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Ryan Blaney captures first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup victory in dramatic Pocono 400
By Reid Spencer
NASCAR Wire Service
LONG POND, Pa. – Dogged by Kevin Harvick for the final eight laps of Sunday's Axalta presents the Pocono 400, Ryan Blaney held off the 2014 series champion in a breathtaking battle to claim the first Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victory of his career.
After a restart on Lap 148 of 160, Blaney grabbed the lead from polesitter Kyle Busch on Lap 151, with Busch on older tires, doing everything he could to block Blaney's No. 21 Wood Brothers Racing Ford. Racing side by side with Busch's No. 18 Toyota down the Long Pond straightaway, Blaney stayed in the gas through the Tunnel Turn and cleared Busch's Camry off the corner.
A lap later, Harvick passed Busch and closed within a car-length of Blaney, who drove flawlessly for the final eight laps to keep Harvick at bay. Blaney crossed the finish line .139 seconds ahead of Harvick to become the 19th different driver to win for the Wood Brothers and the first since Trevor Bayne took the checkered flag in the 2011 Daytona 500. Blaney, 23, is also the youngest first-time winner since Bayne, who was 20 years old when he took the checkered flag for the Wood Brothers at Daytona.
When Blaney climbed from his car in Victory Lane, the magnitude of what he had just accomplished still hadn't registered.
"I think it exceeds the dream a little bit," Blaney said. "I grew up watching my dad (Dave Blaney) race on this race track, and it's so cool to get the Wood Brothers in Victory Lane, number one, and to do it here at a race track that is really close to Ohio – a home to me – is pretty awesome."
First, however, Blaney had to get past Busch after the final restart, no easy task, even though Busch had stayed out on older tires during the fourth and final caution, called for Kasey Kahne's brake failure and crash into the Turn 1 wall.
"Kyle stayed out and he was on a little bit older tires, and it looked like he was getting pretty tight, especially off of (Turn) 1, and that's where new tires really seemed to come alive, because you could hold the line and get runs on him, downshift and get next to him.
"I had a big run on him off of (Turn) 3, and he did a good job blocking, and we were able to get under him, but then I had to hold the 4 (Harvick) off. He was super-fast. I can't thank Kevin enough for racing me clean. That was really cool of him, but it was definitely hectic. Hopefully, the fans liked it. It was really cool."
Harvick, whose engine survived a missed shift at the end of Stage 2, was waiting for Blaney to make a mistake over the final eight laps, but the mistake never came. And Harvick's brakes weren't stout enough to allow him to charge the corners as effectively as Blaney could.
"We never could stop like we needed to all weekend, so you just had to be really careful with the brakes," Harvick said. "If I'd over drive it for a lap or two the pedal would start going down, and then I was really at a deficit. So I had to be very aware of where I let off every lap.
"The 21 (Blaney) could charge the corner a little bit harder than I could, and my best bet, the way I passed people all day was waiting for him to slip up off the bottom, and he never slipped up off the bottom. So I just didn't have enough laps to finish that last pass off, and Ryan did a good job of not slipping a wheel with the amount of laps that he had left and was able to hold on."
Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Erik Jones finished a career-best third in the No. 77 Furniture Row Racing Toyota. Kurt Busch ran fourth, followed by Brad Keselowski, who started on the front row beside Kyle Busch on the final restart but lost positions through the first corner.
Martin Truex Jr. came home sixth and retained the series lead by one point over seventh-place Kyle Larson, who won the second stage. Chase Elliott was eighth, and Kyle Busch slipped to ninth, despite winning the first stage and leading 100 of the 160 laps.
Driving the No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Ford in his Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series debut, Darrell "Bubba" Wallace Jr. finished 26th, hampered by three pit road speeding penalties, two of which came on consecutive trips to pit road early in the race.
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Ramaphosa was speaking during the Methodist Church's Easter service at KwaNzimakwe near Port Edward on the south coast.
Maimane is in KwaZulu-Natal on his party's election trail.
The leader of African Content Movement (ACM), Hlaudi Motsoeneng has received a warm welcome at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Thaba 'Nchu east of Bloemfontein.
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected address congregants at the Methodist Church in KwaNzimande near Port Edward in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)south coast during a Good Friday service.
The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) has welcomed President Cyril Ramaphosa's decision to receive Justice Minister Michael Masutha's recommendation to pardon AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.
Former EFF Member of Parliament Zolile Xhalisa, and Eastern Cape's Mbizana local municipality ex-mayor, Zoliswa Busuku, have joined the new African Transformation Movement party.
With just 19 days to the National and Provincial elections, The Full View election debate focuses on the crucial Youth Vote.
The office of the President has denied that the possible release of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo from prison is part of electioneering.
National People's Front (NAPF) leader, Bheki Gumbi says the best way to revive the rural economy is through agriculture.
SAfm's Sunrise programme explores if South Africa is ready to roll out electronic voting.
The Office of the Presidency has confirmed that President Cyril Ramaphosa has received a recommendation from Justice Minister Michael Masutha to pardon King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo.
DA Leader Mmusi Maimane says they will be meeting with the Independent Electoral Commission to discuss the ruling that the party should apologise to GOOD Party leader Patricia de Lille.
The DA has escalated its objection to the ANC's list for Parliament and Provincial Legislature's candidates.
UDM leader, General Bantu Holomisa, has dismissed as baseless, claims by Cyril Ramaphosa that coalitions are a failure.
Leader of the APC Themba Godi says the Informal Settlement of Mountain View at Postmasburg in the Northern Cape is an example of the failure of the current provincial government.
SACP First Deputy Secretary Solly Mapaila has called on communities to come up with initiatives aimed at creating job opportunities.
The Congress of the People (COPE) says people implicated in criminality at the Zondo Commission must be dealt with decisively.
The DA says it will not apologise to GOOD Party leader Patricia de Lille as per the order from the IEC of South Africa.
Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss Johan Booysen claims the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) was captured in order to pursue their own interests and some holding political power.
The Democratic Alliance's (DA) representative at the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), Mike Moriarty, says it disagrees with the commission's ruling about Patricia de Lille's resignation.
Former KwaZulu-Natal Hawks boss, Johan Booysen, is expected to take the stand at the State Capture Commission of Inquiry in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Wednesday morning.
GOOD party leader Patricia de Lille says she is waiting for the Electoral Court's judgment on the Democratic Alliance's (DA) corruption allegations against her.
The uMzimkhulu Magistrate's' Court is on Wednesday expected to hand down judgment in the bail application of three men arrested in connection with the killing of former ANC Youth League secretary-general, Sindiso Magaqa.


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Latvian art of medals goes on view in Minsk
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MINSK, 20 November (BelTA) – An exhibition featuring participants of the 16th Triennial of Latvian Medal Art opened at the National History Museum of Belarus on 20 November, BelTA learned from the museum.
"The exhibition is original and unusual in many ways. First of all, it is a Latvian project and it has never left the country during its almost 50-year history. Secondly, this is practically the first exhibition of medals in the last few decades in Minsk featuring the works of more than two dozen foreign authors," the museum said.
The exhibition is showcasing 76 works by 24 Latvian medalists made in the past three years. The participants include members of the International Art Medal Federation: Andris Berzins, Girts Burvis, Vija Dzintare, Ligita Franckevica, Mara Mickevica, Inese Natrina, and five students of the Department of Sculpture of the Art Academy of Latvia.
The tradition to hold the triennial of medal art in Latvia dates back to 1973. The initiator and organizer of the first national exhibition of medals was sculptor and medalist Valentina Zeile who gave a new impetus to this form of plastic arts. She has lived in Paris for over 50 years, but regularly sends her works for the triennial. The exhibition in Minsk is displaying her medal Jean Sibelius.
The exhibition in Minsk will be on show until 12 December. It has been organized with support of the Latvian Embassy in Belarus.
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Romans 6:1-4 dWhat shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.


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Q: Best way to select from large self referencing table (HQL) I have a large self-referencing table Items. Items have parent Items, something like so:
ITEMS
Long id
String name
String type
Long parentId (fk. ref Items)

The use is non-circular (so it's a representation of a tree, not a graph).
Now, I need to try to find a certain Item. Let's say I need to find Item with type "TV" and name "Spongebob", with the parent with type "Movie" and name "42".
My question is: which way is better (speed is most important)?

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*First select all Items with type "Movie" and name "42", and then select for the item with type "TV", name "Spongebob", and parent ID that matches the list from the first query

*A single HQL database interaction, which will look something like:
SELECT i from ItemModel i WHERE i.type="TV" AND i.name="Spongebob" AND i.parent.type="TV" AND i.parent.name="42"

Now, #1 will require more database interactions (in this case 2 vs. 1, but there's a potential for 3 or 4 levels of depth), so I'm inclined to think that #2 would be more efficient. But, I'm unsure how mysql optimizes these queries, and I'm worried that the #2 query might actually be slower, do to the self-referencing joins.
Would appreciate any input.

A: First one is better like you thought.
You might try hash indexes on text fields if the query is too slow.

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A suicide car bomb attack in the northeastern city of Hermel Saturday killed at least four people, including the bomber, and wounded 23 others, security sources said, in an attack that was claimed by an Al-Qaeda-linked group.
The Lebanon branch of the Nusra Front, a radical Syrian rebel force listed as a terror group by the United States, claimed responsibility for the attack, citing Hezbollah's military involvement in Syria.
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European Court of Human Rights Decides that Employee's Dismissal was in Breach of the Right to Freedom of Expression
MAMO TCV Advocates
European Union, Malta November 11 2021
In the case of Melike v. Turkey (Application No. 35786/19) decided on the 15th of September 2021 the European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter referred to as 'ECtHR') was tasked with deciding whether the applicant's dismissal from employment, which had been based entirely on her liking posts on social media, had breached her right to freedom of expression.
The applicant, a cleaner, was an ex-employee of the Ministry of National Education in Turkey who was dismissed from her position by the disciplinary committee for employees in national education of the Adana province in 2016. The reason for the dismissal was that the applicant had added a "Like" to a number of Facebook posts relating to professors being charged with rape, and accusations targeted towards statesmen as well as certain political parties. The committee deemed these "Likes" to be a "commission of acts and deeds containing physical violence, sexual harassment and threats" and a "disruption of peace, tranquillity and order at the place of work for ideological and political motives, to boycott or occupy, to behave in such a way as to block the conduct of public services and provoke and encourage such acts".
The applicant challenged the dismissal through domestic proceedings in Turkey which decisions confirmed that the dismissal had been justified in the circumstances.
Unable to have her position redressed through domestic proceedings, the applicant decided to institute proceedings before the ECtHR against the Republic of Turkey arguing that her right to freedom of expression as protected under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights had been violated.
The ECtHR had to determine whether the sanction imposed on the employee by her employer was proportionate, and whether the reasoning and motives invoked by the national authorities could justify their decisions.
In its analysis the ECtHR notes that adding a "Like" on social media is a very common way of utilising one's right to freedom of expression, and that the national authorities in their decisions had not exercised a thorough enough examination of the actual impact of the employee's actions.
The ECtHR considered the subjective facts of the case and determined that i) the content of the relative posts consisted of virulent political critiques which related to a matters of general interest, ii) the applicant was not a civil servant having a special bond of trust with the administration but was merely an employee subject to general labour law, iii) a "Like", which was deemed by the ECtHR to merely express sympathy for the content, could not hold the same weight as sharing a post which would have shown an active desire to distribute, iv) the content only had a minimal amount of 'likes' and thereby reached a very limited audience, and v) the applicant had no real notoriety at her workplace and her actions could not have been deemed to disrupt the peace, tranquillity and order at the place of work.
In view of this, the ECtHR deemed that the disciplinary committee and the national authorities had not considered key elements relevant to the case in their decision making, and that the sanction imposed, which consisted in the applicant's dismissal from employment, was extreme also in light of her position, age and the fact that she had been working in public establishments since 1996.
Thus, the ECtHR ruled that the national authorities had not acted in accordance with Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and that the applicant's dismissal from her employment had not been proportionate to the case at hand resulting in a breach of the right to freedom of expression.
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Just a bit of a warning that the start of all four meetings on Sunday will be a little bit different to normal! Nothing to worry about, and it will all make sense in the end, but if you do see anyone looking a bit confused please just encourage them to "go with the flow"!
Hope to see you there, remember to be inviting people to the Alpha launch on the 20th.


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Нипстер ( = Nipster) — термин, используемый в Германии для обозначения молодых неонацистов, перенявших черты субкультуры хипстеров. Прежде всего, речь идёт об их внешнем облике.

Происхождение термина
Термин «нипстер» появился в феврале 2014 года после публикации фотографии участников марша НДПГ в Магдебурге, среди которых выделялась «достаточно колоритная группа молодых людей в узких джинсах, кедах, с пирсингом и аккуратной бородкой». Журналисты и блогеры окрестили новое движение ультраправой молодежи «нипстерами», и сами неонацисты включили это слово в свой лексикон, начав активно использовать хештег «#nipster» в социальных сетях.

Джутовые сумки, яркие очки, узкие джинсы, кеды и бороды — далеко не всё, что характеризует нипстерскую культуру. Молодые неонацисты активно выступают против насилия над животными и участвуют в митингах по защите окружающей среды, употребляют пищу растительного происхождения. В 2014 году на YouTube появилось кулинарное шоу «Balaclava Küche», в котором молодые люди в чёрных масках рассказывают о приготовлении веганских блюд. Популярным среди ультраправой молодёжи также является интернет-канал FSN.tv, детище члена партии НДПГ Патрика Шрёдера. Периодически здесь проводятся семинары, обучающие неонацистов тому, как одеваться менее устрашающе. Шрёдер считает, что любой человек, будь то фанат хип-хопа или хипстер в узких джинсах, должен иметь возможность присоединиться к движению, не меняя при этом свой внешний вид.

Из истории неонацистской моды
Долгое время неонацисты внешне мало чем отличались от обычных немцев. Свой современный облик они приобрели в конце 1980-х. Это время характеризовалось подъёмом национального самосознания и всплеском популярности Национал-демократической партии Германии.

В 1990-х, после падения Берлинской стены и объединения Германии, неонацисты переняли у английских наци-скинхедов такие элементы одежды, как тяжёлые армейские ботинки, кроссовки марки «New Balance», поло Fred Perry, толстовки Lonsdale. Ещё через десятилетие популярность среди радикалов стала приобретать немецкая марка Thor Steinar, привлекающая неонацистов разнообразными символами рун из скандинавской мифологии.

Если раньше образ нациста ассоциировался, в первую очередь, с мужественностью (отсюда — короткие стрижки, тяжёлая обувь, куртки-бомберы), то теперь ультраправая молодежь отходит от «маскулинной» культуры. Тенденция одеваться в соответствии с модой больших городов обусловлена тем, что таким образом неонацисты привлекают к себе меньше внимания.

Проблемы, связанные с феноменом
Политолог Ян Шедлер (Jan Schedler) отмечает: опасность подобного явления заключается в том, «что такие неонацисты не воспринимаются ни одноклассниками, ни учителями в радикальном свете» . Их сложно выделить среди толпы остальных учащихся. Эксперты предупреждают, что, благодаря новому образу, неонацистам легче завоевать расположение молодых людей, заразить их своей идеологией.

Журналист Феликс Хьюсман (Felix Huesmann), специализирующийся на крайне правой политике в Германии и молодёжных движениях, заявляет следующее: «Всё это началось в середине 2000-х, когда неонацисты начали брать пример с левых движений в том, как вести себя на публике и одеваться».

Ещё один журналист, Йоханнес Радке (Johannes Radke), соавтор книги «Новые нацисты», говорит о роли музыки в привлечении молодежи к ультраправому движению: «Если тебе 15, то после прочтения нацистской листовки ты никогда не скажешь: "О да, они правы! Теперь я нацист!" Но если ты слушаешь нацистскую музыку, это круто, но пропитано ненавистью. Таким образом люди и попадают в нацистское движение». Журналист замечает также, что сегодня появились новые музыкальные стили, такие как неонацистский рэп, неонацистский металл и даже неонацистское техно с «жёсткими битами и речью Гитлера, идущей фоном». Нипстеры стремятся сделать неонацистскую культуру как можно более привлекательной.

Симоне Рафаэль (Simone Rafael), главный редактор сайта «Netz Gegen Nazis», обращает внимание на активность нипстеров в интернете: «Это способ привнести свою идеологию в другие сферы, найти точки доступа в хипстерскую культуру: блоги, селфи, Tumblr и тому подобное». Ультраправая молодёжь предпочитает сегодня выражать свои идеи в социальных сетях.

В ежегодном докладе Федеральной службы защиты конституции Германии 2013 года неоднократно упоминалась важнейшая интернет-платформа правых экстремистов «Altermedia», которая в 2016 году была запрещена. На странице Altermedia неонацисты в открытую выражали своё намерение привлечь новых сторонников: «Стоит наконец-то расставить приоритеты и охватить более широкие слои населения. Какие-нибудь похоронные марши и церемонии в память о наших героях точно не побудят молодёжь выйти на улицу…».

Феномен в массовой культуре
В 2010-х в сети появился новый мем «Hipster Hitler», изображающий фюрера в модной одежде и больших хипстерских очках. На официальном сайте комиксов утверждается, что они представляют собой розыгрыш, пародию и сарказм. Художники Джеймс Карр (James Carr) и Архана Кумар (Archana Kumar) выпустили также книгу комиксов «Hipster Hitler».

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The Texas Foundation for Archaeological & Historical Research
TFAHR Archaeology Projects
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Cleaning the terracotta hearth in the
kitchen area.
June - July 2012. Bylazora (Sveti Nikole), Republic of Macedonia.
SUMMARY REPORT:
Uncovering a Doric column.
Stones from a building of the Doric
order, discovered in 2010.
One of the most exciting structures found this season is a circular building bounded in by a square building – both built up against the temenos
wall. The complete circle and square have not been exposed yet. But in the western part of the circle-square complex there is a break in the
walls. Here may have stood the stones of the entrance, stones which were robbed away. Although the entranceway stones are gone, part of the
charred lintel superstructure of timbers and mudbrick was left behind in the robber trench to be found by our excavators.
There is a square stone in the middle of the circular building, whose purpose is unknown at this time. Since we have neither reached the floor of
the circular building nor uncovered its full extent, the nature of this unusual building remains a mystery – though theories are in no short supply
amongst TFAHR archaeologists!
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In the 2010 excavation season we discovered a large pile of chopped-up stones from a Doric order
building. At first glance we thought they may have come from a temple, but upon further research it
became apparent that they were from a stoa or portico or colonnade of some sort. But where might
that building be located? In the very last days of the 2011 season we exposed the corner of a
building constructed of well cut ashlars. We ended the season convinced that we had chanced upon
the corner of a stoa. TFAHR archaeologists spent the entire winter of 2011-2012 researching the
stoas of the Hellenistic era, so convinced we were of our discovery. In the opening days of the 2012
season we were quickly disabused of that notion.
If you followed our weekly updates of the 2012 season, you read about our ever changing "in-the-
trenches" hypotheses regarding the nature of the building complex we were uncovering. By the end
of the season we were fairly well convinced that we now properly understand the date and
identification of our complex. The first clue to be uncovered that negated the whole stoa theory was
the angle of the intersection of the two walls we had uncovered in 2011; it was 105°. Few classical
structures ever deviate from a 90° angle. One that often does is a temenos wall. A temenos wall is,
very simply as the Greek word implies, a wall that separates. It might separate a holy area (temples)
from a profane area (living quarters) or an aristocratic neighborhood from a shantytown.
Sector 3 of the acropolis of Bylazora (which we excavated in previous seasons) was reduced to ruins
some time in the late fourth century BC. But our excavations have shown that the ruins continued to
be inhabited, possibly by squatters, up until the last days of Bylazora in the second century BC. We
know from the ancient Greek author Polybius (V:97) that the Macedonian king Philip V conquered
Bylazora (which Polybius described as the largest of the Paionian cities) in 217 BC as a bulwark
against Dardanian invasions from the north. There is some evidence of his rebuilding of some of the
fortifications in Sector 3. If Philip V or his commanders spent any time at Bylazora, they might have
cordoned off the western part of the acropolis (our Sector 6) from the squatter buildings of the
central part of the acropolis (our Sector 3) with a temenos wall.
The two individual walls (L24.53 and L23.52) that constitute our temenos wall originate at the western
gate of the city wall, then join at that 105° angle, then continue off in a southeasterly direction. We
discovered a gate in L23.52 in the easternmost trench we opened in the 2012 season. But the
season ended before we could ascertain the full size of the gate, the continuation and full extent of
wall L23.52, or whether the temenos wall angles off again in another direction. These are questions
for another season.
The Sector 6 temenos wall is no simple dividing wall; a
number of structures are built up against it. There is a
complex of small rooms abutting walls L24.53 and L23.52 in
the 105° angle. Most of the stones of these walls have been
robbed away by men who used the ruins of Bylazora as a
quarry, after the city had been destroyed in the second
century BC. On the hard plaster and terracotta floors of
these rooms a great mass of food storage, serving, and
cooking vessels were found, as well as a large terracotta
hearth. We have no doubt found here a grand kitchen. This
building was destroyed by fire at some point. Specimens of
some of the large charred roof timbers were taken back to
the USA for analysis; the analysis will give us information
about the wood itself and quite possibly the date of the
destruction of the building. Numerous painted plaster
fragments indicate that the walls of the kitchen rooms were
decorated. We found a large threshold stone in one of these
robbed out wall trenches; the well preserved cutting in the
stone will help us reconstruct the whole door mechanism and
wall decoration of the kitchen. (A video of the door
reconstruction will be posted later this year on the TFAHR
website.)
Southeast of the kitchen complex along wall L23.52, we
discovered the remains of what appears to be a ramp built up
against the wall. But the stone robbing was so thorough here
that it is difficult to ascertain whether the ramp was built
earlier than the temenos wall or associated with the wall.
To the southwest of the ramp we found a fallen and shattered
Doric column and capital. The column may have been one of
several that stood upon a threshold of large very finely cut
stones. If so, then this may be a threshold to an inner
peristyle courtyard. Again, only further excavation will tell.
The top of the temenos wall, as it
was coming up.
Fragment of painted wall plaster.
The charred wooden remains of a
doorway were found in the trench
where the wall was robbed out.
The circular building, inside a
square, is built right into the
temenos wall.
Finally, "outside" the temenos wall in square P27 (just alongside the threshold of the gate in the
temenos wall) we discovered in the last days of this season's dig a small raised dedication platform.
It consists of four steps upon which were placed at least two small altars and at least two dedicatory
Corinthian capitals. We uncovered no more than a sliver of this platform; it is wedged in between
the temenos wall and the side of the trench; obviously the trench should be widened in future
excavations.
The Corinthian capitals are no simple capitals which supported the architrave of some building.
They are dedicatory capitals; that is, they served as bases for small memorials. The circles
inscribed on the tops of the capitals are indications of this dedicatory nature.
In the 2011 TFAHR annual report on the Bylazora excavations, we discussed the possibility of the
Corinthian order at Bylazora. Although it seemed unlikely that the Corinthian order could have made
its way so far north into the Paionian-Macedonian world so early (before Bylazora's destruction in
the second century BC), there were definite traces of the Corinthian order that came from our
trenches. Now, with the 2012 discoveries, we have the definitive proof that we need to support our
hypothesis of the early introduction of the Corinthian order to this part of the Mediterranean world.
Inscribed on the top of the
Corinthian capital is a circle,
evidence that this capital
may have served as a base
for a dedicatory offering.
The pottery found "inside" the complex of buildings built up
against the temenos wall dates from the late third and early
second centuries BC – the last days of Bylazora. This further
lends credence to our theory that the entire temenos complex
was constructed after Philip V's conquest of the city in 217 BC.
Some of the ceramics and weaponry point to the Romans as the
ones who destroyed the city and subsequently quarried it away.
All of the above are musings and speculations of the TFAHR
team at the end of the 2012 season. We will continue to
research all of the various points made above. We intend to
post on the TFAHR website more photos and videos on different
aspects of our work of the past five seasons. We are currently
compiling a book on the 2008-2012 excavations at Bylazora,
which we hope to publish by the end of 2012; this publication will
be in memory of David P. Seikel, one of the founders of TFAHR,
who passed away this year. In addition, a TFAHR archaeologist
will be spending several months at the People's Museum of
Sveti Nikole working with the Bylazora ceramic material; TFAHR
hopes to publish her work next year.
We thank everyone again for their interest and support in the
TFAHR Bylazora Project, especially those donors whose
contributions made the 2012 season possible.
Preparing site plans and elevations.
Click on plan to enlarge.
More photos from the 2012 season
at Bylazora:
Excavations & Finds in Sector 6
The 2012 TFAHR Team at Work


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30 Jul 2009 07:59 GMT | Human Rights, Arts & Culture
After yet another mission to a foreign battleground, the young soldier Lotte (played by top Danish actor Trine Dyrholm) returns home to Denmark, completely disillusioned with life.
Lotte's unreliable father, with whom she has never had a close relationship, offers her a job as a chauffeur for his Nigerian girlfriend, the escort girl Lily (played by British actor Lorna Brown).
Trine Dyrholm and Lorna Brown in director Annette K. Olesen's Little Soldier
Both Lotte and Lily carry invisible scars. And so, reluctantly at first, a friendship slowly emerges between the two women - until things take an unexpected turn.
Directed by Annette K. Olesen, Little Soldier won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at this year's Berlin Film Festival.
Olesen and Dyrholm join Amanda Palmer, Al Jazeera's entertainment editor, and the FPS audience for a Q&A session about Little Soldier.
And we also meet Lorna Brown, who tells us how she researched the character of Lily, a desperate immigrant with loads of personal style.
German director Florian Gallenberger's new film tells the story of an unlikely saviour
Often regarded as the "Schindler of China," the German businessman John Rabe was an unlikely saviour. And yet, in an amazing story that is not widely known, Rabe sheltered 200,000 Chinese civilians during Japan's invasion in the 1930s.
A new film by German director Florian Gallenberger, one of the hits of this year's Berlin Film Festival, tells Rabe's incredible tale.
Amanda Palmer interviews Gallenberger, along with actors Ulrich Tukur and Anne Consigny, who play Rabe and one of his key collaborators.
Janusz Kaminski, left, with Steven Spielberg
And speaking of Schindler, Polish-born cinematographer Janusz Kaminski was a relative unknown in cinematic circles before being tapped by Steven Spielberg to shoot his 1993 masterwork, Schindler's List.
Spielberg must have been happy with the experience, because Kaminski has shot every one of Spielberg's features ever since, along with Julian Schnabel's dazzling The Diving Bell and The Butterfly.
Kaminski held a masterclass at this year's Berlin Film Festival, and he was kind enough to let FPS film the event and speak to him afterwards.
The result is a rare opportunity to get inside the mind of one of the world's most accomplished visual artists as he talks us through the creative decisions behind some of the greatest films of recent times.
This episode of The Fabulous Picture Show can be seen from Thursday, July 30, at the following times GMT: Thursday: 0600, 1630; Friday: 0130, 0830; Saturday: 1130, 2330; Sunday: 0630, 2030; Monday: 1430; Tuesday: 1930; Wednesday: 0300.


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Throughout the week, Victoria (our genius chef at our sister restaurant @charlotteandthequail) creates a gorgeous, nutritious recipe for us. On Tuesday mornings at Charlotte & the Quail, Vic crafts the final product to perfection. Lindsey, our marvellously talented in-house photographer, works her magic to create the perfect presentation, styling the ingredients and the final dish with props and plants. Kayla, our marketing director, is usually present on recipe shoot days as well, lending a hand (literally, it's usually her hands you see in the shots).
It's our favourite day of the week, hands down. When we wrap up, the three of us sit down together to enjoy the fruits of our labour. We wave at our sweet Charlotte out the window and dive into the dish, chatting about what other dishes we might pair it with.
We think this weeks zesty, satisfying recipe would be the perfect, slightly unconventional side-dish for your holiday table! The bright flavours of the herbs, lemon & capers are a wonderful contrast with the dense, starchy cauliflower. Bookmark this gorgeous recipe for later!!
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees ferenheit. Cut your washed cauliflower into 'steaks'. We cut ours into 4, but depending on the size of the head you may have to cut slightly thinner or thicker to ensure even sized slices. Be sure to cut a bit of the stem into each slice, or your cauliflower heads will fall apart (but if they do, don't worry! It will still taste delicious!!). Chop your washed rosemary and sage finely, and combine with cumin. Sprinkle herb & spice mix over cauliflower with a good drizzle of olive oil. Let sit while you prepare the sauce.
2. You can use a food processor, or a mortar and pestle for the green sauce. Place all sauce ingredients into food processor and blend until combined, but still a bit chunky. Taste space, and adjust acidity if needed.
3. Heat your cast-iron pan on the stove over medium heat until hot. You have put your oil on the cauliflower, so avoid putting any in the cast-iron or you will have a very smokey kitchen. Sear cauliflower on each side until brown. You may want to do this in stages, as you don't want to overload your pan. When all cauliflower is browned, place it all back in pan (you can load it this time) and sprinkle the radishes around to roast as well. Place into your pre-heated oven and roast for 10-15 minutes.
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Foundation News Elections results and new GRASS GIS PSC
Elections results and new GRASS GIS PSC
[Online version of this announcement: https://grass.osgeo.org/news/2021_02_05_new_grass_psc/]
New GRASS GIS Project Steering Committee
By the end of last year, the GRASS GIS project called for PSC members election. A total of 13 GRASS GIS contributors were nominated by the community to cover the nine PSC positions.
After the election itself, the new GRASS GIS PSC is composed of the following nine members ranked by number of votes:
Markus Neteler (95)
Anna Petrášová (88)
Helena Mitášová (86)
Martin Landa (83)
Verónica Andreo (76)
Moritz Lennert (74)
Václav Petráš (68)
Michael Barton (58)
Huidae Cho (56)
For completeness, all relevant candidacy communications, as well as details about the voting process, have been published at: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Election2020
On behalf of the GRASS GIS project, we would like to thank Hernán De Angelis who agreed to serve as Chief Returning Officer (CRO) and all community members for their participation. Furthermore, we want to acknowledge the contributions of former PSC members and all nominees. The development of GRASS GIS is a collective effort and we are all part of it regardless of our role. So, CONGRATS to everyone!
New PSC chair person
There's yet one more change to report. GRASS GIS PSC has a new chair person: Veronica Andreo. She works as a researcher in Argentina focusing on environmental drivers of vector-borne disease outbreaks and works primarily with satellite imagery and GIS-based time series analysis. For years, Vero has been very active in the GRASS GIS project, especially with documenting complex topics in a user friendly way, testing, development of the new website, coding of addons, outreach, social media and more. She regularly introduces GRASS GIS to new users and teaches introductory and advanced courses and workshops. We thank Vero for accepting this challenge!
We want to acknowledge and thank Markus Neteler for his enormous efforts and passionate work on pushing the GRASS GIS development for more than 20 years. While Markus was re-elected as PSC member, he preferred to pass on the position of chairperson to a new PSC member. Markus is one of the long runners in the project, as he already started to discover the software in 1993 as a student. In 1998, he set up a "European GRASS site" at the University of Hannover, which evolved into an international development team. From manual source code management, he was part of the journey to a modern, GitHub-based development system including code quality testing. Markus is known to be active in conferences, code sprints, bug fixing, user support, infrastructure management, project and release management, etc. He will continue to do so!
PSC roles & tasks
In addition to the chair role, in the first PSC meeting, we have defined some basic areas/tasks and PSC members responsible for them:
Treasurer – Moritz
Release manager – Markus, Martin
Infrastructure manager – Markus
Translation manager – Huidae
Website & Marketing manager – Michael, Vero
Github manager – Vaclav
Of course, everyone is invited to join and contribute in these and other areas: https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Roles.
The GRASS Development Team, Feb 2021


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Atomic Number Of Neon
Mass Number Of Neon
Atomic Number Of Neon 21
Atomic Number Of Neon Is 10
Chemical properties of neon - Health effects of neon - Environmental effects of neon
20.179 g.mol -1
Electronegativity according to Pauling
0.9*10 -3 g.cm-3 at 20°C
-249 °C
Vanderwaals radius
0.16 nm
Electronic shell
[ He ] 2s22p6
Energy of first ionisation
2080 kJ.mol -1
Energy o second ionisation
Standard potential
Sir Ramsay in 1898
Atomic Number of Neon Atomic Number of Neon is 10. Chemical symbol for Neon is Ne. Number of protons in Neon is 10. Atomic weight of Neon is 20.1797 u or g/mol. Melting point of Neon is -248,7 °C and its the boiling point is -246,1 °C. Atomic Number: 10: Atomic Radius: 154 pm (Van der Waals) Atomic Symbol: Ne: Melting Point:-258.59 °C: Atomic Weight: 20.18: Boiling Point:-246.046 °C: Electron Configuration: He2s 2 2p 6. Neon is a very inert element, however, it has been reported to form a compound with fluorine. It is still questionable if true compounds of neon exist.
Overview of Neon; Neon's Name in Other Languages; Atomic Structure of Neon; Chemical Properties of Neon; Physical Properties of Neon; Regulatory / Health; Who/When/Where/How. Nuclides / Isotopes; Potential Parent Nuclides. Overview of Neon. Atomic Number: 10; Group: 18; Period: 2; Series: Noble Gasses.
Neon was discovered by William Ramsay and Morris Travers in 1898.
Neon is the second-lightest noble gas, its colour is reddish-orange in a vacuum discharge tube and in neon lamps. The the refrigerating capacity of helium is over 40 times the one of liquid helium and three times that of liquid hydrogen (on a per unit volume basis). It is a less expensive refrigerant than helium in most applications.
Even though neon is for most practical purposes an inert element, it can form an exotic compound with fluorine in the laboratory. It is not known for certain if this or any neon compound exists naturally but some evidence suggests that this may be true. The ions, Ne+, (NeAr)+, (NeH)+, and (HeNe+) are have also been observed from optical and mass spectrometric research. In addition, neon forms an unstable hydrate.
The reddish-orange color emitted in neon lights is widely used to make advertising signs. Neon is also used generically for these types of lights when in reality many other gases are used to produce different colors of light. Other uses of neon include high-voltage indicators, lightning arrestors, wave meter tubes and television tubes. Neon and helium are used to make a type of gas laser.
Liquefied neon is commercially used as an economical cryogenic refrigerant.
Neon in the environment
Although neon is the forth most abundant element in the universe, only 0.0018% in volume of the earth's atmosphere is neon.
Neon is usually found in the form of a gas with molecules consisting of a single Neon atom. Neon is a rare gas that is found in the Earth's atmosphere at 1 part in 65,000.
Routes of exposure: The substance can be absorbed into the body by inhalation.
Inhalation risk:On loss of containment this liquid evaporates very quickly causing supersaturation of the air with serious risk of suffocation when in confined areas.
Effects of exposure: Inhalation: Simple asphyxiant. Skin: On contact with liquid: frostbite. Eyes: On contact with liquid: frostbite.
Inhalation: This gas is inert and is classified as a simple asphyxiant. Inhalation in excessive concentrations can result in dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of consciousness, and death. Death may result from errors in judgment, confusion, or loss of consciousness which prevent self-rescue. At low oxygen concentrations, unconsciousness and death may occur in seconds without warning.
The effect of simple asphyxiant gases is proportional to the extent to which they diminish the amount (partial pressure) of oxygen in the air that is breathed. The oxygen may be diminished to 75% of it's normal percentage in air before appreciable symptoms develop. This in turn requires the presence of a simple asphyxiant in a concentration of 33% in the mixture of air and gas. When the simple asphyxiant reaches a concentration of 50%, marked symptoms can be produced. A concentration of 75% is fatal in a matter of minutes.
Symptoms: The first symptoms produced by a simple asphyxiant are rapid respirations and air hunger. Mental alertness is diminished and muscular coordination is impaired. Later judgment becomes faulty and all sensations are depressed. Emotional instability often results and fatigue occurs rapidly. As the asphyxia progresses, there may be nausea and vomiting, prostration and loss of consciousness, and finally convulsions, deep coma and death.
Environmental effects of neon
Neon is a rare atmospheric gas and as such is non-toxic and chemically inert. Neon poses no threat to the environment, and can have no impact at all because it's chemically unreactive and forms no compounds.
No known ecological damage caused by this element.
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Neon is a chemical element with atomic number 10 which means there are 10 protons and 10 electrons in the atomic structure. The chemical symbol for Neon is Ne. The atom consist of a small but massive nucleus surrounded by a cloud of rapidly moving electrons. The nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons.
It is important to know that Neon is a chemical element with symbol Ne. Its atomic number is 10. Keep in mind that Neon is in group 18 (noble gases) of the periodic table. Neon is a colorless, odorless, inert monatomic gas under standard conditions, with about two-thirds the density of air.
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The atomic mass of an element is the average mass of the atoms of an element measured in atomic mass unit (amu, also known as daltons, D). The atomic mass is a weighted average of all of the isotopes of that element, in which the mass of each isotope is multiplied by the abundance of that particular isotope. (Atomic mass is also referred to as atomic weight, but the term 'mass' is more accurate.)
For instance, it can be determined experimentally that neon consists of three isotopes: neon-20 (with 10 protons and 10 neutrons in its nucleus) with a mass of 19.992 amu and an abundance of 90.48%, neon-21 (with 10 protons and 11 neutrons) with a mass of 20.994 amu and an abundance of 0.27%, and neon-22 (with 10 protons and 12 neutrons) with a mass of 21.991 amu and an abundance of 9.25%. The average atomic mass of neon is thus:
0.9048 × 19.992 amu = 18.09 amu
0.0027 × 20.994 amu = 0.057 amu
0.0925 × 21.991 amu = 2.03 amu
20.18 amu
The atomic mass is useful in chemistry when it is paired with the mole concept: the atomic mass of an element, measured in amu, is the same as the mass in grams of one mole of an element. Thus, since the atomic mass of iron is 55.847 amu, one mole of iron atoms would weigh 55.847 grams. The same concept can be extended to ionic compounds and molecules. One formula unit of sodium chloride (NaCl) would weigh 58.44 amu (22.98977 amu for Na + 35.453 amu for Cl), so a mole of sodium chloride would weigh 58.44 grams. One molecule of water (H2O) would weigh 18.02 amu (2×1.00797 amu for H + 15.9994 amu for O), and a mole of water molecules would weigh 18.02 grams.
The original periodic table of the elements published by Dimitri Mendeleev in 1869 arranged the elements that were known at the time in order of increasing atomic weight, since this was prior to the discovery of the nucleus and the interior structure of the atom. The modern periodic table is arranged in order of increasing atomic number instead.
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Any manifestation of allergic disease is a reaction of the whole organism, therefore, its course, treatment and prevention is a complex and diverse process.
In addition to frequent paroxysmal cough at the onset of tracheitis caused by an Allergy, a detailed examination, the doctors determine the redness and swelling of the mucous membrane of the throat. Condition, accompanied with a painful cough, similar to the fits of whooping cough, itching, sore throat, hoarseness is the main symptoms of this disease.
Cough I think the main characteristic manifestation of the disease. It usually starts with seizures, with a deep breath, a cry, a sudden change of temperature indices of air and often happens at night. After the fits of coughing patients there is rapid and shallow breathing. Sometimes allergic tracheitis is accompanied by a slight fever, headache and fatigue. The sputum in the early stages of the disease of a minor nature, it has a viscous, slimy condition.
If time does not begin therapeutic activities, discharge can acquire abundant, Muco-purulent. The cough becomes less aggressive, the disease gradually fades, but time may again be exacerbated if the allergen re-enters the body. With timely and proper treatment the prognosis is almost always favorable and no complications in the respiratory system of the body.
Whatever the root cause was triggered by this disease it is always manifested by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the trachea. The factors contributing to the emergence and development of tracheitis include: dust and fumes in the air breathed by people, tobacco smoke, adverse environmental conditions (high humidity or excessive dryness of the air, heat or cold).
Normal is when the inhaled air passes first through the nose where it is warmed andmoistened. The nasal cavity removes the larger particles of dust. They subsequently are removed from the body during sneezing or under the action of the epithelial cilia of the mucosa. If the body undergoes a painful process, or deviated septum, this mechanism fails.
The priority in treatment of allergic bronchitis is the need to find a source that caused an allergic reaction.
After identifying the allergen, the patient should exclude contact with him, then recovery can occur the next day. There are times when it is difficult to identify the causative agent of the allergic process, then the doctors prescribe taking skin tests for sensitivity to allergens and determine appropriate treatment.
More than 50% of children with allergic manifestations of cough. The most easy forms of respiratory allergens include allergic lesions of the upper respiratory tract: laryngitis, tracheitis and pharyngitis. Heavier their form can trigger the development of asthma and allergic pneumonitis.
The most dangerous are the processes caused by food allergens. Allergic tracheitis, the child appears a dry cough, which is accompanied by pain in the chest in the course of the trachea. Allergic processes in the lower respiratory tract characterized by the presence of rales in the lungs, a feeling of heaviness in the chest, difficulty breathing, shortness of breath. When the running state may occur suffocation.
Young children who have frequent cause of allergic cough is a food Allergy.
Age category children 4 to 6 years of age prone to allergies to household irritants (dust, household chemicals).
The students who suffer most often allergic toplant pollen.
An important factor that increases the likelihood of the child allergic cough may be a genetic predisposition, frequent respiratory infections, passive Smoking, side effects from overdose of drugs.
special studies, including analysis of the skin samples and the study of respiratory function.
For the treatment of childhood respiratory allergies is required to reduce or eliminate the child's contact with the allergen that caused the symptoms. In the future, is immune therapy and administration of antihistamines. Incredibly useful and effective for children with allergic cough physiotherapy, which includes the ultraviolet radiation in therapeutic dosage, electrophoresis with special drugs and breathing exercises.
In addition, a major role for the prevention of and resistance to this disease in children is hardening and herbal medicine, provided that the child has no allergic reactions to pollen, especially during the period of rapid flowering of some plant species.
It has long been in the treatment of diseases associated with the respiratory system of a man, actively used folk remedies. Today homeopathy has become a worthy competitor to the pharmaceutical industry offers drugs which are not worse than the industrial medicines help to ease the state of patient with allergic tracheitis.
The main goal pursued by the use of firecast, it is a symptom of cough. To do this, use infusions, mitigating cough: mallow, Althaea officinalis, hollyhocks, Dong Quai and others. Children helping the root of the saxifrage, cooked in milk for half an hour. It is filtered and given in the form of heat.
In severe intoxication, use of herbal formulations: Adonis spring, chokeberry, and hawthorn. They help maintain the heart.
When wet cough will help to ease the patient's conditioninfusions of sage, alder, and oak bark. Good expectorant, recognized rosemary marsh, European wild ginger, yellow melilot, thyme, hyssop.
To reduce the allergic reaction will help rosemary marsh, viola tricolor, common duckweed, lesser duckweed, horsetail, strawberries. As related in the treatment of allergic bronchitis effective are inhalations with buds and leaves of birch.
Do not forget to strengthen the immune system herbal remedies: Echinacea extract, Siberian ginseng, and other adjuvants. It is also impossible to underestimate the role of vitamins, which are rich in seasonal fruits and vegetables.


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From Brazil to Lisbon and now Dubai, global innovator Krilltech is going places
Diego Stone, CEO of award-winning Brazilian agritech start-up Krilltech, on innovation, networking and sustainability ahead of his COP26 talk.
Krilltech founder and CEO Diego Stone is a busy man. Since his agritech start-up scooped the top prize at KPMG's Global Tech Innovator competition at Web Summit, Stone's life has suddenly become a lot more hectic.
Following his stint in Lisbon, Stone addressed climate leaders at COP26 on Tuesday (9 November).
Over a Zoom call, he told Silicon Republic that he is still getting used to the media attention coming his way. Luckily, Stone seems to be taking it all in his stride. He answered our call from a busy restaurant in Lisbon where he was dining with fellow Web Summit attendees.
He said he is eager to capitalise on Krilltech's profile boost; the company's social media engagement is up 1,300pc since it was crowned the overall competition winner on 2 November.
"My greatest objective," Stone said of his reasons for entering, "was to be able to showcase our technology, and what we were doing, and maybe, if possible, win the competition."
Krilltech had already seen off several other Brazilian start-ups in the local leg of the tech innovator competition, where Stone believed its "black sheep" status helped it to stand out. It was the only company discussing agriculture, he said.
Stone's pitch won him the chance to exhibit at the final at Web Summit alongside 16 other start-ups from around the world, including Belfast's CattleEye. Stone described their standard as "amazing," adding that Krilltech's win in the end was a "real surprise."
While he may be humble, Stone is incredibly proud of his company and its technology which he has spent the past seven years developing in consultation with agritech experts.
Project with Shell
Krilltech worked with Brazilian agricultural research corporation Embraba as well as researchers at the University of Brasília. Together, they created arbolin, a naturally derived product which helps farmers obtain more sustainable crops at harvest.
After several long years of testing and perfecting its nanotechnology, Krilltech has grown to where it is today – a leading agritech start-up on the world stage. Ahead of his appearance at the Brazilian industry day at COP26, Stone told us about the company's project with Shell. The fossil fuel giant has been making efforts to convince its many, many climate critics that it can play a positive role in the provision of sustainable energy.
It aims to become a net zero emissions energy business by 2050 under its 'Powering Progress' sustainability strategy which was laid out by CEO Ben van Beurden in a blog post ahead of COP26. Partnering with small, fast-growing indigenous start-ups like Krilltech is a savvy business move for Shell.
Stone said the collaboration will involve using Krilltech's nanotechnology to recover degraded forest areas in the Amazon. "We're working right now with Shell and the National Institute for Research in the Amazon [on] recovering over 5,000 hectares, that is almost over 10,000 acres of forest," he explained.
The project will have a social impact also, according to Stone, who said they would be handing out 200 scholarships to the region's high school students to encourage them to get involved in sustainable agriculture and forestry.
The students will get the opportunity to learn about how future generations can use the forest "as a means of subsistence, for example, by extracting crude [oil], extracting berries, extracting produces that will be able to generate extra income for the low income populations of the area, while at the same time maintaining and conserving the native forest and the Amazon," Stone added.
The "comprehensive" project will last five years. It is clearly something Stone is excited about. "It's one of those things that makes us really happy and makes us wake up early in the morning and keeps us going."
Future expansion plans
While he acknowledged that the pace of developing a start-up can be challenging, Stone was particularly emphatic when asked about Krilltech's future expansion plans. He has a "step-by-step strategic plan," which, like most start-up founder's plans, involves getting funds to improve Krilltech's product technology and taking it to new locations.
"Right now, we're right in the middle of the pre-Series A round; we're focusing on expanding the technology and our company, not only in Brazil, but also internationally."
"At first, we are intending to establish two international offices," Stone added, "One in Portugal, to address the European market, and another in Dubai, where we'll work to address the far East Market – Middle East, far East, maybe Eastern Europe and North Africa."
Negotiations in Dubai are still ongoing, so Stone could not give too much away. Krilltech is no stranger to Dubai, however. Shortly before he pitched at Web Summit, Stone competed as a semi-finalist in Gitex Future Stars' Supernova Challenge 2021.
The competition saw the world's best multi-sector start-ups compete at Dubai's World Trade Centre for a major investment and a chance to meet with venture capitalist Tim Draper.
After his interview with Silicon Republic, Stone was going back to eating dinner in a Lisbon restaurant alongside some fellow entrepreneurs from the UAE. What do he and other ambitious entrepreneurs get out of events like Web Summit and the Supernova Challenge?
"I think one of the big, big advantages of these programmes is that you can network with amazing people all around the world and get new ideas, give them new ideas. And this is how innovation works. And this is how good innovation works now, so I'm really grateful for that," he answered.
And then it was back to the table for Stone to fuel up for the future, which, no doubt, will be bright.
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Q: Enviar imagen.jpg de un directorio en tablet a un directorio en mi PC tengo una app mobile que toma una foto y me guarda la ruta en mi base de datos..
Los datos llegan a mi api en c# asp.net, y ella se encarga de enviar estos datos a mi base de datos.
ruta guardada de ejemplo :
file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/io.cordova.hellocordova/cache/1570208953904.jpg
Yo lo que necesito hacer es guaradar esa imagen en un directorio de mi pc...
es posible??
he estado probando en mi api de c# con System.IO.File.Copy(esa ruta, mi directorio)
pero me tira error, hay otra forma de hacerlo?
 [HttpPost]
    [ActionName("InsertarDatos")]
    public bool InsertarDatos([FromBody]datos dato)
    {
        //byte[] Fotobytes = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(dato.foto);
        string strCon = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MiConexion"].ConnectionString;
        SqlConnection conexion = new SqlConnection(strCon);
        bool esta = false;
        string query = "INSERT INTO EnvioDeposito(idComprobante,fecha,foto,comentarios) VALUES (@idComprobante,@fecha,@foto,@comentarios)";
        SqlCommand comando = new SqlCommand(query, conexion);
        comando.Parameters.AddWithValue("@idComprobante", dato.idComprobante);
        comando.Parameters.AddWithValue("@fecha", dato.fecha);
        comando.Parameters.AddWithValue("@foto", dato.foto);
        comando.Parameters.AddWithValue("@comentarios", dato.comentarios);

        try
        {
            conexion.Open();
            int filas = comando.ExecuteNonQuery();
            if (filas > 0)
            {
                esta = true;
            }
        }
        catch (SqlException ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        }
        finally
        {
            conexion.Close();
        }
        if (esta == true)
        {
            string origen = dato.foto;
            string soloNombre = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(origen);
            string destino = @"\\10.100.59.21\Scanner\"+ soloNombre;
            try
            {
                //File.Move(origen, destinoPosta);
                System.IO.File.Copy(origen, destinoPosta, true);
            }
            catch (SqlException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
            }

        }
        return esta;
    }

Asi invoco a mi metodo en api, utilizo Ajax en javascritp con jquery-mobile.. Muestro todo el codigo..
1- Primero convierto la imagen y obtengo su ruta
2- hago la llamada en ajax
3-Evento de boton

var gImg;

function SacarFoto() {
    navigator.camera.getPicture(onSuccess, onFail, {
        quality: 50,
        destinationType: Camera.DestinationType.FILE_URL
    });

    function onSuccess(imageData) {
        gImg = imageData;
        $("#fotoCapturada").html('<img src="' + gImg + '" width="100%" >');
        //soloImagen = gImg.substring(gImg.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
        alert(gImg);
        copyFile(imageURI, 'MiFoto.jpg', LocalFileSystem.TEMPORARY) // no se que funcion cumple esto
    }

    function onFail(message) {
        alert('Failed because: ' + message);
    }
}

function EnvioDatosDeposito(idComprobante, fecha, foto, comentarios) {
    var dir = "InsertarDatos";
    var datos = {
        idComprobante: idComprobante,
        fecha: fecha,
        foto: foto,
        comentarios: comentarios
    };
    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: api + dir,
        //processData: false,
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8;base64",
        data: JSON.stringify(datos),
        dataType: "json",
        success: function(esta) {
            if (esta == true) {
                $("#pMensaje").html("Datos enviados satisfactoriamente.")
            } else {
                $("#pMensaje").html("Ha ocurrido un error en el envio de datos.")
            }
        },
        error: function() {
            alert("error en ajax");
        }
    });
}

function Enviar() {
    var txtidComprobante = $("#idComprobante").val();
    var txtfecha = $("#dtFecha").val();
    var txtcomentarios = $("#txtComentarios").val();
    EnvioDatosDeposito(txtidComprobante, txtfecha, gImg, txtcomentarios);

}

A: No puedes acceder de forma remota a un archivo que esta local en el dispositivo, debes enviar como byte array
Para esto hay varias opciones, una podria hacer el upload del archivo
Learn to Upload a file in MVC via Ajax
si tienes un model podrias usar
public class datos{
   //otras propiedades
   public HttpPostedFileBase file {get;set;}
}

entonces lo que debes armar desde codigo javascript es un
var data = new FormData();

para usar este en el data de la llamada ajax
Si necesitas un preview
jQuery Image Upload with Image Perview
vas a necesitas un fileupload tag de html oculto para poder mostrar la imagen, pero despues tomar el file desde este para armar el upload de ajax


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BENEDICT XVI. Images, memories and assessment of his pilgrimage
"A blessing for everybody"
An interview with Fouad Twal, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: "In the gestures and words of the Pope, we found courage, truth, love, humility"
Interview with the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal by Gianni Valente
Benedict XVI praying in the Grotto of the Nativity
[© Osservatore Romano]
The Pope pilgrim in the Holy Land went with a light step through the tangle of human, political and religious happenings and passions that are concentrated today in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, in the places where Jesus lived. Before his departure more than one person had shaken his head, considering the choice of a papal visit to a region where the wounds of war are still open to be risky.
Even for Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem for little more than a year, the days of the papal pilgrimage were a kind of baptism by fire. With the sincerity that distinguishes him he had not hidden the doubts and worries that were circulating in the Catholic community of the Holy Land on the eve of the papal visit. Now, he makes an assessment for 30Days of quite a different sort.
Now that a little time has passed, what overall assessment would you make of the visit of Benedict XVI to the Holy Land?
FOUAD TWAL: It was a blessing for everybody. In the gestures and words of the Pope, we found courage, truth, love, humility.
Yet it was you who, before the visit, confirmed the doubts circulating in the Christian community.
TWAL: In effect there was some fear and some anxiety. The papal visit was to occur at a difficult moment in a difficult region, where in recent months there had been an overdose of awareness, after the war in Gaza. It was feared that one of the two parties in conflict might attempt to monopolize the visit.
What helped to ensure that didn't happen?
TWAL: We expressed all our observations and reservations to the Holy See. And we are grateful to the Secretary of State who took account of our fears. And the speeches were very well made, balanced and at the same time marked by a courage that other political leaders do not have. Marked primarily by a love for this land and for the people who live here.
Is there is a particular image of the papal visit you preserve?
TWAL: One image alone doesn't give the impression. I accompanied the Pope all the time, and I'd need an album... I was especially struck by the moments when he approached people, who maybe were awkward because they weren't prepared for such an occasion. And so with all calm and a child's face he greeted them with delicacy, showing himself to them in a familiar attitude. We were nervous and impatient in some situations. Whereas he was always calm.
Before the papal visit everyone insisted on its pastoral character. Perhaps to protect themselves from political exploitation.
TWAL: And in fact, in confirming the brethren in the faith, he recalled to us all the dimensions of the spiritual life of faith in the Holy Land: prayer, pilgrimage... He asked Christians not to leave for abroad, suggested that they remain, because our land is holy and beautiful. He also addressed all our Christian brethren. The two visits, that took place with all calm and humility, to the Orthodox and Armenian Patriarchates gave him the opportunity to say that there is no need to aggravate by our separation the many hurts this land has suffered and is suffering. Pope Benedict always placed emphasis on prayer as a means of asking the Lord for unity, leaving to Him the how and when it may be achieved.
Benedict XVI with Patriarch Fouad Twal in the Square of the Manger, where he celebrated Mass, Bethlehem, 13 May 2009 [© Osservatore Romano]
However, political aspects were also present.
TWAL: The political dimension is never lacking here in the Holy Land. And to his meetings with the authorities in Jordan, Palestine and Israel, there was certainly a political aspect. The Pope wanted to repeat that the Holy Land has its vocation of holiness. That's what we would all like, but precisely for that reason one cannot ignore the concrete situation of the moment, which is a situation of conflict. I very much liked the last speech, addressed to President Peres, before departure. The Pope, without making abstract condemnations, said in a personal tone that during the visit which he had received the grace to make, one of the sights that had caused him most grief was that of the wall. A noble and peaceful way of saying with humility and love that such walls certainly don't help to create an environment of peace, dialogue and hope.
Before the Pope's visit you said it was like a beautiful cake of which everyone wanted to grab a piece. In the end, who took the biggest slice?
TWAL: We, the local Church, the Christian community here. He came to confirm us in our faith, in our mission, in our dialogue, in our grief, in our Way of the Cross. I believe that it was wonderful for our people to see that there is someone praying for them, thinking of them, and that this someone is the Pope! Benedict XVI has called the Church to think about the Holy Land, to come to the Holy Land. He exhorted us many times, both in Jordan and Jerusalem and in Bethlehem, not to be afraid, to realize that we are not forgotten. This charged up our batteries in splendid fashion.
And do you expect anything to change now?
TWAL: I've been asked by many people. It is not that miraculous changes are to be expected from the visit in itself. But by his words and his actions our beloved Holy Father has sown so much, both locally and at international level and at the level of the universal Church. With calm, with the grace of God and with the help of all our friends, starting with the sister Churches of Italy, the fruits will come. Many organizations are asking to meet me to find out what they can do for us. Now it's also up to us to achieve the level of the Holy Father's trust. And to do our job well here. During the celebration of Vespers in Nazareth, the Pope compared the situation of Christians in the Holy Land to that of Mary, who in Nazareth led a hidden life, "with very little in terms of wealth or worldly influence". He urged us to have the courage "to be faithful to Christ and to remain here in the land that He sanctified by His presence".
What do you think of the meeting between the Pope and the delegation from Gaza?
TWAL: Two hundred Christians were to come from Gaza. In >
TWAL: They laid hands on the funds of some schools in Galilee, which are used to pay teachers' salaries. The nuncio, very wisely, did not want as diplomat to aggravate the situation or alarm public opinion. But there have been confiscations. Subsequently, government leaders have given assurances that there will be no other cases in the future. The Israeli ambassador to the Holy See has also said so. We are glad and thank the Israeli authorities. Moreover, there is an article in the General Agreement that says that while negotiations on the tax status of church property last, there can be no unilateral changes to the current situation. But there are some officials who maybe don't know that... And as for that, in Israeli society there'll never be a lack of those expressing regret at the Holy Father's visit. Unlucky for them. We can't do anything about it.
And on the other side, on the Hamas side?
TWAL: The reaction of the Hamas people to the Pope's visit was very positive, especially when they heard that he was visiting a refugee camp, that he decided to take a stance alongside those who are suffering, to give a hope of return to all the refugees in the world. And if there is no return, that at least they may find just compensation and ways of living in peace and dignity.
Benedict XVI greeting the children of the Caritas Baby Hospital, Bethlehem, 13 May 2009 [© Osservatore Romano]
How would you compare this with the previous papal visits of Paul VI and John Paul II?
TWAL: I see no point in these comparisons. Their contexts, the people, the state of mind are different... Each Pope was good and did well in his moment. The right man in the right place, at the right time... And everything went well, thank God.
You will have heard Obama's speech in Cairo...
TWAL: Fantastic.
What most convinced you, in that speech?
TWAL: We have been waiting so long for a change in thinking, speeches, approach. We might also not be one hundred percent in agreement, but Obama's speech was clear, courageous, and concerned for the good of everybody, Israelis and Arabs, calling everyone to change approach and to have more trust in each other, in the future, in God. It was just what was needed.
Some people noted several points of contact between Obama's speech and the things said by the Pope in the Holy Land.
TWAL: Yes. They both stressed key points. And Obama, when he spoke of the Palestinians, specified that they are Muslims and Christians.
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