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College Presidents Appear To Be Delusional About Sexual Assault On Their Campuses
Mar. 13, 2015 , at 6:23 PM
By Hayley Munguia
About a third of U.S. college presidents believe sexual assault is a problem on American college campuses, but only 6 percent believe it's a problem on their own campuses. That's according to Inside Higher Ed's fifth annual Survey of College and University Presidents, which was released Friday. The survey covered a range of topics, including the Obama administration's college ratings proposal and the sustainability of college financial models, but the most significant (and alarming) finding was about the presidents' thoughts on the prevalence of sexual assault on campus.
College presidents appear to be out of touch.
The U.S. Department of Education in May released a list of 55 institutions with open investigations into Title IX sexual violence violations. Since then, that list has been periodically updated; as of January, it named 94 schools, including large public institutions such as Arizona State University and small liberal arts colleges like Sarah Lawrence. Some lawmakers have made campus sexual assault a priority, most notably with California's recently passed affirmative consent standard and with the pending federal Campus Accountability and Safety Act.
As my colleague Carl Bialik has pointed out, the data on sexual assault in college is hard to interpret, largely because of issues with the question of consent and because so many cases go unreported. One Justice Department-funded survey found that only 12 percent of college students who were the victims of sexual assault reported it — 4 percentage points lower than the general population — and that number was cut in half when the incident involved alcohol.
Students and advocates across the country have demanded that administrations take more responsibility for the handling of sexual assault on campus. But very few of the college presidents surveyed (4 percent) were willing to say their school was doing an inadequate job of protecting women from sexual assault. Seventy-seven percent told Inside Higher Ed that their schools are doing a good job, and 19 percent were neutral on the question.
That doesn't bode well for addressing students' concerns.
Hayley Munguia is a former social media editor and a data reporter for FiveThirtyEight. @hemdash
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Panda Express Beijing Beef
The problem with adding sauce to fried food is that the wet sauce makes the crunchy fried food not so crunchy. Panda Express manages to keep the crispy beef in Beijing Beef crispy even though it may be sitting for over 20 minutes in the sauce on its way to a hungry you. My early attempts at hacking my favorite dish at the massive Chinese food chain all resulted in gummy, soggy beef pieces that were more like flat dumplings than the delicious, crunchy strips of joy they were meant to be.
Then finally, on one batch, I decided to fry the coated beef for much longer than I intuitively felt it should be cooked, resulting in dark browning on the cornstarch coating and an even darker piece of meat beneath it. I anticipated a beef jerky experience, but when I took a bite, I found it to be delicious! It wasn't tough and chewy as I expected it to be. And when this seemingly overcooked beef was stirred into the sauce, it stayed crispy until served, just like the real thing.
Now, with the soggy beef problem solved, we've finally got a good hack for this famous sweet-and-spicy dish.
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This is exactly like the restaurant! I made it for my son and everybody loved it. A real keeper!
Panda Express Honey Walnut Shrimp
Three components must be mastered to properly hack this top menu pick at the country's largest fast Chinese chain: candied nuts, honey sauce, and perfectly battered shrimp. For the candied walnuts, I came up with a technique using the oven, which means there's no candy thermometer required and it's a no-brainer. For the sauce, you just whisk the ingredients together in a bowl.
To make your shrimp look like the shrimp at Panda Express, you don't want them tightly curled up when they fry. You can keep them from curling by pinching the tail end of each shrimp after it has been floured and dipping it into the batter headfirst. When you pull it out, the weight of the batter will help unfurl the shrimp a bit, and if you then lower it slowly into the oil it will mostly stay that way.
When all the shrimp have been fried, bake them in the oven so that they are crispy and warm, then toss the shrimp and the nuts in the sweet honey sauce and serve.
Qdoba Grilled Adobo Chicken
The 729-unit chain did not start its life as Qdoba. When the Mexican food chain was first founded by Robert Miller and Anthony Hauser in Denver, Colorado in 1995, it was called Zuma Mexican Grill, named after a friend's cat. As it turned out, a restaurant in Boston had that same name and threatened to sue, so the partners changed the name to Z-Teca. It wasn't long before two different restaurants threatened to sue for that name—Z'Tejas in Arizona and Azteca in Washington—and the partners were forced to change the name yet again. This time they called their restaurant Qdoba, a completely made-up name that was unlikely to be used by anyone else.
A signature item and consistent top seller is this marinated adobo chicken, offered as a main ingredient in most of the chain's selections. Make this chicken by marinating thigh meat for a couple of days in the secret adobo sauce (a worker there told me they let it soak for up to 8 days), then grill and chop. Use the flavorful chicken in burritos, tacos, bowls, on nachos, and in tortilla soup.
I bet your craving some Qdoba Fiery Habanero Salsa right about now. Get my recipe here.
KFC Nashville Hot Chicken
It was only a matter of time before the spicy fried chicken made famous in Nashville, Tennessee at shops like Prince's Hot Chicken Shack and Hattie B's would find its way into the mainstream. A dish this good is never contained forever, and KFC became the first fast food chain to give the recipe national exposure. A test run of the new spicy chicken in Pittsburgh was the most successful product test in KFC's recent history.
The original dish from Nashville is made with crispy fried chicken that's doused with a top-secret spicy chili sauce and served on sliced white bread with dill pickles on top. KFC's version is served with just pickles, no bread (a biscuit on the side instead), and is made by soaking the chain's Extra Crispy Fried Chicken with the oily chili sauce from a squirt bottle. Since there isn't any water in the sauce, just oil, the chicken stays crispy, regardless of how much sauce is applied.
To make a home version, you first need to make some chicken, either using my hack for KFC Extra Crispy Chicken, or by baking or frying some of the pre-breaded chicken pieces you can find frozen in just about every grocery store. While the chicken cooks, make the sauce and pour it into a squirt bottle or spouted measuring cup. Apply it to your chicken when it's done (shake it or stir it first!), then top it with dill pickle slices.
Olive Garden Chicken Piccata
Menu Description: "Grilled chicken topped with a lemon garlic butter sauce, sun-dried tomatoes, and capers."
For many years this traditional chicken dish has been a top choice at the nation's largest Italian restaurant chain, and a Top Secret Recipes hack is long overdue. Brined chicken breast fillets are grilled and topped with a lemon butter sauce made with garlic, sundried tomatoes, and capers in this copycat clone that will fool even the biggest Olive Garden fans.
Two large chicken breasts get sliced into four fillets here, so you'll have either four lunch-size portions or two double-sized dinner meals. And if you need even more servings, you can easily double up the recipe.
In the Tidbits, I've added a quick recipe for the optional side of Parmesan-crusted zucchini served with the actual dish if you want to make an even more authentic clone.
Craving more dishes from Olive Garden? Check out my copycat recipes here.
KFC Extra Crispy Tenders
As you can probably guess, KFC's Extra Crispy Tenders are chicken tenderloins coated with the same delicious breading as KFC's Extra Crispy Chicken. These tenders come in servings of two, three, six, or twelve, with your choice of dipping sauces on the side including buffalo, barbecue, and the new Finger Lickin' Good Sauce.
To duplicate these chicken fingers at home we'll resort to a similar prep technique to the one used for the Extra Crispy Chicken: the chicken is brined for 2 hours to give it more flavor and juiciness, then the tenders are double-breaded for an extra-crunchy coating.
An important secret revealed in this breading recipe is the use of a specific type of ground black pepper. For the best clone you want to use Tellicherry black pepper, which is premium black pepper ground from mature peppercorns that have had time to develop more flavor. The unique aftertaste of KFC chicken is attributed to this special spice, so it's worth the time to track it down.
Tellicherry black pepper costs a little more than the younger, more common black pepper, but if you want a good clone of the famous crispy fried chicken, it's an essential ingredient. Be sure to grind the pepper fine before adding it.
Einstein Bros. Bagels Twice-Baked Hash Brown
I'm not sure why Einstein Bros. claims there are just four cheeses in the new Twice-Baked Hash Brown when the ingredients clearly list six kinds of cheese, plus cream cheese. Regardless, the shredded Asiago, Romano, Parmesan, provolone, and mozzarella listed there can be found combined in an "Italian Blend" at many supermarkets, making for an easy start to our home clone. And don't just be thinking about breakfast for these cheesy potatoes. They work great as a side for any meal.
In the detailed description of the new item, Einstein Bros. claims the hash browns contain two kinds of schmears, which is true, but a little misleading because one of them is just plain cream cheese. The other is onion-and-chive cream cheese, which we can make from scratch. We'll combine those two shmears into one blend by doubling the cream cheese added to our onion-and-chive schmear formula.
Mix everything together and load the ingredients into a standard 12-cup muffin pan with circles of parchment paper cut out to fit into the bottom of the 12 cups. Without these parchment circles, the hash browns may stick and break when they're released. You can also use paper muffin cups, if you don't mind the less crispy, ridged sides.
Bake them the first time for 30 minutes, then cool and store. Now you have a dozen servings of cheesy hash brown potatoes that are easy to finish off by baking them a second time until crispy. They are great served with breakfast, or for dinner as your starchy side alongside beef, chicken, lamb, and many other savory entrees.
You can also make homemade Einstein Bros bagels, sandwiches, and shmears. See if I hacked your favorites here.
Popeyes Cajun Rice
Popeyes offers two sides with rice: the ultra-popular Red Beans and Rice, which I previously cloned here, and this rice made Cajun-style with ground beef and spices.
The real recipe at the chain most likely includes chicken gizzard, but that ingredient is not always easy to find outside of buying a whole uncooked chicken that includes a bag of giblets tucked inside. So I set out to design a recipe without that ingredient and the results were great.
The secret to the fabulous taste, after all, is not found in the gizzard, but in the flavors contributed by the "holy trinity" of green pepper, onion, and celery salt; accentuated by the ground thyme and oregano.
If you're making rice tonight, bump it up to something special with just a little extra work for delicious results.
Taco Bell Shredded Chicken Soft Taco
In November 2020, Taco Bell said "adios" to several classic items from their menu including Mexican Pizza—one of my long-time favorites—and anything with shredded chicken in it including the chicken soft taco. But teary goodbyes from fans of the tasty spiced chicken can be avoided if we have a good (and easy) recipe to craft a duplicate at home. Since the fast Mexican chain announced the changes several months in advance, I had time to work up a good hack before the tacos were gone forever.
After cooking the chicken several ways I settled on poaching the fillets in chicken broth, which kept them moist and added great umami flavor. When the chicken cooled, I shredded it, and added it to a sauce seasoned with spices and lime juice, and flavored with Knorr tomato chicken bouillon.
As the sauce thickens it will reduce and infuse the chicken with flavor, then it's ready for you to use on tacos, burritos, salads, or whatever. And don't forget the hot sauce!
Bojangles' Buttermilk Biscuits
There's one copycat recipe for these famous biscuits that's posted and shared more than any other, and it's downright awful. The dough is formulated with self-rising flour, baking powder, powdered sugar, shortening, and buttermilk, and many complain that the recipe creates dough that's much too loose and the resulting biscuits are a complete disaster. Yet there the recipe remains on blogs and boards all over the interweb for unsuspecting home cloners such as yourself to waste time on. But that won't happen to you anymore, because I have made a good recipe that works the way it should, guaranteeing you'll get amazing golden buttermilk biscuits that look and taste as if a trained Bojangles' pro made them.
In addition to the obvious overuse of buttermilk, the popular recipe I found online has many problems. The author gets it right when calling for self-rising flour, which is flour containing salt and a leavening agent (aka baking powder), but why would the Bojangles' recipe be designed to use self-rising flour and then add additional leaving? Well, it probably wouldn't. Biscuits are job number 1 for self-rising flour, and the leavening in there is measured for that use, so there's no need to add more. If you were planning to add your own leavening, you'd probably start with all-purpose flour, which has no leavening in it. And let's just be clear: baking powder tastes gross, so we want to add as little as possible, not more than necessary.
It's also important to handle the dough the same way that workers at Bojangles' do. They make biscuits there every 20 minutes and there are plenty of YouTube videos showing the preparation technique. In a nutshell, the dough is mixed by hand (in the restaurant they use their hands because the quantity is so large, but for this recipe use a mixing spoon), then it's folded over a few times on a floured countertop before it's rolled out. This gentle handling of the dough prevents the gluten in the flour from toughening and adds layers, so your biscuits come out of the oven tender and flakey.
For the best results, find White Lily flour. This self-rising flour is low in gluten and makes unbelievably fluffy biscuits. If you use another self-rising brand, you'll still get great biscuits, but the gluten level will likely be higher, the biscuits will be tougher, and you'll probably need more buttermilk. Head down to the Tidbits below for details on that.
And I noticed another thing most biscuit recipes get wrong. For biscuits that are beautifully golden brown on the top and bottom, you'll want to bake them on a silicone baking mat (or parchment paper) at 500 degrees F. Yes, 500 degrees. That may seem hot, but this high temp works well with self-rising flour, and in 12 to 15 minutes the biscuits will be perfectly browned.
Counterintuitively, it's the lower temperatures that end up burning the biscuits, while the higher temperature cooks them just right. At lower temps the biscuits must stay in the oven longer to cook through, which exposes the surfaces to more heat, and they end up too dark on the outside, especially the bottom. For even better results, if you have a convection setting on your oven, use that and set the temp to 475 degrees F. Your biscuits will look like they came straight from the drive-thru.
Panera Bread Cinnamon Crunch Scone
After the success of Panera Bread's Cinnamon Crunch Bagels, the popular sandwich chain went back into the development kitchen and came out with these incredible scones, filled with the same crunchy cinnamon drops found in the bagels and drizzled with cinnamon icing.
When first released, these scones were cut as triangles and frosted, but in 2018 the shape was changed to more "rustic"-shaped round blobs with drizzled or piped icing on top. I like to hack the latest recipe, so the newer version of this pastry is the version I've re-created here.
These are cream scones, so cream is the main wet ingredient that holds the dough together—but keep the dough crumbly as you mix it, and try not to compress it much, or you risk making the final product too dense. The best way to form the scones is to use both hands and shape the dough like you're making a loose snowball. Then use one hand to place the dough onto the baking sheet and form it into a rough dome shape. The scones will flatten and spread out a little bit as they bake.
Wingstop Lemon Pepper Wings
The Wingstop menu offers nearly a dozen flavor variations of fried chicken wings, including original hot buffalo-style, parmesan garlic, and mango habanero, but it's the lemon pepper wings that get the most raves. And even though they're referred to as "dry rub" wings on the menu, the secret to a perfect hack of the chain's lemon pepper wings is in the wet baste that goes on first.
The lemon pepper won't stick to the wings without making them wet, and that's where the sauce, or baste, comes in. The baste is easy to make by clarifying butter and combining it with oil to prevent the butter from solidifying, then adding lemon pepper and salt.
I obtained a sample of Wingstop's lemon pepper seasoning and took a few stabs at cloning the blend from scratch, but ultimately decided the task was a time-waster when pre-blended lemon pepper is so easy to find. I compared Wingstop's lemon pepper with the blends from McCormick and Lawry's—each is slightly different than what Wingstop uses. McCormick's is lemonier than Wingstop's blend, and Lawry's version is chunkier and less lemony, but either blend is close enough to deliver a satisfying clone.
After the wings are fried, baste them with the sauce below and sprinkle them with your favorite lemon pepper. Now you've made wings like a Wingstop pro.
Chick-fil-A Chicken Noodle Soup
Like at Wendy's, where unsold and broken burger patties provide the beef for their famous chili, Chick-fil-A gets the chicken for this delicious noodle soup by chopping up the leftover chicken used on their grilled chicken sandwiches. But grilling isn't the first step to take when whipping up a home hack of this famous soup. First, you must brine the chicken to fill it with flavor and keep it juicy like the real thing. A couple of hours later, when the brining is done, it's grilling go-time.
The pasta shape Chick-fil-A uses in their soup is an uncommon one, and you might have a hard time finding it at your local market. It's called mafalda corta (upper right in the photo), which is a miniature version of the ruffled-edge malfadine pasta used in my hack for Olive Garden Beef Bolognese. It also goes by the name "mini lasagna." If you can't find mafalda corta (I found it online), you can instead use your favorite small fancy pasta here, such as farfalle, rotini, fusilli, or whatever looks good at the store.
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Hattie B's Nashville Hot Chicken
It's hard to say exactly when Nashville hot chicken was born, but most agree the Prince family of Prince's Chicken in Nashville, Tennessee can take credit for the dish's creation. Today there are over two dozen different hot chicken restaurants in Nashville and the popularity of the dish is still growing. The 70-year-old recipe from Prince's may be the original, but the fastest-growing Nashville hot chicken chain in the country right now is a much newer concept called Hattie B's.
Several years ago, Nick Bishop and his son, also Nick Bishop, observed the growth of Nashville hot chicken concepts and wanted a piece of the action. They opened the first Hattie B's in Nashville in 2012, and business was good. Today there are six Hattie B's in three southern states and one in Las Vegas at the Cosmopolitan Hotel, where I was able to get my hands on a fresh sample of the real thing without taking a round trip flight to Tennessee.
At the Vegas Hattie B's I sat at the food counter close to the fryer and watched the chicken being made, which provided some useful intel for my clone. I learned that the fried chicken drenched in the spicy oil paste is the "medium" heat level chicken. For the "hot" chicken an additional dry seasoning blend is sprinkled on the basted chicken.
The oily paste is what makes Nashville chicken special, so I made sure to obtain a sample of the sauce in a small cup for later study. Most of the ingredients were predictable—paprika, salt, pepper, garlic, onion, sugar, and lots of cayenne—but the oil had an unusual taste to it. I recalled reading that the oil used for traditional Nashville hot chicken comes out of the fryer after several batches of chicken have been fried in it. When the chicken fries in the oil it contributes tasty flavors that make the fat a great base for the spicy baste.
To replicate this at home, wait for at least one batch of chicken to cook in the oil, then carefully remove a cup, let it cool a bit, and whisk the spices into it.
Now, what delicious side dishes are you going to make? Click here to see my recipes.
Barney's Beanery Classic Chili
Barney's Beanery, the self-proclaimed "third oldest restaurant in Los Angeles," has a long history of celebrity patrons dropping by for a hot bowl of chili and a beer or three. John "Barney" Anthony opened the first Barney's Beanery in Berkley, California in 1920, and seven years later relocated the restaurant to its current location on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood.
Barney's soon became a popular watering hole for film stars from the 1920s and '30s, such as Clara Bow, Clark Gable, and John Barrymore. In the '50s and '60s Lou Costello was a regular, and so were Donald O'Connor, Charles Bukowski, and Dennis Hopper. Jim Morrison and his Doors bandmates were frequent customers since the offices of their record label, Elektra, were nearby. Janis Joplin was said to have had a drink there the night she died. The Brat Pack of the '80s—Charlie Sheen, Rob Lowe, John Cusack, Emilio Estevez, and Demi Moore—would often come in to play pinball and video games. And Quentin Tarantino wrote most of his screenplay for Pulp Fiction while sitting at his favorite booth at Barney's.
This original chili was a favorite of Peter Falk's character on Columbo, who ate it often at the restaurant on the TV show. But the show wasn't filmed at the actual location. The Barney's Colombo viewers saw on their TV was a sound-stage replica.
The secret to the flavor of this Barney's Beanery chili recipe comes from two chili powders that were popular in the West over 100 years ago, around the time Barney's first opened: Gebhardt and Mexene. Chili powders were new at that time, and there were very few on the market, so it's highly likely these ingredients were used in the recipe that made Barney's Beanery famous. Find those two chili powders and you're well on your way to hacking a classic chili.
Wendy's Chocolate Frosty (Improved)
It may look like it's all chocolate, but Wendy's founder Dave Thomas thought that a purely chocolate frozen dairy dessert would overpower his burger and fries, so he mixed chocolate with vanilla to create his signature ultra-thick shake, and in 1969, the Frosty was born.
My first crack at this iconic treat was revealed in a copycat recipe I published 25 years ago that called for mixing milk with Nestle Quik and vanilla ice cream in a blender. Tasty? Sure, it was. But the finished product was too runny, and the flavor wasn't perfect. That's why I recently holed myself up in the lab and created a formula that you churn in a home ice cream maker until thick and creamy, and it now tastes just like the real thing.
Unlike my previous recipe, which relied on premade ice cream and a drink mix, the scratch ingredients I used here allowed me to make small adjustments in flavor for a better match, and an ice cream maker is the perfect way to produce a thick, creamy consistency. So far, this is the best hack I've come up with to duplicate the treat that tests have shown is up to twice as thick as other famous desserts in a cup, including Dairy Queen's Blizzard and McDonald's McFlurry.
Bob Evans Farms Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Bob Evans built his first restaurant on a farm in Rio Grande, Ohio in 1962, primarily to sell his own brand of high-quality sausage. Business was good. Really good. There are now over 500 Bob Evans Restaurants in 18 states, each one decorated in a country-living theme that reminds us of the original farm location. Customers seem to like it. They also seem to like the packaged baked goods sold at each of the restaurants under the Bob Evans Farms brand, especially this top-selling, chewy, chocolate chunk cookie that can now be hacked in a snap by you. Try this Bob Evans chocolate chunk cookies recipe today. Make sure to buy chocolate chunks for baking!
KFC Secret Recipe Fries
In the Summer of 2020, to the dismay of many fans, KFC stopped selling the famous potato wedges that had been on the menu for decades and replaced them with battered French fries.
Like the wedges, these fries are coated with a flavorful batter, but the seasoning used on the fries is a different blend than what was used on the wedges. Are these new fries better than the classic wedges? That depends. Some may prefer the rare treat of fast food skin-on wedges, while others may prefer the crispiness of these new fries. Some don't care and just want a clone, so here you go.
The hack here is simplified by using par-fried French fries found in the freezer section of your store. After coating the fries with this clone of the seasoned breading, spray them with water, then fry them for 3 to 4 minutes. That's it. Be sure to have a clean squirt bottle filled with water to transform the breading into a thin batter giving your finished product the same crispy coating as the original.
KFC's new fries are coated with a blend that includes onion, celery, and carrot powder. It's easy to find onion powder in most supermarkets, but I had to go online to find celery and carrot juice powders. The blend of vegetable powders adds great flavor, but if you want to omit the celery and carrot powders and just use onion powder, the recipe will still make delicious copycat fries.
Click here for my KFC Original Chicken recipe or search for your favorites here.


Sarah was born in Roanoke, Virginia, where she attended high school and began her college career at Virginia Western Community College. In 2007, she moved to Savannah, Georgia where she attended Armstrong Atlantic State University. Sarah graduated with honors with her Bachelors of Science in Cell Molecular Biology.
From there, she moved to Atlanta Georgia, where she began volunteering at the American Red Cross as a Case Manager. While at the American Red Cross Sarah discovered her passion for helping other people through the legal profession. Her work inspired her to pursue a career as a paralegal. Sarah enrolled in the American Bar Association accredited Paralegal Certificate Program at Clayton State University, and joined the Butler Tobin team following her first semester.
As a paralegal, Sarah manages client cases from beginning to end. In addition to her paralegal education, Sarah's background in biology enhances her ability to understand medical conditions, read medical records, and communicate with the expert nurse consultants the firm often uses. Sarah often attends trials with our attorneys where she manages the trial exhibits and the media display we present to the jury. Her attention to detail and trial support allows our attorneys to focus on the strategic aspects in the courtroom. Sarah is also a notary public.
Outside of work, Sarah enjoys cooking delicious healthy meals, hiking Georgia's mountains, and road biking with her husband who is a partner in one of Atlanta's large Midtown law firms.


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Q: Can the FFI deal with arrays? If so, how? I'm pretty sure it's possible to send arrays through the FFI, but I can't find any examples. For instance, I have a Haskell array that I send to a int foo(int*) function, or I have a C array int bar[64]; that I send to Haskell.
Ideally I'd want the most efficient way - I don't want any heap allocation or unnecessary copying. Also, it would be nice if I could use Haskell's unboxed arrays in both Haskell and C. So what's the method of doing so?

A: To convert a FFI Ptr into a Haskell list, you can use:
peekArray0 :: (Storable a, Eq a) => a -> Ptr a -> IO [a]

http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/base/4.2.0.1/doc/html/Foreign-Marshal-Array.html#v%3ApeekArray0

A: As in C, an array is basically a pointer to the array's first member. You get the other elements by doing arithmetic on the pointer. The Ptr is a member of Num, so you can use usual arithmetic operations.

A: If you use the Data.Vector library you could use Data.Vector.Storable for your needs. Then you can use functions such as unsafeToForeignPtr or unsafeWith to access the underlying foreign pointer. This allows you to call C-code without any copying or marshaling taking place.
If you want to create a vector from a C-array you can use unsafeFromForeignPtr.
For your examples you can use (assuming c_foo does not modify it's arguments)
import Foreign.Ptr
import Foreign.C.Types
import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
import qualified Data.Vector.Storable as SV

foreign import ccall unsafe "foo" c_foo :: Ptr CInt -> CInt

haskellFoo :: SV.Vector CInt -> CInt
haskellFoo sv = unsafePerformIO $
    SV.unsafeWith sv $ \ptr -> return (c_foo ptr)

This can be be golfed to:
haskellFoo sv = unsafePerformIO $
    SV.unsafeWith sv (return . c_foo)

Note that if your C-function modifies the data, then you shouldn't do this, instead you should
make a copy of the data to not break referential transparency.
If you want to use the standard Array-type you could use withStorableArray from Data.Array.Storable in the same way.

A: The FFI specification is quite readable, so you might want to just sit down and work through the whole thing. However, for this specific question, you can jump to the "Marshalling" section, particularly the Ptr and Storable subsections, which outline what's available for this.

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Takeaway: The distinction between voice and data services is quickly falling by the wayside.
There's no question that cellphones have become a staple in the U.S. - much like hamburgers or apple pie. A cellphone is no longer a status symbol. It's as common as having a traditional landline telephone, and in some circles it's even more common. But as cellphone use accelerates, it's clear that data and voice plans may be in for a dramatic shift. That is, unless something changes in terms of wireless voice communications methods and payment options.
How Does 3G Affect VoIP?
VoIP has been nothing short of revolutionary in the field of voice communications, as private branch exchanges (PBX) are increasingly pushed aside in favor of smaller, highly functional, IP-based call managers. Following closely behind all of this mass migration to VoIP is the reality that VoIP remains largely an Ethernet or landline-based technology. Rescuing VoIP from its landlocked exclusivity has been no small source of blood, sweat and tears on the part of voice communications researchers. And the effort to incorporate VoIP functionality into mobile devices has, until recently, faced sizable problems.
Perhaps the most foreboding problem is rooted in the current 3G infrastructure which - in Verizon networks - requires the almost exclusive use of the code division multiple access (CDMA) channel access method. Simply put, CDMA allows multiple users to transmit bits on a given medium, and each receiver differentiates between these transmissions by virtue of a code assigned to each bit. Due to the physics involved with CDMA, voice and data are typically transmitted via separate but parallel networks - circuit switched for voice, and packet switched for data, and herein lies the problem. Facilitating a VoIP call via 3G technology is not impossible in and of itself, as 3G is capable of transmitting data via packet switched networks, but according to Voxilla, 3G networks are still too unreliable and too scarce to prevent large numbers of dropped VoIP calls. Furthermore, until recently, the technology that would allow an end user to move from one area to another while in the midst of a VoIP call simply did not exist.
The rapid proliferation of 4G networks has led to an equally rapid advancement toward a VoIP solution that can maintain backward compatibility with legacy systems. According to Engadget, chip manufacturer Qualcomm successfully performed a voice call handoff from a 4G network to a 3G network in February 2012. This means that while conducting a voice call, Qualcomm officials were able to maintain connectivity when moving from an IP-based 4G network to a circuit-switched 3G network. This development was no small breakthrough, and could signal a solution to backward compatibility problems.
Perhaps the most prevalent standard in 4G communications is 3GPP Long Term Evolution (commonly referred to as LTE). What makes LTE networks somewhat unique within the cellular industry is that they are exclusively packet switched. So, unlike the CDMA networks mentioned above, there is no separate but parallel network used for voice and data. Within LTE, everything is routed through an IP-based core, thereby eliminating the need for a separate voice network. The advantages to an exclusively IP-based network include higher throughput and less inter-cell multiuser interference. In the end, the proverbial voice and data plans offered by virtually all cell phone providers might become a thing of the past.


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Vauxhall Senator B (1987-1993)
Vauxhall Senator
Rüsselsheim, Germany
Full-size luxury car
4-door saloon/sedan
FR layout
V platform (RWD)
Straight-6 2.5 L 25NE 2.6 L C26NE 3.0 L C30NE 3.0 L C30SEJ 24V Irmscher Straight-6 4.0 L C40SE 24V
4-speed automatic 5-speed manual
1,640 kg (3,616 lb)
A new model, the Senator B (marketed without the "B" suffix), arrived in spring 1987, a long-wheelbase version of the Opel Omega. There was no Monza equivalent.
There were various versions of the Senator B: 12-valve 2.5 L and 3.0 L sized engines were released in 1987 along with a luxury "CD" model with the 3.0 L engine. The CD version boasted adjustable suspension, air conditioning, heated seats, trip computer and cruise control. The cars were available with either 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic gearboxes. Senator as a luxury car had many options to choose among other were: leather seats, heated seats both front and rear, electronic air conditioning, LCD instrument cluster, BBS styled multispoke alloy wheels made by Ronal.
A 24-valve 3.0 L was introduced in 1989, generating 204 PS (150 kW; 201 hp) (compared with 177 PS (130 kW; 175 hp) for the older 12-valve version). This model was very popular with the police force in the UK, with several cars being supplied to upgraded police specification. The main feature of the new engine was a "Dual Ram" system, increasing torque at low engine speeds by means of a redirected air flow system engaged at 4,000 rpm.
Later in the model's lifespan, the 2.5 L was replaced by a 2.6 L Dual Ram, and the 3.0 L 12-valve was deleted in 1992. CD versions of the 2.6 L and 24-valve 3.0 L were available up to the model's withdrawal in 1993.
When the second-generation Omega was released in 1994, Opel considered that it was sufficiently represented in the upper end of the market by the top-specification Omega Elite. Consequently, the Senator was cancelled in May 1993 and not directly replaced
1988 Opel Senator B in Tomorrow Never Dies 007 film. Driven by Carver's Henchmen
Vauxhall Opel Monterey (1992-1999) 47 / 48 Vauxhall VX220 Speedster (2001-2005)
Vauxhall Opel Senator B car range 1987 to 1993
Vehicles launched in 1987 | 90s Film Cars | James Bond | Luxury Cars
Technical data of Opel Senator B (1987–1993)
2.5 i 25NE
2.6 i C26NE
3.0 i C30SE
Irmscher 4.0 i C40SE
Engine: I-6 – 12V I-6 – 24V
Displacement: 2490 cc 2594 cc 2969 cc 3983 cc
bore x Stroke: 87 x 69,8 mm 88,8 x 69,8 mm 95 x 69,8 mm 98 x 88 mm
Max power @ rpm: 140 PS (103 kW) @ 5200 150 PS (110 kW)@ 5600 156 PS (115 kW) @ 5400 177 PS (130 kW) @ 5800 204 PS (150 kW) @ 6000 272 PS (200 kW) @ 5800
Max torque @ rpm: 201 N·m (148 lb·ft) @ 4000 216 N·m (159 lb·ft) @ 3600 200 N·m (148 lb·ft) @ 3900 235 N·m (173 lb·ft) @ 4400 265 N·m (195 lb·ft) @ 3600 387 N·m (285 lb·ft) @ 3300
Injection: Multipoint (Bosch LE-Jetronic) Multipoint (Bosch Motronic)
Cooling: water
Transmission: 4-sp automatic, 5-sp manual 5-sp manual
Brakes: Front: ventilated disc brakes Ø 280 mm, rear: ventilated disc brakes Ø 270 mm Front: ventilated disc brakes Ø 296 mm, rear: disc brakes Ø 270 mm
Body structure: Sheet steel, unibody construction
Track front/rear: 1462/1484 mm
Wheelbase: 2730 mm
Dry weight: 1440–1640 kg
Top speed: 210 km/h (130 mph) 215 km/h (134 mph) 225 km/h (140 mph) 240 km/h (149 mph) 255 km/h (158 mph)
0–100 km/h: 10.5 s 9.8 s 9 s 7.8 s 6.5 s
Fuel consupmtion: 13.0 l 12.5 l 13,0–13.5 l 12.5 l 14.5 l
Vauxhall Opel models
Vauxhall Victor
Opel Manta A (1970-1975)
Vauxhall Opel Monterey (1992-1999)
Opel Kadett 1 (1936–1940)


For some children the acquisition of literacy and numeric skills is not straightforward and does not happen in response to typical early years and primary school teaching strategies. There are many reasons for this but often the issues for the child are associated with difficulties in phonological skills, information processing and organisational skills.
These are characteristics associated with dyslexia and dyspraxia and other specific and non-specific 'learning difficulties.' Slow progress with learning becomes apparent as the child progresses through Key Stage 1 of the National Curriculum in Years 1 and 2 of primary school. For some children, knowing what to say; how to say it and when in order to have a social conversation is problematic, making it difficult to start friendships. By Year 3 at 7/8 years a child is increasingly aware of their progress in relation to their peers. For some confidence drops and motivation to learn diminishes.
Dyslexia and dyspraxic type difficulties may not be barriers to successful learning long term but appropriate strategies need to be put into place early.
In recognition of this Limespring School offers a personalised approach to support the development of an individual's learning within a mainstream environment.
a specific package of additional specialist support provided by associate professionals, for example speech and language, occupational and other therapists.
The Limespring Plan of Learning is the primary tool by which the head teacher and classroom teacher plan the school day, review your child's achievements, set new targets and discuss progress with parents.
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This is a continuation of my series of posts about inspirations for my campaign world, the World of Samoth. Other posts in the series have discussed the role of Earth History, and also the World of Conan. After the countries visited by Conan, probably no other fictional source had a greater bearing on what the World of Samoth was to become other than the "Known World" as first depicted in Module X1: Isle of Dread. Note that I refuse to call it "Mystara" - I never liked that name, and it was one that was slapped onto the world years after I first learned of it. To me, it will always be the Known World.
The Known World is sort of what I refer to as "Conan Light." That is to say, it borrows from Robert E. Howard's technique of picking different points of interesting Earth history and cultures and intermingling them all into a massive, cohesive fantasy stew. So, in the Known World, you've got Scandinavian types up in the Soderfjord Jarldoms, and then just to the South of them, on the other side of big mountain range, you've got a desert and then the Emirate of Ylaruam, a super religious Arabic-flavored country, which is next to the Byzantine-like Empire of Thyatis. There's also an Italian merchant republic called Darokin, the Mongol-like Ethengar Khanate, Mughal-era India-like Sind, areas for the Dwaves (Rockhome), Elves (Alfheiim), Halflings (the Five Shires), wizards (Alphatia)... the list goes on and on. I love this kind of stuff - having fantasy countries based on different eras of human history, all co-existing simultaneously, if one of the main things I set out to do with my own campaign world.
When I say "Conan Light", what I mean is that the Known World just seems a little less... savage, than the world of Conan. There's a darkness to Hyboria that's partly due to the pulp-nature of the stories, and I miss that in the Known World. There's something a little too "corporate" or "marketing-based" behind the Known World. It's difficult to describe, but as you read it as originally described in the Isle of Dread, you can tell that it must have had to go through a few rounds of the corporate police before it was considered "safe for young adult consumption."
The Known World also suffers from not having an internal consistency that Conan's Hyboria has. What I mean by that is, in Howard's Conan writings, we understand that we're reading a version of pre-recorded Earth history. It's Earth before the sinking of Atlantis and the development of the modern nations as we know them now... but it is still Earth. So, the cultures and countries have an internal consistency to them. Zingara is roughly where we think Spain would be. Argos is roughly where we'd expect to find Greece.
The Known World, on the other hand, does not have this kind of internal consistency to it. It was built from the ground up as a generic fantasy world for the D&D Basic/Expert game - a world that could be used as a backdrop for the adventures modules produced for that game line, and one that wouldn't be as "adult" and complex as Greyhawk. But, its greatest strength - its basis on real Earth cultures - is also its greatest failing. Because many of the countries in the Known World are based on Earth counterpart, there is a disconnect when we find, for example, a plain of horse-riding Mongol archetypes right next to a Germanic-type country ruled by faux-Teutonic Knights.
However, that's a minor quibble and one that I usually just overlooked, because I never actually used the Known World in any of my campaigns "as is." I basically looked at the material as fodder for many of my proto-Samoth campaign worlds, especially when I wanted to include a culture based on one of the ones in the Known World. It was so much easier to do that than it was to trek to the library and read through a long Encyclopedia entry on "Mongols of the Medieval Era" or whatever.
Although the Known World started out as just a few pages of description, listing just a few lines for each of more than a dozen nations, it vastly grew over time. Many new modules added to the complexity of the world, such as the further development of Sind in the "Master of the Desert Nomads" series of modules, which James Maliszewski recently wrote about on his blog. Oddly enough, this Indian equivalent was the only Asian culture that made its way into the Known World. Like so many other campaign settings before and after it (Greyhawk, pre-Oriental Adventures Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance) there were no equivalents of China, Japan, Korea, et al. I've never really been sure why that is, but that's a topic for another blog post.
Although nowadays, I can appreciate the somewhat sparse, DIY approach to the original Known World, there were two developments made to the world much later on that I enjoyed immensely.
The first was the Gazetteer series, published in the late 80s and early 90s. There was one Gazetteer for each country, and each provided a wealth of material regarding the history, politics, culture, economics, relations with other countries, naming practices, attitudes toward magic and religion, and all sorts of other interesting facts. Once again, I never used these in my games directly, but used them for ideas for my own campaign world. And, honestly, it's actually probably way too much detail, because the average DM or player is never going to use the majority of this information in their campaigns, but it did make the world seem so much more "alive" to me.
The second was a long-running series by Bruce Heard in Dragon magazine called "The Voyage of the Princess Ark." It ran, if memory serves, roughly around the 150s through the late 190s or early 200s of Dragon and detailed a sky-ship and her crew sailing across the continent and detailing the strange and exotic cultures they met on their travels. It was what the kids today call mostly "fluff", with only scant game mechanics once in a while to detail a new monster, race, or magic item. And even though I wasn't playing the Known World, I loved those articles. They're so creative and full of ideas and inspiration far beyond what the Tolkien-clone AD&D game worlds were doing at the time.
And I think that's probably one of the Known World's best legacies. As James over at Grognardia pointed out quite a while ago, the fact that the B/X D&D line was pretty much being ignored by the suits at TSR at the time meant that the game developers who took it under their wing could come up with really creative stuff that pushed the boundaries of what we typically think of when we think "fantasy."
My World of Samoth thanks them for that.
Anyone else here love the Known World as much as me? What were your experiences?
Back in the day the Known World was my world. When I went to high school my new DM was using Greyhawk so we merged our worlds into one larger one.
Many years later I found a map drawn by chatdemon that was very close to what we had done.
I liked those Princess Ark articles in Dragon a lot back in the day. But I was so indoctrinated into AD&D that I really didn't know what to make of the D&D products at the time. Since then, I've considered the Known World from time to time as a campaign world for a game. Hey, didn't that Red Steel setting for AD&D use the Savage Coast from the Known World?
I never played in the setting, nor did I read any of the gazetteers, but I did own the Rules Cyclopedia, which had some maps from the Known World in the back, and they were always fascinating, as they revealed an expansive setting that wasn't one of the big boxed ones with which I was more familiar.
@Tim - thanks so much for commenting! I checked out your first link (the "absolutely" one) and that is just awesome. I'm looking forward to taking some time over the next few days to read more about your Mystoerth world. Have you actually used it in your games? It sounds really cool.
@Drance - Yes, Red Steel was part of the Savage Coast, which was largely the area described in the "Princess Ark" series. Oddly enough, my FLGS has a shrink-wrapped Red Steel box set sitting in their used section. It's been there for at least a year. I've often toyed with buying it (I think it's like $10 or $15), but I do have to watch my money and more importantly, my space.
@Kelvin - The Gazetteers were some of the best products that TSR put out during that period, in my opinion. I never got the Rules Cyclopedia - I'm curious how the map for the Known World in that book differs from the one I posted above, which is out of X1.
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Anne Perry, has been recognized by Marquis Who's Who Top Executives for dedication, achievements, and leadership in state government.
Ms. Perry was originally inspired by her own medical care she received as a child that later influenced her decision to return to school and become a nurse practitioner. She first earned a BSN from the University of Maine at Portland in 1970, and received a MSN in family practice from Husson College in 1998. Prior to receiving the master's degree, Ms. Perry worked in both nursing and social work for a number of clinics, including Planned Parenthood, the Essex County Head Start Program, Adirondack Mountains Family Practice and Moses Ludington Hospital. After becoming a nurse practitioner, she worked at the CRMS Health Center, Discovery House in Washington County and the Family Practice of Laurie Churchill. She currently works as a family nurse practitioner at Calias Regional Medical Services. In addition to these endeavors, Ms. Perry has taken on a career in local politics.
Ms. Perry is currently a representative in the Maine House of Representatives. She represents District #140 which encompasses the areas of Baileyville, Calais, Charlotte, Passamaquoddy Indian Township, Passamaquoddy Pleasant Point, Pembrooke, Perry, Robbinston and Baring Plantation. She previously served in the Maine State Legislature from 2003 to 2010 and in this time was the House chair of the Joint Standing Committees on Insurance & Financial Services and Health & Human Services. She currently serves on the Health & Human Services Committee, the Substance Abuse Services Committee, and the Task Force for Healthcare for All Maine.
In all of her endeavors, Ms. Perry has been ardent in helping others. After becoming a nurse practitioner, she diagnosed four cases of Hepatitis C during a time where there was a significant increase in her county. She has also helped educate her community and future health practitioners as an Adjunct Professor of Health Policy at Husson University. From 2016 to 2018, she served as the president of the Maine Nurse Practitioner Association and she has been involved in a number of different organizations including the Eastern Maine Health Systems, Washington County: One Community, the University of Maine at Machias, the Neighbors Against Drug Abuse and the Coalition for Family Peace in Washington County among several other organizations. In 2005, she was recognized as the Nurse Practitioner of the Year in Maine and in February 2019 she received an award from the Maine Chapter of the American Nursing Association in Nursing Leadership and Advocacy.


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Q: App name is not translated Can't figure out why my app is not translated.
Here is the what I have in django.po file:
#: products/__init__.py:4
msgid "Products"
msgstr "Продукты"

And I've put this into app's __init__ file:
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
_('Products')

And here's what I have in template:
<h2>{% trans app.name %}</h2>

I've compiled .po file, i18n and l10n in settings are turned on. App's name translation doesn't work though.
UPDATE:
now I can see app name translated in breadcrumbs on app's models objects lists pages, but not on index and app's models list pages.


Make Me Up will receive its world premiere in London on 12 October as part of the BFI London Film Festival and will be screened in cinemas and arts centres throughout autumn 2018. Make Me Up will be broadcast on BBC 4 in November 2018 (date tbc).
Produced by Hopscotch Films with NVA, Make Me Up is a major commission for 14-18 NOW and the BBC, also funded by Creative Scotland. Make Me Up also forms part of Represent, a series of artworks inspired by the Representation of the People Act 1918, supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.


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The 12th Quartermaster Regiment was a regiment of the United States which was charged with quartermaster duties such as supplying all necessary ordnance, food, clothing, and supplies to the Philippine Division. Their colors were the only ones saved – entrusted to one of the "Angels of Bataan" who tricked a captor into thinking they were a cape and saved them through more than three years of internment – after the Division was forced to surrender after the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese forces during World War II.

References

"Honor Kept"

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Military history of the Philippines

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When the Angels Sleep
When the Angels Sleep (2018)
A CEO lives the worst night of his life after having a drive accident.
Director: Gonzalo Bendala
Actors: Ester Expósito, Font García, Julián Villagrán, Marian Álvarez
Original Title: Cuando los ángeles duermen
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The Face of Love
A widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
How to Die in Oregon
In 1994 Oregon became the first state to legalize a terminally ill person's request to end his or her life with medication. At the time, only Belgium, Switzerland, and the…
Genre: Documentary, Drama, Family
Grandview, U.S.A.
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The investigation of criminal cases against a former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg and his assistant completed
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia requests reports on violation of rights of citizens in a number of regions
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia requests a report on investigation into a man who came to the checkpoint of a police department with a firearm
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia puts under supervision the progress of investigation of a number of incidents with children
The Investigative Committee of Russia presents the second volume of book "The Crime of the Century. Investigative materials" about the investigation of the murder of the royal family
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia holds a video-conference briefing
Condolences on the death of Vladimir Ivanovich Markin
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia took part in a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee
Probe launched into civilian wounded by Ukrainian servicemen
The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia awards the young man that stood up for a girl in subway
Our colleague, the first head of the department for interaction with the media of the Investigative Committee of Russia, a member of the Public Council at the Investigative Committee of Russia, Major General of Justice Vladimir Ivanovich Markin, has passed away. This is a great loss for all of us. Vladimir Ivanovich was a bright, charismatic, never indifferent person, a true professional in his field. As a high-class journalist, Vladimir Ivanovich successfully applied all his rich experience as an official representative of the Investigative Committee of Russia. A man with a clear civil position, he always responded in a timely manner to calls and attempts to discredit the investigation, including those coming from abroad. With the direct participation of Vladimir Ivanovich, the image of a modern Russian investigator is now firmly associated among people with an independent, honest and principled officer, and the work of the Committee - with transparency and objectivity.
Thanks to his extraordinary solutions, competent approach and progressive views, the Investigative Committee managed to build constructive interaction with the media in accordance with the principles of transparency. This was a new trend in the work of the department, which made it possible to strengthen the confidence of citizens and destroy the existing stereotypes about the information isolation of state bodies.
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Airbus A220-100 Jetliner
Commercial jetliner
Two (pilot and co-pilot)
Two to five
Maiden Flight
Bombardier CS100 is a new twin-engine, single-aisle jetliner from Bombardier Aerospace.
An artist's impression of the CS100 in the colour scheme of Swiss International Air Lines.
A generated image of the Malmö Aviation CS100 aircraft.
The CS100/CS300 series aircraft test cockpit at Saint-Laurent facility.
The Airbus A220-100 (previously Bombardier CS100) jetliner is a single-aisle, long-range passenger aircraft developed by Bombardier Aerospace. The CS100 can accommodate 100 to 125 passengers based on the seating configuration.
Bombardier Aerospace launched the CSeries aircraft programme in July 2008. The CSeries includes two models: CS100 jetliner with options of 100 to 125 seats, and the CS300 jetliner with 130 to 145 seat layouts.Systems integration began at the Complete Integrated Aircraft Systems Test Area (CIASTA) in April 2012. The first flight was completed at Montréal -Mirabel Airport in Québec in September 2013.
The aircraft obtained a type certificate from Transport Canada in December 2015. The aircraft secured type validation by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in June 2016. The first aircraft was delivered in July 2016.
The aircraft was renamed A220-100 following the sale of 50.1% stake of the Bombardier C Series to Airbus in July 2018.
Bombardier orders and deliveries of A220-100
"In July 2012, CDB Leasing Co (CLC) placed a $1.02bn conditional order for five CS100 and ten CS300 jetliners."
In March 2009, Deutsche Lufthansa signed a firm purchase agreement with Bombardier for 30 A220-100 aircraft for its subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines. SWISS converted ten of its 30 firm-ordered A220-100 aircraft to A220-300 aircraft in June 2015. SWISS received the sixth aircraft in March 2017.
Braathens Aviation placed a firm order for five A220-100s in June 2011. An unidentified European customer placed a $628m firm order for ten A220-100 aircraft in the same month of that year.
In January 2012, PrivatAir placed a firm order with Bombardier for five A220-100 aircraft. The contract also includes options for an additional five aircraft.
In July 2012, CDB Leasing Co (CLC) placed a $1.02bn conditional order for five A220-100 and ten A220-300 jetliners. The purchase agreement was revealed in October 2013. It also includes options for an additional five A220-100 and ten A220-300 aircraft.
In July 2014, Petra Airlines signed a letter of intent (LOI) for two A220-100 and two A220-300 aircraft. Zhejiang Loong Airlines also signed a LOI for 20 CS 100 aircraft in the same month.
Falko Regional Aircraft (Falko) signed two LOIs for up to 24 A220-100 aircraft in July 2014.
Delta Air Lines placed a$5.6bn contract with Bombardier for 75 A220-100 aircraft in April 2016. The order also includes options for an additional 50 aircraft. The operator received the first aircraft in October 2018
JetBlue placed an order for 60 A220-300 aircraft in July 2018 and the deliveries are expected to begin in 2021.
Airbus booked approximately 400 A220 orders as of November 2018.
Design and construction of A220-100
The CS100 aircraft incorporates a clean-sheet design. The airframe is made of advanced structural materials for achieving weight savings. The fuselage is made from aluminium. Advanced composite materials have been used for the empennage, rear fuselage, nacelle and wings.
Advanced materials are composed of advanced composites (46%), aluminium-lithium (24%), standard materials (21%), titanium (8%), and steel (1%).
Bombardier aircraft light deck
"The aircraft features wider aisle for quick boarding and de-boarding of passengers."
The CS100 aircraft is equipped with a Rockwell Collins Pro Line Fusion integrated avionics system. The advanced flight deck accommodates two-member flight crew, comprising a pilot and co-pilot. It incorporates large LCD displays, dual-flight management system, dual cursor control devices, navigation, communications, surveillance, engine indication and crew alerting system (EICAS), and aircraft maintenance systems.
The flight deck can be equipped with an optional dual electronic flight bag, single or dual head-up display (HUD), and Cat IIIb autoland capability. The line-replaceable modules (LRB) are housed in two physically separated cabinets to ease the maintenance and optimise weight.
CS100 jetliner cabin
The CS100 aircraft features a five-abreast cabin delivering more seat width for every passenger. The extra large windows offer better view angles. The cabin offers highest overhead bin volume per passenger compared with that of the currently in-service narrow-body aircraft. The aircraft features a wider aisle for quick boarding and de-boarding of passengers.
The CS100 offers a variety of seating options to meet the requirements of the airlines. The interior can be configured for single-class seating (110 seats), mixed-class (100 seats), and high-density class (125 seats) seating.
PurePower PW1500G engines powering Bombardier CS100
Bombardier Global 6000 Luxury Business Jet, Canada
Bombardier Global 6000 is the most luxurious business jet built by Bombardier Aerospace.
The CS100 jetliner is powered by two Pratt and Whitney PurePower PW1500G engines. Each engine can generate a maximum thrust of 93.4kN. It uses a fan-drive gear system, and advanced combustion technology for delivering high performance. The engine is monitored by an engine health display system.
The CS100 aircraft is fitted with PW1500G, which offers a 15% lower operating cost and 20% fuel burn advantage over similar aircraft.
Bombardier jetliner performance
The CS100 jetliner can fly at a maximum altitude of 40,000ft. It has a maximum cruise speed of 871km/h and range of 4,074km. The maximum take-off and landing weights of the aircraft are 54,931kg and 50,576kg, respectively.
The fuselage is supplied by Shenyang Aircraft, and winglets are delivered by GKN Aerospace. The actuation systems and low-pressure distribution systems are provided respectively by Goodrich and Senior Aerospace. Alenia Aeronautica delivers electric and flight control systems, lights and antennas, while Fokker Elmo is responsible for the wiring and interconnection system.


2 months in the straw.
feast. Cabbage moths seem to be kept away too. Maybe it's the white.
The only pests of note are slugs, which seem to come from far and wide to dine.
cloth, sticks and nylon line, all of which I had lying around.
I think another is in order.
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Cancer of the nasal cavity in the pediatric population.
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Sidney Schonfeld wanted to leave a message for his children.
The 84-year-old Tenafly resident had a lot to tell his son and daughter — beginning with his birth in Germany and his subsequent flight to escape the Holocaust and embracing his lifelong commitment to Jewish communal organizations.
With the assistance of a Canadian company that helps people write their memoirs, Schonfeld collected his stories, compiling them in a book called "A Good Name: My Life's Journey." After almost two years of work, Schonfeld finished the 151-page memoir late last year and printed '50 copies for his family and friends.
For Schonfeld, the memoir is not only a recollection of his life but also an expression of gratitude.
"I came [to America] at the age of 1′, spoke two words of English — yes and no — and often got those two mixed up," he said. "Consequently, I have a lot to be grateful for, and I'm trying to tell this to my community and friends."
Writing self-published memoirs has become increasingly popular, with classes held at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades in Tenafly and at genealogical societies around the area.
Novelist Susan Dworkin, who teaches a class at the Kaplen JCC on autobiographical writing, said that the first step in writing an autobiography is deciding whom to write for.
"Do you want to write for your great-grandchildren? Is this a family memoir? Is this a personal confession? Is this a historical memoir that needs to go into public libraries and footnotes of academic papers? Everything depends on that decision," she said, "whether you're writing personal history or public history."
As much as Schonfeld's book is a retelling of his life, it is also a tribute to his wife, Hildegard, who is the subject of her own chapter. When she died eight years ago, she left no records of her life's experiences, Schonfeld said.
"My mourning period is not over," he said. "If ever there was a woman of valor, Hildegard Schonfeld was that woman."
To help the people in a memoir become more real to the reader, Ridgewood resident Susan Amsterdam recommended including a family tree. Most importantly, she said, the writer must include anecdotes about the people.
"For me, the most interesting thing is the stories," said Amsterdam, who works in Passaic County Community College's cultural affairs department and speaks to various community organizations about memoir writing. "They make the reader feel they're meeting these far-flung relatives [and they] make them want to think of them not just as historical characters but as real people."
Once the question of "who" is settled, writers must decide on the "what," said Dworkin, who advises writers to include small details about the times, such as pop culture trends or even how the authors decorated their homes.
"What is old hat to us is fantastically exotic to our grandchildren," Dworkin said. "For example, [growing up] we never locked our doors. All our pots were cast iron. We ground fish in a cast iron meat grinder that attached to the end of the counter."
But, cautioned Amsterdam, while trying to remember every detail, many writers make the mistake of rambling.
"I emphasize that people should start out, before they do any writing at all, by clarifying their thoughts," said Amsterdam. "Why are you doing it? Then you can decide on which family members to focus on."
The "why" is an important part of the process, Dworkin said.
"Most people want to write something that will be a living memoir in the family and give future generations a real example of what happened in the family," Dworkin said.
Schonfeld used the Vancouver-based company Echo Memoirs to self-publish his book. For a fee, the company's staff interviews the main subject and ancillary sources, collects photos and memorabilia, then publishes the number of bound books requested. Schonfeld's book is not available for sale, but he has received numerous requests for copies.
"I'm shocked by the amount of calls I'm getting from people who want a copy of the book," he said. "I feel very rewarded for having written a book and having such a wonderful response."
Amsterdam, who wrote up her memoirs in 1997 when self-publishing had not yet become popular, had only '5 spiral-bound copies of her book made. While a published book looks impressive, she said, it is not a plausible choice for most memoir writers.
"Unless there's something really unusual about their story, it's not going to be published," she said. "It's highly unlikely anybody's going to pay them to do it. But self-publishing is a wonderful thing. Anybody in your immediate circle is going to love it."


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This is a resin kit that requires construction and painting. Perhaps a little large for 1:35 scale but includes two different heads.
Two versions are available, one with a scarf and one without.


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Home/Market/Omicron strain of coronavirus that causes COVID now in at least a dozen countries, as experts urge unvaccinated to get shots
Omicron strain of coronavirus that causes COVID now in at least a dozen countries, as experts urge unvaccinated to get shots
Editor TeamNovember 29, 2021
The new strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 dubbed omicron and classified a 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organization dominated headlines on the pandemic Monday, although experts stressed that it would take at least a couple of weeks before it can be determined whether it is more transmissible or more lethal than earlier variants.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a special session of the World Health Assembly that the emergence of the new variant "underlines just how perilous and precarious our situation is."
The session has been called to allow WHO member states to create a plan to tackle the next pandemic and avoid some of the shortcomings that have hampered the response to the current one.
"Indeed, Omicron demonstrates just why the world needs a new accord on pandemics: our current system disincentivizes countries from alerting others to threats that will inevitably land on their shores," said Tedros.
Separately, G-7 health ministers are meeting Monday to discuss measures to tackle omicron.
Already, a swath of countries have announced bans or restrictions on travel from South Africa and neighboring countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Japan, Australia, Poland, Norway and the EU. The White House will offer an update on U.S. plans later Monday.
Omicron has been detected in at least a dozen countries, including Canada, meaning it has reached North America. The other countries include France, the U.K., Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Israel, Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa. For now, it's not clear whether it will prove resistant to the current vaccines. Moderna
MRNA,
said over the weekend that it would know "in the next couple of weeks" whether the current vaccine can provide protection against omicron, and that it could have a new omicron vaccine ready by early 2022, if needed.
Don't miss: Here's what we know about COVID omicron variant — and what we don't know yet
Related: More omicron cases pop up as world scrambles to learn more about latest COVID strain
Dr. Anthony Facui, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and President Joe Biden's chief medical officer, urged Americans to take the variant seriously, but said there's no reason to panic.
"We just really need to, as I've said so often, prepare for the worst," Fauci told ABC News' "This Week." "It may not be that we're going to have to go the route that people are saying. We don't know a lot about this virus. So, we want to prepare as best we can, but it may turn out that this preparation, although important, may not necessarily push us to the next level."
Fauci said getting vaccinated and getting boosters are still the best defense.
"I don't think there's any possibility that this could completely evade any protection by vaccine. It may diminish it a bit, but that's the reason why you boost," he told ABC News. "If ever there was a reason for the people who were vaccinated to get boosted, and for those who were unvaccinated to get vaccinated, it's now," Fauci said in a separate interview with NBC News.
The U.S. is averaging more than 960 COVID deaths a day, according to a New York Times tracker, although the number may be underreported given staffing shortages at health centers over the holiday weekend.
But cases and hospitalizations are starting to tick up again and there are concerns that travel over the Thanksgiving holiday will lead to a fresh surge of cases. Michigan continues to lead the country for new cases measured on a per capita basis, averaging more than 8,000 new cases a day.
But other hot spots are emerging, including Massachusetts, where cases are up more than 80% in the last two weeks, and Illinois, where they haver risen more than 70%, the New York Times tracker shows.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine tracker, meanwhile, is showing that 196 million people living in the U.S. are fully vaccinated, equal to 59.1% of the overall population. That number has barely moved in weeks.
In other news, the Dutch police have arrested a married couple who fled a quarantine hotel after one of them tested positive for COVID on arrival from a flight from South Africa to take a flight out of the country, the Guardian reported. The Portuguese woman and Spanish man were arrested in their seats on a plane leaving for Spain.
With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine.
"This was a word that was extremely high in our data every single day in 2021," Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster's editor-at-large, told The Associated Press ahead of Monday's announcement.
Scientists and vaccine makers are investigating Omicron, a Covid-19 variant with around 50 mutations, which has been detected in many countries after spreading in southern Africa. Here's what we know as the U.S. and others implement travel restrictions. Photo: Fazry Ismail/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Latest tallies
The global tally for the coronavirus-borne illness climbed above 261.7 million on Monday, while the death toll edged above 5.20 million, according to data aggregated by Johns Hopkins University.
The U.S. continues to lead the world with a total of 48.2 million cases and 776,713 deaths.
See: Moderna's stock shoots up again on hopes of a 'brand new' omicron vaccine by early next year
India is second by cases after the U.S. at 34.6 million and has suffered 468,790 deaths. Brazil has second highest death toll at 614,278 and 22 million cases.
In Europe, Russia has the most fatalities at 268,705 deaths, followed by the U.K. at 145,218.
China, where the virus was first discovered late in 2019, has had 111,188 confirmed cases and 4,809 deaths, according to its official numbers, which are widely held to be massively understated.
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