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A Review of Partial Discharge Signals Occurrence in Polluted High Voltage Insulator
Hosein Fadaeeasrami
Faramarz Faghihi
Hosein Mohammadnezhad
Department of Electrical Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
The application of sufficiently intense electric fields to insulators induces finite currents and then the insulators become conductive. This phenomenon is called dielectric breakdown and known as a fundamental non-equilibrium and nonlinear transport phenomenon in solids. Partial discharge (PD) is a small electrical avalanche caused by locally disrupted electric fields in dielectric materialsand is known to be one of the major factors which accelerates the degradation of electrical insulation. Pollution is the most important cause of external electrical failure of the insulator, fol-lowed by the operation of relays and the exit of transmission lines from the power grid. It is believed that the flashover and partial discharge phenomena are strongly related to environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity, pressure, pollution, and even space charges. In this review paper, we will identify the types of insulators associated with pollution sources and present laboratory results while defining partial discharge and its effects on equipment.
Partial discharge
flashover
Receive Date: 21 September 2020
Revise Date: 02 December 2020
Accept Date: 03 December 2020
Fadaeeasrami, H., Faghihi, F., Mohammadnezhad, H. (2021). A Review of Partial Discharge Signals Occurrence in Polluted High Voltage Insulator. Signal Processing and Renewable Energy, 5(1), 51-78.
Hosein Fadaeeasrami; Faramarz Faghihi; Hosein Mohammadnezhad. "A Review of Partial Discharge Signals Occurrence in Polluted High Voltage Insulator". Signal Processing and Renewable Energy, 5, 1, 2021, 51-78.
Fadaeeasrami, H., Faghihi, F., Mohammadnezhad, H. (2021). 'A Review of Partial Discharge Signals Occurrence in Polluted High Voltage Insulator', Signal Processing and Renewable Energy, 5(1), pp. 51-78.
Fadaeeasrami, H., Faghihi, F., Mohammadnezhad, H. A Review of Partial Discharge Signals Occurrence in Polluted High Voltage Insulator. Signal Processing and Renewable Energy, 2021; 5(1): 51-78.


Every language on earth is used to communicate. English is the common language of the world. When we say what we say in English, often there are common reasons why! Sometimes spoken English is much different than the way we learned grammar. Some words in English have very specific definitions while many do not. Just because a word has a certain definition, it does not mean that word is used only one way. Native speakers of English use certain words commonly to communicate. Just like in every language, there are simple definitions and colloquial speech. In American English, the word "Goodbye" is not commonly used in everyday conversations. The word "Goodbye" in American English has a finality to it! The word goodbye is extremely formal and should not be used in everyday speech. There are many other ways to depart in the English language. Take a look at the examples below. Ask your teacher for more examples and ways to be polite in the English language.
There are many more ways to say goodbye in English. Ask your teacher for more examples!


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Jude Ower is CEO of Playmob and was recently named the 'One to watch in 2015' at the Talent Unleashed UK 2014 Awards by Richard Branson and one of the top 100 women in Tech in Europe.
Jude uses use game play to make the world a better place. Founder and CEO of PlayMob. Creating the world's first platform profitably connecting games to social good. A win win for all. With clients and partners including Rovio (Angry Birds), WWF and Unilever.
A growing Business 'Young Gun' 2012, and Shortlisted on Red's Hot Women Awards 2012 and runner up Young Entreneur of the Year 2012. Built Playmob up to be winner of Best Start Up 2012 Launch Conference and finalist in Europas 2011 and BBAA awards.
BAFTA games judge, member of NEXTERS, UKIE (UK Interactive Entertainment), and speaker at various events such as Iod, MADE Festival, SXSW, Women in Games, Browser Games Forum, Games for Brands, London Games Conference, Social Games Summit and [email protected] Also a Titan for Doug Richards School for Creative Startups.

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Bulls focus on containing Portland's Aldridge
Bulls clinch playoff berth but don't celebrate
Posted on Mar 29
Surprisingly, Bulls players were not huddled around the radio late Friday night after the dispiriting 91-74 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.
Joakim Noah, who had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists, sat for a long time in his locker stall staring ahead. Jimmy Butler quietly picked at his cell phone. Taj Gibson dressed quickly, pulled on a bright white Los Angeles Dodgers uniform top and excited the locker room.
"We're all disappointed the way we played tonight," said Noah. "That edge wasn't where it needed to be. I'm sure, I'm 100 percent sure, we'll get it back."
Yes, even before the Knicks game with the Phoenix Suns ended. Had the Bulls defeated the Trail Blazers, the Bulls would have clinched a playoff spot. So, instead, they had to wait out the Knicks' result. No one did. Perhaps they couldn't find a radio. Perhaps no one knew what a radio is.
Break out the official playoff hats and t-shirts. That's $19.95 each and get your orders in.
Suns win! Suns win!
The Bulls are going to the NBA playoffs!
OK, maybe it's not a big story with the Bulls now 40-32 after the loss to the Trail Blazers and the recent stretch that has seen them rank among the best teams in the NBA the last three months. So the discussion had become all about seeding, a potential first round playoff matchup and whether it's better to face the Pacers or Heat in the second round.
"We pay attention to everything; it's our job to pay attention to what is going on," Noah said about if players monitor the standings and potential matchups. "But what's important is us. There's 10 games left. We've been playing pretty good basketball. Today is a bump in the road. We're all disappointed the way we played tonight. That edge wasn't where it needed to be. I'm sure, I'm 100 percent sure, we'll get it back."
The Bulls, as Noah noted, didn't have much in being shot down, figuratively, and literally shot out of the arena as the Trail Blazers were 10 of 22 on threes to three of 17 for the Bulls. Though the Bulls had three players with double figure rebounds, it wasn't difficult with so many missed shots. Mike Dunleavy and Kirk Hinrich were a combined one of 15 shooting.
And the Bulls still were outrebounded as the Trail Blazers, playing a fourth game in five days on the road with the Bulls having three off days, led except for the first few minutes, by double digits the entire second half after a 15-2 third quarter start and by as much as 24 into the third quarter.
"Offensively we were just so bad," acknowledged Dunleavy. "Aside from not making shots, making the wrong decisions. Eventually it affected us on the defensive end, I think. I thought we got some good looks early on that didn't go down and it snowballed from there. Not our best; that's for sure."
And though making the playoff has been taken for granted for weeks, it wasn't after the last time the Bulls played the Trail Blazers, back in late November when Derrick Rose suffered his season ending knee injury. The Bulls then went into a month long dive that saw them lose 11 of their next 14 games.
The sentiment in the community seemed overwhelming to effectively throw the season, to purposely lose for a draft pick.
Then just as the Bulls were beginning to recover with five wins in their next seven games to get within four games of .500, the team traded the popular Luol Deng, who'd emerged as the team's leading scorer in Rose's absence.
The Bulls got 10 points and eight rebounds from Boozer in the first quarter.
There are not many teams that can survive losing their two top scorers, and in that fashion. It did seem, to many, like the team was giving up. No one would have blamed them at that time. And, in fact, few believed the Bulls were a playoff team any longer. Rumors swirled of multiple players being dumped for draft picks. Questions circulated among even the players about whether all the work was worth it with everything going on around them.
But coach Tom Thibodeau never wavered, that this was a team that could and would compete.
And the character of the players would not allow them to give less than their best no matter what anyone else believed or suggested.
The rest is in the results. The Bulls got back to .500 with an overtime win over the Lakers Jan. 20, won in San Antonio to open their Western Conference trip, stumbled a bit and then won 16 of the next 23 with Friday's loss. That included wins over the Heat, Pacers, Nets, Raptors, Rockets, Mavericks and Warriors and overall nine of 15 wins over playoff teams.
That's a strong playoff statement for a team that was a questionable playoff team a few months into the season.
They didn't care to celebrate Friday. But the Bulls could have. There are no banners for it and not much acknowledgment. But it does mean something for this team and all it's endured this season.
The Bulls Friday just got outplayed by a more desperate team.
The Trail Blazers, 47-27, had suddenly been in danger of falling out of the playoffs after being one of the biggest stories of the first half of the season. They started 22-4 to lead the West and there was title talk in Portland. By last week losing the first three on an Eastern trip, they'd fallen within two games of ninth place in the West. But they got LaMarcus Aldridge back from injury, won in Atlanta Thursday and then dominated a not so desperate Bulls team Friday.
"We were flat," said Thibodeau. "They had something to do with that. We did not cover the (three-point) line like we would like to. It just seemed like we were a step behind the play. A couple of them were scramble threes and you can live with that. A couple other ones we lacked discipline on close outs, allowed the ball to get to the middle. They played unselfishly. But we did not cover the line the way we needed to."
It was more than that. The Bulls got 10 points and eight rebounds from Carlos Boozer in the first quarter and Noah dribbling all the way for a score as he'd do three of four times in the game for a score or assist. But Portland's ball movement was sharp, emphasizing moving side to side which few teams can do effectively against the Bulls. Portland also is a good team in transition, and the Bulls were lost in transition too often.
The Trail Blazers inched ahead 19-16 after one quarter in the Bulls sort of slower game. But the Trail Blazers surged early in the second quarter with a small lineup featuring shooters around either Aldridge or Robin Lopez, the latter also with five blocks.
D.J. Augustin had 15 points and seven assists with Kirk Hinrich in early foul trouble and playing just 17 minutes.
Aldridge had just five points as Noah defended him well, but 13 rebounds. Mo Williams led Portland with 18 points off the bench and slick point guard Damian Lillard had 16 points.
But the Bulls were unable to take advantage of their physical presence against the smaller lineups. Boozer had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Taj Gibson had 13 points and 10 rebounds. D.J. Augustin had 15 points and seven assists with Kirk Hinrich in early foul trouble and playing just 17 minutes.
But the Trail Blazers took advantage of the Bulls big men switching onto guards, which the Bulls usually do well, with excellent three-point shooting. Portland took a 47-36 halftime lead and then blew it apart with Nicolas Batum with a pair of threes and Wesley Matthews with another in the first two and a half minutes of the second half. That left the Bulls behind 60-38, and there wasn't much recovery from there.
"They played really well," said Noah of also losing 11 of the last 13 to Portland. "They are a really good team. They played with a better edge than us. We got beat in every aspect of the game. No excuses. We didn't have the edge we usually do. Maybe the (three-day) break did something; maybe it didn't. We're disappointed, but we've go to bounce back."
The Bulls did have a spark of effectiveness with an 11-2 run to close the third quarter and trail 73-58 after three. But a Lillard three to open the fourth started a 9-1 Portland run back to a 23-point lead and a soon-to-come appearance from Jimmer Fredette.
It wasn't a night for the Bulls to celebrate. But it was one that did mean something from where they were to where they are.
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5 Reasons Why I Will Continue to Give All I Have Coaching Water Polo to Youth
The young men of this private parochial academy need me to coach them water polo.
by Nick Matthews
Boy, I'm gassed. Whew.
Me and the team just had one heckuva scrimmage in the auxiliary pool. Hang on. Catch my breath.
I made Bramton play with the gold caps (mostly frosh and sophs) and I couldn't be more proud of his leadership. What a fighter. And Lindley? We get him in the weight room this summer and he's gonna be a whole different type of cat come September.
You know what? I'm not afraid to say that I love this group of outstanding young men and I will continue to give all I have coaching water polo to the youth of this prestigious and historic parochial academy.
1. Water polo teens are among our most at-risk youths.
I don't know what it is about this hardscrabble game that appeals to down-on-their luck boys, but water polo players are by and large the most disaffected and troubled group of athletes in sport.
I cannot tell you how many of my players text their drivers after matches for a ride back to the manse because their fathers are still at the office "performing open-heart surgery on infants" or "governing the state." Enduring an uncertain home life has placed a chip on nearly all of my athletes' shoulders, and it breaks my heart (metaphorically, because water polo has contributed to my tremendous cardiovascular health) to see them struggle.
2. Aquatic mobility and endurance are becoming increasingly marketable skills as the polar ice caps disintegrate and our world floods beneath us.
Like I tell my kids every day before conditioning, "In 2025, when Earth is a fish tank, the most important qualifications an applicant can include on his resume will be his resting heart rate and his PR in the 1600 free. You will be useless in business if you are unable to tread water uninterrupted for a ninety minute sales presentation."
But these youngsters don't take me seriously. They say that everybody has an 80-foot yacht with an escape sub these days and that the family's multi-national corporation will be passed to them well before our planet is submerged in water.
I stay up nights worried that my boys will not strive to be anything more than the chairman of the board of directors for a Fortune 500 trans-Atlantic conglomerate.
3. This game needs legends.
In 1987, nearly 5,000 teen boys worldwide played water polo at their lake estates, their local prep school, or the club pool. This period of global fascination with the game is the golden age of water polo and was the heyday of some of the game's greatest players.
In the past twenty years, however, water polo's profile has diminished. This is a shocking development considering that all that is needed to play this great game is access to a still body of water at least 2 meters deep, 20 meters long, and 10 meters wide, a handful of young men with years of swim training, several pairs of swim goggles and caps, a ball, and no interest or skill in the dozen or so sports that are regularly televised.
The path to becoming a water polo legend has never been more open. Unfortunately, fame has lost much of its allure to today's crop of water polo prospects because many of them already have Wikipedia pages with titles like "Whitman Morris Glossing III (heir to pharmaceutical empire)" and a verified Instagram account.
4. The doggone game is in my blood.
I was practically born in the indoor pool at my family's summer home in Telluride. By the time I was 9, my father and I would spend all of his time off from the firm in the home theater, watching game tape of some of those classic brawls his Tifton Academy boys would have with those stuck-up trust fund babies over at Caldwell. It was there, bouncing on my father's knee while our houseman Kensington brought us refills of cream soda, that I learned that water polo is not a game for the privileged.
If you want to be a difference-maker, you need to specifically instruct the kitchens to have breakfast ready for you at 5:30 AM, direct the grounds crew to adequately heat the pool for early morning swims, and hire additional security so that one of the guards may be relieved from his gate duties to shag balls for your two hour shooting sessions.
5. You're telling me you wouldn't want to spend retirement splashin' around the deep end with these knuckleheads?
Gosh darn do I love these young men. You won't believe what Palmer said to me the other day after practice. He said, "Coach, one day, when my father succumbs to senility and I alone am left to lead his real estate kingdom, I will think of you every time I violate a protection mandated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to greater enrich my shareholders, because it's just like you said: 'If the official didn't see it, it's basically legal.'"
Honest to God, I got misty and had to dunk myself to save face.
This is why I do it, folks. Water polo makes a difference.
Nick Matthews Chicago
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info@wtny.us January 18, 2022
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The Health of Water
Changing The Water Narrative � Fusing Indigenous & Non-Indigenous Perspectives
By Suzanne Forcese
�As Indigenous Peoples, First Nations recognize the sacredness of our water, the interconnectedness of all life, and the importance of protecting our water from pollution, drought, and waste.... Many First Nations seek to restore the Traditional ways of protecting the health of water and to share these ways with the world.� -- The Assembly of First Nations
Natural Action Technologies� CEO, Jonathan Butts, and entrepreneur/innovator, Trever Andrew share an understanding of water and a solutions-oriented vision.
With the world's water in crisis, both men are looking to merge their technologies, to revitalize water, to educate, and to give momentum to water sovereignty. �It all starts with the health of the communities,� Butts told WTNY.
�First we teach them the technologies to revitalize their water. We allow them to reclaim their water and in so doing they reclaim their power.�
�I believe all of us who are Guardians of Water should be called �Indigenous�,� Jonathan Butts told WTNY
When Sewllkwe (pronounced SELL-kwuh) Book was designed and created by Trever Andrew it was because Water was his teacher. By listening to his fused Indigenous and non-Indigenous teachings, his inner voice guided him to be an innovator in creating a solution in what he calls �today�s broken hierarchy�.
Trever Andrew is a member of the Secwepemc (Schuswap) Nation in Adams Lake, British Columbia, Canada. Sewllkwe Book, a digital record of a community�s water, replaced outdated manual systems to record and analyze water. The cloud-based technology� accessible on a cell phone or tablet-- ensures a permanent record of drinking water quality and wastewater while also providing swift action steps for remediation.
It is the structure that is put in place to protect the public from illness and death. It includes governments, the United Nations, WHO, and agencies such as the EPA, Health Authorities, the CDC, education programs. Also, professionals � water hydrologists, water managers, engineers.
�Yet they fail to protect us. It is a broken hierarchy.�
�I am embarrassed to say First Nations have the worst water qualities. The water data program is old and dysfunctional. It hasn�t helped the water advisories and issues.�
Andrew sees faulty logic in engineers dictating the technology.
�Engineers do not have to be in compliance with the health authority.�
Another fault in the hierarchy is the water managers who monitor and control what is released to the public.
�Old tech adds to the weakness in reporting.�
The Sewllkwe (which means water) Book App was a result of Andrew�s fused education�an Indigenous perspective combined with non-Indigenous teachings.
�My biggest teaching of my fused education in water is that it taught me not to be a sheep to other water experts. It gave me the confidence to create a new solution for Water. The �experts� are still practicing and exercising the stagnant technology of the sixties.�
Andrew�s teachers were the First Nations Elders across Canada.
�My elders taught me science. We know about sewllkwe and we First Nations were very educated with water technology.�
Andrew�s non-Indigenous teachings gave him a close-up view of the water molecule.
�That has shown me how sensitive, how important it is not to distort or to destroy that amazing natural engineering brilliance.�
Living water, as it occurs in a pristine natural environment, implies a definable and organized molecular and atomic alignment between hydrogen and oxygen.
Butts explains, �Once atoms are properly aligned, they align amongst themselves. This orchestration is distinctly different from water that has been dammed, pumped, contaminated with electromagnetic vibrations, chemicals or other random mismanagement.
�This interference with water�s natural ability causes divisiveness. Oxygen and hydrogen become aggressive, and the overall state of this water is destructive.
�Also, the way we move water removes its life force. Mankind's interaction with water has largely been one of interference with natural motion.�
Andrew adds, �Viktor Schauberger studied the natural flow of water and how Nature designed a path for water to flow. This is what we need to pay attention to. We cannot stop water�s flow without consequences. This is a breach of sacred and natural law. In order to sustain life, water must be alive. Water is an unselective host body for nutrients and pollutants alike. The quality of the water determines which role it will play � life sustaining or life threatening.
"If humans and the environment are to be healthy, we must work with the laws of Nature and understand how to help water to retain its life force."
Butts and Andrew are moving toward a solution.
�Once we get everybody healthy with living water, we want to teach them the technology so they can manage their water.
�Ownership of their own revitalized water can also provide them with a renewed economy. For example, community members could sell their �living� water to other neighboring communities and/or trade services.�
Trever Andrew voices the new paradigm, �Water is not infinite. If we are to solve the water crisis, we need more than one teaching to introduce new solutions and technology.� .
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This Kiev hostel is located in Kiev city centre and only a 5-minute walk from Zolotye Vorota Underground Station. It features free Wi-Fi, a lounge area and 24-hour reception. Rooms at Hostel Delil offer brightly decorated interiors and heating. Bathrooms are shared. Hostel guests can use the accommodation's shared kitchen to prepare meals. A microwave, refrigerator and complimentary tea and coffee facilities are available. Within 5 minutes' walk, guests can reach Kiev sights such as the Saint Sophia Cathedral and Andreevsky Spusk street. The Olympic Stadium is 1 Metro station away and can be reached in 5 minutes. Kiev Central Train Station is a 15-minute drive from Hostel Delil. Shuttle services can be arranged upon request.
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Readings is an independent retailer of books, music and film, with seven shops operating in Melbourne at Carlton, Doncaster, Hawthorn, Malvern, St Kilda and the State Library Victoria – as well as a speciality children's and young adult bookshop, also in Carlton.
We run a lively website, where you can get the latest news on our blog, listen to our podcast, follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and purchase a range of titles online, with a $6 delivery rate anywhere in Australia on all orders under $100. We're pleased to offer free shipping on orders $100 and over being sent within Australia.
Our shops have long been at the centre of the local literary scene, both as meeting places and via our exciting calendar of events, which showcases a range of in-conversations, panels, author signings, special in-store performances and book launches throughout the year. If you are interested in holding a book event at Readings, please refer to the frequently asked questions page here.
As a cornerstone of the Australian literary landscape, Readings takes seriously its role in growing and sustaining local industries. 10% of our annual profits go towards The Readings Foundation, which was established by managing director Mark Rubbo in 2009 in order to support individuals and organisations wishing to further develop literacy, community and the arts.
Readings also runs three annual literary prizes: The Readings Children's Book Prize, The Readings Young Adult Book Prize and The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction. All three literary prizes support emerging Australian authors. Every year, a shortlist of six titles is selected for each prize by a revolving panel of Readings staff. Once the shortlist has been decided, a guest judge then joins the panel to select a winner.
Readings was awarded the Bookstore of the Year Award at the 2016 London Book Fair International Excellence Awards, and the Independent Book Retailer of the Year at the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Australian Book Industry Awards.
For many, the staff of Readings are its most worthwhile assets – whether you're getting recommendations from a staff member, reading a book review by us or even having a chat with Mark on the shop floor, it's all about sharing our love of good books with those around us.


K–12 technology professionals should not be bearing the full weight of student data privacy decisions, said FETC presenters.
K–12 schools are subject to a number of data privacy laws, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and even the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
While technology is an important part of these regulations, Denise Musselwhite, technology director for Trinity Preparatory School in Florida, and Lindsay George, chief information officer at Miami Country Day School, said K–12 IT members should be taking on an advisory position, not a leadership role, in data privacy.
While IT members should not be the ones solely making privacy decisions, there are areas where they can — and should — be offering input to help.
Access to private information is usually limited to a handful of authorized IT members, administrators and trusted faculty.
While keeping the number of people viewing private information small can be a good idea, it can also prove counterproductive if those with access are able to see more information than they need to.
A desktop management solution would limit users' access based on their specific needs. This would decrease the likelihood of staff members accidentally compromising data they should not have been accessing in the first place.
One of the best ways IT members can help their schools is by learning how other industries protect their data, said Musselwhite.
Musselwhite and George highlighted three distinct frameworks IT leaders can use to help navigate privacy protocols with their administrators: the National Institute of Standards and Technology's privacy framework, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association's privacy principles, and the International Organization for Standardization's data privacy standards.
Musselwhite and George also encouraged IT leaders to go beyond studying frameworks online and invite professionals in relevant fields to help answer some of the more difficult questions around data privacy.


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2 hurt in Rockingham rollover, dog missing
ROCKINGHAM A driver and a passenger sustained minor injuries shortly after noon Wednesay when a southbound vehicle on...
2 hurt in Rockingham rollover, dog missing ROCKINGHAM A driver and a passenger sustained minor injuries shortly after noon Wednesay when a southbound vehicle on... Check out this story on burlingtonfreepress.com: http://bfpne.ws/1cn78c3
BUR Published 5:34 p.m. ET Jan. 1, 2014 | Updated 5:41 p.m. ET Jan. 1, 2014
ROCKINGHAM A driver and a passenger sustained minor injuries shortly after noon Wednesay when a southbound vehicle on Interstate 91 veered off the roadway in Rockingham and rolled over, state police said.
The driver, David Andrews, 83, of Alpine, N.J., was in the 2010 Honda Accord with a passenger, Nancy Andrews, 81, when the officer arrived. Andrews told the officer that he left the Lake Sunapee region in New Hampshire about 10 a.m., and that they were headed home on I-91 when he fell asleep at the wheel.
Police believe the vehicle was traveling at about 60 mph when it left the right side of the highway and skidded along a snow-covered shoulder into a group of small trees, overturning and skidding another 20 feet.
Both occupants of the car were taken to Springfield Hospital and treated for minor injuries, police said. David Andrews said that small gray and black dog that had been in the car was missing.
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Alice is a student in her hometown of Strasbourg. Alice has been a volunteer since 2015 at Le Planing Familial in France. She has been involved in sexuality education by providing oral presentations and participating in discussions with her fellow students. Alice is committed to the fight for SRHR and has participated in demonstrations and events in her city. She created a feminist club in her high school to discuss women's rights with her fellow students. One of her priorities is to ensure that young people are involved with work on family planning.
Juela is a Public Health graduate and has a master's in Specialized Social Pedagogy.When she was 15 years old she started to volunteer in different organisations working with disabled kids, orphans, vulnerable populations, marginalized communities, human rights etc. Since 2018 she is an Europeer, representing Erasmus+ projects to youth of Albania. She has been part of different trainings abroad on different topics such as culture, peace building, health, human rights etc. After she came back from her European volunteering service where she worked with disabled children in Poland, she got involved with the Albanian Center for Population and Development organisation. There she worked on sexuality education, as a peer educator. There she got the opportunity to use the theory she studied during her bachelor on Public Health. With the great support of her organisation, Juela is committed to fight for SRHR and to work on CSE.


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Q: how to use same environement varibale in multiple steps in bitbucket pipelines Below script giving an error
The deployment environment 'staging' in your bitbucket-pipelines.yml file occurs multiple times in the pipeline. Please refer to our documentation for valid environments and their ordering.
image: python:3.8

options:
  docker: true

pipelines:
  branches:
    master:
    - step:
        deployment: staging
        name: Setup stage
        script:
          - echo ${db_name}
    - step:
        deployment: staging
        name: Setup cli prod
        script:
          - echo ${db_name}
    - step:
        deployment: staging
        name: Setup cli sandbox
        script:
          - echo ${db_name}

I want to use same environment variable (staging) in all steps of my pipeline. Please guide me how to do this.

A: This can't be done because steps marked as deployments must be unique.
Deployment variables are those needed to deploy the VCS to a particular deployment stage. If you are setting up administrative tasks as pipelines, those are NOT deployments.
Or if those are actual deployments, abide by the error message you are getting and make sure the declared deployment stage is unique:
image: python:3.8

options:
  docker: true

definitions:
  yaml-anchors:
    - &deploy-step
        script:
          - echo ${db_name}

pipelines:
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    master:
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        <<: *deploy-step
        deployment: staging
        name: Deploy staging
    - step:
        <<: *deploy-step
        deployment: production
        name: Deploy prod
    - step:
        deployment: sandbox
        name: Deploy sandbox

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Iranian ships have had no significant problems with insurance coverage following the re-imposition of US sanctions, according to the director of the country's Shipping Association.
Vessels can ply routes in most areas and ports of the world, Masoud Polmeh told reporters.
The IRNA website cited him as saying that due to US threats, some overseas insurance companies offer their services until the vessels enter Iranian waters.
Two Iranian insurers are also involved: Kish and Qeshm.
About a third of a vessel's operating costs are related to fuel.
Polmeh called for Iranian state bunker subsidies to help boost domestic vessels.


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Q: Angular UI-Router Can ui-view replace the original tag? I want to be able to replace the original element tag with the template. This should basically operate the same as transclusion when using the "replace=true" property.

A: So in AngularJS 1.3 replace is getting deprecated because it is very hard to resolve that type of logic in all situations with all the different attributes for elements.  There are other stackoverflow articles that cover that topic better then I can.
What we had to eventually do is write a custom attribute parser to handle each element we wanted to do that with on an element by element basis but we had to have the DOM in a certain manner for ARIA support and being able to manage some existing code bases.
I guess my real question is why are you trying to do this because that would help me give you a better answer.


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Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities - Asheville, North Carolina
Overview >> North Carolina >> Asheville
Asheville: Historical Overview
Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa Rivers, Asheville boasts a mild climate and tremendous natural beauty. Both the wealthy and those of more modest means have been drawn by the charms of Asheville. George W. Vanderbilt constructed his magnificent Biltmore Estate just outside the city in the 1890s, while many suffering from tuberculosis flocked to Asheville's mountain air and the town's sanitariums.
Jewish Collections at UNC-Asheville
History@Hand
Congregation Beth HaTephila website
Congregation Beth Israel website
Stories of the Jewish Community in Asheville
Early Jewish Residents
Although the town was incorporated in 1797, Asheville did not flourish until it was linked by railroad to national markets in the 1880s. The town's population quickly grew from 2,610 people in 1880 to almost 12,000 just ten years later. Not coincidentally, the first wave of Jews settled in Asheville around the same time the railroad came to town. By 1880, 25-year-old Polish immigrant Solomon Whitlock owned a store and lived in Asheville. That same year, Solomon Lipinsky, who had been born in Richmond, also lived in Asheville, working for Whitlock and marrying Whitlock's daughter Eva. Later that decade, they were joined by Moses Swartzberg, Morris Meyers, and brothers Lewis and Aaron Blomberg.
These early Jewish settlers opened stores in town. The 1890 Asheville city directory contained a detailed list of local businesses, which included several recent Jewish arrivals. Swartzberg owned a retail and wholesale dry goods operation, specializing in the latest fashions in clothing and gentlemen's furnishings bought from New York suppliers. Morris Meyers opened the Palais Royal store on Main Street, which remained in business for 40 years. By 1887, Lipinksy had opened his own small dry goods store, which eventually grew into one of the finest and largest department stores in the state. Lipinsky's Bon Marche store remained a fixture in downtown Asheville through 90 years and three generations of Lipinskys. Lewis Blomberg came to Asheville in 1887 for health reasons, and recognized the city's burgeoning economic opportunity. He decided to stay, opening a small cigar and newsstand. Lewis later moved into a wide array of businesses, including a sporting goods store, a salvage and hide business, and even bought the local Strand Theater. His brother Aaron, who began as a peddler outfitted by the Baltimore Bargain House, soon joined him in Asheville and opened his own dry goods store.
Organized Jewish Life in Asheville
In 1891, the small but growing Jewish community formally established Congregation Beth HaTephila. With 27 founding members, Beth HaTephila initially met at the Lyceum Hall. For their first High Holiday services, they brought down Reverend A. Jacoby from Charleston, West Virginia to lead services. Adolph Schayer, one of the founding members, served as lay leader during the weekly services. Abraham Whitlock was the group's first president. According to its founding charter, Beth HaTephila "shall be conservative." This was before a formal Conservative movement in American Judaism, so this statement likely reflected a desire to maintain Jewish traditions while introducing some innovations. Indeed, by 1892, the congregation had organized a choir and purchased an organ, the use of which was forbidden in Orthodox worship. Although they were instituting Reform practices, the congregation did not join the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (UAHC) until 1908. By 1900, they were meeting in the Knights of Pythias Hall on Friday nights and Saturday mornings with Solomon Lipinsky as the lay leader. In 1902, the congregation purchased a former church on Spruce Street for use as a synagogue.
This movement toward Reform would soon lead to a split within the small Asheville Jewish community. By 1899, a small group of new immigrants and members dissatisfied with Beth HaTephila's Reform practice formed their own separate congregation, Bikur Cholim. In its early years, the traditional congregation met at the local Odd Fellows Hall. Despite its small size, Bikur Cholim was able to employ various rabbis in its early years, although their tenures were often brief and turbulent. In 1904, Solomon Schecter, head of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, came to Asheville to negotiate a merger of the two congregationsm arguing that the Asheville Jewish community was too small to support two such institutions. His efforts to broker a compromise failed.
By 1909, Bikur Cholim was able to hire a full-time rabbi, Louis Londow, who eventually had to open a grocery store to supplement his meager income. By 1913, the congregation had acquired a synagogue on Liberty Street and Londow had been replaced by Rabbi Ellis Fox, though Londow remained in Asheville operating his store. Londow would later return to lead Bikur Cholim in the 1920s. Rabbi Fox also ran the Talmud Torah school located on Central Avenue which had been founded in 1911. Fox likely had some kind of dispute with the members of Bikur Cholim since by 1917 he had been replaced by D. Hechtor and was serving as the rabbi of Beth HaTephila.
Asheville Jews also founded other Jewish organizations. By 1907, they had established a local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women and a Zionist society. In 1916, a group of 50 Asheville Jews founded a Young Men's Hebrew Association, which rented the third floor of the Sondley Building as their headquarters. Jack Blomberg was its first president. According to a story in the local newspaper, the purpose of the organization was "to improve…the young men of the Jewish race in Asheville and to advance their spiritual, physical, and intellectual interests."
Tuberculosis Sanitariums
Several Asheville Jews were attracted to the area for its healthy air and natural beauty, as well as its tuberculosis sanitariums. Harry Finklestein was living in Jacksonville, Florida when he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He decided to move to Asheville for treatment, where he learned that he had been misdiagnosed. Finklestein liked Asheville so much that he decided to stay, opening a pawn shop in 1903. Rebecca Rosenfeld, a Russian-born widow, ran a Jewish boarding house that attracted vacationers and those seeking medical treatment.
Beth Ha-Tephila,built in 1949
Philip S. Henry
Perhaps the most notable Jew to move to Asheville was Philip S. Henry, a native Australian who made a fortune in copper and coffee before moving to the United States in 1900. After a tragic fire took the life of his wife in 1903, Henry left New York City and purchased the Zealandia Estate on Beaucatcher Mountain in Asheville, where he resided until his death in 1933. Henry added a Tudor Mansion and doubled the size of the estate. Recognized as an international Jewish leader, the globe-trotting Henry spent many years as a board member of the Jewish Theological Seminary. Henry was an avid book collector, and after he found a rare 1616 manuscript of Hapsburg history, he was summoned for a special audience with Emperor Franz Josef of Austria, who awarded him a Commander of the Order of Franz Josef. Henry was also a major art collector, and founded the Asheville Art Association and Museum in 1930. Henry also supported the Asheville Jewish community, donating money to Beth HaTephila so they could remove the steeple from the former church in which they worshiped.
Jewish Businesses in Asheville
In the early 20th century, Jewish-owned businesses lined Asheville's downtown streets, especially Biltmore Avenue. According to local historians Jan Schochet and Sharon Fahrer, there were around 25 Jewish-owned retail stores in Asheville during the 1920s. The large Michalove family owned over 20 different businesses in Asheville between 1896 and 1974, including Solomon Michalove's IXL store, which sold specialized glassware and china. In 1920, Lou Pollock opened a shoe store on Patton Avenue with his brother Ben. Over the years, Pollock's Shoes became a local institution. Each Christmas, Lou Pollock would sponsor a large party during which he would give free shoes to local needy children. In 1922, Coleman Zageir opened the Man Store, which sold men's clothing from their Patton Avenue location for 40 years. Zageir was very popular with his customers as generations of Asheville men bought their suits from The Man Store. Zageir was very civic-minded, giving anonymous college scholarships to needy students. When he died, the local newspaper and TV station praised Zageir in editorials. The University of North Carolina at Asheville honored Zageir by naming a campus building after him.
Asheville Congregations in the 20th Century
In their early years, both of Asheville's Jewish congregations struggled, especially Beth HaTephila. In 1907, the Reform congregation had only 16 members and an annual dues income of $250, too paltry to support even a part-time rabbi. Yet the 45 children in the congregation's religious school pointed to brighter days ahead. Nevertheless, by 1909, Beth HaTephila had ceased holding weekly services, meeting only on the High Holidays. By the late 1910s, the congregation had become re-energized, as Asheville's Jewish population grew from 100 in 1907 to 700 by 1927. Between 1910 and 1925, Beth HaTephila's membership tripled, and the congregation was finally able to hire a full-time rabbi.
As Beth HaTephila grew, there was an effort by some members to move away from Reform Judaism. In 1919, one board member proposed that the congregation leave the UAHC and adopt Conservative Judaism. At a congregational meeting, Solomon Lipinsky, who had been a founding member of Beth HaTephila, spoke for over an hour in favor of maintaining Reform, arguing that Judaism needed to be modernized in order to stay relevant for their American-born children. Swayed by Lipinsky's speech, the members voted overwhelmingly to maintain their affiliation with the Reform movement. In 1920, Beth HaTephila hired Reform Rabbi Harvey Wessel, a recent graduate of Hebrew Union College. The congregation thrived during the 1920s, reaching a peak of 95 members. In 1922, members founded a Sisterhood that quickly raised money for a new organ and a car for the rabbi. In 1928, the congregation bought a house on Montford Avenue as a Jewish Center for social and cultural events. The congregation even bought land for a new synagogue, but the Great Depression soon changed these plans.
The national economic downturn hit Asheville especially hard, and the same was true for its Jewish community. The number of Jewish–owned stores in downtown Asheville dropped from 25 to 8 during the Depression. Beth HaTephila reached a low of 54 members during the 1930s. The congregation had a hard time paying the mortgage on its new Jewish Center, and the house was foreclosed on. Rabbi Moses Jacobson agreed to cut his salary dramatically, but when he retired in 1934, members seriously discussed disbanding the congregation. Rabbi Louis Egelson of the UAHC visited Asheville during this crisis and convinced the congregation to soldier on. He even found them a young rabbi, Alexander Kline, who would work for a small salary. By the end of the decade, Beth HaTephila was on the rebound, growing from 73 members in 1938 to 113 in 1941. In 1949, the congregation's longtime dream of a new synagogue building finally came to fruition.
Bikur Cholim suffered its own hardships, including a fire in their building in 1916 and tremendous turnover in rabbinic leadership. Between 1940 and 1953, the congregation had seven different rabbis. Most were Orthodox rabbis who had a hard time adjusting to life in a small Southern town. By mid-century, Bikur Cholim began to move away from traditional practice as a new American-born generation took on leadership roles in the congregation. In 1949, Bikur Cholim officially joined the Conservative Movement, affiliating with the United Synagogue of America. A year later, the congregation changed its name to Beth Israel. During the 1950s, the congregation voted to shorten the Saturday morning service and change the start time from 10 am to 8 am, so members would be able to open their stores on their busiest day of the week. This change reflected the compromises that Asheville Jews had to make in order to maintain both their Jewishness and their livelihood.
Anti-Semitism in Asheville
In 1956, Beth Israel witnessed a bizarre incident in which a crazed religious fanatic entered the synagogue and smashed the pulpit furniture with a piece of wood. Taking the ark cover and wrapping it around his body, the man went out to the synagogue's front steps and began preaching, before being arrested by local police.
This strange incident was not the first occurrence of anti-Semitism in Asheville. For a long time, Jews were excluded from the local country club. Most notably, William Dudley Pelley, the virulent anti-Semite and Nazi sympathizer, moved his Silver Shirts League to Asheville in 1932. When local Jew William Rosenfeld carried the American flag during an Asheville parade, Pelley declared it an insult to America in his newsletter. Pelley never developed much of a following in Asheville and was largely ostracized by the larger community; he moved to Noblesville, Indiana, in 1942, where he was arrested and convicted of securities fraud. Asheville Jews were not intimidated by Pelley, and even established a Jewish Community Center across the street from the Silver Shirts League headquarters in 1939.
After World War II
After World War II, Asheville Jews continued to concentrate in retail trade, with many Jewish-owned stores still located downtown. In many cases, these stores were owned by the children of the founding members of the Jewish community. Five of Aaron Blomberg's children owned business in Asheville. Harry Blomberg, the son of Lewis, owned a successful car dealership and garage. In 1941, to prevent the landmark's destruction, Harry bought the boarding house that had been run by Thomas Wolfe's mother. Soon after, Blomberg sold the building to the Wolfe family so it could be preserved as a museum to the famous writer. The house still stands in Asheville today as an official state historic site. Louis Lipinsky joined his father Solomon in the family business, eventually running their Bon Marche store in Asheville. Like Harry Blomberg, Louis was very civic-minded, serving as president of the local chamber of commerce and as vice president of the Asheville City Council in the 1930s. Lipinsky was heavily involved in building up Asheville-Biltmore College, and led the effort to make the school part of the University of North Carolina system. An auditorium on the now UNC-Asheville campus was named in Lipinsky's honor. Several other campus buildings were named after local Jewish families.
Not all Jews in Asheville had retail stores. The Slossman family started with rags and today makes disposable garments and cloths, the Dave family was in the steel fabricating business, the Sternbergs were in the junk business, while the Mills family manufactures parachutes. Sprinza Weizenblatt was a renowned eye doctor, while Gus Adler ran the Sky Club, a supper club on Beaucatcher Mountain where movie stars such as Grace Kelly and Robert Mitchum went to socialize. Nearby Black Mountain College attracted Jewish artists like Joseph and Anni Albers, Ben Shahn, photographer Aaron Siskind, and poet Paul Goodman.
The Jewish Community in Asheville Today
In recent decades, the Jewish community of Asheville has thrived as the city has undergone a renaissance. Tourism and a vibrant arts scene have attracted young people and retirees to the area. Downtown's commercial district faded in the 1970s as suburban shopping centers and chain stores led to the closure of downtown retail businesses, including many Jewish-owned businesses such as Winner's and Bon Marche. Recently, downtown Asheville has experienced a resurgence, with many locally owned boutiques and restaurants opening up, though the days of Jewish retail dominance have not returned. Nevertheless, the Asheville Jewish community has grown tremendously as Jews from other parts of the country have been drawn to the city's lifestyle with its natural beauty and rustic cosmopolitanism. Asheville's Jewish population grew from 600 people in 1947 to 1,300 in 1997. In the last decade or so, the Jewish community has almost doubled, reaching an estimated 2,500 people in 2011.
Asheville's Jewish institutions have benefited greatly from this growth. Beth Israel built a new synagogue on Murdock Avenue in 1969 which still served the thriving congregation's 200 members in 2009. Beth HaTephila has seen its membership grow from 130 families in 1985 to almost 300 in 2009. The Jewish Community Center, which had been founded in 1939, tore down its old house and constructed a new building on the same site in 1994. Today, Asheville's thriving Jewish community includes the Jewish Community Center, the center for Jewish Studies at UNC-Asheville, Jewish Family Services, the Asheville Jewish Business Forum, annual food, music, and film festivals, a Jewish archive, and a Chabad House. Asheville's Jewish community has never been bigger and continues to grow, pointing toward an even brighter future.


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World's largest composite vehicular bridge opens to traffic
Reportedly the largest composite vehicular bridge in the world, the 32-ft/9.75m wide, 540-ft/165.6m long Knickerbocker Bridge opened to traffic in Boothbay, Maine.
Completed Knickerbocker Bridge.
Reportedly the largest composite vehicular bridge in the world, the 32-ft/9.75m wide, 540-ft/165.6m long Knickerbocker Bridge opened to traffic in Boothbay, Maine, on June 11. Originally a 38-span timber bridge, the two-lane highway bridge has only 4 ft/1.2m of water clearance at high tide in the harsh marine environment. A composite solution, in the form of hybrid composite beams (HCBs) manufactured by Harbor Technologies (Brunswick, Maine), was selected by the Maine Department of Transportation (Maine DoT). The HCBs were developed by HC Bridge Co. LLC (Wilmette, Ill.), a specialist in hybrid-composite structural alternatives that have been highlighted previously in CT. The lightweight beams are made with fiber-reinforced polymer, combined with concrete and steel, at a cost comparable to the traditional bridge materials, and they made it possible for the structure to bridge the 540-ft of water with just eight spans. According to John Hillman, HC Bridge president, the hybrid-composite beams also have been used on bridges in New Jersey and Illinois and on a Class 1 railroad bridge built for BNSF Railway Co. (Ft. Worth, Texas).
Hillman says that Maine DoT decided to move forward with the hybrid composite beams for this project after testing the technology at the University of Maine. He noted that, in an effort to improve the quality of new bridges in the state and to help foster economic development by growing Maine's composites manufacturing base, a composites initiative was made part of a public law, effective Sept. 1, 2008. The law has served to advance the development of composite bridges and created the funding mechanism for the Knickerbocker Bridge. As part of the initiative, roughly $11 million was provided for bridge construction projects, which include composite components.
For this project, the preliminary design report recommended that the existing wood bridge be replaced by precast box beams. However, use of the beams, which were too heavy to be supported by the existing bridge during construction, would have necessitated a large barge and crane. Eric T. Calderwood, chief engineer at Calderwood Engineering (Richmond, Maine), noted that corrosion and long-term durability were key factors in the design phase because the structure sits close to saltwater and can experience wave action. These factors made HCB attractive as a design solution.
Says Calderwood, "In this case, we had a full-size beam made up at the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center [AEWC, Orono, Maine] with the arch filled and the deck cast on it, as it would be in the field. This beam was then fully instrumented and tested for fatigue considerations, and then, once fatigue was fully satisfied, it was tested to destruction," he notes. "The beam had approximately four times the capacity required."
Construction began in the spring of 2010 with the installation of concrete-filled pipe piles with rock anchors tensioned into bedrock. In the fall of 2010, prior to completing the substructure construction, the general contractor began erection of the HCB units. The contractor was able to ship the HCB beams across the existing timber bridge, even with the posted load restrictions, and the construction proceeded at an average rate of eight beams per day. It was possible to fill each beam with concrete in approximately 20 minutes. Further, the reduced shipping and installation costs associated with the composite structures made the solution cost-competitive with the conventional precast box beams on a first-cost basis. Kim Suhr, VP of general contractor Wyman & Simpson (Richmond, Maine), says, "Each of the 70-ft [21.3m] long beams for the Knickerbocker Bridge weighed only 5,000 lb [2,268 kg]." As a result, four HCBs could be shipped on a single truck instead of the one truck per beam that would have been required for precast concrete beams. "Further, we were able to erect the beams using a small crane instead of mobilizing a 200-ton crane," he adds. "This resulted in a significant cost savings."
Suhr also cites a long-term benefit of HCB: its anticorrosive properties. "I am confident that this bridge will have a longer life span in this corrosive saltwater environment than if it was constructed of simply steel or concrete," he said. "We definitely will use HCB again." Nate Benoit, project manager of the Maine DoT Bridge Program, concurred, noting that they are already quoting some other projects using HCB.
Composite parts are formed in molds, also known as tools. Tools can be made from virtually any material. The material type, shape and complexity depend upon the part and length of production run. Here's a short summary of the issues involved in electing and making tools.
Fabrication methods
There are numerous methods for fabricating composite components. Selection of a method for a particular part, therefore, will depend on the materials, the part design and end-use or application. Here's a guide to selection.
Composite vs. corrosion: Battling for marketshare
Market trends and tighter budgets are helping to expand the use of composites to repair and replace corrosion-damaged infrastructure — aboveground and underground.


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Kanboard ist eine Open-Source Projektmanagementsoftware die auf Basis von Kanban arbeitet.

Kanboard ist eine Webanwendung und zeichnet im Besonderen eine minimalistische und einfache Bedienung und eine leichte Installation mit nur geringen Anforderung an den Webserver aus.

Kanboard steht in mehr als 30 Sprachen zur Verfügung und kann dank zahlreicher verfügbarer Plug-ins erheblich im Funktionsumfang erweitert werden.

Installationsarten
Für Einzelnutzer oder sehr kleine Teams unterstützt Kanboard die Installation mittels Sqlite Datenbank. Für größere Teams sollte ein Datenbankmanagementsystem verwendet werden. Empfohlen wird der Einsatz von PostgreSQL. Weiterhin kann MySQL oder MariaDB verwendet werden.

Benutzerverwaltung
Das Kanboard hat eine einfache Benutzerverwaltung. Es gibt nur drei Benutzerarten:

 Administratoren, die Zugriff auf alles haben und alles einstellen können
 Moderatoren, die Team-Projekte erstellen, aber keine Anwendungseinstellungen ändern können
 Standardbenutzer, die die Anwendungseinstellungen nicht ändern können, aber den normalen Kanban-Workflow abarbeiten können.

Rezeption
Laut TechRepublic ist Kanboard ein einfach zu installierendes und zu bedienendes Kanban-Board. Auch die Network World hebt hervor, dass das Kanboard eine einfache und gute Lösung sei. Fatos Xhafa und Omar K. Hussain meinen in ihrem Buch Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing, dass Kanboard einfach zu verstehen und keinen Schulungsaufwand braucht. Andrea Klein meint ihn ihrem Buch Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten schreiben, dass das Tool gut aussieht und viele Funktionen bietet, aber selber gehostet werden müsste. Laut Dieter Thomaschewski und Rainer Völker ist das Kanboard in ihrem Buch "Agiles Management" eine leichtgewichtige digitale Lösung, die für agile Lernprojekte optimiert sei. laut opensource.com ist Kanboard eine gute Alternative zu Trello. Es wäre ein minimalistischer Einstieg, aber es würde eine Reihe von Funktionen, darunter Aufgabensuche und -filterung, Unteraufgaben, Anhänge, Kommentare und mehr sowie einige anständige Analyse- und Berichtsoptionen enthalten. Zudem wird hervorgehoben, dass es einfach in eine Vielzahl von Formaten zu exportieren sei, einfach zu installieren, wenig Ressourcen verbraucht und in verschiedener Sprachen übersetzt wurde. Die Steinbeis-Stiftung meint zum Kanboard als Alternative zu Trello, dass das Open-Source Tool eine supereinfache Installation habe, keine Datenbank benötigt, keine Daten bei Dritten hostet, und auch Erweiterungen kostenlos wären. Sie weisen aber darauf hin, dass ein Webserver benötigt würde. Als Nachteil sahen sie, dass die Android-App 2019 nicht den Stand der Technik darstellte. Auch die Computerbild sieht Kanboard als Trello-Alternative. Das Tool würde bei einem minimalistischen Layout die Aufgaben sehr übersichtlich dargestellt. Es hat dafür nützliche Funktionen wie Analyse-Tools und Protokolle und Filteroptionen. Methods & Tools beurteilt das Tools ebenso als einfacher und schneller als andere vergleichbare Tools. Sie heben hervor, dass auch weniger technisch affine Nutzer dieses Tool einfach bedienen können.

Weblinks
 Kanboard-Dokumentation von RedHat
 Hochschule Bremerhaven Kanboard-Dokumentation
 Offizielle Website
 Kanboard auf GitHub
 Dokumentation
 project-management.zone Vergleich zwischen Trello und Kanboard
 Kanboard on sourceforge

Einzelnachweise

Agile Softwareentwicklung
Projektmanagementsoftware

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ITHMAAR INTERNSHIPS FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
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MANAMA, BAHRAIN – 14 September 2015: Ithmaar Bank, a Bahrain-based Islamic retail bank, continued its commitment to nurture Bahraini undergraduates into future banking professionals when it hosted twenty-three undergraduate students from five Bahrain universities for a two month-long summer internship at the Bank.
Ithmaar Bank's long-standing annual summer internship programme is hosted in line with the Bank's commitment to helping develop the next generation of banking professionals. The Internship Programme offers trainees first-hand insight into the Bank's organisational structure, as well as the key functional areas in an Islamic retail bank and an understanding of day-to-day operations. The Programme also outlines how to deal with daily challenges in real work-life situations.
Students participating in the Programme were placed in various departments at Ithmaar Bank, including Retail Banking, Banking Operations, Administration, Asset Management, Financial Institutions and Treasury, Compliance and Anti Money Laundering, Remedial and Collection, and Retail Support.
"Bahrain is a major financial hub in the Middle East, and Ithmaar Bank, as a regional Islamic banking pioneer, is proud to help develop these banking students into leaders of the future," said Ithmaar Bank Chief Executive Officer, Ahmed Abdul Rahim. "Our Internship Programme gives undergraduates the opportunity to explore and develop their potential, and we are proud to provide them with the right platform to apply theory and knowledge to an actual work situation and develop their academic, professional and personal skills," he said.
"Participants in this year's programme are from prestigious universities in the Kingdom of Bahrain and include the University of Bahrain, Ahlia University, AMA International University, the Applied Science University and Bahrain Polytechnic," said Ithmaar Bank Head of Human Resources, Enas Rahimi. "The undergraduates demonstrated commitment to learning and work and were awarded a certificate on completion of the Internship Programme and a token cash gift," she said.
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Nine students of German at the University of Leeds took part in the final round of the sixth annual German Business Students of the Year competition, held on campus on Friday 3 June.
The competition, which is sponsored by the law firm Gateley Plc, is held entirely in German and is convened by the German Honorary Consul, Mark Green, who is also a consultant for Gateley Plc.
The entrants compete in teams of three and are tasked with presenting their business idea to a panel, comprised of Green and William Ballmann, corporate recovery partner and head of Gateley's Leeds office, in a Dragons Den-themed competition.
In seeking a notional €30,000 investment, each team had to explain their business idea, their planned marketing and their financial forecasts, before being quizzed by the panel on any aspect of the business proposal.
This year's competition saw team HalloVelo come out victorious after they put forward their business plan for a peer-to-peer bike hire service to be launched in Berlin. Team HalloVelo consisted of Luke Pomeroy, Tom MacPherson and Chris Cooling.
"I am very happy to sponsor this year's event, both to deepen our firm's links with the university, as well as to encourage the students," said Ballman. "At Gateley we have many international links and fully understand the importance of being able to negotiate in foreign languages.


Have some beer with your history at The Strahov Monastic Brewery, located on the grounds of a Premonstratensian monastery. Perched on top of a hill leading up to Prague's castle, this microbrewery produces a beer named after Saint Norbert, the founder of the Premonstratensian religious order. Originally established in 1628, the brewery shut its production down in 1907. Painstakingly restored and reopened nine decades later, the brewery now includes a modern restaurant, also named after Saint Norbert. Stop by for a meal and a glass of dark or amber beer, brewed according to regulations set by a purity law enacted in 1516. For travelers who use our online itinerary creator, Prague holidays become easier to arrange, with trips to the The Strahov Monastic Brewery and other attractions mapped out and timetabled.
On the territory of the monastery are located 3 Café: old Norbert, Matushka, Inferno. All bars and beer menu miscellaneous. Liked the mother restaurant is located to the right of the stairs to the Pohorelec stop. Excellent pork kaleno, salad, beer! Huge portions, all very tasty. 5 + service! Old Norbert offers completely different menus and types of beer, but because the area is not as big as by mother, Crouch is very difficult, especially the company. In the courtyard stands a stand where you can buy beer, and stand behind. Rapolozheno thick at the top, the original town, takes its interior, but it is quite small. It is located in a cave or something the old premises of the monastery (in appearance resembles the crypt)), the menu is also pleasant. In all bars accept cards for payment. Access is very easy: Malostranska stop need pooehat by tram 22 or 23 a few stops to ost. Pohorelec. If you stand with your back to the door, you must cross the road on the left and a little go down to the end-to-end of the stairs in the building. How to pass the staircase from left to right are Mother and Old Norbert. Prices on food and beer is a bit above average, but it's worth it! Also it is close to the observation deck to get to it, it is necessary to pass through the Park, follow the signs and you will have a beautiful view of the city. Be sure to visit all three institutions!
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Brazilian superstar Neymar has become the most expensive signing in football history, after PSG confirmed the 25-year-old's transfer to the French capital on a five-year deal.
According to BBC, the sensational forward is all set to earn a whopping €45m (£40.7m) per year, which can be broken down to €865,000 (£782,000) a week. The total cost of the deal, including the £200m transfer fee, the wages, and the bonuses, amounts to approx £400m.
This mammoth transfer has surpassed Paul Pogba's switch to Manchester United by miles. The Frenchman held the previous transfer record, after he left Juventus in the summer of 2016 to return to the Premier League outfit for £89 million.
The Brazil international also appears to have overtaken former Juventus striker Carlos Tevez, who until now, held the overall weekly wage record in the world, with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua paying him a whopping £634,000-per-week.
Lastly, in terms of total earnings, Neymar is very much on the verge of eclipsing Real Madrid talisman Cristiano Ronaldo as the world's highest paid footballer.


Tobacco fields, Paris, Kentucky, 1929.
Title Tobacco fields, Paris, Kentucky, 1929.
Description A series of images of tobacco fields in Paris, Ky. Several of the images show fields that were treated with Armour Fertilizer, others with a different brand fertilizer, and some with no fertilizer.


3 Rules to Building Muscle for Beginners!
The answer is pretty simple, eat big and lift heavy! Easy in theory, hard in practice. Here are some rules to help you on your way!
Use correct exercise technique…don't just move the weight from A-B. Be in control throughout the whole movement, pause at the bottom and top of each rep.
On the lowering phase of each rep, lower the bar/dumbell slowly until the muscle is fully stretched, pause for one second then explode back up to the top of the rep until the muscle is fully contracted, pause for one second then REPEAT.
When starting off its important to stick the big movements that require several muscle groups to perform, get stronger at these before moving onto a more complex routine and implementing isolation (single-muscle) exercises.
These are exercises such as, the Squat, Bench press, Deadlift, Military press and the Bent-over row.
Initially perform these movements 1-2 times a week each, for 5 sets of 6-10 reps and nail your technique before lifting maximal weights!
To pack on muscle fast it will take getting in enough calories to fuel and recover from your workouts, and feed your muscles with enough protein, carbohydrates and fats to see them gains manifest! For those who are new to training for muscle growth, eating 4-6 times a day will seem a huge challenge but with the right plan of action it is possible!
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San Jose City Council approves pay concessions
The city had reached tentative agreements with the unions on Monday for 10 percent reductions in total compensation, said Michelle McGurk, a spokeswoman for San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed.
In a statement, Reed said funds from the concessions would help save library hours, community centers, park rangers, the anti-graffiti program and other services.
"These agreements allow us to move forward, but they do not solve our budget problems," Reed said. "Even with the concessions made to date, we still face hundreds of layoffs and substantial reductions in services in the new fiscal year and a $40 million shortfall in 2011-2012."
The five unions whose agreements were approved today are the City Association of Management Personnel, which represents senior analysts and program managers; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; the Association of Engineers and Architects; the Association of Maintenance Supervisory Personnel, representing building maintenance superintendents and building services supervisors; and the International Union of Operating Engineers, which represents maintenance assistants, park rangers and parking and traffic control officers.
Last week, the city reached an agreement with the Association of Legal Professionals that called for 10 percent concessions in total compensation from the union, which represents 46 public attorneys.
The council twice deferred making a decision on whether to impose a 10 percent cut in wages and benefits on employees or to accept a last-minute proposal brought forward by the remaining five unions last week after union representatives asked for more time to allow negotiators to review their proposal.
The unions had offered a proposal equal to a 10 percent concession in total compensation that met the city's demands, but their offer was initially rejected due to legal issues because it included a provision contrary to the city charter.


Over the past 2 decades, the growth in popularity of the term "global health" has been accompanied by various efforts to distinguish it from "international health." As a result, many misconceptions about the meaning of both terms have cropped up. In particular, fundamental attributes long espoused in international health, such as a focus on health equity and multi-disciplinary approaches, have been claimed by some to be the new and exclusive purview of global health (see this discussion in The Lancet). Whereas the term global health may signal a change in emphasis toward issues that affect everyone around the world, health programs and initiatives using both terms still address health concerns from local to national, international and global levels.
International Health has always had a multidisciplinary, health-equity focus.
International health has also always been linked with nongovernmental action, focusing on locally developed, sustainable solutions. For example, the International Health Commission at the Rockefeller Foundation, founded in 1913, worked in over 80 countries to help combat specific diseases, with a strategy based on building local institutions and strengthening sustainable public health networks, with both government and non-governmental actors.
Bilateral health assistance between governments has been and continues to be part of the world's health architecture, whether it's called global or international health. A major component of bilateral aid, however, is actually military aid and has little to do with good health.
Ultimately, neither International Health nor Global Health is an entirely accurate term. But it is important not to create or perpetuate false distinctions between the 2 that do not exist.
In 1961, the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, which I now chair, created the first academic program in this field. It began with a focus on equity, social justice, and ambitions of overcoming nationalism, socioeconomic disparities, and other barriers to health, while promoting international organizations—specifically working with WHO. The approach involved building local capabilities and organizations in collaborative and multi-disciplinary approaches, and training people to be able to work in diverse settings around the world. You can read more about the Department and why we decided to keep our name as Department International Health here.
David Peters, MD, DrPH, MPH is the Edgar Berman Chair and Professor of the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the Director of the Johns Hopkins Alliance for a Healthier World.
Although I agree with David in principle I think both terms have a wide overlap but not a complete one. Whereas International Health is historically related to a legal dimension - international law - it carries this accent in spite of a multitude of additional fields of action until today. On the other hand Global Health in my understanding rather emerged from the engagement of civil organisations with focus on a more general understanding of global population health. However, I am strongly convinced that this debate of terminological fine tuning (a third proposal was planetary health) is less important than evidence-based and effective action in the field.
Thank you for your clarification, that would help.
Isn't it true with concepts like 'Health Systems' as it is used now in LMICs imply only health care systems, which originally had a much wider focus. This is true with other concepts in public health as well, for instance primary health care in several circles are mistakenly equated as primary level care.
Thank you. In my opinion, the constant renaming of things, whether it be ligaments in the groin or health initiatives, serves little purpose other than generating banners, logos, meetings and confusion, e.g. the switch from PHC to UHC.
I think the emergence of the term global Health was ultimately inevitable considering not only the rapidly increasing complexities of health issues we face today, but also the growing articulation of several facets to the much needed interventions. Public health, population health, International Health or Global Health, nothing really has changed and modus operandi of key interventions have simply undergone obvious evolution, but the proponents of Global Health have succeeded in articulating and branding the pillars of the term; describing it as a System based, Ecological and Transdisciplinary approach to solving complex health issues across borders, through innovative, integrative, sustainable and affordable solutions within the normative framework of human rights and equity. Whatever term is used in books or by academic institutions, what is rather more important is Health for all.
In fact, I do appreciate the author's premise and we often confuse the terms and concepts around "internationalization" and "globalization".
However, I think more puzzling is the persistent focus on LMIC by global health preponderants. The global burden is chronic diseases and they afflict everyone regardless of boundaries and economies. We should focus on evidence, data, quality, safety, and value!


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ON13577
Original German WWII Rheinmetall Romanian ST-61 MG 15 Water Cooled Display Gun with Saddle Drum Magazine & Shoulder Stock
Original Item: Only One Available. During the WWII period, the German War Machine was in full swing, producing all manner of weapons. The allies of Germany also had access to much of the same weaponry, made under contract. These were usually marked with an export contract number, which usually had the prefix "ST" in front of it. For example, the ST 63 was the MG 17 Machine gun, and the ST 51 was the 2 cm Flak 30. In this way they would ensure that their allies were well armed to protect their flanks.
The German MG15, originally developed in 1932 for Aircraft use, was given the Export designation ST 61, and many ST 61 and MG 15 marked guns were sent under contract to Romania for using during the War, and they also continued to use them afterwards. While no longer considered effective aircraft weapons, they were fine for use on the ground when equipped with a special bracket and bipod. The 75 Round double Drum magazine provided ample capacity.
Many were later converted to a Water Cooled configuration in Romania, such as this example. This involved replacing the ventilated barrel jacket with a water jacket, and sleeving the ends of the barrel to get a good seal. The water jacket has a bipod attached to the bottom, and a butt stock was attached to the end to make it easier to aim.
This is a fine rare German made Romanian Contract ST 61 MG 15 non-firing water-cooled display gun, marked with the RHEINMETALL BORSIG logo, over serial No 1964. Additionally the right side of the receiver is dated 1942 next to a small Rheinmtall Borsig logo and Weimar style Waffenamt Eagle. The entire forward portion of the receiver has been replaced with a solid steel cylinder per BATF specifications, which has the top machined away so the magazine can fit, and the magazine housing was then slid over the solid steel portion.
The display gun is complete with a bipod and leather securing strap, as well as the removable folding butt stock. It also features a lovely bakelite housing trigger group, not the less desirable wooden housing. The removable carry handle is in great shape, and this really is the full setup, in great display condition!
The rare D-T15 saddle drum magazine is itself marked with serial Nr. 547, as well as the Luftwaffe stock number Fl 46300. It is also maker marked HASAG 40, for 1940 production by HASAG-Eisen- & Metallwerke GmbH, previously known as Hugo Schneider AG, Abteilung Lampenfabrik, Leipzig. It features a desirable Preßstoff (Pressed Material) Ersatz Leather carry handle. These cannot be deactivated, so they must be shipped to a location where they are permitted.
There are multiple Luftwaffe-style Weimar Eagle Waffenamt proofs on the gun, as well as part numbers and other markings worthy of research. A wonderful wartime produced ST 61 MG15 Display gun, the first one that we have had in quite some time!
The MG 15 was developed from the MG 30 which was designed by Rheinmetall using the locking system invented by Louis Stange in the mid to late 1920s. Though it shares the MG 15 designation with the earlier gun built by Bergmann, the MG 15nA (for neuer Art, meaning new model having been modified from an earlier design) has nothing in common with the World War II gun except the model number. The World War I gun used a tipping lock system while the WWII aircraft gun uses a rotating bolt/lockring. The World War II MG 15 was used in nearly all Luftwaffe aircraft with a flexible-mount defensive position.
Research of the German MG 15 Water Cooled Machine Gun-
International Military Antiques, Inc purchased some 600 original German MG 15 Light Machine Guns in 1999. These had come out of Bucharest, Romania having been supplied to the Romanian Air Force by the Germans in the mid 1930s. The German's referred to this specific Contract by marking the majority of the weapons "ST 61" however many just marked "MG 15" were also included in the delivery.
Once received by IMA it was found that only about 50% of the weapons were still in the original "Air Cooled" configuration in which all the contracted weapons were in at the time of original 1930s delivery. Research in Romania showed that when the military authorities announced that during WW2 when Romania was, initially, until late 1944, an ally of NSDAP Germany, quantities of these MG 15 air cooled machine guns were transferred from Aircraft to ground infantry use in the campaign against the Soviet Union.
Initially the now infantry use of this weapon was established by adding an Aluminum bracket directly under the ventilated Air Cooled barrel jacket that could accept an MG 34 Bipod for ground use. In turned out however that at ground level the temperatures being much higher than at say 10,000 feet altitude say, the guns over heated resulting in severe barrel damage.
The result was the NSDAP manufacturers back in Germany decided to convert the Air Cooled Mg 15 LMG to Water Cooled for ground use. Logistically this presented additional problems since Romania had no effective Machine Gun manufacturing facilities for this alteration to be carried out. The problem was increased when nearby, relatively, facilities in Austria and Czechoslovakia which were working at maximum level producing weapons being used by the German Army could not find any "machine time" available whatsoever. Germany was similarly fully committed as was Fabrique Nationale in Belgium making Browning High Power Pistols. In fact the only qualified facilities under German occupation were in France, the Germans utilizing very few French designed weapons in their Military.
As a result quantities of MG 15 Air Cooled Machine Guns were shipped to France where the required work was completed during, we understand, 1943 and then returned to the Russian Front. The only markings found on the Water Cooled version of the MG 15 to substantiate this is the stamping found on the French made Barrel front bushing which is stamped " Mitr.Rhn.7.9mm" which is abrieviation for "Mitrailleur Rheinmetal" and the German caliber of 7.92 X 57mm.Mitrailleur is French for Machine Gun and Rheinmetal-Borsig was the German Corporation that had originally supplied the "St 61" MG 15 Machine Gun Contract to Romania.
How many weapons were converted we do not know but very few in comparison to the total numbers of MG 15 Air Cooled Machine Guns NSDAP Germany turned out before and during the War time years. The only additional observation is that the Carry handles we believe are post war additions in that the design is very similar to Soviet weapons of the era. Very likely the German's had intended for leather Slings to fill this function probably very similar to the MG 08/15 version of the WW1 years.
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Q: Unable to access the properties of an object returned from an ajax call I'm quite new to JS and jQuery.
I have a problem accessing the properties of an object returned from the jQuery ajax method.
As you can see in the code below I'm trying to use the properties of the object 'data' in the success call back function to create a table row, which I then try and add to a table.

$('#add_comp').submit(function(){

        var startDate = $('#form_startDate').val();
        var initPrize = $('#form_init_prize').val();
        var active    = $('#form_active').val();

        var dataString = 'startDate=' + startDate + '&startPrize=' + initPrize + '&active=' + active;

        $.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: "/admin/competition/add-competition",
            data: dataString,
            success: function(data, textStatus, xhr){
                console.log(data);
                console.log(data.startDate);
                console.log(data[startDate]);
                console.log(data['startDate']);

                var tr = '\n\
                          '+ data["startDate"] +'\n\
                          '+ data.active +'\n\
                          '+ data.currentPrize +'\n\
                          ';
                $('#competition_table').find('tr:last').after(tr);

            },
            error: function(){
                alert('There has been an error, please consult the application developer.');
            }

        });

The success function is a bit of a mess as I'm trying a number of different ways of accessing the properties of the data object.
The first console.log(data) line returns the following in Firebugs console:

{"competitionId":null,"startDate":"08\/02\/2010","endDate":null,"winner":null,"participantPool":"4c6729aa8c8fb","active":1,"startPrize":"350","currentPrize":"350"}

This confirms the data object is there and it has the correct properties.
I assume I should be able to access the individual properties using 'data.propertyName' however all subsequent console.log() calls return 'undefined'.
How to correctly access these properties and use them to build the table row?

A: To read properties on the data object, data.startDate and data["startDate"] should both work.
As pointed out by jaywon, the problem is that your data object is a string, not an object. You can confirm this by adding another console.log line, like this:
console.log(typeof data);

That will print out "string" instead of "object". You can print out properties of the string object in the normal way, for example the number of characters is:
console.log(data.length);

To get jQuery to parse the JSON for you, you need to either set the dataType property as described by jaywon, or include this content-type header when you serve up your json:
Content-Type:text/json

If you include this header from the server, then you're example code will print the correct properties to the console.
Finally, to add a row to your table, you need to append a table row instead of a plain text string, so you should change your var tr = ... line to this:
var tr = '
' +
             '' + data.startDate    +'	' +
             '' + data.active       +'	' +
             '' + data.currentPrize +'	' +
         '
';

A: Have you tried setting the dataType property of your $.ajax call so that your call knows what kind of response to expect? When you set the dataType property to json jQuery knows to parse the JSON response into an object, otherwise it doesn't know if you're receiving back a text string, HTML, or JSON, etc... from the server.
This confirms the data object is there and it has the correct properties.
Actually, that only confirms that your data variable contains a string, it doesn't confirm that it's been parsed into an object with accessible properties.
Try this:
$.ajax({
            type: 'POST',
            url: "/admin/competition/add-competition",
            data: dataString,
            dataType: "json" //add this line
            success: function(data){ //only the data object passed to success handler with JSON dataType
                console.log(data);
                console.log(data.startDate);
                console.log(data[startDate]);
                console.log(data['startDate']);

                var tr = '\n\
                          '+ data["startDate"] +'\n\
                          '+ data.active +'\n\
                          '+ data.currentPrize +'\n\
                          ';
                $('#competition_table').find('tr:last').after(tr);

            },
            error: function(){
                alert('There has been an error, please consult the application developer.');
            }

        });

Alternatively, you can parse the JSON response yourself with an external script like JSON2.
Here is a good thread also with examples of further problems you may encounter with the server possibly not sending back the correct response header.
jQuery won't parse my JSON from AJAX query


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After temperatures exceeded 40C in parts of France on Tuesday, meteorologists are predicting storms to lash France on Wednesday.
It was nice while it lasted, wasn't it?
After a sweltering heatwave over the past two days, French weather agency Météo France has put 19 départements on orange alert for storms - all in central and eastern France (see map below).
The orange alert is the second highest on the agency's four-tiered warning system and urges the public to be vigilant.
Two of the départements, Alier and Puy-de-Dome, are also on alert for the heatwave.
Indeed, any hope of clear skies look set to be dashed for most of France on Wednesday, with the storm alerts spreading eastwards throughout the day and into the night (see maps below).
Météo France's weather warnings for the storm are scheduled to be in place until the early hours of Thursday morning.
The alerts come after a stifling heatwave blanketed much of France on Tuesday.
Mont-de-Marsan in the Landes département of southwestern France was hit the hardest, with the mercury reaching 40.3C (in the shade).
This is more than 10C warmer than usual temperatures in the area at this time of year, which typically are between 28C and 29C.
The temperature wasn't far off the local record for July, which was 41.2C in 1947.
Niort in western France saw the hottest July day since records began in 1959.
Perros-Guirec in western France's Brittany saw 36.2C, the hottest day since August 1961.
A total of 12 départements were on alert for the heatwave, all in central and western France, and the French were quick to get out and enjoy it.