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Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - A case-control gene association study
Beatrice Melin, Anna M. Dahlin, Ulrika Andersson, Zhaoming Wang, Roger Henriksson, Göran Hallmans, Melissa L. Bondy, Christoffer Johansen, Maria Feychting, Anders Ahlbom, Cari M. Kitahara, Sophia S. Wang, Avima M. Ruder, Tania Carreõn, Mary Ann Butler, Peter D. Inskip, Mark Purdue, Ann W. Hsing, Leah Mechanic, Elizabeth GillandersMeredith Yeager, Martha Linet, Stephen J. Chanock, Patricia Hartge, Preetha Rajaraman
Familial cancer can be used to leverage genetic association studies. Recent genome-wide association studies have reported independent associations between seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and risk of glioma. The aim of this study was to investigate whether glioma cases with a positive family history of brain tumours, defined as having at least one first- or second-degree relative with a history of brain tumour, are associated with known glioma risk loci. One thousand four hundred and thirty-one glioma cases and 2,868 cancer-free controls were identified from four case-control studies and two prospective cohorts from USA, Sweden and Denmark and genotyped for seven SNPs previously reported to be associated with glioma risk in case-control designed studies. Odds ratios were calculated by unconditional logistic regression. In analyses including glioma cases with a family history of brain tumours (n = 104) and control subjects free of glioma at baseline, three of seven SNPs were associated with glioma risk: rs2736100 (5p15.33, TERT), rs4977756 (9p21.3, CDKN2A-CDKN2B) and rs6010620 (20q13.33, RTEL1). After Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons, only one marker was statistically significantly associated with glioma risk, rs6010620 (ORtrend for the minor (A) allele, 0.39; 95% CI: 0.25-0.61; Bonferroni adjusted ptrend, 1.7 × 10-4). In conclusion, as previously shown for glioma regardless of family history of brain tumours, rs6010620 (RTEL1) was associated with an increased risk of glioma when restricting to cases with family history of brain tumours. These findings require confirmation in further studies with a larger number of glioma cases with a family history of brain tumours. What's new? Genomic research has recently identified seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with an increased risk of glioma. In this study, the authors report that the association between one of these SNPs (rs6010620 in the RTEL1 gene) and glioma is stronger in people with a family history of brain tumor compared to those without such a history. This correlation may help to define genetic factors that increase the risk of developing this form of cancer.
International Journal of Cancer
https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27922
single nucleotide polymorphism
10.1002/ijc.27922
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Melin, B., Dahlin, A. M., Andersson, U., Wang, Z., Henriksson, R., Hallmans, G., Bondy, M. L., Johansen, C., Feychting, M., Ahlbom, A., Kitahara, C. M., Wang, S. S., Ruder, A. M., Carreõn, T., Butler, M. A., Inskip, P. D., Purdue, M., Hsing, A. W., Mechanic, L., ... Rajaraman, P. (2013). Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - A case-control gene association study. International Journal of Cancer, 132(10), 2464-2468. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27922
Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - A case-control gene association study. / Melin, Beatrice; Dahlin, Anna M.; Andersson, Ulrika et al.
In: International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 132, No. 10, 15.05.2013, p. 2464-2468.
Melin, B, Dahlin, AM, Andersson, U, Wang, Z, Henriksson, R, Hallmans, G, Bondy, ML, Johansen, C, Feychting, M, Ahlbom, A, Kitahara, CM, Wang, SS, Ruder, AM, Carreõn, T, Butler, MA, Inskip, PD, Purdue, M, Hsing, AW, Mechanic, L, Gillanders, E, Yeager, M, Linet, M, Chanock, SJ, Hartge, P & Rajaraman, P 2013, 'Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - A case-control gene association study', International Journal of Cancer, vol. 132, no. 10, pp. 2464-2468. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.27922
Melin B, Dahlin AM, Andersson U, Wang Z, Henriksson R, Hallmans G et al. Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - A case-control gene association study. International Journal of Cancer. 2013 May 15;132(10):2464-2468. doi: 10.1002/ijc.27922
Melin, Beatrice ; Dahlin, Anna M. ; Andersson, Ulrika et al. / Known glioma risk loci are associated with glioma with a family history of brain tumours - A case-control gene association study. In: International Journal of Cancer. 2013 ; Vol. 132, No. 10. pp. 2464-2468.
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Около 99 % населения Турецкой Республики Северного Кипра составляют мусульмане.

Департамент по делам религий Северного Кипра имеет 6 представительств в населённых пунктах Северного Кипра и одно представительство в Республике Кипр.

Ислам
Ислам впервые появился на Кипре, когда Усман ибн Аффан (третий халиф арабского халифата) захватил остров в 649 году. Кипр оставался спорной территорией между греками и арабами в течение следующих столетий, пока он не попал под власть Латинской империи во время крестовых походов. Остров был завоёван османским генералом Лала Мустафой-пашой у венецианцев в 1570 году. Это завоевание принесло с собой турецкое присутствие с 1571 по 1878 год. В частности, в XVII веке мусульманское население острова быстро росло, отчасти из-за турецких иммигрантов, но также благодаря обращению греков в ислам. Исторически мусульмане были распространены по всему Кипру, но с 1974 года они жили в основном на севере.

Турки-киприоты составляют подавляющее большинство мусульман острова, наряду с турецкими поселенцами из Турции и придерживаются суннитской ветви ислама. Суфизм также играет важную роль. Сама Ахмадийская мусульманская община присутствует на севере.

На острове существует несколько важных исламских святынь и достопримечательностей, включая:
 Мечеть Арабахмет в Никосии (построена в XVI веке)
 Мечеть Хала Султан Текке/Умм Харам в Ларнаке (построена в XVIII веке)
 Мечеть Лала Мустафы-паши, мечеть Селимие и мечеть Хайдар-паши; бывшие католические соборы, оставшиеся с эпохи крестоносцев, предназначались исключительно для католического меньшинства, которое управляло островом и были преобразованы в мечети после мусульманского завоевания в средние века.

Все перечисленные достопримечательности, кроме Хала Султан Текке, находятся на территории Турецкой Республики Северного Кипра.

Христианство

Православие

Православные христиане на Северном Кипре составляют 0,5 % населения. Греки-киприоты являются членами Автокефальной Греческой православной церкви Кипра (Кипрская православная церковь).

На Северном Кипре расположены историческая церковь Нотр-Дам-де-Тир в Никосии (1308 г.) и монастырь Ганчвор в Фамагусте (1346 г.).

Марониты

В Турецкой Республике Северного Кипра существует также небольшая маронитская (восточная католическая) община. В 1891 году из 209 286 киприотов 1131 были маронитами. В 1960 году маронитов было 2752, в четырёх деревнях, расположенных на Северном Кипре.

Другие
Протестанты и англикане среди турок-киприотов составляют очень малое сообщество. Главой и пастором общины является Кемаль Башаран. Подавляющее большинство составляют именно англикане и используют англиканские церкви в области Кирении вместе с сообществом британских экспатриантов острова.

Примечания

Ссылки
 The Department of Religious Affairs of Northern Cyprus, Representatives
 Jewish Cyprus
 Rabbinate Cyprus
 https://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ (сайт )

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Altering ART bus lane could jeopardize federal grant
Jen French
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Navigating Central Avenue can be confusing now that there's a bus-only lane splitting it in half, but there's no painting over the salmon colored strip if the City of Albuquerque wants to remain eligible for a $75 million Small Starts federal grant.
"To change it in any way would be to alter the premise of that project and would be to put federal money from the FTA in jeopardy," said Rick De Reyes, an ABQ RIDE spokesperson.
Some drivers are frustrated that there are still no buses driving on the bus-only lane.
"This thing is not being used at all," said Damian Castillo, an Albuquerque resident.
For Hookah Star owner Ibrahim Asfan, revenue for his Nob Hill business has gone up in smoke.
"How many people are going to ride the bus?" Asfan said.
ART must also be ADA compliant for it be eligible for the grant.
"Guess they were eager to do the project and the only way to get the money was to follow the stipulations," said John Montoya, an Albuquerque resident.
For now, De Reyes said rerouting or redoing it is not an option.
"There's a good chance if we paint over the bus lane or we alter the project in any way than what we presented to the FTA then we could lose our federal funding," he said. "Probably would reduce the chances greatly of getting federal money.
City still battling ART challenges, but mayor touts progress
Investigation into ART underway, city says

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wholefoods | Are there chicken sheds in heaven?
I get asked all the time if I've managed to find a good vegan sausage and these are my favourite so here you go. You can get them in Holland & Barrett, Wholefoods and lots of other health shops.


Welcome to Honey Bugs. This is a brand new exciting wedding car business run by my partner Richard and I (Sarah). Although Honey Bugs is a new business we are no strangers to wedding car hire. For the last five years we have been running Fistral Bays Camper Hire in Newquay; providing fantastic self drive VW camper holidays, honeymoons and affordable weddings. We decided to set Honey Bugs up as our sister company as we wanted a pure wedding business. We wanted to keep our VW Beetles soley for weddings ensuring they are kept in a beautiful condition and in tip top shape. We currently have 3 VW Beetles available for weddings in Cornwall with new vehicles joining us in 2014.
Alongside our VW wedding vehicles we also have a range of quirky and different vintage inspired wedding accessories and props to hire. Richard and I have always had a love of all things vintage collecting vintage suitcases, record players and vinyl records as well as being inspired by the music and the fashion. Having been in the wedding industry since 2008, I have seen the wedding trends gradually change. I realised that nowadays nobody wants an ordinary wedding, they want an EXTRAORDINARY wedding. Our aim is to provide something a little bit different that will get guests talking! Watch this space for new on our wonderful items.


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AndalusiaAndalucía > El Rocío > The village of El Rocío
Making the journey
The village of El Rocío
Useful Advices
Discover Almonte
Vado de Quema
This town is located in the south of the province of Huelva, 45 Km. from the provincial capital and 64 Km. from Seville.
The municipal district comprises three distinct urban centres: Almonte, El Rocío and Matalascañas. It is primarily a farming area, gradually giving way to dense scrubland and, finally, Doñana, with its marshes and dunes.
By car: From Huelva, take the A-49 motorway and at exit 50 follow the A-483 secondary road leading to Almonte (11 Km.), as well as El Rocío and Matalascañas. From Seville, take the A-49 motorway and at exit 48 follow the A-483 secondary road, as for the directions from Huelva.
By air: The nearest airports are Seville-San Pablo (64 km), Jerez de la Frontera (146 Km.) and Faro (156 Km.), the latter in Portugal. To obtain flight information: Seville-San Pablo (0034) 954449000; Jerez de la Frontera (0034) 956150000; and Faro (0351) 289800800 or www.aena.es.
By bus: The bus company DAMAS operates routes to the three places the Almonte from Huelva, Seville and other towns in the province. For bus times: (0034) 959256900 or www.damas-sa.es.
By train: The nearest railway stations are La Palma del Condado (14 Km.), Huelva (45 Km.) and Seville (60 Km.). For train times: 902240202 or www.renfe.es.


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MONDAY ROUNDUP: CM girls fall at Viz Tourney; Tommy Kunz nets 49 for MVCS boys
Pete Hayes, Sports Editor
Dec. 27, 2022 Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 10:45 a.m.
Prep Boys Basketball
Pattonville outscored Civic Memorial 22-4 over the middle two quarters and went on to hang a 45-29 victory over the Eagles in the quarterfinals of the Visitation Christmas Tournament Monday in St. Louis.
CM trailed by one point, 20-19, after the first quarter, but was outscored 11-0 in the second quarter and 11-4 in the third.
Olivia Durbin led the Eagles with eight points. Brooke Harris added five points.
The loss dropped the Eagles to the fifth-place semifinals and a matchup with Cardinal Ritter of St. Louis at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Cardinal Ritter fell to Incarnate word on Tuesday 659-22 in its quarterfinal contest.
The winner of Wednesday's CM-Cardinal Ritter game will play for fifth place at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday against the winner of Tuesday's second fifth-place semifinal game between Parkway South and host Visitation.
CM had opened the tourney on Dec. 17 with a 45-36 win over Edwardsville.
Westminster 49, Edwardsville 35 – Edwardsville led 20-19 at halftime, but Westminster came back to knock off the Tigers in the second-round game at the Visitation Tourney.
At halftime on Monday, the Tigers led 20-19, but were outscored 40-15 in the second half.
Emerson Weller led EHS with eight points. Ellie Neath and Dallas Jenkins each added seven points.
EHS, 3-7 and the No. 12 seed, will play No. 16 seed Webster Groves (1-5) in the 13th place semifinals at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday. The winner will advance to the 13th-place game to play the winner of No. 7 seed Gateway Legacy Christian and No. 14 seed Parkway West at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Parkway South 60, Edwardsville 57 - A last-second long-range shot by Edwardsville's AJ Tillman rolled out at the buzzer and Parkway South held on for a 60-57 victory over the Tigers Monday on the first day of the Don Mauer Holiday Invitational at MICDS in St. Louis.
The Tigers, who trailed down by eight points in the final 30 seconds, fell just short of the comeback.
After two missed free throws by Parkway South with four seconds left, Tillman took his last-ditch shot from just past half court, but the shot rolled in and out.
Malik Allen led Edwardsville with 16 points, including four 3-pointers. Tillman and Alec Marchetto each scored nine points. Marchetto made three 3-point baskets.
Edwardsville (6-6), the No. 5 seed in the tournament, will play No. 13 seed Clayton (4-4) in the consolation quarterfinals at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
MVCS wins twice - The Mississippi Valley Christian School Warriors won a pair of games at the Tabernacle Invitational Round-Robin Tournament in Martinsville, Indiana.
MVCS defeated the Laurel Panthers 83-65 and beat host Tabernacle Christian School 90-52 on Monday.
In the win over Laurel, the Warriors were led by Tommy Kunz, who dialed in a career-high 49 points. Joey Kunz added a triple-double, with 20 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists.
In the victory over Tabernacle, Joey Kunz scored 39 points and pulled down nine rebounds. Tommy Kunz scored 32 points and had nine rebounds.
The Warriors will play Community Christian School Wednesday in the third round of the tourney.
Pete Hayes
Sports editor Pete Hayes is a 43-year journalist. He joined The Telegraph in Alton in 1982.


Anyone who has spent even a short amount of time in genealogy encounters missing ancestor information. Although women are more often found in this category due to changing surnames when they wed or a lack of surviving documents due to limited citizenship rights, men, too, often simply disappear into thin air.
Lately, after seeing the Disney movie, Coco, and spending last month traipsing through the Central American jungles in search of Mayan remains, when I get back to my tree I'm more driven then ever to discover why and where my disappearing family went. That's my current research focus – I've identify 10 individuals with missing death dates/places and I'm on the hunt to narrow down information.
Unfortunately, the missing continues even today. If you're interested, a volunteer organization of which I've blogged about previously, Unclaimed People, assists coroners in reunited the recently deceased with extended family. The organization's motto, Every Life is Worth Remembering, is powerful.
Recently, I came upon the following article, Trail of Ashes: A Local Man's Work to Restore Identity to the Unclaimed Dead. It is a must read!
1. Photo by Lori Samuelson, a rural unnamed cemetery in Quintana Roo, Mexico, 15 March 2018.


Everyone dreams of being a wizard or a witch. Casting spells, mixing up potions, and, yes, flying around on their broom all day. Of course, wizards and witches need to work too! After all, they can't just sit around all day casting spells for no reason. They need to put their magical skills to good use and some of them have taken to using their daring broom skills to use by becoming speedy couriers for their witchy friends. Now, you too can take on the role of a wizardly courier with this Ravensburger game!
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This game comes with a game board, pawns, markers pieces, cards, amulets, magic wand tokens, game summaries, and landscape tiles. It also comes with an instruction booklet to help you learn how to play. It plays 2 to 5 players and is designed for players age 10 and older.


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Home / Projects / Youth / YES-SI Youth Empowerment for Social Inclusion
Empowering of young people as changemakers in the democratic processes of their communities.
By promoting social and civic engagement and fostering democratic participation, the YES-SI project contributes not only to the implementation of the new European Youth Strategy 2021-2027 but also to the necessary change in the face of global challenges towards a society of the future. On the one hand, societies and young people in Europe are facing major challenges for their future, which will have an enormous impact on future coexistence: Climate change, migration and refugee movements and most recently the COVID-19 pandemic. But discrimination against minorities, the growing gap between rich and poor, poverty and social exclusion are already problems for societies. NEETs are particularly at risk of poverty and social exclusion. As a result, they have fewer opportunities to actively participate in social and civic engagement, and they have fewer resources and networking opportunities to change their circumstances.
On the other hand, young people do not want to remain inactive any longer.
To Engage young people by involving them in challenging activities that stretch their abilities, imagination and view of the world and the part they can play in it.
To Connect young people in networks they would otherwise not know of, that give them a platform for their own ideas, their own aspirations and allow them to say what sort of world they want to live in.
To empower them with new skills and knowledge, the experience of creating real change, become owners of the social capital they create, and start to realise the value of their own ideas.
In each partner country a context analysis will be carried out and a focus groups will be organized with relevant stakeholders to gather further insights for the development of the YES-SI intervention logic;
One co-design workshop will be organised with educators and youth workers in each partner country for the purposes of clarifying target group needs in relation to the thematic focus of the YES-SI training programme;
Digital videos will be collected will showing how young people are leading positive change in their communities;
The YES-SI Changemaker LABS will be organized which will provide an online and offline programme to facilitate the delivery of the YES-SI training modules and enable young people to act and turn their ideas into real-life;
The YES-SI Game Financial Tool and Gaming App will be implemented and tested for Crowdfunding campaigns;
the YES-SI Handbook will be prepared to demonstrate the process of developing, implementing and piloting the overall YES-SI methodology.
YES-SI training modules for young people to become active citizens
YES-SI Game Financial Tool and Gaming App for Crowdfunding campaigns
YES-SI Handbook to demonstrate the process of developing, implementing and piloting the overall
YES-SI methodology
Greater critical and responsible thinking in each young person and become changemaker;
Greater knowledge of young people'potential and visions for a better future for the creative resolution of problems of social challenges: YES-SI laboratories will directly involve more than 200 participants;
40 success stories of young Changemakers and their mentors and supporters will be shown through YES-SI Stories of impact and inspiration;
Greater knowledge of the elements of crowdfunding to young people through gamification and edutainment methods;
Improved social inclusion, a transnational network of Changemakers will be created. More than 40 interested cities will be involved in the project;
Verein zur sozialen und beruflichen Integration e.V. (Germany, coordinator)
STIMMULI FOR SOCIAL CHANGE (Greece)
3 INNOVATION HIVE(Greece)
Asociación para el Estudio y Promoción del Bienestar Socia (Spain)
Social Enterprise International Tuatha Ltd (Ireland)
Advocacy promotion and campaigning | Capacity building | Youth


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// Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Satoshi Nakamoto
// Copyright (c) 2009-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
// Copyright (c) 2014-2015 The YiBitcoin Core developers
// Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
// file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.

#include "txdb.h"

#include "chainparams.h"
#include "hash.h"
#include "main.h"
#include "pow.h"
#include "uint256.h"
#include "arith_uint256.h"

#include <stdint.h>

#include <boost/thread.hpp>

using namespace std;

static const char DB_COINS = 'c';
static const char DB_BLOCK_FILES = 'f';
static const char DB_TXINDEX = 't';
static const char DB_BLOCK_INDEX = 'b';

static const char DB_BEST_BLOCK = 'B';
static const char DB_FLAG = 'F';
static const char DB_REINDEX_FLAG = 'R';
static const char DB_LAST_BLOCK = 'l';

void static BatchWriteCoins(CLevelDBBatch &batch, const uint256 &hash, const CCoins &coins) {
    if (coins.IsPruned())
        batch.Erase(make_pair(DB_COINS, hash));
    else
        batch.Write(make_pair(DB_COINS, hash), coins);
}

void static BatchWriteHashBestChain(CLevelDBBatch &batch, const uint256 &hash) {
    batch.Write(DB_BEST_BLOCK, hash);
}

CCoinsViewDB::CCoinsViewDB(size_t nCacheSize, bool fMemory, bool fWipe) : db(GetDataDir() / "chainstate", nCacheSize, fMemory, fWipe) {
}

bool CCoinsViewDB::GetCoins(const uint256 &txid, CCoins &coins) const {
    return db.Read(make_pair(DB_COINS, txid), coins);
}

bool CCoinsViewDB::HaveCoins(const uint256 &txid) const {
    return db.Exists(make_pair(DB_COINS, txid));
}

uint256 CCoinsViewDB::GetBestBlock() const {
    uint256 hashBestChain;
    if (!db.Read(DB_BEST_BLOCK, hashBestChain))
        return uint256();
    return hashBestChain;
}

bool CCoinsViewDB::BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock) {
    CLevelDBBatch batch;
    size_t count = 0;
    size_t changed = 0;
    for (CCoinsMap::iterator it = mapCoins.begin(); it != mapCoins.end();) {
        if (it->second.flags & CCoinsCacheEntry::DIRTY) {
            BatchWriteCoins(batch, it->first, it->second.coins);
            changed++;
        }
        count++;
        CCoinsMap::iterator itOld = it++;
        mapCoins.erase(itOld);
    }
    if (!hashBlock.IsNull())
        BatchWriteHashBestChain(batch, hashBlock);

    LogPrint("coindb", "Committing %u changed transactions (out of %u) to coin database...\n", (unsigned int)changed, (unsigned int)count);
    return db.WriteBatch(batch);
}

CBlockTreeDB::CBlockTreeDB(size_t nCacheSize, bool fMemory, bool fWipe) : CLevelDBWrapper(GetDataDir() / "blocks" / "index", nCacheSize, fMemory, fWipe) {
    if (!Read('S', salt)) {
        salt = GetRandHash();
        Write('S', salt);
    }
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadBlockFileInfo(int nFile, CBlockFileInfo &info) {
    return Read(make_pair(DB_BLOCK_FILES, nFile), info);
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteReindexing(bool fReindexing) {
    if (fReindexing)
        return Write(DB_REINDEX_FLAG, '1');
    else
        return Erase(DB_REINDEX_FLAG);
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadReindexing(bool &fReindexing) {
    fReindexing = Exists(DB_REINDEX_FLAG);
    return true;
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadLastBlockFile(int &nFile) {
    return Read(DB_LAST_BLOCK, nFile);
}

bool CCoinsViewDB::GetStats(CCoinsStats &stats) const {
    /* It seems that there are no "const iterators" for LevelDB.  Since we
       only need read operations on it, use a const-cast to get around
       that restriction.  */
    boost::scoped_ptr<CLevelDBIterator> pcursor(const_cast<CLevelDBWrapper*>(&db)->NewIterator());
    pcursor->Seek('c');

    CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, PROTOCOL_VERSION);
    stats.hashBlock = GetBestBlock();
    ss << stats.hashBlock;
    arith_uint256 nTotalAmount = 0;
    while (pcursor->Valid()) {
        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
        std::pair<char, uint256> key;
        CCoins coins;
        if (pcursor->GetKey(key) && key.first == DB_COINS) {
            if (pcursor->GetValue(coins)) {
                stats.nTransactions++;
                for (unsigned int i=0; i<coins.vout.size(); i++) {
                    const CTxOut &out = coins.vout[i];
                    if (!out.IsNull()) {
                        stats.nTransactionOutputs++;
                        ss << VARINT(i+1);
                        ss << out;
                        nTotalAmount += out.nValue;
                    }
                }
                stats.nSerializedSize += 32 + pcursor->GetKeySize();
                ss << VARINT(0);
            } else {
                return error("CCoinsViewDB::GetStats() : unable to read value");
            }
        } else {
            break;
        }
        pcursor->Next();
    }
    stats.nHeight = mapBlockIndex.find(GetBestBlock())->second->nHeight;
    stats.hashSerialized = ss.GetHash();
    stats.nTotalAmount = nTotalAmount;
    return true;
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteBatchSync(const std::vector<std::pair<int, const CBlockFileInfo*> >& fileInfo, int nLastFile, const std::vector<const CBlockIndex*>& blockinfo) {
    CLevelDBBatch batch;
    for (std::vector<std::pair<int, const CBlockFileInfo*> >::const_iterator it=fileInfo.begin(); it != fileInfo.end(); it++) {
        batch.Write(make_pair(DB_BLOCK_FILES, it->first), *it->second);
    }
    batch.Write(DB_LAST_BLOCK, nLastFile);
    for (std::vector<const CBlockIndex*>::const_iterator it=blockinfo.begin(); it != blockinfo.end(); it++) {
        batch.Write(make_pair(DB_BLOCK_INDEX, (*it)->GetBlockHash()), CDiskBlockIndex(*it));
    }
    return WriteBatch(batch, true);
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadTxIndex(const uint256 &txid, CDiskTxPos &pos) {
    return Read(make_pair(DB_TXINDEX, txid), pos);
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteTxIndex(const std::vector<std::pair<uint256, CDiskTxPos> >&vect) {
    CLevelDBBatch batch;
    for (std::vector<std::pair<uint256,CDiskTxPos> >::const_iterator it=vect.begin(); it!=vect.end(); it++)
        batch.Write(make_pair(DB_TXINDEX, it->first), it->second);
    return WriteBatch(batch);
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadAddrIndex(const uint160 &addrid, std::vector<CExtDiskTxPos> &list) {
    CLevelDBIterator *iter = NewIterator();
    uint64_t lookupid;
    {
        CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, 0);
        ss << salt;
        ss << addrid;
        lookupid = UintToArith256(ss.GetHash()).GetLow64();
    }
    iter->Seek(make_pair('a', lookupid));
    while (iter->Valid()) {
        std::pair<std::pair<char, uint64_t>, CExtDiskTxPos> key;
        if (iter->GetKey(key) && key.first.first == 'a' && key.first.second == lookupid) {
            list.push_back(key.second);
        } else {
            break;
        }
        iter->Next();
    }

    delete iter;
    return true;
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::AddAddrIndex(const std::vector<std::pair<uint160, CExtDiskTxPos> > &list) {
    unsigned char foo[0];
    CLevelDBBatch batch;
    for (std::vector<std::pair<uint160, CExtDiskTxPos> >::const_iterator it=list.begin(); it!=list.end(); it++) {
        CHashWriter ss(SER_GETHASH, 0);
        ss << salt;
        ss << it->first;
        batch.Write(make_pair(make_pair('a', UintToArith256(ss.GetHash()).GetLow64()), it->second), FLATDATA(foo));
    }
    return WriteBatch(batch);
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::WriteFlag(const std::string &name, bool fValue) {
    return Write(std::make_pair(DB_FLAG, name), fValue ? '1' : '0');
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::ReadFlag(const std::string &name, bool &fValue) {
    char ch;
    if (!Read(std::make_pair(DB_FLAG, name), ch))
        return false;
    fValue = ch == '1';
    return true;
}

bool CBlockTreeDB::LoadBlockIndexGuts()
{
    boost::scoped_ptr<CLevelDBIterator> pcursor(NewIterator());

    pcursor->Seek(make_pair(DB_BLOCK_INDEX, uint256()));

    // Load mapBlockIndex
    while (pcursor->Valid()) {
        boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
        std::pair<char, uint256> key;
        if (pcursor->GetKey(key) && key.first == DB_BLOCK_INDEX) {
            CDiskBlockIndex diskindex;
            if (pcursor->GetValue(diskindex)) {
                // Construct block index object
                CBlockIndex* pindexNew = InsertBlockIndex(diskindex.GetBlockHash());
                pindexNew->pprev          = InsertBlockIndex(diskindex.hashPrev);
                pindexNew->pauxpow        = diskindex.pauxpow;
                pindexNew->nHeight        = diskindex.nHeight;
                pindexNew->nFile          = diskindex.nFile;
                pindexNew->nDataPos       = diskindex.nDataPos;
                pindexNew->nUndoPos       = diskindex.nUndoPos;
                pindexNew->nVersion       = diskindex.nVersion;
                pindexNew->hashMerkleRoot = diskindex.hashMerkleRoot;
                pindexNew->nTime          = diskindex.nTime;
                pindexNew->nBits          = diskindex.nBits;
                pindexNew->nNonce         = diskindex.nNonce;
                pindexNew->nStatus        = diskindex.nStatus;
                pindexNew->nTx            = diskindex.nTx;
                pindexNew->hashBlockPoW   = diskindex.hashBlockPoW;

                if (pindexNew->nVersion.IsAuxpow()) {
                    if (!diskindex.pauxpow->check(diskindex.GetBlockHash(), pindexNew->nVersion.GetChainId(), Params().GetConsensus(pindexNew->nHeight))) {
                        return error("LoadBlockIndex(): CheckProofOfWork failed: %s", pindexNew->ToString());
                    }
                } else {
                    if (!CheckProofOfWork(pindexNew->hashBlockPoW, pindexNew->nBits, Params().GetConsensus(pindexNew->nHeight)))
                        return error("LoadBlockIndex(): CheckProofOfWork failed: %s", pindexNew->ToString());
                }

                pcursor->Next();
            } else {
                return error("LoadBlockIndex() : failed to read value");
            }
        } else {
            break;
        }
    }

    return true;
}

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For many a day in 2004, three people sat Around one desk in a small medical office — an office that functioned as the group's conference room, breakfast area, and thought hub. Backed by a small programming group in India, the trio (comprising Benchmark Internet Group founder Curt Keller, his wife Denise, along with an search engine optimization expert) discussed ideas for how to implement a deceptively straightforward concept. Simple email advertising. Many of the ideas were beyond the means of this fledgling business, but that didn't stop Keller from moving ahead.
The first Clients of Benchmark Email were small businesses located in close proximity to Benchmark's one-room HQ in Long Beach, CA. Keller and his staff personally sold them on the usage of email advertising, while working hard to create a very simple user interface which would be simple to operate. All the while, the company championed such novel ideas as customizable templates and applications which adapted to consumer requirements. They also made sure from the beginning that anyone who needed help would have rapid access to excellent customer support.
Benchmark Has continued to grow and advantagesper. Its current focus. Providing global email advertising services to small and midsize businesses while continuing to honor a commitment to assist children in need. This does not indicate that Benchmark is a little-guys-only company, however; it's stuck to its core principle of adaptability and serves big organizations like UNICEF and Kaiser-Permanente through its High Volume Business plans.
Today, Benchmark serves upwards of 73,000 users from across the globe, but the company hasn't forgotten its origins. Benchmark still keeps good relationships with little, locally-based companies. In reality, the organization supplies a complete page of testimonials from local users of this program. You can read more about Benchmark's background and development here.
While most of the attributes Benchmark supplies Are on par with the rest of the industry, among the standout features of this ESP is the simple fact that most of its attributes come standard with every single accounts — including the free ones. Here are some of Benchmark's most noteworthy offerings.
· Hundreds of Industry-Specific, Themed Templates. Benchmark offers all customers access to its library of over 400 templates. These are organized into 19 classes, some of which are tailored to specific industries like education, entertainment, and retailstores. There is also a category for societal media-specific templates.
· Video Emails. Possibly the best-known benefit of Benchmark is its support for video mails. The company describes the benefits of this feature here.
· Dedicated Email Server. All Benchmark's High Volume programs have a dedicated IP address to help increase deliverability rates. Users on other programs have the option of paying for this service ($30/month) to increase their own delivery stats. Read more about the benefits of dedicated servers here.
· Mobile App. Benchmark's mobile apps allow customers with an Apple device to access several functions on the road. They can access and add contacts, read reportsand send videos through integration using a YouTube account, and even design and send quick email blasts with one of 10 templates that are available. This is quite a bit more than a number of other businesses offer on their mobile programs, which makes them much more functional.
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· Code Editor. In case you've got the know-how to work magic with HTML, Benchmark offers this ultra-customization option with which you can build your mails from scratch.
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· Sign-Up Types . The only way to be successful in email marketing is through growing your list, and Benchmark really promotes doing this through sign-up forms. The business bases its Free For Life account completely around website and Facebook sign-ups and provides an easy-to-use tool to create customized templates for each medium.
· Inbox Checker. Since every email program differs and every internet browser includes a signature fashion, making sure that your emails look great across the board is important. You can use Inbox Checker to have a look at the way that your email displays in Gmail using Explorer and Outlook 3. Using the entire app (which checks everything out of AOL to Yahoo, Explorer into Safari, mobile to PC) is a paid add-on provider, available for $14 per 100 checks.
· RSS-to-Email. Regular bloggers can create newsletters from their blogs automatically through the RSS-to-Email attribute, which works with any site which handles an RSS-feed. Users only need to establish a campaign and template within Benchmark once.
· API Integration. An API (Application Program Interface) allows different software programs to communicate with one another with no formal plug link. Benchmark's API Integration feature permits users with XML-RPC, HTTP POST, or HTTP GET skills to retrieve data from some other programs which use JSON, XML, XML-RPC, or PHP serialization strings. In a nutshell, this permits them to play three functions. Manage contact lists, manage campaigns and effort sending, and assess data. The company describes this role in more detail here.
Enrolling in a Benchmark account is pretty straightforward. After entering your name, email, contact number, and company name, you have to confirm your email address. This was a five-minute process for me. Upon logging in to my account (using the free plan) I was greeted by an attractive UI that gave me a clear direction about the best way to create my very first email campaign. Good start!
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Though all of this information is great and Necessary, it isn't enough to sustain higher level marketers that want more information such as conversions, which links were clicked, and revenue analysis. Although Google Analytics provides a whole lot of this information with proper integration, there might come a time when serious entrepreneurs need more info than Benchmark provides. Whether a small company will reach that point changes, naturally, dependent on the business.
Benchmark made its 3-tiered pricing Structure with the objective of serving everyone from the smallest kitchen-table startup to large email marketers. On the other hand, the company's main focus is on small to medium businesses, particularly those just beginning in email advertising. This is particularly reflected in the fact that customers subscribing to the moderate plans get unlimited mails, while larger plans have limitations.
· Benchmark Occasions — Benchmark Events is event marketing applications designed to integrate fully with Benchmark Email. Launched in 2012, this app allows users to make and customize occasions, promote and sell tickets, and monitor the success of their events via their Benchmark Email accounts. A variety of programs are available, such as a free alternative.
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Because Of the key connection between social media and email marketing, it's very important to check out the social networking features contained in Benchmark.
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To stop users from Unknowingly sending spam-like materials, Benchmark supplies a spam check feature which looks for words commonly utilized in spam messages. It scores each email on a scale from 1 to 5; 5s are assigned to content that is likely to be blocked. In the event of a top score, the program suggests"less spammy" choices. Individualized IP addresses also assist large-volume senders reduce their spam amounts.
Benchmark Offers its users a lot of support tools. Customer support is usually responsive, with minimal waiting times. The website offers good learning resources, but can be needlessly opaque occasionally. Key information can be buried and difficult to locate, especially in the event that you don't know precisely what you're looking for, especially when it comes to minute particulars about strategies. As an example. That the Free For Life plan comprises Benchmark branding on every email, but you won't find that mentioned on the Free For Life page, not even in the fine print. Nor are you going to see it mentioned when you sign up. The only place it's mentioned is at the FAQ, here.
· FAQ — Benchmark's FAQ section is somewhat mislabeled because it is closer to a QandA-format knowledge foundation than a typical FAQ. You will find over 900 entries, sorted into 18 subjects ranging from"Getting Started" to"API." Users can execute a key word search of any subject (or sub-topic) or of their FAQ as a whole. 1 caveat. With such an extensive knowledge base, it is pretty much inevitable that some entries are going to be out of date. Some of the QandAs offer advice that's wholly inaccurate, so in some cases, you might need to contact assistance to hash things out.
· Video Tutorials and Webinars — Benchmark supplies about two dozen movie tutorials that take users step by step through the features of the app. The business also supplies a webinar known as"Benchmark Email Crash Course." You may see it live each Friday at 10.00 a.m. PST or watch the recorded version at any moment. You can also request a particular webinar on quite a few other topics. Live webinars include the opportunity to ask questions throughout the demonstration.
· Email Marketing Manuals and Articles — You can find more in-depth information on email marketing in general, as well as the Benchmark program especially, at the Manuals Section. These downloadable documents also cover industry-specific troubles. Articles, very similar to blogs, offer users guidance beyond that found in the FAQ section, but in shorter, more digestible chunks than the guides provide.
· Website and Newsletter — For current information about email marketing trends, check out Benchmark's monthly newsletter, as well as its exceptionally active blog. All subscribers automatically gain access to present newsletters, and Benchmark also provides an archive of newsletter posts from November 2007-October 2012.
· Top Notch Service . This is perhaps the most common monitoring regarding Benchmark, and some thing I noticed for myself too. People today are inclined to find support prompt and helpful, and some say it is really the element that distinguishes Benchmark from its rivals. The company also receives praise for its blog posts and videos.
· Characteristic Selection Across All Plans. Some users praise the addition of attributes like AB testing and surveys in most plans; many firms charge extra for such attributes or only include them in their pricier programs.
· Ease of Use. Users tend to find Benchmark's interface extremely intuitive and user-friendly. The program gathers praise from a wide range of demographics, from first-time ESP users to those who have tried many different programs before settling on Benchmark.
· Inconsistent Send-Times. Apparently some users experienced an issue with Benchmark where their mails were sent hours after they were scheduled. 1 customer theorized the issue might arise in lengthy lists of recipients. Not all clients of Benchmark will have time-sensitive shipping demands, but others will. If you need your mails to go out precisely when your program dictates, you might have to consider this situation.
· "Spammy" Templates. Some users have been worried that Benchmark's templates may feel like spam mail, causing receivers to mark them as junk rather than studying the contents. Since the entire point of an ESP is to prevent this from happening, this may be a problem. On the other hand, I never felt this way while searching through the template list, so it may not be the most legitimate of complaints.
Benchmark Provides a enormous variety of pricing plans, including a free plan and a massive scale of paid programs that can service anywhere between 600 and 7,140,000 subscribers.
Benchmark's free plans do not require charge Cards, that is always refreshing. The only catch. There'll be a little Benchmark logo at the bottom of every email you send out. Obviously, you may always opt to upgrade to a paid plan in case you don't want the Benchmark branding. The free program allows you to send up to 14000 mails to up to 2000 subscribers and provides you access to all but not all Benchmark's features list. Notable absences into the attributes list for free account include email automation and sub-accounts (enabling multiple users to access one Benchmark account).
Benchmark is a solid program. It's Simple to Use, Open to innovation, and competitively priced. Its free alternatives might just be the best in the company for anyone who only wants to dip into email advertising (particularly small, neighborhood businesses). For that matter, any Benchmark strategy can work well for a small company which perspectives email as a minor element of its marketing and does not have any desire to operate past the principles just yet.
If you are a small or even medium-sized Business looking for a simple email advertising program with a multitude of great features, Benchmark is an excellent choice. Even though there might come a time when you launch the app, it supplies a lot for the price, provides exceptional support, and the company seems to be sensitive to the requirements of its users. You can not ask for much more.


At first the nice walking path leads along the Sauer. Then, it runs up the hill Heichelerbësch through the valley of the Heckebaach. On top of the hill there are good views over the valley of the Sauer. The way back to Reisdorf leads through the idyllic wood of Ronnebësch.


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Scientists develop detailed representation of clouds in weather and climate models
A side-by side view of simulated cloud fields over the Netherlands and a satellite image. The blue squares show the detailed cloud-resolving simulations which are coupled to the global weather model shown in purple.
Scientists develop detailed representation of clouds in weather and climate models A team of climate researchers and computational experts has developed an innovative method to study cloud dynamics in unprecedented detail in weather and climate models. https://www.cwi.nl/news/2019/scientists-develop-detailed-representation-of-clouds-in-weather-and-climate-models https://www.cwi.nl/news/2019/scientists-develop-detailed-representation-of-clouds-in-weather-and-climate-models/@@download/image/mapsatellitecompare.jpg
A team of climate researchers and computational experts has developed an innovative method to study cloud dynamics in unprecedented detail in weather and climate models.
Climate researchers and computational experts have developed an innovative method to study cloud dynamics in unprecedented detail in weather and climate models. The method employs comprehensive three-dimensional cloud simulations to replace the traditional approximations of cloud processes currently used in global climate models. The coupling of these simulations to global models is done with the help of software technology originally developed for astrophysical research.
The project is led by Daan Crommelin at CWI, together with Pier Siebesma at the Delft University of Technology and KNMI. The team's method and initial findings are published in the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems.
Notoriously difficult
It is notoriously difficult for climate modelers to accurately depict cloud processes. Cloud dynamics act on scales from millimeters to several kilometers, but present-day global climate models typically operate on scales from 100 km and coarser. To overcome this scale gap in the models, researchers have traditionally used approximate formulae, known as parameterizations, to represent cloud physics. Parameterizations are simplified numerical representations of physical processes based on measurements and physical understanding.
In their paper, the team presents a computationally attractive alternative. They have replaced the parameterizations of clouds in a global-scale model developed by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) with a turbulence-resolving model (in technical terms a large-eddy simulation) developed by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) and Dutch universities.
Increased reliability
This approach of replacing parameterizations by explicit simulations, called superparameterization, has the advantage that all the relevant processes for the formation and development of clouds are actually resolved and represented in the model. This will increase the reliability of the simulations by, for example, improved predictions of cloud cover, cloud amount and cloud top heights.
Gaining a huge understanding
"It is incredible that we can now represent clouds so realistically in global weather and climate models", says lead author Dr Fredrik Jansson from CWI. "It is still a big computation to resolve clouds globally, but by applying our method to the regions where traditional approximations fail, I think we can gain a huge understanding of the role of clouds in the present and future climate."
Improvements in weather prediction
The authors plan to apply their method to quantify the response of the global model to the changes in cloud representation, which will allow improvements in weather prediction with respect to rainfall and ultimately quantify the global role of clouds in the future warming earth climate.
The research team is comprised of researchers from the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Delft University of Technology, the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) and the Netherlands eScience Center.


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Rick Virden, 66, a former Lincoln County sheriff who has a ranch between White Oaks and Carrizozo, said there are quite a few people who come to the saloon on a regular basis.
"And some of them are from quite a ways away," he said.
The town was founded after gold was discovered in the region in 1879. Outlaw Billy the Kid is said to have visited White Oaks often looking for a good time.
People moved out as gold mining evaporated, with the last mine closing in 1930. Today, the No Scum Allowed Saloon's regulars make up to about three times the town's single-digit population.
Jackie Keller, 56, a former State Highway Department employee, lives just east of White Oaks. She is known for her green chile salsa and bakes cakes for saloon birthday parties.
"You can't beat the people here," she said. "We help each other out. It's desolate here."
White Oaks is 160 miles (257 kilometers) southeast of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
In this June 13, 2019 photo, Karen Haughness, one of the nine people who live in White Oaks, N.M., owns the No Scum Allowed Saloon in the ghost town near Carrizozo. She said the saloon's regulars, whose numbers exceed the town's population, get along despite diverse backgrounds and opinions. The Albuquerque Journal via AP Roberto E. Rosales
In this June 13, 2019 photo, David Spencer, left, and Skye are among the regulars at the No Scum Allowed Saloon in White Oaks, N.M. Spencer remembers past days when the saloon's roof was so leaky patrons had to move their beers around to avoid getting watered down by rain. The saloon in the New Mexico ghost town attracts regulars with diverse backgrounds and opinions with a promise to "have dialogue." The Albuquerque Journal via AP Roberto E. Rosales
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2 Sportsbooks, 1 Day: What Happens in Delaware Stays in Delaware
Courtesy of Lauren Joffe
Lauren Joffe
Jun 07, 2018, 06:00 PM EDT
I spent Tuesday at two of the three sportsbooks in Delaware accepting legal wagers.
Delaware Park's book was a bit of an eyesore and wasn't too busy.
Dover Downs isn't really a great place to watch a game — it's more bar than sportsbook — and the 10 p.m. closing time is BRUTAL.
SOMEWHERE IN DELAWARE — Yesterday, Delaware OFFICIALLY became the first state besides Nevada to allow sports betting, and there was no way I was gonna miss out since I'm on the East Coast.
I'll be honest, in my life I think I've driven through a part of Delaware once and until yesterday I had no reason to go there. But then … sports betting became legal and suddenly Delaware was the hottest ticket in town. (OK, that's a slight exaggeration.)
Yesterday, I got to know the state really well, driving to two of the three sportsbooks taking legal sports wagers. Here's what I saw along the way.
My excitement built as I saw the entry for Delaware Park, my first stop of the day. I for sure thought the traffic would be crazy. I get that it's Tuesday in Delaware, but this is history, people!
What We've Learned From Day 1 of Delaware Sports Betting
As a rough estimate, I'll say 20% were people who came here excited to bet on a game, 40% were media and 40% were regular casino-goers who wanted to see what the hubbub was about and get free popcorn.
I assumed Delaware Park would have a new state-of-the-art book.
The sportsbook sits at the back of the casino and was set up more like a conference than anything else.
They did a T-minus countdown for the 1:30 official time, and there was an immediate line to place bets. But it lasted only about 20 minutes, and then that was that. Of course, there weren't any games going on yesterday — 16 MLB and two WNBA — so I'm assuming people went to place MLB or Super Bowl futures because that's all they really had.
OK on to the next one …
I won't lie, the view of the racetrack from the room was pretty cool, especially since I've never really been to a NASCAR event. That'll be quite the experience during a race.
As for the casino, I asked someone who worked there which way the sportsbook was and he said, "Oh, that's not here yet; it's coming soon." So, uh, somebody missed the casino-wide memo …
When I informed him that it was indeed open today, he told me to ask someone else.
The book is relatively small, and there are seats with TVs, but it's not somewhere to really watch a game. There's a bar there (of course), and that's more what it felt like rather than a sportsbook.
Right before the MLB games started, a line formed. Mind you it was only five people or so, but they had only two people taking bets, and this was a new thing so it was slow. When I said I wanted the Dream ML the guy looked at me not knowing who that was. I told him WNBA and his response was, "Sorry, I don't follow the WNBA." I said, "Neither do I."
I placed five bets and sat at the bar to have a drink … or two. The big screens were all showing horse races despite there being baseball on. I was really looking forward to watching games, but no one really seemed to care.
The bartender told me they closed at 11, and I was thinking that's gotta be a rough way to sweat out bets at the end of the night. But THEN he told me the book closed at 10! So I couldn't even cash my winnings had I not been staying here for the night. (And let me tell you, there were winnings aplenty! 4-1, baby! We're back on track!)
I was told the book would close early "at the beginning," but I have no idea how long that will be.
Overall, I was pretty disappointed with the books, but I suppose my only frame of reference is Las Vegas, and — spoiler alert! — Delaware isn't quite the same. Will I forego offshore books to place my bets in Delaware? Absolutely not.
I will say this, though: There is a huge opportunity here for the casinos to become the hottest ticket in town, but they have a ways to go.
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Boston College Fall Practice Report: Second Scrimmage
By Brian F. Aug 19, 2010, 9:34am EDT
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The Eagles second scrimmage is in the books. We were treated to a little more coverage than we are used to coming out of our fall scrimmages with both WZBC Sports and The Heights covering the action. Here's a run down of the scrimmage and other Eagles making the news.
The focus continues to be on Herzlich's absence from camp. On Wednesday, Herzlich went home to Pennsylvania for a checkup on his cancer. The great news is that he returns to Boston after being given a clean bill of health from his doctors, writes Steve Conroy.
"Mark's tests came back fine. Blood work and CT scan were normal. The MRI (on his left leg where the tumor was) hasn't been ready yet but the doctor expects nothing bad. These were his normal three month checkups," wrote Herzlich's father, Sandy, in a text message this morning.
Sandy expects Mark to hit the practice field starting the week before the Weber State game, but whether that will be enough time for him to get back onto the field will be up to Spaz and McGovern. Spaz doesn't expect Mark to play in either of the Eagles' last two scrimmages.
On Thursday, Mark will host the Jimmy Fund Telethon on NESN at 4 PM ET and will be throwing out the first pitch tonight at Fenway Park as the Sox take on the Angels.
All reports are that the quarterback play was a mixed bag on Wednesday night. Shinskie finished 13-of-19 for 154 yards and a touchdown. The touchdown pass was on a play with a bit of trickeration. Out of the Wildcat formation, Shinskie lined up wide, took a pitch from Sterlin Phifer, and threw a 43-yard strike to Billy Flutie. Shinskie was also intercepted by DeLeon Gause, who returned it 54 yards for a touchdown.
Marscovetra finished 9-of-12 for 83 yards, while Rettig completed 8-of-10 for 65 yards. WZBC's Adam Rose thought that the Rettig-Williams-Kimble backfield combination looked strong.
WZBC sports thinks Montel Harris is going to be even better than last year, which is a scary proposition for opposing ACC defenses. Fullback James McCluskey sat out of Wednesday's nights scrimmage with a minor injury.
A concern is the health of new center Nathan Richman, who is battling a back injury. Mark Spinney filled in at center and bobbled a few exchanges. The Eagles have one of the best O-lines in the country but don't have the depth that they've had in year's past. If players on the defensive line stay healthy, you may see Mike Goodman Jr. move back to the O-line to give the line a bit more depth.
Gause registered the team's first interception in two scrimmages. Wes Davis was held out of the scrimmage with an injury. DE Max Holloway registered three sacks and a pass breakup. Quinn was impressive as well, recording 2 TFLs and a sack. DiSanzo had a team-high 13 tackles.
Have the Eagles finally found a kicker with range? We remain cautiously optimistic that Nate Freese can be that player. Last night, he was 3-for-3 on field goal attempts and hit from 30, 42 and 48. Sure it's just a scrimmage, but Freese's 48 yarder bested Aponavicius' career long (45). Through two scrimmages, Freese is 4-for-5 with his only miss -- a 46 yard attempt that had plenty of leg -- clanging off the left upright.
The Eagles have the day off from practice on Thursday for the team picture and have a two-a-day session on Friday. The Eagles' third scrimmage is on Sunday.


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We are pleased to welcome Dr. Laura White to the Commission as Project Assistant on a fixed term contract basis.
Laura comes to the Commission with qualifications in Marine Environmental Sciences. In 2010 she completed her doctoral studies in Canada before returning home to the Bailiwick.
Laura has worked as a session lecturer at the University of British Columbia, received several academic awards, and published various scientific papers since 2004.


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Double OT: Third year a charm for Flyers duo
Mike Brophy
When it comes to pointing to reasons for the resurgence of the Philadelphia Flyers, you can point your finger in numerous directions.
Start first with the brilliant and ballsy job GM Paul Holmgren has done since taking over from Bob Clarke. The Peter Forsberg trade, the acquisition of veteran and leader Jason Smith and goaltender Martin Biron and, of course, the free agent signing of Daniel Briere have all been significant.
Then there is the performance of Biron, who gives the Flyers their first dependable starting goaltending in too long to remember, as well as the nice start to Briere's season.
But in the midst of a 6-1-0 start, the contributions of third-year pros Mike Richards and Jeff Carter should not be overlooked.
In fact, you could make the case their re-emergence as bona fide front line NHL talent has every bit as much to do with the Flyers becoming a force as anything else. Through seven games, Richards had five goals and nine points and was plus-4 while Carter had four goals, five points and was plus-6.
After disastrous sophomore seasons, it is safe to conclude they are back.
"The day after last season ended, I immediately started focusing all my attention on this year," says Richards. "Once things started going badly for me last year it was like there was no stopping it. It was very, very frustrating. I didn't want to spend all summer thinking about what happened last season; I wanted to look ahead."
No wonder.
Richards and Carter burst onto the scene like saviors of the franchise. After brilliant junior careers, they each joined Philadelphia's American League affiliate and helped the Phantoms win the Calder Cup in 2004-05. Both had successful NHL rookie campaigns, Carter scoring 23 goals and 42 points in 81 games; Richards 11 goals and 34 points in 79 games.
But last season the team struggled and they both battled significant injuries – Carter missed 20 games with a fractured foot and Richards 23 games with a sports hernia and separated shoulder. Their numbers, not surprisingly, dipped.
Holmgren points to a number of reasons why Richards and Carter struggled – injuries to themselves, as well as injuries to others being most significant.
"Perhaps we thought they were further along than they really were," Holmgren says, "but at the same time, when we lost players to injury, we had to use those guys more than we intended to. Maybe they were set up for failure because of the circumstances."
For his part, Richards doesn't like to make excuses.
"There were high expectations, but I don't think they were unrealistic," Richards says. "Jeff and I both put a lot of pressure on ourselves to succeed. It was a year that I think you can learn a lot from. Having success in the NHL is not easy to come by; you have to go out and earn your victories."
One thing is certain, now safely into their third NHL seasons, both Mike Richards and Jeff Carter are back to being high-flying Flyers.
Mike Brophy's Double OT appears regularly on The Hockey News.com.
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Price Reportedly Suffers Setback in Knee Rehab
Montreal Canadiens netminder Carey Price will reportedly need to re-start his rehab from off-season knee surgery after suffering a setback.
By Mike Stephens
Dallas Stars Could Move John Klingberg Soon
John Klingberg's recent frustration over his stalled contract extension talks raised conjecture over his future with the Dallas Stars. Now it appears the club might not wait until the trade deadline to move him.
By Lyle Richardson
Three Things We Learned in Week 14 of the NHL Season
Winter is slowing everyone down but it's not slowing down the stories in the NHL. Avry Lewis-McDougall is back to look at three more top stories to start the week.
By Avry Lewis-McDougall


Packets could be dropped by Firewall when CPU cores, on which Firewall runs, are fully utilized. Such packet loss might occur regardless of the connection's type (for example, local SSH or connection to Security Management Server server).
To help mitigate the above issue, Firewall Priority Queues feature was introduced in R77.30 Security Gateway.
Note: The Firewall Priority Queues are disabled by default.
The Priority Queues (PrioQ) mechanism is intended to prioritize part of the traffic, when we need to drop packets because the Security Gateway is stressed (CPU is fully utilized).
In Security Gateway R77.20 and lower versions, when the CPU became fully utilized, part of the traffic was dropped regardless of the traffic type. As a result, control connections (described below) were dropped. This had serious negative impact (e.g., no SSH connectivity). In addition, several "heavy" connections could cause high CPU load on the Security Gateway and cause issues for all other connections.
Prioritizing control connections over data connections.
Each connection of the same priority will get an equal share of CPU resources.
Security Gateway R77.30 / R80.10 and above "protect" the CPU cores, on which the Firewall is running.
It is important to notice the differences between Firewall Priority Queues (PrioQ) and the QoS Software Blade.
Firewall R77.30 / R80.10 and above assign higher priority to control connections than to other connections.
Not all control services get the same priority. Firewall R77.30 / R80.10 and above prioritize some control services over the other control services.
By default, there are 8 priority queues (up to 16 by manual configuration).
The priority queues are active when the Firewall consumes 100% of CPU. When a packet of a new connection arrives, the connection is classified in order to know to which queue it is supposed to go. For example, packets of a new data connection will go to the default data queue.
The Firewall priority Queues are enabled in the active priority mode: Initially, each connection is assigned to a queue by the connection type: Routing, Control, Data, etc. Nevertheless, for some connection types, the connection might migrate to a different queue. We know what is the load of each connection all the time, so the connections can migrate between the queues, and by doing so get lower/higher priority with respect to other connections.
For example, a data connection begins its life in the Default Data Queue (Queue #5) and if this connection becomes heavier, it will migrate to a lower priority queue (Heavy Data Queue - Queue #7). Same is true vice versa. If a connection becomes lighter, it will migrate to a higher priority queue (e.g., Light Data Queue - Queue #4).
To decide whether a connection should migrate or not, the Firewall keeps the load of the average connection all the time. For each connection (by its type), the Firewall knows to how many queues the connection was assigned and what is the CPU load caused by this connection. Based on that information, the Firewall matches weight to a queue, so that the average connection will belong to the median queue (out of all possible queues for the connection type) and each queue has an equal share of weights.
In R80.20, in VSX mode, the Firewall priority Queues are enabled in the static priority mode. This means that after a connection was classified to a specific queue, it cannot migrate to a different queue (classification is done only according to the connection type and not according to the load of the connection).
For instructions on how to install and disable the Firewall Priority Queues, refer to Installation/Disablement of Priority Queues and Evaluation of Heavy Connections Mechanism.
prioq.conf is a customized classification file.
Type CONTROL / ROUTE To which queue the rule refers.
any / external / internal / <interface_name> On which interface the rule will be.
IP any / local_src / local_dst Which kind of connections.
Source Port Number 0 (any) / port_number Source Port Number.
Destination Port Number 0 (any) / port_number Destination Port Number.
Protocol Number protocol_num Protocol Number.
Administrator can monitor the Firewall Priority Queues in the following ways.
Note: Firewall Priority Queues on Security Gateway must already be enabled. Refer to Installation/Disablement of Priority Queues and Evaluation of Heavy Connections Mechanism.
Use the sk101878 - CPView Utility.
Provides general information about the priority queues and information per instance including the priority queues of the specific instance.
Note: When CPU cores are not fully utilized, all values on this screen will be 0 (zero).
Use SmartLog (supported only for Dynamic PrioQ).
A log is issued for every Heavy Connection (that consumes more than 10% of the CPU resources) that such connection was detected and its priority is decreased.
Refer to the Configuration Limitations section.
Note: Firewall Priority Queues and Evaluation of Heavy Connections mechanism are disabled by default.
Before enabling these features, refer to "Limitations" section.
Firewall Priority Queues and Evaluation of Heavy Connections are completely disabled.
9 On Firewall Priority Queues feature and connection statistics feature (in cpview) is fully enabled.
Note: This mode also fully enables the CoreXL Dynamic Dispatcher (refer to sk105261).
Note: In cluster environment, this procedure must be performed on all members of the cluster.
Reboot (in cluster, this might cause fail-over).
In R80.10, Firewall Priority Queues are disabled by default.
Starting in R80.10, configuration of Firewall Priority Queues and CoreXL Dynamic Dispatcher were separated and are no longer related to each other.
(that consume the most CPU resources) is enabled in CPView Utility.
2 On Firewall Priority Queues feature is fully enabled.
Choose the mode number 2 "On".
Notes: This mode is not supported when Security Gateway is configured in VSX mode. In cluster environment, this procedure does not have to be performed on all members of the cluster because it enables monitoring only.
Choose the mode number 1 "Evaluator-only".
Choose the mode number 0 "Off".
"Evaluator-only" mode is not supported.
The Evaluator of Heavy Connections mechanism is not supported.
Firewall Priority Queues is supported in static priority mode only (see "Explanation about Priority Queues" section).
Some lines in the $FWDIR/boot/modules/fwkern.conf file are commented out (refer to sk106309).
When SecureXL and a CoreXL FW instance are running on the same CPU core, Priority Queues and Top Connections may not function as expected.
Such a configuration is the default on the 2200 appliance and on the 4600 appliance.
To resolve this, disable the synchronous dequeue feature in CoreXL by permanently setting the value of kernel parameter fwmultik_sync_processing_enabled to 0 (zero).
This feature allows the administrator to monitor the Heavy Connections (that consume the most CPU resources) without interrupting the normal operation of the Firewall.
After enabling this feature (refer to Installation/Disablement of Priority Queues and Evaluation of Heavy Connections Mechanism), the relevant information is available in CPView Utility.
For detecting Elephant connection, refer to the Elephant Connection Detection Mechanism.
Note: This feature is not supported in VSX mode for all versions (R77.30/R80.10/R80.20).
For installation and disablement of the Evaluation of Heavy Connections mechanism, refer to Installation/Disablement of Priority Queues and Evaluation of Heavy Connections Mechanism.
Go to CPU -> Top-Connections.
This screen displays top 10-30 (configurable) connections that consume the most CPU resources.
Note: This log is supported only for Dynamic PrioQ.
A log is issued for every Heavy Connection (that consumes more than 10% of the CPU resources) that was detected and its priority is decreased.
Refer to Configuration Limitations section.
In R80.20, a heavy connection detection mechanism was added for Kernel mode FW only.
Every connection which fulfills the following 3 conditions will be considered as a heavy connection flow and will be reported.
Identifying elephant depends only on the specific instance related to it.
The system saves heavy connection data for the last 24 hours and CPDiag has a matching collector which uploads this data for diagnosis purposes.
On the system itself, heavy connection data is accessible using the command: "fw ctl multik print_heavy_conn"


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New York seeks to expand legal services for newly arrived immigrants
New York state officials are offering new legal services to immigrants who arrived in New York City over the last year, with $3 million planned for the next three years for the New York State Office for New Americans.
Gov. Kathy Hochul's office on Wednesday announced the funding amid the ongoing arrival of migrants and asylum seekers in New York City, many of whom face ongoing immigration and legal status questions.
"New York State has always been a beacon of hope, welcoming newly arrived immigrants with the promise of opportunity," Hochul said. "By providing them with the legal tools and resources they need to thrive, New York State will continue to uplift those who are trying to build better lives for themselves and their families."
The money will go toward free immigration-related legal services and assistance. Community-based organizations are set to receive the money: Catholic Charities Community Services, New York Legal Assistance Group and Immigration Advocates Response Collaborative.
All of those organizations are non-profit entities who are already part of an existing network of providers.
New York officials have struggled with the influx of newly arrived immigrants in recent months, a challenge that has led to a crisis over housing in parts of the city. Members of the New York National Guard have also been deployed to provide assistance.
"The safety and well-being of migrants coming to our state is a priority as individuals and families find themselves in unfamiliar territory trying to acclimate to an entirely new world," New York Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez said. "This additional funding for legal services will assist our partners in helping the incoming migrant population understand and navigate the various government programs aimed at helping them. New York has always been a welcoming place for people from all over the world. It's what makes our state such a vibrant and cultural place to be."


In view of the non-linear and non-stationary characteristics of the energy consumption time series in unsaturated airports, we proposed a combined prediction method based on two-step decomposition and SARIMA model. The complete integrated empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise and sample entropy were adopted to decompose the original energy consumption time series into components with different complexity from high frequency to low frequency. The high-complexity components were decomposed again by the variational mode decomposition. We obtained a series of subsequence which presented weak nonlinearity and were relatively stable. The SARIMA model was used to model and predict each subsequence, and the prediction results of each subsequence were superimposed to obtain the prediction value of airport energy consumption. Experimental results show that this method can effectively improve the prediction accuracy of unsaturated airport energy consumption.