We are constructing a complete bathymetric map of the oceans at a 3-10 km resolution by combining all of the available depth soundings collected over the past 30 years with high resolution marine gravity information provided by the Geosat, ERS-1/2, and Topex/Poseidon altimeters. Detailed bathymetry is essential for understanding physical oceanography and marine geophysics. Currents and tides are controlled by the overall shapes of the ocean basins as well as the smaller sharp ocean ridges and seamounts. Because erosion rates are low in the deep oceans, detailed bathymetry reveals the mantle convection patterns, the plate boundaries, the cooling/subsidence of the oceanic lithosphere, the oceanic plateaus, and the distribution of off-ridge volcanoes. Current global digital bathymetry maps (e.g. ETOPO-5) lack many important details such as a 400 km-long ridge that rises to within 135 m of sea level (Figure 1). Moreover, they are contaminated by long-wavelength errors (~2000 km) which prevent accurate identification of seafloor swells associated with mantle plumes [Smith, 1993].
* Use the short wavelength (< 160 km) satellite gravity information to interpolate between sparse ship soundings.
* Improve the resolution of the marine gravity field using enhanced estimates along repeat altimeter profiles together with the dense altimeter measurements.
* Refine/Improve bathymetric predictions using the improved resolution gravity field and also by investigating computer-intensive methods for bathymetric prediction such as inverse theory.
* Produce a Globe of the Earth similar to the globe of Venus prepared by the NASA Magellan investigation. This will also include the best available digital land data.
Figure 1. (top) Seafloor depth based on ETOPO-5 lacks the topographic expression of a 400 km long ridge as well as the rugged topography of the Eltanin and Udintsev Fracture Zone Systems. The ridge (53S, 140W, minumum depth 135 m) was first surveyed by a French expedition in December of 1995. These topographic features effect the flow of the the Antarctic Circumploar Current.
(middle) Predicted seafloor depth based on ship soundings and declassified Geosat/GM data. The Sub-Antarctic Front (SAF-red) [Gille, 1994] passes directly over the NW-trending ridge. The Polar Front (PF) is centered on the 6000m deep valley of the Udintsev transform fault.
(bottom) Ship soundings used in the bathymetric prediction. Predicted depths are constrained to agree with measured depths along these tracklines.
Smith, W. H. F. and D. T. Sandwell, Bathymetric prediction from dense satellite altimetry and sparse shipboard bathymetry, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 21803-21824, 1994.
Sandwell, D. T. and W. H. F. Smith, Marine Gravity from Geosat and ERS-1 Altimetry, J. Geophys. Res., in press (anonymous ftp baltica.ucsd.edu).
A detailed knowledge of topography is fundamental to the understanding of most earth processes. On the land, weather and climate are controlled by topography on scales ranging from large continental land masses to small mountain valleys. The land is shaped by tectonics, erosion, and sedimentation and thus detailed topography is an essential component of any geological investigation. Hydrogeologic and biological processes are also largely controlled by local relief. The planned Shuttle mission to map land topography at 30 m horizontal resolution will provide much of the detailed information for land studies.
In the Oceans, detailed bathymetry is also essential for understanding physical oceanography and marine geophysics. Currents and tides are controlled by the overall shapes of the ocean basins as well as the smaller sharp ocean ridges and seamounts (Figure 1). Because erosion and sedimentation rates are low in the deep oceans, detailed bathymetry reveals the mantle convection patterns, the plate boundaries, the cooling/subsidence of the oceanic lithosphere, the oceanic plateaus, and the distribution of off-ridge volcanoes. Finally biological processes are largely controlled by ocean depth and terrain. In contrast to the Shuttle mission which can recover the land topography in 10 days, it would take approximatelt 125 ship-years to map the ocean basins at a 100 m horizontal resolution. Here we propose to map the topography of the ocean basins at a 3-10 km resolution using data collected by satellite altimeters and shipborn echo sounders. This is a diverse effort that is currently partly funded by the Marine Geology and Geophysics Division Program at NSF and was partly funded under the NASA Global Geodynamics Program.
Now is the time to undertake this bathymetric mapping because radar altimeters aboard the ERS-1/2, Geosat, and Topex/Poseidon spacecraft have surveyed the marine gravity field over nearly all of the world's oceans to a high accuracy and spatial resolution. On March 15, 1995 ERS-1 completed its dense mapping (~8 km track spacing at equator) of the marine gravity between latitudes of +81.5. On July 28, 1995 all of the Geosat altimeter data were declassified (~4 km track spacing at the equator; latitudes between +72). Moreover, the Topex/Poseidon altimeter has accumulated many years of data having exceptional quality. With NASA and other funding we have assimilated most of these data into a global marine gravity anomaly grid (Figure 2) [Sandwell and Smith, 1996].
Figure 2 (top) Tracks of stacked Geosat/ERM (17-day repeat cycle) (22.5-25 N), Geosat/GM (20-22.5 N), ERS-1 Geodetic Phase (168-day repeat cycle) (17.5-20 N) and stacked ERS-1 (35-day repeat) (15-17.5N). (bottom) Vertical gravity gradient (i.e., curvature of ocean surface) around Hawaii derived from all 4 data sets. Contours at 50 and 100 Eotvos units are shown to highlight seamount/island signatures.
In the wavelength band 15 to 200 km, variations in gravity anomaly are highly correlated with seafloor topography. Since many southern ocean areas and some northern ocean areas are sparsely surveyed, these new satellite altimeter data reveal many previously unsurveyed features such as ridge axes, seamounts and fracture zones.
The conceptual approach is to use the sparse depth soundings to constrain the long-wavelength depth while the shorter-wavelength topography is predicted from the downward-continued satellite gravity measurements [Smith and Sandwell, 1994]. Over the short wavelength band, the topography/gravity ratio is regionally calibrated using available soundings. We have found that major errors in the ETOPO-5 bathymetric model make it unsuitable for either constraining the long-wavelength depths or for calibrating the topography/gravity ratio. Thus for an accurate prediction, it is essential to go back to the raw ship soundings.
This Ship Track Map has been sectioned into 16 clickable regions.
Clicking on a given region will produce an expanded view of that portion of the map.
WS - Wessel Smith data base which is a derivative of the original Lamont Data base.
SIO - Scripps data base, Geological Data Center.
NGDC - National Geophysical Data Center data base.
BB - Brownbook derivative of Lamont data base.
The automation, maintenance, and rescue of the ship data is largely funded by the NSF Division of Ocean Sciences. In addition to these data we are preparing for the possible declassification of a the US Navy Ocean Survey data [Medea Report, 1995].
Data preparation and assembly is an ongoing process; the current data are sufficiently good to construct a global bathymetric grid. Here is one recipe (Nettleton's Method) that we are developing.
1) Grid available bathymetric soundings on a 2 minute Mercator grid that matches our gravity anomaly grid. To avoid seams, all work is done on a global grid between latitudes of +72deg. Coastline points from GMT provide the zero-depth estimates. A finite-difference, minimum-curvature routine is used to interpolate the global grid [Smith and Wessel, 1990]. This gridding program requires at least 256 Mbytes of computer memory.
2) Separate the grid into low-pass and high-pass components using a Gaussian filter (0.5 gain at 160 km). Filtering and downward continuation are performed with a multiple strip, 2-D FFT that spans 0-360deg longitude to avoid Greenwich edge effects.
3) Form high-pass filtered gravity using the same Gaussian filter.
4) Downward continue the high-pass filtered gravity to the low-pass filtered bathymetry assuming Laplace's equation is appropriate. A depth-dependent Wiener filter is used to stabilize the downward continuation.
5) Accumulate high-pass filtered soundings and corresponding high-pass filtered/downward-continued gravity into small (160 km) overlapping areas and perform a robust regression analysis. In sediment-free areas, the topography/gravity transfer function should be flat and equal to 1/2[pi]G[Delta][rho] so in the space domain, a linear regression is appropriate. This works well on young seafloor but not on old seafloor where sediment cover destroys the correlation between topography and gravity. In these cases we assume the seafloor is flat and set the topography/gravity ratio to zero. Finally there are intermediate cases where topographic depressions will be sediment filled while the highs protrude above the sediments so the topography/gravity relationship is non-linear. It is these partially sedimented areas that make the bathymetric problem difficult and inherently non-linear. Continental margins and shelves pose similar problems.
6) Regional topography/gravity ratio estimates are gridded and multiplied by the high-pass filtered/downward-continued gravity to form high-pass filtered predicted bathymetry.
7) The total predicted bathymetry is equal to the sum of the high-pass filtered predicted bathymetry and the low-pass filtered bathymetry.
8) Finally, the pixels constrained by ship soundings or coastline data are reset to the measured values and the finite-difference, minimum curvature routine is used to perturb the predicted values toward the measured values. Measured depths are flagged so they can be extracted separately. This final step dramatically increases the accuracy and resolution of the bathymetric grid in well surveyed areas so it agrees with the best hand-contoured bathymetric charts.


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Effectively manage public perceptions in an age of increased regulation.
Lawmakers and regulators are responding to 2007's "Year of the Recall" with fervor – floating ideas that range from a satellite Food and Drug Administration office in China to more than doubling the frequency of FDA food inspections.
This flurry of government activity was to be expected. After all, the FDA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commerce Department have all come under withering criticism for their alleged failure to adequately protect U.S. consumers.
Meanwhile, the food industry has its own reputation to protect. Our branded products, from beef and spinach to pet food and tuna, have taken significant hits in a year that has generated a level of anxiety among consumers not seen since the Tylenol tampering crisis of the early 1980s.
NEW REGULATIONS BRING NEW RISKS
By now, food companies across the country and throughout the world are familiarizing themselves with the strictures of the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2008. Among its proposed new regulations, the bill would establish a registry of all food facilities serving U.S. customers, require companies to pay $2,000 annually to be registered with the FDA, and mandate country of origin labeling on certain food products.
While as of this writing neither the House nor Senate has voted on the legislation, food companies are already working with their lawyers and safety experts to develop the most cost-effective ways to ensure compliance. This is the prudent course of action to be sure – regardless of how strict the resulting legislation.
But readying themselves for compliance isn't the only exercise in preparedness that food companies should be undertaking. In fact, ensuring adherence with new regulations is really only half the battle.
Food companies grappling with heightened government scrutiny should realize that with increased regulation comes greater likelihood of falling short of safety mandates. In today's world of instantaneous communication, Internet blogs and hair-trigger litigation, that means higher risks of new media firestorms about the safety of what Americans eat and severe threats to their trusted brands.
Journalists, food-safety advocates, and other consumer groups are poised to pounce on the next perceived bad actor. That's why it's imperative that food companies prepare specialized communications plans designed to address the public fallout of a perceived lack of compliance. For while potential litigation and enforcement actions put millions of dollars at stake in the courtroom, the potential losses in brand credibility and trust at stake in the Court of Public Opinion are often measured hundreds of millions of dollars.
Last February's bankruptcy of Westland/Hallmark Meat of Chino, Calif., just two weeks after its lax procedures sparked the country's largest beef recall should serve as a cautionary tale to any company about the impact media scrutiny.
CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS IS ESSENTIAL
Food companies of all sizes need to anticipate their most likely crisis scenarios and ready messages and action points for each. They must identify the key players and bring them together regularly to build the trust that fast action may one day demand. They must build relationships with third-parties that can validate their messages in the media.
Here's the key: you must be ready to saturate the marketplace with your own messages before someone else shapes the story for you. Here are a few other vital elements that should be in your plan:
Select the right messenger. The messenger can often be more important than the message itself, so choose your spokespeople wisely. During last year's pet food crisis, Duane Ekedahl, President of the Pet Food Institute was media trained and ready to face everyone from reporters to congressional committees. For most big interviews, however, the Pet Food Institute enlisted allies such as scientists and veterinarians that lent authority to the overarching themes of the campaign. Nationally known vets like Jim Humphries appeared on national broadcasts and spoke with reporters at major newspapers throughout the crisis, calming pet owners and putting the problem in perspective. These allies were cultivated and "kept in the loop" long before they were called upon to speak publicly.
Take Responsibility. The advice here is simple: If you've been forced to initiate a recall or confront a product liability crisis, apologize for putting your consumers at risk and take responsibility for rectifying the situation.
Take Action. When the lead paint recalls forced the toy industry into upheaval last year, it was Hasbro – a company that had yet to initiate a single recall – that took the lead and thus differentiated itself from the competition while mitigating an industry wide crisis. Hasbro instituted its "Total Safety Program," which became the gold standard that other companies rallied around to calm a nervous marketplace and satisfy wary regulators. Hasbro's actions also shed light on a new reality of product safety: You must now treat a competitor's recall as your own or risk being lumped in with the rest of the perceived bad actors.
Control the narrative. A product liability crisis is a story. More often than not, tales told in the first person paint the storyteller in a positive light because the listener identifies with the narrator. Take control of the narrative by being the first to tell it – even if a solution has yet to present itself. When the Tylenol crisis first dominated national headlines, Johnson & Johnson did not immediately know the cause of its problem, yet by pulling all Tylenol products off the shelves – and sacrificing a quarter's worth of profits in the process – the company was the first to articulate and undertake a course of action that restored order. Eighty successive quarters of company growth and global distinction as a leader in product safety evidence the overall effectiveness of this approach.
Control the pictures. When an E. coli scare all but crippled the spinach industry, the first pictures of the story – of unskilled migrant workers working the fields and spinach being pulled from shelves – did not paint the industry in a positive light. But the industry responded, disseminating visual media of modern safety treatment facilities peopled by skilled technicians busily at work on measures to prevent contamination. Weeks later, the E. coli scare was old news and the industry was back on its feet.
Always be telling your story. Today's corporations are guilty until proven innocent. So, make the most of every opportunity to make your case in the Court of Public Opinion. Make spokespeople available for comment to neutralize detractors. Make Internet strategy a key component to engage and inform – when necessary – the bloggers, who often drive traditional media coverage.
While the government works to re-establish its brand and its food safety bona fides, the companies it oversees must prepare themselves to do the same should a crisis emerge. Remember: The more regulatory hurdles there are to clear, the greater the chance that one may trip you up.
Gene Grabowski, a Senior Vice President at Levick Strategic Communications and 2007 winner of PRNews' Crisis Manager of the Year Award, is a seasoned communications professional and former journalist who leads high-profile accounts for major law firms, Fortune 500 companies, trade associations, and government agencies. Email: ggrabowski@levick.com.
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Sometimes Congress can be entertaining, but not usually. Today was an exception.
FORMER Equifax Chairman Richard Smith, under who's watch the huge Equifax data breach occurred, testified at the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee.
#1 – Even though Homeland Security told Equifax (and others) about the Apache Struts vulnerability in March, when they scanned for it, they didn't find the vulnerable versions of the software.
#2 – As a result, the patch was not applied. Until today we didn't know that EVERY system at Equifax that used Apache Struts was not patched. I, for one, was hoping that it was just one system that they missed, but apparently they missed the boat. And likely the entire ocean.
Those two items are not funny. Human error. Technical error. Stuff happens. It shouldn't when Homeland Security specifically tells you about something, but sometimes it does.
#3 – They found out about the breach, they now say, on July 31. Earlier reports say that the hackers were inside their systems as early as March – several months. They didn't tell people about it until last month. Congress was not happy about that.
You have to admit, there has not been very much that the Dems and Repubs have agreed on lately.
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) told Smith that the company's response should have been like a fire alarm on the wall, ready at a moment's notice to be pulled. This is not humorous. This is about having a Cyber Incident Response Program, documented, trained and tested, and ready to be put into action when needed. CLEARLY, they failed at this one.
Some committee members admitted that Congress had failed, too. Attempts at passing a strong cyber security law have failed over the last several years. Political pressures have tended to produce very watered down attempts – often significantly weaker than many state laws and superseding those state laws. As a result, some Congress critters would not vote for a bill that effectively mandated weaker security than residents of their state already had.
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tx) said that financial penalties were needed to make companies take security more seriously. If the penalty for a company like Equifax were say, only, five bucks a record compromised, that would be almost a billion dollars. At that cost, the economics would tilt in favor of spending money to avoid a breach.
Today, companies, for the most part, say I am sorry and maybe offer a year of credit monitoring. In the case of Equifax, that year of credit monitoring was from themselves, so the cost to provide it would be really, really small.
A friend of mine told me of a letter he got from the local state administrative court judge. The letter said that some jury duty records had been compromised. The breach, which included Socials, names and birth dates, was not done by a hacker, but rather by the court itself, posting the data publicly, by accident.
The letter went on to say that the recipient MIGHT want to contact one of the credit bureaus and put a fraud alert on their credit file. Helpfully, the court provided the phone numbers and web sites of the big three credit bureaus. They, clearly, didn't feel responsible to make people whole at all. You MIGHT want to, they said. Nice.
I have no clue whether Joe Barton's idea of fining companies (AND, I might add, the government should NOT exempt itself from these fines) will go anywhere, but for a Republican to propose fining businesses for lax security is an indication that Capitol Hill is not happy.
When asked at the hearing whether Equifax would pay the fees that the other two credit bureaus will charge those 145 million people to freeze their credit, Smith that they would not pay. I bet that wasn't a popular answer.
When asked about several exec's sale of a million plus dollars worth of Equifax stock, Smith said "They're honorable men. They're men of integrity," – "I have no indication they had any knowledge of the breach at the time of the sale." Interesting choice of words – I have no indication that they had any knowledge. Not a very strong refutation that they didn't know.
In any case, Smith is scheduled to testify before two more committees this week, so the entertainment is not over.
But, seriously, these are very reasonable questions.
Can you assure your customers that you would know about a vulnerability in a web development framework (or some other similarly obscure software) and get it patched in a day or two, company wide? Smith said that the company's policy is to deploy patches within two days.
What about responding? Does your company have a documented, trained and tested cyber incident response program that you can use, like pulling a fire alarm on the wall?
If you can't answer the two questions in red any better than Equifax's fired Chairman could (err, retired Chairman?), then this is probably a good time to fix that. Before it becomes a problem.
Information for this post came from the Los Angeles Times.


Don't rate someone on the basis of their wealth or any other physical as well as materialistic possessions because in a long run relation it all seems to be in vain. Many wealthy family relationships end as a result of inadequate care and support from their partners. Everyone needs care and acceptance; it is based on accepting the partner as he /she is. This includes both his good and bad sides. Give consideration and care to the need and troubles of your partners. Remember even a small word of appreciation and action can create a sense of acceptance and care in the mind of your partner.
Our society today has a selfish tendency. Offering help and being helped by others is a great way to build trust and love together. When we help someone, we experience that we can make a difference in their life. The helper has the experience that he is important and valuable. And that boosts his self-esteem.
Throughout our lives, we have formed our own values, standards, moral beliefs, behavioural principles, and judgment all these shapes our integrity. If you have integrity, others trust you and you trust others. Because of your high moral values relationships usually last forever. People are looking for someone whom they can trust and open up their confidential stuff, unfortunately, there are not much of them.
There is a famous bible verse which says: treat others the same way you want them to treat you. If you need more love then start loving others further, if you demand care start caring for others. Are you looking for good things to happen then do good things for others? Usually, people reflect back on how we treat them. It's not possible to treat people unfairly and except fair treatment from them.
Don't think Relationships are always fun and happy; the time comes where conflict occurs, arguments arise communication gaps and misunderstanding develop; these are all quite common in a relationship. The critical thing to do in this situation is to take responsibility and solve the problem before it gets worse and went out of control. If you feel it's your partner's fault, listen what they have to say and rethink. Willingness to compromise and forgive is necessary for a relationship, though ultimately it's all about one thing: take responsibility instead of blaming others.


SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Religious hymns and patriotic songs played on a baby grand piano filled the lobby at Simi Valley Hospital during a recital Tuesday that launched a new healing arts program designed to create a therapeutic environment.
A half-hour recital was performed by Sam Ocampo on a Disklavier piano by Yamaha at the lobby entrance.
"This is a tremendous pleasure to be playing this beautiful instrument," said Ocampo, a Napa Valley resident who has recorded several albums.
Wednesday's audience included half a dozen members of the U.S. military representing the Army, Navy, Air Force and Army bands. Also there were Mayor Bob Huber, Councilman Glen Becerra and Fred Bauermeister, executive director of the Free Clinic of Simi Valley.
She said the words still hold true.
"I walked in here thinking about my day ... and what was worrying me, and I'm not thinking about those things anymore," Milstien said.
"Why would a hospital want to put on a concert?" she continued.
The piano was made possible $10,000 donations from the Simi Valley Hospital Foundation and foundation board member Curt Witeby and his wife, Theresa.
"We've also received other donations for the healing arts program, which will be used for implementation of the program," said Foster, noting the ongoing program will feature regular recitals, as well as art displays throughout the hospital.
The Witeby donation was made in honor of Ron Hyrchuk, the hospital's director of spiritual care services.
"We live in a generation that requires children to provide care for our parents," Curt Witeby, of Simi Valley, said in reference to his family's reason behind making the donation. "In our efforts to provide the best possible care ... our family spent hours and hours in the emergency room here at Simi Valley Hospital.


Of course doing stuff like this makes it a bit less healthy.
That is just appalling! Albeit funny I must say. Unless those roofs are made of prefab light gauge roof systems, then what they are doing is certainly a risk for their very lives.


How do I get back the old version?
I don't think the new GUI 2011 will provide any different emotions.
Some folks, who are using Draft Blogger because some specific feature in the post editor wasn't working, are out of luck. Other folks, who have been using Draft Blogger just to "see what it does", may find comfort in the Classic GUI. Getting back to the Classic GUI isn't difficult.
Hit the Blogger "B" logo in the upper left corner. This gets you back to the "Home" page (what we used to call the "Dashboard".
Clear the selection "Make Blogger in Draft my default".
Login to the Classic GUI, at "http://www.blogger.com".
Before you do this, find the gear logo in the upper right corner of every Draft screen, and select "Send feedback". Tell Blogger why you are switching back to the Classic GUI, and give them a chance to fix the problem that you have with the New GUI. Be objective - Draft Blogger is a Beta testing opportunity.
And if you get back and eventually find the Classic GUI to be boring, remember that Draft Blogger and the New GUI is only one click away.
have been using the draft version for a good while and thoroughly enjoying it. Though I know it won't be everybody's cup of tea, there's hardly much point in not using it. People might as well get used to it, it will eventually be the main version, won't it?


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Monument for the Solma-ri Combat
From the 22nd to the 25th of April 1951, at Suma-ri valley, the British forces fought for freedom, surrounded by Communist forces. A number of soldiers of the 1st Battalion of the Gloucester Regiment and the 170th Light Mortar Platoon were sacrificed. This monument was established to respect their death and to commemorate their heroic achievements.
Monument for the Participation of British Commonwealth in the Korean War
United Kingdom dispatched the 27th Brigade, the 29th Brigade, and the 41th Marine Commando Unit to the Korean War. In particular, the 27th Brigade engaged in a fierce combat with Chinese troops at Jukdun-ri, 7km north of Kapyong from the 23rd to the 24th April 1951. They played a critical role in frustrating the Chinese Spring offensive. This monument was built to commemorate the achievements by British Commonwealth soldiers in the Korean War, and to respect those who died during the war.


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Researchers from Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago have produced the first-ever nationally representative analysis of the number of homeless youth age 13 to 25 in the United States. According to their paper, published in the January 2018 edition of Journal of Adolescent Health and summarized in a policy brief, a total of 660,000 youth aged 13 to 17 and 3.48 million young adults aged 18 to 25 experienced homelessness over a 12-month period.
This figure is far higher than the 2016 Point-in-Time Estimate of Homelessness, which identified of 3,916 homeless 13 to 17 year-olds and 41,662 homeless 18 to 24 year-olds. The authors attribute this significant difference to the fact that their analysis measured the prevalence over 12 months and used a population-based sampling approach that enabled better identification of homelessness among this age group.
In addition to an overall total, the analysis found that certain youth were more likely than others to experience homelessness. Those without a high school diploma had a 346% higher risk than their peers who completed high school, while unmarried parenting youth had a 200% higher risk of reporting homelessness. Other at-risk groups included youth who identified as LGBT (120% greater), Black or African American youth (83% greater), Hispanic, non-White youth (33% greater) and youth reporting annual household income of less than $24,000 (162% greater).
The prevalence of youth homelessness comes at an important time, as Senator Scott Wiener introduces Senate Bill 918, which would establish the Office of Homeless Youth and allocate $60 million annually to develop a range of housing solutions. The legislation is sponsored by theCalifornia Coalition for Youth, the Corporation for Supportive Housing, Equality California, Housing California, John Burton Advocates for Youth, and Tipping Point.


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Photo Fab: New Pictures of Nori West Surface
The beautiful little lady recently turned seven months old.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor	· January 17, 2014 October 27, 2020
Just look at that face!
Today, mommy Kim Kardashian shared new pics of daughter Nori on Ellen. The mom said fiancé Kanye West doesn't particularly like handling diapers. "He's not a diaper kind of guy," said Kardahian. "He's not a diaper changing kind of guy. But he would if it's an emergency."
Little North just turned seven months old and according to Kardashian she's changing every day. In fact, she sends photos of the baby to West every day that's he's away.
As for their upcoming wedding, which promises to be a spectacular, the couple hasn't quite decided on the details. However, they're hoping to tie the knot this summer out of the country. "We honestly haven't picked a date yet," said Kardashian. "We said when we were on our trip skiing this New Year's that we were going to pick the date and location, and that hasn't happened. We know we want it in the summer time, but we just [have] to figure that out."
No matter when they tie the knot, Nori will obviously be the center of attention!


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Uttarakhand High Court holds ban on buying land by outsiders as unconstitutional
Citation: Bhatt J. (2011, September 23). Uttarakhand High Court holds ban on buying land by outsiders as unconstitutional. Hill Post.
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Hill Post, September 23, 2011
Dehra Dun : In what could have long term ramifications for the people of the state, a division bench of the Uttarakhand High Court comprising Chief Justice Barin Ghosh and Justice U C Dhyani today held as unconstitutional the ban imposed by the Uttarakhand government on outsiders purchasing agricultural land measuring more than 250 sq metres in a public interest litigation filed by Sarvesh Kumar and Manoj Kumar, both residents of Kashipur.
Following the judgment any person, who is a citizen of India will be able to purchase 12.5 acres of agricultural land, as permissible under the Land Ceiling Act, as the bench felt that what was wrong if a person from outside the state wants to carry out agricultural activities.
Incidentally, the adjoining hill state of Himachal Pradesh, under section 118 of the Land Tenancy Act, even prohibits Himachalis not possessing agricultural, from buying land in the state. [more]
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Great stories on the Dragon recently, you're obviously not affected by the "silly season" (except one letter!).
On balance, I agree with your editorial that Cllr Juneja should step down as Executive member responsible for planning. However, before she does so a joint lead for planning should be appointed and work alongside her for a period of at least a month, preferably longer. The Local Plan is too important to be caught up in this shambles.
It is vital to separate legitimate political issues from personal attacks and point-scoring. Since she has been charged with serious offences the trial must be able to take place properly. Cllr Juneja has alleged that she has received personal attacks and abuse. There is no place for this in politics and I condemn personal attacks coming from any side.
My criticism of Cllr Juneja and Cllr Mansbridge is that they have led a process which is failing residents. They should take this opportunity to introduce new blood and actively engage with communities to produce a Local Plan which really works for the borough and isn't just a "least worst" case. Sadly, I suspect we will see drift and indecision until next May's election and the next administration will be forced to pick up the pieces.
Labour will continue to propose answers and work for the best future for Guildford. The borough cannot wait until next May or the outcome of Cllr Juneja's trial for the real energetic leadership and direction it needs at this crucial time.


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Welcome to People of Red Mountain's Website
peopleofredmountain@gmail.com
We, the members of People of Red Mountain or in Paiute, Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu and our allies, demand that the Department of the Interior rescind the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, Record of Decision, and Plan of Operations. Lithium Nevada Corp. – a subsidiary of the Canadian corporation Lithium Americas Corp. – proposes to build an open pit lithium mine with a project area of 17,933 acres. When the mine in full operation, would use 5,200 acre-feet per year (equivalent to an average pumping rate of 3,224 gallons per minute) in one of the driest regions in the nation.
Meanwhile, despite Lithium Nevada's characterization of the mine as "green," the company estimates in the FEIS that it will produce 152,703 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions every year. The water, air, land, wildlife, plants, and everything in between will all pay the ultimate price for lithium powered batteries for electric vehicles. This mine will cause irreversible harm to the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe, ancestral massacre sites, water, air, medicines, and culturally important wildlife. The Bureau of Land Management approved the mine on January 15, 2021, without adequately consulting our tribal members.
Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu (People of Red Mountain) are a committee of traditional knowledge keepers and members of the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribe. We are diligently working to oppose the proposed Thacker Pass Lithium Mine by Lithium Nevada on our ancestral homelands and to protect Peehee Mu'huh (Thacker Pass). Our Paiute and Shoshone people know Thacker Pass as Peehee Mu'huh which translates to "rotten moon." A band of our ancestors were massacred there. One day our hunters were away, when they returned, they found the elders, women, and children murdered, unburied, and rotting with their intestines spread across the sagebrush, in this pass shaped like a crescent moon.
We are working with our tribal government and other partners in solidarity with protecting Peehee Mu'huh as a sacred place. This place is essential to the survival of our traditions because our traditions are directly tied to the land. Each season is a time to hunt animals and gather plants, food, and medicines. Peehee Mu'huh holds many first foods, medicines, and hunting grounds for our people in the past and present. All the Indigenous knowledge that the mine endangers.
Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu are deeply concerned that the mine threatens the community with man camps and large labor forces which are correlated to MMIWG2S. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Girls and Two Spirit (MMIWG2S) is an ongoing problem that brings trauma to our native communities. Colonization is the root of the problem, which brings violence to our Indigenous lands and soon after, to our people. Indigenous people are being raped, assaulted, and murdered at an alarming rate. Some of our people are then sex trafficked, stolen, and silenced. We will no longer be silenced; People of Red Mountain and our allies no longer want to witness the contamination and rape of our lands and our people.
Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu and our allies have been reaching out as many ways as we can, this includes outreach to Debra Haaland the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and attempts to re-initiate formal consultation with all tribal governments with ancestral and/or ceremonial ties to Peehee Mu'huh. We continue our Protect Peehee Mu'huh awareness with ceremonies, events, rallies, online trainings. We hope that our Protect Camp grows, especially with the upcoming date excavation of cultural sites potentially beginning on July 29th, 2021.
Please help Atsa Koodakuh wyh Nuwu protect Peehee Mu'huh and help us pressure the Department of Interior to rescind the Thacker Pass Lithium Mine permits.
People of Red Mountain – Paiute & Shoshone people from Fort McDermitt Tribe against Thacker Pass Lithium Mine, Nevada.
Cost of Green Energy on Native People's Sacred Lands
Lithium America's Tokenism of the Worst Kind
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Q: How to make ImageMagic identify accept input from a pipe? Trying to pipe list of images from find to identify and I get no output.
Using this command, I get no results.
find . -iname "*.jpg" -type f | identify -format '%w:%h:%i'

However, if I use this command, which doesn't use a pipe but instead uses find's -exec option it works normally.
find . -iname "*.jpg" -type f -exec identify -format '%w:%h:%i\n' '{}' \;

Does anyone know why this is happening and how to use pipe properly instead of find -exec?

A: Figured it out, I needed to use xargs
find . -iname "*.jpg" -type f | xargs -I '{}' identify -format '%w:%h:%i\n' {}

the brackets '{}' are used to represent the file array.

A: This works for me:
identify -format '%w:%h:%i\n' $(find . -iname "*.jpg")

Note: I have added \n so that each image will list on a new line.

A: Your first command, namely this:
find . -iname "*.jpg" -type f | identify -format '%w:%h:%i'

doesn't work because identify expects the filenames as parameters, not on its stdin.

If you want to make identify read filenames from a file, you would use:
identify -format '%w:%h:%i\n' @filenames.txt

If you want to make identify read filenames from stdin, (this is your use case) use:
find . -iname "*.jpg" -type f | identify -format '%w:%h:%i\n' @-

If you want to get lots of files done fast and in parallel, use GNU Parallel:
find . -iname "*.jpg" -print0 | parallel -0 magick identify -format '%w:%h:%i\n' {}

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Calyx and Riot Games partner to host Intel Arabian Cup Playground
Jonno Nicholson 14 June 2022
Image credit: Calyx, Riot Games
Esports tournament organiser and production company Calyx has partnered with game publisher Riot Games to host the Intel Arabian Cup (IAC) Playground series.
The two-season-long esports tournament will feature amateur players from Iraq and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. Specifically, tournaments will be played on VALORANT, League of Legends, and League of Legends: Wild Rift.
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The VALORANT tournament will act as a regional qualifier for a place in the second season of VRL MENA (Middle East and North Africa). Meanwhile, the top two League of Legends teams will secure a place in the qualifiers for season two of the Intel Arabian Cup.
IAC Playground tournaments will also see players compete for a share of $15,000 (~£12,428) in prize money that will be split across the two seasons. Additionally, the seasons will be broadcast across the Calyx website, Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook.
Hakim Abu Nahel, Competitive Experience Professional at Riot Games MENA, spoke on the deal: "The IAC Playground is a grassroots circuit designed to provide a fantastic competitive experience to our League of Legends, VALORANT and WildRift players across the MENA region.
"We are proud to announce that the Playground circuit will also act as a stepping stone for aspiring teams and players to compete for an opportunity to qualify for high-tier tournaments such as the VRL for VALORANT and IAC Prestige Division for League of Legends."
This isn't the first time Calyx and Riot Games have teamed up for an esports event. In June 2021, the two parties collaborated on Battle of the Rift, the first League of Legends: Wild Rift tournament to take place in the Middle East and North Africa. In addition, VALORANT Regional League MENA: Resilience is another project between Calyx and Riot Games. The company is the current operator of the VRL.
Founded in 2018, Calyx is a subsidiary of Dubai-based gaming and esports company Hockwood Games.
Sunderesan Iyer, Vice President of Business Development at Hockwood Games, commented: "Our vision for Calyx is to be the home of esports in the region. Through this partnership with Riot Games once again, we are providing a professional platform to support the regional gaming community. We are proud to now offer a way for amateur gamers to compete at the global stage with Riot."
Jonno Nicholson
Jonno is a Freelance News Writer for Esports Insider and has been part of the ESI team since 2019! His interests include the rapid rise of sim racing and its impact on the wider industry.


Designed by lauded landscape architectural firm Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Discovery Garden is a vibrant and fragrant year-round destination. You can find it not far from the garden's Flatbush Avenue entrance. Upon entering, colorful plants and flowers (known as the four-seasons garden) and a small fruit and vegetable garden surround you. But walk down its winding path and you'll come to its centerpiece: a trio of model habitats found in the greater New York area, meadow, marsh and woodland.
Each section features trees, plants and flowers indigenous to that habitat, with interactive kiosks and hands-on science stations where kids can examine nature up close using tweezers, magnifying glasses and other tools. In addition to all the flora, my son and I spotted birds, bugs and butterflies during our trip. Be sure to pick up portable field guides for each habitat at their respective entrances as they really enhance a visit.
The Discovery Garden is also home to an open-air learning pavilion where educators regularly lead a variety of activities, including Family Discovery Weekends, First Discoveries for Toddlers and other educational programs throughout the year. Bonus: These sessions are all free with BBG admission.
Although the Discovery Garden is meant to engage children up to age 12 and is beautiful to walk through, even for grown-ups, I'd say the sweet spot is ages 3 to 6. While my nature-loving 10-year-old enjoyed our visit and even learned a thing or two, he did complain that most of the stations were for little kids. Luckily, the 39-acre Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a worthy destination for all. So the next time you're there for one of its famous seasonal celebrations (like the Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival in spring or the Chile Pepper Festival in fall), or strolling through its iconic Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, it's definitely worth setting aside time to check out the Discovery Garden. And if you visit anytime on a Tuesday; 10am to noon on Saturday; or any winter weekday from December to February, admission to the entire BBG is 100% FREE. Of course, kids under the age of 12 are always FREE at Brooklyn Botanic, including the Discovery Garden.
The Discovery Garden is closest to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Flatbush entrance at 455 Flatbush Avenue (at Empire Boulevard). Admission is free with admission price to the whole garden: $12 for adults; $6 for students; and free for children under age 12.
Looking to grab a bite after your BBG visit? Our roundup of nearby family-friendly restaurants includes old New York favorite Tom's.


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Marie Edme Patrice Maurice de Mac-Mahon, primul Duce de Magenta (; ) a fost un general și om politic francez, numit mareșal al Franței. A fost șef de stat al Franței între 1873 și 1875 și președinte al celei de a Treia Republici între 1875 și 1879.

Originea
Născut la Sully (lângă Autun), în departamentul Saône-et-Loire, Patrice de Mac-Mahon a fost al șaisprezecelea din cei 17 copii ai unei familii nobiliare franceze — bunicul său Jean-Baptiste de Mac-Mahon fusese numit marchiz de Mac-Mahon și marchiz d'Eguilly (din partea soției sale Charlotte Le Belin d'Eguilly) de către regele , iar familia sa avea orientare politică monarhistă.

Strămoșii lui se stabiliseră în Franța din comitatul Limerick din Irlanda în timpul domniei lui , din cauza Legilor Penale impuse în Irlanda, cerând să fie naturalizați în 1749.

Patrice de Mac-Mahon a fost educat la Colegiul Louis Le Grand și la Academia St-Cyr, absolvind în 1827.

Cariera militară
În armată, a fost aide-de-camp al generalului Achard, și a mers în campanie la Alger în 1830. A rămas în Algeria franceză între 1834–1854, și a fost rănit în timpul unui atac asupra Constantine-ului în 1837. A devenit comandant al Legiunii Străine în 1843, fiind promovat la rangul de general de divizie în 1852.

În Războiul Crimeei, s-a distins în bătălia de la Malakoff de lângă Sevastopol (8 septembrie 1855), în timpul căruia se zice că ar fi spus celebra frază: Aici sunt, aici rămân. I s-a oferit un post în conducerea armatei franceze după război, dar a refuzat, preferând să se întoarcă în Algeria.

A fost numit senator al Franței în 1856.

A luptat în al Doilea Război de Independență al Italiei drept comandant al Corpului al Doilea. A obținut victoria de la Magenta (4 iunie 1859) și a fost numit mareșal când încă era pe câmpul de bătălie. Ulterior, a fost înnobilat ca duce de Magenta de către .

Războiul Franco-Prusac

Începând cu 1 septembrie 1864, a îndeplinit funcția de guvernator general al Algeriei, revenind în țară după izbucnirea Războiului Franco-Prusac, în timpul căruia a condus o unitate de soldați alsacieni (căreia, pe măsură ce armata suferea pierderi, i s-au alăturat soldați din alte unități).

În Războiul Franco-Prusac, MacMahon a comandat Corpurile de armată franceze I și V pe linia sudică a Armatei Rinului. La 4 august 1870, Armata a 3-a prusacă a atacat linia sudică și a ocupat imediat orașul de graniță Wissembourg; după aceea, a avansat să captureze orașul Worth după două zile.

După mai puțin de o săptămână de lupte, întreaga linie sudică a Armatei Rinului nu a mai putut rezista atacurilor prusace și s-a retras spre vest, în teritoriu francez. Armata a 3-a prusacă cucerea oraș după oraș, Corpurile I și V franceze retrăgându-se în grabă spre Chalon-s.-Marne.

Mac-Mahon și-a părăsit Corpurile și a condus restul de 120.000 de soldați ai Armatei Rinului (Corpurile I, VII, XII) cu . Ei au început să mărșăluiască de la Châlons-sur-Marne spre nord-nord-est într-o tentativă de a aduna armata asediată la Metz la peste 130 km spre est. Dar Armata a 3-a prusacă avansa extrem de rapid; în mai puțin de 3 săptămâni, ea a parcurs 325 km și a interceptat Armata Franceză de-a lungul râului Meuse, și s-a luptat cu ea timp de 3 zile (29–31 august), obligându-i pe francezi să se retragă la Sedan. Între timp, prusacii înființaseră o Armată a 4-a, care s-a deplasat spre flancul sudic al Sedanului, în timp ce Armata a 3-a a săpat tranșee la nord de Sedan.

La 1 septembrie 1870, prusacii au asediat orașul Sedan. La porțile lui se afla o forță de 200.000 de soldați prusaci sub comanda generalului Helmuth von Moltke. Mac-Mahon a fost foarte nehotărât, permițând germanilor să aducă întăriri și să încercuiască Sedanul complet.

Mac-Mahon a fost rănit și a lăsat comanda în mâinile generalului De Wimpffen care a anunțat capitularea armatei franceze. La 2 septembrie Napoleon al III-lea a capitulat și el, împreună cu restul de 83.000 de soldați francezi (Bătălia de la Sedan).

Comuna din Paris și a Treia Republică

Când Comuna din Paris a fost reprimată în mai 1871, Mac-Mahon a condus trupele versailles-eze. Armata franceză a petrecut opt zile masacrând muncitori, împușcând civili. Zeci de mii de comunarzi și muncitori au fost executați sumar; alți 38.000 au fost închiși și 7.000 au fost deportați.

Ca președinte al Franței, l-a demis la 16 mai 1877 pe primul ministru republican Jules Simon, înlocuindu-l cu ducele de Broglie, orleanist, înainte de a dizolva Camera Deputaților într-o tentativă de a opri creșterea republicanismului și de a îmbunătăți șansele unei restaurări a monarhiei cu ajutorul contelui de Chambord.

Cum Adunarea Națională îi fixase la 9 noiembrie 1873 mandatul la șapte ani, el a declarat într-un discurs ținut la 4 februarie 1874 că va ști cum să facă ordinea legală respectată timp de șapte ani. Preferând să rămână în afara partidelor, mai degrabă a asistat decât să ia parte la procedurile care, în ianuarie și februarie 1875, au dus la adoptarea legilor fundamentale care au stabilit republica drept guvern legal al Franței. Mac-Mahon scrie totuși în memoriile sale: "Prin tradiția familiei și prin sentimentele față de casa regală ce mi-au fost insuflate din educația timpurie, nu puteam fi decât legitimist." Lui i-a displăcut și să formeze în 1876 cabinetele Dufaure și Jules Simon, în care era reprezentat elementul republican.

Când revendicările episcopilor de la Poitiers, Nîmes și Nevers, care recomandau cazul Papei captiv Pius al IX-lea  simpatiei guvernului francez, ele au fost întâmpinate de o rezoluție a Camerei, propusă de stânga ca guvernului să i se ceară să "reprime manifestațiile ultramontaniste" (4 mai 1877). Mac-Mahon i-a cerut după douăsprezece zile lui Jules Simon să demisioneze, a chemat la putere un guvern conservator condus de ducele de Broglie, a convins Senatul să-i permită să dizolve Camera, și a călătorit prin țară pentru a asigura succesul conservatorilor în alegeri, susținând în același timp că nu dorește răsturnarea republicii. Alegerile de la 14 octombrie s-au soldat cu o majoritate de 120 de locuri pentru stânga; guvernul de Broglie a demisionat la 19 noiembrie, iar președintele a format un guvern de stânga condus de Dufaure. El și-a păstrat funcția până în 1878, pentru a permite ca Expoziția Universală să se desfășoare într-un climat politic liniștit, după care, după ce alegerile senatoriale din 5 ianuarie 1879 au adus o nouă victorie a stângii, Mac-Mahon a găsit un pretext pentru a demisiona (30 ianuarie 1879), și a fost înlocuit cu Jules Grévy.

"Am rămas un soldat", scria el în memoriile sale, "și pot spune cu conștiința curată nu doar că am servit un guvern după altul cu loialitate, ci și că, atunci când au căzut, le-am regretat pe toate, cu excepția celui al meu". După ce s-a retras din viața publică, a rămas stimat de toate părțile: Jules Simon, cu care a avut doar relații reci, l-a numit apoi "un mare căpitan, un mare cetățean și un om de bine" (un grand capitaine, un grand citoyen et un homme de bien). În timpul președinției sale, a permis republicii să se înființeze, dar, pe de altă parte, atât cât i-au permis prerogarivele, a amânat progresul politic al partidelor ostile Bisericii Catolice, convins fiind că triumful radicalismului va fi o mare pierdere pentru Franța. În ultimii paisprezece ani ai vieții, a rămas retras, departe de viața politică.

A murit la Château de La Forest din Montcresson, Loiret în 1893. A fost înmormântat cu onoruri naționale la Les Invalides.

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Nașteri în 1808
Decese în 1893
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Metallica Taps 'Predators' Director for 3D Film Project
Metallica Group Shot
Hungarian director Nimród Antal has been tapped by Metallica to direct a 3D feature film project being described as a "marriage of narrative and concert," the band announced late Wednesday. All five members of the metal pioneers -- James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo -- will participate in the project, which aims for a mid-2013 release.
Born in Los Angeles, Antal has directed box office fare including 2007's "Vacancy," co-starring Kate Beckinsale and Luke Wilson, and 2010's "Predators," the reboot of the Arnold Schwarzenegger film that starred Adrian Brody and grossed over $127 million worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo.
His first Hungarian film, the award-winning "Kontroll," is what caught the attention of Metallica, however.
"I've been a fan of Nimróds since his first Hungarian film, Kontroll, showed up at Cannes in 2004 and blew everybody away," said Lars Ulrich. "I've watched with excitement his career in Hollywood blossom over the last few years. Within five minutes of meeting him I was addicted to his enthusiasm, his take on the creative process and his 'thinking outside of the box' personality. Let's get on with it!!!"
The Metallica 3D movie will begin shooting in August and will be released in the summer of 2013.
The untitled Metallica 3D movie will begin shooting in August and will be released in the summer of 2013.
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Q: SKAction playsoundfilenamed fails to load sound No matter what wav file I tried to play in an project, I keep getting the same error. The error states: Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Resource namedfile.wav can not be loaded'
I cannot get any sound of any kind to load using SKAction.playSoundFilenamed. I have made sure that the file is names correctly and that doesn't seem to be the problem.
I have tested this in several projects, including the following test Game project wherein I use all default code except for a call to the SKAction
class GameScene: SKScene {
    override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
        /* Setup your scene here */
        let myLabel = SKLabelNode(fontNamed:"Chalkduster")
        myLabel.text = "Hello, World!";
        myLabel.fontSize = 65;
        myLabel.position = CGPoint(x:CGRectGetMidX(self.frame), y:CGRectGetMidY(self.frame));
        let soundfile = SKAction.playSoundFileNamed("soundProject.wav", waitForCompletion: false)
        runAction(soundfile)
        self.addChild(myLabel)
    }

I cannot get any sound of any kind to load using SKAction.playSoundFilenamed. I already checked to made sure that the file is named correctly and that it exits in the bundle. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
UPDATE I Ran my attached code on a different computer, and it compliled and ran perfectly. There must be something wrong with my xcode/simulator. Does anyone know how to reset it? Thanks

A: What color is your Sounds folder?
If it's blue, it means it's a Folder Reference.
If it's yellow, it's a Group.
You Choose Folder Reference -vs- Group when you import your folder.
I've found that SKAction.playSoundFilenamed functions correctly only when it's loaded as a Group (Yellow).

A: When you select your sound file in XCode, access the inspector on the right side, then make sure the file is selected for your target(s).

A: For me, this was the issue. Both of these compiled fine and gave no errors, but only the latter actually played the sound.
Did not work:
SKAction.playSoundFileNamed("combo.mp3", waitForCompletion: true)

Did work:
node.run(SKAction.playSoundFileNamed("combo.mp3", waitForCompletion: true))

Good luck!

A: Here is another lead that might help you.
Sometimes SKAction is not very handy with audio files.
I haven't found in which case exactly (might be : size file, sound length, ...).
In that case, you would want to use AVAudioPlayerinstead of it.
In order to not write your own "player", I suggest you to use an existing one. Here is one I've already used (SKTAudio) : https://github.com/raywenderlich/SKTUtils/blob/master/SKTUtils/SKTAudio.swift
Here is how to use it :
// For background audio (playing continuously)
SKTAudio.sharedInstance().playBackgroundMusic("music.wav") // Start the music
SKTAudio.sharedInstance().pauseBackgroundMusic() // Pause the music
SKTAudio.sharedInstance().resumeBackgroundMusic() // Resume the music

// For short sounds
SKTAudio.sharedInstance().playSoundEffect("sound.wav") // Play the sound once

Please let me know if the file is not played even with AVAudioPlayer. If so, it might be a problem with it and not the way it's played.

A: for swift 3.0:
    SKAction.run {
      SKAction.playSoundFileNamed("soundProject.wav",
      waitForCompletion: false)
    }

and of course, verify if the resource is in project/copy Phases.

A: I identified the issue. I had to change the sound settings on my mac through the system preferences. Once I changes all of the settings to use only the internal speakers, the problem was resolved.

A: swift 5:
Instead of
SKAction.repeatForever(SKAction.playSoundFileNamed("Sounds/theme.mp3",
                                                   waitForCompletion: true))

I wrote
SKNode().run(
    SKAction.repeatForever(SKAction.playSoundFileNamed("Sounds/theme.mp3",
                                                       waitForCompletion: true))
)

And it works good.


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Long the banes of teachers' existence, smartphones are being re-imagined by educators as a positive presence in the classroom. What's more, a survey released Thursday shows more than half of Canadians – 56 per cent – agree that the mobile devices are an "invaluable tool" for students, while fully two-thirds see smartphones as a way for students to conduct online research any time, anywhere.
Media professor Sidneyeve Matrix, whose Queen's University class has its own app, says smartphones have become so ubiquitous that it makes less sense for teachers to fight them than to dial up their potential as a modern-day school supply.
Matrix's Class Caddy app gives her students instant access to lecture notes, classroom slides, videos used in presentations, textbook reading guides, class schedules and webinars. The Kingston, Ont.-based professor says the benefits have been enormous.
In a new survey of 1,001 Canadian adults, conducted by Angus Reid for mobile carrier Mobilicity, 41 per cent of people recognized smartphones' value for recording lectures and tutorial sessions; 46 per cent saw mobile apps as a way of keeping students organized; and 42 per cent identified the devices' capacity as a co-ordination tool for school activities.
A spokeswoman for Mobilicity credits the democratization of carrier options in Canada, which has made smartphones more economically feasible for cash-strapped students. The company's "back to school" plan, for instance, offers unlimited data, talk and text for just $25.
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Whickham dedicate shirt sponsorship to NHS and Key Workers
Whickham Football Club are delighted to announce that we are replacing our traditional front of shirt sponsorship with a message of support, dedicated to our NHS and key workers.
Although the return date for the sport we all love is unsure, the club wanted to offer something back to those putting their lives at risk to ensure the country keeps going.
The rainbow has become a symbol of support for people wanting to show solidarity with those people working on the front-line. Therefore, on the front of our home shirt next season, we are asking fans and the wider audience to design the symbol incorporating the rainbow to show the club and the communities support.
The winner will be selected and will have their design on the front of our commemorative home shirt, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of Whickham winning the FA Vase. They will receive the first strip off the production line as well as a season ticket for them and three others for the 2020-21 season. Terms and conditions will be released on Monday morning.
It has also been decided, among the committee at the club, that everyone will be invited along to our first game back at the Glebe, whenever that may be.
Also, prior to the start of every home match, we are aiming to have a minute's applause to show our appreciation for the NHS and all key workers.
Director of football, Neil Wilson, said: "Everyone here at Whickham Football Club wanted to play their part, showing their support for the brave men and women that've all played their part in these unprecedented times.
"We, like many other clubs, have troubles at the moment, but it doesn't compare to the troubles that those working on the front-line are dealing with. We're delighted to dedicate the front of our home shirt next season to those people.
"At the club, we have players, management and committee members, whose family or friends are on the front-line. This is a cause close to our hearts, as it is with everyone else, and we want to show solidarity and support during this time. There will also be a minute's applause prior to the start of every home game.
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470 F. 3d 216 - Patel v. Gonzales
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470 F3d 216 Patel v. Gonzales
Arvindbhai Hargovandas PATEL, Petitioner,
Alberto GONZALES, Respondent.
Submitted: October 19, 2006.
Decided and Filed: December 4, 2006.
ON BRIEF: Barry L. Frager, Frager Law Firm, Memphis, Tennessee, for Petitioner. Allen P. Grunes, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Respondent.
Before: MOORE and CLAY, Circuit Judges; BELL, Chief District Judge.*
KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Arvindbhai Hargovandas Patel ("Patel") seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeal's ("BIA") decision denying Patel asylum and voluntary departure under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA").
For the following reasons, we DENY Patel's petition with respect to his asylum claim, and REMAND his voluntary departure claim for a ruling by the BIA on whether Patel is entitled to voluntary departure.
Patel is a native and citizen of India and practices the Hindu religion. While in India, Patel was an active member of Rashtriya Swayamsevek Sangh ("RSS") and Bajrang Dal. The RSS is "an organization based on Hindu nationalism" that "espouses a return to what it considers Hindu values and cultural norms." Joint Appendix ("J.A.") at 128 (United States Department of State 2003 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for India). Bajrang Dal is the youth wing of RSS.
In the early 1990s, RSS was part of an effort to build a Hindu temple in the town of Ayodhya on a site on which a mosque stood. The site is holy to some Hindus, including Patel, because they believe it is the birthplace of Lord Rama. On December 6, 1992, the effort to reclaim the site culminated in the destruction of the mosque by a group of nearly one million people. After this incident, violence and riots erupted between Muslims and Hindus. Although the Immigration Judge ("IJ") doubted Patel's veracity, Patel testified that his efforts in building the temple had been restricted to fund-raising.
Patel testified that he was not present when the mosque was torn down, as he was incarcerated at the time. The IJ found that his detention was a result of heightened sectarian stress and tension in India. In fact, Patel stated that he had been arrested a total of three times by the local police, usually after Patel participated in some public gathering agitating in favor of construction of the temple. He stated that, on each occasion, he was arrested for a few days and was denied water (and possibly food) for one or two days.
Patel came to the United States in early 1993, claiming that he left India because of his involvement in the RSS, and because he was afraid that he would be killed by Muslims in retaliation for his efforts related to building the temple. Patel filed an application for asylum with the INS in 1993. Although India is majority Hindu, Patel claims that he is still subject to persecution by Muslims, that the area in which he is from is predominantly Muslim, and that he could not safely relocate to another part of India, both because the Muslims would find him, and because of language barriers. In support of this argument, he stated that a man from his village named Mr. Sundhi left the village and was subsequently murdered.
Patel's application was not referred to the Immigration Court until January 2004, and Patel's hearing before the IJ took place on September 3, 2004. The IJ found that Patel was not eligible for asylum, withholding of removal, or voluntary departure. The IJ based his decision to deny asylum on both statutory and discretionary grounds.
Much of the IJ's decision focused on the finding that, due to his participation in the destruction of the mosque, Patel was, himself, a persecutor. However, on appeal, the BIA decision affirmed and adopted all of the IJ's opinion except insofar as the IJ found that Patel was a persecutor.
"Where the BIA adopts the IJ's reasoning, the court reviews the IJ's decision directly to determine whether the decision of the BIA should be upheld on appeal." Gilaj v. Gonzales, 408 F.3d 275, 282-83 (6th Cir.2005). Thus, we examine the IJ's decision, except with respect to the finding that Patel was a persecutor.
II. ASYLUM CLAIM1
A. Standard Of Review
We have jurisdiction to review the BIA's asylum determination under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Under the INA, the Attorney General may grant asylum to an alien who qualifies as a "refugee," which is defined as one "who is unable or unwilling to return to . . . [his or her home country] because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion...." 8 U.S.C. §§ 1158(b)(1), 1101(a)(42)(A). When an alien qualifies as a refugee, the IJ may exercise discretion to grant or deny asylum. Yu v. Ashcroft, 364 F.3d 700, 702 (6th Cir.2004).
Asylum analysis, therefore, "`involves a two-step inquiry: (1) whether the applicant qualifies as a `refugee' as defined in § 1101(a)(42)(A), and (2) whether the applicant merits a favorable exercise of discretion by the [IJ].'" Id. (alteration in original) (quoting Ouda v. INS, 324 F.3d 445, 451 (6th Cir.2003) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)). "At the first step, we review the IJ's factual determination as to whether the alien qualifies as a refugee under a substantial[-]evidence test," meaning that "findings of fact are `conclusive unless any reasonable adjudicator would be compelled to conclude to the contrary.'" Id. (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(B)). At step two, "the discretionary judgment to grant asylum to a refugee is `conclusive unless manifestly contrary to the law and an abuse of discretion.'" Id. at 703 (quoting 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(4)(D)).
B. Patel Forfeited The Argument That The IJ's Discretionary Grounds For Denying Asylum Constituted An Abuse Of Discretion And Was Manifestly Contrary To Law
Patel argues that the IJ's decision denying him asylum was not supported by substantial evidence. First, he argues that the IJ did not determine that Patel lacked credibility. Second, he argues that the IJ "erred in finding that [he] did not have an objectively reasonable fear of persecution." Patel Br. at 9.
What is most important here, however, is what Patel does not argue. Patel does not argue that the IJ abused his discretion and reached a conclusion manifestly contrary to law in denying Patel asylum on discretionary grounds. The IJ based his denial of asylum on both non-discretionary and discretionary grounds. Specifically, the IJ found that Patel was "not worthy of a favorable exercise of discretion because of his activities in the group that did attempt to rip down the [m]osque and build the temple." J.A. at 30 (IJ Opinion at 8).
Apparently, Patel's position is that, although the IJ explicitly stated that one of the alternate grounds for denying asylum was discretionary, the BIA did not adopt and affirm this ground, and, thus, the only ground on which Patel was actually denied asylum was non-discretionary. However, there is nothing in the BIA decision indicating that it rejected the IJ's discretionary ground for denying asylum; therefore, Patel's argument is without merit.
Because Patel does not challenge the IJ's discretionary decision to deny asylum, Patel has forfeited this argument, and the discretionary ground for denying Patel asylum stands. Thus, we deny Patel's petition for review of his asylum claim. See Rawe v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 462 F.3d 521, 525 n. 4 (6th Cir.2006) (stating that a party forfeits any argument which is merely stated, but for which the party makes no argument).
III. VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE CLAIM
A. Jurisdiction
According to 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(B)(i), "no court shall have jurisdiction to review any judgment regarding the granting of relief under section . . . 1229c [the section regarding voluntary departure]." However, according to § 1252(a)(2)(D), subsection (B) does not preclude this court from reviewing constitutional claims or questions of law. Thus, while our jurisdiction is limited with respect to voluntary departure determinations, where voluntary departure raises a constitutional or legal question, we retain jurisdiction. Patel makes two arguments with respect to voluntary departure. The first argument is constitutional and the second is a question of law. Therefore, we have jurisdiction to review both arguments and will examine each in turn.
B. Due Process
Patel claims that because the BIA expressly overturned the IJ's finding that Patel was a persecutor, and because the IJ relied solely on this finding in denying Patel's request for voluntary departure, the BIA was obligated to rule on Patel's briefed argument that he was entitled to voluntary departure. According to Patel, the BIA's failure to address this argument was a violation of his right to due process.
Questions of law in a deportation order are reviewed de novo. Huicochea-Gomez v. INS, 237 F.3d 696, 699 (6th Cir.2001). "Fifth Amendment guarantees of due process extend to aliens in deportation proceedings, entitling them to a full and fair hearing." Id. The Fifth Amendment prohibits "depriv[ation] of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." U.S. CONST. amend V; Voyticky v. Vill. of Timberlake, 412 F.3d 669, 679 (6th Cir.2005).
To prevail, Patel first must show that the BIA's failure to consider his voluntary departure claim deprived him of a liberty interest. However, we have previously held that "`[t]he failure to be granted discretionary relief [such as voluntary departure] does not amount to a deprivation of a liberty interest.'" Ali v. Ashcroft, 366 F.3d 407, 412 (6th Cir.2004) (alterations in original) (quoting Huicochea-Gomez, 237 F.3d at 700). Because there was no deprivation of a liberty interest, Patel's due process claim is without merit.
B. The BIA's Failure to Exercise Discretion
Patel also raises the argument that the BIA failed to use any discretion, in that, while it adopted and affirmed the IJ's decision, it rejected the IJ's determination that Patel was a persecutor. Because the IJ based his decision to deny Patel's request for voluntary departure exclusively on the grounds that Patel was a persecutor himself, it was illogical for the BIA ultimately to affirm the IJ's decision in full. The BIA Decision was silent on the question of voluntary departure.
The only way to make sense of the BIA Decision is to conclude that the BIA did not exercise any discretion whatsoever. We conclude that, as a matter of law, when the BIA rejects the underlying reason for an IJ's decision to deny voluntary departure, and then makes no determination of its own on the voluntary departure issue, the BIA has not exercised any discretion. Therefore, we remand to the BIA so that it may exercise its discretion on the question of whether Patel is entitled to voluntary departure.
For the foregoing reasons, we DENY Patel's petition with respect to his asylum claim, and REMAND the voluntary departure claim for a ruling by the BIA on whether Patel is entitled to voluntary departure.
The Honorable Robert Holmes Bell, Chief United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, sitting by designation
Neither party makes any arguments with respect to the BIA's denial of withholding of removal


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