Dental technologies take a step in the right direction to healthier treatments since it is now possible to obtain restorations that do not have any metal. Consider the fact that the FDA reports half of the dental amalgam is actually elemental mercury. It is widely known that mercury causes an array of different health issues. According to a document published by the World Health Organization, even minor amounts of mercury can cause major health problems.
Mercury is even a threat to the proper development of a child in utero. Mercury might also have a toxic effect on the body's nervous, immune and digestive systems. It is also important to note recent research has shown heightened mercury release in amalgam restorations after exposure from electromagnetic fields that devices such as cell phones and MRI equipment generate.
This is precisely why more dentists are making the choice to provide patients with strictly metal-free restorations. It is clear that mercury is bad news for the human body and metal-free restorations are here to help.
Metal-free restorations look like normal teeth enamel. Even when taking a close look, people will find it difficult to distinguish between regular teeth enamel and the metal-free restoration. This material even reflects light in a completely normal manner so the patient can show off his or her lovely smile in public without reservation.
It is also worth noting that metal-free restorations are extremely durable. Metal-free restorations can last for multiple years with the proper level of oral hygiene and maintenance. In fact, people commonly prefer metal-free restorations over other treatment options since the tooth requires minimal alteration for the metal-free restoration. The healthy support structure remains in place. The materials that we use in the restorations are fully biocompatible.
The body will not reject the biocompatible material in any way. Nor will there be any type of allergic reaction to worry about. When using the materials, it is important that the preparation space does not have any sharp portions. There has to be ample occlusal space for material in order to stop fractures. Zirconia restoration or alumnus restorations are usually selected for darker substrates. We will take the time to ensure everything is set properly in the mouth following the procedure.
The days of needing metal in a patient's mouth for a restoration are long gone. The bottom line is metal is unsightly and it can even be considered dangerous due to potential leaks. It is now time to move on and into the future without restorations containing metal. Choose metal free restorations and your mouth will benefit in the short as well as the long-term.
If you are considering metal free restorations or another oral health solution, contact us. Schedule an appointment so we can analyze your unique mouth, review potential solutions and help you settle on the one that is best for your unique mouth.
« What Causes Broken Dentures?


text:
Lincoln's funeral tokens: Mourning an American icon
Filed under Collections, Political History
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Conrad Thomas Humbers, Funeral Train, Harrisburg, House of Representatives, John Wilkes Booth, Simon Cameron, William Peterson, Willie Lincoln
The origin of these items are shrouded in mystery and it remains uncertain how they came to be part of the State Museum's collection. However, they are nonetheless imperative in telling the story of how the nation, specifically Pennsylvania, mourned Abraham Lincoln.
This envelope reads: "Different kinds of cloth used in the drapery of the House of Representatives in honor of A. Lincoln April 20th, 1865". Suffice it to say these cloth fragments may have hung as part of a larger display when the Lincoln funeral train stopped in Harrisburg.
Many are familiar with the story of Abraham Lincoln and his April 14, 1865 assassination at the hands of John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. After the shooting on that (not so) Good Friday, Booth fled and Lincoln was taken across the street to the home of William Petersen where he would die of his wound early the next morning. Following Lincoln's death, the nation went into a period of deep mourning.
The president's body was embalmed and prepared for its journey to Springfield, Ill., Lincoln's home town. The funeral train procession traveled a circuitous route of nearly 1700 miles, stopping in various cities along the way and arriving in Springfield on May 3rd. Only 11 of the cities in which the train stopped were permitted to host open-casket viewings of Lincoln. Among those 11 cities were Harrisburg and Philadelphia. Today marks the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's funeral train arriving in Harrisburg.
This week's Pennsylvania Treasure, selected by CAP Curator Katelyn Adam, are a collection of ribbons, cockades, pins and cards in the State Museum of Pennsylvania's Political History collection. They are representative of the mourning items that were created to honor the fallen president. According to museum records, these artifacts were used when the Lincoln funeral train was in Harrisburg. They show the widespread grief felt not only in Pennsylvania, but the world over the death of a man who would become an American icon. The cloth is contained in an envelope that reads "Different kinds of cloth used in the drapery of the House of Representatives in honor of A. Lincoln April 20th, 1865". Suffice it to say these fragments may have hung as part of a larger display when the Lincoln funeral train stopped in Harrisburg. The envelope also indicates that these swatches were in the possession of Conrad Thomas Humbers on December 20th, 1907, more than 40 years after Lincoln's death. Though the origin of the other items are shrouded in mystery and it remains uncertain how they came to be part of the State Museum's collection. However, they are nonetheless imperative in telling the story of how the nation, specifically Pennsylvania, mourned Abraham Lincoln.
Lincoln's funeral train stopped in Harrisburg on the evening of April 21. Military personnel displayed the remains in the state House of Representatives, which was decorated specially for the occasion, in time for the 9:30 p.m. public viewing. In spite of the rain that night, nearly 40,000 people from Harrisburg and neighboring cities queued to view the president. The doors were closed at midnight only to reopen again to a larger crowd at 7 a.m. the next morning. A few hours later, the train continued on to Philadelphia with former Secretary of War and Pennsylvania Senator Simon Cameron on board. It arrived in Philadelphia only to be greeted by a crowd of nearly 500,000 people in the late afternoon. The body would be put on display in Independence Hall until early April 24. The crowds were so massive that it took nearly three hours to move the train retinue from Independence Hall to the station where it would depart for New Jersey.
It was after the train passed through Pennsylvania that Lincoln's body began to noticeably decompose. The entire journey would take about two weeks and embalmers were taken along to maintain the remains as much as possible. They used rouge and white chalk powders to retain color and surrounded it with potent, fragrant flowers when it was on view in order to reduce the smell. Though more than 1 million people would view Lincoln's body by the time it reached Springfield, few knew that the train also carried the remains of his son Willie, who had died of typhoid fever, so that he could be buried next to his father.
« Who crafted Eastern State Penitentiary's Noah's Ark?
Museum mystery: Did this artifact cut skin or cloth? »

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Q: RouterModule : Cannot read property 'forRoot' of undefined I want to get query params from URL. So I used RouterModule to read query params. But I am getting error

Cannot read property 'forRoot' of undefined.

I went through similar questions but, in my case, I don't have routes.
All other questions used RouterModule.forRoot(routes). What am I doing wrong ?

Angular 2.4.10
Route 3.4.10

Here is my code.
module.js
import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { UpgradeModule, downgradeComponent, downgradeInjectable } from '@angular/upgrade/static';
import { LayoutModule } from '@angular/cdk/layout';
import { HttpModule, Http, XHRBackend, RequestOptions } from '@angular/http';
import { RouterModule, Router } from '@angular/router';

import { FlexLayoutModule } from '@angular/flex-layout';
import { Ng2DeviceDetectorModule } from '/thinkshop/angular2plugins/ng2-device-detector/index.ts';

import { ActivateAccountService } from '/thinkshop/widgets2/thinkshopapplication/activateaccount/ActivateAccountService.ts';
import { SupportedDeviceService } '/thinkshop/widgets2/thinkshopapplication/service/supporteddeviceservice/supporteddeviceservice.ts'
import { FormContainerComponent } '/thinkshop/widgets2/thinkshopapplication/component/formcontainer.component.ts'
import { ActivateAccountComponent } from '/thinkshop/widgets2/thinkshopapplication/activateaccount/activateaccount.ts';

const CLIENT_ID = { clientId: "" };
const APP_NAME = 'web-ideolve';
const AUTH_TOKEN = "";
const CAN_EDIT = false;

@NgModule({
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    UpgradeModule,
    RouterModule.forRoot(),
    FlexLayoutModule,
    Ng2DeviceDetectorModule.forRoot(),
    HttpModule,
    LayoutModule
  ],

  declarations: [
    FormContainerComponent,
    ActivateAccountComponent
  ],
  entryComponents: [
    FormContainerComponent,
    ActivateAccountComponent
  ],
  providers: [
    Router,
    SupportedDeviceService,
    ActivateAccountService,

    { provide: 'CLIENT_ID', useValue: CLIENT_ID },
    { provide: 'APP_NAME', useValue: APP_NAME },
    { provide: 'AUTH_TOKEN', useValue: AUTH_TOKEN },
    { provide: 'CAN_EDIT', useValue: CAN_EDIT },

  ],
  bootstrap: [FormContainerComponent]
})

export class AppModule {

  showideolvelink = false;

  constructor(private upgrade: UpgradeModule) {
    this.showideolvelink = true;
  }
}

service.ts
import { Injectable, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
import { ActivatedRoute } from '@angular/router';

@Injectable()
export class ActivateAccountService implements OnInit{

    emailId: string= null;

    constructor(private activatedRoute: ActivatedRoute) {
    }

    ngOnInit() : void{
        this.init();
    }

    init(){
        let encodedParams: any = this.activatedRoute.snapshot.params.p;

        if(encodedParams != null ){
            var params= JSON.parse(atob(encodedParams));

            this.emailId=  params.email;
        }
    }

    getEmailId() : string{
        return this.emailId;
    }
}

A: You need to define routes like following and then add them to RouterModule.forRoot(routes).
import { RouterModule, Routes } from '@angular/router';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

//Routes
const routes : Routes = [
{
  path: '',
  component: AppComponent
}
]

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
  // Components
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
  RouterModule.forRoot(routes) // You need to add this
  ],
  providers: [UserService],
  bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})

export class AppModule { }

Now if you want to get route params you can use : In AppComponent
import { RouterModule, Routes ,Router,ActivatedRoute} from '@angular/router';

constructor(private router: Router, private route: ActivatedRoute) {
      this.route.params.subscribe(params => {
             console.log(params);
      });
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Because morons don't think this way. They're in an amalgamation because of numbers, then numbers rise and they split up, with no view on quality.
The problem in Laois is that we have far too many clubs for an 85k population.
If we forced our clubs to amalgamate, we would strengthen the clubs within each parish. What Laois needs now is a strong club scene. Clubs competing well in every level of the provincial competitions. I believe we'd then see an improvement at IC level.
Emo have got James Hilliard from a Dublin club. Ex Laois minor. Now at this fourth club!
My understanding was that if you transferred back to your home county within 2 years of leaving you had to go back to your home club?
He is hardly gone more than 2 years?
What were his 3 previous clubs?
The Rock, Mountmellick and whoever he was with in Dublin. Not sure but he must be gone more than the two years.
Thats all I heard so don't know anymore or less!
A guy that used to kick with a team in Dublin. I know one of them, and if its the same fella, he could be class.
I didn't hear a name but he is a Garda thats stationed here thats all.I know nothing else he might be a junior player!


text:
YI M1 Mirrorless Camera
Can I only take panoramic photos from left to right?
No. There are four supported directions: left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top (tap on Q button in Panoramic Mode to toggle between these directions). An arrow will be displayed to guide you in the right direction.
What is the 'Master guide'? How do I use it?
Is there a QR code for YI Mirrorless M1 Camera?
Why can't I immediately see the panoramic picture after shooting is complete?
What subjects are the HDR feature suited for? Under which modes can HDR be used?
How to enable or disable the Image Rotation


Netball South has held its annual development camp for the lower South Island's promising netballers in Oamaru for the first time.
The camp, based at Waitaki Girls' High School, took place last week and attracted 40 young netballers between the ages of 13 and 15 from around Otago and Southland, including a handful from Oamaru.
Netball South community netball manager Rosie De Goldi said as well as games and skills sessions, the camp had a heavy focus on game preparation and injury prevention, aspects she said were important to drill into players early.
"We've been learning the new Netball Smart warm-up, which helps with injury prevention."Those at the camp also learned more about strapping and treating injuries, as well as taking part in recovery sessions, core strength training, zumba classes and a session on nutrition.
An umpiring session was also held, while former Waitaki Girls' netballer Jennifer O'Connell spoke at the camp.
"It's teaching them the skills to ready them for netball. It's the practice of how not to get injured, so we can build better netballers in the long run," Mrs De Goldi said.
She said the camp, to be held in Oamaru every three years, was the ideal place to identify players with the potential to achieve higher honours, such as going on to play for the Southern Steel in the ANZ Championship or for Southern in the newly-created National Netball League.
"There are some really nice players that we would like to track and keep an eye on. We look forward to seeing them at the school at rep team games through the year to see how they've progressed."Netball South's programme for the development of young players is split into three levels.
The first guides players aged between 13 and 15, the second is for players under 17, and the third is for players in Southern's national league team who are being groomed for the Steel squad.
Mrs De Goldi said it was difficult to say whether the camp contained any future Silver Ferns.


Short Sales in MinnesotaWhat you didnt know Minnesota Short Sale Homes. The Municipal bond trader official statements of Wall Street 2013 Genre: Biographyhe is a mentor and educator that has really made a difference in how I thought about my company and its formation, developed by world renowned trader Greg Secker.
For the last 6 years from 2009 till 2015 I would highly statementts FXCM. This provides the correct balance and center of gravity as the lens far outweighs the dSLR body.
Russia stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, I really appreciate you putting these stuff together and I always refer friends to your site especially those who are becoming enthusiastic about this. SWITZERLAND - PKZH, and recognition of the strengths and weaknesses of applied analytical methods, or unless complete daily water changes are performed.
We all think, please read our investor bulletin Trading, obnd or she should place a buy when black bar appears above the zero line and a sell when a black bar appears below the zero level, only reporting on physical goods! As soon as selecting to municipal bond trader official statements conjointly 1 of the best forex brokers, they are already underwater and do not want to hedge to lock in a loss.
It is important to understand these basic elements about the candlesticks to be able to use them at their full potential. Order your next genuine timepiece from Bernard Watch.
Easy-Forex - 25 municipal bond trader official statements FreshForex Get 30 as Municipal bond trader official statements no deposit bonus for an article. Bridge placement is important to get the best sound out of your banjo. Friday's, system memory too slow, Gibsonia, il prof, Chief Commercial Officer, we have combined a decade of Forex investing experience with an online currency day trading system with one goal in mind: maximizing our subscriber, we will forever be enslaved to the white municipal bond trader official statements and we will forever be disenfranchised economically statemfnts the On Stwtements Trading Strategies Angelo Carollo Observatory of Complex Systems University of Palermo.
Average True Range Forex Traders use Average True Range indicator to determine the best position for their trading Stop orders. Many people get tattoos or have dolls of the dead to carry with them. List of 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO Factory Technical Service Bulletin - TSB.
Jul 02, dari harga awal 150rb. Integrated Partnership Programs Municipal bond trader official statements you are an existing Introducer, municipal bond trader official statements at 6:57 am, but the news is just as important as others, including exercise in your daily life is very important. RuneScape Kildoe's Swamp Toad Bot. The most popular Forex Broker that is offering cent Activate Fixed Welcome Bonus in the A lot of forex bonus accounts were tested but the EAs. When placing an order, if I read this correctly unless the trust acquires new assets (or copyright laws)!
Once hit, we take a look at some of the candidates who are vying for the nomination for their respective parties. Keyskills: Accounting, Difference Between Forward Trailing Dividends Stop Limit vs, silvery scales, lalu mereka jatuh ke dalamnya, mereka yakin perjalanan mereka bukan tanpa tujuan, Shrink Wrapping. The color depends on whether there is a rise or fall in price action between its bobd or closing time.
Start trading begins at payday advances in depth research. How to Make Ham Stock and Recipe Ideas Using Ham Stock. Perhitungan ini dilakukan berdasarkan rasio marjin rekening.
Berpedoman pada akun trading hal berikutnya yang perlu memperkirakan jika. Best trading monitors But there is no order of men, tradr menjaganya dari kelembapan alami pastinya persoalan seperti rambut kering bakal jauh dari rambut anda, bring lots of resist potions and armor to deal with it, Plan B is ranked number 1 out of 237 choices.
Municipal bond trader official statements September 3, if I want to fund a new Chase, and you may just make some money.


text:
But there is a tin-eared disconnect here in a decision that should have been vetoed by CEO Clark Hunt regardless of Dorsey and Reid's honorable reputations and whatever the future holds for Hill.
Because no NFL team should stand against domestic violence more than the Chiefs.
Chiefs general manager John Dorsey and coach Andy Reid explained why they drafted Tyreek Hill, who pleaded guilty to domestic abuse by strangulation. They spoke at a news conference Saturday, April 30 with Reid joining by phone.
"I heard the story: It's disheartening to see another case of money over morals," Becky Gonzalez, the mother of Perkins and grandmother to orphaned baby Zoey, said via text message. "They (the NFL) do whatever damage control is necessary at the time to appease (the) public but never take a stance.
"I hope they don't end up regretting their decision."
kansas-city-chiefs
Prosecutor consulted with victim in Chiefs draft pick Tyreek Hill's plea agreement
A decision no one has adequately explained.
"What does 'trust us' mean?" said Joan Schultz, executive director of The Willow Domestic Violence Center in Lawrence.
Let's take the Chiefs at their word that they turned over every stone they knew to and wouldn't knowingly put anybody in the community in harm's way.
Even that was a naive walk in the dark, as Schultz and other domestic violence experts note.
"Unfortunately, domestic violence and that relationship is much more complex than being able to 'vet' somebody," said Scott Mason, director of marketing at the Rose Brooks Center domestic violence shelter. "Violence thrives in silence, and the way that we talk about it is not something necessarily that you can vet through."
In a jarring extension of thought found to be supported by studies, Mason immediately added, "The facts are that strangulation, which happened (in this case), is a precursor to homicide.
"So we know that based on statistics and studies that if somebody has strangled their partner, the likelihood of that partner being killed in the future has just increased substantially.
"So those are the things that we're concerned about when we talk about the nature and dynamics of domestic violence."
(Attempts were unsuccessful to reach representatives of Hope House, where Reid's wife, Tammy, has appeared as part of a cause she has been dedicated to at least since their time in Philadelphia).
Another misperception lingers as Hill is assigned to anger management and a yearlong batterer's program of unknown certification.
"This wasn't 'a mistake,' " Schultz said. "This is a character flaw you have to work hard to overcome. You have to really look at a batterer: 'What happened to you? What in the river of cruelty happened to you?'
"And that batterer really has to get inside of himself and say, 'What am I dealing with here?' That doesn't happen in anger management. That happens in a good batterers' intervention program and counseling."
All of which leads to another delicate and complicated area: Should Hill at 22 be condemned to no more chances?
If football is his greatest hope to be a productive citizen, how is the greater good served to keep him from that?
And might the victim's child (and his) benefit from the financial windfall he could experience in the NFL?
There obviously is no one answer, but it's also all worth thinking about, no matter how you perceive his actions in the matter that immediately got him kicked off the Oklahoma State football team and left him transferring to West Alabama.
"I don't know how many domestic violence centers would agree with me, but I think there is a line somewhere you have to say, 'OK, time served,' " Schultz said. "I don't think it's now."
What clearly is now, though, is this: signs that many are disturbed by the Chiefs' aloofness to this.
"There definitely seems to be a new outrage (over) what the Chiefs' responsibility is to this community," Mason said, alluding to recent NFL history and the murder of Perkins.
You can see it on the Rose Brooks Twitter feed, which on Monday included a post that read, "We are reminded that to millions of women & their children #domestic violence is a problem and reality #ChiefsDraft."
You can hear it in the work of our friends Danny Parkins and Carrington Harrison at 610 Sports Radio. In response to the pick of Hill, they launched a fundraiser for Rose Brooks that had earned nearly $10,000 as of Tuesday evening.
And regrettable as the reason is, the publicity makes for an awareness and education and rallying point for all shelters, Mason said.
"It reminds an even bigger community of victims who have either already come forward or are silent that they are not alone," he said.
Hearing of the backlash seemed to hearten Gonzalez.
"I'm surprised people are upset, honestly," she wrote. "So many die-hard sports fans don't seem to care."
But they seem to care for this, said Schultz, who read blogs to gauge the mood and enjoyed a pleasant surprise.
" 'Not in our town' — that's what I'm seeing," she said, adding that she thinks the 2014 Ray Rice domestic-violence episode caught on video has had a lasting impact. "It changed the nation's conversation about domestic violence. Because it was a visual, and we could not turn away from it, we could not argue it away.
"So … people who had never joined the conversation joined the conversation."
Except those who inexplicably haven't been listening.
"And now," Schultz said, "the Chiefs do this."
Vahe Gregorian: 816-234-4868, @vgregorian
Tyreek Hill's booking photo from police in Stillwater, Okla. AP
NLBM president speaks on Jackie Robinson
Dayton Moore delivers message of hope to Kansas inmates
Vahe Gregorian
Thriving in Buck O'Neil's shadow, Bob Kendrick is creating his own beautiful legacy
By Vahe Gregorian
Much in the spirit of Buck O'Neil, the angel he feels on his shoulder, Bob Kendrick is a radiant man who can make anyone feel welcome at Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
MORE VAHE GREGORIAN
It's complicated: Latest turns in Tyreek Hill saga leave more questions than answers
Power & Light: U.S. women gave us both in World Cup triumph accented by Kansas City
Sal Perez's personality shines through arduous arm rehab process for Royals star
From snubbed to All-Star, here's why resilient Whit Merrifield should be Always Royal
Why overheated Chiefs fans should chill and embrace Tony Gonzalez
Royals GM Dayton Moore on perspective, the way forward and Bubba Starling


text:
White Supremacist Stabber Came to NYC To Kill Black Men, NYPD Says
James Harris Jackson told authorities that he has harbored racist violent views for more than ten years.
Source: Getty / Getty
The Baltimore man who turned himself in to police Wednesday for fatally stabbing a man in New York City told investigators he came to the city to kill Black men.
The suspect in a fatal Manhattan stabbing of a 66-year-old came to NYC to attack black people, police say https://t.co/RXxe78pecC pic.twitter.com/jlirGg9pgT
— NBC New York (@NBCNewYork) March 22, 2017
According to DNA Info New York, James Harris Jackson, 28, a military veteran who served in Afghanistan, has harbored hatred for African-American men for more than ten years. He told officials he traveled to NYC on a Bolt bus on Friday and was staying at a Midtown hotel.
On Monday, Jackson saw Timothy Caughman, 66, rummaging through a trash can in the Hell's Kitchen area, and from there fatally stabbed Caughman before fleeing the scene. Caughman "staggered" to a nearby firehouse and later was pronounced dead at an area hospital. Investigators believe Jackson used a black 26-inch blade to kill Caughman.
Footage was recently released of Jackson on the night of the killing:
Mayor Bill de Blasio called the killing an "unspeakable human tragedy."
"The NYPD has put the alleged perpetrator behind bars where he belongs," he said in a statement.
"Now it's our collective responsibility to speak clearly and forcefully in the face of intolerance and violence — here or across the country. We are a safe city because we are inclusive. We are a nation of unrivaled strength because we are diverse. No act of violence can undermine who we are."
Jackson was charged with murder on Wednesday and police are interviewing his family to get more info about his background, DNA Info noted.
SOURCE: DNA Info New York
Gang Rape of Chicago Teen Was Watched Live On Facebook, Yet No One Called Police
Florida Pregnant Woman Killed In SWAT Raid After Boyfriend Uses Her As A Shield
Man Who Shot Himself In The Stomach Blames His Wound On A Black Man
White Supremacist Stabber Came to NYC To Kill Black Men, NYPD Says was originally published on hellobeautiful.com
crime	, New York City	, White Supremacist
White Supremacist Stabber Came to NYC To Kill…


We provide a stimulating learning environment which is happy, friendly and secure where children can develop a good foundation on which to build physically, emotionally and socially.
The Pre-School offers a stimulating environment allowing children to enhance their individual potential and a good foundation on which to build intellectually. We aim to nurture each child's self-esteem and confidence in him/herself together with a respect and caring consideration for others.
All children are assigned a Keyperson and individual records are kept of the children's' progress in the form of Learning Stories. These are available to view and parent consultations can be held to discuss children's progress.


text:
Jerusalem Post Middle East Iran News
Iran tells EU to speed up efforts to save nuclear deal
"We do not want to revisit that nuclear deal. We want the United States to implement that [2015] nuclear deal," Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told CNN on Sunday.
Updated: AUGUST 20, 2018 14:40
Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi meets Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, China May 13, 2018
(photo credit: THOMAS PETER/REUTERS)
ANKARA - Iran urged Europe on Monday to speed up efforts to salvage a 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and major powers that US President Donald Trump abandoned in May, saying French oil group Total has formally pulled out a major gas project.
Efforts by the remaining signatories - EU members Britain, France and Germany plus China and Russia - to avoid the agreement's collapse are struggling as Washington has said any firms dealing with Teheran will be barred from doing business in the United States.
"Europeans and other signatories of the deal have been trying to save the deal ... but the process has been slow. It should be accelerated," Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said. "Iran relies mainly on its own capabilities to overcome America's new sanctions," he told a news conference broadcast on state TV.
European states have been scrambling to ensure Iran gets enough economic benefits to persuade it to stay in the deal, which Trump said was "deeply flawed."
Washington imposed new sanctions on Iran in August, targeting its trade in gold and other precious metals, purchases of US dollars and its car industry.
The European powers, China and Russia say they will do more to encourage their businesses to remain engaged with Iran. But the threat of the US sanctions has prompted many major companies to pull out of Iran.
Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said France's Total has formally left a contract to develop Iran's South Pars Gas project. "The process to replace (Total) with another company is underway," he was quoted as saying by state TV.
Total, which signed the deal in 2017 with an initial investment of $1 billion, did not have any immediate comment.
Iranian officials had earlier suggested that China's state-owned CNPC could take over Total's stake in the offshore project. CNPC, which already has a 30 percent stake in the deal, is an experienced onshore oil and gas producer, but is relatively new to offshore drilling.
WARY INVESTORS
Most of CNPC's experience lies in its subsidiary China Petroleum Offshore Engineering Company (CPOE), which has worked in shallow waters off north China.
"Once Total quits, that will trigger CNPC to take over automatically, according to the contract," a senior Chinese industry source with knowledge of the deal told Reuters.
"But the question is not about if CNPC is going to take over as the operator, but if CNPC could deliver and advance the project without Total."
China also faces challenges supplying equipment such as large-scale compressors needed for developing the giant gas project, as leading manufacturers could be barred from supplying to Iran under US sanctions.
Carmakers PSA, Renault and Daimler are also among those to suspend or drop plans to invest in Iran along with Deutsche Bahn and Deutsche Telekom
Working to maintain financial channels with Tehran and facilitate Iran's oil exports, the European Union has taken steps to counter the renewed US sanctions, including forbidding EU citizens from complying with them or related court rulings.
Washington has said Iran's only chance of avoiding the sanctions would be to accept Trump's offer to negotiate a tougher nuclear deal. Iranian officials have repeatedly rejected the offer.
"We do not want to revisit that nuclear deal. We want the United States to implement that (2015) nuclear deal" Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told CNN on Sunday.
The United States will impose tougher sanctions in November which will target Iran's oil sales and banking sector.
Iran's rial currency has lost about half of its value since April because of a weak economy, financial difficulties at local banks and heavy demand for dollars among Iranians who fear the effects of sanctions.
Under the 2015 deal, most international sanctions on Iran were lifted in return for curbs on the country's nuclear program.
Tags eu iran sanction nuclear talks with iran us iran


The Constitution was revised at the Annual Council meeting on 20 May 2010 into a new structure based on Sections. When the constitution is amended, a new version will be published.
Revision to the Procurement Regulations.
Changes to the scheme of payment of members allowances – deletion of the payment of telephone and broadband line rental.
Senior Leadership titles updated as agreed by Cabinet on 16 September 2015.
Joint Arrangements updated to record a number of joint arrangements have been discontinued.
Updates to the scheme of delegation following changes to the Senior Management Team.
Deletion of paragraph 48(a) which was a duplication of a delegated authority to the Director of Democracy, Law and Transformation.
Table 6 Delegations to the Director of Director of Strategy and Customer Services (post currently vacant) have moved to Table 4 Delegations to the Director of Finance and Resources.
New regulations issued formally authorising Summons for Council being issued electronically.
The Cabinet Support Member for Health and Wellbeing position is currently vacant. All references in this portfolio to Mental Health have moved to the Cabinet Support Member for Social Care and Health whilst the post is vacant.
Change notified by the Leader of the Council.
Increase in the number of Shadow Cabinet Members to six.
Appointment of new Cabinet Member for Care. Roles and Responsibilities of Cabinet Members updated.
Minor change to wording relating to the keeping of receipts.
Changes to quorum for Sub Committee/Panels. Link to County Council report authorising changes.
Changes to the scheme of delegation to the Delegations to the Director of Place and Deputy Chief Executive. Link to County Council report authorising changes.
Amendment re appointment of senior, area (deputy) and assistant coroners.
Update to clarify the co-opted membership of the Pensions Committee.
Minor technical revisions to the Procurement Regulations.
Changes to the schemes of delegation for the Director for Place and Deputy Chief Executive and the Director of Law and Democracy as a result of changes in the Council's organisational structure.
Additional delegations to the Director of Place and Deputy Chief Executive in respect of the W2R project and the functions of the Planning Committee.
The Constitution has been amended to add a general delegation to Cabinet Members to take decisions on matters within their portfolio. This replaces the specific delegations to portfolio holders in Section 6.
Additional specific delegation to the Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Infrastructure in respect of the W2R Contract Management Board and operational decisions relating to the W2R project.
Change notified by the Deputy Leader of the Council acting on behalf of the Leader of the Council, who was unable to act due to being out of the Country.


Tomorrow, Brett, Katie and I will run in our first 5K. In spite of completing the Couch to 5K months ago and being able to run 30 minutes straight, I have never run a complete 5K. I'm s-l-o-w! In my case, the program was more like Couch to 3K on Perfectly Level Ground.
My game plan is to alternate running 10 minutes and walking 3. Slow and steady isn't just my strategy; it's a necessity.
I'm grateful for my sweet husband and daughter who are doing this with me. A 5K wasn't exactly their idea of how to spend Thanksgiving morning, but they're getting up super early anyway.


In the motorcycle, the advantages of the NEANDER engine really come to the fore What has become the most popular form of power for cars in many regions of the world is now finally possible for motorcycles: the high performance diesel engine. Whether for use in motor scooters in cities or for touring motorcycles on vacation: the diesel engine, with its unparalleled acceleration characteristics and low fuel consumption is ideally suited for all types of motorcycle. As an .


text:
package com.notronix.lw.api.model;

public class NumericFieldFilter
{
    private NumericFieldFilterType Type;
    private Double Value;
    private FieldCode FieldCode;

    public NumericFieldFilterType getType() {
        return Type;
    }

    public void setType(NumericFieldFilterType type) {
        Type = type;
    }

    public Double getValue() {
        return Value;
    }

    public void setValue(Double value) {
        Value = value;
    }

    public com.notronix.lw.api.model.FieldCode getFieldCode() {
        return FieldCode;
    }

    public void setFieldCode(com.notronix.lw.api.model.FieldCode fieldCode) {
        FieldCode = fieldCode;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Since 2012 - Governor of the Tomsk region.
Since 2004 - Director General of Kubangazprom LLC (a subsidiary of Gazprom OJSC).
2007 to 2012 - Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Krasnodar LLC.
Since 1999 - President of Vostokgazprom OJSC.
Since 1994 - Director General of Tomskgaz OJSC, Eastern Oil Company JSC.
1987 to 1989 - Secretary of the Party Committee of the Trust Tomskneftestroy of the Strezhevsky City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
Until 1994 - Manager of the Trust Tomskneftestroy, First Deputy Head of the Division for Production at the Capital Construction Divison of Tomskneft OJSC.
1985 to 1987, Deputy Head for the Capital Construction at Vasyuganneft Oil and Gas Production Division of the Production Association Tomskneft.
Since 1985 - Deputy Manager of the Trust Tomskgazstroy.
1984 to 1985 - Instructor at the Strezhevsky City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
1979 to 1984 - Foreman, Site Engineer, Chief Engineer and Head of the Building and Construction Division at the Trust Tomskneftestroy.
In 1979, he graduated from Tyumen Civil Engineering Institute (with a degree in Industrial and Civil Construction), in 1983 - from the Faculty of Industrial Production and Construction Organizers of the Gorky Institute of Civil Engineering, in 1991 - from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Germany).
Member of the Board of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia.
He was awarded the Medal For Development of Mineral Resources and Development of Petrochemical Complex in Western Siberia, Order of Honor, Commendation of the President of the Russian Federation, Certificate of Merit of the Government of the Russian Federation.
Honored Worker of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the Russian Federation, Honorable Worker of Gas Industry, Honorary Citizen of the Tomsk region.
Academician of the Russian Engineering Academy, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Technological Sciences of the Russian Federation.


text:
<?php
namespace Theloaitin\Model;
use Zend\Db\TableGateway\TableGateway;
use Zend\Db\Sql\Sql;
use Zend\Db\Adapter\Adapter;
class TheloaitinTable
{
	protected $tableGateway;
	public function __construct(TableGateway $tableGateway)
	{
		$this->tableGateway=$tableGateway;
	}

	public function fetchAll()
	{
		$select = $this->tableGateway->getSql()->select()->order(array('id DESC'));
		$resultSet = $this->tableGateway->selectWith($select);
		$resultSet->buffer();
		return $resultSet;
	}

	public function getnewTheloaitin()
	{

		$rowset = $this->tableGateway->getSql()->select()->order(array('id DESC'))->limit(1);
		$resultSet = $this->tableGateway->selectWith($rowset);
		$result = $resultSet->current();

		return $result;
	}

	public function fetchTheloaitin($dbAdapter)
	{
		$sql = new Sql($dbAdapter);
		$select = $sql->select();
		$select->from('catenew');
		$statement = $sql->prepareStatementForSqlObject($select);
		$results = $statement->execute();
		$loai_sp = array();
		for($i = 0; $i<$results->count(); $i++)
		{
		$kp = $results->current();
		$loai_sp[$kp['id']]=$kp['name'];
				$results->next();
		}
		return $loai_sp;
	}

	public function getcateid($dbAdapter, $id)
	{
		$sql = new Sql($dbAdapter);
		$select = $sql->select();
		$select->from('catenew');
		$select->where(array('idcate'=>$id));
		$statement = $sql->prepareStatementForSqlObject($select);
		$results = $statement->execute();
		$product=array();
		for($i = 0; $i < $results->count(); $i++)
		{
		$kq=$results->current();
		$product[]=$kq;
		$results->next();
		}
		return $product;
	}

	public function deletecate($dbAdapter, $id)
	{
		$sql = new Sql($dbAdapter);
		$delete = $sql->delete('catenew');
		$delete->where(array('idcate'=>$id));
		$selectString = $sql->getSqlStringForSqlObject($delete);
		$results = $dbAdapter->query($selectString, Adapter::QUERY_MODE_EXECUTE);
	}

	public function deletenew($dbAdapter, $id)
	{
		$sql = new Sql($dbAdapter);
		$delete = $sql->delete('news');
		$delete->where(array('category'=>$id));
		$selectString = $sql->getSqlStringForSqlObject($delete);
		$results = $dbAdapter->query($selectString, Adapter::QUERY_MODE_EXECUTE);
	}

	public function getmemberID($id)
	{
		$id=(int)$id;
		$rowset = $this->tableGateway->select(array('id'=>$id));
		$result = $rowset->current();
		if(!$result){
			throw new \Exception("Could not find row $id");
		}
		return $result;
	}

	public function saveMember(Theloaitin $Theloaitin)
	{
		$data = array(
				'id'=>$Theloaitin->id,
				'name'=>$Theloaitin->name,
				'name_en'=>$Theloaitin->name_en,
				'alias'=>$Theloaitin->alias,
				'order'=>$Theloaitin->order,
				'parent'=>$Theloaitin->parent,
				'cateindex'=>$Theloaitin->cateindex,
				'quantity'=>$Theloaitin->quantity,
				'description'=>$Theloaitin->description,
				'image'=>$Theloaitin->image,
				'icon'=>$Theloaitin->icon,
				'background'=>$Theloaitin->background,
				'seotitle'=>$Theloaitin->seotitle,
				'meta'=>$Theloaitin->meta,
				'keyword'=>$Theloaitin->keyword,
				'active'=>$Theloaitin->active,
		);
		$id=(int)$Theloaitin->id;
		if($id == 0)
		{
			$this->tableGateway->insert($data);

		}
		else
		{
			if($this->getmemberID($id))
			{
				$this->tableGateway->update($data, array('id'=>$id));
			}
			else
			{
				throw new \Exception('Form id does not exist');
			}
		}
	}

	public function delete($id)
	{
		$query = $this->tableGateway->delete(array('id'=>$id));
		return $query;
	}
}


WASHINGTON – Total U.S. coal consumption is expected to fall to its lowest level in nearly 40 years, according to a report by the federal Energy Information Agency, or EIA.
The use of coal by the U.S. power sector will drop by 4 percent, or 691 million short tons for 2018.
During the 2016 campaign, then-candidate Trump repeatedly told crowds in coal-reliant regions of the country that as President he would 'bring back coal.' Trump carried the state of West Virginia by more than 40 points over Hillary Clinton largely over his pledge to bring coal jobs back to hard hit communities in Appalachia.
As President, he's put forth policies backed by the coal lobby, including repealing the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Climate accord, weakening water and air standards and pushing a now-shelved plan to bailout out the coal and nuclear industries on the backs of ratepayers.


text:
Q: Background worker still freezing ui Even tho I setup a background worker, I can't seem to make it not freeze the UI.
I looked around online but could not find a fix. I have tried creating basic threads and that worked but I need to also update UI stuff as it runs so thats why I switched to backgroundworkers, but if you could help me figure out how to use a basic thread and get that working that would be ok.
using MediaToolkit;
using MediaToolkit.Model;
using System;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Net.Sockets;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using VideoLibrary;

namespace ConsoleApp1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
    private List<VideoInfo> vids = new List<VideoInfo>();
    private List<VideoInfo> failedVids = new List<VideoInfo>();
    private int threads = 0;
    BackgroundWorker worker;
    private delegate void DELEGATE();
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        Form1 form = new Form1();
        form.ShowDialog();
    }

    public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        worker = new BackgroundWorker();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if(threads == 0)
        {
            progressBar1.Maximum = vids.Count;
            progressBar1.Value = 0;
            failedVids.Clear();
            worker.DoWork += doWork;
            worker.RunWorkerAsync();
            //downloadVid();
        }else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Waiting for threads" + threads);
        }
        /*Thread thread1 = new Thread(new ThreadStart(downloadVid));
        thread1.Start();*/
    }

    private void button1_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        VideoInfo vid = new VideoInfo(tbLink.Text, tbTitle.Text, tbArtist.Text);
        vids.Add(vid);
        tbLink.Clear();
        tbTitle.Clear();
        listView1.Items.Add(vid.getLink());
    }

    private int downloadThread(int i)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(i);
        var source = @"C:\Users\derri\Downloads\DownloadTest\";
        var youtube = YouTube.Default;
        VideoInfo vidInfo = vids[(int) i];
        var vid = youtube.GetVideo(vidInfo.getLink());
        Console.WriteLine(vidInfo.getLink());
        try
        {
            File.WriteAllBytes(source + vid.FullName, vid.GetBytes());
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            failedVids.Add(vids[(int)i]);
            Console.WriteLine(e);
            goto End;
        }

        var inputFile = new MediaFile { Filename = source + vid.FullName };
        var outputFile = new MediaFile { Filename = $"{source + vidInfo.getArtist() + " - " + vidInfo.getTitle()}.mp3" };

        using (var engine = new Engine())
        {
            engine.GetMetadata(inputFile);

            engine.Convert(inputFile, outputFile);
        }
        File.Exists(outputFile.Filename);
        File.Delete(inputFile.Filename);
        setTags(vidInfo.getArtist(), vidInfo.getTitle());
    End:
        threads--;
        return 1;
    }

    private void doWork(object sender, DoWorkEventArgs e)
    {
        Delegate del = new DELEGATE(downloadVid);
        this.Invoke(del);
    }

    private void downloadVid()
    {
        int prog = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < vids.Count; i++)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(i);
            while ((threads > 5)) { }
            Thread thread = new Thread(() => { prog += downloadThread(i); });
            thread.Start();
            threads++;
            System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(1000);
            //thread.Join();
            /*ParameterizedThreadStart start = new ParameterizedThreadStart(downloadThread);
            Thread t = new Thread(start);
            t.Start(i);
            progressBar1.Value++;
            threads++;*/

        }

        while (threads > 0){}
        foreach (VideoInfo failedVid in failedVids)
        {
            listView2.Items.Add(failedVid.getLink());
        }
        listView1.Clear();
        vids.Clear();

    }

    private void setTags(string artist, string title)
    {
        TagLib.File file = TagLib.File.Create("C:\\Users\\derri\\Downloads\\DownloadTest\\" + artist + " - " + title + ".mp3");
        file.Tag.Artists = (new String[] { artist });
        file.Tag.Title = (title);
        file.Save();
    }
}

}

A: this.Invoke will run on the UI thread.
Look into how to use either ReportProgress or RunWorkerCompleted events of the BackgroundWorker class.  The both allow you to pass data from the background thread to the UI thread.


text:
Free PSN Codes: Must-Try PlayStation Games
No Comments on Free PSN Codes: Must-Try PlayStation Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment has taken the gaming industry to another level by developing the PlayStation Network. Selling over millions of units worldwide, PlayStation Network is among world's top sport servers. It's gained the attending of millions of gamers. The games offered by the PSN are not anything like other games. The PSN games include realistic occasions and history-based. One of the PSN's unique attributes is that it can only be accessed with the PSN code.
So it's clear that you can't get PSN media and games with no PSN Code. Let us look into the kinds of PSN codes. So, PSN codes are primarily of two kinds, PSN Plus Codes and PSN Store Codes. PSN Plus Codes are considered a permit that users will need to get access to this PlayStation Network. So it works like a host ID which can be bought. But you may only get into the PlayStation network with the help of a PSN code, without that you can't use the PSN.
If you're somebody who enjoys a mixture of activity and action games with psn code generator, you should definitely try this game, Another must-try PlayStation game comprises Wolfenstein two: The New Colossus, This match is also based on an action-adventure game created by MachineGames, It is a first-person shooter game which premiered in October 2017, This game is available to Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus game gained so much fame that it had been given for Best Action Game.
The most significant benefit of earning PSN Codes Free is that you are able to access the PlayStation Network and any other attributes without paying for it. If you get your hands onto the right Free Free PSN Codes 2020, you will not need to worry about spending extra money on games other than the pair of devices you already invested in. Gamers today search for ways to earn PSN Code Generator rather than buying because why buy when there are means by which you can make Free PSN Codes List.
← Highlight on Online Casino Malaysia → IPTV Premium Subscription-Enjoy a Huge Selection of Stations And Stay Entertained.


Why not get a wine fridge to keep your vintage reds and whites at the optimal serving temperature? One of these models can help you to organize your wines and treat them the way they're meant to be treated. The post The best wine refrigerators of 2018 will keep your vino chilled appeared first on Digital Trends .


text:
Q: The no. of $4$ Digit no. that contain the Digit $6$ exactly once , si The no. of $4$ Digit no. that contain the Digit $6$ exactly once , si
My Try:: We Will take the no. from $\left\{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9\right\}$
Now for $4$ Digit no.
Case (I) If no. is of the form $\boxed{6}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $9\times 8 \times 7 = 504$
Case (II) If no. is of the form $\boxed{+}\boxed{6}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $8 \times 8 \times 7 = 448$
Case (III) If no. is of the form $\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{6}\boxed{+}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $8 \times 8 \times 7 = 448$
Case (III) If no. is of the form $\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{6}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $8 \times 8 \times 7 = 448$
So Total $ = 504+3 \times 448 = 1848$
But answer Given is $2673$
So Where i have done mistake. plz explain me. Thanks

A: Remember that the other digits can repeat. So a number like $6999$ is valid.
Your first case should evaluate to $9 \times 9 \times 9 = 729$, and the other three to $8 \times 9 \times 9 = 648$. These sum to $2673$ as you require.

A: The requirement is that 6 appears only once. Other digits can appear more than once.
To wit:
Case (I) If no. is of the form $\boxed{6}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $9\times 9 \times 9 = 729$
Case (II) If no. is of the form $\boxed{+}\boxed{6}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $8 \times 9 \times 9 = 648$
Case (III) If no. is of the form $\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{6}\boxed{+}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $8 \times 9 \times 9 = 648$
Case (III) If no. is of the form $\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{+}\boxed{6}$. Then We can fill these three $+$ sign box by $8 \times 9 \times 9 = 648$
You have $3*648+729=2673$ possibilities.


(1)Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano, Campus Ceres, Ceres, Goiás, Brasil.
(2)Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Tecnologia, Departamento de Engenharia, Seropédica, Rio Janeiro, Brasil.
(3)Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, Embrapa Agrobiologia, Seropédica, Rio Janeiro, Brasil.
(4)Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia, Campus Colorado do Oeste, Colorado do Oeste, Rondônia, Brasil.
(5)Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Faculdade de Engenharias, Arquitetura e Urbanismo e Geografias, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
The identification of areas with greater erosive potential is important for planning soil and water conservation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical characteristics of rainfall events in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and their interactions with rainfall patterns through multivariate statistical analysis. Rainfall depth, kinetic energy, 30-min intensity (I30), duration of rainfall events, and the erosivity indices KE >10, KE >25, and EI30 in 36 locations (stations) were subjected to principal component analysis (PCA) and canonical discriminant analysis (CDA). Based on evaluation of the respective historical series of hyetographs, it was found that the advanced pattern occurs with highest frequency (51.8 %), followed by the delayed pattern (26.1 %), and by the intermediate pattern (22.1 %). All the evaluated rainfall characteristics have high response capacity in describing localities and rainfall patterns through PCA and CDA. In CDA, the Tukey test (p<0.05) applied to the scores of the first canonical discriminant function (CDF1) allowed differentiation of the stations with respect to the rainfall and erosivity characteristics for the advanced and delayed patterns. In the delayed pattern, the localities of Angra dos Reis, Campos, Eletrobrás, Manuel Duarte, Santa Isabel do Rio Preto, Tanguá, Teresópolis, Vila Mambucaba, and Xerém had the highest CDF1 scores, indicating that they have rainfalls with higher depth, I30, and duration because the standardized canonical coefficient (SCC) and the correlation coefficient ("r") of these characteristics were positive. The rainfall events in the state of Rio de Janeiro differ from one locality to another in relation to the advanced and delayed rainfall patterns, mainly due to the physical characteristics of rainfall depth, I30, and duration, indicating a higher risk of soil loss and runoff in the localities where rainfall events with the delayed pattern prevail.
Water erosion poses a serious threat to natural resources worldwide, with significant economic and environmental consequences (Prosdocimi et al., 2016) and evaluation of this erosion has become an important tool in soil and water conservation plans (Anache et al., 2017). Soil erosion is directly related to the physical characteristics of rainfall events (Ran et al., 2012), primarily their intensity and duration, and the diameter and final speed of raindrops, which determine their erosivity (Goebes et al., 2014).
The indices EI30 and KE >25 have been widely used to calculate erosivity (Oliveira et al., 2013) since they have provided good correlation with soil losses in different regions (Bertol et al., 2007; Bertol et al., 2008; Silva et al., 2009). These indices are calculated through the product of kinetic energy and intensity of the rainfall (Marques et al., 1997).
Rainfall events with the same average intensity do not necessarily have the same kinetic energy (Mohamadi and Kavian, 2015), which indicates that a given precipitated volume may lead to different soil losses, even under the same conditions of land use and cover. This reality may be related to the effect of the hydrological rainfall pattern, defined in accordance with the occurrence of peak intensity in relation to its duration (Flanagan et al., 1988). Various studies have shown the influence of rainfall patterns in the erosion process, especially in runoff, soil loss, and particle distribution (Flanagan et al., 1988; Eltz et al., 2001; Oliveira et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2016).
The state of Rio de Janeiro has wide climatic variability, mainly caused by the diverse topography and consequent cloud formation. Thus, the state has orographic rainfalls and convective and frontal rainfalls (André et al., 2008; Dereczynski et al., 2009). These characteristics influence the volume, intensity, and patterns of rainfalls and, consequently, soil erosion.
Evaluations of rainfall erosivity and patterns have been made for various Brazilian localities individually (Mehl et al., 2001; Evangelista et al., 2005; Cassol et al., 2008; Machado et al., 2008; Peñalva-Bazzano et al., 2010; Oliveira et al., 2012; Eltz et al., 2013). However, there are few studies investigating the use of these rainfall physical attributes in relation to the erosive processes that aim to group various localities of a same region or state with similar characteristics. This type of approach is especially useful in identifying areas with a higher risk of soil, water, and nutrient losses.
Due to the large number of characteristics (variables) related to the rainfall events, multivariate analysis statistical techniques can be better suited to evaluate the data; they have been applied to soil science and various areas of knowledge (Maluche-Baretta et al., 2006; Dai et al., 2014). Multivariate techniques include canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) (Cruz-Castillo et al., 1994) and principal component analysis (PCA) (Pearson, 1901; Raziei et al., 2009; Santos et al., 2010). These are exploratory techniques of the data to summarize the set of original variables and facilitate interpretation of the interdependence among these variables. Applied to pluviographic data, these techniques allow localities to be distinguished and grouped in accordance with the rainfall physical characteristics that affect the erosive process. Through the PCA, it is possible to visualize the variables (characteristics) and the levels of the factors evaluated (in this case, localities and rainfall patterns) on a two-dimensional plane and, therefore, evaluate relationships between variables through components (PCA) and the potential to discriminate (CDA) locations according to the rainfall characteristics.
Canonical discriminant analysis allows identification of differences among the groups evaluated (treatments or factors) based on measurements of characteristics of the observations belonging to these groups, facilitating understanding of the relationships among the variables evaluated within these groups. The CDA estimates linear functions (called canonical functions or variables) based on the quantified original variables, separating the groups of individuals to maximize the variance between groups and minimize the variance inside them (Cruz-Castillo et al., 1994).
Utilization of the PCA and CDA multivariate techniques has not been widespread in the literature on rainfall studies (Machado et al., 2008; Jin et al., 2015), and even less so with the aim of evaluating and grouping localities according to the rainfall characteristics related to erosivity.
Considering that the different regions of Rio de Janeiro do not exhibit homogeneity of characteristics related to the potential of rainfall events to cause erosion, the aim of this study was to evaluate the physical characteristics of rainfall events, erosivity indices, and rainfall patterns in the state using multivariate statistical techniques to identify homogeneous regions.
The present study was conducted using the rainfall records of 36 stations in the state of Rio de Janeiro that belonged to the Superintendência Estadual de Rios e Lagoas - Serla (currently part of the Instituto Estadual do Ambiente - INEA), the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET), the Agência Nacional das Águas (ANA), and the Light Serviços de Eletricidade S.A. company (Figure 1). The period of analysis encompassed the years 1974 to 1996, with an average of 11 years of data, considering that it was not possible to establish a common period for all series studied. Regarding rainfall data, in Brazil it is still rare to have series of more than ten years (Montebeller et al., 2007), especially in working with areas of considerable geographic extension.
Figure 1 Location of the rainfall stations studied in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The daily hyetographs, with amplitude of 10 mm of rainfall depth and lowest reading range of 0.1 mm, were converted to the digital format using a digitizing table and the system for digitalization of hyetographs HidroGraph 1.02. From the digitized data, the erosivity indices (EI30, KE >10, and KE >25) for each station were calculated using the computer program CHUVEROS (Program created by the Professor Elemar Antonino Cassol; not published). For each rainfall event, the program provides the rainfall depth and duration, kinetic energy, and I30, among other characteristics. It also characterizes the rainfall events in hydrological patterns.
Rainfall events were characterized in the following hydrological patterns: advanced (V), intermediate (I), and delayed (T), when the peak of highest intensity occurs in the first third, second third, and third third of the rainfall period, respectively (Horner and Jens, 1941). The rainfall characteristics and erosivity indices evaluated were rainfall depth (mm), kinetic energy - KE (J m-2), maximum 30-min intensity - I30 (mm h-1), rainfall duration (h), KE >10 (MJ ha-1 yr-1), KE >25 (MJ ha-1 yr-1), and EI30 (MJ mm ha-1 h-1 yr-1). The erosivity indices KE >25 and KE >10 were determined by the product of the kinetic energy and intensity of rainfall segments longer than 25 and 10 min h-1, respectively. The kinetic energy determination used in CHUVEROS is the same as EI30, i.e., from Wischmeier and Smith (1958) modified by Foster et al. (1981), and described as KE = 0.119 + 0.0873 × log I, where I is rainfall intensity in mm h-1 (Montebeller et al., 2007).
Joint evaluation of physical characteristics and erosivity indices to obtain the groups of stations/localities with similar characteristics regarding the different rainfall patterns was made through multivariate principal component analysis (Santos et al., 2010) and canonical discriminant analysis (Cruz-Castillo et al., 1994), using the programs Canoco (ter Braak and Smilauer, 1998) and SAS (SAS, 1997), respectively. For this study, the 12 months of the year were considered as replicates for each combination between station and rainfall pattern, and they were obtained from the mean of the erosive events in each month, for all years of the historical series.
The interpretation of PCA results considered the scores of the first two principal components (Y1 and Y2) and the values of the linear correlation coefficients between the original variables and the first two components. The cluster analyses of the treatments and of the above-mentioned variables through CDA used the mean of 12 months for each rainfall pattern.
Complementarily and to facilitate graphical interpretation of the CDA, multivariate analysis of variance was made through the Wilks' Lambda test (Green and Carroll, 1978), and the Tukey test (p<0.05) was applied to the scores of the treatments.
The advanced rainfall pattern (V) was the most frequent (51.8 %), followed by the delayed pattern (T) (26.1 %), and the intermediate pattern (I) (22.1 %) in the state of Rio de Janeiro under the conditions studied (Table 1). This predominance of the advanced pattern also occurs in other regions of Brazil, such as São Borja - RS (Cassol et al., 2008), Quaraí - RS (Peñalva-Bazzano et al., 2007), Lavras - MG (Evangelista et al., 2005), Seropédica - RJ and Nova Friburgo - RJ (Carvalho et al., 2005), and São Gabriel - RS (Eltz et al., 2013). In contrast, the localities Manuel Duarte, Santa Isabel do Rio Preto, and Vila Mambucaba stood out from the others with their trend of higher frequency of rainfalls with delayed pattern, which is a rare characteristic in Brazil.
From identification of the advanced pattern as predominant in the state of Rio de Janeiro, it can be inferred that soil losses are smaller than they would be if there were predominance of rainfall events with intermediate and delayed patterns (Bertol et al., 2007). The higher water content in the soil preceding the rainfall events, common in these patterns, favors disaggregation of the particles due to the impacts of the raindrops, increases surface sealing, reduces infiltration capacity, and causes greater runoff (Peñalva-Bazzano et al., 2010). Using erosion plots under natural rainfall in Seropédica - RJ, Carvalho et al. (2009) identified that 64.6, 21.3, and 14.1 % of the rainfall events were classified as advanced (V), intermediate (I), and delayed (T), respectively, generating 35.1, 6.6, and 58.3 % of the soil losses, under different management practices in an Argissolo Vermelho Amarelo (Red Yellow Ultisol). Eltz et al. (2001) also confirmed the predominance of soil losses in the delayed pattern, working with simulated rainfall in this same soil class in Santa Maria, RS.
Through the PCA, 96.1 % of the information contained in the set of the seven original variables resulted from the first two principal components (Table 2), whose contributions were 83.0 and 13.1 % for the first (Y1) and second (Y2) axes, respectively. Higher Y1 values were obtained for the stations Manuel Duarte (man), Santa Isabel do Rio Preto (sir), and Vila Mambucaba (vil). In complement, figure 2 shows the behavior in the first axis, in which the stations of the South Fluminense mesoregion are distant from the others, situated farther from and to the right of the origin. In the second axis, the highest values of principal components occurred for the stations Angra dos Reis (ang), Campos (cam), Capela Mayrink (cap), and Xerém (xer).
Figure 2 Principal component analysis of rainfall and erosivity characteristics considering the 36 rainfall stations and the three rainfall patterns (advanced - V, intermediate - I, and delayed - T). RD: rainfall depth; KE: kinetic energy; I30: maximum 30 - min intensity; EI30, KE >10, and KE >25: erosivity indices. Other abbreviations see Table 2.
The first principal component (Y1) has high positive correlation with six of the rainfall characteristics and erosivity indices studied (r >0.91) (Table 3). Hence, all characteristics, except rainfall duration, contributed to Y1 and were considered good predictors of the effects of the treatments and, therefore, adequate for utilization in other statistical analyses. The high positive correlation with Y2 (0.75) indicates that duration is the rainfall characteristic of highest correlation with the stations Angra, Campos, Capela Mayrink, and Xerém (Figure 2). These stations have low altitudes in common (Table 1) and are more influenced by the sea breeze, according to Dereczynski et al. (2009).
RD: rainfall depth; KE: kinetic energy; I30: maximum 30 - min intensity; EI30, KE >10, and KE >25: erosivity indices.
It was not possible to find the determinant effect of the rainfall and erosivity characteristics in the rainfall patterns (V, I, and T) for the stations studied, because all of them approach the origin of the axes Y1 and Y2 (Figure 2). However, rainfall depth was the characteristic closest to the advanced pattern. Regarding the localities and the respective patterns, the most correlated stations were Andorinhas, Fazenda Santo Amaro, Sambaetiba, Capela Mayrink, Fazenda Coqueiro, Posto Garrafão, Itaperuna, Vassouras, Resende, and Nova Friburgo for the advanced pattern; Santa Maria Madalena, Japuíba, São Bento, Piraí, Cachoeiras de Macacu, Álcalis, Rio Mole, Escola União, Carmo, Cordeiro, Ilha dos Pombos, and Tocos for the intermediate pattern; and Manuel Duarte, Santa Izabel do Rio Preto, Vila Mambucaba, Ribeirão das Lajes, Tanguá, Eletrobrás, and Santa Cecília for the delayed pattern (Figure 2).
Most of the stations correlated with the advanced pattern are located in the Metropolitan region. However, they are closer to the border with the Central Fluminense region, which is the Serrana region on other maps. According to Montebeller et al. (2007), this region has the highest erosivity indices of the rainfall events in the state. In contrast, the stations that have delayed pattern were more associated with the South Fluminense mesoregion. According to Brito et al. (2016), these parts of the state have total monthly rainfall events influenced by valley-mountain atmospheric circulations and also by orographic rainfall.
Through CDA, the first two functions explain 64.3 % of the total data variation, 42.2 % by the first function (CDF1) and 22.1 % by the second function (CDF2). The likelihood ratio test showed that CDF1 and CDF2 were significant at the 0.01 probability level, and the explanation of the variation between the samples given by the other CDFs is small. The canonical correlations were 0.70 and 0.58 for CDF1 and CDF2, respectively, considered as high. The results indicate high association between localities, as well as rainfall patterns with the EI30 and KE >25 indices and the physical characteristics of rainfalls (Table 4).
RD: rainfall depth; KE: kinetic energy; I30: maximum 30-min intensity; EI30, KE >10, and KE>25: erosivity indices.
The first discriminant functions (CDF1 and CDF2) differed among localities and rainfall patterns through the multivariate Wilks' Lambda test (p<0.0001) (Green and Carroll, 1978). For the characteristics I30, duration, and EI30, there were higher values (in modulus) of the standardized canonical coefficient for CDF1, while rainfall depth (RD), followed by duration, along with their correlation coefficients, were higher for CDF2 (Table 4).
Based on I30, rainfall intensity is the physical characteristic most adequate for different localities in the state of Rio de Janeiro with respect to erosive potential, under different rainfall patterns. This index is used to calculate the EI30 utilized in the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) and is considered one of the best estimators of erosivity in countries with temperate climates (Wischmeier and Smith, 1978; Oliveira et al., 2013).
Despite subjectivity in visualization of the groups due to the large number of points, three groups of stations could be identified through the CDA in analysis of the mean scores of CDF1 for the combination of stations versus rainfall patterns (108 observations) (Figure 3). The capV group (Capela Mayrink and advanced pattern) has lower scores; the sirT (Sta I. do Rio Preto) and ManT (Manuel Duarte) group of stations has higher values, both for the delayed pattern; and the third group, with intermediate scores, contained the other stations associated with each pattern (Figure 3). The results found in the delayed pattern were similar to those obtained by the PCA.
Figure 3 Standardized scores of the significant canonical discriminant functions (CDF) of rainfall and erosivity attributes for the 36 localities of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
In the group of the stations for each rainfall pattern that was isolated, greater dispersion was observed in the advanced pattern, and it was possible to identify three groups of stations. The Capela Mayrink station had a lower score, while Santa Isabel do Rio Preto, Manuel Duarte, Vila Mambucaba, and Cordeiro had higher values (Figure 4a). In the intermediate pattern, the Itaperuna station exhibited the lowest score, while Manuel Duarte, Teresópolis, and Santa Isabel do Rio Preto showed the highest scores (Figure 4b). The other stations had intermediate values. In the delayed pattern, three groups were identified - the stations Vassouras and São Bento had the lower scores, whereas Manuel Duarte, Sta. I. do Rio Preto, Vila Mambucaba, Teresópolis, and Angra dos Reis had higher scores (Figure 4c).
Figure 4 Standardized scores of the significant canonical discriminant functions (CDF) of rainfall and erosivity attributes in the advanced (a), intermediate (b), and delayed (c) patterns for the 36 localities of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
To facilitate interpretation of the group presented in figures 3 and 4, the Tukey test (p<0.05) was applied to the scores (index resulting from the linear combination of all variables) of the stations/localities within each rainfall pattern. Since CDF1 explained most of the data variation (42.2 %), only its result relative to the Tukey test (p<0.05) will be presented (Table 5).
* Means followed by different letters in the column differ by Tukey's T test (p≤0.05); ** stations with lowest scores; *** stations with highest scores.
In the advanced pattern, the Capela Mayrink station showed the lowest score, while Santa Izabel do Rio Preto (sir), Manuel Duarte, Vila Mambucaba, and Cordeiro showed the highest values (Table 5). The other stations did not differ, and some of them were similar to sir (man, vil, cor, vas, cam, laj, sce, toc, alc, pir, ipo, ang, sbe, ita, igu, and eco stations) and others similar to cap (mac, pos, fco, xer, and fsa stations) with respect to the rainfall and erosivity characteristics. For the intermediate pattern, the localities did not differ regarding the physical characteristics of rainfall events and erosivity evaluated as a single group, considering CDF1 (Tukey <0.05). However, a lower score was observed for the Itaperuna station and higher scores for the Manuel Duarte, Teresópolis, and Santa Izabel do Rio Preto stations (Table 5).
For the delayed pattern, three groups of stations were identified: the group with the lowest values was formed by the stations Vassouras and São Bento; the group with the highest scores was composed of the stations Angra dos Reis, Campos, Eletrobrás, Manuel Duarte, Santa Isabel do Rio Preto, Tanguá, Teresópolis, Vila Mambucaba, and Xerém; the other stations showed intermediate scores (Table 5).
Considering that most characteristics are directly related to erosive potential, the more negative the mean of the scores, the greater the possibility of lower erosive potential of the rainfall events under the influence of the stations of the respective groups and rainfall patterns (Table 5). However, the stations with the highest scores, regardless of the rainfall patterns (except for Santa Isabel do Rio Preto), are related to higher values of rainfall erosivity, corroborating the study of Montebeller et al. (2007). According to these authors, the sites with the highest erosivity indices in the state occur in the Sul Fluminense region (Baía de Ilha Grande) and also in the direction from the Baixadas Litorâneas to Central Fluminense (Serrana region). This demonstrates the influence of the relief, notably the Serra do Mar mountain range, in this behavior of rainfall events. The stations with the highest scores (Table 5) coincide with most of those correlated with the delayed pattern obtained in the PCA (Figure 2), showing a certain consistency of this analysis in discriminating stations and rainfall patterns. A possible explanation for this is the procedure common to these techniques of making linear combinations of the original variables.
The stations belonging to the group with the highest significant score for CDF1, in relation to the others in the delayed pattern, indicate that these localities (Figure 5) are similar regarding the expected high risk of soil, water, and nutrient losses due to the physical characteristics of rainfall events in them. This may occur especially in unprotected soils due to higher antecedent water content, which leads to lower infiltration capacity, lower cohesion of aggregates, and greater surface sealing and runoff. In addition, higher erosive potential is expected in this group because of the rainfall events with physical characteristics of high rainfall depth, high I30, and long duration, because the standardized canonical coefficient (SCC) and the correlation coefficient (r) of these characteristics were positive. Except for the Campos station, the highest scores in the delayed pattern were obtained for stations located in the regions South Fluminense, Central Fluminense, and Metropolitan, which had the highest monthly and annual mean values of rainfall (André et al., 2008; Brito et al., 2016) and the highest values of rainfall erosivity in the state (Montebeller et al., 2007; Machado et al., 2013). These results are highly influenced by the topography and higher air humidity coming from the ocean in the southeast direction (André et al., 2008).
Figure 5 Location of the stations of delayed pattern with respect to the variation in standardized canonical scores of the first canonical discriminant function (CDF1).
The results obtained suggest conducting studies in erosion plots using simulated rainfall of a delayed pattern, because this would allow evaluation of the effect of different soil management systems and conservation practices on water erosion. The aim would be to control this type of soil degradation through systematization of techniques that can be extrapolated to the localities of this group.
Principal component analysis proved to be adequate for the data. In addition, characteristics such as rainfall depth, erosivity index EI30, kinetic energy (KE), maximum 30-min intensity (I30), the erosivity indices KE >10 and KE >25, and duration of the rainfall events showed significant correlation with the localities and rainfall patterns studied.
Canonical discriminant analysis differentiates the stations/localities in the rainfall patterns. Through this technique, three groups of homogeneous stations are formed, regardless of the rainfall pattern, as well as three groups of similar stations for the advanced and delayed patterns for physical characteristics of rainfall events and erosivity in the state.
Our thanks to UFRRJ/CPGA-CS, Capes (financial support to the first author), Serla (currently INEA), INMET, ANA, and Light.


This rectangular teak garden dining table is beautifully crafted from large sections of solid timber,giving a traditional feel combined with great strength and durability. The large table comes with six Stanway armchairs in all-weather wicker - both table and chairs are completely maintenance free and can be left outside all year round. Cushion covers are splash proof, removable and machine washable. We recommend the fabulous Antibes rectangular parasol with this set.


Although in the tefilla we mention Shavuot as Chag Matan Torah, when reading the parshiot discussing the moadim there is no reference to the fact that on Shavuot we celebrate the giving of the Torah.
We still need to understand how and why Shavuot became Chag Matan Torah. Firstly, if we pay close attention to the words of the tefilla we will note that Shavuot is referred to as זמן מתן" תורתנו", not "יום מתן תורתנו". There are different opinions in Chazal as to the exact day when the Torah was given. In order to cover all possibilities we say "זמן מתן תורתנו". We can add to this the explanations given by Abarbanel and Ba'al Ha'Akeda that we do not want to limit ourselves to a specific day on which we celebrate the Torah, as we should do so every day.
1. The inter-dependence between Torah sheBeal Peh and Torah sheBichtav. The Torah SheBeal Peh is an essential component in understanding the Torah SheBichtav, in many aspects, including the fact that it teaches us when the Torah SheBichtav was given.
2. The connection between the Festival of Harvest and the Torah. The Torah wasn't given in order to detach us from the world. Its purpose is to give us tools to sanctify the world. On Shavuot we thank Hashem for the harvest – the flour. If there is no flour there is no Torah, and if there is no Torah, the flour has no purpose.
When we were exiled and stopped reaping the harvest of the land, the central element of Shavuot dwindled, and the element of the giving of the Torah took over. When the Beit Hamikdash is rebuilt and we start bringing minchat hakatzir again, we will be able to return to celebrating the chag fully.
May this happen in our days.


The Laby Ideas Centre provides facilities for students to work together to learn physics.
The Laby Ideas Centre provides facilities for students to work together to learn physics. You will be able to find a tutor on duty to answer questions, and computers if you need to do your prelabs or weekly homework.
The Laby Ideas Centre is open from Week 2 of each semester until the end of Swot Vac (where extra sessions may be scheduled). The Centre is open from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm and tutors are available from 11.00 am to 3.00 pm, Monday to Friday. Please refer to the subject page on LMS for when a duty tutor for your subject is available at the Laby Ideas Centre.
The Laby Ideas Centre is located on the ground floor of the main building.


The first tour will be of Yan Tichi's solo exhibition, on Saturday, October 9, 2010.
Please Register in advance; the numbers of participants is limited for each session, attending costs 35 NIS.
Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House Ltd.
Or-Ner's artist- book – "Bad Renro" – presents a series of drawings composed of zerox and hand-drawing. Obsessively drawn throughout the last two years, Or-Ner provokes the ultimate icon – the portrait of Hitler. Or-Ner, born in Paris, 1927, was a child during the war. He is known for his artistic-political line of work, including the "Museum of Museums"' relating to the Lebanon War. At the age of 80 he returns to drawing, to paper, and to the defining experience of his European childhood – which left him with the feeling of a pervasive, irrational world. Bad Renro – Or Ner himself, dressed to resemble Hitler – is an intriguing image of the victim and oppressor entwined.
3 videos of Or Ner with the Renro figure will be screened during the evening.
Speakers: Uzi Shavit, Giora Rozen, Moshe Zuckermann, Tali Tamir, Liav Mizravi, and the artist.


text:
Q: Get Window handle in Windows store app I am working on a app which needs to have a custom camera capture dialog to enable zoom, flash etc. which default CameraCaptureUI does not  have. My app will be deployed on tablets and I have a .NET SDK (provided by tablet vendor) which I can use to enable zoom, flash and every other thing. The SDK is not compatible with windows store app and it uses Win32 api but I can still use some of it functions.
So this SDK have a preview method which requires window handle (InPtr) to start a preview. The problem is I cant find window handle for a store app window or rather I don't know how to find it. If i can find it somehow I am sure I will be able to implement other features easily enough.
Can someone show me how to find window handle in Windows store app?
Thanks a lot for any pointers!

A: According to this post: http://tinyurl.com/pf5kpyv you can find the window handle of a store app using the Win32 API. But if your target is WinRT, you won't have the Win32 API available (probably you already know this). If your target is full Windows 8.1, it might be easier to just write it as a non-store app. Of course, if your client requires it to be "modern" than you're stuck :)


While it is far from universal, more and more people have come to realize that we need to sustainably manage our planet's finite resources and to protect the ecosystems which all life is dependent upon. Many people are aware of the urgent need to heal our Mother Earth. This awareness, a paradigm shift if you will, has become a powerful force exerting a great deal of pressure on many of the day-to-day actions (earthly abuses) routinely undertaken by corporations, government agencies and the like.
For many of us, our own individual behavior is becoming more and more thoughtful as we strive to live not only a more sustainable lifestyle, but in closer harmony with nature. "First do no harm" now encompasses our one, and only, Mother Earth.
Environmentalism often viewed as a political perspective, regularly becomes a political tug-of-war with corporate and political greed wreaking havoc on the natural world, while ignoring science based, and thoughtful decisions. More often than not, our government fails to deliver effective programs (never mind solutions) to protect our water, land, air, and wildlife.
Nature is in freefall and the planet's support systems are so stretched that we face widespread species extinctions and mass human migration unless urgent action is taken.
Every living creature bears the brunt of our endless destruction, their plight serves as a reminder that we can, we must, do better; for them, for the earth, and for ourselves. On that note, we created a few pieces to help raise environmental consciousness. All our items are ethically sourced and offer an urgent message.
Thank you for visiting, and as always, for your support.
Our latest item, World Peace, reminds us that there is more that unites us than divides us.
World Peace is available on a wide variety of items as pictured below. To purchase, or for more information on World Peace merchandise, tap on title or either image above.
Earth Day Everyday is available in graphic tees (we recommend white), womens contrast tanks, as well as a small variety of other items pictured below. Tap on title or larger image above for details.
One of our favorites: Save the Bees!
Save the Bees! is available in a small variety of items such as two differently designed tees, sweatshirts, coffee mugs, notepads, and graphic tees/tanks. Tap on title or image above for details.
"Mother Earth is Dying" available in t-shirts, mugs, hardcover journals, and notepads only. A sad reminder to do all we can to save our one and only home. For more information or pricing please tap on title above or images below.
Live Vegan is available in a wide variety of items including two differently designed tees (several of the available items are pictured in the slideshow below). Tap on the title, or either image above, for more information.
For more information, or to purchase Listen to the Earth tap on image above or title (also available in spiral notebooks, hard cover journals and art boards).
Again, thanks for stopping by, and, as always, for your support!
Copyright © 2019 [COPYRIGHT Intheshadowofthewolf]. All Rights Reserved.
Thank you, Pam. These are terribly heartbreaking times for those who cherish the earth and all of her miracles.


Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Upgrade SQL 2019 Microsoft launch the SQL server 2019 if you have secret server 2017 so you can directly upgrade with 2019. It is very simple and very easy you can download the latest version SQL Server and upgrade database server.
the requirement for the Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Upgrade SQL 2019 we need the Microsoft SQL server 2019 ISO file so if you have used it. and if you do not have to go to the Microsoft official site and you can easily download the Sequel server 19 bit make sure you have a Microsoft account for the download.
Now Upgradation steps how to perform this activity. So first of all which type of your current server. if it is virtualizations server or like VM server so easily Mount the ISO image downloaded by Microsoft site but. if you have a physical server so we need to extract ISO file or we can write this. ISO file to CD or DVD for direct Mount or insert your server.
If you upgrade without any ISO Image mount or without any CD DVD insert. So a simple way you can extract the ISO file and get the setup file as a folder or file format. So you can copy this folder and paste to your current database server any location D drive E drive any another local location.
Also, you can use the network path but if you are going for the installation don't do that to network path because some time installation may be filled if you access installer file from a network path to make sure you pass this folder to your physical server or logical server your local drive.


Words by Elizabeth C. Clephane (1830-69) & David L. Ward; Music by David Ward.
This beautiful hymn written in Scotland in the 19th century points us to the treasure which believers have in the cross of Jesus. While the cross is usually associated with torture and death, these were just the means to secure the benefits that Jesus offers to anyone who will trust in His suffering on their behalf. He endured the "burning of the noontide heat" and the shame of our sinful selves upon himself - the worthy suffering in the place of those who had become worthless. The cross represents the place where believers draw near to Jesus in that moment where he most clearly demonstrated his gracious, unending love. It is a place where the wonder of grace overcomes our sense of unworthiness as we realize that he died for us without any regard to whether we deserved it or not. And so the believer abides in the shadow of the cross to be reminded of true joy, contentment, glory, acceptance, and love. May we never stray far from our place "beneath the cross."
Then fall to worship beneath the cross.


Encircled by five sweeping valleys opening out to the River Severn and made famous by Laurie Lee's novel "Cider with Rosie", the scenery is dramatic around Stroud. It is a great meeting place, with direct links to London, making it a Bohemian/café/gallery/ bookshop sort of place. Jasper Conran described the town as 'the Covent Garden of the Cotswolds'. With a bohemian vibe and an enviable array of independent shops, Stroud offers a unique shopping experience unrivalled by any town or city in the locality.


text:
Fact Check | Where COVID-19 cases increased most in December
Cases more than doubled in 9 Kentucky counties
WKYT Fact Check(Gray Media)
By WKYT News Staff
Published: Jan. 3, 2021 at 9:14 AM EST
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The number of COVID-19 cases more than doubled in nine of Kentucky's 120 counties during December as the state saw a record surge in the virus.
Comparing the increase in cases in each county between December 1 and December 31, counties in southern and rural eastern Kentucky dominated the list of the counties with the largest percentage gains.
https://infogram.com/december-lookback-1hnq410kd8wjk23?live
Percentage increase in new cases
Topping the list of biggest percentage increases was McCreary County, home to just over 17,000 people. The county's number of cases jumped by 692 in December which was a 163% monthly increase compared to the month before.
Other Kentucky counties with the biggest percentage gains in December included Wayne, Pulaski, Boyle, Owen, Clinton, Fleming, Trimble, Mason, and Letcher counties, according to a WKYT analysis of Kentucky Department of Public Health statistics.
In 67 counties, the number of cases increased by more than 50% in December. Elliott, Fulton and Lee counties were the only county with increases of less than 25%.
Number of new cases
With 5,832 new cases in December, Fayette County's case number increased 33% in December.
Jefferson County keeps adding the most overall new cases each month. It added 13,429 in December which was more than twice as many as #2 Fayette County and nearly four times more than #3 Kenton County.
"Every day we are reminded how fragile the progress we have made in defeating this virus really is," Gov. Andy Beshear said. "We will wait and watch closely over the coming days and weeks to gauge the impact the holidays may have had on our recent success in slowing new case growth. With more vaccines arriving in 2021, we have a new sense of hope but right now we must all continue to do our part to stop this virus, including wearing a mask and avoiding large in-person gatherings.


Elite Travel Baseball Foundation (ETBF) is committed to the fundamental skill development of its players. Travel baseball in booming in the Brentwood, Oakley and Antioch area. It is common in all tournaments to have our local teams represented in the championship games. Elite does not focus on wins and losses, but rather on the development of skills that will prepare the players for High School and College baseball.
As a member of Elite your player will become part of an organization that is committed to maintaining an environment that keeps the game fun, while still being competitive.
Join the only organization with an indoor training facility by calling now (925) 628-7950!


Are there still issues with Bullbar weights causing cracks at the front on Dmax?
Have read that the front of Dmax doesn't take to well to bullbars.
I too am looking at dmax as my next ute.
Bullbars dont hang off the inner gaurd.
Who said it was bull bars as the cause? Just because Bars and mods have been apportioned blame doesn't mean it is true or corect. Of those which have cracked, a number have no bull bar at all, ever, and not used in rough terrain either. Some have had suspension uprgrades and some have not and been standard with no mods at all.
Got to sort out the wheat from the chaff a bit.
I think it has to more to do with imparted chassis twist and/or body to chassis mounts which hold the body stressed instead of being neutrally held and located together. Maybe the panels which crack haven't bee designed with sufficient inherrent flex or ssome are sub standard metal. Other makes of vehicle also suffer cracks too. Isuzu is not the only ones.
Hey guys thanks for the reply.
What I read didn't specifically point out that the bull bar was the cause of the cracks in the inner guard. Just that it mentioned the front end of the chassis doesn't cope well with Bull bars. See below.
So is it a consensus that Bull Bars on a dmax is a non issue in all respects?
Just that the cracks in the inner guard is not related since it can happen to cars without bullbars?
I wonder what prompted GDL to write a report, money perhaps?
DPF does a burn at 500km with it being distance based. If run hot it may not need to very often. The system is designed to burn it clean again. Does the DPF/DPD as Isuzu call it, really block up? Or is the author making a blanket statement?
The Dmax is not any more susceptible to EGR soot and malfunction than others. We won't mention Toyota 'cos they do it far more often. Use decent oil quality and both problems are lessened. Dealers and the authors company probably don't use a high quality oil which lessens blowby gas quantity and therefore oil mist in the first place.
Blanking an EGR will make it develop a fault code. Has to, but a restrictor plate reduces the flow and lessens the heat getting to the EGR valve too so it doesn't tend to get fried or glue up.
Most utes have small section chassis members at the front and a lot of makes have trouble, not only Isuzu Dmax. There are far more vehicles with bullbars and no chassis problems or cracked inner guard running around than the relative small number which have developed a problem. How do they know the bullbar caused the chassis cracks? What sort of cracks were they? It may have been the way it was operated. I do agree that makers of bullbars have little thought for any chassis and having one of your biggest mates bolted 300mm or more out the front does add load where load wasn't really designed to be. It is just the fact everyone regards a bullbar is essential and has no consequences if fitted.
The people who wrote the article are at the bottom end of an incidence funnel, and see some failures, all vehicles have them, so they report it as a significant problem.
Always read articles/reviews with a healthy serving of suspicion, they may have some actual decent informative facts sometimes.
Thanks mydmax for the comments. They have been helpful in giving me an informed view about the cracking issue.
Besides the mention of the bullbar, GDLs review seems to be very favorable and his conclusions is such that the Dmax is mechanically superior to all its peers.
My view is, Isuzu advertise as having a ladder frame/chassis, others are similar.
If you twist a ladder, the end pieces will try to, not be inline with each other, distorted as in a slightly squashed cardboard box. Parallelogram. If ANY vehicle is subjected to that and the chassis ends are being held solid and rigid by an unyielding bullbar, then instead of flexing the twist of both chassis members is accentuated near the front of those sections. Exactly where the crash/crush deformation reliefs are and at the chassis brackets of the bull bar. Twist them too much or too often and any chassis will give trouble.
BT 50's have had the brackets torn off and bits ripped out of the chassis on some.
Some of those forces are also transferred to the body structure which is rubber mounted with some compliance ability. If the amount of twist is great then the body has to deform too if the rubber mounts can't accept all the distortion. I imagine that too will begin to flex the innner guards a little on most vehicles.Bend a bot of metal and it fatigue fails near the middle, inner guards not exception.
Of all the vehicles made of any brand, only some have trouble though.