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Lakhon is a traditional type of dance and a main dramatic art form in Thailand, classical form of dance featuring a wide range of stories. Thai classical dance is originally derived from the culture of Cambodian Khmer classical dance. Singing, acting is combined with the dances. Thai dancing is poetry in motion. Classical thai dance performances are largely based on ancient myths and stories. In Lakhon dance there is a strong emphasis of movement in the upper torso and hands. There are basically 4 different types of traditional Thai dances, they're similar to Lao and Cambodian(Khmer) dances.
Cambodian dancers perform in Phnom Penh on July 7, 2009, during an event to mark the 1st Anniversary of the northern Preah Vihear temple's world heritage listing. Cambodia on July 7, happily and noisily marked the one-year anniversary of the UNESCO listing of the ancient 11th-century Preah Vihear temple as a World Heritage Site as a border dispute with neighbouring Thailand remained tense.


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Sakrau, polnisch: Zakrzów ist eine Ortschaft in Oberschlesien. Sie liegt in der Gemeinde Groß Neukirch im Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski (Landkreis Kandrzin-Cosel) in der Woiwodschaft Oppeln.

Geografie
Sakrau liegt rund vier Kilometer nordöstlich vom Gemeindesitz Groß Neukirch, zwölf Kilometer südlich von der Kreisstadt Kędzierzyn-Koźle (Kandrzin-Cosel) und 49 Kilometer südlich von der Woiwodschaftshauptstadt Oppeln.

Geschichte
Der Ort entstand spätestens im 13. Jahrhundert und wurde 1295–1305 im Liber fundationis episcopatus Vratislaviensis (Zehntregister des Bistums Breslau) urkundlich als "Zacraw" erwähnt.

Der Ort wurde 1783 im Buch Beyträge zur Beschreibung von Schlesien als Sakrau und Zakrow erwähnt, gehörte der Herrschaft Neukirch und lag im Landkreis Cosel und hatte 269 Einwohner, ein herrschaftliches Vorwerk, eine katholische Pfarrkirche, eine Schule, zwei Mühlen, 36 Bauern, 24 Gärtner und 15 Häusler. 1865 bestand Sakrau aus einem Rittergut und einem Dorf. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte das Dorf 38 Bauern, fünf Gärtnerstellen und 93 Häuslerstellen, ferner zwei Wassermühlen, einen Gasthof und vier Fleischerbetriebsstätten.

Bei der Volksabstimmung in Oberschlesien am 20. März 1921 stimmten im Ort 537 Wahlberechtigte für einen Verbleib Oberschlesiens bei Deutschland und 224 für eine Zugehörigkeit zu Polen. Auf Gut Sakrau stimmten 94 für Deutschland und einer für Polen. Sakrau verblieb nach der Teilung Oberschlesiens beim Deutschen Reich. Am 16. Juni 1936 wurde der Ort im Zuge einer Welle von Ortsumbenennungen der NS-Zeit in Rosengrund umbenannt. Bis 1945 befand sich der Ort im Landkreis Cosel.

1945 kam der bis dahin deutsche Ort unter polnische Verwaltung und wurde anschließend der Woiwodschaft Schlesien angeschlossen und ins polnische Zakrzów umbenannt. Der Landkreis Cosel wurde in Powiat Kozielski umbenannt. 1950 kam der Ort zur Woiwodschaft Oppeln. 1975 wurde der Powiat Kozielski aufgelöst. 1999 kam der Ort zum neugegründeten Powiat Kędzierzyńsko-Kozielski. Am 29. April 2011 erhielt der Ort zusätzlich den amtlichen deutschen Ortsnamen Sakrau.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Nikolauskirche aus dem Jahr 1831
 Schlossanlage mit Park
 Kapelle

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Gemeinde Groß Neukirch
Ort in Schlesien
Ort der Woiwodschaft Opole

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Welcome back to the Disney Parks Moms Panel, Eileen. I hope you're having a magical week.
The great thing about Disney Parks is that they're catered to family; no matter how young or young-at-heart you are, there is something for everyone!
There are certain thrill rides that have minimum requirements, in which case small children will be unable to ride them. There are numerous slow rides that Guests can enjoy with their babies and toddlers. Some of my family's favorite rides when my children were little included "it's a small world", Heimlich's Chew Chew Train, and Dumbo the Flying Elephant.
I encourage you to take a look at the Disneyland Resort's Attractions page. You can search for appropriate rides for your children by filtering age, thrill type and more. You'll also be able to find more information about each ride.
I hope this information is helpful for you, Eileen. Please visit us on the Panel again if you have further questions.


Everybody knows her as G.E.M. (Get Everybody Moving). She's Asia's best-selling female artist (she's been dubbed the Taylor Swift of China) and has toppled the charts both in her homestead Hong Kong and abroad.
A bed. I cant liveeeeee, if living is without sleeeeeeeep. [Sing it with me.] I'm known for being very creative and being able to turn virtually anything into a bed when on the road like on a plane, back of a car, tour bus and my neck pillow comes in handy.
My upcoming world tour - Queen of Hearts. The tour will be starting in April but I'm already so excited about it! From the concept to the music to the visuals of the tour, etc. I think my team and I have come up with a great show. Can't wait to flip over the Queen of Hearts to all of you.


Last week, in Australia, one of the country's largest television networks entered a deal to "merge" with one of the largest newspaper publishers in the country. The deal between the Nine Network and Fairfax Media is the first media mega-merger since changes in the law that were previously in place and designed to stop the concentration of media power. But transformation in the media and many other industries has been happening for years. For a freelancer, this can be a source of both anxiety and opportunity.
There's little doubt that when the parties in a "merger" – and I use the term advisedly in the case of Nine and Fairfax given Nine will have the larger share and it's their name that will be kept – there will be changes for employees. When the new CEO says "efficiencies" we are all certain he means some staff will lose their jobs.
Fairfax Media is one of my current clients so I expect that there may be changes for me although when those might happen and what shape they may take are a complete unknown. But that's the deal with freelancing. I trade the many benefits I receive for working freelance against stability. But I can see great opportunity in this even though there's likely to be some uncertainty.
The reality is the media landscape has completely transformed over the last 15 years. the ad revenue that media companies relied on is gone and decades of giving the news away for free has resulted in the the general public regarding news as a low value product. News organisations haven't helped with increasingly sectarian coverage that divides, rather increases, their audience.
All these changes have created a very different industry. While that's been challenging for many to adapt to, resulting in many great journalists leaving the media to work in public relations and corporate communications, it also means people that can identify and exploit particular niches can carve out a good living.
Industrial change is not new. The invention of double entry accountant was a major force in establishing Florence as a financial, as well a cultural hub, during the Renaissance. The introduction of machines changed textiles during the Industrial Revolution and design software has completely revolutionised the creation of almost every object we use today.
In all those, and countless other changes, "old" jobs became redundant and new ones were created.
Here's the challenge. When the industry you work in undergoes a change, do you worry about the work you've just lost or is you main focus on finding the next niche to exploit?
Many industry-shaping events are well beyond out control or influences. All we can control is what we do. Here's how I see things.
There are things outside my sphere of control that can have an influence on me. But what I do about those things is in my control.
As Red says in The Shawshank Redemption, "Get busy living, or get busy dying".
That means assessing the shifting ground and looking for where you can find a spot that allows you earn a living doing something you believe in.


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Megan and James's Humanist Wedding at Myres Castle
There was a strong University theme running through James and Megan's wedding ceremony: not just the fact that they met during their first week, but also that Meg's father and I became friends during our first week at Uni too, although that was more years ago than it would be polite to mention. It was really lovely to have that family connection, and of course to meet up with David again.
Despite James's penchant for dressing up as an old lady for 'Bingo Night', Megan's love for him soon deepened. By Christmas, he'd been invited on her annual family skiing holiday, and that was the start of many long-distance travel adventures over the years they spent together before coming up to the beautiful Myres Castle to tie the knot.
After a sun-kissed Hebridean honeymoon, Megan and James sent me these great photos, taken by Morag Brown, along with these lovely words.
What made it so special was that fact that it was our story, in our words, and being able to share that with our friends and family.
It also gave us a chance to mention those closest to us by name in the ceremony which was a lovely addition.
Tim delivered the words perfectly, and made everyone (mostly us who needed it!) feel very relaxed and reassuringly in safe hands throughout.
Whilst we don't have religious beliefs, it was still important to us to say vows to each other and say them out loud in front of the people we love the most.
Megan's mum, Janet, and James's dad, Nigel, both gave us readings, before Meg and James spoke their very personal vows directly to one another.
Many of our guests hadn't been to a humanist ceremony before and commented afterwards how personal the whole ceremony was, and for many they said it was the best ceremony they had ever been to!
It's going to be something we look back on with a great deal of happiness and it will remind us why we chose to marry each other.
I'm deeply envious of James and Megan's honeymoon, which started on the Isle of Barra: on the first evening, a pod of dolphins were playing in the sea whilst they had dinner by the window – it was pretty special!
I'm sure you'll have many more special memories over the years to come, Meg and James, but thank you for allowing me to be a part of your most important one to date!

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Q: JSON - Normalize de format inside I have converted an array in JSON. But the conversion puts arrays inside the JSON object.
My conversion is this:
{"title":"acastro","description":"teste acastro 4","category_id":29,"region_id":3,"city_id":3158063,"district_id":"1","contact":{"person":"Classe Car"},"0":{"make":"Mercedes-Benz"},"1":{"model":"GLC 220"},"2":{"engine_code":"Classe A"}

Have you can beginning in key "0":{"make":"Mercedes-Benz"}, the interior of the JSON changes anI i can not submit it to an api.
I need my JSON object to be entirely like its beggining:
"title":"acastro","description":"teste acastro 4","category_id":29,"make":"Mercedes-Benz","model":"GLC220",...
and so on.
I tried with json_encode and JSON_FORCE_OBJECT but without luck.
Any solutions?

A: You can try below code but its not tested:
$json   =   '{"title":"acastro","description":"teste acastro 4","category_id":29,"region_id":3,"city_id":3158063,"district_id":"1","contact":{"person":"Classe Car"},"0":{"make":"Mercedes-Benz"},"1":{"model":"GLC 220"},"2":{"engine_code":"Classe A"}}';

    $newArr     =   array();
function recursiveArrayShiftToRoot($array, &$newArr=array()){
    global $newArr ;
    foreach($array as $index=>$eachMixVal){
        if(is_array($eachMixVal)){
            recursiveArrayShiftToRoot($eachMixVal);
        }else{
            $newArr[$index] =   $eachMixVal;
        }
    }
}
recursiveArrayShiftToRoot(json_decode($json, true), $newArr);

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Know more about SK Barua, new NRL MD
SK Barua, new NRL MD
SK Barua has taken over as the Managing Director of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) with effect from January 31. Barua was selected by the Public Enterprise Selection Board and the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved it on January 24.
With 33 years of rich and varied experience in the Indian oil and gas industry, Barua joined NRL as its first permanent employee in 1993, the year the...
PSU was established.
Prior to his appointment as the Managing Director of NRL, he was serving as Director (Finance) in NRL.
Over the past 24 years in NRL, he has garnered vast experience of setting up a grassroots mega project starting from its conceptualisation, implementation, commissioning and operations thereafter.
"Barua has in-depth knowledge in areas of finance, treasury management and corporate finance, business development, commercial and legal, JVs and pipeline projects, corporate communication, administration and liaison," a statement from NRL said.
He is the current chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Assam since 2015 and also the member of Regional Committee – EFP Assam.
"He was awarded Best CMA-CFO 2015 by Institute of Cost Accountants of India," the statement said.
He joined NRL as its first permanent employee in the year 1993, the year that the company was established. Over the last 24 years in NRL, he has garnered vast experience of setting up a grass root mega project starting from its conceptualization, implementation, commissioning and operations thereafter. He has in-depth knowledge in areas of finance, treasury management & corporate finance, business development, commercial and legal, JVs and pipeline projects, corporate communication, administration and liaison. Barua is the current chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Assam since 2015 and also the member of Regional Committee- EFP Assam. He was awarded Best CMA-CFO 2015 by Institute of Cost Accountants of India.
The PSU achieved its best ever financial performance during his tenure as Director (Finance) owing to the strategic initiatives taken by him.
A resident of Dibrugarh, Assam, Barua did his schooling and college from Dibrugarh before moving out to Delhi to pursue Cost Accountancy.
Barua started his career in Indian Oil Corporation (Assam Oil Division) in 1985 and in year 1987, joined the Refinery and Petrochemical Division of Government of Assam.
His job was to identify and develop new oil and gas projects in the state, more particularly to implement the Assam Accord Refinery, thereafter named Numaligarh Refinery Limited. He was also a key team member in conceptualization of the prestigious Assam Gas Cracker project.
NRL is a Miniratna PSU,which is a subsidiary of BPCL. Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited has 61.65 percent stake in the PSU. Govt. of Assam owns 12.35 percent whereas Oil India Limited has 26.00 percent stake in the PSU. Its major products include LPG, naphtha, motor spirit (MS), aviation turbine fuel (ATF) superior kerosene oil (SKO), high speed diesel (HSD), raw petroleum coke (RPC), calcined petroleum coke (CPC) and sulphur.
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Great news, reported by Verge, that HP are now going to be using the HP Progress Marque logo design, that MovingBrands came up with back in 2011.
I clearly remember when MovingBrands initially announced their collaboration with HP on a much larger branding project.
Many were a little disappointed that HP didn't decide to use the new logo design, and it was left as an unused, and unapproved, logo design concept.
Clearly it wasn't completely forgotten, and maybe some one at HP saw the Progress Marque's potential somewhere down the line.
Hewlett Packard have now announced that they will be using the MovingBrands logo, dubbed the 'Progress Marque' designed back in 2011, for a newly released premium range of laptop, called Spectre 13.
I think the Progress Marque certainly ties in nicely with the Spectre name, they sort of feel they do fit together.
Obviously a James Bond connection comes to mind with 'Spectre', and for me Spectre does create feelings of: hardness, angled, sharp, clarity etc etc etc.
A bit cheesy maybe, the Spectre name… OK, quite a lot I think.
Now there three different brand logos used: Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HP and now the HP Laptops "Progress Mark".
I realise that HPE now covers corporate hardware and services, whilst HP deals with the computer and printer business, but still… now having three HP logos.
It sure is good, from a design perspective, to finally see that Progress Mark being used.


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EXCLUSIVE: Jayco Opens Employee-Focused Family Care Clinic
A plan more than a decade in the making came to fruition this week. Jayco RV officials and representatives from Goshen Health and DJ Construction held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open Jayco's Family Care Clinic.
The clinic is a 10,000-square-foot facility including an occupational health clinic and a fitness center.
"About two or three years ago, we got serious about this clinic," Jayco Vice President of Marketing Trey Miller said. "(Jayco President and CEO) Ken Walters and others said, 'Let's make this happen.'"
The health-care facility will serve the more than 3,000 Jayco employees and their families in the Northern Indiana region. Entegra Coach, Jayco, Starcraft RV and Highland Ridge RV employees are eligible to access care and facilities.
The clinics have 11 staffers, including two physicians, four nurse practitioners, four clinical support staff and a practice manager. Together they provide occupational, primary care and preventative health services, prescription drugs and wellness coaching. The fitness center has 24-hour access to weight machines, free weights and cardiovascular equipment. Locker and changing rooms with private showers are included along with instructional exercise aids, electronic scales and body composition machines.
Miller said he was told the new clinic was even larger than the Notre Dame employee health clinic.
"It is legit," he said. "It is bigger than a lot of doctors' offices."
The clinic's opening is among Walters' primary focuses for Jayco, which he reinforced at the manufacturer's Dealer Homecoming event in August. Walters said employee relations, dealer relations and quality are the prime areas in which Jayco will focus resources.
"When you look at all the things Jayco has invested time, money and energy in under his watch, that is what it has been," Miller said, citing the recent opening of Jayco's pre-delivery inspection facility.
The clinic will serve as a differentiator from other RV manufacturers, Miller said, but also other local businesses. No other Northern Indiana-based RV manufacturer has a similar employee clinic and Miller said the Goshen City School district is the only other Elkhart County business with one.
"It is definitely different," Miller said. "It is unique and it is an added benefit nobody else in the area in this industry can hang their hat on."
Goshen Health President and CEO Randy Christophel was present at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Goshen Health will provide the physicians staffing the clinic.
"We are honored to support Jayco's commitment to the health and well-being of its workforce," Christophel said. "It is a privilege for us to provide Jayco employees and their families with convenient access to high-quality primary and preventive health care."


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Q: When I use Qt6 and draw a pixmap on a QWidget however in some conditions the pixmap will disappear I use Visual Studio 2022 to write a Qt demo to show a icon of an image in my Qt application. To make sure QPainter::Antialiasing enable, I write a derived class from QWidget instead of using QLabel, and rewrite the void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) to achieve my goal.
It worked, but something is wrong.
I set the maximumsize and minimumsize of MyWidget in my .ui file. When the window's width is max and height is minimum, the pixmap will disappear.
Just like these:
normal situation
It looks good. However, then make the height minimum:
the pixmap disappears
And this is the class I have written:
#pragma once

#include <QWidget>
#include <QPixmap>

class IconWidget : public QWidget {
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    IconWidget(QWidget *parent);
    ~IconWidget();

private:
    QPixmap m_pixmap;
    bool m_pixmapChanged;
    QSize m_oldWidgetSize;

protected:
    void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) override;

public:
    void setPixmap(const QPixmap &pixmap);
    void setPixmap(const QString &pixmapPath);
};

#include <QPainter>

IconWidget::IconWidget(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent), m_pixmapChanged(false) {}

IconWidget::~IconWidget() {}

void IconWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) {
    auto &&curSize = size();
    if (curSize == m_oldWidgetSize && !m_pixmapChanged)
        return;

    auto [pixw, pixh] = m_pixmap.size();
    auto [widw, widh] = this->size();
    qreal scaleRate = std::min((qreal)widw / pixw, (qreal)widh / pixh);
    pixw = std::min(widw, (int)(pixw * scaleRate));
    pixh = std::min(widh, (int)(pixh * scaleRate));

    QRect renderRect((widw - pixw) / 2, widh - pixh, pixw, pixh);
    QPainter painter(this);

    painter.setRenderHints(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform | QPainter::Antialiasing);
    painter.drawPixmap(renderRect, m_pixmap);

    m_pixmapChanged = false;
    m_oldWidgetSize = curSize;
}

void IconWidget::setPixmap(const QPixmap &pixmap) {
    m_pixmap = pixmap.scaled(maximumSize(), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
    m_pixmapChanged = true;
}

void IconWidget::setPixmap(const QString &pixmapPath) {
    m_pixmap = QPixmap(pixmapPath).scaled(maximumSize(), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
    m_pixmapChanged = true;
}

I try to add a dely to the paintEvent:
void IconWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *) {
    Sleep(10);
    auto &&curSize = size();
    if (curSize == m_oldWidgetSize && !m_pixmapChanged)
        return;

    auto [pixw, pixh] = m_pixmap.size();
    auto [widw, widh] = this->size();
    qreal scaleRate = min((qreal)widw / pixw, (qreal)widh / pixh);
    pixw = min(widw, (int)(pixw * scaleRate));
    pixh = min(widh, (int)(pixh * scaleRate));

    QRect renderRect((widw - pixw) / 2, widh - pixh, pixw, pixh);
    QPainter painter(this);

    painter.setRenderHints(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform | QPainter::Antialiasing);
    painter.drawPixmap(renderRect, m_pixmap);

    m_pixmapChanged = false;
    m_oldWidgetSize = curSize;
}

The problem isn't solved.
So what happened to my code? And how can I fix it?


Cork underlayment is very important, especially for those people who use cork tiles on their floors. As they are made from natural resources, they need to be taken care of. The material used is easily sourced as the trees are found in many places, and one only requires a part of it to make many tiles. Cork underlaymenthas the natural odor that comes with it. It prevents the floor from being attacked by bacteria and fungi.
This is because they have antibacterial and antifungal that helps in the prevention of these pests that likely cause the tiles to dent and look very angry. They have the thermal effect that helps in cooling the floor when the weather is very hot and also makes the floor to be a bit warm when the weather is very cold. This reason of thermal effect has made many people to go for them as they are suitable for any weather. This also makes the floor easy to clean or sweep as there are no cracks on the floor when the cork underlayment is put.
Cork flooring is made from the bark of the oak tree hence it is easily harvested and used to make the tiles that are very durable and looks elegant. Cork flooring is very welcoming as it attracts the visitors and gives a happy mood due to the attractiveness it has.
Installing cork flooring is easy as the resources used are renewable. During the harvesting of the barks, one does not need to cut down the tree down. All he or she needs is to get the bark from the tree in a very simple way by peeling it. The peeled part later grows, which makes the materials not to lack at any given period of time. One needs to put down the plan on a paper, including the design before doing the actual work. Putting the design on a paper will make one know the size of tiles to use and how many will be required. It will also help the person installing to avoid messing the work. The next step is to send the floor on a level base to the fullest.
If the floor is not new and there are other layers tear them and clear them before sanding the floor. Later, use snapping tools to make lines on the floor that you have done with standing. These lines will be used to place the cork tiles that had been measured. While making lines make sure that the measurement you put down on the plan matches together to avoid making an error when placing the tiles. After that, one lays down the tiles on the floor directed by the lines that have been made. One can use a special glue to join them so that they can fit properly. Set them in the design that you planned so that they can look very attractive. The last step is to send the tiles to make sure that they have been leveled, and no tile is placed wrongly.
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When GE Aviation bought the Czech turboprop builder Walter Aircraft Engines in 2008, GE hadn't developed a propeller engine in decades. Over the last seven years, engineers in both Prague and in the U.S. worked diligently to develop a new advanced turboprop engine (ATP) that could change the propeller industry. The Czech Republic has been selected as the headquarter for GE 's new Turboprop Center of Excellence (CoE). An investment exceeding $400 million across Europe, the Center of Excellence is highlighting GE's continuous turboprop development and production. In Czech, a modern facility creating over 500 new jobs will open in 2020 to manufacture the new advanced turboprop engine, powering Textron Aviation's NEW single-engine turboprop aircraft.
Prague's design & production facility builds on 90 years of engineering. In 1911 a Czech company called Walter Aircraft Engines was established and between 1923 and 2008 it produced over 37,000 aircraft engines. In 2008 GE Aviation stepped into the Czech market by acquiring certain assets of Walter. The well-known Walter M601 turboprop engine became the basis for the new GE Aviation H-Series engines which are 3% more powerful and 8% more efficient in terms of specific fuel consumption.
Czech company called Walter facility, where the GE Turboprops design history begins.
After four years of research and development, GE Aviation introduced the H-Series turboprop engine family. Three engines in the 750 to 850 shaft horsepower (shp) range come with a 3D aerodynamic blade design and are made of durable yet light materials reducing engine maintenance costs by more than 15%.
GE incorporated new technologies and materials into Walter M601 engine for high efficiency and less fuel burn.
To date GE Turboprop engines can run for up to 4,000 hours without overhaul. Perhaps that answers why these engines power over 30 different types of aircraft (such as Thrush 510G, L410 NG or CAIGA Primus) serving from South America to Northern Asia. In fact, 17 million flight hours so far speak for themselves.
Gateway to Mount Everest: GE H80-powered L410 aircraft transporting people from Katmandu to Lukla's Tenzing Hillary Airport in Himalayas rated as the most dangerous airport in the world.
Now, with GE Turboprop Centre of Excellence in Czech, GE Aviation is entering new turboprop market of Business and General Aviation aircraft in the 850-1,600 SHP range. The first engine to be produced will be the Advanced turboprop for Textron Aviation, unveiled in November, 2015. The all-new 1,300 SHP-rated turboprop engine features an industry-best 16:1 overall pressure ratio (OPR), enabling the engine to achieve up to 20% lower fuel burn and 10% higher cruise power compared to competitor offerings in the same size class with 4000-6000 hour MTBO and class-leading performance retention.
Advanced Turboprop for Textron aircraft is all-new 1,300 SHP-rated turboprop engine featuring an industry-best 16:1 overall pressure ratio (OPR).
Besides designing and building the first Advanced turboprop, the new Turboprop Center of Excellence will pick up the research on a 5,000 SHP turboprop that will leverage GE's new GE38 turboshaft military helicopter engine, as well as technologies across GE's broad military and commercial jet engine portfolio.
Read more at GE Reports.


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On her Instagram, Michelle Pfeiffer posted a throwback picture of herself with Coolio, who died Wednesday at 59.
"Heartbroken to hear of the passing of the gifted artist@coolio. A life cut entirely too short," she began about the "Gangsta's Paradise" artist. "As some of you may know I was lucky enough to work with him on Dangerous Minds in 1995. He won a Grammy for his brilliant song on the soundtrack – which I think was the reason our film saw so much success."
Pfeiffer added, "I remember him being nothing but gracious. 30 years later I still get chills when I hear the song. Sending love and light to his family."
She closed by mentioning his birth name, "Rest in Power, Artis Leon Ivey Jr." along with a heart emoji.
Incidentally, Pfeiffer is correct about the popularity of "Gangsta's Paradise" boosting the film: Antoine Fuqua, then an up-and-coming video director, has credited the actress' surprise participation in the video and its success, with turning the movie into a hit.
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Gasification and Pyrolysis are ways of producing calorific gases from carbonaceous materials by heating the feedstock materials in a controlled manner to prevent them from fully combusting.
Gasification is a starved air process where the feedstock materials cannot fully combust as there is insufficient oxygen in the gasification chamber. A small amount of combustion does take place in the chamber and that is used to provide the heat required to drive the process. The uncombusted gases produced can then either be burnt directly in air to produce heat and raise steam for industrial processes and district heating schemes or to drive a steam turbine. These types of gasification schemes are generally called close coupled gasifiers.
Pyrolysis is the decomposition of carbonaceous feedstocks in the virtual absence of oxygen. The material is indirectly heated in a large retort, fitted with airlocks, until it breaks down to form a mixture of calorific gases including hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and other hydrocarbon gases. Due to the absence of nitrogen, the produced gases are more calorific than from gasification and are therefore easier to burn in gas engines and turbines.
In advanced gasification and pyrolysis, the produced gases are either combusted in a second chamber or cleaned and used as a fuel gas to power gas engines or gas turbines which can then be used to run a generator to produce electricity for sale to the grid.
In most Waste to Energy applications the produced gases are used to generate both electricity and process heat in a system known as Combined Heat and Power (CHP). However, if the waste heat from the gasification and power generation stages is high grade heat at circa 400°C (gas engine or gas turbine exhaust) a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) can be used to raise steam to drive a secondary turbine to generate more electrical power. These more advanced systems are termed Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC). Both the CHP and IGCC configurations ensure the most efficient utilisation of the feedstock energy content and are to be preferred.
In the UK the Renewables Obligation subsidises every megawatt hour (MWh) of energy generated by gasification and pyrolysis systems by awarding 2 ROCs per MWh which at current rates makes each MWh worth circa 2.5 times the unsubsidised value. This makes advanced gasification and pyrolysis a very attractive solution for any waste to energy project. However, this technology is considered by many to still be an emerging technology which can make funding a project more difficult but not impossible.
The secret is to match the technology to the feedstock and to ensure that the feedstock is consistent, homogenous and relatively dry, all of the time!
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As a native Spanish speaker and first-generation Mexican American, Eliana worked with six state level health teams in Mexico to develop and launch advocacy plans to support midwifery and improve maternal health care across the country. Many of these advocacy plans resulted in state governments developing training and work placement programs for midwifery graduates, midwifery champion groups and midwifery quality of care centers in remote or hard to reach areas.
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Don Davis' Sexual Abuse Story: Everything We Know
What happened? On December 20, a video of Mrs Deborah Okezie, mother to Don Davis, an 11-year-old JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, who was sexually molested and starved at school surfaced on the internet. In the video, Mrs Okezie lamented about her son's status. "They [senior students] will remove his boxer and push their legs and hands into his anus," she said. "Look at a child I sent to school," she adds, "he came back with a broken anus." The video gathered attention in the days that followed, leading to a reaction from the school, government intervention, and online protests. What happened at the school According to Mrs Okezie, Don Davis was moved from a junior hostel to live with seniors because he was bedwetting. At the new accommodation, he was bullied by the senior students, sexually violated, and his meals taken from him. As to why Don Davis had remained silent, "they said if he complained he will be a dead man," said Mrs Okezie. How did the church react? The Deeper Life Bible Church, owners of the high school involved, have since tweeted on December 21, that they were investigating the issue, and that "appropriate disciplinary action will be meted out to all culprits in this unfortunate act". According to the mother, however, Don Davis had since been taken to the hospital for medical treatment. On the day he was admitted (Sunday, December 20), Deeper Life board members came kneeling and begging in the hospital. She added that by Monday, December 21, the same day Deeper Life announced their investigation, the church's representatives were on air alleging that Don Davis came to the school bedridden, saying she was not his mother. The mother did not only refute these but has now circulated pictures of the boy, before and after going to school, while also saying she will go as far as a DNA test to prove she is Don Davis' mother. Although the college's principal has been suspended, there has been no concrete update on the church or school's part on the issue. The government's role The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Akwa Ibom State, Mrs Helen Anthony Ante, called for a meeting between Don Davis' parents and parents of the abusers. Don Davis' mum said they were intimidated at the meeting, which was hosted at the Commissioner for Education's office. According to Okezie, the commissioner threatened her for doing a live broadcast updating Facebook users about the situation. "They collected my phone from me," she says. She also mentioned that another parent said they would beat her up in front of the commissioner. Social media support Several social media accounts have shown support for the family's fight towards getting justice for Don Davis. #JusticeForDonDavis is being used to gather attention on the issue, so it does not get swept under the carpet and action can be taken.
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Whether you are trying to lose weight or just trying to eat a little healthier, this Healthy Detox Vegetable Soup is for you!
I've been making this soup for quite a few years now. My brother once referred to it as "dang hippie food" and the name just stuck. We've been calling it that now for a long time, but to you it can just be the most delicious healthy detox vegetable soup ever. No meat, tons of veggies, and everything in it is good for your body!
This soup is an all time favorite. I am absolutely in love with the flavor of this soup. It's hearty, filling, and super flavorful. Not to mention it's low in calories, low fat, has no cholesterol, and has 15 grams of protein and 12 grams of fiber per serving. What more could you want?
I don't really believe in dieting. Been there, done that, didn't work out well. What I do believe in is a healthy lifestyle that is all about balance. To me, eating healthy isn't about starving yourself on a diet. I eat the stuff that is good for me because it makes my body feel good. I weigh what I weigh and I love my body. I love every scar, stretch mark, and wrinkle. Because I love my body I also like to fuel it with good stuff. I mean, I also fuel it with cake, but the good stuff like fruits and vegetables far outweigh it.
Watch the video where I walk you through every step of this recipe. I've got a whole YouTube Channel full of hundreds of cooking show-style videos. Check them out!
Whether you are trying to lose weight or just trying to eat a little healthier, this Healthy Detox Vegetable Soup is for you! Whole 30 approved!
Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add in the onion and celery and saute for 5 minutes.
Add in the garlic, paprika, ground mustard, basil, salt, cinnamon, and cayenne. Toast for 1-2 minutes.
Pour in the chicken or vegetable broth, add in the mustard and soy sauce and stir. Add in the sweet potatoes. Bring to a boil over high heat.
Reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer on medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
Add in the diced tomato and black beans. Simmer until sweet potatoes are tender (about 5 more minutes).
We love to make vegetable soups like this when we have extra produce. I think we'll definitely have to add some black beans next time, that's a great idea!
I added a jalapeño pepper!! Delicious!
This sounds delicious! Do you have nutritional facts for this recipe?
I do not publish nutritional facts as anything I can give you will just run through an online calculator (which are usually quite inaccurate). I'm not a certified nutritionist.
I'm not big into providing calorie information. It's easy to run recipes through nutrition calculators, but they are rarely accurate, particularly in cases like this where ingredient amounts will actually vary, even when following the instructions. Calories are just calories. When I examine a recipe for nutrition I look at whether or not each ingredient is good for my body and focus less on the actual caloric intake. It's something I feel rather strongly about since so many people end up starving themselves on a low calorie diet.
January favourite ! Thank you and have a pleasant day !
Any idea how many calories per serving?
Where did you get the bowl? I love it! I totally want it.
I actually got it at a thrift store. I always find the most interesting dishes and props at thrift stores.
This was delicious. I did add 2 extra cups of broth and some baby power greens wilted in at the last minute. This is a keeper!
Dang Hippie Soup sounds luscious but at what point do you add the sweet potatoes?


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The Congress deputation met Governor Urmila Singh and urged her to order an inquiry into the change of boundaries of wards on the eve of election to the Shimla Municipal Corporation without carrying out delimitation.
A deputation of the party, led by general secretary Kuldeep Rathore, comprising Mayor Madhu Sood, district leaders, councillors, former councillors met the Governor at Raj Bhawan and submitted a memorandum expressing concern over the large scale omission of voters in the draft electoral rolls published for the ensuing Municipal Corporation election.
Leaders drew attention to the fact that names of voters were deleted and added in the electoral rolls without following the due process prescribed in the Municipal Corporation Act. Names of several voters had been omitted on the pretext that they were not residing in the corporation, while names of some other residents were not being included.


BELLINGHAM, Wash -- Bellingham is farm country.
In fact, Whatcom County ranks in the top 3-percent of farm production in the entire US according to the city, port and county's Choose Whatcom project.
But who is doing that farming may surprise you.
Q13 News visited one farm and met one person who could be the face of the new farmer.
Gabrielle Santerre's resume includes English and Psychology in college. She worked well paid corporate jobs in publishing and sales. She had a life filled with hip bars, cool clubs, the trendiest restaurants in Seattle.
Now she's a 30-something farmer living in Bellingham and she's not alone.
Maybe it was her years in a cubicle. Or maybe it was the growing stress of Facebook and Instagram.
First, she commuted from Seattle to farms in Woodinville and Whidbey Island. Then she went all in, moved to Bellingham and now manages Growing Washington's local choice food box. A program that collects products from local growers and makers, packages them up fresh on a weekly basis and delivers them to subscribers homes.
"People get cheese, bread, vegetable, all sorts of good stuff in their box," explained Santerre.
She's still selling and managing. She's just doing it well outside the city limits and she's doing it with others like her.
"We're employing a bunch of young people," said Santerre.
The US Department of Agriculture recently found that for just the second time in the last 100 years the number of farmers under 35 is growing in the US.
Nearly 70% of those young farmers hold college degrees. That's significantly higher than the general population.
To which Santerre says the same thing.
"I took that risk and I'm really glad that I, did" said Santerre.
It's what others in Whatcom County and across the US are doing too.
The USDA finds most young farmers today don't come from farm families. They are diverse in ethnicity, gender and sexuality. They most often work on smaller farms focused on organic and farm-to-table produce.
They are makers, growers and farmers.
"Now I can do things like read and write for fun," said Santerre.


Castlereagh is one of the five bungalows which make up the Ceylon Tea Trails, Sri Lanka's first Relais & Chateaux resort. Travellers approaching Castlereagh from the road can glimpse tantalising views across the lake of this symbol of the glory days of colonial life. Situated in a wooded dell close to the water, this century old bungalow offers unrivalled water views and superb garden suites to suit every taste. Elegant parquet floors and open fireplaces in the dining and drawing rooms evokes recollections of the life and times of the tea planters who once lived here. Summerhouses can be found in the extensive grounds where tea and a good book can be savoured until the sun goes down over the water. Then, before you know it, it's time for pre-dinner drinks on the terrace.


Winchester Center is a wonderful place to meet new people, spend time with friends from years gone by, pursue new or favorite interests, share a talent or special interest, or make a difference in someone else's life. With Free WiFi and computer lab, the Center is a friendly and convenient place to connect with those who are far away as well as those who are here.
By contract, Area Five Agency on Aging and Community Services operates a congregate meal site at the Winchester Senior Center.
Meals are served Monday – Friday at 11:00 a.m. and are available on a donation basis to persons 60 years of age or older.
Reservations must be made by Noon the day before. Call 260.563.4475 and ask for the kitchen to make a reservation.
Led by former Physical Education teacher Mary Jo McClelland, the class combines aerobic and flexibility exercises appropriate for the senior.
Classes are approximately 45 minutes long and are held on Mondays and Thursdays at 9:45am and Wednesdays at 3pm. There is no cost to attend.
Foot Care is offered each Wednesday by appointment. Cost is $20 per person.
Blood Pressure Checks are offered the first Monday of each month and the second and fourth Tuesday of each month.
Free eyeglass adjustments are offered on the third Monday of each month.
Medicare counseling is offered through the State Health Insurance Program (SHIP) counselors on the first Thursday and third Tuesday of each month by appointment.
Monthly birthday party – second Thursday of each month.
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Statički uzgon (oznaka Fu) je sila kojom fluid (tekućina ili plin) djeluje na uronjeno fizikalno tijelo suprotno smjeru gravitacije:

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ovisi o obujmu (volumenu) tijela V, gustoći fluida u koji je tijelo uronjeno ρ i gravitacijskom ubrzanju g.
Na tijelo uronjeno u fluid djeluje hidrostatski tlak jednak u svim smjerovima:

gdje je: ρ - gustoća tekućine, g - ubrzanje sile teže, h - visina stupca tekućine (fluida).

Sile koje na uronjeno tijelo djeluju bočno se poništavaju, sile koje na tijelo djeluju prema dolje manje su od sila koje djeluju prema gore zbog većeg hidrostatskog tlaka na većoj dubini, a rezultantna sila prema gore je uzgon.

Arhimedov zakon nazvan je po Arhimedu iz Sirakuze koji je prvi otkrio ovaj zakon, a glasi: Tijelo uronjeno u tekućinu lakše je za težinu istisnute tekućine.

Dinamički uzgon (oznaka Fz) je sila koja djeluje na površinu tijela što se giba u plinu ili tekućini (fluid), a usmjerena je okomito na smjer neporemećenog strujanja prije susreta s tijelom.

gdje je  gustoća fluida (tekućine ili plina),   brzina kretanja tijela kroz fluid,  koeficijent uzgona (ovisi o obliku i položaju tijela), i  je karakteristična površina tijela (izbor površine se radi prije određivanja koeficijenta uzgona, jer utječe na njega).

Postavi li se ploča pod kutom (manjim od 90°) prema smjeru strujanja zraka (ili, što je isto, ako se ploča giba nagnuta pod kutom prema svojemu smjeru gibanja kroza zrak), tada zbog nesimetrije silâ, koje djeluju s obiju strana ploče, na ploču djeluje sila kojoj se hvatište ne nalazi u geometrijskom središtu ploče. Giba li se ploča vodoravno, lagano uzdignutog prednjeg kraja, dinamički uzgon tjera ju uvis. Dinamički uzgon omogućava let zrakoplova, odnosno općenito let tijela gušćih od zraka.

Pojednostavljeni matematički model statičkog uzgona
Da bi izveli jednadžbu za veličinu sile uzgona, zamislimo da je u neku posudu s tekućinom stavljeno tijelo oblika kocke stranice , te da je to tijelo tako usmjereno da je jedna njegova ploha paralelna s dnom posude. Kocka je omeđena sa šest ploha i hidrostatski tlak u tekućini djeluje na svaku od njih. Pritisci na četirima okomitim plohama se međusobno poništavaju, s obzirom na to da se sve četiri nalaze na istoj dubini i svaka od njih ima plohu nasuprot sebi na koju djeluje isti srednji pritisak. Stvar je drugačija s dvama vodoravnim plohama; gornja ploha se nalazi na nekoj dubini , a donja ploha se nalazi na dubini . Iz toga slijedi da na gornju plohu prema dolje djeluje hidrostatski pritisak

gdje je  gustoća tekućine, a   je jakost gravitacijskog polja, to jest ubrzanje sile teže.

Na donju plohu prema gore djeluje hidrostatski tlak:

Rezultantna sila na tijelo proizlazi iz razlike tih dvaju tlakova:

gdje je  površina plohe kocke, a  obujam kocke.

Silu  zovemo uzgon i ta sila u gravitacijskom polju Zemlje uvijek djeluje prema gore, odnosno u općem slučaju, djeluje u smjeru suprotnom od volumenske sile polja u kojem se nalaze tekućina i uronjeno tijelo. Kako je vidljivo iz jednadžbe, intenzitet te sile je zapravo jednak težini tekućine koju je uronjeno tijelo istisnulo, a to ovisi samo o volumenu tijela, ne i o njegovom obliku što je otkrio još Arhimed i danas to njegovo otkriće zovemo Arhimedov zakon.

Ako je gustoća uronjenog tijela veća od gustoće tekućine, , tada će tijelo tonuti jer je težina tijela veća od uzgona. Ako su gostoće jednake, , tada će tijelo mirno lebdjeti u tekućini, a ako je gustoća manja, , tada će tijelo isplivati na površinu i ostati uronjeno samo do one dubine na kojoj se uravnotežuju težina tijela i uzgon.

Dopunske napomene za potpunije razumijevanje:
 u bestežinskom stanju nema uzgona jer nema ni hidrostatskog tlaka.
 uzgon će se javljati i u smjeru suprotnom od inercijalnih sila, na primjer ako tijelo u tekućini rotira zajedno s tekućinom oko neke osi javit će se centrifugalni uzgon.

Uzgon u zraku i drugim plinovima

Arhimedov zakon ne vrijedi samo za tekućine, nego i za plinove. Svako fizikalno tijelo u zraku, odnosno u plinu, izgubi toliko na težini koliko je težak istisnuti zrak, odnosno plin. Arhimedov zakon za plinove glasi: "Svako tijelo u zraku ili u bilo kojem plinu postaje za onoliko lakše koliko važe istisnuti zrak, odnosno plin". Uzgon u zraku dolazi do izražaja kod tijela koja su razmjerno lagana obzirom na svoj obujam (volumen). Tako na primjer tijelo obujma 1 m3 dobiva uzgon od 12,93 N (tijelo težine 1,293 kilograma i obujma 1 m3 bi lebdilo u zraku), jer je tolika težina 1 m3 istisnutog zraka. Ako je težina tog tijela manja od uzgona, tijelo će se dizati. U većim visinama, gdje je zrak rjeđi, uzgon je manji zbog manje gustoće zraka.

Baloni i zračni brodovi (dirižabli) zovu se zajedničkim imenom aerostati. Njihovo se dizanje osniva na uzgonu u zraku. Baloni se grade od platna presvučenog kaučukom (ili nekim modernijim sintetskim materijalom), a ispunjeni su lakšim plinom od zraka. Obično su punjeni vodikom koji je 14 puta lakši od zraka, ali mu je nedostatak što je lako upaljiv. Zato se baloni po mogućnosti pune helijem koji nije zapaljiv. Balon je otvoren prema dolje da suvišak plina može izaći ako unutarnji tlak plina veći od vanjskog tlaka (atmosferski tlak), jer bi inače balon mogao prsnuti. Preko lopte prebačena je mreža užeta na kojima visi gondola za smještaj ljudi i tereta. Uzmemo li da je težina mreže, gondole i tereta G, a težina plina u balonu ρp ∙ V ∙ g, gdje je V - volumen balona, ρp - gustoća plina, a g - ubrzanje zemljine sile teže (oko 9,81 m/s2), onda je cjelokupna težina balona Gu:

Ako je gustoća zraka ρz, onda je uzgon balona ρz ∙ V ∙ g, to jest jednak je težini istisnutog zraka. Balon će se dizati ako mu je cjelokupna težina manja od uzgona, to jest ako je:

pa će sila koja će balon dizati uvis biti:

ili pojednostavljeno:

pa se F naziva pogonska sila balona ili zračnog broda.

Stabilnost broda

Stabilnost broda ili stabilitet broda svojstvo je broda da održava uspravan položaj u svim okolnostima plovidbe. Zbog različitih uzroka brod se u plovidbi ili na vezu nagiba oko neke osi. Najosjetljivije je nagibanje broda oko uzdužne osi, jer brod najviše izlaže pogibelji od prevrtanja. Moment statičke stabilnosti suprotstavlja se nagibanju, a čine ga spreg sila: uzgon, sila koja se zbog oblika trupa pomiče i uspravlja brod, i težina, sila koja naginje brod. Početna statička stabilnost za manje nagibe veća je što je veća takozvana metacentarska visina, a težište broda niže. Metacentarska visina ovisi o obliku trupa broda i čini točku u kojoj smjer sile uzgona presijeca uzdužnu simetralnu ravninu brodskoga trupa. Dinamička je stabilnost broda rad momenta statičke stabilnosti do nagiba broda, do kojega dolazi kada se izjednači rad momenta statičke stabilnosti i momenta nagibanja broda pod dinamičkim djelovanjem vanjskih sila.

Izvori

Vidi još
Arhimedov zakon
Dinamički uzgon

Klasična mehanika
Mehanika fluida


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"Using NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered the first Earth-size planet orbiting a star in the "habitable zone" -- the range of distance from a star where liquid water might pool on the surface of an orbiting planet. The discovery of Kepler-186f confirms that planets the size of Earth exist in the habitable zone of stars other than our sun.
"While planets have previously been found in the habitable zone, they are all at least 40 percent larger in size than Earth and understanding their makeup is challenging. Kepler-186f is more reminiscent of Earth.
"Although the size of Kepler-186f is known, its mass and composition are not. Previous research, however, suggests that a planet the size of Kepler-186f is likely to be rocky...."
That artists' concept is optimistic, assuming that Kepler-186f has an atmosphere like Earth's, and enough water for a substantial sea, at least. Whether or not the planet looks like that depends partly on what it's made of.
Scientists have worked out plausible scenarios where an Earth-size planet could be almost entirely water: which wouldn't be particularly good for fish, since life as we know it needs a broad variety of materials and water.
The odds are, in the Lemming's opinion, that Kepler-186f is a ball of rock and metal, like Earth. If it's Earth-like that way, it could have an atmosphere as spectacularly toxic as the one humans found around Venus: or no atmosphere at all.
Or astronomers may find a damp atmosphere of nitrogen and oxygen: and be puzzled by the planet's emission spectra, until someone realizes that they're looking at neon, helium, carbon dioxide, and mercury plasma from a continent-spanning analog of the Fremont Street Experience.
If Kepler-186f has something pretty close to Earth's chemical mix, including atmosphere, it'll probably be a tad cooler than the planet humans call home. Sunlight there at high noon is about as strong as Earth's an hour or so before sunset.
Kepler-186f is closer to its star than Earth: but its star is a whole lot dimmer than Sol.
Until last week, scientists knew that planets orbit other stars, and that roughly 1/6 of the stars in this galaxy have planets roughly the same size as Earth. That works out to about 17,000,000,000 planets, give or take a few million, by the way. But they didn't know that any of these Earth-size planets orbited their stars far enough out for water to be a liquid.
Earth could have been a statistical fluke: a one-of-a-kind freak in an otherwise-lifeless universe.
Now scientists know of a planet that's only 10% wider than Earth, in an orbit that keeps it only slightly cooler than Earth. And they found it only 20 years after spotting the first planet circling another star.
Humans: They're not doing badly, at all.
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"Three Es: Exoplanets, Exobiology, and Evolution"
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"Life in the Universe: Focusing the Search"
Would I Baptize an Extraterrestrial?
Easter egg hunt in Hobbiton? The Lemming has no idea whatsoever.
One thing the Lemming has noticed about nature is that it's big: very, very, big. Small wonder that artists like Thomas Doughty get carried away while painting their landscapes.
Thomas Doughty was with the Hudson River School, which had more to do with the Catskills and Adirondacks than pencil sharpeners and blackboards: although blackboards actually were black back then, and that's another topic.
Anyway, another Thomas took at least part of Horace Greeley's advice, and went west: all the way to California.
"Great Canyon of the Sierra, Yosemite," Thomas Hill.
That's "Great Canyon," not "Grand Canyon," which is an unreasonably big washout in another state. Oddly enough, humans in these parts get upset over little washouts, but make a tourist attraction out of one that's a mile deep.
Granted, the Grand Canyon is scenic: and got started long before any humans wandered into this continent, and that's another topic.
Where was the Lemming? Adirondacks, pencil sharpeners, erosion: right.
Thomas Hill's paintings of Yosemite may not be exact representations of the landforms there, but he didn't exaggerate the scenery by much. In Yosemite, there's little need: the place is spectacular.
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"Rio Grand Valley: America's Almost-as-Grand Canyon"


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Копань Володимир Павлович — учений-селекціонер, доктор сільськогосподарських наук, автор більше ніж 176 сортів яблунь, груш, чорної смородини, порічок, аґрусу, суниць, із яких 56 занесені до Державного реєстру сортів рослин України.

Життєпис
Копань Володимир Павлович народився 9 жовтня 1936 року в селі Нова Миколаївка Барвінківського (тоді Петровського) району Харківської області в селянській родині. Історія їхньої родини — це трагічна історія України ХХ століття: голод, репресії, війна, розруха. У 15 років став круглою сиротою.

Після закінчення школи вступив до Київського університету, потім перевівся в Уманський сільськогосподарський інститут на факультет плодоовочівництва й виноградарства, який закінчив у 1959 році.

За направленням у 1959 році поїхав у Донецьку область, радгосп «Берестовий», на посаду бригадира-овочівника. У вересні того ж року почав працювати агротехніком Уманської сортодільниці Державної комісії з сортовипробування та апробації плодово-ягідних культур і винограду.

Із грудня 1959 р. по травень 1970 р. працював на Львівській науково-дослідній станції садівництва молодшим науковим співробітником відділу селекції. Із 1960 по 1962 — старший науковий співробітник, із 1962 по 1963 — завідувач відділу селекції, у 1963—1965 — заступник директора з наукової роботи, а з 1965 по 1970 — знову завідувач відділу селекції Львівської науково-дослідної станції садівництва. У 1967 році захистив кандидатську дисертацію.

Із Львівською дослідною станцією садівництва пов'язані перші успішні кроки в науково-дослідній роботі: за десять років Копань Володимир Павлович створив цілу низку своїх відомих сортів груші, більшість із яких занесені до Державного реєстру сортів рослин України: «Вродлива», «Черемшина», «Золотоворітська», «Роксолана», «Смерічка», «Трембіта», «Вижниця», «Говерла», «Християнка», «Львівський сувенір», «Стрийська», «Етюд».
Незмінним колегою, помічником, співавтором у всіх наукових досягненнях стала дружина, теж випускниця Уманського сільськогосподарського інституту 1961 року Кіра Миколаївна Копань, кандидат сільськогосподарських наук.

Із травня 1970 року й до лютого 1989 року Володимир Павлович працював старшим науковим співробітником відділу селекції Українського науково-дослідного інституту садівництва (м. Київ, Новосілки), продовжуючи займатися виведенням нових сортів яблуні, груші, смородини та суниці. Багато їздить по країні, збираючи необхідний матеріал (пилок) для нових генетичних схрещувань, що, врешті-решт дають задуманий автором результат. Паралельно працював над докторською дисертацією.

Наукова діяльність київського періоду
1989—1990, 1998 рр. — провідний науковий співробітник Інституту садівництва Національної академії аграрних наук України.

1995 рік — захистив докторську дисертацію й отримав науковий ступінь «доктор сільськогосподарських наук».

1990—1997 рр. — головний науковий співробітник, завідувач лабораторії біотехнології Інституту садівництва Національної Академії аграрних наук України.

1998 рік — призначений завідувачем лабораторії олігогенної селекції Інституту садівництва.

Науковий доробок
Майже 50 років життя вчений присвятив селекційній справі. Створив 176 сортів яблуні, груші, чорної смородини, порічок, аґрусу, суниці, із яких 56 занесені до державного Реєстру сортів рослин України, у тому числі: яблунь — 10, груш — 7, суниць — 11, порічок — 4, чорної смородини — 13, аґрусу — 7, що є одним із кращих результатів селекційного процесу в групі плодових і ягідних культур України.

Сорти плодово-ягідних культур за якісними показниками відповідають світовим стандартам. Володимир Павлович Копань уклав ліцензійну угоду з Швейцарською розсадницькою фірмою «Rhein-Baumschlen» на ексклюзивне право розмноження сорту аґрусу «Неслухівський» і чорної смородини «Черешнева» у Швейцарії, Австрії та Німеччині. Ряд сортів пройшли випробування в Голландії, Польщі і Франції, декілька сортів занесені до національних Реєстрів Німеччини та Польщі.

Праці
У доробку вченого понад 650 наукових праць, серед них:
 Копань В. П., Копань К. М., Ярещенко О. М., Ткачова Н. А., Козуліна Ю. Б. Методи, результати і перспективи селекції плодових та ягідних культур в Україні// Садівництво. — 2000. ― Вип. 50.
 Копань В. П., Копань К. М., Козуліна Ю. Б. Можливості вирощування груші в Лісостепу та Поліссі України // Садівництво. — 2000. — Вип. 51.
 Копань В. П., Копань К. М., Ярещенко О. М., Козуліна Ю. Б. Адаптаційна селекція плодових і ягідних культур в Україні //Садівництво. — 2003. ― Вип. 53.
 Копань В. П., Копань К. Н., Ярещенко А. Н., Козулина Ю. Б., Гребенюк С. И., Корховой В. И. Олигогенная селекция — путь целенаправленного решения селекционных программ в плодоводстве // Роль сортов и новых технологий в интенсивном садоводстве: Материалы междунар. науч.-метод. конф. 28-31 июля 2003 г. — Орёл ВНИИСПК. — 2003.
 Копань В. П., Копань К. М., Ярещенко О. М., Ходаківська Ю. Б. Методи, результати і перспективи селекції плодових та ягідних культур в Інституті садівництва УААН //Садівництво. — 2005. — Вип. 57.  - укр.
 Ходаківська Ю. Б., Копань В. П. Виявлення поліплоїдних сортів груші цитологічними методами //Садівництво. — 2006. –– Вип. 59.
 Адаптаційна селекція чорної смородини / В. П. Копань, К. М. Копань, Л. Д. Болдижева, О. М. Ярещенко // Садівництво. — 1998. — № 47. — С. 64-69. — Бібліогр.: 9 назв. — укр.
 Атлас перспективных сортов плодовых и ягодных культур Украины / ред.: В. П. Копань. — К. : ООО «Одекс», 1999. — 454 c. — рус.

Примітки

Посилання
 Татьяна Нетудыхата. Рядом с садовой земляникой посадите чеснок - он отпугнет личинки майского жука и медведку. «Факты», 27.05.2000

Джерела
 Хауст В. І. Копані
 Володимир Павлович. Наші Випускники. Факультет плодоовочівництва, екології та захисту рослин УНУС.
Українські селекціонери
Доктори сільськогосподарських наук України


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Monster Made Champions | UFC 268
UFC 268: Usman vs Covington 2 took place on Saturday night in front of 20,715 spectators at Madison Square Garden in New York. The event featured a stacked main card, including two title defenses from Monster Energy athletes Usman and Namajunas.
In the main event fight, Kamaru Usman earned a unanimous decision victory in the rematch against American Colby Covington. In the women's strawweight division, Monster Energy's Rose Namajunas retained her championship belt against former champion Weili Zhang from China in the closely contested fight to earn a split decision victory. The epic showdown between Monster Energy fighters Justin Gaethje and Michael Chandler earned the UFC's Fight of the Night bonus. Their teammate, 28-year-old Marlon Vera from Ecuador received a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus for his thundering head kick knockout win against Frankie Edgar.
UFC 268: Monster Made Kamaru Usman Dominates Colby Covington
In the night's main event, newly minted Monster Energy team athlete Kamaru Usman (20-1) revisited his long-time rivalry with Colby Covington. Usman initially faced Covington (16-3) in his first title defense at UFC 245 in December 2019, ending the fight by TKO in Round 5 to claim the record for the latest stoppage in welterweight division history.
Anticipation was running high inside Madison Square Garden as the two fighters revisited their rivalry. From the start of Round 1, both fighters started throwing heavy punches, with Usman landing the more significant strikes and exploiting openings with swift precision. A key scene in the fight unfolded toward the end of Round 2 when Usman dropped Covington to the canvas twice with hard-hitting right hands but could not lock in a stoppage before the bell.
After the two rivals exchanged more blows on the feet in Round 3, the fourth round saw Covington demonstrate his signature resilience, suddenly firing back at the champ with kicks to the body. Round 5 was reminiscent of the intensity and ferociousness of Usman's first fight against Covington with both fighters swinging for ultimate damage. But when all was said and done, defending UFC Welterweight Champion Usman retained the upper hand in the fight to earn the unanimous decision victory (48-47, 48-47, 49-46).
"I know there was a lot of trash talk and bad blood and there's still going to be some after tonight. But he's a tough son of a b---. I mean, when you share an octagon with someone this tough, you can't help it. That respect is going to come. He hit me with some shots, and I could tell they've been working on it," said Usman after his victory at UFC 268 in New York.
Saturday night's title defense against Covington extends Usman's win streak to 15 fights, the longest among active UFC fighters. Nicknamed "The Nigerian Nightmare", Usman has now held the UFC Welterweight World Championship for over two years and defended his belt five times.
Strawweight Rose "Thug" Namajunas Defends Championship From Weili Zhang
In the second title defense on the UFC 268 Main Card, Monster Energy's Rose "Thug" Namajunas (12-4) faced a tough challenge: A rematch against former UFC Women's Strawweight Champion Weili Zhang (21-3) from China.
The energy inside Madison Square Garden was palpable as the two rivals entered the Octagon inside Madison Square Garden for their rematch on Saturday night. Straight out the gate, both fighters attacked with intensity, Namajunas landing strategic counterstrikes and slowing down Zhang with precise hits. In return, Zhang stunned the champion with a heavy left in Round 2.
As the fight wore on, two-time UFC strawweight champ Namajunas found herself under pressure by Zhang's improved wrestling. But after defending against powerful submission attempts and using head kicks from the ground to escape, Namajunas regained control and proved the stronger, more versatile fighter in the fourth and fifth rounds, in which she demonstrated superior ground control. After a close battle, the judges pronounced Namajunas as the winner by split decision (48-47, 47-48, 49-46) to defend her UFC Women's Strawweight title.
"I had a feeling it was going to be a way tougher fight and she improved a lot. I know what I've got to work on now," said Monster Energy's Namajunas. "It was different. I was pretty confident in the end that I won it. The first couple rounds were pretty close. I wasn't even too worried about the result, just doing my best."
Saturday night's victory cements Namajunas as the only two-time UFC Women's Strawweight Champion in 115-pound division history, and the only fighter to successfully defend the title during both reigns. Namajunas holds the record for most stoppages in the 115-pound division at five, with Saturday's win bringing her record to twelve professional MMA career wins (12-4-0).
Monster vs Monster: Justin Gaethje Faces Michael Chandler
Saturday night's main card at UFC 268 in Madison Square Garden started with a clash for the history books. Monster Energy's 35-year-old Michael Chandler (22-6) from High Ridge, Missouri faced off in the lightweight division bout against his newly signed Monster teammate, 32-year-old Justin Gaethje (23-3) from Denver, Colorado.
What happened next in the octagon exceeded the wildest expectations. Losing no time, Gaethje and "Iron" Michael Chandler began unloading punches on each other, with former three-time Bellator Lightweight World Champion Chandler dealing a lot of damage during the early stages of the fight.
But it was Gaethje who tilted the balance in his favor, wearing Chandler down with effective leg kicks and bloodying his opponent with heavy strikes. Despite absorbing massive damage, Chandler kept coming back until the very end, still ready to return fire before the classic fight was ended by the bell.
When the dust settled, Gaethje was pronounced the winner of the epic 15-minute throwdown by unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 30-27). The no-holds-barred battle also earned the UFC's Fight of the Night bonus and is a viable candidate for Fight of the Year.
"He is a warrior," said Gaethje about Chandler after the win. "We are living in the wrong times. Me and him should have been fighting to the death in the Coliseum."
Marlon "Chito" Vera Earns UFC Coveted Performance Of The Night Bonus
Also putting on an outstanding performance on the UFC 268 main card, 28-year-old Marlon Vera (18-7) faced off against a true MMA icon: 40-year-old Frankie Edgar.
As the bantamweight division fight got underway, MMA veteran Edgar put pressure on upcoming star Vera. With Edgar landing significant strikes and escaping the Ecuadorian's submission attempts, the fight evolved into the toughest test of Vera's UFC career.
After a heated back-and-forth exchange between Vera and Edgar, the crowd was in for a surprise in Round 3. Sensing a gap in Edgar's defenses, Vera connected a swift top kick to the chin that knocked Edgar to the ground, followed by punches to seal the victory by third-round knockout. The move earned Vera the UFC's coveted Performance of the Night Bonus.
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A simple Windows paint application for coloring coloring pages.

A friend who works with severly handicapped children approached me in regards to a simple paint application better suited for an eye gaze system. This meant bigger buttons and minimalised functionality. The application was developed specifically for this student. They use it to "paint" worksheets.

Screenshot of SimplePaint when you first load an image:
![image loaded](https://github.com/adamkunzler/SimplePaint/blob/master/Binaries/simplepaint_03.png "Image loaded")

Screenshot of SimplePaint with a painted image:
![image painted](https://github.com/adamkunzler/SimplePaint/blob/master/Binaries/simplepaint_02.png "Image painted")

## How To Use SimplePaint

After launching the application, you'll want to load an image. Once the image is loaded, you can select the bucket or text tool and start painting. When you save, you will be prompted for a filename. You can certainly save over the original, or save it as a new file. From then on, saving will save over whatever filename you specified.

The following file formats are supported: .png, .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp

### Installing

Download Binaries/SimplePaint.UI.exe and run. That's it.

## Authors

* **[Adam Kunzler](https://github.com/adamkunzler)** - *Initial work*

See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/adamkunzler/SimplePaint/contributors) who participated in this project.

## License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details

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[Winnipeg, CANDA] - CanWest, owners of Canada's Global Television, will acquire 100 percent of the principal metropolitan operations of the Hollinger newspaper chain in Canada, with all of its Canadian Internet properties, its magazine group, most of the community publishing operations and a 50 percent interest in the National Post. This is the largest transaction in the history of the Canadian media industry.
The merged company will have national and local coverage in electronic and print media, plus the canada.com network, a group of national and local Internet sites.
In addition to 50 percent of the National Post, the deal includes 13 large metropolitan English language dailies; approximately 136 daily and weekly newspapers and shoppers in smaller communities; 85 trade publications and directories in the Southam Magazine and Information Group; and, all of the Hollinger and Southam Internet properties.
The merged assets do not include Hollinger's French language newspapers and certain of its other non-metropolitan properties that Hollinger has indicated it will selectively sell or retain.
CanWest is poised to take a leadership position, according to Leonard Asper, president and chief executive officer of CanWest, with the merging of Hollinger's canada.com, careerclick.com, and carsclick.com sites, and Hollinger's newspaper sites, canada.com's city portals and CanWest's existing globaltv.com and specialty content Web sites. The Hollinger Internet properties will be integrated with CanWest immediately upon closing.
CanWest Global Communications Corp. is an international media company which owns, operates and/or holds substantial interests in conventional television, specialty cable channels and radio in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.


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Australia suffering from housing oversupply
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Though much attention has been directed towards the housing shortage in some of Australia's largest and fastest-growing cities, a new study from the Australian National University (ANU) says the country actually has a significant oversupply of housing.
The Regional Housing Supply and Demand in Australia working paper, prepared by associate professor Ben Phillips and researcher Cukkoo Joseph of the ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM), analysed 15 years' worth of census data and building approvals to draw its conclusions.
"Between the years 2001 and 2017, we estimate the Australian housing market experienced an oversupply of 164,000 dwellings," the report said. "However, there are significant regional differences with some regions experiencing significant undersupply while others have significant housing surpluses."
According to the researchers, the majority of Australia's housing surplus is in the inner-city areas of the major capitals, with Inner Brisbane, Melbourne, and Sydney all being oversupplied due to recent growth in unit developments. Many regional areas, especially those in mining-sensitive areas such as North Queensland and Western Australia, also retain housing surpluses.
In contrast, regions in the middle and outer rings of the major capitals, particularly Sydney, face modest housing shortages.
On a state level, the most oversupplied areas are the two territories: the Northern Territory and the ACT. Queensland has a significant oversupply, NSW has a relatively minor oversupply, and Tasmania has a mild housing shortage.
"The surplus [of 164,000 dwellings] is not particularly substantial, but certainly suggest that housing supply in and of itself is probably not the primary driver of house-price growth in Australia. There are other factors that are going on," Phillips said.
"We've looked at factors like changes in household types and dwelling types and unoccupied dwellings which we don't think have been taken into account in other studies in any substantial way in the past, and certainly not at the regional level.
"The standard line of governments and industry seems to be that housing supply is a big problem in Australia. No doubt there are some areas where it is. But overall we don't see the housing shortage that's often talked about - in fact we see that there is a surplus."


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NFL Lines: Who Will Sign Plaxico Burress
Posted by Ashley Carmichael on 7/19/2011 9:41:54 AM
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The last time Plaxico Burress played football was in 2008; nearly three years later Burress is making an attempt to get back in to NFL Lines.
In 2008, Burress was sentenced to two years in prison for possession of an unlicensed gun. Now, 33 years old, Burress' marketability is tarnished.
After sitting out two full years how can Plaxico Burress make an impact in NFL Lines?
He is 33 years old and likely lost most of his luster. His last stint in New York lasted four seasons, where he was very productive.
In those four years, Burress accumulated 33 touchdowns with 244 receptions. Furthermore in 2008, Burress caught the Super Bowl winning touchdown to put his team over the heavily favored New England Patriots.
Despite his career triumphs and accolades Burress will not be an impact player in NFL Lines again. People often compare this situation to Michael Vick's.
However it is very different. Vick was able to come back because he was such a freak athlete and had aspects to his game that other quarterbacks do not, whereas, Plaxico Burress is like a slower, less-productive Randy Moss.
Furthermore, Michael Vick was only 30 years old when he was released from prison; Plaxico is about to turn 34.
Burress was never the fastest player in the league and was never a pro bowler.
Ater two years of imprisonment, Burress is very likely out of shape and not as motivated.
Also Plaxico knows he was a number one option in New York, and it will be difficult for him to switch roles.
It is a very big risk signing a deal with this guy. Burress claims to have a few teams marketing for him, however he will not be signing a log term deal anytime soon.
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