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The Authors' Zone
2014 TAZ Winners
Book Club, Postponed due to the Pandemic
Join us -To Connect as We Learn and Celebrate
Submit Your Book for the 8th Annual TAZ Awards 2022-Deadline November 20, 2022
TAZ 2021 Awardees
The Authors' Zone Book Festival, 2021 -2022
Winners for TAZ 2018 Author Awards
Published – Children's Books
1st place– Klinger, Betsy Beard
Klinger, A Story of Honor and Hope is the endearing story of a young horse dreaming of fame as a racehorse. Klinger was written by the mother of a fallen hero for Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), a national nonprofit Veterans Service Organization that brings help, hope, and healing to those whose loved one has died in military service.
2nd Place– The Gift of Holiday Valley~ JoAnn Forrester
A lovely fable about Happy Valley where the people are kind and respectful. Then one day, they are challenged to share the things that make them special with the OUTSIDE! "The Gift of Holiday Valley" is a wonderful holiday story that inspires and amuses both adults and children — and the perfect stocking stuffer.
3rd Place-Fun Days in Pittsburgh~ Pat McGrath Avery, Joyce Faulkner
Whether you are a visitor or a resident, Pittsburgh celebrates families. "Fun Days in Pittsburgh" is a picture book of Pat McGrath Avery's glorious photos of Pittsburgh aimed at children and the adults that love them.
Published -Historical Fiction
1st place-Windshift~ Joyce Faulkner
Shirley Maxwell is a troubled young woman facing a complicated personal life, a culture that restricts female options, and a world at war. Yet, together with friends — Emmie, Delores, and Mags — she joins Jackie Cochran's Women's Air Service Pilots program (WASP) and participates in the adventure, challenges, and tragedies of the 1940s with determination and courage. Shirley and her friends know what they are tackling will be hard, but they do it anyway and relish the effort. In the process, they change what is possible in the minds of young girls everywhere. Lively and moving, Windshift inspires and educates. Appropriate for history buffs interested in the World War II era, students of social change, those who love tales of derring do — and those who just love airplanes
2nd place-Consecrated Dust~ Mary Frailey Calland
Inspired by these two real-life tragedies, Consecrated Dust tells the story of four young northerners – feminist, Clara Ambrose; soldier, Garrett Cameron; industrialist, Edgar Gliddon; and immigrant, Annie Burke – friends, lovers, and bitter rivals. In the teeming streets and factories of Pittsburgh, and on the battlefields of the Army of the Potomac, they struggle to survive, forced to choose between love and duty, sacrifice and greed. Their choices ultimately lead to their presence at both the Arsenal and the Antietam battlefield on that fateful September day, a day that reveals the true meaning of courage – a day not all of them will survive.
3rd place-The Kansas NCO ~ Joe Campolo Jr
The Kansas NCO is a novel about an Air Force senior NCO (non-commissioned officer) who runs what is possibly the largest black market operation of the Vietnam War, in the later stages of the American involvement there. Several of his underlings become entangled in a a drug operation and end up outside the wire for several weeks, fighting for their very lives.
They find themselves victimized by treachery in their own ranks, as well as being hunted by the Viet Cong, with nowhere to turn. As the story unfolds our men find some unlikely allies….along with some surprising enemies as their journey to their final destination takes them back where they started.
Although this book is fiction much of it is based on fact and personal experience.
Historical Non Fiction
1st Place-Firehammer ~Ric Hunter
FIREHAMMER is a novel based on a true story about the final battle of the Vietnam War. Written by Ric Hunter, a fighter pilot who participated in this event, this book educates, entertains and excites the reader. It also honors those who served including the author's high school friend, Tim Davies, USMC — who died earlier in the war.
2nd place= In the Shadow of a Badge~ Lillie Leonardi
An outstanding and inspirational story that will provide its readers with hope and renew their faith in God and mankind. During her work at the crash site of Flight 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, surrounding the fateful events of September 11, 2001, Leonardi is forced to confront her connection to the divine something she has struggled with since her youth. Her gripping personal account of the 12 days she spent acting as an FBI liaison between the law enforcement and social service agencies carries you into a world that combines the factual and logistical with the angelic and mystical..
3rd place-Beyond All Price ~Carolyn Poling Schriber
This is a historical novel. Nellie Chase was a fascinating and complex young woman, but she played only a small part in the machine that was the Union Army. History books have recorded only a few lines about her experiences as a Civil War nurse. She left no personal letters and no formal records, but those whose lives she touched remembered her as an angel of mercy. Her story, told here by a trained historian, is factual whenever events can be documented. Fictional descriptions, conversations, and transitions strive to reflect the true nature of the time in which she lived and struggled.
Finalist- Don't ever take away My Freedom ~Thomas Patrick Locke
A compelling and refreshing look at our founding documents and what we stand to lose if we fail to remember our heritage.
Self help/Medicine
1st Place-Outsmarting Autism, Patricia S Lemer
Whether you are new to the world of autism, are familiar with treatment options, or are a veteran who has been there, done that, this book is for you! Discoveries about possible etiologies and promising therapies are emerging so quickly that you are sure to learn something new. Outsmarting Autism guides you step-by-step with practical information from a variety of fields that families, specialists, and educators can put to use immediately.
2nd Place-Vitamin C~ Sharise M. Hemby
Evidence shows that Vitamin C provides numerous health benefits and it is an essential nutrient for the human body. In the way Vitamin C provides nutrients for the body, so shall this book provide essential nutrients for the soul. Vitamin C for the Soul is about embracing our unique journeys in the healing process, understanding the lessons in the trying times and appreciating the good times you to tap into your inner strengths and equip you with new tools to embrace life's complexities.
3rd Place-The Grief Revolution- Debbie Pakler, Ph.d
Since the dawn of modern psychology, even the greatest pioneers in the industry have been proven wrong when it comes to treating grief and bereavement..
The Grief Revolution rights the wrongs committed by the single-sighted theories that came before it and presents a fully integrated, comprehensive approach to overcoming grief that incorporates both psychological and metaphysical methods.
Finalist-T/E Ratios and Steroids Frank Georgiana Jr.
T/E Ratios and Steroids: The Gray Areas of Athletics is the first book ever written that speaks publicly about why and how athletes on three levels—collegiate, professional and international—are permitted to use anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. The author is not apprehensive about telling the truth. He interviewed the National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and the International Olympic Committee to discover the facts.
Published –Inspirational/Poetry
1st place Special TAZ award for poetry-Whose A&& is That? Marylu Zuk
While getting ready to cover an outdoor P.R. event a few years ago, Marylu used the old two-mirror trick to see how she looked from the back. 'Oh my God! Whose @ss is that?!' she screamed. Believing that she couldn't possibly be the only woman surprised by a view from that angle, the light bulb went off and her first book, Whose A&& Is That? was conceived.
Filled with Traycee Bosle's adorably whimsical illustrations, it makes the perfect gift for your best friend, favorite aunt, and any gal pal with a sense of humor.
If I were a man would I still obsess about the size of my can every time I undress? ~ mlz
Self-help/spirituality
1st place for Self-help/spirituality–Good morning Have a Nice Day~ Elder Twila Wynn
Good Morning! Have a Nice Day…. is a book that will warm your heart like a hot cup of coffee or tea will warm you soul.. Good Morning! Have a Nice Day…. was written to empower, embolden, and to edify you through daily inspirations and motivational thoughts and actions for living your life full of freedom.
2nd place for Self help/Spirituality -Exquisite Zodiac~ Rick DiClemente
With the premise that the atoms inside our bodies are the same ones that comprise the universe, The Exquisite Zodiac reveals how every facet of the zodiac works in sync, and how we can apply the entirety of its intelligence and wisdom in a practical way..
3rd Place for self help/spirituality-Two Voices: Ego and Spirit~ Nickolas Martin Ed.D & Linda M Martin Mh.D
The two voices of Ego and Spirit speak profoundly within our lives. Two Voices: Ego and Spirit takes you on a journey in which you can hear more clearly what these two voices are saying, begin to speak with more of your voice within your life, and recognize the One Voice that connects you to all beings as One and in Unity
Finalist for self help/spirituality-Girl, Pray for Me` Penda L James, M.ed
Everyone has dreams, not everyone has intentional tenacity. Girl, Pray for Me will help you shatter excuses, overcome procrastination and confront fears. You already know how to accomplish goals; the guided journal exercises help you define what you need in an accountability partner and think intentionally about your action steps
Published –Biography~ Memoir
1st place best in biography– Honus Wagner: A Biography ~ Dennis DeValeria
The widely read sportswriter Hugh Fullteron referred to Wagner as "the nearest approach to a baseball machine ever constructed." Honus Wagner is generally acknowledged as the finest shortstop in baseball history
And yet, amazingly, a full-length biography of Honus Wagner has never appeared. Here, Dennis and Jeanne DeValeria tell the sports hero's whole story
Neither the "rowdy-ball" ruffian nor the teetotal saint constructed of legend, Wagner is presented here in a complete portrait-one that offers a vivid impression of the era when baseball was American's game and the nation was evolving into the world's industrial leader.
2nd place best in memoir=Breaking through-Discovering the riches within ~Allan McDougall
Breaking Through takes you into the life of an alcoholic with unforgiving detail. It leads you down the tortured path that brought Allan McDougall to the brink of suicide by alcohol and back from that hell into the light of a productive life again. Framed by the bawdy, brutal culture of hard rock miners in Northern Ontario, Canada, this is the memoir of a hard life, yet one that, more than 20 years after Allan's critical moment on the brink, continues to be fully redeemed. "My intention", says Allan "is never to see through people but to see people through.. Breaking Through, Discovering the Riches Within is such a story.
3rd place in memoir-Stabbed in the Heart~ Lynn Shiner
"I'm a doctor who treats the invisible injury – the deep and lasting pain of sudden, pointless, terrible loss. This book helps me. It can help you. Two remarkable women have woven their singular life stories together, describing the murders of their children, their own sense of shock, betrayal and despair, and then the ways they found sustenance and support, hope and love, and, ultimately, the energy and will to reform institutions and to assist others. We owe Lynn and Nancy more than recognition and gratitude. We owe them the brief time it takes to read their accounts, to absorb their skills in coping with cruelty, and to carry on their mission of embracing and encouraging those who suffer the most severe of human wounds."
Frank M. Ochberg, MD, a pioneer in the study of trauma, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Michigan State University
Finalist in memoir-Cat got your Treadmill ~Jay Speyerer
A humorous collection of communication columns covering a range of subjects from irony in writing and the way music works in movies all the way to high school typing classes and why local newsreaders mangle the Mother Tongue. Oh yes, and the animals, smart and less so.
Published – Auto Biography
1st place-Riding the Airwaves~ Eleanor Schano
Long before the Katie Courics and Diane Sawyers of the world . . . when television was new and stereotypes about gender roles were old . . . one woman dared to take on the media's male hierarchy and carve out the career of her dreams. Riding the Air Waves: The Life and Televised Times of Eleanor Schano is a chronicle of one reporter s fifty-year odyssey through the world of broadcasting and her groundbreaking accomplishments earned even as she suffered agonizing personal tragedies. Literally growing up in the public eye, Schano challenged traditional female roles in an era when women were expected to sit down and be pretty, not stand up and speak out and she carved the template for reporters who bring both professionalism and compassion to the hard news they report. Part history book, part personal memoir with a generous helping of celebrity encounters, hilarious anecdotes, and everyday wisdoms learned as a single mother working outside the home Schano s story is filled with courage, humor, and inspiration, and will speak to all readers about the power in each of us to make a difference.
2nd place-Girls Don't ride Motorcycles~ Dorit Brauer
'Girls Don't Ride Motorbikes – A Spiritual Adventure Into Life's Labyrinth' chronicles a modern day pilgrimage in which Dorit Brauer embarks onto a 7,430 mile solo motorcycle adventure across the US to walk labyrinths. On her journey, Dorit recounts poetic life stories spanning her youth on a dairy farm in Germany, a 10-week solo backpacking trip in Brazil, the turmoil of living in Tel Aviv, to her most recent chronicles in the United States. As Dorit travels cross-country from labyrinth to labyrinth, these stories are woven together intricately to provide insights allowing the reader to reflect on their own spiritual journey. The title of the book, 'Girls Don't Ride Motorbikes,' comes from a mantra of Dorit's youth, embedded into her mind by her father. Born from very traditional parents with their own expectations, Dorit had the courage to make her own path. She pursued everything she wasn't supposed to do and found adventure and true fulfillment in life. She is living her best life and through her example inspires everyone else to listen to their inner yearnings and follow the voice of their hearts.
3rd place-Confessions of a Do Gooder Gone Bad~Anne Howley
Confessions of A Do-Gooder Gone Bad is a wry, humorous coming of age memoir about a well-intentioned "problem child" raised by conservative, evangelical Christian parents in Southern California during the Sixties and Seventies. As she naively stumbles through her youth and young adulthood, one misadventure after another, she also struggles to reconcile her ultra-Christian upbringing with women's liberation, prejudice, protest and poverty during this turbulent era, eventually gaining a different perspective of faith in a world more complicated, terrifying, funny and wonderful than she expected.
Finalist-Worth the Climb Audrey ~Jane Snyder, MS
Worth the Climb tells Audrey's remarkable story of struggle and success in white-dominated corporate America. Leaving home at a young age, Audrey moved from secretary to prominent business success in the face of racism and discrimination. Throughout her 40-year struggle, Audrey pushed away anger, bitterness, and despair, clinging instead to excellence, perseverance, and the need to open doors for Black Americans who would follow her. Worth the Climb is a must read for anyone looking to move forward in spite of pitfalls and disappointments.
Published – Business/Reference
1st place -29% Solution~ Michelle Donovan
FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER
In many ways, success at networking is the uncommon application of common knowledge. Most people understand that networking is important to their success–they just lack a step-by-step process to get the results they want. Almost no one really implements a comprehensive methodology that will build a business through networking. Thus, the need to network is 'common knowledge,' and the development of the methodology required to be successful at it is the 'uncommon application.'
By reading this book, you will experience the true essence and meaning of networking. The 29% Solution gives you the answers to two conflicting questions that a business owner or salesperson faces every day: How can I tend to my existing clients while at the same time network for new business? and, Should I place higher value on my current clients or on new clients?
2nd place-Slick Move Guide~ Jodi Velazquez
The Slick Move Guide Latest Edition is an updated version of the original Slick Move Guide. This consumer written, easy to read, informative and very detailed moving guide that can save a mover hundreds of dollars is now loaded with even more helpful information. This guide is used by companies, home builders, real estate agents, schools, and sports teams and leagues in America.
3rd place-Don't be impatient, Read a short Story~ Raymond Grant
The title says it all, this is Flash fiction. A book of short stories written to entertain and challenge the reader.
Published – General fiction
1st place-Last Perfect Summer~ Ed Prence
Harry Kirkland was a star shortstop in a small Western Pennsylvania steel town where baseball was everything. Everyone in his home town eagerly followed this Little League hero's career. Their adulation and loyalty convinced him that his life would continue on a golden road of success and good fortune. But Harry never fulfilled his dreams. Stricken with a bout of viral encephalitis and sent to live in a mental institution, he slowly faded away–brain-damaged, toothless, and void of hope. Until the day that Ted Tresh, Harry's childhood friend, arrived at the hospital for a long-overdue visit. Armed with recollections of a simpler life, championship games, and lazy summer days, Ted takes Harry back to revisit their past, and reconnect with the boys they once were. "The Last Perfect Summer" is a nostalgic trip back to the 1960s–back to the days when a soda cost a dime and Mickey Mantle was every schoolboy's idol. Back to a time when the innocence of youth allowed for any dream to come true.
2nd place-The Heart of a Man ~Michelle D Jackson
An inspirational story of redemption, love and acceptance. Conrad Bydon, a wealthy Atlanta businessman struggles to make peace with the death of his mother and friend while enduring challenges in his marriage and career. Through an unpredictable journey to self-discovery, Conrad becomes a testament to God's power to change the heart and mind of those who love him.
3rd place-Growing Pains ~Paris Love
Growing Pains is a story about best friends searching for true love. Kiki is a naïve young lady who falls madly in love, but all is not as it seems. Myra has planned her entire life right down to the wedding ceremony, yet she struggles with finding Mr. Right. Darren wants to have his cake and eat it too, until it blows up in his face. Through good times and bad, they try to stay afloat and ahead of the game. Growing Pains captures the innocence of the heart, the mind, body and soul of friends who grow up searching for what we all desire . . . respect, loyalty and most of all, love and companionship.
1st place-Swing~ Philip Beard
-John Kostka is three feet tall but larger than life, moving through the world on gloved hands and powerful arms as if on a set of parallel bars. Henry Graham is a ten year-old boy whose father has just left home for good. When the two meet at a downtown bus stop, all they seem to have in common is their love of the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates. But that is enough to begin a life-long friendship that, eventually, enables both men to confront old enemies and heal old wounds.
Philip Beard's third and most accomplished novel swings between two narratives the way John Kostka swings through life. The result is a multifaceted meditation on childhood heroes, the beauty of baseball and the power of love to heal a family in crisis.
2nd place-Resolve~ J.J. Hensley
In the Pittsburgh Marathon, 18,000 people from all over the world will participate. Over 9,500 will run the half marathon, 4,000 will run in relays while others plan to run brief stretches. 4,500 people will attempt to cover the full 26.2 miles. Over 200 of the participants will quit, realizing it just wasn't their day. More than 100 will get injured and require medical treatment and one man is going to be murdered.
When Dr. Cyprus Keller lines up to start the race, he knows who is going to die for one simple reason. He's going to kill them.
As a professor of Criminology at Three Rivers University, and a former police officer, Dr. Cyprus Keller is an expert in criminal behavior and victimology. However, when one of his female students is murdered and his graduate assistant attempts to kill him, Keller finds himself frantically swinging back and forth between being a suspect and a victim. When the police assign a motive to the crimes that Keller knows cannot be true, he begins to ask questions that somebody out there does not want answered.
In the course of 26.2 miles, Keller recounts how he found himself encircled by a series of killings that have shocked the city, while literally pursuing his prey – the man who was behind it all.
3rd Place-Grave Secrets~ Linda Swink
Grave Secrets is a Mystery set in Willoughby, Ohio in the 19th Century.. Grave Secrets is full of unexpected turns, startling revelations, and suspense. In Hank Blankenship, she has given us a character we can like, both for his courage and humanness. An enjoyable read with a fresh
approach to time and place." ~ Mark Holbrook, Civil War Historian, and Author of The Buckeye Vanguard: History of the Forty-ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865. "The writing of a convincing mystery is a challenge for any author, but then to build that mystery in an authentic historical setting is a challenge indeed. Linda Swink succeeds on all counts with Grave Secrets.
Finalist-A Scratch with the Rebels~ Carolyn Schriber
On a muddy South Carolina battlefield, a sergeant sat propped up against a hedge and tried to focus on the spot where he thought his leg should be. There was nothing – only the tattered remains of his trousers and a pool of blood that grew ever larger. The whistle of artillery shells had stopped, and the sudden quiet was as jarring as the previous battle noises had been. Shock had deadened the pain, so
They were just two soldiers, alike in many ways but different in the one trait that mattered on that battlefield. One was North; the other, South. Sgt. James McCaskey belonged to the 100th Pennsylvania Regiment, known to their comrades as "The Roundheads." They came from the farms of western Pennsylvania, determined to defend for all men the Calvinist principles they most valued – self-reliance, industriousness, and liberty. Gus Smythe served in the Washington Light Infantry, part of the 24th South Carolina Volunteers. He was a college student from a well-to-do Charleston family and an ardent supporter of the Confederate right to secede from a political union that did not serve the needs of its people. This is the story of how they came to their opposing positions, and how the Battle of Secessionville altered not only their own lives, but the lives of all those who shared their experiences.
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The mission of the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is to discover and advance knowledge for the benefit of society, public health and economic prosperity. The CRG believes that the medicine of the future depends on the ground-breaking science of today. This requires an interdisciplinary scientific team focused on understanding the complexity of life from the genome and the cell up to an entire organism and its interaction with the environment, offering an integrated view of genetic diseases.


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The theme parks of the Interlaken holiday region are astonishingly diverse. So set off on a voyage of discovery and rediscover your capacity to be amazed. The all-weather offer is a pleasure for all the family.


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Hye-soo Park Movies or Tv Shows (upto Jan 2023) - Watch Online
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Hye-soo Park is an actress, known for Swing Kids (2018), Naesungjukin Boseu (2017) and Cheongchunsidae (2016).
Amazon Video has the most number of Hye-soo Park's flixes, followed by Amazon Prime Video compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.
Hye-soo Park on average has worked on 1 movies per year from 2017 to 2021. See the full graphs of the number of Hye-soo Park movies released per year from 2017 till 2021.
Hye-soo Park works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Romance Genre flixes. 50% of Hye-soo Park movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Hye-soo Park worked on in the graph below.
On average the IMDB score of the movies that Hye-soo Park has worked on is 7.4.
Hye-soo Park's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..
Comedy,Drama,Romance
Age of Youth (2016)
5 college students, from different walks of life end up living together in a fictional house share called Belle Epoque
Swing Kids (2018)
The story of Ro Gi Soo, a tap dancing North Korean soldier who was held captive in the Geoje prison camp during the Korean War.
Naesungjukin Boseu (2017)
Eun Hwan-Ki is the CEO of a public relation company but he's extremely shy. Due to his personality, his employees don't know him well. Chae Ro-Woon begins work at Hwan-Ki's company. She's ...

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Q: OpenNLP NLP TOOL for keyword extraction I want extract keywords/tags from a set of documents (pdf, docx, txt) using opennlp API for tagging purpose.
Can anyone suggest how I can make use of the opennlp tool for keyword extraction purpuse?

A: Welcome to SO! If you think of a "keyword" as a relative term, then OpenNLP can help you in many ways. For instance, you can use the part of speech tagger to extract nouns, and only index the nouns as keywords (you could do the same for verbs). You could use the SentenceChunker, and extract noun phrases or verb phrases and index the phrases. You could perform Named Entity Recognition with the Namefinder and index the entities by type (then your search engine could enable searching specifically on people's names or the names of organizations. This can be powerful depending on your use case. In order to get the text out of the pdf and doc/docx you should think about using Tika.
Here are some links to other SO question

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*this post contains a code example of noun phrase extraction

*this post shows named entity extraction

*also have a look at the OpenNLP docs
also, if you are using SOLR, I think some work has been done to utilize OpenNLP as a tokenizer... never used it though.

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The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches peak activity on the night of 12/13 August and, if the weather is kind to us, this year's display could be something to remember. Two things can conspire to ruin a meteor shower; the weather and the Moon. This year new Moon occurs on 11 August and this natural light polluter will be absent during the Perseid's peak period.
Perseid meteors occur when our planet passes through the dust strewn around the orbit of comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Earth first enters this region around the middle of July when the dust density is low and just a few meteors are seen. The density continues to increase throughout the rest of July but only slightly. It's not until we get towards the central part of the dust stream, around the end of the first week in August, that rates start to climb significantly.
The densest part of the stream is reached on the night of 12/13 August. Earth then moves out through the other side of the stream and rates drop off once again. We fully exit the stream around the third week of August. The most impressive rates tend to occur in the week of 9-16 August.
The activity of a meteor shower is given by its zenithal hourly rate, or ZHR. The Perseid shower has a ZHR of 80-100 meteors per hour at peak, and it is this figure you'll most likely see bandied around. However, the ZHR can be misleading because it assumes perfect and optimal conditions. In reality few of these conditions are ever truly met and the number of meteors you can actually expect to see – the visual rate - will always be lower.
Under normal conditions from a dark sky location in the UK, the peak Perseid visual rate may achieve 30-40 meteors per hour, which is still respectable. The particles strewn around the orbit of comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle are effectively travelling in parallel paths. They enter our atmosphere and vaporise, creating a streak of light known as a meteor trail. Perspective makes it appear that the shower meteors spread out from a single area of the sky known as the shower radiant. The Perseid radiant slowly moves over time. Mid-July it sits south of the w-shaped constellation of Cassiopeia. From there it heads east, through Perseus and into Camelopardalis. Peak activity occurs when it's within Perseus, hence the shower's name.
Watching Perseid meteors couldn't be simpler. The best advice is to use a sun-lounger or some other arrangement where you can lay back comfortably. Despite being summer, August nights can still feel damp, so remember to wrap up warm. Find a dark spot with no stray lights and give yourself 20 minutes in darkness for your eyes to properly dark adapt. Look at a height two-thirds the way up the sky in any direction and wait.
If you want a recommendation, looking south before 1am gives you a good view of the Milky Way, assuming your sky is dark. Then in the early hours, turn and look east. Rates should increase after 1am BST as Earth rotates to encounter the dust particles head on. If possible, aim to keep watching through around 03:30 BST just before the start of astronomical dawn.
As you're looking for meteors, the bright orange planet Mars dominates the view low to the south. After opposition last month, Mars is now slowly dimming. The distance between our two worlds is increasing and through a telescope the apparent size of Mars is now shrinking. The dimming and shrinking are slow at first so there's still plenty of time to get a decent view.
What else in August's night sky?
The Milky Way is glorious at this time of year, passing from the north, overhead and down into the south. It represents the light of billions of suns in our own galaxy. Too far away to be seen individually with the naked eye, their light merges into a misty path that meanders across the sky. During the summer we see a bright part of the Milky Way passing through Cygnus and down into Sagittarius. The section low and close to the UK's southern horizon represents the direction towards our galaxy's core. From the UK, the low altitude of the core region sadly dims its appearance.
An asterism, or unofficial pattern, marks the direction to the core. The Teapot asterism defines the outline of a teapot within Sagittarius. The Milky Way's core sits just off the teapot's spout. A sweep with binoculars in the region where steam would be rising from the spout reveals a number of glowing nebulae and star clusters.
Highlights include the beautiful Lagoon Nebula (M8) and the smaller and dimmer Trifid Nebula (M20) further north. If you're not sure how to locate these stunning objects, the off-white planet Saturn currently shows the way. Saturn lies north of the Teapot asterism; it's the brightest star-like object in this region. Throughout the month Saturn performs a slight shift towards M20. Placing Saturn towards the left-hand side of the field of view of average binoculars, positions M20 towards the centre of the view and M8 towards the centre-bottom.
This chart shows how the sky will appear at 1am BST on 1 August, midnight BST on 15 August and 11pm BST on 31 August. The planets are shown along with the location and phase of the Moon at 5-day intervals. The Moon is full on 26 August. The stars are shown as circles; the larger the circle the brighter the star. The hazy area represents the Milky Way.
Orientate the chart by holding it in front of you rotated so the compass bearing at the bottom matches the direction you're facing. The bottom of the chart then reflects your horizon with the middle of the chart representing the view directly above your head.


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The MPA invites you to participate in a Boat Decorating Contest for the Fourth of July weekend!
Ca$h prize$ will be awarded for the best decorated boats!
You only need to register if you would like to be judged. Anyone is welcome to join in at no charge. Spectators are welcome!
Display your number (assigned when you register) prominently on the starboard side and readable from the judges' station on shore.
Meet at 3:00 p.m. Saturday near Blueberry Island for judging. Boat # 1 will begin the contest, proceeding slowly and safely past the judges' station at the northern end of the lake in a counterclockwise direction allowing all vessels to be viewed twice by the panel of judges.
to manchaugpond.bronson@gmail.com or 508-234-9239. You will be assigned a number which YOU MUST prominently display on the starboard side so it is in full view and readable for the judges on shore.
The tradition of lighting the shoreline is longstanding here on Manchaug Pond! At 9:00 p.m. on Saturday evening, set your flares aglow at your beach or shoreline. Flares are available from your MPA Area Representative or purchase at cost at the local campground store. $3. each or 2 for $5.00.


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Q: Does a generalized Queen split the upper P-positions of Wythoff Nim into two new beams of P-positions? Wythoff Nim is an impartial game where 2 players take turns in reducing the heights of two finite heaps of tokens. Two types of moves are allowed
(I) Remove any number of tokens from precisely one of the heaps, at least one and at most a whole heap. (These are the allowed moves in 2 heap Nim.)
(II) Remove the same number of tokens from both heaps, at least one from each heap and at most the number of tokens in the smallest heap.
The positions of an impartial game are partitioned into P and N. The second player to move wins if and only if the position is in P. The unique teminal position for both Nim and Wythoff Nim is empty heaps.
The P-positions of 2 heap Nim are all configurations with the same number of tokens in both heaps. The P-positions of Wythoff Nim are of the forms $(\lfloor \phi n\rfloor, \lfloor\phi^2 n\rfloor),(\lfloor\phi^2 n\rfloor,\lfloor\phi n\rfloor), n\in {\bf Z}_{\ge 0}$, where $\phi = \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}$.
It is clear that Wythoff Nim is an extension of Nim. By adjoining the type (II) moves to the game of Nim the unique "accumulation point" of P-positions of Nim has \emph{split} into two new accumulation points of P-positions of Wythoff Nim.
We wonder whether this splitting of P-positions continues if we adjoin the following new type of (symmetric) moves to the game of Wythoff Nim.
(III) Remove $t>0$ tokens from one of the heaps and $2t$ tokens from the other, provided the remaining heap sizes are non-negative.
The initial (upper) P-positions of this new game (called (1,2)-GDWN) are $(0,0), (1,3), (2,6), (4,5),\ldots$.
Experimental results gives four distinct "accumulation points" for the P-positions of this game (with upper convergents of ratios of heap sizes $1.478\ldots$ and $2.247\ldots$).
It is known that the upper P-positions of the new game do not converge.
It is not hard to prove that the non-terminal P-positions partition the positive integers. (Use that the type (I) and (II) moves are a subset of all moves.)


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Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she will run to keep her job as the Democratic leader in the House after a pair of elections that kept the party in the minority there even as Democrats gained seats in the Senate and a second term for President Barack Obama.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
Pelosi made the announcement in a private meeting with members of her caucus, saying she'd toss her hat back in the ring if Rep. Steve Israel, N.Y., agreed to stay on as head of the party's campaign committee.
Republicans reacted with derision.
"There is no better person to preside over the most liberal House Democratic caucus in history than the woman who is solely responsible for relegating it to a prolonged minority status," said Paul Lindsay, spokesman for the National Republican Campaign Committee. "This decision signals that House Democrats have absolutely no interest in regaining the trust and confidence of the American people who took the speaker's gavel away from Nancy Pelosi in the first place," he said.
Pelosi, 72, has represented a San Francisco area district in the House includes becoming the first woman in history to serve as speaker. The tea party-fueled political wave of 2010 forced the gavel from her hand to Rep. John Boehner, an Ohio Republican.
Holding a news conference Wednesday morning with women members of her caucus, Pelosi said "we're very, very proud" of how large a role women played in the Nov. 6 election.
"We don't have the gavel" of majority status in the House, she said, "but we have unity. I think our caucus this morning demonstrated that very clearly."
"We must have the further empowerment of women," said Pelosi, who noted that when she came to Congress there were 23 women in the House compared to over 60 of the seats in the House. "Not enough. We want more," she said.
Pelosi was a major force behind the passage of Obama's health care overhaul and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Even after the 2010 elections, when her party lost 63 seats, Pelosi was reelected Democratic leader by her caucus.
Pelosi's colleagues had said for days that the top leadership post was hers if she wanted it in the next Congress that begins in January. She refused to reveal her plans for a week after the Nov. 6 elections failed to give Democrats gain they wanted.
It was a disappointing, but not unexpected result of a bitter year of elections that focused on the tight contests for president and control of the Senate. Throughout, Pelosi raised millions of dollars for Democratic House candidates and insisted that the 25 seat gain was within reach. But in the end, Democrats will gain at most eight seats and Republicans will keep their majority.
Waiting in the wings of Democratic ranks was Pelosi's deputy, Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland, the party whip, whom she has known since they were congressional interns, and South Carolina Democrat James Clyburn, assistant to the Democratic leader.
Pelosi is the daughter and sister of former Baltimore mayors. Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., served as mayor of Baltimore for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Her brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor.
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You are here: Home / Blog / Is a gas detector with pump better than a non-pumped gas detector?
Some people believe a gas detector with pump is far better – that no pump means less accuracy, slower response, and it simply won't detect as much gas. FACT: A gas detector with pump doesn't mean it is more accurate, responds quicker or covers more area around you. But it will make some tasks much easier and safer.
Exactly when and how pumps should be used is a common topic.
Why use a pump with a gas detector?
Gas detectors with pumps allow you to easily pull air from an unknown and potentially toxic or combustible atmosphere to your location. You can then view the monitor's results in an area you know to be safe.
Pumps literally keep you out of harm's way.
Once you've assessed the air sample using a gas detector with pump and confirmed it is clear of any toxic or combustible gases, you can safely enter the tested area.
Pumped gas detectors keep you out of areas where potentially harmful gases may be lurking.
It is not uncommon for a vessel to be low and 10+ metres long. In this type of confined space entry, a pump with an extendible probe allows you to slowly advance into the space with the probe ahead of you. This ensures the atmosphere is safe prior to entry.
Other times, the vessel may be tall and narrow, requiring entry from above. Using a gas detector with pump and tubing allows you to check from above that the entire vessel is completely empty of any hazardous gases prior to entering.
In both examples, you allow the pump and sampling equipment to pull the air to the gas detector prior to entry, making the operations safer.
We've seen how a gas detector with pump can make operations easier and safer. However, having a pump doesn't increase the range of detection or effectiveness of the gas detector.
Whether you have a gas detector with pump or a non-pumped gas detector, the sensors will only detect the gas they come in direct contact with.
Having a pump on a gas detector does not increase the amount of gas the sensors see. Rather, the pump allows you to test the atmosphere at a distance from the gas detector.
Therefore, if you place two gas detectors side by side, one having a pump with no tubing attached and the other a non-pumped gas detector, both will detect the hazardous gases just as fast. Both will read the same.
What is the downside of using a gas detector with pump?
While a gas detector will detect gas in the same manner, whether it has a pump on it or not, a gas detector with pump will certainly be larger and heavier.
Also, the pump will use some of the gas detector's battery, resulting in a shorter run time. Since workers typically wear a gas detector their entire workday, which could extend to 12+ hours, having a gas detector that is small, lightweight and runs the entire shift is critical.
Most people would agree that it is better to save the gas detector with pump for where it is absolutely needed.
Once you have decided a pumped gas detector is needed, you'll want to make sure you have the necessary accessories to use and protect your pumped detector.
If you're doing a horizontal entry or using the pump to check areas that are difficult to reach, you'll want to use a probe. This may be a lightweight polycarbonate probe, an extendable stainless steel probe, or perhaps a probe designed to withstand high temperatures.
If you are doing a vertical entry, you'll need need some tubing. You will most commonly see urethane and Teflon-lined tubing used.
Urethane tubing is suitable to sample gases with the exception of chlorine, chlorine dioxide, hydrogen chloride, and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which can be absorbed by urethane tubing, leading to inaccurate readings. Teflon-lined tubing is therefore recommended for use with these gases.
Any time you use a gas detector with pump and tubing, it is important to allow enough time for the gas sample to travel the length of tubing and diffuse into the sensors.
A good rule of thumb is 6 seconds per metre of tubing, plus 2 minutes for the sensors to read and stabilise.
That means if you have 10 metres of tubing attached to your pump, it will be 3 minutes before you will get readings from the gas at the end of that tubing.
Another important tip when using a pumped gas detector is to use a dust filter and water stop at the end of the tubing or probe. In addition to preventing damage from dust and debris, it will prevent liquid from being pulled into the pump motor should the end of the tubing get dropped into any liquids.
Whether you are working in a water treatment plant and verifying that a tank is free of gases prior to its maintenance, or checking for leaks among a number of hard-to-access valves and piping in a refinery, using a gas detector with pump will keep you out of harm's way.
For personal gas detection applications where remote sampling is not required, consider sticking with a non-pumped gas detector.
Phone (06) 758-3030 ext 2 to talk to a gas detection expert.
A version of this article first appeared at indsci.com here. Revised and republished with permission.


VietNamNet Bridge – The U19 Vietnam team was defeated by the host Palestine 0-2 in the opening match of the Al-Nakba International Football Tournament on May 14.
The friendship match attracted a large number of football fans and around 200 international reporters.
Returning from a long training session in Europe, Palestinian players, who were physically on good form, dominated the game on their home turf.
Vietnamese players fought hard to repel Palestine attacks, but failed to keep their clean sheet. They made mistakes and let their rivals score two goals in the 20th and 77th minutes of the game.
The game was witnessed by senior Palestine leaders, including president Mahmoud Abbas.
On May 16, the U19 Vietnam team will meet Pakistan.
The tournament has drawn the participation of 10 teams, namely Palestine, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Iraq, Tunisia, Jordan, Mauritania, Pakistan, and Vietnam.
Vietnam is competing against Palestine, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Group A.


This project will enable Japanese emigre artist Samizu Matsuki to be honored at the Salmagundi Art Club of New York City on October 20th 2011, for her pioneering realistic art achievements in 1970s NYC.
Matsuki's significance was in her returning the techniques of Western Classical Realism painting, as refined by Japanese art schools since the 19th century,back to the Westat a critical moment.
Samizu, 75, now lives in Rockland, Maine on a very slender pension. In 1973 she was 1st woman & 1st Asian nominated and admitted to the centuries-old Salmagundi Club, in recognition of her gold medals-winning oil painting Triumphal Return and her other extraordinarily realistic yet subtly surrealistic works of early & mid 1970s, that so delighted thousands of visitors and onlookers at the great exhibition contests she entered and, to her own initial surprise, won!
After decades of quiet obscurity, the Salmagundi Club has offered Samizu a once in a lifetime chance to be honored for her contributions four decades ago to the genre of realist art . Will you help her achieve this culminating, affirming moment?
Honoring too her home nation of Japan, where her father & mother, the educators Satoru and Masue Matsuki, and the Womens College of Fine Arts, now called Joshibi University-of which she is a 1958 alumni - have kept aflame appreciation for the western classical arts and philosophies.
To make her visit from Rockland Maine possible, Samizu needs to pay for round-trip transport of 2 paintings to the Club for the October 20th event, one from Virginia and one from Maine, and roundtrip airfare and taxi fare for herself. Because of her frailness, she will be accompanied by her longtime companion. She is seeking $1,000 dollars, to accomplish this.
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Did July deliver perhaps one of the most tense months that we have seen for a long time? To many, it may have seemed like it was never going to end as the stationing Uranus (now retrograde) became locked into an uncomfortable gridlock with Saturn (also stationing mid-August). It appears to many as if time is standing still, like some extraordinary force is calling us to come to the present moment in order to deal with an increasing discontentment about the state of our increasingly unstable affairs – a force that holds our old, established patterns against a possible new way of being.
These are not ordinary times – by any modern recollection.
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Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church is very fortunate to be the repository of several $1000 scholarships. The inaugural Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church Scholarship was initiated in 2018 and recognizes a deserving member of the church who is working toward educational opportunities at a college, university or technical/trade school. There are four areas used as the selection criteria: involvement in Ivey Memorial UMC activities, academic achievement, scholarship committee interview, and letters of recommendation.
This year the church is also the steward of the Tammy Gettings Memorial Scholarship. This year two (2) $1000 scholarships are available. The criteria is similar to the Ivey scholarship, but special consideration will be given to those students pursuing a career in Nursing or Law Enforcement and who are members or active participants in Ivey Memorial UMC (although these are not requirements to apply).


Almost four years ago Joslynn Jarrett-Skeletons third daughter, Charlie, was born missing the left side of her heart.
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Unable to find a way to explain it to them, she decided to write her own story.
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Yassin bey's Newest Recording, Negus, Makes Its U.S. Debut at the Brooklyn Museum
Posted On : November 18, 2019 Published By : Luxe Life Magazine
On the 20th anniversary of the seminal Black on Both Sides album, which was released under the stage name Mos Def, Negus is presented as a listening installation that is only available at the Museum November 15, 2019-January 26, 2020 Tickets now available at: www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/yasiin_bey_negus
The Brooklyn Museum is proud to present yasiin bey: Negus, a time-limited listening experience featuring bey's new studio recording, Negus. This is the first time the recording will be heard in the United States and will debut in the artist's hometown of Brooklyn. bey designed the multi-track recording as an installation to encourage people to be fully present while listening to it. The recording is not available in any digital or analogue mediums. Negus (pronounced neh-goose) contains all new material that has been uniquely arranged for the Brooklyn Museum. The installation will also include artworks by Ala Ebtekar, Julie Mehretu, and José Parlá created in collaboration with bey specifically for the presentation, as well as a musical compilation by the celebrated Ethiopian pianist Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou. Accompanying the works is a large textile mural by bey that features collaborative elements with the perfumery Fueguia 1833 and tributes to important historical figures, including Henrietta Lacks, Nipsey Hussle, and others.
yasiin bey: Negus at the Brooklyn Museum is the latest in a series of listening installations the artist has presented around the world. Recorded in London in 2015 and produced by Lord Tusk, Steven Julien, and ACyde, Negus was first presented in Marrakesh in February 2019, then in Hong Kong and Dubai in March 2019. Each listening installation has been tailored to its unique environment. Negus means "king" or "ruler" in Ge'ez, an ancient Semitic language of Ethiopia, and bey associates the term with people who are noble. The recording's accompanying visual features a portrait of Prince Alämayyähu, a nineteenth-century Ethiopian prince and the son of King Tewodros II. Alämayyähu continues to serve as an inspiration for contemporary Ethiopian artists. Born in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood, yasiin bey is a multidisciplinary artist. He has been making hip-hop music since 1994, and first gained national attention in 1998 with the release of Black Star, with Talib Kweli, and his subsequent solo album, Black on Both Sides, in 1999. Throughout his career, bey has balanced music with acting, appearing in films such as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005), 16 Blocks (2006), Be Kind Rewind (2008), and Bamboozled (2000), among others.
The U.S. premiere of yasiin bey: Negus falls on the 20th anniversary of bey's Black on Both Sides album. Since its inception, hip-hop has grown into one of the most quintessentially American art forms of the last century, and Black on Both Sides is widely recognized as one of the genre's most important albums. bey, who also made music as part of the duo Black Star, with Talib Kweli, is perpetually at the forefront of hip-hop, pushing its boundaries and creating albums that serve as blueprints for the development of new possibilities within the genre. Entry to yasiin bey: Negus is hourly, starting at 11 am during Museum hours, with 75 tickets available each hour. The installation runs November 15, 2019-January 26, 2020. Listeners will be asked to secure their mobile devices in locked bags upon entering the gallery, ensuring that there are no distractions and encouraging visitors to be fully present. The listening installation is part of the Brooklyn Museum's focused effort to present a wide spectrum of artistic mediums and forms of cultural expression.
"Few American art forms have grown to be as globally influential as hip-hop, a genre which was largely crafted on the streets of New York City," says Lauren Zelaya, Director of Public Programs at the Brooklyn Museum. "We're excited to present yasiin bey's groundbreaking work within the genre, in a way that is uniquely designed for Brooklyn Museum visitors." yasiin bey: Negus is a timed ticketed installation. Brooklyn Museum Members receive free ticket(s) based on membership level. Benefits include priority access; free general admission for one year; and discounts on Museum programs, dining, and shopping. To learn more about Membership, visit www.brooklynmuseum.org/join, call 718.501.6326, or email membership@brooklynmuseum.org. Tickets are now on sale. Prices are as follows: Wednesday through Friday, timed tickets cost $20 for adults, $12 for seniors/students ages 13 and up, $8 for children ages 4-12. Children ages 3 and under are free. On weekends, timed tickets cost $25 for adults, $16 for seniors/students ages 13 and up, $10 for children ages 4-12. Children ages 3 and under are free. For more ticketing information, please visit www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/yasiin_bey_negus. yasiin bey: Negus is organized in collaboration with The Third Line and is curated by Lauren Zelaya, Director of Public Programs, Brooklyn Museum. This iteration of the Negus suite was co-produced by Lord Tusk and Steven Julien.
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Q: How to make a generic method for obtaining enum items in an ushort object The idea is to perform a bit-wise scan of an ushort provided to find any and all matches within an enum collection.
The code I developed is as follows:
public List<T> GetEnumItemsFromUshort<T>(ushort input) where T : struct, IComparable, IConvertible, IFormattable
    {
        var output = new List<T>();
        foreach (T enumValue in Enum.GetValues(typeof(T)))
        {
            if ((input & enumValue.ToUInt16(new CultureInfo("en-US"))) == enumValue.ToUInt16(new CultureInfo("en-US")))
            {
                output.Add(enumValue);
            }
        }
        return output;
    }

As you can see, I use a generic type to define the return type.
I searched the site and found that constraining the generic type with the following struct, IComparable, IConvertible, IFormattable, makes it behave like an enum.
The code generates a list of the enum provided to contains the matches found.
Then it proceeds to scan the input value to find any and all items that masked (a bit-wise operation as stated before) do match.
If a match is found it adds the enum case to the return list.
I want to know whether this is a good or bad implementation and ways to make it better, it performs as expected but I feel like there's room for optimization.


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I can't desert Luke, says mum
THE mother of a desperately-ill baby boy has accepted that he will never recover but still cannot let him die, the High Court was told yesterday.
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Ruth Winston-Jones, who describes nine-month-old Luke as "a little fighter", is involved in a legal wrangle with doctors, who believe he shouldn't be resuscitated if his condition deteriorates.
Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, president of the High Court Family Division, was asked yesterday to rule on what should be done for Luke, who suffers from a rare genetic disorder.
The case follows a judge's ruling earlier this month giving doctors permission not to ventilate tiny premature baby Charlotte Wyatt if her breathing stops. Charlotte reached her first birthday yesterday.
Now the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust and North West Wales NHS Trust want a High Court declaration on what treatment Luke should receive and should be withheld in the absence of agreement between doctors and his mother.
Ms Winston-Jones, 35, from Holyhead, had planned to fight the application, which she described as "a death sentence".
She is separated from her husband and has two other children - Andrew, 12, and Sophie, seven.
Luke was born by emergency Caesarean at Ysbyty Gwynedd in Bangor on January 30. Because of serious cardiac defects, including two holes in the heart and an open duct, he was transferred on February 10 to Alder Hey, but was assessed as not requiring emergency surgery.
He was placed in the neonatal intensive care unit at Liverpool's Women's Hospital where, on February 17, he was diagnosed as having Edwards syndrome.
The syndrome severely affects all organs. Very few babies survive a year and many die within a few months.
Luke's condition was reviewed by the cardiac team at Alder Hey, who decided that to proceed with heart surgery was not in Luke's best interests. The baby was sent back to Bangor on March 5.
Since then, many problems have been identified, including developmental delay, heart failure, breathing, swallowing and feeding difficulties, and abnormalities of the urinary tract. Luke has suffered frequent cardio-respiratory arrests requiring resuscitation.
On October 4, baby Luke was referred back to Alder Hey for further assessment. Four days later he suffered a further cardiac arrest. He is still in Alder Hey.
At yesterday's hearing, Luke was represented independently by lawyers for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
Philip Havers QC, for the trusts, said Ms Winston-Jones had now indicated she accepted the medical evidence that Luke was a terminally-ill child. It was agreed the hospital trust would work towards a palliative care plan with a view to Luke's returning home.
Doctors agreed they would provide "bag and mask" resuscitation for long enough to ensure that an acute episode was overcome, but not for so long as to require cardiac massage or mechanical ventilation.
There was still disagreement over the questions of cardiac massage and ventilation, said Mr Havers.
Richard Lissack QC, for the mother, said, "There is absolutely no wish or intention on the part of Ruth to be inadvertently the cause of a moment's discomfort or pain or distress to her son."
The mother left court briefly in tears as Mr Lissack continued, "She has known for nine months that Luke is very ill, that his life will be short and its quality very different from that of a more healthy child.
"She wishes to ensure that his life is filled with love and support, that it is as dignified and as comfortable as circumstances will allow and that it ends in a dignified and peaceful way at the proper time and not before."
Mr Lissack said many people would ask why Ruth did not leave it to the doctors to decide, "but for her that would constitute an abrogation of her maternal duty".
He added, "No person, no doctor, no observer, no judge would say to Ruth that her son's life is not worth fighting for, that his life isn't worth living."
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Q: Comparing values in a variable to a dictionary in Python I have a dictionary in Python that has the name of the car, the colour and the carcount to how many is currently in stock (below is a example of a few):
cardict = {
    'Ferrari': {'Colour': 'Red', 'Carcount': 0},
    'Lambo': {'Colour': 'Yellow', 'Carcount': 0},
    'Mustang': {'Colour': 'Black', 'Carcont': 0},
}

I have a variable called stock which stores the names of many different car models. If a car model like 'Ferrari' is found in the variable, I wish it to compare the variable to the dictionary, If 'Ferrari' is found in the variable, let's say 3 times, I wish the count in the dictionary to change from 0 to 3 and I'm looking for a way I can achieve this.
Updated Edit:
The name of the cars come from a text file with hundreds of different cars, and I have used 'with open' to open the text file and then if the car.startswith "Ferrari" to make that into a variable. I used int(car[15:]) to get rid of the other text I didn't need and just display the car name which was put into a variable 'stock'.
Also, when I print to the console the 'count' value: '{'Carcount': 0}' is printed.
for c in cardict:
    print(cardict[c])

Output:
 '{'Carcount': 0}'

Is there a way I can just print the value '0' to the console instead of printing the {'count': } part?
Eg:
0
2

A: stock = ["Ferrari", "Lambo", "Ferrari"]

for carname in cardict.keys():
    cardict[carname]['Carcount'] = stock.count(carname)

Edit: I think I understand your edit now. The variable stock is holding a single car name rather than a list of car names. In that case, here's my updated code:
stock = "Ferrari"
cardict[stock]['Carcount'] += 1

A: Based on your comment that the items are stored in a variable (i.e. a List), here is a possible solution:
# An example of a stock list you might have
carlist = ["Ferrari", "Ferrari", "Ferrari", "Lambo", "Lambo", "Mustang"]

for car in carlist:
    if car in cardict:
        cardict[car]['Carcount'] += 1
print(cardict)

A: You can use a dictionary comprehension:
stock = ['ferrari', 'ford', 'ferrari', 'mustang', 'lambo', 'mustang', 'ferrari', 'ford', 'ford']

cardict = {m: {k: v if k=='Colour' else stock.count(m.lower()) for k, v in n.items()} for m, n in cardict.items()}

Yields:
{'Ferrari': {'Colour': 'Red', 'Carcount': 3}, 'Lambo': {'Colour': 'Yellow', 'Carcount': 1}, 'Mustang': {'Colour': 'Black', 'Carcont': 2}}


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Doncaster Rovers forward Billy Sharp spoke to Rovers Player after scoring a dramatic late winner in the 2-1 victory over Watford at the Keepmoat Stadium.
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import {TickFormatter} from "./tick_formatter"
import {BasicTickFormatter} from "./basic_tick_formatter"
import {LogTicker} from "../tickers/log_ticker"
import {logger} from "core/logging"
import * as p from "core/properties"

export namespace LogTickFormatter {
  export type Attrs = p.AttrsOf<Props>

  export type Props = TickFormatter.Props & {
    ticker: p.Property<LogTicker | null>
  }
}

export interface LogTickFormatter extends LogTickFormatter.Attrs {}

export class LogTickFormatter extends TickFormatter {
  properties: LogTickFormatter.Props

  constructor(attrs?: Partial<LogTickFormatter.Attrs>) {
    super(attrs)
  }

  static initClass(): void {
    this.define<LogTickFormatter.Props>({
      ticker: [ p.Instance, null ],
    })
  }

  protected basic_formatter: BasicTickFormatter

  initialize(): void {
    super.initialize()
    this.basic_formatter = new BasicTickFormatter()
    if (this.ticker == null)
      logger.warn("LogTickFormatter not configured with a ticker, using default base of 10 (labels will be incorrect if ticker base is not 10)")
  }

  doFormat(ticks: number[], opts: {loc: number}): string[] {
    if (ticks.length == 0)
      return []

    const base = this.ticker != null ? this.ticker.base : 10

    let small_interval = false
    const labels: string[] = new Array(ticks.length)
    for (let i = 0, end = ticks.length; i < end; i++) {
      labels[i] = `${base}^${ Math.round(Math.log(ticks[i]) / Math.log(base)) }`
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"By working together as the United Kingdom, with our integrated systems and markets, we share the risks and costs," Davey said. "The United Kingdom provides security and economies of scale that cannot be matched by Scotland alone. But it's more than just economics. The United Kingdom is our way of life, our identity, our comfort. It's what we built together."


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How do I Become a Storyboard Artist?
Storyboard artists may paint scenes to help production crews visualize scenes.
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The requirements to become a storyboard artist are typically more concerned with the skills you need rather than any particular education, though education can help you develop those skills and abilities. Being a storyboard artist is mainly about being able to tell a story through images, typically by visually translating the words on the pages of a screenplay, while utilizing the input from what a director has planned or desires for a scene. This means that the skills needed to become a storyboard artist are often the ability to work with others and to be a fairly talented artist with an understanding of film concepts like lighting and camera angles.
A storyboard artist works with filmmakers during pre-production and production to visually establish how certain scenes in a movie are going to look. The screenplay for a movie or television show will typically include the dialog for the feature, and some directions for scenes and brief descriptions of events. On the page, a major action set piece might only be a single, brief paragraph, but in the movie that sequence can be several minutes long and filled with complicated camera shots, special effects, and a variety of other difficult elements. The storyboard artist plots out these types of scenes through a number of drawn images to allow filmmakers to come up with ideas and anticipate problems that could arise from various aspects of a scene, before being on a set where every minute is costing the production money.
To become a storyboard artist, you should have some artistic ability. While you may not need to be able to render perfect images at the drop of a hat, you will be expected to capture the essence of a scene for the filmmakers. You may have time to work on your storyboards and refine them, but you may also be expected to quickly make changes and revisions while working with a director. It is important for someone who wants to become a storyboard artist to understand film at a fundamental level. Taking film classes to better understand camera angles, lighting, and the physical realities of a production can help you anticipate what a director might want.
Some schools, especially schools that offer programs or classes in animation, may even have entire classes devoted to learning how to create storyboards. You may consider taking some of these classes to help you gain the skills you need to become a storyboard artist. These schools can also often help you get in contact with companies that hire storyboard artists to help you get into the industry. There are also numerous behind-the-scenes books published for major film productions that often include storyboards to show how a scene came together. You should look into these books to see what artists in the industry are doing and to learn some of the techniques used by professional storyboard artists.
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When I worked in the City, lunch was mostly a hurried affair. A quick takeaway from a local sandwich shop, sometimes a special delivery from a Japanese catering company or an occasional treat at a wine bar. There weren't many choices. In those days, you would find everyone at a pub on Fridays and the afternoons were often written off.
Today, the suits are much more earnest. Fridays' long boozy lunches are frowned upon but lunch venues are abundant and varied.
Bird of Smithfield was not around then. It would have been our local.
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We opt for the a la carte choices and start off with Isle of Orkney Scallops, Jerusalem Artichoke puree and chanterelles. Perfectly cooked pillows of seafood on a soft puree and adorned with shavings of flavour. My dining companion had the Roasted Foie Gras with Sweet and Sour plums and plum sake glaze. The generous portion of foie was rich and unctuous, cut through with the unusual sake glazed plums. The acidity was a perfect balance to the foie.
Main courses were equally well executed. My Roasted Sirloin of Beef with mushroom persillade, spinach, straw potato and red wine was meltingly tender. The jus on this dish is a fine reminder of how precise fine French cooking is, rich flavours enhanced the meat and the vegetables. Light and crispy straw potatoes should be on every menu, my favourite combination of texture and taste.
The second main course was a Breast of Guinea Fowl served with crushed root vegetables, Agen prune, sprouts and roasting juices. There was nothing to fault here. The tender moist bird served with the best prunes from Agen and another fabulous jus. It's a dish that you never want to stop eating.
Breast of Guinea Fowl served with crushed root vegetables, Agen prune, sprouts and roasting juices.
After the 2 excellent courses, we were offered a dessert list that was so tempting, we could not resist. This beautiful creation is a Lemon sponge, clementine sorbet, lemon curd with poached clementine. A light sponge adorned with a few different tangy citrus flavours. Not overly sweet but certainly fresh and zingy.
What a delightful place for lunch. Precision cooking, fabulous flavours and very friendly and competent service. There are set lunch options if you are short on time. The choices on that lunch menu are similar to that on the ala carte menu and is great value at £25 for 2 courses. On the ground floor, there is a casual dining menu and a bar with some very cosy banquettes.
If my office was still near Farringdon, this would definitely be a regular haunt. I must make some lunch dates with my old colleagues who work down the road. The Bird of Smithfield deserves a revisit soon.