Many in the Church have been saving "second tithe" or a "festival tithe" since they were children. I remember this well as a child traveling to Big Sandy from Portland, Oregon. It was a delight to spend a tithe—one tenth—of the money earned from picking strawberries and black raspberries on items an Oregon boy didn't see all the time, such as sugarcane and watermelons in East Texas. This helped to make the early Feasts memorable and special to this day. God's system of saving second tithe is truly a blessing. Our children can be learning these same values today.
Though there are many arguments people have contrived to argue against observing God's festivals, we have proven to ourselves that the holy days are to be kept today. And just as there was a need in ancient times to finance the expenses one incurred in observing them, so there is a need today.
Observing the Feast in the manner indicated in Deuteronomy 14:22-26 requires more than minimal funding. We are commanded here to "spend that money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen or sheep, for wine or similar drink, for whatever your heart desires; you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you and your household." This is a picture of the abundance of the world tomorrow. God's Word especially emphasizes spending this tithe on the Feast and Last Great Day, though it is certainly valid to use a lesser portion of it for the other holy days.
Obviously the festival tithe should be spent on items relating to the Feast. So we should not buy our annual wardrobe with this tithe. But if we need a particular item of clothing for the Feast, such a purchase would certainly be appropriate. Buying a special item of clothing from second tithe can also be appropriate to give as a gift to a good friend or family member or even for oneself to add to the special nature of the Feast.
Decisions of this nature should be based on what we can afford and according to good, balanced judgment on the part of the individual as he or she considers the spiritual intent of God's law. Decisions should not be legalistically legislated. We are all accountable to God as Spirit-led Christians to deal with His laws with the utmost integrity and a sincere effort to abide by their spirit and intent.
In budgeting our festival tithe, we should consider those whose circumstances in life have made it impossible for them to attend the Feast without assistance. Helping needy members attend is a practice we definitely intend to continue. To help these individuals be with us at the Feast, many contribute excess second tithe after the festival season is over. Most who attend the Feast are able to afford to contribute to this fund with proper planning.
Along with contributing excess second tithe, a practice was established long ago of giving a tenth of our second tithe—a tithe of the tithe—to the Church to pay for the many expenses it incurs in providing so much of what we enjoy at the Feast. These expenses include hall rent, office equipment, audio and video equipment, etc. If you send a contribution to the Festival Assistance Fund to help the needy or a tithe of your tithe to help pay for the cost of holding the Feast, please indicate your intent.
Another important financial matter involving the Feast is holy day offerings. The practice of the Church is to take up an offering on each of the annual holy days. This is based on Deuteronomy 16:16-17, where we are instructed to give as we are able and that we are not to come before God empty-handed. That requires planning and saving.
Indeed, we go to the Feast to picture a new and better world, the world tomorrow. If these principles are deep within the core of our being, an outward expression will be generosity, within our means, toward God and His Work in our offerings. These offerings provide a very important boost in the income of the Church and help us to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of God (which we are there to foreshadow) to this world. So, let's come to the Feast as living sacrifices and let our offerings express the dedication we have to our great God.
Please remember these financial aspects of the Feast of Tabernacles. They are integral elements of a well-observed Festival.


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Q: Rails Admin unable to delete related object on rails 4.1.9 I'm trying to delete a related object on rails_admin
On Rails 4.1.9, the image upload is being handled by carrierwave.
My models:
class Asset < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :listing
  mount_uploader :image, ImageUploader
end

And:
class Listing < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :assets, dependent: :destroy
  accepts_nested_attributes_for :assets, allow_destroy: true
end

Here's a screen grap:

When I hit the delete button, the image disappears (jQuery), nothing happens on the terminal, when I refresh the page, the image shows up again.
On the console both .destroy and .delete works to remove the asset.
I've went through related question here and here
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Solution:
Switch to Active Admin.

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use crate::distributions::Distribution;
use crate::Rng;
use core::{fmt, u64};

#[cfg(feature = "serde1")]
use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
/// The Bernoulli distribution.
///
/// This is a special case of the Binomial distribution where `n = 1`.
///
/// # Example
///
/// ```rust
/// use rand::distributions::{Bernoulli, Distribution};
///
/// let d = Bernoulli::new(0.3).unwrap();
/// let v = d.sample(&mut rand::thread_rng());
/// println!("{} is from a Bernoulli distribution", v);
/// ```
///
/// # Precision
///
/// This `Bernoulli` distribution uses 64 bits from the RNG (a `u64`),
/// so only probabilities that are multiples of 2-64 can be
/// represented.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde1", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
pub struct Bernoulli {
    /// Probability of success, relative to the maximal integer.
    p_int: u64,
}

// To sample from the Bernoulli distribution we use a method that compares a
// random `u64` value `v < (p * 2^64)`.
//
// If `p == 1.0`, the integer `v` to compare against can not represented as a
// `u64`. We manually set it to `u64::MAX` instead (2^64 - 1 instead of 2^64).
// Note that  value of `p < 1.0` can never result in `u64::MAX`, because an
// `f64` only has 53 bits of precision, and the next largest value of `p` will
// result in `2^64 - 2048`.
//
// Also there is a 100% theoretical concern: if someone consistenly wants to
// generate `true` using the Bernoulli distribution (i.e. by using a probability
// of `1.0`), just using `u64::MAX` is not enough. On average it would return
// false once every 2^64 iterations. Some people apparently care about this
// case.
//
// That is why we special-case `u64::MAX` to always return `true`, without using
// the RNG, and pay the performance price for all uses that *are* reasonable.
// Luckily, if `new()` and `sample` are close, the compiler can optimize out the
// extra check.
const ALWAYS_TRUE: u64 = u64::MAX;

// This is just `2.0.powi(64)`, but written this way because it is not available
// in `no_std` mode.
const SCALE: f64 = 2.0 * (1u64 << 63) as f64;

/// Error type returned from `Bernoulli::new`.
#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum BernoulliError {
    /// `p < 0` or `p > 1`.
    InvalidProbability,
}

impl fmt::Display for BernoulliError {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
        f.write_str(match self {
            BernoulliError::InvalidProbability => "p is outside [0, 1] in Bernoulli distribution",
        })
    }
}

#[cfg(feature = "std")]
impl ::std::error::Error for BernoulliError {}

impl Bernoulli {
    /// Construct a new `Bernoulli` with the given probability of success `p`.
    ///
    /// # Precision
    ///
    /// For `p = 1.0`, the resulting distribution will always generate true.
    /// For `p = 0.0`, the resulting distribution will always generate false.
    ///
    /// This method is accurate for any input `p` in the range `[0, 1]` which is
    /// a multiple of 2-64. (Note that not all multiples of
    /// 2-64 in `[0, 1]` can be represented as a `f64`.)
    #[inline]
    pub fn new(p: f64) -> Result<Bernoulli, BernoulliError> {
        if !(0.0..1.0).contains(&p) {
            if p == 1.0 {
                return Ok(Bernoulli { p_int: ALWAYS_TRUE });
            }
            return Err(BernoulliError::InvalidProbability);
        }
        Ok(Bernoulli {
            p_int: (p * SCALE) as u64,
        })
    }

    /// Construct a new `Bernoulli` with the probability of success of
    /// `numerator`-in-`denominator`. I.e. `new_ratio(2, 3)` will return
    /// a `Bernoulli` with a 2-in-3 chance, or about 67%, of returning `true`.
    ///
    /// return `true`. If `numerator == 0` it will always return `false`.
    /// For `numerator > denominator` and `denominator == 0`, this returns an
    /// error. Otherwise, for `numerator == denominator`, samples are always
    /// true; for `numerator == 0` samples are always false.
    #[inline]
    pub fn from_ratio(numerator: u32, denominator: u32) -> Result<Bernoulli, BernoulliError> {
        if numerator > denominator || denominator == 0 {
            return Err(BernoulliError::InvalidProbability);
        }
        if numerator == denominator {
            return Ok(Bernoulli { p_int: ALWAYS_TRUE });
        }
        let p_int = ((f64::from(numerator) / f64::from(denominator)) * SCALE) as u64;
        Ok(Bernoulli { p_int })
    }
}

impl Distribution<bool> for Bernoulli {
    #[inline]
    fn sample<R: Rng + ?Sized>(&self, rng: &mut R) -> bool {
        // Make sure to always return true for p = 1.0.
        if self.p_int == ALWAYS_TRUE {
            return true;
        }
        let v: u64 = rng.gen();
        v < self.p_int
    }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    use super::Bernoulli;
    use crate::distributions::Distribution;
    use crate::Rng;

    #[test]
    #[cfg(feature="serde1")]
    fn test_serializing_deserializing_bernoulli() {
        let coin_flip = Bernoulli::new(0.5).unwrap();
        let de_coin_flip : Bernoulli = bincode::deserialize(&bincode::serialize(&coin_flip).unwrap()).unwrap();

        assert_eq!(coin_flip.p_int, de_coin_flip.p_int);
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_trivial() {
        // We prefer to be explicit here.
        #![allow(clippy::bool_assert_comparison)]

        let mut r = crate::test::rng(1);
        let always_false = Bernoulli::new(0.0).unwrap();
        let always_true = Bernoulli::new(1.0).unwrap();
        for _ in 0..5 {
            assert_eq!(r.sample::<bool, _>(&always_false), false);
            assert_eq!(r.sample::<bool, _>(&always_true), true);
            assert_eq!(Distribution::<bool>::sample(&always_false, &mut r), false);
            assert_eq!(Distribution::<bool>::sample(&always_true, &mut r), true);
        }
    }

    #[test]
    #[cfg_attr(miri, ignore)] // Miri is too slow
    fn test_average() {
        const P: f64 = 0.3;
        const NUM: u32 = 3;
        const DENOM: u32 = 10;
        let d1 = Bernoulli::new(P).unwrap();
        let d2 = Bernoulli::from_ratio(NUM, DENOM).unwrap();
        const N: u32 = 100_000;

        let mut sum1: u32 = 0;
        let mut sum2: u32 = 0;
        let mut rng = crate::test::rng(2);
        for _ in 0..N {
            if d1.sample(&mut rng) {
                sum1 += 1;
            }
            if d2.sample(&mut rng) {
                sum2 += 1;
            }
        }
        let avg1 = (sum1 as f64) / (N as f64);
        assert!((avg1 - P).abs() < 5e-3);

        let avg2 = (sum2 as f64) / (N as f64);
        assert!((avg2 - (NUM as f64) / (DENOM as f64)).abs() < 5e-3);
    }

    #[test]
    fn value_stability() {
        let mut rng = crate::test::rng(3);
        let distr = Bernoulli::new(0.4532).unwrap();
        let mut buf = [false; 10];
        for x in &mut buf {
            *x = rng.sample(&distr);
        }
        assert_eq!(buf, [
            true, false, false, true, false, false, true, true, true, true
        ]);
    }
}

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With soccer's share of great teams, superb athletes, exceptional events, and its recent rise in popularity State-side, the American market for Soccer memorabilia has a bright future.
Today American soccer collectors will spend up to $250 for a Freddy Adu signed ball and possibly up to $1,000 for a ball autographed by members of the 1999 U.S. Women's World Cup winning team. Since the American market is still in its infancy though, American collectors would be wise to follow trends set across the pond.
In 1989 Auction house Christie's of London, held its first sale of football memorabilia, which offered 284 items and brought in just over 45,000 pounds. A Christie's auction of football memorabilia in May 2005 brought in over 1 million pounds and featured the $879,778 sale of the oldest existing F.A. Cup (awarded to winners from 1896-1910 and presented to Lord Kinnaird). The auction also featured the $300,000 sale of Alan Ball's 1966 World Cup Winner's medal.
In September 2000, Geoff Hurst's red England shirt from the 1966 World Cup final brought 91,750 pounds. Two year's later a collector spent 157,750 pounds for Pele's shirt from the 1970 World Cup final.
The total sale of 1.16 million pounds for that auction is the highest ever realized for an auction of football memorabilia, and the highest for ANY sporting memorabilia at Christie's according to David Convery, of Christie's Sporting Memorabilia. It might not be long before the multi-million dollar plateau for a single item will be reached.
The American collectors market will soon see a plethora of material- good, bad, and ugly from which to choose - everything from obsolete Metro Star textiles and ephemera (paper goods) to veritable NASL Cosmos goods, including the always popular, but overdone Pele (his signed ball can bring anywhere from $500 to $2000).
It takes success, name recognition and a loyal fan base to support a collectible sports market. A Claudia Reyna signed Rangers shirt is now on sale on the Internet for $200. That's down from a list price of $350. American players spending time in Europe sometimes become forgotten at home. Current MLS foreign players may have cult followings in their own communities, but that doesn't usually transcend into a broader market.
Fortunately, the collecting category is wide. "Every sale offers lots from 150 pounds, and people are often just as happy to have bought a shirt worn by their favorite player for hundreds of pounds as if they had bought a world cup medal for thousands of pounds or the FA Cup for hundreds of thousands of pounds," said Matthew Paton of Christie's London.
Newbie collectors of US Soccer memorabilia should heed some simple advice.
"You need to start small, but start smart. Collect original material. Don't collect replicas or items termed vintage or retro. Here are some simple tips: Collect quality. One can decorate a room with all kinds of soccer junk, but the wise collector will pick one good item over five not so good," said appraiser Brian Kathenes of the Ne8.0w Jersey based National Appraisal Consultants. "Seek history or provenance. Always place an item with a specific game or event. A signed Pele ball from a specific known game is always worth more than one that has no history. And stay away from anything sold as a future collectible. It hardly ever is."
So maybe the Freddy Adu ball is a good place to start - but not at $250. A signed autograph from a pre-game warm-up might be better. It's legitimate, it's personal, and it's free.
i am selling a wolves fc football top signed by players like lescott, ince, miller and more. for info email me at [email protected] i am selling it for ?


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Alabama safety Eddie Jackson out for season with fractured leg
By Alex Scarborough
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. --Alabama starting safety Eddie Jackson suffered a fractured leg in the No. 1 Crimson Tide's 33-14 victory against No. 6 Texas A&Mon Saturday, coach Nick Saban said shortly after the game.
Saban called Jackson an All-American-caliber player "in my book and we're certainly going to miss him."
Jackson, a senior, had previously missed time as an underclassmen while recovering from a knee injury. He moved from cornerback to safety as a junior and tied for the SEC lead in interceptions (6) last season.
But rather than turn pro, the South Florida native opted to return to school following the national championship win over Clemson.
Jackson was arguably the best playmaker on the team this season with an interception return for a touchdown and two punt returns fo TDs.
Fans chanted "Eddie" as Jackson was taken into the locker room on a cart moments after the Tide scored its final touchdown.
Saban reveals CB Eddie Jackson is done for season
Nick Saban tells reporters cornerback Eddie Jackson will miss the rest of the season with a fractured leg.
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KLANG: The luxury yacht Equanimity, which was bought with funds diverted from 1Malaysia Development Bhd unlawfully, is not easily accessible for public viewing.
It is learnt that some parts of the Boustead Cruise Centre have always been restricted to the public at large.
"All the areas after the check-in and X-ray of luggage are only accessible to passengers going on cruises, our staff and crew members,'' said an executive familiar with the operations of the cruise terminal.
So, he added, it was not something unusual for people to be halted from entering the area.
A steady stream of curious people has been arriving at the cruise centre to catch sight of the superyacht Equanimity that is berthed there.
"And the restriction is tighter now as the Navy, police and marine police are all stationed here and are in charge of the place,'' said the man.
He explained that his identity cannot be divulged as the cruise centre has been instructed by the authorities not to issue any statement or say anything to the media.
He added that patrol boats were also going around the area and even fishing boats that are not very near the superyacht have been turned away by the patrol boats.
The man said those coming to the cruise centre to get a glimpse of the vessel have not been allowed beyond the guardhouse.
"We really hope people will understand that it is not in our hands to allow them to see the vessel.
"The decision lies with the authorities handling the matter,'' he added.


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General José María de los Dolores Ignacio de Ortega Álvarez, conocido simplemente como José María Ortega (Ciudad de México, 22 de mayo de 1792 - ibídem, 3 de noviembre de 1871) fue un militar mexicano que ocupó la gubernatura de Nuevo León. Fue también comandante militar en los territorios de San Luis Potosí y Jalisco.

Biografía
Nació en la Ciudad de México el 22 de mayo de 1792, siendo hijo de Francisco Miguel de Ortega y de María de la Luz Álvarez. Desde muy joven se incorporó al ejército en el Regimiento de Dragones. Combatió a favor de los realistas durante la mayor parte de la Guerra de Independencia , hasta que en 1821 se unió al Ejército Trigarante bajo las órdenes de Anastasio Bustamante. Un año después fue designado comandante de las Provincias Internas. En 1832 participó con Nicolás Bravo en la campaña del sur, como mayor general de la brigada de artillería. Años más tarde, durante la guerra con Texas, estuvo al frente de la artillería en la batalla del Álamo, jugando un papel importante en la destrucción del fuerte.

José María Ortega gobernó Nuevo León de diciembre de 1841 a diciembre de 1844, periodo que se significó por una relativa calma, pese a que su administración nunca se sujetó del todo a las disposiciones de la dictadura de Santa Anna.

Durante la gestión de Ortega se expidió el primer reglamento de alumbrado público que hubo en Monterrey; doce serenos y un cabo —autorizados para portar armas en las rondas que efectuaban— eran los encargados de atenderlo.

También durante su gobierno tuvo lugar una de las excentricidades de Santa Anna: ningún empleado público usaría barba ni bigote por ser "adornos ridículos y ajenos al decoro y la decencia".

En 1843 se instaló en Manulique el primer aserradero que hubo en el Estado, propiedad del general Mariano Arista.

Por otra parte, a José María Ortega le correspondió otorgar el nombramiento de villa a la población de Pesquería Chica, y dividió el departamento de Nuevo León en tres distritos, siete partidos y treinta y un municipalidades.

Asimismo, se introdujo en Nuevo León el sistema de enseñanza lancasteriana, al inaugurarse un establecimiento de este tipo el 1 de julio de 1844.

A finales de ese año, se sucedieron en Puebla, Guadalajara y en la Ciudad de México levantamientos mediante los cuales se desconocía al gobierno de Santa Anna. En Nuevo León el movimiento fue apoyado por el general Mariano Arista y, en consecuencia, quedó encargado del gobierno Manuel María de Llano.

Antes de entregar el poder, José María Ortega fue repudiado por poseer un "alma endurecida", con "talento y valor pero sólo para acumular riqueza"; su ostentación "no tenía límites", decía entonces el periódico El centinela al criticar unas águilas doradas que había colocado en las ventanas de su domicilio.

Comandante militar de San Luis Potosí en 1847 y de Jalisco en 1853, José María Ortega murió en la Ciudad de México el 3 de noviembre de 1871.

Bibliografía
 Autores varios. Los Gobernantes de Nuevo León, historia (1579 - 1989). México, D.F: J.R. FORTSON y CÍA., S.A. de C.V. Editores, 1990.

Nacidos en Ciudad de México
Fallecidos en Ciudad de México
Gobernadores de Nuevo León
Gobernadores de Jalisco
Militares de México

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Memory game for preschool and kindergarten kids.
Little Hopper's Memory Matching Game... Preschool and kindergarten students will have fun practicing identification of numbers, letters, animals, and things while testing their memory skills in a classic tile match game. Program includes four practice modes, two skill levels, fun colorful graphics, and lively background music.


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Gove County
Maps Online
NOTE......
Some of these maps are very big and may take a while to load.
Gove County section of an 1884 Kansas map
........ compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources under supervision of G.P. Strum. Once you get to the map and want to return to this page click on your BACK button. (Click HERE to go to an online collection of maps provided by the Library of Congress of maps from all over the world. Among the maps you'll find here is the map of Kansas from which this Gove County section is taken.
......... showing the Atchison, Topeka & Santa F� Rail Road and its auxiliary roads in the state of Kansas. Once you get to the map and want to return to this page click on your BACK button. (Click HERE to go to an online collection of maps provided by the Library of Congress of maps from all over the world. Among the maps you'll find here is the map of Kansas from which this Gove County section is taken.
Gove County area of an 1895 Kansas map
..... provided by Pam Rietsch. Check out Pam's great U.S. 1895 map project at http://www.livgenmi.com/1895.
THANKS FOR PUTTING UP THIS GREAT SERVICE, PAM! Once you get to the map and want to return to this page click on your BACK button.
.......... one of the Galbraith's railway mail service maps of Kansas. Take note of the great illustrations on this map. Once you get to the map and want to return to this page click on your BACK button. (Click HERE to go to an online collection of maps provided by the Library of Congress of maps from all over the world. Among the maps you'll find here is the map of Kansas from which this Gove County section is taken.
Current Map of Gove County provided by the U.S government
Gove County Shaded Relief Map from the Kansas Geological Survey)
GoveCounty Color Elevation Map from the Kansas Geological Survey
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Movie goers will be whisked back into the wizarding world of the Harry Potter-verse this weekend when J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them magically appears across theater screens. The story takes place sixty years before a certain boy wizard would begin his own adventures, when Magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York for a brief stopover. However, when his magical case is misplaced and some of Newt's fantastic beasts escape, it spells trouble for everyone.
Fantastic Beasts has all the trademark epic action and adventure you would expect from Rowling, but you don't have to know what a Muggle is to enjoy the world she has built or to be invested in the characters she has created. As with any good fantasy story, with any luck, it transports you away from the madness of our modern world—if only for a brief period—to strange new places with endless possibilities, while also being a sober parable about the inherent evil found in the real world. For example, The New Salem Philanthropic Society, a group of extremist Muggles, capitalizing on the fears of everyday non-wizarding folk in order to push through their own agenda of hatred and intolerance... sounds like it was ripped right from today's headlines.
The quintessential fairy tale and one of the first and foremost fantasy film adaptations of all-time. Michael Patrick Hearn, the world's leading Oz scholar, provides fascinating annotations in this book that not only reacquaints readers with Dorothy, the Tin Woodman, Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and other inhabitants of the land of Oz, but also explores numerous contemporary references, provides character sources, and explains the actual meaning of the word "Oz." A facsimile of the rare 1900 first edition appears with the original drawings by W.W. Denslow, as well as 25 previously unpublished illustrations. A must read / see, whether you are revisiting this classic or introducing it to someone for the first time.
Fantasy fan favorite author Neil Gaiman puts a new spin on Norse mythology and creates new, magical worlds from the old. In a village in ancient Norway lives a boy named Odd, and he's had some very bad luck: His father perished in a Viking expedition; a tree fell on him and shattered his leg; the endless freezing winter is making villagers dangerously grumpy. Out in the forest Odd encounters a bear, a fox, and an eagle—three creatures with a strange story to tell. Now Odd is forced on a stranger journey than he had imagined—a journey to save Asgard from the Frost Giants who have invaded it and restore peace to the city of gods. There's been no film or television adaptation for this story yet, but here's hoping someone will sooner rather than later!
The sci-fi fantasy world introduced in the A Wrinkle in Time series takes characters and readers through time and space. When a government scientist goes missing after working on a mysterious project called a tesseract, his daughter and son, with the help of their friends, must go on a fantastic adventure to save him in an ultimate battle between good and evil. Disney is currently in production on a big screen adaptation, time traveling into theaters in 2018.
When a scrappy alley cat named Aldwyn passes himself off as a magical animal companion to Jack, a young wizard in training, Aldwyn and his fellow "familiars," a know-it-all blue jay and bumbling tree frog, must save the kingdom after the evil queen of Vastia kidnaps Jack and two other wizards. The Familiars series was supposed to be adapted into a full-length animated feature in 2010, but was scraped in favor of a live-action adaptation... which has also unfortunately still to see the light of film projector.
And finally, when you're ready for a fantasy fiction overload, you can dive in to all seven books in the Chronicles of Narnia series. This edition presents all of the unabridged Narnia adventures in one impressive volume. The books are presented here according to Lewis's preferred reading order, each chapter graced with an illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. This edition also contains C. S. Lewis's essay "On Three Ways of Writing for Children," in which he explains precisely how the magic of Narnia and the realm of fantasy appeal not only to children but to discerning readers of all ages. Even after you are finished reading, you can stay in Narnia a while longer, if you wish, by watching all of the different film and television adaptations.
Browse our catalog for more Fantastic Fantasy and other magical genres to escape into (if only for a little while).


Although we are proud to service markets across the nation, WorkSpace Resource does most of our business right here at home in Houston. And why not?
In recent years, Houston has continued to grow into a vibrant and diverse city that attracts a variety of new companies from a diverse base of industries. Business friendly policies have attracted companies to expand and even relocate their headquarters into Houston. Once dominated by the Oil & Gas sector, Houston has become a leader in a number of other industry sectors including Manufacturing & Technology, Aerospace & Aviation, Biotechnology & Life Sciences, and Distribution & Logistics. As for Headquarters, Houston currently ranks third among areas with twenty-six Fortune 500 companies based here.
As a company who supports the growth and expansion of other companies, it's safe to say that we love Houston!
As the cities industry sector continues to develop and adapt to new types of employees, so does the standard for office environments. Here are 3 trends that we are noticing in Houston office spaces.
1. "Resimercial" Work Spaces – Houston's relaxed zoning regulations allow commercial and residential to co-exist easily. Throughout Houston you will find businesses who take this a step further, even as far as converting residential homes into office space. Even commercial spaces are trending toward a more relaxed style by opting for furniture with a more residential feel. With as much time as employees are spending in the office these days, it creates a more approachable and comfortable space that keeps everyone's eyes off the clock.
2. Unique designs – Many new companies that have expanded into Houston are taking the opportunity to use unique designs to support a people-focused culture. For example, the headquarters for Houston-based company Mattress Firm has amenities such as nap rooms, arcade games, swings, and a coffee bar. Additionally, companies are designing flexible spaces and open floor plans that allow for expansion, adaptation and change as growth continues.
3. Diversity of spaces – The variety of industries also brings a variety of employees to Houston, each with different needs and preferences for their workspace. Even within a single company, people occupying different roles may have differing needs. For example, many studies show that while innovation and creativity thrive in open workspaces, productivity still thrives in private work areas. For this reason, a marketing employee may prefer to spend time in a more collaborative area, while an accounting employee may need a more quiet space. Houston companies have responded to these needs by focusing on creating a diversity of spaces, including meeting rooms, private work areas, places to socialize and outdoor spaces.
WorkSpace Resource is your source for the highest quality new and used office furniture with professional service that will help you find the perfect combination for your office space. Offering a full line of office furniture, including chairs, tables, desks, cubicles, and storage systems, we can provide an endless number of possibilities for any budget to help you transform your workspace into a reflection of your vision. Call us today to start the design process!
Employers today representing companies small, large and from every industry are all in search of one common element in their workplace – Productivity. No matter what generation of employees they represent, companies are searching for ways to help boost their employee's productivity while maintaining or increasing job satisfaction and retention levels. An article from Inc.com outlines a few small changes that can make a significant impact on this valuable trait among employees.
From energy drinks and headphones to goal setting and to-do lists, the ways to increase productivity at work are abundant and diverse. While a Venti coffee and the latest Beyonce album can be helpful, there are some proven methods that will help.
By creating quiet spaces and implementing natural elements that improve your workspace, you can produce even better results. This not only increases productivity, it also increases overall workplace happiness.
Adding a zen room creates a space for employees to recharge. Recent studies have shown that taking breaks for silence revitalizes your nervous system, bolsters energy levels and allows your mind to be more receptive and creative, and therefore more productive. Creating a zen room can be a simple as converting an underutilized room in your office into your new, serene space. Provide dimmable lighting, if possible, and add flexible, comfortable furnishings. Embellishing the space with artwork and soothing music will add to the ambiance.
While this sounds like a daunting undertaking, the benefits of sound masking have been studied extensively. Independent research has documented productivity gains of 8 to 38 percent and job satisfaction increases of 125 to 174 percent with the addition of sound masking. On top of speech privacy, sound masking can also reduce employee stress and mental fatigue. Installation costs are relatively low and range between $1 and $2.50 per square foot depending on the location of the facility and the complexity of the system.


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import java.io.BufferedReader;
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import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Collections;

import net.hedges.mimeinfo.MimeInfoException;

public final class GlobsFileFactory {

    private GlobsFileFactory() {
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    public static GlobsFile create(final URL globsUrl) throws IOException, MimeInfoException {
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        return globsFile;
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    private static GlobsFile parseGlobs(final URL globsUrl) throws IOException, MimeInfoException {
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Boasting more than 180 stores in a 1.8 million-square-foot space, this Texas-sized attraction is not only a shopper's dream, it's also a destination for visitors of all ages. The mall brings together LEGOLAND® Discovery Center, SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium, AMC Grapevine Mills 30 featuring Dine-In Theatres, The Escape Game, a carousel, and lots of great shopping.
Many of the stores offer great cost savings for consumers, including Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Last Call by Neiman Marcus, H&M, Forever 21, Nike Factory Store, Disney Outlet, J.Crew, Gap Factory Store, Oakley Vault, Under Armour, Coach Factory Outlet, The Children's Place Outlet, Michael Kors just to name a few!
After you work up an appetite, there are tons of family-friendly dining options including the amazing Rainforest Café, complete with indoor rainstorms and jungle animals, Subway, Charley's Philly Steaks, Panda Express and Chili's. If you're looking for even more savings, you'll definitely want to check out this link for all the latest Deals & Steals at Grapevine Mills.


This beautiful metal post framed boat garage was built by Hoover Buildings. There are several ways to build a garage. Pole framed a great way to save money. Scroll down to see the this impressive garage. It could change your perspective.


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Soy Andina - A documentary film about Perú, Dance & Identity
"Hard to stop smiling and moving my body!"
- William P. Mitchell, Professor of Anthropology, Monmouth University
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June 17 in Cusco, Peru: Soy Andina screening/benefit for Manos Unidos
by Mitch Teplitsky, June 11, 2010
South American Explorers and Bullfrogs present:
a special event supporting
Manos Unidas Special Education School in Cusco
SOY ANDINA: Award-winning film about Peru, dance and identity!
Q &A w/ director Mitch Teplitsky & Manos Unidas co-founder Celeste Marion
Food, cocktails and games onsite!
Thursday, June 17, 7:00 pm
Bullfrogs Lounge
Warankallqui 185 (corner of Ruinas and Choquechaqa)
Hat will be passed after screening
All donations go to Manos Unidos
South American Explorers
(84) 245-484 / cuscoclub@saexplorers.org
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Official opening: Sunday 8.10.2017, 5.30 p.m.
As part of the new exhibition season 2017-2108 (on the theme of "The Visionaries"), the m.a.x. museo is presenting an anthological exhibition of the oeuvre of Oliviero Toscani, photographer and communicator of international renown. The exhibition – Toscani's first in Switzerland – focuses in particular on the subject of the imagination, giving an account of his visionary skill in the photographic act, from his earliest to his most recent campaigns. Toscani has always focused on the act of "imagining" as a moment of conscious choice of photographer's profession. Capable of creatively pushing others and himself in his wonderful quest of discovery and conquest, he uses transgression and provocation, forces that belong to art, and makes diversity a value against uniformity while fostering the free expression of communication.
"Oliviero Toscani. Imagine" presents over 20,000 projected images, offering the visitor a highly immersive experience together with a display of photographic images, including unpublished vintage photographs taken by Toscani during his training period at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Zurich. The exhibition extends outside the m.a.x. museo, welcoming visitors thanks to cooperation with United Nations Human Rights ("Stand Up For Human Rights") as part of the "Human Race" project: photos of women and men from different countries and cultures pay homage to the many morphologies, expressions and characteristics of humanity.
Oliviero Toscani has created images and campaigns for brands and companies such as United Colors of Benetton, Esprit, Chanel, Robe di Kappa, Fiorucci, Prénatal, Jesus Jeans, Inter, Snai, Toyota, Artemide, Italian Ministry of the Environment and Health, Italian Red Cross, Regione Calabria, Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Venice Biennale, Swiss Watchmakers' Federation, Philharmonie de Paris, CosmoProf, InStyle, Nicopanda, Best Company, and many others, addressing major contemporary issues of social interest, in particular the death penalty, AIDS, anorexia, violence against women, stray dogs and road safety. He has contributed to the most prestigious publications, including Elle, Vogue, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, Stern and Libération. He also conceived and directed Colors, the world's first global newspaper, and conceived and directed Fabrica, a communication research centre.
Tuesday 17 October 2017, 8.30 p.m.
after the event, evening opening of the m.a.x. museo until 10:30 p.m.
Sunday 22 October 2017, 10.00 a.m.
Saturday 4 November 2017, 2 p.m.–5 p.m.
As a mirror reflects images, so too the participants in the workshop will be invited to replicate the poses and expressions of those who will stand before them. With the camera lens we can play, get to know each other better and discover something about ourselves in others, our companions and our friends. One of the photos taken, chosen by the staff of cultural mediators, will be hung in the museum's kids' bulletin board.
Saturday 11 November 2017, 8.30 p.m.
Saturday 18th November 2017, 6.30 p.m.
Saturday 18 November 2017, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday 25 November 2017, 10.30 a.m.
Guided tour for families with babies and small children strollers and prams welcome!
Saturday 25 November 2017, 3 p.m.—5 p.m.
Participants in the workshop, guided by a short text, can transform themselves with the help of objects and accessories into different characters and then be portrayed in a professional photo … Which character do you want to be?
Saturday 13 January 2018, 3 p.m.-5 p.m.
The eyes are said to be the mirror of the soul. Using scissors and glue we will make a face that can change expression by altering some details to discover hidden emotions. The expression of the eyes shows whether we're happy or sad!
Sunday 21 January 2018, 4 p.m.


This book collects 30 outstanding works from Tongji Architectural Design (Group) CO.,LTD (TJAD), demonstrating the company's progress over the past 20 years. It covers various types of projects, such as culture, education, office, protection and renovation, sports, hotels and so on. From the concept sketches to the final display, this book presents a comprehensive overview of the TJAD architectural practice, placing the TJAD among its fellow large-scale design institutes in China while acknowledging its uniquely dynamic development situation. These orginal works will demonstrate the design ability and architectural prowess of the Chinese compound, the diversified development of Chinese architecture, and the architectural culture of China, as well as providing insight into the planning and construction of Chinese cities.
Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd.(TJAD), formerly known as the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tongji University, was founded in 1958. Since then, it has developed into a well-known large-scale design consulting group. With one hundred years' history and the profound cultural foundation of Tongji University as a backing, TJAD has accumulated rich experience in both engineering design and technical consultancy. Their company is defined by its continuous progress, over the course of half a century.TJAD offers extensive coverage of national qualifications. The business scope of TJAD includes consulting, engineering design, project management, geotechnical engineering and geological exploration in fields of building engineering, road engineering, municipal engineering, landscape, environmental pollution prevention, and conservation of historical and cultural relics, among others. It has dealt with thousands of project cases in China, Africa and South America, such as Shanghai Tower, Fangfei Garden of the Diaoyutai State Guest House, Table Tennis Gymnasium of 2008 Olympic Games, the African Union Conference Center, the New Jinggangshan Revolution Museum, Shanghai Xintiandi, the Theme Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, the Shanghai Nature Museum, the Architectural Design of Nanpu Bridge and North Approach, Pudong Approach of Yangpu Bridge, Saikang Di Stadium of the Republic of Ghana, and the National Arts Center of Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.TJAD has employed more than three thousand outstanding architectural design and engineering personnel to provide top engineering consulting services for their clients. Meanwhile, they have been working hard to promote urban development, with the aim to provide the public with a better quality of life.


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Q: How can I change HDFS replication factor for my Spark program? I need to change the HDFS replication factor from 3 to 1 for my Spark program. While searching, I came up with the "spark.hadoop.dfs.replication" property, but by looking at https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/configuration.html, it doesn't seem to exist anymore. So, how can I change the hdfs replication factor from my Spark program or using spark-submit?

A: You should use spark.hadoop.dfs.replication to set the replication factor in HDFS in your spark application. But why you cannot find it in the https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/configuration.html? That's because that link ONLY contains spark specific configuration. As a matter of fact, any property you set started with spark.hadoop.* will be automatically translated to a Hadoop property, stripping the beginning "spark.haddoop.". You can find how it is implemented at https://github.com/apache/spark/blob/d7b1fcf8f0a267322af0592b2cb31f1c8970fb16/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/deploy/SparkHadoopUtil.scala
The method you should look for is appendSparkHadoopConfigs

A: HDFDS configuration is not specific in any way to Spark. You should be able to modify it, using standard Hadoop configuration files. In particular hdfs-site.xml:
<property>
  <name>dfs.replication<name>
  <value>3<value>
<property>

It is also possible to access Hadoop configuration using SparkContext instance:
val hconf: org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration = spark.sparkContext.hadoopConfiguration
hconf.setInt("dfs.replication", 3)


Looking at Muller's career and blown leads it seems to be this is more of a trend than I thought.
It would be interesting to see the flipside of that...i.e. how many times we came from behind to win. My guess is that's a much smaller sampling.
Just saw it again on local news. For the 3rd time. The MSU player clearly, obviously double dribbled before he banked in the desparation bankshot.
We are two crazy, impossible shots out of first.
Great post and you are correct ... much of the out pour is about 2 decades of frustration.
Yesterday was disappointing by all accounts. I would have saved the timeout but Dan decided to draw up an inbound play. MY was open and MC hesitated. I am not blaming the coach.
Maybe Dan called timeout because of the game against Wichita (Jackie kick game) where we blew an inbound play to Johnny Hill to help spur the Wichita comeback. 1st year coach may have been greatly influenced by that play .... maybe a lasting impression. Don't know and pure speculation on my part.
We could list about a half dozen plays that could have changed the outcome (I am sure Dana would have a list for MSU too), I still can't believe in the midst of chaos he banked a half court shot. Still shaking my head.
I will be at the remainder of home games and St. LOUIS and as always hoping for the best.
I know I'm in the minority, but I feel winning the conference season proves more about your team than winning a 3 day tournament. I am also in the minority that feel like non-conference is practice getting you ready for conference. All that being said, I would rather make the tournament than win the league at this point.
I wish winning the league was an automatic bid and winning the tournament gave you an automatic play-in game to the tournament.
I dont share your feelings on the nonconference schedule but I agree that winning the regular season is significant. Also, if we finish 1- 3 in conference on a consistent basis , winning the MVC tournament should happen. The Richarson/Moser years were lean and we were not competitive. I personnally dont want to watch Thursday night caliber teams play day in and out.... talk about frustrating. Jank and Dan have fielded much more competitive teams. Going 0 for 6 in championship games and being one of the first teams out on 2017 has left Redbird fans (myself included) craving to return to the NCAA.
Not saying Dana will or will not be a good coach; I like his chances, but the jury is still out.
If you throw out Dana's first year at Tennessee State (5-26) and this first year at Missouri State his winning percentage is .571 (and in his last two years there, when it was more of his own recruits, the Tigers were 32-28 overall (18-16 in (according to some on this board) a lesser (to the MVC) OVC conference).
If you discard Dan's first season (and the current season, in order to do a similar comparison to Dana) his overall winning percentage is .615 to Dana's .571 and his MVC conference percentage is .656 to Dana's OVC percentage of .580.
Not advocating one over the other, but it is not quite as clear cut as some would like to sell (specifically when you isolate in-conference results).
While I love what Chastain does, need more than 2 points from someone that gets 30 minutes of game time. He's capable of more, and need him to look for his offense more, and bring another threat and balance to the offense.
Dana isn't the answer either. The former assistant could be but he's already outgrown the MVC and he's not even a head coach yet.


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Q: Display Paragraph's text with Diagonal Indent I wonder if there is a way to display paragraph text with diagonal indent to be some thing like that!

Keeping in mind that this text is written in WYSIWYG editor (Contains html tags).
I was thinking if there is a way to count the words within the paragraph excluding html tags and then making some equations to increase the indent of the text every line by jQuery or Javascript.
Is there any suggestions to do that ?

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Here is code to increase text-indent via jQuery
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A: There's a very easy way to do this with CSS. Create a list. Then use li::before to add left-side padding to the list items. Set the li::before element to be a tall and thin block floated to the left. Each one will create left side padding for its parent list item and all those below it.
Like this:

li::before {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    float: left;
    height: 50px;
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A: There's no straight-forward solution that I am aware of, since, as you indent each line of the text more and more, the length of space that each line can take up will decrease, creating new lines.
For example:
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This problem will exist if (1) you are processing lines created due to word wraps, and (2) if you detect all of the lines at once and then do all of your indents (as opposed to an algorithm that updates the
's text.  If the font family is mono-spaced font, then this can be adjusted for.
Best-case scenario is that these are
-terminated lines, in which case this would be very easy.
Slightly more difficult would be doing this with a mono-spaced font.
Worst-case scenario, describe above, would require searching for the first line that is not indented, then indenting it, updating the
's text, and then repeating the process until the text is completely gone through or if the amount of indention exceeds with width of the
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I would suggest asking your question again, providing the following information:
 - are the lines terminated with
 tags, or are they word-wrapped?  If it is word-wrapped, is the font mono-spaced or variable-width?

A: After many Searching stuff I found something useful http://www.csstextwrap.com/examples.php
I think after some modifications it will fit my requirements. thanks for your highly appreciated Responses.


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It's a classical music truism that performers and listeners pay great attention to interpretation. Nowadays people compare performances of the same work interpreted by a number of different artists.
Part 3: You Can't Ask the Composers Because They're Dead
by Tom Crawford
It's a feature that grew out of the early 19th century, when performing music from the past became common. In the baroque era, composers played their own music exclusively. That is: Vivaldi played Vivaldi. Mozart, too, performed primarily his own works.
In 1829, almost forty years after Mozart's death, Felix Mendelssohn sparked a landmark event in music history. He organized and conducted the first performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion since the composer's death in 1750.
The performance was noteworthy because Mendelssohn devoted so much time to preparing a forgotten masterpiece by another composer.
Unlike great paintings of the past, music is a living art that naturally transforms with each new performance. Yet we revere the great composers' works as if they were frozen in time.
The great pianist and teacher Artur Schnabel was of the Beethoven tutorial lineage. His interpretations of Beethoven's music are considered controversial to this day. Is it the responsibility of the performer to follow the composer's score literally?
Schnabel thought not.
My two degrees in music are both in composition. And I have strived, throughout my musical life, to achieve the composer's intentions. That is why I have always been smitten with the sound of period instruments, of boy choristers singing Palestrina, and of venues that fit the scale of the original performance.
I want to use the resources the great composers knew as a way of accessing their genius. I want our performers to be faithful to the composer's intent, and for our audiences to be the beneficiaries.
Learning the music of the great composers at an early age did cause me to put Bach and Brahms on a pedestal. I saw them as towering figures – mythical to a young boy in America. Leonard Bernstein's quote about Beethoven, 'He was a titan, wrestling with the Gods,' struck fear in me.
Leonard Bernstein's quote about Beethoven, 'He was a titan, wrestling with the Gods,' struck fear in me.
Studying organ as an undergraduate in Paris, I set out to meet the great composer Olivier Messiaen IN PERSON. I was greeted by a gentle man with a diminutive manner– more like a local merchant than a great composer.
In graduate school in NYC, I was to study with the Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Mario Davidovsky. While his musical intellect was unsurpassed, I still cherish the memory of him standing in line with me at our local deli.
But if I could have met Mozart, would I have realized that his music was worthy of preserving in precisely his own interpretation? I doubt it. I would want to hear how he played his music. And then I would create my own way. Composers feel strongly about the way their music should be performed. Many times people in my audience have commented on whether or not I perform the music 'just as Mozart would have heard it and wanted it.'
At ACO we make quite a fuss about historic performance practice. In the 1980's, two centuries after Mozart, musicians created a movement to relearn the techniques of his time.
As instruments evolved from the 17th to the 20th century, today's musicians realize that the sound of an oboe Mozart used was significantly different from that of a 20th-century model. And while some things about a 1780 oboe were always apparent, the change in performance interpretation came out of a major shift in approach to the music.
Instead of seeing early instruments as more primitive and limited, we could look at them as assets.
Without recordings, we will never really know what the premiere of Mozart's Linz Symphony sounded like. Personally, I've always felt that performances in those days must have been more scrappy and rough, as opposed to the flawless and pristine concerts and recordings of today.
Many of our ACO musicians have advanced degrees in the history of playing technique. Many times I have asked them to interpret the music in a certain way, only to have one of our erudite violinists say, "This is NOT the way Bach did it!"
I usually answer, 'Really? I wish we knew. But we can't ask him.'
Photo credits: Artur Schnabel, US Library of Congress; Olivier Messiaen by Rob Croes, Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage via CreativeCommons.org; Oboe: Commons.Wikimedia.org, Classical Oboe CC BY-SA.


[O]ur results suggest tumours switch different genes on and off as they progress, and can fundamentally change their 'appearance'. Therefore if a tumour becomes more aggressive, and spreads around the body, we would advise always taking a second biopsy. The cancer might have changed significantly in this time, and would respond to different treatments. Although taking a second biopsy when a patient's cancer relapses is becoming much more common, it's still not happening all the time.
This research showed that "cancer cells are much more reliant on Yin Yang1 than normal cells and that it may drive breast cancer growth." Yin Yang1 is a type of molecule (a transcription factor) which helps turn genes in a cell on-or-off; each cell contains about 25,000 genes.
Aggressive cancer that has spread may have a different epigenetic profile due to Yin Yang1 activity, affecting how the cancer responds to treatment.
Next steps are to analyze more patients and investigate triple negative breast cancer.
The international research team included the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, the University of Liverpool and Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Interesting read and really causes me to think that when dealing with substantial health issues, it's always good to be on a par with or one step ahead of doctors to truly derive the best course of treatment.


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Installation sites of radical bearings of a cranked shaft are developed in such a manner that sufficient rigidity is provided at a minimum level of a working noise background.
The oil pump is located on the centre in a forward part of the block of cylinders, the water pump of system of cooling – in a forward part of the left semiblock. In a back part of the right semiblock the oil separator catching containing in картерных gases an oil suspension is established.
Heads of cylinders are made of an aluminium alloy by a moulding method under pressure.
The head of cylinders forms chambers of combustion of tent type with the central arrangement of spark plugs and four valves (two inlet and two final) on the cylinder. Inlet and final valves are located on the different parties of the cylinder.
The central placing of spark plugs in combustion chambers promotes the distribution of turbulences increasing efficiency of combustion of an air-fuel mix.
For the account оппозитного arrangements of inlet and final valves the cross-section-line scheme timing is realised.
The metal lining of a head of cylinders is generated from steel corrosion-proof sheets and has the three-layer design, different the raised heat resistance and providing reliability of hermetic sealing of a joint of interfaced surfaces for a long time.
The drive of camshafts of the left and right heads of cylinders is carried out by means of one gear belt which also is used for a drive of the water pump located in the left semiblock of the power unit. Tension adjustment газораспределительного a belt is made by an automatic regulator of a tension that excludes necessity of manual updatings.
The camshaft is kept in a head of cylinders on four necks.
Two persistent flanges limit size axial люфта each of camshafts.
In an axial part of shaft greasings providing giving and cooling of components ГРМ are provided маслотоки.
In коромысла a drive of valves the screw and a nut intended for updating клапанных of backlashes are built in.
L models 3.0 are equipped by the 6-cylinder petrol engine оппозитной the designs, horizontally established in a forward part of the car. Given 4-taktnye engines with liquid cooling and two (on a head) camshafts of the top arrangement (DOHC) are supplied 24-klapannym by the mechanism timing and made mainly of an aluminium alloy. Fuel, as well as on 4-cylinder engines, moves a method of the distributed injection (MFIS).
· the Engine is connected to transmission by more rigid 11-boltovym connection in comparison with used in the previous models 8-boltovym connection.
Application of a chain drive of camshafts not requiring service has allowed to reduce full length of the power unit.
One more distinctive feature used on models Subaru Legacy 6-cylinder оппозитных engines is low level of the maintenance in the fulfilled gases of toxic components.
· the Block of cylinders consists of two semiblocks, in each of which is located on three cylinders. The efficiency of heat-removing ability provided with development and an openness of a surface of semiblocks, allows to refuse necessity of the organisation connecting cylinders охладительных channels.
Each of semiblocks is equipped by an independent cooling contour. Water shirts round sleeves of cylinders are opened from outside heads (the open scheme) that appreciably raises efficiency of cooling of components.
The cranked shaft is established in 7 radical bearings the seventh of which is persistent.
The special form of the top part of the pallet made of an aluminium alloy картера promotes suppression of considerable fluctuations of level of oil and, besides, forms a part of contours of greasing and cooling, and as the spiral chamber of the water pump and the thermostat chamber.
Heads of cylinders are made of an aluminium alloy by a moulding method under pressure that provides high efficiency of a heat-conducting path at insignificant weight of a product.
The design located in a head газораспределительного mechanism DOHC corresponds to the scheme «four valves on the cylinder». The arrangement of inlet valves provides formation of a falling stream while final valves are connected with each other and form the uniform pass having oval section through passage. The combination of a tent design of chambers of combustion to the central arrangement of spark plugs and the organisation of a falling stream in inlet ports promotes formation of area of an effective turbulence in chambers of combustion of cylinders. Use of such scheme allows to achieve effective combustion of an air-fuel mix and, as consequence, increase of capacity developed by the engine at the low maintenance in the fulfilled gases of toxic components.
The cooling liquid circulates in a direction from a forward part of a head of cylinders of each semiblock to back that increases efficiency of a heat-conducting path.
Between a head of cylinders and the block of cylinders the metal lining is used.
The drive of the right and left camshafts is carried out by different chains while auxiliary units are resulted by individual pulleys by means of the general streaming belt (in engines of the previous models used two belts of a drive of auxiliary units).
The body of a camshaft having composit structure (for the first time in practice Subaru) is formed of a carbonaceous steel. The working ledges of cams made of a ceramic-metal alloy differ the raised wear resistance allowing considerably to increase height of lifting at insignificant массогабаритных characteristics of a product.
Each camshaft is established in four bearings. The neck of the forward bearing is equipped from both parties by the persistent flanges limiting size axial люфта of a shaft.
Greasing to bearings moves from central маслотока through apertures in вейках.
On the back end of the right inlet camshaft the flange which is used by gauge CMP at definition of an angle of rotation of a shaft is located.


Philippine Cuisine - Gutom Na!
Posted on Monday, June 30th, 2014 at 11:36 pm.
Philippine cuisine consists of the food, preparation methods and eating customs found in the Philippines. The style of cooking and the food associated with it have evolved over many centuries from its Austronesian origins to a mixed cuisine of Malay, Spanish, Chinese, and American, as well as other Asian and Latin influences adapted to indigenous ingredients and the local palate. Dishes range from the very simple, like a meal of fried salted fish and rice, to the elaborate paellas and cocidos created for fiestas, also spaghetti and lasagna of Italian origin. Popular dishes include: lechón (whole roasted pig), longganisa (Philippine sausage), tapa (cured beef), torta (omelette), adobo (chicken and/or pork braised in garlic, vinegar, oil and soy sauce, or cooked until dry), kaldereta (meat in tomato sauce stew), mechado (larded beef in soy and tomato sauce), puchero (beef in bananas and tomato sauce), afritada (chicken and/or pork simmered in a peanut sauce with vegetables), kare-kare (oxtail and vegetables cooked in peanut sauce), pinakbet (kabocha squash, eggplant, beans, okra, and tomato stew flavored with shrimp paste) crispy pata (deep-fried pig's leg), hamonado (pork sweetened in pineapple sauce), sinigang (meat or seafood in sour broth), pancit (noodles), and lumpia (fresh or fried spring rolls).
During the pre-Hispanic era in the Philippines, the preferred Austronesian methods for food preparation were boiling, steaming and roasting. The ingredients for common dishes were obtained from locally raised livestock. These ranged from kalabaw (water buffaloes), baka (cows), manok (chickens) and baboy (pigs) to various kinds of fish and seafood.
Filipino cuisine is distinguished by its bold combination of sweet (tamis), sour (asim), and salty (alat) flavors. While other Asian cuisines may be known for a more subtle delivery and presentation, Filipino cuisine is often delivered all at once in a single presentation. Counterpoint is a feature in Philippine cuisine which normally comes in a pairing of something sweet with something salty, and results in surprisingly pleasing combinations. Examples include: champorado (a sweet cocoa rice porridge), being paired with tuyo (salted, sun-dried fish); dinuguan (a savory stew made of pig's blood and innards), paired with puto (sweet, steamed rice cakes); unripe fruits such as mangoes (which are only slightly sweet but very sour), are eaten dipped in salt or bagoong; the use of cheese (which is salty) in sweetcakes (such as bibingka and puto), as well as an ice cream flavoring. Vinegar is a common ingredient. Adobo is popular not solely for its simplicity and ease of preparation, but also for its ability to be stored for days without spoiling, and even improve in flavor with a day or two of storage. Tinapa is a smoke-cured fish while tuyo, daing, and dangit are corned, sun-dried fish popular because they can last for weeks without spoiling, even without refrigeration. Cooking and eating in the Philippines has traditionally been an informal and communal affair centered around the family kitchen. Filipinos traditionally eat three main meals a day: agahan or almusal (breakfast), tanghalían (lunch), and hapunan (dinner) plus an afternoon snack called meriénda (also called minandál or minindál). Snacking is normal. Dinner, while still the main meal, is smaller than other countries. Usually, either breakfast or lunch is the largest meal. Food tends to be served all at once and not in courses. Unlike many of their Asian counterparts Filipinos do not eat with chopsticks. Due to Western influence, food is often eaten using flatware—forks, knives, spoons—but the primary pairing of utensils used at a Filipino dining table is that of spoon and fork not knife and fork. The traditional way of eating is with the hands, especially dry dishes such as inihaw or prito. The diner will take a bite of the main dish, then eat rice pressed together with his fingers. This practice, known as kamayan, is rarely seen in urbanized areas. However, Filipinos tend to feel the spirit of kamayan when eating amidst nature during out of town trips, beach vacations, and town fiestas.


ONE screening of the new Avengers film has already sold out in Warrington – almost two weeks before the film is released.
New figures show that 188 showings of Avengers: Endgame are already sold out across the UK.
Among them is the 4pm showing on Thursday, April 25 at the Westbrook cinema.
Five other screenings of the film earlier in the day at Odeon are already at at least 50 per cent capacity.
The film, starring Robert Downey Jr, Bradley Cooper and Scarlett Johansson, is the direct sequel to 2018's Avengers: Infinity War.
The figures have been released by box office gurus Applaudience who say more than 865,000 tickets have been sold so far, for an approximate £9.3m pre-sales box office.
Remarkably it means that 1.3 per cent of the population have already bought tickets, despite the film still being another two weeks away from release.


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"YOUR RIGHTS AT WORK": OCTOBER 31, 2019
Broadcast on WPFW 89.3FM; also available as a podcast on Itunes, Stitcher, OverCast, etc.
Hosted by Chris Garlock and Peter Pocock
DC's call-in show about worker rights: those you have, those you don't, how to get them and how to use them.
On today's show:
John Costa, President of the Amalgamated Transit Union, and ATU Local 689 president Ray Jackson report on the ongoing Transdev strike, issues with Transdev around the country, plus an update on the Martha's Vineyard strike last summer.
Al Neal: Nats win World Series; robo-umps & domestic violence
Plus: Mark Gruenberg with the latest labor news headlines.
Produced by Chris Garlock; engineered by Mike Nasella
Union City Radio for Thursday, October 31.
What with all the ghouls and goblins out tonight, Halloween is a spooky time but what's really scary for local transit workers is that Fairfax County taxpayers are now subsidizing a private company's strikebreaking operation.
French multinational Transdev is already being struck by more than 130 workers who are members of ATU Local 689 at the WMATA Cinder Bed Road Facility in Lorton, Virginia.
This Monday, the union received word that the Fairfax Connector was being used by Transdev to run routes that have been shut down by the MetroBus strike.
This means that Fairfax Connector workers are being coerced by Transdev management to undermine their striking sisters and brothers. ATU Local 1764 picketed in Fairfax yesterday and plan to take their own strike vote next week.
On today's labor calendar, striking Transdev bus drivers continue their picket line in Lorton, VA; we'll check in with them and get a labor angle on the World Series on this week's edition of Your Rights At Work at 1pm here on WPFW; for details and the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar.
In today's labor history, on this date in 1891, the state of Tennessee sent in leased convict laborers to break a coal miners strike in Anderson County. The miners revolted, burned the stockades, and sent the captured convicts by train back to Knoxville.
Evans said his paper was focused on the inequities between what he described as the "portion of society living in luxury and idleness" and those "groaning under the oppressions and miseries imposed on them."
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Union City Radio for Wednesday, October 30
Fully fund UMC, contract with a responsible operator and ensure a full slate of health services at the new hospital in Ward 8.
Those were the demands of the DC Health Justice Coalition at a DC City Council hearing last Friday.
The Coalition, made up of unions and community organizations, gathered at the Council to demand full-service, high-quality healthcare for residents of Wards 7 and 8.
Before the Committee on Health heard more than four hours of testimony, coalition leaders rallied on the Wilson Building steps to draw attention to the healthcare crisis facing DC.
Find out more at dchealthjustice.com.
On today's labor calendar, Transdev bus drivers continue their strike today; picketing all day in Lorton, VA; for details and the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar.
In today's labor history, on this date in 1986, Ed Meese, attorney general in the Ronald Reagan administration, urged employers to begin spying on workers to try to catch them using drugs, quote, "in locker rooms, parking lots, shipping and mail room areas and even the nearby taverns," unquote.
Today's labor quote is by writer Sebastian Junger, who wrote the book, "The Perfect Storm," about the fishing boat Andrea Gail, out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, which on this date in 1991 was caught in ferocious storm and lost at sea with her crew of six. The city of Gloucester has lost more than 10,000 whalers and fishermen to the sea over its 350-year history.
Sebastian Junger, who said:
"Humans don't mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end."
(audio, chanting)
Here are some voices from the ongoing strike by Transdev workers at WMATA's Cinder Bed Bus Garage in Lorton, Virginia.
(audio)
Those were some of the voices from the strike by bus drivers in Lorton, Virginia, including Amalgamated Transit Union president John Acosta, mineworkers president Cecil Roberts, AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Tefere Gebre and of course the strikers and their supporters.
(audio, we're still here)
The strikers are picketing daily in Lorton; for details and the latest local labor calendar listings, go to dclabor.org and click on Calendar.
In today's labor history, on this date in 1929 Wall Street crashed on "Black Tuesday," throwing the world's economy into a years-long crisis including an unemployment rate in the U.S. that by 1933 hit nearly 25 percent.
Today's labor quote is by Oscar Owens, the ATU Secretary-Treasurer who passed away last week after a brief illness. Oscar Owens, whose signature call-to-arms was:
"Fired up and ready to go"
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