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Q: ElasticSearch how to query longest task I have the data in the following format in Elastic Search:
POST slots/slot/1
{
    taskId:1,
    datetime: "2020-05-10T08:45:44",
    status: "START",
}

POST slots/slot/2
{
    taskId:1,
    datetime: "2020-05-10T08:49:54",
    status: "STOP",
}
...

and want to find a way how to retrieve top 3 longest running tasks (which means tasks, for which exists both START and STOP json objects and differrence between it's START/STOP times is the longest one) - I want to retrieve taskId and runningTime (= how long task was running).
Is it possible to achieve this task in ElasticSearch ? Is ElasticSearch appropriate for such kind of tasks ?
Please be lenient, I am really new to ElasticSearch technology.

A: This one's tricky. Let's assume that you'll have precisely 2 docs for each unique taskId, one of which will be START and the other STOP. In that case we can do the following:
GET slots/_search
{
  "size": 0,
  "aggs": {
    "by_ids": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "taskId",
        "size": 10000,
        "min_doc_count": 2
      },
      "aggs": {
        "start_bucket": {
          "filter": {
            "term": {
              "status.keyword": "START"
            }
          },
          "aggs": {
            "datetime_term": {
              "max": {
                "field": "datetime"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "stop_bucket": {
          "filter": {
            "term": {
              "status.keyword": "STOP"
            }
          },
          "aggs": {
            "datetime_term": {
              "max": {
                "field": "datetime"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "diff_in_millis": {
          "bucket_script": {
            "buckets_path": {
              "start": "start_bucket.datetime_term",
              "stop": "stop_bucket.datetime_term"
            },
            "script": "return params.stop - params.start"
          }
        },
        "final_sort": {
          "bucket_sort": {
            "sort": [
              {
                "diff_in_millis": {
                  "order": "desc"
                }
              }
            ],
            "size": 3
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

As per this discussion,

the caveat is that this performs sorting on the final list of buckets. So if a term isn't in the list, it won't get sorted. That's in contrast to sorting on the terms agg itself, which changes the contents of the list.

In other words we need to set the top-level size arbitrarily high so that all our taskIDs get aggregated. And/or pre-filter the context with, say, a date filter of only the year 2020 or the last month etc so we've got less ground to cover and save us some CPU crunch time.
If everything goes right and your status has a .keyword field (more on this here) we can filter on, you'll end up with all the information you need:
{
  ...
  "aggregations":{
    "by_ids":{
      "doc_count_error_upper_bound":0,
      "sum_other_doc_count":0,
      "buckets":[
        {
          "key":2,            <-- taskID (this one was added by myself)
          "doc_count":2,
          "start_bucket":{
            ...
          },
          "stop_bucket":{
            ...
          },
          "diff_in_millis":{
            "value":3850000.0        <-- duration in millis
          }
        },
        {
          "key":1,                  <-- task from the question
          "doc_count":2,
          "start_bucket":{
            ...
          },
          "stop_bucket":{
           ...
          },
          "diff_in_millis":{
            "value":250000.0        <-- duration in millis
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

EDIT/CORRECTION:
"min_doc_count": 2 is needed b/c we're only interested in tasks that actually finished. If you want to include those that have been running and are not finished yet, create another bounty task ;)

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I recommend eating at the Arizona center which is walking distance to theatre. loved Cucina, Cucina... great Italian food an service.
Herberger Staff said parking is available at Arizona Center and they will validate up to $6.00 towards the $12.00 parking fee charged by that garage. Given the difficulty of finding parking with a busy season downtown, I recommend this option rather than wondering if meter will run out before the performance is over.
Prepare to spend $12 for parking.
We parked in the Chase parking lot, had dinner before the play at The Arrogant Butcher then had a glass of wine during the play.
The weather was cool. I wore dress jeans and dress shirt.
There are several places to eat at the Arizona Center- makes it an easy night out. Plan to arrive at the parking lot at 5 or later (when it drops to $3 with parking from box office). You can park, eat, and then walk over to the theater.
Parking at the Arizona Center was free the night I went, although I believe it's normally $3 if you buy at the box office. Meters are no longer free at night, so this is the best deal in parking. It's deck parking and a very short walk to the theater.
I parked across the street in the Chase Tower parking garage. The fee was $9.00. Remember to take your parking ticket with you and pay at the kiosk at the street level before returning to your car.
We ate at Hanny's before the show. The atmosphere was great and so was the food!
The weather was cool. I wore A sweater.
The weather was Cool . I wore Casual jacket y.
Park across the street $12.00 well worth it. In and out fast.


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Q: Lin Alg Inner Product Practice Question (There are no solutions available :|) These were some text book questions with no solutions, and I'm still trying to grasp the idea of inner products and orthogonal basis, so if anyone could tell if if I did something wrong, or confirm that I'm on the right track, that would be amazing!
Question:
Consider $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ with inner product $\langle p(x),q(x) \rangle = p(−1)q(−1) + p(0)q(0) + p(1)q(1).$
Where $(P_2(\mathbb{R})$ is the set of all polynomials of at most degree two with real coefficients)
a)  Find the set of all vectors in $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ which are orthogonal to $x + x^{2}$.
b) Determine the coordinates of $1 + x^{2}$ with respect to the orthogonal basis $B = \{ 1 − x − 2x^{2}, 2 − x^{2}, 2 + 3x − 4x^{2} \}$
a) Let $a+bx+cx^2 \in P_2(\mathbb{R})$. Then we have
$\langle a+bx+cx^{2}, 0 \rangle =0$
$(a-b+c)(0) + (a)(0) + (a+b+c)(2) = 0$
$2a+2b+2c=0$
Thus we need $a+b+c=0$.
Thus, we get
$a = -b -c$,
and as a result, the general vector becomes
$-b-c +bx + cx^2$
$= b(-1+x)+c(-1+x^2) $
Here I'm kind of confused how to describe this result as a set?
so all forms of polynomials in $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ that will be orthogonal to $x+x^{2}$ will have the from $b(-1+x)+c(-1+x^2)$
So does the set, { $b(-1+x)+c(-1+x^2) \in P_2(\mathbb{R}) | b,c \in \mathbb{R}$} , make sense?
b)
For b), I just used the formula given in class and got the vector:
$\left(\frac{-3}{5}, 1, \frac{-1}{5}\right)$.
Can someone help me come up with the set for part a) and tell if I'm on the right track for parts a) and b)?
Thank you so much!

A: Regarding a):
We want to find all vectors in $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ which are orthogonal to $x+x^2$. By definition, this means we need to find $a+bx+cx^2$ with $a,b,c \in \mathbb{R}$ such that $$ \langle a+bx+cx^2 , x+x^2 \rangle = 0.$$
(You wrote $\langle a+bx+cx^2 , 0 \rangle = 0$, I assume that it was just a typo.)
Let us denote $a + bx + cx^2$ by $p(x; a,b,c)$ and $x+x^2$ by $q(x)$. Then we have
$$p(-1; a,b,c) = a - b + c, \quad p(0; a,b,c) = a, \quad p(1; a,b,c) = a + b + c$$
and
$$q(-1) = 0, \quad q(0) = 0, \quad p(1) = 2$$.
Therefore, we obtain
$$ \langle p(x; a,b,c) , q(x) \rangle = (a-b+c)\cdot 0 + a\cdot 0 + (a + b + c)\cdot 2 = 2a + 2b + 2c,$$
so any polynomial $p(x;a,b,c)$ which is orthogonal to $x+x^2$, i.e. $\langle p(x; a,b,c) , q(x) \rangle = 0$, must satisfy the condition $2a+2b+2c = 0$ which is equivalent to $a+b+c=0$ as you have shown us.
Your computation of the set of solutions
$$ \{ b(-1+x) + c(-1+x^2) \in P_2(\mathbb{R}) \, | \, b,c \in \mathbb{R} \}$$
is correct. I would like to add that this is exactly the subset of $P_2(\mathbb{R})$ generated by $-1+x$ and $-1+x^2$, i.e. $\operatorname{span}(-1+x, -1+x^2)$.
Regarding b):
Determining the coordinates of $1+x^2$ with respect to the orthogonal basis $B = \{1-x-2x^2, 2-x^2, 2+3x-4x^2\}$ means that we need to find the unique real coefficients $c_1,c_2,c_3 \in \mathbb{R}$ such that
$$x+x^2 = c_1  (1-x-2x^2) + c_2 (2-x^2) + c_3 (2+3x-4x^2). $$
Because $B$ is an orthogonal basis, we will make use of the following

Lemma Let $(V,\langle \:,\: \rangle)$ be a Euclidian vector space and $B = (v_1,\dots,v_n)$ be an orthogonal basis. Then for every $c \in V$ we have
  $$ c = \sum_{i=1}^n c_i v_i \quad \text{where } c_i = \frac{\langle c, v_i \rangle}{\langle v_i, v_i \rangle}.$$
  (I think this is the formula you used).

Accoding to the Lemma, it must be
$$\begin{align}
c_1 &= \frac{\langle x+x^2 , 1-x-2x^2 \rangle}{\langle 1-x-2x^2 , 1-x-2x^2 \rangle} = \frac{0 \cdot 0 + 0 \cdot 1 + 2 \cdot (-2)}{0^2+1^2 + (-2)^2} = -\frac{4}{5},\\
c_2 &= \frac{\langle x+x^2 , 2-x^2 \rangle}{\langle 2-x^2 , 2-x^2 \rangle} = \frac{0 \cdot 1 + 0 \cdot 2 + 2 \cdot 1}{1^2+2^2+1^2} = \frac{2}{6} = \frac{1}{3}, \\
c_3 &= \frac{\langle x+x^2 , 2+3x-4x^2 \rangle}{\langle 2+3x-4x^2 , 2+3x-4x^2 \rangle} =  \frac{0 \cdot (-5) + 0 \cdot 2 + 2 \cdot 1}{(-5)^2+2^2+1^2} = \frac{2}{30} = \frac{1}{15},
\end{align}$$
so the coordinate vector would be $(-\frac{4}{5}, \frac{1}{3}, \frac{1}{15})$ which is different from your solution.
Unless I used a wrong vector, my computation should be correct according to WolframAlpha.


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Bleachers "Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night" is good, but is dull in comparison to previous albums
by Marcowearspolos August 9, 2021
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by Marco Ovies
As a long-time Bleachers fan, it hurts me to admit that I was a little disappointed by their latest album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night. Over the years, Jack Antonoff (the creator of Bleachers) has become a powerhouse in the music production industry. He has collaborated with the likes of Taylor Swift, Clairo, St. Vincent, Lana Del Ray and worked with Lorde exclusively on Melodrama and her more recent projects "Solar Power" and "Stoned at the Nail Salon". But it appears that Antonoff's creative genius has been devoted to other projects and has left us with a lacklustre album.
Don't get me wrong, Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night is a good album and probably one of the best projects of 2021. But it feels rushed, not as personal, and lacks the classic sad anthems that Bleachers have become famous for. Tracks "Stop Making This Hurt" and "How Dare You Want More" do give off that anthem energy but were released prior to the album leaving me disappointed by the rest of the songs.
Additionally, this album does not feel as cohesive as Bleachers other albums. Both of their albums Strange Desire and Gone Now encourage listeners to listen to them as a whole and features recurring musical themes and reprises. Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night does not have that same unity and instead feels like a collection of good songs with no overarching theme. Again, this is a good collection of music and I did enjoy listening to Bleachers new music, but it just lacked the same quality that attracted me to Bleachers in the first place.
Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night sounds confused as if the album does not know what it is meant to be. In previous works, you can hear the 80's influence under all of Bleacher's music. However, this album takes us back a little bit further. It features music captured on vintage microphones and lots of slapback echo, something made famous by Elvis Presley and is a hallmark of '50s and '60s rock n roll and is used by many such as Bruce Springsteen (who conveniently makes an appearance on the album).
The quieter parts of this album are where Antonoff really tries to break down the walls that he has built for himself. Songs like "Big Life" incorporate singer-songwriter elements mixed with slapback echo, surf rock-inspired guitar, and enough big changes to show us that Antonoff knows the rules of writing a hit and purposefully chooses to break them to bring us something new. I would have preferred an album that carried more of this energy, and it's coincidentally when Bleachers switches to their comfortable alt-rock roots where the album gets messy and disjointed.
This album had the potential to develop into something completely new for the band, but they continue to fall back on this crutch of soaring anthems. It feels like Antonoff was scared to venture out too far. He delivers on presenting these new ideas but timidly retreats to "Don't Go Dark" and "How Dare You Want More" as if he's worried that people won't like this new direction and is playing into what he thinks his fans want.
Jack Antonoff is an incredibly talented musician and producer, and I am excited to see his future collaborations (I'm looking at you Lorde). Perhaps it's just a change from what I was expecting, or my expectations were too high, but Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night was just good. Not great, just good. This won't stop me from enjoying the album, but it has left me wanting a bit more. I'm looking forward to this new direction Antonoff is venturing into and I hope in his next work he leans more into this new sound.
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In partnership with The Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Barrie Mowatt, Founder and President at Vancouver Biennale, is giving this lecture in Montreal. This lecture is part of the public programming for an open-air museum of art entitled La Balade pour la Paix, in honor of Montreal's 375th anniversary and the 150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, and the 50th anniversary of Expo '67.
A total of 29 sculptures/installations are on display along Sherbrooke Street until October 29, 2017. Five pieces of artworks from the Vancouver Biennale (and the Buschlen Mowatt Nichol Foundation) are part of this special exhibition.


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The God Like Powers Series: Volume 1 Bundle
By: Martin Ettington
Narrated by: Martin K. Ettington
This volume one compilation includes all of the first five books in the series, including Human Invisibility, Invulnerability and Shielding, Teleportation, Psychokinesis, and Our Energy Body, Auras, and Thoughtforms.
Very interesting
By Claire on 07-05-19
Great Topic
A little book with a powerful message. Repent and cleanse your life so you can be in right standing!!! Thank you!
I look forward to applying this material.
Summary: Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General
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Narrated by: Teague Dean
General George S. Patton has always been alluring to the public, but before Killing Patton there hasn't been an account of his death so well-written as this one. This audiobook is a fantastic opportunity to learn about the intricacies about this man's life. Bill O'Reilly takes you to the final year of World War II where you will hear everything you need to know about the most audacious general of this conflict. Killing Patton is an extremely informative book that will sate your curiosity about the mysteries surrounding Patton's death.
Outstanding Presentation
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Good data
Impressive as a contemporaneous story but written from the view of a journalist and not one versed in the needs of warfare in general and combat and command in specific.
Of All the Lilies
Poetry and Prose That Enshrine Those Indelible Moments, Places and Individuals Who Transcend Life
By: r.A. bentinck
Narrated by: Larry Herron
This is a brilliant collection of poems and prose that's inspiring and uplifting, that's caring and sensitive, that's sensually seductive, that's heartbreaking and heart-wrenching. The collection reflects life's ever-changing experiences in a uniquely captivating way. You will find poems under a variety of themes.
Beautiful, clear and powerful poems
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Awesome Poetry
I love this book of poems. r.A. bentinck is truly amazing. This book inspires you and just makes you feel so many emotions. It also has such an aesthetic feeling/looking cover.
Summary: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Narrated by: Donna A Motta
Disclaimer: This is NOT the original book. This is a book summary of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
quick book
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The Broad Sweep Of Human History
There is so much in this book to talk about and take with you or get upset and enraged about.All in all, this is an easy, if repetitive at times, read, and some of his unconventional ideas can be stimulating and thought-provoking.
Summary: The Selfish Gene
Narrated by: Thomas Pedrosa
This is a summary of The Selfish Gene, a reformulation of the theory of natural selection developed by Charles Darwin. This classic is focused on the nature of altruism and selfishness that creatures have. Despite that any living creature is focused on his well-being, the study reveals that they have a natural sense of altruism as well. Many creatures have a tendency of sacrificing themselves for their loved ones' safety.
Amazing book
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Q: Closures in go: different output on named return value Consider the following function:
func main() {
  var a int = 3
  sum := func() {a = a*2}
  sum()
  sum()
  fmt.Println(a) // returns 12
}

However:
func main() {
  var a int = 3
  sum := func() (a int) {a = a*2; return}
  sum()
  sum()
  fmt.Println(a) // returns 3
}

I can't fully understand logic of this behavior: why it would return old value of a after a = a*2

A: Like @TimCooper commented, you are shadowing "a".
If you run the code below, you will see two different memory addresses.
It means that are "2 variables a".
The "a" inside sum() represents it's own return, and it's declared without a value, so the compiler assigns the "zero value" to the "other a", that is 0 to numeric types.
So, a = a * 2 is equals 0 = 0 * 2.
When the sum() ends, it returns the "other a" (remember the different memory address?), keeping the "first a" unchanged.
This link might be helpful:
Go zero values
package main

import "fmt"

func main() {
    var a int = 3
    sum := func() (a int) {
        fmt.Println(&a) // func sum() scope (a's copy memory address)
        a = a * 2
        return
    }
    b := sum()      // initializing b with the sum() return
    fmt.Println(&a) // func main() scope (a's memory address)
    fmt.Println(b)  // func sum() return
    fmt.Println(a)  // old value, stills 3
}


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"He remembered a dreadful scene. Dawn. A cold, grey dawn, with a drizzling rain falling. A man, blindfolded, standing against a wall, an officer very pale giving an order, a volley, and then a young soldier, one of the firing party, turning round and holding on to his gun for support, vomiting. The officer turned paler still, and he, Ashenden, feeling dreadfully faint. How terrified Caypor must have been! It was awful when the tears ran down their faces ...."
Did Maugham himself witness such an execution, or did someone describe it to him? Or is it purely a product of his imagination? In any case, we are certainly a long way from James Bond's casual attitude towards death, are we not?


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Many granitic plutons exhibit alternating mafic and felsic layers known as modal layering. They have been classically interpreted as sedimentary features that formed by crystal sedimentation. However, field observations and geochemical data from a modally layered domain of the Round Valley Peak Granodiorite and nearby non-layered granodiorite contradict the standard interpretation. A typical layer consists of three units: a mafic, fine-grained layer, an intermediate layer, and a more coarse-grained felsic layer. Features that contradict a sedimentary model include: (1) features that resemble cross bedding but have contradictory paleo-up directions within adjacent layers; (2) poles to layering that scatter over about one quarter of a stereonet; (3) large, dense biotite crystals among quartz and feldspar crystals in parts of layers that are deemed stratigraphically high. An alternative hypothesis is that layering results from self-organization owing to crystal aging. Characterization of the modally layered unit has allowed for assessment of the hypotheses.


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Sony intros new Float Run pressure-free headphones for runners and athletes
Patrick Campanale - Jan. 23rd 2023 10:22 am PT Twitter icon @pcamp96
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Today, Sony is introducing a new model of headphones designed specifically for runners and athletes. The Float Run, as Sony calls it, is a headphone style that puts the speaker near your ear canal but without touching it. Also, the pressure-free design doesn't necessarily squeeze your head like similar bone-conducting models have to, making it even more comfortable for runners, who can now exercise without the worry of chafing. Sound intriguing? Keep reading to learn more.
Float Run is Sony's first truly unique headphones in a long time
Sony's brand-new Float Run headphones are pretty unique in what they offer. Sure, open-ear headphones aren't new by any stretch of the imagination, but at the same time, Sony has found a unique way to deliver it. Float Run stays off your ears in a unique way, unlike bone-conducting headphones that we're used to. There's a strap that runs behind your head, and then a small piece that sits behind your ear. The headphones themselves float off the ear canal and directly push audio into your ear without ever having to touch it.
This off-ear design means that you won't have to worry about pressure, stuffiness, or becoming uncomfortable even on longer runs. The neckband design allows the headphones to stay secure and stable even when running hard and working out on the go. The larger design of the speaker housing allows Sony to utilize 16mm drivers with "precise tuning" to give a "more natural and wider sound while you work out."
Since the Float Run doesn't sit inside your ear, you'll be able to know what's going on around you, which can help keep you safer when running. This means you'll be able to hear oncoming cars, know when someone's telling you something, or even be aware of a dog that's on your heels.
Float Run is also IPX4 splash-resistant, meaning you won't have to worry about getting caught in the rain or sweating when working out. These headphones have a lot of controls built-in, including the ability to control playback, access your smartphone's voice assistant, and more. Float Run is also designed to last for up to 10 hours on a full charge, and only 10 minutes of being plugged in delivers an hour of usage as well.
You can purchase Sony's Float Run headphones in February for $129.99 from various online retailers and direct from Sony.
9to5Toys' Take
Float Run is a pretty interesting and unique take on headphones. While I've tried bone conducting options before, as well as speakers that sit just outside of my ears, I'm not entirely sold on the Float Run's design. While Sony says that this is a pressure-free design, I'm a bit skeptical about that. How does it stay on your head without pressure? Is it only pressure-free on the ear canal but still pressure behind the earlobe? Only time will tell what the Float Run from Sony delivers.
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We used data from three prospective cohort studies that included more than 7,000 people to study the relationship between head injury with loss of consciousness and subsequent risk of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. We collected head injury exposure data at study enrollment, at a time when we administered cognitive tests and knew they did not have dementia, so our exposure data are not biased. Each of these studies also performed brain autopsies on people who died, and we evaluated data from more than 1500 autopsies.
Response: We found that a single head injury that led to loss of consciousness, even head injuries that occurred younger than age 25 years, was associated with increased risk for Parkinson's disease, the progression of parkinsonian features, and the development of Lewy bodies. We identified 1,537 new cases of dementia while we were following our study participants, and 117 new cases of Parkinson's disease. We did not find any association between head injury that led to loss of consciousness and dementia, clinical diagnoses of Alzheimer's disease, or the brain findings at autopsy that are associated with Alzheimer's disease (neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles). But we did find associations between head injuries that led to loss of consciousness and risk for Parkinson's disease, the progression of parkinsonian features, and Lewy bodies at autopsy.
Response: Head injuries with loss of consciousness place the individual at higher risk for Parkinson's disease in late life, including head injuries that occur in people younger than age 25.
Response: There has been a great deal of focus on brain injury and amyloid and tau, but somewhat less interest in alpha synuclein (the protein in Lewy bodies). The mechanisms by which a single head injury may lead to subsequent development of Lewy bodies and Parkinson's disease remain to be elucidated.
Response: This was a team effort and represents the fist publication that combines data from these three large prospective studies, which is a very powerful approach for questions like this one. The team included investigators from the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the University of Utah, Rush University Medical Center, and the Group Health Research Institute.
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Q: Submitting a form in a blazor component from parent page I have a wizard blazor component that contains a form. The wizard control consists of 2 Blazor components -
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<CascadingValue Value="this">

        @ChildContent

<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg" type="button"
        disabled="@(ActiveStepIx == 0)" @onclick="GoBack">
    Previous
</button>
<button class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
        type="@(IsLastStep ? "submit" : "button")" @onclick="GoNext">
    @(IsLastStep ? "Submit" : "Next")
</button>
</CascadingValue>

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/// Wizard Component
///
public partial class Wizard
{
    ///
    /// List of <see cref="WizardStep"/> added to the Wizard
    ///
    protected internal List<WizardStep> Steps = new List<WizardStep>();

    ///
    /// The control Id
    ///
    [Parameter]
    public string Id { get; set; }

    ///
    /// The ChildContent container for <see cref="WizardStep"/>
    ///
    [Parameter]
    public RenderFragment ChildContent { get; set; }

    ///
    /// The Active <see cref="WizardStep"/>
    ///
    [Parameter]
    public WizardStep ActiveStep { get; set; }

    ///
    /// The Index number of the <see cref="ActiveStep"/>
    ///
    [Parameter]
    public int ActiveStepIx { get; set; }

    ///
    /// Determines whether the Wizard is in the last step
    ///

    public bool IsLastStep { get; set; }

    ///
    /// Sets the <see cref="ActiveStep"/> to the previous Index
    ///

    protected internal void GoBack()
    {
        if (ActiveStepIx > 0)
            SetActive(Steps[ActiveStepIx - 1]);
    }

    ///
    /// Sets the <see cref="ActiveStep"/> to the next Index
    ///
    protected internal void GoNext()
    {
        if (ActiveStepIx < Steps.Count - 1)
        {
            SetActive(Steps[(Steps.IndexOf(ActiveStep) + 1)]);
        }
        else
        {
            // TODO: SUBMIT THE FORM
            Console.WriteLine("FORM SUBMITTED");
        }
    }

    ///
    /// Populates the <see cref="ActiveStep"/> the Sets the passed in <see cref="WizardStep"/> instance as the
    ///
    /// <param name="step">The WizardStep</param>

    protected internal void SetActive(WizardStep step)
    {
        ActiveStep = step ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(step));

        ActiveStepIx = StepsIndex(step);
        if (ActiveStepIx == Steps.Count - 1)
            IsLastStep = true;
        else
            IsLastStep = false;
    }

    ///
    /// Retrieves the index of the current <see cref="WizardStep"/> in the Step List
    ///
    /// <param name="step">The WizardStep</param>
    /// <returns></returns>
    public int StepsIndex(WizardStep step) => StepsIndexInternal(step);
    protected int StepsIndexInternal(WizardStep step)
    {
        if (step == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(step));

        return Steps.IndexOf(step);
    }
    ///
    /// Adds a <see cref="WizardStep"/> to the WizardSteps list
    ///
    /// <param name="step"></param>
    protected internal void AddStep(WizardStep step)
    {
        Steps.Add(step);
    }

    protected override void OnAfterRender(bool firstRender)
    {
        if (firstRender)
        {
            SetActive(Steps[0]);
            StateHasChanged();
        }
    }
}

WizardStep.razor
@if (Parent.ActiveStep == this)
{

    @ChildContent

}

///
/// Wizard Step component
///
public partial class WizardStep
{
    ///
    /// The <see cref="Wizard"/> container
    ///
    [CascadingParameter]
    protected internal Wizard Parent { get; set; }

    ///
    /// The Child Content of the current <see cref="WizardStep"/>
    ///
    [Parameter]
    public RenderFragment ChildContent { get; set; }

    ///
    /// The Name of the step
    ///
    [Parameter]
    public string Name { get; set; }

    protected override void OnInitialized()
    {
        Parent.AddStep(this);
    }
}

The wizard contains a form. I am displaying this form in a Modal popup and on the parent page I have a method called HandleValidSubmit() which submits the form. How can I call this method from the Submit button on Wizard.razor?
ParentPage.razor
<EditForm Model="@ItemForTradeObject">
<Wizard Id="AddItemWizard">
    <WizardStep Name="Item">

        Item Name

        <InputText id="itemName" class="form-control" @bind-Value="@ItemForTradeObject.ItemName" />          <ValidationMessage For="@(() => ItemForTradeObject.ItemName)" />

    </WizardStep>
    <WizardStep Name="Costing">

        Cost Price

£

                <InputText id="costPrice" class="form-control" @bind-Value="@ItemForTradeObject.CostPrice" />

            <ValidationMessage For="@(() => ItemForTradeObject.CostPrice)" />

    </WizardStep>
</Wizard>

@code {
private async void HandleValidSubmit()
{
    if (ItemForTradeObject.Id == 0)
    {
        // Add
        ItemForTradeObject.UserId = await localStorage.GetItemAsync<string>("userid");

        await Http.PostJsonAsync("api/trading/add", ItemForTradeObject);
    }
    else
    {
        // Update
        ItemForTradeObject.UserId = await localStorage.GetItemAsync<string>("userid");

        await Http.PostJsonAsync("api/trading/update", ItemForTradeObject);
    }

    await CloseTaskModal();
    DataChanged?.Invoke();
}
}

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How can I call this method from the Submit button on Wizard.razor?

You don't call the HandleValidSubmit from the Submit button on Wizard.razor. It is automatically called when you hit the Submit button and the model is valid.
Do the following:
ParentPage.razor
<EditForm Model="@ItemForTradeObject" OnValidSubmit="HandleValidSubmit">
@*.............................................*@
</EditForm>

Wizard.razor
<button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">
    Submit Search
</button>

Hope this helps...


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Em teoria dos grafos,  um isomorfismo dos grafos G e H é uma bijeção entre os conjuntos de vértices de G e H

de tal forma que quaisquer dois vértices u e v de G são adjacentes em G se e somente se  ƒ(u) e ƒ(v) são adjacentes em H. Este tipo de bijeção é comumente chamado de "bijeção com preservação de arestas", de acordo com a noção geral de isomorfismo sendo uma bijeção de preservação-de-estrutura.

Na definição acima, os grafos são entendidos como grafos não dirigidos, não-rotulados e não ponderados. No entanto, a noção de isomorfismo pode ser aplicada a todas as outras variantes da noção de grafo, somando os requisitos necessários para preservar os elementos adicionais correspondentes da estrutura: as direções do arco, os pesos das arestas, etc, com a seguinte exceção. Quando se fala em rótulo com rótulos exclusivos, geralmente tirados do intervalo inteiro 1 ,...,n, onde n é o número dos vértices do grafo, dois grafos rotulados são ditos isomórficos se os grafos subjacentes correspondentes não rotulados são isomórficos.

Se um isomorfismo existe entre dois grafos, então os grafos são chamados de isomorfos e nós denotamos por .  No caso, quando a bijeção é um mapeamento de um grafo em si mesmo, ou seja, quando G e H são um e o mesmo grafo, a bijeção é chamada de automorfismo de G.

O isomorfismo de grafos é uma relação de equivalência em grafos e, como tal, particiona as classes de todos os grafos em classes de equivalência. Um conjunto de grafos isomorfos entre si é chamado de classe de isomorfismo de grafos.

Exemplo
Os dois grafos abaixo são isomorfos, apesar de suas representações diferentes.

Motivação
A noção formal de "isomorfismo", por exemplo, de "isomorfismo gráfico", captura a noção informal de que alguns objetos têm "a mesma estrutura", se alguém ignora distinções individuais dos componentes de objetos "atômicos" em questão, consulte o exemplo acima. Sempre que a individualidade dos componentes "atômicos" (vértices e arestas, para grafos) é importante para a correta representação do que é modelado por grafos, o modelo é refinado pela imposição de restrições adicionais sobre a estrutura, e outros objetos matemáticos são utilizados: digrafos, grafos rotulados, grafos coloridos, árvores enraizadas e assim por diante. A relação de isomorfismo pode também ser definida para todas essas generalizações de grafos: o isomorfismo bijeção deve preservar os elementos da estrutura que define o tipo de objeto em questão: arcos, rótulos, cores de vértices/arestas, a raiz da árvore de raízes, etc.

A noção de "isomorfismo de grafos" permite-nos distinguir as propriedades de grafos inerentes às estruturas dos próprios grafos das propriedades associadas com as representações do grafo: desenho dos grafos, estruturas de dados para grafos, rótulos de grafos, etc. Por exemplo, se um grafo tem exatamente um ciclo, em seguida, todos os grafos da sua classe de isomorfismo também têm exatamente um ciclo. Por outro lado, no caso comum quando os vértices de um grafo são (representados por) inteiros 1, 2, ... N, então a expressão

pode ser diferente para dois grafos isomorfos.

Reconhecimento de isomorfismo de grafos

Teorema de Whitney

O teorema de isomorfismo de grafos de Whitney, demonstrado por H. Whitney, afirma que dois grafos conexos são isomorfos se e somente se o seu grafos de linha são isomórficos, com uma única exceção: K3, o grafo completo em três vértices, e o grafo bipartido completo K1,3, que não são isomórficos, mas ambos têm K3 como seu grafo de linha. O teorema de grafos de Whitney pode ser estendido para hipergrafos.

Abordagem algorítmica

Enquanto isomorfismos de grafos podem ser estudados de forma clássica da Matemática, como exemplificado pelo teorema de Whitney, é reconhecido que é um problema a ser enfrentado com uma abordagem algorítmica. O problema computacional de determinar se dois grafos finitos são isomorfos é chamado o problema do isomorfismo de grafos.

Suas aplicações práticas incluem principalmente quimioinformática, matemática química (identificação de compostos químicos), e automação de projeto eletrônico (verificação da equivalência das diferentes representações do desenho de um Circuito eletrônico

Curiosamente, é também um dos poucos problemas em teoria computacional da complexidade pertencente à classe NP, mas não se sabe se pertence a nenhum de seus conhecidos subconjuntos (e, se P ≠ NP, disjuntos):P e NP-completo. É um de apenas dois, dos 12 totais, problemas listados em Garey e Johnson (1979) cuja complexidade está por se resolver. Ou seja, eles não foram provados ser incluídos, nem excluídos, das classes  P ou NP-completo.

Sua generalização, o problema do isomorfismo de subgrafos, é sabido ser NP-Completo.

As principais áreas de pesquisa para o problema é o projeto de algoritmos rápidos, tanto para o problema geral quanto para classes especiais de grafos, e investigações teóricas de sua complexidade computacional.

Ver também
 Homomorfismo de grafos
 Problema do isomorfismo de subgrafos
 Automorfismo de grafos

Teoria dos grafos
Algoritmos de grafos

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Maya Angelou on How to Throw a Lifelong Party
Maya Angelou talks to writer Pamela Johnson about how to throw a lifelong party.
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By Pamela Johnson	· May 28, 2014 October 27, 2020
American icon Maya Angelou has passed away at 86 years young. The following article was published in ESSENCE's May 2003 issue upon the author and poet's 75th birthday. Maya Angelou talks to writer Pamela Johnson about how to throw a lifelong party.
ESSENCE: Are you enjoying yourself?
Maya Angelou: I don't know any other way to live my life. If I wasn't amused I'd get out of it. That's the way I feel about life. I'm blessed with high energy, and I throw down in all areas. Some people, out of their own ignorance or because they're jealous, discourage young people from doing many things. They say, "Don't be a jack of all trades and a master of none."You can be a master of everything, to a degree. Not everything you write is going to be a masterpiece. Not everything you cook is great, not everything you paint—but you're trying for it. From the moment you put the pen to paper or sit down at the piano, you're trying for it. Then, when you reach your sixties or seventies or eighties, you won't have to be jealous of young people because you can say, "When I was there I did that thing fully, and now I'm here, doing this thing fully."
PHOTOS: 15 Reasons We Love Maya Angelou
ESSENCE: Are you in love?
M.A.: [Laughs] Yes, I'm in love and have been for many years. And I'm happy to say I'm loved in return. It doesn't always happen. I've been in love and not been loved in return, and I've been loved when I didn't love in return. But it's very nice to love somebody as your own unmitigated self and that someone says, "I also love you."Someone who keeps a smile on your face. There are those who talk about love. What they really mean is possession, but you see, love liberates, love frees.
ESSENCE: What about sex? How does sex change as you age?
M.A.: The appetite is not as sharp. But as long as one is alive, one can have sexual yearnings and satisfaction. In one's 20s, 30s and 40s, one can look forward to sexual completion a couple of times a week. By the 60s, it's lessened. But my mom, when she was about 70 or 80, phoned me one day and said, "You better talk to your father. I'm going to put him out on the street; I mean it. He thinks that because he had a heart attack, sex will be dangerous. He thinks he'll have another. And I told him, 'I don't believe that, but if you do, is there a better way to go?'" [Laughs]
I told her to leave the house at five o'clock, and I'd call and talk to Papa. The thing is, my stepfather never had any children, so I was his ideal. And I loved him.
So I phoned and I said, "Papa, let me speak to Mother."
He said, "No, she's gone over to your Cousin Katie's."
"She's not feeling well, is she, Papa?"
"Oh, yes, she's feeling very well, oh, yes."
"She's not eating is she?"
"Yes, she is. She cooked yesterday, and we sat down here and ate and had a drink."
"But she's not listening to music."
"Yes, we had Take 6 on all day on this music thing that you sent us."
"But she's not playing cards."
"She's doing those bones. She's over there playing dominoes right now with your cousin."
"What you're saying, Papa, is that all her appetites are good."
"Oh, yeah, yeah."
"Well, Papa, I'm sorry, if you'll excuse me, but she has an appetite that only you can satisfy."
The next morning my mother called. I said, "Hello."
She said, "My darling, babe…."
ESSENCE: Wonderful! What about you? Have you discovered any new passions?
M.A.: Let's see. I throw dinner parties all the time, and I build houses. That's very exciting. I bought a place in Harlem. It's not a house, because there was no floor and no walls, really; I bought the address. And I'm going to direct another movie, Bebe Moore Campbell's book Singing in the Comeback Choir. And of course the cookbooks.
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ESSENCE: What do you want to say about food, beyond the recipes?
M.A.: So many things. That it's nourishment for the lonely, medicine for the sick. It can help you woo a person or send a person away. There's an old blues song in which a woman says, "She bakes corn bread for her husband, but biscuits for her man."
ESSENCE: I like that. There really is a difference. What advice do you give young people who want to live a fulfilling life?
M.A.: Give yourself time just to be with yourself. Don't always try to work out problems when you're alone. Relax. Go for walks. Listen to kids laugh. Do tai chi so that you can breathe deeply and think more profoundly, and superficial questions won't plague your life so much.
ESSENCE: Do you ever get annoyed with aging?
M.A.: Yes, my dear. Every other hour, are you kidding? [Laughs] What annoys me most is that my knees ache. Mind you, I was a dancer. Everyone knows now that dancers shouldn't dance on concrete, but we all danced on concrete. So when I get up from here I have to have something to help me get up. The knees say, "Ughhh," and that's a nuisance. I love to walk, and I've usually kept my health by walking. Now I can't walk as far or as long.
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ESSENCE: Do you ever have "if onlys"? Ever think, If only I'd made that left turn….
M.A.: No, no, I let it be. I very rarely acted intemperately. I could have done wiser things as many times as there are days. But I chose.
ESSENCE: What gives you comfort?
M.A.: I find it in so many places. In the job that I've done, in friendships, love affairs and business relationships. And I'm comforted when young people or older people say that I've been an inspiration.
This morning at about six, I was thinking about having been in Tuscany and sitting in the sun 25 years ago. And then I thought of having been in Ghana in a shower that opened out onto the courtyard, where, if no one was there, I could just take my clothes off under that wonderful blue sky. I was thinking what delicious times I've had and am having, and hope to continue having as long as I am amused.
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"The Strip": Prohibition and Bootlegging in Huntington
Huntington became a city with two sides during Prohibition, with a lively nightlife lurking behind the appearance of a quiet town. Located along 4th Avenue in downtown Huntington, "The Strip" was a popular location where residents could buy liquor, gamble, and go to speakeasies and brothels. Although these activities were illegal, law enforcement rarely disturbed the people and businesses of the Strip due to bribes and payoffs. An interview with William Allen Cross, who served as the manager of several downtown theaters at the time, allows for a glimpse of life during Prohibition and the Strip's heyday. After Prohibition ended in 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment, the Strip's popularity declined once residents were able to purchase alcohol legally.
Fourth Avenue looking west from 12th Street
Ad for Prohibition from an Ohio newspaper
The Star Saloon at 14th St W and 5th Ave, 1915
Authorities capturing a still
A moonshine still, circa 1920s
Prohibition in West Virginia began in 1914, several years before it went into effect nationwide. As in many parts of the United States, the temperance movement had been gaining traction in West Virginia for decades before the 18th Amendment, thanks to groups like the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Claiming that alcohol was at the root of the ills of American society, these organizations campaigned tirelessly for local and national prohibition laws. By 1910, 37 of West Virginia's 55 counties were dry, with a statewide prohibition amendment enacted at midnight on June 30, 1914. In 1919, West Virginia became the 21st state to ratify the national prohibition amendment, which went into effect under the Volstead Act in January 1920.
As saloons across the country closed their doors, the illegal production and distribution of alcohol boomed. In West Virginia, which was already known for its moonshine industry, bootlegging flourished. At this time, "the Strip" along 4th Avenue between 10th and 11th Streets of downtown Huntington became a prime location for speakeasies, gambling dens, and brothels. The Strip included Crescent Pool Hall, where bootlegged whiskey could be purchased, and an apartment above the State Theater where people could buy illegal drinks. Between the pool hall and theater were apartments that housed brothels, along with "alley joints" where people could purchase alcohol.
William Allen Cross was the manager of several downtown theaters during the Prohibition era, including the Keith Albee and the State Theater. In a 1974 interview, Cross discussed the Strip during Prohibition and told stories of bootlegging at the time. Cross did not make moonshine himself, but he was a regular buyer of illegal liquor and knew the Strip well. He and his friends drank moonshine out of "horse quarts," and he had his moonshine delivered to him while he was at work. Cross' supplier had a distillery in Merritt's Creek, and he recalled that there were numerous others in the area, including in an abandoned coal field in Scotstown, Ohio. According to Cross, local law enforcement rarely bothered bootleggers, as bribes in the form of booze or money, known as "rake-offs," were common.
National prohibition ended on December 5, 1933 with the ratification of the 21st Amendment. In 1934, West Virginia voters approved amendments to the state constitution, which officially permitted the production, sale, and transporting of alcohol within the state. According to Cross, business along the Strip declined significantly after Prohibition ended. Once people could buy alcohol legally once again, the gambling joints and brothels that seemed to go hand in hand with bootleggers also lost business. By 1945, the illicit activities that gave the Strip its notoriety had disappeared or relocated elsewhere, leaving the district to become just another part of Huntington's downtown.
Behr, Edward. Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., 2013.
Coffey, Thomas M. The Long Thirst: Prohibition in America, 1920-1933. New York: W. W. Norton, Incorporated, 1975.
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America, 1870-1940. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2001.
Oral history of Willam Allen Cross, Marshall University Special Collections, OH64-158, Huntington, WV.
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Manuscript of Willam Cross' oral history.
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Ohio State University website about Prohibition, including cartoons and photos
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CBS video about Prohibition
Article about enforcing Prohibition in West Virginia
Online exhibit about WWI in West Virginia, including a section about Prohibition
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Huntington Social History Bike Tour
A tour designed for bicycle exploring important events and places in the social history of Huntington, WV.
Downtown Huntington Walking Tour
This tour of downtown Huntington begins at the statue of Colis P. Huntington and proceeds to some of the city's historic buildings, theaters, churches, monuments, and markers. The tour includes a number of "time capsule" entries that allow you to experience civil rights demonstrations, bootlegging, and buildings and monuments that have been lost to time. After a stop at the Convention and Visitor's Bureau, the tour continues to the Riverfront Park, an art gallery, and medical history museum. The tour concludes at the Marshall Hall of Fame Cafe, where you can enjoy exhibits related to the history of Marshall sports and well-earned refreshments.
Discover U.S. 60: The Midland Trail
Originating first as a buffalo trail adopted by Native Americans for east-west tavel, today the Midland Trail remains an important route of travel across West Virginia.


This workshop is about Transient Alert Mechanisms at all wavelengths in context of the Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA).
The goal of this workshop is to connect people from different instruments and collaborations to develop standards for the generation, dissemination, distribution, and reaction to multi-messenger events. Particular focus will be to investigate potential scientific synergies for implementing methods for automated follow-up observations. This workshop will give outside parties (from small optical telescopes to space programmes) the chance to connect to these developments.
The detection of astrophysical transients has become very important in astronomy and many efforts have started to enable follow-up observations at other wavelengths within hours or even minutes of a transient detection. A common interest of the ASTERICS partners is to port these practices to multi-messenger astronomy and implement them for the large-scale RIs (including the E-ELT) of the future. The exchange of the event messages can be implemented through VOEvents, defined by the Virtual Observatory community. However, for joint programmes this effort must be enhanced to include the exchange of instrument status information and to define and implement handshake protocols to allow predictable and reliable handling of follow-up, or joint, observations. Because future observatories may create up to millions of alerts per night (e.g. LSST), a critical focus area will be on tools that can distil the most promising triggers for a specific facility. This implies a major effort dealing with the receiving system, authorisation, prioritisation and identity methodology.
While the talks of this workshop are by invite only, we encourage you to register if you plan to attend the workshop.


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Seed prices to affect cropping season
Mandla Tshuma2nd October 2019
High seed prices, which are beyond the reach of many communal farmers, are likely to hamper the success of the 2019/2020 cropping season.
According to the Meteorological Services Department (MSD), most parts of the country will receive good rains in the first three months – October to December.
The last three months, according to the same department are likely to be not so good for drought-prone areas like the Matabeleland region.
Seed prices, just like those for basic commodities, have now astronomically surged owing to the ever-weakening local currency and increasing exchange rates, which are used by retailers in pricing their goods.
For example, at one retail outlet in Bulawayo a 10-kilogramme bag of maize seed costs between ZW$217 and ZW$360, depending on the variety.
Patson Mlilo, a farmer in Umguza told CITE unless the government intervenes, the agricultural output for many farmers would be severely affected.
"The prices for seed are just too high and very few farmers can afford them," said Mlilo.
"The government which has in the past intervened through GMB has not done so yet."
However, presenting a State of the Nation Address in Harare yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said the government had set aside ZWL$1, 8 billion towards the production of strategic crops, such as maize, soya beans and cotton in the imminent 2019 to 2020 cropping season.
"Of this amount, ZWL$ 567, 4 million has been allocated for the provision of inputs for vulnerable households and ZWL$332 million to ensure the procurement of inputs for cotton production," he explained.
In the past communal farmers have resorted to untreated seed from previous seasons, in the process lowering their output.
Meanwhile, Chief Agritex officer for Matabeleland North, Dumisani Nyoni, last week told CITE, they were urging farmers in Matabeleland to major in small grains, which are suitable for the region.
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I am proud to be sponsored by the following companies. Please click on the link to view their websites.
These are incredible companies which share my values and support me and my goals. Their support will enable me to attend 8 international races in 2016, fuel my car to drive to training/races, pay for flights back and forth to London to train at the Olympic site and allow me to buy a new boat. Having their support is invaluable.


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Монтеагудо () — имя собственное; распространено в виде топонимов.
 Монтеагудо — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Наварра.
 Монтеагудо-де-лас-Викариас — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Сория в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия и Леон.
 Монтеагудо-де-лас-Салинас — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Куэнка, в составе автономного сообщества Кастилия—Ла-Манча.
 Монтеагудо-дель-Кастильо — муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Теруэль, в составе автономного сообщества Арагон.
 Замок Монтеагудо — средневековый замок около одноимённого посёлка.


I've wanted to get a tattoo for years. (Yeah. I know. Who hasn't at this point?) I am not an early adopter of anything cultural or technological. I wait and ponder and wait and ponder some more. This means I am always years behind the "cool curve". It also means that when I finally do something new, I love it.
When I told Daughter #1 what I finally decided on for my ink, she thought it was such a good idea, she wanted to get a matching one. We went to Phoenix Rising in North Syracuse together on Saturday, where Kim (whom I adore) did the honors.
Sorry the picture is a little unclear. Remember, this is only a couple of days old so it is still raw looking. It is done in shades of brown. I'll post another photo in a month when it is healed.
And now you are asking yourself, what the hell does that mean? Why would someone tattoo Hwæt into their right wrist?
It is a word from Old English, aka Anglo-Saxon, which was spoken from roughly the mid 400s- 1200s. (Although scholars disagree about this a little. Scholars never seem to agree on anything, do they?) The first letter is an H. The second letter is not a P. It is a Wynn. That is a letter in Anglo-Saxon that we don't have in modern English. It makes a sound like a W. The next letter looks like an A and an E smushed together. And the last letter is T.
It is pronounced "hwet". And I think it is a very, very important word.
Hwæt is the first word of the oldest piece of Anglo-Saxon poetry we have, Beowulf. Scholars argue about this too, but most would say the story was probably first told around the year 600 and written down around the year 1000. Hwaet is the bard calling to the audience to listen to him/her. The storyteller, with this word, is basically saying "Yo. Have a seat. Lend me your ears. " Here is the rest of the poem.
To me, it means everything. It connects me to the roots of my language and to my calling as a storyteller. Hi, my name is Laurie and I'll be your bard this evening. Would you like to look at our mead list?
The daughter attached to the wrist on the left, Stef, is a word geek, too. This is her fifth tattoo…. they are all composed of words. The first one was the alphabet. Yes, i was very proud.
So that is the story of my ink. It has nothing to do with any of my books and everything to do with all of my writing.
It's two weeks until TWISTED is released. Let the nausea begin.
I expect to get back my editor's comments on my WIP today. I want to try and turn it around before I leave. More tummy-twisting.
Oh, and yeah, the book tour is in two weeks and I am obsessing about packing and I need to remember to buy Sleepytime Tea for the trip and to pack my vitamins and I better get to the gym because exercise time will be short and it is snowing again and they closed Rt. 81 because nobody could see anything. But, really, I'm fine. Really. I just need a nap.
Theo has given the homepage of my website a new feel. He also posted the Tour Online, and started putting up the dedicated TWISTED pages.
I am going to eat Tums now.
Oh, and I got a tattoo this weekend. What did you do?


Oh Summer! The heat, humidity and rain!
Light, light and light…..clothes, colors and food.
When it comes to clothes, my summer wear is mostly cotton and chiffon. These are clothes that can keep me comfortable throughout the day. I always love sarees and chic Indian outfits. Indian Skirts are also one my favorite. Denims and Track pants are usually worn during travels.
When on a holiday, I dress according to the weather and location of the destination, of course, with primacy given to comfort, fun and suitcase weight.
The discomfort of summer disappears to some extent at the sight of mango, litchi and bamboo shoot ….. just love them. Apart from them, prefer the seasonal vegetables, greens, fish, chicken, etc cooked in our traditional refreshing style without too much of spices. Tender coconut is my drink during summer. My kitchen is one where both North and Northeast cuisines are prepared daily (my husband being a North Indian and me, from Northeast). At times Global cuisines like Oriental, continental, et al, also peeps out of kitchen when I am in the mood to cook, especially when kids are at home for their vacation.
The changing weather conditions have now given us a longer summer, so better make the best out of what we have and enjoy.


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All photos with margins are printed using Optical Centre method, where the margin is slightly wider (generally 1 cm) at the bottom of the print. This printing method is used to make it look as if the photo is placed in the middle of the frame.
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We offer three types of frames: black, white, and oak. They come in horizontal and vertical sizes of 21x30 cm, 30x40 cm, 40x50 cm, 50x70 cm, 70x100 cm, and in square sizes of 30x30 cm, 40x40 cm, 50x50 cm, 60x60 cm, and 70x70 cm. At this time we only offer square frames in black and in white.
Check out the Inspiration page for images of the frames.
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We currently accept Kolla Photographer submissions. See this page for more info.
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$44b export target set Cash incentives to nine new products
The government has approved cash incentive for nine new export products with a view to promote their sales in overseas market. These products are frozen soft-shell crab, pharmaceutical products and its raw materials, ceramics, galvanizing sheets, photovoltaic module, razor and razor blade, chlorine, hydrochloric acid, Sodium Hydroxide (caustic soda)(NaOH) and Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
The government policymakers at a meeting on Wednesday brought these products under its cash incentive programme. High officials of the Ministry of Finance and Commerce, Bangladesh Bank (BB) and concerned divisions and agencies attend the meeting held in the Bangladesh Secretariat.
"Cash incentive has been approved for nine new products considering their export potentials in global market," a senior government official told The New Nation yesterday on condition of anonymity. He said the products will receive 10 per cent cash incentives on their exports from the current fiscal year. Besides, export of readymade garments to new markets will enjoy 4 per cent cash incentive from this fiscal instead of 3 per cent earlier.
"The government has expanded the list of the export subsidy eligible products in line with its goal to reach the country's export earnings to US$60 billion by 2021," he added. A total of 27 categories of goods and products got cash incentive ranging from two per cent to 20 per cent in the immediate past fiscal year 2017-18(2017-18) fiscal year when the government extended Tk 4,500 crore cash subsidy against their exports. Meanwhile, the government has set an export target of US$44 billion for fiscal 2018-19 (FY19), projecting a 6.4 per cent growth.
Of the target, US$39 billion has been projected from merchandise export while US$5 billion from services.
Export target for readymade garments fixed at US$39.69 billion. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed announced the target in a media briefing held in the conference room of the ministry yesterday. He said the government has decided to provide cash incentive to nine new products along with the existing 27 items in the current fiscal to boost export. Bangladesh's export income stood US$36.67 billion US dollars in fiscal year 2017-18 with ready-made garments accounted for 82 per cent of its total export.
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How Manheim's New Apprentice Program is Helping to Tackle the Technician Shortage – Tony Markese, VP of Reconditioning
The challenge for service managers isn't just finding warm bodies, it's finding qualified and skilled technicians who are willing to step into open positions. However, some auto industry players are taking a different approach, and training newcomers from start to finish. One of these unique initiatives is Manheim's nationwide Apprentice Program. To find out more, we recently caught up with Tony Markese, Vice President of Reconditioning at Manheim.
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Jim Fitzpatrick: Hi, everyone. I'm Jim Fitzpatrick. Thanks so much for joining us on another edition of CBT News. Today, I'm so happy to have in the studio with us, Mr. Tony Markese, who is the Vice President of Reconditioning at Manheim. Thanks for joining us on the show, Tony.
Tony Markese: Oh. Thank you for having me.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Sure. So you guys are up to some pretty cool things right now. You're launching an apprentice program to pretty much address the nationwide shortage of technicians that are out there. Talk to us about that.
Tony Markese: Yeah, we're really excited to bring this program forward. We have seen tremendous growth in our business, not only in our traditional core wholesale business, but we're really seeing a lot on the other side of our business, new opportunities with our dealer clients, new opportunities in the mobility fleet space. And so we're really seeing an intense need for new techs.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, for sure. And what are some of the struggles that you see dealers facing, trying to get their technicians into their service drive? I mean, that seems to be a real uphill battle, doesn't it?
Tony Markese: Yeah. It seems like every week we're seeing an article of our dealer partners that are struggling to find technicians, just like we are. And so we're all in this together, and we're all looking to solve it. Manheim's way is trying to grow our own.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Sure. Do you see that the shortage of technicians out there has kind of led dealers to say, "Let's let Manheim recon these cars"? Takes a huge weight off their shoulders.
Tony Markese: Absolutely. That could be one of the reasons they're looking to us, for sure.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah. Yeah. It's kind of a one-stop shopping. Manheim recently announced the apprentice program. What led to creating it?
Tony Markese: Okay. So we know that we have intense growth coming our way, and so we're really looking to solve the problem. And so what we did was, instead of trying to look into the marketplace … We know there's low unemployment, and so we decided that we have a lot of people inside of our own business, or employees that have friends that want to get into the business, and we have a great culture at Manheim, and so we wanted to get them engaged and involved. And then we have a lot of technicians that have been there for a very long time that are great teachers. And so we figured, let's put those two pieces together, let's teach them and let's grow them from within.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, that's a good point. And I would imagine that with every technician that you have, they travel in these circles, and they've got a sphere of influence themselves, of others that might want to become a technician themselves. So you probably get a lot of that, where you've got a technician's currently working places, "I know somebody," or, "I've got a buddy of mine," or, "I know so-and-so that wants to jump in." It's great opportunity, right?
Tony Markese: Absolutely. And we have thousands of employees. We've got 15,000 employees. Many of them just drive cars for a living, because that's a big part of our business, but a lot of them are looking to progress into the company. They love working for Manheim, and they say, "Hey." This is another opportunity for them to advance their careers, get a skill, and continue to evolve with the company.
Jim Fitzpatrick: That's right. And God knows, good technicians can make a pile of money right now, can't they?
Tony Markese: Absolutely. Absolutely.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah. So more specifically, how does the program work?
Tony Markese: So we've had plenty of applicants. We have 21 locations that are doing this program. We have 29 mentors that these new mentees will work under. So they'll work under them for a 12 week program, and then they'll graduate and they'll become a Technician I at one of our facilities.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Wow. That's fantastic. Pretty easy. What are some of the success stories that are coming out?
Tony Markese: Well, we always love to see some of the lower level folks. So, we've had a driver that just always thought he could be a technician. He joined the program and voila, now he's a mechanic.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, for sure. That sounds pretty cool. Making a lot more money than he was as a driver.
Tony Markese: No doubt. And it has a lot of upside, right?
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah.
Tony Markese: Because you can continue to advance. We allow them to go through more technical training, so ASE certification, things like that. They become Master Technicians.
Jim Fitzpatrick: And how long typically would it maybe take somebody like that to become a Master Technician?
Tony Markese: Yeah, that's a multi-year journey, for sure, but it's on the horizon for them.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, that's pretty cool. And what's creating such a huge demand for technicians? What's driving that?
Tony Markese: You know, I think that we're not seeing those folks coming into the marketplace anymore, whether it be the millennial generation or whatever. We're seeing fewer of those folks come and enter through the vocational schools, things like that, like we used to see. Plus, we've had tremendous demand. Vehicles are lasting longer, and there's a lot more work that needs to get done on them.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Sure. Today, it's a skill that, as one dealer that we were talking to last week talked about the technicians that he's hiring, he said, "These guys barely get their hands dirty, because the car is so technically advanced now that everything is computer." You know, they're hooking their computer up to the computer that's in the car, and in some cases resetting it or programming it, or what have you, and that's not the most traditional sense of what you think of when you think about a technician, right?
Tony Markese: No. You're right on point, and I think that will really help us as we go forward, is the car's more like a game these days, right? And so, a lot of this generation that loves to play the video games, I think they love to jump into this space.
Jim Fitzpatrick: I turn my cell phone over to my kids now and say, "Here. Fix this app. Would one of you … What am I doing wrong?" And now we're going to be doing it with our cars. You know, calling the kids, "Get in the car. Show me what's wrong with this." And how many technicians does Manheim anticipate hiring in the coming years?
Tony Markese: Oh, we think we're going to need about 500 new technicians in the coming years.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Wow. Huge opportunity.
Tony Markese: Yeah. We're really looking to almost double our reconditioning business, and so we have about 500 or so today. We're going to look and double that workforce.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Oh my gosh. And you've got those that are retiring from the company that have been doing that, as well. You've got to replace those individuals. And so this may even have a trickle-down on some of the dealers that are out there, where a technician starts with you and finds their way over to a dealership, right?
Tony Markese: That certainly happens.
Jim Fitzpatrick: But you don't want them to leave, but that may happen. Or, the reverse of that, where there are some dealerships out there that have got, maybe, somebody in a wash rack that didn't have the opportunity at a dealership that says, "Hey, Manheim is looking to take me to the next level here," right?
Tony Markese: Yeah, for sure. I think that's one of the things. And they can progress within our company. It's more than just being a technician, right? They could become a manager of many other departments within our business, and so there's tons of opportunity when you join Manheim. And so this is just another avenue to do that.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah. There's no question about it. And getting back to what I started the interview with earlier with, and that is, there's probably dealers out there saying, "Man, just to have let Manheim recondition the car takes a huge weight off my shoulders as a dealer." Then the notion that that car comes frontline ready, for the most part, is huge, right?
Tony Markese: That's music to my ears. Absolutely. Yeah. We always view ourselves as really the largest shops in the country. We handle all three shops. We have mechanic shop, body shop and detail shop, and we really hope that we could serve many of our clients that way.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, for sure. They're counting on it, right? Are you all doing anything beyond the apprentice program to help combat the shrinking auto technician shortage?
Tony Markese: Yeah, well we're certainly partnering with our friends in the industry. So the National Auto Auction Association has been very coming forward, looking for techs and helping us. We've also partnered with TechForce, who's going out into communities and the high schools, really trying to drum up more interest in some of the tech fields.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, for sure. I mean, a tech these days can make six figures very easily. It's a great career. And then, of course, to be with a company like Manheim, where you've got phenomenal benefits and a career path ahead of you, it's almost a no-brainer for some of these kids.
Tony Markese: We hope so.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah, that's for sure. And then, I would imagine you've got some people that have come into the program that might be old guys like us, right, that say, "I want to get into this and see if I can learn a skill here." You're never too old, right?
Tony Markese: We certainly have no age restrictions, or anything like that. Yeah, for sure.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah. Maybe even some retirees …
Tony Markese: Some retirees could certainly [crosstalk] jump in if they want to learn a new skill.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah. Somebody's out at 55, of their other career and say, "Hey, I've still got a lot of runway ahead of me," right?
Tony Markese: Absolutely.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Yeah. That's pretty cool. With so much demand, is Manheim making any major investments in reconditioning?
Tony Markese: Oh, yeah. We've invested almost $40 million in the last couple of years in the reconditioning space. So there's a lot of different things that are going into that. Some of it is people, some of it is process, where we're looking at facilities, things like that, and then we're building some technology that we haven't previously utilized inside of our shops, so it's great stuff.
Jim Fitzpatrick: That's fantastic. So all of these things are tools that help dealers. I mean, you guys at Cox Automotive, you've got your hand on the pulse of what's happening, and also what dealers need. You know, when you talk to many dealers, they're trying to run a very efficient dealership. They don't need a million people running around on the payroll, and I think a program like this, where it's one-stop shopping for a used car manager to get their cars and get them reconned and get them sent to the dealership, is a huge advantage for dealers, right?
Tony Markese: Yeah, Jim, and we're really seeing not only traditional dealers, but obviously these new digital retailers are really a big opportunity for us because they don't really want to set up brick and mortar everywhere. And so it's really a huge opportunity for us.
Jim Fitzpatrick: Okay. Well Tony Markese, Vice President of Recondition at Manheim, thank you so much for joining us here at CBT News. It's been great.
Tony Markese: It's been great being with you, Jim. Thanks.
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Baron Howard of Penrith, of Gowbarrow in the County of Cumberland, ist ein erblicher britischer Adelstitel in der Peerage of the United Kingdom.

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Der Titel wurde am 10. Juli 1930 dem Diplomaten Sir Esmé Howard verliehen, anlässlich seines Dienstendes als britischer Botschafter in den USA. Er stammte aus der Adelsfamilie Howard und war ein Urenkel des 11. Duke of Norfolk.

Heutiger Titelinhaber ist seit 1999 sein Enkel Philip Howard als 3. Baron.

Liste der Barone Howard of Penrith (1930)
 Esmé Howard, 1. Baron Howard of Penrith (1863–1939)
 Francis Howard, 2. Baron Howard of Penrith (1905–1999)
 Philip Howard, 3. Baron Howard of Penrith (* 1945)

Titelerbe (Heir apparent) ist der Sohn des aktuellen Titelinhabers, Hon. Thomas Philip Howard (* 1974).

Siehe auch
 Baron Howard

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Charles Kidd: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. Debrett's Ltd, London 2014, ISBN 0-9929348-2-6.

Weblinks
 Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
 Baron Howard of Penrith bei Cracroft's Peerage

Howard of Penrith

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This homemade chicken ham is super easy to make and super versatile. Make it during the weekend and you can use it for sandwiches, chicken salad or just serve it by itself as an appetiser – you can use it in many ways! In this recipe I used dried basil, but you can use your favourite herbs. This is "ham" so it can last for about a week in the fridge.
Rub sea salt and brown sugar into the chicken breast.
Sprinkle dried basil leaves and black pepper over the chicken evenly.
Wrap the chicken with plastic wrap very tightly . Make sure that there is no air inside. Let the chicken rest over night in a cooler place of the fridge.
Next day, take the chicken out from the fridge and unwrap it from the plastic wrap. Then wrap it again with new clean plastic wrap tightly, like a candy wrapper. Tie up each end with a rubber band. Make sure that there is no air inside.
Boil water in a pot. Place the wrapped chicken in the pot. Reduce the heat to low/medium. Keep cooking it for 20 minutes. While cooking, turn the chicken occasionally.
Turn the heat off and let it sit for about 3 hours or until the water has cooled down.
After 3 hours, remove the chicken from the pot and get rid of water inside. Wipe moisture around the chicken and wrap it with new plastic wrap. Place it in the fridge over night.
It is ready to eat the next day. Unwrap and slice the chicken thinly to serve.
Sprinkle Salt and Black Pepper on both side of the Chicken Breast. Wrap it with paper towel and rest it for at least 20 minutes.
Heat a frying-pan over high heat. Once the frying-pan becomes very hot, place Chicken on the pan and reduce the heat to medium.
Cook it for 5 minutes and then turn. Cool the other side for 8 minutes and then turn the heat off. If you see any red raw part of the Chicken, just put the side down on the frying-pan for 20 seconds to seal it.
*When the Chicken is removed from the flying-pan, it is ok that Chicken is not completely cooked. The Chicken will be cooked while resting in the alfoil by afterheat. This makes the Chicken most.


Famous politician Praful Patel's daughter Poorna Patel got married to Namit Soni with full pomp and show in Mumbai. The celebrations that have been going on since the past few days came to an end last night with the wedding reception. A lot of Bollywood stars, sports personalities and politicians attended the wedding reception and made their presence felt. The top one being Bollywood's King Khan, Shah Rukh Khan, who came in dressed sharply in an all-black suit with his hair pushed back in place. We also snapped Mahendra Singh Dhoni with his wife Sakshi Dhoni, who is one of Poorna's closest friends in attendance at the function with their little one Ziva Dhoni. Sachin Tendulkar and his wife Anjali Tendulkar were also clicked as they made their way inside amidst media frenzy and a lot of other guests.
Take a look at these biggies from B-town and the cricket world below as they attended Poorna Patel's wedding reception and caught everyone's attention.