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Periwinkle Guest Lodge is a 4 Star Luxury Lodge situated on Beachy Head Drive, Plettenberg Bay, directly across the road from the Robberg blue Flag Beach, a safe swimming beach. The Lodge is on 3 levels and has breathtaking views of the famous Robberg Peninsula, Tsitsikamma Mountains and the sea.
All the rooms are very stylishly decorated and reflect the surrounding sea and mountains. Six of the seven rooms have balconies where guests can enjoy the panoramic view from the Robberg Peninsula to the right and the Tsitskamma Mountains to the left.
The lodge can accommodate children, if the suitable rooms are available.


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Slapdash Podcast
Re-Slap: Top 20 Superheroes (03.09.20)
This episode was first released on 03.09.20.
Look up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane ... it's a new episode of Slapdash Podcast! Join Shannon and Jason as they discuss the Top 20 superheroes, as ranked by listeners.
"Airport Lounge" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Epic Blockbuster 2 by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5644-epic-blockbuster-2-
089. History of Freddy Krueger
088. Friendly Monsters
087. History of Werewolves in Film
086. Masks of Horror
085. History of M. Night Shyamalan
084. American Summer
Re-Slap: History of Independence Day (07.02.20)
Re-Slap: History of The Twilight Zone (06.08.20)
083. The Great Monster Slapdown
Re-Slap: History of Attempted Presidential Assassinations (06.01.20)
Re-Slap: History of Mass Hysteria (05.25.20)
082. Important Women of History
Re-Slap: Top 20 Disney Movies (05.18.20)
081. History of All Things Green
Re-Slap: History of the Russian Revolution (05.11.20)
080. History of the Social Credit System
Re-Slap: Game Show Scandals (05.07.20)
079. History of Uber & DoorDash
Re-Slap: Top 20 Cereals (04.27.20)
Re-Slap: Science of Population Growth (04.20.20)

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I've been slacking a bit lately… I should have said something about this much, much sooner considering this is one of my favorite lines. Nars has come out with fabulous new products for Fall 2006 and I'm drooling. Actually, I'm about to head out the door for a "research" trip to all my usual stops so I will be playing with this today and loving every single minute of it. I haven't even seen these products in person yet but I have a feeling they will be good, it's Nars, how could it not be?
I'm sure these places think I'm a weirdo when they see me taking notes and swatches of color trailing up my arms because my hands are full.
Nars has released two new eyeshadow duos, a new blush, a new lipgloss, a new lipstick and two new Velvet Matte Lip Pencils, I'm a huge fan of these lip pencils. One of these is a mandatory purchase for me as one of them shares part of my name. As for eyeshadow, I've got my eye on the duo on the right, Bohemian Gold. it's just calling my name saying "buy me, buy me". I'm not sure about the lip gloss, I'm kind of lip gloss'ed out but the beautiful caramel pink coloring is certainly gorgeous. The new lipstick is certainly worth a look, with it's rich berry color, it will be a hot color for the fall. I don't think Nars has ever disappointed me with it's products so I'm sure I'll love this just as much in person… but I'll let you know later.
That is an amazing blush.
BTW: Did you go to LaCreme yet?
while I enjoy listening your podcast, you say "um" a LOT. "Uh" is said also, but not as much so try to work on not saying those two things. I dunno, maybe practice saying it a couple of times and doing it again? And I would like a tone that was more organized and moving along quickly whereas I often feel that you are meandering through what you want to talk about. Also, if you write out what you're going to say, you'll avoid repeating phrases which you also do quite a lot and you will come off as being well spoken. Keep going though, because I like hearing about the make-up.


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was a Japanese voice actress. Having graduated from the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music, she was a member of Production Baobab.

Career
Kawakami debuted in 1994 as a role of a boy in Metal Fighter Miku. Her first regular performance was in 1995 as Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi. Two years after, she landed her first starring voice role as Utena Tenjou in Revolutionary Girl Utena. Aside from Chiriko and Utena, her famous roles are in Air (Misuzu Kamio), Bleach (Soifon), Chrono Crusade (Rosette Christopher), Hikaru no Go (Hikaru Shindo), Sgt. Frog (Fuyuki Hinata), Ape Escape (Natsumi),Yukiko Kawasaki (Dear Boys), Sugar (A Little Snow Fairy Sugar) & Aria (Athena Glory).

Kawakami provided voices for young boys, girls and comical characters. The best-known genre of her roles are tomboyish characters (Soifon, Utena Tenjou). With such a powerful voice, she was often affiliated in paranormal and yuri-themed anime. She also  made her name voicing the heroine in the Harukanaru Toki no Naka de series, based from the Neoromance game with the same title produced by Koei in 2000.

Illness and death
In August 2008, Kawakami had ovarian cancer, which required surgery. During a three-year battle with cancer, most of her ongoing roles were replaced by other voice actresses, although Kawakami managed to do some voice work until her retirement in early 2010s. She died on June 9, 2011. Her death was met with an outpouring of grief. Kumiko Watanabe, a particular voice actress and a close friend of hers prior to her passing whom worked alongside Kawakami for works such as the Klonoa video game series and Sgt. Frog anime, responded on her web diary with condolences just two days after her death.

Filmography

Anime series
 Air - Misuzu Kamio
 Amaenaideyo!! - Sumi Ikuina
 A Little Snow Fairy Sugar - Sugar
 Angelic Layer - Madoka Fujisaki
 Aria - Athena Glory
 Ashita no Nadja - Shudefan
 Battle Athletes Victory - Chris Christopher
 Best Student Council - Cyndi Manabe
 Betterman - Sēme
 Bleach - Soifon (Episode 24 - 205)
 Cardcaptor Sakura - Rika Sasaki
 Chrono Crusade - Rosette Christopher
 Clannad - Girl from the Illusionary World
 Crush Gear Turbo - Yamano Kimomo
 Cyborg 009 - Cynthia
 Darker than BLACK - Amber
 Dear Boys - Yukiko Kawasaki
 Descendants of Darkness - Kazusa Otonashi
 Detective School Q - Kazuma Narusawa
 Di Gi Charat Nyo! - Chibi Akari, Kareida-san
 Doki Doki School Hours - Akane Kobayashi
 Elfen Lied - Mariko
 Emily of New Moon - Emily Byrd Starr
 F-Zero GP Legend - Sasuke Reina
 Fullmetal Alchemist - Kyle (in episode 9)
 Fushigi Yûgi, Fushigi Yūgi Oni, and Fushigi Yūgi Eikoden - Chiriko
 Gakuen Heaven - Satoshi Umino
 Gaiking - Lulu
 Gakko no Kaidan - Satsuki Miyanoshita
 Genesis of Aquarion - Futaba
 Great Teacher Onizuka - Hoshino (in episode 28)
 Godannar - Luna
 Harukanaru Toki no Naka de - Akane Motomiya
 Hikaru no Go - Hikaru Shindō
 I'm Gonna Be An Angel! - Noelle
 Jigoku Shōjo - Yoshimi Kuroda (in episode 1)
 Jibaku-kun - Pink
 Jinki: Extend - Elnie Tachibana
 Kanon - Sayuri Kurata
 Kara no Kyōkai - Ryougi Shiki (Drama CD)
 Magical Project S - Konoha Haida/Funky Connie
 Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple - Miu Fūrinji
 Martian Successor Nadesico - Eri, Ai
 MegaMan NT Warrior - Princess Pride
 Mirmo! - Wakaba
 Mon Colle Knights - Fearī
 NieA 7 - Kāna
 Nodame Cantabile - Elise (main story in anime), Puririn (Purigorota)
 One Piece - Amanda
 Onegai My Melody - Flat-kun
 Orphen: Revenge - Licorice Nelson
 Paranoia Agent - "Otokomichi/A Man's Path" manga heroine (Episode 4)
 Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart - Yūki Matsubara
 Pocket Monsters - Ayame, Takami, Hikari's Mimirol, Pokédex (Sinnoh region)
 Popotan - Mai/Konami
 Power Stone - Ayame
 Rune Soldier - Merrill
 Revolutionary Girl Utena - Utena Tenjō
 Saiyuki Reload series - Lirin
 Saru Get You -On Air- - Natsumi
 Sgt. Frog - Fuyuki Hinata (Episode 1 + 231)
 Shaman King - Pirika, Mini Mongomeri
 Space Pirate Mito - Mito Mitsukuni
 Steel Angel Kurumi - Eiko Kichijōji
 Tactics - Yōko
 The Law of Ueki - Ai Mori
 The Twelve Kingdoms - Rangyoku
 The World of Narue - Ran Tendō
 Those Who Hunt Elves - Annette, Emily
 Those Who Hunt Elves 2 - Annette, Pichi
 Tokyo Mew Mew - Ayano Uemura (in episode 34)
 Touch: Miss Lonely Yesterday - Kōchi
 Trinity Blood - Elise Wasmeyer (in episode 2)
 Uta Kata - Satsuki Takigawa
 VS Knight Ramune & 40 Fire - Trumpet
 Yakitate!! Japan - Princess Anne (episode 31)

Anime films
 Air - Misuzu Kamio
 Bleach: Memories of Nobody - Soifon
 Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion - Soifon
 Lupin III: Alcatraz Connection - Monica
 Inuyasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time - Hari
 Keroro Gunso the Super Movie - Fuyuki Hinata
 Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess - Fuyuki Hinata
 Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 3: Keroro vs. Keroro Great Sky Duel - Fuyuki Hinata
 Revolutionary Girl Utena: The Adolescence of Utena - Utena Tenjō
 The Doraemons: The Great Operation of Springing Insects - Momo

Video games
 Air - Misuzu Kamio
 Ape Escape - Natsumi, Charu
 Bleach: Blade Battlers 2 - Soifon
 Bleach: Heat The Soul 3 - Soifon
 Bleach: Heat the Soul 4 - Soifon
 Bleach: Shattered Blade - Soifon
 Bomberman Generation - Bomberman
 Brave Story: New Traveler - Yuno
 Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice - Charlone Claudius
 Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil - Lolo
 Klonoa Beach Volleyball - Lolo
 Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series - Lolo
 Magical Drop F - Judgment
 Never 7: The End of Infinity - Yuka Kawashima
 Radiant Silvergun - Reana
 Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal - Sasha (Japanese dub)
 SD Gundam G Generation - Rachel Ransom
 Sengoku Basara - Itsuki
 Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Itsuka Kakumei Sareru Monogatari - Utena Tenjō
 Skies of Arcadia - Aika
 Sonic Wings Assault - Mao Mao
 Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Fushigisou (Ivysaur)
 Tales of Destiny 2 - Nanaly Fletch
 The King of Fighters 2001 - May Lee
 The King of Fighters 2002 - May Lee
 The Law of Ueki: Taosu ze Roberuto Juudan! - Ai Mori
 The Legend of Dragoon - Meru
 Thousand Arms - Sodina Dawnfried
 Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side (Konami Palace Selection) - Fujii Natsumi
 Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side 1st Love - Fujii Natsumi
 Tokimeki Memorial Girl's Side: 1st Love Plus - Fujii Natsumi
 Viper F40 - Raika Grace
 Viper CTR - Miki

Dubbing roles
 Blue Crush – Anne Marie Chadwick (Kate Bosworth)
 Hearts in Atlantis – Carol Gerber (Mika Boorem)
 Heat – Lauren Gustafson (Natalie Portman)
 Jumanji – Judy Shepherd (Kirsten Dunst)
 The Secret World of Alex Mack - Alex Mack (Larisa Oleynik)

Original video animation
  Amon: The Apocalypse of Devilman -Yumi
 Tokio Private Police -Noriko Ibuki

Successors
Houko Kuwashima - Sgt. Frog as Fuyuki Hinata, Bleach as Soifon
Sayuri Yahagi - Nodame Cantabile as Puririn - Season 2 (Kawakami returned in Season 3)
Kumi Sakuma - Nodame Cantabile as Elise - Season 2 (Kawakami returned in Season 3)
Yuki Kaida - A Foreign Love Affair as Kaoru Omi
Satsuki Yukino - Pokémon Diamond and Pearl as Dawn's Buneary (Hikari's Mimirol), Pokedex, Momoan, additional characters
Shiho Kawaragi - Desperate Housewives as Kayla Huntington - Season 4
Akiko Kimura - Battle Spirits as Mama
Yumi Kakazu - Tales of VS, Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 as Nanaly Fletch
Omi Minami - Elemental Gerard as Ashea
Yuki Matsuoka - Heroes Fantasia as Mileru
Saki Fujita - Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card as Rika Sasaki
Rie Kugimiya - Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple as Miu
Miyuki Sawashiro - Sengoku Basara as Itsuki
Ai Nonaka - Anpanman as Candle-Man
Yuka Imai - Demonbane PS2 game, Super Robot Wars UX as Claudius
Aimi Tanaka - The King of Fighters All Star as May Lee Jinju
Rina Hidaka - Shaman King 2021 as Pirika Usui
Rina Sato - Aria the Crepuscolo as Athena Glory
 Inuko Inuyama - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Ivysaur

References

Sources
Nakagami, Yoshikatsu. "The Official Art of AIR" (October 2007), Newtype USA. pgs. 135–41

External links

1970 births
2011 deaths
Deaths from cancer in Japan
Deaths from ovarian cancer
Japanese Roman Catholics
Japanese video game actresses
Japanese voice actresses
Production Baobab voice actors
Toho Gakuen School of Music alumni
Voice actresses from Tokyo
20th-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese actresses

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ITV have pulled the following light-hearted song by comedian Tim Minchin from Jonathan Ross's Christmas show on the grounds that it 'didn't quite work editorially'.
For which, read that they are a bunch of spineless cowards, terrified that they might cause the slightest offence to some clueless god-botherer somewhere.
Remember, offence is taken, not given. Personally, I take great offence at censorship of popular entertainment shows on the grounds that certain other people might find the content offensive.
What else are ITV protecting us from?
If we're supposed to believe if from the Bible, what's wrong with a comedian saying it? Great song!!


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udver: '2'
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  Values:
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  Cmp
  Equ
  Pos
  Sup

Degree of comparison is typically an inflectional feature of some
[adjectives](u-pos/ADJ) and [adverbs](u-pos/ADV).

### `Pos`: positive, first degree

This is the base form that merely states a quality of something,
without comparing it to qualities of others. Note that although this
degree is traditionally called "positive", negative properties can be
compared, too.

#### Examples

* [en] _young man_
* [cs] _mladý muž_

### `Equ`: equative

The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another
object, and the result is that they are identical or similar ("as X as").
Note that it marks the adjective and it is distinct from the equative [Case](),
which marks the standard of comparison.

#### Examples

* [et] _pikkune (pikkus+ne)_ "as tall as"

### `Cmp`: comparative, second degree

The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of another
object.

#### Examples

* [en] _the man is younger than me_
* [cs] _ten muž je mladší než já_

### `Sup`: superlative, third degree

The quality of one object is compared to the same quality of all other
objects within a set.

#### Examples

* [en] _this is the youngest man in our team_
* [cs] _toto je nejmladší muž v našem týmu_

### `Abs`: absolute superlative

Some languages can express morphologically that the studied quality of
the given object is so strong that there is hardly any other object
exceeding it. The quality is not actually compared to any particular
set of objects.

#### Examples

* [es] _guapo_ "handsome"; _guapísimo_ "indescribably
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Georgia's Governor Clashes with Atlanta Mayor Over Mask Mandate; Florida Becomes Leading Nation in Per Capita COVID-19 Cases; New Testing Site Set Up in Phoenix, Arizona; White House Says At Least 18 States in Coronavirus "Red Zones" Should Enact Stricter Measures; CDC Delays Release of Guidance on Reopening Schools; Texas Health Official Warns His Community is in "Dire Need". Aired 9-9:30a ET
JIM SCIUTTO, CNN ANCHOR: Thank you, Kamau, and to all of you, be sure to watch the all new season of "UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA." It's going to premier Sunday night 10:00 Eastern Time and Pacific, only on CNN.
"CNN NEWSROOM" with someone I know pretty well, Poppy Harlow, begins right now.
POPPY HARLOW, CNN ANCHOR: All right. It is Friday morning. Good morning, everyone. I'm Poppy Harlow. Glad you're with us.
This morning, states scrambling to try to get a hold on a virus that is surging across the nation. For the ninth time in the month, the U.S. has set a new record in new cases. More than 77,000 new cases over the last 24 hours. And more than 940 people dying from this virus yesterday alone. 38 states are seeing a rise in new cases and the debate over masks is getting more political and it's intensifying as some cities and states issue mandates.
Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp is now suing the mayor of Atlanta over her mask order. Despite the fact that it is proven, undeniably proven by the science that masks help prevent the spread of this virus. This has become a very public battle. It is getting uglier this morning.
Georgia's governor just held a news conference. Let's get straight to our Dianne Gallagher in Atlanta with more.
DIANNE GALLAGHER, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Poppy. And look, Georgia's Governor Brian Kemp doesn't deny that. In fact, multiple times during that press conference he not only encouraged but implored people to wear masks. Every member of his task force who got up there talked about the performance of wearing masks, but just 12 hours earlier his administration filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta and Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, because of the mask mandate and the going back to phase one restrictions.
Now, the governor maintains that this is about saving lives and livelihoods of businesses. A lot of focus on businesses and what going back to phase one might mean for them. But the mask mandate is in cities all across Georgia and many mayors including Keisha Lance Bottoms has said they're still going to do it. Here's what the governor had to say.
GOV. BRIAN KEMP (R), GEORGIA: Now, I know that many well-intentioned and well-informed Georgians want a mask mandate. And while we all agree that wearing a mask is effective, I'm confident that Georgians don't need a mandate to do the right thing. Instead of issuing mandates that are confusing and unenforceable, I'm asking all local leaders to enforce the current executive order.
Enforce the rules that we had put in place to keep employees and customers safe at local businesses. Enforce the provisions that ensure folks are staying six feet apart in large gatherings. Enforce measures to protect the medically fragile and use your bully pulpit, your social media challenge, and your connections with the local media to help build support for wearing a mask when needed.
MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS (D), ATLANTA: Well, I have not heard personally from the White House, but I do know that Brian Kemp does the bidding of President Trump. And it is -- it's unfortunate because meanwhile over 130,000 people in our state have tested positive for COVID-19. Over 3100 people have lost their lives, and instead of speaking on the same accord about how we can stop the spread of this virus, this governor is taking taxpayer money to sue me personally and the irony is that I am now infected with COVID-19, and he is suing the Atlanta City Council and our city, by and large, supports a mask mandate.
GALLAGHER: Now, that's something that the governor really wouldn't answer. He was asked multiple times because he accused the city of Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, of playing politics, that all they had to do was follow his executive order. But when he was asked if, you know, he was the one being political here since his administration is the one taking taxpayer dollars to sue a city over that mandate, he didn't really answer it and just kept going back to the fact that he was trying to protect businesses in Georgia as well.
Again, Poppy, deaths, hospitalizations, and new cases in Georgia are all at record highs over the past week. 39 percent increase in hospitalizations over just the past week here in Georgia. They've had to open surge hospitals.
HARLOW: Geez. Oh, Dianne, thank you very much for that update. We appreciate it.
Let's go to Miami now. Our colleague Rosa Flores is there. We just got new data showing Florida now leads the nation in per capita coronavirus cases. Is that right?
ROSA FLORES, CNN CORRESPONDENT: You know, Poppy, it's not getting any better. Florida yesterday reporting nearly 14,000 new coronavirus cases and 156 deaths. That's a record. Here in Miami-Dade County, the 14-day average positivity rate, 27 percent. The goal is not to exceed 10 percent.
When it comes to hospitalizations in the past two weeks, according to county data those are up 46 percent. In the past two weeks, ICU beds 54 percent, ventilators, 86 percent.
Now, according to data released by Miami-Dade County, ICUs are operating at 107 percent. Here's the data. ICU capacity is 440 beds. Well, yesterday they had 472 patients. Now it's important to note that the county does have over 400 beds that they're converting into ICU beds. Now according to the city of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, he's looking at all this data. He says that hospitals in his city are at 95 percent capacity and that leaders in his city are possibly a few days to a week away to shutting down -- Poppy.
HARLOW: Rosa Flores, we appreciate it. Those numbers are getting worse by the day as you said.
Let's go to Arizona. Our Evan McMorris-Santoro is Phoenix.
Good morning, Evan. The situation there this morning, what is it?
EVAN MCMORRIS-SANTORO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, good morning, Poppy. Yesterday, at a press conference the governor sounded a positive note about some numbers here, but continued to talk about how dire the situation is saying there's no end in sight at the moment for this pandemic in Arizona which has been ravaging the state.
I'm at South Mountain Park, a testing site in Phoenix. You can see they set up a testing site here. There'll be cars coming in later during the self-administered test. This is a FEMA run site. A big deal trying to get the testing up to try to get a better picture of the pandemic here.
Now we saw something kind of grim happened yesterday, that it was sort of shot you up in your seat when you heard about it. The county medical examiner has ordered a bunch of trucks to add more than 200 beds to their morgue system here. They say that that's just a worst case scenario note. They don't need those beds yet, but they're ordering them just in case things do get worse -- Poppy.
HARLOW: OK, Evan, let's hope they don't, but good that they will be more prepared if they do. Thanks for that, from Arizona.
Let's talk about all of these developments and these record heartbreaking numbers. Crystal Watson is with me this morning, senior associate at Johns Hopkins Center for Health and Security.
It's nice to have you. Thanks very much for being here.
CRYSTAL WATSON, SENIOR ASSOCIATE, JOHNS HOPKINS CENTER FOR HEALTH SECURITY: Thanks, Poppy. HARLOW: When you look at what we're seeing and it's not just states
that reopened quickly or where there's not a lot of mask wearing, for example. Look at what we're seeing in Washington state. When you look at the U.S., 77,255 new cases yesterday, almost a thousand deaths yesterday, it joins, you know, Brazil and India as the only countries with more than a million cases. why is the fundamental question? And what would change this the most?
WATSON: So I think while states did reopen at kind of different rates, one common thing that we've done is we've allowed people to congregate indoors again in bars and restaurants, staying for prolonged periods of time within six feet of one another. And I think that is clearly a dangerous thing to do and so I think the only thing that will affect this is to layer a set of measures together including closing those indoor gatherings. And having people wear masks and commit to social distancing.
HARLOW: Let's talk about schools. I mean, there are some school districts that are supposed to open in a matter of weeks. A number of states opened their public schools in August. We heard the White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany saying yesterday, look, science is on our side. It is perfectly safe, her words, to open the schools.
Just set the record straight on the science because everything that I have read, and every expert I've talked to said, actually, the science is just not there yet on how much children are vectors or spreaders of coronavirus. What we do know is every other virus like influenza they spread a lot. What is the science? Is it perfectly clear?
WATSON: No, there's still a lot of uncertainty about how much kids spread the virus. We haven't had as many children get sick so we don't really know what will happen when we introduce an epidemic into school systems. We've seen some indicators from the rest of the world where there have been outbreaks in schools but we're particularly worried about those teachers and staff members, who may be older or who have underlying conditions who if they get sick they may have severe consequences.
HARLOW: What about the delay in testing results? So we've heard some of the biggest labs out there, Quest Diagnostics, LabCorp, talk about this. We just heard, you know, the governor of Florida talk about this.
If you have what we're seeing in some states is a delay of testing results, COVID testing results from five to seven days from when you take the test to when you actually get your result. I have a friend here in New York who took a test more than a week ago, hasn't gotten a result. What does that do to the nation's ability to get a handle on this crisis and really bring the numbers down? Because I don't think almost anyone stays inside and by themselves for a week waiting for results.
WATSON: Yes. It really hinders our ability to get control of these epidemics. As you said, if people who have symptoms, who are waiting for a test, are not indoors and trying to isolate, then they're out spreading it likely to others in the community. And we're certainly not able to trace contacts of cases and get those people quarantined without that information. It makes it really difficult.
HARLOW: Yes. OK. Thank you so much, Crystal, for your expertise this morning.
WATSON: Thank you.
HARLOW: Well, still to come as millions of parents as we were just talking about wait on news for whether their children will return to school physically in the fall, the CDC says it will not be releasing new documents about reopening safely today. There's a delay. We're going to find out why and how long that delay may be in that guidance.
Also, a brand-new ABC-"Washington Post" poll this morning show 60 percent of Americans now disapprove of the president's handling of this outbreak. We'll be joined by his senior adviser to the Trump 2020 campaign.
HARLOW: Welcome back. We do have new details this morning, so guidance from the White House that suggested at least 18 states in so- called red zones should enact stricter measures and roll back their reopenings, but so far, this report has not been published. So the public hasn't seen it. Let's go to our White House correspondent John Harwood. John, let's talk about these 18 states, and if they were given this report.
I mean, what's the genesis of this, where does it come from, right? Because it's from July 14th, and have the states themselves seen it?
JOHN HARWOOD, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Poppy, the states involved are living this experience. It's not a matter of information, it's a matter of political will. You've got a Republican president who has moved from a strategy of neglect to denial to aggressive, almost pathological denial of what's going on, and Republican politicians in those states are following his lead.
Sixteen of the 18 states were carried by President Trump. He focuses relentlessly on his base. Now, we know that in the end, you can only deny reality so long. Citizens will take responsibility in their own hands, they'll take care of themselves, protect themselves. Eventually, the Republican politicians will come along, but the question is, how many people are going to get sick and die before that happens?
HARLOW: OK, also when it comes to the CDC, right, they issued those guidelines for schools reopening last week, and now there is some updates that's coming to them, but it's not going to be published today. Do we know why?
HARWOOD: Well, we know that consistently, the president has been trying to sit on the facts and the experts delivering the facts. The CDC issued some guidance, then we were told that the guidance was going to be changed. Then we were told the guidance wasn't going to be changed, but it was going to be supplemented.
HARLOW: Right --
HARWOOD: Now the supplementing material has been delayed. And states are in the process of trying to make decisions and the administration plainly, wants them to open and is going to take steps to try to get them to open.
HARLOW: I hope we get that soon. I think every parent, teacher, child deserves it. John Harwood at the White House, appreciate your reporting as always this morning, have a nice weekend. So, let's talk about schools, let's go to Miami-Dade County where school resumes in just weeks. Families still awaiting a decision on, will it be a physical reopening?
The superintendent Alberto Carvalho said yesterday that as long as cases continue to rise, quote, "we will not" be opening schools, they won't be safe to open and he joins me now. Mr. Superintendent, it's very nice to have you. You have set out some numbers here, right? Your position has been, we can't physically reopen schools unless we have a 10 percent or less than 10 percent positivity rate.
Yesterday, there -- it was a 25 percent positivity rate. At this point, are we getting towards it being inevitable that you begin like some other districts have chosen to just fully reopen online at least in the near-term this Fall?
ALBERTO CARVALHO, SUPERINTENDENT, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Number one, thank you very much, Poppy. It certainly is becoming very difficult to argue for a regular reopening of schools considering the data right here in Miami-Dade. Which by the way --
HARLOW: Yes --
CARVALHO: It's comparable to the data and the circumstances that Wuhan, China, faced about six months ago. We are at the center of America's epicenter for COVID-19, so we're monitoring a number of data points, not just the positivity rate which you correctly said is around 24.4 percent. But also ICU bed occupancy capacity which is at 107 percent with the increased levels of hospitalizations. Those are elements that cannot be ignored. Now, I am one who wants children to return to school --
CARVALHO: Because of the deleterious effects that children face out of school. You know, social and emotional impacts, the learning loss. But we need to take that within the context of environmental conditions that vary from region-to-region in a country, from county- to-county right here in the state of Florida.
HARLOW: I hear you a 100 percent, and not to mention the economic toll, what it means for dual families, most families, where both parents work. What about federal funding? The threat from the president and the education secretary to withhold federal funding if your schools don't fully reopen. Do you know if you're going to get the money if you're not physically opened by August 24th?
CARVALHO: Well, we certainly hope that that's not the case. I mean, look, we are a poor community, regardless of what people see on TV, you know, Miami-Dade is not South Beach, 73.4 percent of the children in our community are poor --
CARVALHO: Eleven percent of them have disabilities. About 50,000 of them are English language learners. You know, imposing an additional crisis, a financial crisis upon children who are fragile to begin with just does not make any sense whatsoever.
What I'm actually asking for is some degree of flexibility. Look, you know, different parts of America are experiencing different levels of proportionality regarding COVID-19. We are in crisis mode right here in our community. So we ought to be given some degree of flexibility to restart the school year, but in a way that's safe for students and parents and teachers.
HARLOW: I'd like to talk about the children you just mentioned, I mean, among the most vulnerable populations. You've got 70 percent -- over 70 percent of the students in your schools rely on free lunch, and you know, you talk about not just food insecurity, but about, you know, all of the other challenges that they face. We also know many of those children face an increased burden of not having complete broadband access, Wi-Fi access, their own laptop to get the work done at home.
And we know what the numbers have shown in terms of the impact on many of those children from schools being closed in March. What is the plan, right? Can you assure every family, every parent in your district that they will have the broadband access they need, they will have a computer to really have an equal shot at an online education?
CARVALHO: All right, therein lies the hop's stretch, right? You want to protect the health and well-being of children and teachers, but at the same time you want to sort of put a stop to the learning loss, the academic regression that they're facing. In the last quarter of last school year, because or our level of readiness, we actually reached the 100 percent connectivity for students with every single student in Miami-Dade with a portable device connected from home.
HARLOW: But I hear, that is --
CARVALHO: To help --
HARLOW: Let me just jump in and say that's amazing. Good for you. But does your data show that since schools closed in March, they were all logged on consistently and taking the classes? CARVALHO: So they were logged on. What we did observe were some
challenges with quite frankly students, not only being logged on, but actually learning consistently in a continuous manner.
CARVALHO: That's why right now, we're doing massive professional development for our employees, but also as a board priority, training for parents to be better supporters of the home-learning environment for children. So our problem is not a technology problem. Our problem quite frankly is that there's no guarantee that depending on the personal circumstances of parents --
CARVALHO: Work demand of parents --
HARLOW: Wow, I mean --
CARVALHO: That they will be the necessary support at home.
HARLOW: Yes, it's impossible for, you know, many quote-unquote "essential workers" that will not get paid if they don't leave the home to go to serve people and to do their job, and then how can they be there for their kids? It's an impossible situation, we wish you a lot of luck. Thank you, Superintendent Carvalho.
CARVALHO: Thank you very much.
HARLOW: Of course, Texas Governor Greg Abbott doubling down on his pledge not to revert back, not to shut down the state's economy again, but could a dire warning about the facts on the ground change his mind?
HARLOW: Welcome back. A top health official in Texas is sounding the alarm now, warning that coronavirus is beginning to overwhelm his community. This as the state reports a record number of new COVID infections again.
Ed Lavandera joins me again this morning from Dallas. Good morning. So I think the real question is, these dire warnings from medical experts within the state, are those going to cause the governor to reverse course? Because he keeps saying mask will solve it. We are not, you know, closing down again. We are not shutting down the economy again.
ED LAVANDERA, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Right. I don't see based on what the governor has said over the last few days any imminent shutdown of the Texas economy based on what he has said. There's some wiggle room and he is really pushing people here in this state to use the masks. The governor has said he believes that if people were to strictly wear masks when they're out in public, that, that would do enough to curtail the surge of cases in hospitalizations that we're seeing in this state.
But he did say that people need to do that to prevent another shutdown. So, there's some wiggle room there, but I think it's some time away as they continue to see how these cases continue to unfold. The number of coronavirus cases over 10,000 for most of this week, per day, hospitalizations up as well.
A record high in the number of deaths reported on Thursday, Poppy, 129. And the governor who was speaking to the state Republicans at their state convention, and he's been under a great deal of attack from the right-wing of the Republican Party here in Texas.
Some calling the mask mandate unconstitutional. The governor is defending all of that, saying that he has science on his side, and he has a legal authority to do so. So he's really kind of taking it from both sides here in this state as he's pushing people here in Texas to continue wearing their masks. Poppy?
HARLOW: Ed, thank you for that reporting. We'll watch the state very closely. Let's go to California now where the governor is set to announce his guidance for reopening schools today. This is a big deal, Stephanie, everyone is waiting for this news.
STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right, because people are trying to figure out how if cases are rising as they're especially here in L.A. County which is really the center of the outbreak in the state as far as the number of cases per county. How are they going to have kids back in school in the long term? We already know that LAUSD and the San Diego Unified School District plan on going to remote learning when they start up in the Fall.
But he did get come questions about that in his last press conference, Governor Newsom did. And so he did say that he was going to have guidance, we're expecting to hear that at 3:00 p.m. Eastern today about how this is going to work, and what these guidelines are going to look like for the state of California. Now, just to put it in perspective, California's numbers for the day above 8,500 new cases, and we did see a slight decline in hospitalizations and ICU admissions.


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'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' Star Rachel Bloom Proves She's the Absolute Best With Hilarious Golden Globes Speech
By Zach Seemayer 6:42 PM PST, January 10, 2016
Rachel Bloom's shocked acceptance speech might be one of the most honest moments of pure, unexpected joy of tonight's Golden Globes.
The surprises started early this year when the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star beat out Jamie Lee Curtis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Gina Rodriguez and Lily Tomlin for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical TV Series.
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Bloom, 28, clearly did not expect to hear her name called, and as a result her speech was one of those wonderfully frantic and heartfelt moments that stick with you.
"Oh my god! Oh my god!" Bloom yelled, grasping the award and walking to the mic stand. "All right guys, guys, guys! I'm just gonna talk to you like your people, and pretend like I'm not on TV."
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"We almost didn't have a show!" Bloom explained, her eyes red from tears. "We made a pilot for another network and they rejected it. And we sent the pilot to every other network in Hollywood, and we got six rejections in one day, and we felt like crap. But we knew it was good!"
This is the first major award won by Bloom, who's best known for her online comedy videos such as her music video "F**k me, Ray Bradbury," which was nominated for a Hugo Award.
Bloom then ran through her long list of people she's thankful for-- and her rapid-fire delivery of the list of names spoke volumes about her comedy prowess.
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Speaking with ET after her acceptance speech, Bloom revealed that she actually had a prepared speech in her hand that she "literally never looked at."
She also opened up about The CW, which was the one network that actually gave her show a chance, sharing, "The CW lets their creators create and it gives us the freedom and it just throws love at you. So I think The CW is fan-f**king-tastic as far as I'm concerned."
For more from Bloom and her funny, off-beat, musical rom-com series, check out the video below.
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International Alert appoints Michael Young as new Chief Executive Officer
London, 17 June 2019 – International Alert is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Young as its new Chief Executive Officer. He will join Alert in September.
With over 25 years' experience working alongside people impacted by violence and displacement, Young is replacing outgoing CEO Harriet Lamb. He has worked in an impressive range of senior management roles in the field and at headquarters level with leading global aid organisations, including the International Rescue Committee and Mercy Corps.
His focus since the 1990s has been on active conflict and post-crisis peacebuilding and recovery, taking him to Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, DRC, Iraq, Pakistan, the Russian Federation, Sierra Leone, and beyond.
Michael said: "There are three big reasons why I'm thrilled and honored to take up the CEO role with International Alert. One, at a time when conflict is resurgent, fragility is rising and international law seems to be breached with impunity, peacebuilding has never been more important. Two, getting peacebuilding right is the key that unlocks so many other global goods – like building a truly effective humanitarian aid system or achieving real progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. And three, I am joining a great organisation and team that have proven themselves time and again to be able to rise to these grave challenges. Together, we aim to deliver for people and communities caught in the violent conflict trap with ever greater impact."
Young comes to Alert having most recently been leading the development of new approaches to crisis analysis – marrying human insight with 'big data' analytics – and supporting the humanitarian response to the devastating war in Yemen with Mercy Corps. He is committed to leveraging technology to deliver greater accountability into the hands of people in crisis; to adaptive leadership that maximizes impact; and to building the case for peacebuilding as an essential component of any crisis and post-crisis response.
Throughout his career he has been a keen advocate on crisis response policy, briefing the UK government, the US Presidential Administration and Congress, and multi-lateral agencies. Michael studied human biology at the University of Aston in the UK and international relations at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University in the USA.
International Alert's Chairman Carey Cavanaugh said: "We are excited to have Michael Young coming on board as our next CEO to lead our efforts across the globe advancing peace. He brings an exceptional combination of energy, sensitivity, commitment and proven leadership to the challenges of helping people in conflict."
"Having worked at both the coalface and in senior management positions in the humanitarian and peacebuilding sectors, Michael knows first-hand the vital role civil society can play to protect human rights, reduce violence and build support for peace."
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Republicans and Democrats have sharply different views about America's role in the world and on some key questions — such as whether the U.S. is more or less respected than in the past — their opinions depend on whether their party controls the White House, according to a new Pew Research Center survey released this week.
About three-quarters (74%) of Republicans surveyed in November said the U.S. now plays a less important and powerful role as a world leader than 10 years ago —more than the overall public (53%) and far more than Democrats (33%).
The partisan gap on whether the U.S. is less respected in the world than in the past is smaller than the gap on the question about the U.S. as a world leader: Eight-in-ten Republicans hold that view compared to 56% of Democrats. But the survey shows a big shift in sentiment among Republicans and Democrats over the years depending on whose party held the White House.
While Republicans now see the U.S. as less respected (during the Obama administration) than do Democrats by an 80% to 56% margin, those numbers were almost exactly the reverse in a May 2008 survey, near the end of the Bush Administration. In May 2008, 81% of Democrats said the U.S. was less respected compared to 60% of Republicans. And, toward the end of George Bush's first term in July 2004, 80% of Democrats believed the U.S. was less respected compared to 47% of Republicans.
When it comes to America's role in the world, there is one prominent area where partisan differences are relatively small. About half (51%) the overall public believed the U.S. does too much in terms of helping solve world problems compared with 17% who think it does too little and 28% say it does about the right amount.
The view that America does too much is shared by 52% of Republicans and 46% of Democrats. Similar numbers of Republicans (18%) and Democrats (15%) say the U.S. does too little while 26% of Republicans and 36% of Democrats consider U.S. involvement abroad is the right amount.
But significant partisan gaps re-appear when Americans are asked to rate their top long-range foreign policy priorities.
The biggest gap is over dealing with global climate change, reflecting a divide that also shows itself in polls about global warming as a domestic issue. Nearly six-in-ten (57%) of Democrats called dealing with global climate change a top long-range policy priority compared to 16% of Republicans — a 41 point gap.
On priorities important to them, Democrats also favor strengthening the United Nations by 25 points more than Republicans and back efforts to improve living standards in developing countries by 19 points more. When it comes to issues most important to Republicans, their biggest gap with Democrats is over the priority to put on reducing illegal immigration. The share of Republicans considering that a priority is 24 points higher than that of Democrats.
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Healthyplanet.org is the brainchild of Dr. Mark Mulligan a Geography professor at Kings College in London. The site was announced in April, with the goal of allowing individuals and businesses to become "guardians" of the planet using a Google Maps or Earth interface. The maps display a layer of national parks and conservation areas all around the world, including a selection of parks which are designated "priority parks" (mainly in Africa) identified as globally important and in need of urgent funding. A potential guardian can zoom into an area, select a 1 sq km section, make a donation and then create a pop-up plaque with a dedication. There are other ways that people are encouraged to participate "from their armchairs", including mapping (coming soon, they say).
In its FAQs, Healthyplanet states that 90% of a donation goes to a fund set up for each park, and whenever that park has an "approved project", the funds are transferred to the park. If, after time, there are no approved projects in the park, Healthyplanet will donate the funds to a priority park. This seems like a very nice concept and innovative use of maps.
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An Interdisciplinary Approach to Sports In A University Setting; What Are The Risks Associated With Performance Analysis For Individuals?
Chandra, Aniket, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia
Scherer, William, EN-Eng Sys and Environment, University of Virginia
Performance Analytics is a tool to uncover insights and reveal hidden values that will help to define new strategies to achieve key objectives. The technical research aims to design a Center for Performance Analytics at the University of Virginia, in order to foster both academic and athletic research exploration. This center is envisaged as a collaborative initiative, where students and faculty alike can learn, teach and utilize the data procured by the center and the various affiliated athletic teams. The STS research aims to explore and provide a solution to the ongoing issue of data security and privacy. The data the center is to collect, will often be sourced from volunteers in the form of personal data, as well as from student-athletes' performance. Therefore, strict measures are needed to maintain individual privacy.
The Sports Analytics industry, a subsection of Performance Analytics, has seen very high growth over the last decade with professional sports teams exploring the tool to gain competitive advantages. Collegiate athletics programs have also recently initiated analytics programs, and thus the technical research provides the University of Virginia with a response to the phenomenon. The method in which the technical team conducted it's research was first through research into the history of Sports Analytics. Specifically, the state of Sports Analytics and its use by colleges and universities in the United States. Secondly the team explored the issues within the field such as the secretive and competitive attitude of professional teams, as well as the security and use of athlete's biometric data.
The research resulted in a comprehensive process of designing the center's goals: A) To build an institution synonymous with service. B) To cultivate a vibrant community. C) To enable discoveries that can enrich lives. D) To strengthen foundations, and finally E) To ensure ethical data collection and transparency. The research concluded with a proposal for an interdisciplinary sports analytics center that aims to achieve all the above goals. All the while, the center incorporates any and all academic departments that wish to explore this tool.
The STS report aims to explore the question: What are the risks associated with performance analytics for individuals? Data Security and Protection mechanisms in the United States are severely lacking in their ability to mitigate risks, and new legislation needs to be implemented as soon as possible. The STS research explores various sources such as newspaper articles from expert journalists, as well as scientific journal entries and other studies from qualified researchers. These sources cover incidents of mass data breaches, the discrimination of private individuals based on their data, and the technologies that could mitigate the risks. The legislative attempts to introduce federal regulation was also explored.
Social Media and consumer technology firms are at the center of the issues with data privacy and security. In 2015 AT&T, the largest consumer telecommunications firm in the US, paid $25 Million in fines for illegally disclosing the data including social security numbers of 280,000 customers. Also in 2015, Morgan Stanley accidentally released the account data of 10% of its wealth management clients, or 300,000 people. By volunteering their sensitive data to these firms, individuals are putting themselves at considerable risks of having their financial and personal data released to the public. One way to eliminate this risk is to employ new technologies: Data Authentication, Encryption, Masking and Access Control.
Performance Analytics can offer many benefits to any user or entity that employs the tool, however at the risk of privacy being breached. The data collected needs to be secured in such a way, that volunteers will not be subject to disadvantages if it were to be released. This frame of security needs to be mandated from the federal regulatory level in order to have a successful impact.
Sports Analytics, Performance Analytics, Data Ethics , Data Privacy, Data Security
Bachelor of Science in Systems Engineering
Technical Advisor: William Scherer
STS Advisor: Catherine Baritaud
Technical Team Members: Jacqueline Hoege, Rishab Iyer, Rachel Kreitzer, Maryanna Lansing, Jacob Leonard, Ben Metzger, Sarah Nelson, Carl Rhodes, Daniel Ungerleider, Peter Worcester
https://doi.org/10.18130/v3-5mtj-bt32
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Q: ¿Por qué estoy obteniendo solo un elemento en mi array en Angular? Tengo un servicio order-detail.service.ts que devuelve el detalle de la orden de compra del usuario. Cuando me subscribo a la respuesta del servicio, guardo los datos en un array orderDetailArray.
seguido de esto, con un foreach recorro el array y le envio como parametro el "id_product"
a la funcion getBookById(id_product).
La funcion getBookById(id_product)emplea el servicio book.service.ts y guarda en el array bookArray el producto/libro correspondiente.
En conclusión, si orderDetailArray contiene 3 elementos, La funcion getBookById() debería rellenar el bookArray con 3 productos/libros.
El problema que estoy teniendo es que aunque orderDetailArray tenga varios elementos, en el bookArray siempre obtengo un solo producto/libro. Me pregunto si este problema podría ser por tener anidamiento de subscribe.
aca component.ts

orderDetailArray: OrderDetail[] = [];
bookArray: Book[] = [];

ngOnInit(): void {
    this.route.params.subscribe((params: Params) => {
      const idOrder = params.idOrder;
      // obtengo el detalle de la orden de compra
      this.orderDetailService.getOrderDetail(idOrder).subscribe(
        res => {
          this.orderDetailArray = res;
          // recorro el array
          this.orderDetailArray.forEach(element => {
            const idBook = element.id_product.toString();
            // Obtengo el libro
            this.getBookById(idBook);
          })
        },
        err => console.error('error al obtener el order_detail ' + err)
      );

    });
  }

  getBookById(idBook: string){
      this.bookService.getBookById(idBook).subscribe(
        res => {
          this.bookArray = res;
        },
        err => console.error('error al intentar obtener el libro por id ' + err)
      );
  }

aca order-detail.service.ts

getOrderDetail(idOrder: number){
  return this.http.get<OrderDetail[]>('http://localhost:4000/getOrderDetail/' + idOrder);
}

book.service.ts

getBookById(id: string){
  return this.http.get<Book[]>(`${this.URL_API}/${id}`);
}

A: Los observables son operaciones asíncronas y, dentro de tu función estas reescribiendo el arreglo cada vez. Al no tener un orden de resolución solo el último resultado se agregara al arreglo.
getBookById(idBook: string){
      this.bookService.getBookById(idBook).subscribe(
        res => {
          //Estas sobreescribiendo el array. Agrega un push con los tres puntos.
          this.bookArray.push(...res)
        },
        err => console.error('error al intentar obtener el libro por id ' + err)
      );
  }

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OtherMETABOLISM AND ENZYMOLOGY
Immediate Activation of Respiration in Petroselinum crispum L. in Response to the Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. Glycinea Elicitor
E. G. Norman, A. B. Walton, D. H. Turpin
E. G. Norman
A. B. Walton
D. H. Turpin
Published December 1994. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.106.4.1541
Copyright © 1994 by American Society of Plant Biologists
Treatment of parsley (Petroselinum crispum L.) cell cultures with the Phytophthora megasperma elicitor isolated from the fungus Phytophthora megasperma f. sp. Glycinea caused an immediate increase in the rate of respiratory CO2 evolution in the dark. The respiratory response was biphasic, showing a rapid enhancement in the first 20 min and then a slower increase until a steady rate was attained 60 min posttreatment. The enhanced rate of CO2 evolution corresponded to the activation of phosphofructokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, key enzymes in the regulation of carbohydrate flow to glycolysis and the oxidative pentose phosphate (OPP) pathway, respectively. The increased rate of CO2 evolution and the activation of phosphofructokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were maintained for the duration of the experiments, indicating long-term stimulation of respiration through both glycolysis and the OPP pathway. A 23% decrease in the C6:C1 ratio of 14CO2 evolution from labeled glucose 60 min after the addition of Phytophthora megasperma elicitor is consistent with an increased contribution of the OPP pathway to cellular respiration. Long-term activation of the OPP pathway following elicitation could serve to maintain the pools of substrates necessary during activation of the shikimic acid pathway, leading to the production of defensive compounds.
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The Metabolism of Gibberellin A20 to Gibberellin A1 by Tall and Dwarf Mutants of Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana
A Mutation at the fad8 Locus of Arabidopsis Identifies a Second Chloroplast [omega]-3 Desaturase
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In 1985, Lincoln Westby started studying the habits of the elusive saltwater flats species in Belize. Thirty years later, he is the foremost guide for chasing Permit, the "Holy Grail" of saltwater fish.
Ending his time serving in the British Army's Worcestershire Infantry in 1967, he began cooking for Belize River Lodge. Lincoln had been a chef for a number of years, but his true passion was for fly fishing. With the intent to start his own Guide Outfitters, he worked for nearly every lodge in Southern Belize absorbing every bit of information he could. With help from many of his closest companions, he decided to start his own fly fishing destination in Belize. In 1997, Lincoln and his wife Ms. Pearline established Blue Horizon Lodge and the journey began.
Now 74 years old, Lincoln still takes enthused anglers out on a daily basis with the same energy he had in 1972 when he began his guiding career. Lincoln has figured out a unique method to the beautiful sport of saltwater fly fishing in Belize. He has studied the grand slam his whole life and now understands the behavior of bonefish, tarpon and especially permit. He knows the distinct techniques necessary for success in every body of water. He knows how to fool fish into being caught in every situation. If conditions require an abnormal fly, Lincoln will know after the first shot and adjust to ensure the fish will key in and take it willingly.
When you spend a day in the boat with Lincoln, chasing fish from dusk until dawn, you feel the presence of unwavering passion. His enthusiasm passes through you from the moment you step on the boat until the second he says the words, "you got 'em."
No matter your experience, 30 years of fishing under your belt or a brand new advocate, you will learn an abundance about the flats, flies and of course the incredible fish that inhabit the waters of Southern Belize.


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High-resolution schemes are used in the numerical solution of partial differential equations where high accuracy is required in the presence of shocks or discontinuities. They have the following properties:

Second- or higher-order spatial accuracy is obtained in smooth parts of the solution.
Solutions are free from spurious oscillations or wiggles.
High accuracy is obtained around shocks and discontinuities.
The number of mesh points containing the wave is small compared with a first-order scheme with similar accuracy.

General methods are often not adequate for accurate resolution of steep gradient phenomena; they usually introduce non-physical effects such as smearing of the solution or spurious oscillations. Since publication of Godunov's order barrier theorem, which proved that linear methods cannot provide non-oscillatory solutions higher than first order (Godunov 1954, Godunov 1959), these difficulties have attracted much attention and a number of techniques have been developed that largely overcome these problems. To avoid spurious or non-physical oscillations where shocks are present, schemes that exhibit a Total Variation Diminishing (TVD) characteristic are especially attractive. Two techniques that are proving to be particularly effective are MUSCL (Monotone Upstream-Centered Schemes for Conservation Laws), a flux/slope limiter method (van Leer 1979, Hirsch 1990, Tannehill 1997, Laney 1998, Toro 1999) and the WENO (Weighted Essentially Non-Oscillatory) method (Shu 1998, Shu 2009). Both methods are usually referred to as high resolution schemes (see diagram).

MUSCL methods are generally second-order accurate in smooth regions (although they can be formulated for higher orders) and provide good resolution, monotonic solutions around discontinuities. They are straightforward to implement and are computationally efficient.

For problems comprising both shocks and complex smooth solution structure, WENO schemes can provide higher accuracy than second-order schemes along with good resolution around discontinuities. Most applications tend to use a fifth order accurate WENO scheme, whilst higher order schemes can be used where the problem demands improved accuracy in smooth regions.

The method of holistic discretisation systematically analyses subgrid scale dynamics to algebraically construct closures for numerical discretisations that are both accurate to any specified order of error in smooth regions, and automatically adapt to cater for rapid grid variations through the algebraic learning of subgrid structures (Roberts 2003).  A web service analyses any PDE in a class that may be submitted.

See also
Godunov's theorem
Sergei K. Godunov
Total variation diminishing
Shock capturing method

References

Godunov, Sergei K. (1954), Ph.D. Dissertation: Different Methods for Shock Waves,  Moscow State University.
 translated US Joint Publ. Res. Service, JPRS 7226, 1969.

    Toro, E. F. (1999), Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics, Springer-Verlag.

Numerical differential equations
Computational fluid dynamics


About a year ago I was fortunate enough to grab this beautiful piece from Cindy over on DT. It's been kicking around my apartment in various shapes and forms for a while as I've slowly started restoring it to working condition and beyond. Now that I'm undertaking some of the final steps I thought it would be nice to put together a proper build log. I know there are a couple Model F 107-key logs floating around, but I thought more info couldn't hurt, and if I learned anything from my Model M bolt-mod, it's that there is a ton of little variations in each IBM model.
She cleaned up quite nicely, though when cleaning the inner assembly I noticed some corrosion and a couple nontrivial rust spots on the barrel plate and back plate. I knew then that I wanted to go through the sanding, painting, and inevitable foam-replacement process, though I was not excited to do so. And so the board sat, for about 8 months, unused as I went about other projects.
Until one fateful day when I was traded a beautiful Blaze Blue Buckling Spring Wrapped KWK, and was immediately inspired to make it my mission to focus this board around it. So, KWK in hand, I ordered a Model F xwhatsit, the necessary essentials to wrap my own paracord USB cable, and some spare Model M caps from XMIT and set out to restore the board to working order.
And so it stayed again, for another couple months. The board worked fantastically, but there was a nagging inside. I knew deep down in my core, that rust was still there, that foam was degraded, and that board wouldn't be complete until it had been reconditioned internally (and converted to ANSI!). And so, we approach this past week, where after collecting all of the various tools and supplies I would need (sandpaper, metallic blue Rust-Oleum to match the cable and KWK, clamps, leather punches, and foam...) I finally cracked her open for her invasive makeover, and to document the process.
Here you can see some of the serious rust that's been eating away at her. Let's make sure she doesn't ever have to worry about that again!
It was folded completely flush to the back plate prior to me peeling it up with a screwdriver ever so slightly. Pretty seriously strong tab to fold over, these boards don't go anywhere that they don't want to.
Some closer shots of the foam. It looks nice at first glance, but the stuff has practically melted to the barrel plate over the years. In short: it's gross.
And a close-up og the backside of the plastic wire stabilizer mounts. It's a little tough to tell, but it looks like they were sort of riveted in, with the back side of the mount melted slightly to lock the mount into the hole in the barrel plate.
Finally, some shots of the PCB. That gross foam is EVERYWHERE! Stuck to the edges of the PCB, going to need to clean all of that off eventually.
My next goal is to sand the barrel plate and paint it with the Rust-Oleum, as well as cleaning the individual barrels (I'm thinking some denture tabs should do the trick nicely). Following that, prepping the foam, and then doing a similar sand+paint to the back plate and a thorough cleaning of the PCB. For another day! I'll be updating this thread as I go.
thanks for this detailed log. looking forward to the updates!
This is really interesting. I've not gone back through GH's archives to find any build logs or walkthroughs on restoring a Model F, and in fact, my unfamiliarity with the process is a major reason I haven't shelled out for an F yet. But it looks like a pretty fun project so maybe I'll have to move that up on my keyboard calendar. Once I see that you've managed to do it successfully, that is.
Nice and detailed, keep up the good work!
Nowadays I don't bother trying to re-install the tabs because I go to more modern keys and caps, but the wire for the space bar cannot be avoided.
In my guide, I have a picture of some rather crude "Z" tabs that I made and epoxied down to accommodate the "M" thickness wire, which I still consider to be the best solution. "M" parts are easy to obtain, and original parts can be bought from clickykeyboards if you are a Unicomp-hater.
The easier and non-destructive solution, dreamed up by wcass, is to use 7/16" SAE washers (it has to be that specific type) dropped over the barrels and allowing gravity to keep the wire down. This makes for a rather rattly space bar, but works well unless you hit the extreme ends of the bar (we all tap it near the middle, regardless of which hand, don't we?). And it takes no time and is completely reversible.
Last, when I reinstall tabs (on an Alps plate, for example) I do it as soon as the paint has dried to the touch. I figure that the paint is still somewhat soft and if it "cures" around the plastic it will help glue them in.
The one thing that I'm going to try which I don't see documented anywhere is sanding and painting the backplate, which the PCB sits on. I'll put up some pictures of how that assembly fits together once I get around to cleaning that half of the board up, it's pretty neat how they slide together. Actually, the entire board is pretty interestingly assembled via sliding everything together. The only screws on the entire board are the 4 that go through the holes you can see on either side of the assembly to fix it to the case, and the one that holds and grounds the controller.
There's basically a plastic sheet that sits between the PCB and backplate, so I'm thinking there shouldn't be any problem with the PCB contacting something it doesn't like. But if anyone has reasons why that's not a great idea let me know. The rust spots on the back of the backplate definitely need doctoring though. I'm planning to do the backplate in a clear glossy Rust-Oleum that I used for my Model M's backplate.
I continue to be completely flummoxed at how people find these threads.
Of all my guides, there were 2 that I killed, deprecated, and told people not to use, (at least a couple of years ago) yet people still somehow manage to find them.
The proper current guides are compiled by jdcarpe as a sticky at the top of the "making stuff" section.
It's taken me a while to compile all of the pictures from my recent progress, longer than I would have liked, but I'm back with the finishing progress!
After cracking her open I started sanding the barrel plate while the barrels soaked in denture tabs. They had some nasty foam stuck on them and the denture tabs did an alright job breaking it up, but plenty of it had to be manually cleaned off.
I used some 120-grit sandpaper to remove the paint and any rust on both the barrel plate and the back plate.
There's still a bit of discoloration from the spotted corrosion(?), but I'm not thinking it would come off without some more serious removal, and 120-grit is enough for my tastes.
Next up was the foam replacement. I cut a piece of the McMaster Carr neoprene foam that's been recommended elsewhere to fit the underside of the barrel plate and taped it on with painter's tape. I'm attempting to replicate the idea of using the paint for the barrel plate to create indicating marks on the foam for the barrel holes.
But there was still enough to make out where the barrel holes needed to go. You can see from the above pictures, the first coat went on extremely light; it barely colored the bare metal. However, the second and third coats went on very nicely and created a solid set of layers. I used 600-grit waterproof sandpaper to wet sand in between the three coats. I also left the last coat raw to avoid sanding off on the corners inadvertently, as well as give some tackiness so that the stabilizers fit back in snugly.
Overall, I'm very happy with how the Rust-Oleum came out.
Next up, was separating the PCB from the back plate so the plate could be sanded and the PCB cleaned. Super cool how they slide apart without any screws; the PCB and plate are separated by a thin plastic membrane that was very clean.
This picture makes the PCB look pretty rough, but it really didn't seem as bad as it looks in this picture. A light wipe with isopropyl alcohol on both the PCB and the membrane cleaned them up nicely. The foam residue was notable: it literally dissolves in alcohol and comes right off, even large chunks.
The back plate has a heavy amount of corrosion and the more serious rust spots.
Looks like it was labelled twice, but looking at it closely under the light it looks like only the top label was filled out. Who knows. A razor and a hair dryer to soften the adhesive and the labels came right off. I'll be laminating them and storing them inside the case.
I decided to go with a clear Rust-Oleum left over from my Model M bolt mod to change things up on the backplate. Did similar 3 coats (one light, two medium) with 600-grit wet sanding in between. Couldn't easily get those few offset bolt holes, but I kind of like how they retained their brassy finish.
Once the back plate was dry (I waited 24-hours in between each coat on both the barrel and back plates) it was finally time for re-assembly. Looks like the foam holes line up fairly well. I had to shift it around a bit in a couple places but its final resting place had decent clearance for all of the barrels.
The sun sets early this time of year, and this is how I left her for the night before putting the PCB assembly on top.
I didn't take any pictures of the clamping and sliding process; the documentation elsewhere is pretty good, you kind of just have to figure out a setup that will work for you. I used a long bar clamp and two spring clamps with paper towels to prevent ripping off some of the paint.
The only real problem I had is that there are few places where you can apply the spring clamps when the board is assembled with all of its barrels filled with springs. Around the spacebar is a good place and I had to try and squeeze on in sideways up by the Backspace key. They gave me enough compression to slide the plates together and bend the retaining tab back into place.
One problem I haven't seen solved well is hooking up the piezoelectric buzzer to xwhatsit's controller's headers. The issues is that there are tabs blocking the headers which I did not want to remove, and the buzzer's connector was far too bulk to fit around it.
To solve this, I removed the individual pins from the connector and shrink-wrapped each one individually so they could slide by the tab. Seems to have worked pretty well!
The buzzer is in surprisingly great condition. There was a significant clump of dust around the dial that is exposed on the underside of the case, but it seems to have shielded the rest of the buzzer from anything else.
After assembly, my main concern was the feeling of the stabilizer keys, as I had replaced the wire stabs with the more modern plastic stabs on all but the spacebar. I tend to favor wire stabs (I favor Costars far over Cherrys) so I was nervous they would change, but to my pleasant surprise there wasn't much of a noticeable difference.
Testing keys; they all check out! They feel great as well. Some of the keys around Enter and out along the centerline through the numpad have a little more reverb in their springs than the rest of the board, but it's not very noticeable unless you're listening for it… and feeling for it; you can feel the spring reverberating under the Enter key, which to me is awesome!
Overall, I couldn't be happier with how this board turned out. It's been a long process since I got it a year ago, but it's one that I can't ever see leaving my collection, unless until one of my grandchildren want it some day haha; I wouldn't be surprised at all if this one outlived me. They really are built like a tank, and it feels fantastic to type on. I can't imagine anything short of a fine beamspring feeling better than a 4704 Model F. Sure it's big, but I think that's part of its character: heavy board, heavy ping.
Damn all it took was some sandpaper to take off the corrosion? I gotta do that on my 4704 plate too. My backplate is in good shape iirc, but my barrel plate is in so so condition. Thanks for documenting your process. Great build log too .
Edit: Huh, I just realized what you did to get the buzzer working with the xwhatsit controller. I gotta try that too .
Very nicely done! Looks awesome!
Yup, sandpaper seems to have done it for the most part, aside from those small spots that were still visible. The barrel plate is much easier to hand sand than the backplate, fewer odd pieces sticking out every which way.
Gel paint stripper did a good job taking the original paint off of the outer case, except for the tightest little nooks and corners. I spent a lot of time trying to get it out, if I had realized that I was going to prime and paint it, I would not have bothered.
Do not laminate the labels! Plastic used sold laminating is not chemically stable and will start to rot the paper it contains after 15-20 years. Your keyboard will easily last longer than than. Better to simply enclose the labels in a slip made of acid-free paper. Any high-quality photocopy paper should do.
Blazed Blue is such an awesome shade of blue, great job matching the cable and plate.
Yeah it's a beaut for sure, I'm very fortunate, they seem to be getting harder and harder to find.
Thanks for the tip! The labels are actually still sitting in my drawer, I couldn't find the laminating sheets I used for my Model M label.


We found Kalle in a shelter in Brussels and the beginning was quite tough. He was very unsocial with other dogs, he knew no toys and we already thought of giving him back...but he stayed. Until his last day, we have never regretted this decision. He was the perfect dog. A Philosopher under the dogs. Inside like a piece of furniture and the best friend one could have, out site he stayed quite unsocial with most dogs, but he developed a strong affection to big dogs (great Danes and dogs with te same colors). His only problem was his parking, outside he got sometimes so excited that he did not stop parking. And most probably, that´s what cost him his life, 1 month ago he was poisoned. He was the best dog I ever had and we will always remember him. I miss him a lot.
he was very beautiful !