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Q: what is the use of xsi:schemaLocation? I see that we have multiple url's as value of this attribute like in spring:
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.0.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-2.0.xsd">

Why is it needed and what is it used for? Does Spring goes to the url and validate?
what is the difference between xmlns and xsi:schemaLocation?

A: The Java XML parser that spring uses will read the schemaLocation values and try to load them from the internet, in order to validate the XML file. Spring, in turn, intercepts those load requests and serves up versions from inside its own JAR files.
If you omit the schemaLocation, then the XML parser won't know where to get the schema in order to validate the config.

A: An xmlns is a unique identifier within the document - it doesn't have to be a URI to the schema:

XML namespaces provide a simple method for qualifying element and attribute names used in Extensible Markup Language documents by associating them with namespaces identified by URI references.

xsi:schemaLocation is supposed to give a hint as to the actual schema location:

can be used in a document to provide hints as to the physical location of schema documents which may be used for assessment.

A: According to the spec for locating Schemas

there may or may not be a schema retrievable via the namespace name... User community and/or consumer/provider agreements may establish circumstances in which [trying to retrieve an xsd from the namespace url] is a sensible default strategy

(thanks for being unambiguous, spec!)
and

in case a document author (human or not) created a document with a particular schema in view, and warrants that some or all of the document conforms to that schema, the schemaLocation and noNamespaceSchemaLocation [attributes] are provided.

So basically with specifying just a namespace, your XML "might" be attempted to be validated against an xsd at that location (even if it lacks a schemaLocation attribute), depending on your "community." If you specify a specific schemaLocation, then it basically is implying that the xml document "should" be conformant to said xsd, so "please validate it" (as I read it).  My guess is that if you don't do a schemaLocation or noNamespaceSchemaLocation attribute it just "isn't validated" most of the time (based on the other answers, appears java does it this way).
Another wrinkle here is that typically, with xsd validation in java libraries [ex: spring config xml files], if your XML files specifies a particular schemaLocation xsd url in an XML file, like xsi:schemaLocation="http://somewhere http://somewhere/something.xsd" typically within one of your dependency jars it will contain a copy of that xsd file, in its resources section, and spring has a "mapping" capability saying to treat that xsd file as if it maps to the url http://somewhere/something.xsd (so you never end up going to web and downloading the file, it just exists locally).  See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/41225329/32453 for slightly more info.

A: If you go into any of those locations, then you will find what is defined in those schema. For example, it tells you what is the data type of the ini-method key words value.


Just a few Arran's today for your enjoyment: 12 cask strength, the Portwood finish and an IB from a Marsala cask.
Arran, of course, is the only distillery on the Isle of Arran and they are doing rather well since they started in 1993.
Nose: Big, sweet and quite old school. Sweet green apple, lots of pear, cherry, fresh esters, toffee, the oak is definitely there- Dry oak, tannins. Some sherry in the background. Coffee and a little chocolate developing.
Water: More sherry, more coffee, more chocolate, a LOT more cherry, more oak, more tannins. Cherry sweets. Pepper and ginger after a bit.
Taste: Creamy arrival, building intense sweetness with huge apple and pear sweetness, vanilla, honey, dry oak, cherry, tannins into the finish.
Water: More sweetness, cherry, fizzy cherry sweets, oak coming through strong with tannins and drying with chocolate and splintered wood. After a bit the spice really develops with pepper and hot ginger (a bit of heat).
Finish: Medium length. Toffee and then dark chocolate hit.
Water: Longer finish with more oak.
Nose: Malty and spicy. Pastry, strudel and cinnamon, some vanilla. Dark fruit behind- Blueberry.
Water: Opens up with more earthy pastry and more aromatic spice- Coriander.
Taste: Soft arrival, then kicks up with building spices and fruity port with blueberry. Some alcohol.
Water: More spicy with coriander.
Finish: Medium length. Fruit and spice.
From a Marsala wine cask (I assume finished), bottled 2013. 16 years old.
Nose: Malty and sweet, fruit- apple and pear, then curry! Yes, curry spice- coriander and Masala curry paste. Are we sure it wasn't a Masala cask? Eh? Oh, forget it.
Taste: Malty, lots of sweet apple, developing grape, spice and coriander.
Finish: Medium length. Spices finish.


Late september 2016, a small delegation of Trivento's frontend developers traveled to London to attend AngularConnect, one of the biggest Angular-focused conferences in Europe. About one week before this event, the Angular Core Team announced the final version of Angular 2, mystically named 'proprioception-reinforcement'.
This was a greatly anticipated event for a lot of Angularians all over the world, because the announcement of Angular 2 and all of its changes to the framework had felt like being hit with a ton of bricks two years ago at the ng-europe conference in Paris. The infamous Graveyard-presentation, where the demise of numerous Angular-features was announced for the first time, kept a lot of us awake at night. Okay, maybe not really. But still.
Last year at AngularConnect in London we were all excited to hear at least something resembling an announcement for the final release date of Angular 2. However, Brad Green (engineering director of the Angular 2 Core Team) could not be persuaded to mention a release date. Instead, he announced that the Angular 2 product would be a lot bigger than angularJS 1.x ever was – so big in fact, that it couldn't possibly be called a framework anymore. It was now a Platform!
So we all left the conference a bit disappointed because the wait would be even longer, but also filled with even more anticipation because we would be getting a lot more! I think this two-year-process of excitement and anticipation but also chaos and confusion is illustrated best by Shai Reznik in his hilarious 'ng-show' talk at ng-conf 2016. An absolute must-see.
So here we were, at AngularConnect 2016. The final version 2.0.0 was just launched the week before, so this was going to be the European launch party, right?
To be honest, I was a bit underwhelmed by the understated way this was acknowledged in the opening keynote by Jules Kremer. She mentioned it like it was just another thing they did. A missed opportunity to celebrate with all these European developers who had highly anticipated that release for two years, I thought. But maybe I just expected too much.
Usually, a conference has some sort of hidden 'theme' in the form of a buzzword or catch-phrase that keeps turning up. Something new that you keep hearing in different talks. AngularConnect this year was no exception: the focus in the last stages of development of Angular 2 has been (and still is, by the way) performance and reduction of downloaded bytes (payload), two things that go hand-in-hand up to a certain extent. The terms connected to this, that we kept hearing were the 'Ahead-of-Time Compiler' and 'Tree-Shaking'.
Angular 2 now has the capability to do this compilation before that moment in time. It will be done as a build step before the code is loaded into the browser, which brings two performance benefits: the browser is not bothered with that compile-task and the compiler itself can be omitted from Angular itself (which reduces the payload), since it is not used by the browser anymore.
Both these performance enhancements seem like very sensible additions to the platform. It makes so much sense even, that you might think: why did we ever do compilation like we did?
Anyway, I am more interested to see how Angular 2 and its userbase develops in the coming year(s) now that it is finally released. Facebook's React seems to be gaining ever more traction within the Guild of Developers so the question rises if Angular's 2.0.0 release may be too little, too late. I guess time will tell.
Naast de nieuwste frontend en mobile technieken verdiep ik me graag in alles wat de gebruiker beweegt om te klikken waar hij klikt en te lezen wat hij leest op sites en in applicaties – hoe wordt de user experience beïnvloed?


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Q: Reference request: Samuel's multiplicity and degree I am looking for references for the following simple facts.

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*Let $Y\subset \mathbb{P}^n$ be a variety (or pure-dimensional algebraic set). For $P\in Y$ denote by $e_p(Y)$ the (Samuel's) multiplicity of $Y$ at $P$. Then $\deg Y\geq e_p(Y)$.

*For simplicity, I will assume that $Y\subset K^n$ is affine variety. Suppose that for any $f\in I(Y)$ derivatives $\partial^a f(P)=0$ for all multi-indices $a=(a_1,\dots,a_n)$ satisfying $a_1/w_1+\cdots+a_n/w_n<1$. Then $e_p(Y)\geq \min w_{i_1} w_{i_2}\dots w_{i_d}$,
where $d=\dim Y$.
I assume that the $K$ is algebraically closed field of characteristic 0.
I know how to prove these facts. For example, the first claim follows immediately from the Corollary 12.4 in Fulton's Intersection theory.
Added later:
 I was surprised to find a nice geometric description of the difference $\deg Y - e_p(Y)$ in the Appendix to Chapter 6 in Mumford's "Algebraic Geometry I: Complex Projective Varieties".
I completely forgot about it.
The part 2 is false without some additional conditions on $Y$ (Cohen-Macaulay is sufficient).

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It's important to me that the resources offered here truly help us become more resilient – able to meet even the most difficult challenges of our lives with courage, compassion, and equanimity.
Will Pye's Blessed with a Brain Tumor: Realizing It's All Gift and Learning to Receive is just such a resource. A dedicated student of the nature of reality and Zen practitioner as well as a coach, Will was able to meet a big AFGO (another fricking growth opportunity) in the diagnosis in 2011 of a golf-ball sized growth in his brain with uncommon presence and openness to learning from his experiences.
So, What Is Important Now?
The book is written with plenty of hope and humor, and explores an emerging spiritual path of awakening from hopeless victim to empowered agent of choice and change to aligning with the trustworthy benevolence and vast power of being. I heard Will speak about his journey as a guest teacher in my local meditation group two weeks ago; he's the real deal, and his wisdom can be life-changing.
As he writes in his introduction: "May this book help you gain much of the insight, revelation, joy, and transformative "oomph" of being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness without the considerable inconvenience of actually having one – sort of virtual-reality wake-up call!" May you find Will's gifts and invitations truthful and useful in coping with the blessings and burdens of your life.
"Just as the more obvious nature of my mortality caused others to be kinder as they became aware that any interaction might be our last, I found myself feeling kinder and more deeply loving. Wouldn't you? What a phenomenal pondering! I invite you to play with it as an experiment right now: Think back to a conversation you had recently. Pick any one. Now imagine how differently you would have conducted the conversation if you had known this was to be the last time you would ever physically connect with this person. To really ramp up the stakes, consider what effect it would have if you had know this could be the last conversation you ever had with any other human being whilst in this form. Would you listen more deeply? Would you give that person more time? Would you smile more? Would you be a little kinder, and more aware of the other person's feelings?
"Death may be a major inconvenience to one's schedule, but it seems also to be rather essential to life. As capital letter and full stops are to this paragraph, death is to life. (Echoing Deepak Chopra: "Death Makes Life Possible.") Perhaps in the eternal unfolding, death serves much the same function as punctuation – to reflect on what has gone before and prepare for what's coming next.
"To face death with equanimity is a gift for all involved. Through minimizing stress it is health-supporting. Rather than wasting time and energy wishing the tumor did not exist, or stressing about what might happen, there is an open space into which more productive ways of relating to the circumstance can arise. Consequently, not only was I spared the stress and discomfort of resistance and fear, but also I observed potential gifts, and there was freedom to recognize and receive them in the infinite spaciousness of allowing.
"When I experience "this moment" as possibly my last, the extraordinary wonder and beauty that is always present becomes crystal clear, and the ordinary phenomena of manifestation and form take on a gloriously wondrous sheen. I realize this inherent delight is in the fabric of life itself – in things as they really are, as apart from what we think that are. This luminescence is as much visible in a lamppost or dog poop as in the more obvious examples of a child's smile or a pretty sky.
"How do we do that? A good starting point is to check whether our filters – our beliefs and personal narratives about life – are true and helpful. Do they help us create what we want in terms of experience and response? Having begun our work here, we move beyond the filtering of mental activity – ruminating, speculating, and projecting this and that – to perceive life as it is, clearly and directly. A consequence of so doing is coming to the same realization articulated by countless visionaries, mystics, poets, and inspired scientists – that that this and that are, more truly, just this: that beyond the very helpful separating and distinguishing functions of mind, there is just one whole, and this includes us – we are not apart from it. We experience unity….Thus facing imminent death gifted both the means and enhanced motivation to experience joy now. I have been especially delighted to discover that it is possible to choose joy!
* What would you change if you knew you were going to die in a week or in six months? What's stopping you from making that change now?
* If you are not living in joy, loving what you are doing, and spending time with people you love, how can you change yourself and your life so you are?
Will explores the possibility of tapping into the benevolent intelligence of the universe that is available to guide our healing and evolution through synchronicity. (Which I will explore further in the November e-newsletter through the topic of coincidence – God's way of remaining anonymous. – Carl Jung.) That events are connected in our understanding by their meaning to us, not simply by cause and effect.
We can learn to trust our deepest intuitive wisdom as support from life itself for the life and death decisions we must make on our journey.
By co-creativity, Will means in part to shift the stories we tell ourselves – about ourselves, about our lives.
Language around illness and death is really important. Research has shown that cancer patients who talk about themselves as cured fare far better than patients with the exact same prognosis who talk about themselves as being in remission.
"Whenever we experience events congruent with the dominant focus of our narrative, we are prone to interpret this as evidence of the story's truth and justification for continuing to tell the story. All stories and prophesies have the potential to be self-fulfilling if there is sufficient belief and sustained attention. What you focus on, you will manifest. Therefore, choose your story carefully. Become conscious of your story, especially your meta-narrative, your most cherished beliefs, the story underscoring your life.
This change in language, changing the narrative, allows a person to shift from a self-pitying "poor me" or "why me?" stance to a more empowered agent-of-change stance. And that change agent stance allows a person to be co-creative with life, with the energy and life force of life, to promote healing and growth.
Will describes his own experiences of oneness, all the while acknowledging how difficult it is to describe the experience with the dualistic (object/subject) grammar of the English language. The mystic poets seem to come the closest to describing the radiance and luminescence of oneness. The importance of the gift of oneness is that it opens our awareness out so far beyond the limitations of the personal self, of a personal consciousness. We sense, more than think, that we are part of a vast being-ness, that we are that vast being-ness. Fear drops away; we abide in peace and ease.
"Of course, it's easy to experience falling in love, or receive an act of kindness from a stranger, or witness a beautiful sunset, eat a delicious meal, or accept a bouquet of flowers as a gift, and so we begin the dance in these moments, with appreciation. This trains the brain to give emphasis to what is desirable. As we progress, we come to see even the unpleasant and unwanted as a gift. Along the way we might come to such a perspective through noticing often that a "bad" development often turns out to be "good."….Even when events transpire that appear not to have a [silver lining] hidden within them, there is always opportunity to learn and grow, to practice love….
While acknowledging the joy of thinking – integrating, deciphering patterns – Will focuses on intuition as our inner guidance system.
Of course, as a psychotherapist, I work with people every day who struggle to love themselves, to embrace the inner shadow parts of themselves, to relax into a feeling loved and lovable that isn't at all selfish or narcissistic but simply the deepest truth about their own worthiness.
Making our own choices is empowering because we become agents of change, in our personal lives and in the larger world. And we align our own energy with the life energy that allows us to bring change into the world.
Will suggests the practices of mediation, gratitude, and curiosity as primary tools to help us learn to live fully and avoid the above regrets. And then, "to live fully your most wonderful and extraordinary life: 1) become aware of your stories; 2) upgrade your stories.
Chapter 13: This Is It!
This is the most spiritual chapter of the book, the deep end of the pool, exploring the impermanence of the ever-flowing, ever-changing sense of self. Finding comfort in knowing, as the wisest philosophers and sages have always known, that any suffering and also anything we treasure, will pass away. Nothing is permanent except the Being-ness that underlies everything that arises and passes away. And the opening of the self to the idea/deep realization that we are not who we think we are in a small limited sense but that our true nature really is the This-ness of all of existence. This is it. When we realize, in the broadest sense, that we are really This, that This includes everything there is, then the fear of death falls away completely. There is only this, and we are this this-ness.
Chapter 14: So, What Is Important Now?
Will experienced a powerful synchronicity in reading this quote a few days before his diagnosis: "Death is certain, its timing uncertain; so, what is important now?" The quote resonated deeply even before the diagnosis, and became a guiding principle for daily living afterwards.
* Imagine you have just discovered the world is going to be destroyed by a meteorite in six months' time. Alas, it is unavoidable, and the entire planet will be destroyed overnight. Write out what you will do with the next six months.
* Your fairy godmother is real and paying you a one-time visit. She will grant you everything you wish to be experiencing, creating, pursuing, exploring, and expressing; however, it's a one-shot deal, so don't hold back. Write out the life you should be living – your ideal life that will bring you joy as you describe it now. What sort of relationships would you be enjoying? Which relationships would be healed? Who would you forgive? What type of work would you be doing? Where might you travel to? What creative and self-expressive pursuits would engage you?
* Looking at the first two exercises in this list, what is it inside you that prevents you from living the life of your dreams? Think carefully, and don't settle for an excuse. Instead, seek to see how holding certain beliefs about yourself and the world – perhaps succumbing to fears and doubts – has thus far created a distance between your dreamed-of life and what you live. What excites you about the prospect of changing?
* What can you do in the next twenty-four hours and then on a daily basis for the next six weeks in order to remove the obstructions you have created and begin to live a more deeply fulfilling life?


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What's open/closed in Mississauga over New Year's
Boxing Day deals drew thousands of shoppers to Square One on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. (Photo: Nicky Roche/QEW South Post)
It finally looks like winter! Here's a list of what's open and closed as we ring in 2016.
Dixie Mall: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Erin Mills Town Centre: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Square One: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sherway Gardens 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
LCBO and Beer Store locations are open until 6 p.m.
Most government offices, post offices, and banks will close early and reopen January 4.
Libraries close at 5 p.m., although opening times vary by branch.
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) is open until 4 p.m.
Playdium: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Celebration Square outdoor rink: 10 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
MiWay has reduced weekday service (Route 76 City Centre-Subway and the 300 series school routes won't operate); extended evening service.
GO Transit is operating on its early homebound/late night schedule
All government offices, post offices, and banks.
Region of Peel offices and non-emergency services are closed Dec. 25 to Jan. 1. Click here for services/hours.
City of Mississauga offices are reopening January 4. Click here for a full listing of available services.
Most malls.
Major grocery stores, however, hours vary by location.
All LCBO and Beer Store locations.
Mississauga's Provincial Offences Court is closed.
Libraries and recreation facilities are closed Jan. 1.
Art Gallery of Mississauga is closed until Jan. 3 at noon for the Mayor's New Year's Levee.
Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA).
Community Recycling Centres.
Square One: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Playdium: 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Movie theatres.
Shoppers Drug Mart, convenience stores.
MiWay and GO Transit are on Sunday service.
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Valerie Kirk
Valerie Kirk was born in Scotland and studied at Edinburgh College of Art, then Goldsmith's College, University of London.
She first came to Australia in 1979 to work as a weaver at the Victorian Tapestry Workshop in Melbourne and subsequently was Artist-in-Residence in Portland, Victoria and Busselton, Western Australia working on exhibitions, community tapestries and commissions. In 1991 Kirk was appointed Head of Textiles at Canberra School of Art. Here she initiated the major textiles projects "SHIFT" and "CHALLENGING IDEAS OF CLOTH", continued to exhibit internationally and completed an MA (Hons). Solo exhibitions were held in 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2004 with major works purchased by the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, the ACT Legislative Assembly and the Canberra Museum and Art Gallery and the Museum and Art Gallery of Northern Territory. Current themes in the studio work include migration, ideas of place and identity in relation to global movement of people and perceptions of self/home in a rapidly changing world.
Since 1995 Kirk has been guest lecturer with Textile tours to Vietnam. She has lectured on Vietnamese textiles at the Asian Arts Society and the National Gallery of Australia.
Her achievements have been recognized through the Canberra Times Art Critics Award, 1998, the Inaugural Muse Woman of the Year Arts Award, 1999 and an Australia Council New Work Award, 2000. The Telos Portfolio Collection Vol. 25 "Valerie Kirk" published in 2003 gives an overview of her work.
Sara Lindsay
Sara Lindsay currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia where she lectures in the Tapestry Studio at Monash University. Lindsay completed her MA at RMIT University, Melbourne in 2003. She has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally, in solo and group exhibitions and she has received several awards which include an Australia Council New Work Grant in 2004, and Australia Council Studio Residency in Besozzo, Italy in 1997, the 'Outstanding Award' – 5th International Textile Fair, Kyoto, Japan in 1997 and an Australia Council Fellowship in 1995. Lindsay is represented by Stephen McLaughlan Gallery, Melbourne and in public collections, which include The National Gallery of Australia, The National Gallery of Victoria, Artbank, the Powerhouse Museum, Melbourne University, The University of Tasmania, and the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery.
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Full Speed Ahead: Sewing for the USCGC Mackinaw
Joe and Barb Traub aren't your typical museum volunteers. They volunteer their time and sewing talents for the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw WAGB-83. This decommissioned Icebreaker ship was built during World War II as part of the war effort. While touring the ship, the couple couldn't help noticing that some canvas covers were torn up and damaged due to the harsh winters on Lake Huron. One project led to another, and they have been sewing covers and other pieces for the ship ever since. Read about Joe and Barb, their sewing background, and a little bit of the Icebreaker's history and the role it played in the war.
A Piece of History
The USCGC Mackinaw was built in response to the increased need to transport war materials — specifically ore — during the winter months of World War II. Icebreaker ships are designed with a strengthened hull engineered to plow through heavy ice and create a path for smaller boats to travel. Dubbed the "Queen of the Great Lakes" and "The Largest Icebreaker on the Great Lakes," Congress authorized construction of Mackinaw on December 17, 1941, just 10 days after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
A photo of the USCGC Mackinaw breaking ice on Lake Huron in 1948.
The ship was built in Toledo, Ohio, and cost $10 million. The Toledo Shipbuilding Company won the contract. However, several delays and penalties forced the company to declare bankruptcy, and the construction was completed by the American Shipbuilding Company. The keel was laid on March 20, 1943. The ship is 290 feet long and the design is based on the Wind class of Coast Guard Icebreakers. However, Mackinaw was built wider and longer than other ships in this class so that the draft would be shallower. The hull was launched on March 4, 1944, and the ship was commissioned on December 30 of that year. Cheboygan, Michigan, remained the ship's home port its entire life during active service.
The ship served many roles over its esteemed 62-year career. Not only was the Icebreaker a vital part of the war effort, but it also rescued stranded ships, assisted with shipwrecks, and even delivered Christmas trees to underprivileged children in Chicago. Mackinaw is a beacon of hope, a symbol of determination and goodwill not only for the Great Lakes region, but America at large.
Decommissioned in 2006, the Icebreaker now resides in its namesake port, Mackinaw City, Michigan, and serves as a floating maritime museum. The museum's educational programming and exhibits teach visitors about maritime history and the economy and ecology of Michigan and the Great Lakes. The ship is open to the public from mid-May to mid-October every year. Aboard the ship, workers offer public tours, educational tours, overnight encampments and group events.
Sailing, Sewing & Sailrite
Barb learned to sew during her youth. Her mother was a high school home economics teacher and taught her daughter everything she knew. When they were married, Barb then taught Joe how to sew. The couple enjoys working on sewing projects together — both projects for their home life and sailing hobby, as well as the projects for the Mackinaw. "We do the projects together for the ship," Joe said. "Barb is the guiding hand that directs the process. She is the brain, and I work at her direction as I learn."
The Traubs are longtime Sailrite customers with a unique connection to the company. Their first sewing project as a couple was a tiller cover for their Ranger 26 sailboat. Working in Columbia City in 1989 and needing supplies, Joe happened upon a local business called Sailrite. "I purchased the materials from [founder] Jim Grant himself and have been a customer ever since." The couple even raced with Jim Grant when they were living in Indianapolis and members of the same sailing club.
Joe and Barb Traub show off the docking pedestal covers they made for the USCGC Mackinaw using their Ultrafeed LSZ-1.
Besides sailing, they enjoy travel and home improvement projects. "We have made a variety of projects over the years," recounted Joe. "We've sewn Sunbrella® window covers for our cottage and diaper bags and tote bags from old sails." The couple have also completed a hard top dodger and bimini for their Catalina 30 sailboat, a fire pit cover and numerous sail repairs for their friends in Florida, where they've wintered for the past 10 years.
Sewing for the Mackinaw
Joe and Barb Traub have been involved with the Mackinaw since 2015. "Our neighbor is the director of the museum and another friend works in the office," Joe explained. "During a visit on the ship, we noticed that some of the canvas covers were in bad shape from the continued exposure to the weather. We asked if we could make a cover for the fuel storage area. One project led to another, to another, and on and on."
The first sewing project the Traubs completed for the ship was a fuel storage cover.
The Mackinaw received a grant in 2018 to spruce up the historic ship, including resurfacing and repainting all exterior surfaces. The project's goal was to preserve this important piece of American history and prevent further deterioration. Joe and Barb have been busy helping with this effort by sewing covers to keep certain parts of the exterior protected and well maintained. "We are volunteers just trying to maintain the appearance of the ship," Joe stated.
The couple has completed three projects for the ship. Their first project was the cover for a fuel storage area made from Sunbrella Marine Grade fabric. Next, they completed eight docking pedestal covers made from vinyl and eight letter bags that hang above the lifeboats. "For the letter bags, one side required stitching through four layers of 20-ounce vinyl. No problem for the Ultrafeed®! "We're currently working on a tow line winch cover that is 60 inches wide by 12 feet in diameter. The Sunbrella, thread, fasteners and HH-66 Vinyl Cement were all ordered from Sailrite."
Joe and Barb are proud that their covers protect exterior parts of the ship and enhance the look and appeal of the vessel. They feel honored to donate their time and talents toward volunteering for such an important and noble piece of American history. Mackinaw WAGB-83 is a continuous reminder of American ingenuity, hard work and determination. The ship serves as a goodwill ambassador throughout the Great Lakes region, educating and inspiring both the young and young at heart.
To learn more about the ship's history and museum information, please visit www.themackinaw.org.
Posted on August 30, 2019 September 6, 2019 Author SailriteCategories Marine
5 thoughts on "Full Speed Ahead: Sewing for the USCGC Mackinaw"
Adrian Polley says:
So nice that they give their time and expertise freely . Long may they continue to do so.
Kathleen Kelly says:
Thank you for sharing. I truly enjoyed learning about The Macinaw and her important role in American history. My late father was "a Coastie"- I'm sure that he's smiling down from heaven with pride and admiration for the efforts of this couple's contributions to preserving Americana. What an honorable manner in which to serve.
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Jeff Boakes says:
Thank you for sharing. We live in Michigan and I have seen the Mackinaw my entire life. My 8 year old son is fascinated with both Mackinaw ice breakers. I can't wait to show him this
Jackie Mathison says:
Thank you for sharing this story. The history of the Macinaw is very interesting. The wonderful accomplishments of. Joe and Barb Traub is amazing.
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Berlihu-Meta ist eine osttimoresische Aldeia im Suco Tohumeta (Verwaltungsamt Laulara, Gemeinde Aileu). 2015 lebten in der Aldeia 211 Menschen.

Geographie
Die Aldeia Berlihu-Meta nimmt den gesamten Osten des Sucos Tohumeta ein. Westlich liegt die Aldeia Tohumeta. Im Südwesten grenzt Berlihu-Meta an den Suco Fatisi, im Süden an den Suco Seloi Craic, im Osten an den Suco Madabeno, im Nordosten an den Suco Cotolau und im Nordwesten an die Gemeinde Dili mit ihrem Suco Dare (Dili) (Verwaltungsamt Vera Cruz). Durch den Norden fließt der Bemos. Im Zentrum befindet sich der Hauptort der Aldeia Berlihu-Meta. Im Süden der Weiler Erfan.

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Effects of a Motivational Self-Talk Intervention for Endurance Athletes Completing an Ultramarathon
in The Sport Psychologist
Alister McCormick*,1, Carla Meijen*,2, and Samuele Marcora*,3
1 Plymouth Marjon University
| 2 St Mary's University
| 3 University of Kent
https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2017-0018
attention; concentration; psychological intervention; running; self-talk mechanisms
This study examined the effects of strategic, motivational self-talk for runners completing a 60-mile, overnight ultramarathon using a randomized, controlled experiment. Data were collected before, during, and after an annual ultramarathon. Twenty-nine ultramarathon runners were randomly allocated to a motivational self-talk group or an alternative control group. A condition-by-time mixed ANOVA indicated that learning to use motivational self-talk did not affect preevent self-efficacy or perceived control. A t-test and magnitude-based inference indicated that motivational self-talk did not affect performance. Nevertheless, follow-up data suggested that most participants found the intervention helpful and continued to use it six months after their research commitment, particularly in endurance events and to a lesser extent in training. Participants continued to use self-talk to cope with exertion, as well as other stressors such as blister discomfort and adverse conditions. Suggestions are offered for future research examining the effects of psychological interventions on performance in endurance events.
* McCormick is with the Faculty of Sport, Health & Wellbeing, Plymouth Marjon University, Plymouth, United Kingdom. Meijen is with the School of Sport, Health & Applied Science, St Mary's University, Twickenham, United Kingdom. Marcora is with the Endurance Research Group, University of Kent, Kent, United Kingdom.
Address author correspondence to Alister McCormick at amccormick@marjon.ac.uk.
https://journals.humankinetics.com/abstract/journals/tsp/32/1/article-p42.xml
The Sport Psychologist
Methods1
The Ultramarathon
Estimated V˙O2max
Self-Efficacy and Perceived Control
Performance Expectations
Preevent Motivation
Sport Emotions
Perception of Effort and Pain
Manipulation Checks
Contamination Checks
Social Validity
Follow-up of Intervention Use
Intake Interview
Self-Talk Workbook
Concentration Workbook
Compliance Checks
Perceived Control
Ultramarathon Characteristics
Intervention Compliance
Intervention Contamination
Future Research Suggestions
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Carla Meijen
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One brings fresh, drinkable water into the home. This subsystem is pressurized so that once water enters the system, it can reach all the sinks and plumbing fixtures in the home that need to use it. The other subsystem removes wastewater and takes it to the septic tank or municipal sewer system so it can be disposed of or cleaned and recycled.
Can a handyman do plumbing?
In some cases, a handyman may be able to handle minor plumbing jobs in a home, such as repairing a clogged or leaky pipe or changing out a component needed for a shower, toilet, or sink. For more extensive plumbing jobs, however, such as installing a fixture or completing a major pipe repair or replacement, it's better to use a licensed plumber.
Do you pay plumbers upfront?
In order to factor in any unexpected costs or savings that weren't reflected in the initial estimate, most plumbers don't charge until the work is complete. A reputable plumber will provide an estimate in writing that serves as a good-faith summary of the costs involved with a job, but most won't actually require payment until the final calculations are complete.
Do plumbers work on Sundays?
Plumbers do not typically work on Sundays, but some consider weekend hours to be part of their normal schedule. It's important to remember, if plumbing service is needed on a Sunday (or a Saturday in some cases), the bill may be higher because it's classified as emergency services. Unless the job is urgent, it may be best to wait until Monday.
Do plumbers work outside?
If the job requires outside access to plumbing fixtures, plumbers may work outside, as long as the work done is on the homeowner's property. For example, a clog in the sewer lines that connect to the city's sewer system may require the plumber to access the line through a riser pipe on the property away from the structure of the home. Some other jobs that involve outdoor plumbing work include:
Sewer line repair and replacement
Septic tank service, repair, or installation
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The RouterCAM 690, 1290, 1212 and 1224 are supplied with a 5-6mm and a 6-7mm collet as standard. The 5-6mm collet allows the use of standard 6mm shank engineering tools, and ¼ inch (6.35mm) woodworking router cutters. The 7-8mm collet allows the use of 8mm router cutters.
Additional collets are available to allow the use of tools with shank sizes from 2mm - 13mm.
RouterCAM 700 / 1220 machines were supplied with a 6mm and ¼" collet as standard. These collets allow the use of standard 6mm shank engineering tools, and ¼ inch woodworking router cutters. Additional collets are available to allow the use of tools with shank sizes from 3mm - 8mm.
General purpose carbide tipped vee point engraving tools, ground to an included angle of 40 deg. Suitable for engraving most materials.
A range of tungsten carbide v-shaped cutters with two straight flutes.
Solid carbide single flute cutters with a high helix, high rake flute design ideal for machining man-made boards (MDF etc.), plastics, and even non-ferrous metals.
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Vibra Healthcare Pays $32.7 Million to Settle Medically Unnecessary Services False Claims Allegations
The Department of Justice recently announced that Vibra Healthcare, LLC (Vibra), a hospital provider headquartered in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, agreed to $32.7 million, to resolve claims that Vibra violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary services. Vibra's specialty hospitals treat medically complex patients who suffer from major orthopedic, neurologic, stroke, multiple traumas, cardiac and respiratory conditions. Vibra and its affiliates currently own and operate 36 long term care hospitals (LTCHs) and inpatient rehabilitation facilities (IRFs) in 18 states.
Medicare beneficiaries are entitled to receive care that is determined by their clinical needs and not the financial interests of healthcare providers," said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Justice Department's Civil Division. "All providers of taxpayer-funded federal healthcare services, whether contractors or direct billers, will be held accountable when their actions cause false claims for medically unnecessary services to be submitted.
The allegations were originally filed under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act by Sylvia Daniel who was a former health information coder at Vibra Hospital of Southeastern Michigan. The Government intervened in the case and alleged that between 2006 and 2013, Vibra admitted numerous patients to five of its LTCHs and to one of its IRFs who did not demonstrate signs or symptoms that would qualify them for admission. In addition, Vibra allegedly extended the stays of its LTCH patients without regard to medical necessity, qualification and/or quality of care. In some instances, Vibra allegedly ignored the recommendations of its own clinicians, who deemed these patients ready for discharge.
"Medical necessity is fundamental if health providers wish to claim taxpayer funds for medical care," said Special Agent in Charge C.J. Porter of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). "OIG is committed to protecting precious Medicare dollars and ensuring that beneficiaries receive quality, necessary long term care."
Our law firm previously represented a successful whistleblower against Select Medical Corporation, resulting in a $7.5 million settlement. Our client alleged and the Government intervened in her allegations involving illegal referral arrangements and excessive fee arrangements under Medical Director Agreements between Select Medical Corporation and certain physicians who were parties to such agreements in violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute. Specifically, the United States and the covered conduct in the settlement agreement contended that Select Medical Corporation (1) knowingly presented or caused to be presented false or fraudulent claims for payment or approval to the United States for services rendered to Medicare patients who were unlawfully referred by Directors retained at Select's Ohio LTACH facilities under agreements in effect between January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006 and (2) entered into prohibited financial relationship with the Directors at Select's Ohio LTACH facilities that were in effect between January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006 and made illegal payments to these Directors under those relationships in violation of the Stark law during the period from January 1, 2003 through December 30, 2006; and (3) entered into prohibited financial relationships with Directors retained by Select Ohio LTACH facilities that were in effect between January 1, 2003 through December 21, 2006 and made illegal payments in excess of fair market value under those relationships.
Select Medical Corporation operated over 110 LTACHs nationwide located in 28 states. As part of the settlement, Select Specialty Hospital System entered into a Corporate Integrity Agreement that mandated strict reporting and monitoring requirements.
Our law firm in interested in representing whistleblowers with knowledge of violations of the False Claims Act including violations of the law involving hospitals and hospital systems nationwide.


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An American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records. Theatre owner James Nederlander as well as The New York Times have referred to Bl... read more
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An American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic. He has set and broken several world records. Theatre owner James Nederlander as well as The New York Times have referred to Blaine as a modern day Houdini.
Blaine was born in Brooklyn, New York and is of Puerto Rican descent on his father's side, and Russian Jewish on his mother's. His mother, Patrice Maureen White (1946–1995), was a school teacher living in New York, and his father William Perez was a Vietnam veteran. When he was four years old, he saw a magician performing magic in the subway. This sparked an interest in Blaine. He was raised by his single mother and attended many schools in Brooklyn. When he was ten years old, his mother married John Bukalo and they moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, where he attended Passaic Valley Regional High School. He has a half-brother named Michael James Bukalo. When he was 17 years old, Blaine moved to Manhattan, New York.
Blaine and his fiancee Alizee Guinochet have one daughter born on January 27, 2011. At the time that Guinochet went into labor, there was a massive blizzard where they lived in New York. Due to the intense weather, no cars or taxis were on the road, so Blaine had to hail a snowplow, which transported the couple to the hospital.
He has had relationships with Madonna, Daryl Hannah, Bijou Phillips, Fiona Apple, and Josie Maran.
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Google Assistant arrives on some Sony TVs
By Adam Smith published 20 June 18
The added functionality means you'll now be able to use your TV to control smart lights and thermostats, as well as being able to ask it about the weather or news.
A selected range of Sony's 4K HDR televisions have been given a smart-assistant boost in the form of Google Assistant.
The AF8, XF90, XF85, XF80 and XF75 series will all be receiving the update, with Sony saying the ranges will be updated by the end of this month.
While Sony televisions already had voice control - letting you open certain apps or find genres of content - Google Assistant has a much greater range of functions.
The example Sony gives is saying "play Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle on Google Play", and the app will open and play the film automatically - similar to the functionality provided by Amazon's range of streaming products like the Fire TV Stick with Alexa, the Fire TV 4K and the upcoming Fire Cube.
Sony is particularly pushing the idea of using your television as a smart-home hub, controlling "more than 1,500 compatible smart home devices from over 225 popular brands", including smart-lights and internet-connected thermostats.
That does mean you'll have to keep your television on - which we can't say is easier than picking up a voice-assisted smart speaker like the Google Home Mini or the Echo Dot - but, for those eager for their futuristic living room where everything is connected, this is a step in the right direction.
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Rebroadcast: The Role of Cross-Racial Solidarity in a Time of Protest
Demonstrators gather at the Embarcadero after a march from San Francisco City Hall on Sunday May 31, 2020 to protest the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)
During this time of civil unrest in America, many people are calling for dismantling racism. Much of the conversation frames the conflict as between a black minority and a white majority. The current uprising is sparking conversations about how other groups of color can show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Part of that work, experts say, involves confronting division and anti blackness much more broadly. In this hour, we explore what cross-racial solidarity means in America.
Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host, Futuro Media's "In The Thick" podcast, and founder of Latino Rebels
Jose Antonio Vargas, journalist, activist and author of, "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen"
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Vicar allegedly defrauded Saverbank1 SMN in Trondheim of nearly NOK 75 million – NRK Trøndelag
Smart lights will use Wi-Fi as a 'motion sensor'
Hanisi Anenih September 16, 2022 3 min read
And it should work on old bulbs, too.
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One of the funniest things about the Smart Home is how you can control the lights in ways other than using old light switches. Now Signify – the company best known for the Philips Hue brand – is taking this to a new level with a feature they call SpaceSense.
Briefly explained, SpaceSense is a smart way to automate lighting. Wi-Fi is used here to "detect" that someone is moving in the room. In theory, this should work like a motion detector, but in reality all you need are two Wi-Fi controlled "smart" lights.
WiZ, owned by Signify, is behind the special Wi-Fi functionality, which will be optional for use on the new WiZ app. This, in turn, will only launch at the end of September, so we haven't been able to properly test this yet.
We also voted WiZ for Best Wi-Fi in the Smart Light Bulbs Public Test last year.
The nice thing about the SpaceSense job is that you don't need any additional hardware or sensors to detect motion – well, as long as the lights you're using are compatible with the technology.
Instead, the system uses existing Wi-Fi signals, and simply works so that people moving around a room disable the wireless signals — "like ringing in water," as Signify describes it.
These disturbances lead to deviations in signal strength, and by measuring and analyzing this, W-Fi lights can detect motion and automatically turn on when someone enters a room. According to Signify, the technology is subtle enough to allow sensitivity adjustments, so that it doesn't start, say, when a four-claw comes on.
At the same time, it's not a technology that can be used to pinpoint or accurately track the location in a room.
An advantage compared to traditional motion sensors or cameras is that Wi-Fi lights will be able to detect movements in all directions. And they don't have to be visible to work.
But at least two such lamps would be needed in the room, as they must be able to work together to detect relevant deviations in signal strength.
Can we use the relatively new Wi-Fi lights with SmartSense? We don't know yet. But at least the WiZ app will be new.
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What spotlights SpaceSense will be working on isn't clear at the moment. According to Signify itself, the functionality can be used with "most new products launched after 2021 and all Connected by WiZ products – including the WiZ brand, Philips Smart LED and other private and OEM brands."
Unfortunately, this isn't terribly useful, as most candles don't come with any visible date marks on the box. Even so, there is no guarantee of compatibility.
What we'd rather see is a separate label for the products you'll be working with, but something like that doesn't even exist today. The plan is that the WiZ website will eventually have a menu or similar that can show compatible products, but that's also not clear at the time of writing.
Also note that popular alternatives like Philips Hue and Ikea use the Zigbee wireless standard, not Wi-Fi.
In addition to SpaceSense, WiZ V2 will have a completely new interface that will be more intuitive and require fewer clicks. It should also have less visual noise and provide a "softer interaction with the rooms and your home".
Well, we hope to know when the app launches sometime near the end of the month. WiZ is also releasing new exterior lighting and ceiling light panels.
Anyway, we look forward to trying out SpaceSense when the opportunity presents itself.
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