Completely rewritten and powered by the latest Symfony framework, Drupal 8 hit the scene late last fall. Since then, companies have turned to TA Digital for advice and guidance on how to best use the sporty new platform and its 200+ newly upgraded features. We have to admit, we've been impressed with the new release. So much so, that we want to provide you with this quick overview of Drupal's top five improvements, along with some expert tips on streamlining the move to version 8.
In the past, it took first-time Drupal 6 and 7 users nearly a month to learn the back-end interface, which many considered one of its biggest drawbacks, and more complex than either WordPress or Joomla. The much-sleeker Drupal 8 corrects these issues through better usability and friendlier back-end functionality. These enhancements make version 8 particularly appealing to website builders who have minimal coding experience.
Drupal's Views Module is one of its most popular and indispensable features, used today on nearly 900,000 sites. In Drupal 8, the Views Module is now part of the core. Most Drupal admin screens use the Views Module, which helps save time when customizing screens.
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Drupal 7 required users to install several modules to give a site multi-lingual capabilities. By comparison, Drupal 8's core is multi-lingual ready. A translation option built into the admin interface lets users start translating website content almost immediately.
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Q: get_fieldValuesAsText usage example I need to get items using JSOM and show them on a page in a display form. So currency field will be shown like $ 123,456.78 the date will be formatted accordingly to settings and Yes\No value will be displayed correctly.
I gues, get_fieldValuesAsText is what can help me best, but I can't understand how to use it and can't find any example.

A: Here is an example:
var clientContext = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var list = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle("Title");
var item = list.getItemById(id);
var fieldValuesAsText = item.get_fieldValuesAsText();

clientContext.load(fieldValuesAsText);
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(function (sender, args) {
    var fieldValues = fieldValuesAsText.get_fieldValues(); // Text values of all fields
    var fieldValue = fieldValuesAsText.get_item('Title'); // Text value of one field
}, function (sender, args) {
    alert(args.get_message());
});

Update, get field values as text of all items in one executeQueryAsync call:
var clientContext = SP.ClientContext.get_current();
var list = clientContext.get_web().get_lists().getByTitle("Title");
var items = list.getItems(new SP.CamlQuery());

clientContext.load(items, 'Include(FieldValuesAsText)');
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(function (sender, args) {
    var enumerator = items.getEnumerator();

    while (enumerator.moveNext()) {
        var item = enumerator.get_current();
        var fieldValuesAsText = item.get_fieldValuesAsText();
        var fieldValues = fieldValuesAsText.get_fieldValues();
        console.log(fieldValues);
    }
}, function (sender, args) {
    alert(args.get_message());
});

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154: "Animal Farm" by George Orwell is published
Cover of the first edition of George Orwell's "Animal Farm," published in Great Britain on Aug. 17, 1945. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)
On this date in 1945, George Orwell's novella "Animal Farm" was published in Great Britain.
Here are some things you may not have known about Orwell and "Animal Farm."
Orwell wrote Animal Farm as a response to the British public's admiration for Joseph Stalin as an ally during World War II. Orwell used the character of Napoleon, a Berkshire Boar, to represent Stalin. Napoleon establishes himself as leader of Animal Farm by dispatching his enemies and twisting the original aims of the Animalism movement.
The book was chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels in 2005. It was also a selection in the Great Books of the Western World.
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, who was born in British-controlled India in 1903. Orwell was a Democratic Socialist, who believed that Stalinism was giving socialism a bad name. "Animal Farm" made him a bestselling author. Four years after the publication of "Animal Farm," his masterpiece "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was published.
Orwell died of tuberculosis six months after the publication of "Nineteen Eighty-Four." He was 46 years old.
Today is also: Independence day in Indonesia and Gabon. It's Flag day in Bolivia and San Martin Day in Argentina. In the United States it is unofficially National Thrift Shop Day. It's also the birthday of American frontiersman Davy Crockett, former president of China Jiang Zemin and Amercian actor Robert De Niro.

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Q: Render the square wave form graph using PHP I would like to render the square wave form of graph using the only values of zero and one on certain time intervals.
I used fusion chart line graph to render the chart but when the values changes from zero to one the line goes very slanting but i would like to show it straight.
For example check out the attached image it shows the square wave form. Suggest me which open source script used to generate these kind of chart( may be using GD with PHP).
Anyother better idea ?
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Square Wave Form image
Thanks in advance.

A: I suggest using JpGraph to generate these kind of charts.

A: PowerCharts, a sister product of FusionCharts now provides Step-line chart which can render line like this.
Check: http://www.fusioncharts.com/powercharts/charts/step-line/
Sample: http://www.fusioncharts.com/powercharts/gallery/StepLine1.html


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Keith Urban announces title of eight studio album, Ripcord
By Shannon
Keith Urban in red – photo via Instagram
I don't know about you, but when I hear the word ripcord I think of two things: A parachute and the character from the 2009 G.I. Joe movie. When my husband hears ripcord, he says he thinks of Ripcord, "the #1 fall-away arrow rest" (he's a bowhunter).
Will the real ripcord please stand up
Now we'll have one more thing to think of when we hear the word ripcord … Keith Urban's new album.
The singer revealed on Tuesday that 'Ripcord' is the official title of his eighth studio album. From Keith's website:
Keith Urban announced today that his eighth studio album will be called Ripcord.
Speculation surrounding the details of the release began back in June when Urban put out "John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16," billed as the first song from the forthcoming album – which became his 19th No. 1. It not only set an historic country radio mark for the highest one-week spin count and point total on Country Aircheck/Mediabase, it extended Urban's lead as the artist with the most consecutive top 10 songs on Billboard's Country Airplay Chart, a streak that started in August of 2000.
Just this past week Urban released the melodic, mid-tempo ballad "Break On Me," the second single from Ripcord. The song debuted as the #1 most added single at country radio.
Stay tuned as more details are released!
There's no info yet on tracklisting, release date, etc. but I'm sure we'll get all that info soon enough.
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Your Right to Refuse a Breath Test or Blood Test Has Changed!
It is fairly common knowledge that Tennessee citizens have long had the statutory right to refuse an officer's request to submit to a chemical test of the officer's choice if the officer had "reasonable grounds" (probable cause) to believe the driver had committed the offense of Driving Under the Influence (DUI or DWI) in most DUI cases. As of July 1, 2009, however, this law has changed. Tennessee Public Chapter 324 has amended Tennessee Code Annotated Section 55-10-406 to eliminate the right of the driver to refuse a breath test, blood test, or urine test if the law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that the driver has committed the crime of DUI, vehicular assault or vehicular homicide and was involved in an accident resulting in the injury or death of another.
If the officer has probable cause to believe the driver has committed one of aforementioned violations AND an accident with injury or death occurs, the officer is required to test the driver to determine the alcohol or drug content in the driver's blood. The driver does not have the right to refuse the requested test.
Does a "designated driver" owe a legal duty to aid or protect intoxicated passengers?
This question came before the Tennessee Supreme Court in 2008. In this case, Downs ex rel. Downs v. Bush, 263 S.W.3d 812 (Tenn. 2008), the mother of a Ryan Downs, a passenger in the bed of his friend's pick up truck, filed a wrongful death complaint against several of her son's friends when Ryan, after becoming intoxicated, exited the bed of the truck, ran onto the highway, and was struck by two vehicles, causing Ryan's death.
The Tennessee Supreme Court considered whether Mr. Downs' friends had a special duty to aid or protect Mr. Downs because of their close relationship as best friends and roommates. The Court held that the law did not impose any special relationship upon the friends of the deceased by virtue of this relationship.
Furthermore, the Court ruled, in the first case of this kind to be brought before the Court, that the "designated driver" did not owe Mr. Downs any special legal duty more than the customary duty to exercise reasonable care when driving the vehicle. The Court ruled against Mrs. Downs' argument that a designated driver was required to take affirmative action to keep intoxicated passengers inside the passenger compartment of the vehicle and to ensure that the intoxicated passenger is not abandoned in a position of peril along the journey. Instead, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that the public was better served by encouraging individuals to serve as designated drivers rather than adopting a policy that could potentially discourage the practice.
To rule otherwise, the Tennessee Supreme Court would have impliedly discouraged designated drivers and left persons who were intoxicated or otherwise under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol to drive under the influence, thus committing the criminal offense of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) in violation Of Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-401. While the facts of this case cause one to be very sympathetic toward the family of the deceased, it is Mr. Oberman's opinion that the Tennessee Supreme Court made the correct decision.


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By David Salt, Editor (ANU) Apr 23, 2018
CEED alumni make their mark
One of CEED's greatest legacies will be its people. CEED commenced in 2011 and has now generated a well-connected alumni network that spans the globe. These incredibly capable researchers are receiving national and international recognition for their achievements. They are securing coveted positions in the academy, and also taking up leadership roles in in governmental and non-governmental organisations. We are profiling a selection of this community in this and coming issues of Decision Point. And, if you have any alumini tales to share, please let us know.
Carly Cook
CEED allowed me to meet and collaborate with world-leaders in decision science.
I joined CEED in 2011 after completing my PhD at Queensland Uni. CEED provided an outstanding intellectual environment for me to develop as an independent researcher. Richard Fuller and Hugh Possingham were fantastic mentors for me, contributing to the science I was conducting and in providing invaluable advice about how to develop my career in conservation science.
One of the many ways in which CEED benefited me, was through an early-career-researcher travel grant. The award allowed me to travel to the UK to meet with leaders in the field of evidence-based conservation: Bill Sutherland from Cambridge Uni and Andrew Pullin at Bangor Uni. This experience had a lasting impact on my career. It enabled me to form collaborations with both research groups, and encouraged me to become one of the founding members of the Australian arm of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence: the Centre for Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice.
I am now a lecturer at Monash Uni where I have also started my own research group. Our focus is on integrating evidence into conservation decisions and developing decision support tools.
More info: https://carlycookresearch.wordpress.com/
Note: You can read about some of Carly's recent research on decision triggers in management in this issue.
Strategies to bridge the divide
Back in 2013, Carly wrote about mechanisms that help scientists and decision makers work together. In Decision Point #73 she wrote: "We perceive at least three key challenges for those hoping to achieve boundary-spanning conservation science. First, scientific and management audiences can have contrasting perceptions about the salience of research. Second, the pursuit of scientific credibility can come at the cost of salience and the legitimacy of science in the eyes of decision makers, and third, different actors can have conflicting views about what constitutes legitimate information. The key to overcoming all three challenges is through meaningful collaboration between scientists and decision makers." And she then outlines four strategies as a good place to start.
Ed Hammill
Aim high young man! Ed Hammill in full flight at the 2013 Biennial CEED Conference Great Debate in which the contested proposition was that hunting, logging and grazing should be allowed in national parks. Ed led the opposition which, for the record, won the debate. Seated behind Ed in lumber-jack costume and beard is Sarah Bekessey.
When I joined CEED in 2013 I had no formal experience in spatial analysis but I did have a strong desire to work in decision science for conservation. While with CEED, I learned how to implement the spatial planning software Marxan, and developed a new method to analyse the consequences of not accounting for risk in landscape decisions. I've continued to use both these techniques in the majority of the projects I have taken on (which have expanded to include rivers and streams).
My experiences at CEED provided me with the skills to produce high-impact publications, including one in Nature Communications (which then became the subject of a TED talk). And due to the highly collaborative nature of CEED, my time there also allowed me to substantially expand my research network. The CEED conferences were not only useful to meet researchers from other universities, but provided a great sense of being part of a large group focused on the same mission.
Following my time at CEED, I have taken up a faculty position at Utah State Uni, where I lead the Spatial Community Ecology lab. The techniques I learned during my time at CEED were crucial in obtaining this position and my subsequent success. Recently, I began working with state agencies and The Nature Conservancy to address how the threat of climate change should be incorporated into management activities in the western US. This year, I will start working with the Department of Defence to investigate how best to conserve endangered aquatic species on military lands in California.
I will also be continuing the work I began during my time at CEED, investigating how the risk of armed conflict should be incorporated into conservation decisions. None of these projects would have been possible without the collaborations and skills I developed while working at CEED.
Melinda Moir
Melinda is pictured vacuuming insects from threatened plant species using a petrol-powered weed blower. Her field site in the SW corner of WA. (Photo by Kec Brennan)
CEED not only opened doors to people who I thought were out of reach (or I was not even aware of) but it also generated a supportive atmosphere. The support that I received was substantial and came in many forms: moral, financial and professional (including mentorship and meeting world-renowned scientists). I have attempted to replicate this environment of support for the people who work for me at the WA Department of Primary Industries and Resource Development, which I joined in 2015 after finishing at CEED's UWA Node. I lead a team working on the biosecurity of Barrow Island, an A-class Nature Reserve off Western Australia's north-west coast (associated with Chevron-related mining activities on the island).
My CEED journey began in 2010 at the Melbourne Uni node, with Peter Vesk and Mick McCarthy. I have many fond memories, but one of the best was attending the ESA conference in Canberra in 2010. Not only was it an opportunity to meet all the great people associated with CEED, but it gave me the feeling that I was a part of something that was really going to make a difference to the conservation of Australia's biota in the long-term.
Threatened plants & their dependent insects
Way back in Decision Point #53, pages 6-7 Melinda wrote about co-extinction and how to stop it. As she explained: "When we move a threatened plant species to a new site to improve its chances of survival, should we be putting in a similar effort into moving the insects that live on that plant? If those insects only live on the threatened plant species then clearly we should. Unfortunately, not much work has been done on this aspect of translocation."
Joe Bull
Jo Bull
To this day, I still collaborate and publish with CEED, so I am not sure I truly ever left! However, since finishing my PhD, and official association with CEED, I have gone on to pursue a career in applied biodiversity conservation research through postdocs and other institutional positions. This has included winning funding for projects, including a 'no-net-loss' project in Uganda and a 'business-and-biodiversity' project with the University of Oxford. I have also set up a biodiversity consultancy called Wild Business that puts our research into practice. We have worked on numerous conservation projects throughout the world, from Canada to Kazakhstan.
I first became part of CEED in 2011 as an associate while undertaking a PhD at Imperial College London. In my first year I organised a biodiversity offsetting workshop with Sarah Bekessy's group at RMIT which kicked off a number of collaborations that have proven incredibly productive (both during my studies and beyond). Through exposure to leading thinkers in decisions science and working with such applied conservationists, I greatly benefited from my time with CEED. In fact, my best publications have all involved CEED collaborators.
CEED also strongly influenced the way I approach science, encouraging me to think more creatively and practically about my research and its outcomes. Without this influence, I might have gone back to industry instead of continuing along this path. It's fair to say, CEED has also been a key motivator in deciding to remain primarily in academia.
Comparing offset methodologies
In 2015 Joe analysed how different offset schemes worked around the world. In Decision Point #85 he told us that: "Since the basic goal of all of these methodologies is the same – that is, no net loss – one might hope that they would give similar answers if they were applied to a common case study. We tested this approach and it turns out they don't. This highlights how different the philosophy behind biodiversity offsetting in different countries can be."
Environmental context is critical for fire management
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#104 April 2018
CEEDlings to the world
Celebrating our Alumni
Of CEED, CEEDlings & impact
Now in a 'larger-than-life' gatefold!
Triggers: linking monitoring to decision making
Improving integration
Taking spatial conservation to the next dimension
Adventures in 3D
Making big predictions using small data
Managing threats
Bigger is not necessarily better?
Focusing on spatial size
Navigating the field of decision analysis
Helping decision makers
Improving guidelines
Sending a message against ivory
The Singapore connection
CEED collaboration


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A young male , age 16 years presents to the emergency with the complain of the sudden onset of pain in one testicle, followed by swelling of the affected testicle, reddening of the overlying scrotal skin, lower abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting.
An examination reveals a swollen, tender, retracted testicle that often lies in the horizontal plane (bell-clapper deformity).
A diagnosis of Testicular torsion was made and the patient was prepared for immediate surgery.
Testicular torsion is one of the urologic emergencies and is very painful on presentation.
Testicular torsion is most common between ages 12 and 16, but it can occur at any age, even before birth.
Etiology: The most common underlying cause is a congenital malformation known as a "bell-clapper deformity" wherein the testis is inadequately affixed to the scrotum allowing it to move freely on its axis and susceptible to induced twisting of the cord and its vessels.
The spermatic cord is frequently swollen on the affected side. In delayed presentations, the entire hemiscrotum may be swollen, tender, and firm.
Diagnosis: The diagnosis should usually be made on the presenting signs and symptoms and an urgent ultrasound should only be done when the diagnosis is unclear.
The urine is usually clear with a normal urinalysis. In one-third of cases, there is a peripheral leukocytosis.
Irreversible ischemia begins around six hours after onset and emergency diagnosis and treatment is required within this time to minimize the risk of testicle loss.
Treatment: With prompt diagnosis and treatment the testicle can often be saved. Typically, when a torsion takes place, the surface of the testicle has rotated towards the midline of the body.
Non-surgical correction can sometimes be accomplished by manually rotating the testicle in the opposite direction (i.e., outward, towards the thigh); if this is initially unsuccessful, a forced manual rotation in the other direction may correct the problem. The success rate of manual detorsion is not known with confidence.
Testicular torsion is a surgical emergency that requires immediate intervention to restore the flow of blood. If treated either manually or surgically within six hours, there is a high chance (approx. 90%) of saving the testicle.
Common treatment for children is surgically sewing the testicle to the scrotum to prevent future recurrence (orchiopexy).


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Q: How can i let users to write to each other in messenger from my website? Im working in Django and i have a form in user profile for facebook account.
I want to integrate this to do something like down below but user to user not user to website.
sth like this

A: If you want user to user chat then you can implement a chat server with django-channels


High frequency trading ("HFT"), also known as algorithmic trading, is a term that describes the practice of using powerful computers to execute large numbers of trades extremely quickly - thousands or even millions of trades per second. HFT is utilized for transactions in financial instruments that can be traded electronically, e.g., equities, ETFs, futures, options, and currencies.HFT systems have developed over the past decade or longer, but it is only during the past five years or so that they have come to truly dominate trading in the markets. HFT has become extremely prolific with respect to volume - many sources attribute 70% or more of trades by volume to HFT.
They utilize computerized algorithms to analyze market data, and the resulting quantitative analysis uses highly sophisticated computers to implement the trading strategies.
They aim to capture and exploit just a fraction of a penny per share or unit on each trade, thus traders using HFT move in and out of short-term positions many times in a given day.
Investment positions are held for very short periods -- there is usually no net investment position held at the end of a trading day.
Proprietary trading firms and proprietary trading desks in large diversified firms are very active users of HFT.
HFTs often provide liquidity and price discovery to the markets through market-making and arbitrage trading; however, HFTs also take liquidity from the markets to manage risk or lock in profits.
HFTs are not used with fundamental analysis or "investing" - just trading. The very small profits for each trade – fractions of a penny - can accumulate fast to produce significant positive results at the end of the trading day.
Many orders are submitted, but a large portion of them are canceled very shortly thereafter.
HFT firms typically do not employ significant leverage, do not accumulate positions, and generally liquidate their entire portfolios by the end of each trading day.
HFT has many potential advantages, yet it also brings many risks and challenges to the markets and to firms that utilize it.HFT firms should be very aware of these risks and challenges, as well as the resulting scrutiny from regulators and changes in regulation that likely lie ahead.
HFT strategies frequently post two-way, continuous quotes and enter into a large number of trades. By contributing to a high percentage of order flow in the markets, HFTs can increase the level of liquidity.However, it is also theorized that HFTs merely increase volume without increasing liquidity because the limited depth and millisecond duration of the quotes do not allow other investors the ability to actually transact.
Securities prices are being updated with greater frequency and increased accuracy as the use of algorithms and computers in trading has become more prevalent.A NYSE Euronext study shows that quoted spreads from 2007-2009, during which time HFT became more widely employed, were lower than those from 2002-2006 – this suggests that traders are providing more competitive bid-ask prices with HFT and that spreads are narrowing accordingly.
Through increased liquidity and lower spreads, HFTs can lower transaction costs.HFT firms that participate in market making can smooth the pricing unevenness that can result from order imbalances. These cost reductions can benefit all market participants, from small retail investors to large institutional players.
When prices more quickly reflect market transactional information, the market itself should be more efficient. The very short time intervals involved in HFT enable more frequent, faster updating of price data and thus greater market efficiency.
Some institutional investors contend that certain HFT strategies look for repetitive trading patterns and "technologically front-run" the institution. The HFT system would detect an incoming order flow and buy the same security, then quickly turn around and sell it to the institution at a slightly higher price. These HFT strategies may adversely impact such institutional investors.
HFT firms utilize special services such as co-location facilities and raw data feeds, which are typically not accessible by smaller firms and retail investors due to the large expenses required to obtain such services.This disadvantages these smaller firms and investors as they are unable to obtain the same level of information, or to act upon it, as the HFT firms.
On August 1, 2012, approximately 150 stocks experienced an abrupt surge in market volume during morning trading. The surge was attributed to Knight Capital Group, a market-maker and broker, who blamed it on flaws in the algorithms in its HFT platform.That same afternoon, officials decided to cancel all trades that were executed 30% above or below that day's opening price 30% above or below that day's opening price.Knight lost over $400 million almost instantly and had to seek a bailout to remain in business.
The hugely anticipated IPO of Facebook shares took place on the Nasdaq on May 18, 2012.
The initial trades of Facebook shares were delayed for about a half hour, however, because of a technological glitch.For the first two and a half hours of trading, virtually no traders were able to verify their Facebook trades.
On May 6, 2010, several computerized trading systems halted executions due to market volatility that resulted from nervousness over European debt matters. The halted executions caused computers at other exchanges to interpret the freeze in trading as rapid bidding down of stocks. The Dow crashed, losing just shy of 1000 points and erasing close to $900 billion of market value.Then, just a few minutes later, the Dow regained nearly 600 points. The CFTC blamed trades of E-mini futures by Waddell & Reed Financial, the mutual-fund company, for triggering the chain of events.Although regulators have said the algorithms running HFTs were a factor, they have not blamed HFTs for actually causing the crash.
The SEC and the CFTC are actively working to develop regulations to reduce the risks posed by, and to reign in, HFT.European and Canadian regulators also are actively assessing how to regulate and monitor the strategies.
The SEC has proposed a "consolidated audit trail" requiring exchanges to report every trade to a central repository, where they could later be analyzed. According to the SEC, it is a high priority project, but the agency does not know when the rules for it will be completed.
Circuit breakers were implemented after the Flash Crash, and additional methods are being pursued to slow trading speed and volume if unusual trading patterns are identified.
Firms utilizing HFTs must be extremely thorough with respect to designing and testing their algorithms over a very broad spectrum of conceivable market variables before putting the algorithms to work. In addition, firms should also shock their HFT systems for unusual and out-of-the-ordinary risks to build a system that is as robust as possible.
As competition continues to increase, technology is likely to move quickly. Frequent assessment of service providers' offerings as well as the firm's own infrastructure and its ability to utilize the best systems should be undertaken.
Develop robust and adaptable risk and compliance monitoring processes carefully tailored to HFTs to handle the increasing regulatory and operational demands that lie ahead.
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Driving People To Your Site: How Site Architecture And Search Strategy Can Be In Sync?
Most of the time we see that organic search optimization is a layer that is after the site structure is discovered. After the brand team, product owner, tech team decided on what site structure would be then organic search engine optimization is identified.
Now what if we tell you that keeping search drive as primary drive in site architecture can help you score 200+ performance gain for your organic channel.
Here we list top 5 benefit of architecture driven by organic searches indicated by professional New York SEO experts.
It should match google relevance signal and audience segmentation and users demand.
A logical user experience that google and audience both can understand.
When the site architecture is typically aligned with the site architecture, one can get important relevance signal that google can understand for your website. The site structure helps in positioning the website to acquire volume and market share that can otherwise be lost. In addition to these benefits, you will get the organic site link within Google and also get featured in answer box and local map pack acquisition.
If you want your Google to understand what your website is about and how it is put together, then make sure to communicate it properly which stands to be the first proper step for site architecture.
This above example shows, the relevancy of the above two category level i.e business plan template and how to write a business plan. Both of these have relevance that rolls up to the term of business plans.
Through proper keyword targeting and research you would locate the primary keyword drive that matches with the page intent and high volume for the URL naming conversion. This give understanding to google what the page is all about and match customers demand from a search perspective.
How user experience can play a role in architecture?
Ux typically wants minimalistic content, limited navigation option and controlled user experience. Experts in SEO services in orlando suggest that website owners should always keep in mind that ux journey is always considered from one point,typically from home page. When search is done properly, every page becomes point for entry.
The best thing is pure architecture and URL naming scheme is different from UX. UX typically limits the choice and have control over the journey. This means that navigation is reduced and not every architectural level are available and visible.
A rule of thumb that experts from the site structure domain emphasize is to make sure that every page should stand by its own. A user should never go back in order to move forward. Thus always make navigation and categorial page are available for every page. This is especially needed for organic searches, a users will enter the site and the journey at each level.


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Off-Road Tires Made in the U.S.A.
Bridgestone Opens First U.S. Mining Tire Manufacturing Facility.
Extending its leadership in the heavy-duty, earthmoving tire segment, Bridgestone Americas opened its first giant off-road radial tire plant during November. Based in Aiken County, S.C., the 1.5 million-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility produces various off-road radial tires for mining equipment, including ultra-class haul trucks. The new plant strengthens Bridgestone's ability to meet global demand for mining tires now and in the future.
About 400 people, including several mining executives, gathered to commemorate the grand opening. The Aiken County Plant Manager Ron Brooks emceed the ceremony, which included speeches from Kazuhisa Nishigai, COO, Bridgestone Corp., and Gary Garfield, president and CEO of Bridgestone Americas, along with other Bridgestone executives and regional dignitaries.
This is a first; previously all of Bridgestone's large mining class tires were manufactured in Japan. In 2011, the company announced a planned $970 million investment to build the company's first U.S.-based off road radial tire plant, as well as expand production capacity at Bridgestone's steel cord manufacturing facilities in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Saga, Japan. The opening of the Aiken County Off Road Radial Tire Plant completes the largest portion of this planned investment.
It will also strengthen Bridgestone's relationship with South Carolina. When the company made the announcement in 2011, the plans for the new plant and the expansion of the existing passenger tire plant amounted to the single largest capital investment in South Carolina's history. "I'm very proud to say that we are creating every one of the 856 jobs that we said we would three years ago," Garfield said.
Currently, nearly 2,000 people are employed at the two Aiken plants. During the next two years, the company will continue to hire people for both of these plants.
Manufacturing mining class tires, which can reach a height of 13 ft. high and weigh as much as 13,000 lb., is a complex process. During the first step of the tire manufacturing process, the raw materials are mixed. The various types of rubber and other raw materials that will go into the tire are carefully measured and mixed together in a powerful, three-floor Banbury mixer. More than 30 different components are used to make an off-road radial tire.
Next, each part of the tire required for assembly is created. The compound from the mixing process is extruded through a die to produce the desired profile for different components. Some of the mixed rubber is flattened, cooled and cut into different lengths for varying tire sizes. This becomes the sidewall and other parts of the tire.
The calendering process aligns hundreds of steel cords and binds them to the rubber, creating sheets of reinforced rubber for various components of the tire, including the belts and body ply. Steel wire is coated with rubber and then wrapped into a circular shape to create the bead, which is the part of the tire that connects to the wheel.
Those components are assembled to create a green tire (uncured). The tire is cured through a vulcanizing process using pressure and heat over time to cook the tire into the final shape. A bladder inflates the green tire and presses it against the mold at a precise temperature for a specific length of time to create the finished product.
The Aiken plant currently has four kilns that can accommodate several molds each.
The last step in the manufacturing process is the final inspection. The tires also pass through x-ray and ultrasound tests, as well as physical inspection by technicians, who use their hands, eyes and expertise to make sure every tire is top notch. Only after each tire passes all of Bridgestone's quality inspections will it be released and sent to the customer.
A tire gets rejected less than 10 percent of the time. It depends on the abnormality, but the majority of the time tires are rejected for a surface blemish or something on the outside that is appearance related. Many times the technicians can buff and rework the outside of the tire. If an internal abnormality is detected through the X-ray or ultrasound process, the tire is scrapped and recycled. Bridgestone flew key technicians to Japan to be formally trained on the manufacturing process for ultra-class mining tires and they brought those skills back to the Aiken Plant.
Bridgestone has two mining-class tire plants in Japan. Importing these giant tires into the U.S. through West Coast ports can sometimes be problematic. That will no longer be the case for Bridgestone. And, with its close proximity to the Port of Charleston, the company can easily export tires to mines in Latin America.
Steve Fiscor is editor of Coal Age and Engineering and Mining Journal magazines.


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Гьячунг-Канг (Gyachung Kang,  ) (7952 м) — вершина хребта Махалангур-Гімал в центральній частині Гімалаїв, найвищий пік між Чо-Ойю (8201 м) і Еверестом (8848 м). Розташований на кордоні Непалу і Тибету. 15-та по висоті вершина світу, а також найвища вершина, яка не є восьмитисячником. Гьячунг-Канг набагато менш відомий, ніж найнижчий з восьмитисячників, хоча нижче від останнього всього на кілька десятків метрів. Гьячунг-Канг фактично складає з Чо-Ойю гігантську стіну завдовжки 11 км.

Перше сходження здійснили 10 квітня 1964 р. Ю. Като, К. Сакайдзава і Пасанг Путар, на наступний день на вершину зійшли К. Матіда і К. Ясухіса. Північну стіну вперше пройдено в 1999 р. словенською експедицією і повторно Ясусі Яманоєм у 2002 р.

Література
 Tengi Ragi Tau SE, Tengi Ragi Tau E, Gyachung Kang, Kyajo Ri & Cholatse // Amer. Alpine J. - 2006. - Vol. 48, Is. 80. - P. 413-421.

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 Словенська експедиція 1999 р.
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 Перше сходження 1964 р.

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A Guide to the Play, H. R. Coursen
In Macbeth: A Guide to the Play, H. R. Coursen says about Macbeth that "even with the physical crown on his head, he lives in torment." In the "Multiplying Villianies of Nature", Robin Grove argues that we must "put aside the standard accounts of the play as a tragedy of Ambition", saying instead "that Shakespeare intimates that self-destruction is more mysterious, and more commonplace. Macbeth struggles with conscience only after he has found it possible, in 'thought', to murder the King; and it is to the sides of already moving 'intent' that he applies the spur of vaulting ambition. To him, if he can but bring himself to believe it, foul is fair already." Describe what you see as Macbeth's "torment". What other factors beyond ambition are at work in creating his torment and downfall?


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Tributes pour in for veteran anti-apartheid campaigner Denis Goldberg
May 1, 2020 at 3:16 pm | Published in: Africa, Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, South Africa
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Tributes have poured in from across the world for Denis Goldberg, the veteran South African anti-apartheid campaigner who died on Wednesday aged 87. Goldberg was a close ally of the late Nelson Mandela, and one of the most prominent white anti-apartheid activists in South Africa. He spent 22 years in prison for plotting to overthrow the country's brutal racist state. In the process, he became a vocal critic of Israel.
A statement from Goldberg's family and the Denis Goldberg Legacy Foundation Trust confirmed his death: "Denis Goldberg passed away just before midnight on Wednesday. His was a life well lived in the struggle for freedom in South Africa. We will miss him."
Denis Goldberg was born into a Lithuanian Jewish family in 1933 in Cape Town. He studied civil engineering before joining the banned Communist party in 1957 and taking part in a campaign of non-violent resistance to the apartheid regime. His first run-in with the law came in 1960, during protests following the Sharpeville massacre, one of the worst episodes in South Africa's history when 69 unarmed protestors were shot dead by South African police. Following his release from custody, he was spurred on by the brutality of the white South African police force to join the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe, co-founded by Mandela after Sharpeville.
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In 1963 Goldberg was arrested a second time following a raid on his group's hideout and charged with planning a "violent revolution" against the government. He was given a life sentence at the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial alongside Mandela and other defendants, including the late Ahmed Kathrada and Walter Sisulu. He was jailed in Pretoria Central Prison, separated from his non-white comrades who were sent to Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town.
Following his release in 1985, Goldberg moved to London where he raised support for the struggle against white domination, returning to South Africa in 2002 after the fall of the apartheid regime. He became a powerful voice against racism and often shared his experience with journalists and activists alike.
"I understood that what was happening in South Africa with its racism was like the racism of Nazi Germany in Europe that we were supposed to be fighting against," he told the University of Cape Town in 2019. "You have to be involved one way or another." He explained that he came from a generation of activists who were prepared to put their lives on the line for freedom. "Freedom is more important than your own life. Nelson epitomised it. I in my own way did the same. I was happy to serve."
Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa
Like so many of his colleagues in the anti-apartheid movement, Goldberg became a vocal critic of Israel and a stalwart supporter of the Palestinian cause. "There is no doubt in my mind that Israel is an apartheid state," he said four years ago at an event discussing lessons to be learnt in the Palestine-Israel conflict from those who struggled against apartheid in South Africa.
READ: Post Covid-19, disasters await us
Goldberg went on to say that having lived through the latter, he could not, as a Jew, allow the same kind of oppression to go on in his name in Israel. He recalled that some people question his description of Israel as an apartheid state, when it is not like South Africa was during the apartheid era; Israel, for example, has a number of Palestinian members of parliament and the Palestinians have equal rights. His response was clear and simple: "Well I say you don't need to be like South Africa to be an apartheid state; there is a definition in international law through the UNESCO declaration on apartheid."
In a video urging people not to go on propaganda trips to Israel, Denis Goldberg said that, "Going on free trips to Israel causes harm to the Palestinian people just as people who visited South Africa and broke the cultural and academic boycott against white South Africa, did harm to our movement."
READ: UK Supreme Court rules against government attempt to curb BDS
He also described the "enormous" lies propagated to defend Israel. "I've lived through South African apartheid and I saw it there as well."
Goldberg added that not a single settlement is built by Israel that is not erected on the ruins of Palestinians homes, their livelihood and the livelihood of their children for generations to come. "This is outrageous, I cannot possibly support them."
Denis Goldberg, born Cape Town, Union of South Africa, 11 April 1933. Died in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, 29 April 2020.
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Legislature already bracing for redistricting legal challenges, hurried timeline
By Melissa Davlin, Idaho Reports
The state now has a timeline for redistricting, and is already bracing for legal challenges and a cramped schedule.
Idaho and other US states go through a redistricting process after the US Census every ten years to make sure legislative and congressional districts have roughly proportional populations. Changing the maps can affect who is able to run in which district, and can pit incumbents against each other in primary elections, as it did in the 2012 primary.
Legislative Services Office drafting attorney Elizabeth Bowen presents information on redistricting to the Legislative Council on Tuesday, July 13. Melissa Davlin/Idaho Reports
Idaho expects to receive census data in mid-August, said Keith Bybee, Deputy Division Manager for the Legislative Services Office Budget and Policy Division. Bybee proposed the redistricting commission meet for about a month starting in mid-September. In that time, the redistricting commission members will learn Idaho redistricting law, study current and proposed maps, and visit communities across the state to hear testimony on current legislative districts.
LSO proposed a map finalization date of November 24, and December 12 as the final date to submit plans to the Secretary of State. But with an eye toward potential lawsuits, Senate President Pro Tem Chuck Winder asked for a "sense of urgency" from the staff and commission members.
"Nothing says it has to be 90 days," Winder said.
Another complication: COVID-19 delayed the Census and subsequent release of data to the states. That, in turn, held up redistricting for states, said Elizabeth Bowen, LSO drafting attorney.
"Redistricting should already be happening and it's not happening yet," Bowen said.
Even in normal years, redistricting generates drama. The second 2011 redistricting commission proposed a map on October 14, after the first commission disbanded without agreeing on a plan. Twin Falls County filed a lawsuit in November, and court proceedings took place in January 2012. After the Idaho Supreme Court ruled the map unconstitutional, the commission reconvened and submitted a second map that was ultimately accepted.
Bybee told lawmakers he expects another legal challenge.
"There will be a lawsuit. I don't hold any illusions to that," he said.
The next few months will be a new experience for most elected officials in the statehouse. Since the last redistricting process, there's been a substantial amount of turnover in the legislature. Of the 70 members of the House, just 10 were there when the new map was adopted in 2012. Of the Senate's 35 members, 12 were there.
Even prominent members of legislative leadership will be new to the redistricting process. Of the legislature's leaders, just Winder, House Speaker Scott Bedke, House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, Senate Minority Leader Michelle Stennett, and Senate Assistant Minority Leader Grant Burgoyne were in the Legislature during the 2012 session.
If — or when — the new district map faces a legal challenge, an entirely new Supreme Court will consider the arguments. The longest serving member of the Idaho Supreme Court is Justice Robyn Brody, who was elected in 2016.
A potential lawsuit could affect candidates' ability to file to run for office. If a candidate doesn't know which legislative district they live in, they won't be able to get their names on the ballot until the map comes out and the court rules on a legal challenge.
And the decision to run in a newly drawn district isn't a given. When the final map came out during the 2012 legislative session, a number of incumbents chose to retire instead of running against their colleagues. Legislative District 27 pitted three incumbent senators against each other; Two ultimately retired.
Idaho's redistricting commission is made of six members, with one member each appointed by the Senate President Pro Tem, the Senate Minority Leader, the House Speaker, the House Minority Leader, the Idaho Republican Party chair, and the Idaho Democratic Party chair. Meetings are open to the public, and citizens can submit their own maps for the commission's consideration.
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About Robert Rugan
email: rrugan@gmail.com
As Writer/Director for Feature Film, RR is represented by
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Robert Rugan is a two-time CLIO award-winning writer/director who moved from Alabama to New York City, then to sunny Los Angeles, where he is currently writing & directing both feature film and television projects.
He is currently attached to direct the animated feature film MEDUSA at Sony Animation, writing one of the undisclosed LEGO franchise sequels at Warner Brothers, and attached to direct the live-action KID ROBOT movie at MGM. In addition, he has written an updated take on the 80's cartoon CHIP 'N' DALE RESCUE RANGERS at Disney and adapted the screenplay for the children's book series THE GENIUS FILES at Warner Brothers. He is also attached to direct his own original screenplay entitled BEAUREGARD THIBODEAUX AND THE CURSE OF THE ROUGAROU. In television, he has also created and written two one-hour series: GENESIS 1 for ABC and THE FICTION (in partnership with Cirque Du Soleil) for Twentieth Century Fox.
Commercially, he has worked with such clients as Google, Verizon, Kodak, Nikon, XGames, and Durex (which won Gold and Silver CLIO Awards, a CyberLion at Cannes, 4 AICP Awards (including the coveted "Humor" Category), and was nominated for the D&AD Award.)
He is represented by Bryan Besser @ Verve, Sean Perrone and Tobin Babst @ Kaplan/Perrone, and legal representation, David Matlof.


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Titanoceros heliodryas is a species of snout moth described by Edward Meyrick in 1933. It is found in Australia.

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Bohomia, V.I. and Koval, O.O. (2015), "Rozrobka modeli ekolohichnoho audytu pidpryiemstva na osnovi vykorystannia heoinformatsiinykh system" [Development of model of ecological audit of enterprise on basis of the use of GIS], Scientific Works of Kharkiv National Air Force University, Vol. 1(42), pp. 105-109.


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Postnatal Yoga aims to help you reconnect with your strength, energy and flexibility, making you feel more in control and regaining confidence in your body post birth. The classes will teach you deep breathing to open the chest, stretches for the lower back, posture awareness and the pelvic floor. Stronger, more powerful poses create core strength, to improve balance and stamina. Guided relaxation allows your body to fully relax and feel rejuvenated after your class. You don't need to have any previous experience of yoga to feel the benefits and enjoy this excellent class for new mums.


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is a metro station on the Toei Mita Line in Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan, operated by Toei Subway. It is located under Itabashi City Office, and the station name translates as "In front of Itabashi Ward Office".

Lines
Itabashikuyakushomae Station is served by the Toei Mita Line subway, and is numbered I-18.

Station layout
The station consists of two side platforms serving two tracks.

External links
 Itabashikuyakushomae Station information (Toei)

Railway stations in Japan opened in 1968
Railway stations in Tokyo
Toei Mita Line


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BAWU
The bawu is a Chinese wind instrument. Although shaped like a flute, it is
actually a free reed instrument, with a single metal reed. It is played in a transverse
(horizontal) manner. It has a pure, clarinet-like timbre and its playing technique
incorporates the use of much ornamentation, particularly bending tones.
The bawu likely originated in the Yunnan province of southwest China, it has become
a standard instrument throughout China, used in modern Chinese compositions
for traditional instrument ensembles.
Although the bawu is still predominantly performed in China, it has in recent
years been adopted by European composers and performers. Rohan Leach from
England, Raphael De Cock from Belgium, and Herman Witkam from the Netherlands
have all taken the instrument in new directions. The musician Guo Yue, who
now resides in England, has long promoted the instrument and plays it on all of his
recordings.
Our bawu library will allow you to imitate virtually that a real bawu could
play. We recorded intervals for up and down legato articulations in two variants:
normal legato and glissando. We have provided the ability to vary the dynamics
of the instrument to convey a wide, detailed range of expression from pp to ff.
Natural vibrato may be added to the sound at any time. Staccato articulations
provide added realism by means of a round-robin algorythm. Users can reassign
keyswitches and midi-controllers, then save the changes to a user preset. Default
settings are easily restored at any time.(See "Preset" section).
The hulusi or cucurbit flute is a free reed wind instrument from China. It is held
vertically and has three bamboo pipes which pass through a gourd wind chest;
the center pipe has finger holes and the outer two are typically drone pipes. It is
not uncommon for a hulusi to have only one drone pipe while the second outer
pipe is merely ornamental. The drone pipe has a finger hole, which allows it to be
stopped. Advanced configurations have keyed finger holes similar to a clarinet or
oboe, which can greatly extend the range of the hulusi to several octaves.
The hulusi was originally used primarily in Yunnan province by the Dai ethnic group
who call it "bilangdao" and other ethnic-minority groups of southern China, but
has gained nationwide popularity throughout China, similar to the popularity of
the harmonica in the West, and "improved" versions have been produced outside
of the indigenous realms. Like the related free reed pipe called bawu, the hulusi
has a very pure, clarinet-like sound.
Although the hulusi is still predominantly performed in China, it has in recent
England, Rapheal De Cock from Belgium and Herman Witkam from the Netherlands
have all taken the instrument in new directions.
Our hulusi library will allow you to imitate virtually that a real hulusi could


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"What they go great with fish" He said as he also dismounted.
She dismounted off the stallion and then raised an eyebrow at him. "Berries?" She asked him while thinking to herself how many noble elves he knew .
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When one of the editors of the Dutch CosmoGIRL! magazine asked me if I wanted to illustrate a fashion edit for the magazine, obviously; I didn't hesitate for a second! This was going to be my very, very first magazine publication as an illustrator and it marked a very proud feeling in my stomach. So happy! If you're curious about the whole (one page) spread with interview, be sure to head over to your local bookstore and get your issue of CosmoGIRL! magazine, the big december issue! You can check out this post for a few snapshots of the article.
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Girl's sex-assault case tossed
-- Alleged abuse of child by mom's ex -- Police took 18 months to serve warrant
By: Mike McIntyre
Posted: 1:00 AM CST Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
A Winnipeg man accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a young girl will never go to trial because of a technicality -- police took too long bringing his case to court.
Provincial court Judge Brent Stewart dismissed all criminal charges against the 32-year-old man on Wednesday, saying a clear breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms had occurred. It was a stunning decision for Manitoba justice officials, who had argued no damage had been done and the matter should proceed.
Roz Prober, founder of the Winnipeg-based Beyond Borders child-advocacy agency, called it a travesty that a child sex assault case would be tossed on a technicality.
"Who's really being impacted here by the delay? The reality is it's the victim who pays a very heavy price," Prober told the Free Press Wednesday. "This can't be allowed to happen again."
The case was set for trial next month.
The girl, who is now 17, came forward to police in December 2009 to say she had been frequently molested by her mother's ex-boyfriend between April 2002 and April 2003. She was just seven at the time of the alleged abuse, which included acts of fondling and forced oral sex. She provided a full statement, which prompted police to request the accused to visit the police station for an interview.
The man refused, citing advice from his lawyer. However, unknown to him, police authorized charges of sexual assault, sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching on Jan. 12, 2010, and issued a warrant for the man's arrest.
There was one problem -- police never told the man about the charges and allowed the warrant to gather dust until executing it on July 26, 2011. Police have given no reason for the 18-month delay, which prompted defence lawyer Martin Glazer to successfully file a motion for dismissal.
"The lack of explanation for the delay is a fatal factor to be considered in this case," Stewart wrote in his decision. The accused "has established his right to be tried in a reasonable amount of time" and the failure by police to act quickly, absent any reasonable cause provided to the court, left him no choice, he said.
"I am aware that a judicial stay is an exceptional remedy and should only be granted in the clearest of cases," Stewart said. "The period of delay which must be scrutinized relates to the initial 18-month period of time where the police, without explanation, chose not to serve the accused with information or warrant. As to that period of time, there is no reason for delay given by the Crown and, of course, the accused took no action which can be charged against him to delay this matter."
The case underscores a long-standing problem with enforcing existing warrants.
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Winnipeg police have previously said the vast majority are overlooked and only enforced when officers stumble across an accused person in another, unrelated matter. There are approximately 20,000 existing warrants in the province at any given time, although some accused may be wanted on more than one.
Winnipeg police and the RCMP established a warrant apprehension squad in September 2011, which is designed to track down fugitives. But, as Glazer pointed out Wednesday, it's questionable whether that would have made a difference considering his client wasn't exactly on the run.
"He didn't even know about the charges being laid. He was here in the city, at home, the whole time," Glazer said.
There have been examples of other high-profile cases in Winnipeg being lost due to judicial delay. Last year, a manslaughter charge against shopkeeper Kwang Soo Kim was stayed after a key witness, who faced his own criminal charges, fled Manitoba and could not be located by police in time for the trial. Kim was accused of fatally injuring Geraldine Beardy after she allegedly tried to steal a can of luncheon meat.
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Dual Lamp with Ipod Boom Box and charger designed by Bernard Maets. Mr. Maets specialized in a wide variety of weapons and tools using steam as the primary energy source. Bernard began building lamps in a variety of styles after a meeting with Thomas Edison. This is his first know Ipod Player.
Dual lamps with an internal AC outlet to charge your Iphone or Ipod. The Ipod or other MP3 player of the same size slides in the box and is accessed by the touch screen. Connect the charger and the speaker cable and you are ready to play your favorite tunes. The dual Edison bulbs give a warm light and are controlled by the dimmer valve on the front. The lid opens to access the cables and to insert or remove the Ipod.


Welcome. Before you get set on anything, try a bunch. Also look over the rules book and look over categories some have specific firearm requirements.
Unique powder. Lots of data for 12g and 9mm. The later from 110 to 160g.
Neat. I currently use a Thuers but for smaller cases I am going to take a look at this. I usually tumble a bunchof brass together then use brass shooters to help and put on towel to dry. Yes get a few small cases stick in larger but after the shake eadyb enough to catch them and pull apart.
If you want to stoke a 97 go Wild Bunch shooting.
Just as a cavet, the reason the AWA is no longer is that when things broke there are no parts to fix it. While some things got patched up, it was just that a patch and in the end not worth it. While I do sometimes take the Pedersoli out for a match, I primarily now use it as my pistol caliber long range rifle. Mine is in 357 magnum and yes the firing pin broke. I had it replaced with a 45 one and the bolt drilled so the pin should not break again. I will say that for long range pistol, fast enough and the thing is amazingly accurate if I do my job. Pedersoli is known for putting match grade barrels on their rifles.
I will report mine once they get done again. After this came out I started on the Hawai'ian spirulina, one a day. Also, I have to admit that setting shotgun targets by hand is probably a real bad idea. The Cowboy part of the club uses ropes (of course the ropes are probably contaminated as heck and get wound up and unwound). The Wild Bunch side though never uses ropes. Guess going to think about bringing this up or just taking gloves with me.
Not going to add anything but welcome and a big Minnie Pearl style HOWDEEE!!!!
I agree. I have been through them all. Taurus, AWA, Uberti/Berretta, and Pedersoli. The last one is still the only one around.
Thanks. I am hoping. Always loved open tops and these seem just so sweet.
Not sure a pocket navy with 6 in barrel is really a pocket pistol. For SASS it does not meet the rules as one with 6 in barrel but would it qualify as a main match. Technically the rules say a pocket pistol cannot be converted to main match revolver but is that for a revolver that meet the definition or sort of a blanket rule. So is the 1862 6" 380 acp legal main revolver?
It would seem to me that most Italian clones of Colts is army style or navy style grip frame. Maybe birdshead or lightning style. Sounds like colt clone or ruger with lowered hammer might be best.
Consider that WB is mostly a pistol game. Some stages you are not even putting 10 in the rifle (7 to match a magazine). That being said I do not think it makes much difference unless super fast.


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La stéréolithographie  est une technique dite de prototypage rapide, souvent utilisé pour les impressions 3D, qui permet de fabriquer des objets solides à partir d'un modèle numérique. L'objet est obtenu par superposition de tranches fines de matière (méthode additive). Le développement industriel de cette technique date des années 1980 et fut initiée aux États-Unis par Charles W. Hull.

Plusieurs méthodes sont fondées sur le principe de la stéréolithographie : la photopolymérisation, le laminage, le frittage laser

Pour la réalisation d'un modèle de fonderie, par exemple, ce procédé permet d'obtenir des modèles grandeur nature plus économiquement et plus rapidement qu'en les « taillant dans la masse » (méthode soustractive) par usinage. Cependant, ces modèles, moins rigides, seront limités à la fabrication de quelques pièces seulement. Ils sont donc adaptés uniquement à la réalisation de prototypes ou de produits uniques ou en très petite série.

Principe

 Le processus débute avec un modèle de l'objet à fabriquer. Ce modèle est obtenu grâce à un logiciel de CAO ou par acquisition numérique d'un objet existant qu'on veut reproduire.
 Le modèle une fois dessiné doit être exporté dans un format standard, le format STL (pour STereoLithography). Ce format a été à l'origine conçu pour communiquer avec les appareils de stéréolithographie mais est aujourd'hui utilisé dans d'autres domaines. Il s'agit d'un standard industriel de facto. Ce format décrit les modèles sous forme de surfaces triangulaires contigues.
 Le fichier STL est transmis à l'appareil de stéréolithographie qui intègre un module de commande de type automate programmable ou, plus souvent, de type PC
 Le modèle (en 3D) est découpé en tranches (2D) d'épaisseur fixe. Cette épaisseur est choisie par l'opérateur et détermine la résolution de la restitution. Ce paramètre détermine donc la précision de l'objet qui va être produit.
 L'objet est produit.

Matériaux
Les matériaux utilisés pour l'impression SLA sont communément appelés « résines » et sont des polymères thermodurcissables. Une grande variété de résines sont disponibles dans le commerce et il est également possible d'utiliser des résines « faites maison » pour tester différentes compositions par exemple. Les propriétés des pièces obtenues par impression SLA varient en fonction de la composition et des caractéristiques de la résine utilisée : « Les pièces peuvent être souples ou dures, fortement chargées de matériaux additionnels comme le verre et la céramique, ou dotés de propriétés mécaniques comme une température de déformation élevée ou une résistance aux chocs ». Il est possible de classer les résines selon les catégories suivantes :

 résines standards, pour du prototypage classique ;
 résines dites « d'ingénierie », pour des propriétés mécaniques et thermiques spécifiques ;
 résines dentaires et médicales, ayant des certifications de biocompatibilité ;
 résines pour moulage et coulées, ayant une teneur en cendres nulle après combustion.

Les différents types de stéreolithographie

Plusieurs techniques sont utilisées pour produire les prototypes rapidement. Le terme stéréolithographie regroupe plusieurs technologies de photopolymérisation en cuve qui se différencie selon la source lumineuse.

 La SLA (StereoLithography Apparatus) à proprement dite, utilise un faisceau LASER qui balaie point par point la surface de la résine.
 Le DLP (Digital Light Processing), utilise un projecteur. De cette manière, l'ensemble de la couche est polymérisé en une seule projection. Le projecteur peut être constitué soit de micromiroirs numériques, contrôlés et activés individuellement qui vont former un masque de l'image à projeter à la surface sur la résine, soit d'un écran LCD projetant directement l'image. Le DLP est considéré comme plus rapide que la SLA puisqu'il ne travaille pas point par point.

Les technologies peuvent se différencier également selon le sens d'impression : la source lumineuse peut agir de haut en bas, avec un plateau qui descendra à chaque nouvelle couche, ou inversement  de bas en haut, avec une plate-forme qui monte au fur et à mesure.

Il faut noter désormais que la frontière avec l'impression 3D est franchie au point que les deux technologies se confondent dans un ensemble très diversifié.

La photopolymérisation (SLA)

Procédé

La photopolymérisation est le premier procédé de prototypage rapide à avoir été développé dans les années 1980. Le nom de SLA (pour StereoLithography Apparatus) lui a été donné. Il repose sur les propriétés qu'ont certaines résines à se polymériser sous l'effet de la lumière et de la chaleur.

La résine utilisée est généralement un mélange de monomères acrylates ou époxys et d'un photoÏnitiateur. Le rôle du photoinitiateur est, comme son nom l'indique, d'initier la polymérisation du matériau sous l'effet de la lumière.

Dans ce procédé, une plateforme mobile est plongée dans une cuve de résine liquide. Cette plateforme supporte le modèle en cours de fabrication. La plateforme est positionnée à une profondeur H en dessous du niveau de la résine.
Un laser fixe et un dispositif de contrôle du faisceau surplombent la plateforme. Le contrôle de la direction du faisceau s'effectue à l'aide de déflecteurs qui sont des miroirs très précis (très plats) montés sur des galvanomètres. L'utilisation de deux de ces dispositifs de contrôle permet de diriger le faisceau en n'importe quel point de la plateforme.

Les tranches constituant le modèle sont ensuite traitées une par une : la surface de résine liquide est photopolymérisée (soit par LASER soit par DLP) en fonction de la forme de la tranche définie informatiquement.

Sous l'effet de la lumière, le photoinitiateur forme un radicalaire et les monomères sont instantanément pontés entre eux formant un polymère solide.

La plateforme descend ou remonte ensuite, selon l'appareil, d'une hauteur h (La hauteur h est la résolution qui a été choisie pour la production de l'objet) et le processus se renouvelle pour chaque tranche. Les objets deux dimensions ainsi produits sont superposés pour produire la structure complète.

Une fois terminé, le modèle est sorti de la cuve et le mélange non polymérisé est dissous dans un solvant adéquat.

La dernière étape obligatoire consiste souvent en une post polymérisation, afin d'augmenter le taux de conversion des monomères, ou une cuisson de l'objet afin de le durcir, selon la résine utilisée.

Limites et avantages
 Limites :
 problème des « volumes piégés ». Le principe étant de superposer des couches successives de matière ; la matière présente dans les zones non solidifiées n'est pas éliminée et donc reste présente dans le modèle. S'il s'agit d'un volume hermétiquement clos, la matière est dite « piégée ». Il est donc impératif de réaliser dans ces cas, des évents afin de permettre l'évacuation de la résine non polymérisée. Exemple : la modélisation d'une coquille d'œuf ;
 le temps de prototypage reste souvent plus long que par technique soustractive, cela étant notamment dû aux étapes de post-traitements (élimination de la résine par un solvant, post polymérisation ou cuisson).
 Avantages :
 les progrès technologiques permettent maintenant de travailler en haute résolution et de produire en moins de 24 heures des objets complexes comportant des parties très fines (). Des machines de micro-impression 3D par laser, développées depuis le début de la décennie, permettent par ailleurs d'atteindre des résolutions jusqu'à 100 fois supérieures (), grâce à un procédé de stéréolithographie appelé « polymérisation à deux photons » ;
 les géométrie avec des formes complexes sont réalisables. Il est possible de créer des volumes cavitaires (sous conditions de réaliser des évents), contrairement aux techniques soustractives.
 la perte de matériau est moindre qu'avec des techniques d'usinage. La résine non polymérisée est réutilisable.

Utilisations

Pendant longtemps, cette méthode a été réservée à la création de prototypes du fait de la fragilité des objets, inutilisables tels quels de par leur faible résistance mécanique : ils sont employés pour former des moules.

Au début des années 2000, les travaux conduits par le Dr T.Chartier (SPCTS) ont permis d'utiliser cette méthode pour produire des pièces en céramique en mélangeant des poudres céramiques (alumine, zircone, hydroxyapatite…) à une pâte composée de résine photosensible. La suspension une fois insolée forme un réseau polymère emprisonnant les particules minérales. Après polymérisation par laser, un traitement thermique (déliantage puis frittage) de l'objet permet d'obtenir une céramique dense.

Domaines d'application :
 les propriétés des céramiques obtenues par cette technique sont équivalentes aux procédés traditionnels (coulage, pressage…), les objets sont donc employables tels quels ;
 modèles de fonderie, prototypes pour validation des formes, prothèses médicales, petites séries de formes très complexes pour tout type d'industries… ;
 en paléontologie, cette technique permet à partir de tomodensitométrie classique ou de micro-tomodensitométrie de pouvoir reconstruire et étudier des structures fines et inaccessibles (insectes dans l'ambre, labyrinthe osseux de l'oreille interne). Cette technique permet surtout des agrandissements très importants pour le changement d'échelle.

Voir aussi
 Photosculpture
 Moulage en sable
 Impression 3D

Notes et références

Liens externes
 The Rapid Prototyping Home Page

Technologie
Prototypage rapide
Impression 3D


The Escape RCD is a 3W LED emergency exit sign for recessed ceiling mounting. The body is made from white powder coated steel with a Plexi glass screen. The exit sign can be supplied with 3 hour maintained or 3 hour non-maintained emergency versions.
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Federal Criminal Cases to be Announced Involving Opioid Overdoses
By City News Service
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Authorities today plan to announce details of an investigation that led to 11 criminal cases against alleged drug dealers who sold or provided narcotics to users who suffered fatal overdoses from opioids such as fentanyl.
A news conference was planned this afternoon at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles to release details of the operation, which included multiple arrests, said Nicole Nishida of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Officials will discuss the increase of overdose deaths involving opioids, and provide details regarding a number of fatal overdose cases, some of which involve social media platforms, Nishida said.
Among those expected to be on hand for the news conference are DEA Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner and Acting United States Attorney Tracy Wilkison.
The investigation spanned four counties in the greater Los Angeles area, and involved the multi-agency Overdose Justice Task Force, which was created to address opioid-related deaths in the area that were caused mainly by the synthetic opioid fentanyl.