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Thanks to an agreement approved by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, a select group of firefighters with Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services will receive training to be able to conduct annual testing and repair work on the agency's self-contained breathing apparatus units, such as these in use during a call to a house fire on Mitchell Road earlier this year.
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Thanks to an agreement approved by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners, a select group of firefighters with Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services will receive training to be able to conduct annual testing and repair work on the agency's self-contained breathing apparatus units, such as these in use during a call to a house fire on Cherokee Overlook Drive earlier this year.
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By Donald Campbell dcampbell@cherokeetribune.com
Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services will be able to test and repair its own breathing apparatus systems in the near future, thanks to an agreement approved by the Cherokee County Board of Commissioners.
At its most recent meeting, the board unanimously approved an agreement with Scott Safety, allowing the fire department to perform annual testing and repairs to their self-contained breathing apparatus units purchased from Scott. Under the agreement, the fire department will send a group of its firefighters to a Scott facility to receive specialized training in how to test and repair the more technical components of the breathing units. After completing the training, these firefighters will then be able to complete virtually all of the same work that, in the past, the agency has had to send devices back for, while also conducting annual testing to ensure each apparatus is functioning as it should.
Assistant Fire Chief Eddie Robinson said the agency has looked into doing this a few times in the past several years, but really got serious about it within the last year. There are actually two levels of training firefighters can obtain in order to perform repair work on the breathing units, according to Robinson. The first level, which he said a number of firefighters within the agency have already completed, allows them to make simple repairs, such as fixing a strapt. The second level, however, is what allows firefighters to handle the more complex parts, such as the components that regulate the air coming out of the tanks and the device's PASS (Personal Alert Safety System) that alerts others if something should happen to the firefighter wearing the apparatus.
The current plan is to send one member of the fire department's logistics division, one member of its training division and two members of field operations to receive the upper level training, Robinson explained. This training will be provided to the firefighters in attendance at no cost to the agency, although the fire department will have to cover general travel expenses. Robinson said these specific firefighters were chosen because of their role in handling the units, as the logistics officer manages the devices, the field operations members have assisted in maintaining the units and, as older devices are in use at the training center, the department included a member of the training division in order to more effectively manage the training packs.
Robinson said making repairs in-house will be much faster than the weeks it can take to send units back to Scott Safety for repairs.
Robinson said the equipment is increasingly important as more synthetic building materials are being used in modern construction, because smoke generated from many synthetic materials is far more toxic than that generated by natural materials like wood.
This agreement is also projected to be a cost savings to the county, with Robinson estimating that it could reduce testing and repair costs up to $20,000 for the first year of the agreement.
"We did a lot of homework before we started pursuing this," Robinson said. "We feel confident this is the right thing to do."
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November 09, 2020 (ACCESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SANTA CLARA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 9, 2020 / SPI Energy Co., Ltd., /zigman2/quotes/207301620/composite SPI -6.48% (the "Company"), a global renewable energy company and provider of photovoltaic (PV) and electric vehicle (EV) solutions for business, residential, government, logistics and utility customers and investors, today announced its wholly owned EdisonFuture, Inc. ("EdisonFuture") subsidiary signed a joint strategic cooperation framework agreement with Liuzhou Liancheng Industrial Co., Ltd. ("Liancheng") and Guangxi Dazhou Automobile Sales Co., Ltd. ("Dazhou").
Liancheng is a leading China-based international exporter of EVs and EV parts serving a global customer base through its established network of manufacturing partners in China. Dazhou is a leading EV reseller in Guangxi Autonomous Region in China with a strong sales record and well-established customer base.
"By establishing our joint agreement with Liancheng and Dazhou, combined with our previously announced partnership already underway, we have rapidly built a strong foundation for long-term growth in the multi-billion-dollar EV market," stated Xiaofeng Peng, Chairman and CEO of SPI Energy.
Under the terms of the agreement, Liancheng will supply EV parts to EdisonFuture's assembly facility in Fresno County, California and will leverage its international relationships to help EdisonFuture establish access to market opportunities in South America and the Asia Pacific region.
Dazhou, which sells next generation smart electric pickup trucks, busses, and logistic vehicles, manufactured by selected leading Chinese companies, in Guangxi Autonomous Region in China, will help implement its proven and effective sales and marketing platform and after-sales service system for EdisonFuture.
Sales of EVs topped 2.1 million globally in 2019, surpassing record sales in 2018. EVs, which accounted for 2.6% of global car sales and about 1% of global car stock in 2019, registered a 40% year-on-year increase.
The infrastructure for EV charging grew to 7.3 million chargers globally in 2019. Publicly accessible chargers accounted for 12% of global light-duty vehicle chargers in 2019, most of which are slow chargers. Globally, the number of publicly accessible chargers (slow and fast) increased by 60% in 2019 compared with the previous year, higher than the electric light-duty vehicle stock growth.
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SPI Energy Co., Ltd. (SPI) is a global renewable energy company and provider of photovoltaic (PV) and electric vehicle (EV) solutions for business, residential, government, logistics and utility customers and investors. The Company provides a full spectrum of EPC services to third party project developers, as well as develops, owns and operates solar projects that sell electricity to the grid in multiple countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Greece, Japan and Italy. The Company has its US headquarters in Santa Clara, California and maintains global operations in Asia, Europe, North America and Australia. SPI is also targeting strategic investment opportunities in green industries such as battery storage and charging stations, leveraging the Company's expertise and growing base of cash flow from solar projects and funding development of projects in agriculture and other markets with significant growth potential.For more information on SPI Energy and its subsidiaries, the Company recommends that stockholders, investors and any other interested parties read the Company's public filings and press releases available under the Investor Relations section at www.SPIgroups.com or available at www.sec.gov .
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    private ComboBoxModel[] models2d = new ComboBoxModel[3];

    public ComboTest() {
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        models[1] = new DefaultComboBoxModel(
            new String[]{"Dublin", "Kildare", "Sligo"});
        models[2] = new DefaultComboBoxModel(
            new String[]{"Leeds", "Manchester", "Liverpool"});

        models2d[0] = new DefaultComboBoxModel(
            new String[]{"   "});
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            new String[]{"DublinFC", "KildareFC", "SligoFC"});
        models2d[2] = new DefaultComboBoxModel(
            new String[]{"LeedsFC", "ManchesterFC", "LiverpoolFC"});

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        combo2.setModel(models[k]);

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        combo3.setModel(models2d[i]);

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Sir Thomas Brock RA, Bust of Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., 1892.
Bronze. 830 mm x 680 mm x 370 mm, Weight: 49 kg. © Photo: Paul Highnam.
Bust of Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A., 1892
Sir Thomas Brock RA (1847 - 1922)
Carl Jacobsen commissioned a marble replica of Leighton's 'Athlete struggling with a Python' for the NY Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Frederick Pomeroy carved most of this sculpture in Brock's studio under Leighton's supervision. When it was complete Brock oversaw the transportation to Denmark.
On receiving the piece Jacobson wrote to Leighton saying that he wished to display portraits of those sculptors whose work was represented in the museum. Leighton recommended that Brock sculpt his bust and in due course a marble version of this work was sent to the Ny Carlsberg Glypothek.
This bust of Leighton contrasts with an earlier work (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1881) that Brock sculpted of Leighton when he was using Brock's studio. The earlier work is undraped and executed in a more restrained classical style while this later, more formal bust, depicts Leighton wearing his Doctor of Civil Law robes, an honour he was awarded from Oxford University in 1879, as well as the Royal Academy Presidential gold medal. Brock had some difficulty obtaining sittings from Leighton for this bust due to his travel commitments. It was over two years after his election in 1891 that Brock was finally able to present his Diploma work to the Royal Academy.
Artist profile Sir Thomas Brock RA
Elected RA: 21 January 1891
Born: 1 March 1847
Died: 22 August 1922
Bust of Frederic, Lord Leighton, P.R.A.
830 mm x 680 mm x 370 mm, Weight: 49 kg
Diploma Work given by Sir Thomas Brock RA accepted 1893
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Zogenix announced that its investigational Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) treatment, ZX008 (low-dose fenfluramine) liquid solution, has been granted Orphan Drug designation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In April, the FDA approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for ZX008, allowing for the initiation of a Phase 3 study of ZX008 in patients with LGS. The drug is currently being assessed in a separate Phase 3 trial in patients with the rare pediatric epilepticcondition, Dravet syndrome, for which it has gained Fast Track status.
The Company is awaiting top-line results of the current trial before initiating the LGS study. "We expect that the first patients will enroll in the planned LGS study in the fourth quarter of 2017," said Stephen J. Farr, PhD, President and CEO of Zogenix. Top-line date from the Dravet syndrome trial is expected to emerge in the third quarter of 2017.
Orphan Drug Designation is intended to expedite the process by offering assistance with study designs and development, and also provides 7 years market exclusivity following approval.
For more information visit Zogenix.com.


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Inside Putin's brain
by Harlan Ullman, Opinion Contributor - 03/07/22 10:00 AM ET
Associated Press/Mikhail Klimentyev- Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo
Is Russian President Vladimir Putin irrational and unstable? Is he operating with a set strategy and plan based on Russian interests? Or is there another explanation?
While the American Psychological Association prohibits making a psychiatric diagnosis without physically examining the subject, that does not preclude using a cultural analysis to deduce how Putin may be thinking. A well-known piece of Russian lore makes this point.
Centuries ago, two poor Russian kulak neighbors, living side by side on barely arable plots, detested each other and resented when one did better than the other. One was called Vlad; the other Boris. Vlad was working his hard-scrabble land when he came upon an ancient brass lamp. Picking it up and while rubbing off the grime, a genie appeared.
"Vladimir, for freeing me, I will grant you one wish," the genie said. "But I will double your request for your neighbor Boris." Vlad thought hard for a minute or two and, turning to the genie, said "Pluck out one of my eyes!"
That is a relevant insight into Russian culture.
Putin's list of grievances accumulated since the Soviet Union imploded 30 years ago is well known and well documented. His Feb. 24th address to the nation announcing the "special military operation" in Ukraine to protect Russians and Ukrainians from "neo Nazis and fascists" running the government in Kyiv, presumably including the Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky, repeated many of them. These first appeared in the extraordinary lecture Putin delivered at the 2007 Munich Security Conference railing against the "unipolar world" dominated by the United States that degraded, dismissed and downgraded Russia.
Putin's judgment has been overwhelmed by the resentment, distrust and animosity that has accumulated towards the U.S., NATO and much of Europe like bad cholesterol chokes the circulatory system. This has led to the misjudgment that only military force, in this case applied brutally, inhumanly, barbarically and illegally, can force his will on Ukraine first and then more broadly to expand Russian influence on Belarus, Georgia and Moldova.
Ukraine has refused to bend and seems prepared to fight if not to the death certainly close to it as long as the ammunition, food, water, related logistics and fuel last. All this carnage is being recorded and transmitted in real time on cell phones, social media and the scores of media correspondents reporting on scene.
If this analysis or supposition is correct, misjudgments as opposed to irrationality and mental instability can change. So how can Putin's will and perception be affected, influenced and even controlled? While Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron last week that the offensive will continue, his fallback may be to divide the country in half roughly along the Dnieper River, retaining the eastern portion into a new Ukrainian Republic. Where Kyiv would end up is uncertain.
What must or can the U.S., NATO and the EU do and what might Ukraine's strategy be? President Zelensky has two choices: capitulate or fight. Zelensky has clearly announced his position, which draws heavily from Winston Churchill.
Addressing parliament for the first time as prime minister on May 13, 1940, as the Nazi war machine was targeting France, Churchill took the English language to war using words as powerful weapons. "You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air…with all our might and with all the strength God has given us. …You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word…victory. Victory at all costs."
Ukraine's strategy must emulate Churchill's "to wage war at all costs," and those costs will be extreme and even disastrous. But what is the choice?
No matter how risky, only this strategy will compel Putin to withdraw or negotiate. And Ukraine might remember President Franklin Roosevelt's surprise bombing raid of Tokyo in early 1942 to shock and awe Japan. Thirty-seconds over Moscow could have a similar effect.
The U.S./NATO response must be to strengthen NATO, consider admitting Finland and Sweden as members and make long-term binding commitments to support Ukraine as the U.S. supported Churchill and Britain with Lend Lease during World War II.
Ukraine, with U.S. and NATO help, must stay the course, committing "to wage war at all costs" to counter Putin's terrorizing and killing Ukrainian civilians and gobbling up the eastern part. This may be the only exit strategy. Clearly, the outcome of a drawn-out guerrilla-like war will be bloody and catastrophic for Ukrainians and Russians. But it may be the only way to force Putin to come to his senses and reverse his misjudgments or be replaced as Russia's strong man.
Harlan Ullman, Ph.D, is senior adviser at Washington, D.C.'s Atlantic Council and the primary author of "shock and awe." His latest book is, "The Fifth Horseman and the New MAD: How Massive Attacks of Disruption Became the Looming Existential Danger to a Divided Nation and that World at Large."
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This past summer I worked on two large murals I entitled: The Concord Project, for the city of Toronto. I made the works here in Brooklyn and installed them up in Canada after almost a year of work.
My friend, Sarah Keenlyside, made a short video of the project. It gives me great pleasure to share it with you. I hope you enjoy it !!!


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Weave Youth and Community Services
Applications Closing: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 12:00
Weave and Ted Noffs Foundation are part of a consortium led by Launchpad Youth Community whose purpose is to provide case management support to young people in the City of Sydney LGA who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
The SYHS Caseworker role is based at the Weave Community Hub in Woolloomooloo and provides wrap around client-centred casework and case management services to young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
You will work in a highly responsive, proactive and innovative way and develop collaborative relationships with other services to ensure holistic support to vulnerable young people in City of Sydney.
You will have a minimum two years demonstrated experience in a caseworker role providing tailored support to young people with complex trauma histories and multiple support needs.
Category: Care & Support Work
Field: Housing & Homelessness
Employment basis: Part-time
Job Location: Inner City Sydney
Specialist Youth Homelessness Services (SYHS) Caseworker
Weave Community Hub, Woolloomooloo (Part Time - 3 days per week)
Work with a dynamic and well-respected NGO with over 40 years experience working with the community
Provide holistic case management support for young people in the City of Sydney who are homeless or at risk of homelessness
Work as part of the wider consortium team with Launchpad Youth Community and Ted Noffs Foundation
Generous salary packaging options available
About Weave Youth & Community Services:
At Weave we believe when people are supported, they are empowered to change their own lives.
Since 1976, we have been providing a range of services and support to children, young people, families and communities who face complex issues and difficult circumstances.
Our work is about genuine support that celebrates an individual's strengths, self-determined success and improved life outcomes.
The team at Weave are dedicated, experienced and are well recognised for their engaging work and pioneering therapeutic approaches. For more information about Weave please visit our website: www.weave.org.au
Relevant tertiary qualification/s in Social Work, Youth Work, Community Work or similar
Minimum two years demonstrated experience in a caseworker role providing wrap around support to young people with complex trauma histories and multiple support needs
Commitment to and demonstrated experience of working within a client-centered, trauma informed, strengths based, and culturally safe framework.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience of the youth sector and referral pathways including youth accommodation services, Juvenile Justice and youth legal services, alcohol and other drug services, child protection, employment and training, mental health services, etc
Demonstrated experience working with Aboriginal people and communities. Understanding of the unique strengths and resilience of Aboriginal people and the impacts of intergenerational trauma and colonisation.
Strong computer and IT literacy skills
Common sense and an excellent sense of humour
Strong verbal and written communication and advocacy skills
NSW Working with Children Clearance
Contact Name: Patricia
Contact Email: recruitment@weave.org.au
Contact Phone: 9318 0539
Website: https://www.weave.org.au
For further information about the role please see Job Description available on our website or contact Patricia on 9318 0539.
Applications including a current Resume and a document specifically responding to and outlining how you meet each of the Selection Criteria (List of criteria included in the Job Description Document), should be emailed to Patricia at recruitment@weave.org.au.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are strongly encouraged to apply
The Job Description with selection criteria is available on our website.
Closing Date for applications is Midnight Wednesday 29 January 2020


Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB) is offering a substantial bargain with a P/S ratio at 0.86. The broad Television Services industry has an average P/S ratio of 8.26, which represents premium over the sector's 2. In the past 13-year record, this ratio went down as low as 0.64 and as high as 3.08. Also, it is up from 68% of the total 395 rivals across the globe.
VIAB traded at an unexpectedly high level on 03/18/2019 when the stock experienced a -0.68% loss to a closing price of $27.8. The company saw 5118424 shares trade hands over the course of the day. Given that its average daily volume over the 5 sessions has been 5061680 shares a day, this signifies a pretty significant change over the norm.
Analysts are speculating a 58.27% move, based on the high target price ($44) for the shares that is set to reach in the next 12 months. The analysts, on average, are forecasting a $34.58 price target, but the stock is already up 19.26% from its recent lows. However, the stock is trading at -19.28% versus recent highs ($34.44). Analysts believe that we could see stock price minimum in the $27 range (lowest target price), allowing for another -2.88% drop from its current position. Leading up to this report, we have seen a -2.63% fall in the stock price over the last 30 days and a -4.4% decline over the past 3 months. Overall, the share price is up 8.17% so far this year. Additionally, the stock had a day price range of $27.6 to $28.14.
Heading into the stock price potential, Viacom Inc. needs to grow just 20.5% to cross its median price target of $33.5. In order to determine directional movement, the 50-day and 200-day moving averages for Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ:VIAB) are $29.11 and $30.12. Given that liquidity is king in the short-term, VIAB is a stock with 420.43 million shares outstanding that normally trades 5.09% of its float. The stock price recently experienced a 5-day loss of -4.27% with 0.63 average true range (ATR). VIAB has a beta of 1.49 and RSI is 35.3.
Investors also need to beware of the Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:TXN) valuations. The stock trades on a P/S of 6.59, which suggests that the shares are attractive compared with peers. The broad Semiconductors industry has an average P/S ratio of 12.24, which is significantly better than the sector's 153.93. In the past 13-year record, this ratio went down as low as 1.46 and as high as 7.9. Also, it is down from 91% of the total 832 rivals across the globe.
Texas Instruments Incorporated by far traveled 25.21% versus a 1-year low price of $87.7. The share price was last seen -0.84% lower, reaching at $109.81 on Mar. 18, 2019. At recent session, the prices were hovering between $108.92 and $111.14. This company shares are -0.99% up from its target price of $108.72 and the current market capitalization stands at $104.54B. The recent change has given its price a 6.8% lead over SMA 50 and -7.32% deficit over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed 2.65% gains, 14.58% gains and 3.87% gains for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively. To measure price-variation, we found TXN's volatility during a week at 1.8% and during a month it has been found around 1.54%.
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TXN) exchanged hands at an unexpectedly low level of 4091787 shares over the course of the day. Noting its average daily volume at 6138560 shares each day over the month, this signifies a pretty significant change over the norm.


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Sage Canyon community gives big to student's House of Ukraine donation drive
Sage Canyon sixth grader Daniella Segal led a donation drive for House of Ukraine.
By Karen Billing
March 30, 2022 5:18 AM PT
When Carmel Valley 12-year-old Daniella Segal saw the images of the Ukraine invasion on her television, of children just like her frightened and forced to leave their homes, she was moved to action.
"I can change this," she told herself. "I can do something to make a difference."
From March 14-18 at Sage Canyon Elementary School, where she is in sixth grade, Daniella led a hugely successful donation drive to support The House of Ukraine.
"My mom's car was so full, we had to make three trips back and forth!" Daniella said of her mom's minivan that was stuffed to the roof. "It was really cool to see how generous people from the school were and how much they cared."
After learning about what was happening in Ukraine, she went to her mother Sophia with her idea to help. Together they looked up local charities that were supporting Ukraine from San Diego, finding the House of Ukraine and reaching out to ask what they needed. The House of Ukraine in Balboa Park was accepting donations and humanitarian supplies to help the millions of Ukrainians who have lost their homes since the end of February.
The Segal family minivan filled with donations for House of Ukraine.
With the information from House of Ukraine, Daniella next reached out to Sage Canyon School Principal Alison Fieberg to ask permission to hold a fundraising drive at school.
"Everyone is talking about the crisis in Ukraine. My friends and I are all discussing it. We are comparing our lives to those kids who are seeking shelter as we speak…Many feel helpless when faced with crisis but I know we can help at Sage Canyon," Daniella wrote to Fieberg. "Humanitarian acts come in all sizes…I would like to be a part of the movement to help the families and children in Ukraine."
Segal said Fieberg loved the idea and they talked about how to talk to kids about the situation and spread the word—she made a blue and yellow flyer that read "You Can Help Ukraine", with help from her older brother Max, a student at Canyon Crest Academy.
The response was overwhelming: "The whole Sage Canyon family really blew my mind," Sophia said. Donation bins overflowed with donated items like toothpaste, toothbrushes, hairbrushes, bandages, baby diapers, baby wipes and first aid kits.
The Segals delivered the items to House of Ukraine that Friday and they are already on their way to the country.
"I am always amazed by our students compassion and commitment to making positive change whether it's on our school campus, in our local community, or in another part of the world," said Fieberg. "Daniella saw a need and felt compelled to contribute. I am so appreciative for the community's support of her efforts."
Daniella will be heading to Carmel Valley Middle School in the fall. She plays the piano and tennis and also enjoys drawing. With the success of this effort, she is encouraged to continue her philanthropic efforts, possibly taking on other causes to help such as Rady Children's Hospital.
Daniella's family and neighbors are very proud of the kind young woman she is becoming. From her mother, she has learned that helping others is a privilege.
"It really brings the light out, it's the same feeling as getting an 'A' on a test or ice cream for your birthday," Daniella said. "It's a really good feeling that doesn't happen too often.
"Maybe this will inspire other people to help."
Like Daniella, the House of Ukraine has been overwhelmed with the amount of support received from the San Diego community. They have temporarily suspended the collection of all clothing and hygiene item donations but are still accepting monetary donations, military protective gear and medical aids. To learn more, visit houseofukraine.org
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Hannah & Billy… well what can I say! I loved all their little personal touches like Hannah's vintage dress, the super bright bouquets and every kind of bunting made by family & friends! These are just a few of my favourites from their super chilled day at the Sun Hotel, Hitchen and the Hermitage Road Bar & Restaurant. Both were such great venues offering light and bright spaces that they personalised to make them extra special. Hermitage Road is something else, I am so going to make sure I get to eat there one day, the food looked AMAZING and the staff couldn't have been more friendly and helpful.
Congratulations guys! I hope you had a fantastic day!
If you're planning a wedding in Hertfordshire or a Hermitage Road Wedding please get in touch I can't wait to work here again!


Roasting coffee is where the magic happens. The final experience of coffee can be one of celebration or lamentation depending on what happens during the roasting process. Every single coffee in the world has specific flavour characteristics based on its country of origin, and these characteristics can be forever muted or dulled if the coffee isn't roasted properly. So, in the last effort to get high quality coffee into the hands of our baristas and customers, we take much care during the roast process to make this a reality.
Holding back on the temperature and time of the roast cycle creates interesting and surprising flavour characteristics. Distinctly clean and effervescent in taste, this roast produces a delightful cup of coffee with subtle hints of citrus and chocolate depending on its country of origin.
In pushing the roast to a slightly darker shade, caramel and cocoa notes are added to the flavour profile. This appealing roast maintains a balance of acidity and body, resulting in a smooth and satisfying brew.
Our darkest roast…these beans are taken to the limit, developing a richness and fullness of body which is hard to match.
Our proprietary blend of pale, amber and stout roasted coffees. Balzac's premiere and proprietary technique, Marble Roast™ marries all three signature roasts into one incredible blend. The resulting effect creates a veritable celebration of flavour in your cup.
We use the state of the art technology found in Loring Smart Roasters to bring our coffees to life. The beauty of the Lorings is that they are known as the most environmentally friendly roaster on the market today, based on their design which eliminates the need for a secondary afterburner system to deal with the naturally occurring smoke in the roast process. The Loring's burner serves as the heat source for the machine and provides an even and stable roast while also incinerating smoke going out the stack, essentially eliminating any smoke or particles going into the atmosphere. If you were to walk by our Head Office/roastery during a production day, you would smell almost nothing. All because of the Loring's environmentally friendly design.
To roast coffee, our roasting staff design the schedule for the day and begin by loading a set batch of green coffee into the Loring. Once the batch is loaded, the roast cycle begins. A typical batch starts around 400°F, goes for 15-20 minutes depending on the coffee and style of roast, and finishes between 420-450°F. In the latter stages of a roast cycle, the coffee will give off a lot of smoke which is incinerated by the unique design of the Loring roaster. This is a great example of why the Loring's design is such a great fit for us as a company as we remain conscious of our environmental footprint.
Two terms specific to any roast cycle are "first crack" and "second crack." These both refer to a physical transformation the beans undergo while roasting. Green coffee beans retain a lot of moisture, and this moisture is continually evaporating during the roast cycle. When the coffee reaches about 395°F, the moisture evaporation builds up to the point of literally splitting the bean open, causing an audible noise known as first crack. Then, as the roast progresses, coffee naturally takes on CO2 during the roast cycle. If the roast goes long and dark enough, this buildup of CO2 will cause another physical and audible change in the makeup of the coffee, splitting the bean further and causing what is known as second crack. Some of our darker roasts, which we call our Stout roasts, reach second crack because of their length of time in the roaster and the final temperature of the roast.
We currently partner with a small, select number of importers from Canada and the US who provide us with our roster of 100% specialty Arabica coffees. Each of these importers do a fantastic job of sourcing coffees at origin, doing quality control checks on each lot and providing us with the information we need to choose a great coffee for our customers.Coffees which are sent to us by our importers first go through our Quest M3 sample roaster and are evaluated in our coffee lab, located at our Head Office in Ancaster. Using industry standard SCA scoring sheets, each coffee is evaluated on a weekly basis by our roasting and green buying team. Once evaluated, coffees are then selected for current blends, single origin offerings, as well as our Seasonally Sourced program which has highlighted coffee such as our Gitwe 12 from Long Miles Coffee Project in Burundi.
We currently have a selection of conventional non-certified coffees as well as Fairtrade, Organic, and Bird Friendly® certified coffees.


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Review: "Pandemic" by Scott Sigler
December 30, 2013 by Michael Hickerson
Podcast novelist (and self-proclaimed future dark overlord) Scott Sigler burst onto the horror scene a couple of years ago Infected. If you've read (or listened to) Sigler's original novel, I need only say two words to make you shudder involuntarily -- chicken scissors.
With that moment, Sigler created something iconic, memorable and utterly horrifying. And it feels like in many ways, Sigler has been chasing that moment, trying to find that same horrific peak that had this reader glued to the page.
Part of what made that moment work so well wasn't just the horrific use of the chicken scissors. Part of what made it work was that Sigler had created a character in Perry Dawson that the readers had some investment and relationship with. We cared about what happened to Perry because we'd been included in his apparent descent into madness as a virus from outer space ravaged his body and Perry fought back, desperate to win back control.
It's that emotional investment in the characters that's been missing from later Sigler works and is, unfortunately, lacking in his latest novel Pandemic. And for a novel that weighs in at close to five-hundred pages, not having a character or two that we can like, identify with or have some type of investment in their fate means there are large stretches of the story where you're just waiting around to see how dies next.
And make no mistake -- Sigler isn't afraid to kill of characters. He's more than willing to create a few dozen and find ways for them to shuffle off this mortal coil in interesting and horrific ways. And there are some genuinely page-turing moments of horror in Pandemic as humanity struggles to fight back against an alien virus that wants to conquer our world and wipe us all out.
But unlike the masters of the horror genre (Stephen King, Richard Matheson), Sigler's downfall is that we don't have any characters we can identify with. Both King and Matheson are masters of putting an ordinary, flawed person into a horrifying situation and allowing the reader to see how he or she reacts to the situation unfolding. Sigler had that with Dawson, but has been struggling to find that type of character in each of his novels since.
Reading the novel on the printed page, I kept wondering if Pandemic might be more effective as a podcast novel -- unfolding episodically and with time between each segment to allow certain events to sink in a bit more and to forget about other threads that never quite held my interest.
And while Pandemic is an improvement over the second novel of the Infected trilogy, it simply doesn't come close to the raw, page-turning power that the original installment had. Infected had me losing sleep, eager to read just one more chapter and to see what would happen next. Pandemic has a few such page-turning moments but they're a bit more scattered across a huge page count.
Pandemic is a good novel that could have been great.
In the interest of full disclosure, I received an ARC of Pandemic as part of the Amazon Vine program in return for a fair, honest review.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Pandemic by Scott Sigler
Series: Infected
Publisher: Crown (January 21, 2014)
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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Horror/Suspense


This study assessed the impact and cost-effectiveness of an on-site health clinic at a self-insured university. Health care costs and number of claims filed to primary care providers were trended before and after the clinic was established to determine savings. A retrospective chart review of all full-time, insured employees treated for upper respiratory tract infections (URIs) during a 1-year study period was conducted. On-site clinic costs for the treatment of URIs were compared to costs at outside community providers for similar care. Community cost norms for the treatment of URIs were provided by Primary Physicians Care, the administrator of insurance claims for the University. A cost-benefit analysis compared the cost of services on-site versus similar services at an outside community provider. Based on the results of this study, the University's on-site health care services were determined to be more cost-effective than similar off-site health care services for the treatment of URIs. [Workplace Health Saf 2014;62(4):162-169.].


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Nursing, midwifery and care
The Atlas of Shared Learning
Improving vaccination uptake by changing the way pregnant women were offered and accessed services
11 July 2018 By Leading Change, Adding Value Team
The midwifery team at James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust created a process which increased the number of pregnant women being vaccinated against influenza and pertussis (whooping cough), providing vaccinations at services they were already accessing.
The midwifery team recognised evidence of unwarranted variation with regard to how pregnant women were offered and accessed services. Influenza and pertussis vaccinations were being provided locally via CCG-funded GP services but uptake was poor – less than 40%. This, alongside information on a maternal death in a neighbouring trust and a neonatal death from pertussis prompted the team to identify changes needed to address the variation.
What to change
Influenza and pertussis vaccine uptake was low and reports suggested this was in part due to GP appointments often being at inconvenient times for women with children. The midwives believed uptake would improve if vaccines were given within the acute service that women were already accessing, streamlining their care. By making it easier, women would be more likely to protect themselves and their unborn babies.
Midwifery leaders partnered with a neighbouring trust to ask their local Antenatal and New Born Screening (ANNB) meeting to reallocate the funding to acute trusts to provide the vaccines – having received support from their CCG for this transition to happen. A pilot was agreed.
The midwifery Team at James Paget University Hospital worked together to develop a process where women could access the vaccines after their 20-week anomaly scan, at the same appointment, with no additional visits or different locations. Women beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy were also encouraged to come and have their vaccinations, wherever possible in conjunction with another of their midwifery appointments, to improve overall uptake and to minimise the impact on this group.
In addition to sharing this change through clinical appointments and correspondence, the new service option was publicised by word of mouth, via community midwives and on social media. Training was conducted with the National Screening Committee local link, and nursing staff were asked to implement this during the clinics they ran.
Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to severe complications of flu. During the period 2009 to 2012, one in eleven maternal deaths was due to influenza infection
(cited in Flu Plan, Winter 2017/18, Public Health England (PHE), 2017)
The primary aim of the pertussis vaccination programme is to minimise disease, hospitalisation and death in young infants.
(Pertussis Vaccination Programme for Pregnant Women: vaccine coverage estimates in England, April to August 2014, Public Health England (PHE), 2018)
Better outcomes – Vaccination rates have achieved 76% coverage for influenza and 80% for pertussis, a significant increase in the rates achieved in primary care (both previously below 40%). This improvement has received recognition from Public Health England.
Better experience – Feedback from women was positive. By being offered vaccines at a time when they would be at an important appointment in their pregnancy anyway, they received an enhanced care option with no further need to access other services for their care.
Better use of resources – Midwives were able to offer an improved service within existing resources provided. The key shift was reorganising the way services were delivered to these women.
Challenges and lessons learnt for implementation
The midwifery team were able to pilot and subsequently maintain this service provision without barriers, as they were able to clearly demonstrate the patient benefit and safety components in the work. The implementation was supported as the evidence supported their change.
They learnt to:
Ask the question – 'If there is something we think we can do, what can we do to make the change?'
Work more closely with colleagues at neighbouring Trusts/organisations.
Jayne Utting
Head of Midwifery and Gynaecology Services
Jayne.utting@jpaget.nhs.uk
Central and East of England
Maternity (midwifery)


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Q: Result row : null from HibernateTemplate Find() The following line is returning nulls:
List accountList = hibernateTemplate.find("from Accounts a where a.userId=?",userId);

I am getting following information in the Console:

2013-04-03 21:09:48 DEBUG Loader:1197 - result row: null
2013-04-03 21:09:48 DEBUG Loader:1197 - result row: null

Here is my Entity class:
@Repository
@Entity
@Table(name = "ACCOUNTS")
public class Accounts {

    @Column(name="ACCOUNT_ID")
    @Id
    @GeneratedValue
    private int accountId;
    @Column(name="ACCOUNT_NUMBER")
    private String accountNumber;
    @Column(name="ACCOUNT_TYPE_CODE")
    private String accountTypeCode;
    @Column(name="USER_ID")
    private String userId;
    @Column(name="ACCOUNT_NAME")
    private String accountName;
    @Column(name="DATE_OPENED")
    private Date dateOpened;
    @Column(name="DATE_CLOSED")
    private Date dateClosed;
    @Column(name="CURRENT_BALANCE")
    private double currentBalance;
    @Column(name="OTHER_ACCOUNT_DETAILS")
    private String otherAccountDetails;
    @Column(name="ADD_TS")
    private Date addTimestamp;
    @Column(name="ADD_USR")
    private String addUser;
    @Column(name="UPDT_TS")
    private Date updateTimestamp;
    @Column(name="UPDT_USR")
    private String updateUser;

    @ManyToOne

    private Customer customer;

Can anyone please help me with this? I would really appreciate it.

Here is the query that Hibernate generated
Hibernate: select accounts0_.ACCOUNT_ID as ACCOUNT1_23_, accounts0_.ACCOUNT_NAME as ACCOUNT2_23_, accounts0_.ACCOUNT_NUMBER as ACCOUNT3_23_, accounts0_.ACCOUNT_TYPE_CODE as ACCOUNT4_23_, accounts0_.ADD_TS as ADD5_23_, accounts0_.ADD_USR as ADD6_23_, accounts0_.CURRENT_BALANCE as CURRENT7_23_, accounts0_.customer_CUSTOMER_ID as customer14_23_, accounts0_.DATE_CLOSED as DATE8_23_, accounts0_.DATE_OPENED as DATE9_23_, accounts0_.OTHER_ACCOUNT_DETAILS as OTHER10_23_, accounts0_.UPDT_TS as UPDT11_23_, accounts0_.UPDT_USR as UPDT12_23_, accounts0_.USER_ID as USER13_23_ from ACCOUNTS accounts0_ where accounts0_.USER_ID=?
is there something wrong in query? or domain configuration?
Please help me.

A: I'm a little don't understand that why set the column of USER_ID String(varchar) type, but about your situation, you can write like this:
hibernateTemplate.find("from Accounts a where a.userId='" + userId + "'");

it'll work well, maybe help you:)


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Heterodontosauridae is a family of ornithischian dinosaurs that were likely among the most basal (primitive) members of the group. Their phylogenetic placement is uncertain but they are most commonly found to be primitive, outside of the group Genasauria. Although their fossils are relatively rare and their group small in numbers, they have been found on all continents except Australia and Antarctica, with a range spanning the Early Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous.

Heterodontosaurids were fox-sized dinosaurs less than  in length, including a long tail. They are known mainly for their characteristic teeth, including enlarged canine-like tusks and cheek teeth adapted for chewing, analogous to those of Cretaceous hadrosaurids. Their diet was herbivorous or possibly omnivorous.

Description

Among heterodontosaurids, only Heterodontosaurus itself is known from a complete skeleton. Fragmentary skeletal remains of Abrictosaurus are known but have not been fully described, while most other heterodontosaurids are known only from jaw fragments and teeth. Consequently, most heterodontosaurid synapomorphies (defining features) have been described from the teeth and jaw bones. Heterodontosaurus measured just over 1 meter (3.3 ft) in length, while the fragmentary remains of Lycorhinus may indicate a larger individual.

Tianyulong from China appears to preserve filamentous integument which has been interpreted to be a variant of the proto-feathers found in some theropods. These filaments include a crest along its tail. The presence of this filamentous integument has been used to suggest that both ornithischians and saurischians were endothermic.

Skull and teeth
Both Abrictosaurus and Heterodontosaurus had very large eyes. Underneath the eyes, the jugal bone projected sideways, a feature also present in ceratopsians. As in the jaws of most ornithischians, the anterior edge of the premaxilla (a bone at the tip of the upper jaw) was toothless and probably supported a keratinous beak (rhamphotheca), although heterodontosaurids did have teeth in the posterior section of the premaxilla. A large gap, called a diastema, separated these premaxillary teeth from those of the maxilla (the main upper jaw bone) in many ornithischians, but this diastema was characteristically arched in heterodontosaurids. The mandible (lower jaw) was tipped by the predentary, a bone unique to ornithischians. This bone also supported a beak similar to the one found on the premaxilla. All the teeth in the lower jaw were found on the dentary bone.

Heterodontosaurids are named for their strongly heterodont dentition. There were three premaxillary teeth. In the Early Jurassic Abrictosaurus, Heterodontosaurus, and Lycorhinus, the first two premaxillary teeth were small and conical, while the much larger third tooth resembled the canines of carnivoran mammals and is often called the caniniform or 'tusk'. A lower caniniform, larger than the upper, took the first position in the dentary and was accommodated by the arched diastema of the upper jaw when the mouth was closed. These caniniforms were serrated on both the anterior and posterior edges in Heterodontosaurus and Lycorhinus, while those of Abrictosaurus bore serrations only on the anterior edge. In the Early Cretaceous Echinodon, there may have been two upper caniniforms, which were on the maxilla rather than the premaxilla, and Fruitadens from the Late Jurassic may have had two lower caniniforms on each dentary.

Like the characteristic tusks, the cheek teeth of derived heterodontosaurids were also unique among early ornithischians. Small ridges, or denticles, lined the edges of ornithischian cheek teeth in order to crop vegetation. These denticles extend only a third of the way down the tooth crown from the tip in all heterodontosaurids; in other ornithischians, the denticles extend further down towards the root. Basal forms like Abrictosaurus had cheek teeth in both maxilla and dentary that were generally similar to other ornithischians: widely spaced, each having a low crown and a strongly-developed ridge (cingulum) separating the crown from the root. In more derived forms like Lycorhinus and Heterodontosaurus, the teeth were chisel-shaped, with much higher crowns and no cingula, so that there was no difference in width between the crowns and the roots.

These derived cheek teeth were overlapping, so that their crowns formed a continuous surface on which food could be chewed. The tooth rows were slightly inset from the side of the mouth, leaving a space outside the teeth that may have been bounded by a muscular cheek, which would have been necessary for chewing. The hadrosaurs and ceratopsians of the Cretaceous Period, as well as many herbivorous mammals, would convergently evolve somewhat analogous dental batteries. As opposed to hadrosaurs, which had hundreds of teeth constantly being replaced, tooth replacement in heterodontosaurids occurred far more slowly and several specimens have been found without a single replacement tooth in waiting. Characteristically, heterodontosaurids lacked the small openings (foramina) on the inside of the jaw bones which are thought to have aided in tooth development in most other ornithischians. Heterodontosaurids also boasted a unique spheroidal joint between the dentaries and  the predentary, allowing the lower jaws to rotate outwards as the mouth was closed, grinding the cheek teeth against each other. Because of the slow replacement rate, this grinding produced extreme tooth wear that commonly obliterated most of the denticles in older teeth, although the increased height of the crowns gave each tooth a long life.

Skeleton

The postcranial anatomy of Heterodontosaurus tucki has been well-described, although H. tucki is generally considered the most derived of the Early Jurassic heterodontosaurids, so it is impossible to know how many of its features were shared with other species. The forelimbs were long for a dinosaur, over 70% of the length of the hindlimbs. The well-developed deltopectoral crest (a ridge for the attachment of chest and shoulder muscles) of the humerus and prominent olecranon process (where muscles that extend the forearm were attached) of the ulna indicate that the forelimb was powerful as well. There were five digits on the manus ('hand'). The first was large, tipped with a sharply curved claw, and would rotate inwards when flexed; Robert Bakker called it the 'twist-thumb'. The second digit was the longest, slightly longer than the third. Both of these digits bore claws, while the clawless fourth and fifth digits were very small and simple in comparison. In the hindlimb, the tibia was 30% longer than the femur, which is generally considered an adaptation for speed. The tibia and fibula of the lower leg were fused to the astragalus and calcaneum of the ankle, forming a 'tibiofibiotarsus' convergently with modern birds. Also similarly to birds, the lower tarsal (ankle) bones and metatarsals were fused to form a 'tarsometatarsus.' There are four digits in the pes (hindfoot), with only the second, third, and fourth contacting the ground. The tail, unlike many other ornithischians, did not have ossified tendons to maintain a rigid posture and was probably flexible. The fragmentary skeleton known for Abrictosaurus has never been fully described, although the forelimb and manus were smaller than in Heterodontosaurus. Also, the fourth and fifth digits of the forelimb each bear one fewer phalanx bone.

Classification

South African paleontologist Robert Broom created the name Geranosaurus in 1911 for dinosaur jaw bones missing all of the teeth and some partial associated limb bones. In 1924, Lycorhinus was named, and classified as a cynodont, by Sidney Haughton. Heterodontosaurus was named in 1962 and it, Lycorhinus and Geranosaurus were recognized as closely related ornithischian dinosaurs. Alfred Romer named Heterodontosauridae in 1966 as a family of ornithischian dinosaurs including Heterodontosaurus and Lycorhinus. Kuhn independently proposed Heterodontosauridae in the same year and is sometimes cited as its principal author. It was defined as a clade in 1998 by Paul Sereno and redefined by him in 2005 as the stem clade consisting of Heterodontosaurus tucki and all species more closely related to Heterodontosaurus than to Parasaurolophus walkeri, Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis, Triceratops horridus, or Ankylosaurus magniventris.

Heterodontosauridae includes the genera Abrictosaurus, Lycorhinus, and Heterodontosaurus, all from South Africa. While Richard Thulborn once reassigned all three to Lycorhinus, all other authors consider the three genera distinct. Within the family, Heterodontosaurus and Lycorhinus are considered sister taxa, with Abrictosaurus as a basal member. Geranosaurus is also a heterodontosaurid, but is usually considered a nomen dubium because the type specimen is missing all its teeth, making it indistinguishable from any other genus in the family. More recently, the genus Echinodon has been considered a heterodontosaurid in several studies. Lanasaurus was named for an upper jaw in 1975, but more recent discoveries have shown that it belongs to Lycorhinus instead, making Lanasaurus a junior synonym of that genus. Dianchungosaurus was once considered a heterodontosaurid from Asia, but it has since been shown that the remains were a chimera of prosauropod and mesoeucrocodylian remains. José Bonaparte also classified the South American Pisanosaurus as a heterodontosaurid at one time, but this animal is now known to be a more basal ornithischian.

The membership of Heterodontosauridae is well-established in comparison to its uncertain phylogenetic position. Several early studies suggested that heterodontosaurids were very primitive ornithischians. Due to supposed similarities in the morphology of the forelimbs, Robert Bakker proposed a relationship between heterodontosaurids and early sauropodomorphs like Anchisaurus, bridging the orders Saurischia and Ornithischia. The dominant hypothesis over the last several decades has placed heterodontosaurids as basal ornithopods. However, others have suggested that heterodontosaurids instead share a common ancestor with Marginocephalia (ceratopsians and pachycephalosaurs), a hypothesis that has found support in some early 21st century studies. The clade containing heterodontosaurids and marginocephalians has been named Heterodontosauriformes. Heterodontosaurids have also been seen as basal to both ornithopods and marginocephalians. In 2007, a cladistic analysis suggested that heterodontosaurids are basal to all known ornithischians except Pisanosaurus, a result that echoes some of the very earliest work on the family.  However, a study by Bonaparte found the Pisanosauridae to be synonymous with the Heterodontosauridae and not a separate family in its own right, thereby including Pisanosaurus as a heterodontosaur. Butler et al. (2010) found the Heterodontosauridae to be the most basal known significant ornithischian radiation.

The cladogram below shows the interrelationships within Heterodontosauridae, and follows the analysis by Sereno, 2012:

A 2020 reworking of Cerapoda by Dieudonné et al. recovered the animals traditionally considered 'heterodontosaurids' as a basal grouping within Pachycephalosauria, paraphyletic with respect to the traditional, dome-headed pachycephalosaurs.

Distribution

While originally known only from the Early Jurassic of southern Africa, heterodontosaurid remains are now known from four continents. Early in heterodontosaurid history, the supercontinent Pangaea was still largely intact, allowing the family to achieve a near-worldwide distribution. The oldest known possible heterodontosaurid remains are a jaw fragment and isolated teeth from the Laguna Colorada Formation of Argentina, which dates back to the Late Triassic. These remains have a derived morphology similar to Heterodontosaurus, including a caniniform with serrations on both anterior and posterior edges, as well as high-crowned maxillary teeth lacking a cingulum. Irmis et al. (2007) tentatively agreed that this fossil material represents a heterodontosaurid, but stated that additional material is needed to confirm this assignment because the specimen is poorly preserved, while Sereno (2012) only stated that this material may represent an ornithischian or even specifically a heterodontosaurid. Olsen, Kent & Whiteside (2010) noted that the age of the Laguna Colorada Formation itself is poorly constrained, and thus it wasn't conclusively determined whether the putative heterodontosaurid from this formation is of Triassic or Jurassic age. The most diverse heterodontosaurid fauna comes from the Early Jurassic of southern Africa, where fossils of Heterodontosaurus, Abrictosaurus, Lycorhinus, and the dubious Geranosaurus are found.

Undescribed Early Jurassic heterodontosaurids are also known from the United States and Mexico, respectively. In addition, beginning in the 1970s, a great deal of fossil material was discovered from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation near Fruita, Colorado in the United States. Described in print in 2009, this material was placed in the genus Fruitadens. Heterodontosaurid teeth lacking a cingulum have also been described from Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous formations in Spain and Portugal. The remains of Echinodon were redescribed in 2002, showing that it may represent a late-surviving heterodontosaurid from the Berriasian stage of the Early Cretaceous in southern England. Dianchungosaurus from the Early Jurassic of China is no longer considered a heterodontosaurid; though one Middle-Late Jurassic Asian form is known (Tianyulong). Indeterminate cheek teeth possibly representing heterodontosaurids are also known from the Barremian aged Wessex Formation of southern England, which if confirmed would represent the youngest record of the group.

Paleobiology

Most heterodontosaurid fossils are found in geologic formations that represent arid to semi-arid environments, including the Upper Elliot Formation of South Africa and the Purbeck Beds of southern England. It has been suggested that heterodontosaurids underwent seasonal aestivation or hibernation during the driest times of year. Due to the lack of replacement teeth in most heterodontosaurids, it was proposed that the entire set of teeth was replaced during this dormant period, as it seemed that continual and sporadic replacement of teeth would interrupt the function of the tooth row as a single chewing surface. However, this was based on a misunderstanding of heterodontosaurid jaw mechanics.  It was thought that heterodontosaurids actually did replace their teeth continually, though more slowly than in other reptiles, but CT scanning of skulls from juvenile and mature Heterodontosaurus shows no replacement teeth. There is currently no evidence that supports the hypothesis of aestivation in heterodontosaurids, but it cannot be rejected, based on the skull scans.

While the cheek teeth of heterodontosaurids are clearly adapted for grinding tough plant material, their diet may have been omnivorous. The pointed premaxillary teeth and sharp, curved claws on the forelimbs suggest some degree of predatory behavior. It has been suggested that the long, powerful forelimbs of Heterodontosaurus may have been useful for tearing into insect nests, similarly to modern anteaters. These forelimbs may have also functioned as digging tools, perhaps for roots and tubers.

The length of the forelimb compared to the hindlimb suggests that Heterodontosaurus might have been partially quadrupedal, and the prominent olecranon process and hyperextendable digits of the forelimb are found in many quadrupeds. However, the manus is clearly designed for grasping, not weight support. Many features of the hindlimb, including the long tibia and foot, as well as the fusion of the tibiofibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus, indicate that heterodontosaurids were adapted to run quickly on the hindlegs, so it is unlikely that Heterodontosaurus moved on all four limbs except perhaps when feeding.

The short tusks found in all known heterodontosaurids strongly resemble tusks found in modern musk deer, peccaries and pigs. In many of these animals (as well as the longer-tusked walrus and Asian elephants), this is a sexually dimorphic trait, with tusks only found in males. The type specimen of Abrictosaurus lacks tusks and was originally described as a female. While this remains possible, the unfused sacral vertebrae and short face indicate that this specimen represents a juvenile animal. A second, larger specimen originally proposed to belong to Abrictosaurus clearly possesses tusks, which was used to support the idea that tusks are found only in adults, rather than being a secondary sexual characteristic of males. These tusks could have been used for combat or display with members of the same species or with other species. The absence of tusks in juvenile Abrictosaurus could also be another characteristic separating it from other heterodontosaurids as well, as tusks are known in juvenile Heterodontosaurus. Other proposed functions for the tusks include defense and use in an occasionally omnivorous diet. However, this specimen was alternatively reassigned to Lycorhinus by Sereno in 2012, which is already known to have possessed tusks and therefore their absence in Abrictosaurus may not have been a result of age.

In 2005 a small complete fossilized heterodontosaurid skeleton more than 200 million years old  was discovered in South Africa. In July 2016 it was scanned by a team of South African researchers using the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility; the scan of the dentition revealed palate bones less than a millimeter thick.

References

Norian first appearances
Early Cretaceous extinctions
Taxa named by Alfred Romer
Prehistoric dinosaur families


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Oļegs Laizāns (ur. 28 marca 1987 w Rydze) – łotewski piłkarz występujący na pozycji środkowego pomocnika.

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W rundzie wiosennej sezonu 2009/2010 Laizāns grał w Lechii Gdańsk, do której przeszedł ze Skonto Ryga na zasadzie wypożyczenia z opcją pierwokupu. W maju 2010 roku polski klub zdecydował się rozstać z Łotyszem.

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Q: How to display an image in Flash datagrid after selecting an image for uploading? After browsing for the images, and selecting them. How can I display a preview of the image in the datagrid? I am able to display the file name, file size, but was unable to display the image. Below are the codes I have written, please note it is not a complete code but just enough to make it understandable. Thanks.
// variables used
var list:Array = new Array();
var listDP:Array = new Array();
var fileRefList:FileReferenceList;

//dgMain is my DataGrid instance
dgMain.addColumn("name");
dgMain.addColumn("size");

list = fileRefList.fileList; // List of files that user has selected

for(var i:Number = 0; i < list .length; i++)
{
   list_dp.push({name:list[i].name, size:Math.round(list[i].size / 1000) + " kb"});
}

dgMain.dataProvider = new DataProvider(list_dp);
dgMain.spaceColumnsEqually();

A: Good question.  Just load each of the images when you hear the Event.SELECT event on FileReferenceList.  Then create an itemRenderer for the datagrid that can display the returned ByteArray.  Here's an example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
    xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    creationComplete="creationCompleteHandler()">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.collections.ArrayCollection;

            // variables used
            var list:Array;
            var files:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
            var fileReferenceList:FileReferenceList = new FileReferenceList();

            protected function creationCompleteHandler():void
            {
                fileReferenceList.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, selectHandler);
            }

            protected function selectHandler(event:Event):void
            {
                load();
            }

            protected function completeHandler(event:Event):void
            {
                var fileReference:FileReference = event.target as FileReference;
                var token:Object = {name:fileReference.name, size:Math.round(fileReference.size / 1000) + " kb", preview:fileReference.data};
                files.addItem(token);
            }

            public function load():void
            {
                list = fileReferenceList.fileList; // List of files that user has selected
                var i:int = 0;
                var n:int = list.length
                for(i; i < n; i++)
                {
                    list[i].addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeHandler);
                    list[i].load();
                }
            }

        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:Button label="browse" click="fileReferenceList.browse()"/>

    <mx:DataGrid id="dgMain"
        dataProvider="{files}"
        horizontalScrollPolicy="on"
        allowMultipleSelection="true" rowHeight="25">
        <mx:columns>
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="preview" headerText="preview">
                <mx:itemRenderer>
                    <mx:Component>
                        <mx:Canvas verticalCenter="0" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off">
                            <mx:Image source="{data.preview}" width="20" height="20"/>
                        </mx:Canvas>
                    </mx:Component>
                </mx:itemRenderer>
            </mx:DataGridColumn>
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="name" headerText="Name" />
            <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="size" headerText="Size" />
        </mx:columns>
    </mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Application>

If this solved the issue, mark it as correct :).
Best,
Lance