition of the new Paperclip tool, which lets Snapchatters add links to their Stories and snaps with friends. The feature has been one of the most requested, especially from influencers, and has long been cited as one of the features that's helped give Instagram's Stories, whose user base is now more than 250 million, an edge over Snapchat, which recently reported 166 million daily active users.
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Karissa was Mashable's Senior Tech Reporter, and is based in San Francisco. She covers social media platforms, Silicon Valley, and the many ways technology is changing our lives. Her work has also appeared in Wired, Macworld, Popular Mechanics, and The Wirecutter. In her free time, she enjoys snowboarding and watching too many cat videos on Instagram. Follow her on Twitter @karissabe.


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A growing group of hundreds of American foundations has pledged, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, to approach grantmaking in a dramatically different way. The philanthropies, among them major givers like the Ford, Levi Strauss, Robert Sterling Clark, Joyce, Surdna, and Hewlett Foundations, have signed on to "A Call to Action: Philanthropy's Commitment During Covid-19."
The eight promises, as summarized by The Chronicle of Philanthropy's Alex Daniels, include:
eliminating restrictions on current grants, "including turning project-based grants to unrestricted support, accelerating payment schedules, and not holding grantees liable for missed deadlines or canceled events;"
making new grants "as unrestricted as possible," and supporting "organizations led by groups of people who are most affected;"
reducing site visits and postponing reporting requirements;
contributing to "community-based response funds that support the health and economic well-being of people most affected;"
keeping grantees informed about the foundation's decision-making process;
listening to the "communities least heard" and working those conversations into public discussion;
supporting grantees to engage in public-policy advocacy "to insure an equitable response to the Coronavirus;" and, …
sharing "what is learned from instituting the practices" so that "permanent changes can be considered during more stable times."
Ruth McCambridge and our friends at Nonprofit Quarterly have been supporting these changes for some time, as have Ford and other foundations associated with the "participatory-grantmaking" initiative that Cindy Gibson promotes, and the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project. The project's Pia Infante noted in McCambridge's NPQ coverage,
The reason a trust-based approach works in this short-term, emergency frame is because it works for the long term. When we deeply resource our leaders, organizations, and movements, we enable the adaptivity necessary in the chaotic, complex times we are living. It may have taken a global pandemic for some philanthropies to let go of restrictions, arduous processes, and exacting expectations of already overburdened nonprofits, but let's hope one benefit is that we now jettison all that no longer serves the greater good.
Recognized practices
Longtime observers of public-policy grantmaking will recognize that many of these practices—particularly awarding long-term, general-operating support with minimal reporting requirements and interference—are already common among some foundations, namely the small band of philanthropies gathered under the banner of conservatism. Progressive activists have long pointed to these practices as a key to conservative philanthropic success.
As David Callahan noted in 2018, conservative funders
played the long game, over decades. … They didn't invest in issues or programs, or dole out one-year restricted grants. They invested in ideas, institutions and people. They gave general support to a core group of multi-issue think tanks, legal groups, leadership institutes, and media outfits year after year, decade after decade.
Or, in Infante's words, conservatives "deeply resource" their "leaders, organizations, and movements."
Conservative foundations have not adopted this mode operation out of mere tactical cleverness. It's due rather to a deep skepticism—shared by almost all conservative schools of thought—about efforts to shape or control human behavior through large-scale structural interventions. Economic conservatives look to the market's "spontaneous order," rather than centralized-government direction, to generate answers to social needs. Traditional conservatives tend to rely on America's diverse and dispersed religious and cultural institutions to produce sensible responses.
Translated into philanthropic practice, both dispositions tilt toward allowing maximum latitude to front-line responders imbued with local knowledge, rather than heavy-handed guidance from remote foundation overseers. This enables the "adaptivity necessary in the chaotic, complex times," per Infante.
Modest offices and hushed corridors
So why has it taken a national health emergency to prompt widespread consideration of these practices among liberal foundations? As readers of The Giving Review know, most large American foundations have operated for more than a century under the long shadow cast by 20th Century progressivism.
That project aimed at centralizing governance in the hands of experts trained in the natural and social sciences, with foundations very much at the heart of the enterprise. In the name of constructing a usable body of scientific evidence, foundations have emphasized experimentation with carefully framed projects, from which statistical data can be harvested, scalable models fashioned, and replications across the country funded. Only this kind of knowledge, we are often told, will enable philanthropy to get at the "root causes" of problems, rather than just putting Band-Aids on their symptoms.
But this inevitably shifts power from the modest offices of nonprofits to the hushed corridors of foundation headquarters, even when it comes to social problems. After all, very few nonprofit leaders have the luxury of keeping up with the latest evidence generated by universities and think tanks, or of concocting replicable, scalable social experiments that might interest foundations.
But the foundations are typically staffed by well-educated professionals trained in the social sciences most relevant to its areas of interest. They alone have the ambition, the latitude, and (they are persuaded) the expertise to design or replicate program models that will truly penetrate to the source of the problem at hand.
The initial expectations for producing a unified, systematic body of knowledge that would result in a high degree of expert-driven "social control" have long since faded, of course. And the left has always hosted its own robust, community-oriented critique of centralized progressive social control, reflected in everything from the '60s New Left to the Black Power movement to Saul Alinsky's Industrial Areas Foundation.
Applied to philanthropy, Robert Arnove argued in Philanthropy and Cultural Imperialism that "the elitist and technocratic dimensions of foundations … inhere in their belief that social change can occur and social ills can be redressed by highly trained professionals (scientists and technicians) who produce knowledge and proffer solutions."
But as the authors of The Revolution Will Not Be Funded point out, radical-left, community-oriented approaches are, well, at least unlikely to be funded, especially by our largest foundations. The rhetoric and organizational structure of modern philanthropy are still overwhelmingly shaped by centralist progressive aspirations.
Our large foundations are heavily skewed toward the development of uniform models or "best practices" that can be backed by empirical data, scaled up, and replicated. Foundation conferences are geared toward unveiling and sharing results from successful initiatives, in hopes that collaboration and coordination will spread such "bold, innovative" practices across the land.
Grant applications typically demand quasi-experimental propositions leading to measurable outcomes. Applicants must concoct elaborate logic models and theories of change, specifying that if we get this amount of money, we will undertake these activities, which we have solid empirical reasons to believe will produce these results, describable in statistical charts to be submitted at grant's end. Naturally, potential grantees (no matter their complex real-life missions) are careful to pitch their projects as fitting perfectly within the rigid structure of systematic grantmaking that the foundation's professionals have established.
Potential significance
Had all of this produced a substantial and enduring body of social knowledge during the century it has been pursued, then progressives might be able to claim that it has been worthwhile. But in fact, it's produced nothing of the sort. When institutional philanthropy reviews its "greatest hits," it focuses on its achievements within the natural sciences, where of course such procedures are effective: the suppression of hookworm in the American South, agriculture's Green Revolution, and the efficient provision of vaccines and other medicines to developing nations. We can hope that today's substantial philanthropic commitment toward addressing the coronavirus may one day take its place on this list.
There is, however, no such list of "hits" within the social realm. For all the demands put upon grantees to produce measurable outcomes, the larger knowledge-building project to which these demands were to contribute has itself, ironically, produced virtually no measurable outcome worth celebrating.
The significance of "A Call to Action" is that at last, our largest foundations may have come to see the hollowness and waste in all these "restrictions, arduous processes, and exacting expectations," as Infante put it.
In this moment of crisis, nonprofits at their best will respond to the immediate and infinitely varied needs of the communities within which they are embedded. Only front-line grantees can decide what kinds of services are needed where, and how they should be delivered for maximum effect.
The professionals back at foundation headquarters can best serve in this moment by admitting, in all humility, that their customary stream of "helpful suggestions" may not be so helpful. Rather, they should concentrate on clearing away the dessicated, ramshackle pseudo-scientific apparatus they have built up over time, and work to ensure the unimpeded flow of vital financial resources directly to hard-pressed grantees.
And, as the "Call to Action" suggests, let's prepare ourselves for a future in which trust in grantees, rather than cumbersome monitoring and oversight, becomes the daily mode of philanthropic operation, not just an emergency measure.


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Lil' Wayne's "Carter III" Track Listing Released
Brian "Z" Zisook
New York, NY -- Lil' Wayne will release his highly-anticipated "Carter III" on June 10. Below is a tracklisting:
01. 3 Peat (Produced By Masetro)
02. Mr. Carter (Featuring Jay-Z) (Produced By Infamous)
03. A Milli (Produced By Bangladesh)
04. Got Money (Featuring T-Pain) (Produced By Play-n-skillz)
05. Comfortable (Featuring Babyface) (Produced By Kanye West)
06. Dr. Carter (Produced By Swizz Beatz)
07. Phone Home (Produced By Cool & Dre)
08. Tie My Hands (Featuring Robin Thicke) (Produced By Kanye West)
09. Mrs. Officer (Featuring Bobby Valentino) (Produced By Wyclef Jean)
10. Let The Beat Build (Produced By Kanye West & Deezle)
11. Shoot Me Down (Produced By Kanye West)
12. Lollipop (Featuring Static Major) (Produced By Jim Jonsin & Deezle)
13. La La (Featuring Brisco & Busta Rhymes) (Produced By David Banner)
14. Playin' With Fire (Produced By Streetrunner)
15. Nothin' On Me (Featuring Juelz Santana & Fabolous) (Produced By Alchemist)
16. Don't Get It (Produced by Street Customs Mang.)
Updated: June 5, 2008 (Note: DJBooth.net would like to apologize for originally posting an incorrect track listing.)
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Q: Detect time from Wordpress i hope this is the correct place to ask this. I'm working with a Wordpress theme which detects opening times of a business from a custom field, compares it to the current day and time and then displays a message to say if the business is currently open. This works perfectly in English, but when i change the site language to Spanish using qTranslate X Plugin, the business permanently appears as not open. I really have limited skills at this kinda thing, so i'm hoping someone can advise me.
From what i can see this is the js that does the comparison.
<?php

/* ============== Check TIme ============ */

if (!function_exists('listingpro_check_time')) {
    function listingpro_check_time($postid,$status = false) {
        $output='';
        $buisness_hours = listing_get_metabox_by_ID('business_hours', $postid);

        if(!empty($buisness_hours)){
            if(!empty($postid)){
                $lat = listing_get_metabox_by_ID('latitude',$postid);
                $long = listing_get_metabox_by_ID('longitude',$postid);
            }

            //$timezone = getClosestTimezone($lat, $long);
            $timezone  = get_option('gmt_offset');
            $time = gmdate("H:i", time() + 3600*($timezone+date("I")));
            $day =  gmdate("l");
            $time = strtotime($time);
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Foxes Ease To MK Dons Win In Carabao Cup
Published 20 Dec 2022
Leicester City returned to competitive action after five weeks away by coasting to a 3-0 away victory over MK Dons on Tuesday evening, booking a place in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.
BySam Stevens at Stadium MK
In Photos - MK Dons 0 Leicester City 3
Youri Tielemans, Ayoze Pérez and Jamie Vardy all struck at Stadium MK to put the three-time winners in the hat for the last eight of the competition for the fifth time in the past six seasons. It's now six wins in seven in all competitions for City and eight clean sheets from their last 10 matches.
A total of 6,559 wrapped-up travelling fans had made the straightforward journey down the M1 for this festive cup clash in Buckinghamshire – 38 days after City's 2-0 win at West Ham United, their last Premier League outing before the FIFA World Cup.
Five of the players to have travelled to Qatar started the fourth-round tie for the Foxes – Danny Ward, Timothy Castagne, Daniel Amartey, Wout Faes and Tielemans. Harvey Barnes also lined up against the club where he netted six goals in 21 appearances on loan back in 2017.
Tielemans adorned the skipper's armband and Vardy led the line in a strong XI. A 4-2-3-1 shape was Brendan Rodgers' system of choice from the off against a Dons side boosted by three valuable Sky Bet League 1 points against Portsmouth at the weekend.
There were a cavernous 54 places between the two sides in the football pyramid at kick-off, though, with the Dons sat 22nd in the third tier.
The tempo was Leicester's to dictate from the off, with Castagne and Luke Thomas overlapping down the flanks, carving useful openings in the middle. MK Dons accepted their role in proceedings, allowing City to hold possession, but trying to squeeze them into tight corners where possible.
Their efforts were largely in vain, and the stalemate lasted only 18 minutes. There was a fizz to Leicester's forward play, and it paid off handsomely with a zippy opener in the Buckinghamshire chill. It started when Thomas threaded the eye of the needle to spot Barnes on the left channel.
City's No.7 then squared it low into Vardy, perched in the area, almost on the penalty spot. His inventive flick would have been some goal, but it bounced off Jamie Cumming's knee. Never mind, Tielemans was lurking on the edge of the area, poised to pounce, and he was able to stroke it into a gaping net.
Zak Jules, the MK Dons defender, was soon to play a leading role at each end. Moments after blocking Faes' header at an acute angle, the Scotland youth international then looped Josh McEachran's free-kick narrowly over City's bar. Ward seemed unconcerned in any case.
In truth, it had been a relatively serene first half for the visitors, but there was a significant scare on 28 minutes when the home faithful appealed for a penalty after Faes challenged Daniel Harvie a studs' width inside the 18-yard box. Nothing given by referee Andre Marriner.
Ruthlessly, Leicester doubled their lead seconds later – with another goal worthy of their Premier League pedigree.
Pérez, one of many within Tuesday's XI to have lifted both the FA Cup and the Community Shield at the Club, would be the scorer. The Spaniard plucked Thomas' inch-perfect forward ball out of the heavens with a single, sublime touch, later calmly slotting it into the bottom corner.
On the eve of his 28th birthday, how Amartey played the Foxes out of trouble at the back before the interval spoke volumes. Rodgers' men from the Midlands were enjoying themselves after over five weeks with no domestic football in their calendars.
The full-to-the-brim away end was singing Vardy's name four minutes into the second half. Castagne did much of the ground work down the right, planting the ball onto the head of Leicester's iconic No.9. He wasn't going to miss the target from five yards out and Cumming couldn't get in the way either.
Barnes, who scored three times at Stadium MK five years ago, was desperately unlucky to see his header skid wide moments later. An inspired corner routine pierced MK Dons in two, with Tielemans arrowing it through to Castagne, galloping into the box. Soumaré inadvertently got in the way, though.
The latest phase in young Will Alves' development came later on, with a second senior appearance for the Foxes, from the bench. Patson Daka and Kelechi Iheanacho were already on, while Marc Albrighton entered the fray alongside Alves, 17, with just over 10 minutes remaining.
Kasey McAteer, another Academy hopeful, also saw action in the latter moments on an enjoyable evening for Leicester City and their hordes of fans.
Major moment – Pérez's flash of brilliance
Ayoze Pérez toasts his first goal of the 2022/23 season with his Leicester City team-mates.
As the clock approached the half-hour in Buckinghamshire, mere seconds separated a substantial penalty appeal from MK Dons and Ayoze Pérez's magnificent strike to make it 2-0 to the Foxes. It was a key juncture in the game, although Brendan Rodgers' men were comfortable throughout.
Who impressed? – Thomas shines in blue
Syston-raised Luke Thomas was in impressive form for the Foxes on Tuesday night.
Former LCFC striker Iwan Roberts said live on LCFC Radio: "I thought young Luke Thomas was brilliant tonight. It would be too easy to give it to Youri [Tielemans] again! Thomas delivered a really solid performance tonight and it was his assist for [Ayoze] Pérez's goal too."
Where does it leave us? – The last-eight, again
Belgium's Youri Tielemans marked his return to domestic action with a goal 18 minutes in.
Three-time winners City advance into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup, with the draw taking place on Thursday evening. Those ties will be played during the week commencing 9 January.
Coming up – The Magpies on Boxing Day
Some 6,559 fans made the trip to Stadium MK.
Premier League duties resume on Boxing Day against Newcastle United (3pm kick-off). The Foxes are then due on Merseyside to tackle Liverpool next Friday (8pm kick-off), before starting 2023 by hosting Fulham on 3 January (7:45pm kick-off). All times GMT.


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The contemporary grand double escapement action is exactly what permits the grand piano to rapidly duplicate a note without completely launching the secret. Lots of piano producers make their own distinct adjustments to the action. Basically, when a piano secret is pushed down, its tail rotates up and raises a lever that tosses a hammer versus the strings for that secret's note. The following is a much more comprehensive description of how the action works; the numbers in parentheses refer to the accompanying diagram of the action of a grand piano. The piano secret (1) is a lever that rotates on a balance pin (2). I understand numerous piano trainees who have actually been playing the piano for many years and have no concept how the piano works.
You can play the piano without comprehending its mechanism naturally, however in my viewpoint, if you like playing the piano you must comprehend how the different parts inside the piano assistance to obtain the various piano methods in depth through understanding the within the piano. Let's get to understand the within of the piano The very first thing you have to do is to stand and open the cover of the piano. Once as soon as've have actually the piano you will see dampers, strings and hammers, I'm waiting . Now, play a secret on the keyboard while you look within. Attempt the black secrets and the white ones too, and you will see that inside the piano there is really NO distinction in between the ebony and ivory secrets (which for a few of you might come as a surprise, right?).
A piano sounds rather unlike other instrument and, if you heard it on the radio, you 'd most likely never ever think how it was making a sound. The complicated feature of a piano is that it's 2 various sort of instrument in one: it's a string instrument, due to the fact that the noises are made with strings, however it's likewise a percussion instrument (like a drum) since the strings make noises when something strikes them. Pay attention to the music of an author like Bartok and you'll typically hear the piano being played percussively-- practically beating like a drum!
When you push a secret, let's expect that you desire to produce a mechanical gadget that will strike a string. You will discover that the kind of product that you utilize to strike the string will have a fantastic impact on the tonal quality, which is likewise impacted by the point where you struck the string along its length. The essential relocations in a basic see-saw action, so the rear end of it increases, and the most basic thing to do is let the crucial itself strike the string, as it performs in some toy pianos. Let's begin by taking a look at the feel and action of the secrets. Each time you push a secret on an acoustic piano, a hammer strikes a string triggering the string to sound a note and vibrate. The hammer is linked to the secret by a series of levers which offers a natural weight and sensation of resistance each time you push a secret.
How does a digital piano successfully replicate this weight and resistance?
Synths and keyboards utilize a spring filled crucial action where a spring at the back of the crucial makes sure the crucial go back to the up position. Entry level digital pianos utilize a comparable action however with the addition of a little weight contributed to each secret. This is referred to as a semi weighted action and is in some cases chosen by some gamers, especially those that continuously switch in between pianos and synths. The following is a much more in-depth description of how the action works; the numbers in parentheses refer to the accompanying diagram of the action of a grand piano. The piano was created over 300 years earlier, and while numerous developments are enhanced upon over time, the piano handled to do something that hasn't been equated to by a keyboard instrument prior to or considering that. The comparable in a piano is the ACTION, and it was the development and advancement of the action that made the piano what it is today, and identified it from all other keyboard instruments. A common piano action has about 340 primary moving parts in addition to the secrets, however if you break them down into every different part of wood, felt, baize, pins, wire and so on, there are thousands of parts to an action. Renner is the biggest independent action maker for upright and grand pianos in the world. Europe's biggest producer of upright and grand pianos, Wilhelm Schimmel Pianofortefabrik in Braunschweig, is Renner's greatest client.
Renner is a case in point of the German accuracy market as it is acknowledged throughout the world. The advancement of the pianoforte to its present kind has actually been decisively connected to the advancement of the hammer mechanism, created in 1709 by Italian Harpsichord maker Bartolomeo Cristofori. The brand-new action made it possible for the instrument to play both loud and soft (in Italian "piano" implies "soft" and "strength" indicates "strong"), thus the name pianoforte. While enhancements were constantly being made to the action mechanism, a half century passed prior to the pianoforte had the ability to conquer the preliminary objections of such prominent figures as Johann Sebastian Bach, and dominate the harpsichord and clavichord.
The piano was developed over 300 years earlier, and while numerous creations are enhanced upon over time, the piano handled to do something that hasn't been equated to by a keyboard instrument prior to or because. Neither the instruments that preceded it (organ, harpsichord, clavichord, and so on) nor the contemporary day electronic keyboard which has actually changed it in some locations react to the subtle creativities of the gamer like the piano. Piano hammers have to be able to do 3 things. Clearly, when the secret is depressed, they require to make contact with the string so that the note sounds. One of the piano's forefathers, the clavichord, had such a basic action. In addition to striking the strings, the hammer needs to fall back down and let the string it struck go on vibrating unrestricted.
On the other hand, you cannot have a hammer simply bouncing around. It may come back up and strike the string a 2nd time for each note you played if you struck a note with a lot of energy. Two-for-one offers are not constantly preferable, which is why behind the hammers are felt "back-checks" to capture the hammer once it has actually fallen back off the string (the light brown products listed below). f you open a clock or a watch, you can see the MOVEMENT that makes it work. The comparable in a piano is the ACTION, and it was the development and advancement of the action that made the piano what it is today, and differentiated it from all other keyboard instruments. A common piano action has about 340 primary moving parts in addition to the secrets, however if you break them down into every different part of wood, felt, baize, pins, wire and so on, there are countless parts to an action.


Home : Blog : Physical Development : Snow, Snow Fun!
When it's cold outside or when you have snow filled playgrounds, it's hard to find things to do outdoors. Below is a list of fun activities you can do outside in the snow! Just be sure to pay attention to how much time you are spending outside and how long children are playing with the snow.
Bury some objects in the snow (e.g. small toys, plastic food, pine cones, etc.). Have the children do a search and find.
Children paint on top of snow using watercolors. Be sure to supervise so children don't get too wet.
Use items found around your home (e.g. a small trashcan, cupcake tin, cups, etc.) as a mold for a snow castle or igloo. Pack the items with snow and build up the walls for a igloo. Use the snow as a building material, just like you would use sand when building a sand castle!
Depending on how much snow you get, build a tunnel the children can climb through.


Are you new to the church or the Overton parish area? If so, you are very welcome! Please do check out our New to Church page to get all the information you need about what goes on at church.
We are a village church made up of people from all walks of life and from different backgrounds. We love to see new people and are confident that you will feel right at home. Our Sunday mornings begin with a warm welcome and an invitation to join us in thanking God and celebrating the good news about Jesus Christ.
We believe our church is a vital part of our parish community. We worship, we pray and we learn about God's great works and his love for all of us. We spend time after Sunday service chatting and drinking a cup of coffee (or tea) together. We work with the young people of our parish to nurture their interest and learning about God and Jesus. We link closely with our village primary school and we believe children are the key to the future of our community in this small, but growing, rural parish.


Steve Doocy of Fox and Friends, the president's favorite show, echoed this line saying that children weren't being held in cages, but that authorities had "built walls out of chain-link fences." Meanwhile, CBS News's Gayle King was reporting from the border, where she described "cages." The Border Patrol, CBS reported, took issue with that description, not because they felt it was inaccurate, but because they were "very uncomfortable" with the implication that the children were being treated like animals.
The administration knew full well that the result would be separations. "If you don't want your child separated, then don't bring them across the border illegally," Sessions said in May. White House Chief of Staff John Kelly also said in May that the goal was to dissuade unauthorized immigrants from entering.
The cages aren't wholly new. During the Obama administration, unaccompanied immigrant children who arrived at the border were kept in them as well. There was outcry at the time, especially from immigration groups, and the Obama White House was forced to stop detaining families by a court.
What is different now is that the children being held are being forcibly separated from their parents at the border. So is the scale of the issue—the Washington Examiner reported that there could be 30,000 such children in custody by August 2018.
I made this artwork Kids in Cages because I feel that it is fundamentally inhumane to separate children from their parents for any reason unless their parents are doing them harm. Although these asylum seekers are not going through the proper immigration channels as Washington would like them to, I feel it is us, not them, who are actively harming families.
I am aware of and respect the fact that this is a complex issue with many sides to consider. On a personal level, when thinking about this I find myself questioning which is more evil: the so-called 'Caravan' of illegal immigrants—some of whom may have malevolent intents, but most of whom are escaping violence, corruption, and war in their own countries—or an administration who considers the inhumane treatment of those seeking asylum and their children a victory? This artwork is my visual and physical answer to that question.


With the pending Winter Package, including an Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation strategy, the European Commission has a chance to show that the EU has reached a crossroads, write Oliver Rapf and Julia Reinaud. The Commission can now choose between continuing on the bumpy road of fragmented and shallow renovations or getting on the 'renovation autobahn', where rapid and deep renovation unleashes the real potential of the construction sector.
Oliver Rapf is executive director of the Building Performance Institute Europe (BPIE) and Julia Reinaud is i24c's research director. They write that there is a dire need for renovation of Europe's building stock which provides an immediate reason to ramp up innovation and spur job creation in the construction sector.
By doing this and getting on to the 'renovation autobahn', ground-breaking programmes and products can be tested and valorised, making European industries globally competitive, and enabling them to grow and hire staff here in Europe. And of course, in doing so, we should not forget that the higher quality of building stock will also deliver well-being benefits to its citizens.
We know this is possible and successful from first-hand local experience. The Dutch Energiesprong – an innovative renovation programme – has proven that it is feasible to upscale an industrialised production process through a holistic approach.
The project advances industrialisation by aggregating demand and streamlining replicable processes, innovative instruments (e.g. financial models) and products (e.g. modular building components). The Energiesprong programme has reduced the cost of a holistic net zero renovation of a terraced house from € 130,000, at the first pilot-project in 2010, to €65,000 nowadays.
A price drop of 50%, with a target to further cut costs by more than a third. Imagine what Europe-wide industrialisation could achieve.
Despite some promising cases, the progress of deep energy renovation has, however, been isolated and too sluggish. Across Europe, we need to move from demonstration into a high volume market. And the time to take action is now.
Read the complete Op-Ed on EurActiv.com here.


Kingston-upon-Thames, within the leafy suburbs of west London, could as properly be in a unique time zone for many residents of the capital.
Its quaint rows of retailers, faux-Tudor public homes, cobbled streets and verdant parks are a world away from the dirty actuality of a lot of the town.
So, what a pleasure to have an excuse to go to earlier this month to take a look at the freshly renovated Bingham Riverhouse.
Stepping off the District Line and onto the high-street, the bustling suburb is surprisingly busy for a Sunday night – both vibrant or chaotic relying in your mind set.
However only a ten-minute stroll away – together with a stunning stretch alongside the Thames – our vacation spot awaits.
From the entrance, the lodge seems to be like another residential property within the space – which is precisely the way it began out life.
Initially constructed as two Georgian homes, from 1899 it noticed earlier dwellers Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper pen poems and performs beneath the well-known pseudonym Michael Discipline.
On the time the home was one thing of a literary hub, and guests, together with W.B Yeats, flocked.
In 1984, the Trinder household acquired the property and it stays to today within the care of mom and daughter, Ruth and Samantha.
It's once you open the entrance door that the magic begins.
After a month-long overhaul, every of the 15 bedrooms has been up to date, whereas the eating rooms and bar have undergone a whole renovation.
Strolling via the reception and into the primary eating room, visitors are greeted with solar dappled views over the river beneath, whereas the manicured gardens look equally inviting.
Test-in is as fast and casual as you'll hope for a property of this measurement, and we're shortly been led to our room.
The corridors are slender and the floorboards creaky – a lot to my delight – as we make our method upstairs.
Every room is called in honour of a flower and we're accommodated in 'Callirhoe'.
A four-posted mattress dominates the centre of area, whereas a chaise longue occupies a primary spot by the bay home windows and permits one to whereas away the time gazing on the Thames.
This far out of central London the river is dominated by rowing boats and pleasure yachts, a world away from the heavy industrial visitors extra widespread within the centre of city.
Following the refurbishment, led by award-winning inside designer Nicola Harding, the property has sought to turn out to be a mixture between a non-public home and unique members membership – and it seems some visitors are staying for the long-haul.
The air is genial and pleasant, with workers chatting amiably with residents.
Guests can take pleasure in drinks within the double-height pink drawing room, the place authentic artwork is showcased amongst grand ceilings, or head out straight on to the terrace.
Tons of of Penguin Classics line the partitions, an illustration of the property's vibrant literary previous.
As proprietor Samantha Trinder explains: "I grew up in what was my mother and father' mattress and breakfast within the eighties and within the noughties, I used to be fortunate sufficient to be given a free rein by my mom, a formidable Kenyan enterprise girl, to rework it into Richmond's first boutique lodge.
Taking our seats for dinner, the environment is personable and homely – that is boutique expertise Ace Accommodations and the Hoxton have sought to mimic.
The accents on the tables surrounding us are actually plummy, giving the sensation of a life properly lived within the extra affluent components of London.
The light clink of glass and china alerts the transition from lunch and afternoon tea and will get livelier when cocktails and aperitifs are being served.
The Riverhouse menu has been revived beneath the course of award-winning head chef Andrew Cole and it actually lives as much as expectations.
On arrival our allergic reactions are meticulously famous, as they should be in 2019, earlier than we're served among the finest Sunday roasts I've ever tasted.
We begin with ham hock rillette, served with pistachio cream, bacon nibs and toasted onion bread, earlier than shifting onto the primary, medium-rare beef ready to perfection, together with Yorkshire pudding and child greens – a delight!
For dessert, I loved my first rice pudding in maybe twenty years and severely think about asking for seconds – what a waste of all these years after the dish was tarnished by college canteens.
After dinner it's as much as mattress – every step bending barely within the center as an example age and giving the sensation of sneaking previous your mother and father' bed room having arrived dwelling late.
An exquisite expertise in one of many components of London largely untouched by mass tourism – properly price a go to.
Bingham Riverhouse is one in every of London's most surprising boutique resorts or, as they see themselves, a restaurant with rooms.
A Georgian townhouse overlooking the Thames, it's a gourmand bolthole for lunch and dinner dates, an elegant retreat for romantic getaways and a timeless wedding ceremony and occasions venue.


The Internet providesa huge amount of online and dynamic information related to stock information, currency exchange rates, interest rates, expected weather status, oil prices, and many other topics. This information is publicly available on dynamic HTML documents or on web services. This paper discusses a flexible notification system that utilizes the available online information and allows users to define a set of notifications that they areinterested in.Based on the defined notification conditions, users will be notified by email and/or SMS messages whenever one or more of the conditions aremet. In this system, users use Java-based configurationstodefine the notification requirements. This systemalso solves some of the issues facing utilizing public information available on the Internet to build the needed notifications.This includes the problem of capturing highly dynamic Internet information as well assupporting advanced types of notifications.


1947 Lincoln Zephyr in St. Louis, MO for sale.
This vehicle is priced $10,175 more than the Average Market Price of $24,725 for a 1947 Lincoln Zephyr. This is a Poor Deal as it's priced 29.0 % above market avg. The Pie chart below shows the number of ads within different price ranges.


Capistrano is a deployment tool to assist in moving code from a repository to a production server. It's a set of tools used from one machine (the deployer), to get an application running on a remote machine (the server).
In many cases, the deployer is a developer working from his or her laptop. Capistrano is installed here. The deployer invokes the tooling locally on his laptop, and Capistrano reaches across the network to set up the right version of the application and activate it within TorqueBox.
The TorqueBox distribution includes support for Capistrano, but does not include Capistrano itself. Capistrano requires a few other gems in order to function effectively. It is easy to install everything.
You can skip this section if you're already using Capistrano with your application. Otherwise, you'll need to capify your application to set it up for use with Capistrano.
Ensure that you are in the root of your application's source tree, and run the capify command.
$ jruby -S capify .
This creates a Capfile in the root of your application, which delegates to another file it created: config/deploy.rb. The deploy.rb file is the primary location for configuring your deployment strategy.
All applications, whether using TorqueBox or another server, require some common settings to be used with Capistrano. The default deploy.rb indicates some typical variables you should customize for your deployment.
Within your deploy.rb, there are a few additional steps and variables you may configure in order to deploy to a remote TorqueBox server.
First, you should include the Capistrano recipes which support TorqueBox deployments. If you use Bundler, you should also include the Bundler recipes at this point.
Note: You will need to install the torquebox-capistrano-support gem if you are using the torquebox-server gem install, as it is not installed by default.
Capistrano needs to know some details about how TorqueBox is installed on the remote server. Primarily, it needs to be able to locate JBoss and JRuby.
If you've installed TorqueBox by unzipping the distribution, you only need to set :torquebox_home in your deploy.rb.
If you have a non-standard installation of the TorqueBox components, you may instead set :jboss_home and :jruby_home individually.
Capistrano uses these values in order to control the TorqueBox AS process, deploy applications to the correct location, and execute Bundler on the remote server if required. If required, you may also set :jruby_opts variable to pass to all invocations of JRuby.
Typical usage of Capistrano expects production values to be embedded into your application's torquebox.yml file. In the event you need to override some values when deploying with Capistrano, several application variables may be set. If these are not set, they will not be emitted by Capistrano into the *-knob.yml it deploys.
:app_host String to use a the web virtual host.
:app_environment Hash of name/values for environment variables.
The TorqueBox AS can be controlled in two different ways. By default, the init.d method is used, but using the bin/ scripts that ship with JBoss is also supported.
Using a /etc/init.d script, the TorqueBox AS can be integrated into the server's normal service boot sequence and controlled using standard tools and methods enjoyed by sysadmins. By default, Capistrano support assumes the init.d script is located at /etc/init.d/jbossas. If you use a differently-named script, simply specify it using the :jboss_init_script variable.
When using an init.d script, it is assumed that other details, such as bind IP address, server configuration selection, and other details are set through /etc/sysconfig files.
If you do not have access to modify scripts under /etc/init.d, you may desire to simply use the run.sh and shutdown.sh scripts under $JBOSS_HOME/bin to control the server process. To enable this method of server control, you must set the :jboss_control_style variable.
When using bin/ scripts, you may control additional server properties through your deploy.rb file.
:jboss_bind_address 0.0.0.0 The IP address to bind when launching the AS.
Once your application is setup and configured, and your deployment server is prepared, you can begin performing deployments as you normally would.
TorqueBox AS can work behind another webserver such as Apache httpd. Capistrano supports placing a maintenance.html page to be served by Apache when you desire to take down the app server.
Capistrano will provide instructions for setting up Apache to stop directing requests to the AS when the maintanence page is in-place. When using TorqueBox behind Apache, these rules normally should live in the <VirtualHost> section of your httpd.conf, instead of within an .htaccess.
The Capistrano deployment workflow can occur even if the TorqueBox AS is not currently running. Deployment will not automatically start the AS if it is not running. Deployment will also never restart the server, as new application deployments are automatically recognized by the running AS.
You can start and stop the TorqueBox AS independent of deployment activities. When started, all applications that were running when last shutdown will be redeployed.


We should recognize and thank the economic contributions of all working people.
I have a suggestion for another headline to counter Mr. Woolf's headline, "VT's budget has a few wealthy people to thank" from his column on March 8.
So instead of thanking those who, because of high salaries and investment incomes pay higher taxes, we should recognize and thank the economic contributions of all working people.


Meine Freundin Barbara is a motion picture produced in the year 1937 as a Deutschland production. The Film was directed by Fritz Kirchhoff, with Ellen Bang, Paul Hoffmann, Hans Leibelt, E Ried, , in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file; There are no reviews of Meine Freundin Barbara available.


Find out about the different ways National Eczema Society works with like-minded companies to improve outcomes for people with eczema.
Companies that share the Society's values and aims to improve the quality of life for people with eczema are encouraged to become corporate members of the charity.
Companies can advertise in the Society's quarterly membership magazine called Exchange. This A5 colour publication is sent to all members and features news and articles on research, treatment and management of eczema.


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Tracking America's unsolved homicides
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New study of unsolved female murders in Cleveland
Reporters from WKYC-TV and Cleveland's The Plain Dealer newspaper have collaborated to review recent unsolved homicides of women and asked the Murder Accountability Project to review their data on 61 unsolved killings going back to 2004.
The review found that 34 of these women were killed by gunfire, 10 by blunt force, 9 by strangulation and 8 by stabbing. Slightly more than 44 percent of Cleveland's unsolved female homicides were committed through means other than firearms, while the national average for such killings is 29 percent.
Studies of known victims of serial killers consistently show that serial victims are disproportionately female and killed by strangulation, stabbing or blunt force.
Women in Cleveland who perished through these more personal, hands-on methods of killing varied in several statistically significant ways from the city's women who died from gunfire. They were much more likely to have a history of prostitution, to be 40 years old or older and to be white or Hispanic.
Here are the percentages: Women with a history of prostitution were killed by hands-on methods 77% of the time, compared to 35% for women with no such history. Only 32% of women under 40 died from these personal killing methods compared to 62% of women 40 or older. Among white or Hispanic women, 79% died from the more intimate methods of killing, compared to 34% of African American victims.
To see a discussion by Plain Dealer reporter Rachel Dissell and WKYC reporter Drew Horansky, click here.
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Please pass the word around if you could, use the flyer, whatever… come along, I'd love to see ya there sometime!
Symbols (I know) which cannot be the thing Thou art.
To a deaf idol, if Thou take them at their word.
Unbroken speech our limping metaphor translate.
Away with the Exodus team for the weekend, hanging out at the YWAM center in Paisley. See you Sunday!
Following the Urban Expressions meeting on Monday night, the group of 4 of us who went to the open evening ended up on top of a hill in Anniesland overlooking Glasgow, praying and worshiping. That's where Hope City comes in. Glasgow is a place of brokenness, a place known as Stab City. No longer. Her new name is Hope City.


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The Mirror of Spirits expansion will be available in March at no additional cost.
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A brain teasing game where you guess repeatedly till you discover the hidden secret number. Earn points and unlock other interesting modes.
Challenge yourself in this puzzle game. Make lines of colors but don't lock up.


This beautiful long satin gown features wide satin shoulder straps which frames the neckline gorgeously.
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