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Avoid Downtime
Avoid Down Time in Server Rooms and Wiring Closets
As we explained in a related post, many IT managers recount stories of downtime in their distributed server rooms and remote wiring closets caused by unexpected but rather routine events. When analyzing these stories, a common thread emerges: lack of information that leads to human error, which causes the downtime.
Consider these statistics:
The IDC estimates there are 2.9 million server rooms and wiring closets in the United States alone.
More than 70% of reported data centre outages can be directly attributed to human error, according to the Uptime Institute.
You can design a monitoring system to provide the information you need to avoid costly downtime. For a system whose primary role is to limit the occurrence of human error in remote server rooms, consider these four key components: video surveillance, sensors, intelligent rack outlets, and monitoring and automation software.
Video surveillance and sensors
Scalable monitoring and automation systems can collect, organise and distribute critical alerts and surveillance videos. By monitoring power, cooling, the backs and fronts of racks, and the environment, these systems can generate instant fault notification, enable quick assessment of the situation, and provide resolution of critical infrastructure events that can adversely affect IT system availability.
Video surveillance systems can be tied to motion sensors so that whenever motion is detected, it triggers the camera to pan the area and sends the video to an authorised administrator, who can quickly rectify situations such as contractors shrink-wrapping live servers.
A camera management system typically allows for tracking of facilities personnel, vendors, security personnel, custodians and other visitors who come into the server room or remote wiring closet. An administrator may opt to remotely log into the system and observe the actions of anyone who is in the room. Some systems can be equipped with speakers so that the administrator can deliver instructions or provide warnings to the visitor.
Intelligent rack outlets
Intelligent rack outlets, also known as rack-mounted PDUs, are long thin strips of electrical outlets mounted to the inside back of a rack. The devices allow users to remotely recycle power to locked-up equipment and configure the sequence in which power is turned on or off for each outlet, to predetermine which piece of equipment is turned on first so other equipment dependent on that unit will function properly.
The monitoring system prevents overloads by measuring actual consumption through the intelligent rack outlets, giving administrators the information they need to make decisions about where to place new equipment.
Monitoring and automation software
A management and automation system provides administrators with a wealth of data that will reduce downtime cause by human error, including:
Alarms and notification when thresholds are exceeded, via email, text message, phone call or whatever method the user chooses.
Equipment status checks for everything from servers to batteries. Remember that the failure of a single battery can result in the loss of the critical load. The cost of replacing one or two batteries is minimal compared to experiencing a failure that causes the closet or server to crash.
Reporting analytics: Data gathered by a monitoring system can be converted into customised reports for the IT administrator to review. Such reports can alert administrators to situations such as temperature fluctuations, who has been at which rack for how long, and how much load is on a particular UPS.
Mass configuration: Administrators can issue mass change orders for all devices profiled into the central monitoring and automation system, such as locking 50 rack doors at once – perhaps to protect them from overzealous cleaning staff.
Control: Detailed monitoring and automation system data helps give administrators the information they need to take control when problems arise. For example, a system can map the power path and physical system relationships and dependencies, to help identify the source of a problem. A system may also illustrate the consequence of a particular device failure on rack-based equipment, to help identify a critical business impact.
More control over the environment, more alerts, and more historical data can help to foster an environment of less stress – and less downtime. Learn more by downloading the APC by Schneider Electric white paper, "How Monitoring Systems Reduce Human Error in Distributed Server Rooms and Remote Wiring Closets."
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Q: Highlight Data from Pivot Table Subject to Criteria
I want to highlight data pertaining to a particular line in the pivot table subject to certain criteria (here sum of Reco amount = 0).
I am able to insert pivot using VBA but not able to get to the lines and highlight individual lines related to that.
Is it possible to that or is it too far fetched for VBA?
Expected output- Except for 01.08.2022 and 18.08.2022, all the lines will be highlighted in the original data table.

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Unsolved Bay County: The homicide of Victoria Patterson
ERYN DION
edion@pcnh.com
PANAMA CITY — A distinct rope and a piece of shrink wrap are the best clues investigators have to finding the killer of Victoria Patterson, who disappeared in Sept. 1993, but more than 20 years later, they're not talking.
Patterson, who was 32 years old at the time of her death, lived in Callaway. She disappeared sometime between Sept. 29 — the date she was last seen — and Oct. 14 when she was reported missing by her mother, Jean Boynik.
"The day I called the police, I had the strangest feeling come over me, like I knew something had happened to her, something bad had happened to her,'' Boyink said in a previous News Herald story.
A little less than two years later, a local resident found a shallow grave dug out in the clay pits off Highway 390. Dental records confirmed the body was Patterson's. Boynik, in a previous story, said she believed the decision to bury her in the clay pits was a deliberate one, made by someone who knew the area.
"She was not meant to be found,'' Boyink said in that story. "Because of the way the crime was done and where she was found and how long it was ... even the detective said it was an act of God she was found.''
But Patterson's body yielded few clues to her killer. Her skeletal remains had no evidence of a gunshot, stab wound or blunt force trauma, something that could easily point to a manner of death and, possibly, a suspect. Patterson's lifestyle, too, left a large pool of suspects. Investigators said Patterson frequented small local bars and would hitchhike to them. They also said she allegedly had a drug problem and her mother said she would often go weeks without hearing from her.
The best clue investigators had was what Patterson was found with — the rope used to bind her. It was distinctive, they said in past stories, usually used in the rigging of boats. And the rope had another distinctive feature; light blue plastic shrinkwrap on the ends to keep the rope from fraying.
Years later, the two pieces led investigators to a suspect, who was not named in past stories. They said they picked out where the rope and shrinkwrap were bought in Bay County, and had witnesses who put the suspect in possession of the rope and wrap around the time Patterson disappeared. According to the story, investigators intended to travel to Miami to speak with the suspect, who was serving a life sentence for killing another woman. But that was years ago and the case remains cold.
Anyone with information about this crime can call CrimeStoppers at 850-785-TIPS.
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Ad Agencies and Accountability
Posted on Monday, March 20, 2017 Tuesday, March 27, 2018 Author by Ben Thompson
It's never a good thing when a news story begins with the phrase "summoned before the government." That, though, is exactly what happened to Google last week in a case of what most seem to presume is the latest episode of tech companies behaving badly.
From The Times:
Google is to be summoned before the government to explain why taxpayers are unwittingly funding extremists through advertising, The Times can reveal. The Cabinet Office joined some of the world's largest brands last night in pulling millions of pounds in marketing from YouTube after an investigation showed that rape apologists, anti-Semites and banned hate preachers were receiving payouts from publicly subsidised adverts on the internet company's video platform.
David Duke, the American white nationalist, Michael Savage, a homophobic "shock-jock", and Steven Anderson, a pastor who praised the killing of 49 people in a gay nightclub, all have videos variously carrying advertising from the Home Office, the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force, Transport For London and the BBC.
Mr Anderson, who was banned from entering Britain last year after repeatedly calling homosexuals "sodomites, queers and faggots", has YouTube videos with adverts for Channel 4, Visit Scotland, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Argos, Honda, Sandals, The Guardian and Sainsbury's.
Let me start out with what I hope is an obvious caveat:
I believe that free speech is a critical right, and that includes speech with which I strongly disagree (that's the entire point)
That said, a right to free speech does not include a right to be heard, much less a right to monetize; anyone can host their own site and sell their own ads, but there is no right to Google's or Facebook's platforms or ad networks
To that end, it is perfectly legitimate to be upset at the fact proponents of hate speech or fake news or any other type of objectionable content are monetizing that content on YouTube or through DoubleClick (Google's ad display network)
What is more interesting, in my opinion, is with whom should you be upset?
Google's Responsibility
At first glance this seems like a natural place to extend my criticism of Google from two weeks ago after The Outline detailed how some of Google's "featured snippets" contained blatantly wrong and often harmful information:
The reality of Internet services is such that Google will never become an effective answer machine without going through this messy phase. The company, though, should take more responsibility; Google told The Outline:
"The Featured Snippets feature is an automatic and algorithmic match to the search query, and the content comes for third-party sites. We're always working to improve our algorithms, and we welcome feedback on incorrect information, which users may share through the 'Feedback' button at the bottom right of the Featured Snippet."
Frankly, that's not good enough. Algorithms have consequences, particularly when giving answers to those actually searching for the truth. I grant that Google needs the space to iterate, but said space does not entail the abandonment of responsibility; indeed, the exact opposite is the case: Google should be investing far more in catching its own shortcomings, not relying on a barely visible link that fails to even cover their own rear end.
Algorithms are certainly responsible for what is reported in The Times: ads are purchased on one side, and algorithmically placed against content on the other. So, bad Google, right?
To a degree, yes, but not completely; consider this paragraph at the end of The Times' article:
The brands contacted by The Times all said that they had no idea that their adverts were placed next to extremist content. Those that did not immediately pull their advertising implemented an immediate review after expressing serious concern.
Were I one of these brands I would be concerned too; in fact, my concern would extend far beyond a few extremist videos to the entire way in which their ads are placed in the first place.
Ad Agencies and the Internet
Few advertisers actually buy ads, at least not directly. Way back in 1841, Volney B. Palmer, the first ad agency, was opened in Philadelphia. In place of having to take out ads with multiple newspapers, an advertiser could deal directly with the ad agency, vastly simplifying the process of taking out ads. The ad agency, meanwhile, could leverage its relationships with all of those newspapers by serving multiple clients:
It's a classic example of how being in the middle can be a really great business opportunity, and the utility of ad agencies only increased as more advertising formats like radio and TV became available. Particularly in the case of TV, advertisers not only needed to place ads, but also needed a lot more help in making ads; ad agencies invested in ad-making expertise because they could scale said expertise across multiple clients.
At the same time, the advertisers were rapidly expanding their geographic footprints, particularly after the Second World War; naturally, ad agencies increased their footprint at the same time, often through M&A. The overarching business opportunity, though, was the same: give advertisers a one-stop shop for all of their advertising needs.
When the Internet came along, the ad agencies presumed this would simply be another justification for the commission they kept on their clients' ad spend: more channels is more complexity that the ad agencies could abstract away for their clients, and the Internet has an effectively infinite number of channels!
That abundance of channels, though, meant that discovery was far more important than distribution. Increasingly users congregated on two discovery platforms: Google for things for which they were actively looking, and Facebook for something to fill the time. I described the impact this had on publishers in Popping the Publishing Bubble:
Editorial and ads were unbundled; the latter was replaced by ad networks that targeted users across multiple sites
However, this model makes for a terrible user experience and, more pertinently, it doesn't work nearly as well on mobile, in part because the ads are worse, but also because it's hard to track users via cookies
Google and Facebook, on the other hand, track users via identity, have superior ad units (especially Facebook on mobile), and have highly invested in advertiser tools that are far superior to anyone else's
This is why I wrote in The Reality of Missing Out that Google and Facebook would take all of the digital advertising dollars:
Both companies, particularly Facebook, have dominant strategic positions; they are superior to other digital platforms on every single vector: effectiveness, reach, and ROI. Small wonder that the smaller players I listed above — LinkedIn, Yelp, Yahoo, Twitter — are all struggling…
Digital is subject to the effects of Aggregation Theory, a key component of which is winner-take-all dynamics, and Facebook and Google are indeed taking it all. I expect this trend to accelerate: first, in digital advertising, it is exceptionally difficult to see anyone outside of Facebook and Google achieving meaningful growth…Everyone else will have an uphill battle to show why they are worth advertisers' time.
This is exactly what has happened. Just last week the Wall Street Journal reported on eMarketer's forecast on digital advertising:
Total digital ad spending in the U.S. will increase 16% this year to $83 billion, led by Google's continued dominance of the search ad market and Facebook's growing share of display and mobile ads, according to eMarketer's latest forecast. Google's U.S. revenue from digital ads is expected to increase about 15% this year, while Facebook's will jump 32%, more than previously expected, according to the market research company's latest forecast report.
Snapchat is expected to grow from its small base, but everyone else will shrink: in other words, there are really only two options for the sort of digital advertising that reaches every person an advertiser might want to reach:
That's a problem for the ad agencies: when there are only two places an advertiser might want to buy ads, the fees paid to agencies to abstract complexity becomes a lot harder to justify.
Accountability and Logistics
Again, as I noted above, there are reasonable debates that can be had about hate speech being on Google's and Facebook's platforms at all; what is indisputable, though, is that the logistics of policing this content are mind-boggling.
Take YouTube as the most obvious example: there are 400 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute; that's 24,000 hours an hour, 576,000 hours a day, over 4 million hours a week, and over 210 billion hours a year — and the rate is accelerating. To watch every minute of every video uploaded in a week would require over 100,000 people working full-time (40 hours). The exact same logistical problem applies to ads served by DoubleClick as well as the massive amount of content uploaded to Facebook's various properties; when both companies state they are working on using machine learning to police content it's not an excuse: it's the only viable approach.
Don't tell that to the ad agencies though. WPP Group CEO Martin Sorrell told CNBC:
"They can't just say look we're a technology company, we have nothing to do with the content that is appearing on our digital pages," Sorrell said. He added that, as far as placing advertisements was concerned, they have to be held to the same standards as traditional media organizations…
"The big issue for Google and Facebook is whether they are going to have human editing at this point … of course they have the profitability. They have the margins to enable them to do it. And this is going to be the big issue — how far are they prepared to go?" Sorrell said, adding they needed to go "significantly far" to arrest these concerns.
It really is a quite convenient framing for Sorrell (then again, he is the advertising expert): if only Google and Facebook wouldn't be greedy and just spend a tiny bit of their cash windfall to make sure ads are in the right spot, why, everything would be just the way it used to be! What is convenient is that this excuses WPP from any responsibility: it's all Google's and Facebook's fault.
Here's the question, though: if Google and Facebook have all of the responsibility, then shouldn't they also be getting all of the money? What exactly are WPP's fees being used for? There are only two places to buy ads, so it's not as if agencies are helping advertiser purchase across multiple outlets as they did in the past. And while there is certainly an art to digital ads, the cost and complexity is also less than TV, with the added benefit that it is far easier to use a scalable scientific approach to figuring out what works (as opposed to relying on Don Draper-like creative geniuses). Policing the placement of a specific advertising buy is also a much more human-scale problem than analyzing the entire corpus of content monetized by Google and Facebook.
Google Versus the Ad Agencies
It's clear that Google knows that it is the agencies who are actually implicated by The Times' report. In a blog post entitled Improving Our Brand Safety Controls the managing director of Google U.K. writes (emphasis mine):
We've heard from our advertisers and agencies loud and clear that we can provide simpler, more robust ways to stop their ads from showing against controversial content. While we have a wide variety of tools to give advertisers and agencies control over where their ads appear, such as topic exclusions and site category exclusions, we can do a better job of addressing the small number of inappropriately monetized videos and content. We've begun a thorough review of our ads policies and brand controls, and we will be making changes in the coming weeks to give brands more control over where their ads appear across YouTube and the Google Display Network.
The message is loud-and-clear: brands, if you don't want your ads to appear against objectionable content, then get your agencies to actually do their job.
Make no mistake, the agencies know it too: there has been a lot talk about a boycott of Google, but read between the lines about what is actually going on. For example, from Bloomberg:
France's Havas SA, the world's sixth-largest advertising and marketing company, pulled its U.K. clients' ads from Google and YouTube on Friday after failing to get assurances from Google that the ads wouldn't appear next to offensive material. Those clients include wireless carrier O2, Royal Mail Plc, government-owned British Broadcasting Corp., Domino's Pizza and Hyundai Kia, Havas said in a statement.
"Our position will remain until we are confident in the YouTube platform and Google Display Network's ability to deliver the standards we and our clients expect," said Paul Frampton, chief executive officer and country manager for Havas Media Group UK.
Later, the parent company Havas said it would not take any action outside the U.K., and called its U.K. unit's decision "a temporary move."
"The Havas Group will not be undertaking such measures on a global basis," a Havas spokeswoman wrote in an email. "We are working with Google to resolve the issues so that we can return to using this valuable platform in the U.K."
This boycott is not about hurting Google, because the reality is that the ad agencies can do no such thing: Google and Facebook control the users, and that means the advertisers have no choice but to be on their platforms. If Havas actually had power they would pull their ads globally, and make it clear that the boycott was permanent absent significant changes; the reality is that the ad agencies are running a PR campaign for the benefit of their clients who are rightly upset — and, as noted above, were until now completely oblivious.
To be clear, I'm not seeking to absolve Google and Facebook of responsibility, even as I recognize the complexities of the challenges they face. Moreover, one could very easily use this article to make an argument about monopoly power, which is another reason for Google and Facebook to address this problem before governments do more than summon them.
Advertisers and ad agencies, though, should be accountable as well. If ad agencies want to be relevant in digital advertising, then they need to generate value independent of managing creative and ad placement: policing their clients' ads would be an excellent place to start. If The Times can do it so can WPP and the Havas Group.
Big brands, meanwhile, should expect more from their agencies: paying fees so an agency can take out an ad on Google or Facebook without taking the time to do it right is a waste of money — and, when agencies are asleep at the wheel as The Times demonstrated, said spend is actually harmful.
Above all, what Sorrell and so many others get so wrong is this: the Internet is nothing like traditional media. The scale is different, the opportunities are different, and the threats are different. Demanding that Google (and Facebook) act like traditional media companies is at root nostalgia for a world drifting away like the smoke from a Don Draper cigarette, and it is just as deadly.
Editor's Note: In the original version of this article I conflated media buying and creative agencies and their associated fees; the article has been amended. AdAge has a useful overview of commissions and fees here
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Precision agriculture is a farming management concept based on observing, measuring and responding to inter and intra-field variability in crops. Tonon USA tools for Plant Vigor Mapping are Aerial Surveys.
The goal of precision agriculture research is to define a decision support system for whole farm management with the goal of optimizing returns on inputs while preserving resources.
A key element in precision agriculture and forest management is a vigor map (NDVI, etc.) of the plants that provides a quantitative measure of the plants' health. Tonon USA provides reliable vigor maps to agronomists and forest managers by collecting multispectral aerial data using Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs, also called "drones").
The sunlight is processed by the plants (photosynthesis), and the reflected light bears a clear signature of the plant's health. The spectral analysis of the light reflected by a healthy plant has clear peaks not only at the Green (550 nm) wavelength, but also at the Red Edge (725 nm) and NIR (Near Infrared, 800 nm) wavelengths.
How can vigor maps (incl. NDVI maps) be used?
Tonon USA acquires the reflected light from the plants at 4 narrow bands: Green (550 nm), Red (660 nm), Red Edge (725 nm), and NIR (800 nm). At the same time, we acquire the light input to the plants in that very moment; this is the same as correcting for the light intensity in standard photography by opening or closing the lens aperture. If we do not do this, the picture will either be overexposed or underexposed; likewise, if we do not correct in real time for the sunlight input to the plants, the vigor maps will provide either too high or too low a vigor degree.
The second important aspect is the sharpness of the multispectral sensor. Above is the comparison between the bands acquired by a sharp multispectral sensor such as the one used by Tonon USA and the bands acquired by a regular camera that has been converted to also capture multispectral data. This is similar to a bad quality radio that cannot be exactly tuned to a specified radio frequency so that a lot of noise and spurious signals are output by the radio. As a result, you cannot understand what the radio is saying or playing; likewise, the vigor map will be unreliable because it is impossible to discern the plant reflected spectra.
The third important aspect is the calibration of each sensor, which Tonon USA carries out before each flight by using a special standard reflector. This is equivalent to the white balance in standard photography.
Each time our multispectral camera is triggered, 4 spectra are acquired over each pixel on the plant canopy, which is typically 3 x 3 in (8 x 8 cm) in size, i.e. similar in size to a vine leaf.
Typically, we can cover 200 acres (0.31 sq mi) or 80 hectares in a 30 min flight!
Satellites with daily overpass and latency have a spatial resolution of 1 km, which is not enough for precision agriculture and special forest applications. On the other hand, higher resolution satellites such as Landsat 7 only reach a 30 m resolution that is not enough for precision agriculture, even more so when the ground is steep (hilly vineyards, orchards or woods), and plant canopies are close together when seen from above. These higher resolution satellites have an orbit frequency of about 2 weeks; however, if it is cloudy when the satellite visits a site, no information is gathered because no plant reflectance reaches the satellite sensors. Especially for agriculture applications where time is of the essence to make critical decisions (e.g., fertilizing or harvesting), this is a deal breaker!
These are typical simultaneous shots taken by our multispectral sensor, which has 4 special eyes (one per band) and 1 standard eye for the visible (RGB) spectra. On the ground, each picture covers an area about 450 x 350 ft ( 140 x 110 m) in size. Although each picture looks like a black and white (grayscale) photo, the grayscale indicates the reflectance over that particular band (white = max reflectance, black = no reflectance). Notice that vines and trees exposed to the sun are very reflective on the Red Edge and NIR bands (see spectra above) but have no reflectance on the red band.
Tonon USA may produce vigor maps for any index that is a function of the four bands acquired by our sensor: Green (550 nm), Red (660 nm), Red Edge (725 nm), and NIR (800 nm).
A substantial list of vegetation indexes is available HERE.
Shown above are: (a) an orthophoto in the visible (RGB) range, and (b) the vigor map for the NDVI over the same plot of land. Large NDVI variations are visible along each vine and across vines; these small scale variations make it clear that satellite data (whose best resolution is 30 m) are inapplicable for these purposes.
A typical detail of an NDVi map of a vineyard to appreciate the resolution of the map. Even at this scale, it is evident that large NDVI variations are visible along each vine and across vines.
This leads us directly to the use of vigor maps.
HOW CAN VIGOR MAPS (INCLUDING NDVI MAPS) BE USED?
The pictures above show the NDVI evidence in two instances taken from the same field: the picture on the left pertains to an area where NDVI = 0.3, and the picture on the right pertains to an area where NDVI = 0.7.
These four pictures refer to four instances taken from the same corn field: it is evident how NDVI directly correlates to the field productivity.
Suppose a vineyard must be re-planted. If a vigor map is available of the current vineyard together with geologic and pedological sampling, agronomists may optimize rootstocks for that particular plot of land.
Diseases may be detected early on when they have not spread across an entire field or wooden area, and it is still possible to address the problem at a very small and localized scale. As mentioned above, extremely high resolution vigor maps and visible range orthophotos are needed such as those provided by Tonon USA.
Simply loaded on a GNSS-enabled tablet. The operator takes his tablet with him to the equipment cabin, and the tablet signals to the operator where the equipment is and the amount of treatment to be applied.
Loaded on Variable Rate Technology (VRT) equipment that automatically applies the prescribed treatment at the prescribed location.
4. Sampling may be optimized by directing it to the most significant areas and by establishing the geographical validity of each sampling.
5. Harvesting may be optimized based on the plant vigor: fruits are processed differently based on the vigor value of their plants (e.g., different wines are made from grapes picked from areas of different vigor). This dramatically increases the production value. .
Harvest separately on the same day, then send fruits to different processing and production lines.
Harvest last the most vigorous areas to achieve adequate ripeness (e.g., phenolic ripeness for vines).
These are typical screenshots taken from "intelligent harvest" applications that are available to the operator as the equipment moves around a field. On the left, the equipment picks the fruit because the area has a low vigor value; on the right, the equipment does not pick any fruit because the area has a high vigor value.


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FineMark gift advances entrepreneurship center toward goal
Bank's $1 million pledge supports new campus building
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February 08, 2020, By Drew Sterwald
Florida Gulf Coast University moved closer to turning its plans for the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation into reality thanks to a $1 million pledge from FineMark National Bank & Trust — the largest single gift the Fort Myers-based company has ever made.
The three-story, 27,000-square-foot building on FGCU's main campus will house the fast-growing School of Entrepreneurship as well as the Small Business Development Center and FGCU's Regional Economic Research Institute, all of which engage in community partnerships that benefit economic development. The building is projected to cost about $9 million.
"FineMark's generous gift puts us within sight of our goal to build a home for the School of Entrepreneurship and other programs that contribute to the economic vitality of Southwest Florida," said Kitty Green, vice president for University Advancement and executive director of the FGCU Foundation. "This investment in FGCU exemplifies FineMark's continuing commitment to community leadership and higher education, as well as the countless individuals who benefit from it."
In recognition of the gift, a business development space planned for the building's ground floor will be dedicated as the FineMark National Bank & Trust Incubator.
FineMark and its representatives have long been valued community partners of FGCU, volunteering expertise and mentorship to assist faculty, students and alumni, supporting academic and athletics programs, and serving on university governing and advisory boards.
It's all part of FineMark's commitment to community engagement, according to President and CEO Joseph Catti. He has been actively involved with FGCU for more than 20 years, serving on the Board of Trustees, Foundation Board of Directors and in other leadership and volunteer roles.
"Our approach starts with our vision statement: 'to make a positive impact on the individuals, families and communities we serve while being good stewards of FineMark's resources,' " Catti said. "It is who we are as a company and as individuals. We choose to give our time and resources because it is the right thing to do. We're really proud to be in a position to make this gift."
Placing its support behind building the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation is especially appropriate, he noted, because FineMark began as an entrepreneurial venture. Founded in 2007 in Fort Myers, it now operates offices in Bonita Springs, Estero, Naples and Palm Beach as well as Scottsdale, Arizona, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Entrepreneurship is part of the corporate culture. Catti recalled a conversation with Dr. Mike Martin in which the FGCU president used the term "intrepreneur" to refer to entrepreneurs who work to innovate within larger companies.
"We encourage our people to come up with new ideas," he said. "That is the entrepreneurial nature of what we do."
That strategic focus aligns well with FGCU's, according to Dr. Sandra Kauanui, director of the School of Entrepreneurship, which has earned the university national recognition from The Princeton Review as the top Florida school for undergraduate entrepreneurship studies.
"The school is focused on student success and being a catalyst to grow the entrepreneurial economy in Southwest Florida through creating an entrepreneurial mindset throughout the university," Kauanui said. "FineMark Bank is an entrepreneurial endeavor, so it means a great deal to me to receive its support."
Kauanui added that Adria Starkey, FineMark's executive vice president and Collier County president, has been a friend and mentor to her and to the entrepreneurship program as well as a longtime champion of the Lutgert College of Business. Now serving as chairwoman of the School of Entrepreneurship Advisory Board, Starkey has for years been a guest speaker, mentor and inspiration for FGCU students.
"I've lived in Collier County more than 30 years, and having a university in our presence is a tremendous benefit to the economy and the community," Starkey said. "I find the students at FGCU inspiring and love working with them any way I can. The School of Entrepreneurship has already achieved so much more than anyone anticipated in just two years. The sky's the limit."
Since FGCU launched its bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary entrepreneurship in 2017, program enrollment has grown 30 percent to more than 500 and it's now the fifth-largest major. The school also administers the Runway Program business incubator and the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program, which have been operating north of campus at FGCU's Emergent Technologies Institute.
The Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation will bring those programs to campus. Less than a million dollars is left to secure a $4 million matching gift challenge and begin construction later this year on a site adjacent to the new Student & Community Counseling Center and the Little Eagles Learning Center. In addition to the FineMark National Bank & Trust Incubator, the facility will house classrooms, labs and associated offices.
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AKSHAYBHASHA
A Non-Profit Literary Organization
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A public charitable organization to be named "AKSHAYBHASHA" hereinafter referred to as "AKBHA", shall be formed with the purpose of aiding cultural, literary, educational projects in Arizona and educational and healthrelated projects in Maharashtra, Western India.
AKBHA shall be a non-profit organization registered in the state of Arizona and organized under IRS section 501(C)(3) and shall have the following objectives:
To initiate organize and support literary, educational and cultural activities, which without limiting the generality thereof, include promotion of various activities, such as poetry, music , dance and theatre arts, related to the culture, traditions and the language of the state of Maharashtra, India.
To promote Marathi language and literature among Marathi Speaking People (those whose mother-tongue is Marathi) , irrespective of their origin, and among people who are interested in the Marathi language and culture.
To facilitate instilling the Maharashtrian culture, tradition and Marathi language into the younger generation of Maharashtrians.
To integrate Marathi community with the Arizona community and to communicate with other community based organizations, in a constructive way.
To assist in the orientation and adaptation of the Marathi community to the American environment and bring about a better understanding of American culture
To support health improvement programs undertaken by charitable organizations in urban as well as rural areas of Maharashtra, India
Article 3: Offices
The principal office of the organization will be located at 3462 E. Mallory Circle, Mesa, AZ 85213 USA.
The Board of Directors may change the address of the principal office by making an amendment of these by-laws:
Article 4: Board of Directors
The corporation shall have three directors and collectively they shall be known as the Board of Directors.
Directors shall be of the age of majority in this state.
Subject to the provisions of the laws of this state and any limitations in the articles of incorporation and these by-laws relating to action required or permitted to be taken or approved by the members, if any, of this corporation, the activities and affairs of this corporation shall be conducted and all corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
It shall be the duty of the directors to: Perform any and all duties imposed on them collectively or individually by law, by the articles of incorporation, or by these by-laws
Appoint and remove, and, except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, prescribe the duties of all officers of the corporation;
Supervise all officers of the corporation to assure that their duties are performed properly;
Meet at such times and places as required by these by-laws;
Register their addresses with the secretary of the corporation, and notices of meetings mailed or telegraphed to them at such addresses shall be valid notices thereof.
Each director has the liberty of withdrawing from their position at any time after finding a suitable successor.
Directors shall serve without compensation.
Meetings shall be held at the principal office of the corporation unless otherwise provided by the Board or at such other place as may be designated from time to time by resolution of the Board of directors.
Vacancies on the Board of directors shall exist (1) on the death, resignation, or removal of any director, and (2) whenever the number of authorized directors is increased.
The Board of directors shall not be personally liable for the debts, liabilities, or other obligations of the corporation.
Article 5: Executive Committee
The Board of directors may designate an Executive Committee and may delegate to such a committee the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the corporation, to the extent permitted, and, except as may otherwise be provided, by provisions of law.
The Executive committee shall consist of the following:
Publicity Officer
In case of any vacancy arising in the executive committee, the president will have the authority to appoint any member for the remainder of the tenure of the vacant position.
AKBHA will typically organize three regular events each year and may organize additional special events which will be funded from the contributions and donations of the attendees.
Article 6: Administration
All records of the meetings and accounts shall be kept in English .
The treasurer shall publish an income-expenditure report once a year at the end of the year.
The Secretary shall maintain all the correspondence and records of AKBHA in good order, shall notify the time and place of the meetings, and the time and place of the events arranged by AKBHA.
The Treasurer shall keep an account of the finances of the AKBHA and submit the necessary information to the revenue services.
The Board of directors shall maintain a bank account in AKBHA's name and will have the authority to disburse funds. The treasurer will disburse incidental expenses up to $300, as approved by the executive committee. Any expenditure beyond $300 will require signatures of at least two executive officers.
The executive committee may form sub-committees to coordinate and delegate ad-hoc cultural, fundraising and other events.
In the event of the liquidation, dissolution, or termination of the corporation, any assets and property remaining after payment of creditors and necessary expenses of liquidation, dissolution or termination shall be distributed to an organization, organized for a public or charitable purpose, a religious corporation, the United States, or to an organization which is recognized as exempt within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code, or shall be distributed to the federal government, or to a state or local government, for a public purpose in the manner determined by the Executive Committee.
Sponsorships: The executive committee has the sole authority to approve all requests for sponsorships for an event or part of the event from organizations and / or individuals. The Executive committee will approve sponsorships in a manner, so as to avoid any conflict between the goals and expectations of the Sponsor and those of AKBHA.
Article 7: Amendments
The constitution or by-laws may be amended or new ones added in a meeting, by a two-thirds majority of the Board of directors.
The Board of Directors may initiate any amendments it deems necessary for better functioning of AKBHA
These By-laws were adopted by the unanimous consent of the Board of Directors on 01/09/2010
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How D.C. Architecture Got Better in 2016
Focus on the positive.
by Amanda Kolson Hurley January 5th, 2017 August 29th, 2020
The National Museum of African American History and Culture Credit: Darrow Montgomery
Often in 2016, D.C. felt like a city set against physical change. Adams Morgan residents spent months opposing redevelopment of the SunTrust bank branch and plaza at Columbia Road and 18th Street NW in hopes of preserving the "spirit" of the bleak existing plaza. Since the spring, people across the city (but especially those in Wards 3 and 5) have fought against planned shelters for homeless families. The forces of "no" pulled off their final coup on Dec. 8, when the D.C. Court of Appeals delayed the plan to transform the McMillan sand filtration site into a mix of housing, stores, and parkland, thanks to a suit filed by activists.
But the truth is that we (and the local and federal governments) actually say yes to new buildings a lot of the time. This year brought a bumper crop of new architecture to D.C., much of it excellent. Here are five ways the city leaves 2016 better looking and more confident than before.
The Mall got a museum for the ages.
Without question, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) wins D.C.'s building of the year. The Modernist ziggurat is nestled beside the Washington Monument as if it's always been there—and this in a city known for its wariness of contemporary architecture.
Architects David Adjaye and Phil Freelon came up with a simple concept—a "corona," or crown, of dark, glinting tiers—and kept it intact through many rounds of reviews and inevitable tweaks. Although the interior shows signs of cost-cutting, the power of the museum's overall design is clearly a big part of its runaway popularity.
In other good news, the National Gallery of Art's East Wing by I.M. Pei got a deft $69-million renovation.
We have more schools and libraries to be proud of.
Any city that cares about civic life should have high-quality school and library buildings, and D.C. does not disappoint. The 84-year-old Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School in Petworth reopened to be super-green, meeting LEED Platinum standards. Perkins Eastman architects completed the much-awaited renovation. Meanwhile, the city's library system continues to roll out first-rate facilities. This year, it was the bright and exuberant Woodridge Library on Rhode Island Avenue and Hamlin Street NE. Tragically, its designer, Canadian architect Bing Thom (also responsible for the swooping Arena Stage), died soon after its opening.
Our restaurants serve up design as exciting as the cuisine.
Locals know D.C. deserves its recent accolades from Michelin and Bon Appetit, despite the owner of a forthcoming restaurant in Donald Trump's hotel asserting the food scene here is so bad he'll have no competition. If anything has lagged in the profusion of imaginative dining options, it has been interior restaurant design—but no longer.
Architects Brian Miller and Lauren Winter of Edit Lab, a studio within the larger Bethesda firm Streetsense, brought their knack for the perfect, space-defining detail to a number of 2016's hottest new restaurants, like All Purpose in Shaw and Whaley's in Navy Yard. And Haikan, which opened in Shaw in August, is an homage to Japan's futuristic Metabolist school of architecture, with a show-stopper ceiling of deep, triangular coffers.
Miller and Winter aren't the only ones whose interiors please the eye as well as the palate. Credit is due to other local firms, especially CORE and HapstakDemetriou+, for pushing D.C. diners out of their banquettes-and-white-tablecloths comfort zone.
We're solving our memorial problem (maybe).
After a years-long impasse, the Eisenhower family and architect Frank Gehry declared a truce this fall, and the memorial park to Ike on Independence Avenue may finally get built. Its revised design skimps on the experimental feature that riled family members and traditionalists—huge woven-metal tapestries—and offers up more conventional sculptures instead. This approach is not so different from that of the future World War I Memorial (design unveiled in January), suggesting that a polite blend of traditional and modern elements is the formula everyone can agree on.
D.C.'s bigger problem with memorials, however, is that there is simply not enough space near the Mall to accommodate all the groups clamoring for it. So the Memorials for the Future competition held last summer was refreshing and timely. This thought exercise for innovative forms of memorials—sponsored by the National Park Service, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Van Alen Institute—surfaced good ideas that require little to no physical space, such as audio memorials people could listen to on a walk around the city.
Alas, there's no funding to create the haunting winning concept, "Climate Chronograph," which would visualize climate change through a grove of cherry trees off Hains Point, subsumed row-by-row by rising waters.
Our zoning caught up with the 21st century.
No, zoning isn't glamorous, but it guides every decision made about architecture and urban design in a city, and until September, the District's regs were stuck in the past. The new, thorough update of the zoning code is the first since 1958. It nixes parking requirements for buildings downtown (hooray!), allows for corner stores in more rowhouse areas, and makes it easier for homeowners to build accessory apartments on their property. While not dramatic, these changes will allow for new housing in a city strapped for it and should enrich the urban fabric block by block.
Who knows: Maybe there will be a flowering of progressive, small-scale architecture as people in less dense parts of the District build backyard cottages. That would be a nice statement of D.C. values when a developer of blingy, grandiose buildings is in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
One of our smallest landmarks moved out of harm's way.
Built in 1876, the former Adas Israel synagogue—Washington's oldest, and a diminutive 4,000 square feet—stood at Third and G Streets NW in the path of the massive Capital Crossing development above I-395. In November, workers carefully hoisted the brick structure onto dollies and wheeled it 40 feet to the west, where it will sit for a couple of years. Then it will move again, to become the centerpiece of a new museum for the Jewish Historical Society of Greater Washington at Third and F. (The synagogue actually moved once before, back in 1969, to make way for WMATA's headquarters.)
If you still need inspiration to face 2017, think of this resilient little building and the people who care enough about it to keep saving it, time and again.


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      it "returns the number of bytes written" do
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        @file.pwrite("foo", 2)
        @file.pread(3, 2).should == "foo"
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        @file.write("foo")
        @file.pread(6, 0).should == "foobar"
      end

      it "raises IOError when file is not open in write mode" do
        File.open(@fname, "r") do |file|
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        end
      end

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        file = File.open(@fname, "w+")
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What time and TV channel is Republic of Ireland v Qatar on tonight?
Stephen Kenny will be hoping that his Republic of Ireland side can follow up their 3-0 win over Azerbaijan with another victory against Qatar.
The Boys in Green face the World Cup hosts in Dublin just three days after their impressive victory in Baku.
Callum Robinson got a brace against Azerbaijan before Chiedozie Ogbene came off the bench to score a late goal.
Meanwhile, Qatar lost 3-0 to Portugal over the weekend and could only manage three shots in comparsion to Portugal's 27.
Kenny has ruled out making sweeping changes for the game, but has confirmed that Caoimhin Kelleher will make his first start in goal with Gavin Bazunu set to be rested.
Here's what you need to know about Ireland v Qatar:
Where and when is it?
The match takes place at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday, October 12.
The action gets under way at 7.45pm.
Both RTE Two and Sky Sports Premier League will show the game live.
You can also follow updates with The Irish Mirror's live blog.
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Ireland manager Stephen Kenny: "There's a doubt about Josh [Cullen] who jarred his knee in the game the other night so we'll see how he is and Daryl [Horgan] had some discomfort in his ankle.
"There won't be wholesale changes. It's a great game for us to try and build on Saturday night.
"Qatar are like a club team in that they've played 17 games since March between Copa America, the Asian Cup (holders) and also in the CONCACAF getting to the semi-finals.
"They are obviously in this group too. They've had a lot of games and they're a good team, a very athletic team, 3-5-2, they use the space on the pitch very well.
"It's an interesting challenge for us and we want to do well. We've got a home crowd, a 25,000 sellout (capacity is restricted for Covid reasons) which for a friendly is terrific.
"We would like to win the game but we'll have to earn the right to do that as Qatar have had some good results over the year. They're a very attacking team."
Ireland: 8/11
Qatar: 15/4
Draw: 23/10
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Asian hornet hasn't yet spread from France to the UK
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Asian hornet, Vespa velutina, so far recorded in France and Belgium. Credit: J Haxaire
Vespa velutina, the Asian hornet, arrived in France around 2005 and has since spread throughout the north of the country. It has not yet been spotted in the UK.
The Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris has been monitoring the movement of the non-native Asian hornet since it arrived in France 10 years ago from China, probably through the port of Bordeaux.
Continental traveler
So far, it has been recorded in western and northern France and has reportedly reached Belgium.
'This means at the moment it would still have a long crossing to reach the UK,' said Natural History Museum Hymenoptera curator Dr Gavin Broad. 'However, if it can survive a Belgian winter, it would survive in the UK. And once it moves up through France, the short hop over the Channel is no barrier, so we may well see it here in a year or so.'
Unwelcome guest
The problem of the potential arrival of Asian hornets is not the danger to people, but the impact of a non-native species on the environment, such as preying on or usurping native species from their habitat, as happened with the grey squirrel and more recently ring-necked parakeets.
'The sting of an Asian hornet is probably no worse than the sting from our native hornets, Vespa crabro,' Dr Broad said. 'For most people, it hurts when you're stung, throbs for a few hours and then dies down.
Native hornet, V. crabro, queen, left, and worker. Credit:
'Hornets do inject venom, however, so it you're allergic to wasp stings, your reaction would probably be similar and likewise treatable with antihistamine.'
You're probably more likely to be stung by a common wasp than a native hornet in this country because there are far more common wasps than hornets.
Including the hornet, there are around 10 species of paper wasps, the common and German wasps being the most prolific. Wasps and hornets are closely related, both from the insect order Hymenoptera, but hornets are bigger.
They are predators of gardens pests, such as caterpillars and aphids, which they feed to their young. The queen, which can grow to just over 3cm, hibernates over the winter and starts a new nest in the spring.
Wasp versus hornet
According to Dr Broad, people will often mistake the median wasp, Dolichovespula media, the largest of the non-hornet wasps, for a hornet. Wasps and hornets look similar but a hornet has a fat head, bulging behind the eyes when looking from above, and other minor differences. Wasp and hornet behaviour is similar but they maintain their colonies differently.
Hornet nests are mostly restricted to hollows in trees, whereas wasps are more versatile. One common wasp colony can produce more than ten thousand workers during the summer, whereas hornet colonies are smaller, producing little more than a thousand hornets.
Native hornets also tend to live unobtrusively and are generally quite docile.
Asian hornets are very distinctive since they are very dark brown, almost black, with narrow stripes. They are smaller than native hornets.
The detrimental impact of an influx of Asian hornets would unfortunately be on honey bees because V. velutina is a specialised predator of bees, attacking worker bees, chopping them up and feeding them to its larvae. Native hornets do not habitually feed on bees.
Because of the threat to bees, Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) has plans to control Asian hornets if they are identified in the UK. The most effective way to prevent the spread of invasive species is eradication at the initial stage.
The Museum will continue to work with other organisations to monitor the spread of Asian hornets and through the Museum's Identification and Advisory Service (IAS). The most useful form of identification for anyone concerned about a hornet is a good photo from above.
'Similar to wasps nests, however, I wouldn't advise interfering with or attacking any type of hornets nest, nor trying to kill one because of the risk of getting stung,' Dr Broad said.
Fear of predators drives honey bees away from good food sources
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Study Guide No Fear Translation
No Fear Translation
Book 1: Recalled to Life, Chapter 1: The Period
Book 1, Chapter 2: The Mail
Book 1, Chapter 3: The Night Shadows
Book 1, Chapter 4: The Preparation
Book 1, Chapter 5: The Wine Shop
Book 1, Chapter 6: The Shoemaker
Book 2: The Golden Thread, Chapter 1: Five Years Later
Book 2, Chapter 2: A Sight
Book 2, Chapter 3: A Disappointment
Book 2, Chapter 4: Congratulatory
Book 2, Chapter 5: The Jackal
Book 2, Chapter 6: Hundreds of People
Book 2, Chapter 7: Monseigneur in Town
Book 2, Chapter 8: Monseigneur in the Country
Book 2, Chapter 9: The Gorgon's Head
Book 2, Chapter 10: Two Promises
Book 2, Chapter 11: A Companion Picture
Book 2, Chapter 12: The Fellow of Delicacy
Book 2, Chapter 13: The Fellow of No Delicacy
Book 2, Chapter 14: The Honest Tradesman
Book 2, Chapter 15: Knitting
Book 2, Chapter 16: Still Knitting
Book 2, Chapter 17: One Night
Book 2, Chapter 18: Nine Days
Book 2, Chapter 19: An Opinion
Book 2, Chapter 20: A Plea
Book 2, Chapter 21: Echoing Footsteps
Book 2, Chapter 22: The Sea Still Rises
Book 2, Chapter 23: Fire Rises
Book 2, Chapter 24: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock
Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret
Book 3, Chapter 2: The Grindstone
Book 3, Chapter 3: The Shadow
Book 3, Chapter 4: Calm in Storm
Book 3, Chapter 5: The Wood-Sawyer
Book 3, Chapter 6: Triumph
Book 3, Chapter 7: A Knock at the Door
Book 3, Chapter 8: A Hand at Cards
Book 3, Chapter 9: The Game Made
Book 3, Chapter 10: The Substance of the Shadow
Book 3, Chapter 11: Dusk
Book 3, Chapter 12: Darkness
Book 3, Chapter 13: Fifty-two
Book 3, Chapter 14: The Knitting Done
Book 3, Chapter 15: The Footsteps Die Out For Ever
Book 3 The Track of a Storm
No Fear Book 3: The Track of a Storm Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 8
Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 7
Table of Contents Characters Book 1: Recalled to Life, Chapter 1: The Period Book 1, Chapter 2: The Mail Book 1, Chapter 3: The Night Shadows Book 1, Chapter 4: The Preparation Book 1, Chapter 5: The Wine Shop Book 1, Chapter 6: The Shoemaker Book 2: The Golden Thread, Chapter 1: Five Years Later Book 2, Chapter 2: A Sight Book 2, Chapter 3: A Disappointment Book 2, Chapter 4: Congratulatory Book 2, Chapter 5: The Jackal Book 2, Chapter 6: Hundreds of People Book 2, Chapter 7: Monseigneur in Town Book 2, Chapter 8: Monseigneur in the Country Book 2, Chapter 9: The Gorgon's Head Book 2, Chapter 10: Two Promises Book 2, Chapter 11: A Companion Picture Book 2, Chapter 12: The Fellow of Delicacy Book 2, Chapter 13: The Fellow of No Delicacy Book 2, Chapter 14: The Honest Tradesman Book 2, Chapter 15: Knitting Book 2, Chapter 16: Still Knitting Book 2, Chapter 17: One Night Book 2, Chapter 18: Nine Days Book 2, Chapter 19: An Opinion Book 2, Chapter 20: A Plea Book 2, Chapter 21: Echoing Footsteps Book 2, Chapter 22: The Sea Still Rises Book 2, Chapter 23: Fire Rises Book 2, Chapter 24: Drawn to the Loadstone Rock Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 2 Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 3 Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 4 Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 5 Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 6 Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 7 Book 3: The Track of a Storm, Chapter 1: In Secret: Page 8 Book 3, Chapter 2: The Grindstone Book 3, Chapter 3: The Shadow Book 3, Chapter 4: Calm in Storm Book 3, Chapter 5: The Wood-Sawyer Book 3, Chapter 6: Triumph Book 3, Chapter 7: A Knock at the Door Book 3, Chapter 8: A Hand at Cards Book 3, Chapter 9: The Game Made Book 3, Chapter 10: The Substance of the Shadow Book 3, Chapter 11: Dusk Book 3, Chapter 12: Darkness Book 3, Chapter 13: Fifty-two Book 3, Chapter 14: The Knitting Done Book 3, Chapter 15: The Footsteps Die Out For Ever How to Cite
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"In the name of the assembled companions in misfortune," said a gentleman of courtly appearance and address, coming forward, "I have the honour of giving you welcome to La Force, and of condoling with you on the calamity that has brought you among us. May it soon terminate happily! It would be an impertinence elsewhere, but it is not so here, to ask your name and condition?" "In the name of this group of friends who have all faced the same misfortune, I have the honor of welcoming you to La Force Prison," said a well-dressed and well-spoken gentleman as he came forward. "I give you my sympathy for the disaster that has brought you here. May it all soon end happily! It would be rude to do so elsewhere, but it is not here—may I ask, what is your name and title?"
Charles Darnay roused himself, and gave the required information, in words as suitable as he could find. Charles Darnay revived himself and told him the information as well as he could.
"But I hope," said the gentleman, following the chief gaoler with his eyes, who moved across the room, "that you are not in secret?" "But I hope that you were not brought here in secret?" said the gentleman as he watched the chief jailer move across the room as he spoke.
"I do not understand the meaning of the term, but I have heard them say so." "I don't understand the meaning of the phrase, but I heard them say that I was."
"Ah, what a pity! We so much regret it! But take courage; several members of our society have been in secret, at first, and it has lasted but a short time." Then he added, raising his voice, "I grieve to inform the society—in secret." "Ah, what a pity! We're sorry to hear that. But be brave. Several people that have been here were brought in secret at first and it didn't last long." Then he raised his voice and spoke to the others. "I'm sorry to tell you all this, but he was brought here in secret."
There was a murmur of commiseration as Charles Darnay crossed the room to a grated door where the gaoler awaited him, and many voices—among which, the soft and compassionate voices of women were conspicuous—gave him good wishes and encouragement. He turned at the grated door, to render the thanks of his heart; it closed under the gaoler's hand; and the apparitions vanished from his sight forever. The group murmured sympathetically as Charles Darnay walked across the room to a grated door, where the jailer waited for him. Many voices—among which the soft and compassionate voices of women were noticeable—gave him good wishes and encouragement. He turned at the grated door to thank them. The jailer closed the door, and he never saw the ghostlike people again.
The wicket opened on a stone staircase, leading upward. When they had ascended forty steps (the prisoner of half an hour already counted them), the gaoler opened a low black door, and they passed into a solitary cell. It struck cold and damp, but was not dark. The gate opened onto a stone staircase, leading upward. When they had climbed forty steps (Darnay, who had only been a prisoner for half an hour, already counted them), the jailer opened a low, black door, and they entered a lonely cell. It was cold and damp but was not dark.
"Yours," said the gaoler. "This is your cell," said the jailer.
"Why am I confined alone?" "Why am I locked up alone?"
"How do I know!" "How do I know!"
"I can buy pen, ink, and paper?" "Can I buy a pen, ink, and paper from you?"
"Such are not my orders. You will be visited, and can ask then. At present, you may buy your food, and nothing more." "Those were not my orders. You will be visited and can ask for them then, but for now you can only buy your food."
There were in the cell, a chair, a table, and a straw mattress. As the gaoler made a general inspection of these objects, and of the four walls, before going out, a wandering fancy wandered through the mind of the prisoner leaning against the wall opposite to him, that this gaoler was so unwholesomely bloated, both in face and person, as to look like a man who had been drowned and filled with water. When the gaoler was gone, he thought in the same wandering way, "Now am I left, as if I were dead." Stopping then, to look down at the mattress, he turned from it with a sick feeling, and thought, "And here in these crawling creatures is the first condition of the body after death." In the cell there was a chair, a table, and a straw mattress. The jailer inspected these objects and the four walls before going out. Darnay had the thought as he leaned against the opposite wall that this jailer was so swollen, both in his face and his body, that he looked like a man who had drowned and filled with water. When the jailer was gone, he thought, "Now I've been left for dead." He stopped then and looked down at the mattress. He turned away from it feeling sick and thought, "And here these crawling creatures are the first thing to happen to a body after death."
"Five paces by four and a half, five paces by four and a half, five paces by four and a half." The prisoner walked to and fro in his cell, counting its measurement, and the roar of the city arose like muffled drums with a wild swell of voices added to them. "He made shoes, he made shoes, he made shoes." The prisoner counted the measurement again, and paced faster, to draw his mind with him from that latter repetition. "The ghosts that vanished when the wicket closed. There was one among them, the appearance of a lady dressed in black, who was leaning in the embrasure of a window, and she had a light shining upon her golden hair, and she looked like * * * * Let us ride on again, for God's sake, through the illuminated villages with the people all awake! * * * * He made shoes, he made shoes, he made shoes. * * * * Five paces by four and a half." With such scraps tossing and rolling upward from the depths of his mind, the prisoner walked faster and faster, obstinately counting and counting; and the roar of the city changed to this extent—that it still rolled in like muffled drums, but with the wail of voices that he knew, in the swell that rose above them. Book Three: The Track of the Storm "Five paces wide by four and a half paces long," Darnay thought over and over. He walked back and forth in his cell, measuring it. He could hear the sounds of Paris below him like muffled drums and voices. "Dr. Manette made shoes," he thought over and over again. Darnay measured it again and walked faster to distract himself from the later thought. "The ghostlike figures that disappeared when the gate was closed. There was one woman in black among them, leaning in the window. There was light shining on her golden hair, and she looked like —— Let's ride on again, for God's sake, through the lit-up villages when all the people are awake! —— He made shoes, he made shoes, he made shoes. —— Five paces by four and a half." These bits of thought ran through his mind as Darnay walked faster and faster, stubbornly counting again and again. The sounds of Paris changed. They still sounded like muffled drums, but with the wail of voices he knew mixed in the swell of sound that rose above them.
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Portrait of a Man Holding an Apple
Young man with an apple is one of Raphael's most admired pieces of art. Done during his hey days in Florence (1504-1507), Raphael completed this painting in the year 1505.
The Young man with an apple which now rests in the Uffizi gallery in Florence is said to be the image of Francesco Maria I Della Rovere. Francesco was an Italian contractor whose work was commissioning armies to war. He was later to be commander in chief of the Papal States where he fought in the wars against Venice.
This magnificent art piece is Raphael's Florentine depiction of detail, high resolution and colour gradient. For an artist who had learnt under some of the revered painters of the High Renaissance of Italy, Raphael's work incorporated a mix of both worlds. This portrait comes across as thought-provoking and definitive, as well as entertaining and aesthetic. When Raphael was painting this portrait during his four years in Florence, he derived inspiration from his late father. Having apprenticed under then industry big names like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, Raphael decided to create a piece of art that was characterized by a harmonious blend of both instructors. He was only 22 at the time when he drew the man with an apple portrait.
As early as age 8, Raphael had been entrusted to his uncle Bartolomeo, who was a priest. Because he had been helpful to his late father in the art workshop, Raphael's interest in art soared higher and higher. He was later to be trained by Perugino who was at the time one of the most prolific artists of the higher Renaissance. While in Urbino, Raphael was only 18 at the time was already regarded as master. It did not take too long before Francesco Maria I Della Rovere was crowned as the Duke of Urbino with the blessings of Pope Julius II in 1504. In this portrait, Raphael is seen to have abandoned his notable graceful and thin lines taught to him by Perugino, to produce artworks with more powerful connotations and grandiosity. This influence is attributed to Fra Bartolomeo- Raphael's mentor in Urbino.
Inspired by the military prowess and influence of Francesco to rise through the ranks within a short time, Raphael is said to have wanted to immortalize this Italian icon. Francesco was both feared and revered in equal measure especially after the bloody conquests that resulted in the death of Cardinal Francesco Alidosi of Bologna.
Barely three years after Man holding an apple portrait was completed, Raphael's work was getting noticed throughout Italy. He was summoned by Pope Julius to paint the rooms in Vatican-a noble task for a 25-year-old man at the time. Nevertheless, Raphael's star continued shining brighter and was appointed by the successive Pope Leo X to continue with the artwork. He also exploited the opportunity to his full advantage by completing the portraits of both Popes. The portrait of Pope Leo X, however, is said to have stood out more prominently than that of Pope Julius II.


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Technology Android OnePlus 5T Makes Stop At Geekbench Ahead Of Launch
OnePlus 5T Makes Stop At Geekbench Ahead Of Launch
We all know very well that the OnePlus 5, officially announced a couple of months ago, has received a lot of criticism in its launch, but it is still one of the best-rated smartphones in 2017. However, now after lots of rumors and leaks, OnePlus 5T makes stop at Geekbench ahead of launch.
Previously we had seen the possible features that the OnePlus 5T will mount thanks to an AnTuTu filtering. Now we can confirm the characteristics of the OnePlus 5T, a device that, as it could not be otherwise, will be a full range of armed with features that will extol it at the top of the sector.
Not only do we know that the OnePlus 5T will mount a really powerful hardware but a filtered promotional image shows its screen without frames and with 18:9 format. Let's see what are the characteristics of the OnePlus 5T.
We'll start talking about the screen of the next OnePlus workhorse. Although this data is not included in the Geekbench filtering, the OnePlus 5T is expected to have a screen formed by a 6-inch panel with a Full HD+ resolution (2160 x 1080 pixels).
Continuing with the other features of the OnePlus 5T, say that the terminal will have a heart of silicon formed by a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 along with 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage, although rumors suggest that there could be another more decaffeinated version with 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of internal storage.
The camera of the OnePlus 5T is a complete mystery although it is speculated on with the possibility that the device mounts a system of the double lens formed by two sensors of 20 megapixels with LED flash of double tone.
The phone, named OnePlus A5010 key appears in Geekbench running Android 7.1.1 Nougat, but you can rest assured that the version that reaches the markets already has Android Oreo, the latest version of the operating system of Google.
Android 8 is already beginning to be implemented in other terminals of the Asian startup so it is expected that the new OnePlus mobile phone arrives with Android 8 Oreo under its arm. As for the launch date and the price of OnePlus 5T is expected to be presented on November 16.
So, what do you think about this? Simply share your views and thoughts in the comment section below.


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Q: Solving an equation $z + |z|^2 = 10 - 2i$ How do you solve the equation $z+ |z|^2 = 10 - 2i$ and express the solution in the form $a+bi$?
I feel like this should be easy but I'm having a blank.

A: Determine the real part and the imaginary part of the equation and assume $z=a+bi$:
$$\operatorname{Re}(z)+|z|^2=10\implies a+a^2+b^2=10$$
$$\operatorname{Im}(z)=-2 \implies b=-2$$
From the first equation, you can determine $a$. Note, that I implicitly used that $|z|^2\in \mathbb{R}$.

A: Write $z=a+ib$ and extract two equations for the real part and imaginary part. Solve for a and b.
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$|z|^2+z=10-2i$, we get:
$a^2+b^2+a+ib=10-2i$, hence
$a^2+b^2+a+ib-10+2i=0$
$a^2+b^2+a-10+i(b+2)=0$, therefore the two equations
I. $a^2+b^2+a-10=0$ which is the real part and
II. $b+2=0$ which is the imaginary part.
From II. we get $b=-2$ immediately and can use it in I.
This gives us:
$a^2+a+4-10=0$
$a^2+a-6=0$ use a formula for quadratic equations, or see the solutions immediately, since
$a^2+a-6=(a+3)(a-2)=0$ therefore we get two solutions for $a$ namley $a_1=-3$ and $a_2=2$
And we are done.

A: let $$z=x+iy$$ then your equation is
$$x+iy+x^2+y^2=10-2i$$ and you will get the System
$$x+x^2+y^2=10$$
$$y=-2$$


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