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Q: CakePHP 3 - FriendsOfCake Search Plugin - Convert date format before data is compared Plugin:  FriendsOfCake/Search
CakePHP Version: 1.3.4

I use the search plugin to filter data with a form in a view. In the database, fields of type DATE have the format YYYY-mm-dd but in the input field on the page the data needs to be inserted like dd.mm.YYYY by the user.
So I need to convert the date inserted in the form field to the format used in the database before values are compared.
What I don't get is where to actually "grab" the value to do the convertion within the plugins setup. I tried some things in the controller to either convert "return_ticket" or "opening_date" before they are compared with each other but I can't figure out anything that's working. Can someone help me with this?
At which point could I do the date/string convertion in the following setup?
// plugin settings in table
class TicketsTable extends Table
{
    public function searchConfiguration()
    {
    $search = new Manager($this);

    $search->value('ticket_return',[
            'field' => $this->Appointments->target()->aliasField('opening_date')
    ]);

    return $search;
}

// search setup in controller

class TicketsController extends AppController
{
    public function index()
    {
    $query = $this->Tickets
        ->find('search',
            $this->Tickets->filterParams($this->request->query))
    }
}

// search form in view
<?= $this->Form->input(
                  'ticket_return', [
                     'label' => 'search date'
                     'default' => $this_date   // today
                  ])
?>

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Q: Analysis of the XMI exported by enterprise architect tool's UML diagram How to know the details about the various tags(Ex: UML:Message, UML:Diagram, UML:Component) present in the XMI file which is exported from the sequence diagram developed using the Enterprise architect tool?

A: There is no publicly available documentation for EA's XMI extensions.
The XMI file format is standardized by OMG, the standardization body which controls UML. The format is designed to be extensible, so that the tool vendors can add their own extensions. These extensions are proprietary and documentation for them is typically not available to end users, except possibly for open-source tools.


Lets get in another Iditarod related piece before the race is over. I know, it wont happen until next week, but I have only 1 chance in the next 9 days to blog, so lets go with it, while I can.
About a century ago, give or take a few years, Iditarod had a population of about 10,000 people. Nearby Flat, had a number between 6-8,000 depending on tales, and given their proximity, there may have been some double counting in there. On what is now the northern race route, was a much smaller community, Ophir, that got to between 100, and 200 people living in the area.
Now all have one thing in common, all are ghost towns. Iditarod was the first one to go, despite having been the largest, by the mid 1930's, it was all but gone. Though strict ghost status only dates to this century, when the last trapper moved out of one of the derelict buildings, when he reckoned that the race coming through every 2 years made the place too lively for comfort!
Ophir survived the war years, but somewhere around the early 50's, the gold ran out, and so did the last few people surviving there, heading for other points presumably?
Flat actually survived as a community until 10 years ago, though by then the population had dropped to 5! Then the post office closed, and like the mail, people no longer came to town. Funnily enough, the only one of the three not visited by the race, though I suspect a few trappers and the like, still make use of the buildings there.
I have no idea what its like to live in anywhere like the Alaskan wilderness of these areas, nor do I really want to, unless someone wants to provide an internet connection to the area lol! As for what it was like, a century ago, in the depths of winter, I hate to think.
But, at least all these places were once a community. Even more uniquely, there is one checkpoint en route, that only ever has people there when the race comes through, every 2 years! Cripple only exists as a checkpoint, to break up what would otherwise be nearly a 150 mile stretch between Ophir, and Ruby, not really practical. Its supposedly in one of the coldest spots in Alaska, in winter, and thats saying something! Probably why no one lives there!
I must admit, there is a perverse side of me that would love to visit Iditarod, just to see what its like now, and to imagine what it was like, just over a century ago, when the gold rush started there. Probably never will get there, but, until I know its out of the question, I can dream.


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Following a well supported vote by Club members, Wrexham Association Football Club would like to announce that next year's playing kit will be Shirt B at Home, and Shirt A Away.
Wrexham AFC Director John Mills said " Having provided the Club with excellent service over the past season,,Macron will again bring to our shops a new range of kit and training wear for our players and supporters that will launch in the close season. Once again, our fans had the opportunity to select their favourite shirts, and I am certain, once available, these shirts will fly out of the door"


I use a PC quite a lot, it runs Windows XP as most do, and being in France and having to type emails etc in French, I have a French keyboard. For reasons I won't bore you with, I decided to put a password on my system. Typed it in, retyped it, all is well until I come to reboot when the machine doesn't recognise my password, and I can't get in.
Two hours of stress later, I discover that at some point in the process, it assumes you have an English keyboard, so the characters I was entering were not what is written on the keys. So I get an English keyboard to crib, enter the permuted password, and off we go. I have changed the password so that it is now the same for English keyboards as French ones. But this is sloppy programming. Fire the miscreant for wasting my time!
On the other hand, I installed the Open Source operating system Ubuntu on my little netbook the other day, and it has performed astonishingle well, especially considering that it is free. I installed the operating system, then Skype, Wine and Spotify without a problem. It really is nice to find some software where you just have to follow the instructions and it does what it should.
Spotify is a (legal) internet-based music player, so now I have the netbook plugged into my stereo on a semi-permanent basis. It looks cool and sounds good, too.
The catnip is out in flower; my cat got well drunk.
One of my favourite flowering plants is the Dahlia. It flowers in Autumn, with bright waxy blooms in all colours. And it's easy to grow.
This time of year I occupy myself in taking Dahlia cuttings, either to increase my population of plants, or to get better value from tubers that I have just bought. This year is no exception, so I thought I'd share the process with you.
Once you have cut off the growing shoot, what you are trying to do is to give the shoot the opportunity to grow its roots before it dries out. So you give it a humid atmosphere so that it doesn't dry out, put it into compost (with the aid of rooting hormone) and let it grow its roots in its own time.
...in a mini-greenhouse to keep the atmosphere humid.
And the new plant is ready for potting.... don't forget to label it!
Recycling is a big thing here in France, and we don't get to throw our rubbish out without having separated out all the glass, plastic, metal and newspapers. For more serious stuff, like car batteries, used oil, old fridges etc, there is the déchèterie up the road at Chammes.
Now I like the déchèterie, because you can find all sorts of useful stuff there. If you have something to throw away that might just be useful to someone else, you don't put it in the skip, you put it alongside. If someone likes it, they take it.
So I brought it home. I don't pay it much attention, it sits on the window sill in the conservatory, and I water it occasionally in Summer.
This spring it has rewarded me by bursting into flower.
I have been looking out for a second-hand garden roller for a little while. My lawn needs some repair work, and a roller will be one of the tools needed. So when I saw an ad in the paper I made a quick phone call and decided to buy it.
It was just under an hour away, and I wouldn't normally drive so far for a small purchase, but it was just up the road from a watchtower that gives spectacular views over the local countryside. I have also been wanting to visit that for a while, so I thought I could kill two birds with one stone.
I arrived at the couple's house, did the transaction, and they invited me in for a drink. I don't like to drink before a long drive so we settled on coffee. I sat down in their kitchen and we started to natter. It turns out that their son is an English teacher in Mayenne, who lived a year in Egham, a stone's throw from where I used to live.
It struck me that I had heard and read about Mayennaise people being reserved, even suspicious of strangers. A local French book on the area reports brightly that "you can be accepted as a local in only two generations". But my experience is almost universally of friendly people who are happy to invite you into their homes, have a meal with you, and generally be accepting and pleasant to deal with.
The only thing that seems to upset them about English people (and my coffee hosts were no exception) is those of us who don't try to learn French.
After the chat and coffee, I went on my way to the watchtower. Not a success on the face of it, the day was too misty with low cloud. But it showed me that the place is worth a re-visit when sunny, and this I will do, another day.
The arrival of Spring in the Northern hemisphere is old news by now. But I am still struck, as I drive around, by the way the ditches and hegerows here are splashed with yellow. Primroses, Cowslips and Primulas have come from nowhere to welcome the Spring.
Where do they go in Summer? You never see them. I think they are beamed down from an orbiting nursery for the Spring, and collected back up in June.
It was the Spring Concert for the Harmonie on Saturday. We all bundled into the local church at St Suzanne, and played a free concert for anyone who wanted to come and listen. Great fun! We were trying out some new pieces that we have only just started with, combined with some old favourites. Some went well, others need a bit more work. But we had a good time, and so did the audience.
The programme included Simple Gifts, The Magnificent Seven, the music from the film The Incredibles, Bach's Air from Suite No. 3 ("On a g string"), Solas Ané, a medieval gaillarde, and others. And we finished up with drinks and bikkies in our rehearsal room. A nice night out.


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Category Archives: GameCube
Collector's Corner, Dreamcast, GameCube
Collecting the Evolution Series
June 13, 2019 John	Leave a comment
While I wouldn't consider myself a massive fan of the short-lived Evolution series, I have managed to accumulate a respectable collection of related products, perhaps everything released in North America, as a matter of fact. Continue reading Collecting the Evolution Series →
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GameCube, Reviews
Evolution Worlds [GameCube] – Review
January 18, 2019 John	1 Comment
My memories of the experience are faint, but I can still recall renting Evolution Worlds from the local Blockbuster in the final months of junior high. Although I spent hours dungeon crawling, I never managed to complete the game. Even after purchasing a copy and replaying it a few years later, I failed to reach the finale. Since these playthroughs, I've viewed the game through a nostalgic lens, joyously recalling days gone by, and looking forward to that point in the indeterminate future when I set aside time to play it again. Well, last year was supposed to be the year I replayed it, as I was cherry-picking those games I always wanted to play or return to. I wound up not getting around to it then, but it was top of my list this year. After fifteen years, I've finally beaten Evolution Worlds! Continue reading Evolution Worlds [GameCube] – Review →
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Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest [GameCube] – Review
January 24, 2018 John	2 Comments
An ecological game with a sense of humor, Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest is endearing in a loveably bizarre way, despite frequent battles against an unanticipated foe: the camera.
Developed by Saru Brunei with assistance from Intelligent Systems, it was originally intended to release on the Nintendo 64DD before winding up on the GameCube. Nintendo published it in Japan in early 2002 but opted to forgo a western release, prompting Atlus to localize it for North America, where it launched on November 5, 2002. Continue reading Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest [GameCube] – Review →
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GameCube, Random Games
Random Game #41 – P.N. 03 [GameCube]
February 16, 2015 John	Leave a comment
When I think of Sam's Club, I tend to look back fondly on my middle school/high school gaming habits. With the plethora of $13 games I added to my collection, I experienced some of the best low sellers of that period. One of those titles was P.N. 03 – a futuristic character-action game from Shinji Mikami. It was set in a clean science-fiction environment, looked stunning, but played tepidly. Much of the game is lost to me now, but I do remember it being poorly received. In fact, I remember not being that big of a fan, although I played through the entirety of it, and played more to unlock additional costumes for Vanessa Z. Schneider. I'm willing to pop it in again, but I'm afraid I'll be greeted with stilted combat that hasn't aged well.
P.N. 03 was developed by Capcom Production Studio 4, and naturally, published by Capcom. It was spearheaded by Shinji Mikami and was one of the "Capcom Five." In fact, this was the sole game of the lot that remained exclusive to the GameCube. Thankfully, this game turned out to be more of a testing ground for Mikami's ideas; ideas that went on to create the brilliant Vanquish. P.N. 03 was originally released in Japan on March 27, 2003 and was released in North America on September 9, 2003.
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Random Game #34 – Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu [GameCube]
January 10, 2015 John	Leave a comment
When you have a video game collection like mine, it can be hard to play all of the games. This is especially true when additions are made on an almost weekly basis. Still, I appreciate nearly every game I've accumulated for this reason or that. In the hopes of improving my writing through continuous effort and promoting ongoing learning of these games, I'm going to compose brief, descriptive articles.
I played a little bit of, and wrote about this game a couple of years ago. I think my introductory paragraph sums up my thoughts on the game perfectly. "The most notable aspect of Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu is that it marked a first for the Batman franchise: the first time a major character was debuted in a video game. It has been nine years since the game's release though, and I'm not aware of the villain Sin Tzu gaining much traction; I mean, I've only ever heard of him in the context of this video game, albeit, I'm not especially well versed in the Batman universe. Debuting in a mediocre beat 'em up probably didn't help his chances at stardom though."
Batman: Rise of Sin Tzu was developed by Ubisoft Montreal. The studio is massive (over 2,600 employees!) and has remained incredibly prolific in the wake of the release of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell in 2002. This game was, naturally, published by Ubisoft. It original released on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on October 16, 2003 in North America. The Game Boy Advance and GameCube versions subsequently launched on October 27, 2003 and November 11, 2003, respectively. The game also had special editions on the home consoles. The PS2 and Xbox versions came with an action figure while the GameCube release had a lithograph (read: small poster), which I have.
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Random Game #24 – Sonic Riders [GameCube]
December 18, 2014 John	1 Comment
Before this came out, I thought it looked very interesting. I wasn't super into Sonic at this point, but I had been previously, notably after the launch of Sonic Adventure 2: Battle. I wound up forgoing this game, but a friend purchased it and we played a fair amount of it. I remember the controls being super sensitive, although imprecise. This didn't make for an enjoyable experience, especially with a shrunken screen during multiplayer. More realistically, I just wasn't as good as he was because he had the opportunity to play it more. My poor performance colored my impressions of the game, although I'd like to return to it and examine the single player component. I still think the game has cool look to it; in my mind, it's very evocative of the time period it was released.
Sonic Riders was developed by Sonic Team, with assistance from NOW Production. It was released for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in North America on February 21, 2006 and published by Sega. A PC version was released later that year: November 17, 2006.
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Random Game #17 – Naruto: Clash of Ninja 1 [GameCube]
December 14, 2014 John	4 Comments
Here's another recent acquisition – as in purchased this year. I remember picking it up at a Goodwill earlier this year and haven't played it yet. It's precursor though, my friends and I played that a great deal. While not a big fan of the property, I've always thought the Clash of Ninja series punched above its belt in terms of licensed anime fighting games. The games are lacking in a lot of the same ways most fighting games are: no in-depth single player mode or story and little extras to keep playing outside of multiplayer. The combat has always felt really good though – very fast-paced, partial to button-mashing, but great fun locally.
Naruto: Clash of Ninja 2 was developed by Eighting and published by D3 Publisher in North America on September 26, 2006. However, it was originally released in Japan on December 4, 2003 – nearly three full years earlier.
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This 2012 Australian Open quarterfinal was a memorable moment for Federer. It was his 1000th career match on the ATP World Tour, and a blockbuster match against the towering Juan Martin Del Potro. Winning a set would also be the 2000th set of his career. Court conditions were sweltering, with temperatures hovering around 35 degrees °C (95 °F), but it was Federer who came out looking very sharp. Both players moved well and played well throughout the match. The Swiss maestro served out wide to Del Potro's forehand to much success early on, jumping out to a 3-0 lead. Del Potro responded, breaking back and evening the first set at 4 all, where Federer exploded on two points to earn and clinch the first set (2000th set of his career).
The second set began similarly, this time with Federer breaking for 3-1, and holding his lead until a tough hold while serving for the second set. A fiery exchange at break point ended in a big yell from the Swiss maestro, and he went on to take a two set lead. Much more of the same continued in the third set, as Federer began to cruise, hitting 38 winners in total. The Swiss maestro stayed on the baseline the entire match, not giving up an inch against the heavy groundstrokes of Del Potro. A match that was thought to be a dangerous situation and potential upset turned out to be a master class performance by Federer, who served out the match, 6-4 6-3 6-2. It is his 232nd career win, now only one shy of the record (Connors, 233).
Roger Federer is into his 9th consecutive Australian Open semifinal without dropping a set and extends his winning streak to 24 matches. He will face Rafael Nadal in the semifinals Thursday evening in Melbourne.
Highlights (Federer serving out 2nd set).
Highlights (last game 3rd set and post-match interview).
Watch every single match of the 2012 Australian Open on FF07tv. Federer faces off against Nadal, Thursday 7pm Melbourne time, on Rod Laver Arena.


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Legal Bindingness of Unilateral Declarations and Statements
What is the legal bindingness of statements or declarations made in the context of the UNFCCC negotiations by a state official?
Unilateral declarations and COP decisions can be legally binding under international law. Whether or not they are in a particular instance will depend on the facts and the intentions of the parties that are subject to these instruments.
Generally, with respect to a unilateral declaration or statement, the intention of the party, state or official making it is relevant. There must be an intention to be bound. Also relevant is the issue of reliance, i.e. whether any other party or state has relied on the unilateral declaration or statement. Finally, the context of the unilateral declaration or statement may affect whether it is legally binding or not.
In light of the above, the following paragraphs set out how legally binding obligations are created by way of unilateral declaration or statement .
It is not possible to offer definitive general advice in general terms on the legal effect of unilateral declarations (or declarations made on behalf of more than one state) or statements – all the circumstances, including the language used, the political level of the official making the declaration or statement, the treaty context and the response of other states are relevant to a determination of legal effect.
However, by applying the criteria set out below, it is possible to reach a provisional view as to whether it is likely or not that a declaration or statement will have a legal effect on the rights and obligations of other states. It is worth noting that most, if not all. of the cases where unilateral declarations have been held to be binding have not involved multilateral treaty negotiations and are more likely to involve bilateral disputes between two states, e.g. over diplomatic immunity, over boundaries, or over compensation for harm to a citizen or company's rights.
A leading commentator has summarised the position as follows:
There is no settled rule for determining which unilateral declarations give rise to legal rights and duties for other states, and which do not. In some cases the fact that particular consequences flow from a declaration is the result of a treaty provision or a rule of customary international law. Apart from such cases, the question whether any particular declaration directly confers rights or imposes obligations on other states will in the first place largely depend upon the intentions of the state making the declaration and the circumstances of any reliance placed on the declaration by other states.[1]
There are a number of key points to draw from this:
As with the question of whether an instrument or text constitutes a treaty the intention of the state making the declaration or statement is of key importance – making the declaration will not in itself be evidence of an intention to be legally bound by it; and
it will be necessary to consider the statement in the light of relevant principles of customary international law (if any); and
it will be necessary to consider whether other states have acted in reliance on the declaration or statement.
The leading case on the status of unilateral declarations is the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) judgment in the 1974 Nuclear Tests Cases[2] where the ICJ held that:
when it is the intention of the state making the declaration or statement that it should become bound by it according to its terms, that intention confers on the declaration or statement the character of a legal undertaking;
an undertaking of this kind, if given publicly and with an intent to be bound, even though not made in the context of international negotiations, is binding;
in these cases nothing in the nature of a quid pro quo or reply or reaction is required from other states for the declaration or statement to take effect;
the form of the declaration or statement itself is not decisive; and
one of the basic principles governing the creation and performance of legal obligations, whatever their source is good faith;
It follows that in some circumstances interested states may place confidence in unilateral declarations and are entitled to require that the obligation thus created be respected.
Also relevant in this regard are the "Guiding Principles Applicable to Unilateral Declarations of States Capable of Creating Legal Obligations" (Guiding Principles), which were taken note of by the UN General Assembly in December 2006[3]. These provide guidance on when a unilateral statement by a state or state official may be legally binding under international law. The Guiding Principles apply only to formal declarations formulated by a state with the intent to produce obligations under international law. In particular:
Principle 1 provides that:
Declarations publicly made and manifesting the will to be bound may have the effect of creating legal obligations. When the conditions for this are met, the binding character of such declarations is based on good faith; States concerned may then take them into consideration and rely on them; such States are entitled to require that such obligations be respected.
Principle 7 makes clear that "a unilateral declaration entails obligations for the formulating State only if it is stated in clear and specific terms". Principle 10 contains rules against unilateral revocation of declarations or statements, when there has been reliance by those to whom the obligations are owed.
Often unilateral declarations or statements by states in international negotiations are intended to excuse themselves from performance of an obligation, rather than to commit to performance. Declarations under the ICJ Optional Protocol are, however, a very important contrasting example of states voluntarily agreeing to an additional commitment[4]. The key point about the Optional Protocol is that the unilateral declarations of states clearly have binding effect because the ICJ Statute itself anticipates that effect.
Given the criteria laid down in the case-law of the ICJ and set out in the Guiding Principles, it would be quite easy for a state to avoid creating legally binding obligations when making a unilateral declaration, but harder to ensure that that legally binding obligations are created.
It is also important to note that principle 10 of the Guiding Principles provides that once given, unilateral declarations or statements cannot be revoked once replied upon by other parties.
[1] Oppenheim's International Law, Vol 1, Ninth Edition 1996, at page 1190 and see the notes therein.
[2]Australia v France ICJ Rep (1974) p 253 and New Zealand v France ICJ Rep (1974) p668.
[3] UN General Assembly Resolution No. A/RES/61/34, 18 December 2006, para. 3
[4] Article 36 (2) of the Statute of the ICJ provides that States may declare that they recognise as compulsory and without special agreement the jurisdiction of the court in legal disputes in given circumstances. Over 60 of the 192 States that are signatory to the Statute have filed unilateral declarations with the UN Secretary General of accepting jurisdiction. There are some detailed rules within the Statute about these declarations, and whether they are made unconditionally or with reciprocity.
States' duties and obligations vis-à-vis other states and their own population in the climate change context
Legal bindingness of Nationally Determined Contributions
Internationally legally binding targets in new climate agreement
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Rev. Tina Newberry is a certified Spiritual Director in the Jungian tradition, an educator, and a writer. She earned a Master of Arts in Religious Education, a graduate certificate in the teaching of writing, and completed the Certificate for the Clinical Training Program (2012-2014) of the C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago. Tina has been the Assisting Director for the Institute's Jungian Psychotherapy and Studies Programs for the 2016-2018 Cohort and the 2018-2020 Cohort.


Marines depart for Integrated Training Exercise 2-18 from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms this week.
Marines from 3d Marine Regiment; 2d Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment; 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment and Combat Logistics Battalion 3 are to participate in ITX 2-18, making this this first iteration of the exercise that the majority of the Hawaii-based Marine Air-Ground Task Force participates in at the same time.
As the command element for MAGTF-3, 3d Marines is in charge of conducting ITX 2-18. The exercise will test their ability to command and control the MAGTF in a simulated environment.
ITX is a routine exercise for the infantry battalions within 3d Marines, but it doesn't typically include other III Marine Expeditionary Force units stationed in Hawaii.
CLB-3, 1/12, 2/3 and 3d Marines with its Combat Assault Company often train together in the Hawaii training areas to include the Pohakuloa Training Area on the island of Hawaii and in various locations across Oahu. However, their participation in ITX allows the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group based in MCAGCC Twentynine Palms to assess the MAGTF's combat readiness and ability to successfully accomplish any mission.
"Simply put, the training environment at ITX cannot be replicated anywhere else in the Marine Corps," Pluas said.


Bring this to impart a trendy style or rich look to your table top lighting. Made up of glass and metal, this table lamp will not only illuminate your table space but will also give home interior a classy look. With a glass sphere and metal pole running through it, this beautiful lamp will look great on any table and save the floor space. A white-colored lampshade will radiate a warm and gentle light through it. This comes with a 36" power cord. Use one 60 watt bulb in the holder to spread the glow.


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Q: Looping and subsets for the kendall Seasonal Trend Test for numerous monitoring stations, EnvStats in R Using the Kendall Seasonal Trend Test from the EnvStats package to assess water quality data, but I am having trouble adjusting the code to:

*

*return trend statistics for individual sites/stations (only thing that has worked so far is subsetting each site/variable combination)

*consolidate the output into a list or other compact form
The test itself is simple:
kendallSeasonalTrendTest(WQconc ~ Season + Year, data = ____)

With numerous variables and monitoring sites combinations to assess for , there must be a better way. It seems like the apply family may be relevant here, but here is what hasn't worked so far:
 data.frame':   761 obs. of  13 variables:
 $ Year        : int  2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 ...
 $ Quarter     : Factor w/ 4 levels "Fall","Spring",..: 4 2 3 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 ...
 $ Date        : Factor w/ 319 levels "1/10/2007","1/10/2013",..: 1 177 285 40 5 183 261 43 6 184 ...
 $ Site_ID     : Factor w/ 24 levels "s01541000","s01541500",..: 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 ...
 $ DO          : num  7.57 6.44 6.44 7.79 8.68 8.5 8.21 9.91 9.55 11.7 ...
 $ Flow        : num  33259 8912 2002 803 27680 ...
 $ Iron        : num  196 108 103 126 136 77 17 214 90 8 ...
 $ Magnesium   : num  205 309 75 92 190 285 71 98 320 263 ...
 $ pH          : num  6.75 7.4 8 7.8 6.1 7.4 7.7 7.8 7.6 6.8 ...
 $ Temperature : num  3.5 5.7 27.7 20.1 5.5 9.7 23.8 17.6 0.1 8.7 ...
 $ TDS         : num  163 15 80 92 178 23 77 93 35 33 ...
 $ TP          : num  1 1 1 8 12 7 16 2 8 63 ...

 kendallSeasonalTrendTest(DO ~ Quarter + Year, data =water1)

But that doesn't work exactly, returns test statistics for the entire dataset rather than by Site ID. Would be idea if the results were in a list form
I tried transitions of the apply family, but I really don't understand them yet either. Appreciate any thoughts!

A: Simply use lapply which returns a list of kendallSeasonalTrendTest() results equal to the length of input vector/list, specifically distinct Site_IDs retrieved using unique(). Two subset types are shown below.
And then run lapply across each variable. Also, use setNames() to name each list element for easy reference (e.g., DO_results$s01541000)
# DO Results
DO_results <- lapply(unique(water1$Site_ID), function(s)
                kendallSeasonalTrendTest(DO ~ Quarter + Year,
                                         data = subset(water1, Site_ID == s)))
# NAMING EACH LIST ELEMENT BY CORRESPONDING SITE_ID
DO_results <- setNames(DO_results, unique(water1$Site_ID))

# Flow Results
Flow_results <- lapply(unique(water1$Site_ID), function(s)
                  kendallSeasonalTrendTest(Flow ~ Quarter + Year,
                                           data = water1[water1$Site_ID == s,]))
# NAMING EACH LIST ELEMENT BY CORRESPONDING SITE_ID
Flow_results <- setNames(Flow_results, unique(water1$Site_ID))
...


First note that the hadith appears in Sahih al-Bukhari and therefore is considered as trustworthy by sunni scholars.
Secondly if you open Sahih al-Bukhari and read the next hadith in the same section https://sunnah.com/bukhari/64/382 you will realize that Jarir and his hundred or hundred fifty companions demolished that "Deity and its house of worship". The prophet choose Jarir actually because he was from the tribe of Khat'aam who was living in that place. The 3rd hadith https://sunnah.com/bukhari/64/383 in the same section also doesn't by any means say that he killed people without any opposition or unfounded, but that he demolished the place of worship of an Idol and called and invited them to Islam before fighting them. And so on ibn Hajar (see in http://library.islamweb.net/newlibrary/display_book.php?idfrom=7852&idto=7857&bk_no=52&ID=2250) quoted that al-Hakim quoted a hadith saying that Jarir جرير بن عبد الله البجلي was ordered to demolish the Idol (Dhul Khalasa) and the house of worship and to invite his tribe to Islam and to give them 3 days before using the sword against them and demolishing the Idol they were worshiping. So he didn't kill anybody unless they refused to refrain from worshiping other than Allah and/or fought him and his companions.
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absent and postal voting processes.
Sharpe Pritchard operate an election hotline available to give urgent advice during polling day and the count.
acting in an election petition where electors were waiting in queues outside polling stations had been unable to vote.
The parliamentary and public law team at Sharpe Pritchard is "Very impressive in terms of their speed of understanding of specific election practices. Their client services are exceptional."
Alastair Lewis is "always extremely knowledgeable, accessible and good on customer care."
Partner Ashley Badcock is described as "fantastic" and Emyr Thomas was also recommended as a leading individual in this area.
Ashley Badcock is identified as a key individual in Chambers UK.
"Excellent - well organised, efficient, customer-focused and knowledgeable."
"They are renowned experts in this area so we rely on them a lot." Chambers and Partners 2016.


The Law of Diffusion of Innovation depends upon the "tipping point" for capturing a market and relies upon the division of the general market place into categories ranging from Innovators to Laggards.... Diffusion of Innovation Theory Diffusion research examines how ideas are spread among groups of people. Diffusion goes beyond the two-step flow theory, centering on the conditions that increase or decrease the likelihood that an innovation, a new idea, product or practice, will be adopted by members of a given culture.
Law of Diffusion of Innovation by Andre Ivanchuk May 13, 2010 Creativity & Innovation , Entrepreneurship 4 comments Innovators 2.5% – These are the ground-breakers, the risk-takers, the creative thinkers and entrepreneurs whom by nature are designed to change the world.
This assumes that D i is a constant, which is only true for dilute solutions. This is usually a good assumption for diffusion in solids; diffusion of chemicals in a dilute solution, water, or other typical liquid solvents; and diffusion of dilute (trace) species in the gas phase, such as carbon dioxide in air.


Introducing our Douglaston Media Dresser, as part of our new and improved collections inspired by the different styles of New York City.
The Douglaston Media Dresser is designed to bring a cozy suburban feel to any home wether you live in a rural town or an urban metropolis. This line borrows it's design cues from the Dutch Shaker style with solid framed drawers, straight lines, and tapered legs. This collection adopts it's name from the popular Queens neighborhood, Douglaston - a city which feels more like a quaint suburban town rather than most of New York City's traditional urban communities.
The Douglaston Media Dresser is all about function and fashion. It includes 6 large inlay drawers on metal tracks fashioned with stainless steel hand pulls for ease of use when opening and closing; while also featuring 2 open spaces for housing your media components and allowing you to maximize space by utilizing this dresser as a flat screen TV stand as well. Flat contemporary lines and tapered Shaker legs help accentuate the sleek and wonderful style of this media dresser. Store your cable boxes and DVD players in the open spaces while using the six large drawers to store all your clothing needs. The Douglaston Media Dresser is hand made with REAL solid Birch Plywood and REAL Birch Wood Veneer edging so no need to worry over placing your expensive flat screen TV on top - this piece is built tough and made to last. This item comes UNFINISHED ready to be stained, or for an additional fee, choose from any one of our Classic or Premium wood finishes.
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Following a merger of the two agencies Varvet and Elabs, the creative agency turned to Lundgren+ Lindqvist for a redesign of their visual identity.
A trong point of reference in the project was Varvet's working process, which unites innovation and technology with traditional craftsmanship. This was further reinforced by the fact that the agency has taken up residence in the Hasselblad House , previously the headquarters of the Hasselblad Company, home to technology and craftsmanship for many generations.
To complement the symbol, a wordmark, based on Wim Crouwel's Gridnik typeface  developed by the Foundry, was designed. The typeface was originally designed by Crouwel for an Olivetti typewriter. While never released at the time of its design, the typeface represents a marriage of craft and technology. Gridnik is also used for headlines and technical information throughout the identity and is complemented by the softer Lettera Txt  (Lineto). Like Gridnik, Lettera was originally designed by another legendary designer, the Swiss modernist Joseph Müller-Brockmann, and was also designed for use in Olivetti's typewriters.
 THE HASSELBLAD HOUSE (OR HASSELBLADSHUSET) WAS COMMISSIONED BY FRITZ WICTOR HASSELBLAD, GRANDFATHER OF VICTOR HASSELBLAD, FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY OF THE SAME NAME AND MANUFACTURER AND PRODUCER OF THE WORLD RENOWNED HASSELBLAD CAMERAS. THE ART NOUVEAU BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT A.C. PETERSON, AND OPENED ITS DOORS IN 1874.
 FOUNDRY GRIDNIK WAS DEVELOPED FROM THE SINGLE WEIGHT MONOSPACED TYPEFACE, ORIGINATED BY DUTCH DESIGNER WIM CROUWEL, FOR TYPEWRITER USE IN THE 1960S, BUT IT WAS NEVER RELEASED. ALTHOUGH BASED ON LOGIC, RATIONALITY AND WITH A STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE GRID, IT ALSO HAS A HUMAN DIMENSION THAT SETS IT APART. TO QUOTE CROUWEL, "I AM A FUNCTIONALIST TROUBLED BY AESTHETICS.
 THE LETTERA FONT IS DESIGNED BY KOBI BENEZRI AND IS BASED ON A SINGLE WEIGHT BASIC SPECIMEN OF A MID 70'S TYPEWRITER FONT DESIGNED BY JOSEPH MÜLLER-BROCKMANN FOR OLIVETTI. IT WAS LATER EXPANDED WITH LETTER TXT, A PROPORTIONAL VERSION OF THE MONOSPACED FONT.


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In case you don't have kids or you've been living without access to any information medium for the past few days, February kicks off the American Heart Association's big fundraising drive.
As part of the effort, The Boy's school is going to participate in the Jump Rope for Heart event, and so The Boy is raising money. He even has a personalized webpage that will record donations in his name. We're trying to raise $100 for the cause before Feb. 12. Our family is small, and our goals are therefore modest.
I'm posting this for friends or family who may be inclined to donate a couple of bucks--or even for friendly lurkers who may have longed to show appreciation for my rapier wit (ahem) and the fact that I don't do ads, or readership drives, or any of that stuff. And no, you can't subtract money from the donations for posts of mine that you feel have been sub-par--a mean email will suffice.
You can go to this webpage and donate securely, and The Boy gets the credit, and maybe even a free t-shirt! It's the little things, folks. But seriously, even if you don't donate online, think about giving to your local participants--I don't know about you, but there are a few folks in my life who wouldn't be here if it weren't for the AHA's research. So good cause, yadda yadda, I'm done preaching.
CAVEAT: Apparently the online donations are for $25 or more, so if you want to give less, go local!
I'm trying to remember what we were sent home to sell from grade school. Magazine subscriptions, mostly. I'd hit up my grandmother in Cincinnati, which was pretty desperate because we lived in NJ. I don't know why nobody told the school to take their subscriptions and shove it, but those were times of niceness and good, instead of today's meanness and evil.
I imagine there's a cutoff age where you don't try it any longer.


Mill Lane Parent & Toddler Group meets every Thursday (term time only) at Mill Lane Community Centre 9:15 to 11:00.
We have been running the group for over 15 years and offer lots of things to keep the children busy.
We have in the gym a climbing frame/slide/trampoline, ride on and push along toys, role playing activities. Also a carpeted cornered off area for little ones that aren't quite up and about with lots of things for them to do.
In the smaller room we offer table and floor activities such as Happy Land, mega block, farmyard, books and puzzles, Lego etc as well as a craft activity for children to enjoy.
We offer refreshments for children and adults as well as a snack for the children (this is included in the price).
If you are interested in joining or would like more details please contact Julie on 07928 801576.


Raquel and I (lead bloggers behind BoriquaChicks.com) are based in Chicago and we love to experience Puerto Rico in Chicago. Lately, we have received many requests from readers on social media who want to know what places they should visit when they come to Chicago.
We've compiled a list of upcoming events, as well as places to check out when you visit Chicago or if you live here and want to experience Puerto Rican culture.
Many of the spots featured are affiliated with Paseo Boricua in the Humboldt Park community, which is a Puerto Rican cultural district on Chicago's Northwest side. Located 4 miles from the downtown area, this historical area is definitely a place that you should visit if you are interested in experiencing Puerto Rico in Chicago. Paseo Boricua is a 6-block portion of Division Street that spans between two huge, arching, steel sculpture-reproductions of the Puerto Rican flag.
Watch this video about the history of the steel flags that encloses Paseo Boricua.
Even if you don't have a formal itinerary planned, you should take a walk along Paseo Boricua and support the small businesses or check out the beautiful murals by talented local artists who creatively use art to splash the buildings with images that celebrate Puerto Rican culture, politics, and history.
Check out our list of events and places below.
AfriCaribe hosts monthly Bombazos, which is a family, community, and musician-friendly Bomba jam session where participants can "experience the African influence in the culture of Puerto Rico through song, drum, and dance." This event often takes place at the AfriCaribe Cultural Center, located at 2547 W. Division St. Visit their Facebook page to learn of upcoming events.
This free event typically includes a toy giveaway and music/parranda. In the past the parade began at Roberto Clemente High School and ended at the Humboldt Park Field House.
This annual celebration of Puerto Rican culture takes place in Humboldt Park and features food, lively music, entertainment, arts & crafts, carnival rides and local vendors. Admission is free, but bring money to shop and participate in the carnival rides.
The Puerto Rican People's Parade takes place along Division Street, beginning at Division and Western avenues.
This annual celebration of Puerto Rican pride takes place "De Bandera a Bandera" on Division Street (between Western and California). The event showcases the best of Puerto Rican artistry, music, dance, and food. Admission is free but bring money to shop with local vendors and at Chicago businesses located along Paseo Boricua.
*Please visit PaseoBoricua.org for current event details and updates.
The NMPRAC is the "only self-standing museum in the nation devoted to showcasing Puerto Rican arts and cultural exhibitions year-round." Guests can enjoy community arts and cultural programming, which includes films in the park, an annual outdoor fine arts & crafts festival, hands-on community arts workshops, and visual art exhibitions. Visit the NMPRAC website to learn about upcoming events and exhibits.
Watch this video about why the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is so special to the Chicago community.
Over the years, when we needed Puerto Rican trinkets such as flags, plates, key chains, etc., we went to Lily's Record Shop. If you are in need of Puerto Rican Music, souvenirs, traditional clothing and gifts, this store is a great option for you, as a wealth of Puerto Rican paraphernalia can be found.
This family-owned restaurant has been in Humboldt Park for more than 35 years. In addition to traditional food, there is a bar and they have live music on some days. You can order specialty items such as coquito during the Christmas season, and they offer a few vegetarian options. I've eaten their "Gandules a la Criolla con Arroz Blanco y Tostones (pigeon peas in tomato sauce served with tender white rice and fried plantains)" and it was very flavorful and delicious. See pic below. They can get busy, so if you are in a hurry, visit on a day when you have plenty of time.
Watch this video of La Bruquena Restaurant on the TV show Check Please.
This family-owned restaurant, which has been opened for over 10 years, offers traditional Puerto Rican dishes and is also well known for its breakfast and brunch options. Raquel has eaten their popular "Avena de Coco (coconut oatmeal)" and truly enjoyed it. They are open seven days a week and have begun to offer espresso cafes and baked goods. They note on their website that they are the only restaurant to offer a Puerto Rican breakfast buffet in Chicago.
These are just a few places and events. What else would you add? Leave a comment below and let us know.
He tenido la oportunidad de ir a la comunidad Boricua de Chicago y siento un orgullo enorme de todo lo que logrado y creado. L@s felicito de todo corazón y quien sabe si pueda ir a la Fiesta Boricua del 2017.


'Hard Knocks' ep. 3 review: Is this where the series turns for the worse?
• Country singer Brad Paisley awkwardly trying to slide into Baker Mayfield's RV.
• Offensive line coach Bob Wylie, who is hailed as an amateur magician, accomplished musician and a licensed pilot … and who has one of the funnier filibusters on stretching you've ever heard.
• Nate Orchard's wife, who makes "football cookies" — a dessert strong enough to earn a $1,000 offer for the recipe from a Browns teammate.
• An office dog named Moose, who could melt even the most downtrodden Browns employee's heart. Dez Bryant, bro-hugging his way through Berea — and then leaving.
• Josh Gordon. We don't actually hear the missing man speak, either, which adds to his mystery quotient, but we also don't get much in the way of answers with him either.
Plenty of fun moments. Some really interesting ones, too. But it felt like a smattering of random storylines cobbled together after two pretty notable episodes to kick off the series. It's not that the third installment was bad. It's just that it was a step backward after so much drama had unfolded up to this point.
Even the opening montage of Jarvis Landry getting in a fight with teammate Terrance Mitchell, set up with cinematic drama and multiple camera angles, didn't deliver quite the payoff we expected. Interesting? Sure. Important? Oh, likely not.
We finally got a little more of the Browns' tortured fan base as a story arc, one that felt like it might be a backbone of the series when it was first announced. But they've largely taken a backseat to the wild transactions that have dominated the early part of training camp.
Paisley is even brought in to pump up the Browns after another chippy practice for a little speech.
He tells them, "I am a Brian Sipe fan," as a way of proving his fandom, and not one player knew who that was. "Win one for Cleveland. Win for me." It was the worst football hype speech you've ever heard. No brick walls were run through following the utterance of his words.
Then Paisley crashes his way into the Mayfield RV and admits he's a creepy enough fan to consider buying it after the season. They chat for a few minutes, and Mayfield apparently is something of a fan. Funny if you like cringeworthy celebrity interactions in tight spaces with unmade matrresses.
This felt like more of your typical "Hard Knocks" episode of recent years, with all the storyboard pieces laid out. There's the young player with zero chance of making the roster — in this case little-known QB Brogan Roback — who goes on some random personal days. Bro and his girlfriend (whom he Paisleyed on Instagram) are at a zoo or something. Later on, she's sensing his chances of making the roster are pretty lean when he can't even get into the fourth quarter of a meaningless preseason game.
Then we got Tyrod Taylor (TUH-rod to you) and the great pronunciation debate of last week. It feels a bit played out by the time we watch this silly drama unfold. The boilerplate angle with him is that he's watching film of the Bills, prepared to face the team he knows pretty well. This is another familiar "Hard Knocks" trope: to find out if preseason revenge with players facing their old squad is really a thing.
Our first throwback to the true esprit de corps we've come to know in the first two episodes is when defensive end Carl Nassib (distant relative of E.F. Hutton, you might recall) does something to irritate offensive coordinator Todd Haley during practice involving a quarterback getting contacted during a play.
"I stopped, bro!" Nassib said, about to go 10 percent compound interest on his tail.
"Don't bro me, please," Haley snaps back.
It's a fair question, bro. After all, this is a week after Haley made fun of Nassib's parents by rhetorically asking how a couple could hold up their infant son and say, "Awwww, baby Carl!" Now that was funny.
Nassib continues with the name thing, and after that he takes out his goofy frustration by pancaking a few cats in practice. Maybe Haley is a secret genius and we just all haven't figured it out yet. Either way, I expect them to be trading haymakers by the next episode.
Speaking of fights, we circle back to the first one they teed up in the opening. Landry and Mitchell just plain do not like each other. Imagine covering the same dude for three weeks. Picture running routes against a guy who knows all your moves, over and over and over again. Well, they do, Landry and Mitchell, and they look quite tired of each other.
On one crossing route, Mitchell kind of half-tackles, half-trips Landry, and the receiver just loses it. Landry throws the ball in Mitchell's face, and our first big camp brawl in Berea ensues. Damarious Randall (who has trouble saying the word "testosterone" on three cracks at it) gets in the thick of it, too. A dozen guys run in and get involved.
But that was about it. Was the fight anything more than this story's MacGuffin? We might never know.
One interesting moment came when personnel director Alonzo Highsmith is heard going where few others have braved to: comparing these Browns to the late 1980s Dallas Cowboys, whose own personal hell was Jimmy Johnson cleaning up a big mess during a 1-15 debut season. All he did was win two Super Bowls in the next four years and help set up a third title with his team and Barry Switzer taking home the ring.
"I see a lot of similarities," Highsmith said.
That's interesting. Maybe two years from now we are talking about the start of a real dynasty here, and boy, wouldn't that be fun. Highsmith's spiel felt a little more authentic and believable than what head coach Hue Jackson pitches Bryant, that he could be joining what he thinks "will be the greatest turnaround in sports history." But for now the Browns as contenders is just a carrot dangled out in front of us, and it feels a bit teasing given how strained this camp has been to date.
Really, the most lovable and memorable characters we met in this episode were Moose and Wylie. They feel like kindred spirits in a way, even though they are different species.
Moose was brought in, one can assume, to lift the spirits of the office work space, maybe in the same way dogs are brought through hospitals. Even if the joy is fleeting, how can you not smile when a doe-eyed chocolate Labrador is traipsing around the facility looking for a few back scratches, maybe a bone or snack, or maybe just some warm feet to lay upon.
I'll go so far as to say that the scene of Moose seeking out equal parts food and love — perfectly set to Cat Stevens' "Peace Train" — is among the more fun non-football scenes the show has delivered in a few years. And yeah, what a great deal this dog has going on.
Then we meet Wylie. He's been something of a legend in underground football circles for years now, and it's too bad that many folks were just getting introduced to him on Tuesday night. This is a man whose stomach raises about six inches each time he mimics a QB's cadence. It's magical.
But Wylie has plenty of other tricks up his sleeve. Sure, we don't see much evidence of this amateur wizardry he supposedly possesses, but Wylie gives us the speech Paisley never could. Wylie — a bear of a man who clearly has seen some things in his day — just starts talking about how BS stretching is out of thin air.
"Stretch. This is my favorite time. I get to sit down for a minute," Wylie said. "World War I, World War II … all those guys who fought in those wars? They did push ups, jumping jacks and pull-ups, none of this fancy (stretching)," says Wylie. "They won two wars."
"You think they were worried when they're running across Normandy about f---ing stretching? Are you kidding me?
A Renaissance man if there ever was one on this team, and that's saying something.
Wylie suddenly feels far more interesting. He's showing his offensive linemen highlight reels of gorillas knucklewalking, as a sign of good form, which seems to resonate just as much. And later we learn that Wylie, a journeyman coach the past four decades, drives a white Maserati. "No Ferris Bueller [stuff]," he tells the valet.
Get this man his own spinoff!
Bryant's inclusion figured to play a big role in the episode, and it's the main plot point for sure. He autographs a Browns helmet at the airport, embraces just about everyone at the team's facility, crashes the team's sanctioned radio show mid-broadcast (suggesting that he will look good in the team's colors, orange and brown) and even seems to bond with Coach Hue when they sit down.
But Dez leaves town without a deal — and we since have learned that an offer might not be coming anytime soon. Is that because Gordon is on his way back? Was there something else that happened off camera?
Gordon is seen at the same airport Dez flew in and out of, and no one even seems to know it's him. No helmet signings or fan interactions. No words spoken, in fact. We apparently will see Gordon extensively in the next episode, which lends credence to my plot-device theory of this episode.
Again, it's mostly texture for a fascinating team. I loved when a feisty Landry first spars with Bills defensive back Jordan Poyer during the second preseason game, gets even by delivering a massive blow on a crackback block to Poyer's teammate (Taron Johnson) and then gives us a great one-liner to help sum up his motivations.
"I like being the most wanted," Landry said. That's terrific.
But other than Orchard missing three sacks and penalty flags flying like April rain, there's little else for us to sink our teeth into there. Perhaps the bar was just unfairly raised in the first two episodes to breathless heights. Maybe the show needed a little comic relief in the form of Wylie and the dog. After all, you can't go on stage and play five ragers back to back; it's OK to slip in a ballad or two as interludes.
If that's all this third episode was, then it's fine. And there was nothing subpar about what we saw play out Tuesday night. For all we know, things might be settling into a semblance of normalcy after a few trips through the looking glass. Gordon's return stands as a major watch point next week.
The Browns didn't suddenly become uninteresting. As long as we don't take a turn for the worse, with "Hard Knocks" going back to all its standard tricks, there's still plenty to look forward to in the final two episodes. We're just more on watch now after a little side trip.


How do drugs from Mexico enter the U.S.?
Most illegal drug trafficking intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection isn't coming over a fence. It happens at the nation's ports of entry.
Much of the illegal drug trafficking intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection isn't coming over a fence. It happens at the nation's ports of entry. Usually drugs are found hidden in cars or trucks entering the United States. During the 2016 fiscal year, CBP agents seized 246,000 kilograms of marijuana, meth, cocaine and heroin at southwest ports of entry compared with 589,000 kilograms outside ports of entry.
The sheer volume of vehicular traffic at the ports can make finding drugs challenging. For example, San Diego, the busiest land crossing in the country, sees more than 40 million cars pass through each year.
When drugs are smuggled outside the ports of entry, they are either transported through underground tunnels, boats traveling off the Pacific coast, or by people trekking through remote areas. Experts say tunnels are used for heavy loads that are repackaged and loaded onto trucks and shipped throughout the U.S.


The MTLC is located in room B-1 Tutwiler Hall. Tutwiler Hall is on the corner of Tenth Avenue and Paul Bryant Drive, diagonal from Bryant-Denny Stadium. If facing the front of Tutwiler Hall from Paul Bryant Drive, the MTLC is located to the far right on the second floor of the two-story annex.


The evening saw three speakers, all Wooden Spoon ambassadors, share their sporting success stories from Rugby Union and also life lessons from the sport and being involved in the charity. These included Tim Stimpson, who played for Leicester Tigers, England and the British & Irish Lions, and who also captained the winning side for the Wooden Spoon Arctic Rugby Challenge 2015, which set the Guinness World Record for the most northerly game of rugby in history and raised over £240,000 for charity.
The other two speakers were current England Women's Rugby stars Harriett Miller-Mills and Justine Lucas, who both also play for Wasps RFC. They shared their story of how they started in different places, but both ended up as Red Roses. Harriet, the Women's Premiership Players' Player of the Year for 2016/17, debuted in the 2013 Six Nations having been playing since the age of 8. She passed 50 caps at the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup where she played a part in all five matches in Ireland. Justine Lucas, who only started playing at Loughborough University and fast-tracked to the England set-up via Lichfield, played every match as England won the 2017 Six Nations and also remained a regular fixture in the Red Roses side that finished second at the Women's Rugby World Cup.
Following the speeches and Question and Answer's, KLFMs Radio Host Simon Rowe held an additional fundraiser of Heads and Tails before the raffle, with the evening finishing off with a dance.
It was a fantastic evening for a very worthwhile cause. Wooden Spoon do so much great stuff for the game of rugby and it the 1st VII Boys and Girls were delighted to give something back, having supported them throughout the Rugby 7s season. My thanks go to the support staff and parents who helped make the evening possible, and of course to the 1st VII Boys and Girls who hosted the evening in support of Wooden Spoon. I must also extend my gratitude to all of the guest speakers who made the night, and the fundraising efforts, possible. We certainly look forward to doing something similar again soon.


Describes the basic relational qualities that characterize all experiential psychotherapy whether done by gestaltists, transactionalists, behavioral modifiers, rational-emotives, family therapists, psychoanalysts, or non-directive therapists.
This book does what has been needed for years. It brings together and explicates the central principles of experiential psychotherapy and it does so in a disciplined fashion.--Larry Tirnauer, Past President, American Academy of Psychotherapists "Georgia Psychologist "


The purpose of the project is to study the effect of liquid flow rate and gas flow rate on the pressure drop in a packed absorption tower and also to repair and restore the packed absorption tower to good working condition.
Trouble shooting revealed that the exit drain value was broken due to carelessness on the part of former user of the equipment. We had to carry out glassblowing operations using borosilicate glass to construct another value. Once this was done pressure build up within the tower was restored for absorption operation to take place.
A plot of log DO/H against log a superficial gas velocity gave 2.0774 2.3037 and 1.4940 respectively for slopes at varied superficial liquid velocity.
We concluded that increase in gas flow rate lead to increase in pressure drop since the graph obtained is linear. There was a drop in slope from lower liquid rate to higher as operation neared flooding condition. This means that industrially more cost is alluded to pumping operation to be successful.
Appendix 111: scale drawing of packing absorption tower.
Gas absorption defined by Perry is a unit operation in which a soluble components of a gas mixture are dissolved in a liquid. The inverse operation is called stripping or description.
In considering the design of equipment to achieve gas absorption, the main requirement is that gas be brought into intimate contact with the liquid and the effectiveness of the equipment will largely be determined by the success with which it promotes contact between the two phases.
In absorption, the feed is a gas and is introduced at the button of the column, and the solvent is fed to the top 1 as a liquid the absorbed gas and solvent leave at the bottom and the unabsorbed components leave as gas from the top.
A common apparatus used gas absorption and certain other operations is the packed tower. The device consists of a cylindrical column or tower equipped with a gas inlet and distributing space at the bottom! A liquid inlet and distributing at the top gas and liquid out lets at the top bottom, respectively! And a supported mass of inter solid shapes, called tower packing. The packing support is typically a screen, corrugated to give it strength with a large open area so that flooding does not occur at the support. The inlet liquid, which may be pure solvent or a dilate solution if solute in the solvent and which is called the weal liquid is distributed over the top of he packing by the distributor and in ideal operation, uniformly wets the surface of the packing. The solute-rich gas enters the distributing space below the packing and flows upward through the interstices in the packing countercurrent to the flow of the liquid. The packing provides a large area of contact between the liquid and gas and encourages intimate contact between the phases. The solute in the rich gas is absorbed by the fresh liquid entering the tower and dilute, or lean gas leaves the top the liquid is enriched in solute as it floes down the tower and concentrated liquid called strong liquor, leaves bottom of the tower through the liquid outlet.
In order to obtain a good rate of transfer per unit volume of the tower, a packing is selected which will promote a high interfacial area between the two phases and a high degree of the rebalance in the fluid usually increased area and turbulence are achieved at the expense of increased capital cost and/or pressure drop and a balance must be made between these factors when arriving at an economic design.
Since the purpose of this project is to study the effect of variations in the liquid and gas flow rates on the pressure drop in a countercurrent packed absorption tower suing water and air, we do know that total pressure drop occurrence in the unit can have significant effect on compressor running costs. There is appreciable loss of energy due to function and this shows itself as a fall in pressure between the gas inlet and outlet. Increase in the gas flow rate will obviously increase the frictional loses.
However, gas and liquid are both competing for the free cross-sectional area available for gas flow will also increase the functional losses. Increase in the gas or liquid flow rate will therefore increase the pressure drop.
The relevance of air/ water testing to the unit process of absorption is seen from two perspectives; one is using fundamental approaches to assess the importance of all relevant forces and whether they are adequately modeled by air/water tests.
Two by carrying out tests with a ranted of different fluids (or systems) with different physical properties if similar results are found or fundamentally sound method that pull together the air/ water results and those for other systems cam be identified, then air/water can be used as acceptable model system. If the air/water result and non-air/water results differ and cannot be pulled together with a fundamentally sound approach, then the value of air/ water studies for the process is less and conclusion drawn should be questioned if applied to actual absorption systems.
The project deal first and fore most with the repairs and restoration of the packed absorption tower to a good working condition and the performance of a laboratory experiment using it.
The experiment want to measure the relationship between the liquid flow rate and gas flow rate with pressure in the packed absorption tower.


Automation modernization remains one of the major issues faced by manufacturers. ARC estimates that $65 billion worth of automation systems are nearing the end of their useful life. These estimates are even larger if one includes those installed systems that don't meet the requirements for cybersecurity protection, or leveraging technologies, such as IIoT, cloud computing, advanced process control, mobile devices, social networks, advanced search engines, and big data analytics to create the information-driven enterprise. Automation end users are primarily concerned with preserving their installed plant assets. Unfortunately, control systems and automation equipment are run much longer than IT and other non-manufacturing related assets. At the same time, manufacturers have an enormous challenge with cost justifications. Can IIoT help with automation modernization justification?
Arguments for automation modernization range in severity from being purely business decisions to critical issues that affect plant and worker safety. An older system can hinder the adoption of available new technologies that provide real economic advantages, such as IIoT, cloud, software-as-a service, virtualization, analytics, IT/OT convergence, mobile devices, advanced process control, etc. When it comes to providing maintenance the older systems can be burdened with a high volume of custom code and custom point–to-point integration that make long term support cost prohibitive. Older systems can have opportunity cost implications for the manufacturing plant as well. This is the cost of a business opportunity that was missed because the system was not advanced, flexible, or functional enough to take advantage of a swiftly emerging or fleeting opportunity. Having old or outdated systems installed can result in direct losses if the manufacturer lacks the visibility into plant operations that enables abnormal situation prevention and avoidance of supply chain disruptions. However, the case for automation modernization is most urgent when the old system reaches the point where an impending plant shutdown or incident is a real possibility, causing unplanned downtime. This is a case where IIoT connectivity to the old system may have been able to provide the data that would have predicting the impending plant shutdown and allowed pro-active actions to be taken to either avoid the shutdown or prepare for it. Just avoiding a plant shutdown alone is a primary justification for IIoT.
Automation modernization projects are most likely to get approved if they can demonstrate direct support for any of the following four business drivers: plant efficiency, maintenance cost reduction, modifications and expansion, and safety and security. Decision makers care about these business objectives because of their significant impact on the plant's profitability. Automation modernization most often involves running operations where downtime translates directly into losses. Good modernization strategies leverage tools, such as IIoT, and rely on solid project management to reduce downtime and minimize risk.
When a manufacturer decides to take a proactive stance regarding its aging control system, the project can quickly become overwhelming. When the installed base is audited it is easy to discover varying degrees of maturity as well as multiple generations of products and operating systems, all running on a single process. Systems evolve over time with modifications, upgrades, expansions, etc. that may not be well documented by the users. Standards and regulations also evolve over time and the multi-generation installed base may not be uniformly synchronized to meet today's and tomorrows' regulatory requirements. Being able to provide methods to connect this multi-generational installed base to the IIoT, often with edge or gateway devices, helps the manufacturer best leverage the value of the data produced by the asset to the entire plant until such time as the asset is scheduled to be modernized or replaced.
The evaluation process needs to start with the desired end state in mind. Nobody is better qualified to discuss the future role of the manufacturing plant that is evaluating automation modernization than the plant management and operators. Thanks to edge and gateway devices that can connect legacy assets to the IIoT, not all parts of a legacy control system need to be replaced, which provides flexibility in solutions that allow the manufacturer to preserve the assets worth keeping. Over time, manufacturers have embedded intellectual knowledge into these systems through control configurations, integration with information management, historical data collection, and other applications to ensure that their automation systems performed the fundamental control job that it was purchased to do, and IIoT connectivity enables this embedded intellectual knowledge to be disseminated and leveraged throughout the enterprise.
In conclusion, manufacturers should view automation modernization in the same context as the selection process for a new system. The ideal system should enable focus on business objectives, continuous improvement, and operational excellence. Manufacturers today seek systems that have evolved to provide a single environment, spanning all realms of control disciplines from process to discrete automation and motion control, while also interacting with operations management applications. Information must be provided in the right context, to the right person, at the right time, from any point in the system, and this can only occur by automation modernization. However, automation modernization is not complete without the implementation of IIoT, which can help to, for example, pro-actively minimize or eliminate unscheduled downtime by monitoring asset health and indicate when service will be needed, when spare parts need to be ordered, or when the asset itself will need to be replaced. IIoT provides manufacturers with greater asset flexibility, enable easier upgrades, and speed up integration between third-party products. IIoT can also make it easier for manufacturers to gather data to better understand and monetize lifecycle upgrades of their automation assets and how they impact ROA over time, which will greatly help with the justification of automation modernization in the future.
Craig is the primary analyst for many of ARC's automation supplier and financial services clients. Craig's focus areas include production management, OEE, HMI software, automation platforms, and embedded systems.
Craig has 35 years' experience in sales, marketing, product development, and project management in the industrial market, gained with major suppliers of PLCs, process control systems, power transmission equipment, and field devices. Craig has been with ARC for since 1999.


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Attack and Rescue
Home to the United States Air Force's Close Air support combat-proven A-10s and elite USAF Pararescue last Friday, in conjunction with the University of Arizona Youth Impact Program. Davis Monthan the United States Air Force Base located in Tucson, Arizona has partnered with the University of Arizona Youth Impact Program in common purpose for Tucson Community Youth leadership development in character, academics, and athletics as they too develop their men and women as leaders and contribute to the betterment of the Tucson Community.
Airmen from Davis Monthan Air FORCE Base gave access, exposure, educated and demonstrated through actions–selfless service in Air Traffic Control Capabilities which the USAF trains here for forward operating Air Force bases around the world and concurrently train exquisite dogs in the security of forwarding operating bases around the world.
The life-embedded experience for the youth showed a professional environment of Team Work, use of education, respect of authority, and missions bigger than themselves for the betterment of the squad, wing, force, and nation. It is applied with validation and execution of their ethos.
*I will always give Maximum Effort
*I will keep a positive attitude
*I will be mindful of my treatment of others
*I will support and encourage my team
*I will strive for excellence in all that I do.
We are attacking and rescuing with Davis Monthan the United States Air Force Base and Arizona Youth Impact Program!!!


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It's Only the Start
by eagleera May 1, 2021 May 1, 2021
A look at how Simran Sakhawalkar has grown as a dancer and what struggles she faced
For over ten years, sophomore Simran Sakhawalkar has experienced the extracurricular of dance. Learning a variety of different dance styles, enduring struggles during competitions, creating mini choreographies, making new friends along the way, she has undergone a lot as a dancer and it is just the beginning.
"There's a lot of pressure [when performing] because you are put in that dance and given an expectation that you need to follow through with, but I try my best to not think of it as a competition and just enjoy myself because I'm doing what I love to do."
Sakhwalkar is a talented and creative person and dance is one of her passions that she plans to carry on with her for a long time. Both her family friends and dance friends see her love for dance and narrate her as a very talented and exceptional dancer. A sophomore at American, one of Simran's best friends since childhood, and who has also been dancing with Simran for many years, Vidhi Chellani, commented on how she viewed Simran as a dancer.
"Simran is really focused on dancing. When she dances she doesn't think about anything else, and she wants to do it right. When she has a question even for the smallest things, she asks a bunch of questions. [Also] she is really graceful," states Chellani.
Sakhawalkar explains how she started doing dance and the different styles she has tried throughout her dance life.
"I started dancing when I was five and originally it was just because my mom put me in it, because I wasn't really able to make decisions on my own, since I was five. I did [Bharatanatyam dance] for four or five years and then in fourth grade, we moved over to California. Then because my other family friends were doing Bollywood dance, I stopped doing bharatanatyam and switched to Bollywood. My teachers taught me hip hop, and contemporary as well, they try to be more inclusive in the stuff that they teach, so we have done heels as well" she explains.
While trying out all these different dances and having to learn the uniqueness of each one, she has particularly gotten close to a certain style.
"Obviously when you are trying new things, it's hard at first so trying to get down the style of each dance was hard, but I think I enjoyed doing contemporary the most. It is very different from Bollywood dance, which we are used to doing a lot so it was kind of refreshing to do something new," she expresses.
Chellani touches on how she views Simran experimenting with these different dance styles. "It just shows how versatile of a dancer she is. Since she has a base of bharatnatyam, it goes into all other styles and it makes her really good at the other ones too," Chellani explains.
While dancing is one of her passions that she truly enjoys doing, it comes with multiple struggles that Simran not only dealt with, but overcame.
She elaborates on one of her main struggles during dance competitions, stating "My teacher likes to do things very last minute so whenever we are learning something, we tend to go super close to our competition day and we are often learning steps or cleaning up steps really close to that competition day. That stress from having to memorize that very last minute and then go on the stage and perform it the day after is something that is [a struggle]."
Chellani, as a teammate, talks about her aspect of Simran dealing with this struggle explaining "We used to get really frustrated. Simran is someone who, even if she gets frustrated, she knows how to deal with it well. Even if we all said we were frustrated, she would deal with it smoothly even though she didn't like it, she would just roll her eyes and deal with it, not letting it show on her face and in her dance."
Similar to Chellani, Zope states "[Simran] tends to keep it to herself. From what I have observed, she is not someone who says her problems out loud. I think the way she dealt was more personal and I imagine she would have confronted her emotions herself."
Pathare adds on to how she has seen Simran handle the struggle during classes and practices.
"Definitely you don't really see it. Obviously, everyone is struggling with getting all the steps really quick, but it's not something that I have seen that affects her a lot," she explains.
In addition, many can find competition dance to be quite nerve wracking and tense. However, Simran manages to cope with it explaining "I [don't] think of it as a dance competition, I kind of just perform for myself and enjoy it. Obviously at the back of your mind, you know that it's a competition but I try not to think of it that way."
There was an additional struggle Simran dealt with internally. "I moved to California after fourth grade so in my previous state, Iowa, we used to do Indian classical dance and then when we moved here, we did more of Bollywood so the transition between that was kind of tough. Trying to switch between those styles because the styles are just very different …. [also] getting to know a bunch of new people in that environment was a bit challenging" she states.
However she has been doing dance for a long time now, and has grown a lot with her dance skills as well as expressions. One of Simran's close dance friends for over two years, college student Sonal Suralikal, commented on how she has improved as a dancer.
"I met Simran when she was in sixth grade maybe, pretty early on in her middle school high school years. From what I can remember, when she was in competition, if she danced like that today, I would definitely not recognize her. Before you could tell that sometimes she needed a little help here or there but there is a lot of growth in her. Even in the course of the last year, with COVID-19, I would say her moves have gotten very clear from the past. I felt like back then, her strong point was classical of course, since she knew classical a lot, but over the years, she has gotten to the point where she is literally a triple threat," Suralikal states.
Chellani adds on "Simran started at such a young age in Iowa. In one year [end of middle school] she kind of just focused more and worked harder and basically became really really good. She was always good but that's kind of when she started having confidence in herself and that's when she got a real boost."
A close friend of Sakhawalkar's mom, Meghana Yawalkar, who has also been a helper mom with props during Simran's dances, touches on how she has improved in her dance, especially with expressions. "When she was young, she did a couple of stage shows, she was just trying to learn so that time the expression wasn't there. But the older she became, she started to sing with the dances as well as she has been showing a lot of expressions which are appropriate for that dance. Her movements have become very fluent so most of the time, she is at the center part because she is a very fabulous dancer. From childhood, she has grown into the various stages of dance."
One of her plans in the future is to choreograph more. She has already had slight experience choreographing dances for friends and family and enjoys the aspect of being able to try something new.
"I am better at learning choreography but it's nice to be able to come up with choreography and teach it to someone. I feel that patience is a really big thing [when choreographing]. Just knowing that people need time to learn it is a really big thing because you know what the dance is, but conveying it and teaching it to someone else, you have to have patience to know that they will get it eventually and they will not know it right off the bat" Sakhawalkar discusses.
Sakhawalkar is a very creative person and an extremely talented dancer and this is only the start of the dance life she continues to carry on with her. "I think [dance] really teaches me good lessons. There's a bunch of aspects of dance that are really good life lessons. If you take the competition, for example, obviously you aren't going to win all the time so being able to suck it up and accept that is a really good life lesson for later on when you don't get a job or something like that."
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Congressional History Caucus
NCH Testifies at Hearing on Issues Facing a New Archivist of the U.S.
On May 21, 2009, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and the National Archives held a hearing to consider the policy issues facing a new Archivist of the United States. Among those testifying was Lee White, the Executive Director of the National Coalition for History (NCH).
Also testifying at the hearing were Ms. Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel of the National Security Archive and Ms. Patrice McDermott, Director of OpenTheGovernment.org. Dr. Thomas Battle, representing the Society of American Archivists, was unable to attend the hearing, however his testimony was submitted for the record (click on the individual's name to see their written testimony).
A summary of the of the key issues facing the new Archivist of the United States from the perspective of the National Coalition for History is listed below. (To see a copy of Mr. White's full written testimony, click here).
1.	Resources—Any consideration of the issues facing the National Archives must begin with a discussion of resources, both financial and human. For too long, the Congress and various Administrations have given NARA additional responsibilities without a commensurate increase in funding.
The top priority for the new Archivist should be to address the growing processing backlog. Congress should give NARA the financial resources necessary to not only process the existing backlogs of historical materials, but also to keep up with the exponential increase of new records.
With regard to human resources, NARA is facing the retirement of a large percentage of its workforce. The agency must employ and train a new generation of archival professionals.
2.	A report was recently issued measuring federal employee's job satisfaction. Disappointingly, the National Archives finished 29th out of 30 large federal agencies. The first challenge the new Archivist will face is improving NARA's organizational culture and restoring morale at the agency.
3.	Ensure the creation and preservation of federal and presidential records—The Archivist of the United States will need both the full backing of the President, as well as vigilant congressional oversight, to ensure that all branches of the government adhere to the legal requirements of the Federal Records Act and the Presidential Records Act.
4.	Reform the Presidential Library System—Last fall, Congress directed NARA to prepare a report, due this summer, that suggests alternative models for the presidential library system. The presidential library system is broken. Reforming the operations, maintenance, and funding of the libraries should be a priority for the new Archivist.
5.	Complete deployment of a new system for preserving electronic records—The long-delayed Electronic Records Archives (ERA) is an essential tool for the NARA of today and tomorrow. Mandatory use of the ERA by all federal agencies is currently scheduled to begin in January 2011. The new Archivist must ensure that the ERA meets that deadline.
6.	Pursue efficient declassification and open access to public information—Over-classification of government information not only denies or delays public access to records, but also squanders resources by adding to the backlog of records that need to go through the convoluted declassification process.
The Archivist should play a key role within the administration in the development of the forthcoming government-wide Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) policy.
The new Archivist should also advocate within the administration for the establishment of a National Declassification Center at NARA which we were disappointed to see was not included in the President's fiscal year 2010 budget request.
7.	Improve citizens' access to government records—NARA must expand on-line access to finding aids and digitized portions of its collections, as well as maintain extended research hours so that stakeholders can access materials that are only available at NARA facilities.
8.	Expand NARA's educational and outreach activities—The records and artifacts entrusted to NARA's stewardship are truly national treasures. To improve historical and civic literacy, NARA should continue to expand its excellent educational and public programs.
9.	National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)—The National Coalition for History strongly supports the grants program of the NHPRC. We urge the Administration and the new Archivist to work towards the passage of the legislation (H.R. 1556) to reauthorize the NHPRC at an annual level of $20 million for fiscal years 2010 – 2014.
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Sachin Tendulkar's daughter Sara Tendulkar has reviewed on Sachin A Billion Dreams Movie. While talking to media in this regard she said she said she never understood the magnitude of the personality that is Sachin Tendulkar. She said for her he was just father who is always so simple. She said after watching the movie it made her understand what everyone thinks of him and how they respect him. She said her favourite part of the movie is when people speak about her parents meeting and their whole romance is so cute and their wedding scene was just really nice.