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North Carolina: Requested 2016 weighted avg. rate hikes: 27.0% (ouch)
11 Aug , 2015,
jtdickerson
IMPORTANT: See this detailed explanation of how I've come up with the following estimated maximum requested weighted average rate increases for this state. As explained in the first link above, I've still been able to piece together rough estimates of the maximum possible and mid-range requested average rate increase for the North Carolina individual market: BCBS of NC had previously requested an already-ugly 25.7% average rate hike, but has now asked to bump that up even more, to 34.6% overall.
Source: North Carolina: Requested 2016 weighted avg. rate hikes: 27.0% (ouch)
save $$$'s in the following North Carolina Counties on the Federal Exchange Marketplace: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Iredell, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Orange, Person, Polk, Randolph, Robeson, Rutheford, Stanly, Transylvania, Union, Vance, Wake, & Yancey.


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Azerbaijan Urged To Lift Journalist's 'Unjust' Travel Ban
January 16, 2020 08:26 GMT
Investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova
Three nongovernmental organizations are urging Azerbaijan to lift a travel ban against investigative reporter Khadija Ismayilova and allow her to travel to Britain to give evidence in the trial of a journalist who is being sued for defamation by an Azerbaijani lawmaker.
Ismayilova was sentenced in 2015 to 7 ½ years in prison on what human rights groups called trumped-up charges. She was conditionally released in 2016 but is still subject to a travel ban.
In a joint statement on January 15, Index on Censorship, Reporters Without Borders U.K., and Transparency International U.K. said lawyers will be seeking permission for Ismayilova to travel to London, where the case against Romanian journalist Paul Radu is set to start next week.
Daniel Bruce, chief executive of Transparency International UK, said that preventing Ismayilova from giving evidence in Radu's trial was "a clear attempt to bully and silence those who dare expose the truth."
Radu is a co-founder and executive director of investigative reporting group OCCRP, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
He is being sued for defamation by Azerbaijani member of parliament Cavansir Feyziyev over two articles about money-laundering out of Azerbaijan.
As OCCRP's lead reporter in Azerbaijan, Ismayilova is a key witness in the case.
Azerbaijan is "unjustly and unfairly" preventing the reporter from traveling to "punish her and stifle the spread of her reporting," said Index on Censorship's Chief Executive Jodie Ginsberg.
Rebecca Vincent, U.K. bureau director for Reporters Without Borders, called the travel ban "one of many examples of the Azerbaijani authorities' long-standing persecution of Khadija Ismayilova for her courageous investigative reporting."
Dozens of other journalists and activists are currently "subjected to such measures" in Azerbaijan," Vincent added.
The three NGOs urged the British government to join their call for Ismayilova to be released from her travel ban and be allowed to provide evidence in "this important libel case" against Radu.

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MCipollini RB800: First Ride review
MCipollini RB800
As a package, the RB800 could be summed up as a true Italian thoroughbred with all the trimmings. The tiny head tube, and resultant low-slung front end, plus a super-stiff ride feel means it's one for the racer, but a hint of softness at least allows enough comfort to still tackle longer rides.
Firm ride, but not too harsh
By Symon Lewis published 8 June 12
Mario Cipollini, 'Super Mario', 'the Champion', 'the Power', is a rider synonymous with Italy and all its flair and extravagance.
Former sprint king Cipo said he had no desire to simply stick his name on any old frame, so set about handcrafting from scratch, promising pizzazz. The RB800 sits in the middle of three, so believe it or not, there's a more expensive option, the RB1000, at £4,400 for the frameset.
There's an 'aero' undertone to the aesthetic of the RB800 but that's not been substantiated with any of the marketing, so we can only assume it's exactly that - aesthetic more than wind cheating. It's no secret how much Mario himself craved the stiffest, punchiest frames during his racing days so we were expecting that to shine through in his designs. The chunky tube shapes, especially the down tube, huge bottom bracket area and tiny head tube are all traits suggesting that's the case.
The ride feel was indeed very firm, but at the same time delivered the confidence that the bike wouldn't do anything unexpected. However, we were pleasantly surprised that even after 90 miles of typical UK broken-tarmac lanes, I had no bodily complaints. It's not a harsh, uncomfortable bike, which is indicative of a hard-to-achieve balance being struck.
Our test bike was garnished with nothing but top-of-the-range components, Campagnolo Super Record and FFWD F6R wheels (switched out for Campagnolo Boras in our picture). The 60mm deep rims on the FFWD F6Rs excelled in stiffness and encouraged you to confidently go that little bit harder. However, stick in your training wheels, and the bike's performance didn't suffer that much.
Symon Lewis
Symon Lewis joined Cycling Weekly as an Editorial Assistant in 2010, he went on to become a Tech Writer in 2014 before being promoted to Tech Editor in 2015 before taking on a role managing Video and Tech in 2019. Lewis discovered cycling via Herne Hill Velodrome, where he was renowned for his prolific performances, and spent two years as a coach at the South London velodrome.
Tom Pidcock and Zoe Bäckstedt among British Cycling's cyclocross world championships contenders
Performance director looks to 'medal contenders across all categories' for some big results


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Q: json_encode( json_encode (array) ) I'm trying to create a PHP script to generate JSON data for a jqplot bubble chart. The jqplot sample code requires data in the format
var arr = [
  [45, 92, 1067, {label:"Alfa Romeo", color:'skyblue'}],
  etc.
];

My script is along the lines of
while ...
  array_push(
    $arrBubble,
    array(
      11,
      123,
      1236,
      json_encode(
        array('label' => $car, 'color' => 'skyblue')
      )
  );
}
echo json_encode($arrBubble);

The problem is that the result is
[ [11, 123, 1236, "{\"label\":"VW", \"color\":\"skyblue\"}"] ]

The double json_encode has encoded the object(?) as a literal string.
What's the best way to work around this?

A: There is no reason to explicitly have a json_encode for one of the values inside the array. When you're using json_encode, it'll convert each level of the array as you expect.
var_dump(json_encode([
  11,
  123,
  1236,
  ['label' => $car, 'color' => 'skyblue']
]));

Outputs the structure you want:
string(48) "[11,123,1236,{"label":"VW","color":"skyblue"}]"

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package org.eigenbase.rel.metadata;

import java.util.*;

import org.eigenbase.rel.*;
import org.eigenbase.rel.rules.*;
import org.eigenbase.reltype.*;
import org.eigenbase.rex.*;
import org.eigenbase.sql.fun.*;

import net.hydromatic.optiq.BuiltinMethod;
import net.hydromatic.optiq.util.BitSets;

/**
 * RelMdColumnUniqueness supplies a default implementation of {@link
 * RelMetadataQuery#areColumnsUnique} for the standard logical algebra.
 */
public class RelMdColumnUniqueness {
  public static final RelMetadataProvider SOURCE =
      ReflectiveRelMetadataProvider.reflectiveSource(
          BuiltinMethod.COLUMN_UNIQUENESS.method, new RelMdColumnUniqueness());

  //~ Constructors -----------------------------------------------------------

  private RelMdColumnUniqueness() {}

  //~ Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      FilterRelBase rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    return RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
        rel.getChild(),
        columns,
        ignoreNulls);
  }

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      SortRel rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    return RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
        rel.getChild(),
        columns,
        ignoreNulls);
  }

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      CorrelatorRel rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    return RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
        rel.getLeft(),
        columns,
        ignoreNulls);
  }

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      ProjectRelBase rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    // ProjectRel maps a set of rows to a different set;
    // Without knowledge of the mapping function(whether it
    // preserves uniqueness), it is only safe to derive uniqueness
    // info from the child of a project when the mapping is f(a) => a.
    //
    // Also need to map the input column set to the corresponding child
    // references

    List<RexNode> projExprs = rel.getProjects();
    BitSet childColumns = new BitSet();
    for (int bit : BitSets.toIter(columns)) {
      RexNode projExpr = projExprs.get(bit);
      if (projExpr instanceof RexInputRef) {
        childColumns.set(((RexInputRef) projExpr).getIndex());
      } else if (projExpr instanceof RexCall && ignoreNulls) {
        // If the expression is a cast such that the types are the same
        // except for the nullability, then if we're ignoring nulls,
        // it doesn't matter whether the underlying column reference
        // is nullable.  Check that the types are the same by making a
        // nullable copy of both types and then comparing them.
        RexCall call = (RexCall) projExpr;
        if (call.getOperator() != SqlStdOperatorTable.CAST) {
          continue;
        }
        RexNode castOperand = call.getOperands().get(0);
        if (!(castOperand instanceof RexInputRef)) {
          continue;
        }
        RelDataTypeFactory typeFactory =
            rel.getCluster().getTypeFactory();
        RelDataType castType =
            typeFactory.createTypeWithNullability(
                projExpr.getType(), true);
        RelDataType origType = typeFactory.createTypeWithNullability(
            castOperand.getType(),
            true);
        if (castType.equals(origType)) {
          childColumns.set(((RexInputRef) castOperand).getIndex());
        }
      } else {
        // If the expression will not influence uniqueness of the
        // projection, then skip it.
        continue;
      }
    }

    // If no columns can affect uniqueness, then return unknown
    if (childColumns.cardinality() == 0) {
      return null;
    }

    return RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
        rel.getChild(),
        childColumns,
        ignoreNulls);
  }

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      JoinRelBase rel,
      BitSet columns, boolean
      ignoreNulls) {
    if (columns.cardinality() == 0) {
      return false;
    }

    RelNode left = rel.getLeft();
    RelNode right = rel.getRight();

    // Divide up the input column mask into column masks for the left and
    // right sides of the join
    BitSet leftColumns = new BitSet();
    BitSet rightColumns = new BitSet();
    int nLeftColumns = left.getRowType().getFieldCount();
    for (int bit : BitSets.toIter(columns)) {
      if (bit < nLeftColumns) {
        leftColumns.set(bit);
      } else {
        rightColumns.set(bit - nLeftColumns);
      }
    }

    // If the original column mask contains columns from both the left and
    // right hand side, then the columns are unique if and only if they're
    // unique for their respective join inputs
    Boolean leftUnique =
        RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(left, leftColumns, ignoreNulls);
    Boolean rightUnique =
        RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(right, rightColumns, ignoreNulls);
    if ((leftColumns.cardinality() > 0)
        && (rightColumns.cardinality() > 0)) {
      if ((leftUnique == null) || (rightUnique == null)) {
        return null;
      } else {
        return leftUnique && rightUnique;
      }
    }

    // If we're only trying to determine uniqueness for columns that
    // originate from one join input, then determine if the equijoin
    // columns from the other join input are unique.  If they are, then
    // the columns are unique for the entire join if they're unique for
    // the corresponding join input, provided that input is not null
    // generating.
    BitSet leftJoinCols = new BitSet();
    BitSet rightJoinCols = new BitSet();
    RelMdUtil.findEquiJoinCols(
        left,
        right,
        rel.getCondition(),
        leftJoinCols,
        rightJoinCols);

    if (leftColumns.cardinality() > 0) {
      if (rel.getJoinType().generatesNullsOnLeft()) {
        return false;
      }
      Boolean rightJoinColsUnique =
          RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
              right,
              rightJoinCols,
              ignoreNulls);
      if ((rightJoinColsUnique == null) || (leftUnique == null)) {
        return null;
      }
      return rightJoinColsUnique && leftUnique;
    } else if (rightColumns.cardinality() > 0) {
      if (rel.getJoinType().generatesNullsOnRight()) {
        return false;
      }
      Boolean leftJoinColsUnique =
          RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
              left,
              leftJoinCols,
              ignoreNulls);
      if ((leftJoinColsUnique == null) || (rightUnique == null)) {
        return null;
      }
      return leftJoinColsUnique && rightUnique;
    }

    throw new AssertionError();
  }

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      SemiJoinRel rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    // only return the unique keys from the LHS since a semijoin only
    // returns the LHS
    return RelMetadataQuery.areColumnsUnique(
        rel.getLeft(),
        columns,
        ignoreNulls);
  }

  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      AggregateRelBase rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    // group by keys form a unique key
    if (rel.getGroupCount() > 0) {
      BitSet groupKey = new BitSet();
      for (int i = 0; i < rel.getGroupCount(); i++) {
        groupKey.set(i);
      }
      return BitSets.contains(columns, groupKey);
    } else {
      // interpret an empty set as asking whether the aggregation is full
      // table (in which case it returns at most one row);
      // TODO jvs 1-Sept-2008:  apply this convention consistently
      // to other relational expressions, as well as to
      // RelMetadataQuery.getUniqueKeys
      return columns.isEmpty();
    }
  }

  // Catch-all rule when none of the others apply.
  public Boolean areColumnsUnique(
      RelNode rel,
      BitSet columns,
      boolean ignoreNulls) {
    // no information available
    return null;
  }
}

// End RelMdColumnUniqueness.java

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Reading: SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy
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Encephalitis / Encephalopathy
SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy
Investigators from VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, identified seven patients with severe encephalopathy who shared a previously undescribed MRI pattern with cystic degeneration of the white matter and progressive cerebral, cerebellar and brainstem atrophy.
Keywords: Leigh's Syndrome, Brain Tissue, Cystic Degeneration
How to Cite: Millichap, J.G., 2013. SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 27(6), pp.45–45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Published on 01 Jun 2013
Investigators from VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, identified seven patients with severe encephalopathy who shared a previously undescribed MRI pattern with cystic degeneration of the white matter and progressive cerebral, cerebellar and brainstem atrophy. All patients showed rapid deterioration of brain function soon after birth, followed by respiratory failure and death. Whole-exome sequencing revealed pathogenic, heterozygous missense mutations in the SLC19A3 gene, encoding the second thiamine transporter. Pathology of brain tissue demonstrates cerebral atrophy and lesions similar to Leigh's syndrome. This new, severe, lethal phenotype broadens the phenotypic spectrum of SLC19A3 mutations and is recognized by the associated MRI pattern of brain degeneration. [1]
COMMENT. MRI pattern of initial swelling with T-hyperintensities followed by rapid degeneration and brain atrophy allows early diagnosis of a rapidly progressive infantile encephalopathy caused by SLC19A3 mutations.
Kevelam, SH Bugiani, M Salomons, GS Feigenbaum, A Blaser, S Prasad, C et al. (2013). Exome sequencing reveals mutated SLC19A3 in patients with an early-infantile, lethal encephalopathy. Brain May 2013136(Pt 5): 1534–43, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awt054 [PubMed]
Millichap, J.G., 2013. SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 27(6), pp.45–45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Millichap JG. SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy. Pediatric Neurology Briefs. 2013;27(6):45–. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Millichap, J. G. (2013). SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy. Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 27(6), 45–45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
1. Millichap JG. SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy. Pediatric Neurology Briefs. 2013;27(6):45-45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Millichap JG, 'SLC19A3 Early-infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy' (2013) 27 Pediatric Neurology Briefs 45 DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Millichap, J Gordon. 2013. "SLC19A3 Early-infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy". Pediatric Neurology Briefs 27 (6): 45–45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Millichap, J Gordon. "SLC19A3 Early-infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy". Pediatric Neurology Briefs 27, no. 6 (2013): 45–45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6
Millichap, J G. "SLC19A3 Early-Infantile, Lethal Encephalopathy". Pediatric Neurology Briefs, vol. 27, no. 6, 2013, pp. 45–45. DOI: http://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-6-6


administered him as the next president of the United States on the family Bible.
;#9;In his six years as president of the United States, Calvin Coolidge was considered to be a heroic president; not for what he did, but for what he did not do. Therein lies his political genius as Walter Lippmann, a White House advisor for Coolidge in 1926, pointed out: "… his talent for effectively doing nothing. This active inactivity suits the mood and certain needs of the country admirably. It suits all the business interests which wants to be let alone… And it suits all those who have become convinced that government in this country has become dangerously complicated and top heavy.." (Touchman 90).
It is no wonder, that Coolidge was known as the "do-nothing" president.
ideas of frugality and caution be reinforced when he attended college at Amherst College in Massachusetts. It is these beliefs which will guide him for the rest of his life both politically and socially.
	Coolidge was the first in his family to attend college. His years in Amherst gave Coolidge "an understanding of culture, strengthened his bent toward civic service and also persuaded him of the necessity of stability and harmony in the affairs of men." ("American Presidency"). He later graduated with honors and became an scholar with an interest in law.
	Graduating from Amherst in 1895, Coolidge became a lawyer in the offices of John Hammond and Henry Field at Northampton Massachusetts. Though he practiced much law at Northampton, he never prospered as an attorney, yet was still able to earn enough in his practice to eventually become financially independent in such a short time. ("American Presidency").
	Coolidge's association with Hammond and Field led him into politics, his second profession. Politics came very easily to Coolidge because his father was a frequent officeholder in Vermont. Hammond and Field themselves were active political leaders and found the young Coolidge a willing political apprentice. During 1896 and 1897, Coolidge was active in the Republican Party and in 1898 he was rewarded with the nomination and election as city councilman ("American Presidency"). From then on until his retirement from the presidency he was seldom out of public office.
;#9;That same year, Coolidge gained a wife by the name of Grace Anna Goodhue. Grace is the daughter of a Vermont mechanical engineer, and had been a teacher for the deaf at the Clark Institute (Bailey 20). Grace Coolidge was the perfect companion for the affectionate and silent Coolidge. One of Coolidge's earliest moments in their courtship was when he expressed his hope "that having taught the deaf to hear, Miss Goodhue might perhaps cause the mute to speak (referring to himself)." (Bailey 78).
	The year after their marriage, Grace gave birth to their first son, John. Later that same year, Coolidge was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representative. During his two one-year terms in the House, Coolidge made very little impression to his fellow members, although his record shows he may have been mildly progressive. Coolidge then had a short absence from the national public service life and became mayor of Northampton in 1909 and was reelected in 1910. In 1911 Coolidge was sent to the state Senate, where he became the Republican leader. His creed while in the Senate seemed to be "something for everybody," as long as it did not cost too much. (Brock 132).
	Coolidge's time spent as governor is what made him a hero to the American people. As governor, Coolidge made and energetic and effective effort to settle labor disputes by encouraging reasonable pay increases, and to grant additional home rule. His reputation for being a hero did not come from such accomplishments. His greatest accomplishment came from settling the Police Labor Strike in 1919 (Brock 123-125).
jobs, and defended the city's and state's actions in a telegram to Samuel Gompers, president of the AFL, in which he asserted, "There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time." (Coolidge). Through this action, Coolidge received the acclaim of a grateful nation, including that of President Woodrow Wilson, for "meeting a dire threat to public safety" (Touchman 121). The following Fall he was reelected governor.
	At the 1920 Republican national convention, Coolidge was the favorite-son candidate for the president. Although he was passed over Warren G. Harding was nominated, the delegated unanimously selected Coolidge for Vice President. That fall Harding and Coolidge won a landslide victory.
such scandals and at the same time made a name for himself as the man who put the prestige back into the White House by "prosecuting offenders and backing up his actions through his integrity and self-possession." (Brock 133).
	In the election of 1924, Coolidge gained enough support of the Republican party to be nominated for president at June. Besides Republican backing, Coolidge gained a superior amount of the people's confidence to be easily elected over his major opposition, John W. Davis (Democrat) and Robert M. La Follete (Progressive) ("American Presidency). When Coolidge entered the campaign with a series of "nonpolitical" statements, he became well-known for being the "apostle of prosperity, economy, and respectability." (Askin 146). His opponents exhausted themselves with charges about the governments deficiencies, while Coolidge received credit for his simplicity and honesty.
cooperative solutions to farming problems (Touchman 178).
	Coolidge also endorsed Jeffersonian ideas of minimal government. His do-as-little-as-possible policy fit the style of the times in which America was presiding. Coolidge was also pro-business as he was noted for saying, "a man who builds a business, builds a temple." (Coolidge).
as a man who denounces war and agrees to settle all disputes by pacifistic means.
tile of hero as well deserving his era's name as the "Coolidge Prosperity".


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Saul Berman, 87, of Brighton Township, formerly of Massachusetts, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, in Friendship Ridge.
Born April 13, 1921, in Boston, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Morris and Clara Guttenberg Berman. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater of operation. Saul had a lifelong career in the clothing manufacturing industry. He was a member of the former Agudath Achim Congregation of the Beaver Valley United Jewish Community.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Sylvia D. Katz Berman; his daughter, Marcia Law; a brother, Benjamin Berman and a sister, Dorothy Finkelstein.
He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Barry and Ellen Berman, Henderson, Nevada; a son-in-law, Edward Law, Brighton Township; four granddaughters and their spouses, Wendy Knightley-Smith and her husband, Michael, Henderson, NV; Leslie Castleberry and her husband, Thomas, Las Vegas, NV; Charlotte Iley and her husband, Adrian, Austin, TX and Sheryl and her husband, Charles Klein III, Verona, VA and great-grandchildren, Emma Knightley, Carter and Claire Castleberry, Jordan and Ava Klein, and Skye and Landon Iley.
Friends will be received on Sunday from noon until the time of service at 1 p.m. in the HILL & KUNSELMAN FUNERAL HOME, www.hillandkunselman.com, 3801 Fourth Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, with Rabbi Martin Shorr officiating.
Interment to follow in Agudath Achim Cemetery, Patterson Township.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 100 West Station Square Drive, Suite 500, Pittsburgh, PA 15219; the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 2680, North Canton, OH 44720, or Beaver County Heart Association, 3582 Brodhead Road, Suite 104, Monaca, PA 15061.


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Bohdan Oleksàndrovitx Bòndarev (en ucraïnès Богдан Олександрович Бондарев; en rus Богдан Александрович Бондарев; Donetsk, 2 de juny de 1974) va ser un ciclista ucraïnès professional del 2001 al 2007 i posteriorment director esportiu.

Del seu palmarès destaca una medalla de plata al Campionat del món de Persecució per equips.

Palmarès en pista

Resultats a la Copa del Món en pista
 1997
 1r a Quartu Sant'Elena, en Persecució per equips

Palmarès en ruta
 1999
 1r a la Polònia-Ucraïna
 2000
 Vencedor d'una etapa al Bałtyk-Karkonosze Tour
 Vencedor d'una etapa a la Cursa de la Solidaritat Olímpica
 2001
 Vencedor de 2 etapes a la Cursa de la Pau
 Vencedor d'una etapa al Małopolski Wyścig Górski
 Vencedor d'una etapa a la Volta a Polònia
 2002
 1r al Memorial Andrzej Trochanowski
 Vencedor d'una etapa a la Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
 Vencedor d'una etapa al Bałtyk-Karkonosze Tour
 2003
 Vencedor d'una etapa a la Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich
 Vencedor d'una etapa a la Dookoła Mazowsza
 2004
 1r a la Cursa de la Solidaritat Olímpica i vencedor d'una etapa
 2005
 Vencedor d'una etapa al Bałtyk-Karkonosze Tour
 2001
 Vencedor de 2 etapes a la Volta al llac Qinghai

Resultats al Giro d'Itàlia
 2003. Fora de control (18a etapa)

Enllaços externs
 Fitxa a sitiodeciclismo.net
 Fitxa a cyclebase.nl
 Fitxa a museociclismo.it
 Fitxa als Jocs Olímpics

Ciclistes ucraïnesos
Persones de Donetsk
Esportistes ucraïnesos als Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1996

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Energy efficiency at heart of global push to net zero
Rod Janssen climate change, climate policy, decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy policy, international organisations, net zero emissions June 3, 2021
This is a good summary from Energy in Buildings & Industry about the recent IEA report outlining the roadmap to net zero.
Energy-efficiency measures are "front-loaded" in the IEA's new roadmap to net zero
The International Energy Agency's new roadmap to net zero by 2050 has identified energy efficiency as its' first "key pillar of decarbonisation", with "behavioural change" as the next greatest priority.
The roadmap has made headlines throughout the world, coming as it does from an organisation specifically created by world governments following worldwide shortages of oil following the 1973 Yom Kippur War. According to the IEA's head, Fatih Birol, it " shows the energy future we all need to focus on". He describes it as "one of the most important reports in our agency's nearly 50-year history".
To achieve net zero by 2050 with global equity, the amount of energy used by the global economy will need to fall 8% by 2050 – despite a doubling of GDP, a population rise of more than two billion people and the provision of universal energy access by 2030.
The IEA maintains this roadmap will deliver "a net increase of nearly 9 million jobs" .Plus there would also be another 16m jobs created "by changes in spending on more efficient appliances, electric and fuel cell vehicles, and building retrofits and energy-efficient construction". This brings the total net increase to 25m jobs.
The roadmap underscores that this decade is pivotal to reaching net-zero by mid-century. "We need to put emissions into sharp decline in the coming years through strong and credible energy policies," warns Birol.
The IEA emphasises that energy-efficiency measures are "front-loaded" in the roadmap, playing a big role over the next decade. It includes "immediate and rapid improvements" in the world's building stock, resulting from large-scale programmes in which around 2.5% of buildings in richer nations are retrofitted each year until 2050. The current retrofit rate is way below 1%.
There would be a 2% annual rate of retrofits in emerging and developing countries. By 2050 more than 85% of world buildings would be zero-carbon ready, meaning they would be entirely energy-efficient and ready to be powered by renewables. Many nations' "green recovery" "plans have included significant sums of money for home retrofits. However, as the UK government's recently abandoned Green Homes Grant has made horrendously clear, such programmes require careful coordination to minimise disruption and ensure uptake, something the IEA warns about in its' report.
The agency states categorically that any delay to the 2.5% annual retrofitting plan "would be almost impossible to catch up, placing further strain on the power sector and pushing up fossil fuel demand". The implications of this are explored in its' "delayed retrofit case".
Just under 40% of the emissions reductions in the roadmap involve adopting technologies that require little involvement from the general public, the IEA says. The remainder require at least some participation from individuals. Around three-quarters of emissions reductions from behavioural changes rely upon governments introducing policies and developing infrastructure, such as new high-speed railways to encourage cleaner transport options.
Other targets that require citizen engagement are phasing out petrol and diesel cars in all large cities by 2030, and discouraging flying to the extent that business and long-haul leisure air travel does not exceed 2019 levels by 2050.The remaining behavioural emissions savings need to come from voluntary changes to save energy, mainly in reducing profligacy in people's homes.
This report has added status and impact, because uniquely it is created by an intergovernmental agency long caricatured as the official mouthpiece of the fossil fuel industry.
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2 thoughts on "Energy efficiency at heart of global push to net zero"
The IEA is absolutely right to describe this as one of the most important roadmaps it has ever produced. Correctly it focusses upon making energy efficiency its top priority
. This weekend's Financial Times contains an interview describing it as from LA La Land. That quote comes from the latest Saudi Arabian Prince now running that country's energy policy.He boasts that" whoever put that scenario together is not in touch with reality."
But as one of his wiser Saudi predecessors memorably warned:" " The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones."
Rod Janssen says:
Excellent comment, Andrew


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"""command doit info - display info on task metadata"""

from __future__ import print_function

import pprint

import six

from .cmd_base import DoitCmdBase
from .exceptions import InvalidCommand

def my_safe_repr(obj, context, maxlevels, level):
    """pretty print supressing unicode prefix

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16888409/
           suppress-unicode-prefix-on-strings-when-using-pprint
    """
    typ = type(obj)
    if six.PY2 and typ is six.text_type:
        obj = str(obj)
    return pprint._safe_repr(obj, context, maxlevels, level)

opt_show_execute_status = {
    'name': 'show_execute_status',
    'short': 's',
    'long': 'status',
    'type': bool,
    'default': False,
    'help': """Shows reasons why this task would be executed.
 [default: %(default)s]"""
}

class Info(DoitCmdBase):
    """command doit info"""

    doc_purpose = "show info about a task"
    doc_usage = "TASK"
    doc_description = None

    cmd_options = (opt_show_execute_status, )

    def _execute(self, pos_args, show_execute_status=False):
        if len(pos_args) != 1:
            msg = ('doit info failed, must select *one* task.'
                   '\nCheck `doit help info`.')
            raise InvalidCommand(msg)

        task_name = pos_args[0]
        # dict of all tasks
        tasks = dict([(t.name, t) for t in self.task_list])

        printer = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4, stream=self.outstream)
        printer.format = my_safe_repr

        task = tasks[task_name]
        task_attrs = (
            'name', 'file_dep', 'task_dep', 'setup_tasks', 'calc_dep',
            'targets',
            # these fields usually contains reference to python functions
            # 'actions', 'clean', 'uptodate', 'teardown', 'title'
            'getargs', 'params', 'verbosity', 'watch'
        )
        for attr in task_attrs:
            value = getattr(task, attr)
            # by default only print fields that have non-empty value
            if value:
                self.outstream.write('\n{0}:'.format(attr))
                printer.pprint(getattr(task, attr))

        # print reason task is not up-to-date
        if show_execute_status:
            status = self.dep_manager.get_status(task, tasks, get_log=True)
            if status.status == 'up-to-date':
                self.outstream.write('\nTask is up-to-date.\n')
                return 0
            else:  # status.status == 'run' or status.status == 'error'
                self.outstream.write('\nTask is not up-to-date:\n')
                self.outstream.write(self.get_reasons(status.reasons))
                self.outstream.write('\n')
                return 1

    @staticmethod
    def get_reasons(reasons):
        '''return string with description of reason task is not up-to-date'''
        lines = []
        if reasons['has_no_dependencies']:
            lines.append(' * The task has no dependencies.')

        if reasons['uptodate_false']:
            lines.append(' * The following uptodate objects evaluate to false:')
            for utd, utd_args, utd_kwargs in reasons['uptodate_false']:
                msg = '    - {} (args={}, kwargs={})'
                lines.append(msg.format(utd, utd_args, utd_kwargs))

        if reasons['checker_changed']:
            msg = ' * The file_dep checker changed from {0} to {1}.'
            lines.append(msg.format(*reasons['checker_changed']))

        sentences = {
            'missing_target': 'The following targets do not exist:',
            'changed_file_dep': 'The following file dependencies have changed:',
            'missing_file_dep': 'The following file dependencies are missing:',
            'removed_file_dep': 'The following file dependencies were removed:',
            'added_file_dep': 'The following file dependencies were added:',
        }
        for reason, sentence in sentences.items():
            entries = reasons.get(reason)
            if entries:
                lines.append(' * {}'.format(sentence))
                for item in entries:
                    lines.append('    - {}'.format(item))
        return '\n'.join(lines)


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Date: Monday, 25 April 2016, at 8:46 a.m.
I'll put him on flagyl bula anvisa Obama, in his regular Saturday address, accused Republicansof "appeasing an extreme faction of their party" bent oncreating "a crisis that will hurt people for the sole purpose ofadvancing their ideological agenda."
Silas -- Monday, 25 April 2016, at 8:46 a.m.


JULIAN, Calif. – A wildfire that destroyed two homes left a Southern California mountain town without its popular Fourth of July celebrations, but the blaze, along with another in Northern California, remained tame Friday, bringing no new destruction, threats or evacuations.
The fire near the historic gold mining town of Julian in San Diego County had consumed 217 acres by Friday, a day after it broke out, burned two homes and forced hundreds of evacuations that have all been called off.
But the lingering threat of the fire and the need to use roads for the firefight forced the city to take the year off from its festive Fourth of July celebration that usually draws from 3,000 to 5,000 people.
"It's a big day for Julian," Michael Hart, publisher of local paper The Julian News, told U-T San Diego.
The same area near Cleveland National Forest is where an 11-square-mile blaze destroyed more than 100 mountain cabins just a year ago.
Meanwhile, crews gained ground on a fire in rural Napa County that broke out Tuesday and grew initially by several hundred acres an hour because of the dry conditions.
Firefighters held the blaze at 4,300 acres, or about 6 square miles, on Friday and increased containment to 55 percent, up from 30 percent on Thursday, thanks to favorable weather conditions that allowed crews to burn away fuel on the fire's Lake County flank. The fire was no longer threatening any homes.
The fire has damaged nine structures, including the two homes, but the fire was burning to the north, away from the county's famed vineyards.
Residents in nearly 200 homes in a subdivision in the county's Pope Valley were allowed to return after an evacuation order was lifted Thursday afternoon.


Eastvale Community Foundation, Inc. is corporation registered with the Division of Corporations, California Department of State. The document number is 03408834. The date filed is Friday, August 26, 2011. The record status is Active. The address is 23120 Alicia Pkwy, Mission Viejo, CA 92692. The city is Mission Viejo. The zip code is 92692.
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Q: How to import gmsh geo file in fipy this question is probably due to my lack of knowledge of python, nonetheless here it is: is it possible to import a gmsh mesh file.geo instead of writing it entirely on the fipy script as is it done in this tutorial ?
http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/examples/diffusion/generated/examples.diffusion.circle.html#module-examples.diffusion.circle
a procedure like this:
open file;  read/store the content in data_var; mesh = Gmsh2D(data_var) # generate the mesh with gmsh
Thanks

A: There's no need to "read/store the content in data_var".
Per http://www.ctcms.nist.gov/fipy/fipy/generated/fipy.meshes.html#module-fipy.meshes.gmshMesh, the first argument to Gmsh2D et al. is:

arg: a string giving (i) the path to an MSH file, (ii) a path to a
  Gmsh geometry (".geo") file, or (iii) a Gmsh geometry script

Just supply the path to your .geo file.


text:
from uiPeer import *

from wallaby.common.queryDocument import QueryDocument
from documentCache import DocumentCache

class MultiViewer(UIPeer):

    Data = Pillow.InState
    DataChanged = Pillow.In
    Refresh = Pillow.In
    ClearSelection = Pillow.In
    SelectID = Pillow.In

    Select = Pillow.Out
    MultiSelect = Pillow.Out
    Query  = Pillow.OutState
    QueryDocument = Pillow.OutState

    ObjectType = Pillow.Runtime

    def __init__(self, room=None, view=None, viewIdentifier=None, viewArguments=None, dataView=None, delegate=None, autoUpdate=True, orderPath=None, queryDocID=None, **ka):
        UIPeer.__init__(self, room)
        self._delegate    = delegate

        self._view           = view
        self._viewIdentifier = viewIdentifier
        self._viewArguments  = viewArguments
        self._dataView       = dataView
        self._orderPath      = orderPath
        self._queryDocID     = queryDocID

        self._autoUpdate = autoUpdate

        self._queryResult = None
        self._nextQueryResult = None
        # self._initialized = False

        if self._queryDocID != None and len(self._queryDocID) > 0:
            self._catch(DocumentCache.Out.RequestedDocument, self._queryDocArrived)
            self._queryDocument = None
        else:
            self._queryDocument = QueryDocument({
                    'view': self._view,
                    'postfix': '',
                    'identifier': self._viewIdentifier,
                    'dataView': self._dataView,
                    'args': self._viewArguments
            })

        self._catch(MultiViewer.In.Data, self._refreshData)
        self._catch(MultiViewer.In.DataChanged, self._updateData)
        self._catch(MultiViewer.In.Refresh, self._updateQuery)
        self._catch(MultiViewer.In.ClearSelection, self._clearSelection)
        self._catch(MultiViewer.In.SelectID, self._selectID)

    def getImage(self, *args, **ka):
        if not self._queryResult:
            d = defer.Deferred()
            d.callback(None)
            return d

        return self._queryResult.getImage(*args, **ka)

    def sort(self, field, order):
        if not self._queryDocument: return

        if self._queryDocument.get("args") != None:
            if field == '__default__':
                self._queryDocument.set('postfix', '')
            else:
                self._queryDocument.set('postfix', 'By' + field.capitalize())

            self._queryDocument.set('args.sort', field)

            desc  = self._queryDocument.get('args.descending')
            start = self._queryDocument.get('args.startkey')
            end   = self._queryDocument.get('args.endkey')
            if desc == None: desc = False

            if order == 0:
                self._queryDocument.set('args.descending', False)
                if desc and start != None and end != None:
                    self._queryDocument.set('args.startkey', end)
                    self._queryDocument.set('args.endkey', start)

            else:
                self._queryDocument.set('args.descending', True)
                if not desc and start != None and end != None:
                    self._queryDocument.set('args.startkey', end)
                    self._queryDocument.set('args.endkey', start)
        else:
            sort = self._queryDocument.get("sort")
            if sort == None or len(sort) == 0:
                sort = [{field:{"order": None}}]
                self._queryDocument.set("sort", sort)
            elif field not in sort[0]:
                sort[0] = {field:{"order": None}}

            if isinstance(sort[0][field], dict):
                if order == 0:
                    sort[0][field]["order"] = "asc"
                else:
                    sort[0][field]["order"] = "desc"
            else:
                if order == 0:
                    sort[0][field] = "asc"
                else:
                    sort[0][field] = "desc"

        self._updateQuery()

    def initialize(self):
        # print "Initialize MultiViewer", self._view
        if self._queryDocID is not None and len(self._queryDocID) > 0:
            self._throw(DocumentCache.In.RequestDocument, self._queryDocID)
        else:
            self._queryDocArrived(None, self._queryDocument)

    def _queryDocArrived(self, pillow, doc):
        if doc == None: return
        if not (doc == self._queryDocument or doc.documentID != self._queryDocID): return

        self._queryDocument = doc

        if self._viewIdentifier != None:
            viewRoom = self._viewIdentifier.upper()
            self._throw(viewRoom + ':' + MultiViewer.Out.QueryDocument, self._queryDocument)

        if self._autoUpdate:
            self._updateQuery()

    def _clearSelection(self, pillow, feathers):
        self._delegate.clearSelection()

    def _selectID(self, pillow, id):
        if not self._queryResult: return

        for i in range(self.length()):
            if id == self._queryResult.getDocumentID(i):
                self._delegate.selectRow(i)

    def doMultiSelect(self, selection):
        ids = []
        for s in selection:
            if s != None and s < self.length():
                ids.append(self._queryResult.getDocumentID(s))

        self._throw(MultiViewer.Out.MultiSelect, ids)

    def doSelect(self, idx, tab):
        if idx == None:
            self._throw(MultiViewer.Out.Select, (None, None, None))
        else:
            self._throw(MultiViewer.Out.Select, (self._queryResult.getDocumentID(idx), tab, idx))

    def doQuery(self):
        self._updateQuery()

    def _updateQuery(self, pillow=None, feathers=None):
        self._throw(MultiViewer.Out.Query, self._queryDocument)

    def length(self):
        if self._queryResult == None:
            return 0
        else:
            l = self._queryResult.length()
            if l <= 0:
                return 0
            else:
                return l

    def deferredGetValue(self, row, path):
        if self._queryResult == None: return None
        return self._queryResult.deferredGetValue(row, path)

    def reorder(self, *args):
        if self._queryResult == None: return None
        return self._queryResult.reorder(*args)

    def deferredGetDocument(self, row):
        if self._queryResult == None: return None
        return self._queryResult.deferredGetDocument(row)

    def queryDocument(self):
        return self._queryDocument

    def _doRefreshData(self, queryResult):
        if self._delegate != None:
            self._delegate.dataCB(queryResult)

    def _updateData(self, pillow, document):
        if self._delegate != None:
            self._delegate.changedCB(document.documentID)

    def _refresh(self, pillow, path):
        self._refreshData(pillow, self._nextQueryResult)

    def _refreshData(self, pillow, queryResult):
        if queryResult == None:
            self._doRefreshData(None)
            return

        if queryResult.identifier() == None or queryResult.identifier() == self._viewIdentifier:
            initialData = False

            self._nextQueryResult = queryResult

            if self._queryResult == None and queryResult != None:
                initialData = True

            if self._credentials:
                self._queryResult = queryResult
                self._queryResult.setOrderPath(self._orderPath)

                credential = self._credentials.getFlat("VIEW." + unicode(self._viewIdentifier))
                if credential == None or 'view' in credential: #TODO: Hide whole widget
                    self._doRefreshData(queryResult)
                    if initialData and self._delegate:
                        from twisted.internet import reactor
                        reactor.callLater(0.3, self._delegate.initialData)
            else:
                self._doRefreshData(None)


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Le repêchage d'entrée dans la Ligue nationale de hockey 2003 a eu lieu au Gaylord Entertainment Center à Nashville dans le Tennessee aux États-Unis.

Transactions ayant eu lieu le jour du repêchage

 Les Panthers de la Floride ont échangé leur premier choix au repêchage (Marc-André Fleury) et leur  (Daniel Carcillo) aux Penguins de Pittsburgh en retour du troisième choix au repêchage (Nathan Horton), de leur  (Stefan Meyer) et de Mikael Samuelsson.
 Les Blues de Saint-Louis ont échangé Cory Stillman au Lightning de Tampa Bay en retour de leur  (David Backes).
 Les Devils du New Jersey ont échangé Mike Danton et leur  (Konstantin Zakharov) aux Blues de St. Louis en retour de leur  (Ivan Khomutov).

Le Repêchage

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Fractured Not Broken: Wella Virtual Fundraiser Slated for July 12
by MODERN Staff | July 7, 2020
On July 12, Wella (formerly Coty Professional Beauty) is hosting "Fractured Not Broken," a virtual fundraiser. The event will raise money for two organizations Wella supports: the Professional Beauty Association's COVID-19 Relief Fund to aid in salon industry recovery efforts and The Loveland Foundation, an organization committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls.
Carole Protat, senior director education, Wella NA, acknowledges that this has been a challenging time for salon owners and stylists. "With this fundraiser, we want to celebrate and support our industry's strength and resiliency," Protat says. "One thing that keeps us uplifted is our excitement to reconnect with our clients again. Our survey (a Toluna survey conducted by Wella Professionals on April 27th, 2020 with 1,200 participants across the USA and UK) showed that our clients' share in the desire to get back in the salon, and as hairdressers we are also eager to serve them as salons reopen across the country."
Wella will donate $150,000 to each organization, with the goal to raise additional funds from viewers throughout the live stream. Throughout the fundraiser, viewers can donate via a "donate button" on the Facebook live stream, or on www.probeauty.org/wellacares. The Professional Beauty Association will donate half of proceeds to The Loveland Foundation following the event.
When: July 12, 2020 from 5:00PM PT - 7:30PM PT / 8:00PM EST – 10:30 PM EST
What: The virtual fundraiser will feature artistry, education, entertainment and inspirational stories from the Wella family of artists and a few special guests, as well as a preview of Wella's Diversity & Inclusion efforts.
Where: Wella Education Facebook page
Originally posted on Modern Salon
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The pre-teen origins of the pop-bluegrass phenomenon, Nickel Creek, featuring siblings Sean and Sara Watkins, along with mandolin whiz Chris Thile and his dad Scott Thile, singing cheerful versions of old "singing cowboy" standards from the songbooks of Rex Allen, Gene Autry, Patsy Montana, Roy Rogers and others. The record is both charming and historically fascinating, giving us a chance to hear these child prodigies galloping through cute versions of songs that were markedly different than their future repertoire of introspective, poetical pop songs. It's charming, too, because their voices were still developing, and their tone and harmonies were off -- awwww, they sound like little kids! -- in that adorable talent show way that child performers often embody. The technical end of the instrumental performances is of a much higher calibre, though: man, these kids sure could pick! And it works as entertainment: my kid loved this record, and it gave her interest in cowboy songs (which started with Marty Robbins) a new lease on life. For contrast, you could also pick up Chris Thile's solo debut, Leading Off, which was released around the same time, which concentrates on his bona fides as a bluegrass instrumentalist.
The true birth of a grass-fusion powerhouse. Mandolin prodigy Chris Thile teams up with San Diego siblings Sara and Sean Watkins for a slick set of hotshot instrumentals and super-sappy, overly poetic ballads, drippy but mellow material which stakes out their turf as part of the "adult alternative" pop scene. Thile's father, Scott Thile hovers over the proceedings, playing bass as the band's sole adult member; the band's main patron, Alison Krauss helped produce the album, adding her smooth pop sensibilities to the mix. Some of the picking is pretty flashy, but the whole album strikes me as too calculated and drab.


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I would seriously love to get one for L and baby girl number two (why yes, we're having another girl!), but I don't want to fork out $200.
So instead I put my thinking cap on and made a free, pull-apart substitute for L using things we already had at home.
I detached the hoop from the top of a mosquito net and tied several sarongs to it by their two corners at one end.
I also tied the sarongs to each other at the top and bottom to hold them together.
I tied one more sarong over the top of the hoop to create a roof. To this I tied some ribbon so I could attach the teepee to a hook on the roof.
On the floor I laid down several large cushions and pillows to give L somewhere comfy to sit.
The whole thing can be pulled apart if L gets sick of it or I want to use one of my sarongs again. In the meantime, it's a fun and colourful play area for my little girl.
I just love the beautiful light in there.
Looks awesome Emma. Great idea and great creative thinking by you.
time to get my thinking cap on too.
Love all these teepees and yours has turned out beautifully - very creative thinking on your part!


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La Inmaculada Concepción de María, conocida también como la Purísima Concepción, es un dogma de la Iglesia católica proclamado en 1854 que sostiene que la Virgen María estuvo libre del pecado original desde el primer momento de su concepción por los méritos de su hijo Jesucristo, recogiendo de esta manera el sentir de dos mil años de tradición cristiana al respecto. Se celebra el 8 de diciembre, nueve meses antes de la celebración de la Natividad de la Virgen el 8 de septiembre.

No debe confundirse este dogma con la doctrina del nacimiento virginal de Jesús, que sostiene que Jesús fue concebido sin intervención de varón mientras que María permaneció virgen antes, durante y después del parto.

Al desarrollar la doctrina de la Inmaculada Concepción, la Iglesia católica contempla la posición especial de María por ser madre de Cristo, y sostiene que Dios, en previsión del nacimiento de su Hijo, preservó a María, desde el momento de su concepción, de toda mancha o efecto del pecado original, heredado por todos los hombres desde Adán y Eva. La doctrina reafirma con la expresión «llena de gracia» (Gratia Plena) contenida en el saludo del arcángel Gabriel (Lc. 1,28), y recogida en la oración del Ave María, este aspecto de ser libre de pecado por la gracia de Dios.

Definición dogmática
La definición del dogma, contenida en la bula Ineffabilis Deus del 8 de diciembre de 1854, promulgada por el papa Pío IX, dice lo siguiente:

El historiador y catedrático francés Louis Baunard narra lo siguiente:

El historiador Francesco Guglieta, experto en la vida de Pío IX, señala que el tema del naturalismo, que despreciaba toda verdad sobrenatural, podría considerarse como la cuestión de fondo que impulsó al papa a la proclamación del dogma: «La afirmación de la Concepción Inmaculada de la Virgen ponía sólidas bases para afirmar y consolidar la certeza de la primacía de la Gracia y de la obra de la Providencia en la vida de los hombres». Guglieta señala que Pío IX, pese a su entusiasmo, acogió la idea de realizar una consulta con el episcopado mundial, que expresó su parecer positivo, y llevó finalmente a la proclamación del dogma.

Protestantismo
La doctrina de la Inmaculada Concepción no es aceptada por algunas Iglesias protestantes. Estos rechazan la doctrina ya que no consideran que el desarrollo dogmático de la teología sea un referente de autoridad y que la mariología en general, incluida la doctrina de la Inmaculada Concepción, no se enseñaría en la Biblia.

Sin embargo, el iniciador del movimiento protestante, Martín Lutero, dijo:

Iconografía

Inmaculada Concepción (Tiepolo)
 Inmaculada (Zurbarán, Barcelona)
 Inmaculada de Soult (Bartolomé Esteban Murillo).
 Inmaculada Concepción (Velázquez).

Véase también
 Orden de la Inmaculada Concepción
 Anexo:Patronazgo de la Inmaculada Concepción
 Infalibilidad pontificia
 Reina de los Cielos
 Asunción de María
 Concepción (nombre)
 Romance mudo a la Inmaculada Concepción
 Día de las velitas
 Fiestas de la Virgen Yecla

Notas y referencias

Enlaces externos
 Texto completo de la bula Ineffabilis Deus.
 Escrito sobre la fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción en Santoral Católico de www.divinavoluntad.net
 La Inmaculada Concepción en Sevilla. Web www.rafaes.com
 La Inmaculada Concepción en la pintura. Web gráfica.
 Los orígenes de la fiesta de la Inmaculada Concepción. En www.primeroscristianos.com
 Fiestas en honor a la Inmaculada Concepción en Andalucía. Atlas del Patrimonio Inmaterial de Andalucía. Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico
 Obras basadas en la iconografía de la Inmaculada Concepción. Base de datos de Patrimonio Mueble de Andalucía. Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico

Mariología
Advocaciones marianas
Advocaciones marianas de Bolivia
Días feriados nacionales de Argentina
Días festivos de España
Fiestas de diciembre
Días festivos de Chile
Año litúrgico
Festividades cristianas
Días religiosos
Días feriados de Perú
Tiempo de Adviento
Dogmas marianos


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The Difference Between Bergamot and Bee Balm
May 18, 2015 February 6, 2020 Sharon Chapman
Bergamot or Bee Balm? Photo Credit: Fotolia
As many aromatherapists know, identifying some plant species can be confusing. Many plants have interchangeable or similar common English names; one such example is bergamot. Here is a quick look at the difference between bergamot (the fruit) and bergamot (the herb).
Botanical Profile of Bergamot (Fruit)
The citrus fruit bergamot is known by the botanical name of Citrus bergamia or Citrus aurantium subsp. bergamia. It belongs to the Rutaceae plant family and possesses many of the common characteristics of the family. The small tree has smooth, oval leaves, familiar to many of the citrus trees within this plant family. It bears a fruit which is small and round in shape and matures from green to yellow in color. Bergamot fruit resembles a small orange in appearance, except for the color.
Botanical Profile of Bergamot (Herb)
The herb bergamot is known by the botanical name of Monarda didyma. It is commonly referred to by its English name of bergamot or bee balm (because of its tendency to attract bees). Bee balm belongs to the Lamiaceae plant family and shares more characteristics in common with its fellow plant family members – such as peppermint, lavender, and sage – than that of its fruity namesake bergamot.
Bee balm is a herb native to the woodlands of North America. It bears flowers of scarlet, pink, white or purple and has green, oval leaves. The leaves have a red-colored vein running through them. The reason that bee balm is also given the name bergamot is that the aroma reminded the botanist, Dr Nicholas Mondares – whose name was given to the Latin name of the plant, Mondara – of the citrus aroma of bergamot (Citrus bergamia).
Uses of Bergamot (Fruit)
The citrus fruit bergamot is used as an essential oil in aromatherapy. It has been used in Italian folk medicine for many years. The essential oil is extracted by cold expression from the peel of the fruit. It has a sweet-fruity aroma and can be blended with other citrus essential oils for use, in addition to jasmine, lavender, and violet. Bergamot essential oil contains monoterpenes, esters, and alcohols.
Use bergamot essential oil for various types of skincare and skin problems (acne, eczema, psoriasis, cold sores, oily skin), digestive issues, colds, flu, anxiety and depression. It is an uplifting essential oil with a "sunny" aroma.
However, bergamot essential oil contains bergapten; this makes the oil photo-toxic and should not be used in sunlight or with other forms of ultra-violet light (such as tanning units). As with all essential oils, always dilute bergamot essential oil in a base oil or lotion before applying to the skin.
Uses of Bergamot (Herb)
The herb bergamot is rarely used as an essential oil in aromatherapy practice but it does have therapeutic properties for herbal medicine practice. The leaf of bee balm is used as an infusion in tea to help in the relief of insomnia, menstrual pain, nausea, and flatulence. A fresh leaf of bee balm infused with China tea will produce a flavor of Earl Grey Tea. Steam inhalation of the herb bee balm is helpful for sore throats and catarrh.
The Native American Indians used the wild purple bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) for both cold and bronchial difficulties, due to the presence of thymol, which acts as an antiseptic. Scarlet bee balm (Monarda didyma) was used to make a tea for digestion; as it grew by the Oswego river, it commonly became known as Oswego tea. The flowering top of bee balm was also boiled by both the Ponca and Omaha Indians to make a hair oil.
The Oswaga Indians used bee balm as a drink infusion; in 1773, bee balm became popular in New England as a tea substitute after the Boston Tea Party. Today, it also has many other culinary uses including use in salads, stuffings and pork, as well as jams, jellies and home made lemonades. In the garden, it can be very aromatic if planted in places where it will be touched, releasing fragrance into the air.
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If you would like to learn more about citrus essential oils, such as bergamot, consider one of the Sedona Aromatherapie aromatherapy home study courses. To learn more, visit the courses home page.
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Extra-curricular activities play an important role in the Schoolwide Enrichment Model. Ascent Academies believes in providing extra-curricular opportunities for students outside of the classroom. Each campus will determine what activities are available, however students will be eligible to participate in extra-curricular activities that are offered at any other campus.
Participation in interscholastic athletics, student government and cheer is a privilege and is not a constitutionally protected civil right. Therefore, students who are suspended or expelled or who do not meet the minimum attendance, citizenship, and GPA requirements will lose the privilege of participation in the activity.
Ascent Academies' Farmington Campus will be a member of the National Junior Honor Society and will offer this opportunity to junior high students who meet the requirements. Selected students must meet all extracurricular requirements and pay the required fees.
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A medical training track will have an extended and impactful presence on Garden Isle | University of Hawaii System News
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The first cohort of students from War Medical Training Track begins studies in March.
With a $10 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) the University of Hawaii at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABOME) prepares to put down roots on the Garden Isle. One year ago, CZI contributed to the launch of a new training path for medical students on Warallowing JABOME to develop education and health care and have a longer and more impactful presence there. The first cohort of students will begin their studies on War in March.
Related: The First Students Begin War medical training program, August 2022
There are two halves to a medical student's journey. The first two years are devoted to classroom learning, while on-site clinical training makes up the second half.
"Historically, JABOME has always had students focused on Clothes, and they do almost all of their training here. There are some opportunities in the first year to go to Hawaii Island, War Where Next," said Travis Hongthe director of rural training at JABOME. "In the third or fourth year, students can go to WarMaui or Hawaii Island. This is the extent of student experiences on neighboring islands.
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Each year, six students will learn and reside on War for the next five years. The first cohort includes Jaime Emoto, Erin Evangelist, Dylan Lawton, Kirra Borrello, Ivana Young and Brent Fujimoto.
"The Clothes the medical school curriculum will be translated into War. The lectures will be held virtually, but we will have a doctor on site who will do the same problem-based learning tutorials and curricular activities with the students, so it's really the same experience on Clothes"Hong said.
As students enter their clinical years, they treat patients on War.
"Third-year students will spend at least six months on Warrotating in primary care, which includes pediatrics, internal medicine, family medicine, OBGYN, surgery and psychiatry," he said. "That's what every JABOME the student does. This band will do it right on War."
The options and different specialties are reserved for the fourth year of medical students. JABOMEit is War Medical training students will complete two months elective and two mandatory months in emergency medicine and geriatrics in Kauaʻi.
Post-residency engagement on War
The CZI The grant provides medical training students with a full four-year scholarship to JABOMEbut it comes with a promise that guarantees War residents will also enjoy the benefits of the subsidy.
Ultimately, our goal is to bring these students back into War and practice and start playing a small part in dealing with the shortage of doctors on the island.
—Travis Hong
"Work commitment," Hong said. "Once they have completed their residency, they must return to War for at least four years to practice as independent doctors. There is no compulsory specialty in which they must go. We promote primary care because it is the greatest need in underserved areas.
While primary care physicians are needed statewide, students can take a different route. The neighboring islands lack specialist doctors and it is common to have doctors on site. Clothes making monthly trips to nearby islands to treat patients.
"If you look at it broadly, every island faces the same problems, but this program allows us to bring students into hospitals and clinics to see ghost patients and doctors at an early age," Hong said.
The War Medical Training Track has been funded for five years, ensuring there will be 30 positions on War at the end of the grant.
"Ultimately, our goal is to bring these students back War and practice and start playing a small role in dealing with the shortage of doctors on the island," Hong said.
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AUCC's response to CBC story on campus sexual assault
Canada's universities take the issue of sexual assault on campus seriously, and are working to ensure campuses are safe for all students.
But news reports that take aim at universities that have higher numbers of reported assaults are misleading and dangerous, says the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.
While some aspects of the reports by CBC today on campus sexual assault were put into context, the overall tone suggested that universities with high levels of reported assaults were in the wrong. But as CBC's own details on its methodology point out, the results cannot be interpreted as a "scorecard," and institutions differ in how they gather and report data.
Moreover, by inflating rates by 10,000 students, CBC overstates the incidence of sexual assault on campuses.
Issues surrounding sexual assault are a challenge not just for universities but for the broader Canadian society. Of particular concern is finding ways so that more survivors can be encouraged to come forward and report assaults – an area universities have been working to improve.
AUCC's 97 members are deeply committed to providing students, faculty and staff with a safe, supportive and respectful environment in which to learn, work and interact with others.
They are equally deeply committed to evidence, fairness and due process.
Universities and their regional/provincial associations are at the forefront in society in developing information about sexual assault, strategies to make their communities safer, and resources to support students who have been the survivors of assaults. While we welcome conversations that provide greater understanding and information on sexual assault and safety on campus, AUCC urges that such reports, both in tone and content, be reported and understood with appropriate evidence and accuracy.
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II. At the beginning of the Spring semester, the committee will receive summaries of unit planning objectives for assigned ESMP objectives/strategies, recommend college-level actions informed by those unit planning objectives and provide updates on existing committee action plans. As appropriate, the resources required to accomplish recommended actions, including approximate cost, will be identified and forwarded to the College Council for approval of the action as a recommendation to the College President.
III. At the end of the academic year, the committee will provide a progress report on the committee's recommended college actions as part of the annual committee assessment. The progress report will include a summary of the college-level improvements anticipated as a result of the recommended actions.
IV. All actions and recommendations of the committee shall be consistent with the college Integrated Planning Process as mutually agreed to by the Academic Senate and the College President.
a. Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of the month. If additional meetings are needed they will occur on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
II. Committee Co-Chairs – The committee shall have an administrator co-chair and a faculty co-chair. The administrator co-chair is appointed by the College President, and the faculty co-chair is appointed by the Academic Senate President. Co-chairs that are not chosen from the designated membership of the committee are non-voting.
a. Whenever possible the committee makes its decisions by consensus. If consensus is not reached, then decisions are made by majority vote. As much as possible, decisions are made during the academic year to allow for adequate review by college constituencies. Recommendations are forwarded to the College Council for review and approval.
b. The committee will review and validate the college planning processes and review and revise the college planning handbook as needed. Changes to planning processes and the handbook arising from process validation require approval from the Academic Senate.
d. In the event that a committee member's attendance falls below 75% of the annual scheduled meetings, the co-chairs shall remove that committee member and request a replacement for the remainder of the removed member's term. During the time the position is vacant, the position will not count towards a quorum.
b. Members of the committee are notified of meetings and provided the proposed agenda and meeting materials at least 72 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting date and time.
c. The agenda and all meeting materials are posted online.
I. Standing subcommittees may be created by majority vote of the Strategic Planning Committee. The SPC will define the purpose and responsibilities of its subcommittees.
II. Task forces and workgroups are ad hoc subcommittees and may be created by majority vote of the SPC. Such bodies are assigned specific tasks to be completed by an agreed-upon deadline and are dissolved once the assigned task is completed.
III. Members of standing subcommittees, task forces and workgroups need not be members of the SPC. While the SPC will determine the membership composition by constituency, members are appointed by the appropriate constituencies.
II. The Strategic Planning Committee is directly involved in the execution of the ESMP, driven by the College Mission and in alignment with the District Strategic Plan.


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Treaties and Documents
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional Protocols, and their Commentaries
Historical Treaties and Documents
Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 (Protocol II to the 1980 CCW Convention as amended on 3 May 1996)
Declarations:
"(a) the [declaration conveying consent to be bound by Protocols I, II and III to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects, concluded at Geneva on 10 October 1980], in so far as it applies to Protocol II to the [1980] Convention, continues to apply to Protocol II as amended;
(b) the [declaration dated 28 January 1998 accompanying the United Kingdom's ratification of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 relating to the Protection of Victims of Armed Conflicts, opened for signature at Geneva on 12 December 1977], in so far as it is relevant, also applies to the provisions of Protocol II as amended;
(c) nothing in the present declaration or in Protocol II as amended shall be taken as limiting the obligations of the United Kingdom under the [Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction concluded at Oslo on 18 September 1997 (the "Ottawa Convention")] nor its rights in relation to other Parties to that Convention;
(d) Article 2(14) is interpreted to have the same meaning as Article 2(3) of the "Ottawa Convention";
(e) the references in Article 12(2) to "force" and "mission" are interpreted as including forces and missions authorised by the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII or Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations which are deployed by a regional arrangement or agency. This applies to all such forces or missions, whether or not they include contingents contributed by non-member States of the regional arrangement or agency."
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