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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Déardaoin, 26 MFómh 2019
Vol. 986 No. 6
Offshore Islands: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Ar ais chuig clár ábhair
The following motion was moved by Deputy Catherine Connolly on Tuesday, 17 September 2019:
That Dáil Éireann:
notes that:
— offshore islands and their communities are a dynamic resource in a developing Ireland, representing an extraordinary repository of language, culture and heritage and constituting a unique element in the fabric of Irish society;
— offshore islands make special economic, social and cultural contributions to the life of the nation;
— the decline in the population of offshore islands by 155 persons from the Census 2011 figure of 2,889 to the Census 2016 figure of 2,734, representing a 5.4 per cent decline, represents a serious challenge to the future of the islands as viable, vibrant communities;
— the inaction of successive Governments in addressing the need for an offshore islands policy has been accompanied by a decline in population and a decline in the number of Irish speakers, putting their unique cultural and linguistic heritage at risk;
— there has been a reduction in daily use of the Irish language of 11 per cent on the three Aran Islands (Inis Meáin, Inis Mór and Inis Oírr) where the percentage of active daily Irish speakers has fallen from 63 per cent of the population (over three years of age) in 2011 to 57 per cent in 2016;
— the 1996 'Report of the Interdepartmental Co-ordinating Committee on Island Development: A strategic framework for developing the offshore islands of Ireland' was the last published strategy on the islands;
— the 1996 Interdepartmental Co-ordinating Committee on Island Development did not include any offshore island representatives on its steering committee and did not deliver on its ambitious range of recommendations;
— the 1996 Report pledged to begin work 'immediately' and to agree a programme of work by early 1996, and since then policies have been adopted on an ad hoc basis, which are entirely insufficient to address the growing need for action;
— there is currently no policy for offshore islands; and
— the Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht announced his intention to seek Government approval to establish an Interdepartmental Committee for Island Development;
further notes that no date has been set for the work to begin and no timeframe for the work to be completed;
recognises:
— that islanders have an unparalleled knowledge of both the problems and the solutions required to ensure a sustainable future and must therefore be the prime movers in drawing up and delivering on future plans;
— the challenges faced by offshore island communities;
— the unique cultural and economic assets of island populations;
— the economic potential offered by sustainable offshore island communities for the country as a whole;
— the work of offshore island cooperatives in providing equitable and sustainable social and economic opportunities and supports; and
— the need for an urgent and comprehensive policy along with an action plan to ensure the future viability of offshore island communities; and
calls on the Government to:
— develop a policy for offshore islands, underpinned by the principles of equity and social partnership between island communities and State agencies;
— outline an action plan and a timeframe for the delivery of each policy objective;
— ensure island representation on the Interdepartmental Committee for Island Development; and
— engage in meaningful consultation with islanders in the formulation of an offshore islands policy and action plan, including in the areas of housing, health, energy, waste management, climate change, education, communication, employment and transport.
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
— offshore islands make special economic, social and cultural contributions to the life of the nation; and
— the decline in the population of offshore islands by 155 persons from the Census 2011 figure of 2,889 to the Census 2016 figure of 2,734, representing a 5.4 per cent decline, represents a serious challenge to the future of the islands as viable, vibrant communities; and
— the investment being made by the Government in the language planning process on the Gaeltacht islands;
— the significant investment made by Government in improving access harbour infrastructure since 1996;
— the work that has been done by Comhar Oileán na hÉireann and the individual island communities to date;
— that the island populations are unique cultural assets, and that they face particular challenges;
— that substantial progress has been made in terms of transport supports for the islands, with some 25 subsidised cargo, passenger and air services now in operation, serving islands all along the coast;
— that the Minister of State for the Irish language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands has established an Interdepartmental Committee for the Islands with representatives from the following Departments:
— Justice and Equality;
— Communications, Climate Action and Environment;
— Defence;
— Housing, Planning and Local Government;
— Employment Affairs and Social Protection;
— Business, Enterprise and Innovation;
— Agriculture, Food and the Marine;
— Rural and Community Development;
— Health;
— Education and Skills;
— Transport, Tourism and Sport; and
— Children and Youth Affairs;
— that the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will be consulting widely with island communities on an island-by-island basis and with Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann on the policy being developed;
— that it is envisaged that the Committee, which will be chaired by the Minister of State with responsibility for the Islands, will meet on 24th September, 2019, and will, in consultation with all of the relevant stakeholders, draw up an islands policy, from which an action plan will then be developed and implemented; and
— that the action plan, which will be presented to Cabinet, will comprise specific commitments for implementation by Government agencies, that will be measurable and time bound.
- (Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht)
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding offshore islands. On Tuesday, 17 September, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to," a division was claimed. In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), that division must be taken now.
Amendment put:
The Dáil divided: Tá, 38; Níl, 79; Staon, 0.
Tá
Flanagan, Charles.
Lowry, Michael.
Noonan, Michael.
Níl
Barry, Mick.
Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Brady, John.
Breathnach, Declan.
Broughan, Thomas P.
Collins, Joan.
Coppinger, Ruth.
Donnelly, Stephen.
Fitzmaurice, Michael.
Healy, Seamus.
Kenny, Gino.
Murphy, Catherine.
Murphy, Paul.
Shortall, Róisín.
Smith, Bríd.
Stanley, Brian.
Staon
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Seán Kyne and Tony McLoughlin; Níl, Deputies Catherine Connolly and Thomas Pringle.
Amendment declared lost.
Motion agreed to.
Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation
Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]


Rack the base wine - racking is the process where we take move wine from one tank to another and try to leave behind the layer of "stuff" in the bottom of the first tank. We have been experimenting with using several rackings instead of filtering our wines, and we really like the result.
Sweeten the base wine - we add organic cane sugar to our base wine to get the sugar up to a specific level so that when the yeast is added and re-ferments in bottle, we get a specific pressure within the bottle. Not too much to make it explode, and just enough so that we have the right amount of bubbles.
Re-pitch yeast to base wine - in the wine world we use the word pitch, much like in baseball. It's the method for delivering a specific strain of yeast into a wine, just like a pitch delivers the ball to the hitter.
Sparge nitrogen gas into bottles - sparging is squirting some nitrogen into the bottles, the method we use helps to loosen and get rid of any dust that might be in there, and also adds a layer of nitrogen to the bottle, so that as the bottles fill the wine does not become too oxidized.
Stir the tank with yeast and sugar in it every 15 minutes or so - with the yeast that was added at the beginning we need to make sure it stays relatively in suspension, the yeast has been rehydrated so that it is already multiplying, but it's better to not have tons of yeast just sitting at the bottom of the tank that gets bottled into the last few bottles of wine.
Cap bottles - we cap all of our bottles for this first stage of bottling. The caps we use are similar to beer caps. This ensures the pressure stays in the bottle instead of leaking out and losing some of the bubbles we've been cultivating.
Stack into stillage for aging/storage - most sparkling wines are stored on their sides, so that the wine to yeast contact is maximized. The yeast will ferment the sugars no matter how the bottle is stored, but letting them lay on their sides supposedly changes the way the flavors develop as the wine ages. We like the yeasty flavors to be imparted to our wines, so the more contact the better.
If you would like to see the process or feel like we missed some crucial steps, please reach out and ask your questions. We would love to take the opportunity to chat with you about our wines and why we are so passionate about the way we make them.


وَ مَفْزَعُ الْمُضَيِّعِ لِحَظِّ نَفْسِهِ الْمُلْتَجِئِ .
وَ يُجَرِّعَنِي زُعَاقَ مَرَارَتِهِ .
فِيمَا لَمْ أُعْمِلْ فِيهِ فِكْرِي .
قَدْ عَضَّ عَلَى شَوَاهُ وَ أَدْبَرَ مُوَلِّياً قَدْ أَخْلَفَتْ سَرَايَاهُ .
وَ يَنْظُرُنِي عَلَى شِدَّةِ الْحَنَقِ .
لَوْ لَا رَحْمَتُكَ مَا حَلَّ بِسَاحَتِهِ .
وَ وَحَرَنِي بِكَيْدِهِ ، وَ قَصَدَنِي بِمَكِيدَتِهِ .
فَحَصَّنْتَنِي مِنْ بَأْسِهِ بِقُدْرَتِكَ .
وَ غَوَاشِي كُرُبَاتٍ كَشَفْتَهَا .
لَا تُسْأَلُ عَمَّا تَفْعَلُ .
وَ ذِي أَنَاةٍ لَا يَعْجَلُ .
وَ شَهِدَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ بِالتَّضْيِيعِ .
وَ آمَنُ بِهِ مِنْ عِقَابِكَ ، يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ .
Thou tried me graciously but I disobeyed.
and I returned and Thou covered over.
So Thine, my God, is the praise!
and the descent of Thy punishments!
and making me gulp down the bitter water of his bile!
about which I have not thought.
and Thou braced up my back!
and turned back upon him what he had pointed straight.
his burning thirst not quenched!
his columns having been of no use.
and looked at me with the intensity of fury!
and dumped him into the hole of his own digging.
was on the point of coming down upon me!
and aimed at me with his tricks!
Thy victory will not be frightened.
So Thou fortified me against his severity through Thy power.
and a wrap of distress Thou hast removed!
and a misery Thou hast transformed!
with acts of disobeying Thee.
from committing acts displeasing to Thee.
14- Thou wert asked, and Thou bestowed.
Thou wert not asked, and Thou began.
and Thou didst not skimp.
and paying no heed to Thy threat!
and the Possessor of patient waiting who does not hurry!
and bears witness to his own negligence.
1. Allusion to 21:23: He is not questioned as to what He does, but they shall be questioned.
2. For 'so and so' the supplicant should supply words appropriate to his own situation.


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Domestic Case Law
Nese Aslanbay Akbiyik Basvurusu, Case Application Number: 2014/5836 Constitutional Court of Turkey (2015)
The petitioner filed a claim to the Turkish Constitutional Court stating that trial and appellate courts' refusal to allow her use her pre-marriage surname after marriage violated her right to protection of her private life and discriminated against her based on her gender. Article 187 of the Turkish Civil Code requires married women to use their husband's surname after marriage, which created complications in the petitioner's professional life since she was known by her pre-marriage name. On appeal, the Constitutional Court applied both Turkish law and international law to find that a person's right to a name, including their surname, is an inalienable right. The Court looked to precedent from the European Court of Human Rights in finding that protection of a person's name including person's surname is covered by Article 8 (respect for private and family life). The Court also found that the protections afforded by Article 17 of the Turkish Constitution overlapped with the protections in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Consequently, the Court concluded that, since the right to one's name is protected in the Turkish Constitution and within the scope of international agreements to which Turkey is a party—including the European Convention of Human Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights—men and women are entitled to equal rights to use their pre-marriage last name.
P. and S. v. Poland European Court of Human Rights (2012)
Sexual violence and rape
The applicants, P. and S., were daughter and mother. P., a fourteen-year-old girl, was raped and impregnated by a classmate. Abortion in Poland is available in the case of rape so in May 2008 P. received a certificate from the public prosecutor to allow her to get a legal abortion in Poland. She went to three hospitals who refused to perform the operation: one brought her to a Catholic priest—who urged her not to get an abortion—without her permission. Hospital officials issued a press release after which anti-abortion campaigners harassed P. A criminal proceeding against P. on suspicion of sexual intercourse with a minor was initiated in July 2008 but later terminated, the court finding that P. could only be considered a victim, not a perpetrator. The police then alleged that S. was trying to coerce P. into having an abortion, leading to the authorities removing P. from her mother's custody and placing her in a juvenile shelter. The Minister of Health intervened and P. got an abortion without being an officially registered patient or receiving any post-abortion care. The European Court of Human Rights held that there was a violation of Article 8: right to respect for private and family life. The Court found that the state should ensure people's legal rights are facilitated by procedures to fulfill those rights. The Court also found that the hospital press release of information led to interference with the applicants' lives. The Court held that there was a violation of Article 5(1) because the separation of P. from her parents was taken to prevent abortion rather than within in the purpose of the Article, which is for educational supervision. Finally, there was a violation of Article 3: the difficulties P. met in seeking abortion and subsequent trial for intercourse with a minor constituted ill treatment.
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package org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.validator;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.ovirt.engine.core.utils.MockConfigRule.mockConfig;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.ClassRule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.DiskImage;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.StorageDomain;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.StorageDomainStatus;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.businessentities.StorageType;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.config.ConfigValues;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.errors.VdcBllMessages;
import org.ovirt.engine.core.utils.MockConfigRule;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * A test case for the {@link StorageDomainValidator} class.
 * The hasSpaceForClonedDisk() and hasSpaceForNewDisk() methods are covered separately in
 * {@link StorageDomainValidatorFreeSpaceTest}.
 */
public class StorageDomainValidatorTest {
    private StorageDomain domain;
    private StorageDomainValidator validator;
    private final static int FREE_SPACE_CRITICAL_LOW_IN_GB = 5;

    @ClassRule
    public static MockConfigRule mcr = new MockConfigRule(
            mockConfig(ConfigValues.FreeSpaceCriticalLowInGB, FREE_SPACE_CRITICAL_LOW_IN_GB)
            );

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        domain = new StorageDomain();
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(domain);
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsDomainExistAndActiveDomainNotExists() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(null);
        assertEquals("Wrong failure for null domain",
                VdcBllMessages.ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_STORAGE_DOMAIN_NOT_EXIST,
                validator.isDomainExistAndActive().getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsDomainExistAndActiveDomainNotUp() {
        domain.setStatus(StorageDomainStatus.Inactive);
        assertEquals("Wrong failure for inactive domain",
                VdcBllMessages.ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_STORAGE_DOMAIN_STATUS_ILLEGAL2,
                validator.isDomainExistAndActive().getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void testIsDomainExistAndActiveDomainUp() {
        domain.setStatus(StorageDomainStatus.Active);
        assertTrue("domain should be up", validator.isDomainExistAndActive().isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithNotEnoughSpaceForRequest() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(12, 748, StorageType.NFS));
        assertEquals("Wrong failure for not enough space for request",
                VdcBllMessages.ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_DISK_SPACE_LOW_ON_STORAGE_DOMAIN,
                validator.isDomainHasSpaceForRequest(10).getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithNotEnoughSpace() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(3, 756, StorageType.NFS));
        assertEquals("Wrong failure for not enough space",
                VdcBllMessages.ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_DISK_SPACE_LOW_ON_STORAGE_DOMAIN,
                validator.isDomainWithinThresholds().getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithNotEnoughSpaceForRequestWithoutThreshold() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(12, 748, StorageType.NFS));
        assertEquals("Wrong failure for not enough space for request",
                VdcBllMessages.ACTION_TYPE_FAILED_DISK_SPACE_LOW_ON_STORAGE_DOMAIN,
                validator.isDomainHasSpaceForRequest(13, false).getMessage());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithEnoughSpaceForRequestWithoutThreshold() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(12, 748, StorageType.NFS));
        assertTrue("Domain should have enough space for request.", validator.isDomainHasSpaceForRequest(12, false)
                .isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithEnoughSpaceForRequest() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(16, 748, StorageType.NFS));
        assertTrue("Domain should have more space then threshold", validator.isDomainHasSpaceForRequest(10).isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithEnoughSpace() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(6, 756, StorageType.NFS));
        assertTrue("Domain should have more space then threshold", validator.isDomainWithinThresholds().isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithEnoughSizeToRemoveDiskSnapshotsSumOfActualSizes() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(1024, 0, StorageType.NFS));
        DiskImage image1 = mockDiskImage(128, 1024);
        DiskImage image2 = mockDiskImage(256, 2048);

        assertTrue("Domain should have enough space for merging the snapshots",
            validator.hasSpaceForRemovingDiskSnapshots(Arrays.asList(image1, image2)).isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithEnoughSizeToRemoveDiskSnapshotsMaxVirtualSize() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(1024, 0, StorageType.NFS));
        DiskImage image1 = mockDiskImage(1024, 1024);
        DiskImage image2 = mockDiskImage(256, 1024);

        assertTrue("Domain should have enough space for merging the snapshots",
            validator.hasSpaceForRemovingDiskSnapshots(Arrays.asList(image1, image2)).isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithNotEnoughSizeToRemoveDiskSnapshotsSumOfActualSizes() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(1024, 0, StorageType.NFS));
        DiskImage image1 = mockDiskImage(1024, 1512);
        DiskImage image2 = mockDiskImage(256, 1512);

        assertTrue("Domain should not have enough space for merging the snapshots",
            !validator.hasSpaceForRemovingDiskSnapshots(Arrays.asList(image1, image2)).isValid());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDomainWithNotEnoughSizeToRemoveDiskSnapshotsMaxVirtualSize() {
        validator = new StorageDomainValidator(mockStorageDomain(512, 0, StorageType.NFS));
        DiskImage image1 = mockDiskImage(768, 1024);
        DiskImage image2 = mockDiskImage(768, 1024);

        assertTrue("Domain should not have enough space for merging the snapshots",
                !validator.hasSpaceForRemovingDiskSnapshots(Arrays.asList(image1, image2)).isValid());
    }

    private static StorageDomain mockStorageDomain(int availableSize, int usedSize, StorageType storageType) {
        StorageDomain sd = new StorageDomain();
        sd.setAvailableDiskSize(availableSize);
        sd.setUsedDiskSize(usedSize);
        sd.setStatus(StorageDomainStatus.Active);
        sd.setStorageType(storageType);
        return sd;
    }

    private static DiskImage mockDiskImage(long actualSize, long virtualSize) {
        DiskImage image = new DiskImage();
        image.setActualSize(actualSize);
        image.setSize(virtualSize);

        return image;
    }
}

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Q: improving computationnal speed of a kalman filter in Matlab I am computing a statistical model in Matlab which has to run about 200 kalman filter per iteration, and I want to iterate the modelat least 10 000 times which suggest that I should run it at least 2 000 000 times. I am therefore searching for a way to optimize the computationnal speed of Matlab on this part. I have already gone operation per operation to try to optimize the computation in Matlab using all the tricks which could be used but I would like to go further...
I am not familiar with C/C++ but I read that mex-file could be usefull in some cases. Anyone could tell me if it would be Worth going into this direction ???
Thanks...

A: Writing mex files will definitely speed up the entire process, but you will not be able to use a lot of the built in MATLAB functions. You are limited to what you can do in C++ and C. Of course you can write your own functions, as long as you know how to.
The speed increase mainly comes from the fact the mex files are compiled and not interpreted line by line as are standard MATLAB scripts. Once you compile the mex you can call it the same way you do any other MATLAB function.
For a class I took in college I had to write my own image scaling function, I had initially written it in a standard script and it would take a couple seconds to complete on large images, but when I wrote it in C in a mex it would complete in less than 0.1 seconds.
MEX Files Documentation

A: If you you are not familiar at all with C/C++ this will be hard going. Hopefully you have some experience with another language besides Matlab? You can try learning/copying from the many included examples, but you'll really need to figure out the basics first.
One thing in particular. If you use mex you'll need some way to obtain decent random numbers for your Kalman filter noise. You might be surprised, but a very large percentage of your calculation time will likely be in generating random numbers for noise (depending on the complexity of your filter it could be > 50%).
Don't use the default random number generators in C/C++.
These are not suitable for scientific computation, especially when generating vast numbers of values as you seem to need. Your first option is to pass in a large array of random numbers generated via randn in Matlab to your mex code. Or look into including the C code Mersenne Twister algorithm itself and find/implement a scheme for generating normal random numbers from the uniform ones (log-polar is simplest, but Ziggurat will be faster). This is not too hard. I've done it myself and the Double precision SIMD-oriented Fast Mersenne Twister (dSFMT) is actually 2+ times faster than Matlab's current implementation for uniform variates.

A: You could use parfor loops or the parallel computing toolbox in general to speedup your calculations. Did you already checked whether MATLAB is using 100% CPU?

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The Impatient Crafter : The Impatient Crafter™ Free Holiday Craft Project!
The Impatient Crafter™ Free Holiday Craft Project!
Here's a free holiday craft project I've created for your enjoyment. As always, these designs are intended for personal use and not for resale. It's hard to see the sparkle, but there's a light dusting of fine glitter on the surface of this design that gives it the perfect touch of magic. This is designed as an ornament, but I'd seriously sport it as a pendant. I'm kooky like that. So I've dubbed it an "ornapendant." Enjoy!
Stop back on Thursday for the debut of the new The Impatient Crafter™ Crafty Quickies™ how-to video shorts, we're going to be making these for a while to get everyone squared away on the basics.
Until then...craft on with your bad selves!
1. Use a spatula or your fingertips to spread a thick layer of Snow-Tex on each chipboard circle. Sprinkle a small amount of fine glass glitter on surface. Allow to dry overnight.
2. Use paint brush and shimmering silver paint to edge each circle and to paint the back of each circle. Use a foam applicator or your fingertip to lightly spread a small amount of silver paint across the raised portions of the surface of each circle. Allow to dry.
3. Mark hole placement and then use a drill with a 1/6" bit to create a hole in the top of the largest circle and the top, sides and bottom of one smaller circle and the top and bottom of the second smaller circle. Use a white pen to fix any areas that may have lost their snow.
4. Make gentle indentations with a small paintbrush end for eyes and nose on head circle. Glue them in place using Amazing Gloop. Allow to dry. While drying use Sharpee to add small dots for mouth.
5. Repeat process for buttons on mid-section circle.
6. Use wire to make small stick style arms. Bend with fingers to give sticks some movement. Use round nose pliers to create small loops in one end of each stick arm.
7. Drill hole in center top of top hat using 1/16" drill bit. Thread with an eye pin, bend eye pin flush to top of hat and cut to about 1/8". Use round nose pliers to grasp and roll end into a loop.
8. Create a hook using 20 gauge Colourcraft wire in silver. Cut off a 3" section of wire. Use round nose pliers to make a small loop in each end. Bend center of wire over index finger and use fingers to shape wire into a hook.
9. Attach sections together using jump rings.
10. Attach arms using smaller jump rings.
11. Attach hat to top of top jump ring.
12. Attach hook to top of hat.
13. Tie a 3" section of ric-rac ribbon around front of jump ring that attaches head to body. Use fingers to fray edges slightly.
14. Trace a left and right mitten and cut out. Place each cut out mitten on back of paper to trace a mirror image mitten. Use EZ-Runner to apply double sided tape to back of one mitten in each set. Compress mittens over end of craft wire. Clean up any overlap with scissors.
15. Hang on tree or replace hook with a swivel lobster clasp and wear on a chain.
Oh Snap (so to speak)! I'm very impressed with the little preview window that shows where each link is going to take me. Today's project is a great demonstration of why it pays to have all kinds of crafts supplies in the house. Mixing media like this makes a pro-looking product!
Thanks for sharing this project Margot - I am amazed by your unceasing well of creativity!
The snowmen are so cute!! Great idea!


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const testXformHelper = require('../test-xform-helper');

const AppTitlesOfPartsXform = verquire(
  'xlsx/xform/core/app-titles-of-parts-xform'
);

const expectations = [
  {
    title: 'app.01',
    create() {
      return new AppTitlesOfPartsXform();
    },
    preparedModel: [{name: 'Sheet1'}],
    xml:
      '<TitlesOfParts><vt:vector size="1" baseType="lpstr"><vt:lpstr>Sheet1</vt:lpstr></vt:vector></TitlesOfParts>',
    tests: ['render', 'renderIn'],
  },
  {
    title: 'app.02',
    create() {
      return new AppTitlesOfPartsXform();
    },
    preparedModel: [{name: 'Sheet1'}, {name: 'Sheet2'}],
    xml:
      '<TitlesOfParts><vt:vector size="2" baseType="lpstr"><vt:lpstr>Sheet1</vt:lpstr><vt:lpstr>Sheet2</vt:lpstr></vt:vector></TitlesOfParts>',
    tests: ['render', 'renderIn'],
  },
];

describe('AppTitlesOfPartsXform', () => {
  testXformHelper(expectations);
});


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Ernest Eckhardt es un jinete estadounidense que compitió en la modalidad de concurso completo. Ganó una medalla de oro en los Juegos Panamericanos de 1967, en la prueba por equipos.

Palmarés internacional

Referencias

Jinetes de Estados Unidos
Jinetes de concurso completo

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Past Special Events Archive
2005 Summer Event
* Canada's Bomber Command Memorial Dedication *
Some four thousand people attended the dedication of Canada's Bomber Command Memorial on August 20, 2005. It was a moving tribute to the Canadians who served with Bomber Command. The speakers included Bill Graham, Canada's Minister of National Defence and Brig. General David Graham, Director of Air Force Development. Art Smith OC DFC spoke on behalf of the veterans and Chris Koch, a Nanton native whose uncle's name is on the Memorial, spoke on behalf of the families of those honoured. The Calgary Police Service Pipe Band, #4Wing Cold Lake Honour Guard, and flypasts by No. 408 Squadron and civilian vintage aircraft were important components of the impressive ceremonies.
Following the Dedication, the museum's Lancaster's starboard-inner Merlin engine was started and run-up to a huge round of applause.
Minute of Silence.
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Nelly Miricioiu
Bruce Ford
Alastair Miles
Giorgio Lamberti
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
Artist: Nelly Miricioiu
The Best of Puccini (1997)
performed by Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Jonathon Welch (tenor), Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Thomas Harper (tenor), Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Slovak Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus)
The Very Best of Puccini (2005)
performed by Alberto Rinaldi (baritone), Carmen Gonzales (vocals), Fabio Previati (vocals), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Jonathon Welch (vocals), Luba Orgonasova (vocals), Masako Deguci (soprano), Miriam Gauci (vocals), Miriam Gauci (soprano), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano)
Donizetti: Rosmunda d'Inghilterra (1997)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Diana Montague (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Renée Fleming (vocals), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
O mio Babbino caro: Famous Soprano Arias from Italian Opera (2001)
performed by Alida Ferrarini (vocals), Daniela Longhi (vocals), Ewa Podles (vocals), Luba Orgonasova (vocals), Miriam Gauci (vocals), Monika Krause (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Stefka Evstatieva (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini
Rossini: Ricciardo & Zoraide (1997)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Alice Coote (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Carol Smith (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Paul Nilon (vocals), Toby Spence (vocals), William Matteuzzi (vocals), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Gioachino Rossini
performed by Andrea Piccinni (bass), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Jan Durco (bass), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Stanislav Benacka (bass), Slovak Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus)
Serious Rossini (2001)
performed by Barry Banks (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Dominic Natoli (vocals), Elizabeth Futral (vocals), Ildebrando d'Arcangelo (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Patrizia Biccire (vocals), Paul Austin Kelly (vocals), Paul Nilon (vocals)
Renée Fleming sings Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (2000)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Diana Montague (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Renée Fleming (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
An Introduction to Puccini's "Tosca" (2002)
performed by David Timson, Giorgio Lamberti (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Silvano Carroli (vocals), Slovak Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari (conductor)
composed by Thomson Smillie
Giovanni Pacini: Maria Regina d'Inghilterra (1998)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Jose Fardilha (vocals), Mary Plazas (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Susan Bickley (vocals), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
composed by Giovanni Pacini
Il Salotto, Vol. 2: La Potenza d'Amore (1999)
performed by Bruce Ford (vocals), David Harper (piano), Enkelejda Shkosa (vocals), Garry Magee (vocals), Majella Cullagh (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Nigel Black (horn), Paul Watkins (cello), Susan Drake (harp), William Matteuzzi (vocals)
composed by Ferdinando Paër, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Pacini, Giovanni Tadolini, Michelle Carafa, Saverio Mercadante, Simon Mayr
Il Salotto, Vol. 1: Mercadante - Les Soirées Italiennes (1999)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Garry Magee (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), William Matteuzzi (vocals), Yvonne Kenny (vocals)
Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi (1995)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Anthony Michaels-Moore (vocals), Jennifer Rhys-Davies (vocals), Marcus Jerome (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Paul Nilon (vocals), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry (conductor)
Rossini Gala (2000)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Antonia Sotgiù (vocals), Barry Banks (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Dean Robinson (vocals), Dominic Natoli (vocals), Enkelejda Shkosa (vocals), Garry Magee (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Patrizia Biccire (vocals)
Donizetti: Scenes & Overtures (1999)
performed by Antonia Sotgiù (vocals), Dominic Natoli (vocals), Garry Magee (vocals), Majella Cullagh (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Rockwell Blake (vocals), Sarah Fulgoni (vocals), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra
Rossini: Three Tenors (1998)
performed by Bruce Ford (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Paul Austin Kelly (tenor), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus), David Parry (conductor)
The Best of Naxos, Vol. 4 (1991)
performed by Concentus Hungaricus, Jenö Jandó (piano), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Silvano Carroli (vocals), Takako Nishizaki (piano), Slovak Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Franz Joseph Haydn, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Robert Schumann, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Puccini: Tosca (Highlights) (1994)
performed by Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Jan Durco (bass), Jozef Spacek (baritone), Miroslav Dvorsky (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Silvano Carroli (baritone), Stanislav Benacka (bass), Slovak Philharmonic Choir (choir, chorus)
Cav & Pag (2000)
performed by Alan Opie (baritone), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Elizabeth Bainbridge (contralto), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano), Paul Parfitt (bass baritone), Peter Bronder (tenor), Peter Hall (tenor), Phillip Joll (baritone)
composed by Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo
The Pearl Fishers and other Famous Operatic Duets (2003)
performed by Adriana Kohutkova (soprano), Denisa Slepkovska (mezzo-soprano), Eduard Tumagian (baritone), Fabio Previati (baritone), Giacomo Aragall (tenor), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Igor Morozov (baritone), Janez Lotric (tenor), Jonathon Welch (tenor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes
Donizetti: Maria de Rudenz (1998)
performed by Aline Brewer (harp), Bruce Ford (vocals), John Stenhouse (clarinet), Matthew Hargraves (vocals), Nelly Miricioiu (vocals), Nigel Douglas (vocals), Regina Nathan (vocals), Robert McFarland (vocals), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir (choir, chorus)
Opera Rara Collection (1998)
performed by Alastair Miles (bass), Alexander Oliver (vocals), Anthony Michaels-Moore (vocals), Bruce Ford (tenor), Chris Merritt (vocals), Christian du Plessis (vocals), David Harper (piano), Deborah Cook (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Diana Montague (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Pacini, Giuseppe Nicolini, Jacques Offenbach, Saverio Mercadante, Simon Mayr, Vincenzo Pucitta
The Opera Rara Collection, Vol. 2 (2000)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Alfonso Antoniozzi (vocals), Anne Mason (vocals), Antonia Sotgiù (vocals), Barry Banks (vocals), Bronwen Mills (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Bruno Praticò (vocals), Chris Merritt (vocals), Christian du Plessis (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Pacini, Michelle Carafa, Peter Winter, Saverio Mercadante, Simon Mayr, Vincenzo Bellini
The Ultimate Puccini Opera Album
performed by Armando Ariostini (baritone), Boaz Senator (baritone), Carmen Gonzales (soprano), Fabio Previati (baritone), Felipe Bou (bass), Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Ivan Urbas (bass), Javier Más (tenor), Jiri Sulzenko (bass), Jonathan Welch (tenor)
Duets to Die For (2001)
performed by Alastair Miles (vocals), Anthony Michaels-Moore (vocals), Bruce Ford (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Diana Montague (vocals), Eiddwen Harrhy (vocals), Elizabeth Futral (vocals), Jane Eaglen (vocals), Jennifer Larmore (vocals), Majella Cullagh (vocals)
composed by Carlo Coccia, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioachino Rossini, Giovanni Pacini, Michelle Carafa, Saverio Mercadante, Simon Mayr, Vincenzo Lavigna
Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Diana Montague
David Parry
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Deuce season 2 has got renewed by HBO
The Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Franco starred Deuce season 2 has got renewed by HBO. Soon, you will get the new season on your HBO network.
All HBO users, are you looking up for a new Deuce season? Well, then just be calm, as the prime cable network has renewed the new season of Deuce season 2, which will be on your big screen on Sundays at 9 p.m. E.T on HBO network.
The classic drama series was in the talks for a long time before its debut on the HBO network with a cast of star performers and a different period premise. This is not the first time that in the recent years HBO has premiered a showy cast and there was no guarantee that The Deuce would not head to the way of Vinyl. Besides this, the good news is that all the fans who have got hooked on the latest show will be soon streaming the show on the HBO network.
More than good news, the renewal comes as a big surprise, as the show debuted only on HBO on September 10, although the premiere of the show was available on the network in August. Currently, two episodes have gone on air so far, and the early numbers reflect well about the rest of the season.
The show has actually enhanced its viewership and ratings from the first episode to the second one. In the figures, the first episode scored a 0.24 in the meaningful slab of 18-49 demographic and was also watched by the 0.83 million people in the Live+Same day tallies. Even the second episode also bang a 0.28 in the demo and 0.84 million viewers for the boosts of 16.67% and 1.08%.
Creators of the show, George Pelecanos, and David Simon has previously come up on the HBO's "The Wire," a show which explored the Baltimore's drug trade. The finale of season 1 and pilot was directed by the Michelle Maclaren, who made her mark in the name of directing some of the indelible episodes of the "Breaking Bad."
A point was originated that The Deuce is headlined by a couple of big names. The leading actors of the series, James Franco and Maggie Gyllenhaal has actually played the two roles. Franco portrays the brothers Frankie Martino and Vincent Martino. Being in the creators David Simon and George Pelecanos of "The Wire" and "The Deuce" has a lot of doing for the Season 2.
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The new episodes can be stream on Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO. Getting the Sunday time slot, it may be possible that "The Deuce" got a boost from the "Games of Thrones" fans in the urge to stream some new entertainment after the classic end of Season 7. Well, the numbers are quite near achieved by the HBO's hit show "Game of Thrones." Superlatively, knowing the fact that the Season 7 of G.O.T has crushed its viewership records, we can't predict a one-sided result in favor of The Deuce.
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This circuit uses digital circuits such as a demultiplexer and a binary counter to create patterns of "moving" led lights. This basic circuit is really cool when used in the dark or to light up a sign of some sort, as it creates a cool pattern that catches the eye.
This entry was posted in Circuits, Light Effects and tagged LED, Sequencer on December 28, 2009 by Jos Hendriks.
The speed of an automobile can be indicated by detecting the pulses generated by the ignition system and causing an LED to light.
This entry was posted in Auto, Car, Circuits and tagged LED, Speed on February 24, 2008 by Jos Hendriks.
The bi-directional sequencer uses a 4 bit binary up/down counter (CD4516) and two "1 of 8 line decoders" (74HC138 or 74HCT138) to generate the popular "Night Rider" display.
This entry was posted in Circuits, Light Effects and tagged Knight Rider, LED, Light, Sequencer on July 21, 2006 by Jos Hendriks.
The circuit below uses a hex Schmitt Trigger inverter (74HC14) and two 8 bit Serial-In/Parallel-Out shift registers (74HCT164 or 74HC164) to sequence 16 LEDs.
This entry was posted in Circuits, Light Effects and tagged LED, Light, Sequencer on July 21, 2006 by Jos Hendriks.
This circuit provides a visual 9 second delay using 10 LEDs before closing a 12 volt relay.
This entry was posted in Circuits, Light Effects and tagged LED, Relay, Timer on July 4, 2006 by Jos Hendriks.
The Display is an array of 5×24 Leds. I used Shift registers to light up every column, DO NOT USE ANY 74LSXXX TTL. The 74LS is a Low Power TTL that doesn't light up the leds very well. Use the 74HCXXX series or 74FXX series.
This entry was posted in Circuits, Microcontrollers and tagged LED, Led matrix on March 6, 2006 by Jos Hendriks.


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PHILIPPINES: Global Support Urged For Momen's Emancipation
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) has called for a universal declaration of war on sexist policies that had kept millions of women in Asia, Africa, Latin America and even Europe the source of cheap labor, even as chattel, as the economic crisis threatens to impoverish 22 million women worldwide.
In its latest report, "Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009, Who Answers to Women? Gender and Accountability," UNIFEM stressed that the conditions of women in many countries would worsen as the financial meltdown deepens, with demand for durables hitting rock bottom and consumers worldwide hold on to their cash and spend only for basic needs.
The same report noted that women actually are in the majority in many countries dependent on agriculture, tending cattle and vegetable patches as men seek regular wages or are compelled to work overseas for higher pay.
Over 60 percent of all unpaid family workers globally are women even as they earn 17 percent lower than the wages paid to their male counterparts.
Worse, the UNIFEM report stressed, nearly a third of all women suffer sex-based violence in their lives, from female circumcision to unequal cultural practices that condemn them to little access to education or jobs and are consigned to domestic chores.
In its pitch for protection for women's reproductive rights, UNIFEM revealed that in some countries, 10 percent of women die from pregnancy-related causes in spite of the availability of cost-effective
measures to prevent maternal mortality.
For these women, little has changed since March 8 had been declared as the Universal Day of Women and females earned the right to vote and be voted upon.
Equality and empowerment of women are critical for attaining most of the other goals under the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) like primary education, improving maternal health and other related cases and eradicating extreme poverty, according to UNIFEM.
Another UN agency predicted that the financial crisis would push 22 million women into destitution, further worsening the status of families that have long existed below the poverty threshold.
The UNIFEM report calls on governments and multilateral organizations to do a better job of answering to women. "For accountability mechanisms to work for women, they must be included in oversight processes, and advancing women's rights must be a key standard against which the performance of public officials is assessed and, if necessary, sanctioned," the report
"Progress of the World's Women 2008/2009 Report" provides an assessment of each of the MDGs from the perspective of women and focuses on five key areas where urgent action is required to strengthen accountability to women: politics and governance, access to public services, economic
opportunities, justice, and the distribution of international assistance for development and security.
In each of these areas the report details means of building state capacity -- or good governance -- from the women's rights perspective.
"Good governance needs women, and women need good governance," said Anne Marie Goetz, lead author of the report.
"Women have a different perspective on accountability because they often experience accountability failures differently from men. This report argues that good governance needs women's engagement -- just as gender equality requires states that are accountable and capable of delivering on promises of women's rights," she added.
With the present economic crisis, women's rights advocates warn that failure of the government and other institutions to come up with measures to protect them, women from developing countries, including the Philippines, will continue to lag behind in achieving the MDGs.
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Alzheimer's Disease Takes Financial Toll
by Gary Chandler | Feb 21, 2018 | Prion Disease | 0 comments
Neurodegenerative Disease The Fastest-Growing Cause Of Death
Someone in the world develops dementia every three seconds. There were an estimated 46.8 million people worldwide living with dementia diagnoses in 2015 and this number is believed to be close to 50 million people in 2017. This number will almost double every 20 years, reaching 75 million in 2030 and 131.5 million in 2050. The X factor is the number of people who have dementia, but have not been diagnosed. It's estimated that the real number is drastically higher.
Much of the increase will be in developing countries. Already 58 percent of people with dementia live in low and middle income countries, but by 2050 this will rise to 68 percent.
The total estimated worldwide cost of dementia is US$818 billion in 2015, which represents 1.09 percent of global GDP.
By 2018, the global cost of dementia will rise above a US$1 trillion.
This figure includes costs attributed to informal care (unpaid care provided by family and others), direct costs of social care (provided by community care professionals, and in residential home settings) and the direct costs of medical care (the costs of treating dementia and other conditions in primary and secondary care).
In the U.S. alone, it's estimated that Alzheimer's disease is already costing citizens $277 billion annually, including $186 billion in Medicare and Medicaid payments.
Between 2000 and 2015, deaths from Alzheimer's disease as recorded on death certificates increased 123 percent, while deaths from the number one cause of death (heart disease) decreased 11 percent. Unfortunately, Alzheimer's disease isn't always diagnosed and it isn't accurately reported as the cause of death in the majority of cases. Eighty-three percent of the help provided to older adults in the United States comes from family members, friends or other unpaid caregivers. Nearly half of all caregivers who provide help to older adults do so for someone with Alzheimer's disease or another dementia.
Read the full story about the Alzheimer's disease epidemic.
Gary Chandler is the CEO of Crossbow Communications. He also is the founder of Sacred Seedlings and Earth News. Gary Chandler is the author of 11 books about health and environmental issues from around the world. Chandler also is the author of the Language and Travel Guide To Indonesia.


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Although the reader is able to perceive this degradation, Gatsby is not. For him, losing Daisy is like losing his entire world. He has longed to re-create his past with her and is now forced to talk to Nick about it in a desperate attempt to keep it alive. Even after the confrontation with Tom, Gatsby is unable to accept that his dream is dead. Though Nick implicitly understands that Daisy is not going to leave Tom for Gatsby under any circumstance, Gatsby continues to insist that she will call him.
Throughout this chapter, the narrative implicitly establishes a connection between the weather and the emotional atmosphere of the story. Just as the geographical settings of the book correspond to particular characters and themes, the weather corresponds to the plot. In the previous chapter, Gatsby's tension-filled confrontation with Tom took place on the hottest day of the summer, beneath a fiery and intense sun. Now that the fire has gone out of Gatsby's life with Daisy's decision to remain with Tom, the weather suddenly cools, and autumn creeps into the air—the gardener even wants to drain the pool to keep falling leaves from clogging the drains. In the same way that he clings to the hope of making Daisy love him the way she used to, he insists on swimming in the pool as though it were still summer. Both his downfall in Chapter 7 and his death in Chapter 8 result from his stark refusal to accept what he cannot control: the passage of time.
Gatsby has made Daisy a symbol of everything he values, and made the green light on her dock a symbol of his destiny with her. Thinking about Gatsby's death, Nick suggests that all symbols are created by the mind—they do not possess any inherent meaning; rather, people invest them with meaning. Nick writes that Gatsby must have realized "what a grotesque thing a rose is." The rose has been a conventional symbol of beauty throughout centuries of poetry. Nick suggests that roses aren't inherently beautiful, and that people only view them that way because they choose to do so. Daisy is "grotesque" in the same way: Gatsby has invested her with beauty and meaning by making her the object of his dream. Had Gatsby not imbued her with such value, Daisy would be simply an idle, bored, rich young woman with no particular moral strength or loyalty.
Likewise, though they suggest divine scrutiny both to the reader and to Wilson, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg are disturbing in part because they are not the eyes of God. They have no precise, fixed meaning. George Wilson takes Doctor T. J. Eckleburg's eyes for the all-seeing eyes of God and derives his misguided belief that Myrtle's killer must have been her lover from that inference. George's assertion that the eyes represent a moral standard, the upholding of which means that he must avenge Myrtle's death, becomes a gross parallel to Nick's desire to find a moral center in his life. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg can mean anything a character or reader wants them to, but they look down on a world devoid of meaning, value, and beauty—a world in which dreams are exposed as illusions, and cruel, unfeeling men such as Tom receive the love of women longed for by dreamers such as Gatsby and Wilson.
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The Last Days of Moses
When the children of Israel were in camp near the river Jordan, Moses talked to them for the last time. He reminded them of how the Lord had brought them out of Egypt, and had kept them for forty years in the wilderness and had promised to make of them a very great nation. He went over all the laws and commandments of the Lord and instructed the people in the service of God, and told them what was His will concerning them.
He told them the time had come for them to march into the promised land and to take possession of it. There they would find beautiful cities which they had not built, and houses full of goods which they had not bought, and wells they had not digged, and vineyards and olive trees they had not planted. There should be plenty to eat and to drink, only they must not forget the Lord.
Always they must remember their journey in the wilderness, and how for forty years they had been led by the Lord, and how the manna had fallen for their food, and how their clothes had not worn out, and how their feet had not been sore or swollen on the long marches. The Lord would take care of them in the new land just as he had in the wilderness.
Moses told the people that the Lord would go before them as they passed over Jordan, and that He would give them the victory over the nations they would find there. When they reached this land they would find streams that ran through the fields, and springs of water that ran out of the ground. They would find land where the wheat grew, and grapes and figs and pomegranates and olives. Under the ground there was iron and other metals from which they could make the things they needed to use.
The people of Canaan worshiped idols, and built altars on the mountains and high places where they offered sacrifices. They even slew their own sons and daughters in offerings to their heathen gods. Moses told the people of Israel to destroy all these idols and tear down all the altars and images to the false gods. By no means must the children of Israel be led into the worship of these heathen gods, lest the wrath of the Lord be kindled against them.
Some of the cities of Canaan were to be set aside as cities of refuge. They meant that certain places should be named, where any man who had killed another by accident might flee and be safe from punishment. All murders, of course, were to be punished by death, but if one killed another without intending to do it, he was to flee at once to one of these cities of refuge, where he could live safely and not suffer from the vengeance of the relatives and friends of the man he had unintentionally killed.
Finally Moses told the people that if they would obey the word of the Lord they would become greater than any other nation. The Lord would bless them and their children, and their enemies would be afraid and flee before their faces. They were the chosen people and God's care was to be always about them in the land of promise. If they did not heed the words of the Lord and did not obey his commandments they should suffer great disasters. The seed they sowed would bear but little grain, and the locusts would destroy even that; the grapes they hoped to gather would be eaten by worms; and they should have sickness that no one could cure. Worse than all, their enemies should take them captive and destroy all their cattle and food, and take them away as slaves to distant lands.
All this and much more did the old Moses tell the people of Israel as they camped by Jordan. They listened to him day after day as he preached to them and instructed them, and told them of the life that was before them in the land of Canaan.
The time had come for them to have a new leader, for Moses was old and was not to go over Jordan with the hosts of Israel. The Lord was going to take him to Himself and Joshua would be the leader of Israel. Then Moses took Joshua into the tabernacle, and the Lord appeared to them in a pillar of cloud. Then he anointed Joshua to be the leader of Israel after Moses had died.
Moses wrote all the laws down in a book and gave them to the priests. Then he commanded them every seven years to gather the people together and read these laws to them, so that they might know them well and obey them. He gave the book to the Levites who put it in the ark which they bore on their journeys from place to place.
The time had come for Moses to die. He was a hundred and twenty years old; but his eye was not dim nor was his body weak. He had been kept by the Lord in all the vigor and power of his manhood, so that no man could say he was old and feeble. The Lord told him to go to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, and Moses did as the Lord had commanded. There he looked over all the land of Gilead, and across the Jordan to the places where the people of Israel were to go. The Lord then said to Moses: "This is the land which I swore with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. I have caused you to see it but you shall not go over there."
Then Moses died alone with God on top of the mountain and God buried him, but no man knew where, nor has any one found his grave to this day.
The people of Israel wept for Moses thirty days as was their custom. Joshua the son of Nun became their leader, for Moses had laid his hands upon him, and the Lord had given him wisdom. Therefore, the people of Israel obeyed the words of Joshua even as they had obeyed the words of Moses.


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Destiny 2 Season 11 and Year 4 details coming soon
Bungie has released the latest installment of their This Week at Bungie update, and contained within is a promise of more details for Destiny 2's upcoming Season 11 and Year 4, with the latter getting underway in the next fortnight.
The blog post didn't pin down an exact date for when the details for Year 4 would be released, but that it "will be very soon. That's a promise". They also promised that Season 11 would also be detailed at the same time.
Further, in the blog, the game's production director Justin Truman spoke about the challenges of developing the game in an "open, transparent way."
We're committed to this game, to staying transparent about our plans, and to this relationship we have with our community. The reasons we started on this journey 10 years ago haven't changed. We're committed to building a world anyone can be a part of, where everyone can feel powerful, and where you might reconnect with old friends or make some new ones.
He did, however, state that he looks forward to showing more of their developments "in 12 days," which may be when further details will be revealed. The Season of the Worthy ends in 12 days, so that would make sense timing-wise.
Bungie has promised to share the date and time of t\heir full announcement stream on Twitter, so we'll be sure to update you when we have any further information.
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URBANDALE, Iowa –A metro mom is battling a rare disease that's often difficult to diagnose. She and her husband are facing the diagnosis head on, and not just to help her.
She stays at home with 3 ½ year-old Kyler and 18 month-old Beckett. Wilharber battles something making it even harder to raise two young boys. She said, "Everyday is different. Some days I live a fairly normal life. Other days I can't get out of bed. I'm extremely exhausted, and my body doesn't want to move."
Early this year, she was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. "It is high blood pressure in your lungs. The arteries in the pulmonary arteries, in my body, the walls are thickening and constricting, and it's causing the oxygen and blood flow to move much slower through my body," she said.
Symptoms include dizziness, shortness of breath, swelling and chronic fatigue. Patients are often misdiagnosed for up for up to three years and treated for things like asthma, bronchitis or even the common cold.
Wilharber caught the disease in its second stage because she knew about it. "My mom passed away in 1992 from pulmonary hypertension, so I've stayed on top of the disease throughout the years because I knew it could be hereditary."
Meredith started taking daily medications to manage the disease. Her husband Randy Wilharber started researching it and realized something needed to be done. "What struck with me the most is Meredith said repeatedly she wanted to help others, that this disease had bit her family twice in her lifetime, short lifetime, that she wanted to do something to make sure other families didn't have the same fate," he said.
In September, the Blue Lips Foundation was born. The couple hosted an event in early November to mark Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month. They have already raised $25,000.
The money will go to researching a way to detect the disease early. Randy said, "To get people into the programs faster and more efficiently. People who suffer from PH need to be on these therapies as fast as possible. Every day that they're not, they're one step closer to death."
It's something the Wilharbers are fighting to prevent. Meredith said, "I didn't have my mom growing up, and I want to be here as long as I can for them."
The Blue Lips Foundation will host its first "Fore the Heart" golf outing in May. You can find out more about the foundation on The Blue Lips Foundation website.


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Jaswant Singh had a sense of Indias grandeur and destiny
NEW DELHI: With the passing of Jaswant Singh, one more light has been switched off at the Camelot that revolutionised Indias engagement with the world at the turn of the millennium. The reference is to the team then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee put together between 1998 and 2004. Jaswant has gone, eight years after Brajesh Mishra died — almost to the day— and two years after the PM they served. With them, they have taken many secrets and confidences, and left a splendid legacy.
Jaswant was born to an aristocratic family that was a feudatory of the maharaja of Jodhpur. On leaving Mayo College, Ajmer, he followed in his fathers footsteps and joined the Army. He was part of the mobilisation in Assam during the Chinese war of 1962. The humiliation of the moment had a deep impact on him. It pushed him to leave the Army early and carve out a political career. Years later, mandated to mend fences with an adversary he had once confronted, he spoke and wrote movingly of the irony.
Jaswant was a most singular politician. On arriving in Chittorgarh in the midst of an election in the late 1990s, a senior BJP functionary found candidate Singh engrossed in a book. Asked why he wasnt in the thick of campaigning, the Major looked up and explained something on the lines of "the troops have been deployed" and went back to reading. It was a trademark Jaswant response, the sort that left interlocutors befuddled.
This quality was to serve him well when, as Vajpayees envoy and then foreign minister, he negotiated with US deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott.
India had just conducted the Pokhran II nuclear tests and it was Jaswants job to stave off pressure to sign the CTBT. In his 2006 memoir A Call to Honour — the title borrowed from a book by Charles de Gaulle, among his role models — Jaswant recounted a story. Talking to Talbott, he was accused of "cherry-picking and a selectivity of approach". His answer was almost Vedantic, "What does it matter Strobe, all cherries have to ripen and be picked, or rot on the branch or, perhaps, on the ground, some now, others later." No doubt "my friend Strobe" was speechless.
A conversation with Jaswant was never just a conversation. "We are still coming to terms," he once said, "with the consequences of the dissolution of empires after the World War." Did he mean the British empire and World War II, I helpfully asked. The scorn was withering: "My reference, young man, is to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires after World War I."
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  module Models
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      # @return [Hash{String => String}] Tags of the resource.
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      # You can further restrict to specific IPs by configuring <seealso
      # cref="P:Microsoft.Azure.Events.ResourceProvider.Common.Contracts.TopicUpdateParameterProperties.InboundIpRules"
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                required: false,
                serialized_name: 'properties.inboundIpRules',
                type: {
                  name: 'Sequence',
                  element: {
                      client_side_validation: true,
                      required: false,
                      serialized_name: 'InboundIpRuleElementType',
                      type: {
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                        class_name: 'InboundIpRule'
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Structural CAD Technician – Revit and AutoCAD 2015.
Qualified candidates need at least 3 years of relevant experience working on design and details for projects of office buildings, warehouses, healthcare facilities. Familiarity with detailing of concrete, steel, masonry and wood.
Our typical building project types include commercial, educational, religious, government/institutional, historic, industrial and residential.
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The 35TH Annual Memorial Day Salute Committee recently announced the winners of the Poster Contest held to create a patriotic poster in keeping with "Support Our Veterans". Taking first place as the winner of this year's poster contest is Madison Washburn., with second place going to Nora Kingsbury . Taking third place is Shaylee Cealie. Pictured from left are Art Instructor Meredith Williams, Washburn, Kingsbury, Cealie and Art Instructor Jaclyn Tyler. The winners are art students at G Ray Bodley High School. All the posters submitted for consideration will be displayed at the event being held this year on May 28th at the Fulton Community Center.


Fencing doesn't have to be erected from the traditional featheredge, lap panels. Willow, hazel or even bamboo can create a good screen but nothing provides the security of a hand built fence.
Budget is often the deciding factor where fencing is concerned however, if you're planning to remain in the property for several years, the erection of a quality fence can, not only improve security, but also be a good investment.
You can find examples of other types of fencing in our portfolio.


50,000 Lbs. Force (Maximum Pressure).
Single acting, spring return. (Advance-Retract).
200 mm X 320 mm bearing recess.
Equipped with P-802 High Pressure Hand Pump.
155 Cu." Oil reservoir volume.
2.40 cu." Of oil per stroke from 0 – 400 p.s.i. (1st Stage).
0.15 Cu." Of oil per stroke from 401 – 10,000 p.s.i. (2nd Stage).


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Mondo Bizarro (a misspelled version of "Mondo Bizzarro," meaning "Weird World" in Italian) is the twelfth studio album by American punk rock band Ramones, released on September 1, 1992, by Radioactive Records. It is the first studio album to feature their new bassist, C.J. Ramone, who replaced original member Dee Dee Ramone. The album was re-released in the UK by the Captain Oi! record label on August 10, 2004, with the band's cover of the Spider-Man theme song included as a bonus track.

Background
Mondo Bizarro was the Ramones' first studio album in three years, after the band left Sire Records for a new contract with Radioactive Records. The title was taken from the film of the same name, a 1966 sequel to the film Mondo Cane.

In his 1998 autobiography, Dee Dee Ramone noted that, while he had left the band, he sold them the publishing for three new compositions—"Poison Heart," "Main Man" and "Strength to Endure"—to pay for a lawyer to help get him out of jail, following an arrest for possession of marijuana. He added, "I don't know why no one in New York, or none of the Ramones, couldn't have loaned me a few thousand dollars, instead of forcing me to go through all the paranoia, confusion and extra pain of a maneuver like that. [...] It seemed that the Ramones couldn't live without me, but at the same time they treated me like an enemy." "Poison Heart" and "Strength to Endure" were released as the album's singles, in June and October 1992, respectively.

In a 1992 interview for an Argentinian newspaper, Johnny Ramone said of the album, "Generally I always find two or three songs that I hate. From Mondo Bizarro, I really like almost all the songs and I am very satisfied with the result." However, when he was interviewed about the album for the 2003 documentary End of the Century, he stated, "I don't like it. I don't like it at all." In Johnny's 2012 autobiography, Commando, he awarded the album (along with its predecessor, 1989's Brain Drain) a "C" grade, stating, "we needed more Dee Dee songs on it. [...] The songs are the weak spots on the album. [...] C.J. was in the band, but his writing wasn't up to par yet."

Songs
The song "Censorshit" was written by Joey Ramone about how rock and rap albums were being censored by the Parents Music Resource Center, a group of politicians' wives who sought to put parental advisory warning labels on records, a practice which has since become standard. It has a reference to Ozzy Osbourne and Frank Zappa in the line, "Ask Ozzy, Zappa, or me, we'll show you what it's like to be free." The song is addressed to Tipper Gore, who was the wife of then-Tennessee Senator and eventual Vice President of the United States, Al Gore. In his book Commando, Johnny Ramone stated that he "didn't like the lyrics on 'Censorshit.' It was stupid. I liked the song, though. Joey wrote this song about Vice President Al Gore's wife, Tipper Gore, then he went on and voted for Bill Clinton."

"Heidi Is a Headcase" was written by Joey Ramone and Daniel Rey. According to an interview on the podcast Ramones of the Day, C.J. Ramone stated that the song was about a girl named Heidi, whom both Joey and C.J. had dated for a period of time.

"Take It as It Comes" is a cover song, originally recorded by the Doors for their 1967 debut album. The 2004 CD reissue bonus track, "Spiderman," is a cover of the theme song from the original Spider-Man animated series. It was originally released as an unlisted bonus track on initial releases of the Ramones' 1995 album ¡Adios Amigos! (omitted on later editions), and a slightly different version was available on the 1995 various artists compilation album Saturday Morning: Cartoons' Greatest Hits.

Reception
Although Mondo Bizarro was considered to be a "comeback" for the Ramones—following both lineup and label changes, and the dwindling sales of their previous albums from the mid-to-late 1980s (up to and including Brain Drain, which was originally meant to be the band's "comeback")—the album peaked at number 190 on the Billboard 200 chart, the lowest chart position in their career. However, the album's lead single, "Poison Heart", did become one of the Ramones' top ten hits in their native America, peaking at number six on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. The album was certified gold in Brazil in 2001.

Track listing

Personnel

Ramones
 Joey Ramone – lead vocals (tracks 1–4, 6, 7, 9–14)
 Johnny Ramone – guitar
 Marky Ramone – drums
 C.J. Ramone – bass, lead vocals (tracks 5, 8)

Additional musicians
 Vernon Reid – guitar solo (track 11)
 Joe McGinty – keyboards (track 7)
 Flo & Eddie – backing vocals (tracks 3, 13)
 Daniel Rey – additional guitar (uncredited)
 Andy Shernoff – additional guitar (uncredited)
 Ed Stasium – additional guitar (uncredited)

Technical
 Ed Stasium – producer, mixing
 Paul Hamingson – engineer, mixing assistant
 Joe Warda – assistant engineer (The Magic Shop)
 Bryce Goggin – assistant engineer (Baby Monster)
 Garris Shipon – assistant engineer (Baby Monster)
 Eugene 'UE' Nastasi – assistant mixing engineer (East Hill)
 Greg Calbi – mastering
 George DuBose – art direction, photography, design
 Gary Kurfirst – executive producer

Charts

Album

Singles

Certifications

References

Ramones albums
1992 albums
Albums produced by Ed Stasium
Chrysalis Records albums
Radioactive Records albums


Saint Mary's University of Minnesota is inviting current sophomore and junior undergraduate students from throughout the three-state region who are majoring in the sciences to apply for a two-week workshop on Advancing Regenerative Medicine. The workshop will be held May 29-June 9, 2017 at Saint Mary's Winona Campus. Students selected to take part in this state-of-the-art educational experience—focused on advancing clinically relevant scientific discovery in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering—will receive $1,000 and obtain complimentary room and board for the two-week workshop.
The Minnesota Academy of Science and βββ District Meeting St. Thomas University, St. Paul, MN.
Winona Health Research Fair Winona, MN.
Recognizing the increasingly integrative nature of the molecular life sciences, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) recommends that Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) programs develop curricula based on concepts, content, topics, and expected student outcomes, rather than courses. To that end, ASBMB conducted a series of regional workshops to build a BMB Concept Inventory containing validated assessment tools, based on foundational and discipline-specific knowledge and essential skills, for the community to use. A culminating activity, which integrates the educational experience, is often part of undergraduate molecular life science programs. These "capstone" experiences are commonly defined as an attempt to measure student ability to synthesize and integrate acquired knowledge. However, the format, implementation, and approach to outcome assessment of these experiences are quite varied across the nation. Here we report the results of a nation-wide survey on BMB capstone experiences and discuss this in the context of published reports about capstones and the findings of the workshops driving the development of the BMB Concept Inventory. Both the survey results and the published reports reveal that, although capstone practices do vary, certain formats for the experience are used more frequently and similarities in learning objectives were identified. The use of rubrics to measure student learning is also regularly reported, but details about these assessment instruments are sparse in the literature and were not a focus of our survey. Finally, we outline commonalities in the current practice of capstones and suggest the next steps needed to elucidate best practices.
Anxiolytic and anti-depressant effects of Boswellia extract on CD1 Mus musculus. Bios.


We were asked to produce a reproduction lead effect downpipe, to replace original items which had been stolen or damaged. As the building in question was a listed building, the planning restrictions were specific about the appearance of any replacement parts. By taking a mould from an original product we were able to duplicate the effect, at a fraction of the cost of a genuine lead product.


We've been waiting for Panasonic to pull the curtain back on more details for the GH5, and after over three years in development, they've finally given us a look here at CES. And while the GH5 still only shoots in 4K, it has some major league improvements. These include the elimination of image crop for a wider field of view, dual image stabilization, 60fps, and a hybrid 6K photo mode. And thanks to our friend Griffin Hammond, we already have some early test footage to gawk at.
The heart of the GH5 is a new sensor that Panasonic has designed from the ground up. Called the "Digital Live" sensor, it offers 20.3 megapixels with an ISO range of 200-25600. And while Panasonic has kept its traditional micro four thirds mirrorless design, it has done away with the 4K sensor crop, giving the GH5 a much wider field of view and plenty of pixel real estate to image with. The result is significantly sharper images, less rolling shutter, and faster read/write speeds. The benefit also gives still images a razor sharp 6K image as well. Yes, that's right. 6K.
But can video take advantage of it? Well, sort of. While the GH5 is not deemed to be a 6K video camera, but the camera does take advantage of the complete sensor to shoot in 6K and then downscale it to 4K for a much crisper image in ultra high definition. The video uses the H.265 HEVC codec and can capture at up to 60 fps in 4K. Vlog is also an option.
The color is still locked into 4:2:0 at 8-bits, however, but if you're willing to drop down to H.264 at 30 fps, you can enjoy 10 bit resolution. Or you can drop down to 1080p and get 180 fps. WOW!
The GH5 also has a full sized HDMI port that can output the stream in 4:2:2 10-bit to an external monitor/recorder like the Flame line from Atomos and also record 4K/30 internally for a nice quality backup, though if you're shooting in 60p, you lose that internal recording capability.
Panasonic has also added what they call "three dimensional color control," which processes bright and dark areas of the image separately and then merging them together. The result is better dynamic range with sharper detail at different levels of brightness and more accurate skin tones.
Another benefit of the GH5's hybrid concept translates into the ability to gleen sharper still images from a single video frame. Or, you can shoot a shot while recording video and the GH5 will write it as a 6K image file. So the potential is there for a 6K video camera, if someone can crack the code (are you listening Magic Lantern?). One thought though. Animators can use the GH5 to shoot a 6K stop motion film, so in that instance, yes, you could shoot video in 6K.
Next is Panasonic's new Dual Image Stabilization, which adds in 5 axis in body IS to its lens mounted IS. The two systems work in tandem to provide rock steady stabilization without interfering with one another. A huge improvement over the GH4, which had to rely solely on lens mounted IS to dampen out camera movement.
Other features include noise suppression to correct noise 4X better than previous models, a dual SD card array to record in two different codecs simultaneously or to hot swap when recording interviews, dual on board microphones with active noise canceling, and the GH5 has finally gotten rid of that 29 minute recording restriction. Hallelujah!
The GH5 may be a camera that will bridge to a higher resolution future, and according to RedShark Network, Panasonic has already hinted that the next generation of the GH line is in active development and will bring with it 8K recording. I'm also hearing that coming later this year will be software updates for high resolution anamorphic video and 4K HDR capture modes. This leaves me to wonder if there's more to the GH5 than meets the eye, and who knows just how far the GH5 can go? Could a firmware update push the video to 6K?
Price of the GH5 will be $1,999 and it will be available this March. You can pre-order at B&H's site here [affiliate link].


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The songs on Help Wanted Nights were written to take place in the same small-town bar, and were initially meant as the soundtrack to a screenplay that lead-singer Tim Kasher started writing in 2006 (he's since completed it). Unlike Album of the Year's start-to-finish narratives, these songs seemed to describe moments of raw emotion more than chronicle a linear tale.
This isn't to say that the songs on Help Wanted Nights are not expansive; quite the contrary. Some songs touch on a dark version of Americana, as seen on the grand chords of "You Don't Feel like Home to Me" and the church organ hum of "Rest Your Head." Others are softer like "So Let Go," which delivers its late-night laments via hushed vocals, moonlit, reverb-driven guitars and washed out cymbals. "Heartbroke" dissects a break-up with a heavy dose of sarcasm, while "Keely Aimee" is the best song Fleetwood Mac never wrote.


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InPost UK partners with TfL, Great Western Railway and Virgin Trains to extend its network of lockers
InPost UK, the send, collect and return parcel locker service, is delighted to announce the expansion of its network of fully automated 24/7 lockers across some of the UK's busiest travel hubs. These include three new Transport for London (TfL)
Regular tube travel must reduce by one third for Olympics, TfL warns businesses
Regular tube travel in London will need to be reduced by a third in order to cope with the increased demand on the underground during the 2012 Olympic Games, Transport for London (TfL) has warned UK businesses. Billing London 2012
16/02/2012 | Olympics, Retail News, Retailer News | Read More
Retail Times to join retailers in workshop on London 2012 Olympics planning
Retail Times is taking part in a Transport for London (TfL) workshop on 9 February 2012, designed to help the retail trade manage transport during the Olympic Games. The session is also designed to show how retailers can plan ahead
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Superdrug launches contactless payment in 50 UK stores and plans roll out
Superdrug, the UK's second largest health and beauty retailer, has launched contactless payment at 50 of its UK stores and plans to expand the technology across the UK during 2012. The contactless technology has been provided by WorldPay's card payment
16/01/2012 | Retail News, Retail Technology, Retailer News, Rival retail news, Services Time | Read More
2012 Olympics will generate an extra 3m journeys in London, says TfL
New guidance for London businesses released by Transport for London (TfL) today, estimates there will an additional 3m journeys in London on the busiest days of the 2012 Olympics as people watch the Games and attend cultural events. According to
TfL and London 2012 give retailers travel advice for Olympics
Transport for London (TfL) and London 2012 have launched two programmes designed to help retailers run their businesses smoothly during the 2012 Olympic Games and minimise any transport challenges. From August, multi-site companies employing more than 200 people, such as
13/07/2011 | Olympics, Retail News, Retailer News, Services Time | Read More


Retrieval systems help users to isolate relevant information from massive data collections. Usually, a user obtains useful information by submitting a query to such a system. One critical issue is that a query could have many subtopics. A Web query ``apple products" is a case. The query may indicate that a user wants to find Web pages related to iPhones or products made from the fruit ``apple". Determining which is relevant is difficult without feedback from the user. Query-specific clustering is one approach used to discover relevant aspects of a query by grouping relevant documents into clusters. In this approach, each cluster represents a relevant aspect of the query. We study Chinese restaurant process mixture models as clustering algorithms in this approach. To the best of our knowledge, our work is the first that studies such models in this context. Classical clustering models such as K-means and K-mixture Gaussian models have to first guess the number of clusters, K, and then estimate clusters from data. Chinese restaurant process mixture models can simultaneously learn the number of clusters and the actual clusters from data. This thesis first reviews K-means, K-mixture Gaussian models and Bayesian K-mixture models. Then we review Chinese restaurant process mixture models. The Chinese restaurant process mixture models are extensions of the Bayesian models where K is not required to be finite. Among these mixture models, we pay attention to distance-dependent Chinese restaurant process mixture models since external pairwise measures can be used in modeling. Then, we propose two similarity-like measures used for the Chinese restaurant process mixture models in information retrieval. Finally, a Gibbs sampling scheme for both types of models is reviewed. Then the models' performance in the pseudo-relevance feedback via query expansion tasks is tested through experiments. In this task, top-retrieved documents are considered as relevant documents, and here we use a collection of documents from the Robust track of TREC 2004. We investigate the effectiveness of these Chinese restaurant process mixture models in three query sets, each of which contains 50 queries and relevance judgments. To confirm the robustness of these models, sensitivity analysis of the hyper-parameters is conducted. Results show that the Chinese restaurant process mixture models perform better than baseline models used in the feedback task, and are not sensitive when their hyper-parameters are reasonably selected. The proposed measures used in the distance-dependent Chinese restaurant process mixture models perform comparably. On the other hand, the proposed measures barely help these models to outperform the standard Chinese restaurant process mixture models.


Lions and tigers and unicorns?
Happy New Year! We thought we would start off 2017 with a closer look at this 1759 edition of A Description of Three Hundred Animals. We were very excited to find this lovely book on a trip to the Museum of Childhood's stores late last year. Alongside the descriptions it features some amazing illustrated animals.
Our hands-down favourite, however, had to be 'an unicorn', which is featured right at the start of the book, alongside the rhinoceros!
We find a lot of nineteenth-century treasures in the stores, and have found some eighteenth-century gems in the past as well. However, this one will remain a firm favourite. Nothing beats finding an unicorn!