The last year or so has seen a decline in the number of development approvals for new dwellings in NSW. This has been matched, however, by an increase in the number of alterations and additions being approved. This turn-around is largely due to the real estate slump. Before 2004 it was safe to assume that a property would quickly gain in value, and that reselling within a few years would result in a significant profit. Certainly the real estate boom in the 90s meant that many unassuming home-owners found themselves millionaires. How quickly things can change!
Although the bottom has not completely fallen out of the market, owners who five years ago might have chosen to sell up in order to gain extra space are realising that they might not significantly gain by selling at this time. Instead, many are thinking about altering their existing homes to meet their needs. This is especially true for those who bought property between 2000 and 2004 when prices were at their highest before the slump occurred.
Improving an existing property can be a sensible route for those who need to accommodate a growing family, home business or the flat screen TV. Often an owner will find that it is not necessarily a case of adding more floor space. In fact, some may discover that their home already exceeds the council-imposed floor space ratio. Rather than giving up on the idea of renovation altogether, it's worth looking at the idea of creating a more functional home by simply rearranging the space. Demolishing walls, adding joinery and upgrading kitchens and bathrooms might result in the home you want without adding floor area.
When floor area isn't an issue, the most common ways to extend an existing house are rear living room extensions or lofts. The rear extension may be a way of opening your home up to the back yard and providing an open plan living area. Adding a level can employ valuable roof space for use as bedrooms or studies without eating into your outdoor areas. Keep in mind that most councils have height limits and will need to be convinced that your addition does not impact negatively on your neighbours. It may be necessary to submit shadow diagrams with your development application in which case you might need the help of a professional. Whatever the case it's important to check local council requirements to make sure your proposal complies with their guidelines.
Another advantage in renovating your home is that you can stage the work to make it more affordable. It's also often a case of the devil you know. Buying a house is always risky due to the possibility of hidden problems being revealed after purchase. If you've lived somewhere for a while you know what needs fixing and there is a reduced risk of nasty surprises.
On top of all this, prudent improvements can significantly improve a property's value so it will sell for more when the market improves. In other words, renovation is definitely worth consideration in today's climate.


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Kundalini Maintenance Attunement provides many energetic tools to maintain optimal kundalini function. It was channeled by Craig MacLennan.
In the manual to accompany this attunement the founder explains, "The Kundalini Maintenance Attunement aims to offer a set of energetic tools that can be used for the optimal functioning of your kundalini. They are designed to support your energy hygiene practices and personal and self-development goals…They offer some of the most advanced energetic tools currently available to ensure your kundalini functions optimally. Each function can be used on its own or in different combinations. You can also activate all functions at the same time for a full clearing, cleansing, balancing and repair of your kundalini….
The functions include; Kundalini maintenance, Kundalini clearing, Kundalini repair, Kundalini DNA, Kundalini frequency, Kundalini dimensions and Kundalini balance. This is a great attunement to help maintain and develop a strong kundalini.


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Q: Hall Effect Current Sensor for a DC Mosa Welder - Only info is 250A, it reads the + welding cable current output - ideas on make? I wish to test/replace this sensor with the same or similar spec. if possible. Its worn inside due to the positive cable rubbing against it for years. All there is for a description from the Italian manual is, "250A". The diameters are 22 mm I.D. & 43 mm O.D. There are four connectors (blue, yellow, white, red)  and a ground.
With the red probe on the red connector, (there's continuity on the white & blue),   (- red probe on the white connector, there's nothing),   (- red probe on the yellow connector, there's nothing), (- red probe on the blue connector, there's white & red)
With the black probe on the red connector, (there's continuity on only the blue), (- white connector, there's red and blue), (- yellow connector, there's nothing), (- blue connector, there's just red)
There is no continuity to ground. The yellow connector does not relate to the other connectors. The polarity matters when in communication with other wires. That's all I have to offer here.
There is a picture of the bottom of the hall sensor (black base), and the positive welding cable before the main terminal, (it has been rubbing/vibrating against the inside wall of that sensor for years).

Fig. 1 - bottom of sensor, note the wear inside

Fig. 2 - Here is the wiring diagram and W6 is the sensor position

Fig 3. - A close up of the connector and ground
That's all I have to guide me in replacing this sensor. Has anyone seen this model before and what might I do to replace it? Someone smarter than me might be able to figure out the internals of the sensor re:  the voltages & connections etc., Thank you in advance.

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Although Mario Kart 64 was THE racing title to own for the Nintendo 64, Diddy Kong Racing was another great game in the genre that isn't quite as beloved, but still has a broad legion of appreciators. Mario Kart received a throng of sequels between then and today, but all the red-hatted Kong's racing gem got was a Nintendo DS remake in 2007, Diddy Kong Racing DS. That doesn't mean a Diddy Kong Racing sequel was never considered, though.
In fact, Climax Studios created a pitch to present to Nintendo for a game called Diddy Kong Racing Adventure, and while the project was never green-lit, footage of the demo can be seen in a new video from PtoPOnline (via Kotaku).
The game was meant for the GameCube, although the demo was created on the Xbox since Climax already had development tools and experience on that console. As for the plot, Wizpig and the Kremlings plan to take revenge on Diddy by paving his island home and turning it into a massive raceway. From there, it's up to Diddy to defeat the baddies in races that take place all across the island in order to regain control of the area and send the baddies packing.
Different from most other racing games, Diddy Kong Racing Adventure would have featured animals as the vehicle of choice, which would have made sense considering how they've been used in that capacity before in games like Donkey Kong Country and others in the Donkey Kong franchise. Alas, the game wasn't meant to happen, but you can still check out footage of what could have been above.


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Police Reform Is Meaningless Without Civilian Oversight, Advocates Say
by TRNN April 8, 2016 September 23, 2020
Advocates and former law enforcement say to hold police accountable, Maryland must make a civilian presence on internal police boards mandatory
JAISAL NOOR, TRNN: It's almost been a year since Freddie Gray died and was arrested in police custody, and advocates from Baltimore are again demanding change in the state capital, Annapolis. A current measure pending approval makes changes to the Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, adding civilians to the internal police review boards that review allegations of misconduct. The measure has been strongly opposed by the law enforcement lobby and police unions, but critics say some form of civilian oversight and participation is necessary to hold police accountable and stop police abuse. Even before Freddie Gray died in police custody, the Sun exposed the city had settled over 100 lawsuits to a tune of nearly 6 million dollars in cases of alleged abuse, where accused rarely faced internal discipline or criminal charges. LAWRENCE GRANDPRE: In Baltimore, Maryland we have these police trial boards, that when a police is accused of wrongdoing it definitely becomes a criminal issue. You have the issue of suspension and potential termination. And all [of this] happens internally. It's a very opaque, very shadowy process. And the worst part of it is that it's all done with cops making the final decision as to whether another police officer should be suspended or fired. And our argument is that this bill that's calling itself police reform has to ensure that as our tax dollars pay for policing and as policing of the public good the community is substantively involved in the process of determining whether the way policing is done is appropriate for the community. The clearest manifestation of that will be ensuring and mandating that we actually have known police officers, people from the community that's aggrieved on these police trial boards, because as we know, accused police wrongdoing does not enter the criminal system, even if it should. And the biggest deterrent to wrongdoing would be having a meaningful shot on these police trial boards that if a cop does do something wrong, they're going to be held accountable and they're going to be suspended. And we're trying to get that language attached to this larger Senate bill. NOOR: After the rally at City Hall advocates were set to travel to Annapolis, the state capital, to lobby state representatives to ensure a civilian presence on the review board was mandatory. GARLAND NIXON: Most people do not trust the system enough to believe that if, for instance, a police chief has the option of appointing citizens to an internal hearing board or trial board that it will ever happen. Most people don't feel that that will happen. And there's a very good reason, if you look at Baltimore alone a police chief, even well-meaning, has to deal with the FOP, which is a very, very powerful institution. So it's quite possible that in having to negotiate collective bargainings and all the other things, the FOP could put so much pressure on the chief of police that they just couldn't do it if they wanted to. So you can't count on the chief of police, or you can't count necessarily on having to ask somebody to do the right thing. If the law is there we know they'll do the right thing. NOOR: But in its current form the police chief or the mayor would choose these members anyway, from the public, right. So aren't they going to pick people who are going to be more police? NIXON: Well, the fact of the matter is this: I think that that can be dealt with. I mean, we can certainly the–when I say we what I mean is the local community organizations–have the ability to put pressure on the mayor, the city council, et cetera, to help to steer this process in the right direction as to who gets picked. NOOR: But State Delegate Jill Carter told the Real News Republican governor Larry Hogan escorted delegates out of chambers out of concern for protests. ADAM JACKSON: The fundamental issue is that people in Baltimore want to have citizen involvement and police discipline, and the fact that people are fearing protest and all those things, they should–on the one hand they should be, because the people want transformation, they want the laws changed, they want reforms. They want these things, these dynamics, these structural dynamics to change over time, and people are moving too slow. And so now–but it's like, it's like manufacturing all this hype and all this negative energy around activism and organizing. They should be embracing that. They should be talking to us consistently about how to engage people who want to protest. But the thing is we're–what we're here for, we're just making a statement, we're going to Annapolis, being present to show them that they can't just pass laws without community involvement and community engagement and community power. So ultimately it's kind of silly, you know, because it's not like we're planning to do anything violent. I think it's just another instance of politicians manufacturing this narrative of the violent, angry black protester to suit their own political ends. NOOR: And this wouldn't be this kind of reaction if the FOP was having a rally or sending people down there. JACKSON: And they've got guns. Right. It's like, that's the police. But most of, but like you said, it's one of those things where the dynamics, because we live in a white supremacist society that poses people like us as angry, irrational people, we've been working in Annapolis, going to the meetings, going to the committee rooms, going in there every day like lobbyists are. And no one talks about that work. But then as soon as we plan to do an action that was like, we're removing people from chambers in fear of protests. NOOR: Does the police deserve the public's trust at this point? Or should people be, should people not trust the police, considering all their misconduct, $5.7 million paid out in the last five years. On the death of Freddie Gray, death of other civilians, should they, shouldn't they have to earn that trust? NIXON: Absolutely. The people in Baltimore City do not–clearly when we talk about building trust we're not talking about the police trusting the citizens. We're talking about the citizens trusting the police. Clearly the people, the citizens of Baltimore, have valid reasons to mistrust the city. And to be honest, to mistrust the city council and the mayor, because they're who are in control. So yes, I agree that the people don't trust–it's clear. The people don't trust city police, and they have to do everything they can to build that trust. And the best way to do it is meaningful civilian oversight.

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Welcome to the live traffic blog for Monday, November 5, 2018.
We will be keeping you up-to-date with all the traffic news from the M5 in Gloucestershire and beyond.
The latest on the roads in Gloucester, Cheltenham, Stroud, Tewkesbury, the Forest of Dean and the Cotswolds. will also be here.
This evening, there has been a vehicle fire on the M50 on the border of Gloucestershire and Worcestershire.
It happened on the westbound carriageway between the junction with the M5 and the junction with the A417.
The westbound carriageway was blocked, and the the eastbound also for a while, although both have since reopened.
It is understood to be a HGV fire.
Highways England is expecting the incident to be cleared of residual delays by 9pm.
As always, we want to hear from our readers, so please get in touch if you spot something on the roads - and it is safe and legal to do so.
A419 Northbound closed, queueing traffic due to accident investigation work from Merlin Way (White Hart Roundabout) to B4141 Hyde Road.
The road remains closed to allow investigations following a serious accident involving a car and a motorcycle. The road is expected to remain closed for some time.
Queueing traffic due to earlier vehicle fire on M50 Westbound between J1 A38 (Tewkesbury) and J2 A417 (Ledbury). All lanes have been re-opened.
The road was closed for carriageway inspections and recovery work following a vehicle fire. At around 18:00 all traffic was held to assist with a vehicle fire. Traffic was also held Eastbound, however re-opened prior to 18:55.
M50 Westbound blocked, stationary traffic due to vehicle fire between J1 A38 (Tewkesbury) and J2 A417 (Ledbury).
At around 18:00 all traffic was held to assist with a vehicle fire.
Traffic was also held Eastbound, however re-opened prior to 18:55.
M50 in both directions blocked, stationary traffic due to vehicle fire between J1 A38 (Tewkesbury) and J2 A417 (Ledbury).
At around 18:00 all traffic was held to assist with a vehicle fire. Traffic has now been held Eastbound now too.
One lane closed and slow traffic due to vehicle fire on M5 Northbound between J8 M50 and J7 A44 Whittington Road (Worcester / Evesham).
One lane closed due to broken down vehicle on M5 Southbound from J5 A38 (Droitwich / Wychbold) to J6 A4538 Pershore Lane (Worcester). Traffic is coping well.
Lane one (of four) closed at around 10:15 near Worcester.
Two lanes closed and very slow traffic due to accident, three lorries involved on M4 Eastbound between M4 J21 / M48 Interchange and M4 J20 / M5 Interchange (Almondsbury Interchange). Congestion to J22 (Burnham-on-sea).
All traffic was held around 10:10 to move the lorries to the hard shoulder. One of the lorries was unable to be moved so remains in lane two. Lanes two and three (of three) remain closed.
Stationary traffic due to all traffic being temporarily held and accident, three lorries involved on M4 Eastbound between M4 J21 / M48 Interchange and M4 J20 / M5 Interchange (Almondsbury Interchange).
Cameras clearly show all traffic is being held whilst vehicles are moved to the hard shoulder.
Reports of M4 Eastbound partially blocked, slow traffic due to accident between M4 J21 / M48 Interchange and M4 J20 / M5 Interchange (Almondsbury Interchange).
All lanes open and traffic returned to normal, accident cleared on M5 Southbound at J5 A38 (Droitwich / Wychbold).
Lane one (of four) was closed until 08:40. Cameras showed traffic officers at the scene.
OOne lane closed and slow traffic due to accident, a single car involved on Worcestershire M5 Southbound at J5 A38 (Droitwich / Wychbold).
Lane one (of four) is closed. Cameras show traffic officers at the scene.
Road cleared, accident cleared on A419 in Coates in both directions near Quaker Row.
No recent updates, traffic free flowing.
Slow traffic due to earlier broken down vehicle on A417 Eastbound between A46 Shurdington Road (Bentham) and A436 (Air Balloon Roundabout, Ullenwood). Travel time is up to 10 minutes. All lanes have been re-opened.
Breakdown now cleared however residual slow traffic remains.
A417 Eastbound partially blocked, queueing traffic for three miles due to broken down vehicle between A46 Shurdington Road (Bentham) and A436 (Air Balloon Roundabout, Ullenwood). Congestion to J11A (Gloucester / Brockworth Bypass).
Reports of A419 in both directions partially blocked due to accident near Quaker Row. Traffic is coping well.
Reports of A417 Eastbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to broken down vehicle between A46 Shurdington Road (Bentham) and A436 (Air Balloon Roundabout, Ullenwood).
How is it around the Air Balloon?
Slow traffic on A417 Southbound from A436 (Air Balloon Roundabout, Ullenwood) to B4070 (Birdlip, Birdlip).
Queueing traffic on A436 heading towards Birdlip from Seven Springs to the Air Balloon Roundabout. Travel time is seven minutes.
One lane closed and slow traffic due to accident, a single car involved on M5 Southbound at J5 A38 (Droitwich / Wychbold).


Automated identification of plastic compositions is desirable for a variety of applications, such as recycling, tracking the manufacturing source, antipiracy protection, and others. A variety of identification methods of plastic materials are known, including X-ray and infrared spectroscopy. The use of tags in plastic materials, e.g., UV and near-IR fluorescent dyes added to polymers for identification purposes. Fluorescence lifetime of an embedded dye can also be used for the identification purposes. In addition to the use of organic fluorophores, inorganic tracers were used such as yttrium vanadate, zinc sulfide (ZnS) associated to one metal, and organometallic materials.
It is noted that the terms "first," "second," and the like, herein do not denote any amount, order, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another, and the terms "a" and "an" herein do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one of the referenced item. Additionally, all ranges disclosed herein are inclusive and combinable (e.g., the ranges of "up to 25 wt %, with 5 wt % to 20 wt % desired," are inclusive of the endpoints and all intermediate values of the ranges of "5 wt % to 25 wt %," etc.). The modifier "about" used in connection with a quantity is inclusive of the stated value and has the meaning dictated by the context (e.g., includes the degree of error associated with measurement of the particular quantity). The notation "±10%" means that the indicated measurement may be from an amount that is minus 10% to an amount that is plus 10% of the stated value. Compounds are described using standard nomenclature. For example, any position not substituted by any indicated group is understood to have its valency filled by a bond as indicated, or a hydrogen atom. A dash ("—") that is not between two letters or symbols is used to indicate a point of attachment for a substituent. For example, —CHO is attached through carbon of the carbonyl group. It is also noted that "medical" as used herein, includes dental, pharmaceutical, and the like.
Example of color changing species includes organic color matter (e.g., organic molecules) that undergo a color change following an oxidation process. In one embodiment, the color changing species will be added to a resin during the formation of the article. Optionally, the color changing species can be materials having enough heat stability to be processed with the plastic material such that the plastic pellets used to form the medical article will have built-in color changing capability. The color changing specie can be present in a separate layer (e.g., film) that is applied to the device (e.g., by an IMD (in-mold decoration) process). In such case, the additive can be dispersed in the film material, and/or applied by a coating process, screen printing process, or the like, on top of the film. Such process may be useful when the color changing specie has a heat or processing stability that is not sufficient to be compatible with the extrusion/injection molding process used to produce the device. The color changing species can be in a non-ionic form, e.g., that can be transformed into an ionic form of a different color, e.g., upon exposure to a color change activator. The color changing specie can be in a form that is not oxygen sensitive. In a further embodiment, the color changing specie can be in a non-ionic form that is a blocked reduced form of a colorant. Essentially, the color changing specie can be in a stable form while being handled. The stable state can be a permanent state (e.g., no specific shelf life for the additive) or could be limited to a certain period of time (e.g. core-shell encapsulated activated additives). Organic color changing species can in a leuco form that has been made stable by blocking and/or encapsulation thus allowing the color changing specie to be handled in the presence of the color change activator during the manufacturing process. The blocking group can maintain the molecule in a blocked leuco form (i.e., in a state where the electronic conjugation in the chromophore is interrupted). After an activation/deblocking step, the leuco form becomes sensitive to the color change activator (the electronic conjugation is no longer interrupted) resulting in a visible color change after exposure to the color change activator.
In Formula I, X in Formula I can be O or S. R1 to R8, individually, represent a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, an alkyl group, an alkylamino group, a dialkylamino group, an alkyl ether group, a cycloalkyl group, a cyclic ether group, an aryl group, an aryl ether group, a heterocyclic group, a sulfonyl group, a carbonyl group, an ester group, a carbonate group, or the like. Adjacent substituents may also be part of a fused ring. R can be, for example, a substituent that forms a urethane, amide or a thioamide bond with the leuco dye, and can have sufficient heat stability to sustain the manufacturing process (e.g., an extrusion and molding process). Non-limiting examples of substituents include acyl groups ester groups and thioester groups (e.g., —CO— M, where M represents an organic substituent such as an alkyl, aryl, an alkoxy, an aryloxy, or a sulfonyl substituent), and so forth. In one embodiment, R is a benzoyl group. Formula II represents benzoyl leuco methylene blue (BLMB) a blocked leuco dye that is gamma radiation sensitive (i.e., deblocked) during gamma irradiation.
In another embodiment, the R group on the leuco dye can be a peptide moiety or a peptide substructure such as —CO—CHR9—NR10R11, wherein R9, R10, and R11, can be a hydrogen atom, an organic substituent (linear or cyclic) that can, optionally, contain a heteroatom (e.g., Cl, Br, F, N, S, P, O, and so forth, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing) and can, optionally, be unsaturated; and so forth, as well as combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing. It is noted that peptide moieties typically contain proteases that cleave peptide or protein moieties into amino acids or their derivatives, and can, therefore, be the blocking group to detect the exposure to enzymatic cleaning solutions.
In use, a packaged medical article comprising a color changing specie can be removed from the packaging. Once the article has been removed from the packaging, it is considered "used" since is may no longer be sterile, or otherwise usable, even if the article was only removed from the packaging without any further use thereof. The "used" article can then be reprocessed to clean and/or sterilized the article for subsequent use. If the article comprises a blocked color changing specie, the reprocessing can deblock the color changing specie such that, upon subsequent exposure to a color change activator, the color changes.
Prior to UV exposure, samples using t-Boc as the blocking group for the LMB dye were stable (little or no shift in UV-vis spectrum) to heat (55° C.). There was some deblocking (formation of LMB λmax 360) when stored at 55° C. in the presence of camphor sulfonic acid. When exposed to UV, the t-Boc LMB samples showed deblocking (Abs360 increased) with exposure to UV (and not heat). This indicates that there was either more deblocking in samples with no camphor sulfonic acid or LMB was converted to methylene blue prior to inspection. There was also a higher Abs660 upon UV exposure. The greatest change in Abs660 (indicative of the formation of methylene blue) was seen in samples containing camphor sulfonic acid and with pre-heat (storing samples at 55° C.), which was consistent with the larger color change observed in the sample.
Color data was reported in the CIELAB color space, using a 10 degree observer and a D65 illuminant light source. Chips were measured after molding and exposure to air at ambient temperature. (The chips were shielded from light by an aluminum pan while being exposed to air.) The color and spectral data were recorded as a function of air (i.e., O2) exposure time on an average of 5 chips. The results are presented in FIG. 4 and clearly show that the chips were darkening (decrease in lightness L* value) as a function of time, thereby confirming the visual observations (see pictures in FIG. 4). Because the decrease in L* value appears to be linearly dependent on the square root of the exposure time, the mechanism seems to be driven (i.e., limited) by the diffusion of oxygen in the polycarbonate chips. Hence, the kinetics of the process can be accelerated, decelerated, and/or delayed, for example, by using a resin matrix with different oxygen properties or by adding a reducing agent. After only 8 hours, the L* value (which was originally relatively high (L* greater than about 87)) dropped by about 3 units, which is a clearly visible change. After about 1 day, the L* value decreased by about 10 units. After two weeks of exposure, the part became extremely dark (L* of about 14), e.g., to the point that it was very difficult to perceive any visual color change. At that point, it was almost impossible to see through at the 3.2 mm thickness gage.
The following temperature settings were used for the extruder (in ° C.): Feed/Z1/Z2/Z3/Die=250/260/270/270/270. Pellets, which were almost colorless, were packaged off the line into Foodsaver bags sealed under vacuum. The material was then molded into 5.08×7.62 cm chips (3.2 mm thickness) on a Boy 15S molding machine using the following temperature profile: Feed/Barrel/Nozzle (° C)=260° C./280° C./280° C. The chips appeared almost colorless after molding illustrating the better heat stability of the benzoyl blocking group as opposed to the t-Boc. The chips were packaged into individual sleeves and placed in a vacuum-sealed FoodSaver bag to protect them for light and/or oxygen exposure. Color and spectral data were collected on a MacBeth 7000A spectrophotometer in transmission mode. Color data are reported in the CIELAB color space, using a 10 degree observer and a D65 illuminant light source. Chips were measured after molding and then exposed to air at ambient temperature. The chips were shielded from light by an aluminum pan while being exposed to air. Some chips were stored. The changes light transmission in 3.2 mm chips were recorded as a function of air (i.e., O2) exposure time on an average of 5 chips. The results are presented in FIG. 7 for a loading of 0.1 phr of benzoyl LMB. Similar results were observed for the chips molded from a resin containing about 0.5 phr benzoyl LMB (see FIG. 8). A more significant spectral changed was observed with an increased loading of benzoyl LMB for a given air exposure time. Interestingly, a higher loading of benzoyl LMB did not seem to significantly affect the initial color since the molded chips still appeared colorless before being exposed to air.
The spectral curves clearly show that the chips were changing color as time evolved (which is consistent with visual observations: the chip went from colorless to dark blue-green over time) from the oxygen exposure. From the curve, it can be seen that there is no methylene blue (MB) initially present in the chip (no specific absorption at about 650 nm). Also, the relatively flat curve seems to indicate that there was little, if any, MB formed during the extrusion that degraded during molding. It is noted that the oxygen sensitivity observed for the benzoyl LMB was a rather surprising result since benzoyl is one of the most stable blocking group. Not to be limited by theory, because of the theoretical stability of the benzoyl, one could have expected no color change at all after extrusion/molding in response to oxygen only (i.e., blocked leuco form totally intact).
Note that the color shifts observed correspond essentially to a negative shift in the b* value, which is consistent with the fact that the parts visually turn to a blue color. When looking at the changes in the spectral curve as a function of time, it appears that this shift in the b* value is essentially caused by the increase in absorption at about 650 nm which corresponds to the formation of methylene blue in the material. It must be noted that such color shifts greater than 10 units, and especially greater than 20 units can be immediately picked up by an untrained eye. It must be emphasized that the color differences observed for parts that have been exposed to gamma radiation are significantly larger (6 to 7 times larger) than those observed by only exposing the molded parts to oxygen in the absence light. This examples illustrates the fact that it is possible to create resins containing blocked leuco dyes that will get deblocked during gamma radiation sterilization and could be used as a built-in open package/usage indicator for medical devices when combined with a oxygen barrier (and/or oxygen scavenging) packaging material.
Some of the blocked leuco dyes described above that produce a blue/violet color in their oxidized form and can be incorporated into a polycarbonate resin, such as the benzoyl-leuco methylene blue, loose their blocking group during gamma radiation sterilization and become highly oxygen sensitive. If exposed to oxygen during and/or after sterilization, the oxidized (i.e., blue/violet color) form of the dye is obtained.
This technology can be employed in pharmaceutical applications (e.g., medicine containers such as bottles, bubble wrap packages, and the like), medical articles (e.g., instruments (e.g., trocar, syringe, scalpel, tubing (e.g., suction tubing, intravenous tubing, and the like), packaging around sterile items (such as bandages, gauze, instruments (scalpel, mirror, pick, drill, and the like), and the like, as well as many other applications. Based upon the location of the color changing specie, and the state of the color changing specie (blocked or active), different activities can be identified.
a protective layer capable of inhibiting exposure of the medical article to the color change activator prior to use of the medical article.
2. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color changing specie comprises a leuco coloring matter selected from the group consisting of leuco azine coloring matter, leuco aryl methane coloring matter, leuco indigo coloring matter, and derivatives and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing leuco coloring matter.
3. The medical article of claim 1, further comprising a kinetics controller in communication with the color changing specie.
4. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color change additive is in a coating on the plastic portion.
5. The medical article of claim 4, wherein the coating is on an inner surface of the medical article.
6. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color change additive is disposed in the plastic portion.
7. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color change additive is disposed in the plastic portion.
8. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the plastic portion is opaque.
9. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the protective layer comprises removable packaging.
10. The medical article of claim 9, wherein the protective layer has an oxygen permeability of less than or equal to about 1.1 Barrers, and further comprises an oxygen scavengers.
11. The medical article of claim 1, wherein a period of time of 12 hours after an initial exposure of the color changing specie to the color activator has a CEILAB ΔE* of less than or equal to 4 units.
12. The medical article of claim 11, wherein the period of time is 24 hours.
13. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color changing specie is capable of a sufficient change in color to obscure a marking on the medical article.
14. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the medical article is selected from the group consisting of medicine containers, medical instruments, and medical packaging around a sterile item.
15. The medical article of claim 14, wherein the medical container is selected from the group consisting of bottles and bubble wrap packages.
16. The medical article of claim 14, wherein the sterile item is selected from the group consisting of bandage, gauze, syringe, and instrument.
17. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color changing specie is encapsulated.
18. The medical article of claim 1, where an color changing specie further comprises a blocking group selected from the group consisting of carbamate, thiocarbamate, enamine, imine, acetal, sulfenyl, sulfonyl, phosphoryl, alkyl, imide, amide, benzylic moiety, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing blocking groups.
19. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color change activator is selected from the group consisting of light, oxygen, rinsing/cleaning solutions hydrogen peroxide, ethylene oxide, body fluids, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing.
20. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color change activator comprises oxygen.
21. The medical article of claim 1, wherein the color changing species comprises an organic color matter.
23. The medical article of claim 22, wherein the post-processing is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide sterilization, enzymatic cleaning, gamma radiation, disinfecting solution, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing re-sterilizations.
27. The medical article of claim 26, wherein the blocked color changing specie comprises a blocking group selected from the group consisting of —CO-phenyl, —SO2—C6H5, —CO—C—(CH3)3, —CO2C2H5, —CO-phenyl-NH2, —CO-phenyl-alkyl, —CO-phenyl-alkoxy, —CO-phenyl-halogen, —SO2C4H9, -tosyl, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing blocking groups.
28. The medical article of claim 22, wherein the re-sterilization is selected from the group consisting of heat, cleaning solution, steam, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing re-sterilizations.
29. The medical article of claim 22, wherein the blocked color changing specie is photosensitive, and further comprising a light blocking packaging, wherein the light blocking packaging is capable of preventing exposure of the blocked color changing specie to light.
30. The medical article of claim 22, wherein the color change does not affect functionality of the medical article.
31. The medical article of claim 22, wherein the blocked color changing specie further comprises a blocking group selected from the group consisting of a carbamate, thiocarbamate, enamine, imine, acetal, sulfenyl, sulfonyl, phosphoryl, alkyl, imide, amide, benzylic moiety, peptide moiety, protein moiety, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing blocking groups.
sterilizing the packaged medical article to form a sterile medical article.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein the processing activates the blocked color changing specie.
34. The method of claim 32, wherein the blocked color change specie remains blocked after the manufacturing processing, and wherein the blocked color changing specie is capable of being activated in a post processing that is different from the manufacturing processing.
35. The method of claim 33, wherein the post processing is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide sterilization, enzymatic cleaning, gamma radiation, disinfecting solution, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing post-processing.
36. The method of claim 32, wherein the post processing is selected from the group consisting of heat, cleaning solution, steam, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing post-processing.
37. The method of claim 32, wherein the blocked color changing specie is photosensitive, and wherein packaging the medical article comprises disposing a light blocking material around the medical article.
38. The method of claim 32, wherein the packaged medical article further comprises a packaging material that inhibits exposure of the sterile medical article to a color change activator such that a CIELAB ΔE* of greater than or equal to about 5 can occur after the sterile medical article is removed from the packaging and exposed to the color change activator.
39. The method of claim 32, wherein the packaging material comprises an oxygen permeability of less than or equal to about 1.1 Barrers.
40. The method of claim 32, wherein the blocked color changing specie is packaged prior to deblocking.
wherein the color changing specie has a CIELAB ΔE* from the first time to the second time of greater than or equal to about 10.
42. The method of claim 41, wherein cleaning and sterilizing the used medical article further comprises deblocking the color changing specie.
deblocking the color changing species in the used medical article.
44. The method of claim 43, wherein deblocking the color changing specie further comprises post processing, wherein the post processing is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide sterilization, enzymatic cleaning, gamma radiation, disinfecting solution, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing post-processing.
45. The method of claim 43, wherein activating the blocked color changing specie further comprises post processing, wherein the post processing is selected from the group consisting of heat, cleaning solution, steam, and combinations comprising at least one of the foregoing post-processing.
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Date:01/18/2020 Source:Ontario Junior A Hockey League
The following Ontario Junior Hockey League games scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 18, have been postponed: • Toronto Patriots at Wellington Dukes • Pickering Panthers at Collingwood Colts • Brantford 99ers at Georgetown Raiders • Toronto Jr. Canadiens at Aurora Tigers • North York Rangers at Brampton Admirals Winter weather warnings and advisories blanketed almost all of...
WHITBY PRODUCT EXPECTED TO MAKE OHL DEBUT THIS WEEKEND
Christian Stevens (photo credit – Shawn Muir / OJHL Images) is expected to make his Ontario Hockey League debut this weekend. The forward signed with the North Bay Battalion from the Whitby Fury of the Ontario Junior Hockey League last weekend. A second-year forward with the Fury, Stevens had previously committed to NCAA Division 1 UMass. The Brooklin resident had 26 points (8 goals/18 as...
NATIONALLY RANKED VARSITY BLUES BOAST 17 OJHL GRADUATES ON ROSTER
BY JIM MASON/OJHL Communications The University of Toronto Varsity Blues could host an Ontario Junior Hockey League alumni chapter meeting. Right in their dressing room at Varsity Arena on Bloor Street. The Blues have 17 former OJHL players on their 2019-20 roster. Count 'em. And this is no run-of-the-mill U SPORTS squad either. Ranked third in the country this week, Toronto (17-2-1) le...
OJHLERS SHINE AT TOP PROSPECTS GAME
The nine-member OJHL contingent and the rest of Team East at the Top Prospects game Tuesday. (CJHL photo) BY RON VALENTINE Nine players represented the Ontario Junior Hockey League on Team East in the 15th annual Top Prospects game at the Dave Andreychuk Arena on Hamilton Mountain Tuesday evening. The event is organized by the Canadian Junior Hockey League in partnership with the NHL and Hocke...
OJHL GRAD STARRED ON, OFF ICE AT QUEEN'S
U SPORTS proudly announced Thursday the student-athletes selected as Top 8 Academic All-Canadians for the 2018-19 season – including a graduate of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Slater Doggett played for the Burlington Cougars of the OJHL before graduating to the Ontario Hockey League and eventually Queen's University in Kingston. "Slater Doggett is one of the most dynamic m...
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Five Ontario Junior Hockey League players are on National Hockey League Central Scouting's mid-term rankings of North American players released today ahead of the 2020 NHL Draft in Montreal. Ryan Alexander of the St. Michael's Buzzers heads the list at 114 (4th round). The others are: Toronto Jr. Canadiens forward Ryan Tverberg (122) Cole O'Hara ...
FIVE OJHL TEAMS CRACK NATIONAL TOP 20
CALGARY, Alta. – On the eve of Tuesday's Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game in Hamilton, Ont., the CJHL's initial Top 20 Rankings for 2020 features a familiar side slotted No. 1 nationally to begin the New Year. The Brooks Bandits (AJHL) remain ranked No. 1 in the 131-team CJHL as they boast a 38-3-1 overall recor, in the listings, which are compiled by an independent ...
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January 7, 2020, Mississauga, Ontario – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced today that Matteo Costantini (Photo by Owen Mertens / OJHL Images) of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres has been named the Warrior North-West Conference Player-of-the-Month for December after he tallied 17 points during nine games. His league-leading 13 goals included three on the power play, one shorthanded and...
PATRIOTS BURTCH IS WARRIOR SOUTH-EAST PLAYER OF MONTH
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TRENTON'S OBEROI NAMED WARRIOR GOALTENDER OF MONTH
January 7, 2020, Mississauga, Ontario – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) announced today that Anand Oberoi (Photo by Brian Watts / OJHL Images) of the Trenton Golden Hawks has been named its Warrior Goaltender of the Month for December Oberoi, 20, went 4-1-0 during Trenton's six games in December, posting a 0.80 goals-against average with an equally miniscule .971 save percenta...
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Hometown Hockey co-host Tara Slone joined local dignitaries for the ceremonial faceoff before the Trenton-Cobourg OJHL game in Cobourg Saturday night. More than 1,400 people attended during the Rogers TV program's weekend visit to the community. (Photo by Amy Deroche / OJHL Images) BY RON VALENTINE With seven weeks remaining in the 2019-20 Ontario Junior Hockey League regular season, all f...
5 FORMER OJHL AFFILIATES WIN WORLD JUNIOR GOLD
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COBOURG COUGARS IN ROGERS HOMETOWN HOCKEY SPOTLIGHT
Co-host Tara Slone of Rogers Hometown Hockey poses with the OJHL's Cobourg Cougars Saturday night. (Photo by Amy Deroche / OJHL Images) Rogers Hometown Hockey has taken over Cobourg this weekend – and the Ontario Junior Hockey League Cobourg Cougars are all over it: • The 2017 national Jr. A champions' home game against the Trenton Golden Hawks was featured during NHL broa...
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Mason Marchment of the Cobourg Cougars shoots on Joseph Pianta of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres in December 2013. Marchment make his NHL debut tonight with the Toronto Maple Leafs. (File photo by Andy Corneau / OJHL Images) Former Cobourg Cougar Mason Marchment has made it to the show. The one-time Ontario Junior Hockey League Conference players of the month makes his NHL debut with the Toronto Maple L...
MARKHAM DEFENCEMAN COMMITS TO PLATTSBURGH STATE
Kevin Weaver-Vitale of the Markham Royals (photo credit – Ray MacAloney / OJHL Images) has committed to the NCAA Division III Plattsburgh State Cardinals in Plattsburgh, NY for the 2020-21 season. The 20-year-old defenceman from Toronto has six goals and 19 assists in 31 games with Markham this season. Weaver-Vitale played for the Toronto Patriots last year. He saw limited acti...
OJHL ALUMS GOLDEN AT SPENGLER CUP
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DAVOS, Switzerland – Zach Fucale (Rosemère, Que./Orlando, ECHL) made 26 saves for his second-straight shutout and Dustin Jeffrey (Sarnia, Ont./Lausanne HC, NLA) scored twice, leading Canada's National Men's Team to a 4-0 win over HC Ocelari Trinec from the Czech Repu...
KUZMIN INKS PRO DEAL IN RUSSIA
Daniil Kuzmin of the Brantford 99ers (photo credit – Tim Bates / OJHL Images) has has signed a two-year contract with Dynamo Tver of the VHL, the second level of Russian pro hockey, the 99ers announced this week. "Danill is great big, powerful hard-working forward and, although our team will miss his presence, this is a great opportunity for this young man and we wish him all the...
WEEK IN REVIEW: COUGARS ON THE PROWL IN EAST, WEST DURING HOLIDAYS
The Whitby Fury participated in Rogers Hometown Hockey activities at their home rink last weekend. The show moves east on the 401 to Cobourg next weekend. (FuryPhoto) BY RON VALENTINE Fourteen of the Ontario Junior Hockey League's 22 teams were in action this past week, with Oakville, Georgetown, Markham, Aurora, Whitby, Wellington, Lindsay and Trenton off: • With both Stouffvil...
EX-OJHLER WALMAN CALLED UP BY ST. LOUIS BLUES
Award-winning Ontario Junior Hockey League graduate Jake Walman is with the St. Louis Blues – hoping to play in his first NHL game. A third-round draft pick of the Blues in 2014, Walman has four goals and 14 assists in 32 games with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League this season. He joined the Blues in Winnipeg Friday morning and was a healthy scratch for their 5-...
NATIONAL JUNIOR TEAM MEMBERS PLAYED AS AP'S IN OJHL
Canada's National Junior Team at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic includes five players who skated as affiliate players in the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Forwards Akil Thomas and Connor McMichael and defenceman Jamie Drysdale played for the St. Michael's Buzzers. Quinton Byfield played for the Newmarket Hurricanes (now Milton Menace) and Ty Dellan...
JR. CANADIENS TVERBERG COMMITS TO HARVARD
Ryan Tverberg of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens (photo credit – Andy Corneau / OJHL Images) has committed to the NCAA Division 1 Harvard University Crimson in Cambridge, MA for the 2021-22 season. The resident of Richmond Hill is having an accolade-loaded season: • In his first full season with the Canadiens, Tverberg has 38 points (20 goals/18 assists) in 31 games. Last year, he played ni...
TRENTON, OAKVILLE, PATRIOTS, WELLINGTON IN NATIONAL TOP 20
CALGARY, Alta. – The surging Brooks Bandits (AJHL) wrap up the 2019 version of the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 Rankings in a familiar spot, tabbed No. 1 nationally. Brooks has won 11 consecutive contests and boasts an impressive 35-1-1 record so far this season to top the listings, which are compiled by an independent scouting source. Another AJHL side, in the Sherwood Par...
WEEK IN REVIEW: ALL FOUR DIVISION RACES TIGHTENING UP
Goaltender Dershahn Stewart and the Cobourg Cougars have picked up nine points in their past five games. (Photo by Spencer Smye / OJHL Images) BY RON VALENTINE This past week in the Ontario Junior Hockey League: • The Georgetown Raiders took five of a possible six points this week to continue their improved play and take over third place in the West. • The Oakville Blades won all thr...
VOTING BEGINS FOR SCOTIABANK OJHL FAN FAVOURITE AWARDS
December 20, 2019, Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) today announced that voting begins today for the ninth annual Scotiabank Fan Favourite Award – with the aid of new technology and a new partner. Fans will be able to vote electronically at www.ojhl.ca where all they have to do is click on the Scotiabank Fan Favourite Graphic powered by Snapd. On top of honou...
WELLINGTON'S GAGNON COMMITS TO NCAA D1 RPI
Jake Gagnon of the Wellington Dukes (photo credit – Amy Deroche / OJHL Images) has committed to the NCAA Division 1 RPI Engineers in Troy, NY for the 2020-21 season. The 20-year-old from Pointe-Claire, QC joined the Dukes this year after three seasons of prep school pucks at the Millbrook School in Millbrook, NY. Gagnon leads the 22-team OJHL in scoring with 27 goals in 35 games. He'...
OJHL GRADS NAMED TO CANADA'S SPENGLER CUP SQUAD
CALGARY, Alta. – Twenty-two players will wear the Maple Leaf with Canada's National Men's Team at the 2019 Spengler Cup, Dec. 26-31 in Davos, Switzerland – including four Ontario Junior Hockey League alumni. Canada will look to win the Spengler Cup, the oldest club tournament in the world, after a runner-up finish in 2018, and will attempt to secure its 16th cham...
OJHL SENDING LARGEST DELEGATION IN NATION TO PROSPECTS GAME
The Ontario Junior Hockey League will send the most players of any league in Canada to a national prospects game next month. Ten OJHL skaters will play in the 15th annual CJHL Prospects Game Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. ET at Dave Andreychuk Arena in Hamilton, Ont. Each of the players chosen were selected through the efforts of NHL Central Scouting and are currently among the top 40 CJHL prospects heading ...
REGISTRATION FOR 2020 OJHL COMBINE OPENS
December 16, 2019 - Mississauga, ON – The Ontario Junior Hockey League announced today that registration for its fourth annual OJHL Combine is now open. The combine will be held March 26-29, 2020 at the StoneRidge Ice Centre (formerly Wave Twin Rinks) in Burlington, ON. The 2019 combine was a tremendous success, with 41 players advancing to a higher level this season. ...


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Q: Has anyone got HttpBrowserCapabilities working in asp.net HttpBrowserCapabilities browse = Request.Browser;
just seems to bring back IE or Netscape for all other browsers.
I have updated the C:\WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv browscap.ini file on the developer pc that has asp.net c#.
My requirement is to trap the clients browser in server side code.
Thanks.

A: http://owenbrady.net/browsercaps/ This is an xml file that you add to your web.config that gives detailed information back to the browsercapabilities structure. This should do what you're looking for.
Edit: I've only tested this on IIS7 and Asp.Net 3.5.

A: This is the version for 1.1 for Dot.net
http://owenbrady.net/browsercaps/CodeProject.xml
You have to copy it into the proper area in your web.config though.

A: Have a look at the App_Browsers folder, you can add a .browser file to expand the detection of the Request.Browser object in ASP.net.
For example: to detect a BlackBerry you need the following rule e.g. blackberry.browser added to the App_Browsers folder:
<browsers>
  <browser id="BlackBerry" parentID="Default">
    <identification>
      <userAgent match="BlackBerry(?'model'\d+)/(?'version'((?'major'\d+).(?'minor'\d+).(?'other'\d+)))" />
    </identification>
    <capabilities>
      <capability name="browser"     value="BlackBerry" />
      <capability name="isMobileDevice"     value="true" />
      <capability name="javascript"     value="true" />
      <capability name="ecmascriptversion"     value="1.3" />
      <capability name="version"     value="${version}" />
      <capability name="majorVersion"     value="${major}" />
      <capability name="minorVersion"     value="${minor}" />
      <capability name="supportsCss"     value="true" />
      <capability name="css1"                            value="true" />
      <capability name="css2"                                    value="true" />
      <capability name="frames"     value="false" />
      <capability name="cookies"     value="true" />
      <capability name="mobileDeviceManufacturer"   value="RIM" />
      <capability name="isColor"                         value="true" />
      <capability name="supportsBold"                    value="true" />
      <capability name="supportsFontName"                value="true" />
      <capability name="supportsImageSubmit"             value="true" />
      <capability name="supportsItalic"                  value="true" />
      <capability name="preferredImageMime"              value="image/jpeg" />
    </capabilities>
  </browser>
</browsers>

Now you can keep adding your own forever, but there was a project from Microsoft that has thousands of devices in their file: MDBF, but they shut this project down recently (but the last version is still accessible).
So the alternative is to include 51degrees.codeplex.com  It's not as easy as MDBF was, but should get the job done.

A: Using .Net 3.5, I've got HttpBrowserCapabilities working with the browsercaps section of the web.config commented out.  Here's what I have, validated in IE 8, Firefox, Chrome, and Safari on the same machine.
        System.Web.HttpBrowserCapabilities browser = Request.Browser;

        BrowserNm.Text = browser.Browser;
        BrowserVer.Text = browser.Version;
        Platform.Text = browser.Platform;

My requirements for browser detection are similar, but we don't want to use browsercaps at all.  If you are intent on using browsercaps, you might as well write regular expressions to identify browsers, which was our first option, which I hated.
Three properties I'm still investigating are IsMobileDevice, MobileDeviceManufacturer, and MobileDeviceModel.  If i know those work, I'm golden.


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Venue: Royal Hospital Kilmainham
City: Dublin
Jonny Greenwood is opening this show for Beck! Nine years prior to the day, Beck and Radiohead played back to back at Bonnaroo Festival in Tennessee. Also, the last time Beck played in Dublin it was to open for Radiohead. Time is a circle.
Bass: Justin Meldal-Johnsen
Cowbell: Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Drums: Joey Waronker
Guitar (Electric): Beck Hansen, Jason Falkner
Harmonica: Beck Hansen
keyboards: Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Opening Act: Jonny Greenwood
Piano: Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Robot: Beck Hansen
Synthesizer: Jason Falkner, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
Vocals (Background): Jason Falkner, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Roger Joseph Manning Jr.
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This is when Leslie answers all of your personal questions. So, anything that is on your mind, bothering you or even if there are things you are just curious about, this is all about you and what's around you, your relationships and your growth.
Leslie likes to bottom line things...get to the root causes of situations or patterns. Be ready to deal with all levels of an issue from the mundane to the more real Self.
She focuses on bringing the abstract into practical application. Your filters drop away for greater understanding and receiving.
You then are able to move forward and make more empowered choices for yourself and your life.


I would like to resurrect the Cyber Punk game zellak started. Anyone else interested?
Cyberpunk 2020 or V3.0? or is it a totally different game?
It's a different game based on a western game. Cards are drawn to indicate which figure moves etc. It's basically a skirmish game, home made and a lot of fun.
Gang Wars aint dead !
Its just taking a back seat to all the other stuff going on !!!!
Howard wants to know if our next D&D trip through hell could be on the 10th June ?
Me , Gerry and Pavlov have been discussing (PM) an AT-43 strider battle on the 3rd June.
So much to do ....so little time.
AT-43 / OD&D / Gang Wars / 6mm Modern / Gibsonville RPG / AND.......Kings of War new rulebook on 25th June !!!
Forgot it was called Gang Wars, it'll always be Cyberpunk to me . 10th June sounds good to me for OD&D. Sorry I'm missing out on the strider battle. Maybe we could do another one in the future? Prolly see you tomorrow at Wappinshaw. I'm going to try and make it for once.
Prolly see you tomorrow at Wappinshaw.
I'm working tomorrow so wont be in til after 1 pm.
All the good stuff at the bring and buy will be gone .....but i'm skint anyway.
Enjoy Wappinshaw, I was tempted to go.
Gang Wars on the 24th anybody ????


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THE BATTLE: Golf's odd couple ready to tango
David Tease
Nathan Barbieri, with his good mate Jordie Garner on the bag, was trying his best to minimise the stress of his third round at Concord today.
But here it was – and it came suddenly.
He'd just made a spectacular up and down from the sand for birdie on the 11th and probably sensed that he'd be, at worst, near the lead of a New South Wales Open that he's coveted for years.
He slightly blocked his drive up the par-4 12th and then carved a spectacular low, slicing punch shot that only just trickled over the green, but left him a treacherous little bump shot for his first real test.
He played his third with only limited success as his ball trickled the best part of 8m past the cup and down a nasty slope.
As his putt climbed back up the hill, it began to turn wickedly from his left and broke into the cup on what would have been its second-last roll.
It brought the house down.
The roar from the gallery to the right of the green was something you'd expect in the closing stages of a national championship, not with 24 holes left to run.
Barbieri pumped his fist, then went to Garner and bumped knuckles.
But then the interesting bit …
This product of nearby North Ryde, now a member at Monash, was greeted by a handful of mates as he strode to the 13th tee and high-fived them all as their average heart rate settled down to a more manageable 100 or so beats a minute.
Meanwhile, in the same group, Bryden Macpherson walks on, pushing his own bag and striding out in a far more Zen-like manner.
The Victorian, who hasn't had a single round worse than par on the ISPS Handa PGA Tour of Australasia in 2021, poured in eight birdies of his own today as the pair set themselves up for a final-round rendezvous tomorrow as golf's version of the "Odd Couple".
Tomorrow it will be Sydney's raging bull against the in-form Melburnian who's far more accustomed to that spotlight and its effects.
"I love the game, of course I'm going to be emotional," Barbieri enthused after his round when asked how he'd deal with the moment and the inevitably vocal support he'll have in his ears.
"My mates are awesome, there's so much support out here for me this week and it makes it even better to play in front of them.
"There aren't many events in Sydney, so when it's close like this and they can be there and see me, I'm loving the atmosphere.
"They're worth a million dollars to me, I love 'em. They've done a lot for me over the years and made me feel like a millionaire, it's awesome … I want to put on a show for 'em."
Barbieri, who only turned professional before the NSW Regional Open series late last year, admitted, though, that he and Garner would need to keep their guard up for the final round.
"Hopefully if we're in that position tomorrow, we won't get a head of ourselves, but we'll talk through a lot of things between us – I'm just looking forward to it."
For his part, Macpherson, a veteran of several global tours but only recently a winner on home soil professionally for the first time, is a portrait of comparable calm having found a rich vein of scoring form.
"I think that groove is just understanding yourself a little better and knowing your stuff and how it works and how to keep it in line," he said.
"And then you practise doing that under pressure; if I haven't found it yet, I'm getting closer."
We'll learn a lot more about them both tomorrow in what shapes as an epic final round.
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Anar has an extraordinary background - both his mother Nigar Rafibeyli (pages 34, 35, 53a, 53b) and father Rasul Reza (36, 55) were nationally recognized poets. Anar himself is considered one of Azerbaijan's foremost thinkers and writers. His primary genre is the short story (30) and novel. He serves as President of the Writer's Union and Member of Parliament. Anar gave us a big hand in identifying some of the best pieces written this century.
It's not an easy task to track down literary pieces that span an entire century-even if they do include some of the best works of a nation. It would have been quite impossible without the support of Leyla Gafarova, Director of Azerbaijan's National Central Library (Akhundov). She assigned staff members who tirelessly searched card catalogs, journals and books, as there still are no computers to ease the research process.
He's at his best when drawing sketches that have a political or social edge. All the political cartoons in this issue are from the creative imagination and pen of Gunduz. The few exceptions are the cartoons originally published in the journal, "Molla Nasraddin." (1906-1931). Gunduz also painted the portraits of poets Husein Javid (20) and Vurgun (56). He also has numerous illustrations in our Legends issue (AI 6.3, Autumn 1998).
Aynur Hajiyeva, 18, started studying English only three years ago at Azerbaijan's Institute of Foreign Languages, but she was our main translator for this issue, especially for the more difficult poetic works. "I'm never afraid of learning something new," says Aynur who has yet to visit a foreign country. "It was my teachers who opened a path for me to explore the great world of linguistics, now it's my responsibility to carry on.
Fazil Najafov is the creator of some of the most provocative sculptures that challenge Soviet ideology (5) (61). In 1961 he was denied his art diploma because his final project at school depicted a young oil worker leaning his tired body against a pipeline, exhausted from work. Labor was to be glorified, not shown as fatiguing and tiring. For more samples of Fazil's work, see AI 3:1, Spring 1995. Studio: (99-412) 66-71-09; Fax: 93-12-76


With tunes that grab you and won't let go, this just turned 23-year old singer songwriter has already garnered national acclaim, winning a Grammy Foundation contest in 2013 with her song "Start Over." Another original, "Where Did Love Go" was chosen for an independent film, and her arrangement of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" was the centerpiece in a holiday advertising campaign for the Greater Chicago Food Depository in 2012.
Listen to her songs and you may be surprised to learn that some of them were written when she was only 13. With a voice that's clear, strong and emotionally honest, Hannah's music is strewn with passion, sorrow, confusion and confessions. Reflective and vulnerable, full of questions and longing, Hannah writes about subjects you'd probably expect from a young woman: loss and love, insecurity and fear, but she does so with unexpected depth and truth-telling. She also writes songs you might not expect from one so young: cries of pain over the injustice and violence in our crazy messed up world.
Sometimes compared to Birdy, Christina Perri, or a young Sarah McLachlan, Hannah is still uniquely her own person, with an indie pop/indie folk sensibility in her arrangements, and a musical sophistication well beyond her years. Hannah is a fresh, original talent, and only getting better every day.


This story focuses on problem solving using the 12 multiplication facts and much more! Hope you enjoy and Good Luck!
1. 12 months X 6 years = 72 months, so 72 visits from the Number Thief.
Number thief stole 5 numbers.
3. 32 X 12 = 384 minutes of dancing.
Number Thief's hat was 15 feet tall.
1. 12 x 7 = 84 and 12 x 3 = 36.
2. 9 X 12 = 108.
108 – 7 = 101 slices.
3. Every hour he goes up 4 feet, and slips down 1 foot, so he goes up 3 feet in total each hour.
3. If he lies 24 times in 8 minutes, then he lies 3 times/minute, so in 6 minutes, he can lie 3 X 6 = 18 times.
1. There are 12 hours between 8AM and 8 PM.
2. 12 X 34 = 408 minutes of chewing numbers.
Thief could jump 63,360 inches into the air.
1. 10 X 12 (a dozen is 12)= 120 pieces of chocolate.
Thief had travelled 7,272 miles.


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Q: Change the way sorted works in Python (different than alphanumeric) I'm representing cards in poker as letters (lower and uppercase) in order to store them efficiently. I basically now need a custom sorting function to allow calculations with them.
What is the fastest way to sort letters in Python using
['a', 'n', 'A', 'N', 'b', 'o', ....., 'Z']

as the ranks rather than
['A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', ....., 'z']

which is the default?

Note, this sorting is derived from:
import string
c = string.letters[:13]
d = string.letters[13:26]
h = string.letters[26:39]
s = string.letters[39:]

'a' = 2 of clubs
'n' = 2 of diamonds
'A' = 2 of hearts
'N' = 2 of spades
etc

A: You can provide a key function to sorted, this function will be called for each element in the iterable and the return value will be used for the sorting instead of the elements value.
In this case it might look something like the following:
order = ['a', 'n', 'A', 'N', 'b', 'o', ....., 'Z']

sorted_list = sorted(some_list, key=order.index)

Here is a brief example to illustrate this:
>>> order = ['a', 'n', 'A', 'N']
>>> sorted(['A', 'n', 'N', 'a'], key=order.index)
['a', 'n', 'A', 'N']

Note that to make this more efficient you may want to use a dictionary lookup for your key function instead of order.index, for example:
order = ['a', 'n', 'A', 'N', 'b', 'o', ....., 'Z']
order_dict = {x: i for i, x in enumerate(order)}

sorted_list = sorted(some_list, key=order_dict.get)

A: Store [edit: not store, use internally] them as numbers ordered by value and only convert to letters when displaying them.
Edit: if 1 byte values are required then you can have the cards in the range 1:52 as characters, then, again, convert to the proper letters when displaying and storing them.


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No marketing plan is complete without a website, but once again technology threatens to leave businesses that aren't paying attention behind. While a normal website is still a necessity, the latest thing that must be implemented is a mobile website.
There are almost 150 million smart phone users in America. These phones are used for everything from social media to playing music, but they are increasingly becoming one of the main methods used to surf the internet, since their portability and ease-of-use allow web surfing anywhere at any time.
However, web-capable phones do have some limitations, with smaller screens, different interface methods and different capabilities from a regular computer. A website that looks and functions perfectly on a computer may be completely unusable on a smart phone.
A mobile website is a version of your website that has been specifically designed to be viewed using an internet-capable phone. The problem is that every website requires a different solution. While some existing websites only need small "tweaks" to be acceptable, others need a complete redesign before a smart phone user can use them.
In the majority of cases, an existing website will need no modification to become perfect for mobile surfers. What it does need is a separate website, custom designed to keep the look, feel and content of your current website, but in a format that makes it easy for a visitor to read and navigate on their smart phone.
A mobile-compatible version of your website is a second website, which is loaded automatically for phone browsers. When a visitor's device sends a request to your website server, the server can detect whether the visitor is using a traditional computer or a web-ready mobile device, and then load the proper version of your website.
You can also give mobile visitors to your site the option to load the regular version of your website if they prefer, making it the perfect way to reach your mobile visitors without changing the experience of visiting your existing site for computer surfers.
Simply put, the benefits are enormous. As the number of internet-capable smart phones continues to explode, the number of potential or existing customers visiting your website using one of these devices increases as well.
When they visit your website on their phone, you don't want it to be a frustrating experience, causing them to look somewhere else for what they want and need. You want to welcome them with open arms and make it as easy as possible for them to use you.
Also, there is a large number of businesses that do not, as yet, have a mobile version of their website, which means this is a fantastic opportunity to set yourself apart from the rest.
Making your web presence mobile-ready isn't as simple as changing a few graphics and switching to a different font. Your website has to present itself in a completely different way to visitors on a mobile device. Your website navigation, your content, even the ability to interact with your business must have a completely different look, feel and functionality.
We understand how important your mobile web presence is, and have the experience and knowledge to make sure that your website is perfectly tailored to this new form of customer interaction, all while maintaining the brand you've built.


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Aporodes pygmaealis is een vlinder uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). Deze soort is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door Hans Georg Amsel in een publicatie uit 1961.

De soort komt voor in Iran.

Grasmotten
Dier uit het Palearctisch gebied

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


This was my first time attending Illinois Solar Tour. A bit of drama got in way of me attending an earlier Springfield event this year.
Michael Higgins, chef / owner of Maldaner's Restaurant and Michelle Marley-Knox of WindSolarUSA did an excellent job of explaining installation process and overall solar power benefits.
Maldaner's solar photovoltaic (PV) modules provide 15 to 20% of restaurant's energy needs. After grants and rebates system total cost was $800 out of pocket ( figure given day of event – one news article states less). So it has already paid for itself. Not to mention all the free advertising from press coverage. I think Mr. Higgins would say going green makes good business sense.
These solar panels are also an educational tool for Illinois colleges. System is monitored and used as teaching resource. Students visit site to learn more about this technology.
Illinois Green Economy Network (IGEN) is a consortium of Illinois community colleges working to grow the green economy of Illinois. Locally this is a partnership with Lincoln Land Community College.
A full structural analysis was done to make sure roof of this old building could support weight of solar panels. They are completely removable – not anchored into roof – use a ballast system. No maintenance required – other than an occasional cleaning.
Project used solar panels Made in USA and union laborers.
A presentation on this project was given at Illinois Renewable Energy Conference on July 16, 2014 at Illinois State University Normal IL. Unfortunately do to event rules I was unable to record any content.
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Neil Griess primarily works in painting and sculpture. He has lived in Omaha, Nebraska for the majority of his life, informing his sense of landscape and urban scale. Highlights since graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2011 include: a solo exhibition titled Pleated Field in Omaha, inclusion in New American Paintings #120, and an exhibition highlighting Nebraska Arts Council 2016 Visual Artist Fellowship recipients at the Museum of Nebraska Art in Kearney. Miguel Monroy (Mexico City, 1975). His work tries to dissemble the meaning of objects and systems in daily life through video, photography and sculpture. He earned a bachelor's degree in visual arts from UNAM and received certification in Photography and New Media from Centro de la Imágen (2001). His work has been shown in galleries and cultural spaces in Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, United States, and Belgium among others. Miguel has been teaching workshops and graduate courses in contemporary art at institutions in Merida, Puebla and Mexico City. Sally Scopa's current paintings explore the mechanics of visual perception. She incorporates textured surfaces into her work to study how individuals orient themselves in space, not only through visual relationships, but also through a tactile understanding of materials. A native of San Francisco, CA, Sally graduated from Harvard University, 2013 and spent the past few years working in Boston, MA. Stephanie Sherriff is an interdisciplinary sculptor, performer, and media artist. Her artwork is experiential in nature and consists of sculptural, time-based installations and performances that are often living, changing, and sometimes dying. In her process, she observes, collects, deconstructs, and recomposes plants, light, sound, video, and scents in order to create abstracted, ephemeral forms and sensory experiences. Stephanie has been recipient of numerous awards and featured in several online publications addressing process and poetry in relation to media. She received her BA in Studio Art from San Francisco State University in 2014 and has been actively performing and exhibiting work since 2008. Livien Yin investigates natural and built environments as reflections of the inhabitants' changing ideals. Transparent layers are utilized in concert with bright tactile colors to materialize narratives within the surface of the city. She compresses time and visual associations through mark-making to propose public spaces that jointly expose embedded social histories and adapt to new communal values. Originally from Lincoln, MA, Livien received her BA in Studio Art from Reed College in 2012 and has been living in the Bay Area since then.
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If you've been charged with a probation violation, you're facing jail time. In order to ensure your continued freedom, you need a qualified attorney to represent you.
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Yamazaki, Tsuneyuki , Kim, Hong Nam .
Polyphyletic origin of land plants: Bryophytes are fungi with chloroplasts.
BRYOPHYTES are generally considered to be derived from some algae and ancestors of ferns leading to higher plants.Our molecular studies of a slow evolving nuclear gene, histone 3, clearly show that protein sequences of histone 3 in various bryophytes including liverworts, mosses, and hornworts are similar to those of fungi, but different from those of other land plants. This result shows that there are two diferent possibilities; One is that bryophytes are derived from fungi by independent symbiosis with chloroplasts, the other is horizontal transfer of histone 3 genes before divergence of bryophytes to different classes. We will discuss possible hypotheses about this extraordinary events.


A quarter century has passed since the publications Lore and Legend of Nepal. It is gratifying to note that this first work on Nepalese folklore in English has to some extent helped in kindling an interest in the subject both within and without the country.
Not only some other books have appeared since then but for some years now folklore has been offered as a subject of study by Tribhuvan University at Patan Multiple Campus, and, under the inspiration of Mr. Satya Mohan Joshi, former Member of the Royal Nepal Academy, the Nepalese Folklore Society was established in 1984.
All the stories contained in this boo - and many others - have been translated into German by Martin Lutterjohann and published under the tittle Marchen, Sagen und Legenden aus Nepal by Mikado-Verlag in 1980 in West Germany. One story - The Four Travellers - has been adapted by M. Soutter for a telefilm in French produced in Switzerland by Claire Finaz for the Swiss Television. The Legend of Valley has been included in The Wildest Dreams of Kew: A Profile of Nepal by Jeremy Bernstein.
A Selection of Asian Legends and Folk Tales by M. Yegar contains a translation in Hebrew of The Legend of the Valley and The Adventures of Sura Bajra while The Housewife and the Giant and The Giant of Jamacho have been published in Japanese in the magazine Yama To Keikiku (Mountain and Valley).
The Legend of the Valley and The Housewife and The Giant - have also been translated into Swedish by Ake Sparring and included in Nepal-landet under jornenstak. Translation is also being undertaken in some other languages.
Meanwhile, I have revised some of the stories and added a few others from different parts of Nepal in this new addition. But for his onerous burden as a Member of the Royal Nepal Academy my friend, Mr. Amar Chitrakar, who did the sketches for the first edition, would have illustrated the additional stories too. Mr. Buddha Ratna Shakya has come to may help and I am thankful to him for some sketches in this book. Last but not in the least. I am thankful to Mr. R. N. Tiwari for bringing out this new edition of lore and Legend of Nepal.
Several of these stories confirm the old theory of Max Muller about 'migration of tales from country to Country. At least half a dozen of them can be found retold with changes of names and places by the Adivasis of Bihar. A couple of them are variations of folk stories of a distant country like Viet Nam.
These folk tales feature giants and demons, Bungadeo, the God of Mercy and Bandhu Achaju, the Tantric Master. A few of them belong to the reigns of particular kings of Nepal and as such they can be dated. And almost all of them illuminate some aspect of life in and around Kathmandu.
Apart from being of interest to the anthropologist and the sociologist, these folk stories provide pleasant reading for the layman. Who would not like to read about how a housewife, whose husband was eaten away by a giant, outwitted him and maneuvered his death or how a sparrow compelled a king to search for a pea which it had lost? Even people with sophisticated tastes will enjoy most of these tales.
"not only interesting for the scholar but entertaining to the general reader." The Statesman, Calcutta.
"Nepal, the mysterious country, as Western historians have described it, remained in oblivion for long. Even its history was not written. But though never written, history remained recorded in the stories, which have become folklore and legend in Nepal today. Kesar Lall, a Nepali writer, travelled around Kathmandu and painstakingly collected them. In his effort, he was sustained by the belief that publication of these stories would help in understanding and appreciating the friendly people of this Himalayan country.


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Q: What is NetBSD's FIONSPACE ioctl equivalent in Linux? I'm using Linux 2.6.38 (fc14). What is the ioctl flag to get the amount of free space on a socket file descriptor (say, a TCP socket)? I found NetBSD has FIONREAD, FIONWRITE and FIONSPACE for such related purposes. But, I could only use FIONREAD in Linux.

A: SIOCOUTQ is the Linux equivalent of FIONWRITE.  I don't believe there is a direct FIONSPACE equivalent: instead, you can subtract the value returned by SIOCOUTQ from the socket send buffer size, which can be obtained with getsockopt(s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, ...).

A: For information, about what @HKK says, found in man socket(7):

SO_SNDBUF
Sets or  gets  the maximum socket send buffer in bytes. The
kernel doubles this value (to allow space for bookkeeping overhead)
when it is set using setsockopt(2), and this doubled  value  is
returned  by getsockopt(2).   The  default  value is set by the
/proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default file and the maximum allowed value is
set by the /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max file.  The minimum (doubled)
value for this option is 2048.


It has been anything but profitable for Microsoft to throw himself into the tablet war.
Microsoft can not be satisfied with tablet-the Department's numbers, at least, be assessed on the basis of Microsoft's tax papers that Surface-the adventure has cost the US company almost 10 billion kroner.
The assessment comes from American our site, which estimates that since the launch of the Microsoft Surface in 2012 have lost 1.7 millarders dollars on the front.
The last quarter has been the worst thing for Microsoft's tablet Department, but it is partly due to extra costs for Surface Mini, which has not yet been materialized.
Microsoft makes otherwise what they can to give their tablets a little downwind. Among other things, they were introduced in the NFL, where there can be noticed them by millions of people around the globe.


"... It is well known that every bipartite graph with vertex classes of size n whose minimum degree is at least n/2 contains a perfect matching. We prove an analogue of this result for hypergraphs. We also prove several related results which guarantee the existence of almost perfect matchings in r-unifor ..."
Perfect Matchings in Uniform Hypergraphs with Large . . .
"... For an integer k ≥ 2 and a k-uniform hypergraph H, let δk−1(H) be the largest integer d such that every (k − 1)-element set of vertices of H belongs to at least d edges of H. Further, let t(k, n) be the smallest integer t such that every k-uniform hypergraph on n vertices and with δk−1(H) ≥ t cont ..."
"... A perfect matching in a 4-uniform hypergraph is a subset of bn4 c disjoint edges. We prove that if H is a sufficiently large 4-uniform hypergraph on n = 4k vertices such that every vertex belongs to more than n−1 3) − (3n/43) edges then H contains a perfect matching. This bound is tight and settles ..."
"... In the random k-uniform hypergraph k (n, p) on a vertex set V of size n, each subset of size k of V independently belongs to it with probability p. Motivated by a theorem of Erdos and Renyi  regarding when a random graph G(n, p) = 2 (n, p) has a perfect matching, Schmidt and Shamir  essen ..."
"... A perfect matching in a 3-uniform hypergraph on n = 3k vertices is a subset of n3 disjoint edges. We prove that if H is a 3-uniform hypergraph on n = 3k vertices such that every vertex belongs to at least n−1 2) − (2n/32) + 1 edges then H contains a perfect matching. We give a construction to show ..."