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то подтягивается из меты description, что мне не нужно. Как я понимаю, соц.сети пытаются вытащить описание любой ценой и попробовав подставить пустышку
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ничего не меняется. Как реализовать возможность репостнуть ссылку с одним лишь изображением и самой ссылкой?

A: Решение оказалось не самым элегантным, но вполне рабочим. Иной невидимый спецсимвол . Правда строка под описание остается, хоть и пустая.
UPD: Фейсбук всё равно тащит описание.

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MANCHESTER City have tabled a £25million bid for long-time target Samuel Eto'o but played down claims they have offered to make him the world's best-paid player.
Barcelona president Joan Laporta said City had made a "stratospheric offer" to lure Cameroon striker Eto'o to Eastlands amid reports they had promised to pay him £180,000 a week after tax – equivalent to £252,000 gross.
Those figures would make him football's top earner, on £12m a year, but City insiders say that even though they are the richest club on the planet thanks to the backing of their oil-wealthy Abu Dhabi owners, they would not sanction that sort of mind-boggling contract.
Laporta told Catalan radio station iCat FM: "Eto'o has a stratospheric offer from City, which would convert him into the best-paid player in the world.
City suspect Laporta is simply trying to prevent a backlash from Barca fans.
A deal would be good business for Barca as Eto'o – a hero in Catalonia after scoring 125 goals in 186 games – can leave as a free agent next summer.
It would also give them the cash to try to outbid rivals Real Madrid for Valencia's David Villa.
City have permission to speak to Eto'o but are unlikely to offer any more than the £160,000 a week gross they are understood to pay Robinho for fear of dressing-room unrest and inviting more condemnation of a 'spend, spend, spend' policy.


Playing Cupid: SDOs Jonathan Fong and Sabryna Tay plan ways to get the Public Service's singles to meet.
Cupid doesn't have any easy job in Singapore. Just ask Social Development Officers (SDO) Jonathan Fong and Sabryna Tay. They are part of the SDO Network, which aims to get singles in the Public Service to mingle socially – hopefully leading them to friendship, and eventually, love and marriage.
"Don't come near me, I don't want to be seen with you. I'm not single!" This was what one officer actually said as she scrambled to her feet upon seeing a group of SDOs approaching, related Mr Fong. The SDOs had been going around to ministries and agencies to introduce themselves to officers, when the team was newly formed in late 2009.
"We have to be very thick-skinned. After a while, when they know that we are not there to push them, but to widen their social network… they will slowly open up to us," said Mr Fong. The SDO Network falls under the Social Development Network (SDN), which reports to the Ministry of Social and Family Development.
Here's their modus operandi: The SDO Network works closely with public agencies to work out ways to engage singles. They map out work schedules and organise dating events so singles from different agencies can meet and widen their networks – even when it means giving up their own weekends to organise these functions.
While the SDOs are "the face" of the Network, there are other officers – more experienced in the dating business – who arrange one-on-one matchmaking sessions for those who prefer them.
"We always change our strategy to suit different personalities. We've a wide range of programmes from hiking to dancing to coffee appreciation for people with different interests. We were touched when some [participants] wrote in to inform us that they appreciated our efforts and they had good time learning new skills and making new friends at the same time," said Ms Tay.
Despite being regarded as "the plague" by some, our unsung heroes say they are proud to have converted some sceptics, who went on subsequent dates after attending SDO events and have changed their attitude towards dating services.
So the next time you singles see SDOs approaching, don't run. Give them – and love – a chance.
For more on the SDO Network, call Jonathan Fong at 9722 6408 and Sabryna Tay at 9711 9243.


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Going paleo means making sure your kitchen is ready for your new way of healthy eating. This obviously means getting rid of unhealthy processed foods, refined sugar and flour, carbonated beverages, most of your vegetable oils and other paleo-unfriendly food items.
But just like there are things you need to get rid of, there are also things that will become very valuable to you. These are your paleo cooking essentials and you will need to keep these essentials on hand to replace all of the processed foods you will be removing from your life. On the paleo diet plan, as with any dietary approach, there are going to be foods and beverages that you are going to love as well as foods and drinks that you absolutely hate. That's just part of a lifestyle change. Thankfully though, there are many people who have already walked this 'Paleo path', and they have roughly 45 food items that became staples in their transition. And these foods can become staples in your life too.


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Here are some tips that'll help you survive the onslaught.
It's set up like a traditional first-person shooter. You'll keep your right hand on the right side of the screen to control your aim and direction, while the left will allow you to move around the map, including strafing from side to side. Other functions, including jumping, shooting and reloading your weapon can be performed with the smaller buttons on the lower right hand side of the screen.
The controls take some getting used to, but after a few rounds, you'll get into it in no time.
This is where the game can take a while, as it does take a minute or so to set up a match. However, the option is right there in the main menu, and it doesn't cost anything to set up a multiplayer match. It just takes a little bit of time for everyone to get in, so be patient.
If you don't have online or local friends to team up with, you still have the survival campaign, where you'll face off against plenty of enemies. There's something for everyone.
There are three main weapons you'll use in the game - your primary, your secondary and your melee. You'll start out with an assault rifle, pistol and knife, but you can upgrade these in the armory using coins earned throughout each mission or online battle, or through buying them separately (more on that below).
Various weapons are available, including a Colt pistol, a heavy machine gun, an AK47 and others. Shop around and see what each of the different weapons do for you. We're particularly fond of the AK-47, mainly because of the ammunition it packs.
Make sure to shop around for shields as well, as these can protect you from enemy hits. They'll open up as you complete more missions in the game, with the option to purchase.
It's rather easy. There's an option on the main menu to create your own character from scratch to use in the game's many modes, with a number of options at your fingertips. Let your imagination run wild, and see what you can come up with. It might even be better than our designs.
The game is generally free-to-play, so you don't need to worry about dropping any funds unless you want some of the better weapons right away. In that case, you can spend anywhere from $1.99 for 30 coins up to $99.99 for 2,000 coins. We suggest sticking to playing through the rounds and seeing what you can unlock. It's more fun that way.


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Taipei Times: Ian Easton on Taiwan: Can we be honest about China?
Of course, the confusion about China is not the result of an accident. It's by design. The CCP employs millions of people in both civilian and military organizations whose main purpose is to distort the truth. We're not talking about simply spinning the news to benefit the regime. All governments, and, indeed, all organized groups of people, spin the news to one degree or another. No, we're talking about the wholesale destruction of the truth, the corruption of meaning and thought itself, and the fabrication of facts in tandem with the concealment of facts.
To get a sense of how this manifests itself and why it matters, try to engage a Chinese government official in conversation on Tibet, or Hong Kong, or liberal democracy. Try to read an official CCP document on pretty much anything. It won't take you very long to become seriously befuddled by all the logical contradictions and lies you are being hit with.
The CCP inhabits an alternative universe. It is an organization that takes Orwellian mass surveillance for granted and believes murder in the name of the state is normal — even just. Xi Jinping's establishment of concentration camps and his war on religion are chilling reminders that China is in the grip of a wicked and warped regime. Make no mistake about it, China's leaders are tyrants. But they are also very sophisticated and smart. Some might even say diabolical.
This matters a great deal because China is not weak like North Korea. China is a powerful, hyper-competitive authoritarian power that seeks world domination. Beijing intends to undermine the liberal world order and replace it with something unenlightened and dark.
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Has My Prussia Origins Theory Gone Up in Smoke?
My maternal grandparents, Gustav Lange and Wilhelmina Schalin, considered themselves German, wrote to their siblings in German, read a German Bible, and spoke German in their home until their eldest daughter came home from her first day of school in tears because she could not speak English. However, only Gustav Lange lived in Germany, briefly, for five years from 1906 through 1911 when he worked in Essen in order to send money home and save for his passage to Canada. At this time I do not know from where in Germany our Lange or Schalin ancestors originated
The Lange-Ludwig grandparents of my grandfather, Gustav Lange, were born near present day Lodz, Poland, in the 1840s and moved to the Volyn Oblast in Ukraine in the early 1880s. The paternal ancestors of my grandmother, Wilhelmina Schalin, lived in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, about halfway between Poznan and Lodz since at least the 1790s. They moved to the Volyn Oblast in Ukraine between 1861 and 1863. I know nothing of Wilhelmina Schalin's mother beyond her name.
Migrations of the Lange (red circles) and Schalin (green squares) families;
created using Google Maps
But from where did the Lange and Schalin families originate? I assumed Germany since Grandma and Grandpa Lange spoke German as their native language, but I wanted to know more. I spent a lot of time delving into the history of Poland and Ukraine. I learned the area of Poland where the Lange and Schalin families lived was known as South Prussia after 1793 and the Second Partition of Poland by Prussia and Russia. So perhaps they were from Prussia.
When Ancestry unveiled its genetic communities, I looked at them for all the Lange-Schalin DNA tests I administered.
Lange-Schalin relatives I have DNA tested (red outline); created
using Microsoft Powerpoint
On the day after genetic communities were launched, we all shared at least one genetic community and it was Northern Germans, which included Prussia. But as Ancestry has continued to refine the genetic communities, the picture has gotten muddier. As of 30 June 2017, the genetic communities are now:
Genetic communities of the Lange relatives' DNA tests; created using
It appears as if some genetic communities were refined and some of my Lange relatives lost some or all of genetic communities and new ones were added.
Map of Northern Germans genetic community; courtesy of Ancestry.com
Northern Germans was the genetic community we all shared when Ancestry launched its genetic communities though it does not reflect the eastern migration of hundreds of thousands of Germans to current day Russia, Poland, and Ukraine.
Germans, Netherlanders, Belgians & Luxembourgians Ancestry genetic
community; courtesy of Ancestry.com
The Germans, Netherlanders, Belgians & and Luxembourgians was a new genetic community and likely a refinement. It has a great deal of overlap with Northern Germans but extends more westward, which does not support my Prussia origins theory.
Northern (yellow) and southern (red) origins of Germans in the Midwest
Ancestry genetic community; courtesy of Ancestry.com
Germans in the Midwest originated from both northern and southern Germany. So it could still support my Prussia theory.
And the problem...
German origins of the Germans from Baden-Wurttemberg in the Dakotas
There is no way, Germans from Baden-Wurttemberg may be considered northern Germans from the area that was once Prussia. So at this point my thinking is the genetic communities are interesting but not helpful. Pretty much what I have found ethnicity estimates to be. Sometimes they make sense; sometimes they don't.
On the settings page of each DNA test is a privacy section. That section states the following about ethnicity:
"Show the participant's complete ethnicity profile to their DNA matches. This means the participant's DNA matches will see both the participant's full ethnicity estimate and all the Genetic Communities. (If left unselected, the participant's DNA matches will only see the portion of the participant's ethnicity estimate and the Genetic Communities they share in common.)"
I have not selected this for any of the tests I administer, but I changed this setting from my test and my mother's test to select it. Then went to Mom's match from the home page of my DNA test. I could see all of her ethnicity estimates but not her genetic communities. And I should have been able to see them. So there is still work for Ancestry to do in this area.
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CHaD practice: Day 2
Notes from the second day of practice for this year's CHaD New Hampshire East/West All-Star Game, which will be played Saturday (1 p.m. kickoff) at Wildcat Stadium on the University of New Hampshire campus:
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The East team will be without Winnacunnet running back Billy Powers for this year's game. Powers missed time during the regular season with a torn labrum and, according to East head coach Craig Kozens, doctors told Powers it might not be a good idea to play in the game. "It's too bad because he's a high character, high-quality kid," Kozens said. … The East roster has been further reduced by injuries to Kennett's Trevor Mills (patella tendinitis) and Windham's Hayden Wilson (ACL surgery). In addition, Winnacunnet's Jordan Gallagher won't play because of a family/personal issue. … West head coach Eric Brown said Milford lineman Michael Boucher and Lebanon's Matt Eylander are among the players on his team who have stood out in practice. Eylander was scheduled to play tight end, but Brown said he will also see time at wide receiver. "It's so different than traditional high school football," Brown said. "You put something in and the players go 'all right' and it's in. Things are progressing a lot faster than we thought." … The West will vote on captains Tuesday. … Kozens said he really likes his stable of running backs, which includes Salem's Charles Sibanda, Pinkerton's Ty Hicks and St. Thomas' Tim Bouchard. "Bouchard is one of the most well-rounded kids we've got." Kozens said. "He can even long snap." … Each team is limited to four offensive formations and had to declare it's defensive front. Both teams will use a '40' or four-man defensive line. … The West will hold one practice today beginning at 9 a.m. "We were in full pads for both practices (Saturday), so we'll taper off a bit and be in just uppers," Brown said. "We'll go from nine to 11, take a 20-minute break and hope to be off the field by 1:30 p.m."
More information on this year's game, including how to donate to the cause or purchase tickets, can be found on the CHaD East-West All-Star Game web site.
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When arranging your European journey, test your arrival and departures dates and see if they choose into account peak, off-peak and shoulder travel periods.
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The 2013 season was the franchise's 38th season in the National Football League, and the second under head coach Greg Schiano. It also marked the 19th and final season under the ownership of Malcolm Glazer, who died on May 28, 2014. The Buccaneers finished with a record of 4–12 and failed to improve their 7–9 record from last season, and were eliminated from postseason contention in Week 13.
The team got off to a dismal start, which created considerable tension inside and outside the locker room, as well as among fans. The fan support of head coach Greg Schiano began to decay, as illustrated by a local radio station erecting a billboard carrying the message "Fire Schiano." The trouble started on opening day, as Tampa Bay had a last-second loss to the Jets, owing primarily to a personal foul late hit penalty, which advanced the Jets into field goal range, and an improbable comeback victory. Late-game losses to New Orleans, Arizona, and Seattle brought the Buccaneers to an 0–8 start. The Buccaneers won four of their next five games, but were ultimately eliminated from playoff contention by December, and they dropped the last three games.
One day after the conclusion of the regular season, head coach Greg Schiano and general manager Mark Dominik were fired.
For the first time since 2009, all eight regular season home games were announced as a "sellout," and no regular season games were blacked out locally.
Darrelle Revis was named the Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year.
The season started out on a rocky note, as reports of a rift between head coach Greg Schiano and starting quarterback Josh Freeman were coming from the locker room. Freeman was entering the final season of his contract, and trade rumors were already being tossed around by media and fans. An allegation surfaced that Schiano rigged the voting for team captains, which prevented Freeman from being selected by his teammates. The next day, Freeman missed the annual team photo session, an absence he blamed on "oversleeping." After starting the season 0–3, Freeman was quickly criticized for his poor offensive output, throwing a league-worst 45.3% completion percentage, two interceptions, and only two touchdown passes. It was also leaked that Freeman was a stage one participant in the NFL drug program, a situation related to his treatment of ADHD. On week four, Freeman was benched in favor of rookie Mike Glennon, and on October 3, 2013, Freeman was released from the team as he granted.
During training camp, an outbreak of MRSA was reported in the Tampa Bay locker room. Carl Nicks and Lawrence Tynes contracted the infection over the summer. Nicks missed several games, while Tynes was placed on the non-football injured reserve list. After a third player, Johnthan Banks, was diagnosed in early October, the week 6 games against the Eagles was in jeopardy of postponement, due to concerns over transmission. However, it was held as scheduled after medical specialists and NFLPA representatives inspected the facility.


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6 years ago today, Assange was sent into exile at Ecuador Embassy (Video)
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On Tuesday June 19th, 2012, Julian Assange walked into the Ecuador's embassy in London to claim asylum.
The WikiLeaks founder walked into the Ecuadorian embassy and claimed asylum under the UN's human rights declaration. This followed an unsuccessful attempt to appeal against his deportation to Sweden to face allegations of rape.
The following morning on June 20th the Metropolitan police declared that Assange, who is still under bail conditions following his unsuccessful appeal to extradition, had breached those conditions.
They police stared that they will arrest him and are aware of his current location at the embassy in Knightsbridge, west London.
The six year standoff between Julian Assange, UK police, and the US Deep State had begun.
Check out the video below which chronicles Assange's six year ordeal at the hands of UK authorities and the Deep State, along with a segment from Assange's first public appearance on August 19th, 2012 on the balcony of the Ecuador Embassy, where he would reside for the next six years.
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Here is timeline of events from 2012 until present day (Courtesy of Sky News)…
16 August: Ecuador grants the asylum request.
It means Julian Assange can be assured police are not able to enter and arrest him – as long as he doesn't leave the building – because of special diplomatic immunity rules.
Metropolitan Police guard the building in case he tries to flee to the safe haven of the South American country.
19 August: Assange appears on the embassy balcony as he urges an end to the US government "witch-hunt" of Wikileaks.
November: Five months in, Ecuador's ambassador to the UK says their guest has a chronic lung condition after being cooped up inside the building.
December: Back in front of the media on the balcony, Assange marks six months to say the "door is open" for talks with the Swedish authorities to end the deadlock.
June: A year has passed and the apparent stalemate shows no signs of being resolved.
Assange tells reporters that he fears moves to extradite him to the US are already under way and that he won't leave the embassy, even if the arrest warrant over the sex offence claims is withdrawn.
July: A defeat for Assange as the Australian loses his legal bid for Swedish authorities to cancel the arrest warrant.
August: There is speculation Assange needs hospital treatment for heart and lung problems.
He tells a news conference he will soon be leaving the embassy but dismisses claims that he is about to give up his fight over extradition to Sweden.
September: His legal team complains to the United Nations about the actions of the UK and Sweden. They say his confinement without charge amounts to illegal detention.
November: Assange loses an appeal in Sweden over the decision to uphold the arrest warrant.
December: American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky and Hollywood actor John Cusack visit Assange.
Other famous visitors to make a house call during his time in the embassy include ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson – who has dropped by on a number of occasions with a spot of lunch, Lady Gaga, Eric Cantona and civil rights campaigner Jesse Jackson.
Nigel Farage has also been spotted leaving the embassy but refused to say whether he had met Assange.
Benedict Cumberbatch, however, was shunned by the WikiLeaks boss. The actor played him in the movie The Fifth Estate and wanted to meet him to study his mannerisms.
Assange dismissed the book on which the film was based as "toxic".
March: After years of getting nowhere, Swedish prosecutors ask to question Assange inside the embassy.
June: Assange claims the appointment to interview him has been cancelled.
13 August: The inquiry into the sexual molestation and unlawful coercion allegations is dropped after a legal time limit passes – but the more serious rape allegation stands and the investigation remains active.
16 August: The Foreign Office accuses Ecuador of preventing the proper course of justice by giving Assange a safe haven.
12 October: Police call off their 24-hour watch outside the embassy after three years and an estimated cost of £12m. CCTV is later installed instead.
5 February: The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention agrees supports his legal team's appeal and says Assange is being "arbitrarily detained" at the embassy.
It urges an end to his "deprivation of liberty".
Philip Hammond, then the foreign secretary, calls it "frankly ridiculous" – a response Assange calls "insulting".
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9 February: Prosecutors say they are working on a new request to get inside the embassy and interview Assange about the rape accusation.
22 February: Lawyers go back to court to try to get the arrest warrant dropped but a month later the request is turned down.
24 March: The Government formally asks the UN to review its "deeply flawed" conclusion that Assange is being "arbitrarily detained".
May: A cat – a gift from Assange's children – takes up residence at the diplomatic outpost. The dapper feline puts in periodic appearances in the embassy window sporting a red and white striped tie.
20 June: Ecuador confirms Sweden has put in a formal request to enter the embassy and interview Assange.
9 August: Sweden's court of appeal receives an appeal that argues it must comply with the UN assertion that Assange's is being illegally deprived of his liberty.
11 August: Assange will be questioned inside the embassy, Ecuador confirms.
16 September: Sweden rejects the bid to get an arrest warrant dropped, saying nothing has changed.
14 November: Finally, Swedish authorities get their chance to put questions to the WikiLeaks founder during a two-day interview at the embassy.
Prosecutor Ingrid Isgren and police inspector Cecilia Redell were present – but it was an Ecuadorian prosecutor asking the questions.
17 January: Outgoing US president Barack Obama decides to free WikiLeaks' key whistleblower Chelsea Manning, formerly Bradley Manning.
Speculation mounts that Assange will finally draw a line under his time hunkered down in the Ecuadorian embassy after WikiLeaks tweets before the decision: "If Obama grants Manning clemency Assange will agree to US extradition despite clear unconstitutionality of DoJ (Department of Justice) case."
19 January: Assange pledges to stand by the offer to go to the US if his rights are respected.
21 April: Jeff Sessions, the new US attorney general, says Assange's arrest is a "priority".
19 May: After years of legal fighting, Sweden's prosecutor says the rape case has been dropped: "At this point, all possibilities to conduct the investigation are exhausted," says Marianne Nye.
"He has tried to dodge all attempts to avoid Swedish and British legal authorities," she adds.
Assange tweets that his "name was slandered" and that he will not "forgive or forget".
His accuser, meanwhile, says she is "shocked" and calls it a "scandal".
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If anything demonstrates the unbelievably spiteful nature of Anglo's and the American Fascist Regime, this is it. Wikileaks is not only Julien Assange – there are other staff, and they can and do go on publishing submitted materials. The grounds for charging Mr. Assange have been shown to be spurious; ridiculously made up, invented garbage to try and "pay back" Assange for the Iraq video showing gratuitous firing by US troops onto innocent,unarmed Iraq civilians, and onto a van with 2 children in who stopped to try and help the wounded. The vileness of US in Iraq was laid bare… Read more »
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Company provides fuel on the go for CNG vehicles
NewsOK – Thursday, October 10, 2013
It's getting easier to drive cross country in a vehicle fueled by compressed natural gas.
But some vehicles couldn't do it without Mark McConville.
McConville's CNG Logistics provides mobile refueling services. It is a collaboration with National Transfer, a company that pays drivers to take vehicles across the country.
McConville said there is strong demand for dedicated natural gas vehicles in California because of stringent air quality standards, but it isn't easy to get them there.
McConville's first gig, when he started his company about two years ago, was helping a CNG-fueled trash truck get to the Golden State from Alabama.
Trucks like that are well-suited for cheaper CNG, he said, because they get only about six miles a gallon.
One of the potential drawbacks of switching to an alternative fuel like CNG is finding fueling stations. McConville said "range anxiety" is magnified on cross-country trips, which is where he comes in.
McConville has a van equipped with four CNG tanks, which can hold a total of 80 gallons. He used it in 2010 when he drove his CNG-fueled 1966 Pontiac GTO along Route 66, from Santa Monica, Calif., to Chicago.
He needed to provide his own fuel along some legs of the trip because there were no public fueling stations available.
McConville said it is simple to transfer CNG from one high-pressure tank to another. Gas moves from the fuller tank to the emptier tank until the pressure equalizes.
"It's called equalizing," he said. "The very best I can do is half a tank."
McConville's service is needed because there aren't any CNG stations between Midland, Texas, and Tucson, Ariz.
"Once you leave Midland, there is a 600-mile gap," he said.


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	#include <windows.h> // for CreateMutex
#endif

#if defined ARCH_MAC
	#define GLFW_EXPOSE_NATIVE_COCOA
	#include <GLFW/glfw3native.h> // for glfwGetOpenedFilenames()
#endif

using namespace rack;

static void fatalSignalHandler(int sig) {
	// Ignore this signal to avoid recursion.
	signal(sig, NULL);
	// Ignore abort() since we call it below.
	signal(SIGABRT, NULL);

	FATAL("Fatal signal %d. Stack trace:\n%s", sig, system::getStackTrace().c_str());

	// This might fail because we might not be in the main thread.
	// But oh well, we're crashing anyway.
	std::string text = app::APP_NAME + " has crashed. See " + asset::logPath + " for details.";
	osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_ERROR, OSDIALOG_OK, text.c_str());

	abort();
}

int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
#if defined ARCH_WIN
	// Windows global mutex to prevent multiple instances
	// Handle will be closed by Windows when the process ends
	HANDLE instanceMutex = CreateMutexA(NULL, true, app::APP_NAME.c_str());
	if (GetLastError() == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS) {
		osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_ERROR, OSDIALOG_OK, "Rack is already running. Multiple Rack instances are not supported.");
		exit(1);
	}
	(void) instanceMutex;

	// Don't display "Assertion failed!" dialog message.
	_set_error_mode(_OUT_TO_STDERR);
#endif

	std::string patchPath;
	bool screenshot = false;
	float screenshotZoom = 1.f;

	// Parse command line arguments
	int c;
	opterr = 0;
	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "dht:s:u:p:")) != -1) {
		switch (c) {
			case 'd': {
				settings::devMode = true;
			} break;
			case 'h': {
				settings::headless = true;
			} break;
			case 't': {
				screenshot = true;
				// If parsing number failed, use default value
				std::sscanf(optarg, "%f", &screenshotZoom);
			} break;
			case 's': {
				asset::systemDir = optarg;
			} break;
			case 'u': {
				asset::userDir = optarg;
			} break;
			// Mac "app translocation" passes a nonsense -psn_... flag, so -p is reserved.
			case 'p': break;
			default: break;
		}
	}
	if (optind < argc) {
		patchPath = argv[optind];
	}

	// Initialize environment
	asset::init();
	logger::init();

	// We can now install a signal handler and log the output
	if (!settings::devMode) {
		signal(SIGABRT, fatalSignalHandler);
		signal(SIGFPE, fatalSignalHandler);
		signal(SIGILL, fatalSignalHandler);
		signal(SIGSEGV, fatalSignalHandler);
		signal(SIGTERM, fatalSignalHandler);
	}

	// Log environment
	INFO("%s v%s", app::APP_NAME.c_str(), app::APP_VERSION.c_str());
	INFO("%s", system::getOperatingSystemInfo().c_str());
	std::string argsList;
	for (int i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
		argsList += argv[i];
		argsList += " ";
	}
	INFO("Args: %s", argsList.c_str());
	if (settings::devMode)
		INFO("Development mode");
	INFO("System directory: %s", asset::systemDir.c_str());
	INFO("User directory: %s", asset::userDir.c_str());
#if defined ARCH_MAC
	INFO("Bundle path: %s", asset::bundlePath.c_str());
#endif

	// Load settings
	try {
		settings::load(asset::settingsPath);
	}
	catch (UserException& e) {
		std::string msg = e.what();
		msg += "\n\nReset settings to default?";
		if (!osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_WARNING, OSDIALOG_OK_CANCEL, msg.c_str())) {
			exit(1);
		}
	}

	// Check existence of the system res/ directory
	std::string resDir = asset::system("res");
	if (!system::isDirectory(resDir)) {
		std::string message = string::f("Rack's resource directory \"%s\" does not exist. Make sure Rack is correctly installed and launched.", resDir.c_str());
		osdialog_message(OSDIALOG_ERROR, OSDIALOG_OK, message.c_str());
		exit(1);
	}

	INFO("Initializing environment");
	random::init();
	network::init();
	midi::init();
	rtmidiInit();
	bridgeInit();
	keyboard::init();
	gamepad::init();
	plugin::init();
	updater::init();
	if (!settings::headless) {
		ui::init();
		windowInit();
	}

	// Initialize app
	INFO("Initializing app");
	appInit();

	// On Mac, use a hacked-in GLFW addition to get the launched path.
#if defined ARCH_MAC
	// For some reason, launching from the command line sets glfwGetOpenedFilenames(), so make sure we're running the app bundle.
	if (asset::bundlePath != "") {
		const char* const* openedFilenames = glfwGetOpenedFilenames();
		if (openedFilenames && openedFilenames[0]) {
			patchPath = openedFilenames[0];
		}
	}
#endif

	if (!settings::headless) {
		APP->patch->init(patchPath);
	}

	INFO("Starting engine");
	APP->engine->start();

	if (settings::headless) {
		// TEMP Prove that the app doesn't crash
		std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::seconds(2));
	}
	else if (screenshot) {
		INFO("Taking screenshots of all modules at %gx zoom", screenshotZoom);
		APP->window->screenshot(screenshotZoom);
	}
	else {
		INFO("Running window");
		APP->window->run();
		INFO("Stopped window");
	}
	INFO("Stopping engine");
	APP->engine->stop();

	// Destroy app
	if (!settings::headless) {
		APP->patch->save(asset::autosavePath);
	}
	INFO("Destroying app");
	appDestroy();
	settings::save(asset::settingsPath);

	// Destroy environment
	INFO("Destroying environment");
	if (!settings::headless) {
		windowDestroy();
		ui::destroy();
	}
	plugin::destroy();
	bridgeDestroy();
	midi::destroy();
	INFO("Destroying logger");
	logger::destroy();

	return 0;
}

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Second concert delivers musical performance of high caliber
Consummate Musicians: From left to right Eric Tanner, Robert Schumitzky, Erin Breene, Mark Tukh, and Rita Costanzi play Arnold Bax's "Quintet for Harp and Strings, GP 214".
Yash Chitrakar
Sunflower Music Festival was a fitting name for the orchestral concert series, as people—like sunflowers to sunlight—swayed to and turned their bodies toward the music while observing consummate musicians clad in white or black play compositions of renowned musicians of the past.
The second concert, on June 10, featured three pieces: British composer Arnold Bax's "Quintet for Harp and Strings, GP214"; Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka's "Sonata No.5 in F Major, ZWV 181"; German composer and pianist Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36".
Arnold Bax's piece featured, most prominently, the harp played by Rita Costanzi, a Vancouverite who has previously performed at the Sunflower Music Festival. Other sounds came from Eric Tanner's and Robert Schumitzky's violins, Mark Tukh's viola, and Erin Breene's cello. "The whole piece, contrary to what it says on the program, is not three movements. The three sections blend seamlessly, actually," said Eric Tanner when introducing the piece to the audience.
The next piece, "Sonata No.5 in F Major, ZMV181", was introduced by Catherine Larsen-Maguire, bassoonist and guest conductor for the Festival.
"This piece is notoriously famous among bassoonists and oboists because first of all, it is very taxing to play; it has many harmonic twists and complicated counterpoints. There are many things going on at once," Larsen-Maguire said.
Apart from Larsen-Maguire on the bassoon, other musicians were Gordon Hunt and Margaret Marco on the oboe, Nicolas Tsolainos on the bass, and David Allen Wehr on the harpsicord. The difficulty of the piece showed in the musicians' faces as they looked exhausted—faces red and out of breath—after each of the three movements.
For the last piece, the audience experienced a perfect rendition of Beethoven's "Symphony No.2 in D major, Op.36."When asked what she thought about the concert, one audience member, Nancy Kirk, said, "It is hard to find music of this caliber"
The concert was followed by a talk-back session with the musicians which produced interesting dialogue. Larsen-Maguire talked about the evolution of the bassoon, explaining how bassoons of the past were even harder to play.
Costanzi talked about how the harp is a beautiful instrument. A discussion about the involvement of young people in classical music also ensued.
Claudio Jaffe, celloist said, "It is the way it is. Young folks don't enjoy old music," while some of the musicians argued that free concerts and accessibility were the ways to garner interest from young people.


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Jenny Galloway trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
At the National: The Welkin, Absolute Hell, After the Dance, Coriolanus, A Chorus of Disapproval, Yerma, The Mother, The Winter's Tale, The Tempest, Cymbeline, Entertaining Strangers, Marat Sade and Square Rounds.
In London's West End: Mary Poppins (also at the New Amsterdam, New York), Mamma Mia, Les Misérables (also at Broadhurst, New York), Starry Messenger, Hay Fever, Mr Foote's Other Leg, My One and Only and Medea
Other theatre includes: Anna Christie, Madame de Sade, Nine, How I Learned to Drive and Electra at
the Donmar; Forty Years On at Chichester; My Fair Lady for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and Théâtre du Châtelet; Cause Célèbre at the Old Vic; Les Misérables – 25th Anniversary Concert at the O2 Arena; and Pirate Jenny (solo show) at the National, Regent's Park, Jermyn Street and Triad, New York.
The Queen's Gambit, Good Omens, Silent Witness, Doctors, Jack and Dean of All Trades, Fleabag, Cuffs, The Coroner: How to Catch a Lobster, Hank Zipzer, Breathless, Ambassadors, Trollied, Holby City, Father Brown, A Young Doctor's Notebook, Doctors, Miss Marple, A Christmas Carol the Musical, Charles II, Grange Hill, Casualty, Weird Sister College, The Hunt, There's a Viking in my Bed, Wail of the Banshee, The Bill, Comics, Broken Lives, Armadillo.
Come Away, Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!, Crooked House, London Road, In Tranzit, Johnny English and About a Boy.
(Published January 2020)


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When you have a large family and try to make plans, there's one thing you can typically count on and that is that there's going to be a snag somewhere. For that reason our family pretty much just goes with the flow and celebrates the holidays in the way it works out for us on that particular holiday. We do have a few traditions that we try to carry out each year. One of those traditions is going to our cities courthouse lighting on the evening after Thanksgiving. Our town has a beautiful, old, huge courthouse and it's beautifully decorated and lit every year. Another tradition that we have had since my children were very small and we continued even after Joe and I married is giving the kids a gift every Christmas Eve which consisted of new pajamas. It's really pretty simple and may even seem silly since they obviously know what it is but they have always seemed to really enjoy it and I love seeing them all in new pajamas on Christmas morning. The third tradition was born somewhat out of necessity but not entirely. We typically have appetizers for dinner on Christmas Eve. It's an easy dinner and everyone can just grab what they want and eat as much as they want. Since it's easy it gives us more time to get busy wrapping presents.
Christmas Eve in our home has always been a sleepless night of wrapping gifts before the kids wake up. When they were little it was because they believed in Santa and then as they got older it's because we didn't want them sneaking and peaking at what they got before Christmas morning. Now that they are all grown and mostly on their own, except for Robbie, it may be the first year in many that Joe and I can actually wrap the presents ahead of time and be well rested on Christmas morning. I don't see us changing our Christmas Eve tradition of having appetizers for dinner though because honestly we enjoy having tapas for dinner and do so often.
This year we will be adding a new appetizer to the menu, Tapenade. Mezzetta helped to take this appetizer to another level! I was so excited at all of the varieties of olives they offer. You could definitely change this up to suit your families tastes. If you would like to create some of your own #MezzettaMemories make sure you download a coupon for .50 off of your next Mezzetta product to take to the store with you. It's super easy to prepare but don't let that fool you because the flavor is out of this world! It's also low-carb which is a bonus. Serve it with a low-carb pita and you can indulge without feeling guilty.
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Fashion Finder
Would you pay $95 for a scrunchie? Missoni promises luxury crochet-knit accessory 'won't snag your hair'
By Olivia Fleming
Published: 14:28 EDT, 3 October 2013 | Updated: 15:01 EDT, 3 October 2013
They can cost no more than $5 at your local convenience store, but it seems the most debated hair accessory in history is making a designer comeback: say hello to the luxury scrunchie.
Missoni's $95 offering, made from mint satin with a white, pink and red crochet-knit overlay, sits nicely alongside Marc by Marc Jacobs' printed twill option, priced at $32.
Both available on ecommerce site Net-a-Porter, the high-end elasticated hairpieces, which requires specialist cleaning, 'won't snag your hair,' according to the products' description.
The most debated hair accessory in history is making a designer comeback, thanks to this $95 offering from Missoni, made from mint satin with a white, pink and red crochet-knit overlay
L. Erickson is also adding an Heirloom product to the mix, selling a silk charmeuse scrunchie for $52 on its website. The 'quick and simple styling solution' is described as a 'modern take on an old favorite' for 'an enviably elegant ponytail'.
Banana Republic creative director Simon Kneen steps down... Tyra Banks files $10million lawsuit against ten wig...
The scrunchie revival even took to the runway during London Fashion Week at Ashish's spring/summer 2013 show, with models previewing artfully messy top knots secured in place with white, black and gold scrunchies.
A bevvy of immaculately well-groomed and awe-inspiring Olympic gymnasts, as well as Hillary Clinton who has continued to make headlines for her bygone scrunchie-wearing ways, also helped to reinvigorate the stale hair piece, which has been long resigned to laughable images from the Eighties and Nineties.
This Marc by Marc Jacobs' printed twill scrunchie, priced at $32, is also availble on Net-a-Porter
L. Erickson is also adding an Heirloom product to the mix, selling a silk charmeuse scrunchie for $52 on its website (left); meanwhile Marc by Marc Jacobs has a few on offer at Bloomingdale's (right)
Popularised during the mid-Eighties, when Bananarama-loving schoolgirls took the printed soft elastic hairband to their hearts and heads; the scrunchie, patented by Rommy Revson in 1994, quickly became the go-to hair accessory of that time.
Available in a multitude of colors and fabrics, they were simultaneously the most fashionable and hair-friendly accessories on the market.
But after a good run, the scrunchie, much like the era's fashions, ultimately became passé as an accessory indicative of an era when side-ponytails and fingerless gloves were considered the height of style.
The scrunchie revival even took to the runway during London Fashion Week at Ashish's spring/summer 2013 show, with models previewing artfully messy top knots secured in place with white, black and gold scrunchies
Russia's Victoria Komova was seen with a matching blue scrunchie at the 2012 Olympics (left), while Romania's Sandra Raluca Izbasa opted for her outfits' bright pink (right)
Catherine Zeta-Jones tees off wearing a butterfly on her black scrunchie (left), while Hillary Clinton sported a pearl scrunchie at the Chamber of Commerce (right)
Now, after a decade of battling a bad rap -- the pinnacle of which came during a 2003 episode of Sex and the City, when Carrie Bradshaw famously insisted that 'real' New York women would never wear a scrunchie -- the accessory's ruffled glory is again capturing the attention and hearts of millions.
When the U.S. women's gymnastics team took the gold in London last year, two of the seven team members were sporting scrunchies. The fashion industry clearly took notice.
Designer scrunchie: Missoni promises luxury accessory 'won't snag your hair'
Oh eye say! Pippa Middleton sports £700 worth of sunglasses over the course of five days, with one pair alone costing £270 - but which style suits her best?
Amazon Prime Day continues! As the bumper sale is extended for an extra 24 hours, we reveal the best of today's offers - and the rival money-saving deals from the High Street
Can YOU solve these riddles? Tricky multiple choice questions promise to leave you scratching your head
Revealed: The eight bad habits that are giving you lines around your mouth - including pouting and drinking through a straw (so, how many are YOU guilty of?)
Celeb's Go Dating's Nadia Essex reveals she lost her home, friends and family over bullying row with co-star Eden Blackman - as she speaks for the first time since her case against him was thrown out of court
'We are the champions!' England's proud CWAGs celebrate the thrilling World Cup victory in personal Instagram tributes - as emotional Clare Stokes admits she 'has no words'
Former male escort who bedded 150 men before deciding he was straight has now lost his virginity to a woman - and says he's now open to dating either sex
Keeping active! Heavily-pregnant Chelsea Clinton shows off her bump in a bright blue shirt dress as she enjoys a stroll around New York with husband Marc and their children
'This body is bought and paid for': Kylie Jenner faces harsh criticism over racy Instagram photo of her 'summer body' - as commenters accuse the 21-year-old of having plastic surgery
Meghan has ditched her trademark messy bun for sleek up-dos since giving birth to protect her weaker post-partum hair and save time on elaborate styling
Groom's mother is slammed for 'spooning' her son and clutching his hand in a 'death grip' during a VERY awkward family wedding photograph
Wedding photographer whose shot of a bride walking down the aisle was RUINED by a woman with a camera phone calls for a ban on guests taking their own pictures


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FROM ubuntu:14.10
MAINTAINER notyycn <notyycn@gmail.com>
RUN sudo apt-get -qq update
RUN sudo apt-get install -qq -y openjdk-8-jre-headless
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/*
 * cthread.h: arquivo de inclusão com os protótipos das funções a serem
 *            implementadas na realização do trabalho.
 *
 * NÃO MODIFIQUE ESTE ARQUIVO.
 *
 * VERSÃO 1 - 14/09/2016
 */
#ifndef __cthread__
#define __cthread__

typedef struct s_sem {
	int	count;	// indica se recurso está ocupado ou não (livre > 0, ocupado = 0)
	PFILA2	fila; 	// ponteiro para uma fila de threads bloqueadas no semáforo
} csem_t;

int ccreate (void* (*start)(void*), void *arg);
int cyield(void);
int cjoin(int tid);
int csem_init(csem_t *sem, int count);
int cwait(csem_t *sem);
int csignal(csem_t *sem);
int cidentify (char *name, int size);

#endif


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2001 In 1946 it had to be moved to 111 Avenue and 102 Street to make room for the Victoria High School.
2000 Again to make room for the expansion of the Royal Alexandra Hospital it was necessary in 1992 to relocate the building to Fort Edmonton Park.


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A database of 50 years of FORTUNE's list of America's largest corporations
View by year: 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 View by company: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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2001 rank: 8
FORTUNE 500 appearances:
1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
FORTUNE 500 DATA
Revenues 88,396.0 1.0 8 6
Profits 8,093.0 4.9 8 7
Assets 88,349.0 — 41 39
Stockholders' Equity 20,624.0 — 25 18
Market Value 167,648.6 — 12 —
Employees* 316,303 — 8 —
Revenues 9.2 117 136
Assets 9.2 87 —
Stockholders' equity 39.2 24 —
2000 ($) 4.44
% change 7.8
10-year growth rate (%) 5.4
2000 -20.8 347
10-year annual rate 13.9 214
See this year's FORTUNE 500
See this year's Global 500
Since 1955, when the first FORTUNE 500 was created, more than 1,800 companies have appeared on the list. Many of these companies have changed names over this period, owing to mergers, acquisitions, and bankruptcies. Other companies have gone private, or simply changed their names.
Companies are listed by the name with which they were associated in 2005, or at the time of their most recent list appearance before that. FORTUNE 500 companies that have been acquired by other FORTUNE 500 companies are listed under the name of the acquiring company. Rankings have been revised to reflect corrections in data.
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NASA Announces Ninth Round of Candidates for CubeSat Space Missions
March 3, 2018 March 3, 2018 Doug Messier News Leave a comment
WASHINGTON (NASA PR) — NASA has selected 11 small research satellites from seven states and Puerto Rico to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard space missions planned to launch in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
The selections are part of the ninth round of the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. CubeSats are a type of spacecraft called nanosatellites, often measuring about four inches on each side and weighing less than three pounds, with a volume of about one quart. CubeSats are built using these standard dimensions as Units or "U", and are classified as 1U, 2U, 3U, or 6U in total size.
Launch opportunities include planned spaceflight missions led by NASA, other U.S. government agencies, or commercial organizations, as well as deployments from the International Space Station. The CubeSats were proposed by educational institutions, or nonprofit organizations.
The selected spacecraft are eligible for placement on a launch manifest, depending on the availability of a flight opportunity. After launch, satellites will perform technology demonstrations, conduct scientific investigations, or provide educational benefits.
The sponsoring organizations and projects for this round are:
AMSAT, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, Kensington, Maryland
Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint – Technology Exploration Environment (GOLF-TEE) is a technology demonstration mission to validate components of an attitude determination and control system. Ragnarok Industries developed the system for the Lunar Heimdallr 6U CubeSat, a NASA Cube Quest Challenge finalist.
Greater Orbit, Larger Footprint – Mission 1 (GOLF-1) is an educational mission that will host two-way amateur radio communications, analog and digital transponders, and two experiment payloads provided by students.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Alpha is a technology demonstration mission to deploy a 1x1m light sail with four tiny "chipsats" called Sprites attached.
Pathfinder for Autonomous Navigation (PAN) is a technology demonstration to launch two 3U CubeSats that will autonomously rendezvous and dock in low-Earth orbit.
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona – EagleSat-2 is a scientific investigation focused on detecting cosmic ray particles and studying the effects of solar radiation on various types of random access memory in a memory degradation experiment.
Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon – Puerto Rico CubeSat NanoRocks-2 (PR-CuNaR2) is a scientific investigation to increase understanding of the outcomes of relevant collisions among millimeter-sized particles, or "pebbles", in a protoplanetary disk.
Oak Ridge Public Schools, Oak Ridge, Tennessee – RamSat is an education mission to develop and implement a middle school STEM curriculum for building a CubeSat.
University of California, Davis – Quad Amateur Radio Communications Satellite (QuARCS) is a technology demonstration mission to test the capabilities of the Iridium and Globalstar radio communication satellite arrays when using a transmitter at an altitude of approximately 550 km.
University of Cincinnati, Ohio – Low Earth Orbit Platform for Aerospace Research and Development CubeSat (LEOPARDSat-1) is an educational mission to teach in-depth space mission and systems engineering to undergraduate and high school students.
University High School, Irvine, California – The IRVINE03 mission is an education effort to teach, train, and inspire the next generation of STEM professionals, while creating opportunities for underrepresented groups in STEM-related fields. It will include a technology demonstration of an X-ray Cadmium Zinc Telluride (CZT) sensor and electrospray thrusters.
University of Kansas, Lawrence – KUbeSat-1 is a science investigation mission that will use a primary cosmic ray detector to further understand exposure in Earth's ionosphere and its effect on crewed missions.
Additionally, during the review process the committee also prioritized 10 previously selected NASA CubeSat missions.
The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles – Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancements in Density (LLITED) is a scientific investigation mission that will provide the first coincident measurements of Earth's dusk-side thermosphere/ionosphere at lower altitudes, providing a detailed examination of the equatorial temperature and wind anomaly.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge – CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK (CLICK) is a technology demonstration mission of two 3U full-duplex laser communication terminals capable of supporting data rates of up to 20 Mbps at separations from 25 km to 580 km.
NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
NASA's Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator (PTD)-2 is a technology demonstration mission to flight qualify and characterize a novel thruster provided by Tethers Unlimited, Inc., which uses electrolyzed water as fuel for a small thruster.
TechEdSat-10 is a 3U CubeSat that will function as a high temperature, accurate deorbit reentry nanosatellite.
AztechSat-1 is a technology demonstration that will use the low-Earth orbit satellite constellation Globalstar for satellite phone and low-speed data communications.
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama – Scintillation Prediction Observations Research Task (SPORT) is a scientific investigation mission to understand preconditions leading to plasma bubbles near Earth's geomagnetic equator. These are the primary source of radar reflections in the equatorial F-region ionosphere and cause strong scintillations on radio signals passing through them.
Ohio University, Athens – Bobcat-1 is a technology demonstration to measure time offsets between global navigation satellite systems using a CubeSat to create a precise time reference in orbit.
University of California, Los Angeles – Electron Losses and Fields Investigation's Spatio-Temporal Ambiguity Resolver (ELFIN*, pronounced "elfin star") is a scientific investigation to resolve the role of electromagnetic ion cyclotron waves for relativistic electron precipitation from the Van Allen radiation belts during geomagnetic storms and substorms. This is a key question for space weather.
University of Colorado, Boulder – The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) is a scientific investigation to study the atmospheric properties of planets orbiting other stars.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – Measurement of Actuator Response and Impedance on Orbit (MARIO) is a technology demonstration flight to characterize the behavior and degradation of macro-fiber composite materials under actuation and structural health monitoring configurations.
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Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): Recalling his working class roots and the career success that he has enjoyed, US President Barack Obama has said that he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and firmly reiterated that he will continue to champion the cause of economic fairness in America.
Addressing participants at a college function in Ohio, Obama said he supported investment in job training programs that connect community colleges with unemployed workers.
"When you take classes at a community college like this one, and you learn the skills that you need to get a job right away way. That does not just benefit you; it benefits the company that ends up hiring and profiting from your skills. It makes this country stronger economically," The Los Angeles Times quoted Obama, as saying.


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Costa Rica is a unique country, with 6% of the world's biodiversity in only a 0.03% of the planet's surface.
Costa Rica counts 28 National Parks, 8 Biological Reserves and 60 Wildlife Refugees, which shelter over 13,000 species of plants.
Moreover, Costa Rica boasts over 890 varieties of birds and over 200 varieties of mammals. Throughout the country one can spot macaws, monkeys, armadillos, iguanas, dolphins and even the endangered manatee.
Furthermore, you can find over 2,000 species of butterflies and 4,500 species of moths; 163 amphibian species; 220 reptile species and 1,600 fish species (both sea and freshwater).
Costa Rica offers an exceptional variety of life zones due to its extremities in climate. We can find Savannah, tropical rain forest, tropical dry forest, cloud forest, wetland, coral reef and mangrove.
This calls for a well-based system of conserving the environment.
We are proud to say that Costa Rica has the best-developed conservation system in Latin America.
About 27% of the country is designated as protected areas and over 11% is within the National Park system. The rest of the protected land is privately owned with many of the private reserves open to the public.
Hotels also become more and more ecologically aware. So-called Eco-hotels use solar energy, water conservation and recycling, as well as food composting.


The PJ Gallagher Group is one of the leading hotel groups in Australia. This concept included the addition to the existing pub of a bistro restaurant, external gardens, gaming and snooker areas and a late night bar/club. A Victorian Bar is present with a fireplace and salon style library where patrons can simply relax in a familiar setting on the welcoming armchairs made in rich leather upholstery. Comfortable booth seating is located amongst highly decorative Irish Victorian style. Original heritage tiling is blended with new ornate wooden carvings with gold leaf detail that is extended right through to the decorated ceiling coffers.


Samsung's Galaxy S9 has been revealed in Barcelona. And at their presentation, they showed everyone the new innovations the Samsung Galaxy S9 is promising to deliver to its future owners. Many believed that the Galaxy S9 was going to be Samsung's answer to Apple's iPhone X. But sadly this is far from the truth. The Samsung Galaxy S9 indeed copied Apple's iPhone X's advanced camera system gimmick, but it feels like it is a spin-off of the iPhone X instead. It didn't go for the advanced bionic AI chip route, instead, it features an entirely new function that would make practical users wonder who would even buy a new phone just to use it that way. In short, just like how the Apple iPhone X's security feature is impractical except for people who are paranoid of securing the data contents of their phone, the Galaxy S9's main new feature is totally impractical and doesn't have any real use beyond those whose main hobby involves social media.
A dual aperture function that allows the camera to adjust in accordance with the brightness or darkness of its surroundings. When it is bright the camera uses the smaller aperture; when it is dark it will automatically switch to the larger aperture. This allows the camera to act similar to the human eyes so it can take clear photos any time of the day.
They also integrated a DRAM memory chip directly into the camera, most likely that the DRAM chip is dedicated to that camera's operation, unlike the A1 bionic chip of the iPhone X that can be used for all the phone's processes. It is part of Samsung's new super speed dual-pixel image sensor. This also allows the phone to take 960 fps videos allowing for an incredible "super slow-mo" feature.
The super slow-mo feature allows the phone to create incredible slow-motion videos, which look as if the video was taken with special video equipment dedicated to slow-motion effects. They also have an auto-capture function that lets you assign an area that's being recorded and any movement in it in front of the camera will trigger the super slow-mo function.
The S9 Plus has a dual camera: it comes equipped with both a wide-angle lens and a telephoto lens that uses optical image stabilization.
They're also making customizable animated emojis that use augmented reality available to the S9, similar to the one in the iPhone X.
The camera is linked to Bixby, so it can also translate languages just by facing the camera towards the item needed to be translated and the phone will translate the words. It can also display information about food items that are in front of the camera via the Samsung Health's database.
Bixby's "makeup mode" lets women try out makeup via the S9's augmented reality capabilities.
So it is cool and nifty. But just like the Apple iPhone X, it is impractical. The camera might interest those who like to take videos to post on social media websites or those that like to take pictures. The ability to take HD images and 900 plus fps videos anywhere at any time means that users or hobbyists will never miss a good shot ever again.
The S9 has a 5.8-inch screen while the S9 Plus has a 6.2-inch screen, both are Super AMOLED with 1440 x 2960 resolution and has Gorilla Glass 5 protection. They both come equipped with the loudest speakers Samsung can provide on both sides of the phone, utilizing Dolby's Dolby Atmos. The phone's chipset wasn't mentioned during the presentation but Samsung will be using it's Exynos 9810 for phones outside China and the US, while those in the USA and China will be using Qualcomm's Snapdragon 845.
The price is estimated to be around $1,000, similar to the iPhone X. If Samsung is smart, they should not expect very high sales for this device. The phone that people expected to compete with Apple took a different route while demanding the same price from people. They are, however, allowing customers to trade in their current phones for the S9, which might somehow reduce the price.
How will Samsung fans react compared to Apple's will now be the sole deciding factor if it is going to flop or not. Is a better slo-mo camera really worth a $1000 price tag? When Apple presented the iPhone X they have a valid reason, security. The Galaxy S9 only appeals to certain people. You can make a good case with the S9's advanced chipsets, like for example if you like playing video games on your mobile. But this phone isn't really tuned for playing video games on it, compared to the Razer phone. How about watching a movie and taking advantage of the phone's Dolby Atmos feature? Well, no one really watches movies on the go without a headset, so the Atmos is useless unless you're alone somewhere, like your own room. But if you're at home, why not just watch movies on your PC or TV?
And so this will almost certainly appeal only to photographers and video makers. How will this turn out? No one's really sure. The phone will be made available on March 16.


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MacArthur Fellow and Grammy® Award-winning mandolinist, singer, and songwriter Chris Thile, who The Guardian calls "that rare being: an all-round musician who can settle into any style, from bluegrass to classical," and NPR calls a "genre-defying musical genius," is a founding member of the critically acclaimed bands Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek. For four years, Thile hosted public radio favorite Live from Here with Chris Thile (formerly known as A Prairie Home Companion). With his broad outlook, Thile creates a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic for performers and audiences alike, giving the listener "one joyous arc, with the linear melody and vertical harmony blurring into a single web of gossamer beauty" (New York Times).
As described by the composer, Chris Thile, "this new piece (which I promise will have a real corker of a title by the time you hear it!) is a big ol' narrative song cycle/mandolin concerto that tells, plays, and sings the true story of the time I attempted to impress a Starbucks executive and accidentally met Carrie Fisher as a result. It's a DOOZY, and I'm thrilled beyond expression to perform it in collaboration with your intrepid Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Virginia Arts Festival".
Co-presented with Virginia Arts Festival and Virginia Symphony Orchestra
This production was made possible through a generous gift from the Susan Goode Performance Fund


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The average asking price of a 5 bedroom Raleigh home in this zip code is $1,253,730 (10.5% more than this home).
This home is priced at $283/sqft, which is 2.8% less than similar homes in the 27608 zip code.
503 Peebles St, Raleigh NC is a single family home of 4008 sqft and is currently priced at $1,135,000 . This single family home has 5 bedrooms and was built in 2017. A comparable home for sale at 2106 Reaves Dr in Raleigh is listed at $799,000. This home on 503 Peebles St has not had a price change. In addition to single family homes, Highgarden also makes it easy to find Condos, New Homes and Foreclosures in Raleigh, NC. Hayes Barton, Sunset Hills and Wayland Heights are nearby neighborhoods. MLS 2246809 has been posted on this site since 4/6/2019 (12 days ago).


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Man seriously injured during "violent attack" in Blantyre
Police appeal for witnesses to last night's assault in the town.
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Police are appealing for witnesses after a man was assaulted in Blantyre last night (Tuesday, February 6).
At around 6pm on Tuesday, February 6, a 30-year-old man was assaulted by an unknown man in the grassed area to the rear of Carrick Gardens, Blantyre.
He then attended Hairmyres Hospital in East Kilbride where he is currently being treated for injuries to his hand and head.
Hospital staff describe his condition as stable.
The suspect is described as white, 5ft 10, slim build with a gaunt appearance. He was wearing a black hooded top with the hood up.
Detective Constable Andrew Fearnside at Cambuslang CID said:"This was a violent attack which has left the victim with serious injuries requiring surgery to his hand.
"We have yet to establish a motive for this crime and appeal to anyone who was in the vicinity of Carrick Gardens around 6pm and witnessed the attack or anyone who has seen the suspect hanging around the area to contact CID at Cambuslang via telephone number 101 quoting incident number 3101 of February 6, 2018."
Alternatively calls can be made to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where anonymity can be maintained.
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School Readiness Center is a private preschool offering a fun, positive first school experience in a caring, nurturing environment preparing your child for a future of learning. At School Readiness Center, understanding and meeting your child's needs is most important to us. We surround your child with teachers who are caring and genuinely interested in each child.
2022 2023 School Year
SRC has exciting news about the upcoming 2021 - 2022 school year. We are starting enrollment for the 2022-2023 school beginning on January 20th. Classes fill on a 1st come first-served basis. We have remote learning now through May. Please click here to read the letter from the director.
We Offer The Following
Preschool programs for ages 2½, 3, 4 and 5 years Morning (a.m.) and Afternoon (p.m.) classes Small class sizes – 2, 3, 4 and 5-day programs Small, private school environment (3,000 sq. foot school) Large, fenced, outdoor playground with a variety of play equipment Competitive rates - discounts for siblings and multiples Warm and caring teachers and staff (teachers have minimum 4-year degree) Compatible with District 203/204 calendars
Kindergarten Connection This summer we will offer Kindergarten Connection in person. This is a class designed for the child who will be going to Kindergarten in the fall. We offer small class sizes so that each child will receive individual attention. Our maximum class size is 12 students with a teacher and an assistant. Click here for more info. Click here for more info.
FARE SRC is a member of FARE: Food Allergy Research and Education. School Readiness Center is a peanut free environment. All staff members are trained in using the EpiPen. Also, staff receives yearly Allergy Ready training. All staff members are CPR and First Aid certified.
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Why Thinx Is One Of The Most Innovative Companies Of 2017
Thinx CEO Miki Agrawal runs her brands with the glee of an outlaw. [Photo: Samantha Casolari]
By Fast Company Staff 1 minute Read
"I really believe we can change culture," says Thinx cofounder and CEO Miki Agrawal. That may seem like a lot to ask of a line of stylish underwear designed to prevent menstrual leaks, but Agrawal brings the wit and provocation of a performance artist to marketing products that have historically been associated with shame—and she's catalyzed a movement along the way.
Agrawal first grabbed everyone's attention with a New York subway ad campaign featuring a series of refined, innuendo-filled images of peeled grapefruit and runny eggs. Last September, in lieu of a traditional New York Fashion Week runway show, she staged an event where models in Thinx (including a trans man in the company's boy shorts) delivered monologues about oppression.
As Thinx expands (it reached tens of millions of dollars in revenue in 2016), Agrawal brings the same approach—a mixture of high-tech merchandise, considered design, and a rule-breaking philosophy—to new efforts. Last year, she introduced Icon, a brand of incontinence underwear, and Tushy, a bidet attachment, along with six different styles of Thinx underwear. The company is now creating a line of reusable tampon applicators and athletic clothes that incorporate its moisture-wicking technology.
This article is part of our coverage of the World's Most Innovative Companies of 2017.
A version of this article appeared in the March 2017 issue of Fast Company magazine.
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Mirai Kuriyama is that the sole survivor of a kinship group of imaginary place warriors with the ability to use their blood as weapons. As such, Mirai is tasked with searching down and killing youmucreatures same to be the manifestation of negative human emotions. One day, whereas deep in thought on the college roof, Mirai comes across Akihito Kanbara, a rare half-breed of youmu in human kind. during a frightened state, she plunges her blood saber into him solely to appreciate that he is associate degree immortal being. From then on, the 2 kind associate degree impromptu relationship that revolves around Mirai perpetually making an attempt to kill Akihito, in an endeavor to spice up her own wavering confidence as a imaginary place mortal. Eventually, Akihito conjointly manages to persuade her to affix the Literary Club, that homes 2 alternative powerful imaginary place warriors, Hiroomi and Mitsuki Nase. As the groups bond strengthens, however, thus will the purpose of the youmu around them. Their misadventures can shortly turn out to be a fight for survival because the inevitable unharness of the foremost powerful youmu, on the far side the Boundary, approaches.


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DOH NEWS RELEASE: Public invited to attend series of informational meetings on rat lungworm disease around Oahu
HONOLULU – The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH), along with its partners at the Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) and the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR), will be hosting a series of community meetings on rat lungworm disease on Oahu.
Meetings will take place at the following dates and locations from 6–8 p.m.:
Thursday, Oct. 26: Ala Wai Elementary School Cafeteria
Wednesday, Nov. 8: Ewa Elementary School Cafeteria
Thursday, Nov. 9: Kaneohe Elementary School Cafeteria
Those interested in learning more about rat lungworm disease are encouraged to attend. Special presentations will be given by health and agricultural officials on how the public can prevent the spread of rat lungworm disease by controlling rat, snail and slug populations, especially around the home and in the garden.
Rat lungworm disease (angiostrongyliasis) can have debilitating effects on an infected person's brain and spinal cord. It is caused by a parasitic roundworm, Angiostrongylus cantonensis, which is endemic to Hawaii and spread when infected rodents pass larvae of the roundworm in their feces that is then eaten by snails and slugs.
The disease is not spread from person-to-person. People become infected by accidentally consuming snails or slugs sometimes hidden on unwashed produce, or from eating undercooked snails, freshwater prawns, crabs and frogs.
In 2017, there have been 17 laboratory-confirmed cases of rat lungworm disease statewide.
For more information about the disease and how to prevent its spread, visit:
DOH website: http://health.hawaii.gov/docd/disease_listing/rat-lungworm-angiostrongyliasis/
HDOA website: http://hdoa.hawaii.gov/blog/main/rat-lungworm-information/
CTAHR website: http://manoa.hawaii.edu/ctahr/farmfoodsafety/rat-lungworm/
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) website: https://www.cdc.gov/parasites/angiostrongylus/index.html
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Luxury Italian fashion house Etro unveiled their menswear autumn/winter 2015 collection in Milan.
The models walked out to a backdrop of grandeur with elaborate rooms and exotic animals on the screen behind them. The collection featured sophisticated suits in rich velvets and silks in shades of chocolate and caramel browns, with mustard and orange hues giving an early 70s retro feel and incorporating the brands trademark paisley pattern and poetic approach to fashion.
Fashion One spoke to creative director Kean Etro about the collection, the process and his thoughts on menswear in general. The designer describes the faded out swirling patterns on the garments as an illusion, something that appears and disappears and seems to travel across the clothes like ocean waves. The beautiful prints were hand painted using techniques from Venice opening up new possibilities in the realm of made to measure design. Etro also spoke to us about revisiting styles and making new hybrids with innovative stitching techniques.
The silhouette was different from a lot of the tighter menswear cuts of other designers in recent years, and this was another point of interest for Mr Etro who recognized his almost pajama style trousers and looser jackets created a more classic voluminous shape. Talking about the strengths of Etro and Italian design, he thinks that Italy has a wealth of artists and academies, giving them the ability to export painters, designers, tailors and creativity rather than compete in technology.


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Sameer is a Mechanical Engineer by trade with an MBA from Sydney University. Sameer has extensive experience in management and leadership roles in various countries through several industries. Sameer possesses a good knowledge and understanding of International trade through his work experience in Middle East, Fiji, India, Australia and New Zealand.
Sameer has worked in the refrigeration & air-conditioning industry in NZ for the past 22 years. In his last role Sameer was the MD for Beijer Ref AustralAsia. In this role Sameer's responsibilities included managing six businesses in four countries; Patton & Realcold businesses in NZ, Patton Refrigeration in India, Patton Aero in Thailand and merger of Patton Australia and Realcold Australia into Beijer Ref Australia. This included 40 trade outlets, 6 factories and 300 staff in 4 countries. Currently, Sameer still holds board positions in Patton NZ Ltd, Realcold NZ Ltd & Patton Refrigeration India Pvt Ltd.
Sameer is an executive member of India New Zealand Business Council (INZBC), on the advisory board of New Zealand Asian Leaders (NZAL), CMInstD, Chartered Member, Institute of Directors NZ since 2009 and also on the board of Bank of India (New Zealand) Limited & Refrigerant Recovery NZ Limited
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