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China's iSpace to make private orbital launch attempt in early June
Launch firm iSpace in early June will attempt to become the first Chinese private company to place a satellite in orbit, following failed launches by two competitors.
Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd., also known as iSpace, will launch an unnamed payload using a Hyperbola-1 four-stage rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, according to a company senior official.
In an interview with thepaper.cn, iSpace Vice President Huo Jia said the launch vehicle would be transferred to Jiuquan, northwest China, near the end of May in preparation for the mission.
The launch will be the third attempt by a Chinese private launch company to achieve orbit, following launches from LandSpace Technology Corporation and OneSpace Technology Co., Ltd.
The first attempt came in October from Landspace, when an issue with the third stage meant a loss of attitude control and the loss of the payload into the Indian Ocean. OneSpace in March suffered a problem with a velocity gyroscope shortly after firing of the second stage.
Similar to the previous efforts, the iSpace launch vehicle will be a have three solid stages with a liquid-propellant fourth stage.
iSpace is one of the more prominent of the Chinese launch startup scene, and has boosted its prospects by securing just over $100 million in series A funding from Matrix Partners China, CDH Investments, tech giant Baidu and others.
Beyond Hyperbola-1, the company is developing the Hyperbola-2, 2.5-meter-diameter, 38-meter-tall launch vehicle powered by liquid-methane and liquid-oxygen engines.
Hyperbola-2 is expected to be capable of lifting 1,900 kilograms to LEO and will have a maiden flight after 2020. At the end of March iSpace performed successful joint tests of a turbopump and secondary systems for a 15-ton thrust methalox engine named JD-1.
The company also has suborbital experience, launching the Hyperbola-1S from Hainan island in April last year and the Hyperbola-1Z from Jiuquan in September.
Chinese launch startups began emerging following a government policy shift in late 2014 which opened the launch and small satellite sectors to private capital. The speed of the development of launch vehicles by private companies in China has been accelerated by a civil-military integration national strategy, facilitating the transfer of restricted technologies to approved firms in order to promote innovation in dual-use technology.
Landspace is developing a methalox launcher of its own, while OneSpace is preparing for another orbital launch attempt before the end of the year. Linkspace, meanwhile, has drawn attention with low altitude hop tests of an 8.1-ton vertical takeoff, vertical landing technology demonstrator.
Other entities that have at least progressed to performing engine component tests include S-Motor, Jiuzhou Yunjian, Galactic Energy, Deep Blue Aerospace, Space Transportation and Ningbo Space Engine Technology.
In his interview with thepaper.cn, Huo Jia stated that he believed there would be just one or two commercial launch companies in China in the next 5-10 years.
"China's rocket technology is very mature," Huo said. "The key is that the satellite downstream application market has not been developed, so the demand for satellite launch is not great."
First Chinese sea launch in June
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the main contractor for the Chinese space program and launcher of all government and military payloads, is preparing for the first sea launch its only solid-propellant Long March launch vehicle, the Long March 11.
The Long March 11 will take off from a modified vessel June 5, carrying two Jilin-1 Earth observation satellites for Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co. Ltd., (CGSTL) a commercial spinoff from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics in northeast China, according to an April 24 China News article.
Jia Hongguang, CGSTL deputy general manager, stated that the company aims to send 20 satellites into orbit this year as it seeks to construct a constellation of 138 remote sensing satellites in low Earth orbit.
The rocket has been named "CZ-11 WEY" for the Great Wall Motor's automobile brand WEY, following an agreement between the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, a CASC subsidiary, and the Chinese carmaker.
The mission is expected to be carried out in the Yellow Sea, situated between China and the Korean Peninsula, but the flight is expected to pave the way for possible future low inclination launches to take advantage of the higher rotational speed of the Earth nearer the equator.
Chinarocket Co., Ltd., a CASC commercial subsidiary, will also be providing competition to the Chinese startups with its own microlauncher named Jielong-1 ('Smart Dragon-1'). Jielong-1 is designed to be "fast, agile and flexible" and capable of putting 150 kilograms into a 700-kilometer SSO. Earlier reports from Chinese media stated that the first launch would take place in the first half of 2019.
Chinese engineers working on graphene solar sails to explore deep space
Lunar nighttime brings end to Chang'e-4 biosphere experiment and cotton sprouts
A first for China as it demonstrates new sea-launch capabilities
Congressional panel looks at national security implications of China's space ambitions


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Q: jquery: select children of a variable only Loading new posts with infinite scroll and positioning them with masonry js.
Here's some commented code.
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The problem I'm having is this line var hideimages = $(".figure > img").hide();, I only want to hide the images inside the newElements(ie posts just loaded in), but I'm not quite sure how to work with children of variables nor can I find the correct documentation.
This works but obviously it hides any image inside .figure of posts that have already been loaded successfully.

A: You can specify a context for your selector:
$('.figure > img', $newElems).hide();

A: Use .addClass() to give a special class to all newly-added elements, and target that class selector rather than the more general .figure > img selector (then removeClass()).
You could alternately use the context selector parameter that Jason P's answer describes, or use the .filter($newElems) method which will function about the same way.

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relationship between NII and governance quality in 144 developing countries. The rest of the paper is organized as follows: in the ensuing section we present the research model and hypotheses. This is followed by the section on research design. The section after that presents the analysis and results of the study. We then discuss the results and the implications for future research. The final section provides concluding remarks with a restatement of the value of the work.
the country's economic markets; and (g) promoting the rule of law.
throughout the world y (p. 34).
economic development. The diagrammatic representa- tion of the research model with hypotheses indicated is presented in Figure 1. We next derive and explain each hypothesis.
Figure 1 Research model and hypotheses.
H1: NII influences the quality of governance in developing countries.
80 percent of whom had annual incomes of less than $300.
computers and waiting for something to grow (p. 42).
H2: NII influences the level of socio-economic development in developing counties.
H3: The quality of governance influences the level of socio- economic development in the developing countries.
144 countries classified as middle- and low-income countries by the World Bank (IBRD, 2002) and as developing countries by the United Nations Develop- ment Program (UNDP) (UNDP, 2006). The primary sources of data were the International Telecommunica- tion Union World Indices (ITU, 2007), the UNDP Human Development Report (UNDP, 2006) and the dataset for governance indices created by Kaufmann et al. (2007).
quality on average, with the mean scores on all the governance indicators being below 1.0. Socio-economic development measures were, on average, good. The mean scores of education, life expectancy and per capita GDP when adjusted for PPP were 0.753, 0.667, and 0.632, respectively. The best score a nation can attain on these indices is 1.0. Thus, these nations tended to register slightly above average performance when taken as a group. We note that these descriptive statistics provide an overall summary. There are nations that perform quite well on these indices while others report abysmal scores.
this study, including its ability to handle formative constructs, reputed robustness in handling small sample sizes, and missing values (Straub et al., 2002). As documented in Wixom & Watson (2001), the technique concurrently tests the psychometric properties of scales used to measure the variables in the model (i.e., the measurement model), and analyzes the strengths and directions of the relationships among the variables (i.e., the structural model). The path coefficients established by evaluating the research model in PLS allow u's to assess if there are relationships among the constructs represent- ing NII, governance, and socio-economic development.
should be preserved even when they reflect non-signifi- cant weightings to their respective constructs where theorization of constructs affirms their content validity and dropping of such indicators would lead to a conceptual dilution the resultant construct. The theori- zation performed in the early parts of this paper reflects that the indicators used are adequately grounded in theory and are a core constituent of their respective constructors. Because of these reasons, we decided not to drop any of the indicators that were statistically insignif- icant in their contribution to each construct, since doing so would dilute the constructs so measured and threaten their content validity.
results for these variables. Both R2 values were statistically significant (Po0.050) within the context of this study.
Figure 2 Results of the PLS analysis.
expected conclusions with respect to the impacts of governance on socio-economic development, we can state that our findings are in the same direction as past studies where this relationship was found to be signifi- cant. This allows us to infer that adequate investments in information infrastructure not only enhance quality of governance, but also contribute to the enhancement of governance's effects on socio-economic development. In this light, our finding concurs with Dutta's study (2001).
regimes) has been a major characteristic of developing countries. Most of these countries have traditionally turned to the 'West' (Europe or North America) for a 'hand-out' to address problems of poor governance through loans as a step to imperfectly resolve these problems. Our study sets forth the proposition that the broad diffusion of NII may be a starting point, or perhaps a necessary but not sufficient condition, toward sustainable improvement of governance in developing countries. We neither claim that NII will amount to successful govern- ance, nor that it will instantly transform poorly governed nations into role models of exceptional governance. What we do posit is that capabilities (such as electronic voting, web-based reporting of government spending, etc.) made possible by information infrastructures present a possible avenue for the effective delivery of government services, operationalization of functional and sustainable govern- ance frameworks, and the implementation of efficient government operations and for the sustainable socio- economic development of developing nations.
Peter Meso is a member of faculty in the Computer Information Systems Department of Georgia State Uni- versity's J. Mack Robinson College of Business, located in Atlanta, GA, U.S.A. He is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the African Journal of Information Systems and a member of the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Global Information Management and the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, respectively.
He earned his Ph.D. degree in Information Systems from Kent State University, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree (Information Systems) and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the United States International University – Africa. He conducts research in the areas of information systems development and global information technology with a key interest in researching information technology in the developing economies.
His research appears in a number of journals such as Communications of the ACM, Information Systems Research, Information Systems Journal, Journal of Systems and Software, Information Systems Management, Journal of Global Informa- tion Management, IEEE Transactions on Information Systems in Biomedicine, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, and the Journal of the Association for Information Systems. He teaches courses in the areas of information systems analysis design, web applications development, and computer programming languages. He is a member of the Association for Information Systems and the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 9.4.
Philip F. Musa is an Associate Professor of Management and Information Systems in the School of Business at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He teaches various courses such as project management, supply chain management, quality management, strategic informa- tion systems, electrical engineering, operations manage- ment, etc. He holds a B.S.E.E., M.S.E.E., M.B.A., and Ph.D., all from Texas Tech University. He has published research in various prestigious journals such as Commu- nications of the ACM, Information Systems Journal, Commu- nications of AIS, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, Journal of Global Information Management, Journal of Information Systems Education, etc. He has served on special assignments related to Ph.D. programs to other universities around the world. In addition to serving on the editorial boards of several academic and practi- tioner journals, he has presented at and published in dozens of proceedings of national and international Information Systems conferences such as Americas Con- ference on Information Systems, the International Fed- eration for Information Processing, Information Resource Management Association, Global Information Technol- ogy Management, Decision Sciences Institute, among others. He has also served as chair or on program committees of many of the professional conferences. He is an academic professional member of APICS, senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), member of the Association of Informa- tion Systems (AIS), and a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi. He is a licensed professional engineer (P.E.) with backgrounds in electrical engineering and semiconductor industry. He is also a certified supply chain professional (CSCP).
Detmar Straub is the J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at Georgia State University. He has conducted research in the areas of net-enhanced organizations (e-commerce), information security, technological innovation, IS methodological issues, and international IT studies. He holds a D.B.A. (Doctor of Business Administration) in MIS from Indiana and a Ph.D. in English from Penn State. He has published 140 papers in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Management Science, Information Systems Research, Organization Science, Journal of MIS, Journal of AIS, Information & Management, Communications of the AIS, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Communications of the ACM, OMEGA, Acad- emy of Management Executive, and Sloan Management Review. He is the Editor-in-Chief of MIS Quarterly, with a term starting in January of 2008. Previously he has served as Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, Journal of the AIS (JAIS), and DATA BASE. He was also Co-Editor of DATA BASE for Advances in Information Systems. Previously, he was Associate Editor for Manage- ment Science as well as an editorial board member on a host of other journals. His consultancies with industry have been in the areas of information security, e-commerce, and technological innovation. He teaches masters level courses at Georgia State University in: E-commerce Strategy, IT Strategies for Management, Systems Integration and IT Outsourcing, International IT Policies and Issues, and Computer Security Manage- ment, and doctoral seminars in Quantitative Methods in IS Research, and Experimental Design. He serves as Director of Research and Doctoral Programs in the Robinson College of Business. He is former VP of Publications for the Association for Information Systems. He was appointed AIS Fellow in 2005.
Victor W. Mbarika is on faculty in the College of Business at Southern University and A&M College. He holds a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Auburn University. His research on information and communica- tions technology (ICT) diffusion in developing countries and his research on multimedia learning has been published (or are forthcoming) in 100 academic outlets in the form of books, refereed journals, conferences, and book chapters. He is a member of the Association of Information Systems (AIS), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and the Information Re- sources Management Association (IRMA).
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Use your iPhone to detect power lines hidden in your walls!
The iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad have a built in Magnetometer, which is utilized in the compass app. But a magnetometer can be used for other purposes too. A magnetometer is detecting magnetic fields, and changes in magnetic fields.
Metallic parts are disturbing any measurement. Therefore remove any cover, frame or bumper from your device.
Many cases and protectors use magnets to keep them shut. Remove cases and frames that have magnets for what reason ever. After all you are looking to detect the magnetic field of a power line, you don't want to detect the magnets that are part of your iPhone ouch or case.
Now that you removed everything that could disturb the measurement you can start the app.
Calibrating the internal magnetometer by moving the device in a "8-Figure" is never a bad idea.
Slowly move your iPhone close to the area where you suspect a power line carrying voltage.
If the app detects a power line (that must actually be powered) the display will flash and the mG readings grow accordingly (mG stands for milliGauss, a unit to measure magnetic induction). Also the message "Voltage detected" appears on the screen.
You may want to get familiar with the Power Line Detection app before using it. Just use it on an active power line that you can see (like the power cord from your room light or an extension cable running from the wall outlet) to get a feel for the apps function and handling.
Computer and other electronic devices may not work well with this app, since they are often heavily shielded to ensure their proper function. As outlined above, shielding prevents proper reading of magnetic fields.


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Michigan attorney general sues 2 companies over lead-tainted Flint water
Michigan Atty. Gen. Bill Schuette, shown announcing 13 felony charges against officials on April 20, says he is suing two companies over Flint's lead-tainted water crisis.
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Reporting from FLINT, Michigan —
Michigan's attorney general filed a civil lawsuit Wednesday against two water engineering companies, saying they caused and exacerbated Flint's lead-tainted water crisis and demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
Attorney General Bill Schuette sued Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, known as LAN. Schuette said in a news release that the firms' "fraudulent and dangerous recommendations made a bad situation worse."
The lawsuit charges LAN and Veolia with professional negligence and public nuisance. Veolia was also charged with fraud.
The companies were hired by the city to assist while it was under state emergency management.
LAN, based in Houston, began working with Flint in 2013 to prepare its plant to treat new sources of drinking water, including the Flint River. Veolia was hired in 2015 to address the city's water quality.
The struggling city of nearly 100,000 has been dealing with poor water quality since switching from the Detroit system, which draws from Lake Huron, to the Flint River in April 2014. It was intended as a short-term measure to save money while another pipeline to Lake Huron was under construction.
Residents quickly complained that the water looked dirty and tasted and smelled bad. E. coli bacteria hit unsafe levels. And last September, state officials acknowledged that a failure to add chemicals to limit corrosion had enabled the river water to scrape lead from aging pipes, exposing people in some homes and schools to the potent neurotoxin.
Flint was under state management at the time, leading to an apology from Gov. Rick Snyder. Flint returned to the Detroit system in October. Criminal charges have already been filed against two state Department of Environmental Quality officials, while Flint's utilities administrator pleaded no contest to willful neglect of duty, a misdemeanor.
Email and phone messages from the Associated Press seeking comment from Veolia and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam were not immediately returned.
Five years in, there's still no Obamacare alternative from House Republicans
Judge: Federal regulators can't set fracking rules
Colombia and FARC rebels announce cease-fire deal in a major step to end a half-century of war
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Brookhuis KA, De Waard D, Samyn N.
"Effects of MDMA (ecstasy), and multiple drugs use on (simulated) driving performance and traffic safety".
Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2004 Jan 9;Epub(Online).
Brookhuis KA, De Waard D, Samyn N. "Effects of MDMA (ecstasy), and multiple drugs use on (simulated) driving performance and traffic safety" Psychopharmacology (Berl). 2004 Jan 9;Epub(Online).
Brookhuis KA
De Waard D
Samyn N
RATIONALE. The effects of MDMA on driving behaviour are not clear, since the direct effects of MDMA on cognitive performance are reported as not generally negative. OBJECTIVES. To assess in an advanced driving simulator acute effects on simulated driving behaviour and heart rate of MDMA, and effects of polydrug use. METHODS. A group of young participants who had indicated that they regularly used MDMA were asked to complete test rides in an advanced driving simulator, shortly after the use of MDMA, just before going to a party. They were tested again after having visited the 'rave', while they were under the influence of MDMA and a number of different other active drugs. Participants were also tested sober, at a comparable time at night. Separately, a control group of participants was included in the experiment. RESULTS. Driving performance in the sense of lateral and longitudinal vehicle control was not greatly affected after MDMA, but deteriorated after multiple drug use. The most striking result was the apparent decreased sense for risk taking, both after MDMA and after multiple drug use. This was clear from gap acceptance data, while the ultimate indicator of unsafe driving, accident involvement or even causation, was increased by 100% and 150%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS. Driving under the influence of MDMA alone is certainly not safe; however, driving back (home) after a dance party ('rave') where MDMA users regularly combine MDMA with a host of other drugs can be described as extremely dangerous.


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package water.api.schemas3;

import water.Iced;
import water.api.API;

public class ImportSQLTableV99 extends RequestSchemaV3<Iced,ImportSQLTableV99> {

  //Input fields
  @API(help = "connection_url", required = true)
  public String connection_url;

  @API(help = "table")
  public String table = "";

  @API(help = "select_query")
  public String select_query = "";

  @API(help = "username", required = true)
  public String username;

  @API(help = "password", required = true)
  public String password;

  @API(help = "columns")
  public String columns = "*";

  @API(help = "optimize")
  public boolean optimize = true;

}

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The present Mrs. Scott wants a new kitchen. Therefore, the immutable laws of nature dictate that Mrs. Scott will get a kitchen.
Findo Gask walked through the door of her Project Office and closed it deliberately behind her. She walked across to one of the desks occupied by the customer's test team.
Hello! My name is Beth and I am a second year Geography student at Newcastle University. This summer I had the fantastic opportunity to intern with The Config Team, a leading SAP Logistics Consultancy Firm based in the Lake District, working with Business Operations and Support Teams to help support the company during a busy period of growth and change.
Logistics managers are constantly looking to solve a unique set of challenges that threaten to disrupt the flow of their supply chains. Any disruption in the supply chain, however minor, can cause product shipments and other warehouse operations to come to a halt.
There was a 13th century Persian poet and philosopher called Rumi, who tells a story about elephants.
Cloudy with a chance of……. Clarity?
It is interesting to understand how different the thought process is around selecting and implementing a pubic cloud solution, compared to private or on-premise.
Let me start this missive with a history lesson. Once-upon-a-time there was just Shank's Pony for moving stuff around. Some clever person then invented the cart and this was easier.
Mr. Bill was bored. Bored, bored, bored. He was so bored that he thought he would have a wander down to the shops for a mooch around. Mr. Bill hates shopping so that just shows how dreadfully bored he was.
I was talking with my brother-in-law about one of the Rugby League Challenge Cup matches and he used a wonderful phrase about the performance of one of the teams – abject normality.
Sitting in an airport lounge recently, taking a libation to stave off dehydration, I found a seat near a group of lads clearly on their way to a Stag do somewhere. They were having a great time, mainly making fun of the groom-to-be.


The symptoms of a failing state, especially in view of the near breakdown of law and order in most parts of the north, are prominently apparent for all to see now. Yet, the Nigerian government has not exhibited convincing capacity to curb the security threat that is threatening the nation's cohesion. In view of the debilitating prevailing circumstance, we are not astonished that the United Nations is considering assisting Nigeria in protecting schools in the Northeast, in the wave of persistent armed attacks on the schools and abduction of students/pupils by Boko Haram terrorists. This is at least a refreshing contrast to our own president dancing at a political rally hours after the abductions. It tells of how we value human lives, compared to how people in more civilised climes value same, especially when students and children generally are involved.
Mr Gordon Brown, former British Prime Minister and a United Nations special envoy on education, unfurled the global body's plan through a piece that was published in The Guardian of London and on CNN's News Live while expressing the international community's concern over the recent abduction of 234 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by members of the Islamist sect.
We are aware that the violent killings through bombings and abductions going on, not only in the northeast, but also in the entire north have defied domestic control. We cannot but agree with this proposition because, to deny the need for foreign assistance at this point will be tantamount to denying the obvious, and the consequence might be too severe – an absolute annihilation of the entire region with very dire consequences on the general wellbeing of the nation at large.
The gory catalogues of bombings and abductions have terrible effect on the already traumatised psyche of people of this troubled nation. In Yobe State alone, over 137 students were reportedly killed in four separate attacks on its schools between June 2013 and February, 2014. The Boko Haram sect has serially invaded and wantonly killed students of Government Secondary School, Damaturu, and Government Secondary School, Mamudo, Potiskum local government of Yobe State, where 29 students were slaughtered in a midnight attack. The untiring terrorist group also stormed College of Agriculture in Gujba local government area, also in the state, where not less than 40 students were killed in another midnight raid.
We recollect that at a point last year, schools in Yobe State were shut down because of serial attacks on schools and students. Such wanton assaults on public schools and students' lives are equally rampant in Borno State, with the latest being the abduction of yet-to-be rescued 234 students of Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok.
It is alarming that Boko Haram has been callously responsible, in the past five years, for the killings of a conservative 5,000 people in northern Nigeria. More worrisome is the harsh reality that majority of the victims were pupils and other innocent civilians caught in the web of this group's senseless actions against the state. Consequent upon these heinous acts, most parents have withdrawn their wards from schools in a region where literacy level is far below, not only international standards, but also the appreciable literacy level in other regions of the country. If only to create safe havens for learning by students in the entire north, we agree with Brown that henceforth, schools should become protected places, under the auspices of the United Nations, like hospitals and the Red Cross. The Nigerian government has failed in its duty of protecting educational institutions in that region.
This UN initiative is very good but it is technically a signal to the world that Nigeria is at war with herself and needs foreign intervention to put her house in order. It is sad that outsiders are now more concerned about protection of lives in Nigeria's territory than the country's government that has proved, through tepid approach, that the enormity of the challenges is beyond its ability.
Why then is the Federal Government against the idea of a state police which could have considerably helped in this regard? Except this foreign aid comes in earnest, which is an equivalent of outsourcing the state, the country might be on her way to destruction since safety of lives and property can no longer be officially guaranteed.


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In this lesson, students learn about expressing preferences using 'prefer' through guided discovery based on a reading text about TV programmes. The lesson stars with talking about the type of TV programmes. This is followed by reading the text where the target structure is presented. Then there is some controlled practice through fill-in the blank excercises and semi-controlled practice through rewriting sentences. Finally, there is some free practice through a discussion about the TV programmes on the TV guide.
T sticks pictures of some TV programmes on the board and asks the students what these are and elicits 'TV programmes'. After setting the context, T asks: 'Do you watch these TV programmes?' Then the students discuss the TV programmes they like and they don't like. Following this, the students give examples to the each type of program.
T hands out the reading text and asks the students what they see in the picture, what those children are doing, elicits 'They are watching TV.' Then the students read the text and find out what they are talking about. After that, the students complete the table with the necessary information. The students compare their answers with each other.
T asks the students to pay attention to the underlined sentences in the dialogue and think about what these sentences might mean. The students discuss it quickly with their partners.
CCQs: Does Harry like sit-coms? -Yes. Does Anna like quiz shows? -Yes. T tells the students that we use 'prefer' to talk about our preferences. Then T asks the difference between the two underlined sentences. T presents the form by writing 'I prefer something to something else.' and 'I perefer doing something to doing something else.' to the board. After that, T asks the students to give an example sentence to the each form from the text. T writes the model sentences to the board. Following this, the students practice pronunciaton by substitution drills.
T hands out the worksheets. The students do some fill-in the blank exercises using 'prefer'. Then they check their answers in pairs.
T hands out the TV guides. The students choose the programs they prefer at specific hours. Then they discuss and compare their prefences with each other.


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// Boost.Geometry - gis-projections (based on PROJ4)

// Copyright (c) 2008-2015 Barend Gehrels, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

// This file was modified by Oracle on 2017, 2018, 2019.
// Modifications copyright (c) 2017-2019, Oracle and/or its affiliates.
// Contributed and/or modified by Adam Wulkiewicz, on behalf of Oracle.

// Use, modification and distribution is subject to the Boost Software License,
// Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

// This file is converted from PROJ4, http://trac.osgeo.org/proj
// PROJ4 is originally written by Gerald Evenden (then of the USGS)
// PROJ4 is maintained by Frank Warmerdam
// PROJ4 is converted to Boost.Geometry by Barend Gehrels

// Last updated version of proj: 5.0.0

// Original copyright notice:

// Purpose:  Implementation of the aitoff (Aitoff) and wintri (Winkel Tripel)
//           projections.
// Author:   Gerald Evenden (1995)
//           Drazen Tutic, Lovro Gradiser (2015) - add inverse
//           Thomas Knudsen (2016) - revise/add regression tests
// Copyright (c) 1995, Gerald Evenden

// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
// copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
// to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
// the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
// and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
// Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
// FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
// DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

#ifndef BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_AITOFF_HPP
#define BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_AITOFF_HPP

#include <boost/core/ignore_unused.hpp>

#include <boost/geometry/srs/projections/impl/base_static.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/srs/projections/impl/base_dynamic.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/srs/projections/impl/factory_entry.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/srs/projections/impl/pj_param.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/srs/projections/impl/projects.hpp>

#include <boost/geometry/util/math.hpp>

namespace boost { namespace geometry
{

namespace projections
{
    #ifndef DOXYGEN_NO_DETAIL
    namespace detail { namespace aitoff
    {
            enum mode_type {
                mode_aitoff = 0,
                mode_winkel_tripel = 1
            };

            template <typename T>
            struct par_aitoff
            {
                T    cosphi1;
                mode_type mode;
            };

            template <typename T, typename Parameters>
            struct base_aitoff_spheroid
            {
                par_aitoff<T> m_proj_parm;

                // FORWARD(s_forward)  spheroid
                // Project coordinates from geographic (lon, lat) to cartesian (x, y)
                inline void fwd(Parameters const& , T const& lp_lon, T const& lp_lat, T& xy_x, T& xy_y) const
                {
                    T c, d;

                    if((d = acos(cos(lp_lat) * cos(c = 0.5 * lp_lon)))) {/* basic Aitoff */
                        xy_x = 2. * d * cos(lp_lat) * sin(c) * (xy_y = 1. / sin(d));
                        xy_y *= d * sin(lp_lat);
                    } else
                        xy_x = xy_y = 0.;
                    if (this->m_proj_parm.mode == mode_winkel_tripel) { /* Winkel Tripel */
                        xy_x = (xy_x + lp_lon * this->m_proj_parm.cosphi1) * 0.5;
                        xy_y = (xy_y + lp_lat) * 0.5;
                    }
                }
                /***********************************************************************************
                *
                * Inverse functions added by Drazen Tutic and Lovro Gradiser based on paper:
                *
                * I.Özbug Biklirici and Cengizhan Ipbüker. A General Algorithm for the Inverse
                * Transformation of Map Projections Using Jacobian Matrices. In Proceedings of the
                * Third International Symposium Mathematical & Computational Applications,
                * pages 175{182, Turkey, September 2002.
                *
                * Expected accuracy is defined by epsilon = 1e-12. Should be appropriate for
                * most applications of Aitoff and Winkel Tripel projections.
                *
                * Longitudes of 180W and 180E can be mixed in solution obtained.
                *
                * Inverse for Aitoff projection in poles is undefined, longitude value of 0 is assumed.
                *
                * Contact : dtutic@geof.hr
                * Date: 2015-02-16
                *
                ************************************************************************************/

                // INVERSE(s_inverse)  sphere
                // Project coordinates from cartesian (x, y) to geographic (lon, lat)
                inline void inv(Parameters const& , T const& xy_x, T const& xy_y, T& lp_lon, T& lp_lat) const
                {
                    static const T pi = detail::pi<T>();
                    static const T two_pi = detail::two_pi<T>();
                    static const T epsilon = 1e-12;

                    int iter, max_iter = 10, round = 0, max_round = 20;
                    T D, C, f1, f2, f1p, f1l, f2p, f2l, dp, dl, sl, sp, cp, cl, x, y;

                    if ((fabs(xy_x) < epsilon) && (fabs(xy_y) < epsilon )) {
                        lp_lat = 0.; lp_lon = 0.;
                        return;
                    }

                    /* intial values for Newton-Raphson method */
                    lp_lat = xy_y; lp_lon = xy_x;
                    do {
                        iter = 0;
                        do {
                            sl = sin(lp_lon * 0.5); cl = cos(lp_lon * 0.5);
                            sp = sin(lp_lat); cp = cos(lp_lat);
                            D = cp * cl;
                            C = 1. - D * D;
                            D = acos(D) / math::pow(C, T(1.5));
                            f1 = 2. * D * C * cp * sl;
                            f2 = D * C * sp;
                            f1p = 2.* (sl * cl * sp * cp / C - D * sp * sl);
                            f1l = cp * cp * sl * sl / C + D * cp * cl * sp * sp;
                            f2p = sp * sp * cl / C + D * sl * sl * cp;
                            f2l = 0.5 * (sp * cp * sl / C - D * sp * cp * cp * sl * cl);
                            if (this->m_proj_parm.mode == mode_winkel_tripel) { /* Winkel Tripel */
                                f1 = 0.5 * (f1 + lp_lon * this->m_proj_parm.cosphi1);
                                f2 = 0.5 * (f2 + lp_lat);
                                f1p *= 0.5;
                                f1l = 0.5 * (f1l + this->m_proj_parm.cosphi1);
                                f2p = 0.5 * (f2p + 1.);
                                f2l *= 0.5;
                            }
                            f1 -= xy_x; f2 -= xy_y;
                            dl = (f2 * f1p - f1 * f2p) / (dp = f1p * f2l - f2p * f1l);
                            dp = (f1 * f2l - f2 * f1l) / dp;
                            dl = fmod(dl, pi); /* set to interval [-M_PI, M_PI] */
                            lp_lat -= dp;    lp_lon -= dl;
                        } while ((fabs(dp) > epsilon || fabs(dl) > epsilon) && (iter++ < max_iter));
                        if (lp_lat > two_pi) lp_lat -= 2.*(lp_lat-two_pi); /* correct if symmetrical solution for Aitoff */
                        if (lp_lat < -two_pi) lp_lat -= 2.*(lp_lat+two_pi); /* correct if symmetrical solution for Aitoff */
                        if ((fabs(fabs(lp_lat) - two_pi) < epsilon) && (!this->m_proj_parm.mode)) lp_lon = 0.; /* if pole in Aitoff, return longitude of 0 */

                        /* calculate x,y coordinates with solution obtained */
                        if((D = acos(cos(lp_lat) * cos(C = 0.5 * lp_lon))) != 0.0) {/* Aitoff */
                            x = 2. * D * cos(lp_lat) * sin(C) * (y = 1. / sin(D));
                            y *= D * sin(lp_lat);
                        } else
                            x = y = 0.;
                        if (this->m_proj_parm.mode == mode_winkel_tripel) { /* Winkel Tripel */
                            x = (x + lp_lon * this->m_proj_parm.cosphi1) * 0.5;
                            y = (y + lp_lat) * 0.5;
                        }
                    /* if too far from given values of x,y, repeat with better approximation of phi,lam */
                    } while (((fabs(xy_x-x) > epsilon) || (fabs(xy_y-y) > epsilon)) && (round++ < max_round));

                    if (iter == max_iter && round == max_round)
                    {
                        BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION( projection_exception(error_non_convergent) );
                        //fprintf(stderr, "Warning: Accuracy of 1e-12 not reached. Last increments: dlat=%e and dlon=%e\n", dp, dl);
                    }
                }

                static inline std::string get_name()
                {
                    return "aitoff_spheroid";
                }

            };

            template <typename Parameters>
            inline void setup(Parameters& par)
            {
                par.es = 0.;
            }

            // Aitoff
            template <typename Parameters, typename T>
            inline void setup_aitoff(Parameters& par, par_aitoff<T>& proj_parm)
            {
                proj_parm.mode = mode_aitoff;
                setup(par);
            }

            // Winkel Tripel
            template <typename Params, typename Parameters, typename T>
            inline void setup_wintri(Params& params, Parameters& par, par_aitoff<T>& proj_parm)
            {
                static const T two_div_pi = detail::two_div_pi<T>();

                T phi1;

                proj_parm.mode = mode_winkel_tripel;
                if (pj_param_r<srs::spar::lat_1>(params, "lat_1", srs::dpar::lat_1, phi1)) {
                    if ((proj_parm.cosphi1 = cos(phi1)) == 0.)
                        BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION( projection_exception(error_lat_larger_than_90) );
                } else /* 50d28' or phi1=acos(2/pi) */
                    proj_parm.cosphi1 = two_div_pi;
                setup(par);
            }

    }} // namespace detail::aitoff
    #endif // doxygen

    /*!
        \brief Aitoff projection
        \ingroup projections
        \tparam Geographic latlong point type
        \tparam Cartesian xy point type
        \tparam Parameters parameter type
        \par Projection characteristics
         - Miscellaneous
         - Spheroid
        \par Example
        \image html ex_aitoff.gif
    */
    template <typename T, typename Parameters>
    struct aitoff_spheroid : public detail::aitoff::base_aitoff_spheroid<T, Parameters>
    {
        template <typename Params>
        inline aitoff_spheroid(Params const& , Parameters & par)
        {
            detail::aitoff::setup_aitoff(par, this->m_proj_parm);
        }
    };

    /*!
        \brief Winkel Tripel projection
        \ingroup projections
        \tparam Geographic latlong point type
        \tparam Cartesian xy point type
        \tparam Parameters parameter type
        \par Projection characteristics
         - Miscellaneous
         - Spheroid
        \par Projection parameters
         - lat_1: Latitude of first standard parallel (degrees)
        \par Example
        \image html ex_wintri.gif
    */
    template <typename T, typename Parameters>
    struct wintri_spheroid : public detail::aitoff::base_aitoff_spheroid<T, Parameters>
    {
        template <typename Params>
        inline wintri_spheroid(Params const& params, Parameters & par)
        {
            detail::aitoff::setup_wintri(params, par, this->m_proj_parm);
        }
    };

    #ifndef DOXYGEN_NO_DETAIL
    namespace detail
    {

        // Static projection
        BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_STATIC_PROJECTION_FI(srs::spar::proj_aitoff, aitoff_spheroid)
        BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_STATIC_PROJECTION_FI(srs::spar::proj_wintri, wintri_spheroid)

        // Factory entry(s)
        BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_FACTORY_ENTRY_FI(aitoff_entry, aitoff_spheroid)
        BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_FACTORY_ENTRY_FI(wintri_entry, wintri_spheroid)

        BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_FACTORY_INIT_BEGIN(aitoff_init)
        {
            BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_FACTORY_INIT_ENTRY(aitoff, aitoff_entry)
            BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_DETAIL_FACTORY_INIT_ENTRY(wintri, wintri_entry)
        }

    } // namespace detail
    #endif // doxygen

} // namespace projections

}} // namespace boost::geometry

#endif // BOOST_GEOMETRY_PROJECTIONS_AITOFF_HPP


Douglas Mark Ringgenberg, of Osceola, was charged with second-degree criminal mischief 11:50 a.m. March 25 in Council Bluffs.
Nicole Lyn Lawrence, 31, of Osceola, was charged with violation of probation 4:31 p.m. March 26 at 221 W. McLane St.
Noah Boyd Myers, 18, of Osceola, was charged with driving while license denied 3:48 p.m. March 27 at 314 S. Park St. Apt. A.
Daniel Charles Clausen, 36, of Osceola, was charged with driving while license denied, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of controlled substance third-offense, used or expired drug tax stamp and controlled substance violation 12:32 a.m. March 28 on the 200 blk of North Main Street.
Dusty Eugene Holtry, 40, of Osceola, was charged with disorderly conduct, depositing or throwing litter on highway, interference with official acts and assault on persons in certain occupations 11:08 a.m. March 28 on the 700 blk of West McLane Street.
Rusty Lee Throckmorton, 29, of Osceola, was charged with driving while barred, two counts of attempted murder and going armed with intent 2:19 p.m. March 29 on the 1500 blk of 230th Avenue.
Michael Todd Watson, 35, of Osceola, was charged with driving while license denied 11:41 a.m. March 31 on the 1000 blk of Warren Avenue.
Austin Roger Boswell, 25, of Davis City, was charged with operating while under the influence second-offense 9:03 p.m. April 1 at 220 Townline Rd.
Ronald Dean Spurgin, 42, of Osceola, was charged with domestic abuse assault- injury or mental illness 5:56 p.m. April 4 at 315 S. Park St.
Tylor Lyn Rumley, of Osceola, was charged with domestic abuse assault third-offense 9:10 p.m. Friday at 236 Manor Dr. #101.
Keith Hunter Robert Mcelwee, 28, of Des Moines, was charged with driving while license denied 4:54 p.m. Saturday on the 1000 of West McLane Street.
Lois Buchanan, of Osceola, reported forgery 9:41 p.m. March 28 at 610 W. McLane St.
Estimated loss was a check valuing $1,385.
An employee of Fareway reported fifth-degree theft 7 a.m. March 31 at 213 S. Main St.
Estimated loss was merchandise valuing $6.41.
An employee of Fareway reported fifth-degree theft 7:08 a.m. March 31 at 213 S. Main St.
Estimated loss was merchandise valuing $5.34.
An employee of Fareway reported fifth-degree theft 7:13 a.m. March 31 at 213 S. Main St.
Estimated loss was merchandise valuing $4.29.
Marion Ramirez, of Osceola, reported third-degree criminal mischief 10:25 a.m. March 31 at a parking lot on East McLane street.
Estimated damage was $500 worth of key scrapes along both sides and rear of a vehicle.
An employee of Friday Insurance reported third-degree burglary 8:25 a.m. April 3 at 207 S. Main St.
Estimated damage was $100 worth of keys.
An employee of Stoney Oak Properties, LLC reported fourth-degree criminal mishief9:01 a.m. April 3 at 201 S. Main St.
Estimated damage was a wooden door with large window and deadbolt worth $400.


Planning to use this blog as a way to share documentation of cool stuff I do outside of work.
For the most part, I envision this as a cleaned up version of my personal Evernote documentation.
Thanks to the pact package manager, installing ansible on babun was significantly easier than on cygwin. The whole process consisted of only three simple steps.
To install github-pages in babun, I first needed to install ruby. This proved more difficult that I initially thought.


text:
The following is a list of transfers for the 2011 S.League.

Albirex Niigata (S)

In
  Shuhei Hotta from Consadole Sapporo
  Shotaro Ihata from Roasso Kumamoto
  Yōsuke Saito from Yokohama F. Marinos
  Musashi Okuyama from Albirex Niigata
  Norihiro Kawakami from Zweigen Kanazawa
  Shimpei Sakurada from Japan Soccer College
  Kunihiro Yamashita from Roasso Kumamoto
Out
  Ken Matsumoto to Sisaket FC
  Mitsuki Ichihara to United Sikkim FC

Balestier Khalsa FC

In
  Armanizam Dolah from Gombak United
  Anaz Hadee from Woodlands Wellington
  Lim Young Woo
  Kim Young Kwang from Suwon City FC
Out
  Daniel Hammond to SAFFC
  Rivaldo Costa Amaral Filho *released
  Goh Swee Swee to Woodlands Wellington
  Han Yiguang to Woodlands Wellington
  Mohamed Sofiyan Bin Abdul Hamid to Geylang United

Etoile FC

In
  Jonathan Justin from Auch Gascogne
Out
  Frédéric Mendy to Home United FC
  Karim Boudjema to Othellos Athienou F.C.
  Flavien Michelini to FC Gueugnon
  Kevin Yann to PSMS Medan
  Khaled Kharroubi to Osotspa Saraburi FC

Geylang United FC

In
  Mohamed Sofiyan Bin Abdul Hamid from Balestier Khalsa
  Joo Ki Hwan

Out
  Itimi Dickson *released
  Siddiq Durimi to Home United
  Toh Guo An *released
  Rastislav Beličák *released
  Peter Tomko *released
  Walid Lounis to Gombak United

Gombak United FC

In
  Walid Lounis from Geylang United
  Tengku Mushadad from Home United

Out
  Armanizam Dolah to Balestier Khalsa
  Fazrul Nawaz to SAFFC
  Bah Mamadou to SAFFC
  Fabian Tan *released

Home United FC

In
  Frédéric Mendy from Etoile FC
  Kenji Arai from Hougang United FC
  Qiu Li from Tampines Rovers
  Siddiq Durimi from Geylang United
  Kim Dae Eui from Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Out
  Choi Chul-Woo *retired
  Jun Woo Keun *retired
  Chun Jae Woon *released
  Tengku Mushadad to Gombak United
  Ridhuan Fatah Hassan to Hougang United FC

Hougang United FC

In
  Diego Gama
  Carlos Alberto
  Ridhuan Fatah Hassan from Home United
  Noor Ali from Woodlands Wellington
  Fumiya Kobayashi from Albirex Niigata (S)
Out
  Kenji Arai to Home United
  Mojtaba Tehranizadeh *released
  Amos Boon to Woodlands Wellington

Singapore Armed Forces FC

In
  Fazrul Nawaz from Gombak United
  Daniel Hammond from Balestier Khalsa
  Luka Savic from Young Lions
  Bah Mamadou from Gombak United
  Mislav Karoglan from HNK Rijeka *on loan

Out
  John Wilkinson to Insee Police
  Ivan Lovrić *released
  Federico Martinez *released
  Ahmad Latiff to Tampines Rovers
  Park Tae Won *released

Tampines Rovers FC

In
  Ahmad Latiff from SAFFC

Out
  Zulkarnaen Zainal *retired
  Qiu Li to Home United

Woodlands Wellington FC

In
  Goh Swee Swee from Balestier Khalsa
  Han Yiguang from Balestier Khalsa
  Amos Boon from Hougang United FC
  Munier Raychouni
  Adrian Butters from Toronto Lynx
  Graham Tatters from FC Tampa Bay
  Leonardo Alexio da Costa from FC Volyn Lutsk
Out
  Anaz Hadee to Balestier Khalsa
  Noor Ali to Hougang United FC
  Kazuki Yoshino to Sisaket F.C.
  Abdelhadi Laakkad *released
  Luis Eduardo Hicks *released
  Rachid Lajane *released

Young Lions

In

Out
  Luka Savic to SAFFC
  Kim Seong Kyu *released
  Seo Su Jong *released

References

Singapore

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


actually know anything about the laws they were enforcing."
The war on drugs. Who is this jackass kidding?
But he lied. He lied in 2008, he lied in 2009.
These are not his only lies, nor his most notorious ones. He lied about removing a brigade or two a month from Iraq. He lied about closing Gitmo. He lied about ending the torturing of prisoners in USA military and espionage agency custody—and more prisoners have been tortured to death under his auspices. He even lied about a minor bit of recruiting policy, the so-called don't ask, don't tell policy which has caused the military to dismiss active duty personnel.
He lied about restoring habeas corpus and upholding civil liberties because he hates human freedom and wants to slaughter everyone, everywhere, judging by his actions. He is a mass murdering thug who has acted to protect the interests of BP, again and again. He is a tyrant who has authorised the execution of an American citizen without trial, and without any of the protections for the accused guaranteed in the bill of rights which amends and supersedes the constitution he swore a (false) oath to uphold. If you need my help finding cites for these facts, get in line and offer some cash.
Of course the federal government has no jurisdiction over medical marijuana in California, though the evil thug district attorney of San Diego, Bonnie Dumanis, wants to ignore the law. Dumanis has previously filed an amicus brief in the DC vs. Heller case seeking a continued ban on handguns, presumably because Bonnie would rather see a woman raped and murdered in an alley than see one with a gun in her hands standing over the dead body of an assailant. Dumanis previously charged and punished Cynthia Sommer, keeping her in prison for two years, without proper evidence of any crime. Dumanis is an evil vicious authoritarian who should be hauled out of her office, tried by a jury of her victims, convicted, eviscerated, and hung from the courthouse facade by her own entrails for her crimes against humanity. No doubt, no one in California has the guts to do so.
And now Tyrant Obama, the international war criminal, perjurer, oath breaker, and traitor has launched a new policy toward Costa Rica.
Not satisfied with butchering women and children in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and Pakistan, Obama has turned his baleful glare upon Costa Rica. Apparently he is serious about slaughtering as many people, stomping on as many civil liberties, and betraying as many campaign promises as possible during his first term in office.
Make no mistake that this war is fought here, amongst us, against us, in our homes, with the federal thugs kicking in doors and slaughtering civilians, with the district attorneys authorising local pigs to kick in doors and shoot elderly women to death for the alleged "crime" of having marijuana in their homes. These are ugly, vicious, brutal, hateful, arrogant scum who get huge rewards for attacking their neighbours to brutalise them and seize their property under civil asset forfeiture "laws." These are people who put man's "laws" above God's law—in Genesis 1:29 God gives all herbs bearing seeds and all trees bearing fruit to be as meat for mankind. But vicious scum like Obama hate humanity and want everyone to suffer.
When the spirit of liberty, which now animates our hearts and gives success to our arms, is extinct, our numbers will accelerate our ruin and render us easier victims to tyranny. Ye abandoned minions of an infatuated ministry, if peradventure any should yet remain among us... contemplate the mangled bodies of your countrymen, and then say, What should be the reward of such sacrifices? Bid us and our posterity bow the knee, supplicate the friendship, and plough, and sow, and reap, to glut the avarice of the men who have let loose on us the dogs of war to riot in our blood and hunt us from the face of the earth?
Who are these men and women, these filth, these pariah, these scum bag politicians, bureau-rats, and pigs that fight the war on drugs, the war on terror, the war on Americans, the war on freedom? They are divvying up a trillion dollars, more or less, this year, in military contracts, DEA contracts, and other money for so-called "law" enforcement. They love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom.
All they care about is money, who gets it, who gets to divide it up. That's why there is such a large prison industry in this country, where so many Americans have lost their freedom, where so many Americans—more than any other country in the world, more than most other countries combined, a greater percentage than in any country in the history of the world—are incarcerated. And tens of millions more have been deprived of some or all of their freedoms, or executed by the state, in the name of money for these garbage eating slime.
The system works for them. The system works for Rahm Emmanuel and Barack Obama and Bonnie Dumanis and Arnold Schwarzenegger and similar filthy, foul, disgusting perverts. They get to divvy up over $3.8 trillion in stolen and borrowed money at the federal level, plus hundreds of billions at the state and local level, plus all the property they can seize under eminent domain and through civil asset forfeiture.
Look at these dirty evil men and women, at their waist lines, at their lifestyles, at their homes, at their cars, at their private jets. They aren't missing meals. They aren't unemployed—as 20% of the country, at least, are currently. They like you to suffer, they want the war on drugs to continue, they want the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Pakistan to continue. They are covered in the blood of generations of men and women—it never touches them but they are drowning in it.
And drown they should. These are the worst people in the world. They are not heroes and heroines, they are not public servants, they are not selfless. They are vicious, violent, feather bedding, graft swilling shyte. They are the most heinous war criminals in this millennium.
But don't forget the men and women who implement these policies. There is no excuse of "I was only following orders." Every adult knows that actions have consequences. Your actions have consequences that are yours and yours alone.
When do we start with the war crimes tribunals?
Jim Davidson is an author, entrepreneur, and anti-war activist. His 1990 venture to offer a sweepstakes trip into space was destroyed by government action as was his free port and prospective space port in Somalia in 2001. His 2002-2007 venture in free market money and private stock exchange was destroyed by government action in 2007. He's going to Mars if he has to walk. His second book, Being Sovereign is now availble from Lulu and Amazon. His third book Sovereign Self-Defense will be released for Kindle soon. His fourth book Being Libertarian will be available for free download as a .pdf, being a compilation of all his essays and letters in "The Libertarian Enterprise" since 1995. Contact him at indomitus.net or indsovu.com He and his associates at Individual Sovereign University are planning a series of concerts and celebrations of freedom around the world. One of these events is 4-6 March 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri.


text:
Q: npm live-server not auto-reloading I have tried to work on the live server, installed a node package called live-server by using this command: npm install -g live-server
It worked fine, installed successfully and run live-server by live-server command.
Whenever I change my code and save on code editor, the browser won't refresh automatically.
Here is my package.json file:
"name": "nodejs",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "app.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "author": "Abul Khoyer",
  "license": "ISC"
}

A: I had the same problem as you and managed to get it working by making sure that the .html-file was properly formatted. I.e. like this:
<!DOCTYPE html>

Script tester!

A: You need to add this code:
for
Usage from node
Example:
var liveServer = require("live-server");

var params = {
    port: 8181, // Set the server port. Defaults to 8080.
    host: "0.0.0.0", // Set the address to bind to. Defaults to 0.0.0.0 or process.env.IP.
    root: "/public", // Set root directory that's being served. Defaults to cwd.
    open: false, // When false, it won't load your browser by default.
    ignore: 'scss,my/templates', // comma-separated string for paths to ignore
    file: "index.html", // When set, serve this file for every 404 (useful for single-page applications)
    wait: 1000, // Waits for all changes, before reloading. Defaults to 0 sec.
    mount: [['/components', './node_modules']], // Mount a directory to a route.
    logLevel: 2, // 0 = errors only, 1 = some, 2 = lots
    middleware: [function(req, res, next) { next(); }] // Takes an array of Connect-compatible middleware that are injected into the server middleware stack
};
liveServer.start(params);

Or else you can add a file .live-server.json :
If that exists it will be loaded and used as default options for live-server on the command line.
For more details see: https://www.npmjs.com/package/live-server

A: Use NPM To Install A Package Called PM2.
NPM is a package manager that you will use to install frameworks and libraries to use with your Node.js applications. NPM was installed with Node.js. PM2 is a sweet little tool that is going to solve two problems for you:

*

*It is going to keep your site up by restarting the application if it crashes. These crashes should NOT happen, but it is good know that PM2 has your back. (Some people may be aware of Forever.js, another tool that is used to keep node based sites running - I think you will find that PM2 has a lot to offer.)

*It is going to help you by restarting your node application as a service every time you restart the server. Some of use know of other ways to do this, but pm2 makes it easier, and it has some added flexibility.
Install PM2 by typing thr following at the command line:
sudo npm install pm2 -g

You can follow this line to setup Nodejs production environment:
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-pm2-to-setup-a-node-js-production-environment-on-an-ubuntu-vps

A: If you're working on Windows 10 like myself, it's likely that your directory name is too long like this:

C:\Users\Del\Documents\Web Development Works\JS
  Exercises[books]\Learning JavaScript\lj

Just try to move your directory to Desktop so it will be much shorter like this:

C:\Users\Del\Desktop\lj

In my case, the auto-reload of live-server is working after I move my directory to Desktop

A: Check your script tag in html file.
don't close your  tag as empty element like this < /> .
This was preventing my browser to load page automatically.
close it properly <> .

A: I had the same problem as you, I solve that with check two items :
First, check your script tag in your HTML file !

if you try first step and it dosen't work again, move(copy/cut) your project's file in "DESKTOP", close Browser, VScode work space (command+K+F) and VScode (command+Q), and try again !