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#ifndef THIRD_PARTY_BLINK_RENDERER_CORE_DOM_LAYOUT_TREE_BUILDER_H_
#define THIRD_PARTY_BLINK_RENDERER_CORE_DOM_LAYOUT_TREE_BUILDER_H_

#include "base/memory/scoped_refptr.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/document.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/node.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/dom/text.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/layout/layout_inline.h"
#include "third_party/blink/renderer/core/layout/layout_object.h"

namespace blink {

class ComputedStyle;

// The LayoutTreeBuilder class uses the DOM tree and CSS style rules as input to
// form a LayoutObject Tree which is then used for layout computations in a
// later stage.

// To construct the LayoutObject tree, the LayoutTreeBuilder does the following:
// 1. Starting at the root of the DOM tree, traverse each visible node.
//    Visibility is determined by
//    LayoutTreeBuilderFor{Element,Text}::ShouldCreateLayoutObject() functions.
// 2. For each visible node, ensure that the style has been resolved (either by
//    getting the ComputedStyle passed on to the LayoutTreeBuilder or by forcing
//    style resolution). This is done in LayoutTreeBuilderForElement::Style().
// 3. Emit visible LayoutObjects with content and their computed styles.
//    This is dealt with by the
//    LayoutTreeBuilderFor{Element,Text}::CreateLayoutObject() functions.
template <typename NodeType>
class LayoutTreeBuilder {
  STACK_ALLOCATED();

 protected:
  LayoutTreeBuilder(NodeType& node,
                    Node::AttachContext& context,
                    const ComputedStyle* style)
      : node_(&node), context_(context), style_(style) {
    DCHECK(!node.GetLayoutObject());
    DCHECK(node.GetDocument().InStyleRecalc());
    DCHECK(node.InActiveDocument());
    DCHECK(context.parent);
  }

  LayoutObject* NextLayoutObject() const {
    if (!context_.next_sibling_valid) {
      context_.next_sibling =
          LayoutTreeBuilderTraversal::NextSiblingLayoutObject(*node_);
      context_.next_sibling_valid = true;
    }
    LayoutObject* next = context_.next_sibling;
    // If a text node is wrapped in an anonymous inline for display:contents
    // (see CreateInlineWrapperForDisplayContents()), use the wrapper as the
    // next layout object. Otherwise we would need to add code to various
    // AddChild() implementations to walk up the tree to find the correct
    // layout tree parent/siblings.
    if (next && next->IsText() && next->Parent()->IsAnonymous() &&
        next->Parent()->IsInline()) {
      return next->Parent();
    }
    return next;
  }

  NodeType* node_;
  Node::AttachContext& context_;
  const ComputedStyle* style_;
};

class LayoutTreeBuilderForElement : public LayoutTreeBuilder<Element> {
 public:
  LayoutTreeBuilderForElement(Element&,
                              Node::AttachContext&,
                              const ComputedStyle*,
                              LegacyLayout legacy);

  void CreateLayoutObject();

 private:
  LayoutObject* ParentLayoutObject() const;
  LayoutObject* NextLayoutObject() const;

  LegacyLayout legacy_;
};

class LayoutTreeBuilderForText : public LayoutTreeBuilder<Text> {
 public:
  LayoutTreeBuilderForText(Text& text,
                           Node::AttachContext& context,
                           const ComputedStyle* style_from_parent)
      : LayoutTreeBuilder(text, context, style_from_parent) {}

  void CreateLayoutObject();

 private:
  LayoutObject* CreateInlineWrapperForDisplayContentsIfNeeded();
};

}  // namespace blink

#endif

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For most Americans, their job is a cornerstone of their life and few can afford having their careers unfairly derailed. For this reason, I am passionate about helping employees seek justice when their employer has violated their rights. I am proud that my work helps empower our hardworking clients.
"I am proud that my work helps empower our hardworking clients."
In 2018, Alexis Ronickher was recognized as a "Rising Star" by Law360 - just one of five employment lawyers nationally to earn this designation. In 2017 and 2018 she was also recognized as a "Rising Star" for Washington, D.C. by Super Lawyers, and as a top plaintiff-side employment attorney in the 2019 edition; and since 2013, Martindale-Hubbell has rated Ms. Ronickher "AV Preeminent," its highest possible peer review rating. Ms. Ronickher has successfully represented hundreds of clients in whistleblower and employment matters.
Ms. Ronickher focuses her practice on representing whistleblowers in a broad range of areas including financial, cybersecurity, healthcare, and other industries. Ms. Ronickher published "Cybersecurity Whistleblower Protection Guide," an overview of the protections and rewards available to cybersecurity whistleblowers under federal and state law. As part of her whistleblower practice, she represents clients pursuing qui tam claims under the False Claims Act and who have submitted whistleblower tips to the S.E.C. under the Dodd-Frank S.E.C. whistleblower program. She also specializes in representing clients in sexual harassment cases, as well as other employment matters, including civil rights discrimination and retaliation and Title IX violations.
Ms. Ronickher has litigated cases nationwide in federal and state courts, as well as in administrative hearings. She represented a hair stylist in a sexual harassment and retaliation trial that resulted in a jury verdict of $2.3 million in favor of her client. In 2018, she represented whistleblowers in a successful qui tam lawsuit against a naval husbandry company for fraudulently billing the government that resulted in a $20 million settlement, and in 2014 she represented a whistleblower in a qui tam and retaliation lawsuit that resulted in a $10 million settlement. Ms. Ronickher has also represented numerous other whistleblowers and employees in cases that have successfully resolved confidentially prior to or during litigation.
Ms. Ronickher speaks frequently about whistleblower protections, sexual harassment, and employment law, has written extensively on employment law matters, and has appeared in numerous national and local media. In 2016, she was elected to serve on the steering committee for the D.C. Bar Association's Labor and Employment Community, and has served as Co-Chair since 2017.
Ms. Ronickher received her law degree from Stanford Law School and her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Prior to law school Ms. Ronickher served as a legislative staffer for two U.S Congressmen.
Rated "AV Preeminent" by Martindale–Hubbell®
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A very popular wooden wall plaque with a green surround frame, and painted detail and an attached red rosette. The verse Grandchildren are your reward for not strangling your kids; always raises a chuckle. The plaque hangs on a wire hanger with a green gingham bow. It measures 31cms by 15cms.


Peter M. Hoffmann, a native of Germany, is a researcher in soft matter and biophysics, a professor of physics and materials science at Wayne State University in Detroit, MI, and a science writer. His research specializes in nanomechanics and the statistical behavior of nanoscale systems. His main research tools are atomic force microscopy and computer simulations. He has strong interests in science teaching practice: He is a Co-PI on NSF funded WIDER and IUSE grants and leads the reform of introductory as well as upper level physics courses at Wayne State University. He has a keen interest in the public understanding of science: His first popular science book, "Life's Ratchet", on the physics of molecular machines in our cells, was published in 2012. It was long-listed for the Royal Society Winton prize, was a 2012 top ten physics book for the UK Institute of Physics, and a top five book according the American Physical Society. He also writes for Nautilus, a literary science magazine. Dr. Hoffmann did his undergraduate studies in physics and mathematics in Germany, holds an MS degree in physics from Southern Illinois University and received a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Johns Hopkins University. Before joining Wayne State University, he was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Oxford in the UK. He was the founding director of the Wayne State Biomedical Physics Program from 2007-2012, Associate Dean for Academic Programs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 2012-2015, and Senior Associate Dean of Research 2015-2017.


Thinking about the soda can stoves and considering trying it, a vision of a catering Sterno popped in my head.Has anyone tried this and how did it turn out?
I used a sterno stove on my thru hike in 72. I think there are now better ways to go. I've seen alcohol stoves used and they seem pretty good. I used the pocket rocket stove this year and that was good too. When I used the sterno stove I usually started to heat the water in the pot while I built a fire so that I could finish cooking. It didn't take long to get good at starting a camp fire.
Kembo,Did you modify the sterno when you used it? It seems to me if you put a pot on top of it the flame would be extinguished.
I use a woodburner. Sierra Zip. Much more practical. I think Alcohol would even be a better choice. But, to each his own.
Sterno is alcohol mixed with calcium acetate. Just use the alcohol and skip the extra junk. Making an alcohol stove is too easy.
yeah what Rock said plus the fact that Sterno won't boil anything.
After I got rid of my stove and went with cooking over the fire if I wanted a hot meal, I found a sterno stove that some weekender left in the shelter and thought I'd use it for a while instead of cooking over the fire. It was a big mistake...it gave off the same heat as a medium size candle. Needless to say, it was almost impossible to boil water. I carried in until the next garbage and promptly put it where it belongs.


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Q: Hudson vs Jenkins in 2012 In 2011 situation with  Hudson and Jenkins was following(IMHO) - Hudson was a little bit  stable, but development of Jenkins was a little bit faster.
What is the situation with "Hudson vs Jenkins" now in 2012?

A: I have used both Hudson and Jenkins. I have been following both change lists.
I still think we made the right choice by moving from Hudson to Jenkins.
The Hudson core developers are now working on Jenkins. Those who are still employed by Oracle are the ones mainly supporting Hudson (as far as I am aware the Apache Maven people are contributing fixes as well).
I've filed a number of bugs back in the Hudson era. I can tell you most of them were resolved in Jenkins. Many months after their resolution, the Hudson people fixed or asked for further input on those particular bugs.
The majority of the plugin developers (almost all, that is) have migrated their plugins to Jenkins and now support Jenkins mainly. In terms of plugins Jenkins is developing much, much faster. There are now some paid plugins provided by Cloudbees.
As far as I am aware, the open source community has moved in it's majority to Jenkins.
Some companies who prefer to have paid support and don't want the hassle of migrating to Jenkins are still using Hudson. Frankly, I don't see why. Jenkins has commercial support too from Cloudbees, which is where Kohsuke Kawaguchi (the creator of Hudson) now works. Cloudbees now even have a free service for hosting GitHub hosted projects in their cloud. They let your OSS projects build for free! :)
Jenkins has improved it's support for the cloud. As mentioned above, Cloudbees also provide this SaaS in the cloud. I am not sure if and to what extent Hudson supports this. I think they're not so advanced at the moment; whatever the case, Hudson doesn't provide a SaaS for the cloud, as far as I am aware.
My opinion is that if you have to pick one, it should be Jenkins.

A: In terms of stability, for over a year Jenkins has offered a Long-Term Support (LTS) version for people who want to be more assured about the stability and support of the software they're installing.
Every three months or so, a previous release is selected which has been deemed as working well by the community of Jenkins users.  This version is then branched, any important fixes (which have been "battle-tested") are backported into this Jenkins version, and then this release gets extra testing by various people and companies.  Once it's ready for release, this becomes the new LTS version.
As new high-priority fixes come along, these are backported to the LTS version.
Numerous large users of Jenkins stick to the LTS line of releases, and according to the public Jenkins usage statistics, several thousand deployments are using it.
This should mean the LTS version you are downloading is even more stable than a random version chosen from the usual weekly release line.
Beyond the statistics, the situation regarding Jenkins usage, community size, its level of development, rate of new features added, number of new plugins and mailing list activity in comparison to Hudson doesn't seem to have changed (i.e. Jenkins remains ever-further ahead).
Basically, most of the points made in this previous discussion still apply, though the initial corporate support of Hudson appears to have subsided a little.

A: I think https://stackoverflow.com/a/5970813/556520 answers a lot of important questions about the hudson vs jenkins issue. The topic explains both sides of the situation with pros and cons for each product.
From personal experience working with CI for years, and recently started developing for Hudson, I would stick with the stable version of hudson just because jenkins is doing more development and support for their cloudbees service, where hudson has moved to the eclipse foundation and is not developing for a service. That's just my $0.02.

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Morey-Saint Denis is just south of Gevrey-Chambertin and often lives in its shadow. Yet, the wines are often among the favorites of people. There are 5 red Grand Cru vineyards in Morey-Saint Denis.
The wines are so appealing, however, that the town shouldn't take a back seat to Gevrey-Chambertin. Plus, there is a very small amount of white wine made there. It is rare, but the good ones are worth finding.
We have 3 winemakers who make wine from grapes grown in Morey-Saint Denis. One makes a richer style with "international" influence, one makes a great example of their white wines, and the last makes some excellent examples of the Grand Crus.
Please call us to learn more about our Morey-Saint Denis Wines and their availability.


Guatemala City, Guatemala - The Ambassadors for Peace Americas Tour 2010 to Guatemala was a seven-day service and fact-finding tour from July 17 to 23. The purpose of the tour was to foster cooperation and unity of the American hemisphere by building partnerships among Ambassadors for Peace from North and South America.
This was the second Ambassadors for Peace Americas tour to Guatemala; the first took place July 18-24, 2009.
Ambassadors for Peace visited the historic town of Antiqua (which translated means "antique"), the Mayan ruins at Ximiche, and the towns of Panajachel and Santiago Atitlan, two of 12 towns surrounding Lake Atitlan. The 12 towns are named after Jesus' 12 Apostles. Lake Atitlan is one mile above sea level and has three volcanoes. "Atitlan" is a Mayan word meaning "the place where the rainbow gets its colors."
Ambassadors for Peace toured the Santiaguito Elementary School in Santiago Atitlan and gave school supplies to the Eorm Chu'ul Elementary School donated by several United Nations Secretariat staff members. Ofr Braver, an Israeli, was impressed by the children of the school. He found them to be well behaved, intelligent, and warm in spite of their economic conditions.
We met with the Mayor, local Ambassadors for Peace and community leaders. We shared our views about the needs of our communities. Through the personal interaction and sharing we found, in the words of Ofer Braver, that "they are just like me." A world traveller and successful businessman, he said he visits tourists sites and shops but had not had the opportunity to eat, share, and speak personally with people.
Through personal sharing and one-on-one meetings, walls start to break down and people unite in heart across borders, nationalities, races, and religions. Through such interaction we can more deeply understand and appreciate other cultures, faiths, and traditions. When people unite in heart, there cannot be war.
Dror Ashuah spoke about the era that we are in as a time of rapid change. "There will be many changes taking place as we move into our feelings and are guided by love," he said, "We learn about love through women, who are naturally connected to that energy. Children and men learn love through mothers, women. Thus, we need to support and encourage women to move into central positions in all aspects."
Ofer Braver shared his experience as an Israeli soldier; there young men and women serve three years in the armed forces. War is not good, he said, not only because what it does to others, especially children, but for what it did to him. "War is not an option," he added.
A Mayan priest, an Ambassador for Peace from Lake Atitlan, gave to Ambassadors for Peace Braver and Ashuah a necklace with a Mayan calendar symbol, and to Ambassador for Peace Maria Vargas a sash with the symbols of the 20 Mayan calendar days. According to the Mayan calendar, 2012 will be the start of a new era; it is a zero point, the end of an old era and the beginning of a new era. In the previous era, people were led by brute force, but in the new era people will be led by their conscience. He said that in 2011 he will go into seclusion for a year in preparation for 2012.
In the seminar in Guatemala City, Dror Ashuah spoke about the culture of peace. "We all have an immense power to create a ripple of peace around us," he said. "We have as much power as our leaders. We have to be very aware of how we behave, how we think, and how we act, because our thoughts and feelings become manifest much more quickly now and have much more power than before. Individuals are becoming more empowered to create a ripple of peace and spread it to the environment. If we leave a meeting speaking about peace and then get into a fight outside the meeting hall, we have not learned how to be peaceful. Peace is not just theory; we have to practice it in our daily life. It is not just between countries."
He added that everything is becoming more transparent. "Leaders can no longer get away with manipulation and lies," he explained, "because everyone is becoming more aware, especially children. Whatever politicians and businessmen try to hide will be exposed much faster. The planet will look much darker for awhile because everything is being exposed. In reality, there is greater light, and what was hidden is now being exposed."
He talked about planetary energy moving towards the feminine after 5,000 years of being ruled by masculine energy. He explained that many men feel lost and disconnected at this time, and encouraged women to have patience with them. "Men are not going through an easy time right now and need guidance. Men need to allow women to enter center stage, and this is not easy for many men. I would be the first one to step aside to let a woman take my place. It is time to slow down and pay attention to every movement that you make because how you act, feel, and think carries much more significance than ever before."
At the seminar in Guatemala City a brotherhood ceremony joined representatives from North and South America. The three visiting Ambassadors for Peace took part in the ceremony with three local Ambassadors for Peace and leaders. During the ceremony, each pair met at center stage, bowed to each other in respect, and then embraced, symbolizing the unity of the Americas as well as unity of cultures, traditions, and faiths. It was a moving ceremony, with participants in tears.
Participants exchanged gifts of symbolic significance. The North Americans presented an eagle, which, according to Native Americans, brings the prayers of the people to the creator and brings back the response; it flies higher than any other predatory bird; it has acute vision, and can see far. The gift of the eagle symbolizes giving the spirit of the eagle to the Ambassadors for Peace and people of Guatemala.
The South American Ambassadors for Peace gave a gift of a wooden plaque carved with a Mayan symbol. Maria L. Vargas received a plaque with a carving of Tikal, a great city of the ancient Mayas. In the flight en route to Guatemala, Dror Ashuah said he was thinking of Tikal and when he lifted his eyes, he saw a beautiful rainbow. Receiving the plaque with Tikal symbolized the breaking down of walls and barriers through the Americas Tour.
Guatemala is the epicenter of Mayan civilization. At Santiago Atitlan there is a strong energy vortex similar to those in the Himalayas and Korea. Before and during the tour, Ambassadors for Peace had many spiritual experiences and received many spiritual messages.
At the Mayan ruins at Ximiche, Dror Ashuah and Ofer Braver had a vision of a group of people in a circle all dressed in white. At certain spots, Ofer Braver said he experienced coldness. When he found out that stones from that area were used to build prisons he could understand the sense of coldness.
Maria L. Vargas had several visions while at the Mayan ruins. In one, an earthquake became stronger and stronger until it became tumultuous, and feeling that we would not make it through it. She understood the vision to mean that the coming years will bring times of very difficult spiritual tumult and we will need to fortify ourselves spiritually and strengthen our families and communities in order to make it through the times. In another vision, she saw that we have entered a time when everyone is becoming more spiritual.
The Americas Tour brought together representatives from North and South America and Israel – three strategic points of high energy. They came together as strangers and representatives of former enemy nations but left as friends and partners in peace, joined as one in heart. Through such steps, the seeds for peace are being planted.
A third Ambassadors for Peace Americas tour is tentatively scheduled for July 2011, and will include other South American countries as well. The tours are unique opportunities for Ambassadors for Peace and community leaders to be empowered, gain insights and acquire rich experiences and knowledge for laying tracks for world peace.


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description: Dokumentasi referensi untuk audit Lighthouse "Situs berada di HTTPS".

{# wf_updated_on: 2016-09-19 #}
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# Situs berada di HTTPS  {: .page-title }

## Mengapa audit itu penting {: #why }

Semua situs web harus dilindungi dengan HTTPS, bahkan situs web yang tidak menangani
data sensitif. HTTPS mencegah penyusup mengganggu atau mendengarkan
secara pasif komunikasi antara situs Anda dan penggunanya.

HTTPS juga merupakan prasyarat bagi banyak fitur platform web baru yang andal,
misalnya pengambilan gambar atau perekaman audio.

Menurut definisinya, aplikasi tidak memenuhi syarat sebagai aplikasi web progresif jika tidak jalankan
di HTTPS. Hal ini karena banyak teknologi aplikasi web inti, misalnya
service worker, memerlukan HTTPS.

Untuk informasi selengkapnya mengenai mengapa semua situs harus dilindungi dengan HTTPS, lihat
[Mengapa Harus Selalu Menggunakan HTTPS](/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/why-https).

## Cara untuk lulus audit {: #how }

Migrasikan situs Anda ke HTTPS.

Banyak platform hosting, misalnya
[Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/docs/hosting/){: .external } atau [GitHub
Pages](https://pages.github.com/){: .external }, telah aman secara default.

Jika Anda menjalankan server sendiri dan membutuhkan cara murah dan mudah untuk menghasilkan
sertifikat, lihat [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/){: .external }. Untuk bantuan selengkapnya
tentang mengaktifkan HTTPS di server Anda, lihat rangkaian dokumen berikut: [Mengenkripsi
data dalam pengiriman](/web/fundamentals/security/encrypt-in-transit/enable-https).

Jika laman Anda sudah berjalan di HTTPS namun Anda tidak lulus audit, berarti
Anda mungkin memiliki masalah dengan materi campuran. Materi campuran terjadi bila sebuah situs aman
meminta sumber daya (HTTP) yang tidak aman. Lihat dokumen berikut di
panel Security pada Chrome DevTools untuk mempelajari cara men-debug situasi ini:
[Pahami masalah keamanan](/web/tools/chrome-devtools/debug/security).

{% include "web/tools/lighthouse/audits/implementation-heading.html" %}

Lighthouse menunggu kejadian dari Chrome Debugger Protocol yang menunjukkan apakah
laman berjalan pada koneksi aman. Jika kejadian tidak terdengar dalam 10
detik, berarti tidak lulus audit.

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DVD Review: Wild Field
By CineVue 18/04/2010 20/02/2018 Reviews
In the middle of the endless steppes of the Kazakhstan expanses, Wild Field (Dikoe pole, 2008) protagonist Mitya (Oleg Dolin) runs a one-man medical centre. Life is hard and the steppe vast and empty, dwarfing the sparse population of hardened farmers, peasants, the odd military outcast and the young doctor. Mitya makes do with his meagre medical supplies, meeting every challenge with the same calm resignation in the face of humanity's mortality. His know-how must extend to everything from a donkey with a stomach ache brought on from swallowing a tablecloth, to bullet wounds from marauding Kazakh riders.
Mitya ministers to all with never-ending patience and little comment. When faced with multiple casualties, he calls in the local veterinarian, who has a similar stalwart expression and resourceful air. Necessity is truly the mother of invention in this inhospitable place, if you're a medical professional anyway. The tale of how Mitya came to live on the steppe is left untold, but the doctor remains to treat the people he says are "forgotten by God". The forgotten are a large cast of eccentric characters, as wild and rough as the landscape itself. They move in and out of the plot in a series of anecdotal interactions with Mitya, who bears them all as calmly as he does the ever-changing weather.
The self-contained succession of stories lends Wild Field's narrative an easy rhythm. Thankfully, director Mikheil Kalatozishvili has not succumbed to romanticism and the actors are both realistic and earthy.Mitya remains a man alone, except for one joyful moment when his fiancée finally comes to join him on the steppe. The reunion is tender but short-lived. She is unprepared to spend a life on the steppe and the following day flees to the city to marry another man. Mitya stares across the steppe, his face impassive; the city a million miles from his windswept home in the valley. If he is heartbroken, we never see it; the pain is borne silently and without drama.
While most of the film's chapters remain distinct from one another, the common thread is the strange man Mitya spots on the hill by his house one day. The ominous figure appears regularly, watching the doctor from a distance, thwarting his investigations. The sense of threat and dread builds to an inevitable and startling conclusion, as the pair finally come face to face. Dolin plays his part superbly, with isolation and distance apparent in every movement of his lanky body. But Wild Field's greatest star is the steppe itself. It fills every inch of the screen, an unforgettable landscape of grassy plains and sky. This heartbreakingly beautiful film will leave your mind full of the empty Kazakh landscape and your ears ringing with the large silence of the endless steppe.
Amy Rideout
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Cannes 2010: Our picks of the programme
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KANSAS CENTRAL MODEL RAILROADERS, LLC TOOK THEIR TRAVELING HO LAYOUT TO THE INTERMEDIATE CENTER (MIDDLE SCHOOL) IN CLEARWATER, KS. TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR END OF SCHOOL "HOBBY DAYS" ON FRIDAY MAY 5, 2017. PRESENTERS GARY ESSELLS, FRED DUGGER AND MATT VOGT DEMONSTRATED THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE MODEL RAILROAD HOBBY.
THERE WERE FOUR, 45 MINUTE SESSIONS HELD DURING THE DAY WITH BOYS AND GIRLS FROM 4TH THRU 6TH GRADES. THE STUDENTS INDICATED THEIR CHOICE OF HOBBIES TO EXPLORE PRIOR TO THE EVENT. WE SPOKE WITH ABOUT 40 STUDENTS. THE QUESTIONS ASKED DEALT WITH EVERYTHING FROM HOW LONG IT TOOK TO BUILD THE LAYOUT TO WHAT THE MODELS COST. THE CONSTRUCTION OF MODELS, LANDSCAPE, PAINTING, WIRING AND OPERATION WERE EXPLAINED. EVERYONE WAS GIVEN A TURN AT THE CONTROLS OF THE TWO MAIN LINES. THE GALS WENT FASTER AROUND THE LOOPS THAN THE GUYS DID. THE SMILES ON THEIR FACES WAS WORTH THE TRIP. 25 COPIES OF MODEL RAILROADER MAGAZINES WERE HANDED OUT TO THOSE WHO WANTED THEM. THE SCHOOL PROVIDED US WITH BREAKFAST AND LUNCH.
SGT. MATT VOGT OF THE VALLEY CENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT SPENT TIME USING THE LAYOUTS VARIOUS MODELS TO TALK ABOUT SAFETY AROUND RAILROADS USING KANSAS OPERATION LIFESAVER MATERIALS. AN AVID MODEL RAILROADER AND PHOTOGRAPHER, MATT EXPLAINED SOME BASIC SAFETY STEPS APPLICABLE TO THAT AGE GROUP. I WAS SURPRISED AT THE KNOWLEDGE THESE KIDS DISPLAYED ABOUT CROSSING SAFETY. KEY CHAINS, RULERS AND PENCILS WERE HANDED OUT TO THE STUDENTS.
ALL AND ALL IT WAS A GOOD DAY FOR OUR CLUB. THE STAFF AND STUDENTS WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
"Why I Play With Toy Trains"
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The Kansas Central Model Railroaders invited the public to view their model railroad displays which were setup on the second floor of the Hutchinson Public Library. The display was put in place to celebrate National Model Railroading Month. The display featured model trains in various gauges from Z to G. Hutchinson was represented by a scale model of the original Santa Fe now Amtrak depot. Morton Salt's presence in Hutchinson was also represented. Information announcing the organization's upcoming model train show in June was part of the display as well. An article in the local newspaper stated that the public was invited to attend one of the club's monthly meetings held on the first Saturday of each month in the second-floor library conference room. Call Don Phillips at 620-662-5906, or email dphillips31@cos.net, for meeting times, which change due to holidays. Information was provided by club members Gary Essells and Angela Ratzlaff both of Hutchinson.
In April of 2017 two of our KCMR members were invited to speak at a Sterling, Kansas Rotary Club luncheon. Fred Dugger and Javen Schmucker put together a presentation describing how they got involved with the hobby of modeling railroading. Or as some folks might say "Why do you play with trains?" As many of us started out with a train set as a child there are lots of folks who want to know what kept our interest in the hobby.
During the presentation, many of the attendees begin to smile as they remember the good times they had years ago playing with an electric train. This reaction is quite common when doing a presentation on this topic. As an adult, it is a magical experience that many have forgotten. How quickly the audience starts to remember those days of old and the joys it brought to many families.
Following the close of the presentation (and after the hot lunch) Fred and Javen answered many questions ranging from "will my old set still run" to "where can we go to buy or get repairs for my old train". It was a fun time for all who attended.
On Saturday August 12th, 2017, the Kansas Central Model Railroaders were invited to help with the model train display being hosted by KCMR member Phil Aylward. The event was part of the "Halstead Old Settlers" yearly festival with the model train display in the old Arkansas Valley Interurban (AVI) depot. Phil is the current owner of the building and is in process of restoring the building. The train display ran for six hours from 11 am until 5 pm. The doors opened right after the parade which brought in a large crowd from around 11 am until mid-afternoon. After closing at 5 pm Phil and his wife feed the group with grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, and potato salad. Oh yes, don't forget the sodas too. THANKS PHIL!
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The Number 33
Enlighten the massess..
#33 #biblical numbers #Freemasonry #Illuminati #sacred number #The number 33
Cory Daniel
(The Most Sacred of Numbers / Wisdom)
Meaning and Symbology
The number 33 is considered the most sacred of all numbers.
33 also plays in concert with 32 as it symbolized transformation. (Ice=32° Water=33°)
the sum of the first four positive factorials. "4" being the number of foundation/physical realms.
In The Bible
The number 33 represents wisdom in the bible.
33 or more precisely "thirty and three" are mentioned 6 times in the bible.
Jesus lived 33 years
Jesus performed 33 miracles
The "beast" is mentioned 33 times in the Bible
33 kings in the land of Canon had to be killed to receive God's inheritance. Moses killed 2 of them (Amalek and Og), David killed the other 31. Totaling 33.
Benhadad of Syria came with 32 kings in order to take over. 32 plus himself makes 33.
King David reigned in Jerusalem for 33 years
A very old Jewish tradition, recounted by the first century A.D. historian Josephus, states that Adam and Eve had 33 sons and 23 daughters!
The star of David and his two triangles, one inverted and placed on top of the other one. Two triangles each having 3 sides is 3 and 3. Or 33.
33 sons and daughters of Israel (Genesis 46:15)
3300 officers of King Solomon (1 Kings 5:16)
There are 33 titles for the Antichrist in the old testament and 13 in the new testament.
Jacob had 33 children with his first wife Leah. (Gen 46:15
According to Jewish law laid out in Leviticus, a woman had to purify her blood and was not permitted to touch anything sacred for 33 days after her son was circumcised.
The Bible contains a total of 66 books. That's 33+33 or 33×2.
The name "God" occurs 32 times in the first book of Genesis. And with God dictating to Moses, that makes 33.
Lucifer took a third of the stars, or angels with him when he fell from heaven. That is 33 1/3.
The 33rd time Noah's name is used in Scripture is when God makes a special covenant or promise with him. It's for this reason the number 33 is sometimes associated with "God's Promise."
The 33rd time Abraham's name is used in the Bible is when Isaac, the child of promise, is born to him when he is ninety-nine years old, OR 33×3 (Genesis 21:1 – 2).
In U.S. government
1933 FDR put the all-seeing eye on the back of the dollar bill. 1+9 =10, the number of dominance.
The feathers on the eagle on the great seal of the U.S. has 33 feathers on the left wing and 32 on the right. (Schumann Resonance 7.83 Hz is 33/32 ratio and the human body resonates exactly 33 octaves above this (earths) fundamental vibration)
The U.N. emblem contains 33 squares
In 2007, the 110 Congress passed "Resolution 33" Titled "Recognizing the thousands of Freemasons in every state in the Nation and honoring them for their many contributions to the Nation throughout history.
Sam Houston's statue in Huntsville TX measures 66 feet tall (33 x 2) and weighs 66,000 LBS or (33 short tons). Sam Houston was a high ranking Freemason.
"33" In Significant Events
The twin towers stood for 33 years before they were collapsed by the international cabal.
The Towers of Light memorial which stood in place of the Twin Towers after their collapse shown every night between March 11th and April 13th. Exactly 33 days. 44 bulbs in each light times 2 lights comes to 88. It took 88 years to birth the European Union. (if you are of the belief as I am that the Twin Towers were taken down as the beginning step in an overall paradigm shift then utilizing sympathetic numerical magic fits right in line with this.)
The Alfred P. Murrah building in OK city (OK city bombing) was named after a 33 degree Freemason. It consisted of 3 rows of columns with 11 columns in each row. 11×3 is 33
After the trial of the OK City Bombing, Timothy McVeigh was given a stay of execution and was eventually given the death penalty after he turned 33 years of age.
The first shot fired in the Civil War was fired at Fort Sumter in Charleston NC. Charleston NC is located on the 32 degree parallel. One degree away from transformation. (water is frozen at 32 degrees and only transforms and is free to move at 33 degrees and above.)
Pope John Paul the 1st was found dead exactly 33 days after becoming Pope. He had vowed to investigate wrongdoings in the church and clean house. A message was clearly sent.
JFK was shot and killed November 22nd in Dealey Plaza. 11/22 equals 33. Dealey Plaza is also the sight of the first Grand Masons Lodge in Texas.
March 30th, 1981 Ronald Reagan was shot and almost killed by John Hinkley Jr. 3/30 equals 33. John Hinkley Sr. was very good friends with George Bush Sr.
Buzz Aldrin (33-degree mason) the first man to set foot on the moon, bought with him on the mission a Scottish Rite banner/flag which was later donated to the House of the Temple …. Gordon Cooper also carried a Scottish Rite Banner/flag on his 1965 Gemini 5 orbital mission.
Phoenix, Tempe, Mesa, and Scottsdale, AZ are all located exactly on the 33rd degree parallel and site of the largest witnessed UFO event in world history, known as The Phoenix Lights.
On 3/3/03 the UN World Prayer Center called for everyone to pray simultaneously at 3:30 pm.
The queen mother's time of death was 315. That is both hands pointing at the 3. Or 33.
Yasser Arafat was pronounced dead officially at '3:30'am
March 3, 1933, Governor Clarence Martin closed all banks when he declared a "Bank Holiday."
During the first lunar landing, the craft made a 33-degree descent.
Atlantis embarked on its 33rd and final mission, which was also the final mission of a space shuttle, STS-135, on 8 July 2011. STS-33 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Discovery deployed a payload for the US Department of Defense (DoD). STS-33 was the 32nd shuttle mission overall and the ninth flight of Discovery. The details of the mission are classified.
Shakespeare writes that Julius Cesar died from 33 wounds
In Geography
NASA's Cape Canaveral runway lies on the 33rd degree parallel. The runway the shuttle lands on is named runway #33 and is slanted 33 degrees west of north.
In the heart of the Andes, Ayacucho Huamanga, the religious capital of Peru, is "The City of the 33 Churches."
Roswell NM is located on the 33rd degree parallel.
The Atom bomb was developed and tested at White Sands NM. located on the 33rd degree parallel. The two atom bombs used in WW2 were eventually detonated at Hiroshima (located on the 34th degree parallel), and Nagasaki (located on the 32 degree parallel.) One each above and below the latitude of creation of the bombs.
Iraq, ancient Sumeria, and Babylon are all located on the 33rd degree Parallel.
The longest continually inhabited city in the world is Damascus, Syria, at 33°30'N latitude.
The area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers come closest together — allegedly the place of the earliest human civilization or Sumeria — lies at 33° latitude, in modern day Iraq.
Phoenix, AZ is located at the 33rd degree parallel and is 331 meters above sea level. Phoenix, AZ is also a hive of Freemasonry.
Disneyland is located on the 33rd degree parallel.
In the human body
33 vertebra in the human spinal column when the bones that form the coccyx are counted individually
33 days in the "intellectual cycle" in the bio-rhythm.
The human body functions ideally with 8 hours, or 33.3%, of sleep every 24 days.
According to the Newton scale, 33 is the number at which water boils.
33 is the atomic number of arsenic
33 rpm on a phonograph record. invented by Thomas Edison, a Freemason.
Groundhog day is the 33rd day of the year.
At the Vatican, there are 32 archways on each side of the courtyard with the obelisk in the middle completing the number 33
The pope's cassock has 32 buttons on it and his head completes the number 33.
The ceiling in the U.N. general assembly room has a large circular light surrounded by 32 smaller lights.
In astrology, the sun officially transitions into a new sign of the zodiac at the 33rd degree. It enters that the 30th but doesn't totally clear until the 33rd. The ministry of Jesus Christ began when he was 30 years old and didn't end until he was 33. Then he resurrected.
The bank of America logo is three sets of eleven equaling 33.
There are 33 divinities or "gods" found in the Vedas, or the Hindu tradition.
Every thirty-three years the Leonid meteor shower is brightest, in mid-November.
A continuous 12 lunation calendar with no intercalary periods will re-coincide with the solar year every 33 years. Thus, every 33 years the lunisolar cycle is completed bringing the lunar months back in sync with the solar seasons.
The game Solitaire consists of 33 holes on a wooden board wherein the player has to remove 32 of the marbles leaving one marble in the 33rd hole in order to win the game. The prefix (Sol) in solitaire means "Sun".
The BasilHouse of the Temple (Freemason's main lodge) has 33 columns each measuring 33 feet tall.
Indianapolis Scottish Rite Cathedral Ballroom- Ballroom is a square of 99 Feet, The Dancing area has a square of 66 feet and the square white oak floor panels measure 33 inches.
King Khalid Airport in Saudi Arabia 33 arches along the Royal Pavilion.
Water is frozen at 32 degrees, but once at 33, it becomes water (transformation). This is an alchemical principle and it is no coincidence the 32-33 degree designation happens at this point. The measuring of heat or transformation in degrees is no coincidence. Your diploma is also called a degree and allows you to move freely within commerce in a field of your choosing, much like water can move freely above 33 degrees and is not frozen in place.
The Solar Year = 365.2422414 (3 + 6 + 5 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 4 + 1 + 4 = 33) solar days or 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 49.7 seconds.
The basilica of Saint Peter in Rome counts 33 chapels.
The Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe is constructed of 32 stairs with the upper landing making it 33 or (completeness).
The enclosing walls around the Pyramid of Saqqara in Egypt measure 33 feet tall.
On the Giza Plateau, the Great Pyramid rests on bedrock which is 33 feet higher than that of the Pyramid of Khafre. The Pyramid of Khafre also has a terrace which measures 33 feet wide.
Also in Giza, the Wall of the Crow measures 33 feet high.
At the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt, the Statues measure 33 and 66 feet tall.
In modern-day Pakistan at the Ruins of Mohenjo Daro, the streets around the temple and what would have been the housing for the Elite measured 33 feet across.
Harappa India, the isles measure 33 feet wide in the Great Granary.
The National Geographical Society founded in 1888 and modeled after the Royal Geographical Society of London, had an original membership of 33 men. Clarence Dutton (who mapped out the geology of the western United States) sat as chairman of that society. Please see The Grand Canyon Mystery.
The "Tree of the Sephiroth" of the Kabbalah has 33 elements, including the whole of it and its constituent parts.
The Vatican recognizes "33 Doctors of the Church.
33 Bishops make up the Irish Bishops' Conference which is the official body of Catholics in Ireland.
The 2005 "traditional Christmas greeting" was delivered from the Vatican in 33 languages.
33 members compose the "Council of the Order of the Great Orient" of France.
Of the 99 Beautiful Names of Allah, the 33rd is Al-Azim "the Supreme Glory" meaning the Most Grand.
In Islam, 33 angels carry the praise of man to heaven; sacred litanies make mention of 33 tasbih, 33 tahmid, 33 takbir.
The Animal Kingdom is divided into 33 phyla.
The raven produces 33 distinct sounds.
Blue moons occur on average once every 33 months
The sun rises on the exact spot on the horizon exactly every 33 years.
Saturn has 33 natural satellites. (for a fascinating study, research Saturn, and the occult.)
Mercury has an average temperature of 332 degrees. (Here we see 33 and 32) The god Mercury is a messenger god. Mercury Radio Arts was founded in 2002 by Glen Beck of the Glen Beck radio program and is a multimedia production company or a "deliverer of messages." Still, think Glen Beck is on the up and up?
The "X-33 VentureStar" is a technology program design (a partnership between NASA and industry) for a new generation of launch vehicles that would significantly lower the costs of carrying payloads into space.
On the largest earth-based reflective telescope, the mirror is 33 feet in diameter.
Saturn V rockets were 33 feet wide and 363 feet tall. 363/33=11. 11 is an extremely important number to occultists.
The world's largest radio telescope is the 330-meter dish at Arecibo in Puerto Rico's mountains.
The numbers associated with the tetrahedron, the simplest and most basic of the Pythagorean "perfect solids," are 19.47 or 19.5 and "3" or "33". (Also see Richard C Hoagland's work on NASA and the number 19.5.)
Seawater pressure doubled every 33 feet of depth.
Due to Earth's gravity, a column of water can only rise up into the air 33 feet before it begins to disperse or collapse.
The escape velocity from Earth's gravity is Mach 33
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), National Earthquake Information Center (World Data Center for Seismology, Denver), lists seismic activity according to depth below surface, with –33km being the shallowest grade on their scale.
Club 33 at Disney Land is the only place on the Disney Land estate that one can drink alcohol. It is also a private club and costs around $10,000 a year membership fee with an initiation fee of $25,000.
The California Vara is 33 inches
The numerical/alphabetical sum of AIDS equals 33.
Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy has three books. The Inferno is the most widely read, The second two books of the trilogy, The Purgatorio and Paradiso, both contain 33 cantos.
In Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Ghost is represented in the first scene with an entrance described in a sentence with 33 characters. And Horatio addresses the ghost in 33 characters as he leaves.
In Julius Caesar, the ghost of Caesar visits Brutus in a passage that starts with a 33-character sentence, "That shapes this monstrous apparition." Brutus recovers from the shock and addresses the ghost in a 33-word sentence.
Edmund Spenser's famous epic poem, The Faerie Queen is loaded with allegory and contained characters from Arthur, to Gloriana (Queen Elizabeth) and the Red Crosse Knight. Book 3 Canto 3 (3 + 3 = 33) opens with a 33-letter sentence: "Most sacred fire, that burnest mightily." Spenser linked the number with the concept of a human spirit and at the same time a mirror image in the celestial realm. This concept of "as above, so below" is shared in Freemasonry, particularly speculative Freemasonry that emerged in the seventeenth century.
Sir Francis Bacon features prominently in a secret society that he started while at Cambridge, as well as playing a role in creating speculative masonry from its base in craft masonry. He is believed to have written the early Rosicrucian books, as well. Oddly enough the numerical value of his name, using the Elizabethan alphabet, is 33 (B = 2, A = 1, C = 3, O = 14, N = 13).
For More Studies on Numbers Please Visit the "Site Resources" page.
http://www.ridingthebeast.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10
http://www.biblestudy.org/bibleref/meaning-of-numbers-in-bible/
The Secret Teachings of All Ages – Manly P. Hall
Cory Daniel is a professional certified interpretive guide and writer/researcher who currently lives in the Valley of the Sun.
GeoSAR Technology and the Management of the U.S. Drug Trade


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Q: Using map.reduce on one column from a 2d array Ok so I just want to know the numbers x's in a given column of my data. I know I can do it with this:
function countx (data,column){
var result = 0;
for (var i=0; i<data.length;i++)
    {
    if(data[i][column]=="x") result++;
    }
return result;
}

But it seems like this would be much better done with a map.reduce, but I'm not sure how to use reduce on a 2d array and I found the most popular thread on here about this topic much more complex than my situation.

A: *

*You want to convert the following script to the script using map and reduce.
function countx (data,column){
var result = 0;
for (var i=0; i<data.length;i++)
    {
    if(data[i][column]=="x") result++;
    }
return result;
}

If my understanding is correct, how about this answer? Please think of this as just one of several possible answers.
Modified script:
function countx (data,column) {
  var result = data.reduce(function(c, e) {
    if (e[column] == "x") c++;
    return c;
  }, 0);
  return result;
}

*

*In your script, I think that "reduce" is suitable instead of "map".

*When "reduce" is used, the initial value can be given as }, 0);.

*In this modified script, it can be run with and without enabling V8.

Reference:

*

*reduce()
If I misunderstood your question and this was not the direction you want, I apologize.

A: Easiest method would be filter:

function countx (data,column){
  return data.filter(row=>row[column]==="x").length;
}
console.info(countx([["a"],["b"],["x"],["x"],["c"]],0))


Grateful Challenge: Day 2 — Hannah.
Continuing the love for music ... here's another song I enjoy.
It's FRIDAY! I'm not exactly sure where this week has gone - we got home Sunday night from Atlanta, we hit the ground running and haven't stopped - but wait, don't I feel like this every week? I took the day off Monday to catch up on life - you know, the fun stuff: unpacking, laundry, dry cleaners, groceries, meal prep, etc. SO glad I did that - because life caught up with me the second I walked in my office on Tuesday. Whew.
We are watching Jackson this weekend! :) Expect posts of playing at the park, soccer games, && pumpkin patches! I can't wait.
#1: My Education. If I think back, my memory goes as far as sitting on some multi-colored rug by myself, my mom walking in through the door to pick me up early because I was FREAKING OUT over eating a staple - I guess that puts me at 3 or 4 years old - so, PreK? Since then, I'm beyond grateful for the education that's been provided to me. Though my 6+ years in Lafayette taught me WAY more than what the textbook ever will - i.e. when the school is performing a drug search, wear your backpack IN FRONT of you so the person behind you doesn't stuff his Ziploc bag of weed in it - packing up and moving me to Katy on faith was the best thing my parents ever did for me. Going through Taylor High School gave me the tools I needed to get my way through college - a semester early at that - and where I am today: employed. To the teachers that had patience with me when I initially failed after first moving to Katy, to the professor that sat me down to talk real life v. textbook world - I am grateful for what my education has brought me. And I'm SO not even close to my education being complete.
#2: My job. From 6:30a-4p, 4 or 5 days a week, I am an accountant. I am constantly learning from others & I've got people fooled to think they can learn from me, too. The job keeps me on my toes, keeps my brain always going, and let's me use the skills I've developed and continue to develop. It gives us health insurance. It let's us build a retirement fund, while having my company contribute, too. Plus I get free food every once in a while - we all know that's where the real importance is. I'm not one to seek the title - that's not where my success lies - but I do love that I have a job that I enjoy and for that - I am grateful for my job.
#3: My home. After utilizing my education and enjoying my job, I get to go home. Home for me is my husband and my puppies. Yes, we happen to own the walls surrounding us - well, technically the bank does - but that's not what makes it a home. Getting to talk to someone who cares about how my day went and being greeted my the happiest, most excited puppies in the world is something that I cherish, that I appreciate, and that I am so grateful for.


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"......global Islamic financial assets are estimated to have reached US$1.8 trillion
by the end of 2013, up from US$1.5 trillion in 2012
"In Singapore, Mr Menon said Islamic assets under management have surged nearly fourfold over the last five years.
The city-state is the only non-Muslim majority country among the top 15 countries for Islamic finance, says MAS MD Ravi Menon.
A general view of high-rise buildings in Singapore's financial district. (AFP/Roslan Rahman)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore's prospects in Islamic finance look bright, with more funds establishing themselves here to tap the Islamic debt market, the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) top executive said on Tuesday (June 3).
"Singapore is the only non-Muslim majority country among the top 15 countries for Islamic finance," MAS Managing Director Ravi Menon said at the opening of the 5th World Islamic Banking Conference Asia Summit that is being held in the city-state.
"More funds continue to be established here, to meet demand from clients in Asia as well as from the Middle East, while several corporations have established sukuk programmes in Singapore to tap the market over the next few years," he added.
Sukuks are bond-like structures that comply with Islamic investment principles, which prohibit the charging or paying of interest.
Islamic finance has been growing by double-digits in recent years, making it one of the star performers in international finance. The industry has also become more international, as seen from recent sovereign Islamic bond issues by newcomers Britain and Hong Kong.
According to Mr Menon, global Islamic financial assets are estimated to have reached US$1.8 trillion by the end of 2013, up from US$1.5 trillion in 2012.
"As more countries cater for Islamic finance, the scope for cross-border Islamic finance increases. We are beginning to see more cross-border sukuk issuance within Asia as well as between the Middle East and Asia," he said.
In Singapore, Mr Menon said Islamic assets under management have surged nearly fourfold over the last five years.
There are now 15 banks in Singapore involved in Islamic banking, double the number five years ago. The city-state also had nearly 30 sukuk issuances to date, with seven in 2013 alone, he added.


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Q: SQL: get gain loss absolute and percentage over previous month id | year | month | category | value
1    2019    01      apple       3
1    2018    12      apple       2
1    2019    01      carrot      4

With this example the expected results is:
category | last month | gain or loss % | gain or loss
 apple       2019-01         +50%              +1
 carrot      2019-01         +100%             +4       // Note: no carrot value on previous month

Is there any way to do this without doing any expensive join?

A: If you are running MySQL 8.0, you can use window functions and aggregation:
select
    category,
    max(case when rn = 1 then concat(year, '-', month)) last_month,
    coalesce(
        (
            max(case when rn = 1 then value end)
            - max(case when rn = 2 then value end)
        )
        / max(case when rn = 2 then value end),
    1) gain_or_loss_ratio,
    max(case when rn = 1 then value end)
        - coalesce(max(case when rn = 2 then value end), 0) gain_or_loss
from (
    select
        t.*,
        row_number() over(partition by category order by year desc, month desc) rn
    from mytable t
) t
where rn in (1, 2)
group by category

This lets you compare the last 2 values of each category, which is how I understand your question. The third column contains a value between 0 and 1 instead of a percentage, which I find more useful (you can format it as needed on application side).
You can shorten the arithmetic expressions by adding one level of nesting, like so:
select
    category,
    last_month,
    coalesce((last_value1 - last_value2) / last_value2, 1) gain_or_loss_ratio,
    last_value1 - coalesce(last_value2, 0) gain_or_loss
from (
    select
        category,
        max(case when rn = 1 then concat(year, '-', month)) last_month,
        max(case when rn = 1 then value end) last_value1,
        max(case when rn = 2 then value end) last_value2
    from (
        select
            t.*,
            row_number() over(partition by category order by year desc, month desc) rn
        from mytable t
    ) t
    where rn in (1, 2)
    group by category
) t

A: If you have no missing intermediate months, then a simple lag works (along with some filtering):
select category, concat_ws('-', year, month),
       coalesce(val / prev_value, 1) as gain_loss_rate,
       (val - coalesce(prev_value, 0)) as gain_or_loss
from (select t.*,
             lag(value) over (partition by id, category order by year, month) as prev_value
      from t
     ) t
where year = 2019 and month = '01';

If you specifically want the most recent month in the data without specifying it, use rank() as well:
select category, concat_ws('-', year, month),
       coalesce(val / prev_value, 1) as gain_loss_rate,
       (val - coalesce(prev_value, 0)) as gain_or_loss
from (select t.*,
             lag(value) over (partition by id, category order by year, month) as prev_value,
             rank() over (order by year desc, month desc) as seqnum
      from t
     ) t
where seqnum = 1;


I spent most of last weekend catering for a good friend Arthur Haines at his home in western Maine. 10 students joined him for a 2 day wild food medicine making class. When possible I joined in, learned a few extra plants, how to properly identify and turn them into medicine.
We kept a fire going throughout the weekend so I took it as a great opportunity to prep some food over the hot coals. Initially I wanted to roast the peppers for hot sauce which then lead to charring the tomatoes and a few onions. The end result is this smokey and spicy salsa that went great with fish tacos as seen below.
Prepare a grill or turn your broiler on high.
Cut the onions into 6 wedges, keeping the root section intake to hold each wedge together. Drizzle with a touch of oil, sea salt, and freshly cracked black pepper. Set aside.
In batches, grill or broil the tomatoes, turning as needed until the skins have blistered and charred slightly. Once done, place in a bowl and let stand.
Repeat the same process with the peppers, then follow up with the onions.
Once you've cooked the 3 vegetables, roughly chop them then combine in a large mixing bowl. Add the minced garlic and ground cumin.
Stir in about a 1/4 cup of vinegar, adding more if desired. Sprinkle in some sea salt to taste.
Let the salsa stand for 15-20 minutes to develop flavor.


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The Chicago Dogs are an independent professional baseball team based in Rosemont, Illinois. They are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. They began play in 2018 and play home games at the 6,300-seat Impact Field. The team's branding alludes to the Chicago-style hot dog, a local street food.

History

2018
In 2018, their first year as a team, the Dogs' manager was Butch Hobson. Former Chicago White Sox minor league pitcher Josh Goossen-Brown was the first player signed by the Chicago Dogs.  They finished the season in fourth place (out of six teams) in the American Association North Division, with a win–loss record of 45–54.

2019
In 2019, Carlos Zambrano joined the Dogs' roster.  Zambrano had pitched in the major leagues for 12 years, most of them as a member of the Chicago Cubs.  Butch Hobson continued to serve as the team's manager.  The Dogs finished the season in third place in the North Division, with a record of 59–40.

2020
In 2020, the Dogs competed as one of six league teams in a condensed 60-game season as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. They were originally slated to play home games at Franklin Field (home of the Milwaukee Milkmen) due to capacity restrictions for outdoor events in Illinois. However, these restrictions were lifted on June 26 (as the state officially moved into Phase 4 of their reopening plan, allowing for outdoor spectator sports to resume at limited capacity) and thus enabled the Dogs to play all their home games at Impact Field.

Mascot

The mascot of the Chicago Dogs is Squeeze, a fuzzy yellow creature who resembles a squeeze bottle of mustard.

Season-by-season records

Roster

Notable alumni
 Joe Benson (2018)
 Scott Barnes (2018)
 Chad Girodo (2018)
 D. J. Snelten (2019)
 Carlos Zambrano (2019)
 Casey Crosby (2019–2020)
 Victor Roache (2019–2020)
 Tyler Ladendorf (2020)
 Joey Terdoslavich (2020)
 Eddie Butler (2020)
 Jamie Callahan (2020)
 Jake Cousins (2020)
 Eric Stout (2020)
 Michael Crouse (2020–2021)
 Anfernee Grier (2021)
 Michael Bowden (2021)
 Jonathon Crawford (2021)
 Connor Grey (2021)

References

External links

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Alfonso Cuaron Returning To Venice Film Festival As Jury President
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Oscar-winner Alfonso Cuarón will chair the International Jury for the Competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival in September. The appointment by the board of directors comes two years after the helmer's Gravity opened the festival out of competition and one year after his pal Alejandro G. Inarritu raised the curtain with Birdman. Both men went on to win the directing Academy Award (among others) for their respective pics. Two of Cuaron's other Oscar nominated films have also premiered on the Lido: 2001's Y Tu Mamà También and 2006's Children Of Men. The former won the Osella Award for Best Screenplay and the Marcello Mastroianni Award (for stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna). Children Of Men later won the Osella Award for Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography.
Venice chief Alberto Barbera has had a terrific impact on the festival since returning three years ago, bringing high-profile premieres that have gone on to strongly figure in awards season. With Cuaron and then Inarritu having opened the festival in the past two years, there's been speculation that their amigo Guillermo del Toro might have a presence this year. Inarritu joked with me on the Lido last August that the trio was taking over. The Venice Film Festival runs from September 2-12.


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The Judith Wright Award was an annual Australian poetry prize awarded as part of the ACT Poetry Award between 2005 and 2011. Judith Wright Award may also refer to:

Judith Wright Calanthe Award, an Australian poetry award, part of the Queensland Premier's Literary Awards since 2004
Judith Wright Poetry Prize for New and Emerging Poets, an Australian poetry award presented by Overland magazine since 2007


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One drawback of HSIC is that the high power and speed levels involved mean that stamps and other devices do wear quicker than in conventional cutting. We are now examining how we can extend the lifetime of these tools by carefully choosing the right material (e.g. high-alloy steel), optimising heat treatment and, where appropriate, using thin, hard coatings. We are also testing out the effect of deep cryogenic treatment (DCT), as this technique produced pleasing results in our previous research project with Fraunhofer into the lifetime of fine-blanking tools.
As mentioned above, for this new research project we are again working closely with German research organisation Fraunhofer, more specifically with its Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU) in Chemnitz and its Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST) in Brunswick. The former already has a pilot HSIC unit. The project is being coordinated by the Belgian Association for Surface Finishing Techniques (VOM).
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Ken Rogers
Community Member Spotlight | My Jewish Buffalo
Since this week's theme is on our community's favorite non-political, non-COVID topic: – our Buffalo Bills – we shine the spotlight on Ken Rogers who has been a Bills season-ticket holder for 23 years. To Ken, missing the ritual of going to games on Sunday afternoons during such a memorable season was among the biggest disappointments of 2020. While many of you know Ken as a Jewish community leader, management consultant, and/or as a participant in cause-related bicycling events, others would see Ken on Sunday afternoon in Section 111, Row 20, Seats 13 and 14. Like many, the season ticket investment started out as a bonding experience with his older son Matthew (in picture) who was his weekly game-buddy through 2003 when he went away to college. Matt still gets home for games at least once or twice a year and watching games on TV is a shared (but distant) experience.
Of course, there is a Jewish community connection to all of this, as the seats are in the area of the stadium that used to be populated by many members of the Westwood Country Club. There are still a few scattered around. Ken "inherited" the seats of good friend and former Buffalonian Bob Alexander when Bob moved to Austin Texas. These were the Alexander family season tickets dating back to the early 1960s when Bob's late father Melvin Alexander purchased them.
One of Ken's joys has been having cousins Ryan Gellman and Bruce Korotkin, and friends such as Paul Hurley, Howard Rosenhoch and Richard Tobe join him at games so that they can share the Bills in-stadium experience together. According to Ken, there really is nothing like it, especially as he has become friendly with the other season ticket holders all around him. By the way, for those of you wondering, Ken's wife Kathy has not shared the experience (and has no interest in doing so) but supports his fandom.
Ken freely admits that with all of the other tsuris in our country and world, missing Bills games is "small potatoes." But as we enter 2021 there is some optimism, and hope, and that is something we can all lean on together. With his ticket seniority Ken is one of the lucky ones who gets to go to the first playoff game. Look for him behind the visitors' bench.
Go Bills!


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Q: Strange terminal mode, bash's mistake? Recently my bash has often got into strange states I don't understand (debian squeeze system). For example, after starting a new xterm, Control-l prints "^L" on my screen instead of cleaning it. This happens with a "fresh" xterm, with bash as well as with dash (even xterm -e /bin/dash). Also, a reset did never help.
By contrast, after ssh'ing to another box, Control-l does what I expect.
Can somebody make an educated guess for the cause to this very odd behaviour to me (my Unix knowledge can't help out)?

A: Sorry, I found it out. set -o vi was the culprit, as for bash. As for dash, it's just normal behaviour... Been a hard one.

A: Check the stty -aoutput and the $TERM variable.  $TERM should be "xterm" or "xterm-color"


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Shortage of Execution Drugs on the Firing Line
Rich Duprey, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Aug 3rd 2013 1:45PM
Maybe Texas just needs to fire up Ol' Sparky again. With the pace of executions in the state, it's fast running out of pentobarbital, the drug of choice for lethal injections, and its supply has dried up after its manufacturer cut off supplies under pressure from death-penalty opponents.
Texas, like 12 other states that use lethal injection, used a three-drug cocktail to carry out executions. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, pentobarbital, or sodium thiopental is used as an anesthetic, pancuronium bromide is then injected as a paralytic, and potassium chloride is administered last to stop the heart and bring on death.
However, Texas was forced to move to a one-drug lethal injection after sodium thiopental supplier Hospira cut off supply of the drug following the Italian government's objection to its use in executions after the company wanted to move manufacturing facilities there. Like seven other states, the Lone Star State began administering massive, lethal doses of pentobarbital instead to effect the execution.
Now that drug also can't be found, after its Danish manufacturer, Lundbeck, declared it was unsafe for use in lethal injections and halted shipments of it to U.S. prisons.
There are alternatives available, but courts have not yet approved their use. Missouri, for example, wants to use propofol, which is what Michael Jackson's doctor was convicted of injecting him with when the pop singer overdosed.
Hospira was one of three manufacturers of propofol until a contamination problem sent Teva Pharmaceuticals and Fresenius subsidiary APP Pharmaceuticals scurrying and suspended production. Teva was sued and had to pay some $800 million in damages and ceased production as a result, while both Hospira and APP resumed their manufacture. Yet because anesthesiologists view it as their go-to drug, it remains in short supply, and if states start administering it, they may face additional shortages as well.
The approved methods of execution in addition to lethal injection include electrocution and the gas chamber, as well as hanging and the firing squad. Considering the shortages of ammunition sparked by fears of gun control and massive government purchases, that last one might not be a viable alternative at the moment.
Amongst the 32 states that use executions, by far the most popular means is lethal injection because it's seen as the most humane. Which is ironic, because those individuals and places that oppose the practice altogether may end up forcing the use of more "inhumane" methods by creating a scarcity of resources.
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Twitter says its users fired off more than 15,000 tweets (#Euro2012) per second when Spain scored its fourth goal in the European Championship final, setting a sports-related record on the social networking site.
The surge in tweets came just weeks before the Olympic Games in London are expected to spur more record-setting activity on social networking sites – from tweets to postings of photos and other user-generated material.
Twitter said it registered a total of 16.5 million tweets worldwide during the soccer match Sunday in Kiev, where Spain defeated Italy 4-0.
It said total global traffic on its platform peaked at 15,358 tweets per second as Spain scored its fourth goal, a record for a sporting event.
"Commentators, fans and athletes around the world supported their teams in song, in face paint and in tweets" throughout the Euro 2012, Twitter said in a blog.
As fans increasingly use social media to connect during major sports competitions, new "tweet per second" records are constantly being set.
Twitter registered a peak of 12,233 tweets per second during the final three minutes of the Super Bowl in February.
An earlier record was set during the final match of the 2011 Women's World Cup, a match in Germany that saw 7196 tweets per second, including 13 from President Barack Obama. In that game, Japan's team defeated the U.S. on penalty kicks following a 2-2 draw.
Among those who tweeted Sunday was Pele, the retired Brazilian star. He congratulated Spain and said he was looking forward to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.


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Le Lit is a 1982 drama film directed by Marion Hänsel and based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Dominique Rolin. The film starred Heinz Bennent, Natasha Parry, and Johan Leysen. Le Lit received the André Cavens Award for Best Film given by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC).

Cast
 Heinz Bennent as Martin
 Natasha Parry as Eva
 Johan Leysen as Dr. Bruno Nanteuil
 Francine Blistin as Caroline
 Patrick Massieu as Tardif
 Marion Hänsel as Tilly

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Ferrier  may refer to:

People
 Ferrier (surname)

Places
 Ferrier Estate, q large council estate in Greenwich, London, UK
 Ferrier Peninsula, South Orkney Islands, Antarctica

Other
 Ferrier carbocyclization, an organic reaction
 Ferrier rearrangement, an organic reaction
 Kathleen Ferrier Award, a contest for opera singers

See also
 Ferrières (disambiguation), various meanings of a French name
 Farrier (disambiguation)
 Feria (disambiguation)


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The car manufacturer recently just launched the preview for this line of accessories. This newest baby coming from well-known Mercedes Benz feature the typical designs found in every Mercedes Benz products and added a few more features and twists. To bring out the best in their new line of products, the Lifestyle Selection 2009 incorporated the latest fashion shades. Here we are talking about shades of grey, silver, anthracite and twilight blue.
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Karate-do, Gichin Funakoshi, and a Few Words about Avodah Zarah
"The ultimate aim of Karate lies not in victory or in defeat, but in the perfection of the character of its participants." Those are the words of Gichin Funakoshi, the great grandmaster of karate-do and recognized founder of pre-MMA, modern martial arts.
As a life-long karateka, I feel a particular closeness with Funakoshi Sensei not just because I trained directly under Richard Lenchus (who trained under Kawanabe Sensei in Atsugi, who himself trained under Funakoshi Sensei)--I feel this closeness because Funakoshi Sensei was authentic, a man who mastered himself, someone worth emulating.
Funakoshi Sensei was born in the Yamakawa district of Shuri, Okinawa on November 10, 1868. He began training in Isshinryu at the age of 11 under Master Yasutsune Azato, who also taught him the Confucian classics. Later, he trained with Master Azato's friend and contemporary Master Yasutsune Itosu. Funakoshi dedicated his life to the development and promotion of karate training throughout Japan.
To fully appreciate Funakoshi Sensei's Shotokan Karate, it is essential to realize that, above all else, Funakoshi was a Chun-tzu. Becoming such, in Confucian terms, is not an accident of birth but rather the result of the development of ethical values (midos, in rabbinic Hebrew). Chun-tzu can be translated variously as gentleman, superior man, and man at his best. Funakoshi was all of this, and his devotion to Confucian teachings was part and parcel of his karate-do.
Confucius said, "He who in this world can practice five things may indeed be considered man-at-his-best." These five disciplines are Humility, Magnanimity, Sincerity, Diligence, and Graciousness. If you are humble, you will not be laughed at; if you are magnanimous, you will attract many to your side; if you are sincere, people will trust you; if you are gracious, you will get along well with your subordinates (The Sayings of Confucius, New American Library, 1955, p. 110). It is this type of man, Confucius teaches, who can transform society into the peaceful state it was meant to be.
Diligence, which remains undetailed in the above list, fairly well speaks for itself. But by way of a base illustration: When I was younger, I found the spinning back-roundhouse kick awkward. Or perhaps I was awkward. In any event, I was frustrated by the technique and eventually turned to one of my instructors to ask for a few pointers. "Here's the secret," he said, calling me over to whisper into my ear. "Do it a million times."
Years later, when I taught martial arts at the Lubavitcher cheder (a Chassidic children's dayschool) in Morristown, NJ, I had a number of young students, among them the children of two prominent rabbis from the community. But another "rabbi" objected, claiming that karate was a form of idol worship (avodah zarah was the term used). He fought diligently to have my free class removed from the building. What a shocking non-surprise to later find this very man confronted by the NJ State authorities for physically abusing his own pupils. Ignorance and low morals oftentimes go hand-in-hand.
There is nothing in classical martial arts antithetical to classical Torah teachings. Indeed, Professor Chaim Sober's Tora Dojo--a vital part of Yeshiva University's history as far many of us are concerned--makes it clear that the physical and philosophical aspects of classical martial arts are not only in harmony with Torah, they are a healthy supplement, much like the mussar teachings of the 18th century.
Confucianism, as its founder taught, is not a religion – it is an ethical code. Three key principles are emphasized: the principles of Li, Jen and Chun-tzu. Li has several meanings and is often translated as propriety, reverence, courtesy, ritual, or the ideal standard of conduct. It's what Confucius believed to be the highest standard of religious, moral, and social conduct.
Where Li provides the structure for social interaction. Jen makes it a moral system. Jen, the fundamental virtue of Confucian teachings, is the concept of goodness and benevolence and is expressed through recognition of value and concern for others, regardless of rank or class or wealth or poverty. Confucius summarizes the principle of Jen as: "Do not do to others what you would not like them to do to you." (Analects 15:23) In Pirke Avos, Hillel is translated as having said it this way: "What is hateful to you do not do unto others." Regardless of whether Hillel or Confucius said it first (and neither one of them, history shows, would have sued for copyright infringement), the statements are essentially the same.
Avodah zarah, it seems, is often in the evil eye of the beholder.
The third primary Confucian concept, Chun-tzu, represents the notion of gentlemanliness, of living by the highest ethical standards. The gentleman displays five virtues: self-respect, generosity, sincerity, persistence, and benevolence. His relationships are characterized as follows: as a son, he is loyal; as a father, he is kind and just; as an official, he is faithful; as a husband, he is righteous and just; and as a friend, he is faithful and tactful.
Funakoshi Sensei wrote, "True karate-do places weight upon the spiritual rather than physical matters...in daily life, one's mind and body should be trained and developed in a spirit of humility, and that, in critical times, one should be devoted utterly to the cause of justice."
Oh, that all of our "religious" leaders would have such high standards.
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Aaron Cohen said...
Certainly there are many parallels between the activities of students in the dojo and the Beit Midrash.
Wonderful piece and lovely harmony between seemingly contradictory disciplines. Health and happiness, my friend.
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Orders placed before 3pm will ship the same-day if product is in stock. Orders can be delivered via next-day air if requested. All shipping charges will be included on the invoice. All orders under $600 will include a $10.00 handling fee.
In the event an item arrives DOA (non-functioning), or the unit fails within the first 15 days, contact your Account Representative immediately and follow the return procedures outlined below. In addition, certain manufactures do not allow replacement of defective products. In these instances, we can assist in the arrangement of warranty repairs. Your Account Representative will outline which products can and cannot be returned when defective.
Be aware that QuestingHound Technology Partners cannot always accept returns for open software, PC's, and peripherals.
If a product must be returned to us for any other reason than defective, your Account Representative must issue the RMA number within 10 days of receipt of the product at your location.
An RMA number will remain valid for a period of 10 days from the time it is issued.
All returns must be shipped back freight pre-paid, insured, and traceable to the address issued on the RMA.
Although we will try our best to negotiate with the manufactures to accept returns without any restocking fees, QuestingHound will pass on to its customers any return charges it incurs from its distributors, not to exceed 20% of the products original price.