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Q: Creating a marker felt highlight effect I want to create an effect that when a user hovers over text it creates a market felt effect it - exactly like done here: http://courtneycarman.com/
I want it to animate in the same way.
Any pieces of code to how to do this would be greatful.
Thanks

A: Next time right click, inspect element.
It's right there. But, if you don't know what you are looking for it might be hard to figure out.
The effect is accomplished by a :hover style that will only activate when the element is hovered. In this case it has a gradient background that is normally 'hidden'by a 0 size.
When it's hovered it's set to 100% size.
Then there is a 'transition' defined, that will take care of the animating effect.

.semibold:hover {
    background-size: 100% 100%;
}

.semibold {
    background-image: linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 55%,#ffde17 0);
    background-size: 0 100%;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    transition: background-size 0.4s ease;

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How the flat screens are updated
Mark Smith '18, Staff Writer|October 13, 2017|87 Views
This is yet another article assignment that I have taken down from Mr. Rogers' assignment board.
The topic is about the content that the students will see displayed on the TV screens located in the cafeteria. In order to write about this assignment, I have decided to interview Mr. Fuell, Elder's Director of Technology, a man so dedicated to his job that he gets to school at around 4:30-5:30 on most days. This article will compose of the questions that I asked followed by his responses.
Q: How is content added to the cafeteria screens?
A: Each flat screen has a BrightSign digital signage media player. This media player is accessed over the school network, through a program call BrightAuthor. These devices have a powerful H.265 4K and Full HD video engine with 4K upscaling and dual decoding of one 4K and one Full HD video simultaneously, and delivers a great HTML5 rendering performance.
Q: What criteria does the content have to fit in order to get displayed?
A: There are multiple content formats, with MP4 and JPEG being used the most. Upon receiving content, it is modified as needed before publishing.
Q: How do you decide what material gets displayed?
A: Two flat screens are reserved for displaying the daily, weekly, and monthly café menu. When shadows visit Elder High School, their names and grade school name are displayed on one café screen and the main lobby screen. Other content is continually displayed with current Elder items and news.
Q: Where do you get all your information from?
A: Elder faculty/staff will submit multiple content to be displayed. A few of us that managed these display screens, also continue to display current content, like Elder sports and other student events.
Q: Do any students help you with this process?
A: Mr. Rogers' students will sometimes work on different projects that are displayed. An example would be the Blackout T-Shirts for the Moeller football game. Yes, that game that we tripled our opponents score, CRUSHER! It would be great to receive continuous content from students. For anyone interested, they would just need to see Mr. Rogers or myself (Mr. Fuell). We can offer the format criteria, which I recommend ahead of time.
Mark Smith '18, Staff Writer
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10 things to do in Edmonton this week: Taste of Edmonton, Forbidden Dimension, and Ravenwood Experience
10 to Do, July 18 to 24
Tom Murray
Taste of Edmonton
Hopefully by now you know the drill with Taste of Edmonton. Buy a handful of tickets, and then eat and drink to your heart's content while watching free musical entertainment on the Capital Plaza stage. The 35th edition of the popular food festival features offerings from 92 different vendors, including Buok Fresh, Langano Skies, and Normand's. Performers include Steven Page, Altameda, Sinzere and Hawksley Workman. For a full listing check out the website.
When: Thursday, July 18 to Sunday, July 28
Where: Capital Plaza, 99 Avenue and 108 Street
Info: tasteofedm.ca
Ali Siddiq at The Comic Strip, July 18 to 20. Supplied
He's got stints with Comedy Central, HBO, Showtime and more under his belt, but Ali Siddiq has never forgotten where he came from. That's because he spent six years in prison for drug trafficking as a youth, the experiences of which sometimes make its way into the 46-year-old comedian and philanthropist's standup routine, one that's won him accolades on the circuit. The multi-talented Siddiq has also appeared on HBO's Def Comedy Jam, One Mic Stand, Bill Bellamy's Ladies Night Out, and The Foxxhole on Sirius XM.
When: Thursday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m; Friday, July 19 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.; Saturday, July 20 at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.to Sunday, July 21
Where: The Comic Strip, 8882 170 Street, Bourbon Street, West Edmonton Mall
Admission: $25.95 and up, available at the door or in advance from the Comic Strip website
Info: thecomicstrip.ca
Captain Tractor, performing at Ravenwood Experience, at Broadmoor Lake Park in Sherwood Park, July 19 and 20. Lyle Bell / Supplied
Ravenwood
Tickets are selling fast for the first edition of the Ravenwood Experience, a two-day music festival happening at Broadmoor Lake Park in Sherwood Park. Captain Tractor and The McDades are the co-headliners for the inaugural festival, which also includes Maria Dunn, John Wort Hannam, Shred Kelly, and The Royal Foundry, among others. And don't fret, children are being attended to with a Kids Fun Zone; check the website for more info.
When: Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20
Where: Broadmoor Lake Park, Sherwood Park
Admission: $60 multi-day pass, available in advance from the festival website. Single day tickets are also available. Children under the age of 12 and seniors over the age of 80 are admitted for free
Info: ravenwoodexperience.ca
Forbidden Dimension, at BlakBar on July 20. Supplied
Forbidden Dimension
Last year they celebrated 30 years as one of the progenitors of horror-rock, and now Calgary's Forbidden Dimension are gearing up for 30 more. The justly celebrated three-piece returns to Edmonton this Saturday, bringing an extensive discography of songs like 13 Bloody Graves, Crawling Eye, Coffinful of Crows, and Dig That Crazy Grave. Opening are deliciously handsome rockabilly wunderkinds The Confusionaires.
When: Saturday, July 20 at 9 p.m.
Where: BlakBar, 10762 Whyte Ave.
Info: facebook.com
BEAMS 30th Anniversary Party at Helen Nolan Park on July 20. Supplied
Speaking of 30-year anniversaries, the Boreal Electroacoustic Music Society will be celebrating their very own this Saturday at Helen Nolan Park. The outdoor get-together features performances from Raylene Campbell, k.burwash, Stephen Sereda and more, as well as an appearance by early Edmonton experimentalists The Bugs, American composer Will Northlich-Redmond, and dancer Katrina Smy. Check the Facebook invite for more info.
Where: Helen Nolan Park, 108 Avenue and 124 Street
Shockerfest, at The Starlite Room on July 20. Supplied
Shockerfest
Billed as "20 bands, two stages, and 12 hours of non-stop music," Shockerfest brings together quite the selection of hard rock bands in its 26th edition. There's the Dio tribute band Light in the Black, progressive thrashers Armifera, melodic death metal four-piece Quietus, and Rammstein cover band Steinband, just for starters. Check the Starlite website for a complete listing and timetable.
Where: Starlite Room, 10030 102 St.
Admission: $25, available at the door or in advance from the Starlite website
Info: starliteroom.ca
Firefly Theatre workshop at Kinsmen Park on July 21. Supplied
Firefly workshop
Who wouldn't want to spend an afternoon in the park with the circus? Especially now that we're getting sun on a regular basis again? Firefly Theatre and Circus will be in Kinsmen Park this Sunday for an afternoon of family-friendly activities, including face painting and a free circus workshop. The event is weather dependent, and parking is limited, so plan accordingly.
When: Sunday, July 21 at noon
Where: Kinsmen Park, 9100 Walterdale Hill
Ten Foot Pole at The Aviary on July 22. Supplied
They've been through quite a number of members since starting in 1983 as Scared Straight, but somehow Simi Valley's Ten Foot Pole manages to forge ahead. The veteran skate-punkers have kept on with original member Dennis Jagard at the helm, surviving the loss of such musicians as drummer Tony Palermo (currently with Papa Roach) and singer Scott Radinsky (professional baseball player and current frontman for Pulley) while moving between various record labels. They're still recording, having just released their eighth full length, Escalating Quickly. Opening are Edmonton's Jet Power.
When: Monday, July 22 at 7 p.m.
Where: The Aviary, 9314 111 Ave.
Admission: $10 to $13, available at the door or in advance from Yeglive
Info: yeglive.ca
Bush, at K-Days on July 24. Supplied
Remember Bush X? Unless you're of a certain age you probably don't, because it was only in Canada that the multi-platinum selling British group had to append an X to their name after much legal hassles from a homegrown band with the same name. The grunge rockers now and forever known strictly as Bush had an impressive 10-year run before disbanding in 2002, but they've been back for some time now, even releasing new work, including this fall's The Mind Plays Tricks on You.
When: Wednesday, July 24 at 6 p.m.
Where: South Stage, Northlands Grounds
Admission: Free with gate admission ($15), available at the gate or in advance from the K-Days website
Info: k-days.com
Lauren Mayell, performing with Kimberley MacGregor at Festival Place on July 24. Matthew Jensen / Supplied
MacGregor and Mayell
The Festival Place Patio Series continues apace with two talented singers this Wednesday night. Calgary-based country singer Lauren Mayell has already turned heads as Female Artist of the Year at the 2018 Alberta Country Music Awards, as well as industry acclaim for songs like Rules Need Rebels and If It Ain't Fixed. Edmonton's own Kimberley MacGregor has picked up multiple nods at the Edmonton Music Awards for her organic synthesis of blues, rock and folk.
When: Wednesday, July 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Festival Place, 100 Festival Way, Sherwood Park
Admission: $8, available at the Festival Place box office or in advance from the website
Info: festivalplace.ab.ca
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Q: Insert new column with list of values in PowerQuery/M If I have the following source:
#"My Source" = Table.FromRecords({
        [Name="Jared Smith", Age=24],
        [Name = "Tom Brady", Age=44],
        [Name="Hello Tom", Age = null],
        [Name = "asdf", Age = "abc"]
    }),

How would I add a new column from a list of values, for example:
Table.AddColumn(#"My Source", "New Col", {'x', 'y', 'z', null})

Now my table would have three columns. How could this be done?

A: Here's another way. It starts similarly to the approach used by Ron, by adding an index, but then instead of using merge it just uses the index as a reference to the appropriate list item.
let
    Source1 = Table.FromRecords({
        [Name="Jared Smith", Age=24],
        [Name = "Tom Brady", Age=44],
        [Name="Hello Tom", Age = null],
        [Name = "asdf", Age = "abc"]
    }),
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source1, "Index", 0, 1),
    #"Added Custom" = Table.AddColumn(#"Added Index", "Custom", each {"x", "y", "z", null}{[Index]}),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Added Custom",{"Index"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

A: I'm a PQ beginner, so there may be more efficient methods, but here's one:

*

*Add an Index column to each of the tables

*Merge the two tables, using the Index column as the key

*Delete the Index column

let
    Source1 = Table.FromRecords({
        [Name="Jared Smith", Age=24],
        [Name = "Tom Brady", Age=44],
        [Name="Hello Tom", Age = null],
        [Name = "asdf", Age = "abc"]
    }),
    #"Added Index" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source1, "Index", 0, 1),
    Source2 = Table.FromRecords({
        [New="x"],
        [New = "y"],
        [New = "z"],
        [New = null]
    }),
    #"Added Index2" = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source2, "Index", 0, 1),
    Merge = Table.Join(#"Added Index", "Index",#"Added Index2", "Index"),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(Merge,{"Index"})
in
    #"Removed Columns"

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Cypripedium guttatum is een soort uit de familie der orchideeën (Orchidaceae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd door Olof Peter Swartz in 1800. Cypripedium guttatum is verwant aan het in Europa voorkomende vrouwenschoentje (Cypripedium calceolus).

Kenmerken
Cypripedium guttatum groeit tot een hoogte van 10 à 30 cm. De soort heeft ovale tot elliptische bladeren met een lengte van 6 tot 12 cm en een breedte van 3 tot 7 cm. De bloemen zijn 3 à 5 cm lang en alleenstaand. Het bovenste kelkblad van de soort is 2 tot 3 cm lang, eirond en enigszins naar beneden gebogen. Deze is roomwit van kleur en heeft een paarse omranding. De twee buitenste kelkbladeren lijken samengesmolten te zijn, zijn afhangend en 1,2 à 1,7 cm lang. De buitenste kelkbladeren zijn wit met paarse vlekken. De lip is echter het meest prominente deel van de bloem. Deze is groot, sneeuwwit of crèmekleurig van buiten met paarse vlekken. De soort bloeit van midden mei tot in juli.

Verspreiding
Cypripedium guttatum heeft een zeer groot verspreidingsgebied en komt binnen Europa voor in het midden, oosten en noordoosten van Europees Rusland. Binnen Azië wordt de soort gevonden in grote delen van Siberië, het Russische Verre Oosten, Kamtsjatkaschiereiland, Sachalin, Mongolië, grote delen van China, Bhutan, het Koreaans Schiereiland en Japan. Daarnaast is de soort ook in Noord-Amerika aanwezig op de Aleoeten, Alaska, Yukon en de Northwest Territories. De status van deze soort in Oekraïne en Wit-Rusland is onduidelijk.

Biotoop
Cypripedium guttatum komt voor in verschillende typen bossen, bosschages, open plekken in bossen, alpenweiden, beboste kalksteenhellingen en open graslanden. Kan worden aangetroffen op hoogten tussen 500 en 4.100 meter boven zeeniveau.

Plant uit het Palearctisch gebied
Plant uit het Nearctisch gebied
Cypripedioideae
IUCN-status niet bedreigd

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A Black Sheep Crashes The Kentucky Derby
KQED | By Julia McEvoy
Published May 3, 2014 at 7:14 AM PDT
Kentucky Derby contender California Chrome exercises at Churchill Downs on Thursday in Louisville, Ky.
The favorite for Saturday's Kentucky Derby is a flashy red horse with a big white blaze down his face. California Chrome is of humble origin, and he'll be taking on expensive horses with Kentucky bluegrass connections, but he also comes with a lot of quirks that have folks rooting for him.
At age 77, trainer Art Sherman has finally hit the jackpot.
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Art Sherman, California Chrome's trainer, says the horse is a rock star.
"I always call him a rock star, because he is a rock star right now," Sherman says. "He's the little horse against all the big horses. Reminds me of David against Goliath."
California Chrome aside, Sherman is himself an underdog in this race. He trains 16 horses. The top trainers in the business oversee hundreds of horses, often bringing a couple to the Derby each year.
The last time Sherman was at the Kentucky Derby with a runner was back in 1955. The horse was a West Coast invader named Swaps. Sherman was 19 then, just learning the game.
"They were surprised that we brought a runner into their midst. They used to kinda think that Cal-breds were inferior to their Kentucky-bred horses," he says.
Sherman has a feeling they still think that way. He anticipated that Chrome would have a target on his back in Louisville.
Owners who run a horse in the Derby can invest millions of dollars to get there. Chrome's people haven't. He's a cheaply bred horse, born in California's Central Valley. Yet he's turned out to be a very fast racehorse. He easily beat the best on the West Coast in the Santa Anita Derby a few weeks ago.
Perry Martin, who co-owns California Chrome with Steve Coburn, has "the highest degree of confidence" in his horse.
"But they run the race because anything can happen," Martin says.
Chrome's mom was the first racehorse Martin and Coburn ever purchased together. A groom told them, "Anyone who buys that horse is a dumb ass." Martin says he looked at Coburn and asked, "Dumb ass partners?"
"We shook hands, and we were off and running," Martin says.
Really, the business is called Dumb Ass Partners.
Julia McEvoy / KQED
California Chrome is a favorite in Saturday's Derby, even though he doesn't fit the expensive mold of his competitors.
Now there's no separating the owners from their horse, even though Chrome has four white feet, long considered bad luck among horsemen.
Trainer Art Sherman says he completely understands why the owners turned down an offer of $6.5 million to buy a controlling interest in Chrome.
"You get attached to a horse," Sherman says. "It's like one of your kids. You know, you take a lot of pride. Would you sell one of your kids if all of a sudden he becomes a superstar and they said, 'I'll give you a million dollars for your kid?' Would you sell him?"
Still, if Chrome doesn't run well, there will be a lot folks laughing at Dumb Ass Partners for not taking the money. Owner Perry Martin knows this. How is he handling the pressure?
"Bourbon," he says with a laugh. "It really calms your nerves."
California Chrome is heavily favored to win the Kentucky Derby afternoon, so if you make a small bet on him to win, you won't make much money. That won't stop his fans in California from cheering him home.
Copyright 2014 KQED
Julia McEvoy


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Q: How To show a modal dialog in angular, using w3.css as framework? I have an angular NgFor that is creating a list of elements, I want to show a modal detail dialog about the clicked element, I m using w3.css as css framework, but I m not successfull
I tried to use the NgStyle with some input from parent to child, I strated using angular 4 days ago so I m not yet used to it logic, in the console logs I see that my click is firing but I dont know what is happening after
My code
List Component and Template
import { Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';
import { BreakPointService } from '../../providers/break-point.service';
import { ReactiveTwitterSpringService } from '../../reactive/reactive-twitter-spring.service';
import { ITweet } from '../../reactive/model/itweet';
import { Subscription, Subject } from 'rxjs';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-tweet-list',
    templateUrl: './tweet-list.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./tweet-list.component.css']
})
export class TweetListComponent implements OnInit {

    list_div_class;
    search_input_class;

    selectedTweet: ITweet;
    public search_results$ = new Subject<any>();
    search_results: ITweet[] = new Array();
    subscribe: Subscription = new Subscription();
    constructor(private tweetService: ReactiveTwitterSpringService, private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef) { }
    visible = 'none';

    search(tag) {

        this.search_results = new Array();
        this.subscribe.unsubscribe();
        this.subscribe = new Subscription();
        this.search_results$ = new Subject<any>();
        this.subscribe.add(this.tweetService.search(tag).subscribe(tweet => {
            this.search_results.push(tweet);
            this.search_results = this.search_results.slice();
            this.cdr.detectChanges();
            this.search_results$.next(this.search_results);
            console.log(tweet);
        }));
        console.log('array contains ' + this.search_results);

    }

    setSelected(tweet) {
        console.log('selecting and showing');
        this.selectedTweet = tweet;
        this.visible = 'block';
    }

    ngOnInit() {

        BreakPointService.current_css.subscribe(value => {
            console.log('value is ' + value);
            this.setupCss(JSON.parse(value));
        });

    }

    setupCss(value: any): any {
        this.list_div_class = value.list_div_class;
        this.search_input_class = value.search_input_class;
    }
}

template

  <input type="text" class="{{search_input_class}}" (keyup.enter)="search(searchInput.value)" #searchInput>

        {{tweet.id.name}}

        #{{tweet.tag}}

  <app-tweet-detail [detail]="selectedTweet" [visible]="visible"></app-tweet-detail>

My detail component and template
import { Component, OnInit, Input } from '@angular/core';
import { ITweet } from '../../../../reactive/model/itweet';

@Component({
    selector: 'app-tweet-detail',
    templateUrl: './tweet-detail.component.html',
    styleUrls: ['./tweet-detail.component.css']
})
export class TweetDetailComponent implements OnInit {

    @Input() detail: ITweet = new ITweet();
    @Input() visible = 'none';

    constructor() { }
    setInvisible() {
        console.log('hidding');
        this.visible = 'none';
    }

    ngOnInit() {
    }

}

template

      ×

      {{detail.id.name}} {{detail.country}} {{detail.placeFullName}}

{{detail.id.text}}

What should I do?
NB
In the w3.css tutorial they use the get element by id to change the visibility to none or block.

A: I guess what you need to do is have a two variables holding the listOfItems and a selectedItem where you will show on the modal. so for example

Component TS file

import { Component, OnInit } from '@angular/core';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.scss']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit{

  listOfItems: any[];
  selectedItem: any;

  ngOnInit() {
    this.listOfItems = [
      {
        title: 'Title 1',
        content: 'this is my first item'
      },
      {
        title: 'Title 2',
        content: 'this is my second item'
      }
    ];
  }

  openModal( item ) {
    this.selectedItem = item;
  }

  closeModal() {
    this.selectedItem = undefined;
  }

}

so we have openModal which assigns an item on the selectedItem variable for us to display the specific item and let the modal show, closeModal to revoke the value and make our modal hide again. so implementing this on the html looks like this.

Component HTML

<button *ngFor="let item of listOfItems; let i = index" (click)="openModal(item)" class="w3-button">Open item #{{ i }}</button>

      ×

{{ selectedItem.title }}

{{ selectedItem.content }}

So we have a button that loops thru the list of items and pass the item on the function so we could select which item to be shown. Then in the modal we try to check if selectedItem is defined, so if yes then the display will be visible and not otherwise.


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Quantum Supremacy: What Now?
Imagine a computer that could crack the most sophisticated network in a mere few seconds. Perfectly model complex weather and biological systems.
What could you do with such computational power? Invent new drugs? Create simulations of multiple universes? What about optimizing your investment portfolio?
Now, breakthrough after breakthrough threatens to make these science fiction scenarios science fact.
In 2019, Google made a monumental announcement of "quantum supremacy": completing a computation that would normally take 10,000 years on the most powerful supercomputers in just 200 seconds.
Meanwhile, companies like Rigetti Computing are edging us ever closer to democratized quantum in the cloud.
But what exactly is quantum computing?
Let's dive in...
A NEW KIND OF COMPUTER
A quantum computer operates in a fundamentally different way from a classical computer.
In classical computing, a "bit" is a tiny chunk of binary information: either a 1 or a 0.
A "qubit"—or a quantum bit—is the newer version of this idea. Unlike binary bits, which are an either/or scenario, qubits use "superposition." This allows them to be in multiple states at once.
Think of the two options of flipping a coin: heads or tails. Now think about a spinning coin—where both states flash by at once. That's superposition.
Superposition means power. A lot of power.
While a classical computer requires thousands of steps to solve a hard problem, a quantum computer can accomplish that same task in only two or three steps.
To put this in perspective, IBM's Deep Blue was able to beat world champion chess player Garry Kasparov by examining 200 million moves per second.
A quantum machine can bump that up to a trillion or more.
IBM's largest quantum computer has 65 qubits. And just last year, the company announced plans to build a 1000 qubit computer by 2023.
GOOGLE'S QUANTUM SUPREMACY
If a quantum computer is vastly more powerful than a classical computer, then Google's quantum supremacy announcement is a massive game-changer for the future of computing.
Using a machine called Sycamore with a chip consisting of 53 qubits, Google's team of researchers was able to perform a task called random circuit sampling.
This entails performing random operations on the qubits, "literally as if the code of their program was chosen randomly," as explained by computer scientist Bill Fefferman of the University of Chicago.
The values of all qubits were then measured, and the whole process was repeated multiple times. The resulting distribution is nonrandom due to quantum effects and is exorbitantly challenging (not to mention time-consuming) to calculate with classical computers.
Ultimately, it took Sycamore 200 seconds to repeat the sampling process a million times, while a top-of-the-line classical supercomputer would take close to 10,000 years to complete the same process.
A smaller version of the Sycamore chip (just 12 qubits) has been used to simulate chemical reactions, a process that could lead to useful discoveries like improved batteries, fertilizers, and carbon sequestration techniques.
But Google is far from alone in the race to scalable quantum supremacy…
THE STORY OF RIGETTI
The coldest place in the universe is located in sunny California.
On the outskirts of Berkeley, inside an oversized warehouse, hangs a large white pipe. It's a human-made contraption, a next-generation cryogenic refrigerator cooled to .003 Kelvin, or just north of absolute zero.
The pipe belongs to Rigetti Computing, the next contestant aiming to build useful quantum computers.
The company got going in 2013, when a physicist named Chad Rigetti decided that quantum computers were a lot closer to prime time than many suspected, and that he wanted to be the one to push the technology over the finish line.
In pursuit of his vision, Rigetti left a comfortable job as a quantum researcher at IBM, raised nearly $200 million in funding to date, and built the coldest pipe in history. Over fifty patent applications later, Rigetti now manufactures integrated quantum circuits that are directly linked to a quantum computer in the cloud.
One of the biggest and most exciting aspects about Rigetti, however, is their push towards democratization of quantum computing.
Right now, if you go to Rigetti's website you can download Forest, their quantum developer's kit. The kit provides a user-friendly interface to the quantum world.
With it, almost anyone can write a program and run it on Rigetti's computers, ranging from 8 to 31-qubits. To date, over 120 million programs have already been run on their machines.
And other companies are fast following suit, as Microsoft, IBM, and Google have now rolled out quantum cloud services.
SO, WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Within the quantum computing community, the very notion of "quantum supremacy" is under scrutiny. "Supremacy" implies that quantum computers will replace traditional computation, rather than serve as a supplement.
By contrast, another term often used (proposed by Rigetti) is "quantum advantage." According to the company, this concept is demonstrated when an algorithm run on a quantum computing platform "has either a faster time to solution, a better quality solution, or lower cost of classical compute compared to the best classical algorithm."
In either case, quantum computation offers tremendous quantitative advantages over classical computers in a range of problem domains.
To give an idea of scale: if all the atoms of the universe were each capable of storing one bit of information, an eighty-qubit computer would have more information-storage capacity than all the atoms in the universe.
And already, current state-of-the-art quantum computers, including Google's Sycamore and IBM's Hummingbird, have reached a count of 53 and 65 qubits, respectively.
Yet today, we have no concrete idea of what innovations might arise once quantum computing matures at scale. But what we do know is tantalizing.
Because chemistry and physics are quantum processes, computing in qubits will usher in what Oxford's Simon Benjamin calls "a golden age of discovery in new materials, new chemicals, and new drugs."
It will thrust aside today's computing constraints to artificial intelligence, fundamentally transform cybersecurity, and allow us to simulate systems of unprecedented complexity.
As Chad Rigetti explains, "[The technology] change[s] the economics of research and development. Say you're trying to create a new cancer drug. Instead of building a large-scale wet lab to explore the properties of hundreds of thousands of compounds in test tubes, you're going to be able to do much of that exploration inside a computer."
In other words, the gap between experimental questions and any new solution—whether novel drug, optimized material, or personalized product—is about to become a lot smaller.
Brace yourself. The era of democratized, scalable, and cloud-accessible quantum computing has just begun.
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VanEck NDR Managed Allocation Fund (NDRMX) tactically adjusts its asset class exposures each month across global stocks, U.S. fixed income, and cash. It utilizes an objective, data-driven process driven by macroeconomic, fundamental, and technical indicators developed by Ned Davis Research ("NDR"). The Fund invests based on the weight-of-the-evidence of its objective indicators, removing human emotion and decision making from the investment process. The expanded PDF version of this commentary can be downloaded here.
Weight-of-the-evidence points to higher stock prices.
Global stocks and U.S. bonds had strong months, returning +0.79% and +0.64%, respectively. The Fund benefited from its overweight stock exposure, more specifically, its overweight exposure to the U.S. U.S. stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000 Index, led the markets higher with an impressive return of +3.51%.
The Fund's positioning changed very little this month and remains overweight stocks with a 77% allocation. The largest regional equity allocation is to the U.S. (48% vs. 33% for the neutral allocation). Within the U.S., we continue to favor large-cap over small-cap, with a moderate bias towards value.
The tables present past performance which is no guarantee of future results and which may be lower or higher than current performance. Returns reflect applicable fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the Fund incurred all expenses and fees, investment returns would have been reduced. Investment returns and Fund share values will fluctuate so that investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at net asset value (NAV). Index returns assume that dividends of the Index constituents in the Index have been reinvested.
As of now, technical trends in the market remain strong. Global breadth, price momentum, stock/price mean reversion, and stock/bond mean reversion indicators are all bullish. The only technical indicator that is bearish is seasonality due to historical market weakness in the late-summer. Below is the NDR Stock/Bond Technical Composite.
Source: Ned Davis Research. Data as of August 31, 2018. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Chart is for illustrative purposes only. Copyright 2018. Ned Davis Research, Inc. Further distribution prohibited without prior permission. All Rights Reserved. See NDR Disclaimer at www.ndr.com/copyright.html. For data vendor disclaimers, refer to www.ndr.com/vendorinfo/.
While it's strong now, the model will become less bullish on stocks if the international markets continue to weaken. Global country participation is measured in the model by the NDR Global Breadth Indicator. It measures the percentage of countries trading either above or below their intermediate-term moving average. As you can see below, breadth is strong but quickly declining.
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We remain bullish on the U.S., and the Fund's overweight positioning is based primarily on the technical indicators. The technical reading in the U.S., relative to the other equity regions, is very bullish. This is not at all surprising given the recent strength of the U.S. markets. However, the macroeconomic and fundamental indicators are mixed. Risks in the U.S. that are being measured by the model include the flattening of the yield curve in the U.S. (the spread between 10-year and 2-year Treasury yields), relative growth-adjusted valuations, and investor sentiment.
The Fund's 77% equity position continues to reflect the optimism in the continuation of the stock rally, but also the caution that comes from being in the late stage of the economic cycle. The evidence, led primarily by the technical indicators, in aggregate, favors higher stock prices and therefore leads to the moderately overweight stock weighting.
U.S. stocks, measured by the Russell 3000 Index, were up +3.51% in August! And, growth continues to lead the way. U.S. growth stocks, as measured by the Russell 3000 Growth Index, returned +5.53%. Bonds also saw positive returns in August and finsihed the month up +0.64%. Outside of the U.S., the equity performance picture was not nearly as rosy. Removing the U.S. from global stock returns, as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index ex. U.S., resulted in a dismal return of -2.09%. Currently, the U.S. accounts for approximately 56% of the market capitalization of the global stock market. Nearly all regions besides the U.S. declined in August, led by the U.K. (-4.18%) and the Emerging Markets (-2.67%). In fact, the only other MSCI region besides the U.S. to see a positive return in August was Japan with a modest return of +0.23%. Within the U.S., both small-cap and large-cap stocks had a strong month with small-cap stocks outperforming (+4.31% vs. 3.45%).
Source: VanEck. Data as of September 2018.
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The Fund's benchmark is a blended unmanaged index created by the Advisor consisting of 60% MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) and 40% Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. The MSCI ACWI captures large- and mid-cap representation across 23 developed markets (DM) and 24 emerging markets (EM) countries and covers approximately 85% of the global investable equity opportunity set. The Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. This includes treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities and collateralized mortgage-backed securities.
Global stocks are measured by the MSCI ACWI and U.S. bonds are measured by the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index. Large-cap stocks are measured by the Russell 1000 Index, an index of the largest 1,000 companies in the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 1000 Index comprises over 90% of the total market capitalization of all listed U.S. stocks. Small-cap stocks are measured by the Russell 2000 Index, an index which measures the performance of the smallest 2,000 companies within the Russell 3000 Index. Value stocks are measured by the Russell 3000 Value Index, a market-capitalization weighted equity index based on the Russell 3000 Index, which measures how U.S. stocks in the equity value segment perform. Included in the Russell 3000 Value Index are stocks from the Russell 3000 Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth rates. Growth stocks are measured by the Russell 3000 Growth Index, a market capitalization weighted index based on the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 Growth Index includes companies that display signs of above average growth. Companies within the Russell 3000 Index that exhibit higher price-to-book and forecasted earnings are used to form the Russell 3000 Growth Index. The Russell 3000 Index is a capitalization-weighted stock market index that seeks to be a benchmark of the entire U.S stock market. It measures the performance of the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in America and is based on market capitalization. The MSCI Europe ex UK Index captures large and mid cap representation across 14 Developed Markets (DM) countries in Europe. The MSCI Canada Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the Canada market. The MSCI Pacific ex Japan Index captures large and mid cap representation across 4 of 5 developed markets (DM) countries in the Pacific region (excluding Japan). The MSCI Emerging Markets Index captures large and mid cap representation across 24 Emerging Markets (EM) countries. The MSCI United Kingdom Index is designed to measure the performance of the large and mid cap segments of the UK market. The S&P 500® Index consists of 500 widely held common stocks, covering four broad sectors (industrials, utilities, financial and transportation).
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Biografia

Studi e insegnamento
Ha conseguito la laurea in Lettere presso l'Università di Roma,  orientatosi allo studio e alla ricerca nel campo della storia antica: è stato poi allievo della Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene e dell'École Pratique des Hautes Études, perfezionandosi in seguito all'Università di Friburgo, all'Università di Monaco di Baviera e presso il Darwin College dell'Università di Cambridge.

Fino al 2000, prima dell'arrivo in Normale, ha insegnato storia greca presso l'università di Siena, La Sapienza di Roma e l'Università di Pisa.

Interessi di ricerca
I suoi interessi sul mondo ellenico riguardano principalmente la storia della Grecia arcaica, l'economia e le istituzioni politiche e sociali della Grecia antica, la storia della Sicilia antica e l'epigrafia siceliota.

Su Roma antica il suo interesse si concentra in particolare sul problema delle origini di Roma e sulla storia dell'Italia pre-romana.

Ha inoltre compiuto studi sull'evoluzione della moderna storiografia del mondo antico.

Attività e affiliazioni
Dirige da gennaio 2001 il Laboratorio informatico per le lingue antiche "Giuseppe Nenci" (LILA), presso la Scuola Normale, fondato da Giuseppe Nenci nel 1990.

Dalla stessa data dirige inoltre il Laboratorio di Storia, Archeologia e Topografia del Mondo Antico della Scuola Normale, anch'esso fondato da Nenci nel 1984. Nell'ambito dell'attività del Laboratorio di Storia e Archeologia ha diretto gli scavi condotti dalla Scuola Normale nelle aree archeologiche di Antica Entella e Segesta, proseguendo nell'opera di Giuseppe Nenci.

Fa parte, come socio ordinario, dell'Istituto Nazionale di Studi Etruschi ed Italici e, come socio corrispondente, dell'Istituto Archeologico Germanico.

L'attività redazionale riguarda alcune riviste specialistiche, come "Quaderni storici", della cui direzione fa parte, "Gerión", di cui è consigliere di redazione, e "Opus. Rivista internazionale per la storia economica e sociale dell'antichità", di cui è stato direttore.

Pubblicazioni principali
 La città antica. Guida storica e critica , Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1980
 La politica in Grecia, Roma-Bari, Laterza, 1981
 Plutarco, Le vite di Teseo e Romolo, Milano, Collezione Lorenzo Valla, Mondadori, 1988 (introduzione, traduzione e commento)
 Storie greche. La formazione della moderna storiografia sulla Grecia antica, Torino, Einaudi, 1997

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Biografia, dal sito della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
 Giuseppe Nenci dal LILA, Laboratorio informatico per le lingue antiche "Giuseppe Nenci" presso la SNS
 Laboratorio di Storia, Archeologia e Topografia del Mondo Antico presso la SNS

Studenti della Sapienza - Università di Roma
Membri dell'Istituto archeologico germanico
Professori dell'Università di Pisa
Professori della Scuola Normale Superiore
Professori dell'Università degli Studi di Siena
Storici dell'antichità


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It will be impossible to eradicate the fungus threatening to destroy Britain's ash trees, the environment secretary, Owen Paterson, acknowledged on Friday.
An action plan agreed at a meeting of the government's emergency response committee, Cobra, will focus on harnessing the help of the public to try to slow the spread of the disease, while searching for trees that have a genetic resistance to the disease that could provide stock for a new breeding programme.
More than 100,000 newly planted and nursery trees with the disease have already been destroyed and that will continue, Paterson said. But mature trees will not be burned, because they are important for other wildlife and may help identify resistant strains. Paterson also promised a "very, very radical" overhaul of his priorities at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), with much more spent on tackling the rising number of exotic diseases affecting plants and trees, and less spent in other areas.
"It won't be possible to eradicate this disease now that we have discovered it in mature trees in Great Britain," said Paterson. "However, that does not necessarily mean the end of the British ash. If we can slow its spread and minimise its impact, we will gain time to find those trees with genetic resistance to the disease. Wildlife and countryside groups will play a major role in minimising the impact of the disease and so will the general public, especially when it comes to spotting other areas where the disease has taken hold."
Martin Harper, RSPB conservation director, said: "The plan is a vital part of stopping the spread of this disease. However, it is essential we do not divert resources away from other vital environmental services. Money must be found from central government coffers or we will simply be robbing Peter to pay Paul."
The number of sites identified with ash infected with the Chalara fraxinea fungus has risen from 115 on Wednesday to 129 on Thursday, after what Paterson called an "unprecedented" nationwide survey involving around 500 people. The government has already banned the import of ash trees and movement of trees around the country.
Simon Pryor, natural environment director of the National Trust, said: "We welcome the action plan but we are surprised the government is saying that it will not be possible to eradicate the disease. Given our limited understanding of this disease in this country, we believe we should keep an open mind as to whether it may be possible to eradicate it, or at least contain it within the core area in the east."
Prof Ian Boyd, the Defra's chief scientific adviser, said: "By next season we could potentially have resistant forms of ash growing, though as very small saplings." Paterson cautioned against false hope, but said: "The great thing is ash reproduces quite quickly. If we know a small number of trees survived the very intense epidemic in Denmark [where 90% were infected], there must be hope here." He added: "What is regrettable is that I don't have a pot of magic potion to go up in a helicopter and spray on infected trees. There is no chemical we know of that kills this fungus."
Paterson criticised current European Union trade rules: "At the moment forestry and plant products are treated by the European Union as freely tradable products – is that really appropriate? We need to have a radical rethink." He acknowledged the growing problem of new plant diseases arriving in the UK. "There are a number of very dangerous diseases out there which pose a real threat. I am prepared to consider radical proposals to protect the woodland environment and look forward to seeing Boyd's interim proposals at the end of November."
Ash dieback may have arrived in Britain after spores were blown on the wind from continental Europe, or via infected trees imported by the horticultural trade, or both. But Boyd said the "balance of probabilities is swinging towards it being wind-blown", based on the pattern of known infections in the wild, which are clustered in the south-east of England. "We can do nothing about that," he said, noting that wind-blown spores may extend the infected area by 20-30km a year.
Ministers have been criticised for being slow to act, after the Horticultural Trade Association asked government to ban ash imports in 2009. However, at that time the fungus causing ash dieback was thought to be already endemic in the UK, meaning no ban was possible. In 2010, scientists realised that the deadly fungus was in fact a similar but distinct species. The first British case of the disease was confirmed in February 2012 in a tree imported from the Netherlands to a nursery in Buckinghamshire. In 2011, trade unions at the Forestry commission warned that its ability to tackle tree diseases would be hit by the 25% cuts to the agency.
Paterson said he had met his predecessors as environment secretary, Caroline Spelman and Hilary Benn, this week. He also appeared to rule out financial aid to affected plant businesses: "It has never been policy to pay compensation on plant losses."


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Oklahoma Sooners football head coach Barry Switzer won eight consecutive Big Eight Conference college football championships in his first eight years with the 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980 teams?
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1974 Oklahoma Sooners football
Big 8 Champions
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AP #1
11-0 (7-0 Big 8)
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1974 Big 8 Football standings
#1 / NR Oklahoma 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
#9 / 8 Nebraska 5 – 2 – 0 9 – 3 – 0
Missouri 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Oklahoma State 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Kansas 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
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The 1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the college football season of 1974-1975. This was the first of three national championship squads for head coach Barry Switzer. Only one opponent played the Sooners within 14 points and four failed to score a touchdown. At the same time, OU led the nation in scoring offense with an average of 43 points per game to finish the season as the only undefeated team in the country at 11-0.
Oklahoma was loaded with talent, evidenced by its eight All-Americans, the most of any season to that point. OU's wishbone offense, triggered by running back Joe Washington, fullback Jim Littrell, and quarterback Steve Davis, averaged 73.9 rushing attempts per game, which still stands as an NCAA record.
Oklahoma also featured a tough defense led by senior All-American Rod Shoate, a swift and punishing linebacker, and a defensive front consisting of brothers Lee Roy and Dewey Selmon, and Jimbo Elrod.
The Sooners opened the '74 season as the top-ranked team in the AP Poll, the first time since 1957 that OU debuted at #1 and the first time in 11 years that Oklahoma sat atop the poll. Despite being a 43-point favorite against Baylor, the Sooners struggled in their season opener, needing three fourth-quarter touchdowns to secure a 28-11 victory. The win didn't impress AP voters, and OU dropped to #3 behind Ohio State and Notre Dame. The Sooners quickly rebounded by destroying Utah State and Wake Forest in back-to-back weeks by a combined score of 135-3. Eight Sooners scored touchdowns against Utah State, while nine players found the end zone against the Demon Deacons.
Next up for the Sooners was the Red River Shootout, and the Texas Longhorns presented Oklahoma's toughest challenge yet. Trailing 13-7 in the fourth quarter, OU dug into its bag of tricks with a reverse to split end Billy Brooks, who scampered 40 yards down the sideline for a touchdown. The ensuing extra point attempt by Sooner kicker John Carroll was ruled no good, leaving the game tied at 13-13. Oklahoma's defense rose to the challenge, led by Shoate, who finished the game with 21 tackles, two pass breakups, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. The last statistic was the critical one, as the Sooners forced a Texas fumble on the next possession, which Shoate recovered at the 50. A 37-yard field goal from Tony DiRienzo minutes later was the difference. "This was as close as a game can be," coach Switzer said afterward. A testament to how hard the game was fought, OU offensive tackle Mike Vaughan reportedly passed out from exhaustion following the game.
The Sooners followed their victory over Texas with a pair of blowouts over #16 Colorado, 49-14, and Kansas State, 63-0. Joe Washington rushed for 200 yards and four touchdowns against the Buffaloes, while eight players found the end zone versus the Wildcats. After a sloppy performance on a soggy field in a 28-10 win at Iowa State, Oklahoma shutout a tough Missouri squad 37-0, a team that had beaten Nebraska and scored 82 points in its previous two games. OU's third shutout of the season ran its record to 8-0 as top-ranked Ohio State was upset by Michigan State, 16-13.
Oklahoma regained the #1 ranking and, following a 45-14 win over Kansas, traveled to Lincoln with a Big Eight Conference title on the line. OU changed its defense for the game against Nebraska, using man-to-man coverage instead of zone. The move paid dividends as the Sooners intercepted four passes, including three by Randy Hughes, while the offense rolled up 482 yards on the ground despite not completing a single pass in the contest. The victory earned Oklahoma its second straight Big Eight Championship with one game remaining against Oklahoma State. Against the Cowboys, OU faced a 13-10 deficit late in the third quarter before scoring five TDs during a seven-and-a-half-minute span. The 44-13 victory marked OU's 20th consecutive win and 29th straight game without a loss.
When Alabama fell to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, the Sooners were left as the nation's only unbeaten team. With a #1 ranking in the final AP Poll, OU laid claim to its fourth national championship and first since 1956.
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Please keep in mind these were LONG before the days when that magical chef with the orange Crocs showed up, when people ordered food to eat rather than to Instagram. WAY before vodka was infused with bacon, and before tacos were gourmet, when the party-throwing world was a Pinterest-pressure-free zone. These were more of the "I'm gonna work in the food industry because I'm on parole" kind of times.
After graduating from Georgetown University, I figured it was no more games, I actually did have to figure out what I wanted to be for real this time. I'd set my sights on being actress, so I worked as a coat check girl at Nobu (where I was fired and given the honor of being called "the most inconsistent, unreliable employee" they'd ever had), auditioned for James Lipton for a coveted spot at The Actors Studio (he basically laughed me off the stage), worked for an entertainment agency (where I was fired for sending in my head shot for the role of Meadow Soprano instead of one of the actress I was supposed to be representing), dabbled in fund-raising, took jazz dance classes, went to grad school for a semester, and played a terrorist in an off-off-off Broadway play. After a string of short-lived jobs, and not much success in the acting world (unless you consider being an extra in Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco success), I randomly answered an ad in The New York Times that listed "Upscale boutique catering firm seeks temporary employee to work with art, fashion and entertainment clients." I was drawn to "entertainment" and "temporary." A week later, I began my new role as Mary Giuliani, Catering Sales Representative.
But, little did I know that this job, which I took with no greater hopes than to be able to pay my cable bill, would be my ticket to a world I could only have imagined entering, with a trusty pig in a blanket as my admission ticket!
For the first time it all made sense: I was good at throwing parties, loved working creatively with food and drinks, and found that my greatest joy came from stepping back and watching our clients enjoy themselves at the parties I was overseeing, which were like mini theatrical performances[AC2] . And while Robert De Niro was never gonna hand me that Oscar, I traded in that dream for another and offered him a tray of crab cakes instead.
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I felt very strongly that we were being given the opportunity to work with the finest names in art, fashion, and entertainment and it was up to us to make sure that we never took that gift for granted and constantly tried to source the best food and drink experiences for our clients. And I made the decision early on that even though the clients were fancy, our attitudes were going to be anything but.
I needed to stay true to who I was and what I liked about food and gathering. I was not a superfoodie, and it was important to me that the food experience felt inspired, welcoming, and like going home. The experience would be unique, whimsical, comfortable, and approachable with nostalgic warmth. We would seek food inspiration from unlikely places. And while some people thought serving mini grilled cheese and tiny hamburgers would never work for the A-list of the A-listers, Mary Giuliani waiters could be found serving just that up and down the chicest stores and residences on Madison and Fifth Avenues.
Within our first year of business, we did parties for InStyle, Vogue, The Rolling Stones, and even Harry Potter!!! You should know I was so petrified that our young company could pull off such a large event (The Harry Potter movie premier) that I spent half of the party hiding in a bathroom stall praying (I'm not kidding).
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Owner John Ford stands in front of the historic "ghost sign" for Sandpoint Cleaners, which operated from 1945-1960. Photo by Ben Olson.
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Ford is eager to begin the renovation phase of the project while saving all the materials for possible use for storefront and window frames.
The ghost sign wasn't the only historical find during construction.
Another great find was a series of paintings done by a Sandpoint artist named Eugene B. Hayes. Two depicted snowy scenes from Schweitzer in the early days.
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Ford hopes that his restorations of the building will please the locals and visitors alike, and is hoping to have the building ready to go by summer. He isn't sure what type of business will move in, but he imagines some form of hospitality would work well there.


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Biographie et carrière
Ning Kaiyu remporta le championnat du monde des moins de 14 ans en 2018 et obtint ainsi le titre de maître international féminin. La même année, elle finit à la quatrième place ex æquo du championnat de Chine d'échecs (avec 7 points sur 9) et à la cinquième place ex æquo du championnat d'Asie d'échecs féminin avec 5,5 points sur 9 (sixième au départage).

En 2019, elle est quatrième du championnat chinois féminin avec 6,5 points sur 11.

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Naissance en septembre 2004
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Коза́че — село в Україні, у Чутівській селищній громаді Полтавського району Полтавської області. Населення становить 25 осіб.

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Відомі уродженці
 Лебідь Микола Іванович (27 липня 1919-1968) — український геодезист, топограф, доцент Київського університету.

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