What Are Optical Fiber Amplifiers And How Do They Work?
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Ensuring communications remain available is vital during a disaster. If workers in the office lose the internet because of a tornado, the business disruption is a problem, but not nearly as much of an issue as it would be if communications go down completely. Installing cabling architectures that interconnect with telecom infrastructure is a key part of a construction process, and how these systems are deployed can impact communications availability during a disaster. Having alternative network options that can provide emergency communications can also help, ensuring that emergency services can be contacted in the event of a disaster event.
A poor cabling setup can lead to major problems when disasters strike. Loose wires can clump together, blocking doors, hallways and other areas, preventing people from getting out of a building to escape or into a structure to rescue any trapped individuals. Meeting high standards for safety, including regulations from OSHA and national fire codes can provide a solid foundation for safe and well-designed cable deployment. However, it is important to also consider the quality of the components that keep cables in place and how the wiring systems are laid out in the building to ensure they do not become obstructions during a disaster.
Cabling installation methods could mean the difference between life and death during a disaster. When a tornado or hurricane hits an area, employees must be able to get to safety, or get help, as quickly as possible. Cables that get in the way can be a detriment to this process, but a well-designed system will not only stay out of the way, it could help keep key communication channels available.
Fiber Optic Cable are used in applications where the optical signal is too strong and needs to be reduced. For example, in a multi-wavelength fiber optic system, you need to equalize the optical channel strength so that all the channels have similar power levels. This means to reduce stronger channels' powers to match lower power channels.
The attenuation level is fixed at 5 dB, which means it reduces the optical power by 5dB. This attenuator has a short piece of fiber with metal ion doping that provides the specified attenuation.
There are many different mechanisms to reduce the optical power, this picture shows another mechanism used in one type of variable attenuator. Here variable means the attenuation level can be adjusted, for example, it could be from 1 dB up to 20dB.
Fiber Optic Cable are usually used in two scenarios.
The first case is in fiber optic power level testing. Cable are used to temporarily add a calibrated amount of signal loss in order to test the power level margins in a fiber optic communication system.
In the second case, Cable are permanently installed in a fiber optic communication link to properly match transmitter and receiver optical signal levels.
Optical Cable are typically classified as fixed or variable Cable.
Fixed Cable have a fixed optical power reduction number, such as 1dB, 5dB, 10dB, etc.
Variable Cable' attenuation level can be adjusted, such as from 0.5 dB to 20dB, or even 50dB. Some variable Cable have very fine resolution, such as 0.1dB, or even 0.01dB.
This slide shows many different optical attenuator designs.
The female to female fixed Cable work like a regular adapter. But instead of minimizing insertion loss, it purposely adds some attenuation.
The female to female variable Cable are adjustable by turning a nut in the middle. The nut adjusts the air gap in the middle to achieve different attenuation levels.
The male to female fixed Cable work as fiber connectors, you can just plug in your existing fiber connector to its female side.
The in-line patch cable type variable Cable work as regular patch cables, but your can adjust its attenuation level by turning the screw.
For precise testing purposes, engineers have also designed instrument type variable Cable. These instrument type Cable have high attenuation ranges, such as from 0.5 dB to 70dB. They also have very fine resolution, such as 0.01dB. This is critical for accurate testing.
The science of fiber optics has its advantages and disadvantages. Though there are more advantages than disadvantages, they still are there. One of the largest disadvantages is the overall price of manufacturing and installation of the fiber optic system.
Not only is a large amount of glass wire needed for one of these systems, but expensive transmitters and receivers are needed to move the data it carries. Setting up the wires and splicing them also comes at a large expense and also with a great degree of difficulty.
Underground fiber optic cables can be accidentally cut. The most typical factor which could cause this accident may be the utilization of backhoe while digging. If it happens to you, you can simply search for backhoe and obtain the cut cables.
However, if it is brought on by moles, it will likely be difficult for you to troubleshoot it. You will need some equipment to involve. Here are a few steps suggested for you.
If you make a fusion splice, you have to place the fibers which is spliced within the fusion splicer. Then, fire the fusion splicer in line with the manual. After that, you have to move the fusion connector right into a heat shrink oven. Press a button to heat shrink. In some cases, the fusion splice is preferable to mechanical splice because the signal loss is under 0.1 decibels (dB). However, the mechanical splice has signal loss under 0.5 dB. The very last thing would be to see the connection of fiber-optic using the OTDR. Then put back those splices in to the splice enclosure. Close the enclosure after which rebury the cable.
How do Fiber Optic Cable Work?
In many ways, fiber optic media addresses the shortcomings associated with copper based media. Because fiber based media use light transmissions instead of electronic pulses, threats such as EMI, crosstalk, and attenuation become a nonissue. Fiber is well suited for the transfer of data, video, and voice transmissions. In addition, fiber-optic is the most secure of all cable media. Anyone trying to access data signals on a fiber-optic cable must physically tap into the media. Given the composition of the cable, this is a particularly difficult task.
Unfortunately, despite the advantages of fiber-based media over copper, it still does not enjoy the popularity of twisted-pair cabling. The moderately difficult installation and maintenance procedures of fiber often require skilled technicians with specialized tools. Furthermore, the cost of a fiber-based solution limits the number of organizations that can afford to implement it. Another sometimes hidden drawback of implementing a fiber solution is the cost of retrofitting existing network equipment. Fiber is incompatible with most electronic network equipment. This means that you have to purchase fiber-compatible network hardware.
Fiber optic cable itself is composed of a core glass fiber surrounded by cladding. An insulated covering then surrounds both of these within an outer protective sheath. Figure 3 shows the composition of a fiber optic cable.
FTTH (Fiber To The Home), as its name suggests it is a fiber optic directly to the home. Specifically, FTTH refers to the optical network unit (ONU) mounted on home users or business users, is the optical access network application type of closest to users in optical access series except FTTD(fiber to the desktop).
Indoor optical cable is classified according to the using environment, as opposed to outdoor fiber optic cable.
Indoor optical cable is a cable composed of fiber optic (optical transmission medium) after a certain process. Mainly by the optical fiber (glass fiber is as thin as hair),plastic protective tube and plastic sheath. There is no gold, silver, copper and aluminum and other metal, fiber optic cable generally has no recycling value.
Indoor fiber optic cable is a certain amount of fiber optic forming to cable core according to a certain way, outsourcing jacket, and some also coated layer of protection, to achieve a communication line of light signal transmission.
Indoor cable is small tensile strength, poor protective layer, but also more convenient and cheaper. Indoor cable mainly used in building wiring, and connections between network devices.
Outdoor fiber optic cable, used for outdoor environment, the opposite of indoor cable.
Outdoor cable is a type of communication line to achieve light signal transmission, is composed of a certain amount of fiber optic forming to cable core according to a certain way, outsourcing jacket, and some also coated with outer protective layer.
Outdoor cable is mainly consists of optical fiber (glass fiber is as thin as hair), plastic protection tube and plastic sheath. There is no gold, silver, copper and aluminum and other metal cable, generally no recycling value.
Outdoor cable is greater tensile strength, thick protective layer, and usually armored(wrapped in metal). Outdoor cables are mainly applied to buildings, and remote networks interconnection.
Fiber optic patch cable, also known as fiber jumper, used to connect from the device to fiber optic cabling link. Fiber jumper has a thick protective layer, generally used in the connection between the fiber converter and Fiber Termination Box. Commonly used fiber jumpers include: ST, LC, FC and SC.
Single-mode fiber patch cable: General single-mode fiber jumper is colored in yellow, connector and protective sleeve are blue; long transmission distance.
Multi-mode fiber patch cable: General multimode fiber jumper is colored in orange and some in gray, connector and protective sleeve are beige or black and the transmission distance is short.


Our June pick for the PBS NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This" is Andrew Sean Greers comic novel "Less." Become a member of the book club by joining our Facebook group, or by signing up to our newsletter. Learn more about the book club here.
Below are questions to help guide your discussions as you read the book over the next month. They go in chronological order of the book's chapters, so you can match the questions to your pace as you read. Spoiler alert for some of the latter questions below.
You can also submit your own questions for Andrew Sean Greer on our Facebook page, which he will answer on the NewsHour broadcast at the end of the month.
Novelist AndrewSeanGreer. Credit: Kaliel Roberts.
1. The novel's opening line reads: "From where I sit, the story of Arthur Less is not so bad." Arthur Less, the book's protagonist, is introduced as nearly 50, with "washed out" blonde hair and "watery" blue eyes. As we soon learn, he's also a writer less successful than his peers. How do you see Arthur Less in the opening chapters? Do you see him as a hero, as a man deserving of pity, as something else?
2. When we meet the character of Freddy, Arthur Less' soon-to-be-former-lover, he is described as "dreamy, simple, lusty, bookish, harmless, youthful." It is Freddy's marriage invitation that Less so studiously avoids — choosing to go on a round-the-world trip simply to avoid having to decline the invitation without a good reason. What do you make of this decision? Have you ever found yourself doing something similarly absurd?
3. Arthur Less' trip itinerary is as a follows: New York to interview a more popular writer, Mexico City for an obscure conference, Turin for an unknown award, Berlin for a teaching gig, Morocco for someone else's birthday, India for a writer's retreat (possibly during the monsoon), Japan for an article. And somewhere along the way he will turn 50. Does his sojourn remind you of any others in literature?
4. The book Arthur Less is writing is about a man on a journey through a place and his past, as he looks back on a series of disappointments. Freddy complains that Less is always writing "gay Ulysses." Do you see echoes of or references to Ulysses or the Odyssey throughout "Less"?
5. Less' other major relationship in the book is with the famous poet Robert Brownburn. In the chapter "Mexican," Less recalls a day of losing his ring in the grocery store, and how, in telling Robert about it, Robert saw Less' infidelities written across his face. "That's what it was like to live with genius," he writes. How does Roberts success and genius impact their relationship at the time, and how does it influence him in the end?
6. So much of Less' focus during the round-the-world trip is on his own mishaps and foibles — or his perceived mishaps and foibles. Getting into a car with what he believes is the wrong driver because the name was a letter off. Believing he can speak German well when in fact he is bungling the words. Bringing athletic bands to every country that he will only half use. Do you see these as actual mishaps and foibles or is it a problem of perception for Less? Do you identify with that feeling at all?
7. The book alternates between Less' trip in the present to memories of his youth — mostly memories involving nostalgia or regret. And yet the narrator tells us that Less also understands the pleasures of age: "comfort and ease, beauty and taste, old friends and old stories…" How does Less' grappling with age play a role in the book? Is it something you can relate to?
8. In a scene at a party in Paris, Less is told that in fact he is not a bad writer, as he had come to believe, but a bad "gay writer," in that he is not telling the narratives the gay writing community wants him to. What do you make of this critique?
9. In several countries, simply being around Less seems to make other characters sick. Why?
10. Arthur Less is self-deprecating throughout the book to a fault; in one of many descriptions he calls himself insignificant compared to other writers he knows, "as superfluous as the extra a in quaalude." (Earlier, though, he asks if there is "any more perfect spelling" than the word quaalude "with that lazy superfluous vowel.") Did you find these negative descriptors by Less funny or frustrating or silly or all of these? How does Greer complicate these descriptions by having some of them echo back?
11. A number of people try to tell Less about what happened at Freddy's wedding. And while the wedding dominates his thoughts, he doesn't listen to them. What is keeping him from hearing the story? What do you think (or hope) happened?
12. In the book, "Less" is always referred to by his last name, while Javier only by his first, and Robert Brownburn by both. Why do you think Greer chose to refer to the characters in these different ways?
13. What lines in the book made you laugh out loud?
14. Toward the end of the book, Less reunites with his supposed enemy and Freddy's father, Carlos. When they meet, Carlos tells him that he believes that people's lives are half-comedy and half-tragedy and that those just appear at different times. What do you make of this theory?
15. Were you surprised (or glad) to find out who the narrator was? Do any elements of the book change for you when you revisit them with Freddy as the narrator in mind?
16. The penultimate lines of "Less" (from Freddy's voice) read: "After choosing the path people wanted, the man who would do, the easy way out of things… after holding it all in my hands and refusing it, what do I want from life?" What do you want from life? Have you similarly strayed from the path you thought you should be on?
17. After learning he won the Pulitzer prize, Andrew Sean Greer wrote on Twitter that "Less" is a book that's most of all "about joy." "A writer friend once said the hardest thing to write about is joy," he wrote. "I took it as a challenge." Do you think he met the challenge?


Portugal go through to the semifinals of Euro 2016, beating Poland in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw through the first 120 minutes, with Robert Lewandowski and Renato Sanches scoring goals in the first half.
In the penalty shootout, after Portugal scored their first four kicks and Poland their first three, Jakub Błaszczykowski stepped up to take the fourth kick. He didn't take a very long run up, and his shot was parried by Rui Patricio, finally guessing the right corner.
Ricardo Quaresma, who scored the extra time winner for Portugal in the round of 16 against Croatia, was once again given the opportunity to finish the match with the fifth kick. He didn't do anything tricky, simply sending a powerful shot to the middle and high, with Fabianski unable to reach the ball. Portugal are through, still without a single victory in the first 90 minutes in this tournament, playing in five matches.
Lewandowski scored his first goal of the tournament within the first 120 seconds of the match, as fine passing move allowed him to send the ball into the corner with a trademark powerful shot into the corner. His future Bayern Munich teammate, the teenager Sanches, showed his speed and power in the 33rd minute, making his way through three Polish defenders to score the equalizer, finally getting a deserved start from Fernando Santos. He also scored one of the penalty kicks in the shootout.


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Claire Miles explores our Bird Egg collection at Leeds City Museum, after taking over the immense task of documenting over 8000 – 10000 eggs in our museum collections database and making some wonderful discoveries.
The bird egg collection at Leeds City Museum probably contains 8000 – 10000 eggs from all over the world, ranging from a marvellous and complete Elephant Bird egg to the popular and no less marvellous Robin. The vagueness in the number of eggs is because the collection is not yet completely documented on the museum collections database, and my current project aims to get as close as possible to achieving that.
The origins of the collection
A former Leeds City Museum Curator of Natural Science, Adrian Norris, described how almost all the eggs in the collection before the Second World War were destroyed when the museum took a direct hit during the air raid in March 1941. 'For example the collection of Mr. W.T. Crampton of Roundhay, Leeds, donated in the year 1903-4, was reduced by the bomb from over 1,700 eggs to just over 100 today.'
Norris said that most of the eggs in the collection today came into the museum, directly or indirectly, through the changes to the law in the early 1950s that restricted the collecting of birds' eggs. He also gave a useful summary of the collection as it was in 1993:
'The extant egg collections are comprised mainly from the material collected by 8 egg collectors, as listed below …
Arundel, Maj. W.B., fl. 1895-1907, 132 clutches, 469 eggs;
Booth, H.B., (1866-1941) 221 mainly single eggs. U.S.A. & Australia;
Caley, George C., (1891-1968), 114 clutches, 509 eggs;
Crampton, W.T., fl. 1897-1951, 42 clutches, 107 eggs;
Rhodes, C.E., fl.1884-1942, 369 clutches, 1673 eggs;
Roper, J.G., fl. 1901-1937, 221 clutches, 991 eggs;
Schluter, W., fl. 1886-1909, 139 clutches, 575 eggs;
Woodhouse, F.H., fl. 1889-1959, 42 clutches, 197 eggs;
and many other smaller collections.'
Tawny Pipit eggs collected in Majorca by Wilhelm Schlüter in 1909.
Grey Catbird eggs collected by J.N. Clark of Connecticut around 1890. Clark provided 100 clutches for H.B. Booth's collection.
Hedge Accentor (Dunnock) eggs from Yorkshire in the C.E. Rhodes collection.
Eggs can be matched up to the Collectors' catalogues and notebooks in the museum archive, a rich source of data.
A number of the clutches also came from various museums and organisations rationalising their collections, such as Wakefield Museum's zoological collection in 1985.
My current project to complete the documentation of the collection picks up from work carried out by a number of people, notably Kirsty Garrod and Glen Roadley during their time as curatorial trainees. Garrod unpacked the egg collection after its move to Leeds Museums Discovery Centre in 2007, with much painstaking re-uniting and repacking of clutches. Roadley worked on photographing the eggs and creating records on the museum collections management database. Another cataloguer, Sarah Burhouse, has worked on the collection in 2016, leaving an estimated 2000-3000 eggs left to document.
Working through the collection also provides an unmissable opportunity to review the condition of the eggs and see if any improvements can be easily made to their storage to keep them safe into the future.
House Martin eggs in a traditional glass-topped card box.
During the 'great unpacking' after the 2007 collections move, many eggs were transferred from unsuitable containers to clear ziplock plastic bags. These kept the eggs separate from each other along with their data labels, but left them vulnerable to crushing, so the bags are being swapped for push-fit clear plastic boxes.
Eggs are being transferred from bags to boxes. The tray in the image holds boxes of Song Thrush eggs.
Storage drawers. The collection is arranged taxonomically.
It's important to improve the accessibility of this significant collection for researchers and other potential collection users to make the utmost of the precious information the eggs hold, although the collectors don't always make it easy when they assume you know where they live, what century it is and who they are!
A (not so) helpful locality label!
By Claire Miles, Zoology project placement.
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Recent discovery adds to our understanding of ancient Maya civilization.
When Europeans set foot on the shores of the New World, one of the most advanced civilizations they encountered was that of the ancient Maya. With a past spanning close to three millennia, the Maya lived in what is now southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and parts of El Salvador and Honduras. Most of their descendants still live in these regions; others are now in areas further north.
The history of ancient Maya society is characterized by a multitude of ruling lineages, each controlling relatively small territories centered on their capitals. Unlike the ancient Aztecs, the Maya never had a single ruler controlling the entire Maya territory. During what is known as the Classic period a massive power struggle took place between two major Maya dynasties with Tikal and Calakmul as their respective capitals. When not deploying armies in the field, they employed alliances to encircle their foe. Inscriptions bear witness to these struggles, and to shifting alliances. It is against this backdrop that a recent discovery in Belize needs to be interpreted.
Map showing the location of sites mentioned in this blog, among them Xunantunich, Naranjo, Caracol, Tikal and Calakmul.
On June 3, 2016 , a tomb was discovered in the ruins of an ancient Maya city called Xunantunich. The site is located in western Belize on the border with Guatemala. The tomb contained the remains of a young man. He was between 20 and 30 years of age, and muscular, judging by the features of his skeleton. He was buried with jade beads, jaguar and deer bones, and fine ceramics. His tomb was beneath the central staircase of a pyramid. Who was he? Nobody knows… Only time and the hard work of archaeologists will tell. However, only feet away from the body, at the base of the same staircase, archaeologists discovered stone panels, engraved with Maya hieroglyphs. Some dusty old Maya glyphs may not sound like much, but these are rewriting Maya history.
The tomb was found underneath this pyramid. The blue and green tarpaulins cover carved stone panels. (Image courtesy of Dr. Jaime Awe, NAU).
The pyramid and the tomb below present a rather unique building history. Said Dr. Jaime Awe, professor at Northern Arizona University, who discovered the tomb: "Most tombs in the Maya world are sort of dug into existing buildings. Not in this case! In this case, they constructed this tomb and then built the pyramid on top of it."
One of the stone panels uncovered during the excavation, called "Panel 3", is helping to solve a mystery that has intrigued archaeologists for over a hundred years, and is also shedding light on a period of intense competition in lowland Maya history. The panel does not belong at Xunantuncih. When archaeologists translated the text on the panel, they realized that the glyphs were part of a much larger text, originally carved into the steps of a grand staircase located 30 miles away in a city called Caracol. When Naranjo defeated Caracol in 680 A.D., the hieroglyphic stair was dismantled and most of it transported and reassembled at Naranjo. This is not totally unexpected, as portions of that stairway were recovered at Naranjo more than one hundred years ago,and also, more recently, in a city called Ucanal, which lies about halfway between Naranjo and Caracol.
Nighttime photo of Panel 3 (Photograph by Christophe Helmke)
What happened? Why are there pieces of this staircase all over the place? The hieroglyphs on the panels of the stair record events that occurred in the period between 623 and 642 AD, during the reign of K'an II, ruler of Caracol. The text refers to Caracol's victories over Naranjo in 626 and 631 AD. After their defeat, the people of Naranjo became the vassals of Caracol, and paid homage to that city, probably in the form of produce, luxury goods, and labor. They were also no longer allowed to erect monuments of their own.
Originally, when the first panels were discovered at Naranjo, it was believed that K'an II had the staircase erected in the middle of Naranjo to spite the inhabitants of the defeated city. But we know that in 680 AD, King K'ahk' Xiiw Chan Chaahk of Naranjo fought back and defeated Caracol, ending years of oppression, and it is now believed that to celebrate their victory, the people of Naranjo ripped up the staircase that had been erected by K'an II and brought it back to their city as a trophy. Pieces of it probably ended up in Xunantunich and Ucanal because those cities were allies of Naranjo, and were gifted a piece of the winnings.
Such was the life of a Maya city in the Classic Period. It's important to remember that the Maya were not an empire, but a series of city-states, fiercely competing for new territory and access to trade routes. The Maya Classic Period, which ran from about 250 AD to about 950 AD was what some consider the apex of lowland Maya splendor. The majority of the beautiful glyphic texts and some of the greatest Pre-Columbian architectural achievements date to this period. The cities of the lowlands were not the jungle-choked ruins that we see today, they were alive, vibrant, and colorful. Vast areas of forest were cleared for agricultural purposes, and beyond the Maya capitals, with their mountainous temples and palaces, open fields blanketed the countryside, dotted with little hamlets inhabited by farmers.
Thank you to Dr. Teurenhout and Dr. Awe for their assistance in putting this blog together
Sharer, Robert J. and Loa P. Traxler, 2006. The Ancient Maya. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
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Q: Are there errors in the description of this circuit? Background
The circuit describes the operation of a variable voltage power supply. In the description below the circuit diagram there are errors. Read through the description and note down any errors. Just describe the error and say why you think it is an error.
Don't need to go into any detail just say way you think the description is incorrect or could be improved.

My Answer
This is what I have come up with so far, please let me know if you can see any other errors:
Point 1 - How can you get 28V from the The 20V output transfer.
Point 2 - Transistor is not ideal, will not be constant current.
Point 3  - The voltage does not remain constant over very wide range
           of temperature with Zener  diode.  When Zener break down,
           voltage decreases as the temperature increases.
Point 16 – R10 is a typo, it should be R6
New Points
Point 16 – If the current is 1A, the Voltage across R6 is 0.47V and this is not enough to turn on the transistor as stated
Point 10 – Says that the load drawing less current will cause an increase in voltage however, according to ohms law this is not true and it would cause an decrease in voltage

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Michel Lalonde and "The Difference Makers – Les Faiseurs de Différence" are continuing 2018 Fundraising for Children at Risk – last year they raised $15,165 and want to beat that total this year!
So far this year – there has been a Bowling Event, 2 Dart Tournaments and their signature Golf Tournament in June – but if you recall – the 1st Dart Tournament was that Sunday when Mother Nature decided to grace us with several hours of freezing rain…morning to afternoon – so MANY did not attend… L (understandably!) The 2nd date in April had better attendance - BUT Michel and Friends STILL want to top 2017 – so staging a Fall Darts and Fall Bowling (Date TBA).
IF you missed the 1st Two Dart Tournaments – try to make this one! Please see below and attached for more information.
Hope you can consider joining us!


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Stanford concussion education initiative partners with American Youth Football
Courtesy of Piya Sorcar
By Alex Tsai on February 19, 2019
The concussion awareness initiative CrashCourse announced on Tuesday its partnership with American Youth Football & Cheer, a sports organization providing young athletes opportunities to participate in flag football, tackle football and cheer nationwide.
CrashCourse, the first research-based, virtual reality concussion education program in the world, aims to promote dialogue about head injuries and to encourage early reporting of concussion symptoms among youth football players. American Youth Football & Cheer will promote CrashCourse to the one million youth members, coaches and parents participating in the organization.
CrashCourse was developed by TeachAids, a nonprofit collaboration with Stanford specializing in health education innovation.
The aim of CrashCourse is to more effectively engage a young audience through interactive videos featuring high-profile college athletes. According to TeachAids founder and CEO of Dr. Piya Sorcar, research revealed that kids wanted to hear from relatable near-peers. The interactive curriculum features Stanford football players Bryce Love '19, Alameen Murphy '19, JJ Arcega-Whiteside '19, Brandon Simmons '19 and Trenton Irwin '19 who guide kids through the educational content.
TeachAids has already established partnerships with the Pop Warner youth football league and the state of Arkansas to promote its concussion awareness initiative. According to Dick Gould, Vice Chairman of the Board of TeachAids, Pop Warner and American Youth Football & Cheer are the two most prominent youth football organizations in the nation.
"We're very excited about the opportunity to work with American Youth Football," Gould told The Daily. "It's a tremendous organization, it's got a great reputation and we feel honored to be selected as one of their partners in an effort to promote the safety of young athletes."
The process of partnering with the each organization involved seeking approval from the organization's medical advisory board and board of directors, Gould said.
He added that formal partnerships with youth football organizations show a strong commitment to increasing the safety of youth football players nationwide.
"We believe proper training enriches the experience for players, competitors, and spectators alike," wrote Joe Galat, president and founder of American Youth Football & Cheer, in the organization's press release. "Given what we know about concussions today, the younger we teach these athletes, the better."
Gould said that TeachAids will continue to refine and update the CrashCourse curriculum with new features, including a virtual reality symptom simulator to help players recognize the signs of head injury and a computer-animated 3D representation of an actual brain. Gould also added that TeachAids hopes to expand its education program to provide resources for parents and coaches, not just young athletes.
"We're really excited about our partnerships with prominent youth football programs around the country in a joint commitment to promote the safety of young athletes nationwide," Sorcar said.
Contact Alex Tsai at aotsai 'at' stanford.edu.
Alex Tsai '21 is a desk editor for The Daily's University beat. She was born and raised in Hong Kong and moved to La Jolla, CA for high school. Alex is a member of the varsity lacrosse team and is interested in computer science. She is also developing the Daily mobile app. Contact her at aotsai 'at' stanford.edu.


Skitch is a handy little app from Evernote that allows you to take screenshots on your Mac. Personally, I use it mostly to capture snippets of PDFs to store in Evernote for research projects. Check out the video for more!


InviroTech Spectra UltraViolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) System, a product from InviroTech Systems, is your shield against micro-organisms in the air you breathe. UVC rays from Spectra eliminate the mold and bacteria on fins and provide greater savings on fan operation. UVC rays keeps coils clean, which also means lesser coil maintenance.UVC rays are highly effective in killing germs without use of any harsh methods like chemical cleaning or steam injections. UVC rays are completely safe, environment-friendly and most efficient method for removing mold and bacteria from coils and drain pan surfaces. Also, by use of UVGI Systems you don't need to worry about over dosing or storage, or get concerned with harmful by-products.
Designed as a full frame custom sized mounting for air handlers. Often provided as full kit, tailor made to suit AHU Size and includes cable connections and all needed hardware to the last bolt & nut.
A standardised Kit fully assembled when supplied. The set comes complete with the lamp set ballast, and 85% Efficiency reflector and is designed to allow the user full flexibility to choose their own mounting supports for the FEM Units.
Designed for installation in air handlers which are space constrained. UV lamps are placed vertically and there is only one cutout to be made in the top panel of AHU. Often found popular in retrofit jobs or where UV lamps are included in AHU design as an after thought. Units come with double skin, PU Insulated flange on top to prevent condensation.
Meant for duct installations and also for smaller fan coil units. A small cutout is needed in the vertical surface. Units come with Double Skin, PU insulated flange mounting to prevent condensation.
This series was originally conceived and designed for Ozone UV Installations for kitchen exhaust odor reduction. Since the air streams are not chilled, there is no need for double glass jacketed construction here. The ballasts, lamps and on/off controls are pre assembled in to one single integrated set ready for installation in ducts.


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from setuptools import setup

setup(
    name="django-petitions",
    version="0.1",
    description="A simple django app to add Petition functionality into your project",
    author="Rishabh Manocha",
    author_email="rmanocha@gmail.com",
    url="http://github.com/rmanocha/django-petitions",
    packages=["petitions"],
    zip_safe = False,
)

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Financial News: UK Manufacturing Growth At 3-Year High
UK Manufacturing Growth At 3-Year High
(RTTNews) - The UK manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in three years in December, final survey results from IHS Markit showed Monday.
The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply/IHS Markit factory Purchasing Managers' Index advanced to a 37-month high of 57.5 from 55.6 in November. The score was above the flash estimate of 57.3.
Clients bringing forward orders to beat the end of the Brexit transition period and the ongoing bounce from the re-opening of the global economy boosted inflows of new orders and pushed output higher, survey showed.
Meanwhile, port delays and other logistical disruptions meant that supply-chain delays lengthened to one of the greatest extents in the survey's history. Job cuts were made for the eleventh consecutive month in December.
Average input costs grew at the fastest pace in two-and-a-half years in December due to input shortages, vendor price rises, increased transportation costs, Brexit uncertainty and exchange rate factors. Consequently, manufacturers raised their output charges.
Business optimism eased in December, with 56 percent of manufacturers forecasting output to rise over the next 12 months.


Isn't it strange the way it seems we are already surrounded with all that we need? The missing component is using our unique creativity to put the pieces of what we love together and define our own success.
It struck me this afternoon on a rainy dreary Monday that it may be just that simple. I was having a tough time getting motivated to work. So I took a piece of advice that a decorator and friend from the community kitchen told me yesterday. I saw her at TJ Maxx and we talked about her doing some decorating for me. We joked that she would come over and decorate for me for drinks! She said all you have to do is pull out 5 of your favorite things and then we play. It all starts and revolves around surrounding yourself with what you love and what brings you comfort. It was a simple 5 minute impromptu conversation.
Today feeling in a funk I decided I would try some much needed self care. I did some short meditation before going to the gym. I remembered thinking on my long run yesterday that meditation is the space between thoughts. I almost always find that space toward the end of my long run. My mind is clear of clutter in the 9th, 10th, and 11th mile. It's just me and my breathing and the drive to finish. I decided I should try to recreate that feeling today while being still. I logged a good 10 minutes which is great for me! I went to the gym and by lunch I was ready to get to work. Work. I have been searching for something new and more reflective of the person I have become to infuse into my business and I've been really stuck lately.
So this afternoon I decided to set up shop on the couch. I pulled out my laptop and thought of my decorator friend and grabbed something I loved. I immediately went to this candle. Its a heavy glass hand painted scented candle I made a long time ago. I love the look and the feel and the smell. So I lit it and felt instantly soothed. And then a spark came. My neighbor was just telling me of a candle she has that she loves and keeps on her desk. And it struck me. She is inspired by her candle. If I am soothed and inspired by this and I love this, maybe someone else will too.
So I snapped a picture and I put it on Facebook asking the question, Do you like this? A fleeting thought went through my head, what if no one likes it? But my new stronger runner-self replied, who cares? You love it! So I made the choice to be brave and I posted it.
I am reading a lot about fears and behaviors and the power they have to work in cycles to self-reinforce and literally deepen connections in the brain with time.
So many irrational fears we create, anticipating failure or anticipating others' negative views on our choices/decisions. We don't give people a chance to like or dislike something because we've already made up their minds and cast that judgment on ourselves...and it's all imagined!
That tends to come down to a fear of being vulnerable. If we put something "out there" it presents risk. How we mitigate risk or how we connect ourselves to it will often determine the choices, or lack of choices we are willing to consider.
Another tidbit I thought was worthwhile: rational versus emotional decision making. One isn't better than the other. Emotion glues the rational together. Emotion connects people. What's interesting is that a number of studies show reliably that the more challenging a task, choice or other action becomes, the higher percentage of emotion-based reasoning we use and minimize the rational mind. When emotion becomes predominant in our decision making, we almost always make a choice we'll later view as not the best one. It is usually a choice that will provide some immediate relief or temporarily take a piece of the larger burden off for some duration. So at the times when we could benefit most using rational thought in difficult choices, the less readily available it is.
That explains so much to me!
I suspect a major part of why I love reading your blog entries is that they tend to be beautiful examples of you making progress moving beyond your irrational, unhealthy fears and into a place where you learn to break that cycle of emotional connections to irrational/unhealthy fears.
It's a beautiful thing to read and witness! It takes bravery and courage to face all you have been.
Hope and inspiration are almost free. Fear has a very real cost to self and those we love.
I love that you took the time to share that. I have been drawn to read it several times today and the more I read it the more it makes so much sense to me. Sadly the older I get the more I see the role fear has played in many of my past decisions. It's a hard habit to break. And I have found that for me, the pendulum has a tendency to swing in the opposite extreme... from fear based to solely emotion based. I love where you say, "Emotion glues the rational together". It's all about finding the balance.
Great quote I very recently read. "When we can see our prison, we also see our potential."
The fact is that many people never fully see their prisons or other confines holding them back from living in a more empowered life of choice and mindful manner.
Not a one of us is perfect. We came to make the choices we do for numerous reasons, none of which are bad until we see them for what they really are and desire to change.
Accept yourself in every moment for all that you value about yourself and as importantly what you don't like. Learn to be comfortable in a moment and you see how it's all really ok and the next moment has more potential.
Funny -- you often see things with me before I do, so for you to say the same about me was pretty cool.
Remember, not all fear is bad. Fear can help us survive in a situation or for a period of time. It seems when irrational, unproductive fears guide our choices or limit us is the time to examine them and consider dismissing them.


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You'll find CSO Nicola Whiting on stage delivering two presentations at the IS Expo next week.
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On Thursday, May 19, Marco Bertozzi, Global Chief Revenue Officer at Performics, will present the session Winning at Programmatic – An Insider's Guide to senior representatives from global brands at Festival of Media Global in Rome (Italy).
As part of a new Brand Learning Programme specially created for Festival of Media's 10th anniversary event, Marco will be educating around 50 executives on the latest themes in the world of programmatic as well as sharing Performics case studies.
Festival of Media will bring together senior level executives from the world's biggest brands, marketing and media agencies, for three days on May 18-20 to network and learn about the latest trends and techniques in the industry.


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BARK!
Matchless MRCD 41
Manchester has been best known since the 1960s as spawning ground for British pop bands. But the hometown of groups ranging from The Hollies to Oasis, also has a thriving improv community of which Bark! is perhaps the most venerable and accomplished member.
Since 1991, the nucleus of Bark! has been guitarist Rex Casswell and percussionist Phillip Marks, who have also played and recorded with other musicians. Along the way, Casswell has also found time to lend his talents to such postrock ensembles as Lob and Stock, Hausen, and Walkman. Just recently, though, reflecting a growing interest in computer sounds, which is fascinating musicians all over the world, Casswell and Marks have made Bark! a trio by adding electronic and sampler expert Paul Obermayer, who is also one-half of the electronic music formation FURT.
Don't worry about tyranny of the computer on this CD, though. The session works so well because these precise improvisations reflect the same reality that allowed the album to be entitled SWING without a Count Basie or Benny Goodman lick to be heard. Bark! "swings" in its own 21st century European way and Obermayer's instrument — for it's as an instrument, not an effect that it's treated — helps define the basic concept. All the musicians see electronics as yet another color added to the pallet.
Thus while the title track may have a steady overlay of Obermayer's swooshes and pulses, Marks is still very much upfront, commenting on the proceedings as they appear. Plus many of the electronic pinpoints originate in Casswell's amp as well as Obermayer's treatments. Roles are reversed on "Pavo", with Marks' restrained snare patterns and cymbal work leading the others forward, causing the guitarist to end with a bit of repetitive fuzz tone. On the other hand, "Vela" finds electronic thunderstorms preceding passages that are almost exclusively guitar lines and percussion accents. There's even a portion on the later half of "Grus" where aggressive, locomotive electronics to the contrary, the guitarist and percussionist seem to be creating a spiky Star Wars version of Duane Eddy's twangs and Sandy Nelson's beats. From beginning to end, each track flows seamlessly into the next, as foreground quickly becomes background and vice versa.
Few other acoustic improvising ensembles have integrated electronics so thoughtfully into a presentation. And that alone should draw you to SWING. That and the good music contained on it as well, of course.
Track Listing: 1. Mal 2. Swing 3. Meshes 4. Pave 5. Nobody's Sweetheart 6. Aisle 7. Vela 8. Grus 9. Swerve
Personnel: Rex Casswell (electric guitar); Phillip Marks (percussion); Paul Obermayer (electronics)


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legal|07 December, 2021
New laws to accelerate UAE's economic transition
The three laws that have undergone extensive amendments include the Commercial Companies Law, Commercial Register Law and Trademark law
Dubai skyline. Image courtesy Dubai Media Office Twitter handle.
By Staff Writer, Khaleej Times
The sweeping law amendments and new economic legislations unveiled by the UAE to mark the Year of the Fiftieth will have a far-reaching positive impact on the business, investment, innovation, environment and intellectual property sectors, the Ministry of Economy said on Tuesday.
The reforms, which are the outcome of the largest legislative amendments of their kind in the history of the UAE, will accelerate the transformation towards a new model of the national economy as the nation marks its Golden Jubilee and charts the course of the next 50 years of its ambitious journey. The reforms seek to enhance the openness and competitiveness of the business climate, the MoE said.
"In total, amendments were made to more than 40 laws with an aim to further enhance the economic environment. The move puts in place proactive legislative frameworks that drive long-term economic growth in the country over the next fifty years of the UAE," Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy, said at a media briefing.
The three laws that have undergone extensive amendments include the Commercial Companies Law, Commercial Register Law and Trademark law.
Al Saleh pointed out that the amended laws represent "key drivers for enhancing the flexibility of the economic climate, stimulating innovation, developing the intellectual property system, and increasing the country's attractiveness to companies, investors, entrepreneurs, talents and innovators from around the world in vital and strategic sectors."
Maryam Al Suwaidi, CEO of the Securities and Commodities Authority, said the reforms keep pace with the UAE's developmental aspirations and is an unprecedented step forward in building the most competitive economy in the world.
She said the amended laws would enhance the UAE's economic environment and the investment structure in terms of the country's attractiveness to foreign investments and its competitiveness among the most dynamic investment destinations in the world.
The reforms contribute to the development of the legislative structure and the provision of a legislative environment that is most conducive to investment, which is one of the most important factors that differentiate countries in terms of their attractiveness to investments. "This is especially so since the foreign investor always focuses on the quality and development of local legislation and the availability of a transparent and fair environment under the scope of the law," Al Suwaidi said.
"Legislative reforms and the constant development of the legislative structure are necessary to keep pace with global best practices. It is also a reflection of the achievements made by the UAE over the past fifty years in line with the vision of its wise leadership and the aspirations of its people, and further encourages the country's comprehensive, sustainable development. It provides necessary support for various economic sectors and enhances the UAE's overall competitiveness and position on the map of the future and various global indicators of competitiveness, especially in the field of economy and investment," Al Suwaidi said.
The Commercial Companies Law (CCL) was amended to enhance the openness of the UAE's business climate in a way that supports the competitiveness of the national economy and the dynamism of the business environment. It ensures a dynamic and advanced investment environment that enables investors to implement vital projects for the economy, increase the attraction of foreign companies and attract foreign investments to the country's vital economic sectors, the ministry said.
The CCL serves many categories both inside and outside of the country, including: commercial companies established in the country, branches of companies and representative offices of companies established outside the UAE; global companies; investors and businessmen from within the country; foreign investors from different countries of the world; entrepreneurs and owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs); family companies; and all members of the community
The new amendments include a comprehensive review, during which, 51 articles were replaced, three new articles were added, and one article was deleted, with a total of 55 updates. The updates include a number of new provisions that support the shift towards the new economic model in the country in accordance with the principles of economic openness and flexibility, the Ministry of Economy said
The new CCL abolishes the maximum and minimum percentage of the founders' contribution to the company's capital at the time of the public offering and cancels the legal limitation of the subscription period. It eliminates the requirement for the nationality of the members of the board of directors and upholds the organisation shareholders' decisions in the election of board members, in accordance with the terms and conditions set by the competent authority.
The amendments enable companies to transform into a public joint-stock company and sell its shares or offer new shares in a public subscription without being restricted to a certain percentage, by following the price-building mechanism of the security. It also allows companies to divide and create legal rules governing division operations, thus contributing to diversifying the company's activities and fields of work and increasing its projects and growth opportunities.
The CCL allows companies to determine the face value, and determine the percentage of the offering and enable businesses to find financing solutions through the issuance of other types of shares. It also allows branches of foreign companies licensed in the country to transform into commercial companies with UAE citizenship.
The revamped Commercial Register Law aims to make the Economic Register a comprehensive reference for economic activities in the country that helps investors and companies develop their businesses based on documented, integrated and accurate information.
The new Trademark law provides integrated protection for trademarks and new mechanisms that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of government work, which accelerate the pace of adoption of emerging concepts and innovative methods, leading to a more competitive trademark and intellectual property system.
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Democratic appropriators want to spend more on weapons procurement than Biden
By Joe Gould
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain joints the Royal Australian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in the South China Sea for a multinational exercise on Oct. 19, 2020. (U.S. Navy)
WASHINGTON ― Tweaking President Joe Biden's Pentagon spending request for next year, House appropriators have proposed $1.7 billion more for weapons procurement and $1.6 billion less for development and testing of cutting-edge technologies meant to deter China.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday morning released its fiscal 2022 Pentagon-funding bill, which proposes $706 billion in defense spending, or roughly $10 billion above the amount enacted for the current fiscal year. When added to the $11 billion for military construction appropriators are seeking separately, that sets it about even with Biden's $716 billion request.
The legislation, crafted by Democrats, includes $134.3 billion for procurement, which is $2.2 billion less than the current year's budget. For research funding, appropriators are proposing $110.4 billion, which is $3.2 billion above the current year's budget.
Appropriators were expected to tailor Biden's request, but at first blush the bill doesn't appear to include any major pushback against the administration's strategy of divesting from legacy platforms to reinvest in cutting-edge technologies.
For the Navy, the bill adds a second Arleigh Burke-class destroyer sought widely by lawmakers, and it cuts one of two towing, salvage and rescue ships. Otherwise, it matches Biden's two Virginia-class attack submarines, one Constellation-class frigate, one John Lewis-class fleet oiler and the one ocean surveillance ship.
Pentagon chiefs insist flat defense budget is enough
Top defense officials have completed multiple trips to Capitol Hill to defend President Joe Biden's flat defense budget request, and now the task of tailoring that request falls to Congress.
The Biden administration's omission of the second destroyer was controversial on Capitol Hill because without it, the Navy cannot meet its obligation under multiyear contracts with both Ingalls Shipbuilding and General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works. Those contracts call for each of the companies to build one ship in FY22.
If passed into law, the bill would stymie the Navy's request to retire three littoral combat ships with some restrictive language: "None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended for the purpose of decommissioning the USS Fort Worth, the USS Detroit, or the USS Little Rock."
All told, appropriators propose the same number of ships as Biden — eight — but they add $915 million above the Navy's budget request.
For aircraft, the bill would add 12 F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, of which the administration sought none; four C/KC/MC-130J tankers for 134 total; six MQ-9 Reaper drones for 12 total; $170 million for the second and third set of five CH-47F Block II Chinook helicopters; three UH/HH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for 33 total; and two CH-53K helicopters for 11 total.
It matches Biden's request for 85 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 12 F-15EX aircraft and 14 KC-46 tankers, plus assorted helicopters. The Air Force's unfunded priorities list conspicuously omitted additional Lockheed Martin-made F-35s, but it did want another 12 Boeing F-15EXs to help narrow a projected gap as the service divests its aging F-15C/D fleet.
Wading into controversy around nuclear modernization, the bill matches the Navy's decision to shelve its sea-launched nuclear cruise missile. While the decision was been cheered by arms control advocates and some lawmakers, it's come under tough scrutiny from Republicans, who argue the move should be subject to the rigor of the administration's upcoming Nuclear Posture Review.
At the same time, appropriators would provide $2.5 billion to develop the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, which is the next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, as well as $581 million for the Long Range Standoff Weapon, a new air-launched cruise missile.
The bill includes the administration's 2.7 percent pay raise but takes sharper aim at personnel costs, trimming $488 million from the request for a total of $167 billion.
The bill also gets rid of the much-criticized overseas contingency operations account, like the Biden request.
"The Defense Appropriations bill provides resources requested by the Secretary of Defense to protect our national security, maintain a strong industrial base to support good paying jobs, and counter the rising threats from our adversaries, including China," House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said in a statement. "As it protects our nation, it also honors the soldiers and civilians who serve and support our nation's military by providing for them and their families. This includes strong funding to combat sexual assault in the military, a serious and pervasive problem that for too long has been overlooked by the Pentagon."
The legislation includes a number of policy provisions likely to spark partisan debate, like ordering the closure the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay by Sept. 30, 2022; requiring contractors to pay a $15 minimum wage; and barring support for the Saudi-led coalition's offensive military operations in Yemen.
A partisan fight over the top line has been brewing for months, as key conservatives ― including the defense subpanel's top Republican, California Rep. Ken Calvert ― have called for a 3-5 percent increase above inflation. Progressive Democrats are expected to push for cuts ― a move moderate Democrats are resisting.
The Appropriations Committee's defense subpanel will take up the FY22 spending bill in a closed session on Wednesday.
About Joe Gould
Joe Gould is the senior Pentagon reporter for Defense News, covering the intersection of national security policy, politics and the defense industry. He served previously as Congress reporter.
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How Important Is It to Maintain Blood Sugar Logs for a Type 1 Diabetic?
It is important for type 1 diabetics to maintain a log of blood sugar levels because a physician uses these records to assess overall health and develop a diabetes care plan, according to the American Diabetes Association. Blood sugar monitoring is often the primary tool physicians use to recommend treatment.
Diabetics should check blood sugar levels frequently, especially if they are having difficulty controlling blood glucose levels, taking insulin, experiencing low blood glucose levels or are pregnant, according to the American Diabetes Association.
Blood sugar, or blood glucose, levels can be checked by inserting a test strip into a blood glucose meter and pricking the finger to obtain a drop of blood, according to the American Diabetes Association. The meter displays the current blood sugar level. With some devices, a monitoring system to log levels is built in and can be submitted to a physician electronically. Some patients opt to create a manual log by tracking blood sugar readings several times each day to review with a physician or endocrinologist.
A log of blood sugar readings helps patients assess how food, activity and stress impact their blood sugar, according to the American Diabetes Association. The results or patterns observed may indicate a need for a change in activity or adjustments to a meal plan.


This is the best buying experience I have ever had. My salesman Roderick Jackson was very professional and made purchasing my vehicle easy and exciting. Carolina KIA of high point, NC is best place to purchase or lease a vehicle.
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I had a great sales experience with Donald Crafton and would buy from him again. I appreciate all he did to help my son and I both get in a new car.
I feel I received the best sales experience from Patrick. He explained everything in detail to my understanding. I am pleased with my new car and appreciate so much Patrick's help in knowing what I should do. I especially like that I can come back there for any work I need on the car.
This is the first time I have ever had a truly wonderful experience at a car dealership! Alishia and Patrick were the two salespeople that helped me and they were great! I'm not a fan of pushy salespeople and for the first time, I didn't have to worry about that. They both were very helpful and informative. They answered all of my questions and helped me find exactly what I wanted (2015 Kia Rio) for the price I was looking for. I would recommend this place to anyone looking to buy a car with no hassles or strings attached. Thank you!
I shopped around because there are several Hyundai dealers in the area. These people were considerate, caring and they strive to make the deal to my satisfaction.


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using System;
using OpenMetaverse;
using OpenSim.Services.Interfaces;
using log4net;
using Nini.Config;
using System.Reflection;

namespace OpenSim.Services.AuthenticationService
{
    // Generic Authentication service used for identifying
    // and authenticating principals.
    // Principals may be clients acting on users' behalf,
    // or any other components that need
    // verifiable identification.
    //
    public class WebkeyAuthenticationService :
            AuthenticationServiceBase, IAuthenticationService
    {
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//                LogManager.GetLogger(
//                MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);

        public WebkeyAuthenticationService(IConfigSource config) :
                base(config)
        {
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        public string Authenticate(UUID principalID, string password, int lifetime)
        {
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    }
}


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Q: XSLT - Catching parameters The situation is I have two xslt files: one is called from my ASP.NET code, and there, the second xslt file is imported.
What I'd like to accomplish is to pass a parameter to the first one so the second xslt(the one that is imported at the first xslt) can read it.
My c# code looks like this:
    var oArgs = new XsltArgumentList();
    oArgs.AddParam("fbLikeFeatureName", "", "Facebook_Like_Button");
    ltlContentBody.Text = xmlUtil.TransformXML(oXmlDoc, Server.MapPath(eSpaceId + "/styles/ExploringXSLT/ExploreContentObjects.xslt"), true);

And I'm catching the param at the first xslt this way:
<xsl:param name="fbLikeFeatureName" />

And then, passing it to the second xslt like this(previously, I import that file):
<xsl:call-template name="Articles">
    <xsl:with-param name="fbLikeFeatureName"></xsl:with-param>
  </xsl:call-template>

Finally, I'm catching the param on the second xslt file as following:
<xsl:value-of select="$fbLikeButtonName"/>

What Am I doing wrong? I'm kind of new at xslt.

A: You are not setting the value of the parameter when you pass it to the Articles template.  Try
<xsl:call-template name="Articles">
  <xsl:with-param name="fbLikeButtonName" select="$fbLikeFeatureName"/>
</xsl>

and ten
<xsl:template name="Articles">
  <xsl:param name="fbLikeButtonName"/>
   ...
  <xsl:value-of select="$fbLikeButtonName"/>
   ...
</xsl:template>

When using with-param, the name attribute is set to the name of the parameter as used by the called template (Articles in this case).  You then use select (or the body of xsl:with-param) to set the value.

A: You don't need to "pass" the parameter from the first stylesheet to the imported stylesheet.  When you declare the param at the top level on the first stylesheet, it is automatically visible to all imported stylesheets.  Consider the following stylesheets:
template1.xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:import href="template2.xsl"/>
    <xsl:param name="input-param"/>
    <xsl:template match="/">
        <xsl:apply-templates select="doc"/>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

Which imports template2.xsl:
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:output method="text"/>
    <xsl:template match="doc">
        <xsl:value-of select="$input-param"/>
    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

I then transformed the following doc:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="template1.xsl"?>
<doc/>

with the input parameter "input-param" set to "This is a test".  I get the following output (Saxon-B 9.1.0.7):
This is a test


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G-BEYH
Handley Page H.P.R.7 Herald 401 Series – c/n 180
With BAF* from Jan 1978 to Dec 1981
This Herald would be the very last of the ex-Malaysian Air Force aircraft and the very last of its type to be purchased by Mike Keegan. Landing at Southend on January 18th 1978 via Munich carrying parts from non-airworthy Herald FM1025 (G-BEYI – ntu) she was then overhauled before being put into service. However, while this aircraft would immediately receive the standard BAF bee livery, she would see little in the way of work for BAF as she spent much of her time away on lease. However, her first summer would see her flying some of BAF's established routes, turning up at Jersey during April and Basle in June. Her first venture away from Southend would see her heading off to British Island Airways at the end of 1978 after which she returned to Southend for the winter. By April of 1979, she had once more departed, although this time on lease to Touraine Air Transport being seen on May 5th on Jersey, where she was carrying out operations, albeit still in a BAF livery.
By July, she was back with BAF where she undertook a few charters that witnessed her venturing into Bristol during July and Coventry in August while in October, she made a refuelling stop inbound to Egypt where she would join and then replace BAF Herald G-BDZV which was at the time, flying taxi services in and out of Cairo on behalf of Nile Valley Aviation. By February 1980, she returned to SEN, spending only a few days there for checks and maintenance before again departing for North Africa, this time flying domestic services for Air Algerie. It would seem that Yankee Hotel was destined to spend much of the rest of her BAF service career in this part of the world and by the spring of 1981, she had carried out additional stints for both Oasis Oil Company and Occidental Oil in Libya, returning to Southend for short periods in between. However, in May 1981 this Herald was temporarily removed from service and would sit idle on the northern apron until finally being sold on in December of this year.
History of G-BEYH
9/64 to 1/78
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Killyspae/Bembridge Air Hire as G-BEYH (*Keegan concerns)
5/81 to 12/81
12/81 to 11/89
Aerosucre Colombia as HK-2702X
Crashed near Popayan, Colombia – 5/11/89
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Soccer Stars Mallory Pugh, Lindsey Horan Honored In Return Home To Colorado
By Jeff Todd April 3, 2019 at 11:37 pm
Filed Under:Lindsey Horan, Mallory Pugh, World Cup
DENVER (CBS4) – John Elway, Peyton Manning, Barack Obama are some of the 100 people the City of Denver has honored with a challenge coin, its version of the "key to the city." Now, two of the youngest stars in women's soccer can be added to the list.
Mallory Pugh and Lindsey Horan (credit: CBS)
"I grew up in Colorado playing my whole life. So to come back before the World Cup and play for the U.S. team it's really cool," said Mallory Pugh.
"It is my favorite place to be. I want to grow old here. It's amazing," said Lindsey Horan. "So, this is just a super cool thing for us because I think any time we're here with the national team we feel like we're representing our city and our state."
Horan grew up in Golden and took the rare step to go to Europe and turn pro instead of attending college. A few years later Pugh, who grew up in Highlands Ranch, would quickly leave college for the opportunity to become a professional.
With Colorado roots, their time together for the national team has allowed them to grow closer together.
"She's like my little sister," said Horan. "I think obviously her decision to go pro brought us together because I feel like I could really help her out and just be another person to talk to who has been through everything she has."
In the offseason, Pugh and Horan now train together in Denver. On Wednesday, the mayor presented them with personalized street signs and challenge coins. Honoring them before a sold-out game at Dick's Sporting Goods Park on Thursday versus Australia.
The game is a tune-up before this summer's World Cup.
"I love being home. And just to have a game here before the world cup. It kind of summarizes a full circle for me," said Pugh. "It's shaped me to who I am today, and I just love this city so much."
"Having your friends and family and my youth club at this game. Playing for your country, playing for this city, for this state, that's cooler than anything else," said Horan.
Jeff Todd
Jeff Todd joined the CBS4 team in 2011 in the Mountain Newsroom. Since 2015 he's been working across the Front Range in the Denver headquarters.More from Jeff Todd


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Tell me what you think of this list as well as which of these books you have read.
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