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Riverhead voters head to the polls on primary day
By Tim Gannon
BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO | (L-R) Ann Cotten-DeGrasse and Angela Devito at the Democratic Town Supervisor primary debate at the Suffolk Theater last month.
Voters in Riverhead Town who are registered with the Republican, Democratic or Independence parties will head to the polls today for primary day.
The Riverhead Republican Committee has nominated incumbent Town Council members John Dunleavy of Calverton and Jodi Giglio of Baiting Hollow for re-election. They are being challenged by Anthony Coates of Riverhead in an at-large primary vote for the two nods.
Meanwhile, there's a Democratic primary for supervisor, as committee nominee Angela DeVito of South Jamesport is being challenged by Ann Cotten DeGrasse of Jamesport, whose name is on the ballot as Ellen A. Cotten DeGrasse.
There's also a primary for the Independence Party's nomination for two town council seats, with Mr. Dunleavy and Ms. Giglio in a primary with Bill Bianchi of Riverhead, a former state assemblyman who is a Democratic nominee for council this year.
In addition, there's a three-way primary for two Riverhead Republican committee seats, involving incumbents Brian Mills and Marty Hartill and challenger Doris Zinna.
Countywide, the Republican, Democratic, Conservative and Independence parties all cross-endorsed the same candidates for district attorney, sheriff and tax receiver, but Republican primary challenges were launched for district attorney and sheriff.
Incumbent District Attorney Thomas Spota is being challenged in the Republican primary by attorney Raymond Perini of Huntington, while incumbent Sheriff Vincent Demarco is being challenged on the Republican line by Samuel Barreto Jr., a Suffolk County police officer from Bohemia. Both Mr. Spota and Mr. DeMarco were first elected on the Democratic line.
South of the Riverhead border, in Southampton Town, which covers parts of the Riverhead school district and Zip code, there is a primary of sorts for the Working Families party nomination for highway superintendent. Incumbent Alex Gregor, who also has the Democratic and Independence lines, will be on the ballot for the primary. His opponent, David Betts, who has the Republican and Conservative lines, is running a write-in campaign for the Working Families line.
Likewise, the primary for the Conservative line in the Southampton supervisor race will be entirely a write-in campaign.
The candidates for that position in the Nov. 5 general election are incumbent Anna Throne-Holst, who has the Democratic, Working Families and Independence lines, and former supervisor Linda Kabot, who has the Republican line.
Not your typical polling spots
The primary election runs from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Polling in the Riverhead area will be at the following locations:
• Election Districts 6 and 9: American Legion Post 273, Hubbard Avenue.
• ED 4: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Griffing Avenue.
• EDs 8 and 16: George Young Community Center, South Jamesport Avenue, Jamesport.
• ED 11: Glenwood Village recreation center.
• EDs 12 and 22: John Wesley Village community building.
• EDs 14 and 19: Riley Avenue Elementary School.
• ED 3: Riverhead Free Library.
• EDs 2 and 5: Riverhead Fire Department headquarters, Roanoke Avenue.
• EDs 7, 13 and 21: Town Senior Center, Shade Tree Lane, Aquebogue.
• EDs 18 and 20: Wading River Baptist Church, Wading River Manor Road.
• EDs 1, 10, 15 and 17: Wading River Congregational Church community room, North Country Road.
• Polling places in the Flanders and Riverside areas of Southampton Town are the Flanders firehouse for Election Districts 12 and 38 and Phillips Avenue School in Riverside for Election Districts 19 and 41.
Tim Gannon has been a reporter for Times Review Media Group since 1996 and has covered police, government, schools and more.He previously worked as a reporter for Suffolk Life, the Traveler-Watchman and The Whale. He is a graduate of the former Mercy High School in Riverhead and Southampton College.
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Container shipping outlook for 2023 according to MSI
By FullAvanteNews S.S On Jan 4, 2023
We share the interview on the container sector with Maritime Strategies International (MSI) analyst Daniel Richards for the Sea Trade Maritime Podcast. The analyst highlights that three different elements are important for the container shipping industry going into 2023: expected business growth, the pace and size of fleet growth, and issues related to congestion and capacity.
Trade Growth Prospects
On business growth, Richards says there has been excessive inventory buildup, pressure on real estate markets from interest rates, and also pressure on consumers' disposable income. "So the trade growth outlook, at least for the first half of 2023, will be quite challenging."
Fleet Growth Forecast
Talking about the growth in tonnage supply, he says: "What is the big immovable object that lies ahead for the balance of the container market is that supply growth will accelerate markedly." MSI forecast fleet growth of 7% year-on-year in both 2023 and 2024, and above-average growth in 2025. Fleet growth may reach 10% year-on-year without an expected high volume of scrapping.
Congestion and capacity
The pandemic has been characterized by severe supply disruption and container shipping congestion, but this is now changing. "You've seen a pretty considerable loss of effective capacity during the period that coincided with the pandemic, and that's now starting to ease as well," says Richards.
Container freight rates
The second half of 2022 saw an extremely sharp drop in spot container freight rates, which are now much lower than the contractual rates agreed between shippers and lines at the beginning of the year. Richards noted that the Xeneta data showed clear signs that contract rates were starting to fall.
"A large proportion of the contracts will be renewed in the first half of next year, and it is clear that the lines are entering that renewal season, not on the right foot. Blank navigations are not yet proving as effective as they were in the early stages of the pandemic. So now that spot rates have led, contract rates are likely to follow."
The level of drop in contract fees will vary depending on the line, business focus, and the amount of spot versus contract business they have. MSI does not expect contract fees to fall back to weak market levels in the pre-pandemic era.
Impact on container line profits
The big question for the lines is when falling freight rates will start to hit profits, which stood at record levels in the third quarter of 2022. ways. Therefore, carriers that have a particular focus on the Trans-Pacific Asia spot business for US trade are likely to come under pressure sooner than larger ones or carriers that have a more diverse cargo base in different regions," says Richards. Similarly, lines with more contract versus spot load will see greater longevity of earnings.
"You're looking more towards the middle of next year, for the industry as a whole and that earnings picture to start looking more normal," he explains. However, this will not be at the level of the ultra-thin margins seen in a few years leading up to the pandemic.
We invite you to listen to the full interview by clicking on the following link: Sea trade Maritime Forecast
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He was once an immortal God. Now, he's a teenage boy called Lester.
Apollo has angered his father Zeus for the last time.
So, how do you punish an immortal?
By making him human. Obviously.
Cast down from Olympus, he's weak, disorientated and stuck in New York City as a teenage boy.
It's the first time he's been without his powers, and he has to survive in the modern world.
Which isn't an easy feat for a four-thousand-year old deity, especially one with as many enemies as he has.
Apollo needs help, and he can only think of one place to go . . . an enclave of modern demigods known as Camp Half-Blood.
More books by Rick Riordan:
The Percy Jackson series:
Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief
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Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse
Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth
Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian
Percy Jackson: The Demigod Files
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Magnus Chase and the Ship of the Dead
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As Sam Sees It: The Path of Least Resistance Points to a Higher Market
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| Friday, 16 May 2014 18:43 (EST)
Each week, we tap the insight of Sam Stovall, Chief Equity Strategist for S&P Capital IQ, for his perspective on the current market.
For more from S&P Capital IQ, be sure to visit www.getmarketscope.com.
EQ: Earlier this week, the S&P 500 crossed the 1900 level on an intraday basis but was not able to close above the threshold. Without getting overly technical, could this suggest that we may be seeing a top here?
Stovall: I can't say I think it represents a top because usually century levels like 1900 on the S&P 500 or 16,000 on the Dow do represent psychological barriers. I like to say these kinds of levels act like rusty doors and require several attempts before they finally break open.
That said, I am still reminded that we are in a seasonally challenging period for the market--the summertime months—and that's especially so during mid-term election years. Also, we've gone an exceptionally long time without a decline of 10 percent or more. However right now, I would tend to say that the path of least resistance remains higher, and until we really do get a meaningful decline breaking below some trend lines, you have to assume that the trend remains your friend.
EQ: The small-cap segment continues to get punished by the market. Could the broader market hold up if the small cap market continues this trend?
Stovall: I think that if it continues to underperform, then we're probably going to see history repeat itself. What I mean by that is every year since the Russell 2000 was started in the late 1970s, whenever the larger-cap index like the S&P 500 or the Dow beat the Russell 2000, the large cap index suffered through a decline that averages above 10 percent during that calendar year. Of course, we won't know that the large caps have beaten the small caps until the end of the year, but it certainly seems to me that we're heading in that direction.
The smaller and more volatile issues are being shunned at the moment and it sort of reminds me of the old saying, "When the seas get rough, sailors prefer a bigger boat."
EQ: The housing market has been a strong part of the economy's recovery. But there were concerns that we were due for a bit of a breather heading into Friday's housing start numbers. What sort of implications could this have on the market?
Stovall: Housing is a very important part of the overall economy. If you look to the homebuilding index as a guide, it peaked in September 2012 but then broke below its 200-day moving average in February 2013. It's now just beginning to bottom about one-standard deviation below its mean since 1995.
So stocks have anticipated what has turned out to be a slowdown in housing because of the bad weather we experienced earlier this year. Historically, seven of the last eight recessions were preceded by a year-over-year decline of 30 percent in housing starts. So I would tend to say that is a fairly reliable indicator. If housing starts have experienced sharp declines, it really indicates that a recession could be right around the corner.
The reason I say that is the expectation for the second revision to the first-quarter GDP data we're expecting to see a 0.2-percent decline, and the rule of thumb is that two quarters of GDP declines indicate a recession.
So I think investors were worried, but the housing starts data released on May 16 provided investors with a little bit of breathing room because of the very strong number that we got for April.
EQ: Some of our recent conversations have discussed the first quarter serving as a dumping ground. With April's housing start data, could this indicate that the economy may actually be in better shape than first-quarter GDP suggested?
Stovall: Absolutely, and I actually think that could be a possible undoing for the stock market. We are finally seeing retail sales, housing data, and other factors that are pointing to a more convincing recovery in U.S. economic growth. The big concern is how quickly we turnaround, and therefore, what kind of impact it could have on inflation.
This week's PPI and CPI both were stronger than anticipated, and I think investors may be beginning to worry that if we get an upward spike in inflation, that would not be good. The Fed has said they're going to take their time to begin raising interest rates, but if the data pretty much pushes them in that direction, I think investors would become spooked.
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CJ Campbell's remarkable recovery rewarded with touchdown in FSU debut
Florida State head coach Mike Norvell isn't normally very forthcoming with information about his team's injuries.
When there's an injury of the season-ending variety, however, Norvell usually lets the media know. That's just what he did back in the middle of preseason camp on Aug. 16 when he said that walk-on running back CJ Campbell would be sidelined for the season with an injury.
But even though that was the original diagnosis, Campbell didn't take that for an answer. It turned out the injury wasn't as bad as originally feared and 74 days after his injury was announced, he made his season debut in FSU's 41-16 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday.
He even got to put the exclamation point on the game with his first career touchdown in the closing minutes, scampering seven yards for the touchdown run.
"To score my first one coming back, it was incredible. There's nothing like it. It was so surreal," Campbell said. "I had always envisioned it. Even since I've been hurt, I was thinking about it was going to feel so good to get that first touchdown. Running off the field, seeing everybody celebrate for me, that shows just how much of a family we are here and the brotherhood we have. No matter who you are, walk-on, scholarship, they all root for you and they're all happy to see you succeed. That's one of the biggest things that helped get me through that injury and made that touchdown celebration so special."
Even before his injury, Campbell wasn't going to play a particularly large role for the Seminoles this season. While he had quite a few special plays in the spring and was potentially (and may still be) on Treshaun Ward's path to go from walk-on running back to scholarship, he was buried down the depth chart.
However, his injury suffered in the preseason meant that FSU was losing a key scout team player as well as a key morale booster in the Seminoles' close-knit running back room.
The reason it was assumed originally that Campbell would miss the season was that his broken fibula (exterior bone that connects the knee to the ankle) caused some displacement of his ankle, which made doctors fear a few ligaments were torn as well.
When doctors performed the surgery and saw that no ligaments were torn, they told Campbell he may be able to make it back in time for the regular-season finale vs. Florida. He took that as a challenge of sorts.
"In my head, I thought I could come back a lot earlier than that so I kept working. Now I'm here," Campbell said.
Added Norvell, "I don't know if I've seen a rehab and just a belief that's gone better than what he did. You saw the reaction when he scored a touchdown. He is a special, special young man and I loved every second of seeing that, the celebration."
The celebration Norvell mentioned was a swarming of Campbell in the end zone and the sideline after his third carry of the game went for a seven-yard touchdown up the middle. He finished with 23 yards and that touchdown in his collegiate debut.
"I'm so happy for CJ. He wasn't even supposed to come back this year," fellow running back Trey Benson said. "He worked so hard to get back. We actually talked about it all week, he said if he scored a touchdown he was going to cry. He didn't even cry. I was waiting for him to cry the whole time. I'm so excited for CJ. I'm really proud of him."
The big smile Campbell came to the sideline with and the ones on his teammates' faces to greet him were fitting. After the win, multiple teammates praised him for how positive and smily he was throughout his recovery, keeping the same energy every single day.
To Campbell, that was a necessary component of making the recovery as unexpectedly fast as it was.
"It's important to keep a good state of mind whenever you're coming back from an injury because if you continue to harp on how you can't do certain things, it'll make your comeback even slower than what it was," Campbell said. "So I came every day with a positive mindset to get better. And then the guys around me in the running back room, LT (Lawrance Toafili), Rodney (Hill), Tre Ward, Trey Benson, they all kept my head up, telling me, 'Don't worry, you'll be back. You'll be back faster than they thought. Just continue to work and be patient because at the end of the day, my time will come.' Sure enough, today they let me show what I can do."
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Q: Jquery serialize() not working on my website I wrote a function in jquery and it works perfectly on localhost with the same setting
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WHITING, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana attorney general's office on Wednesday opened an investigation to ensure BP quickly responds to consumers' complaints about vehicles damaged by contaminated gasoline that was distributed from storage terminals in Whiting and Milwaukee.
BP announced Monday it was recalling 2.1 million gallons of regular grade because it contained a higher level of a residue, which could prevent vehicles from starting, make it hard to start engines, cause the engine to shake or cause the check engine light to turn on.
BP estimates about 200 gas stations in northwest Indiana and the Chicago area and another 20 in the Milwaukee area received the tainted gas. BP said in a release Wednesday it is continuing to contact retailers who may have received tainted gasoline.
The investigation by the attorney general's office is in response to consumers' calls, said Erin Reese, a spokeswoman for Zoeller. She said the volume of the number of people who could be affected was another reason the attorney general's office is getting involved.
The Times of Munster reported that some people calling the BP customer service line on Tuesday were on hold for two hours. Others said BP was making it difficult for them to receive compensation.
BP spokesman Scott Dean says the company will cooperate with the investigation. He said BP began adding staffers to the customer service lines as more than 5,000 people contacted BP on Tuesday and another 2,000 contacted BP Wednesday.
"We're seeing reduced hold times now," he said.
The company also added a second toll-free number for people to call. He also said BP would stand behind its guarantee of reimbursing customers for fuel-related repairs. He said BP will work to process claims as quickly as possible. He said people should save sales receipt from when they bought the gasoline and a copy of repair bills, saying it will help with the process.
He said BP will work with people who don't have receipts, although he said those might take longer.
"We're going to try to work with people no matter what the circumstances are," he said.
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The draw for the competition was made on Monday at the WRU offices, under the watchful gaze of witness Godfrey Edwards and pits Elwyn Williams' charges in a two legged tie against the islanders.
The matches will once again be home and away ties, with the winners being decided on an aggregate score, with all ties to be completed by February 28.
Pwllheli have been handed a tough two legged tie against Ruthin in the second round of the cup.
Caernarfon, who are flying in Division One North, will be confident after being drawn against Division Two North (Northern) leaders Bethesda.
Bro Ffestiniog will have to overcome Division Two North (Southern) side Dolgellau in their second leg first as they bid to face Mold in the second round of the competition.
Should Bro slip to defeat over their two leg clash with Dolgellau, they will drop into the North Wales Senior Plate, where they have been handed a bye to the third round of the competition.
Colwyn Bay will take on Cobra in the second round of the Senior Plate competition, while Dinbych entertain Rhyl and Bala have been handed a bye.
After their impressive win over higher league opposition Welshpool in the last round, Abergele have been rewarded with another tie against Mid-Wales foes in Newtown.
Machynlleth will face Harlech. Welshpool drop into the North Wales Inter Plate and have drawn Bangor, while Wrexham have landed a bye.
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NORTH WALES SENIOR PLATE ROUND TWO: Cobra v Colwyn Bay, Dinbych v Rhyl, Bro Ffestiniog or Dolgellau v Bye, Bala v Bye.
NORTH WALES INTER CUP: Abergele v Newtown, Machynlleth v Harlech.
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Cahabón is a municipality in the Guatemalan department of Alta Verapaz. It is situated at 250m above sea level. It contains 31,425 people. It covers a terrain of 900km2. The annual festival is September 1-September 8.

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The Northern Transversal Strip was officially created during the government of General Carlos Arana Osorio in 1970, by Legislative Decree 60-70, for agricultural development. The decree literally said: "It is of public interest and national emergency, the establishment of Agrarian Development Zones in the area included within the municipalities: San Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista, Nentón, Jacaltenango, San Mateo Ixtatán, and Santa Cruz Barillas in Huehuetenango; Chajul and San Miguel Uspantán in Quiché; Cobán, Chisec, San Pedro Carchá, Lanquín, Senahú, Cahabón and Chahal, in Alta Verapaz and the entire department of Izabal."

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Cahabón has a tropical climate (Köppen: Af).

Geographic location

See also

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Thib's Trailers owner faces 5 years after tax evasion plea
Larry Thibodeaux admitted bilking Uncle Sam for nearly $250,000 by under-reporting his income for two years.
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A Duson businessman faces up to half a decade behind bars, restitution and a $250,000 fine after pleading guilty in federal court to tax evasion. Larry J. Thibodeaux, 65, admitted to under-reporting both individual and business income from 2012 to 2014. According to a release from U.S. Attorney Stephanie Finley's office, Thibodeaux shortchanged the federal government on corporate taxes to the tune of $110,970 and $137,807 on individual income taxes for a total of $248,777. He's set to be sentenced in February.
"The prosecution of individuals who intentionally conceal income and evade taxes is a vital element in maintaining public confidence in our tax system," Finley says in the press release announcing the plea. "Honest taxpayers should not be expected to foot the bill for those that hide income from the IRS. The U.S. Attorney's Office will aggressively prosecute individuals who intentionally conceal income and evade taxes."
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Thanks to these celebs, we are finally talking about mental health
These celeb confessions about mental illnesses have helped fight societal stigmas around mental health disorders.
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Deepika Padukone has given strength to many to speak up. Photo: Reuters
In a world where societal values stem out of supposed morality, our life is often governed by things forbidden. There are a few (or many in Indians' case) dos and don'ts that every individual is brought up with. And there are issues, serious as they may be, that must remain a hush-hush affair--be it homosexuality, sex, menstruation or even mental health--because, "log kya kahenge".
Mental illness has long been synonymous with madness. Every time one has suffered from a mental disorder, he/she has been pitied, shamed, and in extreme cases, ostracised. This, in turn, has bogged down many. The question that arises here is, what is it that sets the benchmark for sanity? What are the pre-conditions that help create this line between the 'sane' and 'insane'? On what basis does society become the advocate of rationality?
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As Foucault once said, "The possibility of madness is implicit in the very phenomenon of passion". Time is now ripe for us to begin decoding the taboo around mental illness--to begin sensitising people about it, to tell them and ourselves in particular that mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of or shy away from. And talking openly about it is ABSOLUTELY fine.
The year 2016 has been eventful in ways more than one. It has been a year of revolution, of uprisings and of debunking social stigmas.
So, here goes another confidence booster--the following are the celebrities who owned up to mental illness in 2016.
1. Deepika Padukone
This diva from Bollywood has lately been a huge inspiration for a lot of people suffering from depression. Deepika had first spoken about her depression two years ago. The actress has been candid about her illness and is now encouraging others to do the same through her newly launched campaign, Dobara Poochho, that aims to break the stigma around mental health.
Her foundation, The Live Love Laugh Foundation, is driving a full-fledged awareness campaign to bridge the gap between patients and therapists. "The reason I came out in the open about it was because I just did not want to feel what I was feeling, I did not let depression get the better of me. I think the root cause is stigma. And the day we, as a society, can together get over that stigma and bring awareness about mental health issues, we will win this battle," she had shared at an event on World Mental Health Day.
2. Honey Singh
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Dismissing all rumours about himself, this king of rap finally confessed to having been a victim of bipolar disorder earlier this year. "The truth is I was suffering from bipolar disorder. It went on for 18 months, during which I changed four doctors, the medication wasn't working on me and crazy things were happening. I must confess that I was bipolar and an alcoholic, which aggravated the condition," the musician said in an interview.
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The One Direction sensation has recently authored an autobiography, Zayn, in which he has been absolutely blatant about his response to the stigma, "Anxiety is nothing to be ashamed of; it affects millions of people every day."
"I don't want to say I'm sick. I want to tell people what's going on, and I'm not gonna be ashamed of what's happening," he's written in his book.
4. Karan Johar
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Known for being ever-so candid, this film-maker finally spoke about battling clinical depression for years in a recently televised interview. Calling it the "darkest period" of his life, Karan Johar went on to speak about how the anti-anxiety therapy sessions had really benefited him. "I went through a series of anti-anxiety medication. A year and a half post that, when I stopped it, I realised that I am in a much better place. Today, I actually feel the emotion of excitement and happiness. When you go through it, you stop feeling that zing of emotion. Today I am getting all of them back," he expressed.
5. Shama Sikander
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Well, this small-screen actress has lately been called the Deepika Padukone of television. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Shama spoke about having attempted suicide five years ago. She even went on to underline society's ignorance on the issue of mental illness: "Like many others, my parents too thought that I was possessed because they didn't have any idea about bipolar disorder. If you know about it, you will not judge others."
6. Carrie Fisher
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Being a patient of mania herself, this iconic actress had been writing advice columns for the Guardian on mental health. In fact, her last column, published this November, addressed the issue of bipolar disorder: "We have been given a challenging illness, and there is no other option than to meet those challenges. Think of it as an opportunity to be heroic--not "I survived living in Mosul during an attack'' heroic--but an emotional survival,'' was her advice to one of her readers. Fisher was herself diagnosed with bipolar disorder in her 20s.
7. Ileana D'Cruz
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Ileana told the world that seeking help for any sort of mental illness was nothing to be shameful about. Talking about her mental illness in an interview, she said, "I know I've been dealing with it for over 10-12 years, maybe even 15, but I never really knew what it was. I finally went to somebody a few months ago and she sort of helped me out." Ileana has been suffering from Body Dysmorphic Disorder, whereby one gets fixated with a particular body part and starts hating it to the point of obsession.


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Open-source software security is the measure of assurance or guarantee in the freedom from danger and risk inherent to an open-source software system.

Implementation debate

Benefits
 Proprietary software forces the user to accept the level of security that the software vendor is willing to deliver and to accept the rate that patches and updates are released.
 It is assumed that any compiler that is used creates code that can be trusted, but it has been demonstrated by Ken Thompson that a compiler can be subverted using a compiler backdoor to create faulty executables that are unwittingly produced by a well-intentioned developer. With access to the source code for the compiler, the developer has at least the ability to discover if there is any mal-intention.
 Kerckhoffs' principle is based on the idea that an enemy can steal a secure military system and not be able to compromise the information. His ideas were the basis for many modern security practices, and followed that security through obscurity is a bad practice.

Drawbacks
 Simply making source code available does not guarantee review. An example of this occurring is when Marcus Ranum, an expert on security system design and implementation, released his first public firewall toolkit. At one time, there were over 2,000 sites using his toolkit, but only 10 people gave him any feedback or patches.
 Having a large amount of eyes reviewing code can "lull a user into a false sense of security". Having many users look at source code does not guarantee that security flaws will be found and fixed.

Metrics and models
There are a variety of models and metrics to measure the security of a system.  These are a few methods that can be used to measure the security of software systems.

Number of days between vulnerabilities
It is argued that a system is most vulnerable after a potential vulnerability is discovered, but before a patch is created.  By measuring the number of days between the vulnerability and when the vulnerability is fixed, a basis can be determined on the security of the system.  There are a few caveats to such an approach: not every vulnerability is equally bad, and fixing a lot of bugs quickly might not be better than only finding a few and taking a little bit longer to fix them, taking into account the operating system, or the effectiveness of the fix.

Poisson process
The Poisson process can be used to measure the rates at which different people find security flaws between open and closed source software. The process can be broken down by the number of volunteers Nv and paid reviewers Np. The rates at which volunteers find a flaw is measured by λv and the rate that paid reviewers find a flaw is measured by λp. The expected time that a volunteer group is expected to find a flaw is 1/(Nv λv) and the expected time that a paid group is expected to find a flaw is 1/(Np λp).

Morningstar model
By comparing a large variety of open source and closed source projects a star system could be used to analyze the security of the project similar to how Morningstar, Inc. rates mutual funds. With a large enough data set, statistics could be used to measure the overall effectiveness of one group over the other. An example of such as system is as follows:
 1 Star:  Many security vulnerabilities.
 2 Stars:  Reliability issues.
 3 Stars:  Follows best security practices.
 4 Stars:  Documented secure development process.
 5 Stars:  Passed independent security review.

Coverity scan
Coverity in collaboration with Stanford University has established a new baseline for open-source quality and security. The development is being completed through a contract with the Department of Homeland Security. They are utilizing innovations in automated defect detection to identify critical types of bugs found in software.  The level of quality and security is measured in rungs.  Rungs do not have a definitive meaning, and can change as Coverity releases new tools.  Rungs are based on the progress of fixing issues found by the Coverity Analysis results and the degree of collaboration with Coverity.  They start with Rung 0 and currently go up to Rung 2.
 Rung 0
The project has been analyzed by Coverity's Scan infrastructure, but no representatives from the open-source software have come forward for the results.
 Rung 1
At rung 1, there is collaboration between Coverity and the development team.  The software is analyzed with a subset of the scanning features to prevent the development team from being overwhelmed.
 Rung 2
There are 11 projects that have been analyzed and upgraded to the status of Rung 2 by reaching zero defects in the first year of the scan.  These projects include: AMANDA, ntp, OpenPAM, OpenVPN, Overdose, Perl, PHP, Postfix, Python, Samba, and tcl.

Media
A number of podcasts cover Open-source software security:

 Open Source Security Podcast at
 Linux Security Podcast at

See also
Open Source Security Foundation

References

External links
 Bruce Schneier: "Open Source and Security", Crypto-Gram Newsletter, 15 September 1999
 Messmer, Ellen. (2013). "Security of open-source software again being scrutinized". Network World, 30(5), 12-12,14. (Article at CIO magazine)
 Census Project / Core Infrastructure Initiative by Linux Foundation

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T Natarajan Rises! From Playing Tennis Ball Cricket in Chinnappampatti to Making It Into Indian Test Squad, Know All About the Inspirational Journey
T Natarajan is one of the most inspiring stories in the cricketing world as a boy from humble beginnings who is making huge waves in international cricket. The left-arm medium-pacer was recently added to the Indian Test squad for the series against Australia and after initially traveling as a net bowler, the cricketer from Tamil Nadu could return home as an international in all three formats. T Natarajan, Shardul Thakur Replace Injured Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami in India Test Squad Against Australia.
Born in Chinnappampatti, a small village near Salem in Tamil Nadu, Thangarasu Natarajan had a modest upbringing as a son of a daily wage construction worker, and cricket provided an escape to the young dreamer. Till the age of 20, the left-arm bowler played with a tennis ball but when an opportunity presented itself, he grabbed it with both hands.
T Natarajan was first spotted by former Indian first-class cricketer and Test cricket umpire Arani Jayaprakash, who has played an important role in the development of the bowler. The Tamil Nadu cricketer at the start of IPL 2020 had sported the name 'JP Nattu' on the back of his jersey as a tribute to him.
Natarajan made his first-class debut in 2015 and after a mixed start came into the limelight in 2016 during TNPL where he bowled Yorkers at will. This got IPL teams to notice the up and coming pacer, who was then bought Kings XI Punjab in 2017 for 3 crores, playing six games for the franchise. However, he was released the following season with Sunrisers Hyderabad buying him in 2018 for INR 40 lakhs.
Game time was hard to come by as the bowler warmed the bench, playing no part in the 2018 and 2019 seasons. However, despite disappointments in India's premier T20 tournament, Natarajan kept performing at the domestic level, helping Tamil Nadu to reach the finals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy in the 2019-20 season.
Eventually, T Natarajan's patience was rewarded as he was given a chance in Sunrisers Hyderabad's IPL 2020 opener and it was all it took. The pacer dismissed Indian skipper Virat Kohli on debut and kept on impressing over the course of the tournament with his spectacular bowling at the death, his clam head and inch-perfect yorkers.
T Natarajan took 16 wickets in IPL 2020 in as many games which earned him a call-up to the Indian team for the Australia tour, first as a net blower where he later became an important part of the Men in Blue's success down under. The left-arm pacer made his international debut in the final ODI game of the series, impressing on route to India's win.
This saw him being retained for all-three T20I games, where Natarajan once again managed to capture everyone's attention as India won the series and the Tamil Nadu cricketer was the highest wicket-taker across the two sides.
Following the limited-overs series, the cricketer stayed back in Australia with the squad a now, the pacer has a chance to make a mark in the toughest and longest format as he replaced injured Umesh Yadav, who returned to India after picking up an injury.
(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jan 01, 2021 08:46 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).
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On this Martin Luther King Day, I would like to explore the differences between the way we see the world and the way it really is. Specifically, we often come to understand human behavior as if it is solely driven by culture. This is just not so.
"Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each other because they don't know each other; they don't know each other because they can not communicate; they can not communicate because they are separated." -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
It sounds plausible. The underlying presumption is that we could stop hating if we learn to communicate. Unfortunately, this is only partially so.
Like so much of our cultural conversations, Dr. King failed to take human evolution into account. Our ancestral ground state, life in small hunter-gatherer groups, colors our relationships with other people as much as, perhaps more than, the relatively recent geographical diaspora of our species has colored our skins. We constantly define an in-group, which leaves everyone else in the out-group. To our consternation, we have learned to create multiple, confusing, and sometimes contradictory in-groups. Cubs fans, military organizations, fellow hobbyists, church goers. The list is nearly endless. Ten thousand years ago almost all of us would have lived and died in the same in-group.
Humans hate outsiders because they fear outsiders. Evolution taught us to fear anyone outside of our group. This can be overridden by creating a culture, by redefining an in-group, but it cannot ever become universal without changing what we are as a species.


St Martins House was constructed in 1860 as a school and has been converted into an established and desirable business centre. It provides semi-serviced office accommodation within a range of differently sized office suites.
The available space is the largest suite within the centre and occupies the former school hall with a breath-taking timber vaulted ceiling, ornate brickwork and arched windows. This office has its own private entranceway, and also benefits from self-contained kitchenette and WC. Upon vacant possession the whole suite will be redecorated to a high standard.
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A Cassin's Kingbird was seen on Discovery Park on March 30, 2018. This bird was located in a Cottonwood Tree at the very top. This is in the Red-Butte area of Discovery Park just past the two ponds going West. Bird was calling frequently. (46) species were seen @ Discovery Park and an additional (8) species were seen in other areas of Pahrump. A total of (54) species for Pahrump this morning.


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Congratulations to Nicholas Reich,
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Nicholas Tyler Reich, a member of the Lambda Epsilon Chapter at Bevill State Community College (Jasper Campus) and former Alabama Regional Officer, was selected to receive the Nota Bene Citation Scholarship of $1000 for the best entries of 2012.
Nick's "Body of Work," including Bad News, Boston, Getting Older, The Table, and Things Change, were chosen from 809 entries for the scholarship and publication in the anthology, along with 17 other exceptional entries from Phi Theta Kappa members throughout the Society.
Dr. Rod Risley, Executive Director of Phi Theta Kappa and Founding Editor of Nota Bene, said, "Taking its name from the Latin expression "note well," Nota Bene was first published in 1994 to showcase exceptional work by Phi Theta Kappa members and to promote the ideal of excellence in writing. The anthology is now distributed to more than 1,280 libraries nationwide and abroad, carrying its banner of literary excellence to an ever-increasing audience.
"At a time when excellent writing skills are critically needed, Phi Theta Kappa is proud to provide a platform to nurture creative writing and effective communication. Nota Bene showcases outstanding writing by community college students and emphasizes the opportunities for excellence found at community colleges," said Dr. Risley. "Our Nota Bene competition is an outstanding example of Phi Theta Kappa's success in efffectively engaging students, which promotes retention and encourages college completion.
We are very proud of Nicholas's recognition for some of the best entries in this year's international publication."
Nick attends the University of Alabama at Birmingham on scholarship, and is majoring in English.
Phi Theta Kappa Alumnus Wes Moore Appears on
Time Magazine Cover
Phi Theta Kappa Alumnus Wes Moore will appear on the cover of the August 29 issue of Time Magazine as a representative of the new "greatest generation" of young war veterans.
Moore recently was a guest on Hardball with Chris Matthews to discuss the article and how military service affects soldier's lives when they become civilians. Watch the segment here.
Time's article discusses how veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan are returning to civilian life and are assuming significant leadership roles at home as a result of their military experience.
"We all share a common bond ... some of the most organized, hard-charging, efficient, compassionate people that I have ever met in my life are fellow vets," Moore says in a video focusing on the five cover story subjects. Watch the video here. According to the video, Moore, a best-selling author and youth advocate, is scheduled to become an NBC contributor. He also appeared on Morning Joe.
In the article, Moore says the military literally changed his life. Sent to Valley Forge Military College as a rebellious teenager, he became a member of Phi Theta Kappa, took the Phi Theta Kappa Leadership Development Studies course, and was company commander.
Moore graduated from Johns Hopkins University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, and attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. As a Captain in the U. S. Army, he served a combat tour of duty in Afgahistan with the 1st Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division in 2005-2006.
Following his service, Moore was chosen as a White House Fellow and was a Special Assistant to then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
His book, The Other Wes Moore, tells the story of two young men with the same name and background, and examines why they took different paths - Phi Theta Kappa's Wes Moore's success is contrasted with the other Wes Moore, serving a life sentence for murder.
Formerly with Citibank, Moore is now developing educational-technology products for Oprah Winfrey, according to Time. He has served as a Phi Theta Kappa Annual Convention speaker and panelist, and as a speaker for the Honors Institute. He is a Phi Theta Kappa Foundation Trustee.
The Times article tells of Moore's mentoring for first-time younf offenders in Baltimore and his career as a motivational speaker for high school students. The sense of accomplishment and training provided by the miltiary led him to a career of public service, he says in the article.
"I came back a stronger person, a person really able to contribute to society, in many ways even more than I was prior to by deployment," Moore says in the video.
"Wes is an amazing person, whose life story effectively illustrates teh value of completing an education and setting goals for success," said Phi Theta Kappa Executive Director Dr. Rod Risley. "He has become a role model not only to disadvantaged young people, but to so many of our Phi Theta Kappa members."
Phi Theta Kappa Alum Studies in Thailand
In 2009, David graduated from Snead State Community College with an Associate's Degree in Business. He was the president of Theta Iota, the Phi Theta Kappa chapter at Snead State in Boaz, AL, and a recipient of the 2009 All-Alabama Academic Team award. He received a Phi Theta Kappa transfer scholarship to attend Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) where he will complete his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration this summer. David's last course will be completed in a study abroad program at Payap University located in Chiang Mai, Thailand. This incredible opportunity is the result of two very generous scholarships. David was awarded the Gilman Scholarship from the US Department of State and a Sklenar Center scholarship from his home college.
When asked about the role Phi Theta Kappa played in his college choice, David says "I first visited BSC when they hosted a Phi Theta Kappa honor's symposium. I knew the college was the kind of prestigious college I wanted to attend, and I haven't been disappointed." Now David is in Thailand as a direct result of his Phi Theta Kappa scholarship to Birmingham-Southern and BSC's generous scholarship to study abroad. While in Thailand David is blogging about his experiences.
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2011 Ms. Wheelchair Alabama
Athens State Senior Named Ms. Wheelchair Alabama
Athens, AL - Shannon Roberts, a senior majoring in psychology at Athens State University, was crowned the 2011 Ms. Wheelchair Alabama at the annual pageant Saturday in Birmingham. The outgoing Ms. Wheelchair Alabama was Joanne Pearson, also an Athens State University student. In the exciting ceremony, Pearson was able to crown her own fellow student.
"I have always admitted the words of Henry Ford – 'Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.' – and that is how I set my mind to do something," remarked Roberts.
The Ms. Wheelchair Alabama pageant is sponsored by the Ms. Wheelchair Alabama Foundation. Their website states, "Ms. Wheelchair Alabama Foundation, much like Ms. Wheelchair America, will have many opportunities to help others during her reign. Making public appearances, giving interviews to the media and speaking to individuals who, like herself, utilize a wheelchair for mobility, are among some of her duties. The Ms. Wheelchair America Program participants serve as an inspiration for everyone, without regard to physical limitation."
Athens State Assistant Professor of Management Dr. Kim LaFevor was on hand to support Roberts and other students involved in the pageant. "I am so proud of these women," stated LaFevor. "To make the news even more spectacular, I learned that Former Athens State graduate Amanda McBay was the 2008 recipient of this honor and I had the fortune to meet her after the program."
Roberts, who expects to graduate from Athens State in 2012, is originally from Harvest and currently works as a work-study student in Athens State's Office of Career Placement and Cooperative Education.
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What Makes Water So Important to Life?
Posted by kristi on 24 Dec 2019 in Water, The Essentials For Life (As We Know It)
Did you know there is only one substance that absolutely must be available to all living things on planet Earth?
It isn't oxygen — while that's essential for animals and for non-photosynthetic processes within a plant, it's a poisonous gas to many microbes.
It isn't a particular vitamin, like, say vitamin C is for us — many organisms can make their own and many other important compounds.
The one essential thing required by all life as we know it, to the extent that NASA in its search for extraterrestrial life skips over planets without it, is…water.
But what is it about water that makes it so crucial for life?
Its structure.
The structure of a water molecule
Attribution: Dan Craggs [Public domain]
('pm' stands for picometre, which is one-trillionth of a metre).
Most people would know that water is a molecule of one oxygen (O) atom and two hydrogen (H) atoms (hence the 'H2O' everyone is familiar with). But individual atoms, like O and H, have a neutral charge, and so to form reactions with each other to make molecules, they must first be in ionic form, with either a positive or negative charge overall. A positive charge results when there are more protons (+) than electrons (-), and a negative charge results when there are more electrons (-) than protons (+) in an ion.
A hydrogen ion has a charge of +1 (written as H+), which means it has one more proton than electron (in fact, a hydrogen ion is unique in that it has no electron). An oxygen ion has a charge of -2 (written as O2-), which means it has two less protons than electrons. Two hydrogen ions have a combined charge of +2, which is why a single oxygen ion attracts two hydrogen ions. Each of the oxygen ion's 'extra' electrons bonds with one hydrogen ion, to make a neutrally-charged water molecule. We call the now molecular O and H here atoms again, and not ions, as once they are bonded they again have a neutral charge.
That explains the composition of a water molecule, but it doesn't explain its structure. Why is the molecule bent, and not in a straight H-O-H arrangement?
While the oxygen atom in a water molecule has electrons bonded to hydrogen atoms, it also has two pairs of unbonded electrons opposite the two hydrogen atoms (to explain why this is so is quite involved and well beyond the scope of this post):
The structure of a water molecule, showing the two electron pairs
Modified image, based on previous image by Dan Craggs [Public domain]
If it weren't for the two electron pairs, water would be a linear molecule, with a hydrogen-oxygen-hydrogen bond arrangement of 180°. Instead, the two electron pairs exert a force that pushes each oxygen-hydrogen bond away to cause the roughly 104° bend between them.
The diagram above is a simple two-dimensional representation of what is really a tetrahedral shape — as shown in the second image on this page. There is a slightly negative charge (written as δ-) near the two electron pairs, from the electrons themselves, and a slightly positive charge (written as δ+) near the hydrogen atoms, due to their single proton each. This uneven distribution of electron density (more electrons in the electron pairs than in the hydrogen atoms) not only bends the molecule, but makes it polar. That is, it has a negative pole at the oxygen end and a positive pole at the hydrogen end.
The bend is a consequence of water's polarity, but it's both the bend and the polarity that makes water essential to life. Let's investigate further.
Water's polarity makes hydrogen bonding possible. This is where the slightly positive hydrogen ends of water molecules are attracted to the slightly negative oxygen ends of other water molecules. This attraction is strong, and brings the molecules closer together than otherwise without this bonding. Crucially, the bend makes this attraction even stronger, by enabling the oxygen and hydrogen atoms of different molecules to be in closer proximity than if they were in a linear arrangement:
Model of hydrogen bonds (1) between molecules of water
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Most molecules with a similar mass to water (for example atmospheric nitrogen, N2) are gases at room temperature. The individual molecules of nitrogen gas, for example, are at too high a level of excitation to come together and form a liquid. It takes a temperature of at least -196 °C to slow them down enough that they do form liquid nitrogen!
Water molecules are not only prevented from bouncing around in a gaseous state because of hydrogen bonding, but the presence of two hydrogen atoms for every one oxygen atom means each water molecule can bond with two others, making for a stronger liquid state than if a one to one ratio.
The importance of hydrogen bonding holding water molecules together in a strong liquid formation cannot be overstated: it means water evaporates at a higher temperature than otherwise, it means water has surface tension and can cling to surfaces and move due to capillary action, and it means water is slow to heat up. It ultimately means that water is a liquid over a much wider range of temperatures than would be possible in the absence of hydrogen bonding. This in turn means that life can exist across the temperature extremes that exist naturally throughout days, seasons and across the greater Earth.
And water is not just any liquid, but a liquid so special that it is often referred to as the universal solvent. This means that it can dissolve nearly anything because of its polar nature. The negative oxygen ends of water molecules don't just attract positive hydrogen ends, they can attract (hold in the water, dissolve) many positive ions you'd recognise as plant nutrients, such as sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), calcium (Ca+) and magnesium (Mg2+). Similarly, the positive hydrogen ends enable many negative ionic nutrients such as phosphates (PO43-, HPO42- and H2PO4-), sulfate (SO42-), and bicarbonate (HCO3-) to dissolve in water.
In short, water's structure is crucial to life because it enables water to flow (being a fluid) and carry (being a solvent) over a wide range of temperatures. It can flow on and into land, and collect into rivers, lakes and oceans where it becomes available to organisms. Water in an organism moves in and out of cells, delivering nutrients essential in, and removing wastes from, biochemical reactions.
No other substance has all the properties of water that life as we know it depends on, which is why water has no substitute. Some other compound may be polar for example, but be a gas or a solid at the temperatures water is liquid at — no good if it solidifies overnight when temperatures drop, and has evaporated by mid-afternoon!
Let's compare ethanol with water to make this point. Ethanol is polar, freezes at -114 °C, and boils (evaporates) at 78 °C. Plants wouldn't need to enter dormancy during freezing winter temperatures if they used ethanol!
But this is where water's other properties become so important. Ethanol's lower boiling point of 78 °C would make life harder in warm climates and especially so in hot summers. Water, being harder to heat up and turn to gas, is an excellent coolant and makes life possible in such areas.
Hydrogen bonding in ethanol is also much weaker than in water, because of its size, its linear structure, and having only one hydrogen available to bond with any other oxygen.
The structure of an ethanol molecule
Attribution: Jü [Public domain]
This weaker hydrogen bonding significantly affects the dissolution of nutrients and lowers surface tension. Plants especially would struggle in these conditions. And while water pre-existed life on this planet, ethanol, as far as I can tell (and I'm happy to be corrected, and to update this post accordingly), is not made naturally via non-biochemical means. In other words, water jump-started life (notwithstanding the water paradox!), but life jump-started ethanol (via fermentation).
(Theorising alternatives to water for life, whether here or on other planets, is a fascinating topic that has preoccupied scientists and science-fiction writers for quite a while. Please look up 'hypothetical types of biochemistry' elsewhere should you wish to explore this further.)
Water not only ticks all the necessary boxes for life as we know it, it also enables life to extend into just about any extreme on Earth imaginable. Boiling hot thermal springs? No problem!
It is quite remarkable that such a simple little molecule has the indispensable properties it has — as hubby said, you couldn't design a setup like that if you tried!
Water Available to Plants
Posted by kristi on 20 Aug 2019 in Infiltration and Movement
Water leaves soil in three ways: evaporation from a surface; drainage; and movement through a plant. Evaporation is due to heat, drainage is due to gravity, and movement through a plant begins with root uptake and ends with evaporation through the stems, leaves and flowers (a process called transpiration).
Evaporation can be controlled to some extent by using mulches to cool the soil and reduce exposure to the heating influence of the sun. Mulches from shredded plant materials such as leaves and grass are preferred over materials such as plastic sheeting, as these allow infiltration of water into the soil as well as breaking down to fertilise the soil and build structure. Do make sure the mulch doesn't form an impenetrable mat that forces water to pool on the surface and wash away.
Water that drains out of a soil is removed via gravity. There is little control over this except to allow a soil rich in organic matter and structure to develop, which will naturally hold more water than a poorly-structured infertile one.
The water left after drainage is what resists that pull of gravity, and such 'just-drained' soils are said to be at field capacity. As this water resists the pull of gravity, roots must 'pull' a little harder again to overcome this resistance and extract this water.
Water in the largest pores is the easiest to remove, then that in subsequently smaller and smaller pores. As smaller and smaller pores are accessed, the amount of water becomes less and less, to a point that it cannot meet a plant's needs. A plant begins to take on a wilted appearance that progresses during the heat of the day, but recovers during the cooler night. Eventually there is a point at which a plant cannot extract more water — this could be because the soil is too dry, or the water that is present is too tighly held to extract, or roots cannot reach further sources of water quickly enough.
When a soil is so devoid of water, or is held so tightly in the smallest pores (as small as 0.0002 mm across) that a plant cannot overcome the force needed to access it, the soil is at permanent wilting point. If water isn't returned to the soil, a plant will shed leaves to reduce transpiration, and die if this condition persists.
The water held in soils between permanent wilting point and field capacity is called the available water. Soils with good structure will have more available water than those with poor structure.
Available water is measured as a concentration rather than a volume, often expressed as mm of water held per cm depth of soil. This concept helps to understand the interaction between water, soils and plants.
For example, sand has a lower ability to retain water than a well-structured loamy soil, and would have a lower concentration of available water because of this. However, if that sand is deep and consistently exposed to water, such as in sandy hills by a beach, infiltrating water will aggregate at those lower depths and the whole profile in general will be consistently at or near field capacity.
That field capacity will still be lower than that of a typical well-structured loam, but if the plants growing on those sandy hills have deep roots that reach deep down into the profile, there is actually more water available to them than if that well-structured loam is no more than a shallow layer over solid rock.
A plant needs to exert a pressure of around 10 kPa to pull, or suck the first water from a soil at field capacity. Higher and higher suctions are required to remove more and more water, as this water becomes more tightly bound within smaller and smaller pores. A soil at permanent wilting point requires a suction of at least 1,500 kPa to remove that water.
Sandier soils are able to release more water at lower suctions than heavier soils, as water does not cling to their larger particles as tightly as in clays. This means that while heavier soils hold larger volumes of water comparatively, more of it is locked away in the capillary pores to be of any use to plants.
Understanding the implications of soil type and depth on water availability will help with planting decisions. Plants in shallow sandy soil will need small, frequent waterings to reach the happy medium between fast drainage and subsoil pooling of water. It would probably be best to not plant in such areas in the first place, especially if the plants aren't drought-tolerant. Plants in a deep sandy soil will benefit from long waterings to encourage deep rooting to where the water will pool.
Conversely, plants in well structured soils of high field capacity and which drain moderately can handle less frequent waterings, but of higher volumes. This too will encourage deep rooting. Plants in shallow soils that don't drain quickly are best watered more frequently but with smaller amounts, to avoid waterlogging and deprivation of air to the roots.
In this 'Water' section so far, we have covered how water enters and moves through soil, and its availability or otherwise to plants. We've also seen how a soil's texture and structure features in all three of these. It follows that allowing your soil to develop a sound, undisturbed structure rich in organic matter can only improve water infiltration, retention and availability to plants with time.
Water Retention in Soils
Are you familiar with capillary tubes, the very thin rods with very narrow bores? When placed into water, the water is pulled into and up the tube, against gravity. This is capillary action. And the narrower the bore, the higher the column of water will rise.
The smallest pores and channels in soil also act like capillaries. You can see this in action when water drips onto dry soil and spreads sideways across the soil. Similarly, should you place a small piece of soil on a drop of water, you'll see how easily that piece soaks up the water.
An amount of soil that has been saturated with water and allowed to drain will still hold some water. (As does a sponge.) Just as water clings to the insides of narrow capillary tubes, or to the sponge particles that surround the pores, so too does water cling to soil particles surrounding the narrowest (smallest) pores in the soil. These pores are in fact often called the capillary pores because of this. The water that did drain was the water that was not held as tightly by the larger, non-capillary, pores.
Because of this attraction between water and soil particles, water can act as a glue and is one reason wet soils can be harder to work than their dry counterparts. Clayey soils especially become very sticky when wet.
When a wetted soil has been given time to drain and no more water leaves it — this could be several days after rain or irrigation — it is at field capacity. This is the amount of water the soil could theoretically retain in its capillary pores indefinitely, assuming no losses through transpiration from plants or evaporation from the surface. A soil at field capacity is moist, crumbles easily and is easiest to work in this state or a little drier. Water in a soil at field capacity fills all pores of up to 0.03 mm diameter, and clings as a thin film to soil particles surrounding the larger pores, something like this:
Soil at Field Capacity
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Field capacity will vary depending on soil texture and structure. With regards to texture, heavily sandy soils, with their large minerals and pores cannot retain as much water as the loams and clays with their smaller particles and pores. But it's structure that is more important than texture — a sandy loam without organic matter will have a lower field capacity than one with organic matter. Likewise, a well-structured clay will have a higher field capacity than a poorly-structured clay.
In a following post we will cover how water is removed from soil.
Water Infiltration into Soils
Water on contact with a soil's surface may do one of three things. Depending on the geography and soil, water may continue downhill, or pool on the surface, or soak in. Water that soaks into a soil is said to infiltrate it, and it follows that it is this water that will ever reach plant roots.
But infiltration in itself isn't enough — water also needs to enter at an infiltration rate sufficient enough to wet enough soil at enough depth that plant roots can access it. Just think of a very light rain spotting a dirt surface. You only need to gently scratch that surface to see how dry the soil is underneath. It may as well not have rained at all.
Infiltration and infiltration rate will vary depending on the amount of water applied to a soil as well as the type and structure of that soil. A gentle, lengthy rain on dry, well-structured soil will readily enter the surface cracks and channels between peds, soaking into the pores until they fill. If that rain continues long enough, the water will continue to percolate deeper and deeper down the profile, filling even more pores as it goes. Eventually it will reach a permanent zone of saturation known as the water table, from which bores, wells and springwater are sourced.
Rain falling on heavily compacted, poorly-structured soil may not soak in much at all, but rather pool on surfaces, leading to runoffs and soil erosion. But this will be the fate of any water regardless of the soil, if the intensity of its fall is greater than the ability of the soil to soak it up.
Very sandy soils, with their large minerals and pores, as a rule will enable more water to infiltrate and at a higher infiltration rate than that same water into high clay soils with their smaller particles and pores. Conversely, the deep cracks that form in cracking clay soils when dry can enable both a high infiltration and infiltration rate of water deep into the soil profile before the clay minerals swell and seal the cracks.
Infiltration rate is measured as mm (height) of water soaking in per hour, and can range from zero in water-repelling sands to several hundreds of mm in very coarse sands. Infiltration rate into soil decreases the wetter the soil becomes, but over time reaches a steady rate known as the saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil. This is the rate at which water enters a soil's surface and percolates through the topsoil to drain below. Any compacted sublayers or underlying bedrock will reduce this rate. Eventually water already in the soil will no longer be able to drain away and the water table will rise. In extreme cases too much infiltration will lead to waterlogging and eventual root death if that water cannot drain away quickly enough.
Even very gentle rain falling on wet soil will pool or lead to runoff if the steady infiltration rate is very low, at less than 5 mm an hour. Another thing to be aware of if using an irrigation system, is that if the system delivers at a rate higher than the infiltration rate, water will pool and be wasted. And water that doesn't infiltrate soils in low-rainfall areas is just too valuable to allow wastage through surface pooling and runoff!
It's best to avoid traffic on any soil on which water has pooled for days after rain stops, so as to minimise compaction and disruption of the soil's structure.
Increasing infiltration rates can be an easy solution for excessive pooling, and with quick results. Coring or spiking the soil to create instant large holes and channels may be enough. Some instances may require digging to break up compaction, whether of the soil itself, or a sublayer below, or of any thick compacted mats of dead and dried organic matter on its surface. Digging into the soil may reveal the compacted sublayers or other obstructions such as shallow bedrock that were the problem all along, which can then be remedied or avoided by relocating plants.
Next week we'll examine how water, once it has infiltrated soil, then moves through that soil.
Overview of Water Interactions With Soils and Plants
Posted by kristi on 30 Jul 2019 in Overview
As with soil, there's more to water when it comes to plants (and soil) than is evident at first glance. Elsewhere in this blog I've mentioned water secondarily and where relevant, but now it's time to give the subject of water the attention it deserves, with its very own section! Some information mentioned elsewhere may be repeated in this section, but will be rephrased from the point of view of water and its interactions with soils and plants, rather than the other way around.
Plants, like all life, need water. And for the vast majority of plants that water is obtained via their roots. Water thus needs to be where the roots are, or roots need to be where the water is. And again for the vast majority of plants those roots tend to be in soil. Thus for water to be of use to most plants it needs to be in the soil where roots can access it.
All this is pretty obvious of course.
But how that water comes to be in the soil in the first place, and what happens after that, can be somewhat involved. And it's that discussion that will underpin the topics in this new 'Water' section.
Water invariably enters soil via the surface. This entry could be from rain, surface runoff, overflowing creeks and rivers, us standing over with a watering can or hose, or an irrigation system. Even if we were to water with bore water we still must pump it up from underground first, just to reapply it to the surface. As growers of trees, we then expect that water to make its way through the soil to where the roots are.
Simple? Not really! For instance, how do we actually know that enough water has entered the soil? Too little or too much can have consequences. And has the water that entered then moved deeply enough for roots to access? Or has it moved too quickly down, draining out of reach before roots could uptake it? Or has it not moved much at all, and is collecting in the upper surface away from those roots?
And don't forget that water is a solvent! As it travels through a soil profile it 'collects' various salts and other substances in that soil. If bore water, it would already have a good number of such compounds already dissolved in it, which would then enter the soil along with the water. Some, like sodium chloride (table salt) are harmful to plants, and some, like nitrates, are needed by plants. Some may deposit out into the upper soil, and some may travel deep down. This may be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on the compounds, their concentrations in the water, the soil they travel through, and how the water moves through that soil in the first place.
There are so many variables associated with water. These variables, along with the variables of soil composition and structure through which water travels, can make for a complex subject.
But to summarise very simply: how water enters soils, moves through soils, is retained by soils, drains from soils, as well as what it carries through soils, all ultimately determines how much water ever becomes available to plants. We will cover all of these, starting in the next post with the first variable, how water enters a soil, or its infiltration.


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Localized Basic Income
1. 14. 19 by Dan Robitzski
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California Could Soon Give Low-Income Residents a Monthly Check
But it's not basic income, an expert says.
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Image by Tag Hartman-Simkins
Gavin Newsom, the new governor of California, has big plans to revamp the state's poverty-prevention tax credit program so that it helps more people who are struggling to make ends meet.
Currently, the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) boosts the annual tax refund to households making less than $45,802. The state version in California, the California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) adds an extra refund for those making less than $22,000 per year.
The new plan would more than double CalEITC's funding so that 400,000 more low-income families can receive assistance on a monthly instead of an annual basis, according to Fast Company — but Adam Ruben, the campaigns director of the Economic Security Project cautions against calling it basic income.
Not Universal
To Ruben's point, a monthly payment for families in need sounds a lot like universal basic income, a system that's often touted as a solution — or at least a bandage — for wealth inequality. But both the current CalEITC and Newsom's proposed expansion of the program will only go towards low-income, working Californians.
"What we're seeing is the idea of the importance of a steady drumbeat of financial security throughout the year," Ruben told Fast Company.
The tax credit serves more as an acknowledgment that many jobs, even when paying out a $15 minimum wage, don't provide enough for families to make ends meet or escape from debt. Rather than helping everyone, the expanded CalEITC would focus on helping those who don't make enough or can't get enough shifts to get the extra help that they need, Fast Company reports.
By switching to a monthly payout, families receiving assistance would be able to better manage their finances than under the current system, under which they have to stretch out one payment over an entire year.
Closing Loopholes
Under Newsom's proposed expansion, the budget for CalEITC would jump from $400 million to $1 billion. This would let California raise the program's income cap to $30,000 a year — an increase that means 400,000 more households would become eligible for benefits. Presently, CalEITC provides families with $2,879 per year. The expanded version would reportedly more than double that payout, with an additional $500 given to families with young children.
For now, the proposal is in its early stages, so the specific payment plan has not yet been released. But the extra $600 million will likely come from increased corporate taxes or income taxes for the wealthiest Californians, according to Fast Company.
READ MORE: California has a new plan to give a monthly check to low-income residents [Fast Company]
More on financial assistance: Facebook Co-Founder Suggests Taxing the Richest 1% of Americans to Fund UBI
Editor's Note 1/17 at 10:30 AM ET: This article originally claimed that the new CalEITC proposal would extend payments to any Californian regardless of immigration status. It also misspelled Adam Ruben's name. It has since been corrected.
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Beaker Street Festival 2021
This weekend, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) will celebrate science, art and curious minds as the Beaker Street Festival returns to the museum after a COVID-19-induced hiatus last year.
TMAG will serve as the Festival Hub from 6-8 August, allowing visitors to quench their thirst for knowledge with a range of science-themed talks, debates and workshops.
Visitors will also be able to chat with roving scientists, enjoy live music, food and drink, and also check out some wonderful art in the Bond Store Basement.
TMAG will be open from 6:00 pm to midnight on Friday 6 and Saturday 7 August, with free entry subject to capacity, however all talks are ticketed and must be booked at the website. All sessions on Sunday 8 August are ticketed.
Several ticketed sessions planned for the weekend are already sold out, including a talk with award-winning cartoonists Kudelka and First Dog on the Moon, a panel session on Tasmanian Aboriginal fire management and the annual Beaker Street debate 'You can't handle the (scientific) truth!'
Limited tickets are still remaining for talks with Professor Barbara Holland and NASA space historian Scott Pooke on Friday and with Distinguished Professor Maggie Walter and Dr Tas van Ommen on Saturday. Limited tickets are also available for the recording of ABC Radio podcast Ockham's Razor and a session with Tasmanian whisky distillers on Sunday.
But even without a ticket, there is still plenty for visitors to enjoy! They can view the immersive 'Diversity in STEMM' gallery from the team behind the That's What I Call Science radio show and podcast, and also listen to music from Tasmanian harpist Emily Sanzaro.
A highlight of the festival is always the Beaker Street Science Photography Prize, and the Judge's Choice winner will be announced at 10:00 pm on Saturday night. The exhibition of finalists' photographs will be on show in the Bond Store Basement at TMAG until 29 August, and visitors will be able to vote for their favourite to be crowned the People's Choice Winner.
And what's more, Beaker Street continues beyond TMAG with a range of events across the state until 14 August, including the Tassie Science Road Trip and the Nocturna Dark Sky Party at Spring Bay Mill.
To find out more about what's on and to book tickets, visit the festival website: https://www.beakerstreet.com.au/.
Beaker Street Festival is presented by Beaker Street and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. Major partners include City of Hobart, Events Tasmania, National Science Week, Detached Cultural Organisation, and Moo Brew.
The URL for this page is: https://tmag.tas.gov.au/whats_on/newsselect/2021articles/beaker_street_festival_2021


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

public class ExceptionsHomework
{
    public static T[] Subsequence<T>(T[] arr, int startIndex, int count)
    {
        List<T> result = new List<T>();
        for (int i = startIndex; i < startIndex + count; i++)
        {
            result.Add(arr[i]);
        }

        return result.ToArray();
    }

    public static string ExtractEnding(string str, int count)
    {
        if (count > str.Length)
        {
            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException("The count must not be larger than the lenght of the string");
        }

        StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
        for (int i = str.Length - count; i < str.Length; i++)
        {
            result.Append(str[i]);
        }

        return result.ToString();
    }

    public static bool IsPrime(int number)
    {
        for (int divisor = 2; divisor <= Math.Sqrt(number); divisor++)
        {
            if (number % divisor == 0)
            {
                return false;
            }
        }

        return true;
    }

    private static void Main()
    {
        try
        {
            var substr = Subsequence("Hello!".ToCharArray(), 2, 3);
            Console.WriteLine(substr);

            var subarr = Subsequence(new int[] { -1, 3, 2, 1 }, 0, 2);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", subarr));

            var allarr = Subsequence(new int[] { -1, 3, 2, 1 }, 0, 4);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", allarr));

            var emptyarr = Subsequence(new int[] { -1, 3, 2, 1 }, 0, 0);
            Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", emptyarr));

            Console.WriteLine(ExtractEnding("I love C#", 2));
            Console.WriteLine(ExtractEnding("Nakov", 4));
            Console.WriteLine(ExtractEnding("beer", 4));
            Console.WriteLine(ExtractEnding("Hi", 100));
        }
        catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }

        Console.WriteLine("Is 23 prime: {0}", IsPrime(23));

        Console.WriteLine("Is 33 prime: {0}", IsPrime(33));
        try
        {
            List<Exam> peterExams = new List<Exam>()
            {
                new SimpleMathExam(2),
                new CSharpExam(55),
                new CSharpExam(100),
                new SimpleMathExam(1),
                new CSharpExam(0),
            };

            Student peter = new Student("Peter", "Petrov", peterExams);
            double peterAverageResult = peter.CalcAverageExamResultInPercents();
            Console.WriteLine("Average results = {0:p0}", peterAverageResult);
        }
        catch (ArgumentNullException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }
        catch (ArgumentException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }
    }
}

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Apple is making 75 million 5G iPhones in 2020
Apple is immune to the pandemic
The Coronavirus pandemic has crashed a host of industries like transportation, tourism, and hospitality. However, smartphone sales are unhindered and the demand is never-ending. In line with the same trend, Apple is gearing up to have another blockbuster year.
According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple has asked its suppliers to build 75 million 5G iPhones in 2020. The company will announce its next-generation iPhones soon and demand could reach as high as 80 million units this year.
Recent rumors and leaks have confirmed that Apple will launch four new iPhones this year. The iPhone is Apple's most important product and fetches them a majority of their total revenues. The brand is also planning a product refresh with a new iPad Air, two Apple Watch versions, and over-the-ear headphones under Apple branding.
The total production target for 2018 as well as 2019 was close to 75 million. So, in the middle of a pandemic, the current estimate is a positive sign. Smartphone brands around the globe are reporting a bullish stance.
The new iPhones were delayed by a few weeks due to the outbreak. A new Apple Watch will succeed Series 5 and a Series 3 replacement will act as an affordable alternative to competing brands like Fitbit.
With the virus outbreak, people are requested to avoid gatherings and everyone has shifted to the work-from-home model. This has further fueled demand for laptops and smartphones. Xiaomi is the top smartphone maker in India and has confirmed that ongoing anti-China sentiments and economic slowdown haven't discouraged smartphone sales.
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Is this a prototype?
Luigi Leonardo
Everyone's getting into foldable smartphones these days. After Samsung's semi-successful foray into the market, other smartphones are rushing to compete with the South Korean giant. One of the earliest experimenters with the form factor, Xiaomi is apparently making strides in the foldable market. In China, Xiaomi's foldable phone was spotted out in the wild.
In a now-deleted Weibo post (saved by GSMArena), the leaked phone is a whopper of a device. It's obviously that Xiaomi's foldable phone since it runs MIUI 12. It looks a lot larger than Samsung's Galaxy Z lineup. However, it's large enough to wield in a subway, as the photo portrays.
Whatever this is, it doesn't look like it's doing well. The device has a sizable crease running along its midsection. Back in the Galaxy Fold's early days, Samsung had the same problem before fixing it in later iterations. Since the technology already exists, it's likely that the spotted Xiaomi device is an early version of whatever the company is actually working on.
Xiaomi has teased an upcoming foldable phone in the past. However, the company has not outed a consumer-friendly foldable phone outside of prototypes. The last time we heard about a potential Xiaomi foldable phone was an old patent revealed last year.
SEE ALSO: Xiaomi patents an upcoming foldable phone
Confirmed in an official Q&A
The cat's out of the bag. After months of persistent rumors, Samsung has finally ended its free charging adapters and wired earphones starting with the Galaxy S21 series. The controversial decision mimics Apple's identical ones last October. One question remains, though: Will Samsung remove the free charger in other smartphones? Apparently, yes.
In an official Q&A with Samsung's officials, the company explained why it chose to remove the free charger from the flagship series. As expected, Samsung is taking the same stance as Apple; that is, everyone already has a bunch of extra chargers lying around anyway. Further, the removal will help in Samsung's sustainability goals for the future.
However, in explaining their stance, Samsung has revealed its plans for the future. "To support our Galaxy community in this journey, we are transitioning to removal of the charger plug and earphones in our latest line of Galaxy smartphones," Patrick Chomet, executive vice president of product and innovation, explains.
Besides the Galaxy S21 series, Samsung is likely phasing out the free chargers in future models, too. Thankfully, if you haven't acclimated to the charger-less future yet, the company is not changing last year's smartphone packaging; not yet at least, according to online store pages.
If Samsung is truly removing its chargers for future models, we'll know soon enough. Unlike Apple, who releases smartphones more sporadically, Samsung launches numerous models throughout the year. After starting the year off with a charger-less bang, 2021 is going to be an exciting roller coaster for flagship users.
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Xiaomi headed the Huawei way?
The US has added Xiaomi and 10 other Chinese companies to a blacklist amid national security concerns. The current blacklist is only focused on companies that have military ties and strategic importance in China.
The Defense Department released names of additional "Communist Chinese military companies" operating directly or indirectly in the United States.
Although adding Xiaomi to the list is surprising, the company has largely remained apolitical and focuses on making affordable smartphones. Considered to be China's answer to Apple, Xiaomi plays a crucial role in progressing China's telecommunication industry. It surpassed Apple in global smartphone sales in the third quarter, according to IDC.
Xiaomi is China's second-largest smartphone maker and dominates multiple developing markets like India. Xiaomi's stock plunged more than 10 percent following the announcement, although it's considered to be a knee-jerk reaction at the moment.
The ban means that Xiaomi risks getting delisted from global benchmarks like MSCI and American stock exchanges. Just last week, China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom were removed from MSCI indexes. This largely affects their ability to raise capital from the open market in the future due to global compliance complications.
In response, a Xiaomi spokesperson told GadgetMatch, "The Company has been in compliance with the law and operating in compliance with the relevant laws and regulations of jurisdictions where it conducts its businesses. The Company reiterates that it provides products and services for civilian and commercial use. The Company confirms that it is not owned, controlled, or affiliated with the Chinese military, and is not a "Communist Chinese Military Company" defined under the NDAA. The Company will take an appropriate course of actions to protect the interests of the Company and its shareholders."
Other companies banned
Apart from Xiami, the additional companies blacklisted include Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Luokong Technology Corporation, Beijing Zhongguancun Development Investment Center, GOWIN Semiconductor, Grand China Air Company, Global Tone Communication Technology, China National Aviation Holding, and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC).
Furthermore, the ban is a stepping stone for US authorities to curb Chinese companies' growth in the international market. The US took a similar step with Huawei and gradually pushed it out of every possible industry. Today, Huawei can't use Google Mobile Services, cannot ship phones to the US, and has lost significant ground in supplying 5G equipment to telcos worldwide.