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Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real Do It Live
We Talk With The Singer During Self-Isolation About His Band's Magic New Album
By Andrew Winistorfer
Over the last year, Lukas Nelson and his band, Promise of the Real, have released songs that feel like they serve as a salve at a perfect time. In 2019, they released "Turn Off the News," and the album Turn Off The News (Build a Garden), a song and album concerned with the here and now, and how, eventually, too much information and time on our devices and being sucked into meaningless things on social media leaves you feeling empty, and unable to enact any change. This year, during the early days of COVID-19, his band released Turn Off The News's companion album, Naked Garden, with a song called "Focus On the Music" as its centerpiece, a song about how even when everything else in the world has gone to shit, there's at least your record collection there to keep you company.
"I wrote that song with the feeling that at the time, OK, maybe I was bummed out about a girl or something, and whatever I was bummed out about, it could be that the world is falling apart around you, but what kind of... What's always there when I need it? And it's music," Nelson tells me from the Nelson family ranch down in Texas. "I can always turn to it. Whether I didn't have any arms or legs, I could still sing. If I didn't have a voice to speak, I could still write. It's always there, music. Life is music, basically, so it's a really nice place of solace I can go to, and I think a lot of people can relate to that sentiment."
Naked Garden is every bit as powerful as Turn Off The News, but it's got a looser vibe, drawing inspiration from the Beatles' Let It Be...Naked and Willie Nelson's Naked Willie as signposts for how to make albums that strip back the artifice of the studio, and present the songs in their most forward way. Featuring eight originals from the News recording sessions, and seven alternate takes and B-sides, Naked Garden showcases Promise of the Real as one of the finest big screen heartland rock bands working today, with no strings, and no magician's tricks. They're just a rock band making great songs and great records.
We called Nelson recently to talk about the album, what his band is doing after COVID-19 passes, and how leaving in studio talkback both demystifies and shows the magic of recording sessions.
VMP: Last time we talked, I don't know if you remember this, we talked about your favorite Willie Nelson album being Naked Willie. And it just struck me that your current record is Naked Garden, so was that like a direct inspiration, or no?
Lukas Nelson: It is a direct inspiration, and also Let It Be... Naked, that's another direct inspiration, and so between the two of those, I'd say it's just a stripped down sort of record. The idea is to put it in its raw form.
During that interview, you also said that you guys recorded like 35 songs when you were doing the sessions for Turn Off The News. Were these songs largely from those sessions? When you guys were recording, did you conceive of the Naked Garden as being part two to that other record, or was it an entirely different thing, these songs were picked for a different reason?
No, it's definitely part two. That's what we were thinking. We wanted it to be part two of the record. We wanted to release that first record as a double record, but it just didn't sort of work out that way, and so it made more sense to do it this way. And now we have some product to put out, and some new music to put out during this time, so ultimately I'm really glad we did it this way. You know?
Talk me through the decision to leave in a lot of the studio talkbacks on this one. It really feels like you're in the studio with you guys while you're recording it.
Well, if you'll notice, the Let It Be... Naked record, the Beatles record, has all the talking, and I really like that. I think it makes people feel like they're really a part of the recording, and it also shows, because so much music [is] done with so many overdubs, and it's produced so slick, that people forget that there's really actual musicians playing it, and a lot of times people aren't doing a lot of the music that you hear now live. But we wanted to really show people that we were doing it live, that we're getting these sounds as they come out. We did it to tape, you know? It's a process that we wanted to show people, and it also sort of speaks to the musicianship of the band, that we wanted to make people feel like they were in a room with musicians. You know?
Sure. Yeah, it's like you're demystifying your process, in a way.
But almost in one way you're demystifying it. In another way, it's also sort of there's a mystical quality to musicians being able to capture that kind of tight sound live, too, you know? That's a pretty mystical thing in itself, and it's a lot easier to sort of do it all overdub, and make it sound all perfect afterwards. But to get it like that is a more difficult thing. It's what they used to do, but they don't do it so much anymore. So, I think that's important to show. In a way, it's kind of like saying, "Hey, this is a pretty mystical group of guys, you know?"
It's a chance to show the band is tight as hell, right? That you're able to do that in the studio. It's like a flexing moment, right? This is what you guys are capable of.
Yeah, in a way, a lot of the records you put out don't really show what... Our strength is a live show. And so, and it's really hard to capture that live. That's what we tried to do.
Speaking of the live show, "Entirely Different Stars" starts out this record, and that's kind of been a centerpiece of your guys' live shows for a minute now, that big fan favorite. How long did that evolve in the studio, and what did it feel like to get that one down on wax?
Well, see, the thing is, it was born two years ago or so, and we did it in the studio basically first. We arranged that whole arrangement, and then we started playing it live because we liked it so much, and we thought we were going to release it on the record, but a year later we ended up releasing Turn Off The News (Build a Garden) without that song on there, so we were still playing it live, though. You know what I mean? It's just one of those things that we started doing live in the anticipation of releasing it, but then it didn't get released until a couple, few years later.
That's a song that I think for a lot of people who have seen you guys live, when you found out it was going to be on Naked Garden, it was like, "You need to listen to this record, because this song is finally here on the record." So, it made an anticipation for that coming out, you know?
It's been feeling like people want that song, so I'm glad to finally put it out.
Some of the songs on this record are alternate takes of some of the stuff from Turn Off the News. It made me wonder, how many different arrangements are you guys typically doing on your songs? Because you know, there's multiple versions of "Civilized Hell" on this, and how does that part of the writing process work for you guys, the arranging part?
It's a really interesting question, because that song specifically had so many different iterations. I mean, there's a version of Shooter Jennings and I doing that song years ago.
Oh, wow.
That song I wrote in like 2011 or something, and I just haven't really found the right way to put it out yet, and so now we finally just said, "Screw it, we'll put it all out." Put every version of it.
Yeah, so how are you guys deciding on what the right arrangement is for each song? Is that a thing you guys feel in the studio, or do you know after?
It's a thing we feel in the studio, like we will spend a couple hours before we record. We'll try and work out an arrangement, so to speak, and then once we kind of get that, we'll only do two or three takes of it, and if it feels right, we'll move on. If it doesn't feel right, we'll just stop. But you know, that song really came together, and I'm pretty proud of it. I'm proud of almost every version of it, so... Actually, I am proud of every version of it. It's kind of one of those things that you just kind of like say, "OK, well, this is my favorite for right now." But that might change, you know? It's hard to say.
Yeah. Putting it out three ways allows you to have many favorites of it.
Yeah. Exactly. Kind of have to just... You don't have to really pick or choose, necessarily.
Your last album, you had "Turn Off The News," which is really this song that was about needing to slow down and figure out how you can affect things in your immediate world, and then this happens, the coronavirus stuff. It feels like you're really just tapping into how it feels to be alive right now or something. I don't know if I necessarily have a question there, but yeah, your songs, it feels like you're predicting these things that people need to reckon with, you know?
It's really important to slow down and take stock of what's around you and how you can help. And the garden is a metaphor, you know? It doesn't have to be a literal garden. It could be sort of the garden of your family. Cultivate the flowers of your relationships. It's kind of like you could take it to have a literal meeting, which is also really cool and important, or a figurative meeting, you know?
I guess there's no way of knowing this right now, but what's next for the band? When this is over, I assume you guys are going to be going back out on the road, right?
Well, we've got a really special video for "Civilized Hell" that we put together that's I think going to make people really happy, and really cool, and it's in collaboration with a super important artist in the world, and it's really cool, and we were lucky to get that artist involved, and that'll come out in the next few weeks or so. We're working on some stuff that we put together with Zoom where we do some songs from the record as a show and put it together for fans.
And then I'm working on and recording demos of songs for the record to come after this, so I've always, I've got a lot of stuff happening.
So, what are you doing right now? Are you in Austin? Or where are you right now?
Yeah. I'm in Austin. I'm just chilling. We're at the ranch, and it's a beautiful day outside. Getting some fresh air. We're really lucky, man. We're really lucky. There's a lot of people that don't have the simple sort of luxury of fresh air, and so I'm enjoying that. I'm sort of taking count and stock of my blessings, and waiting for this to pass, and I fully realize that I'm luckier than most, so I don't have one bit of complaint, you know? I think that I'm happy to do my duty and stay away, and social distance, and that's fine. I needed the break, to be honest. I was going so hard, and I didn't see an end to it, and so in a way I'm grateful for it, although I can't wait till where we can all gather again and get out there for live shows. Because that's really what makes my heart soar, and I'll never complain about a long tour again after this.
You guys were probably going to be starting pretty soon, right? Would you be on the road right now?
Oh yeah, we'd be out on the road right now. What really sucks for the music industry is that the small businesses, the promoters that run legendary places like Cain's Ballroom, and little small theaters, and clubs, those kinds of places are in real danger of not being able to ever come back, so I think it's important to try and support those places as much as we can maybe when we come back from this, or figure out how we can help donate.
And also family farms, small family farms, all of their distribution network has been decimated, and so they're really getting hit hard, and restaurants, and small places. Not the corporate ones, but the small businesses are really having a hard time. That's where we got to focus our efforts, you know? There.
Yeah, and it's like when this is over, it's like your support of local business has arguably never been more important when this is over. It's the number one opportunity to make sure that those businesses thrive is going to them often and early as we can, you know?
That's it. That's it. As soon as they open restrictions, put on a mask and go do it.
You can buy a Vinyl Me, Please exclusive edition of Naked Garden here right now.
Andrew Winistorfer
Andrew Winistorfer is Vinyl Me, Please's Classics and Country Director, and an editor of their books, 100 Albums You Need In Your Collection and The Best Record Stores In The United States. He's written Listening Notes for more than 20 VMP releases, and co-produced Nat Turner Rebellion's Laugh to Keep From Crying. He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Q: How can I distribute a vector of numbers by a vector of percentages, round the result, and always get the same total that I started with in R? Question Summary
I want to multiply a vector of numbers (the Sum_By_Group column) by a vector of percentages (the Percent column) to distribute the total number for the group into each ID, round the result, and end up with the same total number that I started with. In other words, I want the Distribution_Post_Round column to be the same as the Sum_By_Group column.
Below is an example of the issue that I am running into. In Group A, I multiply Percent by Sum_By_Group and finish with 3 in ID 1, 3 in ID 2, and 1 in ID 5 for a total of 7. The Sum_By_Group column and Distribution_Post_Round column are the same for Group A and this is what I want. In Group B, I multiply Percent by Sum_By_Group and finish with 1 in ID 8 and 1 in ID 10 for a total of 2. I want the Distribution_Post_Round column to be 3 for Group B.
Is there a way to do this without using loops, subsetting data frames, and then rejoining the data frames together?
Example
library(dplyr)
df = data.frame('Group' = c(rep('A', 7), rep('B', 5)),
                  'ID' = c(1:12),
                  'Percent' = c(0.413797750, 0.385366840, 0.014417571, 0.060095668, 0.076399650,
                                0.019672573, 0.030249949, 0.381214519, 0.084121796, 0.438327886,
                                0.010665749, 0.085670050),
                  'Sum_By_Group' = c(rep(7,7), rep(3, 5)))
df$Distribute_By_ID = round(df$Percent * df$Sum_By_Group, 0)
df_round = aggregate(Distribute_By_ID ~ Group, data = df, sum)
names(df_round)[names(df_round) == 'Distribute_By_ID'] = 'Distribution_Post_Round'
df = left_join(df, df_round, by = 'Group')
df
  Group ID    Percent Sum_By_Group Distribute_By_ID Distribution_Post_Round
      A  1 0.41379775            7                3                       7
      A  2 0.38536684            7                3                       7
      A  3 0.01441757            7                0                       7
      A  4 0.06009567            7                0                       7
      A  5 0.07639965            7                1                       7
      A  6 0.01967257            7                0                       7
      A  7 0.03024995            7                0                       7
      B  8 0.38121452            3                1                       2
      B  9 0.08412180            3                0                       2
      B 10 0.43832789            3                1                       2
      B 11 0.01066575            3                0                       2
      B 12 0.08567005            3                0                       2

Thank you so much for your help. Please let me know if additional clarification is needed.

A: Wow, who knew someone had already written a package that includes a function to solve this... kudos to that team https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/sfsmisc/index.html
Since you seem to be willing to use dplyr hopefully this additional package will be worth it because it certainly makes a solution elegant.
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/61667720
library(dplyr)

df = data.frame('Group' = c(rep('A', 7), rep('B', 5)),
                'ID' = c(1:12),
                'Percent' = c(0.413797750, 0.385366840, 0.014417571, 0.060095668, 0.076399650,
                              0.019672573, 0.030249949, 0.381214519, 0.084121796, 0.438327886,
                              0.010665749, 0.085670050),
                'Sum_By_Group' = c(rep(7,7), rep(3, 5)))

glimpse(df)
#> Rows: 12
#> Columns: 4
#> $ Group        <chr> "A", "A", "A", "A", "A", "A", "A", "B", "B", "B", "B", "…
#> $ ID           <int> 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
#> $ Percent      <dbl> 0.41379775, 0.38536684, 0.01441757, 0.06009567, 0.076399…
#> $ Sum_By_Group <dbl> 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

df %>%
  group_by(Group) %>%
  mutate(Distribute_By_ID = sfsmisc::roundfixS(Percent * Sum_By_Group))
#> # A tibble: 12 x 5
#> # Groups:   Group [2]
#>    Group    ID Percent Sum_By_Group Distribute_By_ID
#>    <chr> <int>   <dbl>        <dbl>            <dbl>
#>  1 A         1  0.414             7                3
#>  2 A         2  0.385             7                3
#>  3 A         3  0.0144            7                0
#>  4 A         4  0.0601            7                0
#>  5 A         5  0.0764            7                1
#>  6 A         6  0.0197            7                0
#>  7 A         7  0.0302            7                0
#>  8 B         8  0.381             3                1
#>  9 B         9  0.0841            3                0
#> 10 B        10  0.438             3                2
#> 11 B        11  0.0107            3                0
#> 12 B        12  0.0857            3                0

Created on 2020-05-07 by the reprex package (v0.3.0)

A: df %>%
  mutate(dividend = floor(Percent*Sum_By_Group),
         remainder= Percent*Sum_By_Group-dividend) %>%
  group_by(Group) %>%
  arrange(desc(remainder),.by_group=TRUE) %>%
  mutate(delivered=sum(dividend),
         rownumber=1:n(),
         lastdelivery=if_else(rownumber<=Sum_By_Group-delivered,1,0),
         Final=dividend+lastdelivery) %>%
  ungroup()

# A tibble: 12 x 10
   Group    ID Percent Sum_By_Group dividend remainder delivered rownumber lastdelivery Final
   <fct> <int>   <dbl>        <dbl>    <dbl>     <dbl>     <dbl>     <int>        <dbl> <dbl>
 1 A         1  0.414             7        2    0.897          4         1            1     3
 2 A         2  0.385             7        2    0.698          4         2            1     3
 3 A         5  0.0764            7        0    0.535          4         3            1     1
 4 A         4  0.0601            7        0    0.421          4         4            0     0
 5 A         7  0.0302            7        0    0.212          4         5            0     0
 6 A         6  0.0197            7        0    0.138          4         6            0     0
 7 A         3  0.0144            7        0    0.101          4         7            0     0
 8 B        10  0.438             3        1    0.315          2         1            1     2
 9 B        12  0.0857            3        0    0.257          2         2            0     0
10 B         9  0.0841            3        0    0.252          2         3            0     0
11 B         8  0.381             3        1    0.144          2         4            0     1
12 B        11  0.0107            3        0    0.0320         2         5            0     0

This is my solution, without any other dependencies relying on Hare quota :
I distributed all the integer "seats", then I distributed the remaining "seats" in the order of remainders.
The column "Final" is then OK.
Note : It seems to give the same results than the other solution with a package

A: Formulating this as an integer optimization problem:
library(CVXR)
A <- as.data.frame.matrix(t(model.matrix(~0+Group, df)))
prop <- df$Percent * df$Sum_By_Group
x <- Variable(nrow(df), integer=TRUE)
sums <- df$Sum_By_Group[!duplicated(df$Group)]
p <- Problem(Minimize(sum_squares(x - prop)), list(A %*% x == sums))
result <- solve(p)

df$Distribute_By_ID <- as.integer(round(result$getValue(x)))

output:
   Group ID    Percent Sum_By_Group
1      A  1 0.41379775            7
2      A  2 0.38536684            7
3      A  3 0.01441757            7
4      A  4 0.06009567            7
5      A  5 0.07639965            7
6      A  6 0.01967257            7
7      A  7 0.03024995            7
8      B  8 0.38121452            3
9      B  9 0.08412180            3
10     B 10 0.43832789            3
11     B 11 0.01066575            3
12     B 12 0.08567005            3

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Doug MacLeod and RR in Oregon Music News
Doug MacLeod's Exactly Like This and RR's own Jan Mancuso got nice mentions in the February issue of Oregon Music News:
He doesn't record other people's tunes. The masterful acoustic Blues guitarist and singer only records his own. He has done that again on this album which follows up his award-winning There Is a Time from 2013, which won Blues Music Awards' Best Acoustic Album. He won Best Acoustic Artist Award that year, too.
Co-produced by former Oregonian (and KMHD DJ) Janice Mancuso (we knew her on the air as simply "Jan") and featuring Oregon drummer Jimi Bott, with Mike Thompson on keys and Denny Croy on bass, MacLeod has spun another web of stories and song destined to catch you and not let you go.
The title refers to his predilection for saying from the stage, "This song is going to go exactly like this." He asks, "Haven't you felt slighted when an entertainer says the song is going to go something like this? What's that mean? The people in the previous town got the real version the other night?"
He's like that.
Even though all of the songs are originals, he nods in tribute to Louis Jordan, Wes Montgomery, Jerry Reed, Tony Joe White, John Lee Hooker and Duke Ellington.
After nineteen albums, this true troubadour is trying to get to Oregon before long and sing for you.
—Tom D'Antoni, Oregon Music News
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Midlands MP Tom Watson has called on McDonald's to cancel a new promotion, claiming it will add to Britain's obesity crisis.
It comes as the Government considers banning fast food adverts on TV before 9pm, to tackle childhood obesity.
According to The Observer, the MP has asked Paul Pomroy, chief executive of McDonald's UK, to cancel the campaign, which is due to be launched on Wednesday, March 20.
It's been running at the burger restaurants for the past 14 years.
When customers buy a qualifying McDonald's product, they find stickers on the packaging that represent tiles in a game of Monopoly.
Diners collect the stickers and have the chance to win prizes, cash or meals at the restaurants during the six-week promotion.
"It is a danger to public health," he added.


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Q: Excel formula (Avg the difference) I have an excel file with 5 columns Year1%,Year2,Year3%, and I added the the 4th column to get the avg for each day for all 3 years, now I need to find formula to avg the difference between each day in year1 and the Avg, year2 and the Avg, and Year3 and the Avg,this is how my columns look like:
   Year1 % _ Year2% _ Year3% _ Avg% _ Avg Diff to %

Day 1
Day 2
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A: Assuming your table starts in A1, this formulas goes into the first row of the 5th data column (F2) to give you the average "DIFFERENCE" from the average:
=AVERAGE(E2-B2:D2)

This is an array formula that must be saved by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
Note that this will always equal 0 (maybe showing rounding error due to Excel working with floating point precision)
This is due to the definition of the average being the point that is, on average, the same distance from all other points. The positive and negative differences all sum to zero.
If, however, you wanted the average "DISTANCE" from the average (taking only the magnitude of the difference), you would use this formula:
=AVERAGE(ABS(E2-B2:D2))

This is also an array formula.
Statistically, this is not an effective measure of the spread of data. A more effective measure comes from squaring the difference rather than taking the absolute value:
=AVERAGE((E2-B2:D2)^2)

But this is actually just the variance:
=VAR.P(B2:D2)

The square root of which is the Standard Deviation:
=STDEV.P(B2:D2)


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Q: Talend Job in Cloud gets Illegal Character Error, but not in studio Description of Problem
I run a job on my local Talend Studio and it works.When I publish it to Cloud and run it on a remote engine; I get an illegal character error.

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*Note: The Windows Remote server is running on the same machine the Remote Engine is running.  They resolve to the same resource.

What I tried

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*One other job runs on the remote engine being used (STG)

*The remote engine and Talend Studio are the same machines for STG

*I tried moving the concatenation to a tSetGlobal var and that did not work - same error

*I also tried using java.net.URLEncoder.encode() but got a different error that the URL was not absolute

Error produced in the cloud
"Illegal character in scheme name"

Configuration of Componenet in Error

Console from Talend Studio with Job working

A: I found the problem.
My challenge was that everything worked in my local Talend Studio.
But not when executed via Cloud on the RemoteEngine.
AND the remote engine was configured on the same machine as my Talend Studio.
The problem was...
I had quoted my context variable values.
Thinking they were the same as when setting variables in tSetGlobalVar and the likes.
THIS IS INCORRECT.
Context variables must not be quoted in local Talend Studio or in Cloud.
Removing the double quotes resolved my problem.
Again though, it was odd it even worked at all in the first place.


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Imam Khamenei wants candidates to help winner: Head of Imam's Office
Head of the Office of The Leader of Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei has called on the presidential candidates to assist the winner of the June 14 election.
Addressing the candidates during a visit to the Election Headquarters in Tehran on Friday, Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani said The Leader of Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei wants those who lose the vote to work with the president-elect.
The future president needs the help of others because he will be shouldering the heavy responsibility of running the country over the next four years, he said.
On Friday, millions of Iranian voters headed for polling stations to cast their ballots and choose the country's 11th president as well as their representatives at the city and village councils.
The Iranian Interior Ministry has extended the voting time by four hours to 10 p.m. (1730 GMT) due to the high turnout.
In Tehran province, extra ballots were sent to the polling stations while officials predicted that the voter turnout would hit 70 percent in the province.
Vote counting will begin at the polling stations immediately after the polls close.
There have been no reports of irregularities or security incidents at the polling stations.
The Leader of Islamic Ummah and Oppressed People Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei cast his ballot as soon as the polls opened at 8 a.m. local time (0330).
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Il deserto di Yuma è una sezione a bassa elevazione del deserto di Sonora, situata nel bacino di Salton, suddiviso tra la parte sudoccidentale degli Stati Uniti d'America e la parte nordoccidentale del Messico.

All'interno del deserto vi sono aree di rada vegetazione e un'importante distesa di dune sabbiose. Le precipitazioni sono inferiori ai 200 mm di pioggia all'anno, il che rende questo deserto una delle zone più aride del Nord America. La presenza umana è molto scarsa e la città più importante è Yuma in Arizona, situata sul fiume Colorado al confine con la California.

Caratteristiche
Il deserto comprende le parti a bassa elevazione del bordo sudoccidentale dell'Arizona e si estende in direzione ovest verso il fiume Colorado. Sull'altra sponda del fiume, in California, si trova il deserto del Colorado, una porzione del deserto di Sonora nota come deserto basso. Anche se le due regioni desertiche sono separate solo dal fiume Colorado, vi sono numerose specie di animali e piante che vivono solo su un lato del fiume, come l'iconico cactus chiamato saguaro, che cresce solo sulla sponda orientale del fiume.

Il deserto di Yuma include anche le piane sabbiose del Sonora occidentale, fino alla sommità del Golfo di California. Il corso d'acqua più importante che lo attraversa è il fiume Gila, in Arizona. In questa regione del deserto si trova l'Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, come pure il Kofa National Wildlife Refuge e il Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

A sud della porzione dell'Arizona del deserto di Yuma, nella parte settentrionale del Messico, si trova la riserva della biosfera del gruppo vulcanico dei Pinacate Peaks, che fanno parte del Gran Desierto de Altar e che costituisce l'estensione meridionale del deserto di Yuma. È situata nella fascia pedemontana nordoccidentale della Sierra Madre Occidentale, la catena montuosa occidentale del Messico.

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Yuma Desert
 Yuma Desert Watershed Map
 Yuma Desert regional Points of Interest

Deserti degli Stati Uniti d'America
Deserti del Messico

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The color purple has always been linked to wealth and royalty, because of its beauty and rarity in ancient times. This luscious color also seems to bring a touch of elegance and nobility to its surroundings, wherever it may be. Now, with our Plum Eco Glass Beads by American Fire Glass, you can give your home the purple touch and turn your humble fire feature into a royal piece of art!
Made from pre-industrial recycled glass, these lovely plum glass beads are reminiscent of amethyst quartz crystals. Equally suited to both indoor fireplaces, or outdoor fire pits, they go especially well in surroundings of bright yellow. When the fire feature is lit, you and your guests will be treated to a stunning display as the dazzling plum-colored beads shine and reflect the bright yellow light of the flames dancing above you.
Our plum eco glass beads are not just delightful to behold, but also very practical. They do a terrific job of completely covering the floor of a fireplace or fire pit, effectively hiding the pipes and tubes which are often visible in gas fire features. This makes them a much more desirable alternative to the commonly seen ceramic logs and fire stones.
All of our eco glass beads are environmentally friendly and are manufactured in accordance with the highest industry standards in order to ensure that they can withstand extremely high temperatures and harsh weather without sustaining any damage or discoloration. Under normal conditions, these beautiful beads can last you a lifetime!
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The movie invasion may be on!
And it may be only a false alarm.
But there are several persons ready to make oath it was Robert Mitchum who walked into Beam's downtown drugstore this morning and tried to secure some film for his Polaroid camera. And others insist his beauteous blonde companion was none other than Ann Baxter.
Their big shiny automobile, complete with uniformed chauffeur, was parked for a time near the front of the Kreglow hotel, and an Echo staff member inquired whether the pair were not here in connection with a announced start in mid-August of filming of Davis Grubb's book, "Night of the Hunter." The inquiry was met rather evasively and before it could be pressed closer the car glided away from the curb, apparently headed downriver with its occupants.
It all tied in, though.
Producer Paul Gregory announced last spring, after buying the movie rights to the former Moundsville resident's book, that her and Charles Laughton planned to produce the picture in the local area, and said shooting would start about the middle of August.
And some time later it was made known that Mitchum, Miss Baxter, Agnes Moorhead and several others had been signed for parts in the spine-chilling story.
The word spread fast and soon of calls inquiring whether the of calls inquiring whether the wo whole cast for the movie hadn't been here this morning [sic]. The various starts were reported seen at several points in the community but - well, you know how those stories grow.
So all we're reporting now is just what we have been able to dig up. And all of this was without official confirmation at pres-time, anyhow.
Somebody must have been seeing things.
Yet, it was a big car - and it did have something to do with "Night of the Hunter", the book Paul Gregory and Charles Laughton are going to make into a movie.
But the occupant wasn't Robert Mitchum - it was Frank Parmenter, business manager for Paul Gregory Associates, as reported in Tuesday's Echo, who was conferring with local sources on the possibility of shooting some background material here for the picture coming out of Davis Grubb's best-selling novel, laid in the river country hereabouts.
Parmenter, according to Chamber of Commerce Secretary T. W. Keffer, was staying at a Pittsburgh hotel and came to Moundsville yesterday in a rented car with uniformed driver to look over the countryside.
He conferred with Warden O. J. Skeen of the state penitentiary, which figures in the book, and arranged to take what shots of the institution may be necessary. Now he is on the hunt of a helicopiter to take some air views of the countryside.
It appeared unlikely even that the stars of the picture might be brought onto location here, though this possibility was not wholly ruled out. Much of the film, according to Parmenter, will be made in California, with local settings dubbed in where needed.
But you still could encounter a few people today who held steadfastly to the belief that it was Robert Mitchum who visited the community yesterday.
And they might be right. At least, nobody has proved definitely yet that he wasn't here.
A boy 54 inches tall with brown hair.
Parents interested are invited to bring their children to the front porch of the Court House, tomorrow, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Keffer stressed that these youngsters are wanted only for the scenes that will be shot locally, and parents should not get excited that their children will be taken to the West C[oa]st.
Mr. Parmenter said that he himself planned to spend the next couple of days on a powerboat surveying the shoreline of the river.
Filming of local scenes to be included in the movie based upon the novel, "Night of the Hunter," from the pen of Davis Grubb, formerly of Moundsville, was scheduled to get started here late today.
T. W. Keffer, secretary of Moundsville Chamber of Commerce, said this morning he had received word from Frank Parmenter, business manager of Gregory Associates, linked in the motion picture project, saying that Parmenter and at least three cameramen, along with equipment and supplies, would arrive in Moundsville today.
Parmenter, who was here on a recent visit, did not indicate that any film personnel expected to be linked with the production, would accompany the party here.
Keffer said he was advised contacts had been made with Warden Orel J. Skeen to permit filing of some shots about the prison, and possibly some down-river scenes.
The current jaunt by the motion picture promoters was expected to last about a week, and that more cameramen might come along in a day or two.
It has been revealed that John Crouch of Virginia street, Moundsville, and Lois Jean Kennedy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kennedy of Shadyside, have been selected as doubles for Billy Chaffin and Sally Jane Bruce, in the enactment of the roles of the children John and Pearl, in Davis Grubb's "The Night of the Hunter." Although the major portion of the film will be done on the West Coast, the two local and near-local children have been chosen to play the parts in scenes shot locally. Although the shooting was expected to begin today, the local Chamber of Commerce office said that the weather would probably prevent it.
It was said that Lois Jean has had some film experience previously.
Maj. Luther Crawford of the National Guard, reported that as he was driving along the Lynn Camp road today, the movie people (here to film some scenes for "Night of the Hunter") were taking pictures of a church and some scenery in that vicinity.
After considerable last minute red-tape wrestling, and with the cooperation of a number of local people and assistance from the Chamber of Commerce, actual shooting of background scenes for the forthcoming movie, "Night of the Hunter" was scheduled to get under way in the local area this afternoon.
This afternoon activity centered along the banks of the Ohio river at either Woodlands Island or Paden City, where John Crouch and Lois Jean Kennedy selected as doubles for the youthful thespians who will portray John and Pearl in the film version of the spine chilling novel penned by Davis Grubb, formerly of Moundsville, were to be eyes in the cameras in a small boat, rowing into the river.
But before they actually could go to work, many preliminary details had to be attended to yesterday.
Frank Parmenter, business manager of the film production company, learned that he must procure from Charleston a license for his corporation to do business in the state, and there was the added question of workmen's compensation coverage. The Chamber of Commerce contacted Andy Ruckman, formerly of this city, who is in the state Industrial and Publicity Commission office at the capitol, and he advised that personal signatures to certa[i]n forms would be required to procure the necessary licenses and permits.
So yesterday afternoon, in Bill "Kreglow" Miller's airplane, the producing official took off for Charleston, and by evening he was able to return here with all necessary papers to go ahead with the project today.
Parmenter and others of his staff expressed themselves as being somewhat taken aback by the generous hospitality and spirit of cooperation evinced by local people in connection with the project.
They have asked for and received the use of facilities which would run into many dollars expense elsewhere-for example, the use of Allan Crowther's cabin cruiser on the river to place cameras to take shots of the youngsters in the skiff-prompting Parmenter to comment on the generous nature of Moundsville area people.
It was not certain today how long the actual filming would require, but it was expected the work would be completed shortly and the crews would return to the West Coast where the principal scenes of the picture will be made. Shots taken here will be worked in to provide authentic background for the film.
Yesterday took us back 30 years. Remember back in those old times the airplanes were so uncommon, that every time one went over, you could see everybody on the street, gawking up into the sky. Those were the days into which Davis Grubb set the story of his recent book, "The Night of the Hunter."
Wel[l], now they are filming "The Night of the Hunter," and yesterday, as you drove about town, you could see people gawking up into the sky. But it wasn't an airplane - it was the Whirlybird. That helicopter is, at first glance, the doggondest contraption you ever saw. It looks like some sort of peculiar bug. But its enormous advantage of being able to stand still anywhere in the sky makes up for all its funny looks. Yesterday evening, two sons of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Campbell and their friends were playing croquet in their yard at 600 Fifth street, when the Whirlybird came down overhead, stopped there, the passenger took their pictures, and then the thing backed up into the sky and went away.
We Won't Get Premiere Of "Hunter"
T. W. Keffer today received a letter from Paul Gregory whose firm made the movie of "Night of the Hunter" and shot part of the scenes here.
Mr. Keffer, Chamber of Commerce secretary who worked closely with them while they were here has been urging that the world premiere of the film be given in Moundsville, especially because this is the native home of the author, Davis Grubb, who laid its scenes, in this area.
However, Mr. Gregory indicated the world premiere will "no doubt" be held in the home town of its producer - Des Moines, Iowa.
Des Moines is going to have a "Paul Gregory Day" for the affair.
As for holding the premiere here, Mr. Gregory wrote: "I believe every city that is mentioned in the book has been after us for the world premiere, so that I rather imagine it woold be a mad scramble if we were to decide to have it in the Ohio river valley as to which city it would be in.
"In any event you may be certain I will keep you posted as to how things develop. Thank you most kindly for your sincere interest and your past cooperation.
He said in his letter that the filming is completed and they are now engaged in the business aspects of selling it, getting distribution of printes and arranging for the world premiere.


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2-0 start puts Beermen in Dyip's path—with an urgent need to solve up-and-down execution Republicans quash Democratic ban on carrying guns in a congressional committee room Teen Azkals mainstay Reyes signs with German club Furth Samsung Galaxy S23 brings Snapdragon power and fresh looks Ohio man dies after being shot by police as he was cleaning out late grandmother's apartment
NBA: Kyle Kuzma's late 3-pointer lifts Wizards over Bulls
Kyle Kuzma #33 of the Washington Wizards celebrates after hitting the game winning shot against the Chicago Bulls during the Wizards 100-97 win at Capital One Arena on January 11, 2023 in Washington, DC. Rob Carr/Getty Images/AFP
Kyle Kuzma scored 21 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds remaining, as the short-handed Washington Wizards rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit to beat the visiting Chicago Bulls 100-97 on Wednesday.
Anthony Gill scored a career-high 18 points and Monte Morris added 17 for Washington, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Rui Hachimura chipped in 10 points and Deni Avdija finished with nine points and a career-high 20 rebounds.
Chicago lost its second straight despite the efforts of Zach LaVine, who scored 38 points. Nikola Vucevic had 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Coby White scored 13.
LaVine hit one of his four 3-pointers with 30.1 seconds left to tie the game at 97-97 before Washington called timeout, setting up Kuzma's winning trey with 6.2 seconds to play.
Kuz breaks down his game-winner tonight 🗣 pic.twitter.com/WRMSGW2bmn
— NBA (@NBA) January 12, 2023
Chicago needed a 3-pointer on the team's final possession to tie the game again, but LaVine instead took a midrange jumper that missed the mark and sealed the Bulls' loss.
Chicago led by as many as 16 early in the third quarter but was unable to pull away from Washington, which erupted for 41 points in the quarter and carried an eight-point lead into the final period.
Both teams played without several key starters. Chicago star DeMar DeRozan (right quad strain) missed his first game of the season, while Washington was minus Daniel Gafford (right ankle sprain), Kristaps Porzingis (sore ribs) and Bradley Beal (strained left hamstring).
LaVine and Vucevic combined for 18 points in the first quarter to help Chicago take a 29-25 lead. The Bulls shot 61.9 percent in the opening quarter.
Chicago controlled the second quarter and held a 59-46 advantage at the break. LaVine had 19 points to lead all scorers.
Washington battled back and moved ahead 87-80 after outscoring the Bulls 41-21 in the third quarter. Morris set a career high for a single quarter with 15 points.
LaVine has scored at least 35 points in three of his last four games for Chicago, which was 6 of 9 (66.7 percent) from the foul line compared to 17 of 21 (81 percent) for Washington.
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Next call for the applications – internships!
We announce the next call for applications – we invite you to send internship applicatiosn till the 16th of January 2015, Win a paid internship in a place which you can choose by yourself! The Foundation for Somalia starts the second tour of registration for the paid internships for foreigners. The recruitment process for the internship program dedicated to the immigrants from outside the European Union is a part of the 'VOUCHER for Your Career' project.
Do you live in Poland legally and want to start your professional career in Polish labour market? Submit your CV and cover letter. Prove that you are worth investing!
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Discussion in 'iPad Help' started by HHV, Apr 10, 2010.
How do I move my files from my pc to the iPad? These would be mostly pdf files I would like to take with me on the iPad.
For pdf's you need to import them with the app you plan to use to read them. For example, I use good reader. One method is to dock your ipad to your computer. In tunes go to the ipads applications page, at the bottom is listed the apps that you can load docs to. Click on goodreader, then click the button for adding files, find the file you want to sync and choose it and it adds it.
If you are using mobile me, you can just access it directly on the ipad within the goodreader application and download from there.
Download "calibre" and click on "add file", find your PDF file and then click "Convert to Ebook". After the pdf is converted to an Ebook open Itunes and move the file to your library then Sync the Ipad and you will have the PDF file as an E-book. Open Books and there it is.
For files I want to modify, I use Pages and transfer them from my desktop using email (attachment). There are 2 other ways to make the transfer, but I don't yet understand either.
I am not all that savvy, but it works.
can i transfer my "Notes" file from my iphone to ipad ??
why itunes doesnt accept avi, mkv files? how could i put these file on my ipad2?
An easy way is to use the iPad's 'Swiss Army Knife' app, GoodReader. It will allow you to transfer any file to the iPad using either USB or WiFi directly - iTunes is not involved. From within GoodReader you can organise your files in folders and then open any document/video etc in the appropriate app.
It's consistently voted the number one 'must have' app by iPad Forum members and is highly rated in the reviews at the App Store.
I am having issues with GoodReader, Google docs, etc. for transferring files from my PC to my iPad because the files will change formats. In Excel I have had missing data, in PPT the fonts and spacing change and things become all jumbled. Is there a way to transfer the files and get them in their original format? The other issue I have is that I need to transfer them from a work PC where I cant install iTunes or Dropbox because of download restrictions. Any ideas?
Email them to yourself and then access your email on the ipad and then use the 'open in' function for goodreader or other compatible app...ie pages, numbers..etc.
As of now, there is no full-blown desktop-style office suite. Especially if you have complex documents, is there a high chance that they will look different on your iPad. This is a restriction of current office apps. Some apps do a better job at displaying documents then others, but so far none will show them the exact same way.


New Zealand Manuka Honey is a monofloral honey – that is, it is produced by bees that have visited predominantly one species of plant, such that the properties of the plant may give the honey distinct characteristics (such as flavour, fragrance).
Bumblebees also love Leptospermum scoparium - this variety: 'Martini'. Commonly known as: Manuka or New Zealand tea tree, grows in our garden.
Manuka honey is specifically produced by bees that only visit the manuka tree (Leptospermum scoparium) in New Zealand. The bees that produce manuka honey are European honey bees (Apis mellifera) that were introduced into New Zealand. The manuka tree grows throughout New Zealand.
However, it has also been introduced to other countries as an ornamental shrub. I live in the UK, and have a very beautiful Leptospermum scoparium (pictured above). It gets covered in bees from end of May onwards, and the flowers are delightful. It needs a sheltered spot - ours grows against the sunny wall of our house. We originally had two of these shrubs, but the other was planted in an exposed position, and didn't survive snowfall.
However, the Tea Tree belongs to the genus 'Melaleuca' found in Australia, whereas the Manuka or New Zealand Tea Tree belongs to the genus 'Leptospermum'.
The flowers are popular with honey bees but also a range of bees, including solitary bees. Hoverflies are also regular visitors.
What are the characteristics of Manuka honey?
Manuka honey is a very viscous honey (that is, it seems to be very thick, and doesn't flow easily) – and is probably the most viscous of all honeys.
It has quite a dark colour – although it can vary from dark cream to dark brown. The taste is described as earthy or slightly bitter, while some people describe it as being herbaceous or aromatic.
Is Manuka Honey different from other honey?
There is evidence that manuka honey may be effective against MRSA.
There is some evidence which could suggest that manuka honey may be effective in wound care in some circumstances (e.g. depending on bacteria type present within the wound).
Manuka honey is sometimes proposed as a remedy for acne, but so far, I have seen no clear, convincing clinical evidence that has proven manuka honey's efficacy for this skin condition - it seems more research is needed in this area.
There are three controversies surrounding manuka honey.
The first controversy concerns the validity of the honey – is it genuinely manuka honey from New Zealand, or is it adulterated? To be labelled as manuka honey, at least 70% of the pollen content must be from the L. scoparium tree, which exists predominantaly in New Zealand and so the New Zealand Manuka Honey production should represent almost all the world's production.
However it is interesting to note that the New Zealand Manuka Honey manufacturers trade association (Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association - UMFHA) states that about 1,300 tons of manuka honey are manufactured each year (2013 data), and yet about 10,000 tons of manuka honey is sold worldwide each year. In other words there is more Manuka Honey being sold than is actually being made!
Sample testing by UMFHA in UK, China and Singapore has revealed that some Manuka Honey is adulterated with syrup (about half of the samples they tested in 2012 / 2013). It is not immediately clear how to tell when faced with a jar in a supermarket: whilst the colour can be seen, it is not possible to test the viscosity without purchasing a jar and opening it.
Is Australian Manuka Honey the same as New Zealand Manuka Honey?
The third controversy revolves around the possible medical benefits. Test tube studies (in vitro studies as they are called in medicine) have shown that manuka honey has an antimicrobial activity against a number of pathogenic bacteria and fungi.
However, when clinical studies are done to test the effect of manuka honey on patients' symptoms for some conditions (in vivo studies) the effects have been variable, or requiring more evidence before they could be used in a publicly accountable clinical setting, such as the UK NHS.
It has been shown that, whereas the antimicrobial effect of non-manuka honey is due to a number of factors (including peroxide levels), with manuka honey it may be due to a component of the honey called methylglyoxate, although this has been disputed. But although manuka honey has shown significant activity in some studies (including against MRSA) clinical studies show mixed, though some promising results in wound healing and more evidence would be needed to support use in acne (what does exist, seems to suggest manuka may not be beneficial for this condition - please get in touch if you learn of any new or conclusive evidence either way).
Certified, medical-grade manuka honeys are available from specialist websites, and Amazon.com has some available, with some excellent reviews.
Note, you can get manuka honeys with a guaranteed level of MGO this one, for example, is highly rated but the benefits of more MGO may not be clear.


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Army Staff Sgt. Jesse W. Ainsworth
Died July 10, 2010 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
24, of Dayton, Texas; assigned to the 1st Squadron, 71st Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry), Fort Drum, N.Y.; died July 10 near Walakan, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. Also killed was Sgt. Donald R. Edgerton.
Fallen staff sergeant was a born leader
Jesse Ainsworth's friends and comrades say they're certain he was born to be a leader and loved his work in the military.
"Not only was he a physical stud who never seemed to wear down, but he did his job while making everyone else laugh," 1st Sgt. Robert M. Preusser Jr. said.
Ainsworth, 24, of Dayton, Texas, died July 10 near Walakan, Afghanistan, of injuries from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to Fort Drum and had served two combat tours in Iraq.
He was home-schooled and attended Dayton High School before enlisting in the Army in 2005. It fit his style as a guy who enjoyed hunting and fishing in the woods near his home, friends said.
Ainsworth's sister Rebecca said the Texas native "always knew how to mess with you and make you smile."
He even once tried to teach a young nephew to play a child's guitar, despite not knowing how to play the instrument himself, she said.
He and his wife of two years, Sarah, had a daughter named Lanna who was born before he deployed to Afghanistan. Ainsworth also had a 3-year-old daughter, Lexie.
Other survivors include his mother and stepfather, Margaret and Gene Hutchins.


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CDP1823 Datasheet
128-Word x 8-Bit Static Random-Access Memory
Random-Access Memories (RAMs) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
CDP1823, CDP1823C
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128-Word X 8-Bit Static
Random-Access Memory
• Fast access time:
450 ns at Voo= 5 V;
250 ns at Voo = 10 V
• Common data inputs and outputs
• Multiple-chip select inputs to simplify
memory system expansion
The RCA-CDP1823 and CDP1823C are 128-word by 8-bit
CMOS SOS static random-access memories. These mem-
ories are compatible with general-purpose microprocessors.
The two memories are functionally identical. They differ in
that the CDP1823 has a recommended operating voltage
range of 4 to 10.5 volts, and the CDP1823C has a
recommended operating voltage range of 4 to 6.5 volts.
The CDP1823 memory has 8 common data input and data
output terminals for direct connection to a bidirectional
data bus and is operated from a single voltage supply. Five
chip-select inputs are provided to simplify memory-system
expansion. In order to enable the CDP1823, the chip-select
inputs CS2, ~, and CS5 require a low input signal, and
the chip-select inputs CS1 and CS4 require a high input
The MRD signal enables all 8 output drivers when in the low
state and should be in a high state during a write cycle.
Aftervalid data appear althe output, the address inputs may
be changed immediately. Output data will be valid until
either theMtm signal goes high, the device is deselected, or
tM (access time) after address changes.
The CDP1823 and CDP1823C are supplied in hermetic 24-
lead dual-in-line ceramic packages (D suffix), and in 24-
lead dual-in-line plastic packages (E suffix).
OPERATIONAL MODES
STAND-BY (ACTIVE)
MAD MWR CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4 CS5 Bus Terminal State
Storage State of
0 X 1 0 0 1 0 Addressed Word
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 Input High-Impedance
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 High-Impedance
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OPERATING CONDITIONS at TA = FULL PACKAGE-TEMPERATURE RANGE
For maximum reliability, nominal operating conditions should be
selected so that operation is always within the following ranges:
Supply·Voltage Range
CDP1823D
CDP1823CD
Recommended Input Voltage Range
MAXIMUM RATINGS, Absolute·Maximum Values:
DC SUPPLY·VOLTAGE RANGE, (VDD)
(All voltage values referenced to VSS terminal)
CDP1823 ............................................................. -0.5to +11 V
CDP1823C ............................................................. -0.5to +7V
INPUT VOLTAGE RANGE, ALL INPUTS ................................... -0.5to VDD+ 0.5 V
DCINPUTCURRENT,ANYONEINPUT ............................................. ±10mA
OPERATING·TEMPERATURE RANGE (TA):
CERAMIC PACKAGES (D SUFFIX TYPES) ................................... - 55 to + 125·C
PLASTIC PACKAGES (E SUFFIX TYPES) ..................................... - 40 to + 85·C
STORAGETEMPERATURERANGE(Tstg) ..................................... -65to +150·C
LEAD TEMPERATURE (DURING SOLDERING):
At distance 1/16 ± 1/32 inch (1.59 ± 0.79 mm) from case for 10 s max.................... + 265·C
STATIC ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS at T. = -40 to + 85°C, Except as noted
Vo V,N Voo
CDP1823
CDP1823C UNITS
(V) (V) (V) Min. Typ.· Max. Min. Typ.* MIx.
- -Quiescent Device -
0,5 5 - - 500
- - -100 0.10 10 -
1000 - -
Output Voltage:
- 0,5 5 -
Low-Level.
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0 0.1 - -
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ioN Any 0,5 5
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4 8- 4 8
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Output Capacitance,
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Part Number CDP1823
Description 128-Word x 8-Bit Static Random-Access Memory
Maker GE
CDP1823 Datasheet PDF
1 CDP1821C High-Reliability CMOS 1024-Word x 1-Bit Static RAM
2 CDP1821C3 High-Reliability CMOS 1024-Word x 1-Bit Static RAM
3 CDP1822 256-Word x 4-Bit LSI Static RAM
4 CDP1822 256-Word by 4-Bit LSI Static Random-Access Memory
5 CDP1822C High-Reliability CMOS 256-Word x 4-Bit LSI Static RAM
6 CDP1822C 256-Word by 4-Bit LSI Static Random-Access Memory
7 CDP1822C3 High-Reliability CMOS 256-Word x 4-Bit LSI Static RAM
9 CDP1823 128-Word x 8-Bit Static Random-Access Memory


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Pakistan exported dollar 54.613 million cotton yarn to China in recent month
BEIJING, Oct. 2 – Pakistan exported 54.613 million US dollars of cotton yarn in August, registering a year-on-year decline of 51.36%, China Economic Net (CEN) reported on Friday quoting official sources.
However, its cotton yarn export to China has surged in the same month.
As data from China's General Administration of Customs shows, China imported 41.836 million dollars worth of cotton yarn from Pakistan in August, which is 4.36 times the 9.592 million dollars in the same period last year, with a year-on-year increase of 336 percent.
Pakistan mainly produces low-count sirospun yarns, such as those of 8s or 10s, generally below 21s, which are mostly imported to south China's Guangdong province to be made into denim, said Huang Xifeng, sales executive of import and export department at Litai Xingshi (Taicang) Holding Co. Ltd.
"We imported about 1,000 tons of cotton yarns from Pakistan every year. Our denim fabric is made of thick and low-count yarns, which are basically 10s or 8s, no more than 12s." Yang Bin, director of Seazon Textile and Apparel Co., Ltd in Foshan, China, said in an interview with CEN.
Yang added that he has cooperated with Pakistan's cotton yarn manufacturers for 10 years. "As for Pakistan's cotton yarn, we only imported it from Explorer, a Pakistani manufacturer, with which we have cooperated for more than ten years.
Produced locally in Pakistan with American and Australian cotton as raw materials, it boasts the best quality of all. And yet, most of the other Pakistani producers adopt locally grown cotton, which may save RMB hundreds per ton.
Although Pakistani cotton is somewhat of inferior quality to that in America, Australia, and China, it can be made into denim," Yang said.
Pakistani cotton yarn RMB 3,000 cheaper per ton than that of China with zero tariff
The main reason for the surge in import lies in the fact that Pakistan's yarn export to China enjoys zero tariff, thus having a greater competitive advantage internationally.
That's why we prefer Pakistani cotton yarn even when offered the same price," said Ke Jiangwei, general manager of Xiamen Naseem Trade Co., Ltd, which has been importing Pakistani yarn for many years in China.
"It is not just tariffs, but the price that attracts us," said Yang, adding that "as Pakistani yarn is much cheaper than the Chinese one, the largest gap reached RMB 2,000 to 3,000 per ton in the last two years, with a price gap of about 10%.
Due to the COVID-19 epidemic this year, domestic cotton yarn cannot sell well in China, thus narrowing the price gap to about RMB 1,000."
"The sirospun of 8s in Pakistan was RMB 17,000 or RMB 18,000 per ton before, and now it has dropped to about RMB 16,000 per ton.
At present, the price of Pakistani yarn in China's domestic market has rebounded. It has risen by more than ten percent compared with the price in May and June. It may have been sold for RMB 15,000 per ton before, and now RMB 16,500, or even RMB 17,000.
The price gap is as high as RMB 1,000-2,000 over the past three months," Ke explained.
We mainly purchase cotton yarns in stock, and it will be too late to order them from Pakistan, he added.
He pointed out that 8s and 10s cotton yarns from Pakistan are currently in great demand in Lanxi City, east China's Zhejiang Province.
A factory with more than 200 looms can manage 200-300 tons of cotton yarns," He Hao, a salesperson from Shengzhou Shengtai Haobang Textile Co., Ltd. Company, said in an interview.
He suggested that Pakistan could try to produce cotton yarns with mixed cotton through a new technique called rotor spinning.
Pakistani cotton spinning products are what we need for a long time, so will continue to import them as long as they can be consumed in China's factories and their prices are acceptable," Ke said.
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The actor, who is currently awaiting the release of Bharat, which is also an official remake of 2014 Korean drama Ode to My Father, said his brother-in-law, actor-producer Atul Agnihotri, has acquired the rights of Veteran.
"I am doing Veteran. Atul has the rights. It's a nice film. We will do this film after Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film," Salman said in an interview in Mumbai.
The 53-year-old superstar will start working on the third installment of Dabangg, followed by Bhansali's Inshallah, that will see him teaming up with Alia Bhatt for the first time.
Salman is currently busy promoting his home production film Notebook featuring newcomers Zaheer Iqbal and Pranutan Bahl. It releases on 29 March.


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import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

class LogEntry {
  public static enum Severity {
    Verbose(false), Debug(false), Info(false), Warning(true), Error(true), Fatal(
        true);
    public final boolean useErrorStream;

    private Severity(final boolean useErrorStream) {
      this.useErrorStream = useErrorStream;
    }

    private static Severity fromChar(final char c) {
      if (c == 'V') {
        return Verbose;
      } else if (c == 'D') {
        return Debug;
      } else if (c == 'I') {
        return Info;
      } else if (c == 'W') {
        return Warning;
      } else if (c == 'E') {
        return Error;
      } else if (c == 'F') {
        return Fatal;
      } else {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("I don't know how to interpret '"
            + c + "' as a log severity");
      }
    }
  }

  public final Severity severity;
  public final String source;
  public final int pid;
  public final String message;

  private static final Pattern PARSER = Pattern
      .compile("^([VDIWEF])/([^\\(\\s]+)\\s*\\(\\s*(\\d+)\\): (.+)$");

  public LogEntry(final String line) {
    final Matcher m = PARSER.matcher(line);
    if (!m.matches()) {
      throw new RuntimeException("I can't understand log entry\n" + line);
    }
    this.severity = Severity.fromChar(m.group(1).charAt(0));
    this.source = m.group(2);
    this.pid = Integer.parseInt(m.group(3));
    this.message = m.group(4);
  }

  @Override
  public String toString() {
    return severity + "/" + source + "(" + pid + "): " + message;
  }
}

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About Giovanni Boldin
Boldini was born in Ferrara, the son of a painter of religious subjects, and in 1862 went to Florence for six years to study and pursue painting. He only infrequently attended classes at the Academy of Fine Arts, but in Florence, met other realist painters known as the Macchiaioli, who were Italian precursors to Impressionism. Their influence is seen in Boldini's landscapes which show his spontaneous response to nature, although it is for his portraits that he became best known.
Moving to London, Boldini attained success as a portraitist. He completed portraits of premier members of society including Lady Holland and the Duchess of Westminster.F rom 1872 he lived in Paris, where he became a friend of Edgar Degas. He became the most fashionable portrait painter in Paris in the late 19th century, with a dashing style of painting which shows some Macchiaioli influence and a brio reminiscent of the work of younger artists, such as John Singer Sargent and Paul Helleu. He was nominated commissioner of the Italian section of the Paris Exposition in 1889, and received the Légion d'honneur for this appointment.
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WushuOntario coordinates a number of programs, workshops, accredited courses and subsidies to provide ongoing support and development for officials and volunteers.
Officials are an essential part of sport. They should be given an opportunity to make a valuable contribution to the martial arts community by learning new skills through education, training and mentoring. It is important to create a respectful, appreciative and supportive environment for everyone participating, including spectators.
A WushuOntario official is any person who controls the actual play of a competition by the application of the rules and laws of the sport to make judgement on the rule infringements, performance, time or score. These officials (e.g. umpire, referee, or judge) administer the their training to ensure the proper conduct of Wushu participation in a safe and well coordinated environment.
The certification program begins with an introductory development clinic to become a Level 1 – Recreation Official with available upgrade program clinics to attain higher levels of certification; the highest being a certified International Wushu Federation Official. For a break-down on each certification level please refer to our Officials Certification Content page.
Certification clinics are comprised of both theory, technical and practical components and consist of different content depending on whether the course is for Taolu or Sanda officiating. These clinics are available to organizations, clubs, and individuals. The goal of the clinics is to certify and develop officials both for Taolu and Sanda. All clinics must have a sufficient number of participants to allow for a full core of officials during the practical evaluation.
Visit our Officials Clinics information page to learn more about the certification process.
Clinic registrations will be posted on the Events Calendar as they become available and may also be administered upon request.
In order to obtain the next level of certification, upgrade clinics must be successfully completed. For information on upgrading your certification to Provincial (Level 2) or higher, please contact us.
WushuOntario officials ensure that the athletes and participants are abiding by the rules and playing in the spirit of the sport. They are also there to ensure that events are observed and enjoyed by all.
-Opportunity for parents, enthusiasts or partners to be involved in sport.
All you need is an interest in Martial Arts and a willingness to be involved.
Below are descriptions of each level of certification for WushuOntario Officials, as well as information on next steps after becoming a certified Official.
The first level in the WushuOntario officials' development program, it is designed for any person aspiring to become a wushu official. The purpose is to enable the candidate to understand and apply basic rule interpretations associated with recreation competition divisions in Taolu or Sanda. Level 1 officials are allowed and expected to officiate as a first official WushuOntario sanctioned recreational competitions and tournaments; as well as work as administration to learn the processes of timing, score keeping, marshaling and equipment handling during events.
Must perform adequately at a practical evaluation during 1-3 initiation events.
Must attend a Certification Technical Clinic prior to participation in 3rd official event.
Must become a registered member of WushuOntario via "Officials First" program.
Must pass a Police Record Check and Vulnerable Sector Screening Check to be assigned to WushuOntario and WushuCanada competitions.
In order to become a Level 2 Official, a candidate must have been active as a Level 1 Official for at least 5 recognized events or 50 bouts, and fulfilled all the requirements of the Officials Upgrade Program. The Level 2 Official is allowed and expected to officiate as sideline or panel judge during recreational, provincial championships and Ontario Winter Games.
An official aspiring to be a Level 3 Official must have been active as a Level 2 Official for at least 3 recognized events and must apply for entry into the Officials Upgrade Program. The Level 3 – Official is recognized as a "senior official" and as such is allowed and expected to officiate at all competition levels in Ontario including qualifiers and National Championships held in Ontario.
An official seeking Level 4 status must have been active as an Official for at least two years and must be recommended by the Officials Committee for entry into the Officials Upgrade Program. The Level 4 Official has the opportunity and is expected to officiate at all competition levels in Canada and is recommended to begin certification at the international level. IWuF level 1 equivalency is adapted at this level of certification.
Level 5 Certification is the highest level attainable in the WushuOntario Officials' Development Program. Only the top Officials from across Canada will be recommended for entry into the International Upgrade Program. Upon entry into Level 5 certification, officials must be prepared to officiate at the highest levels of Wushu throughout the province, country and world. Each year WushuOntario will recommend and subsidize its most active officials to attain, maintain and upgrade their certification under the IWuF officiating program.
So you are now a certified WushuOntario Official, how do you get assigned to officiate events?
Before you can be assigned to officiate events you will need to ensure you are on the most current officiating panel which is public record on the WushuOntario website.
To officiate international events you will need to register with WushuCanada and be certified under the IWuF. These include participation at the World Championships, University Games, World Game etc.
Note: In order to officiate in the WushuOntario events you will need to submit a Police Record Check, with Vulnerable Sector Screening to the WushuOntairo office. For details on the WushuOntario Screening Policy and how to obtain your Police Check, go to "How to attain a background check" tab.
Upon registration as an Officiating Member of WushuOntario, officials will receive a welcoming letter along with digital copies of the most up to date rules and regulations. During their initial practical assessment at their first event they will receive an Officiating "Tie" along with a Passport and Badge.
Standard Officiating Uniform consists of White Dress Shirt or Blouse, Black Trousers and Black Shoes. Wearing of the "Tie" is optional for female officials. Platform/Centre referees may opt to wear a black "Bow" tie during events.
Optional Officiating Uniforms may be available if agreed upon by the Officiating committee and provided for by Organizers of sanctioned events. These may be in the form of polo or collared shirts relevant to the particular event.
At WushuOntario we strongly recognize the importance of our officiating team who dedicate their time and efforts to aid in the successful advancement of our martial art athletes.
Launching in 2018 WushuOntario will deploy the "Officials First" program with several key initiatives.
More often than not, officials can be considered as a sport organization's most important volunteers. They put time, training, and impartiality into their passion for sport. Whether past coaches, athletes or simply enthusiasts, officials directly impact and determine the positive pathways in which our athletes progress.
Subsidized membership for all registrants in the "Officials First" certification program. Your time and effort is a clear indication of your first commitment to pursuing your interest in the martial arts.
-Theory: general understanding of Taolu or Sanda Class E/F regulations along with general knowledge in the differences among Taolu Events or Sanda Classes.
-Practical: Commitment to participation in a minimum of 4 events per year.
-Renumeration: Level 1 Certification is a voluntary commitment however, meals at events along with transportation arrangements are always arranged for officials and volunteers.
-Officiating welcome kit: Taolu or Sanda Rule Book, Official's tie, Officiating Passport.
-Recognition: listed as level 1 certified official upon completion of online course.
-Technical Requirements: Application, Vulnerable sector check via WushuCanada, Online Level 1 applicable course.
Honorariums, remuneration, upgrade subsidies and travel benefits begin at Certification Level 3.
Police Record Checks and Vulnerable Sector Screenings. Follow the link below, create and access your personal account below and share results with WushuOntario for completion of official background check.
WushuOntario requires mandatory Police Record Checks (PRC) and Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) checks for all individuals in leadership roles who work directly with athletes. This includes all Staff, Directors, Chairs, Coaches, Managers, Officials, Chaperones and persons who manage finances.
Screening of personnel and volunteers is an important part of providing a safe sporting environment and has become a common practice among sport organizations that provide programs and services to the community. WushuOntario is responsible at law, to do everything reasonable to provide a safe and secure environment for participants in its programs, activities and events. WushuOntario takes very seriously, and is committed to, fulfilling the duty of care it owes to its members.
WushuOntario requires each person to submit a PRC and VSS once every three (3) years from the date of completion, upon which time you must submit a new PRC/VSS. The process is super easy via our partnership with mybackcheck.com.