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Q: VBA select case multiple ranges I am trying to figure out how to use the select case for the problem below.

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*In cell A1 I will have the text "white" or "black"

*In cell B1 is a number

*In cell C1 is the result i am looking for to be shown
If A1=white and B1<2 then C1=25
If A1=white and B1>=2 then C1=49
If A1=black and B1<2 then C1=14
If A1=black and B1>=2 then C1=30

A: You could use the following:
Select Case True
 Case Range("A1") = "white"  And Range("B1") < 2: Range("C1")=25
 Case Range("A1") = "white"  And Range("B1")>=2: Range("C1")=49
 Case Range("A1") = "black"  And Range("B1") < 2: Range("C1")=14
 Case Range("A1") = "black"  And Range("B1")>=2: Range("C1")=30
End Select


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Beverage, Industry, Local, News, News, Spotlight 01/12/2021
Meet the Distiller: The Spirits Workshop
The Spirits Workshop was born in 2015 when four whiskey lovers bought a still together in a curious endeavour to develop distinctly New Zealand spirits.
Yoyo, the original 50L pot still created the first four Curiosity Gins in the range in the first three years of production. Yoyo is still in action, but in 2019 The Spirits Workshop acquired a 500L still which currently produces all its gin and whiskey.
Antony Michalik is The Spirits Workshop's chief gin officer, master distiller and managing director. Stepping out of the corporate world after 20 years, Michalik was able to combine his skills in chemistry, engineering and strategy to lead The Spirits Workshop on its journey.
"I spent most of my career in the New Zealand Dairy industry in both New Zealand and overseas in operational, business development and strategy roles. During a stint in the US, I saw the rise of craft beer with craft distilling following closely behind," he explained.
"Craft beer was just taking off here when I came back to New Zealand, and I thought craft spirits had to be next.
"I convinced some colleagues to invest in a small still and we started off with the ambition to make the world's best single malt whisky in one of our garages."
The team quickly realised that while whiskey was a long-term investment, gin was just as interesting a spirit, much faster to market and booming globally. So while the whiskey aged in the barrels, Michalik launched Curiosity Gin in late 2016.
"We started making gin in the kitchen at home using a still made out of a pot and two bowls heated on the stovetop.
"We would each buy a bottle of vodka and make up a recipe of botanicals and steep them before bringing them round to my place to distil and try the resulting gins.
"We'd adjust our recipes based on what we did and didn't like and do it again the next week.
"The 23rd trial recipe was the one we decided was good enough to share with the public and we still sell it today - Curiosity Gin Recipe #23."
The Spirits Workshop is the only distillery to make a gin with only New Zealand native botanicals to deliver the balanced flavour profile of a classic dry gin and was also the first to use Tarata to create citrus notes.
"As far as we know, we are the only distillery in the world to use ex-Pinot Noir barrels to make Sloe Gin and then to utilise those barrels to finish a single malt whiskey.
"We also founded the Gindulgence, New Zealand's first and largest gin festival."
Since launching, The Spirits Workshop has achieved some amazing successes.
"We achieved a San Francisco World Spirits Awards gold medal on our first try with our Curiosity Gin - Negroni Special barrel-aged gin and did it again with our first Divergence Single Malt Whiskey.
"The Divergence also won a gold from the Drammies and a 92 score from Whiskeycast, which I think is pretty phenomenal for a less than four-year-old single malt."
Michalik wants to grow both the Curiosity Gin and Divergence Single Malt Whiskey brands in New Zealand and intends to begin exports to a couple of large markets in the next 12 months.
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I'm sure I'm supposed to find this unattractive.. but it supports Newcastle and has a smiley face so instead I find it quite endearing.
Leftover pizza for breakfast. Delicious.
Linda, Claire, Rachel, Becky, Audrey, Marie & Sara sitting outside in the sun during our day out in Durham for Becky's 21st birthday.
I've been looking forward to this wine all week. Unfortunately due to the aforementioned laptop screen breakage I'm forced to watch on ITV.com so that I can still browse the internet occasionally during the match.
As a treat for being with Lovefilm for 4 years I received 3 discs instead of 2. I watched Chain Letter, which was absolutely terrible, but I just love a crappy horror on a Friday night.
Pepsi Max. Buy one get one free. A fine end to quite a poor day.
A quick charge of my iPod in preparation for the gym later.
Tonight's tea, looking disturbingly like something a dog would eat. "Chunky" cod fillet, potatoes, carrot, broccoli & ratatouille. All sloshed together. It tasted okay!
I stood on an upturned plug and cut my toe. I am aware my feet are manky - a combination of newish socks and a trip to the gym.
My last game in Level 7 as it's becoming an extended family section and I don't want to have to borrow a child to go to the match. It'll be weird next season sitting lower down after being so high up since 2001. Newcastle threw away a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 with West Brom.
I went to see Rush at the Arena.
Friday night in the Newton with Stu, Graham, Ali & Dad.
Payday. Instead of buying a load of expensive gear I buy some cheap shorts and a belt. Just like every other month, this time round I'm going to try and keep spending to a minimum..
I played netball with my work team and this was the game just before ours. We lost, unfortunately.
Some of the cards Jen received for her birthday, arranged carefully next to some law books.
After having to restart my work computer earlier in the day, 5pm arrives and I accidentally restart again rather than shutting down. Finally it gets back to the login screen so I can get the hell out.
Nothing good can come from being at the casino until around 5am. Except banter and meetings with random Scottish men (hello Stonehouse). This photo shows people trying and failing to win on Wheel of Fortune.
Went to Nasser's new place for a barbecue. This was some of the drink & tiramisu on offer.
Call me old fashioned, but £3.20 for a bottle of beer is obscene.
A present which arrived in the post from Keith. Geddy is the frontman of the awesome band Rush and I am possibly their only fan (at least the only one under the age of 50).
It's not a great photo but this is supposed to show the large bruise/lump that has formed on the left side of my hand following a netball related incident yesterday.
My sock drawer is overflowing - I think it's time to throw some old ones away, I just can't bring myself to do it.
The sky looked particuarly pretty tonight.
A perfect way to round off the weekend. Shame a takeaway always creates so much mess.
Everyone heads out to the seats to watch the match.
This evening's film choice - a terrible zombie flick called Autumn.
The place in Monument Mall where I went for lunch with my Mam & Gran. Nothing too exciting, just a quick and easy bite.
Newcastle club captain Kevin Nolan models the new home shirt.
The flavoured vodka I received from Ali & Stu as a gift for being a witness at their wedding, and also some of their delicious lemon wedding cake.
Bank Holiday Monday and I awoke to the news that US Forces had killed Osama bin Laden. Throughout the day clips of President Obama's statement were repeated. I promise tomorrow will not be a picture of my TV screen.
Due to a recent incident of rage, my laptop currently has a broken screen. Not to worry though, I managed to get it hooked up to the TV so I could have a lazy Sunday browsing the web.


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Mapping pixels with UCT eResearch
29 December 2017 | Story Lisa Boonzaier. Photos Supplied.
When Associate Professor Adam West from the Department of Biological Sciences began using drones to collect data from his fynbos study plots, he was confronted by a big-data problem. The customised drones were efficient and collected data easily, but they collected a lot of it – more than could be processed timeously by his laboratory's computers.
He reached out to the team at UCT eResearch for support. "Our big-data problem wasn't on the scale of a Square Kilometre Array big-data problem. But for physiologists who are used to small amounts of data, it was a computing challenge."
From leaf to globe
West calls himself an eco-physiologist. He's interested in ecosystems and the physiological processes that underpin them. In plants, these physiological processes include things such as photosynthesis, and the absorption and transpiration of water. These processes happen at the level of an individual plant – or leaf – but when they are scaled up to landscapes, they have an effect on the way natural systems work.
West wants to make the connection between plant-level processes and regional- and global-scale observations, specifically satellite imagery.
"But the remote sensing products we as natural scientists can get access to are relatively coarse in terms of their resolution; 30-by-30 metres is the highest resolution that we have," explains West. "But if you're working in fynbos, or any kind of biological system, a 30-by-30-metre pixel doesn't really help you to scale down to the level of biodiversity."
West's tool of choice for bridging the gap between individual plants and 30-by-30-metre plots: customised drones. The imagery and information that the drones gather by camera can be used to identify species of plants on a plot and their size, and to produce an index of the vegetation's health.
Ten years ago it was a much more manual process. "We'd swing cameras up over the plot, we'd run cables up to them, take the photo, swing them down, pull out the memory cards, stick them in a laptop. 'Did we get the image?' 'No, we didn't.' And swing them up again. It would take us weeks to get the imagery. It was a bit of a nightmare," says West.
The drones, programmed to fly in a grid pattern over the study area, have banished that nightmare, but they present a data challenge. One survey of a single plot can generate more than 2 000 images, each of which is a multi-megapixel file.
That's a lot of pixels
"Very early on we identified a software package, Pix4D, that would help with the processing. Then, when we started getting our first big datasets, we realised that to process a single batch would take 24 to 48 hours, depending on the number of images," says West. "That's when we got eResearch involved."
West collaborated with Timothy Carr, a senior technical specialist at UCT eResearch. Carr was able to contact the developers of the Pix4D software and install a version on UCT's high-performance computers.
"Adam West's requirements presented a unique case," says Carr. "First, he required lots of compute power, so his traditional desktop took quite a long time to stitch all of the drone images together. In addition, West's desktop software version of Pix4D wasn't engineered to run on our high-performance computing centre.
"But we were able to configure the Pix4D software to make use of the extensive amount of processing power that we have available in our cluster."
eResearch services
After processing the thousands of images from West's drones, the high-performance computing cluster would furnish him with a 3D map of his study site to manipulate on his own computer. The map is navigable – you can pan around it and zoom into areas of interest – and shows individual plants and their structures. Viewed from the side, you can measure the height of a plant canopy. Combine that with the area from above and you can calculate the volume – or biomass – of a shrub.
This isn't a photo; it's a 3D, digital map of the support and services of eResearch.a field site studied by Associate Professor Adam West at the Department of Biological Sciences. West used drones to capture thousands of images, which a specialised software package, running on eResearch's high-performance computers, stitched together to create this landscape.
For the time being, someone has to do these calculations manually, but West has plans to extend his analysis into machine learning. This is another area where he foresees a need for eResearch's support, because machine learning is also a processing-intensive method.
When one thinks of big data, ecology might not be the first field that comes to mind. But big data is permeating all areas of research enquiry. And regardless of whether the big-data challenge is massive or small, there are opportunities across UCT harness the support and services of eResearch.
For more stories like this, take a look at our 2017-2017 UCT eResearch annual report.
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Android royalties lead to a Microsoft and Samsung court battle
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Microsoft currently holds numerous licensing deals with Android manufacturers, which allow the use of their intellectual property in exchange for a small fee for each device sold. Samsung has held such an agreement with Microsoft since 2011, but recently stopped making royalty payments, according to Microsoft's legal team. As a result, the two companies are going to court.
Late last year Samsung decided that it didn't want to pay royalties on-time, or pay interest for late payments, alleging that Microsoft's recent acquisition of Nokia's phone business invalidated their agreement. Microsoft states that this is not only a breach of contract, but Samsung failed to even check with a court as to whether the acquisition made the contract invalid.
Microsoft's corporate VP and deputy general counsel, David Howard, said that after "spending months trying to resolve our disagreement, Samsung has made clear in a series of letters and discussions that we have a fundamental disagreement as to the meaning of our contract."
As the agreement dictates royalties are to be paid on a per-device basis, Samsung has a strong incentive to avoid making payments, especially as their Android device shipments have risen considerably since 2011.
Microsoft is confident that the contract will be enforced by the court, despite Samsung's claims of invalidation, without harming the relationship between the two companies. Meanwhile, Samsung will "review the complaint in detail and determine appropriate measures in response".


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The use of biomass as filler in biocomposites are becoming widespread in the present decade because its variety of advantages. Jatropha (jatropha curcas L) seed shell after separated from kernel can be used to produce carbon black because of its higher carbon content, and have the potentiality to use as reinforcement in composites. In this study, carbon black was produced from jatropha seed shell by carbonization in furnace method for 1 hour at 600oC. Thermogravimetric analysis to analyze seed shell of jatropha as raw material. The morphological properties of the carbon black were analyzed by elemental analysis by X-ray (EDX), SEM, TEM, XRD, SEM, and TEM. It was found that the yield of carbon black was 40% which included 4 different sizes ranging from 70 – 300 mesh in distribution of particle size analysis. Carbon black suggested that it could be a good filler or reinforcement in biocomposites.


Let's go on a "!" Imagine that you are a video reporter piloting a mini-sub that has been put through a miniaturization process making you and the sub only 8 microns long! (Ever see the movie "Inner Space"?) You have been injected into the femoral vein of a healthy female. The alert just came out that a bacterium is invading the lower lobe of the right lung!! You are to pilot your sub to the site of the "invasion" and do a live report on what you see.
If you borrow ideas from printed sources or from people you have spoken to or heard speak, be certain to cite the sources of those ideas, even when paraphrasing. Include separate cover and reference pages that is formatted as per APA guidelines. At least two professional references (other than your textbook) must be included in your paper. Medical dictionaries and encyclopedias are not to be included as one of the two minimum references. For information in formatting per APA guidelines, visit Kaplan's Writing Center.
Put your project in a Word document. Save it in a location and with a name you will remember, using the following naming convention: username-assignment-unit#.doc.
NOTE: If you do not currently have Microsoft Word installed on your computer, please contact your instructor.
In the "Submit to Basket" menu, select Unit 4: Assignment.
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MPIE grants Reimar Lüst Award to Professor Lutz Mädler
The Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) hosts this year's Reimar Lüst Lecture and granted the Reimar Lüst Award, which is endowed with 2.500 euros, to Prof. Lutz Mädler, on Wednesday, 29th November 2017. The renowned researcher is a professor at the University of Bremen as well as director for Process and Chemical Engineering at the "Foundation Institute of Materials Science". With this award the MPIE honours Mädler's research in the area of process and production engineering...
The directors of the MPIE together with the prizewinner, Professor Lutz Mädler (third from the left) and the president of the Max Planck Society, Professor Martin Stratmann (fourth from the left).
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Uhmm, am I grasping at straws here, or is there really a Bacchus? Or, for that matter –not wishing to offend anybody- a Dionysus? http://vinepair.com/booze-news/sommelier-brain/?xid=soc_socialflow_facebook_fw -is a rather superficial summary of an article published in Frontiers in Neuroscience from the Cleveland Clinic suggesting that smelling wine may make you resistant to Alzheimer's disease. The very thought that my guilt may have been misplaced all these years is redemptive. And yet… Why does it all seem so counterintuitive? Why does it splash in the face of what I was taught to believe was beyond question? Indisputable? The prohibitions around alcohol in my youth were akin to a religion whose apostasism spelled painful parental sanctions and, of course, the dreaded brain death.
But, the older I get, the more I realize that I am able to shed, penalty free, some of the family shibboleths that I assumed were societal wisdom, not tribal folklore otherwise unknown beyond the kitchen table. That oak trees were the preferred cradle for ticks –an ancestral favourite- I was able to discard one year at summer camp when, dangling my toes in a pond near an oak, I escaped unticked. Not unleeched, however, thus making me wonder if my mother had actually tapped into something more atavistic than she realized. Or am I just making excuses for her because, well, she's my mother after all?
I found Brien sitting on his porch staring at his cedar tree as usual. I asked him about that once, and he just shrugged and admitted in a whisper that he liked to see the branches dancing in the wind. He made me look at them, I remember, and I kind of enjoyed the show; it was like watching the conductor of a silent woodland orchestra, but I never admitted it. You have to be careful about agreeing with Brien because then he figures you owe him something.
So when I saw him this time, I thought I'd try to put him in my debt for a change. "Hey Brien," I said calling to him from the sidewalk and waving.
He slowly summoned his eyes from the tree and let them walk over to me. "Hey," he said when they had climbed up my legs and roosted a little shakily on my face. It wasn't a particularly auspicious greeting, but I saw a can of beer in his hand and another one lying prostrate on the wooden floor beside his chair.
"I thought I'd come over and see how you were doing," I said, playing the dutiful friend card.
He shrugged. "Not much wind today," he answered and tugged his eyes back home. "We may have to stare at something else." He sounded disappointed. Brien was a creature of habit. He had probably planned on an afternoon of tree and beer; he hated improvisation. Uncertainty wasn't what he'd expected out of Retirement he once told me.
He glanced at the tree and then offered me a beer from an ice chest he kept hidden from passersby on the sidewalk. "What is it this time?" he said, shaking his head slowly. "Not more of that stuff on exercise I hope…" Brien is a large man, and as such, largely exerphobic –his neologism.
He lowered his head and looked at me as if he were a professor staring over the top of his glasses at an annoying student. "Did you say smelling wine, or smelling of wine?" He allowed himself a chuckle.
"You mean drink wine, don't you?" he interrupted -a little irritably, I thought.
"No. I mean sommeliers –the ones who can tell the terroir from the smell… Wine experts," I added for some much needed clarity, judging by his expression.
"Anyway…!" It was my turn to interrupt. "The point is that learning to differentiate smells, may help prevent Alzheimer's disease." I saw disbelief beginning to creep over his forehead. "They both affect the same area of the brain, I think the article said. So it may mean that practicing smelling could be a way of strengthening the neurons in there." His expression changed. "Makes them more resistant, I guess," I added to shore up my argument. "… At least it works with wine…" I figured I should issue a disclaimer in case it went to court.
"You mean it's an exercise I can do right here on the porch?" He was smiling now.
I nodded, not sure where this was going.
I watched him curiously for a moment. He'd never mentioned his family before. "Mothers always seem to know things…" It seemed like the right thing for me to say.


It's hard to write about vitamin B12 without talking about all the B's. We all know families like this. They are strong individually but together they are near perfect.
As a group, the eight B vitamins are referred to as a complex. Individually they are known by their names. You probably recognize most of them.
Together the complex supports the immune and nervous systems, metabolism, skin and muscles.
The B vitamins are water soluble, which means they pass quickly through our bodies and are not stored. There is the exception of vitamin B12 though, which is stored in the liver (and several other places). Over time, without adequately replenishing, the stockpile gets diminished and can result in health issues, not just for vegans, for everyone.
If you have ever noticed dark yellow pee (assuming you aren't dehydrated,) this can be the result of a harmless excess of B vitamins.
The B's are commonly found together in foods and have similar coenzyme functions. In other words, more often than not, they need one and other to perform their best.
A cool thing to note is that, in nature, no B vitamin is found alone. A reminder that when we isolate single nutrients or modify a whole food, we are messing with near perfect nutrition. Messing with nature!
According to one of my 'go to' textbooks, Staying Healthy with Nutrition by Elson M. Haas, MD. The richest natural source containing the largest number of B vitamins is nutritional yeast. Great news, as this is a staple in many vegan kitchens.
I have been taking a daily B complex, in tincture form, for years, and now that I am vegan, am very grateful I have been doing so. Hopefully my stores are adequate. One of the biggest nutritional challenges for vegans is looking after our vitamin B12 requirement. B12, it would seem, is the one nutrient that there are no reliable, unfortified plant sources of.
"Vitamin B12 is important for the development and protection of nerve cells and red blood cells and helps in the production of DNA. Insufficient B12 can lead to many health issues, including weakness, fatigue, difficulty concentrating, increased irritability, gastrointestinal distress, anemia, and nervous system dysfunction. B12 is the one nutrient that cannot be obtained sufficiently from today's plant-based diet. This is not because we need to eat animal products to obtain it. In fact, animal products themselves don't always contain enough B12. 1 The reason for this is that neither plants nor animals naturally synthesize B12. It is made from bacteria. Animals consume dirt, which is full of bacteria, through the unwashed plants and non-chlorinated water they consume. B12 accumulates in the animals' tissues, which becomes a source of the vitamin for humans when we eat the animal.
We humans, on the other hand, rarely eat anything unwashed. In our quest to be clean, we remove the dirt that contains B12-producing bacteria from our foods. This sanitary approach certainly has its benefits, as it has decreased our exposure to parasites and other pathogens. As a result, we believe that when you eat a whole-food, plant-based diet, taking a B12 supplement is the best way to ensure adequate amounts of the nutrient. There is enough research about supplementing B12 that, when taken appropriately, we trust it is beneficial".
So to finish up, while I am transitioning to a 100% plant based diet it would be irresponsible of me not to examine the few nutritional shortcomings of this choice that come up along the way. I believe that I can obtain almost all of my nutritional needs from the food I eat but will consciously supplement when I have to.
Coming up next up is a look at Iron…..
For recommended dosages of any supplement please seek the advice of your trusted health practitioner. As with all my posts, this is meant as informative food for thought.
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Denise Ratzlaff Cooper, PhD, Celebrated for Excellence in Science Research
Dr. Cooper has flourished as a research scientist and educator for over 30 years
SAINT PETERSBURG, FL, August 23, 2021 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Denise Ratzlaff Cooper, PhD, has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Cooper has accrued over 30 years of professional experience as a Research Scientist, Research Career Scientist and former Senior Research Career Scientist in the Veterans Administration (VA). Having harbored a passion for science since her formative years, she always knew that she would pursue a career in medical research. Dr. Cooper's professional journey began in 1986, at which point she was employed as a Research Scientist at J.A. Haley Veterans Hospital.
In 1991, Dr. Cooper was recruited as a Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine. Previously, she served as a research scientist in a post doctorate program at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for two years. Throughout the course of her career, Dr. Cooper has thrived in various capacities, including as a visiting scientist at the VA Medical Center in California, a grants reviewer for the American Heart Association, National Institutes of Health, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other foundations, a founding member of the University of South Florida's chapter of the National Academy of Inventors, and an organizer of the Endocrine Society Annual Meetings.
In her current roles, Dr. Cooper's performs research for the Department of Veteran Affairs, meets with her lab, designs experiments, analyzes data with her team, trains graduate and post-doctoral students and writes and publishes papers. Dr. Cooper has also conducted extensive research on the use of stem cells in regenerative medicine. She has published over 110 papers, and her research has been continuously funded by the VA, NIH, NSF and AHA during her career.
From 1995 to 2005, Dr. Cooper led a team of students and post-doctoral fellows who discovered the role of insulin signaling in regulating the alternative splicing of pre-messenger RNA. Her involvement with this profound discovery represents a particular highlight of her career. A valued voice in her field, she participates and chairs committees for J.A. Haley VA Hospital, including those for Hospital Radiation Safety, Research Safety, and Research and Development.
Dr. Cooper initially pursued a formal education at Oklahoma State University, from which she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. In 1983, she earned a doctorate degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Notably, she was elected as Fellow of the American Heart Association, for which she has also served as a volunteer, presenter and Chairperson of the Research Committee for the Southeast Affiliate. Additionally, Dr. Cooper is affiliated with the Endocrine Society and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. As a testament to her stellar reputation in her field, Dr. Cooper has been presented with awards from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Heart Association, USF, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation. Looking toward the future, she intends to write a few reviews. Currently residing in Saint Petersburg, Florida, with her husband, John, Dr. Cooper enjoys traveling and playing the piano in her spare time.
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The use of antibiotics in poultry growth and disease control has led to antibiotics resistant problem in human beings, which is a big concern among consumers. With the necessity for judicious use of antibiotics in poultry production, alternative strategies to improve disease resistance in poultry production are necessary. The research is more inclined towards using the natural products available to grow healthier and antibiotic free meat animals. In the context of exploring natural and sustainable resource of alternative to antibiotics, the biochemical milieu of eggshell membranes (ESM) were analyzed by using mass spectrometry techniques including matrix assisted laser desorption ionization and liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS and LC-MS/MS). We found more than 300 proteins and the abundant among them are lysozyme, ovotransferrin, ovocleidin, clusterin, ovokeratin ovodefensin and many more. These proteins are not only antimicrobial in nature, but also many, play a vital role in metabolic and developmental processes. A series of experimental trails were done in which chickens by feeding ESM supplemented diet. Our initial experiments showed that feeding 0.5% levels of eggshell membrane not only improved the body weight of chickens, but also modulated immunoglobulin parameters and stress levels. Further experiments were done to see the effect of ESM under endotoxin challenged conditions in which 5 week old chickens fed with ESM supplemented or control diet were challenged with Salmonella lipopolysaccharide. Our results showed significant difference in body weight loss, pro and anti-inflammatory genes, and serum corticosterone levels in control versus ESM fed chickens. ESM supplemented diet not only helped to restore the body weight loss due to LPS injection but it also helped to provides better tolerance to endotoxin challenges as indicated by splenic cytokine profiles of the chickens. In view of the need for alternatives to antibiotics in meat animal production, exploring the potential of egg byproducts as nutritional modulator of immunity during post hatch period appears logical.
Makkar, Sarbjeet Kaur, "Proteomic Characterization of Eggshell Membranes and Their Effect on Poultry Physiology and Immunity" (2016). Theses and Dissertations. 1494.


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Who actually invented Twerking?
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Though twerking began trending as a web search in November 2011, and despite its origins in the bounce culture of New Orleans in the late 1980s, the word twerk would be added to the Oxford Dictionary Online and attributed to Cyrus following her appearance at the MTV VMA Awards in August 2013.
It's pure for the alpha to want coaching and suggestions to stay non-public. But the motivations of his colleagues can't be ignored. Some people may need to settle the rating, others may be anticipating the alpha to finally acknowledge all their hard work, and some may even want the cleaning soap opera to continue.
Shanahan advised after the season that the 49ers' inordinate attrition would prompt them to place a larger emphasis on sturdiness when evaluating gamers. An old-school CEO who had been with Stanley most of his adult life, Davis considered layoffs a last resort. But by the point he stepped down as CEO in 1987, hundreds of factory staff had misplaced their jobs on his orders. By naming one of his personal dreaded personas, he masterfully stepped beyond it.
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Квадратичний лишок по модулю  — ціле число , для якого має розв'язок таке порівняння

Якщо вказане порівняння не має розв'язку, то число  називається квадратичним нелишком по модулю .

Властивості
Критерій Ейлера: Нехай  просте число. Число а, взаємно просте з , є квадратичним лишком по модулю  тоді і тільки тоді, коли

і є квадратичним нелишком по модулю p тоді і тільки тоді, коли

Квадратичний закон взаємності
Квадратичні лишки, взаємно прості з модулем, утворюють мультиплікативну підгрупу кільця лишків, зокрема:
лишок  лишок = лишок;
нелишок  лишок = нелишок.

Див. також
Символ Лежандра
Критерій Ейлера
Лема Гауса
A096008 в OEIS — послідовність квадратичних залишків.
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Джерела
 Богуш В. М., Мухачов В. А. Криптографічні застосування елементарної теорії чисел — К.: ДУІКТ, 2005. — 176 с., ISBN 966-2970-06-1


A new job listing at Apple is looking for a "Connector Design Engineer". The listing suggests that the company may be looking to redesign the dock connector found on iDevices.
Apple's dock connector has been used since 2003, where it debuted in the third generation iPod.
Such a job could confirm longtime rumors that Apple may reduce the size of its 30-pin dock connector to something smaller. A smaller connector is expected to debut in the next iPhone later this fall.
The decision to reduce the size of the dock connector is a design one, as the extra space may enable Apple to make devices even thinner.


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Pritzker points to signs of pandemic 'leveling'
Daily death toll declines; ramped-up testing uncovers more cases
By PETER HANCOCK
Capitol News Illinois
phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker said Sunday there are signs the COVID-19 outbreak is starting to level off, but he urged people to continue practicing social distancing to control the virus' spread.
Speaking during an abbreviated Easter Sunday daily briefing in Chicago, Pritzker said the state is now conducting more testing than ever but that the percentage of tests coming back positive has remained almost exactly the same for the past two weeks, while the number of daily deaths appears to be dropping.
Pritzker said there had been 1,672 new confirmed cases reported of COVID-19 over the previous 24 hours, the highest daily total in Illinois so far in the pandemic, but he said that was largely due to increased testing. He also reported 43 deaths from the disease, the lowest daily total in the past six days.
"I pray as we move forward that these trends continue," he said. "And if they do, it will be because of all of you, adhering to our stay-at-home order. Doctors and experts confirm the fact that, Illinois, having been the second state to announce a stay-at-home order, now seems to be reaching a peaking terminal term and our hopes have been coming to fruition."
The Illinois Department of Public Health reported that 7,956 COVID-19 tests had been conducted over the previous 24 hours, the highest daily number so far, but still short of the stated goal of 10,000 tests per day.
There have now been more than 100,000 tests performed in Illinois, with a total of 20,852 confirmed cases and 720 fatalities.
Pritzker cautioned, however, that it was still too early to say whether the outbreak had peaked.
"What I look for is a leveling because the numbers had been going up exponentially," Pritzker said. "And then they were going up arithmetically."
Responding to questions from reporters, Pritzker said the stay-at-home order will remain in place until there is a significant drop in the number of active cases and hospitalizations. Even then, he said, the state will need to be cautious about returning to normal activity. The current order is through April 30.
"You still will only have had a certain percentage, a relatively low percentage in my opinion, maybe less than 20 percent of the public will have been exposed to COVID-19, will have had it and recovered from it. So you wouldn't have herd immunity at that point," he said. "So the question is how do you operate society when we begin to bring down the level of infection and make sure that people are able to begin to go back to work in various industries?"
"So I'm talking to industry leaders about that. I'm talking to economists about that," he said. "I'm also very importantly listening to the scientists and the doctors to make sure that we do this right because what we don't want … is to begin to open things up, and then have a big spike in infections, and you know unfortunately all the spikes that come with that including a spike of deaths. So we want to make sure we're not doing that while we're also looking at how we can get people back to work."
Pritzker also said that while there were many things he'd hoped to accomplish legislatively this year, most of them are likely to be put off until next year. The Legislature has not been in session since March 5, and its return date is uncertain.
The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois was reported in Chicago on Jan. 24. The first confirmed case outside of Cook County was reported on March 11. The stay-at-home order has been in effect since March 16.
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Discrete mathematics is the research study of mathematical structures that are basically discrete rather than constant.-- do not differ efficiently in this method, however have unique, apart worths. Discrete mathematics for that reason leaves out subjects in "constant mathematics" such as calculus and analysis. Discrete mathematics is similar to a digital watch. On a digital watch, there are just finitely numerous possible various times in between 12:02 P.m. and 12:03 P.m. A digital watch can reveal just finitely lots of various times, and the shift from one time to the next is unambiguous and sharp. Simply as the real-number system plays a main function in constant mathematics, integers are the main tool of discrete mathematics. Discrete mathematics supplies exceptional designs and tools for evaluating real-world phenomena that alter quickly which lie plainly in one state or another. Discrete mathematics is the tool of option in a host of applications, from computer systems to phone call routing and from workers tasks to genes.
Discrete mathematics is the branch of mathematics handling things that can presume just unique, apart worths. The term "discrete mathematics" is for that reason utilized on the other hand with "constant mathematics," which is the branch of mathematics handling things that can differ efficiently (and that includes, for instance, calculus). Whereas discrete things can frequently be defined by integers, constant items need genuine numbers. The research study of how discrete things integrate with one another and the likelihoods of numerous results is referred to as combinatorics. Other fields of mathematics that are thought about to be part of discrete mathematics consist of chart theory and the theory of calculation. Subjects in number theory such as congruences and reoccurrence relations are likewise thought about part of discrete mathematics.
The research study of subjects in discrete mathematics generally consists of the research study of algorithms, their executions, and performances. Discrete mathematics is the mathematical language of computer technology, and as such, its value has actually increased significantly in current years. In that sense they are not discrete. In this course we will be worried with things such as integers, proposals, relations, sets and functions, which are all discrete. Discrete mathematics-- together with calculus and abstract algebra-- is among the core elements of mathematics at the undergraduate level. When taking undergraduate-level mathematics courses, trainees who discover a considerable amount of discrete mathematics prior to going into college will be at a substantial benefit.
The mathematics of contemporary computer technology is constructed practically completely on discrete mathematics, in specific combinatorics and chart theory. This suggests that in order to find out the basic algorithms utilized by computer system developers, trainees will require a strong background in these topics. At a lot of universities, a undergraduate-level course in discrete mathematics is a necessary part of pursuing a computer system science degree. Discrete mathematics is the part of mathematics committed to the research study of discrete (i.e. unique) items. In basic, it is utilized whenever items are counted, when relationships in between limited (or countable) sets are studied, when procedures including a limited variety of actions are evaluated. It is very important for computer technology since in calculating devices, info is saved and controlled in a discrete style.
Discrete mathematics explains procedures that include a series of private actions and is based upon the concepts underlying the science and innovation of the computer system age. The primary styles of this course are: reasoning and evidence: induction and recursion; discrete structures such as number sets, basic sets, Boolean algebras, functions, relations, charts, trees, routine expressions and finite-state robot; combinatorics and discrete likelihood; algorithms and their analysis; and applications and modeling. We supply 24/7 assistance for Discrete Structures Assignment assistance & Discrete Structures research aid. Our Discrete Structures Online tutors are readily available online to offer online assistance for intricate Discrete Structures tasks & research to provide with in the due date. Discrete Structures assistance is offered by knowledgeable tutors round the clock.


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Do Canadians dream of electrification?
February 24, 2021 - Posted in: Competitive Economy, Environmental Policies, Energy, Natural Resources and Climate
The size of the economy-wide energy transformation to non-GHG emissions electricity sources is so big it's very hard to imagine, and the gap between reality and desired outcomes will get bigger with population & economic growth. via @BizCouncilBC
This is part one of a two-part series on electrification. In part two, we will explore what a diversified and smart electrification pathway looks like.
Electrification means replacing current technologies that use fossil fuels with electricity from renewables as the primary source of energy. Doing this has the potential to reduce "end of the pipe" greenhouse gases. However, most publications and commentators that talk about a pan Canadian electrification strategy never provide details about the quantity of generation (either in flows or capacity) that will be needed to materially increase the role of electricity in the larger energy system. Similarly, these assessments also fail to consider the financial costs, the spatial implications, whether the goal is technically possible, nor the order of magnitude increase of materials and energy inputs needed, as reviewed here. Regardless, we agree additional electrification of the Canadian economy is likely to be a good thing. The question is, how big is the challenge and what do we need to do to get at least part way there?
The math is quite straightforward. And for purposes of understanding the quantum of electricity theoretically needed to electrify 100% of Canada's energy system, all energy units in this discussion are converted to gigawatt hours.
In 2019, if Canada were to have had a fully electric broader energy system, we would have needed to generate about 3,200,000 GWh,[1] which is 5 times more electricity than we produce today (~650,000 GWh). And even this figure is not representative of the additional installed generation capacity that would be required because non-traditional renewables produce less reliable energy flows for every unit of installed capacity — an often-overlooked fact.
The size of the economy-wide energy transformation to non-GHG emissions sources is so big it is difficult to imagine. The easiest way to see this is to look at known, recently completed, or under construction large hydroelectric projects — Site C here in B.C. at 1.1 GW and 5,100 GWh per year, Muskrat Falls in Newfoundland at 0.824 GW and 4,900 GWh per year, and Keeysak in Manitoba at 0.695 GW and 4,400 GWh per year. In 2019, to bridge the ~2,600,000 GWh[2] difference in required energy flows to achieve 100% electrification of the entire energy system, Canada would have needed the equivalent of an additional 508 Site C's, 529 Muskrat Falls, 589 Keeysak projects, or 133 Darlington[3] nuclear generation facilities to be in operation! Going forward this gap will widen because of future population and economic growth.
A more modest but still very challenging goal is the Canadian government's stated aspiration of "increasing the share of zero-emitting [electricity] sources to 90 percent by 2030."[4] With electricity demand growth to 2030, Canada will somehow have to add total new generation sources and capacity capable of delivering at least the current electric output of Newfoundland, or the equivalent of 7.5 Site C's, 8 Muskrat Falls, 9 Keeysaks, or 2 Darlington nuclear power plants, plus additional transmission infrastructure. Any combination of non-traditional renewable resources will require significantly more installed capacity to supply the equivalent flow of energy — the vital product that is used and valued by consumers.
Can Canada realistically achieve the 2030 goal? Perhaps, but it is a long shot and there are reasons to be skeptical, including regulatory, jurisdictional, social and community, technical, economic and investment barriers. It is not just about whether Canada phases out remaining coal fired power generation or establishes performance standards for natural gas-fired generation facilities. That is the easy part, relatively speaking. And it is not just about adding a large tranche of new non-traditional renewables, which would indeed be positive for job creation in many regions of the country and an excellent way to leverage Canada's expertise.
The hard reality is that it takes 5 to 10 years or more to approve any moderately sized electricity project in Canada, not including the requirements of Public Utility Commissions (PUC). Then another few years are needed to construct them before a smiling politician flips the operating switch. Relying more on non-traditional renewable resources will also mean installing a lot more capacity to get the same amount of energy flows. Then there are the necessary and not insignificant adjustments to how electric systems operate to accommodate increased quantities of variable resources. B.C has an advantage in this regard,[5] as do Manitoba and Quebec, but few other places in Canada or the world do.
From a jurisdictional perspective, electricity systems and developments are primarily provincial in nature. While the regulatory review of facility development is often shared, regulatory oversight beyond the physical project typically falls under the purview of provincial PUCs that are supposed to represent the interests of electricity ratepayers in a region. Ratepayers usually want reliable, low-cost electricity and are generally averse to substantial rate increases. And government-induced price increases, especially if they are large and sudden, are certain to be met with resistance and to create political risks.
In addition, from a social and community perspective, it seems that while Canadians want more renewable energy, many would prefer that it be generated elsewhere. We are often conflicted about land use. Yet, there is an inevitable and necessary trade off between the footprints of renewable electricity generation facilities and other land uses. In fact, renewable energy developments tend to be more land- and materials-intensive, even if the final "tailpipe" emissions are fewer or zero. One estimate from 2010 suggested that replacing the global energy system (primarily fossil fuel based) with renewable forms of energy would occupy about 12,500,000 km2 of land, an area only slightly less than the combined area of Canada plus India, and 400 times bigger than all the energy infrastructure then in place.[6] Since global energy consumption has increased significantly since 2010, the above figures would of course be bigger today.
Finally, developing electricity infrastructure is a complex, substantial, and lumpy capital investment process. FortisBC estimates that an electrification pathway for British Columbia, which is still nowhere near 100% electric, would cost about $146 billion to 2030 and $772 billion by 2050[7] — and remember, we already have an electric system that is 95% clean. Even without doing an exact extrapolation to the wider pan-Canadian context, it is clear such a transition would cost trillions. How would ratepayers respond if the result is sharply rising costs for electricity consumers? Finally, since it is now 2021, there are only 9 years left to meet the GHG for 2030 set by the Canadian government and thus to build out the electric system to enable a larger share of energy demand currently met by fossil fuels to be shifted to GHG-free electric sources.
In truth, 100% electrification does not seem possible with current technology, even by 2050, absent some disruptive innovation like fusion. In the meantime, making even modest progress toward shifting the energy system to greater use of electricity, both nationally and in British Columbia, will call for some dramatic action to tackle all the barriers to new development noted above. This includes streamlining and shortening regulatory reviews and changing stakeholder engagement processes for new projects (both generation and transmission), setting aside significant tracts of land for electricity infrastructure (generating facilities and rights of way for transmission and distribution lines), increasing access for "patient" capital to expand the electricity system, and ensuring ratepayers are shielded from prices that rise too quickly. In our view, a more likely scenario, for B.C. and for Canada, is a diversified pathway that features a role for multiple energy sources and at pace more consistent with the history of energy transitions.[8]
[1] Canadian Energy Regulator https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles-canada.html.
[2] 3,200,000 GWh less current renewable generation.
[3] Electricity generation = 19,451 GWh per year from 3.5 GW. https://www.opg.com/powering-ontario/our-generation/nuclear/darlington-nuclear/.
[4] https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/climate-change/pan-canadian-framework-reports/first-annual-report/complementary-actions-reduce-emissions.html.
[5] https://bcbc.com/dist/assets/publications/trading-in-organized-lightning-electricity-the-b-c-hydroelectric-system-advantage/EEBv13n1.pdf.
[6] Smil, Vaclav. Energy Transitions. History, Requirements, Prospects. Praeger. 2010
[7] Pathways for British Columbia to Achieve its GHG Reduction Goals, https://www.cdn.fortisbc.com/libraries/docs/default-source/about-us-documents/guidehouse-report.pdf?sfvrsn=dbb70958_2.
[8] Smil, Vaclav. Energy Transitions. History, Requirements, Prospects. Praeger. 2010.
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The Chester Police Department says it is reviewing a video showing one of its officers striking a woman during an arrest.
An internal investigation was underway Monday after a viral video emerged showing a Pennsylvania police sergeant striking a woman.
The Chester Police Department, in a statement, said it was responding to a call of "what was described to them as a riot" on Saturday afternoon when officers "located a large group of people fighting in the street.
Video footage shows a woman appearing to take a swing at an officer before he hits her back in response, causing her to fall to the ground.
Police are warning though that the "partial video of the event [that] is circulating on various social media platforms" doesn't tell the whole story.
"The incident, the video, and level of force used in connection with the event are all currently under investigation," the Chester Police Department said.


We have updated the site's CSS to a newly refactored LESS system, so that it's easier for us to fix SE network CSS bugs globally and launch new features in the future.
We've updated most of the graphics to SVG for retina support.
We have fixed a LOT of obscure bugs that arose when new features were not thoroughly tested across the entire network.
We've launched the new user profile.
On the search results page, many questions appear to have white-on-grey rep counts, which is very difficult to read. I'm not sure what information this is meant to convey, but it is basically illegible and should probably be changed.
On the main site the following are too large.
"Add a comment" and "Start a bounty" are the same size, and should also be a bit smaller.
The horizontal line at the bottom is also a bit weird.
As far as I can tell in the list of questions, questions with accepted answers do not look any different from question with just answers anymore. Before the change the former where dark green and the latter light green. Now both seem light green (and unanswered ones were and are red).
Please restore some visual distinction between question with accepted answer and just answers.
Ps. Comparing the old and the new logo, I also notice that the kerning between the "f" and the "l" is slightly looser in the new version. It's not too bad, but the extra blank space does somewhat break the flow (pun not intended, really!) of the text out of the box. Could the gap in the "fl" perhaps be tightened a little bit — maybe not quite as tight as in the old logo, but a pixel or two closer?
It is not clear from the text of the "question" above what differences from the old layout qualify as bugs which should be reported, since "feel" is a very subjective thing.
In any case, I noticed that the font sizes of certain elements seem to be smaller than they were previously. In particular the size of the tags under questions as well as perhaps the related questions linked in the sidebar are now nearing illegibility for me.
I would prefer if they could be made larger again.
Free form flag has the same problem as Math.SE, and maybe other sites as well (I don't have accounts so I can't check). The textbox overflows to the right of the form.
I posted the same problem on the parallel meta.Math.SE thread, including a screenshot and suggestions for how to fix it.
The screenshots are from Firefox 14.0.1 on Linux, but as I checked on another machine, it's also broken in FF 26.
In the "related" questions list on the side, the number of votes for questions with accepted answers is "white on gray" and for me almost impossible to see. (For those without it is "black on gray" and nice).
Tag Wiki is shown inside a bordered box. The border is way too thick.
The label of the next privilege (the same is true for "next badge" (not shown here) by extension) is not vertically centered. Changing the padding from 4px to 2px solves this problem.
Similarly the silver bullet (word play!) next to the "top tag" is misaligned as well. There canceling the padding, or the position attribute solves the problem entirely. I'm not sure which one is preferable, though.
It has been said by Asaf Karagila that "The horizontal line at the bottom is also a bit weird". I think the line is fine as it allows at one glance to see where the comments start. BUT if there are more than 1 answers, those should also be separated by other horizontal lines, maybe thicker and/or longer to the left (like the line unter the title).
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Get pregnancy meal plans, tips, and advice for healthy mummies-to-be! We'll talk about foods to avoid during pregnancy as well as the best foods to eat while pregnant so you don't have to stress about what's allowed and what isn't.
Here you'll find everything you need to know about food, pregnancy, health, and so much more – plus everything from labour and stretch marks to fascinating baby names.
Not sure what food is okay to eat now that you're pregnant? We're here to help. Let's go through the facts so you can come up with a pregnancy meal plan with the best foods and nutrients for you (and the precious little bundle you're growing!).
Folate 400 micrograms of folic acid via supplement To prevent birth defects like spina bifida. Green leafy vegetables, and as 'folic acid' when added to bread/cereal and via your prenatal supplement.
Iodine 220 micrograms To produce thyroid hormone for essential functions. Seafood, milk, and vegetables.
Iron 22mg To account for the 50% extra blood volume you'll need. Red meat, chicken, fish, leafy green vegetables, legumes, and iron-enriched breakfast cereals.
Zinc 9mg To help regulate gene expression. Lean meat, whole-grain cereals, milk, seafood, legumes, and nuts.
Protein 40-70g To keep up with rapid growth. Lean beef, pork, beans, chicken, salmon, nuts, peanut butter, and cottage cheese.
Vit D 400 iu For healthy bones and teeth. Oily fish, fortified margarines, and some breakfast cereals.
Vit C 40mg To form collagen and help absorb iron. Fruits and vegetables.
Calcium 1000 mg For healthy bones and teeth. Dairy products, fish with edible bones, breakfast cereals, dried fruit, bread, almonds, tofu, and green leafy vegetables.
Fibre 25-30g To avoid constipation, which is common during pregnancy. Whole-grain breads, cereal products, legumes, nuts, vegetables, and fruit.
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Elena, a pupil at Loreto Grammar School, in Altrincham, had a taste of life in front of the camera at a photo shoot in London for her competition entry picture.
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Elena was scouted at Clothes Show Live in Liverpool and is one of the 50 girls this month whose pictures are online for the public vote.
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The beauty hopeful, who lives with parents Begonia and Stephen and brother Alex, says she is up to the challenge, adding: "I think I would be a good role model, I am a normal girl and want to show the community that young people are not all bad. Last year's winner did a lot for charity and raised a lot of money and I'd like to do that."
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The Simpsons fans took to Twitter Sunday night to criticize the show's response to recent accusations suggesting Kwik-E-Mart owner Apu Nahasapeemapetilon promotes racist stereotypes of India and Indian people.
The latest episode, No Good Read Goes Unpunished, saw Marge and Lisa indirectly discuss the portrayal of Apu. The mother and daughter talk about a new edited version of The Princess in the Garden and how it had been altered to be acceptable and inoffensive in 2018.
A framed photo of Apu was also shown, with the words "Don't have a cow, man" — Bart's once-ubiquitous phrase — written underneath.
Fans slammed the way the show dealt with the controversy, with people commenting on social media in droves to say how disappointed they were.
The episode comes after the documentary The Problem with Apu was released last November.
The movie, directed by Michael Melamedoff and written by Hari Kondabolu, examines the East Indian cartoon character and his exaggerated mannerisms and catchphrases.
Kondabolu was among those taking to Twitter Sunday night.
The comedian interviewed the likes of Aziz Ansari, Whoopi Goldberg and Kal Penn to look into the problematic nature of the shop owner last year.
'The Simpsons' airs Sundays at 7:30 ET/PT on Global.


Redding Type "S" dies, are they worth the extra money?
Discussion in 'Reloading' started by Idaho Sawyer, Feb 7, 2010.
The S dies won't do much to increase/decrease run out (in most cases, anyway) but they are about the only way to ensure that you're in control of the neck tension of your ammunition. I'm a true believer and have used these for many years now, so you're free to take my comments with a grain of salt. Redding reccomends determining the correct size of bushing, and then getting one size (.001") on either size of this as well, so that you can alter the neck tension as needed. This may me advantageous for some types of shooting and less for others, but at least you have the option. And that, my friend, is their advantage!
Most reloading dies come with an expander since that is the last operation on sizing the case that set necks tension. Redding type S dies furnish's two type expanders I use the smaller one so that the bushing controls the amount of neck tension and you don't work the neck brass as much.
Sure be nice if every brand of brass had the same neck thickness bushing dies allow you to adjust neck tension by using different size bushing. I also use an inline seater Wilson,Jones and I think that combination has helped my groups.
I started using bushing die back in the early 80's shooting BR then made the change over to my regular rifles so for me I'm pretty set on bushing sizes and I've been slowly change over to the Redding type S FL die.
I shot appr 15yrs before I started using bushing die and I did pretty good with those type dies but when I look at the cost of the new Bartlein 5r barrel for the 280AI or Kreiger 5r for the 300WSM then the cost to have them chamber etc $60 (+ -) for a sizing die isn'tt all that much.
If your happy with your existing dies and your getting good groups stay with them. When you make a change you should be able to tell if it has help your groups if your not at that point or doesn't interest you why change.
Personally i want to control neck tension for my longrange rigs.
I use bushing dies both redding, and have had forrester dies turned into bushing die by jlc precision as well.
Also, i never use an expander ball.
I quit using expander balls many years ago when I realized just how many problems they can introduce. Since then I use, exclusively, bushing dies.
The "S" dies that I have didn't cost me extra money. They actually saved me money because before I started using the "S" dies I only used Redding Competition Bushing dies which cost quite a bit more.
Yup - they're worth the money.
I quite using expander balls many years ago when I realized just how many problems they can introduce. Since then I use, exclusively, bushing dies.
I have been very happy with changing over to Redding type S, it helped me get control over some run out issues with expander balls and getting way more consistent neck tension without sizing the heck out of the neck.
I appreciate all the great input! you all have made my decision easy, I'll order the type s!
If it were me I would get the FULL competition set. This is a 3 die set that comes with a Micrometer seat die, a micrometer neck die, and a body die to size the case and bump the shoulder back. The neat thing about the micrometer neck die is, they have a retractable sleve that captures and centers the case BEFORE any sizing of the neck is done. You don't get that with the standard set. I truely believe this dies will lower your runout. It has mine in several calibers.
Good analogy there; it is a chicken/egg conundrum here. You should be able to order the dies and use them to form some preliminary 6x284 rounds. A simple guess on the size of bushing should get you pretty close. However, once the cases are in hand, measure the necks, and then follow Redding's advice on how to select the proper size bushing from that point. Some experimentation from there may see you refine that a bit further, but that's up to you.
I'll also depart from some of the other comments here, as well: I do use an expander ball, even with the bushing dies. I prefer Redding's carbide expander, and select a bushing that gives just the slightest kiss to the I.D. of the necks as the ball makes its passage. This may be due to the volume of reloading I do (I shoot HighPower competitively, and load in large batches), and someone who loads smaller quantities may not choose to go this route. I just want some contact, to assure me that the I.D.s (and thus the neck tensions) are the same throughout the entire lot. Again, you'll need to adapt your particular prectices to whatever YOUR needs are, not someone elses.
For reducing neck diameters (6.5 to 6mm) the bushings dies rarely work well. Generally, you need to reduce the necks in a conventional die before you begin working with bushing dies.
Re: "S" die sets - I have not seen much advantage to the competition micrometer adjustable bushing sizer die but find the micrometer seater die indispensable. You can get "S" die sets with just the micro seater if you prefer and save a few bucks. I realize that others may find the comp sizer well worth the extra money and I don't disagree with their findings, it's just that my experience has just been different.
I want to add that another reason I like the full competition set with the micrometer neck die is. I don't wish to bump the shoulder back once the brass is fireformed. I only want to size the neck. I will use the body die which is easy to adjust to only bump the shoulder .001" when needed.
+1 here. I very rarely use the Comp Neck bushing die sets, but then, I almost never neck size anything. Again, depends on what you're doing.


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Meet the man behind a rare snowboarding medal for Iowa State
Courtesy of Skyler Fusco
Iowa State senior Ryan Fransen catches air during the USCSA Snowboarding Championships March 15. Fransen won a bronze medal for the event.
Matt Solomons
As Iowa State snowboarder Ryan Fransen began his first slopestyle run March 15 at the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboarding Association (USCSA) National Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the announcers expressed their surprise to see an Iowan competing in front of them — let alone challenging for a spot on the podium.
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With such high expectations of himself as a competitor from the outset, it was easy to forget how much of an underdog Fransen was at the national championships and throughout his collegiate snowboarding career.
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Q: Echo tinyint in wordpress admin page hope someone can help me with this little problem.
I am trying to echo a tinyint from my MySQL in my backend page to see who accepted and who did not.
this is my code:
<?php
ini_set("display_errors", true);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
global $wpdb;

$result2 = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM ReparationQuotes ORDER BY Id DESC", OBJECT);
?>

<?php foreach ($result2 as $q2) {
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    $accepted = "true";
    elseif ($q2->Accepted == 0)
    $accepted = "false";
}
    ?>

Then I am trying to call the variable in my table

         <?php echo $accepted ?>

Unluckily this is only placing "false". No where to find True.
It seems like it is getting the values wrong from mysql.
If I change 1 to 0 and 0 to 1 everything is "true".
What might be the problem here?
Thanks all for helping out.

A: Okay I edited my php which brings out the 0 and 1 where seemed necessary.
The tinyint cels which have not been filled in will echo "Geen offerte".
This is my result:
<?php
ini_set("display_errors", true);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
global $wpdb;

$result = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM Reparation ORDER BY Id DESC", OBJECT);
$result2 = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM ReparationQuotes ORDER BY ReparationId DESC", OBJECT);
?>

<?php
if(count($result) > 0) {

    foreach($result as $rep) {

        $quote = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT COUNT(Id) as total FROM ReparationQuotes WHERE ReparationId = '" . esc_sql($rep->Id) . "'", OBJECT);

        foreach ($result2 as $q2) {
        $quote2 = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT Accepted FROM ReparationQuotes Where ReparationId = '" . esc_sql($rep->Id) ."'", OBJECT);
    }
        ?>

and then to output the file like this:

            <?php if ($quote2) : ?>
            <?php echo $quote2[0]->Accepted; ?>
            <?php else: ?>

Geen offerte

<?php endif; ?>

I opened another question for edits in this code, because not everything seemed to work the way I want it to, but atleast this does the trick until then.

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