A blog dedicated to the proposition that understanding the past better equips us to live in the present and plan for the future. I discuss national issues--and offer a historical context--focusing on eight classic old mill towns along Pennsylvania's lower Schuylkill River. I tackle the myths that surround urban history, and attempt to offer a better understanding, because those who continue to believe in myths will continue to make mistakes.
"The truth will set you free. But first it will piss you off."
A recurrent theme in my writing is that things change, and change is the only constant in history. Yet the works of man, from our institutions and governmental structures to our roads tend to remain, long after the conditions that gave birth to them have changed, often fundamentally. This time I am going to talk about roads; specifically DeKalb Street, in Norristown, Pa. That's because Norristown is on the cusp of a renewal, and there are some old things remaining that should change in order to help that revival. The layout of DeKalb Street is one of them. It's in the works, actually, but it has been "in the works" for some time now, and deserves more attention.
An April Times Herald article discussed the long-pending plan to make DeKalb Street two-way, and found a consensus among those it spoke to. This fact alone makes it both unusual and newsworthy (this is Norristown, after all), but that should not obscure the subject itself. Everyone agreed that making DeKalb Street two-way would be a good thing, and they are correct. One respondent remarked that "The designers of this one-way street are dumb," and commented on the danger the street presented. He is quite correct about the danger, and there are several more reasons that DeKalb Street should be two-way, but the designers of the street were not dumb. They were competent men attempting to solve a problem that existed a long time ago. But that was then; this is now, and things have changed. They have, in fact, changed fundamentally. But comprehending just how total that change has been is going to require some imagination from those of you of young to moderate years, particularly if you live in the general area.
First, I should point out that DeKalb Street had been a two-way street at its initial layout, and second, its intersection with Main Street marked the core of downtown since the opening of the DeKalb Street Bridge. Here is where imagination comes in, because you need to picture the sidewalks at this intersection—in all four directions—bustling with customers on their way to an array of stores open and lit, beckoning them within. One of my all-time favorite interviewees, the late Mary Early, quoted her mother as often saying to her, "I'd love to live at Main and DeKalb; everything happens at Main and DeKalb." She was referring to the Depression times, by the way, so you can imagine what it was like after the end of the Second World War and rationing, for people anxious to forget the previous decade or so. Downtown Main Street began to enjoy good times once again.
But the period after the end of the war brought some things to Norristown that quickly began to be a major problem. They weren't new by any means, but now they came in overwhelming numbers. "They" were automobiles and trucks. Not too many compared to today, but far more than downtown, and Main and DeKalb in particular, could handle. Both streets had been laid out long before the advent of automobiles, and there was simply no room for expansion.
Here's where the second piece of imagination comes in, exactly the opposite of the first. I first asked you to picture something that isn't here—a crowded, prosperous downtown—now I need you to erase your mental image of what is there: all those big highways. The Pennsylvania Turnpike was on its way, and would arrive in the bucolic farmland of King of Prussia in late 1950, but none of the others existed. The Schuylkill Expressway was on its way to meet the Turnpike, but none of the Interstate highways existed, because the program had not been created yet.
The area's two major roads were U.S. "Shield" highways, Route 422 and Route 202, and they were the problem. That's because in Norristown, Route 422 was Main Street and Route 202 was DeKalb Street. That made the core of downtown Norristown a major crossroads, and not just a regional one, but also a national one. Route 422 had always been a largely local route into and out of Philadelphia, but Route 202 was different. It was the only parallel competition for Route 1 between New York City and points south, and the only feasible route for those living west of the coastline and Philadelphia. The idea of vacationers bound for Florida—or NYC—passing through downtown Norristown may be hard to envision, but I told you this required some imagination. Thus, by the late 1940s, the local residents, eager to resume their traditional shopping in downtown Norristown, found themselves delayed, if not blocked outright, by cars and trucks on DeKalb Street, which were only passing through, often to major distances a long way away.
Norristown had a traffic congestion problem even before the Turnpike arrived, and given that King of Prussia was to be the termination of this major highway, all its traffic had to go somewhere. Norristown feared that much of it would head north for New York along Route 202, and thus right through the Borough on DeKalb Street.
Unfortunately, in trying to deal with this problem, Norristown was caught in a bureaucratic net. The Borough did not have final authority over either of its two main streets. Although technically national highways, both routes were actually the responsibility of the Commonwealth, for both funding and implementation. Main Street figured in these calculations also, but I will confine the narrative to DeKalb Street. Main Street also become one-way (at a different date), but reverted several years later.
Borough Council did its best to placate the Commonwealth, and attempted to expedite traffic by keeping DeKalb Street two-way, but banning street parking along its downtown stretch. Council rescinded the effort in December, 1948, except for the period between 3 and 6 PM, when the meters would be bagged. The no parking experiment had brought about no improvement in traffic flow, and local businesses were unanimous in opposing the loss of parking spots.
The Commonwealth was not going to be gainsaid. In October, 1951, Borough Council, reluctantly but unanimously, voted on a traffic plan for both north/south and east/west traffic through Norristown. DeKalb and would be one way northbound between Lafayette and Johnson Highway, while Markley Street would be one-way southbound along the same stretch. After several legal requirements were met, DeKalb and Markley Streets became one-way on November 17, 1952.
Giving priority to passers-through on DeKalb Street over the town's residents didn't kill downtown, but it didn't help, either. Still, as I said above, things have changed. To keep DeKalb Street one-way would be dumb. Pedestrian safety is a major consideration, but there are broader ones. There are more nuanced and erudite ways of expressing this, but here's a simple one: if you are trying to revive your downtown, you shouldn't have one of your two major roads only take you away from downtown for 90 percent of its distance. New attractions are beginning to appear in Norristown, and all roads should lead there, DeKalb Street most definitely among them.
This issue deserves more attention than it is getting. The April Times Herald article that recorded the consensus of opinion also noted that the process had begun earlier, but echoed the old refrain that "Two public meetings in 2010 were sparsely attended by residents..." Making DeKalb Street two-way again is a necessary part of the plan for reviving Norristown. As this may be the only Norristown subject about which there is unanimity of opinion, the public should be pushing this.


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It has an external gross area of 132 square metres, laid out in four bedrooms, one bathroom, wide and light living room, three corridors and separate fitted kitchen with laundry room.
The property has got large wooden windows, high ceilings, encaustic cement floor, air conditioning, two storages, security cameras on every floor and automatic entry phone.
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Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare Pack
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2010 Xbox 360 Rank: 109
Undead Nightmare introduces hours of a new single-player storyline and brand new multiplayer content. Seemingly overnight, a zombie plague ravages the once bountiful frontier, decimating the landscape and reawakening the dead. In towns, settlements and outposts throughout the world, the uninfected citizens are left to fight for survival against waves of the undead. John Marston must ride out into the vast and terrifying world and survive long enough to find a cure.
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Ritman University Brainstorms with Marine Experts in America
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers held its 21st Offshore Symposium in Houston, Texas, USA and Dr Cyril Ekong was there to represent Ritman University. Akwa Ibom State was in focus at that event for offering the world a shipbuilding and repair facility with its economic spin-offs.
Dr Ekong who heads Ritman University's Chemical Sciences department is a specialist in Speciation and Modeling in Wetland Environment. He is also an Occupational health/safety Lead Auditor, Environmentalist and Sustainable Development Consultant. He was at the symposium in company of Dr MikeGeorge Onyung – a maritime businessman – where Dr Ikpoto Udoh, a Naval Architect at Houston Offshore Engineering was one of the guest lecturers. The trio has their roots in Akwa Ibom.
Though a relative new-comer in the academic stage, Ritman University, located in Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State is fast becoming a global player. It pools a crop of educationists and professionals trained in some of the world's outstanding institutions. They brainstorm with the world's best to develop homegrown but globally-acceptable solutions to national problems. Their efforts have recently gained international recognition with the West African Youth Parliament award of Best Private Educational Institution.
Dr Udoh presented a paper on Wind Turbulence Effects in Global Responses of a 5MW Wind Turbine Three-Column TLP, while an American shipbuilder, Herman Schellstede, spoke on International Shipbuilding and Repair Facility in Nigeria, West Africa (the Capricorn Shipbuilding and Repair Facility in Ibaka, Mbo LGA of Akwa Ibom State).
Dr Ikpoto Udoh is the Board of Trustees Chairman of this facility and will be working with Dr Cyril Ekong who doubles as Vice Dean, Natural and Applied Sciences at Ritman University to create jobs for Nigerians on this project.
At the symposium which held on 16th February 2016, Dr Ekong said he was privileged to meet Schellstede, a 76-year-old maritime specialist in New Iberia, Louisiana. The latter's company, Capricorn Maritime Limited is building in Ibaka an extensive shipbuilding and repair centre which will serve West Africa and the rest of the world. Ekong would leverage on that connection and Ritman University's entrepreneurial programme to create employment for a good number of Nigerians in the maritime sector.
Ekong who has been consulting for governments as well as multinational companies including Shell and Mobil, spoke to representatives of multinational companies at the symposium, discovered new machines for combating environmental problems, and is optimistic that Akwa Ibom will benefit immensely from his university's economic partnerships.
In his presentation at the symposium, which was attended by over a hundred experts from different parts of the world, Herman Schellstede noted that Nigeria has long established its position as a leader in the oil and gas industry, contributing 2.37 million barrels of oil per day to the marketplace. This oil from Nigeria is moved by marine vessels to various sales points throughout the world.
He identified the three major markets as offshore, near shore and onshore which require different drilling and completion equipment. In offshore waters, drill ships, jack-up rigs and semi-submersiles are used for drilling. Drilling barges (swamp and posted) are applied near shore while land-based drilling rigs are employed onshore.
To support the offshore and near shore operations, crafts such as dredges, workboats, crew boats, tug boats and supply barges are needed. These marine vessels are also joined by coastal and open sea cargo ships which transport the crude oil to the market place.
Herman went on to explain that the facility, designed to offer shipbuilding, repair and maintenance services for shipping, oil and gas industries of West Africa's coastal region will accommodate Nigerian Content laws (Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act). It is also made to service naval and commercial fleets for governments on contract.
"The facility, management and financial support are considered world-class and will result in a very profitable and acceptable return on investment", he said.
Schellstede declared that the final design of this project will integrate the most advanced materials handling equipment and construction methods available.
The shipbuilder who is President of Herman J. Schellstede and Associates Incorporated also assessed the Ibaka shipyard in comparison with that of the USA.
"During the last 100 years, the United States has constructed major shipyards which were fundamental in the advancement of the United States as a prominent world leader. At the time of war, highly efficient shipyards were necessary and in great demand to provide vital servicing of vessels and equipment. The review of the US shipyards will provide assistance in outfitting the Nigerian facility with the most up-to-date and efficient components including the expertly designed platforms equipped with modern advancements.
"As a result, the Capricorn Facility will be one of the most innovative and efficient facilities built in the world today".
According to him, this will be the first major shipbuilding and repair centre constructed in recent times.
To facilitate this, Herman said a complete transformation of certain areas in the undeveloped properties and waterways of Ibaka, Mbo LGA is undertaken to produce a world-class shipyard and repair facility which will provide support to the oil and gas industry of West Africa.
Hence, Dr Ekong and his team at Ritman University are working on the Environmental Impact Assessment and Geotechnical Survey component to make this project sustainable and in line with international best practices.
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Watch 'Saturday Night Live's Tribute to Norm Macdonald
Matt Singer Published: October 3, 2021
The comedy world was shocked last month with the announcement of the death of Norm Macdonald. Macdonald died after a decade-long battle with leukemia. Worried how his diagnosis would affect his comedy and how he was perceived, Macdonald kept his diagnosis secret from all but his closest friends and family. When Macdonald's passing was revealed in mid-September, he was only 61 years old.
Norm had a long career in film and television, but he was best known for his tenure on Saturday Night Live in the mid-90s, where he became the anchor of Weekend Update for three and a half years. Although he wasn't always the most popular host of the segment in his time — in fact, he was fired midway through his fourth season on the job, supposedly at the behest of NBC executives — he is now routinely regarded as one of the best comedians to ever fill the Update seat.
This weekend SNL returned for its 47th season premiere, and its first episode since Macdonald's death. Fittingly, current Weekend Update anchors Michael Che and Colin Jost turned over the final minutes of the sketch to Norm, reairing some of his funniest jokes as a tribute to the late comic. You can watch the segment below:
This is literally the tiniest fraction of Norm's tenure on Weekend Update — and frankly, some of the jokes they picked would not have been my choices for his funniest gags. (Also frankly, some of Norm's funniest bits would not fly on broadcast TV in 2021.) But it's good the show at least found a way to honor Norm Macdonald. He really was one of the funniest guys on Saturday Night Live ever.
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The Pittsburgh Pirates derive had 2 pitchers that derive translated their quality outings into wins this season and those 2 pitchers are Charlie Morton and Kevin Correia. But there are other participants of the workers that derive with out note grew to change into in some neatly-known efforts this season. The cessation end result is that the Pirates derive 5 men in their rotation which could be in a position to abet the opponent within striking distance of the offense.
James McDonald came to the Pirates near the cessation of closing 300 and sixty five days in a change with the Dodgers. Inexplicably the Dodgers could well no longer appear to derive adequate out of McDonald. This precise goes to mumble the unhappy form the Dodgers are in handsome now. With out a longer grand of an different given to him in the Main Leagues the Dodgers cave the Pirates McDonald and one more prospect in Andrew Lambo. Lambo's account used to be a exiguous utterly different. He has a history of drug considerations and used to be suspended for 50 games closing 300 and sixty five days for what's believed to be marijuana utilization. No one disputes his expertise though and he used to be an integral fragment of the change that despatched Octavio Dotel to the Dodgers closing 300 and sixty five days. McDonald has repeatedly arrested the Pirates in games after some tinkering with the mechanics early in the season. His myth is four-four, but he has kept the Pirates in quite a lot of the games he's pitched.
Paul Maholm is the very best cog from the closing neighborhood of hopeful pitchers on the Pirates. He and Zach Duke and Tom Gorzelanny had been all purported to flip the Pirates fortunes round. Those other 2 had been traded and Maholm remained. Why did no longer the Pirates derive rid of him? He's a form of guys that precise has so grand promise. He has repeatedly confirmed a form of promise. This 300 and sixty five days he has pitched as effectively as he ever did. His myth to this level this season is 2-7. But that is simply no longer indicative of how he has pitched this 300 and sixty five days. Most of his outings had been neatly-known, but he has had exiguous to no give a enhance to and then the myth. He has kept the Pirates in most games that he has pitched, but usually there is a pitcher that the group precise would not salvage runs for. This time it's Maholm, and it is inconvenient due to he has pitched so effectively this season.
The fifth man or where you wished to envision him in the rotation used to be going to be Ross Ohlendorf. Ohlendorf has confirmed flashes of above reasonable stuff in the previous and has given the Pirates hope that they derive chanced on one more quality arm to contain out the rotation. So grand for that. Ohlendorf has persisted to derive arm considerations and is at reward on the 60 day disabled listing. But, one's ache is one more's fortune, or even that saying enlighten goes. Ohlendorf goes down and Jeff Karstens steps in as rapid term resolution. Karstens has executed an improbable job. Each time he takes the mound the pirates derive had an different to prefer the W.
Karstens came to the Pirates in 2008 as fragment of the Damaso Marte / Xavier Nady change with the Yankees. He has had mixed success in outdated attempts at initiating but he could well additionally very effectively be solidifying his location in the rotation for the rest of the 300 and sixty five days. His myth is barely 3-four but his generation is sub 3. The single downside is that he usually doesnt derive previous the Seventh inning, but I hold Clint Hurdle could well be snug if his pitchers could well abet their eras in the 2s.
Let's survey at that change. Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte for Ross Ohlendorf, Jeff Karsten, Jose Tabata, and Daniel McCutchen. That one looks to be realizing effectively for the Pirates this 300 and sixty five days. 3 out of the four are on the Pirates and participating in thoroughly. The fourth used to be expected to be fragment of the rotation. That change has labored out shiny grand for the Pirates this 300 and sixty five days. Xavier Nady has been injured and bounced round a pair of groups, Damaso Marte remains with the Yankees, but is rarely any stranger to the disabled listing.
It is a ways unbelievable that amongst this crawl of losing that the Pirates derive no longer managed to search out some quality pitchers that could well no longer even damage the double digit in discovering plateau. This 300 and sixty five days with the addition of Kevin Correia and the seasoning and tinkering of the pitchers they derive acquainted the Pirates appear to derive a rotation that can abet them in games for 7 to eight innings usually. When the rotation can build that and abet the bullpen workers from prolonged obligation it makes the bullpen that grand more energizing which helps them to be ready when wished. If these guys continue to give a enhance to that crawl could well additionally very effectively be in hazard.
These 5 guys are precise a fraction of the pitching workers that has confirmed a form of stammer from closing 300 and sixty five days. In fragment 3 of this series I'll give prognosis of the bullpen workers. The Pittsburgh Pirates are attempting admire they derive the makings of an actual group. It's good to be stop to three,500 and no longer out of the speed at this level in the season, thanks in estimable fragment to the initiating workers.
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Manuel Francis Silva, 78, of Honolulu died in Honolulu. He was born in Western Samoa. He is survived by wife Matalena; sons Tino Moe, William Stowers and Tau, Edwin, David, Francis, Jerry, Andrew, Pesi, Joseph, Sammy and Oscar Silva; daughters Easter and Sofia Silva, Suzanna Passi, Maggie Purcell and Ruta Sefo; 50 grandchildren; and 57 great-grandchildren. Visitation: 9 a.m. Friday at Central Samoan Assembly of God, 3544 Kalihi St., Honolulu. Services: 10 a.m. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Mililani Memorial Park.


We're planning the interim report for this year's excavation. There is so much to say. As per last year's investigations, we'll be publishing the report as a series of blog posts on this blog, as well as sharing it online as a complete copy.
To remind you of last year's findings, here is the Interim Report 2013 for you to read through.
We'll prepare this year's report as quickly as we can!


Yoga is a better method to discipline, educate and build up relationship with your children. Through asanas, chanting, games, meditation, mudra, breathing etc., you can learn about focus, control, anatomy and health etc.
Yoga Guruji BKS Iyengar mentioned "for children, who are custodians of each nation in particular and the whole world at large, I feel Yoga is the essential product of the 21st century to lead them to perfect physical health and mental well-being."
This course is eligible for 95 hours credits of Yoga Alliance course.
2. How to Teach Children Yoga?
3. How to group the child?
Upon completion of this course, exam, assignment and full payment, students will receive a Certificate of Completion evidencing their participation and attendance. In order to become a RCYT95 certified Children's Yoga Teacher, students must also have completed a 200 hours Yoga Alliance Yoga Teacher Training.


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Gladstone's Adopt-a-School Program Aims to Enrich Classrooms in the Bay Area
Article | By Sarah Weller | November 17, 2015 | 3 min read
Gay Lancero, research associate in the Yamanaka lab, in the classroom at Marshall High School.
At the Gladstone Institutes, increasing diversity in science and inspiring the next generation of scientists go hand-in-hand. To help align these two values, Gladstone's Student Outreach Committee has launched a new Adopt-a-School program that will bring Gladstone scientists into the classrooms of public high schools in San Francisco.
"This new program will benefit students in our community, and also our scientists at Gladstone," explained Shannon Noonan, education and community partnerships manager at Gladstone. "Scientists who participate in this program will gain teaching skills, confidence in public speaking, and a greater understanding of education and diversity issues while students can learn about new research and work with trained scientists in a familiar setting."
The program, Gladstone's latest effort to support teachers and students within the San Francisco United School District (SFUSD), is a new model that pairs Gladstone scientists with SFUSD biotech teachers to expose students to biomedical research. As part of this partnership, Gladstone scientists will present 50-minute talks about their career path in science and their ongoing research. These talks will be followed by additional classroom visits in the spring, in which the scientists and teacher will co-teach a lab-based lesson and demonstration of the research discussed.
The Adopt-a-School program is being piloted at the most under-resourced public schools within SFUSD that have existing biotech classes. Kristin Keck, PhD, a postdoc in JJ Miranda's lab, and Jessie Butts, a graduate student in Todd McDevitt's lab, visited a biotech teacher at Wallenberg High School on November 16 to plan activities for the 2015–2016 school year. On November 18 and 19, Gay Lancero, a research associate in the Yamanaka lab, and Ariel Kauss, a graduate student from the McDevitt lab, gave career talks to students on the biotechnology track at Marshall High School in Bayview-Hunters Point. Additionally, Victoria Yoon, a research associate in the Huang lab, and Jeannette Osterloh, PhD, a postdoc in the Finkbeiner lab, are teaming with Jamie Dowd, a biology teacher at International Studies Academy, located just down the street from Gladstone.
Ariel Kauss, graduate student in the McDevitt lab, in front of the class at Marshall High School.
The program's emphasis on bringing scientists into classrooms stems from an expressed need to bridge a gap between structured class curriculums and the reality of scientific depth and discovery. Teachers who worked with the earlier model of the program explained how their students had trouble understanding the details of the work. By shifting the focus to the career paths of the scientists before the research, the students can gain a broader appreciation of the science. Then, the students can experience a more comprehensive breakdown of the science during the latter visit.
"I'm excited to have Gladstone scientists help to bring these challenging, fascinating, and real topics to life for my kids," said Dowd, whose students are exploring the concepts of nature versus nurture. "I want them to explore career paths you can take in these scientific areas and deepen their understanding of the scientific magic going on in their very beings."
The Adopt-a-School program echoes the Student Outreach Committee's ongoing mission to inspire students to pursue scientific careers, especially those from under-represented communities in our local public schools. Over 100 Gladstone scientists and administrators volunteer for student-outreach activities and events every year.
"By sharing our science with local students, Gladstone is helping to improve scientific literacy and attract diverse students to careers in science," Noonan said. "We are happy to be establishing these partnerships, because supporting and inspiring future scientists is at the heart of Gladstone's outreach efforts."
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Can a Toronto Locksmith Make You Feel Any More Secure as a Toronto Resident?
Living in Toronto is a wonderful experience, and when new residents move to this great city one of the things they notice the most is how safe they feel in their homes. Toronto has become home to many ethnic groups some of which are not used to feeling this type of security. When you are used to living in a community where the people are warm and friendly it can set the scene for letting your guard down when it comes to taking the necessary steps to ensure that your home is as safe as it should be. A Toronto locksmith who also specializes in home security is a good resource to rely on to trouble shoot any potential safety weaknesses that may be present.
You may be thinking why a Toronto locksmith could play such an important role in your home security. When you stop to think about it, these particular experts are masters at opening locks or installing locks so who would have better knowledge as to what would be the best types of locks to have on your doors and windows?
Now knowing this what you also need to know is that not all locksmiths are the same, and not all of them are reputable. So if you are going to be placing your security in their hands then you want to be sure you are using a Toronto Locksmith that is established and accredited and is known for his good reputation and expertise.
If you have just moved into a new home there are a couple of first steps for your home security that you want to focus on first. If you feel that you have good locks on your new home then you may just want to have them re-keyed. This is where your locksmith with readjust the tumbler and some of the other lock components that will require a new key to open it. Now you don't have to worry about who in the past had a key to your home. What you may want to think about though is the original locks themselves, how secure are they really and would a quick kick to the door render them useless. If the locks aren't fairly new, utilizing the new technology of today, or are of inferior quality then they really aren't providing you the protection that you need. They may make you feel good knowing that you can lock them but this really is a false sense of security.
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Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are generated or mined by companies using racks and racks of custom-purposed computers. The world of digital currency is struggling these days in the wake of the FTX scandal. Crypto miners are facing problems of their own. Vaughn Golden from member station WSKG explains.
TINA BARKSDALE: From being just Massena, N.Y., to being a cryptocurrency sort of Silicon Valley - but of course it all depends on the power.
GOLDEN: And if miners aren't mining and don't have another source of revenue, they can go bankrupt. Some have. This is all coupled by other factors, too. There's still a lot of miners competing to generate these cryptocurrencies. At the same time, prices are relatively low, meaning the same costs with a lower reward. One other challenge that's arisen is public opposition to potential environmental impacts of mining. New York state, for example, just enacted a two-year ban on refiring fossil-fuel-burning plants for mining out of concern it will increase the state's carbon emissions. Brendler says energy costs and competition are bigger concerns than new environmental regulation, though.
KYLE SCHNEPS: Companies that have been around for a while are used to the cyclical nature of bitcoin pricing and crypto pricing. And so most people are - instead of getting overleveraged during good times, they are planning for the down cycle during those times.
GOLDEN: Now Foundry is investing in mining. The downturn is making it cheaper to invest now in the hopes things rebound. Other firms are too. Goldman Sachs recently said it plans to invest millions in low-cost crypto assets. Brendler, the analyst, says he sees this moment as a sort of cleansing of weaker mining firms.
GOLDEN: And he says while energy prices remain high and crypto winter rages on, less stable mining firms may continue to shut down.
For NPR News, I'm Vaughn Golden in Binghamton, N.Y.


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Sheikh Imran Hosein Shares his Vision of Contemporary World
Posted on June 1, 2017 by martyrashrakat
STEPHEN KARGANOVIC | 01.06.2017 | WORLD
Sheikh Imran Hosein is a distinguished Islamic scholar, author of many books, expert in Islamic eschatology, international politics and finance, and contemporary socio-economic and political issues. In his work, the sheikh emphasizes Islamic spirituality, ihsan, in the absence of which all knowledge would be confined to the mere perception of worldly reality. The principal themes upon which he discourses are the nature of being, relationship to God and the interrelationship of the three major monotheistic faiths, the Messenger Muhammed (s.a.v.s.) and his teaching, and the nature of contemporary Western society with its deleterious impact on other civilizations and cultures.
Sheikh Imran Hosein has pioneered revolutionary interpretations of the Kuran and the hadises, paving the way for generations of Islamic scholars to come. With all the instruments at his disposal he attempts to educate not just Muslims and Christians, but everyone, as far and as wide as his voice reaches.
His success is based on the application of the correct methodology that he has received from his teacher, Maulana al-Asnari, which he has developed and applied further to the issues of major concern for the contemporary world.
The focal point of sheikh Imran Hosein's study is eschatology, the religious teaching about the end-times and the ultimate fulfillment of the respective visions of each of the three great monotheistic faiths, with regard to the conclusion of mundane history. Judaism and Christianity have well-developed and even sophisticated eschatological teachings, but until recently Islam in that regard has been lagging behind. Under the inspiration of his revered teacher Maulana Al-Asnari, sheikh Imran Hosein has laid the foundations of an Islamic eschatological philosophy based, naturally, on the precepts of the Kuran and the relevant hadises. Surprising as it may appear, no Islamic scholar before him had ever approached this important and delicate subject in a systematic manner. Taking into account the sheikh's numerous books and lectures on this subject, it is accurate to say that he has elevated Islamic Eschatology to the rank of a new branch of knowledge within the broad system of Islamic theology. It would not be extravagant to also add that he is now the world's leading authority on this fascinating subject.
As a teacher of true, traditional Sunni Islamic doctrine, ennobled with the mystic aura of Sufism, sheikh Imran Hosein has acquired a wide following throughout the world of Islam, and beyond. Islam is an exception among the great monotheistic religions in that it has five vibrant major schools, but no central teaching authority or arbiter in matters of religious doctrine. For that reason, and in order to safeguard his co-religionists from the malevolent enticements of erroneous interpretations of their faith, which are often manipulated to serve purposes opposite to its original inspiration and intent, sheikh Imran Hosein places particular emphasis on the development of a proper methodology of doctrinal interpretation. Methodology may therefore be said to constitute the heart of his approach, as he quite correctly maintains that without proper guidelines, grounded in an intellectually rigorous scrutiny of religious texts, no consistent and viable doctrine can possibly emerge.
Confronting head-on the clash of civilizations narrative and boldly disputing the legitimacy of intolerant and extremist schools of thought within the world of Islam, sheikh Imran Hosein is a strong advocate of solidarity between the followers of the three monotheistic religions, Islam, Christianity, and Torah Judaism.
Based on his reading of the Kuran and certain hadises, sheikh Imran Hosein is, in particular, a champion of «friendship and alliance» between Muslims and Orthodox Christians. Over the centuries, and during the preceding decades with particular brutality, these two religious groups have been victims of the plundering and conquering ambitions of that portion of mankind that is most frequently referred to as the West. The latter's main tools of oppression, in the sheikh's mind, are the world banking and monetary system and NATO. He perceives in that part of mankind the operation of the evil forces of Gog and Magog (Yajuj and Majuj), familiar from the Islamic and other monotheistic eschatologies. By contrast, it is in the form of Eastern Christianity, with its historic roots in Byzantium (to which almost certainly reference is made in the thirtieth Sura of the Kuran, Ar-Rum), which is presently established in Russia, that sheikh Imran Hosein perceives the Empire of Ar-Rum. He regards it as a force for the good, with respect to which the Messenger Muhammed prophesied to his followers thus: «You will conclude an alliance with Ar-Rum».
As a student of geopolitics with a keen eschatological perspective, sheikh Imran Hosein is an attentive and approving observer of Russia's dynamic and increasingly assertive role in international affairs.
Advocacy of friendly relations and alliance between Muslims and Orthodox Christians by an Islamic scholar of such renown and depth of knowledge as sheikh Imran Hosein, and the interest that he has also displayed in the conditions that prevail in Serbia and the Balkans, should have the beneficial effect of facilitating improved relations between Muslims and Orthodox Christians in that volatile part of the world.
The sheikh's stance as a reconciler and peacemaker – while earning him affection and respect in many quarters – has made him also a figure of controversy elsewhere. Paradoxically, the latter seems to include some segments of the Islamic community because on many points the sheikh's insistence on unadulterated traditional Islam clashes with key contemporary political agendas.
I had the honor and the pleasure of conducting this conversation with sheikh Imran Hosein at his retreat on the island of Tobago, in March of 2017.
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Should a Match keep a list of Players or should a Player keep a reference to its Match?
In the game I am working on there is a Match object and a Player object.
The game is divided into different Matches (basically a lobby). Every Player needs to be in a Match but cannot be in several Matches at once.
Match contains the method List<Player> getPlayers() (list of players connected to the match). Player contains the method Match getMatch() (instance of match the player is connected to).
I have been struggling on where the information that says which Player is in which Match.
If the Match keeps a list of the players connected to that match, the Player.getMatch() method would have to loop through a MatchManager.getMatches() method to try to find the match that contains the Player instance.
If the Player keeps a reference to the Match it is connected to, the Match.getPlayers() method would have to loop through a PlayerManager.getPlayers() method to find every single Player that is connected to that match.
If the Match object keeps a list of connected Players and the Player object keeps a reference to the Match object it is connected to, neither Match.getPlayers() nor Player.getMatch() have to loop through a global list but can just return their reference. However, I feel this is very prone to errors as it could be easy for the references to get de-synced and not match up with the "Player must be in exactly one Match" assertion.
I am unsure which approach would be appropriate. It feels like I'm doing something else wrong with my entire code layout that this becomes a problem and that the entire Manager pattern is a bit of an anti-pattern but I'm not sure how to layout my code.
Any tips or thoughts about how I should be thinking about this (and similar code layout questions) would be greatly appreciated.
Not sure if this is appropriate in softwareengineering but I am not sure where the best place to ask for coding practises is.
None. Have a central authorithy do the book-keeping but inject it as a delegate to both players and matches. It would seem as if Match had a list of Players and Player had a reference to its match. We cannot trust players or matches enforcing the 1P-1M rule, do we?
I designed a solution which is a class called MatchManager who is responsible for registering and unregistering players into matches enforcing the 1P-1M rule. You can also ask it for a list of players for a given match and what match a given player is registered it.
The interesting part is that MatchManager is a singleton and both players and matches are injected the manager as a delegate to their methods.
That way every operation players or matches do are garanteed to be centralized ans synced.
Obviously if you want this solution to be thread safe you should use thread safe versions of the collection classes used.
Note: I didn't use interfaces to keep the answer shorter. If you want to comply with the DIP, write interfaces (or abstract classes) to keep dependencies at bay.
In the abstract, the constraint is on the player, so I would have the match hold a list of players, and make the players responsible for joining the match. The match simply needs to know the joined players.
If, at some point the, you can schedule future matches, this would allow the players to still control the one match at a time constraint, and the MatchPlay join logic wouldn't have to change.
Regarding having both match and the player have references, this may be the most useful, especially if there are hundreds or thousands of players in a match, and finding a specific player is a common need for match processing.
To expand a little further. I am not sure what, if anything it persisted. If there is persistence, then I'd keep a list of players for each match, the player (assuming it is durable object) would probably keep a list of MatchPlay objects. The MatchPlay would be a match reference with a results/status object (durable reference). Then you'd be able to display analytics about the player, track status, show upcoming and historical matches for the player.
Further, if joining a match had some MATCH based qualifications (min/max rating, paid token, invitation), then the join process initiated by the player would would be more a join REQUEST. The player's constraints may filter join-able matches, while the MATCH's constraint would affect the join request.
And if the concept of match result is baked in, leaving the reference to the match in the player shouldn't be a concern.
Of course, this may be over engineered for a two - four player non-networked coin-op arcade game, hah.
What you're describing is a bidirectional one to many relationship.
If you have a database you can sidestep this by simply modeling this in there and looking it up with a query. If, however, you want to maintain this with a data structure you're either going to be looping or maintaining a shadow data structure that can become inconsistent if not maintained.
I'm in favor of the Player keeping a reference to the Match simply because enforcing the "Player must be in exactly one Match" assertion becomes a simple test for null.
Rejecting looping could be a premature optimization. Test how many players and matches must be involved before you find the responsiveness intolerable.
If you decide to reject looping then we're stuck with Player keeping a reference and Match keeping a shadow list. Beware, this is a circular reference. Be careful how you traverse.
So long as Player keeps this.match from being null and nothing else messes with add/remove player this should keep things consistent. But some well placed assertions can help ensure this.
I am going to surmise that your true question is "how do I decide when to make a relationship between two objects bi-directional, and if I choose to make it one directional, how do I decide which way?"
The answer to this question lies in your clearly defined requirements. If your requirements are not clear, then you are wasting your time trying to compensate for both cases, go back to the model and make sure it is crystal clear.
In almost every case, you want relationships to be one directional since this is the easiest to code and comprehend. If the requirements really do demand a two way relationship, it may be best to abstract out the relationship itself as a third object and give each object a one way relationship to it.
In some cases, you find that you actually don't need a relationship modelled by objects at all. I think this might suit your case. What you are trying to allow for by giving matches and players a relationship is the query for information regarding how matches and players line up. If you abstract this out as a service which takes a player id or a match id and simply gives you the information you are requesting, why do players and matches ever need to know about each other?
Right, so you know how to program, and you know how to implement all possible scenarios, and you know there are a variety of answers to the questions posed, but your real question concerns how to make the decision in any given scenario. What is the best way given the project you are working on? The simple answer is you need to know your model and your requirements, and if you are stumped on an issue like this, it is because your model or your requirements are not as clear as they could be. Go back and work out the model.
In my opinion, the match should keep a list of players. That way, you can have history and statistics in terms of which player played which match.
Of course, you must have a validation in place to ensure that a player cannot play two matches simultaneously, but that kind of logic should be placed in some sort of arbitrator class that has information both on players and the matches (e.g. League).
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Q: Get only number and dot in a column with mac value Replace/SubStr - ORACLE if I have in the table_1, in column called mac value as [10.10.10.10] or [10.200.1]
how can I select just only the number: 10.10.10.10 or 10.200.1 ?
it's something with substr but I don't know how to use it :(
 select ???? from tabel_1...??

please help me

A: you can use REGEXP_REPLACE
remove '[' and ']' with all alphanum after:
select REGEXP_REPLACE('[10.100.1.1]ASDA1D', '(\[)|(\]([[:alnum:]]*))', '') from dual

A: you can use this if the [10.100.1.1] isn't necessarily at the start of the string:
select regexp_replace('foo [10.100.1.1]whatever', '^.*?\[([0-9.]+)\].*$', '\1') from dual;

if it is:
 select regexp_replace('[10.100.1.1] whatever', '^\[([0-9.]+)\].*$', '\1') from dual;

A: Consider using Oracle's regular expression functions for pattern matching.  This pattern will capture anything between [ and ] regardless of length.
select regexp_substr('[105.102.10.10]', '^\[(.*)\]$', 1, 1, null, 1) value
from dual;

If you don't care whether or not the pattern starts with [ and ends with ] then remove the ^ and $ characters.
select regexp_substr('[105.102.10.10]', '\[(.*)\]', 1, 1, null, 1) value
from dual;

A: If you do not want to go with regex you can also use instr() buildin function an substr() like this:
SELECT substr('[10.10.10.10] asdf', 2, instr('[10.10.10.10] asdf', ']') - 2)
FROM dual

Searches for the position of the closing ] and reduces this position by 2 for both [ and ]

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By the time another kangaroo trial is over, 15,000 pALS will be dead. Conditional approval of GM6, giving supervised access to thousands of pALS is the only way the FDA and Genervon will know if GM6 is effective.
People with ALS may not have voices but we deserve to be heard. In October 2014, biomedical firm Genervon announced results of their Phase 2 clinical trial of a novel drug code-named GM6 in people with ALS. In this trial, 92% of patients demonstrated either slowing or stopped disease progression and, as in another trial of GM6 in Parkinson's Disease, not one person had adverse effects.
Based on these facts Genervon will petition the FDA to grant conditional approval for GM6. Over 100,000 people have signed a Change.org petition supporting this request. Conditional approval is a defined program of the FDA that allows wide distribution of a new drug when the patient need is critical and there are no other reasonable treatment options. ALS fits this description perfectly as it is always fatal and riluzole, the only drug approved to treat the disease, lengthens survival by a scant 2-3 months. Genervon would be required to continue monitoring patients for safety and efficacy during this period.
By all accounts Genervon's petition is dead on arrival at the FDA. The reasons are all too familiar to pALS. The trial was small - 8 pALS received GM6 and 4 got a placebo. The trial was short, *12 weeks. Neither the trial size or length are unusual for Phase 2 trials in the ALS world. Clinic neurologists, researchers and Institutional Review Boards, the gatekeepers of approval for doctors to participate in new therapies and procedures, all want to see results from a larger, longer trial before considering the widespread use of GM6. Such a trial would likely involve around 100 patients and could easily take 3 years before the FDA gives a go/no go decision. Nonprofits like Les Turner Foundation and ALSA won't throw their weight behind Genervon's petition without approval from the above-mentioned medical professionals.
And so GM6 will likely undergo another trial, but here's the dirty secret the medical professionals and scientists don't talk about. Every trial in the history of ALS is mathematically invalid. ALS is not one disease, it is a category of diseases with many causes and many pathways of disease progression that happen to have similar symptoms. Worse, we don't know how many different diseases there are or how to tell most of them apart. Clinical trials depend on grouping like patients together to form a statistically significant sample group that will be a good indicator of success with the entire population. At present it is impossible to create such a group of patients. There is no way to know if a trial needs to include 100 people or 1000 to be scientifically valid. But we will have to endure the ruse.
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By the time another kangaroo trial is over, 15,000 pALS will be dead. Conditional approval of GM6, giving supervised access to thousands of pALS is the only way the FDA and Genervon will truly know if GM6 is effective. We pALS know there is a risk GM6 will not work and we know other promising drugs have accelerated disease progression in larger trials. But we also know our voices should be heard and we say conditional approval is the only way to do real science.
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Q: Solution of the integral equation $y(x)+\int_{0}^{x}(x-s)y(s)ds=x^3/6$ So the question is to solve the integral equation to find out $y(x)$.
$$y(x)+\int_{0}^{x}(x-s)y(s)ds=\dfrac{x^3}{6}$$
So I find out the Resolvent kernel for $(x-s)$ and got $\sin{(x-s)}$, so I conclude that the solution is $$y(x)=\dfrac{1}{6}\int_{0}^{x}s^3\sin{(x-s)}ds$$
But the answer says $$y(x)=\int_{0}^{x}s\sin{(x-s)}ds$$
What did I miss?

A: Let $Y(x)=\int_{0}^{x}y(s)\,ds$. By differentiating the original identity with respect to $x$ we get:
$$ y'(x) + Y(x) = \frac{x^2}{2} $$
hence $Y(x) = \frac{x^2-2}{2}+k_1 \cos(x) + k_2\sin(x) $ and:
$$ y(x) = x + k_2\cos(x) -k_1\sin(x).$$
By imposing that the original identity holds, we get $k_2=0$ and $k_1=1$, hence $\color{red}{y(x)=x-\sin(x)}.$

A: In the same idea as Jack D'Aurizio, consider $$A=\int_0^x (x-s) y(s) \, ds$$ from which (using the fundamental theorem of calculus) $$A'=\int_0^x y(s) \, ds$$ $$A''=y(x)$$ So, differentiating twice the original equation $$y''+y=x$$ from which $$y=x+c_1 \cos (x)+c_2 \sin (x)$$
I am sure that you can take from here.

A: Let
$$Y(p) = \int_0^{\infty} dx \, y(x) \, e^{-p x}$$
be the Laplace transform of $y(x)$.  By the convolution theorem, the integral equation is equivalent to
$$Y(p) + \frac1{p^2} Y(p) = \frac1{p^4} $$
Then
$$Y(p) = \frac1{p^2 (p^2+1)} $$
We may find $y(x)$ by finding the inverse LT by either using a table or the residue theorem.  Either way,
$$y(x) = x - \sin{x} $$


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Q: Defining a character array in header file in C++ I am working on a project where a question is displayed in a game window.
Since this question will need to change a lot, I figure it would be easier to have 5 defined lines of text (1 for question, 4 for MC answers) that are simply edited every time the question changes.
I have tried this in the header file:
struct tagQuestion{
    int x, y;
    const char* qLine[150];
    char ansA[150];
    char ansB[150];
    char ansC[150];
    char ansD[150];

}question[1];

then in my main.cpp
question.qLine[150] = "TEST PHRASE";

but it is returning the error "qLine" in "question", which is of non-class type "tagQuestion[1]"
I have tried both char and const char* to no success.
I am trying to follow an example in my textbook and I think I'm misunderstanding it.
Once I declare the character array in the header file, can't I edit its contents in the main file?

A: *

*That [1] after question doesn't seem to be making any sense. Remove it.

*Your answers are arrays of char, but your question is an array of char pointers. I am pretty sure you don't want your question to consist of 150 char pointers.

*If you want to change qLine, don't make it const.

*qLine[150] = ... This assigns a value to the 151st element of an array with 150 elements. Neither what you want, nor legal code. You probably want qLine =, but that doesn't work with an array, instead you need to use a function like strcpy that writes data into the array, but I highly advise against that. (see next point)

*Don't do C in C++. Use std::string, not arrays of char.

*If you have strings that regularly change, create a file where your strings are stored, load them into a map, and pull them from the map wherever and whenever you need them, instead of putting hardcoded strings in your code. That way you don't need to change any code, when you change text.
I suggest something like this:
struct Question {
    std::string text;
    std::vector<std::string> answers;
};

std::map<std::string, Question> questions;

And then something like this:
ifstream questionsFile("questions.txt");
if (questionsFile.is_open())
{
    std::string line;
    while (std::getline(questionsFile, line))
    {
        // Split line into some id, text and answers, how exactly depends on the format you chose
        std::string id = ...;
        Question question;
        question.text = ...;
        question.answers.push_back(...);
        questions[id] = question;
    }
    questionsFile.close();
}
else
{
    // Handle error
}

And wherever in your code:
// Print question with id "q1":
std::cout << questions["q1"].text << std::endl;

// Print answer #2 for question with id "q1":
std::cout << questions["q1"].answers[1] << std::endl;

Even better would be to make Question a class that hides its internals and has accessor methods and a constructor or static method to create new instances from valid lines with proper error handling.


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Just published, the articles in Yad Vashem Studies 41:1 address people's decisions and actions during the Shoah. Two authors published in this volume, Yuri Radchenko (Ukrainian auxiliary police in Kharkiv) and Stefan Klemp (German police in Northern Italy) found that mundane interests motivated most of the Nazi and collaborator policemen to willingly participate in genocide.
Radchenko was able to access previously untapped archival material in Kharkiv in order to present a profile and analysis of the Auxiliary Police in this region of Eastern Ukraine that was never attached to the Germans' Reichskommissariat Ukraine administrative region. Radchenko finds that the various Ukrainian and Russian nationalists who tried to infiltrate and influence these forces met with only limited success. Interestingly, the competing and sometimes battling factions of the Ukrainian nationalist OUN in Western Ukraine often worked together in Kharkiv, almost as though they were unaware of the rivalry and animosity between the two groups. As elsewhere, the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police in this region were deeply involved in the persecution, spoliation, and murder of the Jews, but unlike Western Ukraine, where Ukrainians were involved in murdering Jews from the first days of the German occupation, in the Kharkiv region their involvement began mainly in later 1942. The evidence indicates that these policemen participated in the murder of the Jews largely out of conformist rather than ideological motivations. A steady income was another significant motivating factor for many of these policemen.
Stefan Klemp demonstrates clearly that German policemen who served as guards on deportation trains from Italy to Auschwitz were witnesses to the murder of the Jews and were well aware of the fate of the people in the cattle cars whom they accompanied from northern Italy. Moreover, the deportation escort job was highly desirable among the policemen because it usually gave them a few days home leave in Germany after the deportation run was completed. In this regard, both Radchenko and Klemp engage in the discussion regarding the perpetrators' motivations, and their findings give us much food for thought. What emerges from their research is that a steady income or a few days of furlough were sufficient motivation to willingly play an active role in genocide.
The current volume also includes three additional articles which examine the local attitudes toward Jews: Joanna Tokarska-Bakir's anthropological analysis of the July 4, 1946 Kielce pogrom; Samuel Kassow's review of three books on rural Polish attitudes toward Jews; and Sanford Gutman's review of two books on daily life in Vichy. Randolph Braham (comparative analysis of German-allied countries), Laurent Joly (critical review of Alain Michel's book on Vichy), and Omer Bartov (analysis of Peter Longerich's biography of Heinrich Himmler) analyze the motivations of governments and decision-makers in their policies toward Jews. Lastly, Joel Zisenwine shows that the Allies' late, limited knowledge of the gas chambers derived from factors that contributed to limiting their responses to the murder of the Jews; and Gershon Greenberg (review article of Esther Farbstein's The Forgotten Memoirs) opens a window onto personal survivor accounts of ultra-Orthodox rabbis.
- From the introduction of Yad Vashem Studies 41:1 (2013) edited by Dr. David Silberklang
This issue is dedicated to the memory of the journal's past editor (1968-1983), Livia Rothkirchen, who passed away as this issue was completed and opens with Gila Fatran's article on her contribution to the field.
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Where can I locate my bluetooth pin?
Do I need to keep my Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on in my mobile device and the same for the Wi-Fi that the plug is connected on?
I forgot which email I used for Smart+Cool how do I recover my account?
How do I synchronize my air conditioner with the power status of my mobile app?
Could I pair multiple Smart+Cool plugs in to one account?
How do I reactivate my Smart+Cool Account?
Can I use the Smart+Cool with an appliance other than an air conditioner?
Can I use multpile mobile devices to control my Smart+Cool plug?
Upon having successfully paired your mobile device to the Smart+Cool plug you may turn your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi off and start using mobile data to control the Smart+Cool plug, but you also need to leave your Home Wi-Fi network "ON" to allow both the plug and the mobile device to transmit data.
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Once the Smart+Cool plug is connected to your air conditioner, manually turn on the air conditioner, then turn on the air conditioner from the app and you're done!
Once the Smart+Cool plug is connected to your air conditioner, use the mobile app and turn the air conditioner on from the dashboard, then use your air conditioner's remote control to manually turn the air conditioner on. Note that at this stage, you should now only control your air conditioner with your mobile device or iPad through the Smart+Cool app.
Yes it is possible to have multiple paired Smart+Cool plugs in one account. To do this just follow the same steps to pair each plug these will then all be displayed on your Dashboard.
Smart plugs could be managed as well in multiple locations set during the pairing of the plug.
As mentioned in deactivating your account and if you decide to "reactivate' , one must create a new profile since the previous account has already been deleted and cannot be retrieved any longer.
Your Smart+Cool is designed with a plug and receptacle specifically for air conditioners. While you could use adapters to plug in other appliances, we don't recommend this as the adapter may cause compatability issues with the Smart+Cool and cause damage to the unit.
Turn off and disconnect your air conditioner and remove the Smart+Cool plug from the power socket.
Important: Keep in mind that once plug has reset, you need to reconfigure any saved alerts and notifications since this will have been deleted due to restoration to factory settings.
What do I do if my plug's LEDs aren't flashing, and my air conditioner is not responding?
How do I find out if it is the air conditioner or the Smart+Cool plug that isn't working?
Once I turned on my air conditioner using my phone, my air conditioner suddenly turns off?
I cannot control my air conditioner (turned on or off) from outside the home?
Sometimes, due to internet connectivity issues, you may experience a "lock-up" of the Smart+Cool plug. While our software is designed to handle this, there may be times when it becomes necessary to restart the plug.
Your plug is now operational again, and can be controlled via the mobile app.
The scheduler feature is most likely ON, and the current time has been set for the air conditioner to be OFF.
If in case you previously turned OFF your scheduler then turned it back ON if the schedule is currently on a pre-set-time that the air conditioner is supposed to be off the air conditioner will automatically turn OFF, to prevent this you can turn the scheduler OFF to allow manual operation.
Note also that if this is the first time using your Smart+Cool plug, it may be updating its software, after which time the plug will reset, causing the air conditioner to turn off. Once the plug has completed the software update, indicated by normal LED operation, you can attempt to turn the air conditioner back on using the app.
Check your home internet is working properly.
Check that the green LED indicator on the Smart+Cool plug is either SOLID or FAST BLINKING, and not blinking at 1 second intervals.
If it is blinking at 1 second intervals, this means it has no Wi-Fi connection. Check that the Wi-Fi router is turned ON, and other devices can connect to it. If the Wi-Fi password has recently been changed, you may need to update the Wi-Fi password in the Smart+Cool plug by using the "Manage plug" option.
Make sure that the air conditioner itself is turned on. For manual units, the on/off knob should be turned to ON. For remote units, use the remote to turn the air conditioner on first to synchronize it with the status of the mobile app.
Password field is caps sensitive so make sure that you type your password in its exact format (upper and/or lowercase).
Make sure your WIFI router is operating at 2.4GHz. Some routers operate in "dual band" mode, and may need to be configured to offer 2.4GHz as a specific connection.
Check the manual for your Wi-Fi router, or contact your wi-fi provider for assistance.
How do I contact Smart+Cool support?
Fill out the form below for any inquiries.
Do you have any concerns? Feel free to contact our support team.


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New Lulu eBooks are Here!
NOTE: Originally published on 11/3/2009, this article has been updated (12/26/2018) to reflect modern EPUB requirements and standards.
Last summer, while sitting in a team meeting reviewing numbers (bear with me, it gets better), an intriguing stat caught my eye: 70% of our authors make their print books available as downloads, and those authors sell 30% more books than those who offer print editions only! Even without a "real" eBook publishing option, Lulu authors were flocking to make digital files available, and succeeding in increasing their sales. Since then, we've been on a mission to provide a better eBook option. Today, I'm pleased to announce, new Lulu eBooks have arrived!
Why publish an eBook? The simple answer is it makes sense for both authors (universal distribution, more sales, and higher royalties) and readers (cheaper than print, instant delivery, and mobile access).
To facilitate offering an eBook version of your latest novel, textbook, or whatever you're publishing, Lulu is happy to provide EPUB conversion for your DOCX files.
Beginning today, Lulu supports the popular EPUB format, which is quickly becoming the industry standard. EPUB formatted ebooks can be read on any device, with the only exception being Amazon's Kindle (which uses their own MOBI format). But even that is no real problem, since converting from EPUB to MOBI is incredibly simple.
You can create your eBook on Lulu in two different ways.
The EPUB format is what you'll end up with once your eBook is published. So of course you can upload your EPUB file directly to create an eBook. We strongly recommend Calibre as your EPUB creation tool. Free to use software, Calibre provides the tools to edit and design your EPUB with relative ease.
There's one very important thing to note if you opt to create your own EPUB: it's not easy.
In fact, creating an EPUB on your own requires a fair knowledge of coding and will likely demand a degree of trial and error. That doesn't mean it can't be done, but be prepared to work the file a fair amount.
The more common way to create an eBook will be to upload a DOCX (or RTF/ODT) file. These simple text files are the most commonly used to create text books on Lulu, which makes it even easier for you to take a completed Print file and make it into an eBook.
This guide has everything you need to format your DOCX file for quick and easy conversion to an EPUB.
All of us at Lulu are excited about our new eBooks, and welcome your feedback. Stay tuned–we're actively exploring many more features, including providing easy access to retail distribution channels with the goal of enabling Lulu authors to sell eBooks in every online marketplace.
Meanwhile, we encourage you to get started and publish an eBook today.
I'm delighted to see Lulu now supporting ePub ebooks. Obviously, this is the first day and there are teething troubles. I find it's impossible to upload a cover image – the web page insists that all images I upload are unsuitable, as they should be no more than 0x0 pixels big!
But thank you to Lulu for listening.
This is great news: clearly, Lulu is listening! … Not only listening to its authors, but following the latest publishing trends.
I might have some very unhappy buyers, if their ebook stopped working suddenly, after just a few readings. Some of my books are non-fiction, meant to be referred to again and again and again.
Can you, or someone, explain what actually happens with a DRM-added ebook from Lulu ? What the publisher's options ? and What the ebook-using experience from the customer's point of view ?
This is excellent. Could you please publish in the FAQs how a Lulu author can publish an existing book as an eBook? Many thanks!
1) eBooks published by Lulu authors can be downloaded by the buyer an unlimited number of times, but only to his/her registered Adobe Digital Editions machines (see below). The license for the eBook is irrevocably tied to the buyer's ADE account and machine(s). This means that if a buyer downloads your eBook and emails it to friends, the book will not open on their machines. The eBooks we're now listing from other authors & publishers have a limit of 4 successful downloads per purchase.
2) All eBooks with DRM protection sold on Lulu can be read in Adobe Digital Editions. There's a link to install ADE on every DRM-protected book's product page, as well as in the My Lulu > My Downloads area. FYI, unprotected PDFs and EPUBs can be read in Adobe Digital Editions as well.
3) Once you install Adobe Digital Editions, you create an account under which you can initially authorize 6 machines and 6 mobile/tethered devices to which DRM-protected eBooks can be transferred. You can then authorize one additional machine and one additional mobile device every 12 months.
4) Once any eBook with DRM is purchased and downloaded, you can TRANSFER it back and forth on any of your authorized machines/devices an unlimited number of times.
5) Buyers can READ DRM-protected eBooks they've purchased on Lulu forever–they never expire, once downloaded successfully. The only limitation is they must be read on authorized machines/devices.
6) Publishers can specify whether you can copy or print DRM-protected eBooks. We've currently set these options to "no" for all DRM-protected eBooks published on Lulu. Other publishers listing eBooks on Lulu may or may not allow a set number of pages to be printed/copied, this is up to the individual publisher.
I hope this helps, and I'll make sure we update our online help to be a bit more explicit!
I'd love to hear more about how we can continue to build a more compelling and useful set of eBook publishing and distribution tools. Keep the feedback and questions coming!
I have an idea for a book, but what if I wanted to publish an only e-book with online multimedia/social media extras. Or publish the book in the midst of a journey, so social media could really be involved… what do I use, who do I go to with a pitch?
This is not good news. DRM is harmful to the free exchange, reposting and use of eBooks. The power of DRM-free ebooks is that the writer's fans can spread their enthusiasm for his work without restriction. This power is completely destroyed by any form of DRM. And if Lulu goes out of business or even if their server goes down, all those eBooks with DRM are useless. Is Lulu planning to sue or prosecute readers who break the DRM on its books? Look what DRM and its attempted enforcement did to the music business. Why not skip the drama and just declare Chapter 11 now?
How does this announcement affect Lulu's commitment to offering Creative Commons licensing? We issue all our books under Creative Commons license anyway; our aim is to get people to use our ideas, not lock them up in some arcane copy-prevention scheme. DRM harms the commons and reduces the ability of fans to express their passion. If this is the beginning of a move to drop Creative Commons support, we will be looking for a new on-demand publisher.
I am a FreeBSD user, and Adobe has not released Flash player or provided any other means to access ADE for FreeBSD. How can I access these DRM restricted eBooks?
I have been promoting Lulu since its inception because it was founded by Bob Young who I felt understood issues such as the harm (to authors and their audiences) of DRM. Given this backward motion from Lulu I am now revoking any support, and will be recommending whenever asked that people should bypass Lulu and keep looking elsewhere for a modern publisher.
I believe that authors imposing technology brands on audiences (DRM on content) is even less legitimate/moral than audiences imposing prices on authors (IE: copyright infringement). I don't condone either, but consider DRM to be worse. I consider the activity of locking technology such that the owner does not have the key (DRM on hardware/software) to be a direct attack on property rights (IE: a form of "theft", that should be made clearly illegal — not legalised or legally protected).
Stamping each PDF page with the purchaser information (name/email) generally creates more value for publishers than does Lulu's current approach.
Such a scheme is a strong incentive to not share content widely, as marking done properly is non-trivial to remove from a PDF. At the same time, it doesn't reduce sales the way direct and indirect ways that "encrypted content" viewers do.
May I add my voice to the applause for support for ePub? It took me some time to work out how to make it work properly from InDesign, and there are still a few rough edges to my implementation, but I can now distribute my work on iPhone, etc. If anyone needs technical assistance with ePub, I may have time to help.
Giving us the choice to DRM or not is great – I chose not to, but it's good that there is the choice. Thank you, Lulu.
Yay for more formats but, DRM, really? From advocates of the CC license to friends of the digital lock?
I must admit, I'm not really enthusiastic of having to pay a higher (very high!) base fee for downloads so you can support a "feature" that goes against pretty much everything I believe to be honest and right in the world.
Here's a suggestion for Lulu: Work with Lexcycle (Stanza developers) to get Lulu into the Online Catalog list of suppliers for the iPhone app. BooksOnBoard, Fictionwise, O'Reilly, etc. are there and there are payment mechanisms in place for those retailers that you can adopt, adapt, improve in order to facilitate payment (PayPal would be most acceptable to me, personally, but YMMV).
This would be a great way to get Lulu content into the iPhone etc. market.
A question – how compatible will Lulu ePubs be with the B&N nook? Can/will Lulu-sourced eBooks be distributed through B&N?
Bring back the 99 cent non DRM PDF option!!! I have some older stuff I don't feel is worth $1.49, as well as some really short stuff.
Make Paypal an option if you're worried about credit card fees!!
I have a question about the ebooks – if we have, say 10 ebooks available for purchase with Lulu is there a way for us to also offer a free one to our customers through Lulu?
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As a passenger on an airplane, it's not easy to shoot footage from your plane's tiny window. But when you're the pilot, with a large window to watch the night sky, you it's possible to capture some amazing aerial footage of the Milky Way.
This timelapse footage provides an incredible view of the Milky Way, visible overhead while the Earth races past beneath. It was captured by pilot Sales Wick during a longhaul flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Sao Paulo, Brazil. From his vantage point above the clouds and the worst light pollution of large cities, Wick captured clear, long-exposure images of the star-filled sky.


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Pensacola City Council no confidence vote against former administrator Eric Olson fails
Jim Little
Despite resigning a week ago, former Pensacola City Administrator Eric Olson faced a no confidence vote from the Pensacola City Council on Thursday night over how the city administration handled Pensacola's recycling program.
The no confidence vote failed 5-2, with council members Sherri Myers and Brian Spencer voting to declare no confidence in Olson.
Olson resigned from the city Aug. 3 in a "long planned" decision, according to city officials. The exact reason for Olson leaving the city with a little more than three months left in Mayor Ashton Hayward's administration wasn't provided.
More:Eric Olson resigns as Pensacola city administrator
Olson was not at the meeting Thursday night.
Myers, who sponsored the no confidence vote, said the measure was about transparency and accountability.
"Ultimately, I think the mayor is probably responsible," Myers said. "Looks like he's going out the door soon, too. I think that basically (what this) will do is send a message that we as the City Council have a fiduciary duty to the public to make sure that the public knows the truth about how their government is operated."
In May, it became public that the city of Pensacola had been taking residents' curb-side recycling to a landfill, rather than a recycling facility for almost nine months.
More:Pensacola paid more than double ECUA rate for recycling, dumped materials in landfill
At the time, Olson said the public was not told because there was concern residents would get out of the habit of sorting recycling, causing the program to be too contaminated once it resumed.
The city resumed taking recycling to a recycling facility in July after negotiating a contract with the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority.
Before adopting the agenda Thursday, Councilman Larry B. Johnson asked Myers to remove the item since Olson was no longer a city employee.
"I think you've made your point," Johnson said. "There's an old saying, don't beat a dead horse, and I would hope that you would respect that it's going to be a very long meeting tonight (and) that you would pull this."
Myers refused to pull the item, and Johnson said hopefully it would fail to get a second from another council member so it could not be discussed.
But when it came up later in the meeting, it did get a second from Spencer, who is running for mayor.
"It was a difficult decision to second this knowing that Mr. Olson is gone," Spencer said. "... But I do know as a member of council, when this occurred, I believe none of us on council were aware of it. I have had to answer to many constituents that have asked how did we let this happen?"
Spencer said the city had to rebuild the trust of the citizens.
Councilwoman Jewel Cannada-Wynn said she understood citizens were upset, but the no confidence vote was purely "ceremonial."
"This does nothing to correct an issue," Cannada-Wynn said. "That issue (is) that the City Council does not confirm the appointment of the city administrator by charter."
Cannada-Wynn said the proper thing for the council to do was use its investigative power under the City Charter to get to the bottom of what happened.
The City Council has never invoked its investigative power since the adoption of the City Charter in 2010.
Myers said an investigation seemed unlikely to pass and so she sponsored the no confidence vote.
Councilman P.C. Wu said he agreed with Cannada-Wynn.
"To me, it's like shooting a dead person," Wu said.
Jim Little can be reached at jwlittle@pnj.com or 850-208-9827.