Even if you know how to write HTML and have all of the tags memorized, you still need to know how to create a file that the web server will access. When a web server service is installed on a workstation, it will generally create a directory to hold your web server documents.
If using Microsoft Internet Information Services, and you have installed the web server service, then you should find a directory called "wwwroot" on your hard drive. The options for this server are usually found by going to Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Internet Information Services Manager. There you can do things like configure IIS, set the home directory and set the permissions.
If you are using Apache, you will find an httpd.conf file in the location where you installed Apache. This file is going to control the Apache web server and setup things like the home directory. By default, Apache uses a directory called htdocs for the web server directory.
Ok, so you have figured out where to put your documents. Now, how do you create the file that the web server will use? The easiest way is to simply create a new file on your computer called index.htm or index.html. Often, file extensions are hidden, so you need to make sure your file is actually index.htm rather than "index.htm.txt". Using notepad is a good way to get started, but as you write more complicated code, a tool like will help by color coding your written code.
Now to make our first HTML file, we will take the entire code segment found in Lesson 3 and paste it into our blank index.htm file. Save this file to your web server directory. If this web server is running on your own computer, you can probably just type localhost into your web browser and you should be redirected to your web server which will display your default page.
By naming your document index.htm chances are good that you will be making it your default page, but we will get more into default pages in Lesson 5 and 6 where we will cover IIS and Apache configurations respectively. See you soon!
If you didn't check out the last tutorial, quickly check it out. We are going to pull apart the HTML code that we found in that lesson to give a briefer in HTML.
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a language that is based on control statements, basically commands wrapped around text to tell the web browser how to display the web pages. Without many of the HTML commands that we have available to us, web pages would just display as text. Fortunately, using the generic commands that many web browsers interpret the same way, we can make functional and graphical web pages.
That would actually display a page that just had some text in it that says "Not going to say Hello World! and the title of the browser changes to "My First Webpage".
So let's review the various parts, keeping it in the hierarchy found. First of all we have the beginning and closing HTML tags.
These tell the browser that the markup found in the text is the HTML format. Every HTML page has a tag at the beginning and a tag at the end. The second tag, with the forward slash, is called a closing tag. This tells the browser that it has reached the end of the segment that matches the name in the closing tag. All text and tags found between an opening and closing tags are considered to be "nested" between those tags.
Let's look at the next part. The head tag.
The head tag always goes next after the opening html tag. The head is the header section and contains information for the browser about the page, as well much of the scripting instructions that might appear on the page. We will get into that much later, but for now just think of the head section as definitions. For example, the Title tag, which is nested in the head section, tells the browser the name of the specific page that the user is on.
The body section always follows the head section. The body contains the actual data that is to be displayed on the web page, it tells the browser how the page should look. Text, graphics, and links can all be found in the body section. In this example, we are including the p tag which tells the browser to display a block of text as a paragraph. Notice the closing tag both for the p tag and the body tag.
That is it for this lesson. Congratulations, you are getting closer to creating your own web page! Next lesson, we will talk about taking this code, storing it in a file and viewing it in your web browser.
If you have been looking into doing some web programming, then you probably have come across the great number of web programming languages available. When you are designing a website, you write code into a file that get's processed by the web server. Review Lesson 1 if you are unsure of what a web server is. When it comes to web languages, there are two categories of languages.
The second category, and much more diverse in languages, is server side. Server side processes certain events that occur during the process of viewing a web page. For example, if you submit a form, server side programming may save the data you entered into a database. Or, server side programming might be used to display text on a web page relevant to a the specific user. Server side programming includes processes that occur on the server which format the page that is returned to the user and allows for more dynamic and data driven pages. Some examples of server side languages are ASP.net, PHP, and Java Server Faces.
When you begin writing code for a webpage, you will begin programming for client side at first. With client side programming, any web server is capable of providing the pages to the users on the internet. When you get into the various server side programming though, you will need specific web server types for the various programming language. For example, programming in ASP.net requires Microsoft Internet Information Services. Programming in PHP could run on IIS, but can also run on Apache. Java server faces can run on a JBoss Application Server or a GlassFish server. You will need a server software that can handle the commands in the server side language. That topic is further down the line though, and we will be focusing on client side programming first.
In the next lesson, the various parts of the above will be explained. Please check it out!
The most basic thing that you need to know about when it comes to programming web sites is how a user on a computer somewhere in the world even accesses your web page. When a computer is connected to the internet, wherever it connects tells it the location of a few places where it can look up addresses. The complicated name for this is DNS, but think of it like this: You are looking for a business and someone hands you a phone book (if you even know what that is). You now have a list of addresses and you can find the location of the business you are looking for.
On your computer, even though you are connected to the internet, when you want to find a website, like teechmi.com, your computer or device does not know how to get to the correct location. In this case instead of a business, you are looking for a computer somewhere on the internet that has the data for teechmi.com. This is called a web server. However, your internet connection usually provides you a few "name servers" (aka phone books that tell your computer how to get the web site you are looking for. Once your computer knows the address, it sends the request and the various pipes that your request travels down is up to the "internet" and not your computer.
That's how a web site is retrieved, but what does it take to hold the data for a website? First off, you need a web server. This not only has all of the web pages that you have created, but some sort of software that provides those web pages when a request is made for them.
Once you have one of these software packages running and some web pages your computer can be called a web server (well, as long as it's connected to the web!). We will get into more details of how to make it so your web server can be found on the internet in the future. That is about all you need to start for this lesson, helping you understand how a computer gets to a web page.


kenzi henna - exquisite body art - What is henna?!
OMG it looks like chocolate!!
It's from a plant and goes well with sugar, but henna is not as yummy to eat as chocolate. Henna seems like a miraculous plant—its leaves are green, but the stain they leave is a dark reddish-brown. The layman and the henna artist both see magic. In Morocco, henna is quite literally magic—a plant endowed with supernatural properties that will bring luck and protection to anyone who uses it in any way. But despite its special powers, henna (Latin name Lawsonia inermis) is a humble shrub. Henna plants grow to a height of 3–5 meters (10–16 feet) and can be found all over North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and beyond.
In addition to its mystical properties, henna has ordinary chemical magic in the form of lawsone, the dye molecule in henna that binds with the protein in skin (and hair) to produce a reddish-brown color. The greatest amount of lawsone is found in the leaves of the plant, which are dried, ground into a powder, and then sifted for use on skin and hair. The drying process causes the cells to burst, making the lawsone available to bond with skin and dye it. Henna powder must be fresh, usually no older than 6–12 months. To maintain its freshness, the powder must be kept away from light, heat, and moisture. Those three elements release henna's dyeing potential—too much of them can make henna stale and incapable of producing a stain. Henna leaves can be picked fresh, crushed, and applied directly to skin to get a stain, or a paste can be made from the powder and some type of liquid. After the paste is applied, it must remain on the skin for several hours to allow the dye molecules to bind with the skin. Henna stains more quickly and darkly on thicker as opposed to thinner skin; thus, hands and feet stain the best. Moving away from the extremities, henna stains less well.
"How do I care for my henna?
Passionate arguments have been made by various countries claiming to be the birth- place of henna and henna-related arts, but research has concluded (with some trepidation) that henna's geographical origin is probably Egypt, whose word for the plant was "henu," the likely origin of the Arabic word "henna" that is used all over the world. In South Asia, henna is called "mehndi" or variations thereof. In West Africa, it is called "lelli," and the Tuareg call it "anella." The Arabic word "henna" has as its root the letters "HNA," which mean "to dye red," specifically to dye with henna. Persians call it "hinna," a word derived from the Arabic.
The henna plant is not native to the Maghreb; it probably was introduced by the Arabs through trade—although it is unclear as to when that occurred, possibly when Islam was being introduced to Morocco or even earlier. It is possible to conclude that henna is not indigenous to the Maghreb because there is no Amazigh word for henna among any of the various tribes while there are Amazigh words for all other native plants. What is curious, however, is that the Tuareg and West Africans do have their own words, which may mean that henna grew naturally in West Africa and was familiar to the Tuareg and West Africans before any contact with traders from the East. There is a belief in the Sahara that henna came from the southeast, not from the north (i.e., North Africa). It is impossible to know for sure.
The hotter the temperature where henna is grown, the higher the lawsone content of the leaves. Henna grows indigenously in the tropical savanna and tropical arid zone, in latitudes between 15°N and 25°S, from Africa to the western Pacific rim, containing the highest lawsone concentration in areas where temperatures range between 35°C and 45°C (95°–113°F). In Morocco, henna is grown in the Draa Valley in the south. It used to be grown more widely throughout Morocco; but as the country developed, that land was deemed to be more productive for other forms of agriculture. The areas of Morocco hot enough to grow henna are too dry; therefore, successful henna cultivation requires extensive irrigation. Moroccan henna is usually harvested three times a year. The first harvest, at the end of May/beginning of June, is the most sought-after harvest as the leaves are said to give the best color. The leaves are pulled off the branch, not cut; those from the top branches of the plant are thought to have the highest lawsone content. Moroccan henna is grown by cooperatives that sell the dried leaves to a single wholesaler/distributor who then grinds and sifts the henna powder. Moroccan markets sell dried henna leaves and powder by the kilo (loose) or in pre-packed boxes. In the countryside, where only the leaves are available, it is common for women to wait to grind the leaves into powder until immediately before they want to use it.


A recent article in Rolling Stone (File Not Found: The Record Industry's Digital Storage Crisis) laments the fact that digital recordings can go out of service due to format changes, plugin changes, and/or files not being readable (file not found).
In olden days, multi-track masters were recorded on audio tape and kept in vaults. Audio tape formats never seemed to change or at least changed infrequently, and thus, re-usable years or decades after being recorded. And the audio tape drives seemed to last forever.
Digital audio recordings on the other hand, are typically stored in book cases/file cabinets/drawers, on media that can easily become out-of-date technology (i.e., un-readable) and in digital formats that seem to change with every new version of software.
The article talks about using hard drives for digital recordings and trying to read them decades after they were recorded. I would be surprised if they still spin up (due to stiction) let alone still readable. But even if these were CDs or DVDs, the lifetime of consumer grade media is not that long, maybe a couple of years at best, if treated well and if abused by writing on them or by bad handling, it's considerably less than that.
The other problem with digital audio recordings is that formats go out of date. I am no expert but let's take Apple's Garage Band as an example. I would be surprised if 15 years down the line that a 2010 Garage Band session recorded today was readable/usable with Garage Band 2025, assuming it even existed. Sounds like a long time but it's probably nothing for popular music coming out today.
Audio recordings must use archive grade media if it's to survive for longer than 18-36 months. I am aware of archive grade DVD disks but have never tested any, so cannot speak to their viability in this application. However, for an interesting discussion on archive quality CD&DVD media see How to choose CD/DVD archival media. But, there are other alternatives.
Removable data center class archive media today includes magnetic tape, removable magnetic disks or removable MO disks.
Magnetic tape – LTO media vendors specify archive life on the order of 30 years, however this assumes a drive exists that can read the media. The LTO consortium states that current generation drives will read back two generations (LTO-5 drive today reads LTO-4 and LTO-3 media) and write back one generation (LTO-5 drive can write on LTO-4 media [in LTO-4 format]). With LTO generations coming every 2 years or so, it would only take 6 years for a LTO volume, recorded today to be unreadable by current drives. Naturally, one could keep an old drive around but maintenance/service would no longer be available for it after a couple of years. LTO drives are available from a number of vendors.
Magnetic disk – The RDX Storage Alliance claims a media archive life of 30 years but I wonder whether a RDX drive would exist that could read it and the other question is how archive life was validated. Today's removable disk typically imitates a magnetic tape drive/format. The most prominent removable disk vendor is ProStor Systems but there are others.
Magneto-optical (MO) media – Plasmon UDO claims a media life of 50+ years for their magneto-optical media. UDO has been used for years to record check images, medical information and other data. Nonetheless, recently UDO technology has not been able to keep up with other digital archive solutions and have gained a pretty bad rap for usability problems. However, they plan to release a new generation of UDO product line in 2010 which may shake things up if it arrives and can address their usability issues.
Finally, one could use non-removable, high density disk drives and migrate the audio data every 2-3 years to new generation disks. This would keep the data readable and continuously accessible. Modern storage systems with RAID and other advanced protection schemes can protect data from any single and potentially double drive failure but as drives age, their error rate goes up. This is why the data needs to be moved to new disks periodically. Naturally, this is more frequently than magnetic tape, but given disk drive usability and capacity gains, might make sense in certain applications.
As for removable USB sticks – unclear what the archive life is for these consumer devices but potentially some version that went after the archive market might make sense. It would need to be robust, have a long archive life and be cheap enough to compete with all the above. I just don't see anything here yet.
There needs to be an XML-like description of a master recording that reduces everything to a more self-defined level which describes the hierarchy of the recording, and provides object buckets for various audio tracks/assets. Plugins that create special effects would need to convert their effects to something akin to a MPEG-like track that could be mixed with the other tracks, surrounded by meta-data describing where it starts, ends and other important info.
Baring that, some form of standardization on a master recording format would work. Such a standard could be supported by all major recording tools and would allow a master recording to be exported and imported across software tools/versions. As this format evolved, migration/conversion products could be supplied to upgrade old formats to new ones.
Another approach is to have some repository for current master audio recording formats. As software packages go out of date/business, their recording format could be stored in some "format repository", funded by the recording industry and maintained in perpetuity. Plug-in use would need to be documented similarly. With a repository like this around and "some amount" of coding, no master recording need be lost to out-of-date software formats.
Nonetheless, If your audio archive needs to be migrated periodically, it be a convenient time to upgrade the audio format as well.
I have written about these problems before in a more general sense (see Today's data and the 1000 year archive) but the recording industry seems to be "leading edge" for these issues. When Producer T Bone Burnett testifies at a hearing that "Digital is a feeble storage medium" it's time to step up and take action.
Digital storage is no more feeble than analog storage – they each have their strengths and weaknesses. Analog storage has gone away because it couldn't keep up with digital recording densities, pricing, and increased functionality. Just because data is recorded digitally doesn't mean it has to be impermanent, hard to read 15-35 years hence, or in formats that are no longer supported. But it does take some careful thought on what storage media you use and on how you format your data.


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Home » Blogs » Our Viewpoints » NatExpo Delivers Tasty Trends
David Feder, RDN, has been a food, nutrition and health journalist for 26 years. In spite of an academic background that began with psychology and biblical archaeology, David cut his teeth as a celebrated chef in Texas during the 1970s and 1980s, helping pioneer haute-health & fusion cuisines in high-end restaurants and hotels. In the 1990s he became a registered dietitian while completing research and coursework toward a Ph.D. in nutrition biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. Along the way he taught food science and nutrition while practicing as a nutrition counselor.
NatExpo Delivers Tasty Trends
David Feder , RDN
KEYWORDS food trends / gluten-free / Natural Products Expo West
Think of this a viewpoint from 30,000 feet. Actually, that's literally the case because I'm writing this on the plane home from the 2012 Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif.
First order of business. Okay New Hope Natural Media. All respect for a brother media company but please stop having the show over weekends. That said – thank you for a really great show. Each year seems to get better and the organizers do a fantastic job. This year, more than 60,000 attendees (another record) visited more than 3,000 exhibitors and tried interesting new foods and beverages.
I enjoyed doing a three-day version of "the wave" with all those people on the show floor. We surged to and fro and moved from booth to booth. The excitement of foodies in their element is exhilarating and the show charges my engines for the rest of the year. That it's in California also doesn't hurt (but don't tell my fellow Texans I admit that).
This year's show was one of the best – not just because of the palpable energy but because there actually were a number of obvious new trends. Here are a few that caught my attention.
The 1 to 3 percent of the U.S. population with celiac disease can rest easy that just about nothing is denied them. Thanks to a consumer market that snaps up enough gluten-free product to account for 10 times the number of people who actually become ill from the gluten proteins in wheat (and for a very few, oats and barley), I think we now can accept that the trend – after some roller-coastering – is on a slow, steady climb likely to continue for another five to 10 years. After that, it should reach a solid plateau, but I don't see the market plummeting and serving only those with the disease.
Vegetarian has been ramping up. Yet now the total ditching of all products derived from something with a face is really growing and hitting the mainstream. Many items from even the big guys are now touting "no animal products."
Me? I'm an ex-vegetarian. But I still eat a predominantly veggie diet and to see more stuff is a selfish source of pleasure. And the offerings have improved over the years. Just one admonishment to vegan and vegetarian food companies. ENOUGH WITH ALL THE FRICKIN' GARLIC ALREADY!! Where in the veggie bible does it say that, when removing meat, one must replace it with an equal amount of garlic powder?
This is a surprising turn of events for a little desert seed. Chia (also known as salva, short for its botanical name of Salva hispanica) did not strike me as having potential to be the next big ingredient when it started to trickle out a few years ago. Granted, it gained a lot of popular kitsch in 2008 with the Barack Obama Chia Pet, and it is a legitimately healthful ingredient, especially as an amazingly concentrated source of plant omega oils. But what are its uses? Turns out it can go into just about anything. I saw mostly chia snacks, such as chips, but there were at least a half a dozen chia beverages. Guess how many were actually good? One, believe it or not! (And you thought I was going to totally dis it, right?) Seriously, Chia/Vie (www.drinkchiavie.com) has a smooth fruit juice-chia blend that really worked.
I'm pleased to say the Greek yogurt trend has gone cold. However, it's not what you think. The number of competitors has doubled but now they're freezing it. There were about six brands of frozen Greek yogurt on display.
At the end of the day—for processed yogurt—nothing in the craze has come close to the yogurt from the guys who started the trend here: The Three Greek Gods (a.k.a., the Tselios brothers). Although now under the Hain-Celestial umbrella, the boys are still in town and their yogurt is still heavenly. It's a staple in my fridge and although the sale to the "big guys" killed their seriously addictive frozen yogurts (an utterly DUMB move, Hain-C!), the price point is lower, distribution wider and there's been no change in the superior quality.
My recommendation? Take some Three Greek Gods and put it in the freezer until they start making their own frogurt again. (Hopefully, they'll bring back the baklava-flavored one first!)
Peas Pay Attention
About five years ago, Pulse Canada graciously invited me to participate in one of their conferences on peas, beans, lentils and chick peas—those typically dried legumes known as "pulses." For years, I'd known that legumes were high in protein, fiber and micronutrients, and make an excellent flour. They're also naturally sweet and highly versatile. What I didn't know was why American processors had not yet snapped to peas.
As an archaeologist in a previous life, I can tell you that humans have lived off legumes for about 12,000 years. I predicted that the proverbial cat would soon be out of the bag. And I'm proud to say, I was right. Pea flour and pea protein use has taken off like Jack's beanstalk and there are now dozens of new products using this cheap, highly nutritious and ingredient. Moreover, it's even super-ecologically responsible. Crackers, chips, breads, beverages … it's all about to take a sharp turn upward, folks.
These are just a few of the trends I observed. Thanks again, NatExpo—a good time was had by all; lots of good food, good info and good trendspotting. And there are far worse things than hanging out with a few thousand patchouli –wearing hippies (nod to my buds at Dr. Kracker, Sambazon and Guayaki here), tasting yummy foods and drinking good bevs.
And an end-note, special thanks, too, to Anaheim's Thuyen Viet restaurant at 1740 S. Euclid. Amazing vegetarian food (I went three times in a row!), friendly service and—right there on the menu—is an option to go garlic free.
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Christoph August Heumann est un polygraphe allemand, né à Allstedt, le , et mort le .

En 1709, il devint inspecteur du séminaire de théologie d'Eisenach et en 1717, professeur à Gœttingue ; en 1734, lors de l'organisation de l'université de cette ville, il y passa comme professeur de théologie.

Œuvres
Son principal titre est la publication des
 Acta philosophorum (Halle, 1715-28, 3 vol.)
Citons aussi
 Conspectus reipublicæ litterariæ (Hanovre, 1719, réédité en 1763) et
 Erklärung der Neuen Testaments (Hanovre, 12 vol.).

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Professeur allemand
Naissance en août 1681
Naissance à Allstedt
Naissance dans le duché de Saxe-Weimar
Décès en mai 1764
Décès à Göttingen
Décès dans l'électorat de Brunswick-Lunebourg
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Nadal and Federer progress in Melbourne
Playing in his first Grand Slam, world No.570 Kokkinakis was not overawed by the occasion, and gave a good account of himself on Rod Laver Arena. However, Nadal was too strong for the 17-year-old as he completed a 6-2 6-4 6-2 victory and set up a third round encounter with Gael Monfils, who beat Jack Sock 7-6(2) 7-5 6-2.
"Even if [570] is his ranking when you are playing against a young player you never have that feeling," Nadal said of his opponent. "He was able to beat [Igor] Sijsling in the first round. He played two Grand Slam junior finals last year, so he has a great future. He has the right level to [play] on the [ATP] Tour very soon."
Roger Federer claimed his 70th match win at Melbourne Park as he booked his place in the third round with a 6-2 6-1 7-6(4) victory over Blaz Kavcic. The four-time Australian Open champion raced through the opening two sets in under an hour, but needed to battle back from 0-3 down in the third-set tiebreak to secure victory in straight sets.
"As I move along in the draw I hope it becomes smoother," said Federer, who will play either Fernando Verdasco or Teymuraz Gabashvili in the third round. "In terms of fitness I feel great. I feel very healthy. That clearly is a great sign because I can focus on how I want to play tennis, where I want to move, how I want to play the ball, not, 'can I get to it?'."
In the biggest upset of the tournament so far, fifth seed Juan Martin Del Potro was beaten by Spanish world No.62 Roberto Bautista Agut. The former US Open champion was sent crashing out in the second round of a second successive Slam as he was beaten 6-4 3-6 7-5 4-6 7-5 on Court 2.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga booked his place in the third round with a straight-sets victory over Brazilian qualifier Thomaz Bellucci.The No.10 seed scraped through the first-set tiebreak before the roof was shut on Hisense Arena as Bellucci appeared to struggle with the heat.
"Of course it was hot, but today I had good feelings," Tsonga said. "He played [in qualifying], he had a tough match two days ago and I just play one match … and I'm maybe physically pretty good."
Kei Nishikori battled the conditions to defeat Serbia's Dusan Lajovic 6-1 6-1 7-6(3), while Milos Raonic defeated Victor Hanescu 7-6(9) 6-4 6-4. There were also wins for Grigor Dimitrov and Teymuraz Gabashvili, a surprise winner against Fernando Verdasco.


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Stillbirth and sleep position link
Women who sleep on their right side or back during late pregnancy could be at increased risk of stillbirth, a research has suggested.
05:58, Wed, Jun 15, 2011
A study explores the link between a woman's sleeping position and stillbirth [PA]
Experts found a link between sleeping position and the chance of late stillbirth (28 weeks or over) in a study of more than 450 women.
The overall risk of late stillbirth was small - just three per 1,000 births - but researchers said the findings needed "urgent confirmation" in other studies.
Some 155 women who had a late stillbirth were questioned about their lifestyles, and compared with 310 women who went on to have healthy pregnancies.
The women were questioned in the first few weeks after stillbirth and asked about things such as the positions they fell asleep and woke up in, whether they were sleepy during the day and whether they snored. They were also asked how often they got up to go to the toilet during the night, and how often they did all of these things in the last month, week and night before their baby died.
The absolute risk of late stillbirth for women who went to sleep on their left was 1.96 per 1,000 births but rose to 3.93 per 1,000 for women who slept in any other position, while the risk seemed to be slightly higher for women who went to sleep on their back. No relation was found between snoring or daytime sleepiness and risk of late stillbirth, but sleeping for longer than average at night slightly increased the risk.
Writing online in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), the experts, who included professors, researchers and lecturers from the University of Auckland, said: "If our findings are confirmed, promoting optimal sleep position in late pregnancy may have the potential to reduce the incidence of late stillbirth."
Around 4,000 babies are stillborn in the UK each year, and factors such as obesity, social deprivation and whether the mother smokes are thought to play a role.
Dr Alexander Heazell, clinical lecturer in obstetrics at the University of Manchester and part of the Tommy's research team, said: "This study does have some drawbacks. It asked women up to 25 days after their stillbirth or live birth about their sleeping position, raising the possibility of recall bias. It did not look at the causes of stillbirths."
Daghni Rajasingam, spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said: "There are many factors which are linked to stillbirth including obesity, increasing maternal age, ethnicity, congenital anomalies and placental conditions. This small scale study looks at another possible factor, however, more research is needed into sleep patterns before any firm conclusions over sleeping positions can be made."
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The `vm.args` file is how one provides configuration for the Erlang VM itself. You can
also use it to configure applications, but it is generally recommended to use `config.exs`
or `sys.config` for that instead.

Distillery will generate a default `vm.args` file for you, which configures the VM for distribution,
as shown below:

```
## Name of the node
-name <%= release_name %>@127.0.0.1

## Cookie for distributed erlang
-setcookie <%= release.profile.cookie %>

## Heartbeat management; auto-restarts VM if it dies or becomes unresponsive
## (Disabled by default..use with caution!)
##-heart

## Enable kernel poll and a few async threads
##+K true
##+A 5

## Increase number of concurrent ports/sockets
##-env ERL_MAX_PORTS 4096

## Tweak GC to run more often
##-env ERL_FULLSWEEP_AFTER 10

# Enable SMP automatically based on availability
-smp auto
```

This is templated via EEx, so that we can dynamically set the name and cookie based on configuration.

## Custom Args

You can easily provide your own `vm.args` file, either for
the release as a whole, or for a specific environment, via the `vm_args: "path/to/file"` option
in `rel/config.exs`. For example, perhaps you want to generate a `vm.args` which dynamically fetches
the secret cookie or hostname from the environment, but uses the configured release name for the node
name. You can do that like so:

```
## Node name
-name <%= release_name %>@${HOSTNAME}

## Node cookie, used for distribution
-setcookie ${NODE_COOKIE}
```

This will again be templated via EEx, so that `release_name` is replaced with the name of the release,
and you can provide additional variables beyond the defaults via the `:overlay_vars` option in `rel/config.exs`.

The `${HOSTNAME}` and `${NODE_COOKIE}` parts will only be dynamically replaced at runtime if you export
`REPLACE_OS_VARS=true` in the system environment prior to starting the release, so be sure you do so if you
want to use this approach.

For more information on `vm.args`, please see the documentation on [erl](http://erlang.org/doc/man/erl.html),
specifically the Flags section.

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A couple of months ago, we wrote about the group of Viper ACR enthusiasts from America who raised enough money to fly the vehicle out to Germany so it could lap the Green Hell. Initially, their goal was to hit a sub-seven-minute goal, but they were a little shy of this by finishing the Nurburgring in 7:01.3 last week. They still got to break the existing record of 7:03.45, making the ACR the fastest street legal Dodge Viper ever that hit the Nurburgring.
Road & Track was in Germany that time to witness this record breaking act by the Viper ACR, and they also witnessed the car go through some serious hiccups. The first incident was from a seized differential that occurred earlier in the week, which was then followed by a high-speed tire failure after the second lap, which led to a serious crash that happened right after the Viper ACR finished the lap. Luckily, both drivers came out of the car with no injuries. If you would like to see the record-setting lap, you could always check out the video online.
So far, the Viper ACR is the fifth fastest car that has gone around the Nurburgring, at 7:01.3, being just behind the Lamborghini Aventador SV with a 6:59.73 lap time in 2015. But it actually did pretty well compared to the Nissan GT-R Nismo that has a lap time of 7:08.68, as well as the new Mercedes-AMG GT R that has a 7:10.92 time. Furthermore, it did pretty well compared to the previous-generation model that had a record time of 7:12.13 back in 2011.
This all started back in January when the group started crowdfunding for the Viper campaign, after a group of men saw two brand-new stock Viper ACRs that had the appearance of a GTS-R and thought that they could take the vehicle to the Green Hell. Not only did a number of individuals help out with the cost, but the Viper was also actually sponsored by Kumho, which provided free tires. The two Vipers were purchased by some individuals at a Texas dealership Viper Exchange. Take note though that these Vipers were totally unmodified when they did the record attempt.
We are all aware that production of the Viper is coming to an end, and there is a high chance that we will not see another Viper ACR go on the Nurburgring - at least in the near future. However, rumours have been circulating that a new Viper might actually be in the works. And since technology is improving, then we can expect the next generation Viper to be much quicker.


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HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh tops the list of functional Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country. This was stated by Union minister of state for commerce and industry Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday in reply to a query posed by independent member Parimal Nathwani.
AP has 32 operational SEZs, followed by Tamil Nadu (22) and Karnataka (20) of the 130 SEZs in the country whose collective exports stand at Rs 2.2 lakh crore. Scindia said the total physical exports from the SEZs in the first three quarters of the current financial year 2010-11 was to the tune of Rs 2,23,132 crore.
This indicates a growth of 46.7 per cent over the exports of corresponding period of the previous financial year. The minister also stated that the investments in the SEZs were to the tune of Rs 1.95 lakh crore, while over six lakh people were employed in these SEZs.


SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq:APRI), a biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative medicines to meet the needs of patients, today announced the appointment of Sandford D. Smith to the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Smith brings a wealth of senior management and board level experience from his leadership roles in both the biotech and pharmaceutical industries with leading companies such as Genzyme and Bristol-Meyers Squibb. Under Mr. Smith's leadership of Genzyme's international business, international revenues approached $3 billion, growing from a modest base to represent more than 65% of Genzyme's total sales. His appointment to the Apricus Board of Directors is effective immediately.
"We are extremely pleased to further strengthen our board with Sandy, who has had vast experience creating strategic value for life science companies at both the operating and board levels. Sandy's successful track record, most recently at Genzyme, includes overseeing the launch of twelve new products in various therapeutic areas, substantial global business development experience, and extensive service as a public company board member," said Kleanthis G. Xanthopoulos, Ph.D., Chairman of the Board.
Mr. Smith stated, "I am looking forward to participating as a member of the Apricus Board during this exciting time with the Company's first commercial partner launches and sales of Vitaros in the international markets. My focus always has been on the intersection of clinical development and commercial activities, and I look forward to working with the Apricus Board and management team to achieve commercial success."
For almost four decades, Mr. Smith has been actively engaged in the development of the international business for biotech and pharmaceutical companies. Most recently, Mr. Smith served as President, International Group, and Executive Vice President of Genzyme Corporation, until the company's acquisition by Sanofi in 2011, after which he worked with Sanofi on the design and integration of the international business into Sanofi's global organization. Mr. Smith joined Genzyme in 1996, and initially served as Vice President and General Manager of Genzyme International and President of Genzyme Specialty Therapeutics.
As President of the International Group, he oversaw the successful launch of twelve new products in the therapeutic categories of genetic lysosomal disorders, oncology, renal disease, and biomaterials for surgical indications in markets around the world.
Prior to joining Genzyme, Mr. Smith was President and Chief Executive Officer at Repligen Corporation, a publicly traded biotechnology company, from 1986-1995. Mr. Smith previously held leadership positions at Bristol-Myers Squibb from 1977-1985, including Director of Operations for Bristol-Myers Squibb–Asia Pacific and Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Planning for the Pharmaceutical and Nutritional Division. For the last two years, Mr. Smith has been advising publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies on developing successful global strategies, including M&A, in the orphan/rare disease space. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cytokinetics, Inc., Aegerion Pharmaceuticals and Neuralstem, Inc. He is on the advisory council for Brigham & Women's Hospital, where he created the Smith Scholars Residency in medical education to benefit physicians from the resource-poor nations.
Apricus Biosciences, Inc. (APRI) is a biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative medicines to meet the needs of patients. The Company's lead product, Vitaros®, for the treatment of erectile dysfunction, is approved in Europe and Canada and will be commercialized by Apricus' marketing partners, which include Abbott Laboratories Limited, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International GmbH, Hexal AG (Sandoz), Recordati Ireland Ltd. (Recordati S.p.A.), Bracco S.p.A. and Laboratoires Majorelle. The Company's second-generation Vitaros room temperature device is under development and is expected to enhance the product's commercial value. RayVa™, the Company's product candidate for the treatment of Raynaud's phenomenon, recently received FDA clearance to begin clinical studies. The Company intends to begin a Phase 2a trial with RayVa in the second half of 2014. Femprox®, the Company's product candidate for the treatment of female sexual interest/arousal disorder, has successfully completed an approximately 400-subject proof-of-concept study. The Company is currently seeking a strategic partner for Femprox.


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Konkona Sen Sharma Profile, Height, Age, Family, Wiki, Biography & More
Konkona Sen Sharma Profile, Height, Age, Family, Husband, Affairs, Wiki, Biography & More
Konkona Sen Sharma is an Indian actress, writer and director. She has received two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards. Daughter of filmmaker and actress Aparna Sen, Konkona is featured mainly in Indian independent fiction and film. Her accomplishments in the genre place her among the leading actresses of contemporary alternative cinema. She has also performed in mainstream films like Laaga Chunari Mein Daag for which she has also received prizes and praise.
Making her debut as a child artist in the movie Indira (1983), Sharma began as an adult in the Bengali thriller Ek Je Aachhe Kanya (2000). She first caught the eye with the English-language film Mr. and Mrs. Iyer (2002), directed by her mother, and received the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film.
Sen Sharma was born on December 3, 1979 to Mukul Sharma and Aparna Sen is an actress and director. She has an older sister, Kamalini Chatterjee. Sen Sharma's maternal grandfather, Chidananda Dasgupta, was a film critic, scholar, teacher, writer and co-founder of the Calcutta Film Society. His grandmother, Supriya Dasgupta, was a cousin of the legendary modern Bengali poet, Jibanananda Das.
Sen Sharma graduated in English from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, in 2001. She studied at the Calcutta Modern High School for Girls and Calcutta International School.
Sen Sharma began dating the actor and co-starred Ranvir Shorey in 2007. The couple married on September 3, 2010 in a private ceremony. The Times of India announced that Sen Sharma had given birth to her first child, Haroon, on March 15, 2011 at a hospital in South Mumbai. Ranvir and Konkona announced their separation in September 2015. They remain friends and share custody of their son.
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A user registers an event question on the prediction market, "Where will Amazon locate its new headquarters?" She includes the answer options: Chicago, Atlanta, Austin, New York, and Other. Other must be included to ensure that the probability of all answers adds up to 100 percent. If she didn't include Other, there would've been a possibility that none of the answers end up being correct.
Core Layer. The foundation that contains smart contracts for events, outcome tokens, settlement, and market mechanisms. The only charge in this layer is a maximum 0.5 percent fee to users who purchase outcome tokens from the market maker. However, the team is working to eliminate this fee.
Service Layer. Offers services like chatbots and stablecoins. It uses a trading fee model, and the team expects that consumer apps will primarily interact with it.
Applications Layer. The custom front-end applications built on top of the Service and Core layers. Gnosis will build some applications, but the majority will be from third-parties who charge you to use their services.
Gnosis includes two types of tokens: Gnosis (GNO) and OWL. GNO are the ERC20 tokens that the team sold during their ICO. They created 10 million GNO tokens and aren't minting any additional ones. These are the tokens that you see being traded on the open market.
By staking GNO, you receive OWL tokens. To do this, you must lock your GNO in a smart contract making them non-transferable. The amount of OWL you receive is dependent on the length of your lock period as well as the total supply of OWL tokens in the market. The team is aiming to have 20x more total OWL than the average amount of monthly OWL usage over the previous 3 months.
The first OWL generation event occurred in June/July 2018.
You use OWL tokens to pay for fees on the platform, and 1 OWL always equals 1 USD. Gnosis doesn't collect the token fees but instead burns them, taking them out of circulation. You can also pay your fee with any other ERC20 token. When you choose this option, Gnosis buys GNO with your fees and burns the GNO.
Ideally, this burning and staking mechanism will limit the GNO supply, increasing its value. On the other hand, Gnosis will adjust the OWL distribution to ensure that it always is at one dollar.
The Gnosis team is led by Martin Köppelmann (CEO), Stefan George (CTO), and Dr. Friederike Ernst (COO). Köppelmann and George began working on the platform in January 2015 as one of the first ConsenSys partners. By August of that same year, they launched the alpha product as the first major DApp on Ethereum.
In April 2017, the project held somewhat of a controversial Initial Coin Offering (ICO). Using a dutch auction style of raising funds, the team hit their $12.5 million hard cap in ten minutes while retaining 95 percent of the tokens. Amidst backlash, the team locked the tokens in a vault and have promised not to dump them on the market. They'll give at least a three-month warning before selling any of the tokens.
December 2017 saw the launch of the Olympia platform. And the team launched the DutchX in the second quarter of 2018. As mentioned earlier, they also released Apollo in 2018. They're currently developing the Gnosis Safe. Versions are available for Android and Google Chrome while an iOS product is still in the works.
The team includes quite a list of reputable advisors including Joseph Lubin (Ethereum co-founder and ConsenSys founder) and Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum founder and chief scientist). The website no longer lists these advisors, however.
Augur is Gnosis's main competitor. With a slightly earlier start, the Augur team is also creating a prediction markets platform. Some argue that with a fairer token distribution and decentralized oracles, Augur is the less centralized of the two.
Another difference – Augur uses ETH for market trading and REP to reward the oracles that report the outcomes of events while Gnosis has the token reward structure outlined above.
Gnosis had a successful start reaching an all-time high Bitcoin price of 0.141 BTC (~$357) in July 2017. Since then, though, the GNO price hasn't fared well. It saw some upward movement in December 2017 and the beginning of January 2018 with the rest of the market, but its price relative to Bitcoin was nearly unchanged.
The token has currently flatlined at about $10 (~0.00292 BTC) – greater than 98 percent below its all-time high. With only 10 percent of the tokens in the market, this isn't a good sign. As the team sells their majority share, the price could decrease even further due to the increase in supply.
On the other hand, product releases may give some support to the GNO price as the tokens would then have increased use. This scenario, however, seems unlikely at this point.
You can purchase GNO with either Bitcoin or Ethereum on Bittrex and Kraken. If you're confused on where to begin, check out our guides on how to buy Bitcoin and Ethereum.
GNO is an ERC20 token, so you can store it in any ERC20 compatible wallet. Your safest option is to use a hardware wallet like the Ledger Nano S. You should also consider MyEtherWallet to store your GNO – a free, albeit, slightly less secure choice.
Of course, you also have the Gnosis Safe wallet at your disposal.
Gnosis is creating the infrastructure for prediction market applications. Additionally, the project includes an in-house developed Dutch Exchange, multisig wallet, and robust developer tools. The team has a mission to make Gnosis the world's most efficient forecasting tool while providing users with the best experience in customized information searches.
Even with a lopsided token distribution, the team has been accomplishing their objectives and continuing to put out updates and new functionality. The growth of machine learning and crowdsourcing in forecast models brings the potential for Gnosis to contribute greatly to an increasingly valuable market. But, the recent price action shows otherwise.
Editor's Note: This article was updated by Steven Buchko on 12.13.18 to reflect the recent changes of the project.


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The Les Humphries Singers was a musical group formed in Hamburg, Germany by Englishman Les Humphries in the year 1970. The group consisted of a large number of singers of diverse ethnic origin, some of whom such as John Lawton also performed with other groups. Another member was Jürgen Drews who later had a 1976 solo hit in Germany, "Ein Bett im Kornfeld", a cover version of "Let your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers. The Les Humphries Singers at the time brought something from the flair of the hippie movement into the hit world.
The Les Humphries Singers was a 1970s musical group formed in Hamburg, Germany in 1969 by the English-born Les Humphries (born John Leslie Humphreys, 10 August 1940, in Croydon, Surrey, England - died 26 December 2007, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England). The Les Humphries Singers dissolved at the end of the 1970s. Humphries moved back to Alton, Hampshire in England and later moved to London.
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This album has an average beat per minute of 112 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 76/169 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Album starts at 97BPM, ends at 92BPM (-5), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Les Humphries Singers. Style: pop. Album year: 1973. The Les Humphries Singers - Old Man Moses 03:18. The Les Humphries Singers - (We'll Fly You To The) Promised Land 02:56. The Les Humphries Singers - Rock My Soul 02:32. The Les Humphries Singers - Carnival 04:15. The Les Humphries Singers - New Orleans 04:05. The Les Humphries Singers - Sing Sang Song 03:04. The Les Humphries Singers - Do You Wanna Rock And Roll? 03:55. The Les Humphries Singers - Mama Loo 04:09. The Les Humphries Singers - Soolaimon 04:23. The Les Humphries Singers - Old Time Religion 03:18. The Les Humphries Singers - Jennifer Adam 03:28.
1 Spirit Of Freedom 3:56
2 Mexico 4:03
3 The Clapping Song 4:02
4 Ramba Samba 4:49
5 God Made America 7:49
6 Dance, Dance, Dance 5:20
7 Mama Loo 3:39
8 Adios, Auf Wiedersehen 4:46
9 Oh Happy Day 4:43
10 To My Fathers Home 3:28
11 Palma, Palma, Palma, Mallorca 4:57
12 Rock My Soul 1:38
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Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Premiering in March — Watch Trailer
By Andy Swift / February 5 2019, 10:15 AM PST
Freeform is finally done keeping one of its biggest secrets: The long-awaited Pretty Little Liars spinoff, The Perfectionists, will be premiere Wednesday, March 20, the network announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena.
In addition to Sasha Pieterse and Janel Parrish — both of whom will reprise their PLL roles of Alison DiLaurentis and Mona Vanderwaal, respectively — the spinoff also stars Sofia Carson (Famous in Love), Sydney Park (The Walking Dead), newcomer Eli Brown, Kelly Rutherford (Gossip Girl), British actor Graeme Thomas King and Hayley Erin (General Hospital).
Based on The Perfectionists, a book series by PLL author Sara Shepard, the spinoff relocates Ali and Mona to the mysterious city of Beacon Heights, Ore., where they soon find themselves navigating a deadly mystery in which practically everyone they meet is a potential suspect. In other words, it's business as usual for the Rosewood-raised sleuths.
Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists Pilot Photos
Along with a premiere date, Freeform has also released the series' first full-length trailer, giving us a first look at the new generation of liars in action — including one that won't live to see the mystery unfold.
Hit PLAY on the Pretty Little Liars spinoff trailer above, then drop a comment with your thoughts below: Will you be joining The Perfectionists next month?
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Before you go to clean the rest of your house, your garage should be taken care of first. Working from the outside in will help to organize your cleaning strategies. Having a cracked cement garage floor creates a lot of problems. The cracks become a home for all kinds of bugs and critters, along with you tracking dust into your house from them. A simple can of garage floor paint from your local hardware store acts as a great sealant, preventing all of those problems. And while you're sealing your garage floor, you can take it a step further and clean out your garage of all its trash – renting a dumpster would be ideal.
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Q: Bitwise operations on Java Enumerations; RE: Chess E.G If I were keeping an array in C representing a chess board, I might fill it with enumed items that roughly look like:
enum CHESSPIECE {
  none  = 0,
  pawn, knight, bishop, rook, queen, king,
  type_mask = 7,
  white = 8,
  white_pawn, white_knight, white_bishop, white_rook, white_queen, white_king,
  black = 16,
  black_pawn, black_kight, black_bishop, black_rook, black_queen, black_king,
  color_mask = 24
} chessPiece;

Thus allowing logic that looks like:
if (board[i][j] & color_mask == currentColor)
{
  impossibleMove = true; // or some-such
}

In Java, I'd just find that bitwise & operations on enums are not supported, and that further, the fairly awesome EnumSet doesn't easily apply since a piece can't be black AND white AND a rook AND a king.
So what I'm thinking looks like:
public enum ChessPieceId {
    None            (null, null),
    Pawn            (null, null),
    Knight          (null, null),
    Bishop          (null, null),
    Rook            (null, null),
    Queen           (null, null),
    King            (null, null),
    Type_Mask       (null, null),
    White           (null, null),
    White_Pawn      (ChessPieceId.White, ChessPieceId.Pawn),
    White_Knight    (ChessPieceId.White, ChessPieceId.Knight),
    White_Bishop    (ChessPieceId.White, ChessPieceId.Bishop),
    White_Rook      (ChessPieceId.White, ChessPieceId.Rook),
    White_Queen     (ChessPieceId.White, ChessPieceId.Queen),
    White_King      (ChessPieceId.White, ChessPieceId.King),
    SkipA           (null, null),
    Black           (null, null),
    Black_Pawn      (ChessPieceId.Black, ChessPieceId.Pawn),
    Black_Knight    (ChessPieceId.Black, ChessPieceId.Knight),
    Black_Bishop    (ChessPieceId.Black, ChessPieceId.Bishop),
    Black_Rook      (ChessPieceId.Black, ChessPieceId.Rook),
    Black_Queen     (ChessPieceId.Black, ChessPieceId.Queen),
    Black_King      (ChessPieceId.Black, ChessPieceId.King),
    SkipB           (null, null),
    Color_Mask      (null, null);

    private final ChessPieceId color;
    private final ChessPieceId type;

    ChessPieceId(ChessPieceId pColor, ChessPieceId pType){
        this.color = pColor;
        this.type = pType;
    }

    ChessPieceId color() { return color; }
    ChessPieceId type() { return type; }

    // & operator should be built in. I considered an EnumSet but...
    ChessPieceId and(ChessPieceId pSecond) {
        switch(ChessPieceId.this.ordinal() & pSecond.ordinal()) {
        case 0: //None.ordinal() etc. [if only Java were smarter]
            return None;
        case 1:  return Pawn;
        case 2:  return Knight;
        case 3:  return Bishop;
        case 4:  return Rook;
        case 5:  return Queen;
        case 6:  return King;
        case 7:  return Type_Mask;
        case 8:  return White;
        case 9:  return White_Pawn;
        case 10: return White_Knight;
        case 11: return White_Rook;
        case 12: return White_Bishop;
        case 13: return White_Queen;
        case 14: return White_King;
        //case 15: return SkipA;
        case 16: return Black;
        case 17: return Black_Pawn;
        case 18: return Black_Knight;
        case 19: return Black_Rook;
        case 20: return Black_Bishop;
        case 21: return Black_Queen;
        case 22: return Black_King;
        //case 23: return SkipB;
        case 24: return Color_Mask;
        default:
            return None;
        }
    }
}

Clearly I only need one or the other (the and operation, or the initialized values). Also it sure would be great if I could use an enum type in it's own definition, but I can't. So lines like:
    Bishop          (null, ChessPieceId.Bishop),
    ...
    White           (ChessPieceId.White, null),

Are out.
What was my question? Is there a better way that I'm missing. Also can I parse an int of the ordinal into an enum defined value, avoiding that whole case statement?

A: In the Card example in the Sun tutorial on Enums, they represent a deck of cards as two Enums - Rank and Suit.  This is isomorphic to your problem.  See http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/language/enums.html.
Note that you can augment an Enum with any extra values you like by defining an appropriate constructor, so you are not bound to ordinal values, either.

A: Wouldn't it make sense to define a class for the chess piece?
Then you can stick two enums in it. Imagine that.

A: Why do you insist on the usage of Enums? It's clearly not the proper tool.
I would have a Token interface, and have it implemented in a class with it's color and type (the type and color being two different enums). You may even have multiple implementations for the different type of pieces so that you can put right into the class itself it's movement behavior....

A: Just a modeling suggestion...
I'd probably start out with a ChessPiece object that had an abstract canMoveTo() method.  It would be overridden by pawn, bishop, king, ...  The White/Black is an attribute of the piece.
So from your code, it always follows the same pattern, piece.canMoveTo(x1,y1); or piece.move(x1,y1);
Always think in terms of asking your object to do something--not operating on attributes of your object from outside (from another object).
As for the enum problem, I wouldn't worry about optimizing the solution until you had a great general purpose solution coded and you find that it isn't fast/small/cool enough to meet your requirements.  It may turn out that using enums doesn't even fit into your final model.  I'd even leave bitwise operations out for a bit.
EDIT:
I've heard some pretty strong arguments stating that going sub-int for Java slows everything down quite a bit.  For instance, using byte arrays or bitfields.  If you absolutely need them for space, fine, but don't use them because you think they are going to make your code faster--they just mess up caching and optimizing routines.
For instance, declaring a variable "byte b;" still takes up an entire int in ram, but forces an extra masking operation and additional validations every time you access it.  I'm not sure if the same thing applies to bit operations, but what you are trying to do really feels like premature optimization to me--one of the biggest programming evils.

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This is a piece that just showed up while on an investigation. When we have tried to use it we get a blinding white light and then a cross that has two snakes on each side of it. This is what we all have got when using it.
Then when we go away our backs hurt but the psychic ability is beyond explainable. This opens the third eye and I think it is ancient. I do not know it's origins other then we picked it up on an investigation of a woman that was a collector of things from all over. Some we have info on and some we do not.
This I would consider white light despite the snakes that you see. Nothing bad has happened with it and all visions have been correct. You also see spirits and into their world with ease and nothing harmful comes out of it.


On December 11th IOA sent surveys in to every detainee in the Durham jail for over 30 days asking them questions about their concerns in the Jail and what they'd like to see IOA do about it. These are the responses of one female detainee, M.C.
They need to understand that the cells are cold and we be complaining about the need of blankets, heat. They also need to stop this 23 & 1 that we are on. I am not happy about just coming out of our cells at 9-12:45 then 4-6:45 even though its an hour an 45 minutes that their taking away we shouldn be able to have that time as well. Oh one more thing, it shouldn't be issues about people wanting to finish the education no matter how old they are. It shouldn't be just 16-24 it shouldn't have no age range on getting your G.E.D.
Helping out people that's having problems with having high bonds on petty things like not having a place to live, helping the elders with mental health issues or illness, having more churches coming and bringing the gospel of god to help save a soul. More education courses for ones that wants phds, MBAs, ie etc, things of that nature.
Helping out the ones you see that fits the eligibilities of help to get there lifes back on the right track, help find them housing, jobs education, upon release from jails and prisons.
To be honest, this is my first time hearing about this organization it seems there are people out their in the world that wants to help us out that the system keeps messing with and feel like they can because society or the community doesn't want to help us because of the mistakes we have done.


"I would rather do a heavy Fran any day over regular Fran" said the instructor at my Level One. Even as he went on to explain himself, I thought he was crazy. Heavier = harder, right? He said the reason that he would rather do a "heavy Fran" (ie: with a prescribed weight of more than 95#) is because then you HAVE to rest; the weight would be so challenging that you would be forced to break up your sets more.
I wasn't buying it. Everyone knows that heavy is better. Also, as an athlete who rarely hits a WOD Rx, if I have a chance to click that little blue button, I'm going to take it!
About a month ago, I came in to ACF to hit the noon WOD. It was a modified Grace – three rounds of ten cleans and ten jerks for time. The Rx weight was 95# for women. The last time I had done traditional Grace, I hit it at 75# so of course I wanted to increase my weight this time around, even if I wasn't going to hit the Rx threshold.
I loaded up my bar to 85# and when the timer beeped I went to work! I did singles for every round of cleans and by the last round I was breaking up the jerks into sets of three at a time. Although I was one of the last ones to finish, I finished within the target timeframe for the WOD, but a bit on the high end. I was pleased with my performance and gave myself a mental pat on the back, happily recording my score.
It was at this point that I finally got it. Just because you CAN go heavier, doesn't mean you SHOULD go heavier. Some workouts are designed to be done at an extremely heavy weight (ie: the Bear complex) and you should approach those workouts as such, but many workouts are designed to be done at a moderately heavy weight so that you are really pushing your cardiovascular limits and running on full steam ahead, limited only by your mental limitations, not the weight on the bar. As a CrossFit athlete, you need to be able to look at the workout and pick the weight that is right for you and is going to give you that "pushing it to the limits" feeling, without the governor of a weight that makes you stop and rest.
Don't be a slave to wanting to hit a WOD Rx if the main benefit you are going to get from the workout is the ego boost that comes from that little blue button. Pick a smart weight for you (if you don't know what that is, ask your coach!) and go full throttle. Doing the work this way will get you to Rx-land, and when you go about it this way, you'll deserve to be there.


Push (or click) the button, start those engines, whatever you want to call it – we can now officially say we are ready to make our brand new courier website, Couriers TV, public.
There are still things to 'tweak' behind the scenes and of course it will probably take another year until every little thing is really where we want it to be, but how many things in life are ever really as 'finished' as we want them? For anyone that decorates their own home, you'll probably know that as soon as you think you've finished everything, it's almost time to start again.
It's going to be an on-going development program as we look to curate all the very best information to help you become a courier, or become an even better one.
We aim to post new articles on our blog twice a month, along with creating videos where we will discuss transport news and look at technology and tools that can help you do your job more efficiently.


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CHRISTMAS BLUES! (SHORT-STORY)
It was a freezing cold morning in the shopping and tourist district of Downtown Chicago. When he heard the blood curdling screams screams of a woman in severe panic.
The ear-hurting scream derived from a dimly lit alleyway, that despite the ankle high snow, the strong stench of urine that was deposited by homeless vagrants and drunk nightclub patrons could easily be noticed.
"I ran as fast as I could to see if I could maybe scare off her attacker, but it was too late officer".
Officer smith with a sudden look of sadness and grief on his old and haggard face, looked in the eyes of the good samaritan that he now knew as the veteran U.S. Marine sniper, Eddie Diaz. The officer handed Diaz back his military identification, and said:
"Thank you for your service to this great country, Marine. I know you would of saved that women's life at the risk of your own".
As he walked away to speak with other police officers at the crime scene, he looked back at Diaz, and said:
"Keep your head up, Marine! You have nothing to be ashamed of".
As Diaz stood in the freezing cold alley, with police and the forensics team working diligently on the gruesome and very bloody and frozen crime scene that looked like something out of the famed Michael Meyers film franchise. Diaz knew there was nothing he could do to save the woman he heard use her last breath to scream in agony before she died, he realized this after he overheard one of the medical workers say she was stabbed sixty-nine times. 69 times Diaz thought, a very sick joke, by a very dangerous man.
Officer Smith, before he left told Diaz, he believed it was probably an attempted robbery and rape gone wrong. Officer Smith, later said:
"We will not know for sure until the forensics team come back with their report, but many of the wounds on her hand and arms look like defensive wounds. Which means she fought like a soldier until the tragic end".
Diaz knew that area was controlled by the vicious street gang known as the "Red Rebels". They were a tough street gang that mainly consisted of poor and disenfranchised Black, Hispanic, and Asian neighborhood kids. Most of their criminal acts were in low level drug dealings, robberies, pimping and only on extremely rare occasions murder. If someone was killed it usually only happened during turf wars or a robbery gone wrong.
Diaz, Knew them well, before he was a decorated Marine sniper with over three dozen kills to go along with his glorious military awards, like the bronze star and the silver star and several others, he was a poor Afro-Cuban kid in that neighborhood. When Diaz was a student in a local neighborhood crime-ridden high school, he was part of a rival gang called the "Blue Blood Outsiders". They engaged in many battles with the Red Rebels, one battle specifically left Diaz in the hospital with several stab wounds, and left his older cousin, Miguel Diaz in a morgue.
Diaz originally swore revenge for the death of his cousin, but instead of killing his cousin's murderers and going to jail for it, or potentially getting killed himself , he allowed himself to be talked into joining the military, by his mother. She made him promise that he would get away from the ghetto Chicago streets, so that he would not die for some "ghetto street bullshit ", like so many of his friends, and family members. Sure, he could easily die in the military, but at least there is some honor in dying for your country, as far as she was concerned. Not that she wanted him to die, of course .
Now back in his old stomping grounds of his savage, youthful trouble making days, he realized what he had to do and that's what he always did in his life when bad things happened. Diaz, did not know exactly which one of the Red Rebels killed the woman, but he knew who the leader of the Red Rebels was. A week later while Diaz was leaving a coffee shop before heading to the O'Hare International Airport to go back to his military base, he ran into officer, Smith, who said:
"Diaz, good to see you, I don't know if you heard, but that gang that we suspect were involved in the killing of that woman in the alley, 20 of their members were killed by sniper fire last week. Just 24 hours after she was murdered, Cosmic Karma, I guess".
Diaz, smiled and looked at officer, Smith and said:
"Well, back to the warzone to kill more bad guys".
With s big grin on his face, officers, Smith replied:
"Continue to fight thr good fight, both foreign and domestic ".
THE TOOTH (Short-Story)
I walked away with one of the man's canine teeth in my right shirt pocket, of my favorite long-sleeved red and black plaid shirt. I kept the tooth as a reminder, not so much as a souvenir for myself, but as a reminder to the racist creep, who had the nerve to attempt to put his hands on my girlfriend.
"So, please have a seat, and tell me what happened, Mr.Gunner?" the police officer said to me".
I replied "I left the Moonlight NightClub with my girlfriend at around 1:00 am. A thug, who was hanging outside the club seemed to get very angry when he saw my girlfriend Sara and I holding hands. The sight of an educated black man and his white girlfriend holding hands seemed to make him irate. His face soon turned a fiery red, he got so mad a vain in his neck started beating rapidly and strongly. As we walked down the street, he called me a n#gger and he called my girlfriend a n#gger lover".
I kind of smirked at the officer and said:
"Being from the Midwest, I've been called a n#gger more than a few times, so I did not really get upset, it's kind of expected, sometimes. But, his words made my girlfriend, become very upset and protective of me. She called him a white-trash, trailer park bigot. In response to her sweet words, he lifted his right hand in an aggressive manner, like he was going to hit her with all of his power. His hands came just a few inches away from her face, but unfortunately for him, my hands were a lot quicker than his, and I knocked him out".
I omitted that I put his tooth in my pocket, I did not want to ruin the image of us being victims of a hate crime,(which we were) that I believe the police officer had of my girlfriend and me.
"No need to give this racist abuser of women any sympathy", I quietly said to myself".
The police officer walked me and my girlfriend over to the frontt of the large gray two-story former warehouse, that now held the Moonlight nightclub. Intoxicated clubgoers were still hanging outside with some of the very burly African-American and Samoan security crew, who were these scary-looking men dressed in all-black with staff written on the back of their shirts in white letters. Those guards secured the interior and perimeter of the club, and looked out for us, just in case the bigot had some friends in the club that we didn't know about. The lead police officer pulled the Security manager to the side, and lucky for me, he completely backed-up my side of the story.
The police officer looked at me and my girlfriend and said:
You're free to go."
The officer then looked at the bigot, who was handcuffed, sitting on the curb, half-dazed with a missing tooth and told him:
"You're going to jail"


The NZ Transport Agency is consulting on the proposed removal of 17 car parks in this area: 11 between Shotover and Ballarat Streets on the northern side and six between Coronation Drive and Ballarat Street. Under the proposed changes these will be replaced by bus stops and no stopping areas. Alternative off-street parking is available in the general area.
Transport Agency Senior Road Safety Engineer Roy Johnston says the Queenstown Lakes District Council would like the bus stops to be relocated from the Camp Street bus hub to Stanley Street. This is because the Camp Street bus hub stops won't be available once major redevelopment work starts on O'Connells Shopping Centre.
Mr Johnston says in considering feedback, the Transport Agency will take into account the potential impacts on property owners and occupiers, all road users, the community and public transport services.
• Email to speedlimitotgosthlnd@nzta.govt.nz on or before 5pm on Monday 26 November 2018.


but I bet it sounds pretty in Italian."
Whereas Italian writer/director Daniele Luchetti's previous cinematic charmer Ginger and Cinnamon made the perfect foreign intellectual antidote to our superficial chick flicks (like Because I Said So), his follow-up film couldn't be more different. Instead of a contemporary, female-driven romantic comedy like Ginger co-written by and starring his talented, high verbal wife Stefania Montorsi (think the Italian version of Said's equally gifted Lauren Graham of Gilmore Girls fame), this time he sought inspiration from Antonio Pennacchi's book Il Fasciocommunista.
After receiving the prestigious "Un Certain Regard" from the Cannes Film Festival, the film also received nine nominations and five awards in 2007 at the Italian version of our Academy Awards — the Donatellos. Recently released on DVD with zero features and barely visible, miniscule subtitles that cause eyestrain, My Brother Is An Only Child tells the story of two very different brothers coming of age in the 1960s and '70s amidst political upheaval. Although they find themselves on opposite ends of the party spectrum, which would be bad enough, it's escalated when revolution breaks out and all the more so when they're drawn to the same woman.
If this sounds familiar to Italian foreign film lovers, it should (and not just to those who may have read the book with the daunting title). For Brother, Luchetti collaborated with the talented screenwriting team behind the structurally and thematically similar yet vastly superior 2003 miniseries The Best of Youth, which earned its place on numerous Top Ten lists that year of film buffs in the know. While at roughly two hours Brother can't be as epic in scope as the six-hour Youth, it still pales in comparison to one of the best miniseries in recent memory, especially when the plots are so maddeningly similar that one can't help but contrast and compare.
However, the astute marketing team at THINKFilm tried to remedy this before Brother's release by releasing a clever but misleading trailer. Although it still echoes Youth and does evolve into stirring melodrama near the end, complete with the swelling of a beautiful orchestra, the footage erroneously sets up Luchetti's film to be far funnier and jovial than the end result. Thus, sort of pigeonholing the work into the ever-popular European genre of coming-of-age with a dysfunctional family and/or trying to break out of a relative's shadow.
And while incidentally Brother does include both of these plots along with the obligatory Jules and Jim-like love triangle for good measure, it's a darker work than one would expect with characters that aren't as likable as one would guess from the footage below.
Yet, despite this and rather forced nostalgia which doesn't come as naturally as it did in Youth, My Brother Is An Only Child is a work of the utmost quality. It chronicles the tale of the smart but bitter Accio (Ellio Germano) who has always been the family's Jan Brady, next to his older, handsome, flirtatious, and mischevious brother Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio), whose parents, neighbors, and beautiful girlfriend Francesca (Diane Fleri) act as though he hung the moon. While Manrico has become a veritable voice of the people with his growing involvement as a Communist spokesperson and lead protester — out of equal parts brotherly annoyance and feeling a kinship with the neighbors he seems to prefer to his own family — Accio joins the Fascists.
Although predictably as events heat up and both get a glimpse of the best and worst of their parties, Accio has a change of heart and switches sides, things soon spiral out of control as the brothers begin to realize what's really important and ironically adopt the best qualities of each other whether it's Manrico's bravery or Accio's thoughtfulness.
In the end, Luchetti offers us a truly memorable conclusion that admittedly made my appreciation for the film rise considerably. Depicting a stirring mini-revolution led by Accio on a much quieter yet more effective and smaller scale — with no violence and all soul — Luchetti manages to capture our hearts in a way that had been lacking for a better part of the picture and keeping it fresh in our minds long after we hit eject. Therefore with this in mind and given the stellar performances and production value, it's recommendable on that level alone.
And while no doubt, Brother would have benefited from larger and more legible subtitles, in between squinting at the text, Luchetti and company opened my eyes much wider to a political situation that most casual moviegoers wouldn't normally see. While the radical and tumultuous era of the '60s and '70s have been well-documented in countless American films, they've mostly dealt with the situation either right here on our land or in Vietnam. More specifically, they've failed to explore what was going on in other countries with some of the riots in France in the late '60s or indeed the events in Italy depicted in this film and Best of Youth and for more knowledge of such, we must turn our attention towards international cinema (even when it arrives with a nonsensical name).
And while Brother is an above average work, ultimately, for my favorite Luchetti film in recent memory, I'd still have to direct your attention to the appetizing Ginger and Cinnamon. Likewise, for those seeking a thematically similar yet infinitely more powerful depiction of the political scene of the era in Italy, movie lovers should look no further than the unforgettable Best of Youth, also available on DVD.


Vermont students' statewide scores were competitive with those of their peers elsewhere on the computerized Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium test, according to the most recent results, released Tuesday, Aug. 30.
However, gaps among some ethnic groups and students of different economic backgrounds in Vermont continue.
This year was the second administration of the online test, which is given in grades three through eight and 11 in English language arts and mathematics and is aligned to the Common Core standards.
This year, more students scored proficient and above in both subjects. The standard for proficiency is considered tough, according to Education Secretary Rebecca Holcombe.
54 percent of Vermont students in grades three and four.
58 percent in fifth grade.
56 percent in sixth grade.
58 percent in seventh grade.
59 percent in eighth grade.
57 percent in 11th grade (the only year that the percentage dropped, from last year's average of 58 percent).
56 percent of Vermont students in third grade.
50 percent in fourth grade.
43 percent in fifth grade.
41 percent in sixth grade.
46 percent in seventh grade.
44 percent in eighth grade.
38 percent in 11th grade (a 1 percentage point increase over the previous year).
Among the subgroups, more students of Asian descent scored at proficient and above than the state average across subjects and grades, while blacks and American Indians (including Alaskan Natives) scored below the state average for proficiency across subjects and grades.
Notably, Vermont Hispanic students scored better than the state average for proficiency and above in English in grades six (60 percent to 56 percent) and eight (68 percent to 59 percent).
In math they didn't do as well, falling below the state average for proficiency in all grades except eighth. In that grade, they did better than the rest of their peers at meeting and exceeding the standard by an additional 11 percentage points (44 percent statewide meeting or exceeding proficiency, versus 55 percent of Hispanic students).
Low-income students did not perform well and didn't meet the state average for proficient and above in any subject or grade. Their worst performance was in 11th grade math, where only 19 percent reached proficiency.
Six other states in the 15-state testing consortium have released their preliminary scores, four of which published results that are comparable: California, Connecticut, Delaware and Washington. Among those, only California tested third through eighth grades and high school, as Vermont did.
Vermont doesn't like reporting test scores by "percent proficient" because it says it is not as accurate as using scale scores, but federal law requires releasing the information to the public in this way.
The agency plans to release school-level SBAC results Sept. 19.
Killington Elementary School welcomed students back for their first day of school on Wednesday, Aug. 31. Some, like Angus Laramie (right), arrived with their parents; others via the big yellow school bus.


Sleazy Euros found guilty of being thieving Euros.
The paintings — by Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, Braque and Fernand Leger — have not been seen since the dramatic 2010 heist.
The Paris court convicted "Spiderman" Vjeran Tomic of stealing the paintings and sentenced him to eight years in prison. Jean-Michel Corvez, the antiques dealer who orchestrated the theft, was sentenced to seven years.
* What's Going On With The Art Loss Register?


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Yelizarovskaya () is a station on the Nevsko–Vasileostrovskaya Line of Saint Petersburg Metro, opened on December 21, 1970.

External links

Saint Petersburg Metro stations
Railway stations in Russia opened in 1970
Railway stations located underground in Russia


body, then head, then organs clustered like whitewashed pebbles.
Tobin's poem is representative of many of the poems and stories in the issue, small narratives that build to impressive, lasting final images of visual or metaphysical heft (the other award-winning poem, "Father as a Distant Boat" by Jennifer Whitaker; Lois Beebe Hayna's poem, "Brief Eden"; Michael Cadnum's poem, "Neglected Garden"; stories by Alexander Lumans and Denzil Strickland).
All music is broken from silences in stone.
into the deep mood of its first believer.
Stephanie M. Boyle Fledderjohann's "All That Resides in the Unspoken," offers another approach to images of damage ("Why can't you keep your life together?" the poem begins). Her poem is composed of four single-line questions, answered in parentheses containing longer verses, paragraph-like in italics (the unspoken). The poem is one of loss and grief, which does, so often it seems to me, prompt us to imagine answers to questions we will never have a chance to ask.
Stories are told in casual, familiar voices and tell the tale, for the most part, of family relationships There are natural disasters here, too, (a forest fire in Bushnell's "J. T. Bushnell's Evacuation"), and the same press toward snapshot-image-conclusions as in much of the poetry ("Her arm dropping like dead weight around him and pulling him tightly against her body" in Strickland's "Texas is a Big Place"). There is a decided tenderness in most of this work, a forward motion toward the clear skies at the end of the storms, that keeps us hopeful – and reading.


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We Like to Rock is a compilation album by the Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1988. It is a repackaging for the U.S. market of the 1979 album Harder.....Faster with a reordering of the songs and a different cover.

Track listing
All tracks written by Myles Goodwyn unless otherwise noted.
 "I Like to Rock" – 3:41
 "21st Century Schizoid Man" (R. Fripp, M. Giles, G. Lake, I. McDonald, P. Sinfield) – 6:49
 "Babes in Arms" – 3:26
 "Say Hello" – 3:10
 "Before the Dawn" (B. Greenway) – 4:37
 "Better Do it Well" (M. Goodwyn, G. Moffet) – 3:48
 "Tonite" – 4:07
 "Ladies Man" – 3:50

Personnel
 Myles Goodwyn – vocals, guitars
 Brian Greenway – vocals, guitars
 Gary Moffet – guitars, background vocals
 Steve Lang – bass, background vocals
 Jerry Mercer – drums, background vocals

References

1988 greatest hits albums
April Wine albums
Albums produced by Myles Goodwyn
Aquarius Records (Canada) compilation albums
Capitol Records compilation albums
Albums produced by Nick Blagona


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Q: Can statsd handle negative timings? I am currently planning to use statsd to track performance difference between two procedures.
This means that we will see negative timings.
Is statsd able to handle negative timings?

A: Reading the documentation and code I see nothing that forbids negative timings. You might have problems with timer histograms, since there

a lower limit of 0 is assumed

However I strongly suggest using separate timers for both procedures, sending them to Graphite and using the diffSeries function.