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Politics|A Recess Destination With Bipartisan Support: Israel and the West Bank
A Recess Destination With Bipartisan Support: Israel and the West Bank
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER AUG. 15, 2011
The Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, center, met last week with a delegation from the House of Representatives in Ramallah, in the West Bank. Credit Thaer Ganaim/ Office of the Palestinian President, via Getty Images
WASHINGTON — Looking for your member of Congress? Try Jerusalem.
More than 80 members of the House are visiting Israel this month as guests of the American Israel Education Foundation, a charity affiliated with the powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee. It is the largest number of members of Congress ever to make the trip during a single recess, according to the organizers.
The numbers reflect both the size of the freshman Congressional class, which accounts for 47 of the visitors, and the enduring efforts of Israel to court its most friendly ally, the United States Congress.
Having roughly one-fifth of the House visiting the region is particularly striking when the relationship between President Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is strained. An effort by Mr. Obama to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians fell flat this spring. Now the Palestinians are weighing a request to the United Nations Security Council to support a bid for statehood, leaving Washington in the uncomfortable position of blocking such a unilateral move while supporting democracy movements in other Arab nations.
"I think that what you have going on is a real bipartisan support for Israel in the Congress," said Representative Eric Cantor of Virginia, the most powerful Jewish member of Congress.
"The White House and president have not been as clear as where it stands and he stands on the relationship, and that has added interest on the part of the members," Mr. Cantor said. "With Iran continuing to pursue nuclear capabilities, and with the upcoming vote in the U.N., which is a very destabilizing event, it is very important for us to be there and show what is at stake."
The weeklong trips began earlier in the month with 26 Democratic members, who were accompanied by Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland, the minority whip, and are continuing over the next several days with 55 Republicans, who arrive in two delegations. (Mr. Cantor, the majority leader, will spend time with both.)
The trips' schedules include visits to both Israel and the West Bank, as well as meetings with President Shimon Peres and Mr. Netanyahu in Jerusalem, and with the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah. For many of the lawmakers, the trip is their first time in Israel.
"It's my responsibility to be able to advocate on pro-Israel issues," said Representative Michael Grimm of New York, a freshman who went with the first group of Republicans, in a telephone interview from the country. "Coming here and being able to feel it and touch it to fully understand how daily life is for an Israeli is important. You have to actually see it and realize it is such a profound observation that everything is so close; everything is almost on top of each other."
The trips have attracted criticism from a variety of groups, including supporters of the Palestinians and critics of American foreign aid, especially that for Israel. But in a rare show of bipartisanship, both Republicans and Democrats defended the trip.
"No one fails to go to Israel without a better understanding of the birthplace of the three major religions," said Mr. Hoyer, who has been to the country 12 times, adding that he agreed with Mr. Cantor's reasons for visiting the nation. "Every time you go to Israel there are new circumstances and new challenges."
Mr. Hoyer rejected the suggestion of critics that members ought to be attending only to domestic affairs right now.
"The Congress and its members can do multiple things at the same time," Mr. Hoyer said. "Clearly the economic concerns of our country are great. But clearly the concerns in the Middle East obviously do have an impact on our economy given the energy supply that emanates from the Middle East and given the concerns we have with stabilizing the Middle East."
A version of this article appears in print on August 16, 2011, on Page A14 of the New York edition with the headline: A Recess Destination With Bipartisan Support: Israel and the West Bank. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe


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Q: Show map annotations in a table view I am having a map with some annotations and in another view i m showing a table view with all annotations over the map everything is going fine but every time when i am running my application the order of showing the annotations in the table view is different from previous, so can anyone explane me in what order table cells are created and in what order they are displayed.
I am sending the whole map object to my table view to retrieve the annotations over the map
 i.e [mymap annotations].
Thanks for helping me !

A: Despite the name, the map view keeps the annotations not as an array, but as an NSSet for optimization reasons. As NSSets are harder to use, it sends an NSArray when asked for the annotations, but internally it is not an NSArray. As you may know, NSSets are unordered.
To have the same order, you should create a property to hold the array of annotations, and not rely on [mymap annotations].

A: This question is similar to one that I did a week ago, is not exactly the same problem but you could figure out how to solve.

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C2 Pictures war eine amerikanische Film-, Fernsehserien- und Videospielproduktionsfirma.

Geschichte
Die 1998 von Mario Kassar und Andrew G. Vajna gegründet wurde.

Der erste von der C2 Pictures produzierte Film war I Spy (2002), aber C2s ursprüngliches Ziel war es, das Terminator-Film-Franchise wiederzubeleben.

Die einzige von C2 Pictures produzierte Serie war Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, an der die Firma nur für die erste Staffel beteiligt war. Danach ruhten die Aktivitäten der Firma und sie wurde 2008 endgültig liquidiert.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2002: I Spy
 2003: Terminator 3 – Rebellion der Maschinen (Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines)
 2006: Basic Instinct – Neues Spiel für Catherine Tramell (Basic Instinct 2)
 2006: Children of Glory (Szabadság, szerelem)
 2008: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Fernsehserie, eine Staffel)

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Weblinks

Ehemalige Filmgesellschaft (Vereinigte Staaten)
Gegründet 2002
Aufgelöst 2008

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namespace transaction {
class Methods;
}

namespace aql {
class Expression;
class Query;
class InputAqlItemRow;

class PruneExpressionEvaluator {
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  PruneExpressionEvaluator(transaction::Methods* trx, Query* query,
                           std::vector<Variable const*> const&& vars,
                           std::vector<RegisterId> const&& regs, size_t vertexVarIdx,
                           size_t edgeVarIdx, size_t pathVarIdx, Expression* expr);

  ~PruneExpressionEvaluator();

  bool evaluate();
  void prepareContext(InputAqlItemRow input) { _ctx.setInputRow(std::move(input)); }
  void unPrepareContext() { _ctx.invalidateInputRow(); }

  bool needsVertex() const { return _ctx.needsVertexValue(); }
  void injectVertex(velocypack::Slice v) { _ctx.setVertexValue(v); }
  bool needsEdge() const { return _ctx.needsEdgeValue(); }
  void injectEdge(velocypack::Slice e) { _ctx.setEdgeValue(e); }
  bool needsPath() const { return _ctx.needsPathValue(); }
  void injectPath(velocypack::Slice p) { _ctx.setPathValue(p); }

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  transaction::Methods* _trx;

  /// @brief The condition given in PRUNE (might be empty)
  ///        The Node keeps responsibility
  aql::Expression* _pruneExpression;

  /// @brief The context used to inject variables
  InAndOutRowExpressionContext _ctx;
};

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}  // namespace arangodb

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Facebook is having hard times adapting its policy to the GDPR. After revealing the news about an enormous hack last week, the company now risks a $1.63 billion fine in the European Union, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission, a top European privacy regulator, hasn't yet opened a formal investigation into Facebook, but the company requested more information from the tech giant about the dimensions of the breach. The Irish regulator also wants to know how many EU citizens had their data compromised.
The security breach caused by a bug in the platform's "View As" feature gave hackers access tokens to a minimum of 50 million accounts, according to Facebook's first statements. Two weeks after the incident, Facebook announced that the attack affected 30 million users only. But the consequences seem to be worse than first expected.
Hackers were able to get hold of specific data from about 15 million people, including phone numbers, email addresses, gender, religious beliefs, and even the last 10 physical locations they had checked in.
The data breach shows that Facebook can't protect its users, despite the measures taken after the year's hottest scandal Cambridge Analytica. Back in March, users around the world were outraged when media revealed that a private data firm had access to the information of 87 million Facebook users, without the users' knowledge or consent.
After a £500,000 fine ($650,000) in Britain and Zuckerberg's lengthy hearing in the European Parliament in May, the LIBE Committee (The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) requires for EU regulators to be allowed to audit Facebook.
European lawmakers aren't the only ones losing faith in the social network. Investors don't like the way Facebook manages its users' data either. The company's stock opened at $150.13 on Thursday, down more than 30% from its highest value in July.
Facebook needs to get back on track, and the company's placing all its bets on Portal, a new video calling device meant to connect users with friends and family.
However, after all these data breaches and hacking scams, it's unclear how many users will want a Facebook camera in their living rooms.
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English: unexplained; probably of French origin (see 2). French: unflattering nickname from a derivative of Old French pite 'pitiful', 'lamentable', perhaps applied to a family living in extreme poverty.
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A Batalha de Forte Sumter é o termo utilizado para se referir ao bombardeio realizado entre 12 a 13 de abril de 1861 pelo exército dos Estados Confederados da América com a intenção de expulsar as tropas federais que ocupavam a fortificação de Forte Sumter, situada na entrada da baía de Charleston na Carolina do Sul. A importância desta batalha, que não causou muitas baixas, radica em que foi o estopim que desencadeou a Guerra de Secessão, o conflito mais sangrento ocorrido no território dos Estados Unidos.

As negociações prévias tentavam pactuar a rendição das tropas que ocupavam o forte e das condições. Paralelamente, ambos os governos acusavam-se mutuamente de serem culpados de uma possível entrada no conflito. Para ambos os lados, as ações prévias visavam estimular as suas tropas e convencer os estados ainda indecisos para que se unissem à sua causa, visando a apresentar o adversário como o agressor caso em que finalmente a guerra se tornasse efetiva. O conflito começou a se gestar com o confronto do governador de Carolina do Sul, Francis W. Pickens, com o Presidente dos Estados Unidos em exercício, o democrata James Buchanan. Este confronto continuou a partir de março, através do Presidente do Governo confederado Jefferson Davis com o Presidente norte-americano Abraham Lincoln.

Após vários meses de negociação, o ataque ao forte das tropas confederadas provocou a mobilização do exército federal por Abraham Lincoln e precipitou ao país à guerra civil.

Antecedentes da batalha

Da independência dos Estados Unidos, a questão da escravidão era causa de confronto entre os estados do Norte e os estados do Sul. Com a aparição do partido republicano, declarado abertamente abolicionista, pioraram as relações e a luta ideológica entre ambos os lados tornou-se ainda mais patente. Quando Abraham Lincoln foi eleito presidente em finais de 1860, graças ao apoio republicano dos estados do Norte, quebrou o equilíbrio político que estava garantindo aos estados do Sul a continuidade do seu sistema social e político.

Quando os estados sulistas sentiram ameaçado o seu sistema escravista pela futura presidência de um republicano, alguns deles decidiram declarar a sua independência. Embora a maioria das infra-estruturas públicas e militares dos estados cindidos estivessem controladas por eles, alguns funcionários públicos decidiram apoiar o lado federal e adotar essas posições, assim foi o caso da Praça de fortificação de Fort Sumter, na baía de Charleston.

Fort Sumter e os seus recursos em finais de 1860

Fort Sumter era um forte sob controlo federal, situado sobre um ilhote de granito artificial à entrada da baía de Charleston. Em princípios de dezembro de 1860, o forte era ocupado apenas por alguns operários que se encontravam realizando melhoras no interior. As tropas do exército, 68 homens, encontravam-se ocupando outra fortificação da zona, Fort Moultrie.

Após declarar a sua independência, a 20 de dezembro de 1860, Carolina do Sul enviou diplomáticos ao Governo Federal para negociar a entrega dos fortes localizados em Charleston e que eram controlados pelo exército federal. Estas negociações tinham a pressão de que várias centenas de milicianos asseguravam que se apoderariam dos fortes através da violência se o Governo Federal recusava as suas propostas. Nesse momento, Abraham Lincoln foi eleito Presidente dos Estados Unidos, embora o presidente em exercício continuasse sendo o democrata James Buchanan até 4 de março de 1861, quando terminaria o seu mandato.

As escassas tropas localizadas em Fort Moultrie não eram dirigidas por um militar do Norte mas por um natural de Kentucky, Robert Anderson, que fora proprietário de escravos e era compreensivo com as posições do Sul. Contudo, o comandante Anderson declarou-se antes de tudo fiel à sua bandeira, a federal, e tinha a esperança de Estados Unidos não se precipitasse em uma guerra que não faria outra coisa senão dividir o seu país, o seu estado e até mesmo a sua família. Além disso, era consciente de que se a guerra chegava a ocorrer, teria o seu estopim num dos estranhos enclaves militares que ainda se encontravam sob controlo federal mas que estavam situados no Sul.

Com o fim de proteger o forte contra possíveis ataques da Confederação, Robert Anderson enviou a Washington uma solicitação de reforços. O Presidente, Buchanan, queria impedir a todo custo qualquer derramamento de sangue antes de se acabar o seu mandato, e recusou enviar reforços. Embora também não realizasse uma evacuação das tropas encravadas no forte, em troca de que Carolina do Sul se comprometesse a não atacar a posição ao menos até declararem terminadas as negociações diplomáticas.

As tensões militares e políticas

Na noite do 26 de dezembro de 1860, o comandante Anderson decidiu, pela sua própria iniciativa, trasladar os seus homens, discretamente, de Fort Moultrie para Fort Sumter, com a intenção de oferecer uma maior resistência caso de finalmente se produzir um ataque das tropas dos estados cindidos. As reações a esta manobra não resultaram ser as que ele aguardava.

Os federais aclamavam-no como a um herói que fizera uma boa trapaça aos sulistas. O senador de Massachusetts, Leverett Saltonsatall, por exemplo, declarava em Boston o seguinte:

As reações confederadas foram muito diferentes. Os sulistas consideraram esta manobra de Anderson como um abuso da sua confiança. Alguns jornais sulistas  interpretaram-no como uma declaração de guerra.

O Presidente Buchanan duvidou em pedir a Anderson que se incorporasse à sua antiga posição, Fort Moultrie, pois tal decisão poria em perigo a confiança no Partido Democrata nos estados do Norte, já muito enfraquecida pela recente vitória do Partido Republicano nas eleições presidenciais apresentando Abraham Lincoln. Finalmente Buchanan escolheu ficar firme, e até mesmo aceitou, por sugestão do general Winfield Scott, reforçar a fortificação de Fort Sumter.

Foram enviados 200 homens de reforço a bordo do navio comercial Star of the West. Anderson não informou da chegada dos reforços, mas ocorreram filtrações da informação que chegaram aos jornais e que a publicaram. Enquanto o navio intentava chegar ao porto de Charleston, a artilharia sulista abriu fogo contra ele. Então o navio viu-se forçado a realizar uma virada de 180 graus.

A tensão política aumentava e os dois bandos acusavam-se mutuamente de agressão. Porém, os outros estados secessionistas ordenaram a Carolina do Sul que não desencadeasse uma guerra antes que a Confederação não estivesse organizada e preparada militarmente para isso.

Chegada ao poder de Lincoln

A 4 de março de 1861, James Buchanan traspassou os poderes a Abraham Lincoln. Nesse momento a situação dos interesses dos Estados Unidos em Charleston estava muito deteriorada. O Presidente dos Estados Confederados da América, Jefferson Davis, retomou as negociações do traspasso do controlo do forte, paralelamente também enviara a Charleston o general Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard para tomar o controlo dos milhares de milicianos ali localizados. Ao dia seguinte da sua investidura, Lincoln foi informado de que o forte começava a carecer de recursos e comida.

Lincoln então baralhou várias possibilidades. Pôde decidir fazer intervir à frota federal para que se congregasse pela força em Fort Sumter, tomando ao assalto a baía de Charleston. Tal decisão faria que o Norte fosse designado como o agressor, o que poderia dividir os seus próprios estados membros e, ao mesmo tempo, reforçar o bando do Sul. Pôde também escolher ceder o controlo do forte criando uma paz mais duradora, desta forma conservaria o apoio de alguns estados limítrofes aos estados do Sul e cuja posição no conflito era ainda vacilante. Esta decisão poria em risco a sua autoridade, a qual seria tachada de débil e que ainda tinha que demonstrar.

O Presidente Lincoln ganhara as eleições primárias do seu partido com um escasso apoio, pois as grandes figuras do Partido Republicano estavam inimizadas demais como para se darem apoio mútuo. Devido a isto, Lincoln foi eleito candidato. Uma vez o Partido Republicano ganhou as eleições presidenciais, muitos acreditavam que iam ter muito peso no governo, entre eles William H. Seward, que foi eleito Secretário de Estado da nova administração e que esperava dirigir oficiosamente o país. Assim, por iniciativa própria, pôs-se em contato com a Confederação para anunciar que Fort Sumter seria evacuado, uma decisão que em absoluto Lincoln tomara.

Entre os demais membros do gabinete de Lincoln, apenas um ministro, Montgomery Blair, opôs-se à rendição do forte. Para Blair, "renunciar ao forte é renunciar à União". No processo de tomada de decisões neste respeito, um memorando do general Winfield Scott, da Virgínia, recomendava a capitulação sem condições do forte por motivos políticos, este ditame colocava-o como suspeitoso e incapaz de secundar ao comandante Anderson. A nível militar, considerou que a intervenção requeria uma frota importante de pelo menos 25 000 homens.

Lincoln decidiu adiar a tomada de uma decisão definitiva no referente a Fort Sumter, por outro lado decidiu apoiar outro forte numa situação similar em Florida, o Fort Pickens. Solicitou a preparação de uma expedição destinada a provê-lo de recursos, apesar da oposição da maioria dos seus conselheiros.

Contrário à intervenção, o Secretário de Estado William H. Seward mermou a expedição privando-a do uso do mais potente navio da frota. Visando evitar a guerra, também enviou ao Presidente Lincoln uma carta onde propôs preservar a União de entrar em conflito, focando-se em reunir norte e a sul para lutar contra a Espanha e  a França, que acabavam de intervir na ilha de Santo Domingo e no México apesar da doutrina Monroe. Lincoln tachou esta proposta de ridícula e fez-se forte frente ao seu rival político.

A 4 de abril, Lincoln deu definitivamente a sua aprovação para que uma expedição encabeçada por Gustavus Fox subministrasse recursos a Fort Sumter. O plano previu que a expedição não devia entrar em batalha na baía de Charleston, mas somente subministrar recursos a Anderson e as suas tropas. Se os confederados abriam fogo, então a marinha federal e as tropas expedicionárias teriam licença para intervirem militarmente. A intenção de Lincoln era que se os sulistas intervinham para bloquear a ajuda, e condenar portanto as tropas de Fort Sumter a falecer de inanição, então acusá-los de agressão. A 6 de abril, Lincol informou ao governador de Carolina do Sul que se levaria a cabo a expedição.

As motivações de Lincoln para tomar esta decisão não se conhecem, mas há várias teses. Segundo uma primeira teoria, Lincoln pensou que somente a guerra podia salvar a sua administração e quis forçar o Sul a efetuar a primeira agressão. A segunda teoria mantém que Lincoln não quis ver o seu governo desacreditado e permitir que outras potências internacionais reconhecessem a Confederação como um país. Também assegura que Lincoln pensava que deixar ao Sul a escolha entre um palco de paz ou um de guerra com os Estados Unidos, e a ameaça permanente que isto suporia, não era um comportamento responsável. A terceira teoria afirma que Lincoln na realidade desejava preservar a paz, mas viu-se obrigado a chegar à guerra e, consequentemente, desejou garantir que o Norte partisse da melhor posição possível no conflito que se avizinhava.

Pela sua vez, o Presidente da Confederação encontrava-se com problemas políticos similares aos de Abraham Lincoln. Pressionado por alguns estados do sul para que interviesse energicamente, sabia que passar por ser o agressor supunha a negação do apoio dos estados indecisos e que estes se inclinassem pelo Norte, o que  provocaria uns bandos na guerra completamente desequilibrados. Por outro lado, quanto mais tempo passava, os estados indecisos mais queriam permanecer na União e a segurança que esta depreendia frente à opção confederada. O conflito serviria para mandar calar os estados que se queixavam de estarem "submetidos" e os que concebiam que deixar correr o tempo era contraproducente para os seus interesses. Por exemplo, o jornal Charleston Mercury, fazendo referência à situação estratégica da baía da Carolina do Sul, publicou que:

A batalha

A 9 de abril, o general Pierre Beauregard recebeu a ordem de Jefferson Davis e o seu gabinete de tomar Fort Sumter antes da chegada da frota federal. No seu gabinete, somente o Secretário de Estado, Robert Toombs, opôs-se a esta decisão e declarou:

Desde três meses antes, as tropas da Confederação foram-se situando em torno de Fort Sumter preparando-se para uma possível defesa da baía de Charleston contra um assalto por parte da frota federal ou para realizar um possível ataque contra o forte.

A 12 de abril de 1861, a 3h20. da manhã, os Confederados informaram a Anderson que uma hora mais tarde iam abrir fogo contra o forte. Anderson recusou a petição de capitulação de Beauregard, embora comentasse ao mensageiro sulista que a fome provocaria em qualquer caso a rendição em uns dias se não eram abastecidos. A 4h30. um tiro de canhão desde Fort Johnson sobre Fort Sumter indicou o princípio da batalha e começou o bombardeio de 43 canhões e obuses, situados em Fort Johnson, Fort Moultrie e Commings Point. Anderson não replicou até passadas as sete da manhã, hora à qual o capitão Abner Doubleday disparou sobre a bataria confederada de Commings Point.

O bombardeio começou, assim, a  12 de abril pela manhã; enquanto isso, a frota expedicionária de aprovisionamento que se encaminhava a Fort Sumter sofreu o acosso de uma forte tormenta que lhe faz impossível entrar em combate. Ordens confusas de Seward e de Lincoln desviaram o USS Powhatan, o navio principal da expedição, para Fort Pickens. Com problemas de escassez de soldados, as tropas federais e os canhões do forte respondiam sem grande eficácia. Anderson decidiu afastar os seus soldados dos lugares da fortificação de mais exposição ao bombardeio, mas isto também os privaria de utilizar os seus melhores canhões. O forte foi construído visando recusar ataques navais, e os canhões principais eram situados nos locais elevados onde a marinha tinha dificuldades para os atingir, mas, pelo contrário, era onde mais impactavam os obuses da milícia de Carolina do Sul.

Além disso, com escassez de soldados, as tropas federais apenas utilizavam os canhões dos níveis inferiores de Fort Sumter, tendo poucas oportunidades de atingir as batarias dos fortes que controlavam a milícia de Carolina do Sul. Devido a que se derribou várias vezes a bandeira dos Estados Unidos, as tropas confederadas comprovavam regularmente se os federais se renderam. A capitulação não foi aceite pelos federais até 34 horas depois do começo do bombardeio. A  14 de abril, a bandeira da Confederação foi içada em Fort Sumter.

Durante a batalha, os confederados lançaram ao redor de 4 000 tiros de obuses e metralha, enquanto os federais realizaram ao redor de mil. Contudo, as únicas vítimas foram cinco feridos do bando federal e quatro feridos do bando confederado. Como curiosidade, a única vítima mortal na batalha foi um cavalo sulista. Após a batalha, uma das condições solicitadas para a capitulação do comandante Anderson era que se realizasse uma salva de centos de canhonaços. A realização desta salva provocou um acidente que se cobrou a vida de um soldado confederado e feriu outros vários. Foi a única vítima mortal que ocorreu em todo o acontecimento. Finalmente, as tropas federais foram levadas para território da União, isto permitiu a Anderson, e sobretudo a Abner Doubleday, continuar fazendo carreira no exército.

Consequências para a União

A 15 de abril de 1861, em resposta ao bombardeio confederado sobre o forte, Lincoln decidiu recrutar 75 000 soldados, com o fim de deter uma rebelião que o sistema judiciária não pôde interromper. A maioria das populações do Norte mostraram-se favoráveis a esta decisão de ressarcimento das ações dos secessionistas. Até mesmo nas cidades do Norte simpatizantes da causa sulista, dominadas pelo Partido Democrata, e eram favoráveis à defesa da União. Assim, em Nova Iorque, cidade que se rebelara contra a autoridade federal em 1863, uma concentração unionista reuniu mais de 250 000 pessoas.

Os democratas do Norte repetiram a mensagem dos republicanos. Um dos seus principais representantes, Stephen A. Douglas, que venceu nas eleições em Illinois a Abraham Lincoln em 1858, declarou aos cidadãos de Chicago:

Para os periódicos da zona federal, o Sul violou claramente a Constituição opondo-se pela força ao Governo legal de Washington. Os soldados federais pensavam que iam lutar para preservar o Governo, a unidade do país, a Constituição e a herança conseguida após a Guerra da Independência, na qual lutaram contra Inglaterra. A estas alturas a questão da escravidão para a União tornou-se numa questão secundária, em primeiro lugar passaram problemas derivados da secessão.

Dada a forma em como estourou a guerra, com um ataque a Fort Sumter por parte da Confederação, a união política do Norte era garantida, bem como a inclinação para este bando dos estados indecisos, ao menos a curto prazo. Até mesmo em alguns estados leais à federação o oferecimento de tropas superava amplamente as requeridas pelo Governo. Indiana ofereceu doze regimentos contra os seis pedidos por Washington.

Consequências para a Confederação

O Sul de modo algum queria passar por ser o agressor. Após a batalha, Jefferson Davis declarou:

Sendo a estratégia do Norte sentir-se atacado pelos acontecimentos acontecidos em Fort Sumter, a estratégia do Sul construiu-se baseando-se em proclamar que Abraham Lincoln estava destinando esforços em reunir um exército com a intenção de invadir o seu país e submeter pela força aos seus concidadãos. A decisão de Lincoln propiciou a alguns militares do Sul que duvidavam inclinar-se finalmente do lado confederado. O caso mais representativo foi o de Robert E. Lee, que recusou obedecer as ordens do exército federal e tomou finalmente o mando do exército de Virgínia. Esta declarou a sua independência a 17 de abril, dois dias depois da mobilização requerida por Lincoln.

Finalmente, o Sul proclamou uma prolongação do espírito herdado de 1776, numa segunda guerra de independência e sublinhou a ideia de resistir um "tirano". De fato, se a legitimidade do Presidente Lincoln no sudeste era discutida a um nível constitucional, é claramente nula a nível popular, ao menos entre a população branca. Lincoln, em efeito, fora eleito apenas com os votos dos estados do Norte. Além disso, o Partido Democrata, que apresentava dois candidatos, recebeu 47,6% dos sufrágios contra 39,9% para o partido republicano, apenas os grandes eleitores garantiram a vitória deste último.

Após Virgínia, três estados limítrofes mais (Arkansas, Tennessee e Carolina do Norte) uniram-se à Confederação por causa do ataque ao forte, e sobretudo, após a chamada às armas do Presidente Lincoln.

O retorno da bandeira

A 14 de abril de 1861, o comandante Anderson tivera o cuidado de levar a bandeira federal de Fort Sumter para Washington. Alguns dias depois da rendição de Robert E. Lee em Appomattox, a 9 de abril de 1865, e o final efetivo da Guerra de Secessão, Robert Anderson voltou para Fort Sumter e mandou içar de novo a antiga bandeira sobre o forte. A noite do 14 de abril, cinco dias mais tarde, Lincoln era assassinado em Washington.

Ver também
 Estados Confederados da América
 Guerra Civil Estadunidense
 Fort Sumter

Bibliografia

Ligações externas
 Documentos históricos:
 Semanário Harper's Weekly de 27 de abril de 1861.
 Informes oficiais dos diferentes protagonistas.

1861 nos Estados Unidos
Fort Sumter
História de Charleston (Carolina do Sul)
Conflitos em 1861


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is absolutely completely wrong. You are picking one of the keys of the dictionary, which is a pointer to an object, most like an NSString*. You cast this to long - but casting an address of an NSObject to long just gives you meaningless bits.
I suggest you describe what you actually want.
And NSDictionary is entirely unsuitable for your data model, as you may have figured out by now. Take that dictionary and convert it into an object containing what your application needs.

A: The cast to long is probably an error.
Your key is probably an NSNumber* or an NSString*. If you want to convert it into a long you have to get the longValue.
Casting it to long like you do, won't work.

A: Use this below code, and its working for me
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I have also same issue, then change the above code, hope its helpful

A: simply use this. it will return number of element in your dictionary.
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Our StoriesPhysical Health
Meet Wolfgang The Obese Beagle. From Fattest to Fittest: Part 1
By Kimberli Weeks July 11, 2021 2 Comments
Our mission as a canine wellness provider is to help families get and keep their dog healthy. We know exercise and nutrition is key to achieving the whole dog. We also have a soft spot for Beagles. Representing Beagle Freedom Project for a third NYC Marathon in a row, I want to highlight one of my absolute favorite Beagles. Wolfgang is an inspirational social media superstar, and he's so much more than just a dog with cute pictures. He is letting the world in on his weight loss journey, and has all of us at The Fittest Dog cheering him, AND his Beagle sibs, along. Please follow Wolfie and fam at @obese_beagle on Instagram, and we guarantee you will fall in love and admire his Mom and Dad, Erin and Chad. Below is Part One of Wolfgang's story, told by Erin. We know you will be inspired and moved, like I was and am daily.
Also, if you would like to support my NYC Marathon fundraising for Beagle Freedom, visit my page HERE. Any amount is helpful and appreciated! I support this organization, have visited them and their animals in person, and look forward to one more run in the name of Beagle!
When did you adopt Wolfgang? Tell us about his condition when you first adopted him?
A very lethargic and obese Wolfgang!
My husband and I started fostering Wolfgang in May 2019, and ultimately adopted him in July 2019. When we first took him home in May, Wolfgang weighed 90 pounds and could only walk a few feet. However, he was extremely happy and always wagging his tail, even though most of his tail was engulfed in fat.
The vet warned us that his heart was working extra hard to survive, so we had to be very careful with Wolfgang being outside in the Arizona heat. When we got him, it was already regularly in the 100's and soon the temperature outside reached 120 degrees. Wolfgang had to be monitored very carefully when outside (and he was not allowed to be outside in the backyard by himself that summer) because he was very susceptible to heat stroke and he likely would not be able to make it indoors in time if he started to overheat.
Wolfgang was diagnosed with a thyroid condition, and takes daily medication. However, his condition was not severe, and so while that may have played a factor in his obesity, he became 90 pounds as a result of over-eating and no activity.
Did you adopt him with the intent of putting him on a weight-loss program? What steps did you take?
Wolfgang coming home to his new family!
Yes, we brought him home with the intent of getting him healthy. Wolfgang is not the first obese dog that we have rescued. All of our dogs (with the exception of one) have either been fostered or adopted through Arizona Beagle Rescue, although they have not all been obese (however, we have helped a total of 5 obese beagles). The only dog that we have not fostered/adopted from Arizona Beagle Rescue was still a Beagle mix, and we got her when her former owners were no longer willing to care for her.
Our first obese Beagle we adopted weighed 58 pounds, and she reached a weight of 25 pounds (she has since passed of old age). Our current dog, Andre (the elderly Beagle on our page) weighed about 70 pounds when he came to live here. He reached a healthy weight of 25 pounds (he has since lost some weight due to health issues and ideally we would like him to put on a few more pounds). Andre is now deaf and blind, but Wolfgang is very gentle with him. Andre still likes to go on walks (he actually likes walks a lot since his sense of smell still works) and Andre will go on walks with Wolfgang.
We started Wolfgang's journey by getting a calorie count from the Vet and we stuck to that. For our dog family, eating healthy human grade food is what works the best. I made his meals (and he now eats human grade food from JustFoodForDogs), and we added any treats into his calorie count. The vet had us feed him 600 calories per day. We also started taking him on almost daily walks. The first walk was to the mailbox and we worked up from there. We went out very early or very late at night due to Phoenix's summer heat.
We believe that consistent, small steps can lead to big results. Wolfgang is now 32 pounds. Most of what appears to be fat on him is actually excess skin. Since it is believed Wolfgang is a senior, it will be harder for him to elasticize that skin, so it will probably always appear that he has some extra weight to lose, but it is really excess skin.
What were some early struggles for Wolfie and how much weight has he lost?
Wolfie's first car ride home in 2019, and last month with Paddy! What a difference in two years!
Wolfgang has gone from 90 pounds to 32 pounds. The early struggles were trying to logistically help a dog that was so morbidly obese. We were not sure how to get him safely in and out of our car! Wolfgang could not fit through the dog door (we have a large) but we were able to find a really large one to put in the sliding glass door that he could fit through. It was also difficult seeing that Wolfgang obviously wanted to be more active than his body would allow. At 90 pounds, Wolfgang's life mostly consisted of living on the floor, but he always wanted to go further on his walks (we had to hold him back) and he had such a good attitude.
Tell us a bit about Wolfgang's favorite exercises. As you know, we love to run dogs, but it's not always a good start for the severely obese.
Wolfgang on the water treadmill with yet another toy in his mouth!
Wolfgang's favorite exercise is when he gets to walk on the water treadmill at the Vet's office, which we try to do several times a month. He also loves walking around the neighborhood but he doesn't always understand the walk is for exercise because he sniffs everything! He regularly goes on a one mile walk several times a week, and he is training for a 5k this Fall. He also loves neighborhood walks because he loves barking at dogs and looking for cats (when he sees a cat, he has been known to run). Really, just walking is what he likes to do best, and when it cools down, we will go for longer walks.
During the summer months, we try to take Wolfgang to dog friendly hardware stores so he can get exercise while being in the AC. Between all the pets he gets, and the smells, it takes us quite a while to actually get any exercise in. Although we have a pool, and have tried many times to get Wolfgang to exercise by swimming, he doesn't like the pool. However, only for relaxing on the raft or on the steps!
Wolfgang's progress seems to have inspired other dogs in your home as well. Can you tell us a bit about your other Beagles?
The mighty Mom and Dad, with (l-r) Andre, Wolfgang and Paddy
As mentioned above, we had 2 obese dogs before Wolfgang, just not as extreme (and two obese dogs after him). Andre we currently have, and he was 70 pounds before reaching a healthy weight. I think having Andre at the time helped Wolfgang want to be more active because he wanted to play with the him. At the start of Wolfgang's journey we had another Beagle named Fred, who unfortunately died of old age (17) this Spring, but having Fred also encouraged Wolfgang. Fred would regularly run (in his younger days) 5 miles at a time so he was very active.
I think that Wolfgang has also helped other dogs. In January 2020 we fostered Jameson (Jamie) who was a 100 pound Beagle. Jamie's obesity caused him to have two torn knees but he recovered after two surgeries. Jamie might have a little bit of Basset Hound in him because at 44 pounds, the Vet said he reached his goal weight. Jamie loved to exercise as soon as his knees healed and he did a couple 5ks. We fostered Jamie for a year, but ultimately decided that fostering him was what was best for us and for Jamie.
In January 2021 we started fostering Paddy who was a 58 pound Beagle. However, in addition to his obesity, Paddy had serious mobility issues because in his former life he suffered two torn knees and did not receive medical attention. They fused together improperly, which means he puts a disproportionate amount of weight on his front paws. However, with weight loss he is doing much better as he has built some muscle on his back legs (he is currently 35 pounds) and he loves going on walks more than anything. Paddy is likely close to his goal weight as most of what appears to be fat is excess skin, but he probably still has a few pounds to lose. He is elderly as well so it will be harder for his skin to bounce back. We decided to adopt Paddy this June, and we are very happy. With three older dogs, we think we are running a retirement home for Beagles.
Wolfgang's Weight Loss Journey: Part Two, Coming Soon!
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Celli Geyer says:
What an inspirational dog/family!
We recently adopted a Lab that is approximately 30 pounds overweight. We are trying to figure out the best form of exercise for him as the walks we were doing seem to bother his paws. We do have a large backyard with softer areas for Mochie to wander and this seems to be a good start for him. It also provides time for him to get familiar with the 3 goats, chickens, and turkeys (he and the turkeys are definitely challenging eachother).
We also just bought a water trough for Mochie to hop in. Maybe that will help him to cool down in our 106 temps and promote a longer outdoor romp!
Feeding Mochie is going good for the most part. Thankfully he likes his dog food and loves vegetables and blueberries!
Thank you for such an uplifting, positive story! It is helpful and hopeful to hear lives of pup families that have already experienced what we are just starting on!
Utah sure could benefit from The Fittest Dog!!
Kimberli Weeks says:
Congratulations to you, your human and animal family and of course Mochie!! You are off to such a great start in his fitness journey, and I'm so happy you read our story about Wolfgang. Isn't he such an inspiration?? You are too! Good luck with Mochie!!
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20 Years of Distorted Lullabies: Interview with Jimmy Gnecco of Ours
by Jenna
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There are classic records that stand the test of time: Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Prince's Purple Rain. For me, one of those records is Distorted Lullabies by Ours.
Released in 2001 under DreamWorks Records, this album introduced me to the monumental voice of Jimmy Gnecco, which soars above complex melodies and displays the kind of raw emotion most would shy away from. It resonated with me on an entirely new level, as a teenager working on sorting herself out, and it has continued to be a staple of my music rotation ever since.
I was elated to interview Jimmy about the impact of this record, and to discuss the current tour, which will have certain stops dedicated to performing Distorted Lullabies in its entirety, along with supporting Ours' new self-titled album.
Hi Jimmy! Thank you so much for this interview! Ours is currently on tour with certain stops playing your first album Distorted Lullabies in its entirety, including Atlanta on March 9th. It's crazy to me that it's been 20 years since I first heard this album and fell in love with it. I have to tell you that this is my favorite album of all time. I bought it on cassette tape in 2001 when I was 16 and I still have it! Could you talk a little about your inspiration for the songs on this album and what it means to you personally?
Jimmy Gnecco: The thing about Distorted Lullabies and it being my first record, you get to this place where everything in your life kind of leads up to your first record. All the things that you thought about and felt, deep rooted thoughts and philosophies and feelings. I actually wrote some of the songs 25-28 years ago (1990). I tried to fit in all the things I'd gathered in my life, write about them and put it out.
It was rooted in the idea of the universal voice, the human condition, wondering why we are here, and what our purpose is. It was a very inspiring time for me with young children. Watching them come into this world was amazing to me, and it moved me. Many people think it's a dark record, but for me it's about beauty and hope, and the search for love and positivity.
The album has definitely been described as dark, emotional and passionate. It has helped me through a lot personally, as have your other albums. When you were writing these songs, did you think it would resonate with so many people trying to get through their own darkness?
JG: I really wasn't writing any of it thinking people would relate, because I was so in it myself, and I was just being honest. The song "I'm a Monster" was about going though struggles with the record label, beating me down and making me feel like I was a bad person because I wasn't listening to their opinion. I was thinking, am I a bad guy? That's where the line "singing through the side of a left eye" comes from.
There was a tone to the record that I had felt a lot of loss. There's a feeling in those moments where a song might sound sad, and it reaches us in a way that makes us feel better with the melody and emotions and words. To really reach the people who are feeling down, you have to speak the language. I think the reason why it affected people is that it felt like a companion.
It's tough to pick a favorite song on this album for me, but I have to go with "Fallen Souls", just because it blew me away from the very first listen and made me want to listen to the rest of the album. Do you have a favorite song on the record?
JG: I like "Fallen Souls"…to me, it starts off our entire professional career. That song happened really naturally, it wasn't a labor at all. I wrote it in 1997 and got signed playing it. I also love "I'm a Monster, "Here is the Light," and "Meet Me In the Tower." There is a lot of power in those songs. I go through my moods, but Fallen Souls is really the one. Also "Miseryhead", which I wrote around 1994. A lot of people don't understand this song. It's definitely its own thing.
That is one of my favorites, too! How would you say the band has grown and changed since the release of the album?
JG: The best way to put it is that I was signed as a solo artist. I didn't have a set band when I signed the deal. It was difficult to find people….putting a band together isn't easy. I found a group of people and then it took off. We only played around three or four shows in NYC with that lineup, and then I lost that band right before I went in to make the record. The label pushed us apart, really.
We are finally developed now, and we've had the same band for seven years, which is the longest any members of the band have ever been together. We still have some of the people who were with me way back when join us from time to time. All I can say is that it just feels complete now. It feels like the start, as crazy as that sounds. We finally clicked as a unit. No shade on the past or anyone who has played with us.
Ours is a brand, just like the Yankees. The players might change, but the brand still remains as long as you have the same team captain. I am the Steve Jobs of Ours, and players have come and gone, but it doesn't have to be overthought, it's just a brand of music that I oversee.
You've worked with Daniel Victor on his collaborative project Neverending White Lights which is also amazing music. Are there any other artists you would love to collaborate with?
JG: Oh, tons. It's kind of endless. I'm such a fan of music, first and foremost.
I recently did something with a buddy from Stone Temple Pilots, and something with my friend from Morrissey, the guitar player. I just recorded a song with him that we demoed, which was great.
You recently released your self-titled album. It's amazing, by the way! Could you talk a bit about the recording of it?
JG: I rented out this studio that I basically grew up in, where I recorded a of old songs. "I'm a Monster" was recorded there, and the album Mercy…Dancing for the Death of an Imaginary Enemy was also. I brought all my gear and knew I had a lot of work to do. I didn't even know if I would have a set band again. I just jumped in and started to work, and I had about 200 songs I was working with. I just put my head down and worked and worked and ended up recording about 80 of them.
Some of them have gone to a young female artist that I'm working with, 10 songs went to New Age Heroine, 5 went to Media Age EP, 5 went to Bella Fall EP. We put out a bunch of EPs, in the process of coming out with this full record.
We wanted them to be soft releases, because it would be too confusing to someone following our every move. Wow they just put out another record, holy cow! So, they weren't big, proper releases.
Narrowing down 200 songs to 80 to 17 for the final record was hard. I couldn't narrow it down any more than that.
I actually like having that number of songs. I remember albums used to have at least 14-15 songs on them, and one day it just changed to maybe 10, and albums got shorter.
JG: So many people underestimate the listener and the fans, and just put out singles and don't want to make the record too long. I really don't listen to any of that. It needed to be that long. It's there for someone who wants to take the whole ride, like Distorted Lullabies is very much one ride. I had to look at it in sections, or acts. It was challenging to put together.
You also released a reimagined version of 2013's Ballet the Boxer 1 on Bandcamp this year. What made you want to re-record the album?
JG: Basically, to stay true to the idea of what it was meant to be. I decided to jump into this sequence of three records to span someone's journey, almost like the script of someone's journey through life. Ballet was really raw sounding, a dry and punk rock sound. I'm happy we put it out so people could get the vibe of it, but I felt that the songs deserved more. We didn't give the songs the space they needed. It was like taking a black and white tv and bringing it into color.
We're going to release that as well as New Age Heroine for streaming very soon. I want to put out as much music as possible while I can still sing this way.
What can fans expect for the future of Ours? Will there be any other shows where you play an album in full? I vote for Mercy...
JG: That could be the next one. The sequence on that record is so important just like Distorted Lullabies. I wanted it to outdo Distorted Lullabies. I actually spent the year sequencing Mercy… as I was doing it to tell a story, Rick (Rubin) was doing it as far as the songs he thought were more exciting to put up top. I've never really subscribed to that, because then it sounds like a greatest hits record to me. I'm about telling a story with an album. I'd have to listen to it again from top to bottom to make sure I still feel good about the order. Mercy… would be a great one to play for sure.
Last question: You released a solo album in 2010 called The Heart. Do you have any more solo albums planned?
JG: I have a bunch of songs that I'm sitting on…I could probably make about four solo records at this point. It's not pressing, but I am looking forward to doing those. They will be totally different from the stripped-down sound of The Heart, with more instruments.
I'm not all that interested in repeating anything from here on out. Anything that I do I want it to sound new, like "Gold" and "You Are The Answer" they are different sounding. I have some organic songs that are really moving to squeeze in here and there, but I want to keep pushing the boundaries while not drifting too much.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview, Jimmy! I am really looking forward to hearing this album in full in Atlanta!
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That sounds like a great experience for kids. I think playing games is something kids don't do enough of these days. I am thinking about getting my kids some Wood Creations toy boxes at some point. They'd be able to put their games away so they wouldn't get ruined.
Lot's of Fun, Games and Prizes for the Grand Opening on October 21 and 22.


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Year 5 is taught by Mrs Wood.
Our Pupil Premium Support Teacher is Miss S Cousins.
The Spring Term is almost over and we still have some fantastic things to do before it ends. Science Week will see us looking into the impact of plastic on both our local and worldwide environment and looking into ways that we can help prevent this global crisis. Through this, we also start or cross curricular work based in Africa, using English, Geography and History to explore this amazing country.
We have started preparing for the summer term event 'Northwich Sings' which we will be taking part in, based on the story of Robin Hood.


Cinco de Mayo is just a few days away, and I'm sure many of you are planning to celebrate with family and friends this weekend. I knew I wanted to create something quick and fun to bring to the fiesta that I'm attending, so I put my creativity to work in the DD Test Kitchen. I created a recipe that puts a twist on your typical "chips and dip" and features classic Mexican flavors. My Creamy Avocado Yogurt Dip requires just a few simple ingredients, including DDelicious Everything Bagels from Dunkin' Donuts. This recipe is sure to be a crowd pleaser at home or for guests at the party. Enjoy!
*We also recommend Plain, Onion and Garlic Bagels as other great bagel options!
Preheat oven to 335° F. Slice the Everything Bagels into round disks. Add bagel slices, salt, and oil to a ziplock bag. Seal the bag and shake until the bagel slices are evenly coated with oil and salt.
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Lay bagel slices in a single layer, and place the sheet in the oven for 20 minutes, or until bagel chips are golden brown.
Place the yogurt, avocados, garlic, cilantro, jalapeño, lime juice, and cumin in a blender or food processor. Mix until smooth. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in the diced tomatoes and garnish with a sprig of cilantro. Serve with Everything Bagel Chips and enjoy!
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Documentation Observational data Resources
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LAKE 2017
5th Workshop on "Parameterization of Lakes in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Modelling" (LAKE 2017) held on 16-19 October 2017 in Berlin, Germany
4th Workshop on "Parameterization of Lakes in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Modelling" (LAKE 2015) was held on 07-09 May 2015, Évora, Portugal The presentations and a summary of the Workshop are available at the workshop web site: http://www.lake15.cge.uevora.pt/
Global Lake Database
Version 2.0 of The Global Lake Database version (GLDBv.2) is available developed by Ekaterina Kourzeneva and Margarita Choulga. By now, the dataset comprises ca. 14 000 freshwater lakes and 220 saline lakes. Additionally, indirect estimates of the mean depth are provided for boreal zone lakes on the basis of their geological origin. See Choulga et al. 2014 for details.
Volume 66 of Tellus A
Volume 66 of Tellus A contains Thematic cluster on Parameterization of lakes in numerical weather prediction and climate models with papers from the Third Workshop on Parameterization of Lakes in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Modelling 2012 at Finnish Meteorological Insitute, Helsinki. Presentations are still available at the Workshop site
Volume 64 of Tellus A with papers form the 2nd Lake workshop in Norrköping
The online tool FLake-Global has been advertised in "Data and Software News" of Environmental Modelling and Software. From now on, please, cite the FLake-Global, when using it in your work, as:
Kirillin, G., et al. 2011, FLake-Global: Online lake model with worldwide coverage, Env. Modell. Soft., in press, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2010.12.004
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Since 15 December 2010 Flake is used operationally at the German Weather Service (DWD) within the COSMO-EU (Europe) configuration of the COSMO model (see COSMO web site for details).
2nd FLake Workshop
Presentations from the 2nd Workshop on Parameterization of Lakes in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Modelling at SMHI, Norrköping, September 15-17 2010 ("2nd FLake Workshop") are available now as pdf's. A special issue of Tellus A with selected works is planned.
Boreal Environment Research
Volume 15, Number 2 of Boreal Environment Research - A Special Issue on results from the 1st Workshop on Parameterization of Lakes in Numerical Weather Prediction and Climate Modelling
Most recent FLake-related publications:
Kienel, U., Kirillin, G., Brademann, B., Plessen, B., Lampe, R., & Brauer, A. (2017). Effects of spring warming and mixing duration on diatom deposition in deep Tiefer See, NE Germany. Journal of Paleolimnology, 57(1):37-49.
Kirillin, G., & Shatwell, T. (2016). Generalized scaling of seasonal thermal stratification in lakes. Earth-Science Reviews, 161, 179-190.
Layden, A., MacCallum, S. N., & Merchant, C. J. (2016). Determining lake surface water temperatures worldwide using a tuned one-dimensional lake model (FLake, v1). Geoscientific Model Development, 9(6), 2167-2189.
Le Moigne, P., Colin, J., & Decharme, B. (2016). Impact of lake surface temperatures simulated by the FLake scheme in the CNRM-CM5 climate model. Tellus A, 68.
Thiery, W., Davin, E. L., Seneviratne, S. I., Bedka, K., Lhermitte, S., & van Lipzig, N. P. (2016). Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria. Nature Communications, 7.
What is FLake?
FLake is a freshwater lake model capable of predicting the vertical temperature structure and mixing conditions in lakes of various depth on time scales from a few hours to many years. The model is intended for use as a lake parameterisation scheme in numerical weather prediction, climate modelling, and other numerical prediction systems for environmental applications. FLake can also be used as a stand-alone lake model, as a physical module in models of aquatic ecosystems, and as an educational tool.
FLake is a bulk model. It is based on a two-layer parametric representation of the evolving temperature profile and on the integral budgets of heat and kinetic energy for the layers in question. The structure of the stratified layer between the upper mixed layer and the basin bottom, the lake thermocline, is described using the concept of self-similarity (assumed shape) of the temperature-depth curve. The same concept is used to describe the temperature structure of the thermally active upper layer of bottom sediments and of the ice and snow cover. The result is a computationally efficient bulk model that incorporates much of the essential physics.
FLake incorporates (i) a flexible parameterization of the temperature profile in the thermocline, (ii) an advanced formulation to compute the mixed-layer depth, including the equation of convective entrainment and a relaxation-type equation for the depth of a wind-mixed layer, both mixing regimes are treated with due regard for the volumetric character of solar radiation heating, (iii) a module to describe the vertical temperature structure of the thermally active layer of bottom sediments and the interaction of the water column with bottom sediments, and (iv) a snow-ice module. Empirical constants and parameters of FLake are estimated, using independent empirical and numerical data. They should not be re-evaluated when the model is applied to a particular lake. In this way, FLake does not require re-tuning, a procedure that may improve an agreement of model results with a limited amount of data but should generally be avoided as it greatly reduces the predictive capacity of a physical model.
In order to compute fluxes of momentum and of sensible and latent heat at the lake surface, a parameterization scheme is developed that accounts for specific features of the surface air layer over lakes. The scheme incorporates (i) a fetch-dependent formulation for the aerodynamic roughness of the water surface, (ii) advanced formulations for the roughness lengths for potential temperature and specific humidity in terms of the roughness Reynolds number, and (iii) free-convection heat and mass transfer laws to compute fluxes of scalars in conditions of vanishing mean wind.


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The shares marked with an * are writable.
If you're connecting with user 'rwilliams' try setting 'force user = root' and 'force group = root' for r/w to the directories owned by root.
That worked beautifully; thanks a ton! I'm not sure forcing a user is the "right way", but given I don't want to require a login and password, this is perfect.
Well, you're just forcing it to read/write as the same user that the directories you mentioned are owned by.
However, it's a nice feature that Samba has, and in many cases, makes file sharing between groups easy if you have a similar situation -- filesystem permissions are for one user, Samba users are another.


The Deuba Cabinet is the thirst largest ever in Nepal.
Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba expanded his Cabinet by inducting 15 more state ministers.
Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday expanded his Cabinet by inducting 15 more state ministers, making it the third largest in Nepal's history.
With the latest expansion, Mr Deuba now heads a 46-member jumbo council of ministers, which includes three deputy prime ministers, 19 ministers and 23 state ministers.
The expansion came two days after Mr Deuba inducted eight state ministers from former Prime Minister Prachanda's CPN (Maoist-Centre) party, a coalition partner in the government.
The newly-inducted members were administered the oath at the Office of Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. The expansion comes a day before Mr Deuba embarks on a five-day state visit to India.
The Deuba Cabinet is the thirst largest ever in Nepal. In 1996, Mr Deuba, who has become the prime minister of the Himalayan country for the fourth time, chaired a 48-member Cabinet.
Baburam Bhattarai, who was the prime minister of Nepal from August 2011 to March 2013, led a Cabinet of 49 members.
The newly-appointed state ministers include Seeta Gurung for Physical Infrastructure and Transport; Sarita Prasain for Agriculture Development; Shesh Nath Adhikari for Education; Nar Bahadur Chand for Commerce; Abdul Rajjaki for Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Tapta Bahadur Bista for Information and Communications; Amar Sing Pun for Irrigation; Dilman Pakhrin for Law and Justice; Uday Shamsher Rana for Finance; Dilli Bahadur Chaudhary for Labour and Employment.
Teju Lal Chaudhary for Youth and Sports; Champa Devi Khadka for Cooperative and Poverty Alleviation; Janakraj Chaudhary for Federal Affairs and Local Development; Sumitra Tharuni for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation; and Yashoda Kumari Lama for Lands Reforms.
Out of 15 state ministers, the Nepali Congress has 12 ministers and Nepal Loktantrik Forum has three ministers.


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Our level of alertness rises and falls over the course of a workday, sometimes causing our energy to drop and our minds to wander just as we need to perform important tasks.
To help understand these patterns and improve productivity, Cornell researchers have developed a tool that tracks alertness by measuring pupil size, captured through a burst of photographs taken every time users unlock their smartphones.
"Since our alertness fluctuates, if we can find a pattern it will be very useful to manage and schedule our day," said Vincent W.S. Tseng, a doctoral student in information science and lead author of "AlertnessScanner: What Do Your Pupils Tell About Your Alertness," presented in September at the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services.
Traditional methods of analyzing alertness tend to be cumbersome, often including devices that must be worn. Researchers in Cornell's People-Aware Computing Lab, run by Tanzeem Choudhury, associate professor of information science and senior author on the study, wanted to create a way to measure alertness unobtrusively and continuously.
"Since people use their phones very frequently during the day, we were thinking we could use phones as an instrument to understand and measure their alertness," Tseng said. "And since people's eyes are affected by their alertness, we were thinking that when people are looking at their phones, we could use a moment to measure their alertness at that point."
When people are alert, the sympathetic nervous system causes the pupils to dilate to make it easier to take in information. When they're drowsy, the parasympathetic nervous system causes the pupils to contract.
The paper, co-authored with Saeed Abdullah, an assistant professor in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Pennsylvania State University, and Cornell information science doctoral student Jean Costa, included two studies conducted over two years. The first study analyzed results from 15 users, who were prompted to take photos of themselves every three hours. Their smartphones needed to have their infrared filters removed to make it easier to detect the contours of the pupil and the iris, particularly for people with dark eyes. The participants were also asked to complete a sleep journal, reporting how many hours they'd slept each night, and to take a phone-based Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) – a five-minute quiz to gauge their reaction time – six times a day.
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The researchers found that the pupil-scanning reliably predicted alertness. But because asking people to remove their phones' infrared filters was impractical, and prompting them to take photos of themselves throughout the day was too obtrusive, they conducted a second study a year later, when smartphone camera quality had improved enough that they no longer needed to remove the filters.
In that second study, eight participants were given smartphones with high-resolution front-facing cameras that took a burst of 30 photos in one second whenever the phones were unlocked. Users also completed the sleep journal and took the PVTs.
Though the two studies were difficult to compare because of their different methods, both showed that pupil scanning was a reliable means of predicting alertness. The second study, which took the photos passively in a burst, was deemed more practical because it required less work by the user, Tseng said.
Tseng said the AlertnessScanner could be particularly useful in health care, since medical professionals often work long hours doing intricate and important work. For example, clinicians typically look at devices during surgery, and a front-facing camera on the devices could track their alertness throughout procedures.
But understanding alertness patterns could be helpful to people in many kinds of workplaces, Tseng said.
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The research was partly supported by Intel and the Semiconductor Research Corporation, through a Circadian-Rhythm Aware Computing grant.
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BRING THEM HERE TO ME!
In looking at our text in the 14th Chapter of the Gospel According to Matthew, when Jesus was in the wilderness with approximately five thousand followers, the Bible tells us they began to run into a little problem. It was getting late and the people were getting hungry.
Unlike the times in which we are living, that would have been a major problem because there were no rest stops along the highway with vending machines or fast food places like McDonald's, Sonic, or Burger King.
Sounded like a plan, didn't it? Made sense, didn't it? The disciples knew there was a huge multitude of people, they had been there all day, they were getting hungry, it was getting late, and there was no food to feed them.
Can we keep it real? Am I the only one who usually goes to the Lord with several solutions to a problem before asking Him for one? It just seems like I come up with some pretty intelligent ideas I am sure He will agree with, some of which I was sure He gave me in the first place!
Someone reading this right now is looking at your situation and saying the same thing. You are wondering what you are expected to do with the little that is in your possession, considering your great need. You have a multitude of bills but possess very little money. You have a multitude of problems but have access to very little assistance. You have a multitude of issues but have very little resources.
Watch this…Jesus did not tell the disciples to bring the multitudes to Him. He wanted the loaves and fish.
In like manner, in this season Jesus does not want you to bring your bills and your issues and your drama and your problems. Jesus wants you to bring what you believe is not enough to handle it: He wants you to bring Him your deficiencies (whatever you have left). That is what He wants, because He wants to show you how He is going to bless you and those around you with it!!!
You see, we often believe we need more money in order to make it, a better job, a promotion, a new assignment, but what we really need is for the Lord to get His hands on whatever we have left, because He is able to take it, bless it, and do the impossible with it!
Let me see if I can make this live for you. I have been singing since I was eight years old; I entered the ministry and began preaching in 1995. I loved to share the gospel through singing and preaching and planted a church in 2004. In 2008, I started struggling with pulmonary issues and at this present moment, my medical situation has deteriorated to the point where I can only talk for brief periods of time before becoming winded. Therefore, until God heals me, I can no longer sing or preach as I want to.
Hence, I started this blog because I can still write! I can still communicate, still inspire, still motivate, and still uplift the people of God even though I cannot preach in this season! If you can read, I can still be a blessing to you!
As Jesus did in the wilderness, He is taking what I have left, blessing it, and feeding the multitudes with it! By faith I did as I was instructed; He will perform that which seems impossible.
It is His desire to do the same for you!
Bless you my sister!!! Be encouraged and strengthened in the Lord!!
Amen Sis! You have become more awesome that you ever did! Bless ?You!
So who gave you my name…???? Your preaching and neither one of us are in the sanctuary !!!
Thank you, Deacon Rodney! So glad you were blessed by the word…please share it with others. Be blessed!


" .... war is ugly. It's hideous."
We need to be reminded of that, from time to time.
Rolling Stone interview with "Sonny Crockett"
No, really! He thinks he's going to do it all over again.
Last year I was at an IPSC/USPSA match in Oregon when a friend searched me out.
His pistol had fallen out out of his skeleton holster and hit the ground, and by the rules of Practical Pistol competition he was forbidden to touch it without the supervision of a Range Officer. So I obliged him, of course, and I (safely) picked up his $3,000 race gun and handed it to him.
Then he went looking for someone else who had a similar pistol that he could use to complete the match.
He found another competitor who had a spare similar pistol, and safely completed the match.
He needed it: his C-More sight had taken the brunt of the impact on the hard-packed ground, and was broken. Eventually, it cost him several hundred dollars to replace the broken electronic-dot sight, but at least he didn't have to drop out of the match.
Under the "Universal Background Check" rules, he would not have been able to rely on the largesse of his friends.
The first point is, a background check bill is impossible without creating registration data. That was admitted by no less an authority than Greg Ridgeway, Deputy Director of the National Institute of Justice, who wrote a summary report on gun violence prevention strategies in which he concluded "Effectiveness depends on the ability to reduce straw purchasing, requiring gun registration.
Universal Background Checks (may) apply even to temporary "loaning" of a gun at a range, except under certain narrowly defined circumstances. See below.
The popular understanding is that this applies only to the transfer of ownership of firearms. That's not necessarily true.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber got one hell of an October surprise, as his fiance tearfully admitted Thursday to having a green-card marriage to an 18-year-old Ethiopian immigrant. The stunning admission comes after an alternative newspaper first reported that Cylvia Hayes – who despite being engaged goes by the title "first lady" in the state – had been married, and divorced, three times before. Two of those were known. But the Democratic governor to whom she's engaged, and the public, apparently didn't know about the third.
This comes as absolutely no surprise to Conservative Oregonians (both of us!). Doctor John has been making "bad choices" during his entire political career.
Five Grand? He should be flattered; his probably-no-longer-to-be wife can honestly claim that she is worth more than he is.
The Real "Gun Show Loophole"?
What happens when Liberals get control of a county?
Several years ago (and this is a true story, children.. well, mostly ... but the names have been changed to protect the innocent) in a small North-Western town which we will call "Corn Valley", which was the County Seat, The County took control of The People.
One day, the County Commissioners (we'll call the county ""Benjamin"), decided that gun shows would no longer be permitted at the Benjamin County Fair Grounds.
Now, there had been no complaints registered about the Benjamin County Gun Shows, which had been an annual event for decades. The Citizens of Corn Valley, or of Benjamin County, had not objected to a "Free Market" in firearms. There was no external reason for the Benjamin County Commissioners to establish a restriction on County Fairgrounds events. In fact, it was a money-making event for both the county and the fairgrounds.
They just decided this was The Right Thing To Do .. and the decision was passed seven-to-one by the Board.
The people of Corn Valley and Benjamin County objected to this arbitrary decision, and so a hearing was held one Tuesday evening at the fairgrounds.
I gave them my name, address and phone number. I told them that I had been shopping for 'almost everything' at my local Kroger store (in Corvallis, that's "Fred Meyers' Store") for over 20 years, and I wanted to tell them how much I appreciated that they did not cave into the anti-gunners' exploitative pressure for the chain to kowtow to their nonsense.
I told them that the reasons I shopped there were many: Convenient location, competitive prices, great selection of quality foods and other goods. I get my prescriptions filled there. Friendly people .. the clerks always ask if I found everything I wanted, and if I didn't ... I mention it. Next time, or the time after that when I visit the store, they have stocked it again.
Also, I told them that I "may or may not carry" on their premises, but they won't know because if I did, it would be concealed in accordance to local law, and I'm not inclined to frighten other shoppers. Most of them are my neighbors.
Finally, I told them that I never, ever, enter a store with a "No Guns" sign on their door. I'm there to spend money: they're there to make money. I don't look for opportunities to be insulted, or make trouble. I just want to go home with a full shopping cart.
Besides, a "NO GUNS" sign on the door is an incitement to violence.
In its 2013 session, the General Assembly repealed a 1935 law that had required Durham residents to register their firearms with the Durham County Clerk of Court. The State of North Carolina granted Archie Smith, Clerk of Court, permission to destroy the records. Sheriff Andrews was on hand this morning to observe and assist with the destruction.
As you might expect, they weren't that into it.
"... You don't realize (I didn't realize) when you shoot a gun, just firing one? That took a lot out of me. I was ... it was like I fired once and then I wanted to take a nap."
"My hands are sweating ..."
"Oh my God, I can't .. my heart is like racing so fast right now"
"Never in my life did I think I would shoot a shotgun!"
"No, I don't want to do it anymore."
"It was kinda like ... enjoyable? But then I was getting sickened about me feeling enjoyable about it."
"... this is a 'fun thing', but not every 'fun thing' is legal".
"You know it's a rush, it's a Adrenalin rush, and you get all ****** up, and I feel confused and conflicted about it all. I would probably come back and [nods] do it again."
Last March 11 (2014) I wrote an article titled California Scheming which discussed resistance of Sunnyvale and San Francisco to turn in magazines which are capable of holding more than 10 rounds.
The Oakland Tribune (http://tinyurl.com/lvtufr3 ) reported Saturday that since Sunnyvale's ban went into effect midnight Thursday, not one of the now-illegal magazines has been turned in. San Francisco police report that they have no system to track whether any magazines have been turned in for destruction under the new ordinance. San Francisco residents must surrender their high-capacity magazines to police by April 7.
It's a terrible thing, I know, for "common people" to oppose the will of The Government. [Smarm Alert!] On the other hand, that is the National Character.
unfortunately you ignore laws, especially local laws, at your own great peril.


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What's the measurements upto the hob?
Hi, it's 52.5cm approx. to the work surface and 54cm to the hob. I have children who play with this from 1 year up to 6 years and older ones too have joined in, it's good all round.
Hi, I have a question what is the width of this kitchen?
What is the packed size of this kitchen in its box?