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McKeon & Jasey Bill to Study the Condition of NJ Drinking Water Infrastructure Approved by Assembly Panel
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(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats John McKeon and Mila Jasey to create a task force to review the state's drinking water sources was approved by an Assembly panel on Thursday.
The sponsors note the water crisis in Flint Michigan has raised concerns across the country about the water filtration process and the risk of contaminates in the water system, especially lead.
"The situation in Flint Michigan should be a lesson to us all to ensure protection of our water supply," said McKeon (D-Essex, Morris). "This should be a priority for New Jersey as well. A task force can help us identify
the areas in need of strengthening in regards to the state's water supply."
In the legislation, the sponsors also note that New Jersey has history of being proactive in this area and has enacted numerous statutes aimed at protecting the state's water supply. However, an aging infrastructure and the deterioration of the physical assets of water supply systems present serious risks to the integrity of drinking water and to the environment.
The concurrent resolution (ACR-161) establishes the "Joint Legislative Task Force on Drinking Water Infrastructure" to study and make recommendations concerning issues related to drinking water infrastructure in New Jersey. The task force is charged with identifying both short-term and long-term solutions and making recommendations to address the quality and condition of drinking water infrastructure in the state.
"This is critically important to New Jersey's families," said Jasey (D-Essex, Morris). "A task force will allow us to assess the current infrastructure and understand what needs to be done to ensure protection of our water supply."
In conducting its business, the task force is directed to call upon the Department of Environmental Protection, the New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust, and the Division of Water in the Board of Public Utilities to offer their respective expertise and experience concerning the condition of the state's drinking water infrastructure, and what improvements are necessary to ensure a safe drinking water supply.
The task force is to be composed of six members: three members of the Senate appointed by the Senate President, and three members of the General Assembly appointed by the Speaker.
Within six months after the date the task force organizes, it is directed to prepare and submit a report containing its findings and recommendations, including any proposals for legislation and other appropriate legislative or regulatory action.
The concurrent resolution now awaits further consideration by the Assembly Speaker.


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Q: Using git command without sudo on CentOS I would like to use git without taping sudo everytime i tape a command on CentOS
and i have no idea how to do it.
I checked on google and i found this some command with chown
but none of them worked
Edited : I don't want to use sudo, i want to use git without taping sudo everytime.
For instance, every time i tape git checkout i have an error of permission and i need to tape sudo git checkout and password to do this

A: Probably you don't have write permissions on the folder you want to checkout to.
What permissions do you have there? Run
ls -la </path/to/gitfolder>

You should get something like:
$ ls -la /path/to/gitfolder
total 8
drwxrwxr-x  2 user group 4096 Sep 14 14:03 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 user group 4096 Sep 14 14:03 ..

Here at . there should be your user name at user and not root (if you run it on your own computer).
If some files are owned by root, then you could change the ownership of your current folder and files with this command
chown -R <user> .

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Q: corona sdk application size is too big I'm using corona sdk of anscamobile for developing my new mobile game. I was using the trial edition and when I build my demo of game, I noticed that the app size is too big. (around 25 mb) but it was just containing 2 song (4 mb) and a few very small pngs. What do you think about the source of this size problem?
Could it be caused by the programming logic, algorithm or something else?
like looping something forever, or using lots of glpbal variables etc.. ?
Then if you have some opinions, how can I overcome?
thanks.

A: Variables and code take up almost no space. It's more likely to be either images and sounds or maybe Corona's own libraries are quite big.
Which platform is it too big for? If it's the iOS build then you should know there isn't actually a 20MB limit, that's just the maximum to download over 3G, and iOS apps can actually be up to 2GB if you're downloading on Wi-fi.
Also, it's the compressed size (the .ipa) not the application size (the .app) that the limit applies to, so if your .ipa is under 20MB then it's fine. If you only have the .app and you're not sure how to make a .ipa, try zipping the .app and see how big it is. If the zipped size is under 20MB then it will be under 20MB on the app store.
But to work out why it's so big, here's what to do:

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*if you're starting from the .ipa, rename it to .zip and then unzip it. Inside is a folder called Payload containing the .app.

*right-click on the .app and say "show package contents". That will show you all the files inside.

*Sort those files by size and try to work out what the biggest ones are. If they are graphics or sound file then you can try to cut them down by using JPEGs instead of PNGs, or using smaller sound formats. If they are code library files (these tend to not have an extension and have a black terminal icon) then there's probably nothing you can do because it is most likely the core Corona library files that are making your app big.


I've cried a little bit reading this hun, I'm so happy for you. Although our health problems are different I didn't think I'd be able to be a mum either so, like you, very much look on Lia as a blessing. Our babies were meant to be, and meant to be now.


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Florida Inventors Hall of Fame 2021 inductees prove that the creative spark can light a fire of innovation to change the world
Credit: Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
TAMPA, Fla. (April 29, 2021) – Seven Florida Inventors whose discoveries are saving lives, transforming the environment, and creating new technologies will be inducted as the 2021 Class of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Among them are Dean Kamen, often referred to as the modern Thomas Edison due to the breadth and scope of his trailblazing inventions, including the Segway®; and Mark Dean, who holds three patents for the original IBM PC and is co-inventor of the ISA bus which revolutionized modern computing.
The 2021 class also includes Norma Alcantar, whose plant-based technologies have played a critical role in the global food-water-energy nexus and are breaking ground with new biomedical applications; Roberta Goode, whose valve designs for vascular catheters have saved countless lives; Susann Keohane, whose advances in Artificial Intelligence are transforming technology for people with disabilities and the aging population; David Kotick, whose work integrating digital communications across live and virtual training environments has advanced simulated training for the U.S. military; and Rajiv Singh, whose process for chemical mechanical polishing for mechanically hard advanced electronic materials has significantly improved manufacturing of electronic devices and electric vehicles.
"It is an honor to announce such a remarkable class of Inductees who have proven that world-changing innovation comes from tackling challenging situations – something we are all very familiar with right now," said Paul R. Sanberg, Chair of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Advisory Board.
"These seven inventors are not only known for their groundbreaking inventions, but also for their breakthroughs in education and training for students, the military, and our aging and disabled populations," said Sanberg, who also serves as the President of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
The 2021 Inductees constitute the eighth class to be inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. They collectively hold more than 675 U.S. patents and come from across industry, academia, and government. Since its founding in 2013, the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame has inducted 58 inventors, who collectively hold more than 3,675 U.S. patents.
Inductees are selected annually through a nomination process open to all inventors (living or deceased) with a connection to the state of Florida. The nominations are reviewed by a Selection Committee made up of distinguished experts in relevant fields of innovation.
"The 2021 Inductees highlight the importance of invention and innovation to the state of Florida. They also serve as role models for younger inventors, especially as their innovations extend beyond the lab to include education for future generations," said Elizabeth Dougherty, Eastern Regional Outreach Director for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and member of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame Selection Committee. "They are changing our world through creating life-saving, life-altering inventions."
"This group of inventors is to be commended for their contributions to the state of Florida and our nation," said Sanberg. "Together, they show that Florida is a powerhouse of innovation."
The 2021 Inductees of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame are:
NORMA A. ALCANTAR
Professor of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering at the University of South Florida who pioneered advances in chemical applications of plant-based molecules to decontaminate water in remote regions that lack access to drinking water and in areas impacted by environmental and natural disasters. She has also developed biomedical solutions based on this technology for novel therapies to fight Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer. She further applies these technologies for sustainable agriculture and aquaculture including removal of pollutants from contaminated soil, and removal of ammonia and other volatile organic compounds in aquaculture systems. She holds 22 U.S. patents and is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and NAI Senior Member.
MARK DEAN
Professor Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, former Chief Technology Officer of the Middle East and Africa for IBM and IBM Fellow, as well as a Florida Atlantic University alumnus. He holds three of the nine patents for the original IBM PC, led the development of the one-gigahertz processor chip, and is one of the original inventors of the Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) "bus," which permitted plug-in peripheral devices to be connected to computers, revolutionizing computer capability. He holds 43 U.S. patents and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an Inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and a Fellow of IEEE and NAI.
ROBERTA D. GOODE
Founder and President of Altrec, LLC (Coral Springs, FL), who also serves on the faculty of the University of Miami College of Engineering. She is a Florida native and alumna of University of Miami. Her breakthrough patents in valve designs for vascular catheters significantly advanced the field of minimally-invasive cardiac procedures and diagnostic procedures, and improved patient outcomes by preventing blood loss and reducing surgical risk. The designs were incorporated into the Cordis AVANTI Sheath Introducer which continues to be used today. She holds four U.S. patents.
President of DEKA Research and Development, Founder of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and part-time Florida resident whose STEM education efforts through FIRST have impacted over one million students nationally and 10,000 students in Florida through notable programs like AMRoC Fab Lab in Tampa and one of the nation's oldest ROBOTICON competitions held annually in Orlando. Kamen is a prolific inventor whose patents include the Segway®; AutoSyringe™; HomeChoice™ for in-home dialysis; UVAR™ XTS™ System for treatment of T-Cell lymphoma; the Hydroflex™ surgical irrigation pump; the iBOT™ mobility device; and more. He holds over 440 U.S. patents and is an AIMBE Fellow, a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, an Inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame, and was awarded the National Medal of Technology.
SUSANN KEOHANE
IBM Global Research Leader for the Aging Initiative, Watson Health & Healthy Aging Innovation Leader, IBM Master Inventor, and University of Florida alumna. She holds a series of seminal patents in autonomous vehicles, and her groundbreaking advances in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Internet of Things are transforming technology for people with disabilities and the aging population by applying advanced analytics and machine learning techniques to model activities of daily living and generating new insights that significantly improve quality of life. She holds 137 U.S. patents.
DAVID M. KOTICK
Senior Science Technical Manager for Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation and training at the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, and University of Central Florida alumnus. His seminal work integrating digital communications across live and virtual training environments has significantly advanced simulated training for the U.S. military and benefited overall readiness, most notably the Digital Radio Management System, the LVC Tactical Bridge and the Virtual Tactical Bridge Embarked Synthetic Radio. He holds five U.S. patents and is a Naval Air Systems Command Esteemed Fellow.
RAJIV K. SINGH
Vice President at Entegris and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Florida. He is one of the original developers of pulsed laser deposition and the inventor of chemical mechanical polishing for mechanically hard advanced electronic materials used in manufacturing of smart phones, advanced silicon carbide electronics for electric vehicles, 5G communications, and more. He holds 26 U.S. patents and is a Fellow of IEEE, AAAS, the Materials Research Society, and the American Physical Society.
The 2021 Inductees of the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame will be recognized at the 7th Annual Induction Ceremony and Gala, Friday, November 5, 2021 at the Tampa Marriott Water Street. Florida Inventors Hall of Fame will continue to monitor Florida's ongoing response to COVID-19 leading up to the scheduled event. Out of an abundance of caution, limited attendance will be offered for the event in order to comply with evolving public health guidance. Further modifications may also be considered depending on these evolving policy guidelines.
About the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame
The Florida Inventors Hall of Fame (FIHF) recognizes and commends Florida inventors whose achievements have advanced the quality of life for Floridians, the state and the nation. Founded in 2013 and located at the University of South Florida Research Park in Tampa, FIHF was recognized by Florida Senate Resolution 1756 in April of 2014. FIHF encourages individuals of all ages and backgrounds to strive toward the betterment of Florida and society through continuous, groundbreaking innovation, and, by commending the incredible scientific work being accomplished in the state, to further the growth of Florida's innovation sector. FIHF is supported, in part, by the Florida High Tech Corridor Council.
More information is available at http://www.FloridaInvents.org or contact [email protected]
Jamie Spurrier
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The idea of a survey is very interesting. However, I think prioritizing the different objectives is very difficult, especially when not knowing what are the stakes of each ones. I think you would obtain more reprensentative results by presenting better the different point of views, pros and cons.
supporters of this orientation think that it would enable to reach a broader audience. By providing quality software, easy for them to test without having to switch operating system, they could be sensitised to software freedom and privacy issues, which would convince some of them to switch to a full KDE experience by installing a linux distribution. It would also attract new contributors to the KDE community.
On the opposite, some people would argue that providing KDE software on Windows would reinforce Microsoft monopoly, as the best of both worlds would be available on Windows, while it is not possible to run Windows applications under Plasma. This would therefore result in the opposite of what KDE is trying to achieve. The time of contributors would be wasted on porting existing software to other platforms while it could have been used to improve this software on Linux, which will remain the primary platform for KDE software.
Anyway, this is an excellent initiative nevertheless.
I remember years ago when there was no MSN Messenger for Linux and aMSN and emesene people wasted their time to give us a way to have AV support, no MS-Office for Linux and OpenOffice fought with all forces to be compatible with MS documents, no .NET things for Linux and Mono almost dying, no Steam and a lot people hacking wine and fixing bugs to be able to run Steam games.
So should we report a critical bug of Linux community called hipocrisy?
I thought free and open source community was about to be inclusive, not segregative. Accepting any kind of users than segragating. I see your comment as an absurd nonsense and hypocritical, I usually get indignant with this kind of attitude, so sorry if I look like angry, but I can't accept it.
KDE is a lot of apps for Linux and Unix like said in KDE About page. OS X is Unix, FreeBSD is Unix. So, we hope at least upstream work for OS X and FreeBSD rather than Linux only. Windows is a plus.
Congratulations KDE, keep doing this great work on portability! There are more platforms out there than just Linux, and we use them even for studies purpose or family. Thanks.
Yeah, maybe you were too much angry when you posted this because you are out of the subject in what you're saying and you make me say things I did not.
I'm not saying drop support of Linux app, but Like Thomas (#comment-118928) I'm saying let other people do it if they want to but we (KDE) should focus on improving our software quality and start offering an alternative to ios and android with Plasma Mobile !
You know why my girlfriend isn't moving to linux ? Because of Photoshop and Lightroom features. Why my best friend isn't considering linux ? Because everything (passwords, files etc) is synchronized between his smartphone and his laptop. Why non-linux users won't use amarok ? Because it's outdated and has no maintainer. Why people still use Facebook Messanger ? Because KDE Telepathy is stuck and has no maintainer. Do you know that most people nowadays mostly use smartphones ? Where is plasma mobile ? We don't even have a proper modern browser.
I'm not using KDE because it's better but because it's free software, has a lot of potential and I believe in it. Making those app available on windows won't make free software more used because, for now, we can't compete as we don't have the features the users want ! Please don't get me wrong again, I don't want to discourage KDE Developers, yes they are doing an amazing job and I'm grateful for that, we have something to offer but we have to be more demanding with what we produce.
Currently with all the concerns about private life etc. people WANT to switch to linux but we don't have the right applications for them. It's a great occasion to get more people on linux, but we are wasting it because instead of saying to them "Yeah don't worry, come, you won't miss any features" we are saying "We are bringing to you our applications on windows because not enough people use them on Linux".
While I think it is perfectly fine, if there're developers coming from the Windows world to port kf5 apps to their platform, I don't like the idea to officially focus the general development efforts on porting to windows.
- Things like plasma desktop with krunner / email Kube or Kontact / calendar / firefox and chromium integration are essential.
- A fast and reliable desktop search functionality is important.
- While "desktop instant messaging" is getting irrelevant for private use, in the corporate world it is used extensively to share files and to communicate across departments... but KDE telepathy is unmaintained now :-(.
If the core functionality works slick, reliably and fast, the ecosystem will florish.... Apps like Digikam, Kdenlive, Krita have been able to grow because there was a good "basis". If these apps reach out to windows and OSX later on, it's perfect. It just should not be the primary goal.


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Mayur Choudhary, Faryan Tayyari, James T Handa, Goldis Malek; Identification of endpoints appropriate in evaluating potential therapeutics for retinal degenerations using apoB100 transgenic mice.. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2018;59(9):2442.
Purpose : Apolipoprotein B100 (ApoB) is the main apolipoprotein of plasma low-density lipoproteins and is present in sub-RPE deposits and pro-atherogenic plaques, hallmarks of early-AMD and cardiovascular disease, respectively. Herein, we characterized the retina of transgenic mice predominantly expressing apoB100 as a model system to identify relevant endpoints for studies involving evaluation of potential therapies for retinal degenerations.
Methods : Retinal structure and morphology of 8-10 month old male and female apoB100 (n=6) and B6/129 wildtype (WT; n=4) mice were evaluated in fundus, optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fluorescein angiography images. Electroretinograms were recorded followed by analysis of a-, b-, and c-wave amplitudes (n=6/group). Retinal and choroidal morphologies were assessed in toluidine blue stained 1μm sections. RPE-choroid ultrastructure (n=4/group) was examined by transmission electron microscopy. Retinal cryosections were stained for rhodopsin, R/G opsin, CRALBP, GFAP, PKCα, apoE, E06, calretinin to assess retinal phenotype and oil red o, bodipy and filipin to assess presence of lipids.
Results : In vivo imaging revealed outer retinal lesions in 5/6 apoB100 mice. No lesions were seen in WT mice. Ex vivo, no genotype differences were seen in staining intensity and localization of rhodopsin, R/G opsin or other retinal markers. The most significant changes observed were in the distribution of apoE and bodipy staining, which was increased within Bruch's membrane (BrM) of the apoB100 vs WT mice. A significant decrease in scotopic and phototopic b-wave amplitudes (24-37%, 0.005-500 cd.s/m2; 25-43%, 2-2000 cd.s/m2) was seen in the apoB100 mice. The decline in scotopic b-wave amplitude was consistent with a 23% decrease in the thickness of PKCα positive rod-bipolar cell layer.
Conclusions : Middle age apoB100 mice demonstrate a decrease in retinal function as well as an accumulation of lipids within regions of their BrM. ApoB100 mice may be an appropriate platform to test drugs which are intended to target removal of lipids from BrM with endpoints including evaluating apoE and bodipy staining patterns, visual function as well as distribution and localization of PKCα.


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Josh Mandelbaum for City Council
BREAKING: POLICE AND FIRE ENDORSEMENTS
BREAKING ANNOUNCEMENT: Josh Mandelbaum Announces Endorsements From Des Moines Police and Firefighters
Des Moines – Des Moines City Council Ward 3 candidate Josh Mandelbaum announced endorsements from Des Moines Police Burial and Bargaining Local 10 and Des Moines Professional Firefighters Local 4. Since the launch of the campaign, Mandelbaum has emphasized that public safety is about both the safety of the citizens of Ward 3 and those that put their lives on the line to ensure that safety.
"The Des Moines Professional Firefighters are proud to support Josh Mandelbaum in his bid for Des Moines City Council Ward 3. Josh came to us early in his campaign and worked very hard to understand our issues and the things we need to best serve the citizens of Des Moines. His attention to detail and hard work have already set Josh apart from the other candidates in the race! The Des Moines Professional Firefighters urge you to vote for Josh Mandelbaum this November," said Joe Van Haalen, President of the Des Moines Professional Firefighters.
"We're proud to endorse Josh Mandelbaum because of his dedication to people more than politics. Josh wants to provide a safer community for not just the residents of Ward 3 but also the first responders that serve the community. Josh is a candidate we can trust to have our back the same way the people of Des Moines depend on us to have theirs," said Stew Barnes, President of Des Moines Police Local 10.
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Everything is about change. Is it? You guys really believe that change is always good? A lot of people want to feel and back to old days since DarkOrbit changed. So we are decided to make a project for back to missed days.
Maybe you guys bored to play on stolen server? or bugged? what about server that closing all the time? I think you never want to lose your rank right? or you hate it that play on p2w server?
We here to offer you play on server that there is no closing until browsers's die, no losing data until we die, no p2w until never.
We are thinking about 'game money' that based on real money. Money? What you mean? You told me there is no p2w before??? Yes it is. You can get this game money while you playing on our server too. You can get it with let us know a game bug? Don't worry about it; i dont mean big bugs. Because we will start with new game that not tested with a lot of people. So first days you will able to get some game moey with reporting game bugs to us. Also you will able to spend it to buy ship designs or what ever else in shop. At this point you are ready to ask me something about "ship designs". Yes i know, we are gonna make it so clearly to don't effect to game balance that you can hate it. Also also also i know you bored but; you can report us a your idea about good game balance, simple right?
Actually this game money idea came out just right now So it's not on game now. You guys can tell me something about that.
We are put there some f*cking ads to keep server (20GB Ram, 8 cores etc...) online and absolutely you should'nt click it ??? Why you laughing? Actually bro you should to catch some buttons on ads f*cking Play page and you're gonna hate it. But with that ads: there is no risk to close this server, i mean we dont need €1 from every user that playing our server to keep server alive.
When you registered as new player; you'll get basic equipment for play on pvp server (goliath ship, 40 lf3, 60 bo-2, 20 g3n, and some designs of goliath), we have already maked that lf4, apis, zeus, havoc, hercules etc.. but we dont decided yet to think how could you guys get it. Example in the future we can make galaxy gates to give you drone designs. Or better idea that you should to tell us!


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Author: N. K. Krishna Kumar, Jai Gopal and V. A. Parthasarthy
Publisher: Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
Pages: 347 (38 B/W and 51 Color Illustrations)
The name "Onion" originated from the Latin name unio, meaning oneness or unity, or a kind of single onion. A native of Central Asia, onion is now grown in more than 140 countries under temperate tropical conditions. In India onions have been adapted from very early times, before Christian era. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are the main onion-growing states in the country. Barring north-eastern states and kerala, basically all states grow onion. A crop of high culinary importance in daily diet creates ripples in political circles when consumers face shortage of onion and market price goes high.
The Onion' covers all aspects of the crop from its origin to marketing. In this eighteen chapters written by experts in the respective fields of Onion, this monograph reviews status and prospects of Onion research and development. It covers genetic resources, genetics, biotechnology, breeding, crop production, crop protection , seed production, physiology, biochemistry, processing and storage as well as price volatility aspects of Onion. Each chapter presents complete information from historical aspects to latest times, supported by data, illustrations and references. Readers will find all information on onion in one spine in this book. This publication hopefully would be a source of rich information for students and researchers, and would be of great value for frames and entrepreneurs alike.
Onion is an important vegetable-cum-condiment. Humorously said "Onion brings tears to policy-makers when it is absent (in the market) and rocks administration". Thus is the importance of this crop.
Onion belongs to the genus Allium, which is one of the oldest cultivated plant species. Onion and garlic are the most important crops in use as an ingredient in various dishes since ages by many cultures across the world. India is the second largest producer of onion after China. It is estimated that onion is -grown in India over 9.92lakh hectares (22.4% of the world area) with a total production of 166.54 lakh tonnes. Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are the main onion-growing states. In general, barring north-easten states and Kerala, all other states grow onion. Onion consumption is very common in our daily dietary habits and any fluctuation in its price has great ramifications at the National level.
Systematic research on onion was started in 1960 at Pimpalgaon, Baswant and Nashik and later at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, and Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Bengaluru. With the establishment of the National Research Centre for Onion and Garlic (NRCOG), later christened as the Directorate of Onion and Garlic Research (DOGR), the research on onion intensified further. The DOGR is also the nodal agency for the All-India Network Research Project on Onion and Garlic (AINRPOG). The National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation (NHRDF), Nashik, is another organization contributing significantly in research and development of onion in the country. These all efforts have led to the development of a very strong research base in India. The DOGR at Rajgurunagar (Maharashtra) coupled with Ainrpog is doing yeoman service to onion-growers.
I congratulate Dr N.K. Krishna Kumar, Dr Jai Gopal and Dr V.A. Parthasarathy for editing this great monograph on onion. The chapters have been contributed by well-known experts in the field. I congratulate the DKMA for bringing out this publication. The book has been thoughtfully organized, covering all aspects of onion. I am sure this would be of great interest to all onion-workers around the world as well as students, researchers and policy-makers in India.
Onion is an important component of the daily intake throughout the world, particularly in the South Asia, where no culinary preparation is complete in itself if onion is not included. Onion believed to have originated in the Central Asia (around Turkmenistan-Afghanistan) is currently cultivated all-over the world under the short-day and long-day conditions. It is the single commodity exported in large quantities from India, and is also one among the market-sensitive items that can create ripples in the trade. However, it does not mean that it is less important in the domestic market; its demand is increasing day-by-day in India too as consumers are realizing its multiple utilities-medicinal, therapeutic, etc. It is a common food item for the rich and the poor, but its price volatility often renders it beyond the reach and means of the common man. Low productivity, poor seed quality, skewed cultivation and artificial scarcity are some of the pointers, which since long are demanding attention.
Onion has been in cultivation in India for decades but formal efforts on its R&D were initiated in 1960 at Pimpalgaon, Baswant and Nashik by the State Department of Horticulture, Government of Maharashtra. Later systematic research was conducted and is still continuing at the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru and the National Horticultural Research and Development Foundation, Nashik. To give further impetus to research on onions, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research established a National Research Centre for Onion and Garlic in 1994 and an All India Network Research Project (AINRP) on Onion and Garlic was initiated in 2009 to validate stability and adoptability of different production technologies. Over the years, R&D efforts have made significant impact through development of varieties, and various production/protection and post-harvest management technologies. Innovative farmers and private sector undertakings have also contributed significantly in production and overall development of onion-crop in India. Still large gaps do exist in overall understanding of onion production, protection, post-harvest handling, marketing and value-addition.
In the National Workshop of All-India Network Research Project on Onion and Garlic at the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwa Vidyalya, Kalyani, West Bengal, in April 2013, a need was felt for an Indian publication on the Onion, capturing significant research findings with comprehensive presentation. This book "The Onion" is the translation of that vision. This compilation is perhaps the first of its kind and covers most of the R&D on the onion in India.
This volume has been divided into 18 Chapters focus sing on different aspects 0.0of topical interest-Genetic Resource Management, Genetics, Breeding, Biotechnology and Development of Varieties; Technologies on Crop Production and Protection; Post-harvest Management and Value-addition; and Marketing and Export. A highlight has been the market analysis and the factors influencing onion price stability. Relevant data in all the chapters have been suitably supplemented with tables and graphical presentations. Efforts have also been made to bring uniformity in the contents of the chapters. The information contained here is a reflection of the decades of painstaking research. The editorial board is especially indebted to all the authors who have put in their best efforts in gathering relevant information from all possible sources.
We are extremely thankful to Dr S Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE, Government of India and Director General, ICAR, for his support and encouragement. We are highly thankful to the Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture, ICAR, New Delhi, for publishing this valuable tome. We acknowledge the valuable suggestions of our colleagues, Drs Ranvir Singh, B.K. Pandey and Vikramaditya Pandey at the Horticultural Science Division of the ICAR Headquarters, New Delhi. The help rendered by Dr E. Srinivas Rao, IIHR, Bengaluru; Shri Dhiraj K. Sharma, CISH, Lucknow and Mrs Shashi A. Verma, DKMA, New Delhi, was invaluable. The technical support provided by Shri Shaikh, Horticultural Science Division, in day-to-day handling of the manuscript is duly acknowledged.
Although we have tried our best to present this treasure of information in as perfect a manner as possible, it is open to improvement. As editors, we have tried to make the presentation comprehensive and error-free, but should the readers find any lacunae, we would be happy to address them in revised editions.
Foreword v
Preface vii
Acronyms ix
Chapter 1 Origin, History and Distribution 1
Chapter 2 Onion R&D in India-Status and Prospects 9
Chapter 3 Biosystematics, Botany and Genetic Resources 30
Chapter 4 Genetics and Breeding of Open-pollinated Varieties 56
Chapter 5 Breeding for Hybrid Technology 82
Chapter 6 Aggregatum Onion and Shallots 104
Chapter 7 Biotechnology 121
Chapter 8 Production Technology 145
Chapter 9 Nutrient Management 162
Chapter 10 Seed Production 176
Chapter 11 Onion Seed Industry and Trade 191
Chapter 12 Fungal Diseases 197
Chapter 13 Viral Viruses 212
Chapter 14 Insect and Nematode Pests 223
Chapter 15 Post-harvest Management and Processing 247
Chapter 16 Biochemistry and Nutraceutical Properties 272
Chapter 17 Marketing and Export 295
Chapter 18 Onion Production and Price Volatility: Implications for Technology and Policy 316
Contributors 324
Subject Index 327
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Q: How to catch command line print output of git bash when calling from python? Suppose I have 3 text files ours.txt, base.txt and theirs.txt and want to do a three way merge on them. When I call git merge-file -p ours.txt base.txt theirs.txt in Git Bash, it will print the merged text.
Whereas, when I run
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Does anybody have any ideas on how to retrieve it?
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I'm an intense, fissile, split-brained ambivert.
11 Feb 2016 in Society Humanity Social Commentary – read.
One trait that is so common to humans is our disdain of thoughts, actions, and ideas that run counter to our beliefs, and what we view as worthwhile. Some of us are obsessed with telling others that how they live their life is wrong. We even have people who say that we should dispense with frivolities such as entertainment, luxury, and gossip. But why even waste your breath criticising another person's choices?
We are all too diverse to have one focus. It is also undesirable for the entire human race to travel one path. If we focus on what we think is important, we will miss things. Look at how many inventions came out of our pursuit of entertainment. We wouldn't have some medical 3D modelling tools if someone wasn't obsessed with video games. And some discoveries were chanced upon when investigating totally unrelated things. For example, the poisonous nature of leaded gas and leaded paint was discovered by a scientist who was trying to calculate the age of the earth.
If we start telling each other what is worth doing, then we run the risk of being stunted by group think. Centuries ago, someone who "wasted" time looking at the stars instead of collecting food was ridiculed. As far as humans knew back then, collecting food was the most important thing, and it was important. However, that stargazer started astronomy. And autonomy has given us amazing insight into how this rock that we call home came to be.
If we start telling each other what is worth doing, then we run the risk of being stunted by group think.
The scientists of the dark ages were ridiculed, imprisoned, tortured and killed. The reason? They thought something different and counter to what seemed good and right. Past atrocities such as The Inquisition and The Crusades should teach us never to impose our will on others, except of course when demonstrable harm is being caused. Especially should we never tell someone that they don't have the right to think a particular way.
Let those interested in luxuries, gossip, celebrities and magazines pursue their interests. Just because it's not our interest doesn't make it worthless. And we shouldn't feel the need to criticise or ridicule. We never know what can come from the diversity of the human race. Our diversity is an asset.


A few weeks ago, Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl, a graphics programmer working at Jam3, showed us an interesting development carried out on our platform. As you already know, Awwwards has been collecting information on the most noteworthy websites since 2009 – something which makes us an essential source for web design trend analysis. The project started as an experiment, I was just learning Node at the time and decided to see if I could scrape Awwwards for some data visualization. Matt developed a tool which requests each page of the Awwwards winner gallery, then searches the HTML for all the available metadata like site name, author, date, URL, thumbnail, etc. The RGB pixels of each thumbnail are analyzed to get a rough color palette of the 3 primary colors. The result is this brilliant data visualization in which each site is represented as a pie graph showing the distribution of its 3 primary colors. 1. 20 Sites of the Day with Great Color Schemes #c0dfd9 #e9ece5 #b3c2bf #3b3a36 Brdr. 2.
Dezeen Watch Store The Instrmnt 01-DZN is available for pre-order and will be shipped w/c 9th November. Instrmnt 01 is the first watch from Glasgow based, multi-disciplinary team Instrmnt. The limited edition 01-DZN has been produced in collaboration with Instrmnt + Dezeen and features a brushed gold case and navy calf leather strap that are unique to the range. The Instrmnt 01 takes inspiration from the industrial design of the mid 20th century and the desire for a watch that paired high quality Swiss components with simple, utilitarian design. The watch comes as a kit and contains the casing, pins and strap which can be assembled using the tools provided. The watch has a 40mm brushed case with Instrmnt and Dezeen engraved on the back and houses a Swiss Ronda 585 3H movement.
50+ Beautiful CSS3 Buttons with Effects & Tutorials - freshDesignweb Same effect can be used on navigation bars, buttons etc., and these look great in every major browser except Internet Explorer 8 and below as they do not support the gradients and box shadows. Please take a look at the source code to understand more about them. Enjoying wonderful new CSS3 properties we can create some amazingly elegant and stylish buttons styles without the smell of an image and have perfectly adequate fall back styles for older browsers. Website Color Schemes: The Palettes of 50 Visually Impactful Websites to Inspire You Did you know that Facebook is blue because Mark Zuckerberg is red-green color blind? "Blue is the richest color for me; I can see all of blue" says Zuckerberg. While this choice of color doesn't seem very scientific, it's still proves that a lot of thought is put into the choice of color. As Buffer writes, over 90% of our assessment of a product is made on color alone, so it makes sense that color should be considered with care for every design decision, particularly on websites. Chances are, if we don't like the color palette, we're not going to stay on the site for very long. To get you started on your own palette, we've gathered 50 beautiful websites with versatile color schemes you can take inspiration from.
Designing in the Dark: 10 Dark Sites and Their Color Schemes Designing in the Dark: 10 Dark Sites and Their Color Schemes What goes well with a black website? Today we'll find out but taking a look at some excellent examples of dark web design along with their primary color palettes. Each website will have a screenshot along with a brief description, a visual representation of the color scheme, and a link to download the Photoshop color swatches from Pictaculous. Notio Web Design Here the page itself has very little color and serves as more of a black matte to show off the designer's work.
Audiovisual art Audiovisual art is the exploration of kinetic abstract art and music or sound set in relation to each other. It includes visual music, abstract film, audiovisual performances and installations. 50 great parallax scrolling websites Today's advanced web technologies make it possible to create remarkable effects in the browser. While these effects can be gimmicky, when employed in the right way they can result in a distinctive and memorable website. One fairly recent web design trend is parallax scrolling, which involves the background moving at a slower rate to the foreground, creating a 3D effect as you scroll down the page. It can sometimes be overwhelming, but when used sparingly it can provide a nice, subtle element of depth. You'll find more advice in our pro tips for building parallax websites post. But to show how it should be done, we've collected together sites that employ the technique to good effect.
40 Stunning Website Designs with Great Color Schemes Design Selecting a color scheme for a given website design project is not always easy. Sometimes the product or service will help to determine the base or main color, but where to go from there is usually a matter for the designer's imagination and inspiration. There are sites that offer huge selections of color combinations where you can search for a specific color or just browse by categories such as newest, most popular, etc., but sometimes there is just no substitute for browsing other sites for inspiration, where designers have used color schemes that, as a palette may not be obvious bed-mates. In this round up we have selected 40 sites that have some outstanding and/or unusual color combinations, and where the designers have applied a great deal of creativity.


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The Father of Black Basketball
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged basketball, black, Henderson, negro, washington on May 24, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Illustration: Paul Blow/The Guardian.
Summer is coming, and all over America, kids will be seeking out basketball hoops for pickup games or organized sports. Today we know that the recognized stars of the game are often Black, but apparently, that wasn't always the case.
Frederic J. Frommer explains at the Washington Post why Edwin Bancroft Henderson is "known as the 'father of Black basketball' (or sometimes the 'grandfather'). The first Black certified instructor of physical education in the United States, [he] brought the White-dominated sport to Black America. …
" 'Henderson and his contemporaries envisioned basketball — and sports in general — as providing a rare opportunity to combat Jim Crow,' wrote Bob Kuska in Hot Potato: How Washington and New York Gave Birth to Black Basketball and Changed America's Game Forever.
"[Henderson] learned basketball while studying physical education at Harvard University's Dudley Sargent School of Physical Training. The school was affiliated with the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., where James Naismith had invented the sport just a decade earlier. When Henderson returned to Washington, he organized a basketball league for Black players, in a city where only Whites had access to basketball courts or clubs.
" 'What's sad is that more people don't know the story of E.B. Henderson, who was a pioneer, a trailblazer, someone who was a direct protégé of Dr. Naismith,' said John Thompson III, the former head men's basketball coach at Georgetown University, now vice president of player engagement at Monumental Basketball.
"Today, community leaders are taking steps to raise Henderson's profile. In February, the University of the District of Columbia renamed its athletic complex the Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Sports Complex. The school also launched the Dr. Edwin Bancroft Henderson Memorial Fund, which will help pay for the renaming, a scholarship endowment and the creation of a permanent Henderson memorial on campus. …
"On April 1, the Wizards named forward Anthony Gillthe inaugural winner of the team's E.B. Henderson Award, which recognizes the Wizards player most philanthropically active in the D.C. community.
"And last year, Virginia honored Henderson with a state historical marker in Falls Church, where he lived from 1910 to 1965 and helped organize the NAACP's first rural branch. Henderson also served as president of the Virginia NAACP.
After completing his studies at Harvard, Henderson tried to attend a basketball game at a Whites-only YMCA in D.C. in 1907 along with his future brother-in-law, but they were shown the door by the athletic director.
"Undeterred, Henderson started the D.C.-based Basket Ball League, where his 12th Street YMCA team went undefeated in 1909-10 in competition with local rivals and teams from other cities and won the unofficial title of Colored Basketball World Champions.
"His playing days came to an end in 1910 when he was 27 [but] Henderson's work continued off the court, as he formed the Public Schools Athletic League, the country's first public school sports league for Black students, which included basketball, track and field, soccer and baseball.
"In 1912, Henderson moved to Falls Church, and soon he was taking on racial discrimination there, helping to challenge a local ordinance that restricted where Black residents could live. After a court ruled the ordinance unconstitutional, the Town Council rescinded it.
"Henderson continued to challenge discriminatory treatment of African Americans, often through the many newspaper articles and letters to the editor he wrote over the years. In a September 1936 letter to the Post titled 'The Negro in Sports,' for example, he touted the success of Black athletes such as track star Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
" 'Right here in Washington, it ought to be possible for a Jesse Owens, or a city-wide marble champion, or a Joe Louis to come up through the lists and tournaments,' he wrote. 'When will the Capital of the Nation meet this challenge?'
"In 1939, he wrote a book with the same title, The Negro in Sports, which he updated in 1950. In the intervening decade, Jackie Robinson had broken baseball's color barrier, and Black players had returned to the NFL after being shut out of the league for a dozen years.
" 'Henderson resists what might have been the high temptation to gloat at the sensational success of the Negro boys when finally they got their chance to play in the big leagues,' Shirley Povich wrote in a Washington Post review of the revised edition. 'Instead, he pays tribute to the American sportsmanship that sufficed, finally, to provide equal opportunity.' …
" 'I never consciously did anything to be first. I just happened to be on the spot and lived in those days when few people were doing the things I was doing,' Henderson said a few years before his death in 1977, at the age of 93. 'But sports was my vehicle. I always claimed sports ranked with music and the theater as a medium for recognition of the colored people, as we termed ourselves in my day. I think the most encouraging thing, living down here in Alabama, is to see how the Black athlete has been integrated in the South.'
"Henderson was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013, following a campaign waged by his grandson, Edwin B. Henderson II, a retired educator and local historian."
More at the Post, here.
Photo: University of the District of Columbia.
Edwin Bancroft Henderson, the "Father of Black Basketball."
Three Faiths Join to Aid Afghans
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Afghan refugees, christian, muslim, rabbi, washington on February 17, 2022| 2 Comments »
Photo: NBC4 Washington.
In Potomac, Maryland, Har Shalom rabbi Adam Raskin has pulled together faith leaders help support Afghan refugees.
When leaders of differing faiths recognize they are all called to do the same kinds of good works, great things can happen. Today's example is from Potomac, Maryland.
Sydney Page writes at the Washington Post, "Adam Raskin, a rabbi at Congregation Har Shalom in Potomac, Md., knew how difficult the situation was for Afghan refugees in the Washington region.
"Since the historic airlift out of Kabul last year, more than 3,700 Afghan evacuees have been resettled in the District [of Columbia, DC], Maryland and Virginia, overwhelming social service agencies and leaving some refugee families waiting for housing and in limbo.
"Raskin and his congregants decided to help by sponsoring a refugee family.
'We thought it was very much in line with our values,' Raskin said. 'For Jews, many of whom were refugees from places of persecution, there is a special sensitivity for this issue.'
"As members of the congregation began researching the resettlement process, they quickly learned how complicated it can be, and how many resources are required.
" 'We could do this on our own,' Raskin recalled thinking to himself, 'but wouldn't it be amazing to collaborate with a Christian and Muslim congregation? … This is a country where religions don't have to be at odds with each other, but actually where religious communities collaborate and find common ground,' Raskin said.
"He contacted St. Francis Episcopal Church and the Islamic Community Center of Potomac to gauge their interest in an interfaith initiative, and both congregations were enthusiastically on board.
" 'We definitely wanted to get involved,' said Sultan Chowdhury, who was one of the founding members of the Islamic center, and currently serves as its trustee. 'God gave us an opportunity to truly learn about each other. It is wonderful to see how close we are.'
"Kathy Herrmann, the parish life coordinator at St. Francis, agreed.
" 'I have felt such a kinship with them and such a warmth and love emanating from the other two,' she said. 'We all have the same goal to help this family become acclimated and feel the love that we have for them.' …
"The congregations have recruited volunteers to collaborate, including Stew Remer, who has been a member of Congregation Har Shalom since 1982 and has spearheaded the effort.
" 'We created an informal partnership where we are working together to provide support for the family,' Remer said. 'It's amazing that we're doing this with other organizations.'
"He started by contacting various resettlement agencies to learn more about how to sponsor an Afghan family. He got in touch with the Immigration and Refugee Outreach Center, which connected him with the [Wahdat family — a 36-year-old father, a 30-year-old mother and their 19-month-old daughter].
"For the past month, the congregations have divvied up responsibilities to support the newcomers. The church has taken on a health-care advocacy role, identifying doctors and dentists willing to provide pro bono services for the family. The mosque, meanwhile, has been helping with translation services and assisting with cultural needs, such as providing traditional Afghan clothing. The synagogue has been organizing transportation, legal and financial support, as well as helping the family to apply for food stamps and Medicaid. …
"Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all considered Abrahamic religions that view Abraham, a prophet, as the patriarch of their faith. The Bible highlights Abraham's hospitality and his willingness to welcome strangers. …
" 'We have enjoyed the privilege of being together, trying to understand each other better and propagate peace,' Chowdhury said. 'It's eye opening for all of us, and it's a blessing.'
" 'This isn't a short-term project. We are in it for the long haul,' said Herrmann."
Check out the Post, here. It has details on the State Department's sponsor program, which guides those who want to help resettle the Afghan families. Americans owe them.
Swiss Ambassador Leads the Way
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged biodiversity, birds, rewilding, Swiss embassy, washington on September 18, 2021| 4 Comments »
Photo: Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America.
The Swiss embassy has created a bird sanctuary in the heart of Washington, DC.
When a Swiss bird lover became the ambassador to the United States, he was horrified that his embassy in Washington was maintained like a golf course. He decided to create grounds more welcoming to birds — and did a big favor to everyone who cares about biodiversity.
Molly McCluskey reports at Audubon magazine, "When Jacques Pitteloud arrived at his new home and office in the fall of 2019, he was dismayed to discover the state of the property. As Switzerland's new ambassador to the United States, he had a piece of prime real estate in northwest Washington, D.C.,— a historic six-acre stretch of land that once was a farm called Single Oak. Now it hosted the country's sleek, modern residence, and an embassy under renovation. But the grounds looked and were treated like a golf course.
'I felt a tremendous amount of guilt and shame when I took over the residence,' he says. 'Golf courses are nice to look at, but they're ecological disasters. … [Now] we have so many fireflies at night, it's like fireworks.'
"Normal diplomatic life was soon upended by the pandemic, and since then he's been on a mission to rewild the expansive grounds, aiming to create a biodiversity reserve marked by the native plants of the region. He forbid the use of pesticides and allowed the lawn to grow out in spotty patches. Using resources such as Audubon's native plants database and guide to birds, he worked closely with a local landscape designer, Aldertree Garden, that specializes in native plants. They uprooted all the non-native bushes and trees, such as ornamental burning bush and non-productive grass, and replaced them with meadows, bushes, and native trees, including white oak, scarlet oak, black oak, and others.
"Wildlife was also a part of his rewilding vision. Local beekeepers now manage the embassy's colony of 50 hives, and he built a home for…
" 'Within a short time, the results are amazing,' Pitteloud tells me as he walks through the grounds, bending down from time to time to check on the plants or to take a closer view at the frogs in a newly installed pond. 'We have so many more birds, butterflies. It's incredible how quickly they returned. We have so many fireflies at night, it's like fireworks.' …
"Soon after his arrival in Washington, with the pandemic in full swing and diplomatic life thrown into disarray, Pitteloud immersed himself in local birding clubs and outings as a way of getting to know his new community and environment. His snapshot of an unusual Painted Bunting sighting on the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park — a bird more typically found in Florida than in southern Maryland — was featured in the Washington Post.
"Pitteloud's efforts to rewild the embassy and residence are a part of a growing movement of local embassies adding more natural elements to their buildings and grounds. The Finnish embassy prides itself on being the first U.S. Green Building Council LEED-certified embassy in Washington. The Irish ambassador's residence has a low-impact, xeriscaped garden. The Tunisian embassy and residence both have wild, untamed pollinator gardens, in addition to vegetable gardens. The Canadian residence on Pennsylvania Avenue has beehives, and a community-engaged program around beekeeping.
"But the Swiss are perhaps going the furthest on the land they tend. Pitteloud says the efforts are labor- and cost-intensive, but he sees no other option. And staff in D.C. and back in Switzerland at the foreign ministry, he says, have largely applauded the work — especially as the effects of climate change, and the dramatic loss of birdlife around the world, gain more attention. Around the time he took the helm at the embassy, in September 2019, a team of scientists concluded that North America has lost some 3 billion breeding adult birds since 1970, with every biome impacted.
"The news hit Pitteloud hard: 'We're five minutes to midnight on biodiversity loss,' he says. 'In 30 years, we'll have empty skies, with no songbirds left. We'll have to carry bees around because we won't be able to pollinate our agriculture.'
"Though the Swiss embassy in Washington is only one property, Pitteloud hopes that by fostering favorable habitats for wildlife and inviting in beekeepers and other neighborhood groups, he is engaging in a form of 'environmental diplomacy.' Essentially his goal is to set an example for others, whether local neighbors or other embassies (or maybe even the White House, a property whose garden is notably lacking in native plants).
"Because ambassadors and their staff often cycle in and out of their posts every few years, Pitteloud may never see the full effects of the landscaping changes come to fruition, but he hopes the legacy lasts."
More at Audubon, here.
Falconer Helps At-Risk Youth
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged at-risk youth, falconer, raptor, trust, washington on April 16, 2021| 8 Comments »
Photo: Noah Robertson/Christian Science Monitor.
Master falconer Rodney Stotts, founder of Rodney's Raptors, holds a Harris hawk at the Earth Conservation Corps campus in Laurel, Maryland. At ECC, Stotts works with young people who may be at risk, just as he was once.
There's more than one way to connect with troubled teens, but sharing an interest can be key. In today's story, we learn how getting involved with birds of prey transformed the life of a young Rodney Stotts and how he later commmitted himself to helping other kids.
Noah Robertson writes at the Christian Science Monitor, "Before young Jamaal Hyatt met falconer Rodney Stotts, the youth had never seen a bird fly from a person's finger, disappear out of sight, and return at the sound of a whistle. He'd never fed a bird of prey, or understood the trust it takes for one to calmly perch on a person's arm. He'd never even seen a raptor up close.
"Mr. Hyatt grew up in downtown Washington, D.C., where birds rest on traffic lights as often as trees. Two years ago, when his family felt he wasn't focused on school, they decided to send him to Capital Guardian Youth Challenge Academy, a military school for at-risk students in Washington high schools. It was in the woods here that he met Mr. Stotts – a master falconer, mentor, conservationist, and Dr. Dolittle of sorts.
"Mr. Stotts, too, grew up in Washington, and, like Mr. Hyatt, once barely knew a pigeon from a peregrine falcon. But more than 30 years ago, working with animals transformed him from a man of the streets to a man of the woods. He's since become a mentor for young people facing similar challenges.
"That mission brought him to Laurel, where his office is sandwiched between Capital Guardian and New Beginnings Youth Development Center, a youth detention and rehabilitation facility. He works with young people in each facility, giving them an outlet, a role model, and a chance to learn to trust others by learning to trust animals. …
"In three decades Mr. Stotts has worked with thousands of people on the streets and in schools, parks, jails, barns, and Zoom calls. Along the way, he founded his own nonprofit, Rodney's Raptors, and earned his falconry license. The work is low in pay and often poignant, forcing him to confront violence, substance misuse, and loss.
"But for Mr. Stotts, whose life is profiled in a new documentary, 'The Falconer,' it's highest in personal reward. If he could change, he tells the young people he works with, so can they. …
"With a mother who struggled with heavy substance use (before later quitting cold turkey), Mr. Stotts grew up in southeast Washington during the crack epidemic. In early adulthood, he reflected his circumstances; he dealt drugs and was likely to cross up with law enforcement, he says. Then, by accident, he found animals.
"In the early 1990s, he needed a pay stub to sign on an apartment and took a position at Earth Conservation Corps (ECC), a nonprofit then focused on cleaning the notoriously polluted Anacostia River. Bob Nixon, the program's de facto founder and a falconer himself, helped introduce Mr. Stotts to animals and eventually birds of prey.
'The first time I held a bird, period, it took me somewhere else, says Mr. Stotts. …
"After a year, he stayed with ECC and eventually took charge of its raptor program, based in Laurel. … 'He's been engaged since the get-go – that's the impressive thing,' says Mr. Nixon, of ECC. 'He really feels the nature in his bones and gets a real reward in sharing that with people.' …
" 'There's a lot of kids out here that don't really have anything or don't even believe in [themselves],' says Mr. Hyatt. 'Seeing somebody like that … can uplift them and give them a little bit more hope.' "
One Tribe's Climate Plan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate plan, salmon, Swinomish, tribe, washington on December 23, 2020| 5 Comments »
Photo: Swimonish Tribal Community
An ancient Washington State tribe that relies on a healthy stock of salmon has a climate plan.
The more the media covers indigenous activities, the more we learn what we've been missing. There is so much wisdom embedded in tribal memory, especially wisdom about taking care of the natural world. First step: having the right attitude.
Jim Morrison writes at the Washington Post about a tribe in the Pacific Northwest that has a climate plan.
"For 10,000 years, the Swinomish tribe has fished the waters of northwestern Washington, relying on the bounty of salmon and shellfish not only as a staple of its diet but as a centerpiece of its culture. At the beginning of the fishing season, the tribe gathers on the beach for a First Salmon ceremony, a feast honoring the return of the migratory fish that binds the generations of a tribe that calls itself the People of the Salmon.
"At the ceremony's conclusion, single salmon are ferried by boat in four directions — north to Padilla Bay, east to the Skagit River, south to Skagit Bay and west to Deception Pass — and eased into the water with a prayer that they will tell other salmon how well they were treated.
Photo: Greater Seattle
Spawning salmon.
"In recent years, though, the tribe's harvest, diminished by vanishing habitat and warming waters fueled by climate change, hasn't been sufficient to feed the hundreds of people who come to pay homage to their ancestors and to the fish that sustained them.
" 'We don't have that abundance anymore,' said Lorraine Loomis, an elder who has managed the tribal fishery for 40 years. 'To get ceremonial fish, we buy it and freeze it.'
"For the Swinomish, perched on a vulnerable, low-lying reservation on Fidalgo Island, the effects of a warming world have been a gut punch. The tribe has responded with an ambitious, multipronged strategy to battle climate change and improve the health of the land and the water and the plants, animals and people who thrived in harmony for generations.
"In 2010, the Swinomish became one of the first communities to assess the problems posed by a warming planet and enact a climate action plan. An additional 50 Native American tribes have followed, creating climate strategies to protect their lands and cultures, ahead of most U.S. communities.
"The Swinomish see the tasks beyond addressing shoreline risk and restoring habitats. They look at climate adaptation and resilience with the eyes of countless generations. They recognize that the endangered 'first foods' — clams, oysters, elk, traditional plants and salmon — are not mere resources to be consumed. They are central to their values, beliefs and practices and, therefore, to their spiritual, cultural and community well-being.
"Loomis is 80. Every member of her family, from her grandfather to her nine great-grandchildren, has fished the tribe's ancestral waters. She has watched over the decades as the salmon disappeared and her family turned to crab, geoduck and sea cucumbers. She's seen the salmon season drop to only a few days per species from the eight months — May through December — of decades past in order to protect populations. The Skagit River is the last waterway in the continental United States that's home to all five species of Pacific salmon.
"Progress has been slow; some researchers say it could be 90 years before the salmon recover. Loomis is taking the long view. 'If I didn't believe we would recover [the fishery], I guess I wouldn't still be working on this,' she said.
"In recent years, the tribe has fostered salmon recovery through a variety of projects. It has restored tidelands and channels, planted trees along streambeds to cool warming waters, and collaborated with farmers to increase stream setbacks to improve water quality.
Restoring salmon populations is just part of an ambitious climate action plan to blunt the effects of increased flooding, ocean acidification, rising river temperatures, more-destructive storms and habitat loss.
"They're planning the first modern clam garden in the United States on the reservation's tidelands, reviving an ancient practice. They're monitoring deer and elk populations through camera traps to understand the climate change pressures and to inform hunting limits. And they have ongoing wetland restoration projects to explore preserving native plants and to help naturally manage coastal flooding.
" 'They're doing really innovative climate adaptation,' said Meade Krosby, a senior scientist with the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington. 'They were way ahead of the curve. And that really shouldn't be surprising, because the tribes have shown tremendous leadership in climate adaptation and mitigation.' "
More at the Washington Post, here.
Tribes Adapt to Climate Change
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged climate change, flooding, Louisiana, tribe, washington on October 24, 2017| 2 Comments »
The Swinomish community in Washington State has seen the future in rising waters. Much of the tribe's 15-square-mile reservation is at or near sea level.
Today I have a story about how recognizing climate change can put a community one step ahead of the game. Indigenous people around the country are taking steps to deal with the inevitable before it's too late.
Terri Hansen writes at Yes! magazine, "Chief Albert Naquin was astounded when emergency officials warned him in September 2005 that a second hurricane would soon hammer the southern Louisiana bayous where Hurricane Katrina had struck less than a month earlier. The leader of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribe, Naquin took to the Isle de Jean Charles' lone road to urge residents who had returned home after Katrina to leave their listing, moldy homes once again. …
"Hurricane Rita flooded the island for weeks, adding insult to injury that had already reduced the tribe's homeland to a sliver of what it once was. Rising sea levels, hurricanes, erosion from oil production, and subsidence have since shriveled the Isle de Jean Charles peninsula from 15,000 acres to a tiny strip a quarter-mile wide by a half-mile long. There were once 63 houses flanking the town's single street. Now only 25 homes and a couple fishing camps remain. …
"In January, Louisiana received a $48 million grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to move the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw and Houma Nation tribal members to more solid ground and reestablish their communities, making tribal members the first climate change refugees in the United States. …
"Across the country, 24 tribes have responded to climate change with plans for adaptation and mitigation, and more are in development. …
"As rising temperatures cause heatwaves, droughts, floods, wildfires, and increase the severity of weather events, tribes are on the forefront in respect to both degree of impact and in initial efforts to respond to adaptation, said Ed Knight, director of planning and community development for the Swinomish tribe in Washington state. …
"Using a unique model based on an indigenous worldview, the tribe updated its adaptation strategy in 2014 with environmental, cultural, and human health impact data. It now views health on a familial and community scale, and includes the natural environment and the spiritual realm, said Jamie Donatuto, Swinomish community and environmental health analyst."
Will government support for tribes' efforts continue? Read more here.
300-Year-Old Ship
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apprenticeships, archaeology, Dan Baicy, kate patterson, old town alexandria, patricia sullivan, postaday, Potomac River, Thunderbird Archeology, voluntary vessel speed restriction zone, washington, waterfront on March 2, 2016| 6 Comments »
There is always so much to discover, sometimes right under our feet. That's why I suspect that archaeology, despite the drudgery, is a happy career.
Washington Post reporter Patricia Sullivan found some happy archaeologists who discovered an ancient ship where a hotel is being built. (Of course, the hotel people are probably tearing their hair out right about now.)
Sullivan writes, "A large, heavy ship, scuttled between 1775 and 1798, is being dug out of its damp grave at the site of a new hotel construction project in Old Town Alexandria.
"Archaeologists found the partial hull of a ship at 220 S. Union Street, part of the city's major redevelopment of the Potomac River waterfront. It's on the same one-block site where workers two months ago discovered a 1755 foundation from a warehouse that is believed to have been the city's first public building.
" 'It's very rare. This almost never happens,' said Dan Baicy, the hard-hatted field director for Thunderbird Archaeology, the firm watching for historic evidence during construction. 'In 15 years that I've done this work, I've never run into this kind of preservation in an urban environment where there's so much disturbance.' …
"Digging by hand, archaeology crews uncovered a nearly 50-foot-long remnant of the keel, frame, stern and flooring, estimated to be about one-third of the original hull. The wood did not decay, Baicy said, because once it was buried, oxygen could not reach it. …
"The find has archaeologists surprised and ecstatic. Unlike the warehouse, which was noted in old city records, there was no known documentation of the buried ship's existence."
More at the Washington Post.
Photo: Kate Patterson/The Washington Post
Remnants of a late-18th-century vessel were discovered during excavations for a new hotel on the Old Town Alexandria waterfront.
Jeffro Uitto Sculpture
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged art, driftwood, furniture, jeffro uitto, knock on wood, nature, postaday, sculpture, tokeland, washington, willapa on August 10, 2015| 8 Comments »
Someone posted a chair by Jeffro Uitto on Facebook, and I had to know more.
Uitto's About page says, "On the Washington coast there's a place where nature's leftovers get a second chance at stardom. The place is Knock on Wood, and Jeffro Uitto is the artist making the magic happen.
"Since high school Jeffro has been creating with wood, his favorite medium. This stuff isn't from a lumber mill either. Each piece is found and rescued from the shores of Tokeland, the banks of Smith Creek, or the valleys between the Willapa Hills. In due time the varied sticks, slabs, and roots are cured and then found a fitting home. …
"Not everything is built right in the shop though. Clients have brought Jeffro on site to build one-off creations in places like Alaska and Hawaii.
"Jeffro's shop is located near the historic Tokeland Hotel, a stone's throw from Willapa Bay. … Visitors are surprised to see that many of Jeffro's tools are hand made by the artist himself. After you get to know him, this isn't surprising at all."
Be sure to check out the amazing sculptures at Jeffro Uitto's website, here.
Photos: Jeffro Uitto
Social Media Corrals Escaped Panda
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged animals, Ashley Foughty, national zoo, postaday, red panda, social media, trip gabriel, washington, zoo on June 25, 2013| 2 Comments »
Photo: Ashley Foughty, via Associated Press. Foughty spotted the renegade Rusty in Washington's Adams Morgan neighborhood, and twitter did the rest.
Ashley Foughty uses social media. And a good thing, too. If she hadn't responded to the zoo's call for help finding an escaped red panda, who knows what might have happened.
Trip Gabriel writes at the NY Times, "Rusty the red panda, who disappeared from the National Zoo, hijacked the news cycle on Monday.
"To help find Rusty, a raccoon-size mammal with a striped tail and moon-shaped face, the zoo turned to social media, and suddenly half of official Washington broke from Serious Events to tune in to the saga of the runaway panda.
"On Twitter and Facebook, the hunt for 11-month-old Rusty … exploded in a mix of concern, humor. …
" 'Rusty the Red Panda eats shoots and leaves,' Jake Tapper, CNN's chief Washington correspondent, filed to Twitter. …
"The zoo announced Rusty's disappearance to its thousands of Twitter followers in a message at 11:51 a.m, which was retweeted nearly 3,000 times in an hour. …
"At midday, mentions of 'Rusty' on Twitter nearly equaled those of 'Obama.' ….
" 'Edward Snowden and Rusty the red panda relaxing on a Havana beach,' wrote J. D. Ross, a communications director at Syracuse University, referring to the American security contractor wanted on spying charges. …
"Once again, social media proved to be a powerful dragnet. Around 1:15 p.m., a Washingtonian posted a picture on Twitter of Rusty in a patch of weeds in the Adams Morgan district, not far from the 163-acre zoo."
Read what happened next. Note to all escaped zoo animals: Twitter will find you.
Promise Neighborhoods
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ayris Scales, children, dc, education, geoffrey canada, harlem children's zone, parkside-kenilworth, poor, poverty, promise neighborhood, washington on February 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This weekend, having spent special time with both grandsons and a brand-new granddaughter, I have been pretty aware of how much promise children hold.
Not just my grandchildren. All children.
But sometimes children who live in poverty need a boost from the rest of us. Kind of like at christenings when everyone in the congregation says they will help the baby learn and grow even though they don't know the baby's family and may not see them again. It's a symbol that people take all children seriously.
At the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Suzanne Perry writes about the Washington, DC, version of the federal Promise Neighborhoods initiative that takes the nation's responsibility toward children very seriously.
"The D.C. Promise Neighborhood Initiative, one of the country's premier efforts to lift children out of poverty by offering a comprehensive array of educational and social services, has won a five-year, $25-million federal grant to step up its work.
"The grant, one of just seven of its kind that the Education Department awarded last month, was an especially sweet victory for the Washington project, which is working to turn around the city's Parkside-Kenilworth neighborhood. Last year, it failed to win a similar award because it missed the application deadline due to technical problems it faced when e-mailing its proposal.
"This time, the group's leaders left no stone unturned to ensure the application met all of the federal agency's specifications, says Ayris Scales, the executive director—who now calls the project 'the comeback kid' and says she feels like 'Cinderella at the ball.'
"The Washington effort is among dozens across the country that are following an approach pioneered by Geoffrey Canada, founder of Harlem Children's Zone, which involves marshaling schools, nonprofits, and other community organizations to help children in troubled neighborhoods from 'cradle to college.' " More.
By the way, I blogged about Geoffrey Canada and the movie on Harlem Children's Zone, Waiting for Superman, a couple years ago, here.
Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP/File
A three-year-old pre-kindergarten student practices drawing spirals during a class at Powell Elementary School in Washington, DC. The DC Promise Neighborhood Initiative offers 'cradle to college' help to children in the nation's capital.


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School Freedom: Virginia Shows That We Need a New Approach If We Are Going to Win
By Douglas Carswell
Imagine if you were required to shop for groceries in a particular store because of where you happened to live? What if folk living in on zip code had to use a particular branch of Kroger's, and not any other?
Such a system would be absurd, yet this is pretty much how the public education system is run in Mississippi – and across much of America.
Unless a family is able to afford to move to a particular zip code, or afford to go private, moms and dads have little choice over where to educate their kids. In fact, most families in America have more choice when it comes to where they buy groceries than they do over their children's education.
Without parent power, moms and dads anxious about some of the things that their children are being taught – such as Critical Race Theory – have found themselves powerless to do much about it.
This week's election results in Virginia suggest that this could be about to change. The Virginia contest saw conservatives unequivocally committed to school choice and parent power win state-wide contests for the first time in twelve years.
Not only does it turn out that school freedom – when properly presented – is wildly popular. It turns out that millions of ordinary Americans are not that keen on having their kids indoctrinated into believing that their country is intrinsically racists either.
The conservative movement is at a pivotal moment. We have an extraordinary opportunity to achieve fundamental change in the America education system – but if we are to seize this chance, we need to take a new approach.
For as long as anyone can remember, school choice in many states has been synonymous with Charter Schools. Here in Mississippi, for example, we have long tended to put all the school choice eggs into the Charter School basket. And it has not got us very far at all.
Paid for with public money, but run independently, Charter Schools are wonderful. They are a brilliant way of giving lots of kids opportunities that previously only rich people had. Charter schools have an extraordinary record elevating education standards and ensuring young Americans from every background get a great start in life.
The trouble is is that there just aren't enough of them. To date, here in Mississippi there are a mere seven.
Clearly there is not a shortage of demand for Charter Schools. Those that I have visited here in Mississippi are buzzing with enthusiastic teachers, cheerful students and supportive parents. Demand for places at Charter Schools exceeds the places available.
Nor is there a shortage of people wanting to set up Charter Schools. In June this year it was announced that new applications had come in for a batch of new schools across our state.
The problem is that none of these applications got approved. When the Charter Schools Authorizer Board met recently, they failed to approve any new applications.
To be fair to the Board, too, the legislation we have in our state does not mandate the Board to incubate would-be applicants to get them over the line. But surely the Board could be a little more proactive? The Board needs a more can-do approach - and Mississippi needs a greater sense of urgency about the need for change.
Right now, anyone wanting to create a Charter School not only needs approval from the Authorizer Board. Unless they are located in a failing school district, they have to have permission from their local school board, too. Why?
How can it possibly be right to give the local education bureaucracy the power to prevent moms and dads having more choices for their kids? If your local school board really does a good job, why are they afraid of allowing families an alternative?
We would not tolerate it if companies were granted the power to ban competition and force customers to use only their services. So why are we prepared to allow school boards to do precisely this using our tax dollars?
School choice advocates need policy responses that address all of these problems. Charter schools have a critical role to play in making school choice a reality. But we also need to do more that focus on supply-side reform. We need a demand-side revolution – and Virginia suggests that the demand for real change in public education is there.
Rather than just Charter Schools, we need to advocate for a comprehensive school freedom program, including open enrolment. Most vital of all, we need to frame the debate about school freedom in a way that ensures that it resonates with millions of ordinary Americans concerned about the way in which ultra-left wing ideologues have invaded their children's classrooms.
If we present school freedom as a way of ensuring that every American child has not just a good education, but a broad and balanced one, our movement will become unstoppable.
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Q: Nested object is not shown in Swagger documentation I'm working with swagger-springfox on version 2.9.2, I encountered a problem with incomplete display of multiple nested objects.
I have a class named AddEntityCaseReq and the structure below. When I visited the swagger-ui.html, there is nothing in the Properties.
I have marked @ApiModel and @ApiModelProperties on each class. Is there anything missing?

This is the class structure

AddEntityCaseReq
├── id
└── List<UploadDocuments> uploadDocuments;
    └── Properties
          ├── id
          └── name

This is the controller code

    @ResponseBody
    @RequestMapping(value = "/addEntityCase", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    @ApiOperation(value = "add entity case", notes = "add entity case")
    @ApiImplicitParam(name = "addEntityCaseReq", value = "reuqest",
            required = true, dataType = "AddEntityCaseReq")
    public CommonResp<Boolean> addEntityCase(@RequestBody AddEntityCaseReq addEntityCaseReq) {
        return addEntityCase.execute(addEntityCaseReq);
    }

swagger model details here

A: If you have class hierarchies in openapi you might see only the base class in the swagger ui. What you could do is to force the mapping for a base class for a richer subclass, in the configuration:
    return new Docket(DocumentationType.SWAGGER_2)
            .securitySchemes(schemeList)
            .alternateTypeRules( AlternateTypeRules.newRule(
                    typeResolver.resolve(LocalDate.class),
                    typeResolver.resolve(Date.class), Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE),
                    AlternateTypeRules.newRule(
                            typeResolver.resolve(List.class, LocalDate.class),
                            typeResolver.resolve(List.class, String.class), Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE),
                    AlternateTypeRules.newRule(
                            typeResolver.resolve(List.class, YourBaseClass.class),
                            typeResolver.resolve(List.class, YourRicherSubclass.class), Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)

            )
            .select()

This is an example for mapping lists, but it would work the same for standard objects.


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Beer Find It Taproom Contact Shop
The Story of the Great Cobra Scare of '53
A true story . . .
In 2017, when your Mother's first developed our kettle-soured wheat, we racked our brains for a name that not only stood out on the shelves but also represented our hometown. And while one could compile a list a mile long of our city's attributes, we hit upon one thing that no other town could claim: the Cobra Scare of 1953. Here, then, was a piece of Springfield's history that was every bit as weird as our brewery and as unique as the beer itself.
What you may not know is that the Cobra Scare of '53 – a town held for weeks in the grip of terror as an unknown number of deadly Indian cobras periodically surface – is historical reality. So for the benefit of those who may not be familiar, here is the astounding story that inspired us.
On August 15, 1953, an alert resident caught sight of an unfamiliar snake in his yard. As is not unheard of in these parts, the snake was dispatched with a garden hoe. It would have remained an unremarkable event had not another similar snake been killed one week later in the same neighborhood. Public safety authorities were summoned and duly flummoxed. It would fall to a local science teacher to discover the shocking truth: the snakes were Indian cobras, native to a continent across the globe and certainly more dangerous than the usual garter or black rat snakes of the Ozarks.
The first suspect in the invasion was a downtown pet store that specialized in exotic fare. The owner denied any involvement and the citizens of Springfield were left with a mystery that would only deepen. For in the ensuing weeks, several more of the venomous snakes were discovered and killed in the city. What began as an anomaly would grow into a veritable panic: children were denied their summer recreation as anxious parents kept them indoors, safe from the uncertain threat that seemed to be growing.
As the number of snakes killed or captured increased – now three! now five! Eight! – it fell to the city manager to address a crisis that certainly no mid-sized, midwest city plans for. Supplies of antivenom were delivered to local hospitals. Police patrolled with snake catching poles. Eventually, even a truck equipped with loudspeakers cruised the streets blasting 'snake-charming' music, attempting to lure the cobras from their lairs to meet a fatal slug from an officer's sidearm.
The Cobra Scare would continue until October. In total, eleven cobras met their gruesome fates here in our fair city, with a few even being preserved in formaldehyde for posterity. But while the panic would eventually subside, the mystery would remain: no one claimed responsibility for the cobras and no rational explanation could be surmised. And thus did a mystery grow into legend.
For thirty-five years.
For in 1988, one man, having long shouldered the burden of the truth, stepped forward with an explanation. In an exclusive interview with the Springfield News-Leader, Carl Barnett revealed that he alone knew the truth behind the scare. In his words, "I'm the one that done it." Barnett would elaborate: fourteen years old at the time, he had an arrangement with that downtown pet store. He would capture harmless, local snakes to trade for tropical fish. When a prized fish he acquired died the very night he brought it home, he returned to complain. The owner was unsympathetic and refused any recompense. As Barnett left the store, he noticed a crate of snakes around back. Assuming that they were the very snakes he had wrangled as trade, he set them loose, evening the score. The young man could not have known that the owner raised cobras!
And while there were, thankfully, no injuries from the cobras, Barnett would live the next three decades with the guilt of causing a citywide panic that would become national news, even being featured in Life magazine. From his 1988 confession to the paper: "I realized what I'd done, and I was scared to death. Every time someone mentioned the cobras, I just wilted." But in the end, the strength of his character prevailed and he told his story. The mystery was solved. And the legend became lore; a part of the fabric of Springfield culture. Today, one preserved snake remains in a jar at Drury University. But one million memories, and perhaps a million more tall tales, were created from the youthful mistake of one boy. Eleven snakes. More than sixty years. And a sense of place and community that cannot be captured in numbers. That is the legacy of the Cobra Scare of '53. And that is the legacy we honor with our beer.
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Q: Estabilish Relationships in Snowflake I have 10 tables created in Snowflake. How do i model them? I mean how do i establish relationship between the tables in the form of a parent-child relationship or in the form of Facts and Dimensions?
Can you please share a sample model if you have?

A: Snowflake supports defining and maintaining below constraints, however it does not enforce them, except for NOT NULL constraints, which are always enforced.

*

*UNIQUE

*PRIMARY KEY

*FOREIGN KEY

*NOT NULL

For constraints and related details please refer
https://docs.snowflake.com/en/sql-reference/constraints-overview.html
For sample code/model you can check at https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/table-considerations.html