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Freddie Roach Says Manny Pacquiao Will Be the First Fighter to KO Shane Mosley
By Brian Christopher October 24, 2019 56 views
Manny Pacquiao has accomplished so many things throughout his career and is arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in the sport of boxing. With the exception of getting inside the ropes with Floyd Mayweather Jr. and putting a blemish on his record, there is not much more for him to accomplish in the fight game. However, Pacman has a little extra incentive heading into his fight with Sugar Shane Mosley this weekend. While Mosley is 39-years-old, he is aging, and is just 2-2-1 in his last three fights, including getting outclassed by Mayweather, he has never been knocked out during his illustrious 54 fight career. If there is a fighter that can change that, it's Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao has 38 knockouts in his 52 win, he has been dominant in his last six fights and shouldn't have any problem disposing of Mosley. The only question is whether or not Manny Pacquiao can be the first fighter to knockout Sugar Shane.
Freddie Roach joined WQAM in Miami with the Michael Irvin Show to talk about how tough it is to get a fighter ready to fight in Las Vegas with all the distractions, how dangerous Shane Mosley can be, what it means to him to win the Trainer of the Year award for third straight year, and whether or not he thinks Manny Pacquiao will knock out Shane Mosley.
How tough it is to get a fighter ready to fight in Las Vegas:
"Vegas is a tough place but you have to be very disciplined and most fighters are disciplined about that. They're athletes and they're here for a reason of course. Pacquiao, he knows what his limits are and if I can stop him from band practice I'd be a little more happy. He booked a concert after the fight and he has eight songs to sing so he's working on that after training. One thing about that it takes his mind away from the fight, it relaxes him, he's very, very calm when he does that, and it's his outlet."
How dangerous Shane Mosley can be:
"He can be very dangerous. He has one punch knockout power in both hands. He's very strong puncher, I've seen it in the past. I've seen him knockout guys. If you walk into the fire without any thought, he's a great counterpuncher, and that's something that we have to be really, really careful with is how we need attack him. It's in Manny's nature to attack. Shane loves guys that attack him so we came up with a game plan to attack him from an angle moreso where we're using the faints and getting on the angle and attacking him from the angle. Once you obtain that angle you've got him turning into your punches. I think it's a good game plan for us and we'll see if it works."
How much it means to him to win Trainer of the Year:
"I wanna keep winning them because it's named after my trainer Eddie Futch who taught me the game. The only thing this year is I'm going to miss Manny. Manny's not with me. They gave fighter of the year to Martinez, but he's got a big fight coming up and has other things on his mind right now."
Whether or not it can be a bad thing that Manny Pacquiao doesn't have fear when he fights:
"Fear can be used as a positive of course, but one thing about Manny Pacquiao, his work ethic that's what does it for me. When I say he's going to be the first person to knock out Shane Mosley, I don't mean anything bad about Shane. Shane is my friend and I've known him for a long time. I'm not being cocky, I'm not talking badly about him, I just have confidence in my fighter Manny Pacquiao because of his work ethic. He trains harder now than the first day when he came into my gym. He just has more on his shoulders now. If he lost a fight he feels like he would be letting too many people down and he just doesn't want to do that. He just works and works and works. The fight is coming up really close now and he wants to go to the gym and do mitts with me and I say you know Manny the fight is getting closer why don't you save it until Saturday. We'll just go light and I say you don't know what light is."
Whether or not he thinks Pacquiao will knock out Shane Mosley:
"The thing is I think that's the icing on the cake. I know Shane is a really tough guy, he's got a great chin, but I think our pace is going to be too much for him. I don't think he can handle the pace and I think we will take his legs away from him with body shots. I do think Manny will stop him in the late rounds. I have so much confidence in Manny Pacquiao I can say that I truly don't think this fight will go the distance."
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Below are two passages on GM foods which require you to answer multiple choice questions. The questions are given under the passage but there is also a link to the questions at the end of the first paragraph to allow easy access – look for "Q's". This is a useful exercise to practise reading and build awareness of vocabulary for this topic.
a) are likely to increase in size.
c) are unable to exist in difficult conditions.
a) breakout causing undetermined consequences.
b) infect wild plants with unknown results.
4. It is thought, by specialists in biotechnology that policies governing GM crops should be…….
5. GM foods ought to be ……….
a) reclaimed for the use of multinational companies.
Farmers have modified their crops for thousands of years by crossing similar species. However, modern GM is controversial. Critics say the modified crops could "escape" and cross with wild plants, with unknown consequences. They also argue that more chemicals are used on some GM fields which may have a negative impact on wildlife. And while no study has found GM food to be harmful to humans, opponents say it is too soon to be sure.
A group of biotechnology experts say it is time to loosen Europe's draconian regulations on genetically modified crops. In a report released today they argue that genetically modified crops have been used safely for decades, so no longer need to be automatically treated as unsafe. They also say that genetically modified crops should be reclaimed from multinational companies and treated as a public good.
Choose the best answer A-C.
a) likely to increase in size.
b) able to produce more.
c) not able to exist in difficult conditions.
It is also possible to get this topic for writing task 2 or speaking part 3 in your IELTS test. Use this article to learn ideas and useful vocabulary.
Liz, Thank you very much. I am preparing for IELTS at the moment, your help is very useful.
4/5. Is this considered as a difficult level, Liz?
I feel the answer for 3 should be "a". Please help me find the difference.
This sentence shows the answer: "Critics say the modified crops could "escape" and cross with wild plants, with unknown consequences. ". The problem is "crossing with wild plants" and this means cross pollinating. Of course it can have consequences, the issue is the cross pollination.
The text is about the problems with GM foods and GM crops. When the text refers to problems of cross pollination it is about the cross between non-GM plants and GM plants. This is the whole issue. It does not need to be written any clearer because all native speakers will understand the context and the meaning.
GT reading test is easy or Academic reading and why ?
No. To tweak an object manually, such as tweaking a cable, could mean twist. But in this context, which related to GM foods, it is about altering or changing, not twisting. We never talk about twisting genes, but we do talk about altering genes.
I am struggling with question 1. in the GM food passage, could please explain it more.
Question one: plants which have had their genes tweaked. And question three: cross with wild plants. In these cases, the level of your English is an issue. Don't forget that this is an English language test and reading, particularly, is testing your understanding of vocabulary.
In Question 5, is it grammatically right to say ought to be no longer be privatised.
Please explain the answer to question 5. Where in the passage does it show that the answer is C. Means which words in the passage matches with answer C. Am confused.
not reclaimed for the use of company it's reclaimed from the company.
it's means regain/recover from private company and move to public good.
I understand why this is OK when discussing content of the text, but there's one too many "be"-s so for me the only correct option seemed to be "b" not "c".
It was a typo. Thanks for spotting it.
For question 2, By genetically engineering plants, they are _____. Answer B is right one (because there is a statement that says "increase yeild"). But, "they are produce more" doesnt sound gramatically correct. In such cases, should we still go with option B or the one that sounds gramatically correct (they are likely to increase in size)?
Well spotted. It was a typo. I've changed it now.
Most of my questions always get wrong because I did not know about the meaning of those difficult words, and in this test also, only 4/5. My third question was wrong because I did not know the meaning of " pollinating ".
I love your lessons Liz 🙂 Its very useful.


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text:
"""
.. moduleauthor:: Albert Heinle<albert.heinle@gmail.com>
"""

import unittest
from Listing import Listing
import json

class TestProduct(unittest.TestCase):
    """
    Testing the class Product for correct functionality
    """

    def test_Product_From_Sortable_Challenge(self):
        """
        Tests the first Listing entry from the sortable challenge, namely:
        "title":"Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 10 MP Digital Camera\
 with Dual 3x Optical Zoom Lenses (Black)",
        "manufacturer":"Fujifilm Canada",
        "currency":"CAD",
        "price":"499.99"
        We test if the Listing is correctly initiated, if all the
        getters work properly, the string representation is right
        and the JSON representation is right.
        """
        title = "Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 10 MP Digital Camera\
 with Dual 3x Optical Zoom Lenses (Black)"
        manufacturer = "Fujifilm Canada"
        currency = "CAD"
        price = "499.99"
        stringRep = """Title: Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 10 MP Digital Camera\
 with Dual 3x Optical Zoom Lenses (Black)
Manufacturer: Fujifilm Canada
Currency: CAD
Price: 499.99"""
        jsonRep = """{"title":"Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 10 MP Digital Camera with Dual 3x Optical Zoom Lenses (Black)","manufacturer":"Fujifilm Canada","currency":"CAD","price":"499.99"}"""
        try:
            testListing = Listing(title,manufacturer,currency,price)
        except:
            self.fail("Could not instanciate valid Listing")
        self.assertEqual(title,testListing.getTitle(),
                         "The title was not stored properly")
        self.assertEqual(manufacturer,testListing.getManufacturer(),
                         "The manufacturer was not stored properly")
        self.assertEqual(currency,testListing.getCurrency(),
                         "The Currency was not stored properly")
        self.assertEqual(price,testListing.getPrice(),
                         "The price was not stored properly")
        self.assertEqual(stringRep, str(testListing),
                         "The string representation was not correct")
        self.assertEqual(json.loads(jsonRep),json.loads(testListing.toJSON()),
                         "The JSON representation was not correct")

    def test_Invalid_Types(self):
        """
        Tests if everything Listing works even with invalid types for each
        parameter for the constructor.
        """
        title = "Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 10 MP Digital Camera\
 with Dual 3x Optical Zoom Lenses (Black)"
        manufacturer = "Fujifilm Canada"
        currency = "CAD"
        price = "499.99"
        testPassed = 1
        try:
            testListing = Listing(1,manufacturer,currency,price)
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide a non-string type to\
 title")
        try:
            testListing = Listing(title,1,currency,price)
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide a non-string type to\
 manufacturer")
        try:
            testListing = Listing(title,manufacturer,1,price)
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide a non-string type to\
 currency")
        try:
            testListing = Listing(title,manufacturer,currency,1)
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide a non-string type to\
 price")

    def test_EmptyStrings(self):
        """
        Tests if everything works in Listings even with empty strings for each
        parameter for the constructor. No entry is optional
        """
        title = "Fujifilm FinePix REAL 3D W3 10 MP Digital Camera\
 with Dual 3x Optical Zoom Lenses (Black)"
        manufacturer = "Fujifilm Canada"
        currency = "CAD"
        price = "499.99"
        testPassed = 1
        try:
            testListing = Listing("",manufacturer,currency,price)
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide an empty string to\
 title")
        # try:
 #            testListing = Listing(title,"",currency,price)
 #            testPassed = 0
 #        except:
 #            pass
 #        if not testPassed:
 #            self.fail("It was possible to provide an empty string to\
 # manufacturer")
        try:
            testListing = Listing(title,manufacturer,"",price)
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide an empty string to\
 currency")
        try:
            testListing = Listing(title,manufacturer,currency,"")
            testPassed = 0
        except:
            pass
        if not testPassed:
            self.fail("It was possible to provide an empty string to\
 price")

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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AARP has launched the AARP Veterans and Military Spouses Job Center, a new digital platform bringing together valuable information and resources to help Texas' 1.5M veterans and military spouses compete in today's job market. The job center includes a new Veterans Career Advantage Course to build on career planning and skills development to help navigate the job market. According to an AARP survey, more than half (56%) of employers say experience and the use of skills in previous positions are 'very important' when evaluating applicants' skills.
"The job skills, experience, and character of our veterans and military spouses can be an important asset during a job search, but we know it can be a challenge to know where to start," said Troy Broussard, Senior Advisor with the AARP Veterans and Military Families Initiative, and U.S. Army Desert Storm veteran. "AARP Texas is honored to continue supporting those who proudly served our country by arming them with this free, one-stop resource to gain an edge in today's competitive job market and avoid underemployment."
The AARP Veterans and Military Spouses Job Center features a range of free resources:
New Veterans Career Advantage Course, which focuses on career planning and skills development.
The AARP Job Board features a "Veterans Wanted" filter so transitioning and former service members can quickly find employers that value their military experience.
New AARP Veterans and Military Spouses Job Search Toolkit – a comprehensive guide to find and secure employment.
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AARP Webinar: Rethinking Work for Veterans, Military and their Families on hiring and career trends to help adapt to a quickly changing job market.
Prepare to Care · New Digital Tool Aims to Help Texas' Veterans, Military Spouses Compete in Job Market
According to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs report, veteran unemployment fell to 3.2% in December 2021. While unemployment has decreased over the past year, underemployment continues to hold many veterans back. Two-thirds of all veteran employees reported having a job unequal to the level of skills and qualifications that they had gained in the military, according to the 2018 Blue Star Families' annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey. Further, two-thirds of employed active-duty spouses (67%) reported they are underemployed in some way, indicating their current employment does not match their desires, education, or experience, according to the 2020 Blue Star Families' annual Military Family Lifestyle Survey.
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Roald Amundsen (1872-1928), a Norwegian explorer, led the first expedition to reach the South Pole. Amundsen and four companions discovered the pole on Dec. 14, 1911. They beat a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott by five weeks. Amundsen is also noted for his many Arctic explorations.


The Devil is on vacation, sampling life in London and reflecting on some of his career highlights, in this grab bag from the British Duncan (first US publication).
Lucifer addresses you directly in an intermittent monologue, and his voice will either pull you in or turn you off. It's flip and in-your-face as it mixes insults and endearments: somewhat like stand-up comedy. But there's also a smidgen of plot. Gabriel brings Lucifer an offer from God: the chance to redeem himself if he agrees to live as a human. There will be a one-month trial period. Lucifer accepts. He has no interest in redemption (are you kidding?), but a month in a human body will be a great vacation and a nice respite from the pain that racks him unceasingly. (Or so we are told in passing. For a real taste of Hell, read Stanley Elkin's marvelous The Living End.) As Lucifer enters the body of Declan Gunn (note the anagram), he experiences sensuous paradise. Now he can taste an ice cream, smell the roses (and the sewers), and scramble his brains with drugs and booze. This Gunn is a sad sack, a failed writer on the verge of suicide, an ugly little monkey to book, but Lucifer enjoys visiting his girlfriends. There's nothing devilish about these escapades. A visit to the office of Declan's agent, where he manhandles a rival, could be any young writer's fantasy; sessions with movie people are routine spoofs of Hollywood. Yet there are also those memories of career highlights (the original rebellion in heaven, the temptation in the Garden), as well as long, quite serious riffs on the Inquisition and the Third Reich, both splendid examples of the systematic evil Lucifer sees as a growth industry. Missing, though, is any internal dynamic to reconcile the snide and the solemn.
Duncan has comic energy to spare but no clear idea of what to do with it. The result reads like a promising first draft.


text:
Иван Кънчев Христов е български художник.

Биография
Иван Кънчев Христов е роден през 1900 г. в град Видин. Завършва Втора мъжка гимназия в София и по желание на своя баща се записва в Юридическия факултет. По същото време посещава Държавното рисувално училище като частен ученик.

От 1920 г. до 1925 г. следва в Художествената академия, специалност "Живопис" при професорите Никола Ганушев, Никола Маринов и Стефан Иванов.

От 1926 г. до 1927 г. специализира живопис в Мюнхен, един от най-големите европейски центрове на изкуството. Двегодишният престой завършва с първата му самостоятелна изложба, в която показва основно портрети, но и няколко пейзажни творби от Трявна, които са оценени високо от критиката.

След завръщането си в България работи като учител по рисуване в Столарското училище в Трявна, където по негова инициатива е създадена музейна сбирка, от която води началото си специализираният Музей за резбарско и зографско изкуство, а по-късно преподава и в мъжката гимназия "Александър I" в Пловдив. Постепенно, той въвежда нови методи за преподаване, които се препоръчват на учителите по рисуване в цялата страна.

Христов рисува пейзажи от всички краища на България – Велико Търново, Габрово, Балчик, Видин, Белоградчик, Пловдив, където известно време работи и като художник към Народния музей.

От 1945 до смъртта му е художник на свободна практика.

В едно от последните си интервюта Иван Христов споделя:

Самостоятелни изложби
От 1926 г. до 1980 г. той представя над 50 самостоятелни изложби в едни от най-престижните галерии в Англия, Австрия, Германия, Индия, Италия, Полша, Унгария, Чехия.

Иван Христов е участвал във всички национални художествени изложби на СБХ от основаването му, както и в много представителни изложби в чужбина. През 1963 г. участва в обща национална изложба, експонирана в Ермитажа.

Негови картини са притежание на Лувър, ООН, НХГ – София, СГХГ, всички градски галерии в страната, Дрезденски художествени галерии, Музея на изящните изкуства в Будапеща, Националния музей в Шчечин – Полша, Националния музей в Шверин, Музеят "Анастаси Сима" в Букурещ, Кметството на Рим, Висшите държавни институции на Германия, Русия, Полша, Румъния, Куба, Унгария, Президентство и Министерски съвет на България, Министерство на културата и много други обществени организации, министерства и ведомства, легации и посолства на България в чужбина, обществени и частни колекции в България и в чужбина.

Награди
 1937 – Златен медал на Международното изложение в Париж за картината "Созополски къщи".
 Орден за гражданска заслуга
 1963 – Орден "Св. св. Кирил и Методий"
 1966 – Удостоен със званието "Заслужил художник"
 1971 – Народен орден на труда – Златен
 Удостоен със званието "Народен художник"
 1974 – Славейкова награда – Трявна
 1975 – Орден "Народна република България"
 1980 – Орден "Георги Димитров"
 Удостоен със званието "Герой на социалистическия труд"
 1985 – Орден "Георги Димитров"

Иван Христов е почетен гражданин на градовете Велико Търново и Трявна.

Дарения
 1969 г. – 10 картини дарени на град Трявна
 1974 г. – 22 картини дарени на град Трявна
 1982 г. – 30 картини дарени на град Велико Търново

Посмъртни изложби
 2015 – По повод 115 години от рождението на Иван Христов:
 "Българският пейзаж създаден от Иван Христов" – Художествена галерия "Никола Петров", Видин
 2016 – "Изложба НЕ/ПОЗНАТИ" - Картини на български художници от Златния фонд на колекцията на ОББ – Градска художествена галерия, Пловдив
 2017 – "Дарението на художника Иван Христов" – Изложбени зали "Рафаел Михайлов", Велико Търново
 2017 – По повод 30 години от кончината на големия български художник Иван Христов – "Живопис" – Художествена галерия "Христо Цокев", Габрово

Творби
 в Арт-Музей "Филипополис", Пловдив
 "Родопски къщи", рисувана 1935 – 1940 г.  90/115, маслени бои на платно, неподписана.
 "Църквата Св. Йоан на Охридското езеро", 1942 г.  55/67,3, маслени бои на платно, подписана (долу вляво).

 в ГХГ Пловдив
 "Крушум хан".  маслени бои на платно, 90/120, подпис липсва, инв. №190.

Бележки

Източници
 Каталог на художествената колекция на Арт-Музей "Филипополис", Първо издание, Пловдив, 2004. ISBN 954-91521-1-1
 Каталог живопис, Градска художествена галерия, Пловдив, 2002. ISBN 954-516-360-7.

Български художници
Възпитаници на Националната художествена академия
Носители на орден "Народна република България" II степен
Носители на орден "Георги Димитров"
Герои на социалистическия труд на България
Заслужили художници
Народни художници
Почетни граждани на Велико Търново
Родени във Видин
Починали в София
Погребани в Централните софийски гробища

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Fruits and vegetables are the backbone of health. Have you ever heard that before? But what about these fruits and vegetables?
Have you ever heard of them? From the Cherimoya to purple sweet potatoes, some you've probably only ever seen in print. But you never know, they may be your new favorites!
It may look like a strange artichoke but this heart shaped fruit is known as cherimoya or a "custard apple." The fruit is native to South America and while the outside is rough and bumpy, the fleshy fruit inside has a smooth, creamy consistency. This soft, custard-like fruit tastes like a blend between banana and pineapple.
It looks like a giant grapefruit but it's more than that. The skin of a pummelo is very thick and the fruit on the inside tastes like fresh citrus. The pummelo is bigger and sweeter than a typical grapefruit and is available worldwide. You can eat pummelos as a part of breakfast, on top of salads, as a part of a fruit salad or even to top cereal or granola.
This vegetable is sometimes thought of as a mixture of broccoli and cauliflower. If you look it up, you will probably find references to both. But in truth, this vegetable is its own and deserves to be thought of as such. Romanesco is an intricately beautiful and bright green vegetable with a spiral design. The taste mimics broccoli and cauliflower, however, and even though it looks complex, it can be cooked up just the same.
One of the prettiest of all fruits, dragon fruit has a bright, vibrant pink outer skin and green scales. The flesh on the inside is white with black chia-like seeds and overall it tastes a bit like a pear. Dragon fruit is full of Vitamin C and fiber. This fruit is very easy to cut into and eat, although it may look tricky. Because of its natural beauty and decorative flesh, this fruit is great on its own or as a part of a fancy-looking fruit salad.
Purple Sweet Potato
Purple sweet potatoes are just like typical sweet potatoes but instead, a deep, gorgeous purple color. From the outside, they usually look like any other sweet potato. These purple sweet potatoes are full of Vitamins A and C. The coolest thing about them is you really don't know how beautiful they are until you peel them, and then they are just gorgeous. Bake them with a little oil, cinnamon and sugar, and make these sweet potatoes are even "sweeter." If you love your sweet potatoes, these may seem weird, but try them anyhow if you get the chance, for a photo op if nothing else.
This fruit looks like a plant, that resembles a spider or hairy bug of sorts, yet it has a delicious, sweet flesh inside. In the middle of a rambutan, you can expect to find a soft, grape-like center with a large woody seed in the middle. This fruit looks weird, there is no doubt about that. They take a little work to eat as well and it's hard to get the fruit away from its woody seed but the taste is lightly sweet and delicious.
Jack Fruit looks weird, and some people think it is. But others love this fruit and it has become increasingly popular with Vegans as it can resemble shredded meat. The flesh of jack fruit is a yellow-orange color and it can also be fried like banana fritters. Jack fruit is also called nangka in the Malay language. Another thing that makes jack fruit so weird? It is heavy, like really heavy. One jack fruit can weigh 80 pounds.
Star Fruit
Star fruit gets its name from its distinctive look. There are ridges running down the sides of this fruit. Star fruit is known for its crunchiness and juiciness. Star fruit is also known as carambola and is native to places like Indonesia and the Philippines. Suprisingly, the star fruit can be eaten in its entirety. They can also be cooked and made into relish and jams and juiced as well.
Weird or not, these fruits and vegetables are delicious, and most are easy enough to find. What's your favorite weird fruit or vegetable, or if you've never had them, which are the ones you want to try?
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(December 3, 2013) Just over five years ago the Australian government stabbed its rural supporters in the back by ending the Australian Wheat Board's single desk. This benefitted Canadian farmers as our single-desk Wheat Board scooped up quality conscious markets in Asia no longer being reliably served by the private trade which took control of grain away from Australia's farm community.
If this sounds familiar to western Canadian grain farmers it should. Our major customers in Asia are now on public record complaining about the lack of service and quality from the private trade controlling our grain sales. Producer Car shippers are paying much more for access to the private trade's port terminals while small private grain traders are complaining about a lack of transparency now that our farmer controlled Canadian Wheat Board has been killed by Ottawa.
Not much has changed in Australia either simply because the big four multinationals who control the world grain trade are quite happy to exercise their power to prevent regulations levelling the playing field between them and the thousands of Australian grain farmers who export wheat and barley. As of a few weeks ago the pretense of putting regulations in to protect Australian farmers had been dropped and a non-binding industry 'code of conduct' process put in place to divert farmers and pacify the public.
The Australian situation also serves as a grim reminder that once the collective bargaining power of a single desk wheat board is taken away from farmers, they are at the mercy of the same giant corporations that are now running Australian grain exports and politicians will be reluctant to fix the problems they created.
Thanks to an unprecedented drought in the United States Canadian farmers are living in a honeymoon period of higher grain prices and the more optimistic among them are using the equity of their higher valued farmland to expand with more land and bigger equipment.
One of the roots of this is after Australia's farmers lost their Wheat Board they sought economies of scale by borrowing money against their land, which was then rising in value, to purchase more land and equipment – exactly what many western Canadian farmers are now doing.
An aging Australian farm population is finding that young people are not interested in taking on the high risks of farming without a safety net. With aggregate Australian farm debt in the (AU) $70 billion range and falling land prices their bankers not especially interested in providing further financing either. Western Canada also has record levels of farm debt and an ageing farm population so time will tell if a similar process takes place in Western Canada.
China understands famine and the Australian government, following the same neo-Liberal economic policies favoured by the Harper Conservatives, has chosen to throw its farmers overboard.
(August 15, 2011) On July 1, 2008 the single desk export powers of the AWB were removed and 26 exporters have since been accredited by Wheat Exports Australia (WEA), a government agency. Although chaos ensued the Australian government has concluded that even this bit of regulation should be abandoned, thus opening the market to any would-be exporter.
The single desk AWB had the same objective as the CWB maximize overall revenue for farmers. Knowing it had the supply, the AWB could develop a market strategy and match price, quantity, quality, and logistics combinations for the maximum farmer value. Without the single desk, the AWB, and every other seller could only focus on the margin available to them on each individual sale. With multiple sellers of the same product the successful seller was the one with the lowest price which ultimately lowered returns to the farmer.
Single desk AWB pricing was generally at premiums to the US Pacific Northwest (PNW) ports, reflecting AWB's freight advantage to Asia. After deregulation companies competing for market share drove prices down to values $50-60US below PNW levels. The most extreme example was in sales landed in Japan (C&F) at $99.37 above US prices in June 2008 declining to a $27.67US discount by December 2008. The price discounts have narrowed since then but the ability for anyone to earn single desk premiums is gone. AWB's market share dropped from virtually 100% (there were a few bags and containers exported legally outside AWB) to 23%.
With its single desk AWB had a similar approach as the CWB and CIGI with branding, customer education, technical assistance and other market development efforts returning benefits to farmers through AWB. After deregulation AWB immediately recognized that any other seller could pick off its customer and its investment in market development just added to its operating costs. It has ceased any market development activities with customers. Discussions have begun in Australia likely to lead to a checkoff funded industry body to take on this work but it is unlikely to be as effective and cannot regain any single desk price premiums. The American model is the US Wheat Associates, funded by a checkoff matched 4 to 1 with government dollars and it is still rated poorly by CWB customers compared to CWB and CIGI performance.
The single desk AWB had a large role in matching and managing grain handling and transportation capacity to export sales. With deregulation multiple sellers scrambled to book up capacity or made sales without regard for their ability to execute. This resulted in ships waiting up to 5 weeks to load.
Like the CWB, the AWB focused on quality and consistency and customers appreciated and paid premiums for that assurance. With deregulation key Asian (including Indonesia, Australia's largest customer) and African countries have expressed concerns about quality issues and reliable supplies. The CWB has picked up some African customers because of this. Some think Austalian wheat will be further commodified, with fewer classes and quality segregations since the ability to maintain and get paid for quality has been eroded.
AWB has since entered a joint marketing venture with Gavilon which will now be nullified by a takeover by Agrium. The grain operations may be sold off to another party, possibly Viterra. Wherever the consolidation leads the successors to AWB will be serving the interests of shareholders rather than farmers.
If the AWB couldn't make it as a grain company when it had significant assets, what would happen to the CWB without the single desk? Multi-nationals would only have to hire away some key CWB people for their expertise and contacts and they would be foolish not to accept.


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Hundreds expected to pay respects to fire marshal killed in the line of duty Sunday
Firefighters, police and municipal officials from across Connecticut and beyond are expected to pay their respects this weekend to Orange Fire Marshal Tim Smith, who died in the line of duty Sunday.
Working on behalf of the family, First Selectman James Zeoli, Orange Fire Chief Vaughan Dumas and Deputy Fire Marshal James Vincent laid out the plans to accommodate Smith's family and members of the public safety community who wish to attend Friday's wake and Saturday's funeral.
Wake – Friday, Jan. 24
Smith's wake will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Cody White Funeral Home, 107 Broad Street, Milford. An honor guard is being provided by members of the Orange Fire Marshal's Office and the Orange Volunteer Fire Association, as well as members from surrounding departments who worked with Smith. In addition, the Connecticut Statewide Honor Guard will be assisting.
Except for on-duty personnel, those attending the wake are asked to enter from the rear of the building. On-duty personnel can enter the front of the funeral home. They will be escorted to the front of the line so they can pay their respects and get back on duty.
Parking arrangements are:
The Cody-White parking lot (2) is reserved for the family and handicapped guests.
The public and individual firefighters are asked to park in the Milford Senior Center lot on Jepson Drive (3). If the Jepson Drive lot fills up, additional parking will be available behind the Milford courthouse, 14 W. River St. A shuttle bus will run between those locations and the funeral home.
Berchem Moses PC, attorneys, have made their parking lot at 75 Broad St. (4) available. It is designated for public safety chiefs with official cars and municipal officials.
On-duty personnel can park their vehicles on the eastbound side of Broad Street opposite the funeral home.
Because of the number of people expected, Nelson Ambulance will have an EMS unit standing by and Milford Fire will have their canteen truck available.
Funeral – Saturday, Jan. 25
Tim Smith's life will be celebrated at a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Holy Infant Church, 450 Racebrook Road in Orange. Parking will be available at the church. If additional parking is needed, it will be available at Saint Barbara's Church. Personnel will be on the scene to direct guests to parking. There is no graveside service.
A repast is scheduled after the funeral at the Racebrook Country Club, 246 Derby Ave.
As is the tradition for fallen firefighters, Smith will be transported from the funeral home to the church on the back of a fire engine, accompanied by an honor guard. Apparatus from many area departments are expected to be part of the procession. The funeral will feature bagpipers from three pipe-and-drum groups, a last dispatch to honor Smith, the ringing of a ceremonial fire bell and the presentation of a flag and Smith's helmet to his family.
During the wake and funeral, firefighters from Ansonia, Oxford, North Branford and East Haven will be in Orange to respond to alarms. AMR will post an ambulance near the church.
Smith was called to the scene of a house fire Sunday afternoon to investigate the cause. After he completed the investigation, he was headed home when he was killed in a one-vehicle motor vehicle accident. The crash is still under investigation by the Woodbridge Police Dept. and the Connecticut State Police accident reconstruction team.
"We are grateful for the outpouring of support from the fire and police departments in surrounding towns," said Fire Chief Vaughan Dumas. "While we work to help Tim's family and friends, including members of our own department and the Fire Marshal's office, the sympathy, support and very real commitment of time and resources from these other departments is helping Orange firefighters pay tribute to Tim and mourn his loss."
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The winery or "Weingut" is located in the town of Spitz on the Danube in Lower Austria's wine growing region Wachau.
Franz the elder laid the foundations by identifying the best single- vineyard terraces, and by founding the Vinea Wachau (local wine growing association) together with some other big names of the region. Franz the second, who presides over the family's 20 hectares of terraces since 1983, introduced a rigorous pursuit of high quality wines, which propelled the Hirtzberger vineyard into the very heart of the Wachau's wine culture. Since 1988 (and for 24 years in the role of president of the Vinea), he has also been trying to communicate his beliefs to other winemakers in the region. Right at the centre of his philosophy resides the natural approach to wine cultivation and the careful understanding of the geological and climatic specificities of his terraces.
The strict quality focus in the vineyard includes short pruning, intensive canopy management and strict yield control and rigorous selection at harvest. Hand-picked, in several passes, to ensure that only grapes with the highest physiological maturity be harvested and processed, the musts are then fermented without any chaptalisation and other improvements in the steel tank until fermentation stops naturally. They are then left to age in traditional large oak barrels. Every year approximately 150,000 bottles of wine are produced. All of the wines that I o er can be enjoyed immediately, but in the case of the "smaragd" wines, they can be aged for many years.
I'm fortunate to be able to have such a globally recognised Austrian producer in my small portfolio. Along with the wines of Emmerich Knoll, they represent the older generation, steeped in history, knowledge and ownership of some wonderful vineyard sites. Both producers are a wonderful counterpoint and juxtaposition to those of the new generation, from Gut Oggau. Rarely do these producers sit side by side in any portfolio, but my belief, is that they all contribute to the dynamic, quality, terroir focussed wines that are thrilling wine drinkers the world over.


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Board recommends new director general for IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that its board of governors has selected Tony Tyler, CEO of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, to fill the post of IATA director general and CEO following the retirement of the current director general and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, next year.
December 6, 2010 By Carey Fredericks
Dec. 6, 2010, Geneva, SUI – The International Air Transport Association
(IATA) announced that its Board of Governors has selected Tony Tyler,
CEO of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways, in a unanimous decision
to fill the post of IATA Director General and CEO following the
retirement of the current Director General and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani,
next year.
The Board will recommend Tyler's appointment to IATA's Annual General Meeting planned for 6-8 June 2011 in Cairo Egypt. Tyler's duties as the Association's head are scheduled to commence 1 July 2011.
"The IATA Board agreed to recommend Tony Tyler as the next Director General and CEO of IATA. Tony's leadership of Cathay Pacific through challenging times prepares him well for the job. His knowledge of Asia will help IATA take advantage of opportunities in the industry's largest market. And his global experience gives Tony the right perspective for our global association. Since taking the helm of IATA in 2002, Giovanni rebuilt the association, restored its relevance and set a very high benchmark for its leadership. Finding a successor was a challenging task for Board's search committee. We are absolutely confident that Tony is the right person to take the association to even greater heights," said David Bronczek, CEO of FedEx Express and Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors.
"The confidence of my industry colleagues in recommending me for this position is a great honor. I am excited at the prospect of leading IATA and fully mindful of the responsibility that this important position bears. Giovanni has made IATA's role critical to the industry by successfully managing IATA's $300 billion financial systems while delivering important industry-wide changes. These include making IATA a quality association with the IATA Operational Safety Audit, delivering 100% e-ticketing with the Simplifying the Business initiative and IATA's leadership on climate change. I look forward to the opportunity to build on this solid foundation. Aviation is a dynamic industry. We constantly have to adapt to changing market conditions, new business models, different traffic patterns and frequent crises. I am fully prepared to lead future changes to help all participants in this great industry be even more successful," said Tyler.
Tyler, 55, has been Chief Executive of Cathay Pacific since 2007. Tyler joined the Swire Group, parent company of Cathay Pacific, in 1977 and has worked with the group in Hong Kong, Australia, the Philippines, Canada, Japan, Italy and the United Kingdom. He is also Chairman of Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited and Director of both John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited and Swire Pacific Limited. From June 2009 to June 2010, Tyler served as Chairman of the IATA Board of Governors.
"Tony is a great recommendation to lead IATA. His deep knowledge of Asia will help position IATA to deliver even greater leadership in this important region. But I am also confident that the global respect gained during his successful tenure as IATA Chairman in 2009-10 positions him well to fulfill IATA's mission to represent, lead and serve equally all of our 230 members. After nearly 10 years of crises, challenges and change, I will look forward with confidence to handing over the reins of IATA's leadership to Tony in July. Until then, I remain fully committed to leading IATA as it strives to make the industry safer, greener and more profitable," said Bisignani.
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#ifndef MC_ATT_CONTROL_BASE_H_
#define MC_ATT_CONTROL_BASE_H_

/**
 * @file mc_att_control_sim.h
 *
 * MC Attitude Controller Interface for usage in a simulator
 *
 * @author Roman Bapst <bapstr@ethz.ch>
 *
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <drivers/drv_hrt.h>

#include <uORB/topics/vehicle_attitude_setpoint.h>
#include <uORB/topics/manual_control_setpoint.h>
#include <uORB/topics/actuator_controls.h>
#include <uORB/topics/vehicle_rates_setpoint.h>
#include <uORB/topics/vehicle_attitude.h>
#include <uORB/topics/vehicle_control_mode.h>
#include <uORB/topics/actuator_armed.h>
#include <systemlib/err.h>
#include <systemlib/perf_counter.h>
#include <lib/mathlib/mathlib.h>
#inlcude "mc_att_control_base.h"

#define YAW_DEADZONE	0.05f
#define MIN_TAKEOFF_THRUST    0.2f
#define RATES_I_LIMIT	0.3f

class MulticopterAttitudeControlSim :
	public MulticopterAttitudeControlBase

{
public:
	/**
	 * Constructor
	 */
	MulticopterAttitudeControlSim();

	/**
	 * Destructor
	 */
	~MulticopterAttitudeControlSim();

	/* setters and getters for interface with euroc-gazebo simulator */
	void set_attitude(const Eigen::Quaternion<double> attitude);
	void set_attitude_rates(const Eigen::Vector3d &angular_rate);
	void set_attitude_reference(const Eigen::Vector4d &control_attitude_thrust_reference);
	void get_mixer_input(Eigen::Vector4d &motor_inputs);

protected:
	void vehicle_attitude_setpoint_poll() {};

};

#endif /* MC_ATT_CONTROL_BASE_H_ */


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Q: How do you find partners for open source projects? I've created a few open-source projects in the past, and had some success. The process was generally the following: I'd start alone, create something that works, promote it, and finally (maybe) get some contributions.
I have less that to contribute to open-source now, but I still have ideas and can still code :) So I wonder if there is a place or a way to meet people (online), discuss ideas and design, and then start working together on the project?
The reason I'm thinking about an online way to do this, with strangers, is that while I do have programmer friends, we only very rarely have the same needs and interests at the same time. It seems to me that it would be easier to find such in match in the online global community.
Any insight?

A: I don't think there is a single place for this This heavily depends on the area of the software you develop. If you for instance create software for navigation aspects for gliders doing a winch launch a general site won't give you many contributors, but you have to go into the glider community and find developers there.
The best way is to get users in the area the software is for. Once you have users they will have ideas. And the more users you have, the more likely it gets that some of them are developers and look into it and try to improve it.
Starting a project with "strangers" from the Internet is hard. I tried that multiple times with people from different mailing lists and most of them failed since we didn't really cooperated well as we knew each other too little. In my experience it is better to have somebody bootstrap the project and then get contributors.
What helps in general is to have some documentation about the general architecture and where to look for. I sometimes look at software I'm using and extend it to fit my needs but have to spent quite sometime till I have the first working patch.
It's also useful to have English comments and identifiers, even if that isn't your native language as that's simply, unless you're writing code very specific to a a specific area. (a tax software for German taxes should use German wording etc.)

A: Repositories like GitHub, CodePlex, BitBucket not only provide free hosting for open source projects, but also ideally suited for online collaboration. Placing your project code at one of them would be a good starting point.
Interesting project ideas tend to magnet congenial developers around them. One of good continuously and actively evolving examples is FSharpX.
Mentioning your project repository at popular blogs and StackExchange sites may also help attracting right people.

A: One of the approaches to find interested developers to your project, might be meeting and speaking (some call it networking) with the actual developers who are local to you. Question is where to find them?
There is a number of local user groups where you can meet people/developers who are passionate about things that they do. Depending in which area are you living, there are different interest groups.
Here you are some info that might be helpful.

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In this formative component of the Crazy Monkey Defense Trainers program, Trainers are shown how to teach the CM1 Game. The CM1 (White Gloves) program focuses on developing a striking game at a distance. The key factors here are developing long range boxing tools, coupled with superior defense, along with a solid understanding on range management. In particular Trainers learn about the strategic underpinning of the elements that make up an effective distance striking game.


Master Printer, Catherine Brooks will be leading a 4 day advanced etching course at Murtra Edicions in Arenys de Munt. The course will commence with a slide show of works by artists Catherine has worked with in San Francisco and Paris. After the short introduction, Catherine will demonstrate the first of three processes to be presented in this weeklong etching intensive. Workshop participants will begin their images with soft ground etching. On the second day etched tones will be introduced with a spit bite aquatint demonstration. Soap ground aquatint will be instructed on the third day. Day 3 and 4 will be time for each participant to utilize the materials and explore new ways and processes. Throughout the week Catherine will be around the studio assisting participants as they develop their imagery and refine the way they use traditional materials.


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import * as mercator from '../mercator.js';
import { Extent } from '../Extent.js';
import { Layer } from './Layer.js';
import { LonLat } from '../LonLat.js';

/**
 * BaseGeoImage layer represents square imagery layer that could be an static image, or animated video or webgl buffer object displayed on the globe.
 * @class
 * @extends {og.Layer}
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class BaseGeoImage extends Layer {
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        super(name, options);

        this._projType = 0;

        this._frameWidth = 256;
        this._frameHeight = 256;

        this._sourceReady = false;
        this._sourceTexture = null;
        this._materialTexture = null;

        this._gridBuffer = null;
        this._extentWgs84Params = null;

        this._refreshFrame = true;
        this._frameCreated = false;
        this._sourceCreated = false;

        this._animate = false;
        this._ready = false;
        this._creationProceeding = false;
        this._isRendering = false;

        this._extentWgs84 = new Extent();
        this._cornersWgs84 = null;

        this.rendering = null;

        options.corners && this.setCorners(options.corners);
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    get instanceName() {
        return "BaseGeoImage";
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    /**
     * Gets corners coordinates.
     * @public
     * @return {Array.<LonLat>} - (exactly 4 entries)
     */
    getCornersLonLat() {
        var c = this._cornersWgs84;
        return [new LonLat(c[0].lon, c[0].lat), new LonLat(c[1].lon, c[1].lat),
        new LonLat(c[2].lon, c[2].lat), new LonLat(c[3].lon, c[3].lat)];
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    /**
     * Gets corners coordinates.
     * @public
     * @return {Array.<Array<number>>} - (exactly 3 entries)
     */
    getCorners() {
        var c = this._cornersWgs84;
        return [[c[0].lon, c[0].lat], [c[1].lon, c[1].lat], [c[2].lon, c[2].lat], [c[3].lon, c[3].lat]];
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    /**
     * Sets geoImage geographical corners coordinates.
     * @public
     * @param {Array.<Array.<number>>} corners - GeoImage corners coordinates. Where first coordinate (exactly 3 entries)
     * coincedents to the left top image corner, secont to the right top image corner, third to the right bottom
     * and fourth - left bottom image corner.
     */
    setCorners(corners) {
        this.setCornersLonLat(LonLat.join(corners));
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     * Sets geoImage geographical corners coordinates.
     * @public
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     * and fourth - left bottom image corner. (exactly 4 entries)
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        this._extent.setByCoordinates(this._cornersWgs84);

        var me = this._extent;
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            this._projType = 0;
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        if (this._ready && !this._creationProceeding) {
            this._planet._geoImageCreator.add(this);
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     * @protected
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        this._extentWgs84 = this._extent.clone();

        this._cornersMerc = [this._cornersWgs84[0].forwardMercatorEPS01(), this._cornersWgs84[1].forwardMercatorEPS01(),
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            this._refreshFrame = false;
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     * @virtual
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     */
    abortMaterialLoading(material) {
        this._creationProceeding = false;
        material.isLoading = false;
        material.isReady = false;
    }

    /**
     * Clear layer material.
     * @virtual
     */
    clear() {
        var p = this._planet;

        if (p) {
            var gl = p.renderer.handler.gl;
            this._creationProceeding && p._geoImageCreator.remove(this);
            p._clearLayerMaterial(this);

            gl.deleteBuffer(this._gridBuffer);

            gl.deleteTexture(this._sourceTexture);
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        this._sourceTexture = null;
        this._materialTexture = null;

        this._gridBuffer = null;

        this._refreshFrame = true;
        this._sourceCreated = false;

        this._ready = false;
        this._creationProceeding = false;
    }

    /**
     * Sets layer visibility.
     * @public
     * @virtual
     * @param {boolean} visibility - GeoImage visibility.
     */
    setVisibility(visibility) {
        if (visibility !== this._visibility) {

            super.setVisibility(visibility);

            // remove from creator
            if (visibility) {
                this._sourceReady && this._planet._geoImageCreator.add(this);
            } else {
                this._sourceReady && this._planet._geoImageCreator.remove(this);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * @virtual
     * @protected
     * @param {og.planetSegment.Material} material - GeoImage material.
     */
    clearMaterial(material) {
        material.image = null;
        material.texture = null;
        material.isLoading = false;
        material.isReady = false;
    }

    /**
     * @virtual
     * @protected
     * @param {og.planetSegment.Material} material - GeoImage material.
     * @returns {Array<number> } -
     */
    applyMaterial(material) {

        var segment = material.segment;

        if (this._ready) {
            material.applyTexture(this._materialTexture);
        } else {
            material.texture = this._planet.transparentTexture;
            !this._creationProceeding && this.loadMaterial(material);
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        var v0s, v0t;
        if (this._projType === 0) {
            v0s = this._extentWgs84;
            v0t = segment._extent;
        } else {
            v0s = this._extentMerc;
            v0t = segment.getExtentMerc();
        }

        var sSize_x = v0s.northEast.lon - v0s.southWest.lon;
        var sSize_y = v0s.northEast.lat - v0s.southWest.lat;
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        var dSize_x = (v0t.northEast.lon - v0t.southWest.lon) / sSize_x;
        var dSize_y = (v0t.northEast.lat - v0t.southWest.lat) / sSize_y;
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     * Gets frame width size in pixels.
     * @public
     * @returns {Number} Frame width.
     */
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        return this._frameWidth;
    }

    /**
     * Gets frame height size in pixels.
     * @public
     * @returns {Number} Frame height.
     */
    get getFrameHeight() {
        return this._frameHeight;
    }
};

export { BaseGeoImage };


A New Post About Many Things!
Hahahahah – had to idea what to title this.
Why do I find it so hard to update this site even close to the amount of info, etc that I post on Social Media – such as FaceBook (http://www.facebook.com/DjLindaLeigh) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/djlindaleigh) – hmmmmm – probably it's the large amount of interaction that occurs with those posts. But, in the long run, it all becomes just part of one, continuous scrolling feed of media…everything and everyone getting jumbled in the same pot – subject to the whims of the wild web.
A personal site/blog can be a lot more 'stable' than that. It can be a refuge, a place of deeper reflection ad understanding. And, if maintained even somewhat properly, becomes part of history and knowledge for the ages.
Another wave is rolling thru the electronic music scene. This one is composed of a very young (14/15) to around 25-28ish crowd – the music is a mash of styles, with an abundance of attitude and energy Lots of quick edits, lots of live acts, etc. Dre and I are starting a new night – this time it is a weekly. Starting off on Thursdays, in this very sweet back room of a college bar – it is very private, we bring in everything – lights, sound, and have at it 🙁 The R Bar 23rd & Walnut is our new home. Stotle is our host !
Speaking of Stotle (of Local 13 fame) – he is planning a big big party for Philly – July 3rd – it's Big Liberty!!!!
well, Dre and I play a few times a month on Sundays at The Trenton Social – a foody arty place with a great bar, separate lounge area, guest chefs and art for sale. Then once a month we do a night at the BUZZ in Trenton – a very cool and quirky Euro style disco boite' with delicious food, lights, booth, dancefloor..we have a Lot of fun there! Then we have our separate one off gigs – Dre does a lot of Latin & Spanish parties as well. The show on Burst Radio Detroit continues on Tuesdays 7-9pm ET – but I'm thinking of making it later and on a different day…..


A lot of people consider public speaking to be one of life's most stressful events. And for geeks, presenting to business people is especially terrifying.
But you can avoid it for only so long…if you want to get anything done. In fact, if you want to grow in your career, you're going to have to present to business people, and do it well. In the future, successful geeks will be the ones who can bridge the divide between technical and business groups.
Luckily, it's not really that hard if you prepare properly. You don't need to be a charismatic speaker to be compelling and effective. You just need to be relevant and focused, and that happens as a result of your preparation, not your platform delivery.


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    rp = require('request-promise')
function Imgur(){
    this.key = "totally legit key"
    this.name = "Imgur"
    this.search_url = "https://api.imgur.com/3/gallery/search/?q="
    this.image_url = "https://api.imgur.com/3/image/"
    this.client_token = secrets.imgurClientID
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        var options = self.getOptions(this.search_url, terms)
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                return datum.nsfw === false
            })
            if(filtered.length == 0) {
                console.log("Imgur found nothing. :(")
                return []
            }
            //TODO pick something more random than the first result?
            var imgHash = filtered[0].cover || filtered[0].id
            self.imgSource = filtered[0].link
            var imageOptions = self.getOptions(self.image_url, [imgHash])
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                  console.log(imageData.data)
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                if(self.imgSource.includes("i.imgur.com")){
                  var imgFile = self.imgSource.split("/").pop()
                  self.imgSource = "https://imgur.com/" + imgFile.slice(0,-4)
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                return [{"source": "imgur","pic":imageData.data.link, "post": self.imgSource}]
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        })
    }

    this.getOptions = function(url, tokens){
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In this R-rated CG-animated movie, one sausage leads a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store. The film features the vocal talents of some of today's best comedy stars – Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, and Salma Hayek.
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Parents need to know that Sausage Party is a very raunchy animated comedy (from the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express) that's most definitely not for kids. There's constant use of extreme language, with multiple uses of "f--k," "s--t," and tons of other words. Plus, the sexual innuendo/sex talk never stops, and there are pretty graphic sequences of simulated sex acts of all kinds between the food characters (some of whom are even drawn/designed to look suggestively like genitalia). Animated violence includes gory images of humans "murdering" food, guns and knives, and aggressive, argumentative characters. Food characters smoke pot and get high, and a human character shoots up bath salts (with a spoon and needle) and hallucinates. Although the movie encourages characters to think and act for themselves, that comes at the expense of faith. And while different cultures are encouraged to work together, the film simultaneously ridicules and/or stereotypes most of those cultures.
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A gross anatomical description of systemic structure and function of the human body, with emphasis on skeletal, muscular and cardiovascular systems. Integration between systems will be discussed using clinical examples related to sport, medicine, and physical therapy. This is an introductory level lecture course for BA Kinesiology students.
Antirequisite(s): Anatomy and Cell Biology 2221, Anatomy and Cell Biology 3319, Health Sciences 2300A/B, Health Sciences 2330A/B.
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the first year Kinesiology program and registration in the School of Kinesiology. Restricted to BA Kinesiology students. Grade 12U Biology or equivalent is strongly recommended.
Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.0 laboratory hour.


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County Executive Steve Levy's proposal to "deputize" Suffolk police and make them immigration agents is provoking protests from advocates who say it will alienate newcomers from cops and make them reluctant to report crimes for fear they will be deported.
Only two other places in the country — southwest Florida and Alabama — have deputized law enforcement officials, giving them the same powers as immigration agents. Police departments around the country generally oppose the idea because they say it builds walls between them and immigrants, and they don't want to mix criminal law enforcement and civil immigration law.
"I think it'd be a disaster both for the immigrant community and for everyone else in Suffolk County because it means that people are going to be afraid of reporting crimes," said Patrick Young of the pro-immigrant Long Island Immigrant Alliance. The plan would "destroy any trust the immigrant community had in the police."
Despite the concerns, Levy strongly defends his position. He contends deputization could be a valuable tool in his new campaign to combat unscrupulous landscaping and home improvement contractors who depend on undocumented immigrants from Latin America for their manpower.
"We're the first administration that is refusing to ignore what has become an illegal, underground economy that exploits workers, residents and those companies that try to play by the rules," Levy said.
Deputization is a new and little understood concept. Police departments nationwide already have the power to report to immigration authorities undocumented immigrants who commit criminal offenses, and often do. But deputization expands their powers, allowing them to detain immigrants solely for being undocumented. It also allows them to more easily question immigrants about their legal status and to initiate deportation proceedings. For instance, when making routine traffic stops police can ask to see immigrants' legal papers.
To be deputized, police officers must undergo formal training by the Department of Homeland Security for several weeks, with the training paid for by local authorities. Levy said he hopes to implement a deputization pilot program in one precinct, and expand it if successful. He can order the plan on his own and does not need authorization from the Suffolk County Legislature.
Publicly, Suffolk police officials say they are open to the proposal. "It's worth a try out here and we'll see what happens," said Insp. Robert Ponzo of the 6th Precinct, which includes Farmingville.
But privately, some police officials call the idea misguided. "I don't want to get involved" because the immigrants generally are hard-working people who aren't a threat to society, said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The proposal is part of a campaign Levy launched this summer to crack down on contractors. To enforce the plan, police officers are conducting sting operations against contractors, requiring them to show they are licensed and following other laws such as paying workman's compensation insurance. Contractors also will be required to show proof — "I-9" forms — that their employees are legally authorized to work, Levy said.
As he weighs adding deputization to the campaign, Levy is staking out territory few public leaders have ventured into.
Supporters of deputization say it acts as a "multiplier" to supplement federal immigration agents. Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., said there are only 2,000 immigration agents in the country not including those assigned to the border, but 700,000 local police officers. There are an estimated 8 million to 10 million undocumented immigrants.
"It's a good idea," Krikorian said. "The benefits are enormous. The costs, if any, are quite small."
Critics say the policy can cripple police efforts like those during the 2002 sniper shootings in the capital area. At one point, then-INS head James Ziglar and Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose appeared on television to plead with undocumented immigrants to contact police because they believed some witnessed some of the shootings but were afraid to come forward.
Deputization is "fuzzy and it's radical and it's got serious consequences," said Angela Kelly of the National Immigration Forum in Washington, D.C. "It's about the most damaging thing that could happen to an [immigrant] community."
Attorney Gen. John Ashcroft opened the door to deputization in 2002, and that year officials in southwest Florida were the first in the nation to adopt the plan, training 35 agents.
But E.J. Picolo, special agent in charge of the Ft. Meyers office of Florida Department of Law Enforcement — a kind of state FBI — said their program is focused narrowly on finding terrorists. They generally do not target undocumented Mexican migrant farm workers who pick tomatoes and oranges.
The 9/11 terrorists "are the kinds of folks we're looking for, not an illiterate Mexican individual who's struggling to make a living," he said. "In my opinion, we'd be taking our eye off the ball to do stuff like that."
In Alabama, the State Department of Public Safety deputized 23 agents last year to try to crack down on the use of phony documents to obtain driver's licenses and people's failure to obtain car insurance. Col. Mike Coppage, head of the department, said the program also is narrowly focused and not intended as a massive crackdown on undocumented immigrants.
"We do not want to go out and be INS agents and do massive sweeps and raid orchard and chicken factories," he said.
If deputization comes to Suffolk County, many immigrants — already nervous about Levy's contractor crackdown — say they would drift even more into the shadows. "It would be very different in terms of approaching the police" to report a crime, said Mexican day laborer Jesus Alcaraz, 31, as he stood on a corner in Farmingville this week waiting for work. "Instead of approaching them, I'd run away."
Still, Levy's proposal and crackdown are gaining some support. "I'm so pleased, proud and relieved to have a county executive stand up and take on this issue full-force," said Joseph Caracappa, presiding officer of the Suffolk Legislature.
He was speaking at a meeting last week hosted by former members of the controversial Sachem Quality of Life Organization where Levy also spoke to the public for the first time about his deputization plan.
At the meeting, the former SQL members, who have formed a new group called Greater Farmingville Community Association, handed out literature calling the Mexican day laborers "low-level terrorists" who have "invaded" and "occupied" the United States.
Levy said he disapproves of such language, but added that most of the 80 people at the meeting had legitimate concerns about the immigrants such as overcrowded housing. "All you want to do is enforce the law," Levy told the crowd.
'I think it'd be a disaster both for the immigrant community and for everyone else in Suffolk County because it means that people are going to be afraid of reporting crimes.
— Patrick Young of the Island Immigrant Alliance
'We're the first administration that is refusing to ignore what has become an illegal, underground economy that exploits workers, residents and those companies that try to play by the rules.'
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Covid-19 Experience
Covid 19 is something that really has affected my life. I was a senior in high school when this pandemic came, it's something no one saw coming. Because of this pandemic, I lost something every senior was supposed to experience and look forward to. Our spring break to Mexico was cancelled, our senior prom, our graduation, and our last special months of our senior year. My heart was shattered when this news broke out, I am still upset to this day that we weren't able to experience it. On top of that, going to grad parties and having them was difficult because we were all breaking the rules so we could still go to and experience these things. My schools and the ones around us were still partying and hanging out with each other that summer of 2020, because of that, we all got covid and spread it around our community like a wildfire. We didn't realize what we had done and what we were doing until we all got the virus. It was also hard not being able to find a job and work during this time. I was not able to see my relatives and family members for a very long time. We weren't even able to spend the holiday's together because we weren't allowed to. Covid has forever changed the world, it will always return worse and never go away. I am now a sophomore in high school and now there is a new variant that has come out that is worse. There is news that school is going to return to being online again. I never feel like I will have a normal school experience because Covid has taken that away from me.
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