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\subsection*{Details of the EEEC Observable Definition}
In this \emph{Supplemental Material} we will provide a more detailed discussion of the leading-order analysis of the observable we have presented in the main text and of the effect of the smearing $\delta \zeta$. For concreteness, we will define the kinematics assuming a $e^{+}e^{-} \rightarrow t(\rightarrow b q \bar{q}') + X$ process where we take the $b, q, \bar{q}'$ partons to be massless. No further complications, beyond the need for more ink, are introduced by using the longitudinally invariant kinematics needed for measurements at the LHC.

The starting point of our analysis is the normalized (energy weighted) differential cross section given by
\begin{align}
\frac{1}{\sigma}\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta_{12} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{23} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{31}} = \frac{1}{\sigma}\int \frac{\mathrm{d} \sigma}{\mathrm{d} Q} \widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}(\zeta_{12},\zeta_{23},\zeta_{31}),
\end{align}
where $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}$ denotes the measurement function as defined in \eq{measurement}.

At leading order, we can factorize the Born cross-section $\mathrm{d} \sigma^{(0)}/\sigma^{(0)}$ into the dimensionless three-body phase space for the top's decay products, $\mathrm{d} \Phi_{3}$, and the dimensionless weighted squared matrix element, $\sigma_{t}|M(t\rightarrow b W \rightarrow b q \bar{q}')|^{2}/\sigma^{(0)}$ where $\sigma_{t}$ is the cross section to produce a top quark. As $|M(t\rightarrow b W \rightarrow b q \bar{q}')|^{2} \sim \mathcal{O}(1)$, we can further approximate the EEEC distribution as
\begin{align}
\frac{1}{\sigma^{(0)}}\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma^{(0)}}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta_{12} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{23} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{31}} \approx \int \mathrm{d} \Phi_{3}\: \widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}(\zeta_{12},\zeta_{23},\zeta_{31}) \, , \label{eq:approx3body}
\end{align}
reducing the problem of understanding the observable of interest to studying three-body kinematics.

Before directly working with \eq{approx3body}, let us develop some intuition for the three-body kinematics. Consider the decay of a top quark in its rest frame, with $\tilde{p}_{t} = \tilde{p}_{b} + \tilde{p}_{q} + \tilde{p}_{\bar{q}'}$.
Here we are using $\tilde{p}_i$ as a rest-frame momentum and $p_i$ as a lab-frame momentum. In the top rest frame, the angular parameters on which the EEEC depends are given by
\begin{align}
\tilde{\zeta}_{12} = \frac{\tilde{p}_{b} \cdot \tilde{p}_{q}}{2\tilde{E}_{b}\tilde{E}_{q}}, \quad \tilde{\zeta}_{31} = \frac{\tilde{p}_{b} \cdot \tilde{p}_{\bar{q}'}}{2\tilde{E}_{b}\tilde{E}_{\bar{q}'}}, \quad \tilde{\zeta}_{23} = \frac{\tilde{p}_{q} \cdot \tilde{p}_{\bar{q}'}}{2\tilde{E}_{q}\tilde{E}_{\bar{q}'}} \, .
\end{align}
Momentum conservation requires that $\tilde{\zeta}_{12}+\tilde{\zeta}_{23}+\tilde{\zeta}_{31} \in [2,2.25]$. Let the lab frame top momentum be $p_{t} = (E_{t},\vec{p}_{t})$. In the boost between the lab and rest frame, $\cosh \beta = E_{t}/ m_{t} \sim \zeta^{-1/2}$. To first order in $m_{t}/ E_{t} \ll 1$, we also have $\sinh{\beta} \approx \cosh \beta$. Hence the sum of lab frame EEEC parameters is
\begin{align}
&\zeta_{12} + \zeta_{23} + \zeta_{31} \approx \left(\frac{m_{t}}{E_{t}}\right)^{2}\left(\tilde{x}_{tb}\tilde{x}_{tq} \tilde{\zeta}_{12}+\tilde{x}_{tb}\tilde{x}_{t\bar{q}'}\tilde{\zeta}_{31}+\tilde{x}_{tq}\tilde{x}_{t\bar{q}'}\tilde{\zeta}_{23} \right),
\end{align}
where
\begin{align}
\tilde{x}_{ti}=(1 + \cos \tilde{\theta}_{ti}) \, ,
\end{align}
with $ \tilde{\theta}_{ti}$ denoting the angle between parton $i$ and the boost axis in the top's rest frame. The function $$g \equiv \tilde{x}_{tb}\tilde{x}_{tq} \tilde{\zeta}_{12}+\tilde{x}_{tb}\tilde{x}_{t\bar{q}'}\tilde{\zeta}_{31}+\tilde{x}_{tq}\tilde{x}_{t\bar{q}'}\tilde{\zeta}_{23}$$ is also kinematically bounded so that $g \in [0,3]$. Upon averaging over the possible boost axes one finds that $\left< g \right> \in [1,2.25]$. Thus, returning to \eq{approx3body}, we expect the partially integrated EEEC distribution
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta} =& \int \mathrm{d} \zeta_{12} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{23} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{31} \times \frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma^{(0)}}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta_{12} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{23} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{31}} \delta (3\zeta - \zeta_{12} - \zeta_{23} - \zeta_{31}) \, ,
\end{align}
\begin{figure}[t]
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{pp_asym.pdf}
\caption{The effect of applying different $\delta \zeta$ cuts to ensure an equilateral configuration in $pp\rightarrow t + X$. The $\delta\zeta$ cuts isolate the peak, which is governed by the hard decay of the top, from the ``bulge" contribution.}
\label{fig:asym}
\end{figure}
to be peaked around $\zeta \approx \left< g \right> m_{t}^{2}/(3E_{t}^{2}) \approx 2m_{t}^{2}/(3E_{t}^{2})$. However, this peak will have a large width (of the order of $3 m_{t}^{2}/(4 E_{t}^{2})$), whose origin can be understood by interpreting the parameters $\tilde{x}_{ti} \in [0,2]$ as three sources of (correlated) random noise in the shape of the flow of energy which `smears' the EEEC distribution. We can largely remove the noise by constraining the shape of the energy flow on the celestial sphere. This is most simply done by requiring that $\sqrt{\zeta_{ij}}$ approximately form the sides of an equilateral triangle ($\sqrt{\zeta_{ij}} \approx \sqrt{\zeta_{ik}}$). Consequently,
\begin{align}
\tilde{x}_{tb}\tilde{x}_{tq} \tilde{\zeta}_{12} \approx \tilde{x}_{tb}\tilde{x}_{t\bar{q}'}\tilde{\zeta}_{31} \approx \tilde{x}_{tq}\tilde{x}_{t\bar{q}'}\tilde{\zeta}_{23} \, ,
\end{align}
removing two of the noisy degrees of freedom from the distribution. Upon including this constraint, we find that $\left< g \right> \approx 2.1$ with a small variance. This motivates us to introduce an EEEC distribution on equally spaced triplets of partons and allow for small asymmetries around this configuration governed by the parameter $\delta \zeta$:
\begin{align}\label{eq:triangleEEEC}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma (\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta} = \int \mathrm{d} \zeta_{12} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{23} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{31} \int \mathrm{d} \sigma \widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}_{\bigtriangleup}(\zeta_{12},\zeta_{23},\zeta_{31}, \zeta , \delta \zeta) \, ,
\end{align}
where the operator $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}_{\bigtriangleup}$ in the collinear limit is
\begin{align}
\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}_{\bigtriangleup}(\zeta_{12},\zeta_{23},\zeta_{31}, \zeta , \delta \zeta) = & \sum_{i,j,k} \frac{E^{n}_{i}E^{n}_{j}E^{n}_{k}}{Q^{3n}} \delta\left(\zeta_{12} - \frac{\theta^{2}_{ij}}{4}\right)\delta\left(\zeta_{31} - \frac{\theta^{2}_{ik}}{4}\right)\delta\left(\zeta_{23} - \frac{\theta^{2}_{jk}}{4}\right) \nonumber \\
& \times \delta (3\zeta - \zeta_{12} - \zeta_{23} - \zeta_{31}) \prod_{l,m,n \in \{1,2,3\}} \Theta(\delta \zeta - |\zeta_{lm} - \zeta_{mn}| ).\nonumber
\end{align}
As previously explained, three-body kinematics determines that this distribution is peaked at $\zeta_{\mathrm{peak}} \approx 3 m_{t}^{2}/(4E_{t}^{2}) \sim m_{t}^{2}/Q^{2}$. Furthermore, at the LHC the peak should be resilient to collinear radiation since $\ln \zeta_{\mathrm{peak}} < 1/\alpha_s$.

We can now complete our leading-order discussion by computing the Born contribution to \eq{triangleEEEC}. Expanding for $\delta \zeta \ll \zeta$, we obtain
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma^{0} (\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta } \propto & (\delta \zeta)^{2} \int^{1}_{0} \mathrm{d} z_{1} \mathrm{d} z_{2} \mathrm{d} z_{3} \left(\frac{z_{1}z_{2}z_{3}}{8} \right)^{n} \times \delta\left(\frac{m^{2}_{t}}{4E_{t}^{2}} - z_{1}z_{2}\zeta-z_{1}z_{3}\zeta-z_{2}z_{3}\zeta\right) \nonumber \\
& \times \delta (1-z_{1}-z_{2}-z_{3}) \, |M(t\rightarrow b W \rightarrow b q \bar{q}')|^{2} \, ,\nonumber
\end{align}
where $z_{1} = E_{b}/E_{t}$ and $z_{2} = E_{\bar{q}'}/E_{t}$. The delta function causes the distribution to be sharply peaked at $\zeta = 3m^{2}_{t}/(4E_{t}^{2})$. This matches the intuition we have developed from considering pure kinematics.

Looking at \eq{triangleEEEC} to all orders in $\alpha_s$:
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma(\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} Q\mathrm{d} \zeta } \approx 4 (\delta \zeta)^{2} \, G^{(n)}(\zeta,\zeta,\zeta) = \frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma^{0} (\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta } + \mathcal{O}(\alpha_s)\, ,
\end{align}
to leading order in $\delta \zeta \ll \zeta$, whilst in the region where $2 \delta \zeta > \zeta$
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma(\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} Q \mathrm{d} \zeta } \approx \int \mathrm{d} \zeta_{12} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{23} \mathrm{d} \zeta_{31} \, G^{(n)}(\zeta_{12},\zeta_{23},\zeta_{31}).
\end{align}
\Fig{fig:asym} demonstrates that this dependence on $\delta \zeta$ is born out in simulation. To conclude our discussion of $\delta \zeta$, the limiting cases discussed above motivate that an optimal choice of this parameter will be a function of $Q$ that strikes a balance between statistics and constraining the three-body kinematics ($\delta \zeta_{\mathrm{optimal}} \approx \kappa\, \zeta_{\mathrm{peak}}/2$ for $\kappa \lesssim 1$). A more sophisticated analysis may also sum over several shapes of energy flow on the celestial sphere to increase statistics --- perhaps allowing for smaller values of $\delta \zeta_{\mathrm{optimal}}$.

\subsection*{Details of the EEEC Analysis at Proton-Proton Colliders}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.47\textwidth]{MtSchematicPlot.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.47\textwidth]{CompareMtFitSinglePlot-n-2.pdf}
\caption{On the left, we show the function $\rho$ defined in the text for $\Delta^{\text{ref}}=0$ GeV, as well as the exact and expanded to second order ($\rho^{(2)}$) for $\Delta^{\text{ref}}=5$ GeV. On the right, we show an example of the best fit for $\rho$'s asymptote ($\rho_{\text{asy}}$) using the function $\rho = \rho_{\text{asy}} + c_{2}(p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}})^{-2} + c_{3}(p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}})^{-3}$. The data being fitted is produced using \textsc{Pythia8}  with $m_{t}=172$ and with $p^{\text{ref}}_{T,\text{jet}}$ binned in the range $p^{\text{ref}}_{T,\text{jet}}\in [590,610]$GeV . The dashed lines are the best fit for the asymptotes, $\rho =\rho_{\text{asy}}$. No error bars are shown in this figure as it was produced from a single Monte Carlo sample. Fits of five samples are averaged over to produce the results and their errors in Table \ref{tab:resultsmt}.}
\label{fig:asyFit}
\end{figure}

The longitudinally boost invariant measurement operator for the EEEC observable is
\begin{align}
&\widehat{\mathcal{M}}_{(pp)}^{(n)}(\zeta_{12},\zeta_{23},\zeta_{31} ) = \sum_{i,j,k\,\in\, {\rm jet}} \frac{(p_{T,i})^{n}(p_{T,j})^{n}(p_{T,k})^{n}}{(p_{T,{\rm jet}})^{3n}} \delta\left(\zeta_{12} - \hat{\zeta}_{ij}^{(pp)}\right)\delta\left(\zeta_{23} - \hat{\zeta}_{ik}^{(pp)}\right)\delta\left(\zeta_{31}- \hat{\zeta}_{jk}^{(pp)}\right)\,,
\end{align}
where $\hat{\zeta}_{ij}^{(pp)} = \Delta R^{2}_{ij} = \sqrt{\Delta \eta_{ij}^2 + \Delta \phi_{ij}^2}$. As before, the peak of the $\widehat{\mathcal{M}}^{(n)}_{\bigtriangleup}$ EEEC distribution is determined by the top quark hard kinematics and is found at $\zeta^{(pp)}_{\text{peak}}\approx 3m^2_t/p_{T, t}^2$, where $p_{T,t}$ is the hard top $p_{T}$, \textit{not} $p_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$. Consequently, the basic properties of the $\mathrm{d} \Sigma (\delta \zeta)/\mathrm{d} p_{T, t} \, \mathrm{d} \zeta$ distribution are completely insensitive to non-perturbative physics. In the previous section we demonstrated this insensitivity by parton shower simulation wherein we showed evidence that the top decay peak is nearly entirely independent of hadronization and UE. Consequently, in the limit that $p_{T, t}/(\Delta_{\text{NP}}+\Delta_{\text{MPI}})\rightarrow \infty $, the top decay peak position is exactly independent of non-perturbative effects. However, since $p_{T,t}$ is not directly accessible, the observable we consider is
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma (\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} p_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \, \mathrm{d} \zeta} = \frac{\mathrm{d} \Sigma (\delta \zeta)}{\mathrm{d} p_{T, t} \, \mathrm{d} \zeta} ~~ \frac{\mathrm{d} p_{T, t}}{\mathrm{d} p_{T, \mathrm{jet}}}\,,
\end{align}
where $p_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$ is the $p_T$ of an identified anti-$k_T$ top-jet. The top peak position in the distribution $ \mathrm{d} \Sigma (\delta \zeta)/\mathrm{d} p_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \, \mathrm{d} \zeta$ will be shifted by hadronization and UE due to shifts in the jet $p_{T}$ distribution. This shift can be measured independently from our observable and will be universal to all measurements of energy correlators on top quarks at the LHC.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.47\textwidth]{CompareJetPTPlot.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.47\textwidth]{CompareJetPTShiftedPlot.pdf}
\caption{On the left, the $p_{T,\text{jet}}$ spectrum at parton level, hadron level, and including MPI. A precise characterization of the states on which the energy correlator is computed requires an understanding of the non-perturbative shifts between these distributions. On the right, the hadron level and hadron+MPI curves shifted by constant values so that the three curves overlap. In both figures $p_{T,\text{jet}} \in [550,650]$GeV as this is the range in which we chose $p^{\text{ref}}_{T,\text{jet}}$ in our analysis.}
\label{fig:pt_shifts}
\end{figure}

We can parameterize the all-orders peak position in $\mathrm{d} \Sigma (\delta \zeta)/\mathrm{d} p_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \, \mathrm{d} \zeta$ as
\begin{align}
\zeta^{(pp)}_{\text{peak}}= 3(1 + \mathcal{O}(\alpha_s))\frac{m^2_t}{f(p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}})^2} \equiv 3(1 + \mathcal{O}(\alpha_s))\frac{m^2_t}{\left(p_{T, \mathrm{jet}}+\Delta(p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}})\right)^2}. \label{eq:allorderspeak}
\end{align}
Mainly, $\Delta$ receives three additive contributions from perturbative radiation, hadronization, and from UE/MPI:
\begin{align}
\Delta = \Delta_{\text{pert}} + \Delta_{\text{NP}} + \Delta_\text{MPI}.
\end{align}
Some simple manipulations can be made so as to minimize the sensitivity to $\Delta$ in an extracted value of $m_t$. We define the following function of measurable and perturbatively calculable quantities,
\begin{align}
\rho^2(\zeta^{(pp)\text{v}}_{\text{peak}},p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}) = \left(\zeta^{(pp)\text{ref}}_{\text{peak}} - \zeta^{(pp)\text{v}}_{\text{peak}}\right)\left(\frac{3(1 + \mathcal{O}(\alpha_s))}{(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}})^2} - \frac{3(1 + \mathcal{O}(\alpha_s))}{(p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}})^2} \right)^{-1},\label{eq:y}
\end{align}
where $\zeta^{(pp)\text{ref}}_{\text{peak}}$ is the peak position in a fixed reference $p_T$ bin, $p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$, and $\zeta^{(pp)\text{v}}_{\text{peak}}$ is the peak position for a variable $p_{T,{\rm jet}}$ value, $p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$, larger than the reference value (we require $p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}> p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$ to avoid divergences). $\rho^2$ is defined so that, in the limit $p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}},p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \rightarrow \infty$, we have $\rho^2 \rightarrow m^{2}_{t}$. In the analysis below we set $3(1 + {\cal O}(\alpha_s))\mapsto 3$ so that, in the limit $p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}},p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \rightarrow \infty$, we find $\rho^2 \rightarrow F_{\text{pert}}$ as defined in the main body of this \emph{Letter}. Now let us make a further definition,
\begin{align}\label{eq:DeltaRefDef}
\Delta^{\text{ref}}\equiv \Delta(p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}}), \qquad \Delta^{\text{v}}(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} - p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}}) \equiv \Delta(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s, \Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}}) - \Delta^{\text{ref}}.
\end{align}
We can substitute \eq{allorderspeak} into \eq{y} to find $\rho(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}, \Delta^{\text{ref}},\Delta^{\text{v}})$, which is plotted in \Fig{fig:asyFit}, left.

$\rho$ has an asymptote as $p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \rightarrow \infty$ around which we perform a series expansion:
\begin{align}
\rho(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}, \Delta^{\text{ref}},\Delta^{\text{v}}) =& \sqrt{F_{\text{pert}}} \frac{p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}}{p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} + \Delta^{\text{ref}}}\Bigg(1- \frac{2p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}\Delta^{\text{ref}} + (\Delta^{\text{ref}})^{2}}{2(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}})^{2}} + \frac{\left(p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} + \Delta^{\text{ref}} \right)^{2}\left(\Delta^{\text{ref}} + \Delta^{\text{v}} \right)}{8(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}})^{3}} + \mathcal{O}\left(\frac{1}{(p^{\text{v}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}})^{4}}\right) \Bigg). \label{eq:rhoexpansion}
\end{align}
Thus a fit of the asymptote of $\rho$, and its first non-zero correction, can be used to extract $F_{\text{pert}}$ and $\Delta^{\text{ref}}$. All dependence on $\Delta^{\rm v}$ enters in the higher order terms. However, in the limit that $p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \rightarrow \infty$, $\rho^2 \rightarrow F_{\text{pert}}$ and so while the fit for $F_{\text{pert}}$ will become exact, the error on a fit for $\Delta^{\text{ref}}$ will diverge. In practice it will be necessary to perform the EEEC measurement with boosted tops in order to get a well-defined peak. Consequently, fits for $\Delta^{\text{ref}}$ will suffer from parametrically large errors (as can be seen in the large deviation between the exact and expanded curves at low $p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$ in \Fig{fig:asyFit}). However, as previously stated, $\Delta^{\text{ref}}$ can be extracted from an independent measurement of the top-jet $p_T$ distribution,
\begin{align}
\frac{\mathrm{d} \sigma_{pp\rightarrow t(\rightarrow b q \bar{q}') + X}}{\mathrm{d} p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}}=D(m_{t},p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}}).
\end{align}
One can parameterize the non-pertubative effects in $D$ in the same way as we did in $\zeta^{(pp)}_{\text{peak}}$ to give
$$D(m_{t},p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}}) = D^{\rm pert.}(m_{t},g(p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}}),\alpha_s),$$
where $D^{\rm pert.}(m_{t},p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},\alpha_s)$ is the all-orders perturbative top-jet $p_T$ distribution, and $g(p_{T,{\rm jet}}, \ldots)$ captures all the non-perturbative modifications to $p_{T,{\rm jet}}$. As before, we parameterize the modifications via introducing a shift function $\Delta'$ defined as
\begin{align}\label{eq:DeltaPrimeDef}
\Delta'(p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}})
\equiv g(p_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}})
-p_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \, , \quad \text{and}
\quad
\Delta'^{\text{ref}} \equiv
g(p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}},m_{t},\alpha_s,\Lambda_{\mathrm{QCD}})
-p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} \,.
\end{align}
It is required for consistency with the factorization in \eq{factorization} that, up to corrections which are suppressed by powers of $m_t/p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$ and $\Lambda_{\mathrm{\mathrm{QCD}}}/p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}$, $\Delta'^{\text{ref}} \approx (\Delta^{\text{ref}} - \Delta^{\text{ref}}_{\text{pert}})$ where $\Delta^{\text{ref}}_{\text{pert}}$ is the perturbative contribution to $\Delta^{\text{ref}}$. At the level of accuracy to which we are working, $\Delta^{\text{ref}}_{\text{pert}}$ can be absorbed into $F_{\text{pert}}$ and so we drop it from the rest of this section and in the main body of this \emph{Letter}.

Thus, we fit for $F_{\text{pert}}$ using the following procedure:
\begin{enumerate}
\item We fit for the asymptote of $\rho$ (which we label $\rho_{\text{asy}}$) using a polynomial in $(1/p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}})^{n}$. In this paper we found that a third degree polynomial, $\rho = \rho_{\text{asy}} + c_{2}(p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}})^{-2} + c_{3}(p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}})^{-3}$, optimized the reduced $\chi^2$. The value of $\rho_{\text{asy}}$ was found to be stable, within our statistical accuracy, against the inclusion of further higher order terms, $c_{n}(p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}})^{-n}$. \Fig{fig:asyFit} shows one such fit.
\item We extract $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}$ from the top-jet $p_{T}$ spectrum. \Fig{fig:pt_shifts} shows the extraction of $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}$ from the jet $p_{T,{\rm jet}}$ spectrum.
\item Finally, we compute $F_{\text{pert}}$ as
\begin{align}
\sqrt{F_{\text{pert}}} = \rho_{\text{asy}} ~\frac{p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}} + \Delta^{\text{ref}}}{p^{\text{ref}}_{T, \mathrm{jet}}}.
\end{align}
\end{enumerate}
The outcome of this procedure is given in Table \ref{tab:resultsmt} which shows the extracted $F_{\text{pert}}$ from \textsc{Pythia8}  with $m_{t} = 172$ GeV and $173$ GeV. The important outcome of this analysis is that the differences between the measured masses with parton, hadron and hadron+MPI data are $\lesssim 1$GeV and are smaller than the statistical errors. This analysis was not optimized to give a good statistical error and certainly can be improved. Thus we find promising evidence that complete theoretical control of the top mass, up to errors $<1$GeV, is possible with an EEEC based measurement.

\begin{table}[]
\centering
\begin{tabular}{||c|c|c|c||}
\hline
\textsc{Pythia8}  $m_{t}$ & EEEC Parton $\sqrt{F_{\text{pert}}}$ & EEEC Hadron $\sqrt{F_{\text{pert}}}$ & EEEC Hadron + MPI $\sqrt{F_{\text{pert}}}$ \\ \hline
$172$ GeV & $172.6\pm 0.3$ GeV & $172.4 \pm 0.2 \pm 0.5$ GeV & $172.3 \pm 0.2 \pm 0.4$ GeV\\
$173$ GeV & $173.5 \pm 0.3$ GeV & $173.9 \pm 0.3 \pm 0.5$ GeV & $173.6\pm 0.2 \pm 0.4$ GeV\\ \hline
$173-172$ & $0.9 \pm 0.4$ GeV & $1.5 \pm 0.8 $ GeV & $1.3\pm 0.6 $ GeV\\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\caption{A more detailed version of the Table shown in the main text, showing separate results at parton, hadron and hadron+MPI level. Five data sets for $\rho$ were averaged over with $p^{\text{ref}}_{T,\text{jet}} \in [550,650]$GeV binned in $20$GeV intervals and $p^{\text{v}}_{T,\text{jet}} \in [900,2000]$GeV. One such data set and its fit is shown in \Fig{fig:asyFit}. In each column the first error is from the fit of the $\rho$ asymptote and is statistical. The second error (when given) is also statistical and is the error from using the parton shower to determine $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}\approx \Delta^{\text{ref}}$ as extracted from the top jet $p_{t}$ distribution. Errors have been combined in quadrature in the final row. No theory errors are given.}
\label{tab:resultsmt}
\end{table}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{CompareMtFitPlot-n-2.pdf}
\caption{This figure shows parton shower data for $\rho$ generated in \textsc{Pythia8}  at parton level, hadron level, and with MPI (shown in open markers) overlaid with a theory fit. Five data sets for $\rho$ were averaged over with $p^{\text{ref}}_{T,\text{jet}} \in [550,650]$ GeV binned in $20$ GeV intervals. The theory fit is of the second order expansion of $\rho$ (which we label $\rho^{(2)}$) with, as input, the values of $F_{\text{pert}}$ given in Table \ref{tab:resultsmt} and the values of $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}$ given in \Fig{fig:pt_shifts}. The theory fit is a cross-check of our analysis, it was not used to determine $F_{\text{pert}}$. To illustrate the partonic theory fit, a value of $\Delta^{\rm ref}_{\text{pert}}=(11\pm 3)$GeV has been extracted, as expected with a large error, from the fit for $\rho^{(2)}$. This $\Delta^{\rm ref}_{\text{pert}}$ is not used in the rest of the analysis where all dependence on $\Delta^{\rm ref}_{\text{pert}}$ is absorbed in to the definition of $F_{\text{pert}}$. Each error band shows the combined statistical error from the determination of the asymptote and of $\Delta^{\rm ref}$ (including the dominant error on $\Delta^{\rm ref}_{\text{pert}}$).}
\label{fig:yfit}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{ComparePeakPosPartPlot-n-2.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{ComparePeakPosHadPlot-n-2.pdf}
\includegraphics[width=0.48\textwidth]{ComparePeakPosMPIPlot-n-2.pdf}
\caption{Energy correlator peak positions as a function of $p_{T,\text{jet}}$ at parton level, hadron level, and including MPI. The theory fit uses the ansatz in \eq{pp_master} with the values of $F_{\text{pert}}$ given in Table \ref{tab:resultsmt} and $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}$ extracted in \Fig{fig:pt_shifts}. Excellent agreement between the theoretical fit and \textsc{Pythia8}  is observed in all cases.}
\label{fig:topmasshadron}
\end{figure}

To cross-check our result, in \Fig{fig:yfit} we illustrate a theory fit of $\rho$ using parton shower data from \textsc{Pythia8}  with $m_{t} = 172$ GeV at parton level, hadron level and hadron level + MPI. The fit in \Fig{fig:yfit} is \textit{not} the third degree polynomial used to extract $\rho_{\text{asy}}$. Rather, the fit uses the values of $F_{\text{pert}}$ given in Table \ref{tab:resultsmt} and the values of $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}$ given in \Fig{fig:pt_shifts} as an input into the expansion given in \eq{rhoexpansion}, truncated at second order. Error bars correspond to the errors on $F_{\text{pert}}$ and $\Delta^{\text{ref}}$. We find agreement between the MC data and our theory fit. \Fig{fig:topmasshadron} further demonstrates the excellent agreement between theory and parton shower data wherein we fit $\zeta_{\text{peak}}(p_{t,\text{jet}})$ with the ansatz in \eq{pp_master} also using the values for $F_{\text{pert}}$ in Table \ref{tab:resultsmt} and the values of $\Delta'^{\text{ref}}$ given in \Fig{fig:pt_shifts}.

\subsection*{Zoomed-In Distributions for $e^+e^-$}

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{ee_n2_zoom.pdf}
\caption{A zoomed-in plot of the $n=2$ three-point correlator in $e^+e^-$ for $m_t=170,172$ GeV, at both hadron and parton level. }
\label{fig:my_label}
\end{figure}

In the figures presented in the main text, we focused primarily on the global structure of the peaks in the EEEC distribution. To get a better feeling for the shift due to hadronization, it is also useful to have a zoomed in plot of the peak region. This is shown in \Fig{fig:my_label} for the $n=2$ three-point correlator in $e^+e^-$ for two top mass values, and at both hadron and parton level. From the peak positions in these curves we deduce that the hadronization effects shift the top mass by $\Delta m_t^{\rm Had.} \sim 250$ MeV.

\end{document}

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For the first time, scientists have demonstrated that a component of cannabis reduces seizures in children with a rare form of epilepsy, marking a significant step in efforts to use marijuana and its derivatives to treat serious medical conditions.
The company that sponsored the Phase 3 trial, GW Pharmaceuticals, had already announced some of the results, but researchers said the full peer-reviewed study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, validated the importance of the research. They also pointed out that the drug, cannabidiol, helped some patients more than others and was associated with a range of sometimes severe side effects, a significant finding because some families have been treating their children on their own in states where recreational marijuana use is legal.
Cannabidiol, which GW has branded as Epidiolex, is a non-hallucinogenic component of marijuana that can be purified and administered in oil.
READ MORE: The DEA is looking for candidates to grow marijuana for research — but will it find any takers?
For the trial, researchers enrolled 120 children from 2 to 18 years old with Dravet syndrome, a rare genetic form of epilepsy that kills up to 20 percent of patients by the time they are 20. There are no drugs approved specifically for Dravet.
During the study, the patients stayed on their normal treatment regimen, and half of them also received cannabidiol while the remainder were given a placebo. Over a 14-week treatment period, the median number of convulsive seizures in the cannabidiol group decreased from 12.4 to 5.9 per month; for the placebo group, the number went from 14.9 to 14.1.
In the cannabidiol group, 43 percent of patients had their number of seizures cut in half or more, compared with 27 percent in the placebo group. And 5 percent of patients taking cannabidiol saw their seizures disappear, compared with none in the placebo group.
Common side effects seen in the cannabidiol group included vomiting, fatigue, fever, drowsiness, and diarrhea. Eight patients in the group withdrew from the trial because of the severity of the side effects.
In an editorial published with the study, Dr. Samuel Berkovic of the University of Melbourne called the trial "welcome" and "the beginning of solid evidence for the use of cannabinoids in epilepsy." But he noted that it needs to be replicated and that other studies will be required to know if cannabinoids — the different components of cannabis — can help with other forms of epilepsy and to treat adults.
As desperate families have sought to treat their children with cannabis or cannabidiol on their own, experts have cautioned that it can be risky. Researchers don't know, for example, how cannabidiol will interact with other medications, and they know even less about how adding THC — a hallucinogenic cannabinoid — to the mix might affect children with epileptic syndromes. They also don't know the long-term effects of taking cannabidiol.
This article is reproduced with permission from STAT. It was first published on May 24, 2017. Find the original story here.


For every person in your life, you can be a person of "grace" or a person of "grudge" but you can't be both!
At some point in our lives we will be around people that will irritate us. Not only will we be around those that irritate us, we must ask the question, do we irritate others? Sin in the world has left us with difficult and negative people. We must decide, will we be a grin-and-bear it Christian or will we have the courage to live by grace? The Bible shows us where Jesus displayed the ultimate grace. We as sinners were given something we did not deserve. Christ death on the cross was a show of grace. A sacrificial death to pay the penalty for our sin, Jesus gave us what we did not deserve. He brought us forgiveness through grace!
Grace - that which we do not deserve, unmerited favor, unearned benefits, undeserved kindness.


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On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 2010 Georgia changed it second language to English with Merican officially recognized as its first. Many of the esteemed Georgian representatives and state senators were interviewed and asked why this had to been done and they explained, "We didn't want the Federal Govmint to force Mexican or Esperanto on us as the official language, so we had us a preventive strike to only allow Merican as our official language and English as our second officially language." When the Georgian law-makers were politely informed that 'Spanish' was the language of Mexico, not 'Mexican' most of them went "Du-HUH?!", and when they were further informed that English was already the 'official' language of the United States and that 'Merican' wasn't even a recognized dialect, much less a language in and of itself, the senators and representatives had the room cleared of all the Communist trouble-makers. The one question that the interviewers wanted to ask, but couldn't as they were forced from the room was, when and where did the Georgia law-makers ever learn about Esperanto?
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Background: Clinical competency is one of the most important requirements in nursing profession, based on which nurses are assessed. To obtain an effective and improved form of clinical competency, several factors are observed and monitored by the health educational systems. Among these observed factors, spiritual intelligence is considered as one of the most significant factors in nurses' success and efficacy. In this study, it is aimed to determine the spiritual intelligence status and its relationship with clinical competency.
Materials and Methods: The descriptive–correlational research was carried out on 250 nurses in Mashhad educational hospitals, selected by multi‑stage sampling. Demographic, clinical competency, and spiritual intelligence questionnaires were used for data collection and 212 questionnaires were analyzed.
Results: About 53.3% of nurses obtained above average scores in spiritual intelligence. Clinical competency was evaluated by both self‑evaluation and head nurse evaluation methods. Most nurses (53.8%) were having good level of clinical competency based on self‑evaluation, 48.2% were at average level based on head nurse evaluation, and 53.3% were at average level based on overall score. A significant correlation was found between spiritual intelligence and clinical competency.
Conclusions: In this study, the positive significant correlation between nurses' spiritual intelligence and their clinical competency is investigated. Because of the positive effects of spiritual intelligence on nurses' clinical competency and quality of care, it is recommended to develop nurses' spiritual intelligence during their education and by way of continuous medical education.
Meretoja R, Isoaho H, Leino‑Kilpi H. Nurse competence scale: Development and psychometric testing. J Adv Nurs 2004;47:124‑33.
Toloei M, Dehghan Nayeri N, Faghihzadeh S, Sadooghi Asl A. The nurses' motivating factors in relation to patient training. Hayat 2006;12:43‑51.
Memarian R, Salsali M, Vanaki Z, Ahmadi F, Hajizadeh E. Factors affecting the process of obtaining clinical competency. ZUMS Journal 2006;14:40‑9.
Mazlum R, Ghalje M, R SA. Survey relationship clinical competency and patient satisfaction from nursing service in hospital of Zahedan University. Thesis for master degree, Mashhad Uiversity of Medical Sciences; 2008 [Persian].
Parsa Yekta Z, Ramezani Badr F, Khatoni A. Nursing students' view points about their clinical competencies and it's achievement level. J Nurs Res 2007;1:7‑14.
Bagheri Nesami M, Rafiee F, Parvizi S, Esmaeili R. Concept analysis of competency in nursing: Qualitative research and delivery of a Hybrid model. Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences 2008;67:1.
Bahreini M, Moathari M, Kavah MH. Self assessment of the clinical competence of nurses in a major educational hospital of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Iranian Journal of Medical Education 2010;8:28‑36.
Parsa‑Yekta Z, Ahmadi F, Tabari R. Factors defined by nurses as influential upon the development of clinical competence. Journal of Gilan University of Medical Sciences 2005;14:9‑22.
Wolman RN. Thinking with your soul: Spiritual intelligence and why it matters. 1st ed.: Harmony books, New York; 2001. p. 270‑88.
Yang KP. The spiritual intelligence of nurses in Taiwan. J Nurs Res 2006;14:24‑35.
Yang K, Mao X. A study of nurses' spiritual intelligence: A cross‑sectional questionnaire survey. Int J Nurs Stud 2007;44:999‑1010.
Karakas F. Spirituality and Performance in Organizations: A Literature review. Journal of Business Ethics 2010;94:89-106.
Amram Y. The Contribution of Emotional and Spiritual intelligences to Effective Business Leadership. Doctoral dissertation, Institute of Transpersonal Psychology 2009. Available from: http://yosiamram.net/docs/EI_and _SI_in_ Leadership_Amram_Dissert. pdf. [Last accessed 2014 Oct 25].
Amram Y. The Seven Dimensions of Spiritual Intelligence: An Ecumenical, Grounded Theory. Palo Alto, CA: CiteSeer; 2007. p.1‑7.
Ashmos Donde P, Duchon D. Spirituality at work: A conceptualization and measure. Journal of Management Inquiry 2000;9:134-45.
Ghobari bonab B, Salimi M, Selyani L, Noori Moghaddam S. [Intelligence spiritual] Andishe‑e‑Novin‑e‑Dini. 2007;3:125‑47.
Jurkiewicz CL, Giacalone RA. A values framework for measuring the impact of workplace spirituality on organizational performance Journal of Business Ethics 2004;49:129–42.
Abdolah Zade H, Bagherpour M, Boujmehrani SM. Spritual Inteligence. Tehran: Ravansanji; 2009. p. 1388.
the 1387‑1386. For degree postgraduate of phsychology. Allameh Tabatabai University of Tehran 2006.
Shabani J, Hassan S, Ahmad A, Baba M. Age as Moderated Influence on the Link of Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence with Mental Health in High School Students. Journal of American Science (J Am Sci) 2010;66:394‑400.
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Yeah I just wonder where is the hostmaster of this site is these days. I guess he got sick and tired of the comparisons between VPOP and other countries as he talked about that last time he showed up here.
Yes, this forum is dead as a doornail.
I have been dealing with some IRL stuff like moving across the USA. Also, I was simply burnt out. Sorry, not sorry for leaving everyone in the dark. I needed a break from it all, so I took one.
This site may be pretty dead right now, but that doesn't mean it can't be revived, so be on the lookout for new content in the near future.
Welcome back! I hope everything works out for you in your life.
Are exciting times for VPOP right now. Don't know if you heard AKB48 are currently trying to create a new sister group in Vietnam. The final rounds for 1th gen girls will soon be ready.
Yeah. Someone from a Jpop podcast emailed me about the Vietnam AKB48 project and wanted to see if I could be a guest to talk about it, but I honestly have zero knowledge about their development, so I have nothing to say.


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Mörk storfotshöna (Megapodius freycinet) är en fågel i familjen storfotshöns inom ordningen hönsfåglar.

Utbredning och systematik
Mörk storfotshöna delas in i fem underarter med följande utbredning:
 M. f. quoyii – norra Moluckerna
 M. f. freycinet – öarna Gebe, Waigeo och Misool med omgivande småöar
 M. f. oustaleti – småöar utanför nordvästra Nya Guinea, inklusive Batanta och Salawati
 M. f. forsteni – Seram och närliggande öar
 M. f. buruensis – Buru

Status och hot
Arten har ett stort utbredningsområde och en stor population, men tros minska i antal till följd av jakt, habitatförstörelse och påverkan från introducerade rovdjur. Denna minskning är dock inte tillräckligt kraftig för att den ska betraktas som hotad.  IUCN kategoriserar därför arten som livskraftig (LC). Världspopulationen har dels uppskattats till mellan 10.000 och 100.000 individer, dels under 5.000 individer. Den beskrivs som vanlig på Halmahera, men ovanligare annorstädes.

Namn
Fågelns vetenskapliga artnamn hedrar Louis Claude de Saulces de Freycinet (1779-1842) kapten i franska flottan och upptäcktsresande i Stilla havet 1817-1820.

Referenser

Externa länkar

 Läten på xeno-canto.org

Storfotshöns
Fåglar i australiska regionen

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Rachel Wood is uprooted from her home and enters a new high school, in 10th grade, in an affluent suburb in Westchester, New York. She struggles with meeting new friends, finding a boyfriend, avoiding the cliques of mean girls, and meets a mysterious boy from her school, Benji, and knows he is different from everyone. As their romance deepens, will she give up everything to find out his secret?
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How Does Genetic Testing Impact Your MPN Treatment Options?
December 13, 2019 /in MPN Programs, MPN Testing, MPN Videos T, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, P2E MPN, Understanding MPN /by Kara Rayburn
How Does Genetic Testing Impact Your MPN Treatment Options? from Patient Empowerment Network on Vimeo.
How can genetic testing results impact your treatment and treatment response? Dr. Ruben Mesa provides an overview of common mutations associated with essential thrombocythemia (ET), polycythemia vera (PV) or myelofibrosis (MF) and how identification of these mutations are moving research forward.
Dr. Ruben Mesa is an international expert in the research and care of patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs). He serves as director of UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center in San Antonio, Texas. More about this expert here.
See More From the The Path to MPN Empowerment
Essential Lab Tests for MPNs
Could an MPN Clinical Trial Be Your Best Treatment Option?
An Expert Summary of Current MPN Treatment Options
Dr. Ruben Mesa:
We are learning much more about the genetics of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, as we truly are about the genetics of many diseases. First, when I speak of genetics, these are not the genes we think of of inherited genes that are passed from mother and father, to son or daughter. These are the genes in ourselves that potentially can change over the course of our lives, and those changes or mutations can be associated with diseases.
So, what we have learned is that the genetic changes that are associated with myeloproliferative neoplasms are important, both in terms of predicting how the diseases might behave, and also, potentially in terms of therapies. The genetic changes fall into two different groups.
There's a first group of the most common mutations that we think are important in driving the disease. The most common is the mutation in a protein called JAK2. That's a mutation in about half of the patients with ET, half with PV – or half with myelofibrosis, and the majority with polycythemia vera. There is mutations in calreticulin. That's about in a third of patients with ET, and a third with MF. And then, there's mutations in MPL, which are present in a handful of patients with ET and with MF.
But in addition to those three mutations that tend to be mutually exclusive; patients tend to only have one of those, and there's a small group of patients that do not have any of those three. But there's another group of mutations that we have learned about.
That we are able to obtain on panels of sometimes anywhere from 40 to 100 genes that may or may not be changed or mutated in diseases like MPNs and the implications of what those pattern of changes in those mutations have for those patients.
Tags: Biologic Agents, bone marrow, CALR, Calreticulin, chemotherapy, cytogenetics, Cytoreductive Therapy, Dr. Ruben Mesa, Essential Thrombocythemia, ET, Fedratinib, genetic test, inherited genes, Interferon, JAK Inhibitors, JAK2, Mays Cancer Center, MPN, MR, Myelofibrosis, myeloproliferative neoplasm, polycythemia vera, PV, therapeutic, treatment, treatment goals, UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center
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Which Tests Do You Need Before Choosing a Lung Cancer Treatment?
Engage Myeloma Resource Guide
Why You Should Speak Up About MPN Symptoms and Treatment Side Effects
Where Do Clinical Trials Fit Into an AML Treatment Plan?
What CLL Tests Are Essential and How Do Results Impact Treatment and Prognosis?
Understanding High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment Advances and Options


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import {CloudBuildClient} from '@google-cloud/cloudbuild';
import * as assert from 'assert';
import sinon from 'sinon';
import {core, RegenerateArgs} from '../src/core';
import {newFakeCloudBuildClient} from './fake-cloud-build-client';
import {
  FakeIssues,
  newFakeOctokit,
  newFakeOctokitFactory,
} from './fake-octokit';

const sandbox = sinon.createSandbox();

describe('triggerPostProcessBuild()', () => {
  afterEach(() => {
    sandbox.restore();
  });

  const args: RegenerateArgs = {
    branch: 'test-branch',
    gcpProjectId: 'test-project',
    buildTriggerId: '42',
    owner: 'test-owner',
    prNumber: 5,
    repo: 'nodejs-stapler',
    action: 'regenerate',
  };

  it('creates a comment reporting failure', async () => {
    const issues = new FakeIssues();
    const octokit = newFakeOctokit(undefined, issues);
    sandbox.replace(core, 'getCloudBuildInstance', (): CloudBuildClient => {
      throw new Error('Out of errors.');
    });
    await core.triggerRegeneratePullRequest(
      newFakeOctokitFactory(octokit),
      args
    );
    assert.strictEqual(issues.comments.length, 1);
    const comment = issues.comments[0];
    assert.strictEqual(comment.owner, 'test-owner');
    assert.strictEqual(comment.repo, 'nodejs-stapler');
    assert.strictEqual(comment.issue_number, 5);
    assert.match(comment.body, /.*failed.*/);
  });

  it('triggers a cloud build', async () => {
    const issues = new FakeIssues();
    const octokit = newFakeOctokit(undefined, issues);
    const fakeCloudBuild = newFakeCloudBuildClient();
    sandbox.replace(core, 'getCloudBuildInstance', (): CloudBuildClient => {
      return fakeCloudBuild;
    });
    await core.triggerRegeneratePullRequest(
      newFakeOctokitFactory(octokit),
      args
    );

    // It should create a comment
    assert.strictEqual(issues.comments.length, 1);
    const comment = issues.comments[0];
    assert.strictEqual(comment.owner, 'test-owner');
    assert.strictEqual(comment.repo, 'nodejs-stapler');
    assert.strictEqual(comment.issue_number, 5);
    assert.match(comment.body, /.*is regenerating.*/);

    // Convert the protos in the calls into plain old javascript objects.
    const calls = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(fakeCloudBuild.calls));
    const golden = [
      [
        {
          projectId: 'test-project',
          triggerId: '42',
          source: {
            projectId: 'test-project',
            branchName: 'main',
            substitutions: {
              _ACTION: 'regenerate',
              _GITHUB_TOKEN: 'b3',
              _PR: '5',
              _PR_BRANCH: 'test-branch',
              _PR_OWNER: 'test-owner',
              _REPOSITORY: 'nodejs-stapler',
            },
          },
        },
      ],
    ];
    assert.deepStrictEqual(calls, golden);
  });
});

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Two trips to the store showed me how it starts.
When your heroes to let you down.
Erase all the others…you only need one.
When a meaningful "I'm sorry" means nothing.
How a cartoon character taught me empathy…while I was high on drugs.
Let's be honest about adult friendships.
Real life parenting in your favorite childhood shows.
You! Step Away From The Nine!
It's time to examine why you thought 911 was your best option.
A quick tip so that we don't roll our eyes on your graduation day.


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Q: AutoHotkey's Loop (read file contents) issues related to "+" symbol Referring to Loop (read file contents), a quite strange thing happens every time I use a code like this one to run a script:
^+k::
{
    Gosub, MySub
}
Return

MySub:
{
    Send, +{Enter}
    Loop, read, C:\MyFile.txt
    {
        temp = %A_LoopReadLine%
        Send, %temp%
        Send, +{Enter}
    }
}
Return

MyFile.txt is a simple text file where sometimes the "plus" symbol (+) is used together with normal letters and numbers.
Despite of this, however, what I see if I run the hotkey on an empty text file, either a Notepad or Microsoft Word blank sheet, is that every + is replaced by an underscore (_), an exclamation mark (!) or a question mark (?). I've seen an occurrence with a dollar symbol ($) replacement, too.
I tried to debug it printing on screen a message box with
MsgBox, %temp%

before sending text and it shows the original content of MyFile.txt perfectly.
Thus the issue should be on Send rather than on file reading.
The content of my file is something like this (repeated for about 20 rows more):
+---------------------------------
120001267381  ~ TEXT 0 10/20/18 VARIABLE  word text -> numbers: 17,000 x 108.99 | 109.26 x 15,000 ///  number = +5.500% some text
+---------------------------------
120001267381  ~ TEXT 0 10/20/18 VARIABLE  word text -> numbers: 17,000 x 108.99 | 109.26 x 15,000 ///  number = +5.500% some text
+---------------------------------
120001267381  ~ TEXT 0 10/20/18 VARIABLE  word text -> numbers: 17,000 x 108.99 | 109.26 x 15,000 ///  number = +5.500% some text
+---------------------------------
120001267381  ~ TEXT 0 10/20/18 VARIABLE  word text -> numbers: 17,000 x 108.99 | 109.26 x 15,000 ///  number = +5.500% some text
+---------------------------------

What can be the cause of this?

A: Found the answer: due to the fact that + symbols read from my file are sent like pressing the Shift key, the output is amended by the pressing of such a key instead of sending the original symbol present in file.
In order to send the original content of my file without triggering special hotkeys, I have to use SendRaw instead of Send, like in this example:
^+k::
{
    Gosub, MySub
}
Return

MySub:
{
    Send, +{Enter}
    Loop, read, C:\MyFile.txt
    {
        temp = %A_LoopReadLine%
        SendRaw, %temp%
        Send, +{Enter}
    }
}
Return

A: Here's an updated version that pastes using CTRL-V instead of Send to "retype" rows of data:
^+k::
{
    Gosub, MySub
}
Return

MySub:
{
    Send, +{Enter}
    Loop, read, C:\MyFile.txt
    {
        temp = %A_LoopReadLine%
        Clipboard = %temp%   ; Write to clipboard
        Send, ^v+{enter}     ; Paste from clipboard
        Sleep 10
; Short delay so it doesn't try to paste again before the clipboard has changed
; This check can get a lot more complex, but just increase it if 10 doesn't work
    }
}
Return

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J5D searched far and wide to find a microfiber that fit the needs of RC racers, particularly when it comes to tire prep. Our towels are 12x12 and have a short-pile, edgeless weave to them, which means they are easier to hold and less likely to grab and rip out of your hand when you're "burning in" sauce during bench break-in of tires. They're also useful for many types of cleaning and car detailing- but you already knew that!


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package de.bmoth.parser.ast.nodes;

import org.antlr.v4.runtime.tree.ParseTree;

public abstract class ExprNode extends TypedNode implements Node {

    public ExprNode(ParseTree parseTree) {
        super(parseTree);
    }

}


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Владо Ма́леский (; 5 сентября 1919, Струга, Македония — 23 сентября 1994, там же) — македонский прозаик.

Начальное образование получил в Шкодере (Албания), гимназию окончил в Битоле. Учился на юридическом факультете Белградского университета, но начав, не закончил из-за начала Второй мировой войны. Участвовал в Народно-освободительной войне 1941-1945 годов в составе Первой Македонско-Косовской бригады. Позже состоял на дипломатической службе в Югославии, работал послом в Ливане, Эфиопии, Польше.

В 1946 году стал членом Общества писателей Македонии.

Автор сборников рассказов «Красный георгин» (1950), «Волнение» (1953), «Рассказы» (1976), романов «То, что было небом» (1958), «Война, люди, война» (1967), «Станок»(1969), «Записки Езерка Дримського» (1980), «Узлы» (1990).

Владо Малеский является автором сценария первого македонского художественного фильма «Фросина». Ему принадлежит также стихотворение «Сегодня над Македонией», которое позже стало македонским национальным гимном (см. Гимн Северной Македонии).

Лауреат премий «11 октября», «4 июля», «АВНОЈ» и других.

Примечания

Литература
 Товариство письменників Македонії.
 Владо Малеський.

Писатели Северной Македонии


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The Hot Zone (2019)
2 Comments	/ National Geographic, Television, The Hot Zone / 1 June 2019 2 December 2019 / James V. Hart, Julianna Margulies, Liam Cunningham, Richard Preston, Topher Grace
I don't get to make this statement very often anymore and even less about bestsellers and TV miniseries but I've read the book.
The Hot Zone. I've read the book by Richard Preston (who is sadly not this guy, Robert Preston). Well, okay, I haven't read the book. I listened to the book. It's a good book. Highly recommended if you want to see how "popular non-fiction thrillers" can be done well. It's so good at that format when I listened to Console Wars and got super-creeped out by the casual misogyny, sometimes downright silly bad writing, lionization of middling White capitalists, and odd "Japanese voice" thing, I kept going because it reminded me of Hot Zone.
I eventually gave up on Console Wars because there's only so much time in the world and the book has actually got zero to say.
But I didn't give up on "The Hot Zone," the event miniseries (aired/run on National Geographic, but produced by Fox TV); even though the miniseries only reminded me of The Hot Zone the book, I finished watching it. Because why not. Even though it never gets to the best parts of said book, even though it's a terribly plotted television show—Kelly Souders, Brian Peterson, and Jeff Vintar are questionable show runners. James V. Hart, who might have written a movie treatment back when Hot Zone was a best-seller and Outbreak hadn't come out yet, writes a bunch of the episodes too. Or contributes. He gets the "created by" credit, even though he doesn't write the first episode, which breaks with tradition. At least with tradition as I understand it from watching television too much for too long.
If you've read the book and you remember the cave, the cave isn't in the movie. Instead you get created for the miniseries fictional White guys Liam Cunningham and James D'Arcy hunting the disease in Africa, taking stories away from, you know, Africans. Cunningham is a Scottish Indiana Jones type—the young-age makeup on him, which is mostly just foundation and hair dye, works; it's a shame Cunningham has zero chemistry with "lead" Julianna Margulies in the present. The present being 1989, flashbacks being 1976. D'Arcy is the square who gets roped into Cunningham's mad quest to find a lethal virus. The show wants to pretend he's some kind of zealot but he's not, neither in script or performance. Maybe it's because the writers wouldn't know how to give him that amount of character; the directors (Michael Uppendahl and Nick Murphy) wouldn't know how to direct for it anyway. They're really bad.
Canada also doesn't stand in for Washington D.C. well. The show says it's "inspired by true events" while the book was true events told in an inspired fashion. It's a bummer because a good show runner could do wonders with the book. They even have some of the "do wonders" possibilities in the show and do jack shit with them.
The casting doesn't help either. "Golden Globe-winning star of 'The Good Wife'" Margulies plays the ostensible lead, who fights against sexism in the U.S. Army's infectious diseases institutions and basically loses that fight. Margulies's performance in "Hot Zone" is about the same as a lazy episode of "Good Wife." She's fine, never anything more, which is fine for "Hot Zone." Good for "Hot Zone," actually.
Topher Grace is bad as her de facto sidekick, the sexist civilian scientist who gets the most sympathetic arc when he thinks he's got Ebola and has to go to get tested in an AIDS testing speakeasy. The show has this whole juxtaposing of AIDS and Ebola reactions, which I don't remember in the book but if it was in the book, it wouldn't have been as poorly handled as in the miniseries. It's not a bad idea, it's just the show doesn't have the producers, writers, or directors to properly explore good ideas. It's a bummer.
Cunningham and D'Arcy are caricatures, but who cares. They're not as bad as Grace or as comically ineffectual as Noah Emmerich, who's Margulies's husband and the family's Mr. Mom. One of the many lazy character "development" moments has Emmerich telling Margulies she's more important to the family than him, even though he's the only one who does anything with the kids except drive them to school. Once. She takes them once. But only because it can work in the "AIDS panic" sub-sub-subplot and Margulies changing from her Alicia Florick outfit to her Army camo in her car because she's that kind of go getter.
The show also chokes on the Chuck Shamata as Margulies's dying dad subplot, which has a lot of potential but not with these writers, not with this show.
Robert Wisdom is fine as Margulies and Emmerich's commanding officer but it's more of an extended "Oh, shit, it's Bunny Colvin!" cameo.
Paul James isn't good, isn't bad as Grace's flunky.
Robert Sean Leonard is similar. He's there to make things feel less Canadian. Ditto racist Nick Searcy (not his character, just Nick Searcy; he's not a nice man). Unfortunately, Searcy gives a fantastic performance. At least as far as the script takes him, which isn't very far because the teleplays aren't good. Even when they're not bad.
Twenty-five years after The Hot Zone, given all the advances in scientific knowledge, television narrative, streaming narrative, CG, whatever, you'd think it'd be the perfect time to adapt the book. But "The Hot Zone" ain't it. I'm not sure Outbreak is much better, minute-by-minute, but it's a lot shorter and a lot less disappointing.
Read the book.
Predators (2010, Nimród Antal)
Leave a Comment	/ ★½, 2010, Film, Sci-Fi / 7 February 2011 7 February 2011 / 20th Century Fox, Adrien Brody, Alice Braga, Danny Trejo, Laurence Fishburne, Predators, Robert Rodriguez, Topher Grace, Walton Goggins
How's this one for a double standard? When director Robert Rodriguez made Desperado, he demanded a Mexican actress (Salma Hayek) play a Mexican character (against studio wishes). When producer Robert Rodriguez made Predators, he cast a Brazilian actress (Alice Braga) as an Israeli character… Braga's fantastic in Predators, but really… why isn't anyone crying foul?
Predators is a semi-remake, semi-sequel. It's a sequel to the events in the original, but basically remakes it in structure. I'm sure the filmmakers would call it homage, but I'm not sure, for example, John Debney's score contains one note not from Alan Silvestri's score for the original. It doesn't matter because it's fast paced and rather well-directed. A lot of it is really poorly plotted–screenwriters Litvak and Finch are apparently completely incapable of coming up with a surprising turn of events. I guess Rodriguez, as producer, didn't care enough to hire a soap writer to get some twists and turns in it.
The film's rather well-cast, which helps a lot. Adrien Brody's muscle man turn is solid; he should probably play a similar role in a real movie. I already mentioned Braga. Walton Goggins is great but wasted. Oleg Taktarov impressed. The other two names–Topher Grace and Laurence Fishburne–are problematic. Fishburne does a good job in an undercooked role. Grace is just playing the same characters he's played before, though I suppose (for the most part) less annoyingly.
Did I already mention Antal does a great job?
Directed by Nimród Antal; written by Alex Litvak and Michael Finch, based on characters created by Jim Thomas and John Thomas; director of photography, Gyula Pados; edited by Dan Zimmerman; music by John Debney; production designers, Steve Joyner and Caylah Eddleblute; produced by Robert Rodriguez, John Davis and Elizabeth Avellán; released by 20th Century Fox.
Starring Adrien Brody (Royce), Laurence Fishburne (Noland), Topher Grace (Edwin), Alice Braga (Isabelle), Louis Ozawa Changchien (Hanzo), Walton Goggins (Stans), Oleg Taktarov (Nikolai), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (Mombasa) and Danny Trejo (Cuchillo).
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In Good Company (2004, Chris Weitz)
Leave a Comment	/ ★, 2004, Comedy, Film / 11 June 2008 11 June 2008 / Clark Gregg, Damien Rice, Dennis Quaid, In Good Company, Scarlett Johansson, Selma Blair, Topher Grace, Ty Burrell, Universal Pictures
At its best, In Good Company is never very good–the soundtrack is one of the worst I can remember–but Chris Weitz's ineptitude is something to behold. His plot is predictable, his characters are boring, and everything feels like it's been done before. I mean, who would have thought Dennis Quaid would have found out his job was in jeopardy the same day his wife announced–even though they thought she was post-menopause–she was pregnant again? (And I won't even get into Weitz's problems establishing the size of Quaid's family or non-principal character names).
And Weitz's idea of innovative scenes–panning back and forth over various people getting fired–has been a film standard since the 1930s and maybe earlier.
Oh, the innovation is the terrible music.
But what makes In Good Company watchable–and occasionally good–is Weitz's unwavering attempt at making a moderately budgeted studio picture aimed at being a sleeper hit. As an attempt at that genre, it reminds of better films and better filmmaking. There's no reason Topher Grace should be bad in the movie–in fact he's pretty good–except Weitz's hollow writing. Weitz isn't even a bad director–he's rather serviceable, though it's sad to see–embarrassing, really–a director use "Salsbury Hill," and poorly, so soon after Vanilla Sky. But given the rest of the soundtrack, it isn't a surprise.
The problem's with too much content and not enough development. There's a movie in Quaid and Marg Helgenberger having another kid late in life (Helgenberger's in it so little, I don't even think she has a conversation with either of the daughters), there's a movie about Quaid schooling his up-and-coming (but emotionally devastated due to absent father and disinterested mother household) younger boss, there's even a movie about the successful, recently divorced twenty-six year-old who falls for his college freshman girlfriend (but she's not ready for it). With a limited cast of characters, I'd say all of those stories are mutually exclusive. Too much gets sacrificed or contrived to make them fit together.
Scarlett Johansson, who's proved she can play this kind of character in Scoop, obviously needs some direction. David Paymer's got an okay, if unspectacular small role, as does Philip Baker Hall. Clark Gregg, as the corporate climber, fails.
The other failing aspect of In Good Company is the unreality it exists in. There are constant lay-offs and firings, but severance packages are never discussed.
The ending to the film is really quite dreadful, enough I wanted In Good Company to be worse. It's bad, cheap, predictable and soulless. But it's competently produced (if poorly written).
Written and directed by Paul Weitz; director of photography, Remi Adefarasin; edited by Myron I. Kerstein; music by Damien Rice and Stephen Trask; production designer, William Arnold; produced by Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz; released by Universal Pictures.
Starring Dennis Quaid (Dan Foreman), Topher Grace (Carter Duryea), Scarlett Johansson (Alex Foreman), Marg Helgenberger (Ann Foreman), David Paymer (Morty Wexler), Clark Gregg (Mark Steckle), Philip Baker Hall (Eugene Kalb), Selma Blair (Kimberly), Frankie Faison (Corwin) and Ty Burrell (Enrique Colon).


Symptoms of anemia may include fatigue and loss of energy, dizziness, pale skin, leg cramps, unusually high heart rate, insomnia, and shortness of breath.
Used to evaluate anemia, leukemia, reaction to inflammation and infections, peripheral blood cellular characteristics, state of hydration and dehydration, polycythemia, inherited disorders of red cells, white cells, platelets, and to manage chemotherapy decisions.
Test Description: A CBC gives an overall view of the general health of a person and can detect disorders in the blood such as anemia, leukemia, and infection. It includes white blood cells (WBC), red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (HGB), hematocrit (HCT), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), RBC distribution width (RDW), and platelets (PLT).
It is frequently ordered when certain medications have been prescribed that could potentially impact normal values. If an individual is having symptoms such as fatigue or weakness or has an infection, inflammation, bruising, or bleeding, then a CBC can be helpful.


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Q: Vertical timeline not worked in chrome browser I use vertical timeline for ruby on rails application. That works well except chrome browser. Animation not works in google chrome. I think this is from script!!!!. can anyone suggest the solution. my script as,
<script>
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    var timelineBlocks = $('.cd-timeline-block'),
        offset = 0.8;

    //hide timeline blocks which are outside the viewport
    hideBlocks(timelineBlocks, offset);

    document.getElementById("body").onscroll = function() {myFunction()};

    //on scolling, show/animate timeline blocks when enter the viewport
    function myFunction() {
        (!window.requestAnimationFrame)
            ? setTimeout(function(){ showBlocks(timelineBlocks, offset); }, 100)
            : window.requestAnimationFrame(function(){ showBlocks(timelineBlocks, offset); });
    }

    function hideBlocks(blocks, offset) {
        blocks.each(function(){
            ( $(this).offset().top > $(window).scrollTop()+$(window).height()*offset ) && $(this).find('.cd-timeline-img, .cd-timeline-content').addClass('is-hidden');
        });
    }

    function showBlocks(blocks, offset) {
        blocks.each(function(){
            ( $(this).offset().top <= $(window).scrollTop()+$(window).height()*offset && $(this).find('.cd-timeline-img').hasClass('is-hidden') ) && $(this).find('.cd-timeline-img, .cd-timeline-content').removeClass('is-hidden').addClass('bounce-in');
        });
    }
});

Thanks.

A: Its document.getElementById("body").onscroll = function() {myFunction()}; that's not working properly on chrome.
Use this script for onScroll Event:
$(window).on('scroll', function(){
    (!window.requestAnimationFrame)
        ? setTimeout(function(){ showBlocks(timelineBlocks, offset); }, 100)
        : window.requestAnimationFrame(function(){ showBlocks(timelineBlocks, offset); });
});

Reference: https://codyhouse.co/gem/vertical-timeline/
Let me know your feedback!
Thanks


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Campell, también llamado Poble de Baix («Pueblo de Abajo»), es un núcleo de población que, junto con Benimaurell, Fleix y Fontilles forma el municipio de Vall de Laguart, en la comarca de la Marina Alta, al noreste de la provincia de Alicante (España). Cuenta con una población de 279 habitantes (INE 2015).

Historia
Hasta 1609, momento de la expulsión de los moriscos, Campell (también escrito Campsiel) era un pueblo independiente, pero tras la repoblación en 1611 pasó a formar una unidad junto con Fleix y Benimaurell. Campell está ubicado en un espolón alargado entre dos barrancos, característica que condiciona un plano lineal.  Surgió como pueblo-calle en el camino que seguía el interfluvio (calles Cervantes y Rei en Jaume). La construcción de la carretera configuró una calle paralela con la parte trasera de las casas directamente sobre el barranco. Dicha calle atraviesa la plaza de Santa Anna, centro social del pueblo, y donde se alza la iglesia homónima. En la década de 1990 el núcleo de Campell contaba con 149 casas.

Patrimonio
Iglesia de Santa Ana (Església de Santa Anna): de planta rectangular con cubierta a dos aguas y nave cubierta con bóveda de cañón, pasillos laterales con capillas, construida en 1704.

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Vall de Laguart


Why Are More Single Women Buying Their Own Apartments?
In recent years, more and more single women are buying their own apartments. China's largest property listing website Ke.com analyzed second-hand apartment sales in 12 big cities for several years and found 47.9 percent of the recent buyers are women, the highest proportion in the past seven years. In 2014, the figure was 30 percent.
Of these women, 74.2 percent said they did not receive any financial support from their partners, 45.2 percent were helped out by their parents, and only 29 percent bought their properties on their own.
The rising trend of single women buying their apartments is now a much-discussed topic, especially on some online real estate platforms. Some believe it's a sign that women are becoming more financially capable and independent, and their attitude toward marriage is changing. With a place of their own, they will feel more secure and enjoy a more equal status in marriage.
However, the skeptics think owning an apartment doesn't necessarily mean independence for women. They think it's a ploy by real estate developers to persuade more people to buy apartments. A large number of single women still depend on their parents, not earning enough to be self-sufficient.
Pan Helin (The Beijing News): Due to economic and social developments, women are becoming increasingly more independent, both financially and socially. More and more Chinese women are choosing to buy apartments when they are still single. This is a reflection of the change taking place in their and their families' values, which in turn is impacting society.
A direct result of this is that a lot of property developers are adjusting their sale policies to woo women as they play a bigger role in house purchasing. According to traditional Chinese thinking, houses are crucial to marriage.
While men are still the majority of house buyers, why is it that women are increasingly playing a bigger role in this regard? The main reason is to cope with volatility and other risks in marriage. Women have a greater sense of security when they have an apartment of their own.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in 2018, there were 10.1 million newly married couples while the number of divorced couples hit 3.8 million, and counting. In the face of this harsh reality, a lot of women have to face up to questions like who will provide the down payment on the apartment, who will be responsible for paying the monthly installments, and how the assets, especially property, will be divided if there is a divorce.
In general, women depend more on marriage and their family than men. If they have a house of their own, they'll feel more secure and have higher self-esteem.
As women's incomes rise, their concept of marriage is changing subtly. They are beginning to value their own personal space. They are also basing marital happiness on independence.
With an asset backstop like an apartment, women are also freer to marry for love. Equal status in marriage gives them equal power in decision-making, adding to the security and stability of the marriage.
Yan Yunxia (www.xhby.net): Why is there so much hype about single women rushing to buy their own apartments? It stems from a deep-rooted discrimination against women. For many years, buying an apartment was seen as a man's responsibility, and women had to be taken care of.
The fact that more women are buying their own apartments implies an increase in their income, although there is still a gap between the earnings of female and male professionals. Besides, a growing number of females have begun to realize the importance of independence and their own value. They refuse to be subservient to men.
A striking change is taking place in women's attitude toward marriage. Once people thought that if a man owned a house and a car, it would be a happy marriage. Today, when more women are buying their own apartments, they are liberating themselves from this kind of thinking about marriage.
Is it ok to equate women purchasing apartments with independence? Real independence does not depend on material things. Besides, although many single women have bought their own apartments without depending on any male partner, some had financial support from their families. In this sense, it's wrong to equate purchasing an apartment with self-sufficiency. If this becomes a stereotype, it would be unfair to women who have not bought their own places.
The phenomenon of single women buying apartments can be interpreted from different aspects but the subject should not be abused. It should also not be hyped for commercial purposes. Buying a house should never become the final goal or something to show off, as there are more important things to strive for.
Caijingxiansheng (baijiahao.baidu.com): Who pays more attention to creature comforts? Women, mostly. Traditionally, it was thought that women's consumption was focused on things like branded garments, cosmetics and other daily commodities. However, today's single women constitute the bulk of (second-hand) property purchasers in China, particularly in big cities. Compared with women of the previous generation, today's young women have higher financial awareness and sense.
A larger proportion of women have their own business or career and are no less capable than their male colleagues. So their income is rising. Traditionally, a lot of restrictions, both tacit and implied, prevented women from taking up some jobs, including well-paid ones. However, today, more women are bravely challenging stereotyped social concepts and the restrictions imposed on them. They are now working in previously male-dominated areas like technological research and high-level business. This, in turn, has boosted their income.
Today, if asked to choose between love and material comforts, what will women say? A rising number of single women's answer will be: "I have already provided the material comforts myself." They are free to say this because they have an apartment of their own.
Today, it is rare for single women to give up the men they want to marry because they have no place to live in after getting married. In big cities, it's common for even young men not to be able to afford a house. If a couple buy a house when both partners are financially capable, their married life will be much easier.
Deng Haijian (www.youth.cn): If they have their own apartments, women who feel insecure socially will feel more secure. If they don't get married, they will still have a roof over their head. If they marry, their apartments will ensure them equal status in marital life. Therefore, to a large extent, a house is insurance for single women's future happiness.
However, this phenomenon is not worth praising to the skies. Buying an apartment does not necessarily mean financial independence and those who do not buy a house should not be written off.
The topic seems to have been hyped unnecessarily. We all know that China's property market is stabilizing in 2019. At this moment, there is this talk about single women flocking to buy their apartments. It seems to imply that even women are rushing to buy houses; so men or families, why don't you also join the rush? Are you less capable then these single women?
Worse still, it divides single women into two groups: those who buy houses and those who don't. Will that eventually make society think that single women must buy their own houses?
Another question is, how many of these single women have bought their apartment without any financial support from their families? Or how many single women or men can afford China's eye-popping housing prices?
Whether they buy a house or not, people go on with their lives. Everyone should live within their financial capability. It's not worthwhile buying a house beyond one's means and then groaning under the huge financial burden for the rest of one's life.
For single women who have not bought an apartment or are planning to purchase one, my advice is, don't be swayed by the property ads. Instead, listen to your own heart.


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Prince Harry says he only cried once after Princess Diana died and felt 'guilt' for smiling on a walkabout outside Kensington Palace following her fatal crash
In a promo clip for his ITV interview with Tom Bradby, Prince Harry said he felt guilt for smiling in public after Princess Diana died in a car crash.
So many people are dying from COVID in China that a crematorium is giving families 5 to 10 minute slots to mourn victims
Demand for funeral home services has spiked so high that people are queuing up outside crematoriums to sell their spots to grieving families.
Kids as young as 9 are in therapy and having nightmares after witnessing two cops storm a funeral and suddenly shoot down a relative, a West Virginia family alleges
One family member told Insider she's been having nightmares, and if she sits still for long enough, she begins to hear people screaming in her head.
'As soon as they shot him up, we got swarmed': West Virginia family recalls the moments two officers interrupted a funeral and shot their nephew dead
Jason Owens put his dad's casket down, hugged his aunt, spun around when he heard officers call his name, and then collapsed, the family said.
Photos show the Queen's coffin being lowered into the Royal Vault at St George's Chapel
The Queen will then be laid to rest in the King George VI memorial chapel and Prince Philip will be moved from the Royal Vault to join her.
5 ways royal family members made subtle tributes to the Queen with their funeral outfits
Princess Charlotte wore a small diamond brooch in the shape of a horseshoe that was gifted to her by Queen Elizabeth II.
Photos show how the royals have mourned in modern history over the years
Members of the British royal family are grieving after Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
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From cancer screenings to hip replacements, hospitals are canceling care on the day of the Queen's funeral. People who have waited years for treatment are furious.
The Queen's funeral will be a public holiday. Many hospitals have canceled scheduled appointments, putting patients back on waitlists that span years.
Plainclothes officers seeking a man at a funeral in West Virginia fatally shot him soon after he helped place his father's casket in the hearse, witnesses say
Witnesses told the AP that officers opened fire without warning while pursuing the man at his father's funeral as part of a US Marshals investigation.
King Charles wants the UK to enter a 'period of mourning' ahead of the Queen's funeral. It's unclear what that will look like.
The Queen's death has triggered a period of royal mourning that will last until a week after her funeral, according to a statement from King Charles.
A funeral home owner sold organs and body parts without permission for years and returned fake cremations where customers received concrete mix or swapped ashes, prosecutors say
In an email to a medical customer buying organs, the woman wrote, "How about a deal on 3 full embalmed spines....$950?"
I'm the daughter of a funeral director. Here's what being surrounded by death taught me about life.
My father is the county coroner and mortician, which means he is always on call. Growing up was hard, but I've since learned to appreciate his job.
A woman's family was finally able to put her to rest with a socially-distanced funeral complete with turquoise face masks and white attire — nearly two months after she died
On Sunday March 8, Joanne Paylor, 62, died at her home in southwest Washington from a heart attack. On Sunday May 3, her family finally said goodbye.
This LA death doula is bringing comfort to the dying and grieving during the pandemic
Death midwife Alua Arthur is busier than ever, but she's had to adapt rituals and hands-on care to the realities of social distancing.
Religious leaders are facing the challenge of holding funerals as social distancing limits gatherings to bury the dead
"It was very frustrating not to hug them. It's very hard to be supportive on the screen," a Northwestern professor named Steven Thrasher said.
Washington state bans non-immediate family members from attending funerals due to social-distancing recommendations
Gov. Jay Inslee announced the measures as part of his "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" initiative. Washington had the first US case and death from COVID-19.
Funeral service professionals are the 'last line of defense' against the coronavirus — here's how they're bracing for the pandemic
While health care providers in hospitals and clinics are preparing to care for the living, the funeral workers are prepping to care for the dead.
China says Wuhan coronavirus victims who die should be quickly cremated without funerals as death toll rises
As the Wuhan virus continues to claim lives, Chinese authorities issued regulations banning funerals for victims and requiring immediate cremation.
Funerals have begun for the 31 people killed in the Dayton and El Paso mass shootings
Victims of the shootings include a 15-year-old high school sophomore, and two young parents who died shielding their infant son.
SpaceX is about to launch 152 dead people's remains into orbit aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket
A company called Celestis has tucked small pods of cremated "participants" into a spacecraft that will also carry NASA's Deep Space Atomic Clock.


Apple employees make the company $419,528 in profit each, ahead of the staff of Google, Microsoft and Intel, according to a report.
Apple employees are more profitable than employees of Google, Microsoft and Intel - and several other major technology brands for that matter, according to a report.
Web metrics firm Pingdom, sourcing its data from Yahoo Finance, worked out that Apple earned a profit of $419,528 (£258,885) per employee in the past 12 months.
"One reason (of several) that profit per employee is such an interesting metric is because it gives you a number that doesn't depend so much on the size of the company. In other words, it becomes easy to compare companies of different sizes," Pingdom writes on its blog.
Google employees were worth $336,297 (£207,469) to their bosses; Microsoft staff $244,831 (£151,041) per head; Intel bods had a value of $130,267 (£80,364) each and Cisco's workers made their company $107,214 (£66,145) a pop over the last year.
However, go back a couple of years and things looked somewhat different. Google ($209,624) and Microsoft ($194,297) were both ahead of Apple ($151,063).
"In 2008, Google was leading this list, but now Apple has surpassed it by quite some margin. This isn't because it's not going well for Google, but rather because it's going spectacular for Apple," Pingdom wrote.
In terms of number of employees, Apple has 46,600 in 2011 compared to 32,000 in 2008. Microsoft had 91,000 in 2008 and now has 2,000 fewer, whereas Google has expanded from 20,164 to 26,316.
"Keep in mind that we here at Pingdom are techies, not financial analysts. If you make investments based on this article and end up losing money, don't blame us."


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Q: replication from mongodb atlas to on premise? I want this functionality - https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/replication/ - except that my primary will be a node in mongodb atlas on awas and some of my secondaries will also be in atlas aws, but I will also have some secondaries on premise running in a kubernetes cluster.
Basically I want one read/write mongodb master and many read-only secondaries, some secondaries in public cloud and some secondaries on premise. So I am looking for using mongodb for that - if mongodb cant do that, can you please recommend some other database that might be able to do it ? I would prefer a nosql db, but if nothing can do it then a sql db is also fine.

A: You can't currently have an Atlas cluster with a node outside of Atlas however it should be possible to maintain a mirror of your main cluster using a ChangeStream to mirror all writes to one or more on premise nodes.


The client wanted an indoor swimming pool building partially sunken into a sloping site, with a green roof and large glazed elevation. The location of the site within a National Park presented challenges to overcome, including complying with a Dark Skies policy.
However, the applicant achieved a successful outcome with OSP providing planning and architectural services, including CGI imagery and photomontage images to support the planning application.


Our history begins over 100 years ago.
Guarding company Kjøbenhavn Frederiksberg Nattevagt founded in Denmark, and begins to grow internationally.
Security companies Securicor and Group 4 emerge, and grow throughout Europe.
Group 4 Securitas enters the U.S. market by purchasing American Magnetics Corp.
American Magnetics Corp. rebrands as AMAG.
Group 4 Falck purchases The Wackenhut Corporation, the second-largest security services company in the US.
Group 4 Falck merges with Securicor to establish Group 4 Securicor.
Group 4 Securicor rebrands as G4S.
G4S acquires Touchcom, Inc (now part of G4S Secure Integration), MJM Investigations, Inc. (becomes G4S Compliance & Investigations), and RONCO Consulting Corporation.
G4S acquires Adesta, a U.S.-based security integrator, and Sunshine Youth Services (becomes G4S Youth Services).
The Wackenhut Corporation rebrands as G4S Secure Solutions (USA) Inc.
G4S acquires Western Investigations Pty Limited Australia (part of G4S Compliance & Investigations), and Nuclear Security Services Company (NSSC) (part of G4S Secure Integration).
G4S acquires The Cotswold Group, merging with G4S Compliance & Investigations.
Adesta rebrands as G4S Technology, LLC.
G4S Technology rebrands as G4S Secure Integration.
G4S Youth Services sold to BHSB Holdings, Inc.


As far as we know, the only child of Henry's that was christened before dying at a premature age was his son Henry, Duke of Cornwall. Henry was born on New Year's Day and died nearly two months later on February 28th, 1511. He received a full state christening, as well as a full state funeral when he was buried in Westminster Abbey.
As to the other lost children of Henry and his doomed queens, they do not appear to have received a baptism, as most of them died shortly after birth or were born dead. However, according to several contemporary sources of the time, this wasn't necessarily the "end". While the dogma of the church instructed parents that an unbaptized child would pass into purgatory, it was apparently understood that if a child was born of "true believers" then that child could make it to heaven as long as it was buried among other true believers (thus the burial of Henry's lost children in various churches). It also helped if you had money to beg for an intercession on the child's behalf.
"that if any infant die without public baptism first to it ministered, that the same is not to be condemned or adjudged as a damned soul, but to be well hoped of, and the body to be interred in the churchyard, yet without ringing our any divine service or solemnity, because the same was not solemnly professed and received into the church and congregation."
While that statement was written by a clergyman for the Stewart times, there is no reason to think that it did not also apply to the death of children under Henry VIII.
I recommend looking for the book "Birth, Marriage, and Death: Ritual, Religion and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stewart England" by David Cressy.
It is usual for Catholic new borns whose lives seem at risk to be baptised then and there. Any Christian can baptise according to Catholic teaching.
Isnt it also true that midwives were granted the authority to christen infants who were about to die soon after birth? I have read that in several places. Surely then if that is the case either a midwife would of baptised them or a priest would of been brought from close by.


In keeping with the theme of yesterday's post here's a video from one of my favorite bands and pretty much summarizing what I think of love right now, lol.
And no, I'm doing this partly in jest, so no I'm not in some deep depression right now about it all, so please no one needs to worry about me.
I thought it time for a new banner for conventions. The art is by Javi Laparra.
How did we end up on Season 11 already?
The last season I watched was the seventh. That was the one where….do I mention it with a Spoilers warning? It was five years ago, you would think it was no longer a surprise, but I'm sure there are some people out there that hasn't seen it yet, so I'll refrain from giving the name of the person who dies. But that's how long it's been since I watched Supernatural. I've been a big fan of this show for the first six seasons. I watched Season 7 and did not find it up to the quality of the previous seasons. But I still hadn't meant to stop watching it. A lot of shows have a bad season, doesn't mean I'm giving up on them if I really like them.
Supernatural was one of those shows I never watched when it first aired. Between my work schedule and trying to find time to write and somehow squeeze in a little time for other things I rarely watch television as it airs. There are some shows I make it a point to. Or as close to possible as I can. Most of viewing today is done on Netflix or Hulu, which means I'm watching a day late, but that's fine. Even when I had Direct TV I didn't watch Supernatural as it aired. I would wait and buy the DVD collection when it came out and than spend a week binge watching. I know binge watching is a thing now, but I was doing this before it was coined for some shows. Some shows just watch so much better when you can go directly from one episode to the next and not have to wait a week inbetween. Supernatural was always one of these shows for me.
So when Season 8 came out I bought it. Somehow it was put on the shelf and I never got around to watching it. Season 9 comes out and I do the same thing. I don't think Season 10 has come out yet, if it has I haven't bought it yet. I was trolling Netflix the other day for something to watch and realized I was way behind on my Supernatural viewing. So I've started watching Season 8. I have a lot of binge watching now, three Seasons to catch up on.
The good news is that I'm really enjoying this season of Supernatural.


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Obituary: Kay Pierce
October 4, 2006 4:51 PM by Tom Whipple
Kay Pierce, a native of Buhl, Minnesota, and a resident of Falls Church for the past seven years, passed away Thursday, September 28, after an extended illness. She was 79. She was the sixth of 10 children of Matilda (Bacich) and John Strilich.
Ms. Pierce was a graduate of the Minneapolis Business College, was employed by Northwest Airlines in Minneapolis, MN from 1948 – 1950, the US Army in Japan from 1950 – 1952, the City of Buhl, MN for 16 years, and retired from the St. Louis County District Court Office in Hibbing, MN. Ms. Pierce was an avid cross country skier, enjoyed golf, curling, ice skating, and she loved to read. She also served as a Girl Scout leader for several years and did volunteer work for the Girl Scouts. Throughout her life, Ms. Pierce continually toiled to rejuvenate her mental and physical strengths. Her appetite for knowledge never ceased. She loved to read and she kept up on current political and environmental issues.
Although Ms. Pierce loved the bucolic environment of northern Minnesota, she moved to Falls Church, VA in 1999 to be with her daughter and daughter's family. While in Falls Church she worked part-time at the Mary Riley Styles Library.
Ms. Pierce is survived by a daughter, Nancy Pierce (David Butts), grandchildren Katja and Beau Butts of Falls Church, VA and Amanda Ann Butts of York, PA, a brother, Bill Strilich in Cedar Rapids, IA, and numerous nieces and nephews with whom she was very close.
A family member wrote, "An understanding of the authentic character of Ms. Pierce is conceptualized when one witnesses her appreciation for life. She found such joy in observing a snowfall, a sunset, a leaf. This love of God's work carried over in the nurturing of her family and friends. She will be dearly missed by so many whom she has tenderly touched."
A memorial service will be held at Dulin United Methodist Church, Falls Church, VA on October 8 at 4:00 p.m. by Pastor Davies Kirkland. Another memorial service and the interment will be held in Buhl, MN at a later date. The family requests that memorials may be made to Capital Hospice, www.capitalhospice.org/support/memorial.


MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The crocodile that died while being trapped following two people being attacked was buried in a special place in Gables by the Sea.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed the croc nicknamed "Pancho" bit two swimmers in late August.
CBS4 News obtained a picture of the grave for Pancho.
The crocodile created controversy in the community where it was one of two crocodiles that called the area home.
According to officials Pancho, a 13-foot croc, was responsible for biting two people, a man and a woman, as they were swimming in a canal.
Alejandro Jimenez, 26, of Doral, was bitten in the hands and torso. Lisset Rendon, 23, of Miami, was bitten in the back and shoulder area.
FWC said that night video and photos taken of the croc that bit Jimenez and Rendon revealed a distinctive mark on the croc's front leg.
Pancho, due to distress and exhaustion from being caught in a trap, later died.
Removal of the crocodiles left neighbors divided–and Poncho's death as a result of trying to free himself upset many people in the neighborhood.
The croc was buried in an area known as Paradise Point and now has a grave marker.


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