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Zero Belly Diet test panelist Bryan Wilson, a 29-year-old accountant, lost 19 pounds and an astounding 6 inches from his waist in just six weeks on the program, and he attributes his success to the Zero Belly shake recipes. "I love the shakes. I added them to my diet, and almost immediately I lost the bloat," Bryan said. "I'm a sweet craver, and the shakes were an awesome alternative to bowls and bowls of ice cream I would have had." Protein shakes are great ways to get a monster dose of belly-busting nutrition into a delicious, simple snack. But most commercial protein shakes are filled with unpronounceable chemicals that can upset our gut health and cause inflammation and bloat. And the high doses of whey used to boost protein levels can amplify the belly-bloating effect. The Zero Belly solution: Try vegan protein, which will give you the same fat-burning, hunger-squelching, muscle-building benefits, without the bloat.
So how exactly does intermittent fasting work? There are two main approaches. The first method: You limit yourself to 500 calories per day, with alternate days that have no food or calorie restrictions. The second method: You limit the time period of when you can eat to an 8- to 10-hour window. For example, your meals are contained within the hours of 9 am and 7 p.m. Each approach has its pros and cons, so it may take some experimenting to find which way works for you. But no matter which method you choose, periodic fasting is scientifically proven to burn fat effectively without losing too much muscle or dropping your metabolism.
I never exercise on an empty stomach. As a rule, I put something in the tank 2 hours before a hike or yoga class to make sure I don't peter out...or pass out. But it turns out that exercising in a fasted state worked for me. Instead of feeling light-headed, I had more grit and go. I marched up that mountain on a mission and planked with more purpose. Major perks: Science shows that exercising in a fasted state can supercharge your body's fat-burning potential.
The fasting periods were often called 'cleanses', 'detoxifications', or 'purifications', but the idea is similar – e.g. to abstain from eating food for a certain period of time, often for health reasons. People imagined that this period of abstinence from food would clear their bodies' systems of toxins and rejuvenate them. They may have been more correct than they knew.
Also, the natural sugar in fruit does affect your carbohydrate intake — especially if you eat a lot of fruit. This may temporarily raise your blood sugar or certain blood fats. However, this effect is lessened if you are losing weight. If you have diabetes or any other health conditions or concerns, work with your doctor to adjust the Mayo Clinic Diet for your situation. For example, people with diabetes should aim for more vegetables than fruits, if possible. It's a good idea to snack on vegetables, rather than snacking only on fruit.
During the 1920s and 1930s, when the only anticonvulsant drugs were the sedative bromides (discovered 1857) and phenobarbital (1912), the ketogenic diet was widely used and studied. This changed in 1938 when H. Houston Merritt, Jr. and Tracy Putnam discovered phenytoin (Dilantin), and the focus of research shifted to discovering new drugs. With the introduction of sodium valproate in the 1970s, drugs were available to neurologists that were effective across a broad range of epileptic syndromes and seizure types. The use of the ketogenic diet, by this time restricted to difficult cases such as Lennox–Gastaut syndrome, declined further.[10]
A study with an intent-to-treat prospective design was published in 1998 by a team from the Johns Hopkins Hospital[20] and followed-up by a report published in 2001.[21] As with most studies of the ketogenic diet, no control group (patients who did not receive the treatment) was used. The study enrolled 150 children. After three months, 83% of them were still on the diet, 26% had experienced a good reduction in seizures, 31% had had an excellent reduction, and 3% were seizure-free.[Note 7] At 12 months, 55% were still on the diet, 23% had a good response, 20% had an excellent response, and 7% were seizure-free. Those who had discontinued the diet by this stage did so because it was ineffective, too restrictive, or due to illness, and most of those who remained were benefiting from it. The percentage of those still on the diet at two, three, and four years was 39%, 20%, and 12%, respectively. During this period, the most common reason for discontinuing the diet was because the children had become seizure-free or significantly better. At four years, 16% of the original 150 children had a good reduction in seizure frequency, 14% had an excellent reduction, and 13% were seizure-free, though these figures include many who were no longer on the diet. Those remaining on the diet after this duration were typically not seizure-free, but had had an excellent response.[21][22]
A short-lived increase in seizure frequency may occur during illness or if ketone levels fluctuate. The diet may be modified if seizure frequency remains high, or the child is losing weight.[19] Loss of seizure-control may come from unexpected sources. Even "sugar-free" food can contain carbohydrates such as maltodextrin, sorbitol, starch, and fructose. The sorbitol content of suntan lotion and other skincare products may be high enough for some to be absorbed through the skin and thus negate ketosis.[31]
Because we don't enter the fasted state until 12 hours after our last meal, it's rare that our bodies are in this fat burning state. This is one of the reasons why many people who start intermittent fasting will lose fat without changing what they eat, how much they eat, or how often they exercise. Fasting puts your body in a fat burning state that you rarely make it to during a normal eating schedule.
When you eat less than 50 grams of carbs a day, your body eventually runs out of fuel (blood sugar) it can use quickly. This typically takes 3 to 4 days. Then you'll start to break down protein and fat for energy, which can make you lose weight. This is called ketosis. It's important to note that the ketogenic diet is a short term diet that's focussed on weight loss rather than the pursuit of health benefits.


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'Bachelor In Paradise' Spoilers: Does Clay Choose Nicole or Angela?
By Kelly Wynne On 9/2/19 at 10:58 AM EDT
Culture Bachelorette Reality TV ABC Dating
Clay Harbor has had his fair share of Bachelor In Paradise drama, since he's been involved in a love triangle. It's left many fans with questions as to if Harbor will leave the show with Nicole Lopez-Alvar or Angela Amezcua or even alone.
To summarize the love triangle, Harbor was in a serious relationship with Amezcua before he came on the show. According to Annaliese Puccini, another Bachelor In Paradise star and Amezcua's best friend, the pair reportedly broke up a day after discussing future baby names, and Harbor went on the show to find love. Puccini feared he couldn't actually be over his relationship with Amezcua in such a short amount of time.
Though Harbor has had a handful of connections in Paradise, his lasting one seems to be with Lopez-Alvar, who has been open about her positive opinion on Harbor. Though the pair have been close, reuniting with Amezcua could be enough to throw Harbor off track.
Bachelor In Paradise airs every Monday and Tuesday. ABC
Last week's Bachelor In Paradise showed the vacationing singles attending the wedding for former Paradise couple Krystal Nielson and Chris Randone. Amezcua was at the wedding, and she spoke with Harbor during the reception. It was apparent Amezcua was confused as to why Harbor was in Paradise looking for love so soon after their breakup.
"You said you needed to figure things out, you needed to be alone, and you needed to find yourself," she said, according to Reality TV World.
The pair left the wedding on a positive note of past love and support.
Though Harbor returned to Paradise, there's likely to be a bumpy road ahead of him, as Lopez-Alvar has already expressed she doesn't like Amezcua. Harbor admitted he couldn't entirely get rid of feelings for Amezcua, which had a negative impact on Lopez-Alvar.
So what will happen? Reality Steve gave spoilers on the future of Lopez-Alvar and Harbor at the start of the season.
Viewers saw that Amezcua was invited to Paradise and entered with a date card. The show will outline her path, and if it involves Harbor. According to spoilers, Amezcua will ask a new guy on a date: Mike Johnson. It's also said Amezcua will go on a date with Chase McNary. Through all of it, Harbor is expected to remain with Lopez-Alvar.
Spoilers say the pair don't make it very far, though. Lopez-Alvar reportedly ended the relationship before the serious couples were the only ones left on the island. Her reasoning, according to Reality Steve, was that Harbor wouldn't tell her he loved her. Fans know Harbor previously revealed he wouldn't say those words in his relationship with Amezcua either.
Spoilers from the reunion show, which filmed last week, claim Harbor is not dating either woman after Paradise.

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Moon phase on 13 December 2004 Monday is Waxing Crescent, 2 days young Moon is in Capricorn.
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on 13 December 2004, Monday . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 12 December 2004 at 01:29.
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2004 after 13 days on 26 December 2004 at 15:06.
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 61 of Meeus index or 1014 from Brown series.
1 day after point of perigee on 12 December 2004 at 21:30 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 December 2004 at 19:15 in ♋ Cancer.
Moon is 363 319 km (225 756 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 488 km (252 580 mi).
4 days after its descending node on 8 December 2004 at 16:57 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 December 2004 at 06:51 in ♉ Taurus.
At 00:27 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-27.935°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠27.905° in its northern standstill point on 26 December 2004 at 14:10 in ♊ Gemini.
After 13 days on 26 December 2004 at 15:06 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.


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Q: proof of conditional probabilities show that if the conditional probabilities exist then $$p(A_1\cap A_2 \cap \cdots \cap A_n) = p(A_1)p(A_2\mid A_1)p(A_3\mid A_1\cap A_2)\cdots p(A_n\mid A_1\cap A_2 \cap A_3\cap\cdots\cap A_{n-1})$$
I am lost, because if this is what i am given what do they want  e to do? Perhaps show an induction proof for the $n+1$ case?
The definition given of conditional probability is the usual $p(A\cap B) = p(A\mid B)p(B)$

A: Yes, I think your thought is correct.  They want to see an inductive proof using the definition of conditional probability.

A: By definition: $Pr(A|B) := \frac{Pr(A\cap B)}{Pr(B)}$.  By multiplying each side by $Pr(B)$ we get the multiplication principle and our base case for induction:
$$Pr(A\cap B) = Pr(A|B)\cdot Pr(B)$$
Or, equivalently, by the commutativity of $\cap$ and $\cdot$, a more convenient form for our purposes:
$$Pr(A\cap B) = Pr(A)\cdot Pr(B|A)$$
Suppose for our induction hypothesis that we know how to expand the intersection of $n$ sets in terms of conditional probabilities in the form $Pr(A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots \cap A_n) = Pr(A_1)\cdot Pr(A_2|A_1)\cdot Pr(A_3|A_1\cap A_2)\cdots Pr(A_n|A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots \cap A_{n-1})$
This is certainly true when $n=2$ as shown by the definition of conditional probability and the multiplication principle above.
Now, we wish to show that if it happens to be true for some $n\geq 2$ then it must follow that it is true for $n+1$ as well.
Let $E = A_1\cap A_2\cap \cdots A_n$
$Pr(A_1\cap A_2\cap \cdots A_n \cap A_{n+1}) = Pr(E\cap A_{n+1}) = Pr(E)\cdot Pr(A_{n+1}|E) = Pr(A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots A_n)\cdot Pr(A_{n+1}|A_1\cap A_2\cap \cdots A_n)$
By our induction hypothesis, we know how to expand $Pr(E)$, giving us:
$Pr(A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots \cap A_n) = Pr(A_1)\cdot Pr(A_2|A_1)\cdot Pr(A_3|A_1\cap A_2)\cdots Pr(A_{n}|A_1\cap \cdots A_{n-1})\cdot Pr(A_{n+1}|A_1\cap A_2\cap\cdots \cap A_{n})$
which is exactly what we wanted to show.

Smaller case to see it in action:  $Pr(A\cap B\cap C) = Pr((A\cap B)\cap C) = Pr(A\cap B)Pr(C|A\cap B) = Pr(A)Pr(B|A)Pr(C|A\cap B)$

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Johnny Manziel is essentially starting his football career all over again. While he may not be completely learning the game itself again, it is very difficult to pick something back up and be great at it right away.
After being released by the Cleveland Browns in 2016, Manziel vowed to return and play football again. However, after having several episodes with his ex-girlfriend Colleen Crowley before and after his release from the team, altercations at bars and other incidents of wrong doing, it never really seemed like Manziel would ever be able to return. Johnny Football was no more.
The ex-Aggie stated many times during this difficult time in his life that he would get sober and focus on his life and football. However, every time he would say something along those lines, another headline with Johnny's name on it would pop up in the news.
This is what scared the Browns and every other NFL team away from him. A player who is always in the news is not good for a franchise, and frankly that's not the way a franchise quarterback acts. The Browns thought that Johnny would be the one to break them out of their slump and to bring the Dawgpound to their former glory. From a football standpoint, there's no question that Manziel may have been the guy that Cleveland needed him to be, but his personal life got in the way.
Fast forward to today, and it seems that the smoke has cleared. Manziel decided that he loved football more than alcohol, and he decided to get back on the right path. On July 18, 2016, Manziel tweeted an apology to Texas A&M fans for his behavior and vowed to get back to the way he used to be. Since that day, he has proven that he has truly begun to turn his life around, publicly speaking about his struggles with bipolar disorder, and going through rehab and anger management to try and better himself as a person.
This motion has clearly been showing, as Manziel has been able to get back on the football field, beginning with the Spring league in March of 2018. After showing that he could still throw the football at the Spring League and a couple of appearances at college pro days, he gained some interest, but none from the NFL. The league had had enough of him, so he took his talents and started his career as a Canadien Football player.
Now, I know what you're going to say…didn't you just watch Manziel toss 4 interceptions in the FIRST HALF of his first CFL start??? Yes, I did see that atrocity, but that does not mean the end of his career.
Manziel has had plenty of pressure on his shoulders at every level of football that he has played, including the situation he is now in with the Montreal Alouettes. In high school, he was brought in to the varsity squad his freshman year as a wide receiver, and the next year he was the starting quarterback. As a young football player in the state of Texas there are many expectations to be great and win football games, and while Manziel was able to be successful in his 3 seasons as a starting quarterback, it never came easy.
With over 7,000 passing yards, 77 passing touchdowns and 76 rushing touchdowns, per maxpreps.com, Manziel earned a name for himself in the state of Texas and gained national attention. His lustrous high school career earned him a scholarship to Texas A&M, where he was one of the most popular college football players in the country. Already the best quarterback on the Aggies' roster, Manziel once again started as a freshman, only this time on a national stage.
Yet, he did not succumb to the pressure. In fact, he thrived on that pressure, putting together one of the most impressive statistical seasons by a freshman ever. All of this whilst earning the nickname, "Johnny Football." Manziel shocked the sports world with his incredible mobility and acrobatic plays that made the SportsCenter top ten highlights, and made him one of the most popular sports icons in the country.
After a season in which Manziel set an SEC record 4,600 yards of total offense and 47 total touchdowns (passing and rushing), he became the first freshman ever to win the Heisman trophy. He returned for his sophomore season a year later and was a Heisman candidate once again, but was beaten out by Florida State standout Jameis Winston.
His stellar collegiate career drew attention from NFL scouts, but his off-the-field antics drove teams away from him. After being dubbed a potential top-ten selection, Manziel fell all the way to pick #22, where the Browns made him their second pick of the draft. The pressure once again came down on Manziel…but he had never had the kind of pressure that is bestowed upon a Cleveland Browns quarterback before.
On the field, Manziel showed incredible potential. While he never had the statistics to back up his game in the NFL, he never really had a full season to settle in with the offense.
Of course, his erratic play style did not translate well in the league. Manziel had a tendency to dance around too much or extend the play too long, resulting in a botched play or a turnover. There is no questioning his ability to make someone miss or his mobility in the pocket, but his decision making needed work.
While his big personality withheld him from the opportunity to be great in the league, he still made strides as the starter for the Browns. Given the lack of talent that the Browns put around him, he held his own by improving as a passer every game. However, it was all for naught as Manziel never allowed himself to get acclimated and establish himself as a leader.
Now in the CFL, Manziel is attempting to resurrect his football career after making some big changes in his life. First with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, he began his CFL career as a backup to Jeremiah Masoli, but never was able to overcome Masoli for the starting job. He was then traded to the Montreal Alouettes, for which he made his first start on Friday as a pro since December of 2015.
To say that his performance in this game was ugly would be an understatement. Manziel finished the game 11 of 20 for 104 yards, and I wish it would have stopped there. Four of his nine imcompletions were sent the other direction, and the Alouettes lost the game by a whopping 39 points. It is clear that he was trying to do way too much with the football, and rush himself back into being Johnny Football.
Nothing in life works that way. Manziel learned the hard way that it will not be an easy road back to the NFL, and this game in the CFL humbled him a bit. However, Johnny Football is Johnny Football, and the Heisman trophy winner is still inside of him somewhere. If he can just be patient and relearn what it takes to be a starting quarterback, whether that be in the NFL or not, his talent will come back to him. While he may never be the same player ever again, his experience with the Browns allowed him to visualize what his career could end up looking like. He can now use that knowledge as a veteran quarterback and apply it to his game in the CFL. It won't be long before he finds success in Canada.
Manziel's situation at this point in time is like being the starter on the high school varsity team as a freshman. He wants to prove that he belongs somewhere, and rush into being great. But if he just listens to his coaches, goes to practice and keeps out of trouble he will be just fine.
The pressure had never been higher on him than when he was on the Browns. As a young quarterback, let alone a young kid like Manziel, having the pressure on you as being the savior of a franchise is overwhelming. You want to be the guy that they expect you to be, and you want to deliver for the team that invested so much in you. Some people just break after being handed that much responsibility, and that's exactly what happened with Johnny Football.
Taking things out on the people around you is the worst way to deal with a problem as a human being, and Johnny could not control himself, neither on nor off the field.
Representing the Browns, Manziel made many rash decisions that came with consequences, such as flipping off opposing players, throwing a water bottle at a fan, and getting in bar fights. The NFL had it's hands tied with the Browns QB, fining him countless times, investigating him, and suspending him from play.
His personal life was the biggest cause for concern, especially in his affairs with Colleen Crowley. The ex-girlfriend of Manziel, Crowley was involved in multiple cases of domestic abuse with the Browns quarterback, ultimately placing a 2 year restraining order against him. It is no question that alcohol played a large part in these allegations, as it did in many cases with Manziel.
After years of rehab, counseling and focusing on his life, Manziel is finally ready to move on from his troubled past and get back to what he loves doing: football.
Right now, Manziel is a long ways away from being able to return to the NFL. Between his many mental issues, legal issues and tweaks in his game that need to be made, it is just too much to handle for a 25 year old all at once.
Johnny Football was once the most polarizing player in football. The youngest player to ever win the Heisman trophy at the time (now Lamar Jackson), Manziel earned his keep when he was on the football field. However, with the partying, the alcohol and legal trouble that he got himself into, he dug himself into a deep hole. The NFL is a business. It is vastly different from college football, as any kind of slip up will cost you your job and you will be out on the streets in no time.
As human beings, we make quite a few mistakes and have to learn from those mistakes to help us grow in our lives. Manziel did not treat the NFL like it was his job, rather he took it for granted with his actions and paid the price for it.
Now that he has corrected his personal life and has set himself on the right path, he can now put all of his energy back into football. Just being himself on the field will help bring back his drive and help him remember why he loves the game so much.
He was not impressive in his first start with the Montreal Alouettes, but there is only going up from here on out.
#ComebackSZN has only just begun.


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Q: How to order items in timeline using visjs I'm using visjs library in my project and i want to order the timeline's items, the red ones in the bottom and the others in top like this image.

heres my code:
 storyboard.getPositionDataByEvent= function (deviceId) {

            var url = servername+'api/position/'+deviceId;
            console.log("Inside getMaxChaufeeurId " + url);
            function onSuccess(response) {
                console.log("+++++youssef SUCCESS++++++");

                if (response.data.success != false) {
                    console.log(JSON.stringify("toto :"+JSON.stringify(response.data.data)));
                    //$scope.MyData=response.data;

                    var isFirst = true;
                    var first, last;
                    var items = [];
                    var k;
                    var arrayList=[];
                    ///
                    var zFirst;
                    var zLast;

                    //vert
                    arrayList[44] = "#009900";
                    arrayList[87] = "#009900";
                    arrayList[69] = "#009900";

                    //rouge
                    arrayList[80] = "#e62e00";
                    arrayList[53] = "#e62e00";

                    //orange
                    arrayList[35] = "#ff8533";
                    //fushia --unknown event
                    arrayList[43] = " #cc0099";

                    //event 15
                    arrayList[15] = "#663300";

                    var colorArray=['red','green','#5561c1','#52b2da'];
                    //var el = document.createElement( 'html' );

                    for(var i=0; i<response.data.length; i++) {

                        if(last != null && last.event != k.event) {
                            // alert('isLast');
                            if((last.event == 44 && k.event == 87) || (last.event == 44 && k.event == 69) || (last.event == 87 && k.event == 44) || (last.event == 87 && k.event == 69) ||
                                (last.event == 69 && k.event == 44) || (last.event == 69 && k.event == 87) || (last.event == 80 && k.event == 53)|| (last.event == 53 && k.event == 80) )  {

                            } else {
                                var itemHeight;
                                isFirst = true;
                                console.log(first.event + " - " + last.event );
                                var item = {};
                                // item.id = i;
                                if( last.event!=80 && last.event!=53 ){
                                    itemHeight=10;
                                } else{
                                    itemHeight=15;
                                   // item.group=2;
                                }

                                item.id=first.fixtime+'@'+ k.fixtime;

                                //item.content = "item " + i;
                                item.start = first.fixtime ;

                                //$scope.gg=item.start;
                                item.end = k.fixtime ;

                                var cal=moment.utc(moment(item.end,"DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss").diff(moment(item.start,"DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss"))).format("HH:mm:ss");
                                //console.log(cal);
                                //$filter('date')(item.end, "dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
                                item.title='
date Début :'+$filter('date')(item.start, "HH:mm:ss")+
                                    '    Date fin :'+$filter('date')(item.end, " HH:mm:ss")+'
Duration :'+moment.utc(moment($filter('date')(item.end, "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"),"DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss").diff(moment($filter('date')(item.start, "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss"),"DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm:ss"))).format("HH:mm:ss")+'
rrr
jjjjj
uuuu
iiii
ujuuu
ujuuuu

';
                                item.style="height:14px;margin-top:"+$scope.marginTop+"px"+"!important;background-color:"+arrayList[last.event]+";border-color:"+arrayList[last.event];
                                items.push(item);
                            }
                        }

                        if(isFirst) {

                            isFirst = false;
                            first = k;

                        }

                    }

                    $scope.myVisData=new VisDataSet(items);
                    storyboard.initialisation($scope.myVisData);

                }

            };

            function onError(response) {
                console.log("-------getMaxChaufeeurId FAILED-------");

                console.log(response.data);
                console.log("Inside getMaxChaufeeurId error condition...");
            };

            //----MAKE AJAX REQUEST CALL to GET DATA----
            ajaxServicess.getData(url, 'GET', '').then(onSuccess, onError);

        };

heres the initialisation methode:
 storyboard.initialisation=function(items){

            //alert($scope.currentDate+' '+$scope.tomorrowDate);

            // DOM element where the Timeline will be attached
            var container = document.getElementById('visualization');
            //$scope.currentDate
            //$scope.tomorrowDate

            var options = {

                width:'99%',
                min: $scope.currentDate,
                max:$scope.tomorrowDate,
                height:'200px',
                zoomable:false,

                showCurrentTime:true,
                stack:true,
                //to fix stack=false i have to change margin-top above
                //zoomMax:10,
                //zoomMin:10,
                //type:'background',
                //
                showMajorLabels:false,
                margin:{
                    axis:-4,
                    item:1
                },
                format:{
                    minorLabels: {
                        minute:'mm',
                        hour: "HH[h]"
                    }
                }
            };
            // Create a Timeline
            timeline = new vis.Timeline(container,items,options);

        }

any idea to order the items in my time line like the one in the picture.

A: I think that using groups is the way forward. You can put items for each row in the same group, and each group gets its own line in the timeline. You can also apply styles to a group, to save you from styling each item individually.
Read the documentation on groups here:
http://visjs.org/docs/timeline/#groups


We produced a WordPress website for Jenny and Nicola at In Bloom Devon, producers of sustainably grown, British cut flowers from a field in Devon. They wanted a simple website that used the colour scheme from their pre-designed logo that Mike Krage over at Krage Design Studio had designed for them. The site is now fully responsive to keep up with the increasing mobile and tablet use, not to mention keeping Google happy along the way.


A few weeks ago we took advantage of an Itison deal and booked a night at the Culcreuch Castle Hotel in rural Stirlingshire.
We made our way up the M9 on a grey day, passing Andy Scott's massive Kelpies sculptures at The Helix.
Even passing by at speed they're hugely impressive, we'll have to come back here another day to see them properly. But we had other things to see on the way today so continued on our way, turning off the M9 onto the M876 then through Denny and into the countryside.
Now on the B818, we followed the edge of the Carron Valley Reservoir but stopped just before its west end and walked up a forestry track into woodland.
A short walk up the track there's a path which leads off onto the summit of a small knoll within a clearing. Just on the crest of the hill we could see some large chunks of masonry – these are the remains of Sir John de Graham's Castle.
Built in the 13th century, it was the home of Sir John de Graham who fought alongside William Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk in 1298 and died on the battlefield. Not much is left of the castle itself except for these substantial sections of wall.
However beyond the remains of the walls there is more to see, namely an unusual almost square motte surrounded by a deep ditch.
A wooden walkway leads down through the moat and across to the top of the motte.
Down in the moat you get a real sense of how deep it is.
Unfortunately due to the forestry plantation there isn't much of a view from the motte out over the reservoir. Apparently before the forest was planted it was possible to see all the way to our destination, Culcreuch Castle.
We walked back down to the car and continued on our way. From the end of the reservoir the road follows the Endrick Water as it passes through what is in places a steep-sided valley sheltered by the Fintry Hills to the north. A few miles further, on the lower slopes of those hills, are the remains of Fintry Castle, another Graham property, this time 15th century in date.
We had hoped to visit Fintry motte a bit further along the road but we had an appointment with some afternoon tea so instead we continued on to the Culcreuch Castle Hotel.
Unbeknownst to us today was the day of the Strathendrick Rotary Classic Car Tour, so we got stuck in a classic car traffic jam on the way into the castle.
We checked in and were shown to our room, then made our way down to the lounge where we were served with afternoon tea. What a treat.
After eating far too much we went for an explore of the castle, starting with the dining room which is housed within the old tower.
Within the thickness of the west wall is a large ogee-arched aumbry.
Culcreuch Castle consists of a 15th century tower house which was extended in the 18th century. We made our way down to the ground floor where the original doorway into the tower is now within the entrance hall of the 18th century wing.
Either side of it are a pair of niches, one of which contains an intramural chamber which is thought to have once housed a bottle dungeon.
On the opposite side is the lower portion of a spiral staircase which once led up to the first floor but now terminates at the ceiling of the ground floor.
The basement consisted of two barrel vaulted cellars, both originally lit by slit windows although some of them have since been blocked while others have been opened out. They now house seating for the bar and restaurant.
The two vaulted chambers are linked by a passageway which shows the massive thickness of the walls.
We headed outside to have a look at the cars which were parked on the castle's front lawn. The cars had been on a 130 mile tour around Stirlingshire before arriving at the castle for refreshments.
Some of the cars were just starting to leave, although several of them found negotiating the damp grass rather tricky.
There was quite a good mix of cars some of which could rightly be called classics such as this Jaguar E-Type.
Others were more modern although I suppose being based on the Lotus 7 means this Caterham has a classic pedigree.
I spotted one of my all-time favourites, the mighty AC Cobra.
I found myself questioning whether an Audi Quattro was a classic car, then reminded myself that this is a car that was first launched 34 years ago!
In contrast the classic credentials of this Lotus Elan Sprint weren't under any scrutiny.
Once the majority of the cars had left we had a wander around the castle.
Above the new (18th century) entrance is a heraldic panel commemorating the marriage of John Napier and Margaret Lennox. Above it is a second, perhaps older, panel above it which is so badly worn to be indecipherable but may contain a 17th century date, a pair of figures and some arms.
To the rear of the castle is a wing that was probably added in the 19th century.
At the bottom of the round tower is a faux gun loop.
After waiting for a respectable time after our afternoon tea we headed off to Kippen where we had a table booked at The Inn at Kippen.
We stopped in the village to have a look at the site of Kippen Castle. Unfortunately there's nothing of it left, and its former grounds are now occupied by a residential street.
Our dinner was very tasty – good vegetarian options that weren't just an afterthought. It was a shame that I was driving as they had a decent selection of local ales that I would have enjoyed sampling. With the sun setting we drove back around the end of the Fintry Hills to the Culcreuch Castle Hotel and turned in for the night.
After checking out the next morning we asked if we could have a look at a room on the second floor now known as the Chinese Bird Room. Luckily the occupants had already checked out so we were kindly allowed up to view it. The room features hand-painted Chinese wallpaper said to date back to 1723.
The weather was much better this morning with blue skies so we retook some photos of the castle.
After setting off we didn't get very far, stopping halfway down the drive to take a photo of the castle across the small loch in front of it.
With work calling we headed for home, save for one more stop to help a cyclist who'd come off his bike after trying to negotiate a corner slightly too fast.
Published on the 27th of April 2014 at 10:03 pm. Updated on the 2nd of May 2016 at 6:25 pm.


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Title: Religion, gender and citizenship: faithful women, gender equality and Feminism
Authors: Nyhagen, Line
Halsaa, Beatrice
Keywords: Religion
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Citation: NYHAGEN, L. and HALSAA, B., 2016. Religion, gender and citizenship: faithful women, gender equality and feminism. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Abstract: Chapter abstracts Chapter 1 Religious women on faith, identity, citizenship and feminism Nyhagen and Halsaa introduce the main issues addressed in this unique, comparative study of Christian and Muslim women in Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom: religious faith, identity, citizenship, gender equality and feminism. Based on qualitative interviews, in-depth empirical evidence is brought forward, focusing on the importance of religion for identity, citizenship, gender equality and feminism from the point of view of religious women themselves. Nyhagen and Halsaa briefly report some findings before situating the study within the historical, socio-political and religious contexts of Norway, Spain and the UK. The four-dimensional research strategy to include women belonging to majority and minority Christian and Muslim faith communities (the dominant state-supported churches, Pentecostal congregations, Sunni and Shia mosques) in the three countries is described. (Continues...)
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Rob Malcolm
Rob Malcolm is the co-anchor of the hour-long 10 p.m. newscast on KQCA My58.
Rob comes to KCRA-KQCA from CTV News in Toronto, Canada, where he was an anchor and reporter. Previous to CTV, Rob spent three years as an anchor and reporter with Global News in Toronto. His career also includes experience as a reporter and anchor at WNYW in New York and as a weekend sports anchor and reporter at WDIV NBC in Detroit.
Rob has had many highlights in career covering both sports and news: While in Detroit he was the lead reporter for WDIV at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, where he filed reports highlighting local Michigan athletes competing and preparing for the games. He also interviewed Mitt Romney, who was the CEO of the Winter Games in Salt Lake City. While in Detroit, Rob traveled with the Red Wings and was instrumental in covering the team's Stanley Cup win in 2002.
In 2007, Rob returned to Canada, where he made the transition from sports to news before going to WNYW Fox 5 in New York.
While in New York, Rob covered presidential candidates, the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the watershed cases of Sean Bell vs. NYPD, and extensive coverage of Flight 1549, also known as "The Miracle on the Hudson."
Rob is a British-born Jamaican-Canadian who grew up in Calgary and holds a two-year degree from Gavilan College in Gilroy, Calif., and a degree in political science from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.
He also studied at Cal State East Bay in Hayward, Calif.
While in college, Rob played football at Gavilan College and Cal State East Bay. He signed a professional contract with the Canadian Football League, but his career was cut short due to injury. In his spare time, he remains active by weight lifting, running, mountain biking, golfing and playing any sport his body still allows.
Rob volunteers his time with at-risk youth, coaching football and speaking to students about the merits of education.
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SRI LANKA — Have you taken a shower in the middle of the day these past few months and winced at the heat of the water gushing through in the first few minutes? The intense heat is not just affecting us, it is affecting corals – the delicate organisms in the sea that are exposed to the sun all day long.
"We have seen early signs of coral bleaching in the East Coast recently," says Prasanna Weerakkodi, a marine environmentalist and regular diver who showed us a series of photos taken during a dive two weeks ago near Coral Island and Pigeon Island. The corals are pale in colour or have turned completely white. Some corals are deep purple and that too is an early sign of bleaching, he says, warning that about 50% – 60% of the corals in Pigeon Island and nearby Coral Island are partially bleached while about 5% are completely dead.
Coral reefs are known as rainforests of the ocean considering their rich biodiversity and are the breeding grounds of many fish. Corals in Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Galle, Unawatuna and Hikkaduwa are reportedly being affected according to other divers.
Coral bleaching occurs when coral polyps, the organisms that build corals, shed the algae (zooxanthellae) that gives them their colour. These tiny algae live in harmony with the corals and provide food for the host through the process of photosynthesis. Without this algae, the coral looks pale white and the coral polyps can be exposed to ultraviolet radiation. Without food, oxygen or cover from dangerous rays, the coral polyps in the reef will die a few weeks after they start getting paler. Our corals show signs of entering into the first stage of such a bleaching explains Mr. Weerakkodi.
Coral scientists believe warming waters are the most likely cause of these bleaching events. The Indian Ocean experienced its worst coral bleaching in 1998 due to a warm oceanic current. The Sea Surface Temperature (SST) of some parts of the Indian Ocean had gone up due to the La Nina climatic phenomenon at that time and resulted in warm oceanic currents killing pristine coral reefs in many parts of Sri Lanka, including the Hikkaduwa coral reef that is still to recover. However, the corals in the East Coast escaped the 1998 coral bleaching.
According to recent Sea Surface Temperature data, it is now around 32 C where the normal average temperature should be around 28 C. This increase could have triggered the bleaching. A regional warning of a possible coral bleaching has been issued. Sri Lankan marine biologists are also in touch with their Maldivian colleagues.
If the sea's temperature goes down, or cool upswells come to the rescue, healthy corals also have the ability to recover. "It is too early to say whether this will develop into a full-scale coral bleaching event as happened in 1998. But it is important to monitor the phenomenon," Mr. Weerakkodi pointed out.
Marine biologist for the National Aquatic Resources Research & Development Agency (NARA) Arjan Rajasuriya, recently reported some dying corals in reefs near Galle. After the severe bleaching of 1998, corals in many areas in Sri Lanka showed temporary bleaching during the months of April/May/June when temperatures are high. Some corals die, but others recover after the conditions return to normalcy. However, if the warm conditions prevail for long, it could be deadly. Arjan recalls the coral bleaching in 1998 had occurred during April/May and within a few weeks it sealed the fate of many coral reefs like those in Hikkaduwa.
Nishan Perera, another marine specialist, who was diving at Trincomalee a few weeks ago, verified the bleaching of corals and reported severe bleaching in the Dutch Bay area. This year the early part of the monsoon was a bit slack which might have contributed to this situation, he feels. "If conditions become normal soon it should not be a problem, but otherwise there can be some coral mortality," he says.
Can anything be done? "Keeping the corals healthy is the only way to fight this global phenomenon," says the NARA officer. Corals that are not healthy lose the ability to adapt to changes in their environment. Frequent fishing, pollution from land-based sources, dynamiting reefs, and sedimentation are other threats to the reef ecosystem which reduce their ability to withstand a catastrophe like bleaching.
Ocean Acidification is the latest threat added to this list. Acidification is a phenomenon linked to increased atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide dissolved in the ocean reacts with the water to form carbonic acid. Many oceanic ecosystems such as coral reefs are adapted to a narrow range of pH levels and increases in these levels can be catastrophic.
Marine experts also say it is important to pay more attention to the corals in the East coast. "The West coast is experiencing the monsoon these days which will cool the seas a little, while regular cloud cover will also reduce the heat," Arjan says. But the East coast is not so fortunate and is also experiencing new threats. Pollution and over-fishing were not problems earlier as the Eastern and Northern seas were restricted due to security reasons, but this is changing after the war and over-visitation is already causing problems to fragile marine national parks like Pigeon Island.
On May 2, the Sunday Times reported a racket involving the removal of scrap from ship wrecks off the Eastern seas. NARA's Arjan Rajasuriya points out the wrecks are now jungles of coral and have become a spawning ground for fish.
Destroying them will destroy budding corals as well as harm the fisheries industry. "This is like killing the hen that lays the golden eggs," said Arjan highlighting the value of these wrecks. They could even be a tourist attraction, so keep them intact, appeals the marine biologist.
The Global Biodiversity Outlook report backed by IUCN's (International Union for Conservation of Nature) data shows coral species are heading most rapidly towards extinction, while Amphibians are on average the group most threatened.
According to the Red List Index shown in the graph, a value of 1.0 indicates that all species in a group would be considered as being of Least Concern (not expected to become extinct in the near future) and a value of 0 would indicate that all species in a group have become extinct.
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Changes to commerce and insurance regulation topped the list of banking issues considered by lawmakers this session.
Senators approved a bill that authorizes a new insurance producer license in Nebraska.
LB458, introduced by Seward Sen. Mark Kolterman, authorizes the state director of insurance to issue a limited lines travel insurance producer license. The new license authorizes an individual or business entity to sell, solicit or negotiate travel insurance through a licensed insurer.
A limited lines travel insurance producer and those registered under the producer's license are exempt from examination, prelicensing education and continuing education requirements for producers. The bill passed 48-0.
Lawmakers also changed requirements related to the roster of abstracters maintained by the state's Abstracters Board of Examiners.
LB269, introduced by Venango Sen. Dan Hughes, requires the board to update the roster annually on their website in a printable format. The bill also removes a requirement that a copy of the roster be sent to all registered abstracters and furnished to the public upon request at the cost of production.
The bill passed on a 47-0 vote.
Small businesses may seek startup capital through new avenues under a bill approved by the Legislature this session.
Under LB226, introduced by Lincoln Sen. Colby Coash, small businesses may raise up to $2 million each year from accredited or unaccredited investors.
All projects attempting to raise money via crowdfunding will require approval from the state Department of Banking and Finance. Individuals investing money under LB226 will receive a proportionate security stake in the company in exchange for their investment, without registration under state and federal securities laws. Unaccredited investors will not be allowed to invest more than $5,000 in a particular company.
Investors must be residents of Nebraska and will be required to sign a certificate acknowledging the potential for the complete loss of investment. The bill passed 48-0.
Senators also passed a bill that makes changes to funds intended to mitigate the impact of economic downsizing.
LB457, introduced by Grand Island Sen. Mike Gloor, terminates the Industrial Recovery Fund. Existing funds will be distributed evenly to the Site and Building Development Fund and the Nebraska Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Projects that were eligible under the Industrial Recovery Fund—those that mitigate the economic impact of a closure or downsizing of a private-sector entity by making necessary improvements to building and infrastructure—will be eligible under the Site and Building Development Fund.
The bill passed on a 46-0 vote and takes effect immediately.
A bill intended to provide clarity in the event of a municipal bankruptcy in Nebraska remains on select file.
LB67, sponsored by Columbus Sen. Paul Schumacher, would create a statutory lien on government bonds in order to ensure bondholder priority in bankruptcy proceedings.
Exempt would be retirement accounts, pension funds and any other vested post-employment benefit whenever payable.
Finally, a bill that would offer grants to small businesses that create additional jobs in Nebraska remains in committee.
Introduced by Ogallala Sen. Ken Schilz, LB395 would create a nine-member Nebraska Enterprise Fund Authority within the state Department of Economic Development. The authority would award grants to businesses for recruitment, relocation, capital improvement and infrastructure development.
Grants would be awarded based on potential economic impact and number of jobs created by the business. Businesses with fewer than 100 employees would be prioritized for the program.


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The Story Cure: An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and Wise by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin
Stella Turner October 12, 2016 Kids Section No Comments
Perhaps I've been reading too much children's literature, but to me "cures" are necessarily nasty.
As my Catholic mother would say cheerfully as she spooned in another mouthful of "Miss Trunchbull" medicine: "Darling, if it tastes nice it's not doing you any good."
So the idea of a story being a "cure", rather than a joy, an escape or a place to hide, is a bit like calling Christmas a "treatment" or love a "prescription" that you must remember to repeat and collect; in short, it takes away the warm balm and replaces it with a chilly expectorant to bring up the phlegm of past pains and problems of the present. Golly, that got a bit heavy.
This follow-up book from the authors of The Novel Cure: An A-Z of Literary Remedies focuses on children's books, arguing that certain titles can "cure" certain problems. The books may be for kids, but this literary Dr Spock is pitched at adults and its tone is confused from the start. Take this excerpt from the "How to use this book" section at the front: "This book is for grown-ups in the exciting position of choosing books for children — parents, carers, grandparents, teachers, librarians or distant aunts wishing to send a cuddle (or cautionary tale) from a distance." It's as though it's been written for someone of rock-bottom IQ who has never come across a child or a book.
The directory is arranged in categories, listed alphabetically with symbols to denote age-appropriateness — oddly, they don't include the dates when the suggested books were written. The types of affliction range from low-level issues such as "not wanting to go for a walk" (they recommend the dog-pilgrimage tale The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford among others; perhaps to be read on a family walk through the park — watch out for the lampposts) to the serious categories of "abuse" and "pornography".
"It is increasingly difficult to protect young adults from pornography online," say the authors, who go on to suggest 100 of the best books for exploring love and sex for young adults without indicating the levels of explicitness — the one thing that parents of young teens need guidance on.
For their thesis to work you need to buy the authors' view that the books about a certain problem will help to resolve it, presumably because of the empathy the reader will feel with the character undergoing a similar issue. So if the bullied reads about the bullied then they will feel less alone. There may be serious issues that can be helped this way, especially if prescribed by a professional therapist or medic, but it seems a limited view and it's not how most kids develop a love of reading.
The less serious natural progression of this argument would also prescribe that I read Robert Harris's Conclave on my holiday to Rome, watch Roman Holiday in my hotel room at night and listen to Flaminio Maphia, the Roman rappers, on my taxi rides through the Eternal City — rather than rereading Pride and Prejudice, watching Star Wars and listening to Blur. If I am in Rome, I would probably rather read about somewhere else. If books that aren't homework become homework, the fun drains away.
It's as though it's been written for someone of rock-bottom IQ who has never come across a child or a book
However, if you do buy the premise you will have fun flicking through the categories. The "fear of beards" category is a favourite for its earnest response. "Unless they have been raised in close proximity to one, small children frequently burst into tears at the sight of a beard. A razor is one way of dealing with it. Another is to bring out this surreal board book, which comes complete with fake beard with which, in turn, to scare the hirsute invader off." Cue: The Runaway Beard by David Schiller. Likewise, The Story of the Little Mole by Werner Holzwarth offers "poo exposure of an intriguing and diverse kind" for those finding potty-training a struggle. Free tip: chocolate bribes beat literary incentives every time.
I'm not sure that the many dystopian novels, including Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series, John Wyndham's The Day of the Triffids and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, suggested to soothe "fear of the Apocalypse" are going to help to counter my anxieties about Armageddon — quite the opposite — although they might give me survival tips.
Still, the authors do expose holes in the market. Juno Dawson's Spot the Difference, about 16-year-old "Pizzaface", aka Avery, is the only suggestion under "acne". Writers, get scribbling.
These young-adult issues tend to procure the more clichéd, schoolmarmy responses: "Getting pregnant in your teens is no joke" they advise under the "teenage, pregnancy" section.
Thankfully it's not all about personal afflictions. The writers list the ten best audiobook series for long car journeys (although they are rather obvious with the exception of Chronicles of Ancient Darkness by Michelle Paver). I also liked the idea of the ten best wordless stories and the ten best books for reluctant readers — a list that will be much-needed if this bid to medicalise kids' literature succeeds.
The Story Cure: An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and Wise by Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin, Canongate, 356pp; £17.99
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Q: Excluding rows from collection from Linq Query in MVC .net application This is a follow up question to the one answered here: Excluding dates from Linq Query in MVC .net application - which I'm very grateful for.
I'm hoping that someone can check my syntax in my Linq query below - to confirm if it's the best way to build the query up, or if my use of the syntax is inefficient.
public class Room
{
    public int RoomId { get; set; }
    [Display(Name = "Room Name")]
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public bool Disabled { get; set; }
    public virtual ICollection<Client> Clients { get; set; }
    }

public class Client
{
    public int ClientId { get; set; }
    public int RoomId { get; set; }
    public string ClientName { get; set; }
    public DateTime Arrival { get; set; }
    public DateTime Departure { get; set; }
    public virtual Room Room { get; set; }
}

Clients lists a row for each client who has a particuar room booked.  I have 3 rooms, Room 1, Room 2, and Room 3.  So entries in the client table could be:
Client 1, Room 1, Mr Smith, Arr: 2012-07-08, Dep: 2012-07-10
Client 2, Room 1, Mr Jones, Arr: 2012-07-14, Dep: 2012-07-20
Client 3, Room 2, Mr Alas,  Arr: 2012-07-12, Dep: 2012-07-15

Given an arrival and departure date, I'm trying to take my whole list of rooms, and take away any that  have a client staying where the arrival or departure dates overlap.  So using the data above, if I had an arrival date of 2012-07-12 and a departure date of 2012-07-13, then Room 2 would not be available, however, Room 1, does not have any bookings spanning that date - so Room 1 I want to leave in my result set.
So my Linq query (I'm new to Linq, so please point out where I may be going wrong) is:
var dteFrom = DateTime.Parse("2012-07-12");
var dteTo = DateTime.Parse("2012-07-13");
var rooms = (from r in Rooms
                where !r.Clients.Any(
            client =>
                ( dteFrom >= client.Arrival && dteFrom <= client.Departure )
                ||
                ( dteTo >= client.Arrival && dteFrom <= client.Departure )
                ||
                ( dteFrom <= client.Arrival && dteTo >= client.Departure )
                )
            select r);

Given that I'm looking to include ALL rooms, EXCEPT any that meet the criteria, can anyone confirm that my use of .Any and ! and || are correct, as far as LINQ goes?
Is there any better way within the syntax, of excluding records from the Rooms list?
Thank you again for any help,
Mark

A: Looks fine to me - one thing that may help readability would be to compose your query in two steps:
var prebookedRooms = rooms
    .Where(room => room.Clients.Any(client =>
    (dteFrom >= client.Arrival && dteFrom <= client.Departure) ||
    (dteTo >= client.Arrival && dteFrom <= client.Departure)   ||
    (dteFrom <= client.Arrival && dteTo >= client.Departure)));

var freeRooms = rooms.Except(prebookedRooms);

Remembering that the query is only executed, when the results are enumerated - so there's no performance cost to doing this in two steps.


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O Curdistão turco ou Curdistão do Norte () é um nome não oficial para as partes do leste da Turquia habitada predominantemente por curdos, próximas às fronteiras com o Irã, a Síria e o Iraque.

Geografia

A área curda abrange entre 190 mil a 230 mil quilômetros quadrados, ou quase um terço da Turquia, correspondendo às regiões da Anatólia Oriental e Sudeste da Anatólia. O termo não oficial se refere ao fato desta parte do território turco estar em uma grande região cultural conhecida como Curdistão, que se estende ainda pela Síria, Irã e Iraque.

Seu ponto mais alto está nas montanhas da Alta Mesopotâmia, onde localiza-se o Monte Ararate, com 5.165 metros de altitude, na fronteira Turquia-Armênia. O seu maior lago é o lago Van, com 3.755 km².

Riquezas Naturais
A área é rica em ouro, cobre e petróleo. O local também é farto em mananciais de água, provenientes dos rios Tigres e Eufrates, um recurso em escassez em diversas partes do Oriente Médio.

História

O Curdistão turco é parte de uma antiga região conhecida como Alta Mesopotâmia, possuindo sítios arqueológicos que datam do Neolítico, como o de Çayönü. Na Antiguidade, o território fazia parte do reino Mitani. Após isto, foi englobado pela Assíria por um longo período. Posteriormente, a região foi governada pelos Aquêmidas, Helênicos, Arsácidas, Romanos e Partas. Por volta de 189 a.C., um reino independente chamado Corduene emergiu na região, sendo posteriormente, em 428 incorporarado ao Império Sassânida.

Durante a Idade Média, as regiões habitadas por curdos ficaram sobre controle de chefes curdos locais, mas que nunca chegaram a estabelecer uma nação unificada. Durante os séculos X e XI, a região foi controlada pela dinastia curda dos marwánidas. Do século XIV em diante, a região foi incorporada pelo Império Otomano.

Conflitos (1920 - 1965)

Após o Tratado de Lausanne, em 1923, a incorporação da Turquia de regiões habitadas por maioria curda na Anatólia foi contestada por muitos curdos, e resultou em um longo conflito separatista na qual milhares de vidas foram perdidas. A região viu diversas revoltas curdas acontecer durante os anos 1920 e 1930.

Já em 1924, com o novo regime turco, a cultura e as instituições curdas são suprimidas, tendo em vista o seu aniquilamento como cultura e etnia diferenciada. O uso do idioma curdo ficou proibido, e as palavras curdos e Curdistão foram apagadas de dicionários e livros de história, com os curdos apenas sendo referidos como turcos das montanhas.

A principal rebelião que dominaria a história dos curdos na Turquia seria a de 1925, que foi liderada por Xeique Said. Já em 1927, curdos da região do Monte Ararate proclamaram uma república independente, durante uma onda de revolta entre os curdos no sudeste da Turquia. O exército turco, posteriormente, esmagou a República de Ararate, em setembro de 1930.

De acordo com o Partido Comunista da Turquia, entre 1925 a 1938, mais de 1,5 milhões de curdos foram deportados do Sudeste da Anatólia ou massacrados. A fim de evitar que os acontecimentos tivessem um impacto negativo na reputação e imagem internacional da Turquia, os estrangeiros não seriam autorizados a visitar toda área a leste do Eufrates até 1965 e a área permaneceu sob cerco militar permanente até 1950.

Guerrilha do PKK (1970 - 2000)
O reavivamento étnico curdo apareceu na década de 1970, quando a Turquia estava atormentada por confrontos entre esquerdistas e direitistas, e o partido marxista Partido dos Trabalhadores do Curdistão (PKK) seria formado exigindo um Estado curdo. O PKK declarou seu objetivo como a libertação de todas as partes do Curdistão da opressão colonial e o estabelecimento de um Estado curdo independente, unido e socialista.

O golpe militar em 1980 conduziria a um período de severa repressão e eliminação de quase todas as organizações curdas e de esquerda. O PKK, no entanto, seria o único partido curdo que conseguiu sobreviver e mesmo crescer em tamanho após o golpe. Ele iniciou uma ofensiva guerrilheira com uma série de ataques a estações policiais e militares turcas. Em 1983, algumas províncias foram colocadas sob lei marcial, em resposta às atividades dos militantes separatistas. Uma guerra de guerrilha de extrema violência ocorreu durante o resto dos anos 1980 e na década de 1990.

Em 1993, o número total das forças de segurança envolvidas na luta no sudeste da Turquia foi de cerca de 200.000, e o conflito se tornou a maior guerra civil no Oriente Médio. Grande parte do campo foi evacuado, milhares de povoados e aldeias curdas foram destruídas e numerosas execuções sumárias extra judiciais foram realizadas por ambos os lados. Mais de 37.000 pessoas foram mortas na violência e centenas de milhares foram forçados a deixar suas casas.

A situação na região facilitou-se após a captura do líder do PKK Abdullah Öcalan, em 1999, e a introdução de um maior grau de tolerância governamental a atividades culturais curdas, incentivadas pela União Europeia. Em fevereiro de 2000, a direção do Partido dos Trabalhadores do Curdistão anunciou oficialmente o fim da luta armada contra o governo da Turquia, em apoio às posições de seu principal líder, condenado à morte. Cerca de 40 mil pessoas morreram no país devido ao conflito.

Erdogan e novos conflitos (2014 - presente)
Com a vitória de Recep Tayyip Erdoğan nas eleições presidenciais turcas em 2014, um islamista e democrata conservador, a Turquia têm sofrido transições graduais ao conservadorismo social e também ao liberalismo econômico.

A inclinação para o lado muçulmano deixou a classe média turca descontente e, diante de críticas e protestos, Erdogan passou a mostrar sua face autoritária. Um dos sinais mais claros da repressão política no país é o desmonte do Partido Democrático dos Povos, o HDP, criado em 2012 com a proposta de representar as minorias do país, em especial os curdos.

Com o rompimento do PKK de seu cessar-fogo, em julho de 2015, o conflito entre as forças de segurança da Turquia e os separatistas já deixou cerca de 2 mil mortos e 500 mil deslocados, em sua maioria curdos.

Em 2017, com a vitória de Erdogan em um referendo histórico sobre a revisão constitucional, que reforçou os poderes do presidente, a Turquia distanciou-se da União Europeia e da democracia. Atualmente, o Curdistão turco vive em um clima de imensa opressão por parte do governo, com a prisão de políticos curdos, destruição de moradias e locais históricos, censura a jornalistas e alteração da composição étnica da região.

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This illustration picture taken on August 22, 2019 shows a mosquito seen through a microscope in the entomology laboratory at the National Center for research and training on malaria (CNRFP), in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou. - The primary cause of consultation, malaria is a real public health problem in Burkina Faso, that affects mostly young children, and has been reduced by prevention campaigns carried out by the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and partly funded by the Global Fund. Introduced in Burkina Faso in 2014, initially in seven districts in high-prevalence areas, seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was expanded in subsequent years to cover almost all of the country's 70 districts. An evaluation of the SMC program in Burkina Faso reveals that the number of malaria infections in children under five had been halved in the Kaya health district (north) over a four-year period. (Photo by Olympia DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Posts falsely claim Chinese official touted antibiotic oxytetracycline as Covid-19 treatment
AFP Hong Kong Published on Monday 12 April 2021 at 11:15Updated on Tuesday 27 April 2021 at 16:22
Facebook, Twitter and Weibo posts purport to show a Chinese official promoting antimalarial drug chloroquine phosphate, which they claim is also known as oxytetracycline, as a Covid-19 treatment at a press conference in 2021. The claim is misleading: the official made the comments in February 2020; While she touted chloroquine phosphate as a Covid treatment, she did not mention oxytetracycline, which is a different drug.
The video was shared here in a Facebook post on March 10, 2021.
"CCTV just released, victory in sight! No one would have thought that the antidote for coronavirus is chloroquine phosphate, an old brand medicine that has been produced for 70 years! We also call it oxytetracycline before," reads the Chinese-language caption.
The video shows a broadcast of a woman speaking at a press conference. The logo of Chinese state-run television broadcaster CCTV is visible in the top-left corner, while the news ticker reads, "Press conference by Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council".
The woman speaking in the video is Sun Yanrong, deputy head of the China National Center for Biotechnology Development under the Ministry of Science and Technology, according to the on-screen text and the official website of the State Council of China.
During the video, Sun announces that chloroquine phosphate, a malaria medicine that has been used for "more than 70 years", is an effective Covid-19 treatment.
"Based on the results of clinical studies carried out by pre-clinical institutions, it's clear that chloroquine phosphate is effective in treating Covid-19," she said.
Screenshot taken on April 7, of the misleading Facebook post
The video was shared alongside similar claims in 2021 here and here on Facebook, and here and here on Weibo.
The claim, however, is misleading.
A keyword search on Chinese search engine Baidu found the same footage published by CCTV's official channel on Chinese video app Haokan Video, dated February 17, 2021.
Below is a screenshot comparison of the Facebook video (L) and the video published by CCTV on Haokan video (R):
Screenshot comparison of the Facebook video (L) and the video published by CCTV on Haokan video (R)
The CCTV video is headlined in Chinese which translates as: "Chloroquine phosphate is effective on Covid-19".
Trials involving more than 100 patients suggested chloroquine phosphate was an effective treatment for Covid-19, Sun said in the press conference.
Chloroquine phosphate is not a recommended Covid-19 treatment. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked an emergency authorisation to treat certain coronavirus patients with the drug in June 2020 after concerns over its safety and effectiveness.
In March 2021, US authorities charged a Thai national with fraudulently selling chloroquine phosphate as a treatment for Covid-19.
Different drugs
Dr Aubrey Cunnington, Head of the Section and Reader in Paediatric Infectious Disease from Imperial College London, told AFP by email on March 29, 2021, that chloroquine phosphate is different from oxytetracycline.
"I can confirm this is nonsense. Chloroquine and oxytetracycline have completely different chemical composition and structures," he wrote.
"Chloroquine phosphate is just a form of chloroquine. The important difference is in the chloroquine and oxytetracycline molecules and not whether they are associated with phosphate," Cunnington added.
Chloroquine phosphate and oxytetracycline, according to The United States National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library, are indeed different in terms of chemical composition and structures.
Health experts point out that antibiotics are not effective in preventing Covid-19, which is caused by a virus. Some Covid-19 patients develop bacterial infections, which can be treated by antibiotics.
AFP Hong Kong


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The Town of Labrador City
The Iron Ore Capital of Canada … and Then Some
The Town of Labrador City is located in the far west of the Newfoundland and Labrador province, near the border of Quebec. Labrador City is neighboured by the town of Wabush, and together, the "twin towns" are known as Labrador West as they represent the centre for services of the whole western Labrador.
The Canadian Business Journal spoke with Mayor Karen Oldford, and Craig Purves, Director of Development, about the town's current undertakings, issues, and future plans to accommodate the town's prominence and rise as the iron ore capital of Canada.
Geology and History
The Labrador Trough is the reason for the rise of the Labrador City. This iron ore geological formation is a 1,600 kilometre long and 160 kilometre wide geologic belt extending south-southeast from Ungava Bay through Quebec and Labrador, giving a strong incentive for resource-based business to continue to invest in northeastern Canada and Labrador.
"Labrador City exists because of the iron ore industry, and we grow in response to global demands. The town came into existence because of the Iron Ore Company of Canada; we were a company-built town."
— Karen Oldford
As the prominence of the Labrador iron ore continued to increase, in 1961, the previously known Carol Project was incorporated as the Local Improvement District of Labrador City. The name was chosen by Premier Joseph R. Smallwood.
Iron ore mining remains the primary industry in Labrador City, and the council and Mayor Karen Oldford embrace the fact that the town is surrounded by one of the world's most abundant iron ore deposits.
"Over the years there has been a significant amount of investment and efforts to diversify outside the iron ore industry, but based on our geography, mining will remain the driving force to our economy. Diversification happens within the ore industry, as we stage ourselves as the experts in the field. We have acquired expertise on how best to do things in the northern climate; we serve as a centre for developments that are happening even further north, and we have the expertise around the construction and equipment. The support for these projects will come from Labrador West," says Oldford.
The Future of Mining
The Town of Labrador City may be the Iron Ore Capital of Canada, and even though it will most likely never out-produce Australia, with the upcoming local mining development opportunities it will continue to play a significant global role in the iron ore industry. The initial Carol Project of the Iron Ore Company of Canada remains the major iron ore mining operation in the area. Other projects include Cliffs Natural Resources, and several proposed projects, including Alderon Iron Ore Corp., and Rio Tinto's (the parent company of Iron Ore Company of Canada) development at the cost of $800 million. While the economic downturn stalled this development, the expectation is that the plan will continue with the rebounding global economy. Several other projects are in the wings.
"The new Alderon project is pretty imminent (it will be released from the environmental assessment and expected to start producing by 2015), and another project that's under the feasibility review stage is expected to be in production by 2019," says Oldford.
These upcoming projects represent a significant potential for the town in the future as well as urgent challenges for the town. The scale of these projects has the potential to double the community of Labrador City, and the town needs to accommodate this exponential growth, while combating the pressures from the mining companies, as the town itself is nestled right on top of significant ore deposits, and stands in the way of additional mining development, and some proposed projects lie within the city's boundaries, creating land use conflicts between the town and the companies.
"The conflict that exists is that the growth of the mining industry requires the Town to also grow in order to accommodate increased pressures from a surging population. This primarily includes housing numbers, the availability of affordable housing, but also the Town needs to respond to increased traffic, and increased use of local services such as medical, dental, schools, commercial, etc.
Because of our close proximity to viable mineral stores, expansion of the Town's footprint is at times opposed by both industry and departments within the provincial government. And rightfully so – nobody wants the Town's growth to make these mineral stores more difficult or costly to extract," says Purves.
"We need a symbiotic relationship. We can't have a suffering community with a thriving industry. It's quite challenging dealing with multinational corporations (such as Rio Tinto), as they are not permitted to disclose certain information that may infringe on their competitive advantage. We are working to mitigate the impact the town has on the mining, but the infrastructure will need to be put in place to accommodate this growth. While we are creating our 20-year growth plan, we are looking 40 to 50 years down the road," says Oldford.
"We know that our community is located on a rich deposit of iron ore. Looking at this situation, we are working towards planning our growth as a region with the Town of Wabush. This may include some form of a phased reduction in footprint, or migration, looking at localities where the town can grow without impacting on the mining activities in the future. The traditional way of town growth would originate from the town centre, however, we may be looking at growth in a more satellite-like fashion in the future," adds Purves.
Labrador City represents the gateway to the rest of the Canadian northeast, which turned the town into a centre for industrial, social and public services. While the town has been built on the iron ore industry and proudly exclaims its mining past, present and future, the town's location offers natural settings, majestic scenery, opportunities for hunting, fishing, snowmobile adventures and all other outdoor recreational activities tourists and nature enthusiasts desire. The city works incessantly to provide its vibrant community with exceptional recreational programs and facilities.
"Labrador City offers three generations of experienced miners to the companies coming to the area, supported by a vibrant community. People who come here stay because they love the natural environment. To live in the north and to be happy and successful means to embrace the natural environment."
Labrador represents a challenging environment to thrive in, but the natural resources in the Labrador Trough and the natural beauty on the Canadian Northeast will continue to keep Labrador City a growing, vibrant community for decades to come.
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On November 30, with a vote of 73 to 25, the US Senate passed an amended version of S-510, the Food Safety Modernization Act. The action now moves to the House of Representatives in the final days of the First Session of the 11th Congress. It is possible, but not certain that the House will accept S-510 as passed by the Senate, but there are substantial differences between S-510 as passed by the Senate and the House's HR-2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act.
There is also a major "blue slip" problem in that S-510 contains "revenue raising" provisions that violate the constitutional provisions that all tax measures must originate in the House. Therefore this Bill will likely be "blue slipped" back to the Senate.
Readers are warned not to spend time dissecting the out-of-date versions of S-510 posted on media websites, such as the text posted on the New York Times website on November 30. When the GPO releases the final text of S-510 (in a few more days) it will be posted on our weblog.
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Q: "wrong output format Unexpected end of file - token expected" error on Codeforces the problem on Codeforces is:
- input w (watermelon weight) is between 1 and 100.
- if watermelon can be split into two parts, each weighing even number of kilos, print YES, otherwise print NO

My code (Python 3) is
w = input()
w = int(w)
if w >= 4 and w%2 == 0:
    print('YES')
else:
    print('NO')

and when I input 8, I get the output YES, as it should be.
However, when I submit my file, it says wrong answer to test 1 and
Input
8
Participant's output
Jury's answer
YES

Checker comment:
wrong output format Unexpected end of file - token expected

Can someone kindly explain what am I missing? I tried to find this exact error and figure it out but to no avail

A: Solved it with a help from my friend, so I just wanted to answer my own question in case anyone else encountered the same problem.
I was using Jupyter notebook for solving this, so my file had an .ipynb extension, which is why the solver on site didn't recognize the actual code. The solution was uploading a .py extension (for example, copy/pasting the code in notepad and giving it a .py extension), then it was accepted.


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'I too face racism, sexism': Nathalie Emmanuel from Team Game of Thrones
Nathalie Emmanuel, The Game of Thrones star, said that racism and sexism are realities of her life, but instead of getting hurt, angry or insecure, she uses it to send out positive messages and empower people who look up to her. She shares her experience on her social media.
Nathalie's intention while sending the messages to the world is that they should consider that racism is universal, and it doesn't care about your career or your position in it.
"A lot of people have a perception about somebody like me who lives in the public eye. They think that you (do not face) racism and sexism because you are famous and in a privileged position… which of course is not the case," said, Nathalie Emmanuel. The actress says she has taken it upon herself eventually "to teach people and to show people that racism is universal". "It doesn't matter where you are in your career, or which career you are in, racism happens, sexism happens. I thought that instead of carrying the anger of that hurt and the insecurity that I might have as a result of such comments, I would rather have some young person somewhere say, 'Oh, that happens to her too', and be a little bit less lonely."
As a part of her mission, Nathalie Emmanuel shared a screenshot of a racist and misogynist comment from an online troller back in April. The comment was, "Go back to Africa you black c—t, you are famous on white man's land not in your black monkey ancestor's country." While sharing this abusive comment, she wrote, "In case anyone was wondering what having to deal with regular misogyny and racism is like… Here you go…. Sending love and thanks to everyone fighting the good fight, whatever background you come from."
Nathalie has certainly taken a different and better approach to curb this problem, which is in humane.
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Kate Middleton is seen without her engagement ring at official visit but is THIS pregnancy symptom the reason why?
The reason Kate Middleton has been spotted without engagement ring on is all down to her third pregnancy!
Kate Middleton has been spotted without her engagement ring on recently, and the reason is because of a very common symptom of pregnancy!
The Duchess of Cambridge was visiting Great Ormond Street Hospital in London recently when she was snapped without the stunning sparkler, which used to belong to Princess Diana.
Although it's not something Kate commented on during her outing to open a new building at the facility for children, we can't help but wonder whether a pregnancy symptom is behind her decision to go without.
The Duchess of Cambridge is welcomed to @GreatOrmondSt (GOSH) by 9 year-old patient, Ava.
Many mums-to-be experience a mild amount of swelling in their hands when they're expecting. Oedema occurs as a result of women's bodies retaining more fluid than usual when they're pregnant.
Kate – who looked effortlessly elegant in a bright red coat from high street store Boden – graciously thanked the hospital for inviting her along for the special occasion.
'I'd like to thank you for having me here today', she said. 'It's been my first visit to great Ormond Street and I've been so impressed by everything I've seen and the scale of the work going on here.
Prince William's wife went on to praise staff for managing to create such a wonderful atmosphere at the hospital.
'My main message is congratulations to you all. It means so much to the families, both to the parents and children. You can see the real family element the hospital brings at such a difficult time', she continued.
Kate, 36, and her 35-year-old husband's first child Prince George was born in 2013 and a little girl named Charlotte followed in 2015.
The duo are set to welcome their third child in April this year.


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Q: matSuffix makes mat-icon not horizontally centered in mat-icon-button I am making a simple auto complete input field with a close button at the end that would clear the field
<mat-form-field>
    <input matInput type="text">
    <button matSuffix mat-icon-button>
        <mat-icon>close</mat-icon>
    </button>
    <mat-autocomplete>...</mat-autocomplete>
</mat-form-field>

However, I noticed that the button does not scale properly with the mat-icon, and the icon appears a little off to the right of the horizontal center of the button. Tried text-align and float, but none works. I then removed matSuffix, the button is not positioned on the same line anymore of couse, but it scales with the icon and centers it correctly

A: Sounds like https://github.com/angular/material2/issues/10313. The fix is to apply font-size, width, and height (and possibly line-height) to the button to counter what mat-suffix does to it.

A: I used the following style to align my icons better:
mat-icon {
  margin-right: 0px !important;
  vertical-align: middle;
}

This got rid of the space on the right (horizontal align) and moved the icon down a bit to align better with my calendar control or other input icons. Just make sure this doesn't break any other styling where mat-icons are used, in which case you will have to specifically style only the mat-icons for the inputs where needed and not apply this across the board.


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'It's time for me to speak' | Northwest head football coach breaks silence after brawl between two Montgomery County high schools
Travis Hawkins tweeted out his emotional journey since the massive brawl. "I've been left in the dark wondering when I'll get back to coaching my kid."
Author: Chioma-Emilia Ahaghotu
Published: 8:32 AM EDT October 12, 2022
Updated: 10:12 AM EDT October 12, 2022
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. — A Montgomery County high school football coach, who was on the field when a brawl between two high schools broke out, spoke weeks after being accused of hitting another employee, and new strict safety rules were implemented for spectators.
On Sept. 16, a fight broke out on the field among players between Gaithersburg and Northwestern high schools, resulting in the game being called. The school board showed one minute and 15 seconds left on the clock in the third quarter when the game concluded.
As spectators were leaving off the field, another altercation erupted among police and spectators, which led to four juveniles and a 19-year-old facing charges. Three people, including a police officer and a school staff, were assaulted with injuries that were considered non-life threatening. Police dispersed the crowd and one person who was found with a knife was taken into custody.
On Monday, Oct. 10, Travis Hawkins, the head coach of Northwest High School, tweeted out his emotional journey since the massive brawl. "I've been left in the dark wondering when I'll get back to coaching my kids," Hawkins said in a social media post on Twitter. "For the time in my life, I've been stripped away from something that has been an outlet to me."
It's been 24 days since the incident that took place at Gaithersburg high school. I've been left in the dark wondering when I'll get back to coaching my kids. For the first time in my life I've been stripped away from something that has always been an outlet to me.
— Travis Hawkins (@1HawkIsland) October 10, 2022
Last month, on Sept. 19, William Grant filed a complaint against Hawkins with the District of Maryland for Montgomery County for misdemeanor and second-degree assault. Grant alleged Hawkins was "aggressively going towards" him and one of his players. A criminal summons for Hawkins said he struck a Gaithersburg High school athletic director in the head and shoulder from the side during the football game.
Hawkins tweeted, "Something that at times I felt was the only thing that loved me the way I loved it. I've been trying to protect my mental health; some days are a lot harder than others." Hawkins said he remains respectful throughout the investigation process, however, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. It's time for me to speak."
A day after the massive brawl, Montgomery County Public Schools suspended football operations temporarily for Northwest and Gaithersburg high schools. On Sept. 21, Superintendent Monifa B. McKnight held a meeting to discuss how the district will enhance security measures for athletic events days after the brawl between two football teams.
The new restrictions for spectators at Montgomery County high school football games include that any school-age child who does not attend one of the two schools competing in the game will be accompanied by an adult. Students from the competing schools will have to show their student ID or printed schedule at the gate.
Montgomery Co. Public Schools to discuss enhanced security measures following large brawl
4 juveniles, 19-year-old man charged after large brawl at Gaithersburg high school football game
Football operations temporarily suspended at Gaithersburg, Northwest high schools after large fight during game


A case study demonstrating the longevity vitreous enamel signage can be found at London's Elephant & Castle underpass. The signage was originally manufactured by A.J Wells around twenty years ago. The photographs show the excellent condition of the vitreous enamel after revisit to the site in November 2010.Note that the stainless steel surround (not supplied by A.J Wells) has fared less well.