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Q: Creating parent and child nodes with a treeview and duplicate strings I am creating a GUI based script that when the user enters a username, it retrieves a comma delimited log file with information like date and time logged in, the machine they logged into, etc.
As part of the GUI I would like to use a TreeView to present them with a list of the MAC addresses that the username they entered has logged into.
In some cases there are many duplicates, for different times logged in over the course of a year.
I would like to be able to display the unique instances as parent nodes, and then for each duplicate instance, add it as a child node to the corresponding parent node along with the time they logged in.
I have what i think is part of the solution, the adding of the unique nodes, and its working as i expected, but am having quite a tough time adding the duplicate nodes as child nodes to the corresponding parent nodes.
Ex: if the user has logged into hostname COMP1, 6 times throughout the log file, I want to display COMP1 as a parent node and if the users presses the + symbol, they will see the 6 instances listed below with the date property attached.
Here is a sample from the .CSV log file, properties at the top line:
Date,EventType,ConnectionType,UserDomain,UserLogonTime,LogonType,HostName,HostAddress,HostStartTime,RemoteStationName,RemoteStationAddress
3/24/2015 12:49:58 PM,Logon,Local,DOMAIN,3/24/2015 12:49:13 PM,CONSOLE,F0A8F0B01660,10.10.10.11,3/24/2015 12:27:15 PM,N/A,N/A
3/26/2015 12:32:56 PM,TS Session Connected,Remote-RDP,DOMAIN,3/24/2015 7:13:19 AM,CONSOLE,VFP3077V,10.10.10.10,3/23/2015 6:56:32 AM,Dingus,10.10.96.72

The properties I'm selecting from the log file are hostname and date.
Here is some of my current code:
$array = Import-Csv $filepath\$username.txt | Where-Object {$_.EventType -eq  "TS   Session Connected" -or $_.EventType -eq "Logon"} | select -ExpandProperty     hostname | sort -Unique

$array2 = Import-Csv $filepath\$username.txt | Where-Object {$_.EventType -eq "TS Session Connected" -or $_.EventType -eq "Logon"} | select -ExpandProperty Date | sort -Unique

#Loops through and singles out each host name, and adds it as a treenode
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $array.Count; $i++) {
$node = $treeviewHostnames.Nodes.Add($array[$i]) | Out-Null
}

The treeview object:
$treeviewHostnames = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeView
$treeviewHostnames.size = New-Object drawing.Size @(300,378)
$treeviewHostnames.Location = New-Object drawing.Size @(380,165)
$treeviewHostnames.Scrollable = $true

This adds a unique list of hostnames to my treeview object but I'm having a tough time adding the specific duplicate child hostnames to the unique parent hostnames.

A: This has been solved thanks to Dan at Powershell.org
His example .CSV:
HostName,LastLogon
COMP1,032820151913
COMP1,032720151913
COMP2,032820151913
COMP2,032720151913

His code:
    function Add-Node {
    param
    (
        $RootNode,
        $HostName,
        $LastLogon
    )

    $newNode = new-object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode
    $newNode.Name = "$HostName -- $LastLogon"
    $newNode.Text = "$HostName -- $LastLogon"

    If(($RootNode.Nodes | Foreach-Object {$_.Tag}) -contains $HostName)
    {
        $HostNode = $RootNode.Nodes | ?{$_.Tag -eq $HostName}
    }
    Else
    {
        $newHostNode = new-object System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode
        $newHostNode.Name = $HostName
        $newHostNode.Text = $HostName
        $newHostNode.Tag = $HostName

        $Null = $RootNode.Nodes.Add($newHostNode)
        $HostNode = $RootNode.Nodes | ?{$_.Tag -eq $HostName}
    }

    $Null = $HostNode.Nodes.Add($newNode)
    }

    $Form = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form
    $Form.Text = "TreeView"

    $TreeView = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.TreeView
    $System_Drawing_Size = New-Object System.Drawing.Size
    $System_Drawing_Size.Width = 224
    $System_Drawing_Size.Height = 200
    $TreeView.Size = $System_Drawing_Size

    $System_Drawing_Point = New-Object System.Drawing.Point
    $System_Drawing_Point.X = 13
    $System_Drawing_Point.Y = 37
    $TreeView.Location = $System_Drawing_Point

    $Form.Controls.Add($TreeView)

    $TreeNode = New-Object -TypeName System.Windows.Forms.TreeNode -ArgumentList 'Computers'
    $TreeNode.Tag = 'Computers'

    $CSV = Import-CSV .\LogonInfo.txt

    Foreach($Computer in $CSV)
    {
Add-Node -RootNode $TreeNode -HostName $Computer.HostName -LastLogon $Computer.LastLogon
    }

    $Null = $TreeView.Nodes.Add($TreeNode)

    $TreeView.ExpandAll()
    $Form.ShowDialog()

His explanation:
What this script does is basically
1. Setup a simple form to display the TreeNode in a TreeView
2. Add a root TreeNode tagged Computers, we will add all computers to this TreeNode
3. Import the CSV file
4. Loop through the CSV and add a node foreach computer in the CSV. The Add-Node function checks if a childnode with a tag which equals the hostname of the computer is present, if it is, we simply add the logon information to that node. If it isn't, we create a new childnode using the hostname of the computer. Next, we select that newly created node to add the logon information.
5. Last, the script expands all nodes and displays the form.
Hope this is helpful.
Thankful to Dan for his help!

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Helen Kruger, Troye Interactive Solutions.
The edge. It's the redefining of infrastructure and network to cope with the demands of the Internet of Things (IoT), the limitations of existing architecture and the potential of the cloud. It is, according to Forrester, a new layer of edge processing infrastructure and supporting software services driven by ever-increasing capacity demands that few architectures are equipped to handle. It is the future of designing the corporate architecture to support the potential of IoT and the slew of technologies that automate, generate data and transform processes.
Edge computing is when the cloud emerges from the sea, sheds its gills and develops opposable thumbs. It's the use of computing power placed at the edge of the network that allows for data from devices to be processed at greater speeds and efficiencies - without necessarily going through a datacentre. It's the instantaneous analysis of data, in near real-time and it has inordinate benefit to the company and the customer.
The IDC has defined it as, 'Edge computing refers to a set of workloads that are run outside or on the periphery of the datacentre. Use cases include Internet of Things (IoT) and industrial/embedded systems. In such cases, the workloads are managed by central IT, and the data is eventually backhauled into the datacentre. However, the proximity of the workload to the activity in question is necessary for providing actionable insight at reduced latency.'
Edge computing means a devise can 'decide' on its own what actions it should take, based on the data it has collected, rather than waiting for an instruction from a datacentre. A 'smart' air conditioner, for example, can teach itself to turn on or off, depending on how many people it can sense are in a room. This means, with edge, there's no need to collect months of data to figure how to best manage an air conditioner.
Three things are driving the edge - computing literally everywhere, the shift to artificial intelligence (AI) that's become a big conversation in boardrooms globally, and the smart devices that people are using to drive the digital version of themselves.
Alain du Toit, Microsoft
The simplification of the data journey is ideally suited to the South African context. In fact, computing on the edge is perfect for those situations when connectivity is limited and access to the cloud is both inefficient and slow. With the edge, the data is processed on demand, on location, thereby reducing delays and mitigating the demand on 24/7 connectivity. From a South African perspective, it makes sense to process data where it is collected, using the edge to preclude latency issues and reduce network traffic and congestion.
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Cloud does allow for the use of technology in ways that continue to excite and impress, but the issues around connectivity are a challenge in the local environment. Load shedding, anyone? Even a fast network may not be enough to make decisions in time, however, and data is pouring out so fast that it's like trying to put the Tribbles back into the tiny box. Impossible, even if you wanted to. Edge can be small and focused, it can handle complex tasks and it is fluid enough to adapt to use case and scenario.
It also has to be just a little bit confusing, because this is technology, after all. Edge computing is linked to fog computing. Some say the two are the same, some believe fog computing is just a branding exercise, and others define it as a facet of the edge. There is even a consortium for it - the OpenFog Consortium that is headed up by vendors such as Intel, Cisco and Microsoft. It defines the fog as 'system-level horizontal architecture that distributes resources and services of computing, storage, control and networking anywhere along the continuum from Cloud to Things'.
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Ultimately, fog and edge all draw from the same mindset and enterprise demand - the ability to reduce latency, increase efficiency and redefine the speed of compute while reducing costs and reliance on network, cloud and connectivity. It is a competitive differentiator that allows for the organisation to refine architecture while aligning itself to the incoming potential of IoT. It is the forefront of intelligence by design and the edge of innovation. Excuse the pun.
Factors taking businesses to the edge
1. What is driving the development and adoption of the edge and why is it essential?
Chris Buchanan, Dell Client Solutions director Southern Africa: If it isn't something your organisation is looking at, you run the risk of being put out of business. Cloud systems are powerful, but there's no sense in sending everything to them. Edge devices curate the data being generated and only send the necessary information across; a lot of it is about efficiency. Autonomous vehicles will rely on edge - we cannot have self-driving cars stop working every time the internet goes down.
Alain du Toit, Apps & Infrastructure, Solution Sales professional, Microsoft: Three things are driving the edge - computing literally everywhere, the shift to artificial intelligence (AI) that's become a big conversation in boardrooms globally, and the smart devices that people are using to drive the digital version of themselves.
Helen Kruger, MD, Troye: The need to improve business efficiencies and improve data accuracy and consistency is driving the development and adoption of the edge. This will, in turn, improve system processes and intelligence.
2. What technologies enable the edge and are essential to its success?
Colin Thornton, MD, Dial-a-Nerd and Turrito Networks: From a hardware perspective, it is usually not necessary to have fully-fledged servers on site or within the network. However, you also cannot use a thin client or dumb terminal. From a software perspective, AI is not essential, but would be extremely helpful, as the more efficient the edge device, the less data it would need to send elsewhere.
Andrew Cruise, MD, Routed: Edge computing relies on a stack of newer technologies like SD-WAN to provide secure, reliable and acceptable performance access; businesses should embrace them and drive familiarity with these technologies to be able to benefit from edge sooner in the cycle and gain advantage over rivals.
Chris Buchanan, Dell Client Solutions: Edge in the IoT world relies on devices that can sit near the source and handle complex tasks such as data sorting. Key to the solution is keeping the technologies involved open and scalable. Connectivity is also a critical component as often the data sourced is too vast to process at the edge. Cloud is also important, because it introduces modular development and processing methodologies such as microservices.
3. What challenges are slowing the uptake and implementation of edge in South Africa?
Andrew Cruise, Routed: Generally, the market for edge computing is not developed enough globally, so South Africa suffers, as do all geographies with a lack of suitable devices and certified reference architectures. In addition, South Africa has problems around reliability of power and security of edge locations and points of presence due to vandalism, among other issues.
Helen Kruger, Troye: One of the challenges impacting on local uptake and implementation is around the location of where personal information is stored at rest. With PoPI coming into effect soon, the journey of taking data into the cloud and the use of IoT devices will almost certainly be delayed.
Alain du Toit, Microsoft: We lack access to the skill sets that can deliver on these advanced business requirements. While we do have partners and companies that are capable of this level of skill, they are small and can't scale. The availability of skills in South Africa is very, very thin and this is making the adoption of super advanced technology both difficult and slow.
This article was first published in the August 2018 edition of ITWeb Brainstorm magazine. To read more, go to the Brainstorm website.


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IBP Game
While working at Formula D Interactive, the founding member of humanit developed the architecture for the IBP game system and managed the development of content by junior developers.
The IBP - game is an online learning game designed for the International Budget Partnership. In the scenario based learning game, players travel to the imaginary country of Polarus. The user takes on the role of an intern working for SeDeN, a budget advocacy organization aiming to improve the lives of poor and marginalized people.
Multi Touch Planner
While working at Formula D Interactive, the founding member of humanit developed the Multi touch planner for the Centre for Public Service Innovation.
The Multi touch planner is a collaboration tool that facilitates the visualization and innovation of public services. The application runs on a custom developed multi-touch screen, which enables multiple users interacting simultaneously with the representation.
Gravity Game
While working at Formula D Interactive, the founding member of humanit developed the Gravity game for the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre.
The gravity game is a interactive wall projection physics simulation that enables users to play with 5 types of virtual balls (soccer, basket- ball, tennis, table tennis and golf) and in three different gravitational environments: normal gravity (earth), low gravity (moon) and high gravity (planet x). When users move in front of the wall, the shape of their bodies is represented by a blue silhouette on the projection. The aim of the game is to keep the ball up in the air by juggling it with your feet and doing this in different environments demonstrates the principle of gravity.
NANO Game
While working at Formula D Interactive, the founding member of humanit developed the instructional design, architecture for the game system and managed the development of content by junior developers.
The NANO game is an educational touch screen application, which informs learners on the basic principles and practical application of nanotechnology. The application is structured into three sections: 1. Explains the principle of how nanotechnology can increase the surface area of matter. 2. This principle is applied to a real-life scenario, where the user is challenged to adjust a cell phone battery using nanotechnology. 3. Informs the user on careers in the field of nanotechnology.
Film Simulation (PhD)
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The Film simulation provided students with a well developed shared virtual world that could contextualize and facilitated the planning and production of a virtual film. The system was developed using the Unreal2 games engine. The system was informed from an Activity theoretical analysis of actual film study activities observed. Facilitating the groups' collaboration and the choreography of the various roles required to produce the virtual film was of crucial importance.
The founding member of humanit has over the last decade programmed the interactions, tracking (SCORM), assessments and games for the e-learning content of various clients including ABSA, Old Mutual, Nedbank, Shoprite, Intec and Damelin colleges.
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This project entailed the design of a virtual learning environment which provides users with the tools and procedures to solve an ill-structured urban design problem. This environment included the land topology, a shipwreck and trees. The participants were represented as Avatars (3D animated characters). Participants could communicate through text chat and drag resource objects such as buildings, bridges, roads etc. into the virtual environment and manipulate them. Each of the participants was given a role and task to fulfill and provided with support in the form of an online resource kit.
humanit as a company strives to use technological tools to unlock and develop human potential. It aims to put people at the centre of this process. Technology is often marketed on gimic and novelty, rather than providing actual solutions to people by facilitating our activities and actions. However, when our tools fit our hands, our minds and our challenges; they enable us to achieve success and develop our potential.
Digital (interactive) media can be utilized as a productive tool to develop our understanding of complex systems and processes. Unlike other static (printed) and linear media (television), digital media is dynamic. Digital media representations transform as people interact with them, providing instantaneous feedback to their users and through this interaction people get to understand the system. Digital media can therefore be used to represent dynamic systems.
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The movie is the reunion of the first two episodes of German TV series, based on the best-selling novels by Volker Kutscher, and that follows the story of the political developments leading from the Weimar Republic to the spread of National Socialism.
Born in Germany in 1965. Director, screenwriter, composer and producer, he started making super-8 films at the age of 11. He directed, among others, Run Lola Run (1998, 23rd Mostra), The Princess and the Warrior (2000, 25th Mostra), Heaven (2001, 26th Mostra) and Germany 09 (2009, 32nd Mostra).
Born in Munich in 1968. Studied at German Film and TV Academy where he graduated in 2000. His end-of-course film was England!. He was also co-scriptwriter of the film Goodbye, Lenin! (2003, 27th Mostra). His filmography includes Love in Thoughts (2004, 28th Mostra) and Four Days in May (2011, 36th Mostra).
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Born in Germany in 1968, but spent all of his childhood and a good deal of his teen years abroad. He graduated from the German Film and TV Academy. He is the director of Paul is Dead (2000, 24th Mostra), Learning to Lie (2003, 27th Mostra) and Summer Window (2011, 36th Mostra). Hendrik Handloegten is part of the Jury of the 41st Mostra.


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The spatial dynamics of a zebrafish model with cross-diffusions
Hongyong Zhao 1,, , Qianjin Zhang 1, and Linhe Zhu 2,
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Nanjing 210016, China
Phoenix AZ 85069-7100, USA
* Corresponding author: Hongyong Zhao.
Received April 2016 Published March 2017
This paper investigates the spatial dynamics of a zebrafish model with cross-diffusions. Sufficient conditions for Hopf bifurcation and Turing bifurcation are obtained by analyzing the associated characteristic equation. In addition, we deduce amplitude equations based on multiple-scale analysis, and further by analyzing amplitude equations five categories of Turing patterns are gained. Finally, numerical simulation results are presented to validate the theoretical analysis. Furthermore, some examples demonstrate that cross-diffusions have an effect on the selection of patterns, which explains the diversity of zebrafish pattern very well.
Keywords: Cross-diffusions, Hopf bifurcation, turing bifurcation, pattern selection, amplitude equation, zebrafish.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 34D05, 34D20.
Citation: Hongyong Zhao, Qianjin Zhang, Linhe Zhu. The spatial dynamics of a zebrafish model with cross-diffusions. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2017, 14 (4) : 1035-1054. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2017054
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Figure 2. $a=0.14$, $R=1$, $d_{11}=1$, $d_{12}=2$, $d_{21}=2$, $d_{22}=20$.
Figure 3. Pictures of the time evolution of $u$ at different instants with $a=0.14$, $b=1.4$, $R=1$, $d_{11}=1$, $d_{12}=2$, $d_{21}=2$, $d_{22}=20$ and the parameter values located in Turing space. (a) 200000 iteration; (b) 500000 iteration; (c) 5000000 iteration.
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By Lisa HelmFebruary 25, 2016Welcoming Ministries
When I began as Director of Welcoming Ministries, the UMW ladies were so incredibly supportive and hosted many of our Garden gatherings — which ultimately led to the launch of Connections, our opportunity to visit with one another, rain or shine, between services in Wesley Hall. (And in the Garden as well when the weather is nice!) This wonderful group of women embody welcoming in everything they do — and trust me, they make meaningful fun contagious.
But what I think many people don't know about this extraordinary group is their commitment to the service and support of women, youth, and children in need within our community and church. Last year, they raised more than $42,000 for FUMCFW Children's Ministries, Kids Hope, Food 4 Kids, VBS at FUMCFW, Methodist Justice Ministry, TCU Wesley, Methodist Children's Home, and United Community Centers.
That's why I am marking my calendar right now for Tuesday, April 5, and Wednesday, April 6, so that I can attend Journey Through Faith, the 37th Annual FUMCFW UMW Fundraiser. Proceeds will benefit organizations for women, youth, and children — and it's a delightful way to spend an afternoon, evening, or both!
The April 5 event includes dinner, auction, and host for the evening Mr. Chet Garner, creator, executive producer, writer, editor, and host of the five-time Emmy award-winning show "The Daytripper." On April 6,those in attendance will enjoy a luncheon and raffle, as well as guest speaker Mrs. Donna VanLiere, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author.
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USS Wintle (DE-25) was an  constructed for the United States Navy during World War II. It was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft. By the end of the war, when she returned to the United States, she was awarded three battle stars.

Namesake
Jack William Wintle was born on 18 April 1908 in Pittsburg, Kansas. He was appointed a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy on 14 June 1928 and graduated on 2 June 1932. He reported for duty on the  on 30 June 1932 and completed a three-year tour of duty before being transferred to submarine tender  for 17 months. On 7 August 1936, he reported to the Puget Sound Navy Yard to help supervise the fitting out of ; and he remained in the destroyer after it went into commission on 18 September 1936. In the summer of 1939, he received postgraduate instruction at the Naval Academy before reporting for duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to help prepare  for recommissioning and service on the Neutrality Patrol. His tour of duty in that destroyer, one of the first in the Atlantic Squadrons to be fitted with sonar, ended in August 1940 when he was sent to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he served almost two years instructing NROTC midshipmen.

Late in April 1942, he reported to the Bureau of Navigation in Washington where he learned that his next assignment was to be aide and flag lieutenant to the Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force. On 15 June 1942 he was promoted to lieutenant commander and, four days later, reported for duty in his new assignment in the South Pacific. He served under Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan, Chief of Staff to the Commander South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force, through the early months of the Guadalcanal campaign in late 1942. Late in October 1942, when Callaghan went to sea as the commander of a cruiser-destroyer force, Wintle joined him on his flagship  as a member of his staff.

On the night of 12 and 13 November during the Battle of Savo Island, San Francisco suffered a terrific pounding from Imperial Japanese Navy ships, several Japanese salvos scored on its superstructure, obliterating her flag and navigating bridges. All but one member of the admiral's staff were killed, and Wintle was among the casualties. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

Construction and commissioning
Wintle was laid down on 1 October 1942 at the Mare Island Navy Yard as BDE-25, one of the destroyer escorts allocated to the Royal Navy under the lend-lease program; launched on 18 February 1943; sponsor unknown (Lt. Comdr. Wintle's widow sponsored DE-266 which ship carried the name Wintle at the time BDE-25 was launched); reallocated to the United States Navy on 4 June 1943; named Wintle on 14 June 1943 when DE-266 was allocated to the Royal Navy as her replacement; and commissioned on 10 July 1943.

World War II Pacific Theater operations

Wintle completed shakedown training in late July and early August and returned to the Mare Island Navy Yard for post-shakedown repairs. On 21 September, she put to sea with a Hawaii-bound convoy and arrived at Pearl Harbor on 8 October. She departed Oahu, Hawaii, almost immediately to return home in the screen of another convoy on 17 October. On the 25th, the destroyer escort stood out of San Francisco Bay in the screen, built around , for a convoy bound, via Pearl Harbor, to Viti Levu in the Fiji Islands. She delivered her charges at Nandi Harbor on 14 November and, after a three-day stopover, departed Viti Levu on 17 November to escort  to Funafuti in the Ellice Islands. She stopped there for two days before returning to sea on the 21st to escort  to a fueling rendezvous. When she returned to Funafuti the following day, "Operation Galvanic", the Gilbert Islands invasion, was well underway. All the destroyer escort's recent movements and those she made over the following fortnight were undertaken to support the warships participating in that campaign. On 8 December, Wintle completed her labors in behalf of "Galvanic" and set a course for Funafuti where she stopped between 9 and 12 December before continuing on toward Oahu in the screen for a convoy.

Wintle involved in collision

The warship arrived in Pearl Harbor on 21 December. After several days in port, she began battle practice training in the Hawaiian operating area. On 3 January 1944, Wintle and  came alongside one another to practice fueling at sea. After transferring about 1,000 gallons of fuel to Wintle, Dempsey prepared to leave. Suddenly, she rammed Wintle on her starboard side. Her anchor ripped open Wintle's starboard side from the lower platform deck to the main deck at frame 40. Dempsey's anchor also broke Wintle's degaussing coil and severed her return steam line. In her haste to change course, Dempsey swerved sharply, colliding with Wintle again, this time stern to stern, crushing Wintle's propeller guard against her hull. The damaged destroyer escort's repair party quickly stuffed mattresses into the breach in her hull and shored them up as best they could to prevent serious flooding. Wintle was able to make 10 knots without shipping too much water and reached Pearl Harbor the following morning to begin repairs. She completed repairs rapidly and returned to sea to resume exercises on 11 January.

Supporting the invasion of the Marshall Islands

Ten days later, Wintle received orders assigning her to the 5th Amphibious Force for "Operation Flintlock", the invasion of the Marshall Islands. She departed Pearl Harbor that same day escorting four tank landing ships to Majuro. Wintle and her charges reached that atoll on 1 February to find that the American force had taken it without opposition the previous day. The destroyer escort led the patrol of the entrance of the lagoon on the 2nd, then met  at sea, and escorted her into the lagoon on the 3rd. She then resumed anti-submarine warfare (ASW) patrol off Majuro and continued the task for the next six days. On the 9th and 10th, she escorted  to Kwajalein, then headed back to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on the 23rd. Wintle remained in the Hawaiian Islands until 2 March, when she got underway with  to escort a three-ship convoy to the Gilberts. They saw their charges safely to the Gilberts on 11 March and got underway the following day for the Solomons. Proceeding via Funafuti, the two destroyer escorts arrived off Lunga Point, Guadalcanal, on 18 March and reported for duty with the 3rd Fleet. For the next six months, Wintle crisscrossed the Southwest Pacific escorting tankers, transports, and cargo-men to and from various American bases, most frequently between the Solomons and the Admiralty Islands. When not engaged in escort missions, she honed her ASW skills during exercises with American submarines.

On 19 September, she arrived at Manus Island concluding her last Solomons-Admiralties run. On the 22d, she headed out of Seeadler Harbor for a new theater, the Palau Islands in the Central Pacific. The warship arrived in the anchorage at Kossol Passage three days later. Her stay proved brief because she set course back to Manus that same day. She reached Seeadler Harbor on 5 October and, after a brief availability alongside , headed back to the Palaus where she arrived on 15 October. During the following month, Wintle performed patrol and escort duties in the Palaus. On 10 November, she relieved  off Denges Passage and fired star shells over the passage and nearby Ngeregong Island in support of troops embarked in landing craft patrolling against the possibility of enemy reinforcements reaching Peleliu from Ngeregong. That duty lasted until 12 November when she left station to assist PC-1260, damaged in a collision with .

Operating on the Saipan Patrol

The destroyer escort exited Kossol Passage on 18 November and steamed via Ulithi to the Marianas. She entered Apra Harbor, Guam, on the 28th and became a unit of the Saipan Patrol and Escort Force. For about 12 weeks, the warship patrolled the Marianas, primarily between Guam and Saipan. On Christmas night, she helped to repulse a Japanese air raid on U.S. Army Air Force installations ashore on Saipan. Two days later, she rescued three survivors from a B-29 bomber that crashed near Nafutan Point. After the excitement of late December, January 1945 was uneventful except for two round-trip voyages to Eniwetok and back.

On 5 February 1945, she received orders transferring her to the Marshalls-Gilberts Escort Force. She arrived at Eniwetok on 10 February and began duty escorting convoys from bases in the Marshalls and Gilberts to forward areas. She made frequent voyages between Guam, Kwajalein, and Eniwetok and cruised with a hunter-killer group in search of Japanese submarines reportedly operating in the Marshalls. On the night of 2 April, Wintle exchanged gunfire with Japanese shore batteries on bypassed Wotje Atoll after they opened fire on her while she hunted for a midget submarine. During American air strikes on enemy-held Mili, Jaluit, and Wotje in late April and early May, Wintle provided air-sea rescue services; but, fortunately, no aviator needed her assistance. On the night of 5 and 6 May, she covered the evacuation of natives from Japanese-held Jaluit Atoll. On 13 May, Wintle departed Eniwetok to screen two merchant ships on a voyage to the Palaus.

Wintle arrived in Kossol Passage on the 18th and, two days later, headed for Ulithi. There, she joined two ships damaged at Okinawa,  and , and escorted them on the Ulithi-to-Eniwetok leg of their voyage home. The ships departed Ulithi on 25 May and made Eniwetok on the 29th. There, the destroyer escort resumed patrol and escort duties with the Marshalls-Gilberts Escort Force which she continued to perform until mid-June.

Antisubmarine patrol operations

On 17 June, Wintle and  stood out of Eniwetok to take up ASW station on the shipping lanes between Eniwetok and the Marianas. The next day, she responded to a report that  had been torpedoed but, upon reaching the repair ship, found no submarine to attack. After an unsuccessful search, she headed back to Eniwetok. The warship continued intermittent patrols until 1 July when she put to sea from Eniwetok lagoon to rendezvous with a hunter-killer group built around . She searched for Japanese submarines along the Eniwetok-Marianas shipping lanes until relieved by  on 8 July. Wintle returned to Eniwetok where she took on fuel and supplies in preparation for the long voyage back to the United States. The destroyer escort exited the lagoon on 12 July, visited Pearl Harbor on the 18th and 19th, and entered San Francisco Bay on the 26th.

Post-War activity

The ship unloaded ammunition at the Mare Island Navy Yard and entered Hunters Point, California, for repairs that same day. She was in drydock on 15 August when news of the Japanese capitulation arrived; and, on the 18th, most work ceased.

Post-War deactivation
Finally, on 15 November 1945, Wintle was placed out of commission and was berthed at Mare Island, California. On 28 November 1945, her name was struck from the Navy List. The former warship was sold for scrap to the Union Minerals & Alloys Corporation on 25 August 1947.

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Evarts-class destroyer escorts
Ships built in Vallejo, California
1943 ships
World War II frigates and destroyer escorts of the United States

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Worthy Christian News > World News > Washington Discusses Ukraine Air Bridge (Worthy News Exclusive)
Washington Discusses Ukraine Air Bridge (Worthy News Exclusive)
Monday, March 14, 2022 | Tag Cloud Tags: Congress, ISIS, Military, News, nuclear, PLO, Putin, Russia, Security, Syria, UK, Ukraine, War, Washington, White House, Worthy News
WASHINGTON/BUDAPEST (Worthy News) – Talks are ongoing within Washington about setting up a humanitarian and military air bridge to wartorn Ukraine amid concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use nuclear and biological weapons.
A senior U.S. security diplomat with ties to the White House, who accurately predicted the Russian invasion, shared with Worthy News a policy plan that he formulated for high-ranking Congress and security representatives.
He said the "question isn't if, but when and how" Putin will use biological and nuclear weapons. Worthy News agreed not to name the sources as the material may be classified.
His ally, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, is also on the radar of U.S. security officials for supporting the invasion, according to communications seen by Worthy News.
"We need to set up a Berlin Brigade style Air-bridge to Ukraine," the official wrote in the secure message. He referred to a U.S. Army brigade-sized garrison based in West Berlin during the Cold War when the city was divided.
It backed the "Berlin Air Bridge" from June 26, 1948, to September 30, 1949, carrying supplies to residents of West Berlin as Soviet Union forces blocked railway, road, and canal access to sectors of Berlin under Western control.
AIR BRIDGE
Fast-forward, the U.S. security official suggested a similar air bridge for Ukraine that would also include military aid. "We need to deliver small arms, weapons, and planes. We need to especially help [the Ukrainian cities] Kyiv and Lvov," he stressed.
"Lvov is being overrun by internal refugees and doesn't have enough food and supplies for everyone," the official wrote using the Russian spelling for the city, also known as Lviv, adding: "It will be next on the list for an attack."
He said that in Kyiv, "we need to provide flak-jackets, small arms, older model [communications], equipment which the Russians can't block and monitor."
The official, involved in special military operations, cited his phone as an example of equipment that Russians can't hack. He said the U.S. and its allies should urgently deliver "CB Radios, Walkie Talkies and also food. We need to be Ukraine's supply chain."
He warned that "Putin will use nuclear and bioweapons. So the question isn't if, but when and how. Will it be more like Syria or Grozny? Will it be Polonium 242 or Novichok [chemical agents]? He always uses chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. The question is how and where. Not if," the official wrote.
"So we need to supply folks with masks, antidotes, and such. " The official suggested that the U.S. should use similar tactics as terror groups used against Russia. "We need to bring the war home to Russia with Isis style attacks – or IRA, or RAF style – on train stations, train lines, buses, and shopping centers," he wrote, referring to several terror groups.
US Fears Imminent Russian Invasion In Ukraine; US Forces On High Alert (Worthy News Exclusive)
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Paris, France welcomed 1,110 congresses and 773,090 delegates in 2017, including 262,850 foreign delegates.
According to a study by Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau, this amounted to more foreign delegates than the previous year, specifically up 14.2 percent compared to 2016.
The foreign delegates attended 54 percent of the congresses and accounted for 34 percent of the total number of participants at this type of event, an increase of seven percent compared to 2016.
The increase support International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) recently placing Paris second only to Barcelona, Spain as an international congress city.
Attendance to ICCA- compliant conventions also jumped by more than 50 percent, reaching 112,000 delegates in 2017 compared to 74,856 in 2016. The conferences also generated economic benefits of EUR1.27 billion.


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Bitcoin Derivatives Exchange LedgerX Moving Beyond Crypto
The CFTC has granted LedgerX its request to clear collateralized futures, options, and swaps on things other than digital assets.
By Jeff Benson
LedgerX. Image: Shutterstock
LedgerX is a U.S. regulated exchange and clearing house for Bitcoin derivatives.
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved LedgerX's request to expand beyond clearing digital currency products.
LedgerX can now clear collateralized futures, futures options, and swaps, in addition to its digital asset products.
While several traditional exchanges this week announced moves into the cryptocurrency space, one crypto platform is moving the opposite direction, into more traditional financial products.
LedgerX, an exchange for Bitcoin-based derivatives, has received approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to "clear...fully collateralized futures, options on futures, and swaps."
The Delaware-based LLC had asked the CFTC in January for approval to move beyond digital currency products.
LedgerX describes itself as "the first federally regulated exchange and clearing house to list and clear fully-collateralized, physically-settled bitcoin swaps and options for the institutional market."
A clearing house is the part of an exchange that acts as an intermediary between buyers and sellers to help finalize trades. It makes sure buyers and sellers each fulfill their obligations, akin to how homebuyers and home sellers put money and house titles into an escrow account.
With its amended registration, LedgerX can now capitalize on a trillion-dollar market for derivative products.
After receiving regulatory approval from the CFTC, LedgerX launched its exchange in 2017. It reported executing over $1 billion in crypto swaps and trades in just its first week.
At the time, Bloomberg saw it as a sign that cryptocurrency was moving "closer to official acceptance." Today's announcement makes clear that the players in traditional finance and digital assets are increasingly one and the same.
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1522 Kokkola, provisional designation , is a stony Vestian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 9.5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 18 November 1938, by pioneering Finnish astronomer Liisi Oterma at Turku Observatory in Southwest Finland. It was later was named for the town of Kokkola.

Classification and orbit

The S-type asteroid and member of the Vesta family is also classified as LS-type, an intermediate to the L-types. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 2.2–2.5 AU once every 3 years and 8 months (1,331 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.07 and an inclination of 5° with respect to the ecliptic. Due to a precovery taken at Turku, Kokkolas observation arc was extended by 3 weeks prior to its official discovery observation.

Physical characteristics

In May 1984, American astronomer Richard Binzel obtained a rotational lightcurve of Kokkola from photometric observations. Lightcurve analysis gave a well-defined rotation period of 5.83 hours with a brightness amplitude of 0.29 magnitude ().

According to the survey carried out by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer with its subsequent NEOWISE mission, Kokkola measures 9.42 kilometers in diameter and its surface has an albedo of 0.206 (revised albedo fits from 2014). The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.20 and derives a diameter of 9.57 kilometers with an absolute magnitude of 12.46.

Naming

This minor planet was named for Kokkola, a Finnish town and port on the Gulf of Bothnia. The official  was published by the Minor Planet Center on 20 February 1976 ().

References

External links
 Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB), query form (info )
 Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
 Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
 Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (1)-(5000) – Minor Planet Center

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Discoveries by Liisi Oterma
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Below the Waterline: Some rods and reels worth casting an eye on
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2023 NFL mock draft (Version 2.0)
After the divisional round of the NFL postseason concluded Sunday, only four teams remain in the hunt for the Super Bowl title. For the rest of the league, it's on to the offseason and the 2023 draft. Here are The Baltimore Sun's projections for the first round, which begins April 27 in Kansas City. — Notes: The order for picks 29-31 are projected. The Miami Dolphins forfeited their ...
BOSTON — Light rain cut through a thick, gray fog choking Foxboro when Bill O'Brien walked into Patriots headquarters Monday to end the team's search for its next offensive coordinator. O'Brien's second interview was his final step toward a long-awaited reunion with the franchise that launched his NFL career. Soon, he would be hailed as the savior of an offense in need of resurrection. Because ...