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Three new crows
05:00 min. read | by Antoine Jag | 27 March 2019 | issue n°19
This season, three new skiers have joined the Black Crows' team : Sven Kueenle (D), Julien Lange (FR) and Julien Eustache (FR). A presentation of these three gentlemen who are as at home on skis as they are in a cutting room.
A progressive path for this skier originally from Stuttgart who, today, is based in Munich : a passage via the poles until the age of 14, then influenced by his snowboarding friends, the open field of freeskiing. He got his first sponsors in 2000, at the age of 17, then upon leaving school, he went to North America to be among the precursors of the, then, new freestyle. Numerous film shoots ensued, notably with Poor Boyz Productions, Push Films Productions and Teton Gravity Research. From 2011, he launched himself in to the Legs of Steel adventure with whom he shot five films. Last season, he created a web series "Catch me if you can" with his associate Bene Mayr and at the moment he is he is working on a new project with Legs of Steel.
Birgar Olsen
How did the partnership with Black Crows come about?
"When my contract with my previous sponsor came to an end, I tested different brands of skis. Then, one day, Julien Regnier contacted me and started to talk about Black Crows. It was a brand I really wanted to try and, from the first trial, I truly fell in love with these skis. I always thought that only the skier was important and, no matter what was on his feet , he would ski in the same manner. My opinion has changed since I've skied Black Crows ! Today, I can claim that my skiing has progressed thanks to my skis."
Models of skis used : Nocta, Atris, Camox.
Sven Kueenle by Hugo Pettit
Julien Lange
Born in Copenhagen, Danish through his mother, Julian quickly left the flat country to go to the Vanoise Massif, and the resort of Tignes. Talented with a round ball, he hesitated for a time between football and skiing, but the call of the mountains soon took the upper hand. After a few years around the poles and with a time on bumps, he went on to excel in freestyle, where his performances led to his participation in two European X Games. This notwithstanding, little inclined to the competitive spirit and the semi-liberty of slopestyle, he decided to clear off to devote himself to filming with PVS Productions and above all, Gpsy Feelin. It is with the latter that he started to put time and effort into the creative process, with to date, filming three personal projects : Love From Above (2016), C'est dans la tête(It's in the head) (2017) et Blazar OJ 1983 (2 018). This double hat of director and skier particularly suits him and he is already working on two new films, one with Black Crows, the other with O'Neill.
Last season I went to film with Flo Bastien, a friend from childhood, in Chamonix for my next film. For several days we were accompanied by Julien Regnier who took the photos. We were very efficient and I think that Flo and Julien considered that my motivation, creativity and availability might be of interest to the brand. I received a call a few weeks later.
I am very impressed by the capacity of Black Crows to create such enthusiasm. As soon as somebody owns a pair of Black Crows, they have the impression that they are a part of a community. I think that this is the result of a having a very strong brand image and very reliable products. From my point of view, I had secretly dreamed of riding for Black crows. I really like their brand values and I feel really good on my new skis.
Models of skis used : Principally I use the Atris. I spend the majority of my time off-piste and this model seems to be the perfect compromise. I particularly like the side-lines, and I am very happy whatever the normal camber with a certain rigidity. The radius of 20 m also give stability as soon as one gains speed. The Atris is clearly a weapon of combat for all that I do : jumping and fast skiing.
The other model that I have tried is the Anima. The version for truly riding deep powder. It is ultra-reliable as soon as one has to go fast on the big slopes in the midst of the rocks. It is less playful on piste but clearly this is not the aim of the ski. I have great confidence in this ski, and it allows me to let go when I attack the big faces.
For the moment, I haven't tried other models but when spring arrives I am longing to try the freebird models for ski touring.
Nikolai Schirmer
Julien Eustache
Originating from la Rosière, Julien classically passed through the slalom gates before taking shortcuts. Sponsored from the age of 15, he appeared in the results of European competitions (notably winner of the French slopestyle and the Urban Plagne in 2012), but his thirst for creativity rapidly felt restricted amongst the bibs. Organiser of the festival Neofever in La Rosiére from 2010, an event associating freestyle and Hip-Hop music, he rapidly became interested in the video with his crew of the Neophile Familia. In 2014, he produced his first film, Clever Kids with a minimal budget. Little success, but above all, the addiction to producing. He brought out Addicted the following year and since then he hasn't ceased to produce videos, including which the web series Freeze. Julien is also responsible for La Rosiére's Freeski Playoff, an end of season freestyle event.
Germain Favre-Félix
This came to be after meeting Julien Regnier during filming in La Plagne. I adore the exterior aspect and the minimalist design. In terms of skiing, I have also been won over by the handling of the ski and the possibility to carve due to the excellent radius even on the wide skis.
Models of ski used : Anima et Captis.
Julien Eustache by Germain Favre-Félix
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import panda.interpreter.PandaFrameworkException;
import panda.interpreter.architecture.module.Module;
import panda.interpreter.architecture.module.TypeLoader;
import panda.interpreter.architecture.packages.Package;
import panda.interpreter.architecture.packages.Packages;
import panda.interpreter.architecture.type.generator.TypeGenerator;
import panda.interpreter.resource.Mappings;
import panda.interpreter.resource.Mappings.CustomInitializer;
import panda.interpreter.PandaConstants;
import panda.utilities.ClassUtils;
import panda.utilities.StringUtils;

import java.io.File;

public final class StdLoader {

    public void load(Packages packages, TypeGenerator typeGenerator, TypeLoader typeLoader) {
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* GNU Global 6.5 or higher (http://www.gnu.org/software/global/global.html)
* Exuberant Tags 5.5 or higher (http://ctags.sourceforge.net/)
* Python 2.7 or higher (https://www.python.org/)
* Python Pygments (via `pip install Pygments`)

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> Let's say you extract GNU Global and CTags in `C:\gnu` folder. The two new entries in `%PATH%` should be:

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* `GTAGSCONF`: `C:\gnu\glo653wb\share\gtags\gtags.conf`
* `GTAGSLABEL`: `pygments`

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Senate rejects 2 immigration bills, including one championed by Collins, King
The bipartisan legislation crafted by the 'Common Sense Coalition' would have granted legal status to 1.8 million 'dreamers' and spent $25 billion for border security over the next decade.
By Scott ThistleStaff Writer
From left, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., finish a news conference on the bipartisan immigration deal they reached, at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday. The plan was rejected, as was a Republican plan promoted by President Trump. Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite
Two competing immigration bills failed Thursday in the U.S. Senate, including a bipartisan measure championed by Sens. Susan Collins and Angus King as an alternative approach to addressing the fate of young undocumented immigrants.
The Republican-led Senate was unable to muster enough votes to move ahead on a proposal backed by President Trump or the bipartisan plan crafted by the "Common Sense Coalition" that includes Maine's senators. Both bills would have granted legal status to 1.8 million young undocumented immigrants, known as "dreamers."
Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins was deeply involved in the development of the bipartisan immigration bill. Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite
Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., joined at right by independent Maine Sen. Angus King, confer at the Capitol before a news conference to discuss the bipartisan immigration deal, which later failed to advance in the Senate. Associated Press/J. Scott Applewhite
Bipartisan group led by Sens. Collins, King reaches immigration deal
The Trump-backed plan would have spent at least $25 billion immediately to bolster security along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the bipartisan Senate plan would have appropriated that amount over the next decade. The bipartisan bill also would have curbed family-based immigration programs, but not to the extent Trump is seeking. And the bill said nothing about the diversity visa lottery program, which the Trump-backed plan sought to end.
The White House threatened a veto of the bipartisan plan, and in a tweet shortly before the vote, Trump called it a "total catastrophe."
King, an independent, and Collins, a Republican, were deeply involved in the bipartisan immigration proposal developed by a group of 16 senators.
The vote was 54-45 in favor of the bipartisan plan, but that was short of the 60 needed for approval. Eight Republicans bucked their party and supported the measure, and three Democrats abandoned their leaders and opposed it.
"Today's vote was a missed opportunity," King and Collins said in a joint statement Thursday night. "Our bipartisan immigration proposal, which was the product of countless hours of negotiations and dialogue with our colleagues in the Common Sense Coalition, would have strengthened border security and protected children who were brought to this country illegally through no fault of their own."
BILL A 'MISINFORMATION' TARGET
Maine's senators noted that their proposal had received broad, bipartisan backing and more support than any other immigration plan, as indicated by the 54 senators from both parties who supported it.
"We are very disappointed by the misinformation that was spread about our legislation," they said. "The press release that was distributed today by the Department of Homeland Security contained a number of statements that are absolutely false, and it was a real disservice to the brave men and women who work every day to defend our borders."
The department's release said the bill "destroys the ability" of the agency to enforce immigration laws and represents an "egregious violation" of the immigration framework that Trump sent to Capitol Hill.
The chamber next rejected Trump's wide-ranging plan on a vote of 39-60, well short of the 60 needed to move ahead. It faced strong Democratic opposition and had virtually no chance of passage.
Collins and King were listed as primary sponsors of the legislation providing legal status and a path to citizenship to individuals registered under the DACA program – as long as they had arrived in the U.S. by June 15, 2007, and had not engaged in conduct that would make them ineligible. Those not already enrolled in the DACA program would need to take additional steps.
About 95 people in Maine are considered "dreamers" under DACA and could be at risk of deportation if Congress cannot reach a solution by March 5.
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York criticized Trump for failing to lead on the issue.
"President Trump created this problem by terminating the DACA program last August," Schumer said. "Since that decision, President Trump has stood in the way of every single proposal that could become law."
Schumer said immigration has long been a contentious issue in Congress. "There are intense feelings on both sides of the aisle," he said. "If there was ever a time for presidential leadership, this was it. President Trump has failed this test of leadership spectacularly."
trying to satisfy president
Moments before the vote, Trump tweeted out his opposition to an amendment supported by King and Collins, pointing to the Homeland Security media release issued earlier in the day that assailed the amendment.
Collins is a leader and King is a member of the Common Sense Coalition, a group of 25 Republican, Democratic and independent senators convened by Collins and Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat. The coalition has been meeting nearly every day in Collins' office – dubbed "Little Switzerland" by coalition members – to develop a framework to address DACA and other immigration issues, Collins said.
King said the legislation does what Trump asked for during a meeting and then in a tweet on Jan. 9, in that it deals with the DACA dilemma and allots funding for the wall that Trump has promised to build between the U.S. and Mexico.
King quoted Trump statements made in the media and on Twitter. "He said, 'I think we have to do DACA first,' " King said. "That's the premise we have worked on. This is a narrow bill designed to confront two issues."
King then addressed the Homeland Security media release.
"It's mostly critical of what's not in the bill," King said. "Things that aren't in the bill. They were never intended to be in the bill. But this is an important first step. A critical first step, because the time is ticking for these young people who have been in their country, in this country, in our country, and this is the only country they have known … and also it's time to step up and address the issue of border security."
King went on to say that the bill was "the only bill that has a chance to get through the U.S. Senate … so if the votes are not there, then there is no solution for DACA and there is a delayed solution for the border."
'THIS IS THE BEST SHOT' FOR A BILL
Meanwhile, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that if the immigration bill came to Trump's desk with the amendment proposed by Collins, King and the other members of the Common Sense Coalition, his advisers would recommend he veto it.
During the coalition's news conference, Sen. Lindsay Graham, a South Carolina Republican, urged Trump to reject the extremists on both sides of the immigration debate and accept the amendment as a first step.
"Mr. President, you are being led down a path where we won't get a result," Graham said. "Reject this kind of engagement with the Congress. Tell us what you don't like in a constructive fashion. What's wrong with Washington? You give (the Department of Homeland Security) $25 billion of the money they asked for and they slam you. You give a pathway to citizenship to 1.8 million DACA recipients and the 'left' calls it the worst civil rights abuse in the last 100 years. There are some crazy people around here, just shut them out. This is the best shot you will ever get."
Scott Thistle can be contacted at 713-6720 or at:
Twitter: thisdog
Angus King, immigration, Susan Collins

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В 2012 году станция является промежуточной остановкой всех электропоездов, следующих из Рязани по Сасовскому направлению - всего 11 пар ежедневно. Время в пути от Рязани - 19 минут.
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Zander Zatylny
The first thing you notice about 11-year-old Zander Zatylny is his cheeky smile and comedic personality. He tells an endless stream of jokes and has a deep passion for playing sports, specifically football and hockey. Literally and figuratively, he puts his heart and soul into everything in his life.
Zander was born with a rare type of congenital heart disease called truncus arteriosus. It occurs when the blood vessel coming out of the heart fails to separate in a developing baby, leaving only one connection between the aorta and pulmonary artery.
This meant Zander had a single main blood vessel to carry blood away from his heart to the rest of his body instead of the required two vessels.
Not only is truncus arteriosus extremely demanding for the heart as it works harder to pump blood, but the singular blood vessel can often become thickened and narrowed, blocking the flow of blood.
Zander would not have been able to survive if his heart was left in this condition. If immediate action had not been taken, his heart would have suffered irreversible damage. At 22 days old, he underwent his first open heart surgery. By age one, a milestone birthday for most children, Zander's parents Chrystal and Steve were preparing for his second open heart surgery to correct a narrowing of his aortic valve. "By his first year of age his heart was already working too hard," his mom Chrystal recalls.
Since then, Zander has had numerous surgeries and procedures as he keeps outgrowing his repairs. Zander is a growing boy and procedures can only accommodate his heart for so long until it changes size and shape as part of his normal development. Every few years, adjustments must be made as his body continues to grow.
On November 29, 2011, Zander underwent a procedure called a balloon angioplasty and stent insertion to improve blood flow to and from his heart. A balloon angioplasty involves using a thin tube with a tiny balloon at the tip to re-open and restore blood flow in a blocked vessel. A stent is a small mesh-like device placed inside a vessel to keep it open.
This successful operation allowed Zander to return to his regular daily activities until November 11, 2013 when once again he needed a balloon angioplasty, this time, with six more stents inserted.
"If you know Zander, you would never know that anything is wrong with him," says Steve. "Despite the fact that his scars tell a story, Zander doesn't let that define who he is or what he does in life. He continues to live each day like any other young boy."
This year, Zander's heart needed to be extensively reconstructed in a third open heart surgery. Previous repairs, that had kept his heart functioning, were now too small for him.
Zander's condition has been hard on his family. "It's very emotional," says Chrystal. "I think every parent who has a child going into surgery would say it's a roller coaster of emotions. We knew it was coming so this open heart surgery has been hanging over our heads for the last two years."
Zander, on the other hand, was actually eager for his surgery so he could get right back to playing hockey and football. "I'm feeling pumped, I'm just really excited to get it over with," Zander says with his signature smile. "I'm not scared because I trust the doctors at CHEO."
Today, Zander is doing well. He loves to dream of a future in acting, recites song lyrics with his own creative spin and is a big brother and role model to his sister, Charley. Zander's heart will always need regular follow-ups with a cardiologist. He will also need future procedures as he gets older, but that doesn't stop him from inspiring everyone with his strength as he continues to face life with spirit and style.


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Saath Nibhana Saathiya up for another leap?
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There used to be a time when a single sequential leap would have been enough to take the story of a daily show ahead. But of late, with audience interest getting more fickle by the passing day, the creatives need to keep innovating with multiple leaps in a short period of time. Something similar seems to be unfolding in Star Plus' Saath Nibhana Saathiya.
This Rashmi Sharma Telefilms productions starring Devoleena Bhattacharjee (Gopi bahu) has just taken an eight year leap, but even before this time frame can stabilize, we hear that the writers are already planning another big fat jump wherein the daughter of Gopi, Meera would be shown as an adult.
This leap will not happen immediately rather it will unfold over the course of time as the casting is still on. The actors have already been informed about this change, as per sources.
There is just one problem. If the above leap happens, it could mean that all the lead actors Devoleena, Vishal Singh and Mohammad Nazim might consider pulling out. The source added that the cast believes in negotiating from a united position of strength. Apparently, it was this union of lead trio that forced the creatives to back for the moment and go for a short leap in the interim.
Vishal confirmed the same saying, "At first I was unsure about the eight year leap as I did not want to play a father, but since the production house convinced me that I will not age too much and my character's basic DNA would remain the same, I agreed to stay on. But if another big leap what you guys are talking about is indeed true, I can't imagine myself as an old father."…


As Outlook churns, is it WordPerfect's revenge?
How ironic that WordPerfect pops up with a new online-friendly beta on the day that users are reporting terrible Outlook performance from Office 2007 on Vista. It takes me back to the days when people thought OS/2 would beat Windows.
Seems like early adopters who've rushed to install Windows Vista and Office 2007 are suffering from a bad dose of indigestion in their Outlook inboxes.
It's astonishing that in the midst of a serious challenge from a new generation of Web-native office suites, Microsoft should give its rivals a helping hand by handicapping its own product so badly that it performs worse than an online product on a slow dial-up line. Apparently the workaround being suggested by Microsoft is to reduce the size of the inbox to around 150MB. The other workaround of course is to open a Gmail account and get a Google-searched inbox of over 2.1GB in size.
In a delicious irony that will rub even more painful salt into Microsoft's wounds, WordPerfect has a new version out on beta release today, one that elegantly straddles both the online and offline worlds (David Berlind has some video and screenshots). The news takes me back twenty years to when I first started working in the computer industry. WordPerfect was the word processor of choice for PC users. Microsoft Word was barely usable and Office was just a marker on Microsoft's product roadmap. Then came OS/2, the multitasking, windows-based operating system that was IBM's future platform for the PC. WordPerfect (then an independent corporation) threw all its development efforts into creating a new product that would preserve its market leadership as users transitioned to OS/2.
Of course as we now know with the benefit of hindsight, users transitioned to Windows instead. While WordPerfect and all the other application vendors were manfully grappling with the challenges of developing for OS/2, Microsoft's application developers were putting their all into Word and the other products in its new Office suite. At the same time, their operating system colleagues were working behind the scenes with Intel and Compaq to make sure that Windows outperformed OS/2 on the next-generation 386 family of chips. IBM, immersed in meeting all kinds of perceived and real demands among its enterprise customer base, neglected basic metrics like performance and ease of installation (I wonder, does that story sound familiar today?). When OS/2 finally emerged in production, Windows ran rings round it. At a stroke, every application vendor that had worked so hard to bring their products out first on OS/2 suddenly discovered they'd backed the wrong platform and now had to play catch-up to Microsoft's own products. None of them succeeded.
I'm sure at the time the people in charge at Microsoft wondered why IBM failed so dismally to pay attention to such basic criteria. Perhaps now they'll understand.


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A 2010-es Eneco Tour a 6. volt 2005 óta. 2010. augusztus 17-én kezdődött Steenwijkben és augusztus 24-én ért véget Genkben. A verseny része a 2010-es UCI-világranglistának és a 2010-es UCI ProTournak és 8 szakaszból állt. Az összetett versenyt Tony Martin nyerte meg Koos Moerenhout és Edvald Boasson Hagen előtt.

Részt vevő csapatok
21 csapat vett részt a versenyen.
 AG2R La Mondiale  Astana   Caisse d'Epargne  Euskaltel-Euskadi  Francaise des Jeux  Garmin-Transitions  Lampre-Farnese Vini   Liquigas-Doimo Omega Pharma-Lotto Quick Step Rabobank  Team HTC-Columbia  Katusha Team  Milram  Team RadioShack  Saxo Bank  Sky Procycling  Vacansoleil  Skil-Shimano  Footon-Servetto  Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator

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Q: Groovy GString issues I'm want use $ macro in groovy GString. When i'm wrote this code

['cdata','tdata'].each {
   def sql = "select * from $it_1"
}

i'm get error unknown property $it_
ok, i'm rewrite it

['cdata','tdata'].each {
   def sql = "select * from ${it}_1"
}

then i'm get unwanted quotes in result string - "select * from 'cdata'_1"
Question is how i'm can use $-macro in GString to achive "select * from cdata_1" result string?

A: You can use Groovy's Sql expand feature to help here. The following code will do the trick:
['cdata','tdata'].each {table -> def sql = "select * from ${Sql.expand table}_1" }

Using this method is particularly important if you have other parameters in your GString:
def name = 'Charlie Sheen'
def tables = ['normalPeople','crazyPeople']
tables.each { table ->
    def sqlString = "select * from ${Sql.expand table} where name = ${name}"
    /* Execute SQL here */
}

In the example above a prepared statement will still be used, and the contents of the 'name' variable will still be handled as a parameter (thus helping to protect you against SQL injection attacks) but the table variable parameter will be expanded correctly.

A: If the quotes are not from your IDE, or whatever you're evaluating your code in, you can do this:
['cdata','tdata'].each { def sql = "select * from ${it.replaceAll("'","")}_1" }

A: groovy:000> ['cdata','tdata'].each { def sql = "select * from ${it}_1"; println sql }
select * from cdata_1
select * from tdata_1
===> [cdata, tdata]

I dont see any quotes... that is why I was asking for clarification

A: Real answer was behind the question, so I'm sorry.
Groovy SQL makes parameterized query from GString, so after I had defined GString
def sql = "select * from ${it}_1";

I passed it to Groovy SQL and when I tried to execute the query, the actual query was
"select * from :?_1";

Of cource this drives MSSQL crazy.
Thanks to you all again, maybe someone will find this useful.

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The Japanese automaker Mazda introduced their sports car named the Mazda RX-8 in 2003. However, it was revealed earlier at the North American International Auto Show in 2001. It was introduced as a replacement for the RX-7. Like other models of RX series, it was also equipped with a Wankel engine. The sales began in North America in 2004.on August 23, 2011Mazda made a statement proclaiming that the 2011 model year will be the last model of RX-8 after which the company ceased its production. The RX-8 was also introduced in Europe but was withdrawn in 2010 because it failed to comply with the European emissions standards.
The introduction of rotary engine in the United States by Mazda goes back to 1971. It all started with the introduction of RX-2, RX-3, RX-4, RX-5, and RX-7 sports vehicles in US market. Mazda was forced to withdraw its RX-7from most of the ,markets excluding Japan because it failed to provide comfortable and user-friendly features together with the high retail price and diminishing interest in sports cars and coupes at that time.
However, resurgence occurred in the last half of 1990s in tuning and performance vehicles, perhaps partly because of some cultural influences like the Sony PlayStation video game Gran Turismo. The Japanese car manufacturers including Mazda once again entered in the United States' performance and sports car market.
By this time, Mazda was trying hard to revitalize itself in automobile market partly with management and financial assistance from Ford. Mazda eventually came up with a new top performance line of vehicles featuring dynamic styling and insightful equipments, starting from the Mazda6 came after Mazda3 and paved the way for the upcoming generation of rotary sports car.
The first model of RX-8 was launched in 2003 with a chassis code of SE3P and JMZSE. The vehicle was equipped with the RENESIS 13B-MSP (multi-side port) Wankel 654×2 rotary engine expelling a 1.3-L non-turbo unit. The RENESIS was offered as standard and high power version at its release. The 4-port standard RENESIS delivered 232 hp (173 kW) and mated to a 5-speed manual or 4-speed automatic transmission. The high power 6-port RENSIS engine delivered 250 hp (190 kW) with an only 6-speed manual transmission.
Both the engine versions were revised for North American market by Mazda. The 4-port standard RENESIS version was revised to produce 197 hp (147 kW) and the high power 6-port RENSIS version was revised to generate 238 hp (177 kW). Contrary to RX-7 that used the 13B-REW, the RENESIS offered an improve rate of fuel efficiency and emissions with its exhaust ports mounted in the side housing, hence making it comply with US emissions standards.
As of 2009 model year, the engineers at Mazda increased the stiffness of the RX-8 body with an introduction of some additional structural strengthening such as a trapezoidal strut tower bar along with the improvement in the front suspension tower areas. Despite its rigid structure, the 2009 RX-8 is lighter than earlier versions by 90 pounds. The engineers also modified the driveshaft stiffness as well as NVH levels with a view to enhance the handling of the vehicle. The performance of the vehicle was overall improved by revising the rear suspension engineering. The gearing ratio is also altered for the 2009 RX-8, i.e. the gearing ratio is lowered on vehicles with manual transmission from 4,444 to 4,777, eventually boosted the acceleration and overall performance of the vehicle.


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Rep. Luis Gutiérrez's 2016 Report Card
Representative from Illinois's 4th District
Served Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 3, 2019
These statistics cover Gutiérrez's record during the 114th Congress (Jan 6, 2015-Jan 3, 2017) and compare him to other representatives also serving at the end of the session. Last updated on Aug 24, 2017. The statistics were updated on Jan 20, 2017 and Aug 24, 2017 to improve how we counted enacted laws. Originally published on Jan 7, 2017.
A higher or lower number below doesn't necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Gutiérrez's legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.
Writing Bipartisan Bills
Got bipartisan cosponsors on the fewest bills compared to Illinois Delegation
In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 0 of Gutiérrez's 4 bills and resolutions had both a Democratic cosponsor and a Republican cosponsor in the 114th Congress.
Compare to all Illinois Delegation (0th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (0th percentile); House Democrats (0th percentile); All Representatives (0th percentile).
Got the fewest cosponsors on their bills compared to Illinois Delegation
Gutiérrez's bills and resolutions had 27 cosponsors in the 114th Congress. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »
Was 10th most absent in votes compared to All Representatives
Gutiérrez missed 15.8% of votes (210 of 1,325 votes) in the 114th Congress. View Gutiérrez's Profile »
Compare to all Illinois Delegation (89th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (96th percentile); All Representatives (98th percentile).
Joined bipartisan bills the 14th least often compared to House Democrats
Of the 401 bills that Gutiérrez cosponsored, 19% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »
Compare to all Illinois Delegation (28th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (41st percentile); House Democrats (7th percentile); All Representatives (48th percentile).
Introduced the 18th fewest bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 11 others)
Gutiérrez introduced 4 bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress. View Bills »
Compare to all Illinois Delegation (6th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (3rd percentile); House Democrats (4th percentile); All Representatives (4th percentile).
Supported government transparency the 45th most often compared to All Representatives (tied with 21 others)
GovTrack looked at whether Gutiérrez supported any of 40 government transparency, accountability, and effectiveness bills in the House that we identified in this session. We gave Gutiérrez 5 points, based on one point for cosponsoring and three points for sponsoring any of these bills.
Gutiérrez cosponsored H.R. 430: DISCLOSE 2015 Act; H.R. 20: Government By the People Act ...; H.R. 2143: EMPOWER Act; H.R. 5386: Presidential Tax Transparency Act; H.R. 6340: Presidential Accountability Act
Compare to all Illinois Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (82nd percentile); House Democrats (70th percentile); All Representatives (85th percentile).
Cosponsored the 76th most bills compared to All Representatives (tied with 2 others)
Gutiérrez cosponsored 401 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »
Compare to all Illinois Delegation (78th percentile); Serving 10+ Years (78th percentile); House Democrats (62nd percentile); All Representatives (82nd percentile).
Gutiérrez introduced 0 bills that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in the 114th Congress. Keep in mind that it takes a law to repeal a law. Very few bills ever become law.
The legislator must be the primary sponsor of the bill or joint resolution that was enacted or the primary sponsor of a bill or joint resolution for which at least about one third of its text was incorporated into another bill or joint resolution that was enacted as law, as determined by an automated analysis. While a legislator may lay claim to authoring other bills that became law, these cases are difficult for us to track quantitatively. We also exclude bills where the sponsor's original intent is not in the final bill.
Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Gutiérrez introduced 0 bills in the 114th Congress that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.
0 of Gutiérrez's bills and resolutions in the 114th Congress had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.
The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 0 of Gutiérrez's bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the Senate. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.
Gutiérrez held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. View Gutiérrez's Profile »
Freshmen/Sophomores: Freshmen and sophomores are Members of Congress whose first term (in the same chamber at the end of the 114th Congress) was the 114th Congress (freshmen) or 113th (sophomores). Members of Congress who took office within the last few months of a Congress are considered freshmen in the next Congress as well.


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DCSCO
Volunteer Process
2019 Direct Donation Honor Roll
Direct Donation Info
Overview of DCSCO
The Don Callejon School Community Organization (DCSCO) is the parent group for Don Callejon School. As a parent or guardian of a student in the school, you are automatically a member! There are no dues to join.
Our mission is to gather the community around our school and our neighborhood. Our goals include supporting teachers and students with new innovative projects, provide resources (both fundraising and volunteer hours), and engage the community to create a rich environment for our students.
DCSCO is a non-profit with tax-exempt 501(c)(3) status, allowing donations to be tax-deductible.
Like more than 75% of parent-teacher groups in the U.S., DCSCO is not affiliated with the national PTA. There is no PTA chapter at Don Callejon School. DCSCO has a Board member liaison to the Santa Clara Unified School District PTA Council. DCSCO was founded in 2004 by people in the area eager to support the school (almost 2 years before its opening). The organization has raised and contributed approximately $50,000 per year to Don Callejon School.
The Role of
DCSCO as a Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO)
The objectives of DCSCO are to:
Establish and maintain a constructive and supportive working relationship among parents, school and community.
Support school improvement teams and promote the finest education possible for the students at Don Callejon School.
Expand technology and supplement equipment and supplies as needed or requested by the school and/or administration.
Collaborate with the school and administration to increase student safety and security.
Develop programs and projects that will support or enrich the curriculum with key feedback or requests from the school staff and/or administration.
Enhance the quality of education by raising funds for school supplies or programs that fall outside the school budget.
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Madison, city, capital (1838) of Wisconsin, U.S., and seat (1836) of Dane county. Madison, Wisconsin's second largest city, lies in the south-central part of the state, centred on an isthmus between Lakes Mendota and Monona (which, with Lakes Waubesa and Kegonsa to the southeast, form the "four lakes" group), about 75 miles (120 km) west of Milwaukee. Sauk, Fox, and Ho-Chunk Nation (Winnebago) Indians were early inhabitants of the area. It was founded by James Duane Doty, a former federal district judge and a land speculator who held large holdings in the area, in 1836 (a year of frenzied land speculation in the newly created Territory of Wisconsin) and was named for President James Madison, who had died that summer. That same year Doty persuaded the legislature to make Madison the permanent capital of Wisconsin and to establish a university there. The wooded site was still uninhabited, but construction of a capitol building was quickly begun, and late in 1838 the territorial legislature held its first session in a nearby building. Wisconsin became a state in 1848, and, through the efforts of Leonard J. Farwell, a wealthy businessman from Milwaukee, industries began to locate in the city about 1850. The railroad arrived in 1854, and steady development ensued.
Madison, in south-central Wisconsin, is the state capital.
Governmental operations and the University of Wisconsin–Madison (1848) account for much of the city's prosperity and form the basis of its economy. Madison is the trade centre of a large agricultural area (dairy products, corn [maize], soybeans, tobacco, and livestock). Food processing is a major industry, and the city is the headquarters for Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. Services (health care and insurance), printing, and manufacturing (truck trailers, medical equipment, and agricultural equipment) are also important. The city is also the site of the USDA Forest Service Forest Products Laboratory (1910).
Madison is characterized by landscaped lakeshores, bicycle paths, and large parks, including Henry Vilas Park with the city zoo. Governor Nelson State Park on Lake Mendota, Lake Kegonsa State Park on Lake Kegonsa, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum on Lake Wingra, and Olbrich Botanical Gardens provide other outdoor recreational opportunities. The city's skyline is dominated by the State Capitol (284.4 feet [86.7 metres] high), modeled after the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Its white granite dome is topped by a statue, Wisconsin; made of bronze by sculptor Daniel Chester French and covered in gold leaf, it symbolizes the state motto: "Forward." It is in a 13-acre (5-hectare) park known as the Capitol Square. The square is the site of a popular farmers' market, held weekly from May through October, as well as concerts and other events. The Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (1997) overlooking Lake Monona is based on a 1938 design by Frank Lloyd Wright. Madison is the seat of the original campus of the University of Wisconsin, whose 930-acre (375-hectare) main campus includes an art museum, a geology museum, and a scenic lakeshore path. Madison Area Technical College (1912) and Edgewood College (1927) are also in the city. Madison is home to a symphony orchestra and an opera, as well as a children's museum, the State Historical Museum, and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. One of Madison's most well-known spots is State Street, a pedestrian mall that extends several blocks between the Capitol Square and the university campus and is lined with shops, restaurants, bars, and art galleries. The city is also the site of Mendota Mental Health Institute (1860), Wisconsin's first mental-health facility. Portions of Ice Age National Scenic Trail run west of the city. Inc. village, 1846; city, 1856. Pop. (2000) 208,054; Madison Metro Area, 501,774; (2010) 233,209; Madison Metro Area, 568,593.


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Why should you rent to DSS tenants?
With the rising number of people claiming benefits, there is a great demand for rental properties within the private sector. However, there are not many landlords prepared to consider DSS tenants, even if it means their properties will remain empty for another month(s) to come.
While there are concerns, which are stopping some landlords from letting to benefit claiming tenants, there are also advantages for those landlords who are willing to put stereotypes aside.
Research confirms DSS tenants stay at properties for twice as long when compared with other type of tenants.
You could be helping local families in your community.
You can have the rent paid directly to you, if your tenant meets certain criteria.
Always get a working guarantor who earns three times the annual rent equivalent.
Take rent in advance and at least one month's deposit.
Visit the property regularly for inspections.
Do not allow a shortfall of the allowance of more than £30 per month if the tenant is unemployed.
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A new investigational drug significantly reduced urinary cortisol levels and improved symptoms of Cushing's disease in the largest clinical study of this endocrine disorder ever conducted.
Results of the clinical trial conducted at centers on four continents appear in the March 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine and show that treatment with pasireotide cut cortisol secretion an average of 50 percent and returned some patients' levels to normal.
"Cushing's disease is a rare disorder, with three to five cases per million people. It can affect all ages and both genders but is most common in otherwise healthy young women," says Harvard Medical School Professor of Medicine Beverly M.K. Biller of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Neuroendocrine Unit, senior author of the study.
"Often misdiagnosed, Cushing's is associated with a broad range of health problems – causing physical changes, metabolic abnormalities, and emotional difficulties – and if not controlled, significantly increases patients' risk of dying much younger than expected," Biller says.
Cushing's disease, one of several conditions that lead to Cushing's syndrome, is characterized by chronically elevated secretion of the hormone cortisol. The disease is caused by a benign pituitary tumor that oversecretes the hormone ACTH, which in turn induces increased cortisol secretion by the adrenal glands.
Symptoms of Cushing's syndrome include weight gain, hypertension, mood swings, irregular or absent periods, abnormalities of glucose processing (insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and type 2 diabetes), and cardiovascular disease. Because those symptoms are associated with many health problems, physicians may not consider the rare possibility of Cushing's. The diagnosis can be difficult to make and usually requires the expertise of an endocrinologist. Because cortisol levels normally fluctuate during the day, a single blood test is unlikely to identify chronic elevation, and thus the most common diagnostic test measures a patient's 24-hour urinary output.
First-line treatment for Cushing's disease is surgical removal of the ACTH-secreting tumor, which leads to remission in 65 to 90 percent of patients. But symptoms return in 10 to 30 percent of those patients, requiring repeat surgery, radiation therapy, or treatment with drugs that interfere with part of the cortisol control system. Until last month, there was no specific FDA-approved medical treatment for Cushing's syndrome; the newly approved drug mifepristone should benefit some patients, but it does not affect the pituitary source of the condition or reduce cortisol levels.
The current phase 3 trial of pasireotide — the first drug that blocks ACTH secretion by binding to somatostatin receptors on the pituitary tumor — was sponsored by Novartis Pharma. The trial enrolled 162 patients at 62 sites in 18 countries. Nearly 85 percent of participants had either persistent disease that had not responded to surgery or had recurrent disease; the other 15 percent were recently diagnosed but not appropriate candidates for surgery.
Participants were randomly assigned to two groups, one starting at two daily 600-microgram injections of pasireotide and the other receiving 900-microgram doses. Three months into the 12-month trial, participants whose urinary cortisol levels remained more than twice the normal range had their dosage levels increased. During the rest of the trial, dosage could be further increased, if necessary, or reduced if side effects occurred.
At the end of the study period, many patients had a significant decrease in their urinary cortisol levels, with 33 achieving levels within normal range at their original dosage by month six of the trial. Participants whose baseline levels were less than five times the upper limit of normal were more likely to achieve normal levels than those with higher baseline levels, and the average urinary cortisol decrease across all participants was approximately 50 percent. Many Cushing's disease symptoms decreased, and it became apparent within the first two months whether or not an individual was going to respond to pasireotide.
Additional trials of pasireotide are in the works, and a phase 3 study of a long-acting version of the drug was recently announced. Biller notes that the potential addition of pasireotide to available medical treatments for Cushing's disease would have a number of advantages. "It's very important to have medications that work at different parts of the cortisol control system – which is the case for the currently used medications that work at the adrenal gland level; pasireotide, which works at the pituitary gland; and mifepristone, which blocks the action of cortisol at receptors in the body. Having more options that work in different ways is valuable because not all patients respond to one medicine and some may be unable to tolerate a specific drug's side effects.
Annamaria Colao, University of Naples, Italy, is the lead author of the report. Additional co-authors are Stephan Petersenn, University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany; John Newell-Price, University of Sheffield, U.K.; James Findling, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Feng Gu, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing; Mario Maldonado, Ulrike Schoenherr, and David Mills, Novartis Pharma; and Luiz Roberto Salgado, University of São Paulo Medical School, Brazil.


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Version : 1.4.4 Vendor: nginx inc.
Running on CentOS 6.4. Same happens with 1.4.3 (I've tested a downgrade).
> - do use any nginx modules?
> - do you use any third party modules?
> - can post and explain your configuration (at least partially)?
NGINX is a reverse proxy for a vhosted tomcat with openSSL. What tokens from the configuration do you require?
> - you said you can provide cores, can you post a backtrace?
I'm going to attach nginx master process to gdb and check it out. I can't really attach to workers since they segfault quite fast.


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The Secret Life of Pets 2 Reveals New Trailer
Illumination's follow up to the 2016 blockbuster Secret Life of Pets has recently unveiled a new trailer, dubbed the "Rooster Trailer." The Secret Life of Pets 2 aims to revisit the misadventures of pets when their humans are out for the day. The film boasts of a star-studded voice cast that includes Lake Bell, Hannibal Buress, Dana Carvey, Harrison Ford, Tiffany Haddish, Kevin Hart, Pete ...
The Grinch Releases Second Official Trailer
The Grinch is getting ready for its near-Christmas release on November 9, and way ahead of said launch is the release of a new trailer for the Illumination Entertainment-produced film. The Grinch marks the eighth CG animated feature from Illumination, joining a catalogue that includes Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets. The Grinch is directed by Scott Mosier and Yarrow Cheney, with Chris ...
First Trailer for The Grinch CG Movie Released
Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures have just unveiled a new first look teaser trailer for the upcoming CG animated film, The Grinch. Based on the 1957 book by Dr. Seuss, The Grinch follows the eponymous curmudgeon as he whiles away his days inside a cave on Mount Crumpet, with only his pet dog Max as company. Every Christmas, the Grinch's solitude is disrupted by all the ...
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Nintendo partners with Illumination for Super Mario animated film
Nintendo has confirmed earlier rumors and announced that they are developing an animated movie based on the world of Super Mario with Illumination, the animation studio behind Minions and The Secret Life of Pets. Details are scarce, but the project will be produced by Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination and Shigeru Miyamoto, Representative Director, Fellow of Nintendo. The film will ...
Universal Trying to Sell Stake in Oriental DreamWorks
Well, it looks like the honeymoon is over. Despite many of Hollywood's biggest studios seemingly warming up to the idea of establishing operations in China in the recent years, it looks like Universal wants out. According to a recent report from The Financial Times, the studio is seeking to sell its 45% stake in the venture that it received upon Comcast's acquisition of DreamWorks Animation ...
New Trailer for Illumination's Sing Released
Universal has just released a brand-spanking new trailer for Illumination Entertainment's latest CG musical-comedy film, Sing. The new trailer showcases a few scenes involving lead koala Buster (Matthew McConaughey), who is running a singing contest in order to save his theater from bankruptcy and foreclosure. He is aided by his faithful employees and a whole host of colorful characters. Sing ...
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Comcast Buys Dreamworks for 3.8 BILLION Dollars…But Illumination Entertainment wins?
Here are the details from the Press Release: NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA), today announced the acquisition of DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA). One of the world's most admired family brands, DreamWorks Animation creates animated feature films, television series and specials, live entertainment and related consumer products. The studio will become part of ...
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VIDEO: New Trailer for Illumination's Secret Lives of Pets
The success of the Despicable Me franchise proves that Illumination Entertainment has what it takes to go toe to toe with more established animation studios like DreamWorks and Pixar, at least when it comes to producing commercially successful CG franchises. Now, they are out to prove that their success isn't limited to Gru and the Minions with a new CG animated film titled The Secret Lives of ...
New Trailer for Minions Movie
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Despicable Me 2 Breaks Overseas Box Office Records
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Illumination Partners with Fuji TV
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This park and reservoir offer a wide variety of land and water recreation, nature programs, trails, and interpretive events and tours. Dogs of all sizes are allowed at no additional fee. Dogs may not be left unattended, and they must be on no more than a 6 foot leash, and cleaned up after. Dogs are not allowed in cabins or in the cabin area. Dogs are allowed on the trails. The camping and tent areas also allow dogs. There is a dog walk area at the campground.


EN ISO 14116 is the British Standard for work clothing which offers protection against flames. FR clothing ensures that the spread of flame across the fabric is greatly reduced, which helps to protect workers from potential burns.
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All marketers say that we should produce content for our targeted audience and we get so busy in doing SEO, content marketing to reach our targeted audience.
But we are missing a big part of it.
What if our targeted audience doesn't understand our language?
Here comes the role of WordPress translation plugins which help you to reach a wider audience and increase your sales/revenue. For instance, if you have an e-commerce store which sells products globally, you really can't avoid making your site multilingual.
Note: Firstly you also need to know that there are two types of multilingual solutions available. One that automatically translates your content into various languages and other one is that you need to manually translate or hire professional translators. The quality of machine translation is not as much as good as manual translation. Machine translation is a cost effective solution while manual translation might cost you some bucks.
I really hope that you're serious about installing a translation plugin for WordPress, so I don't want you to go the technical way. I am going to share 3 easy to use WordPress plugins that will help your website go multilingual.
Weglot is a freemium translation WordPress plugin that helps you to translate your WordPress site in a couple of minutes. You just need to install Weglot plugin (available on the official Directory here) and create a Weglot account here. It will automatically detect and translate your content. Weglot is SEO optimised, providing translations on server side (vital to have Google see your translated versions), creating dedicated URL and adding specific tags to make sure Google can easily find and see your translations.
The quality of machine translation is not good as manual translation. If you manually translate your content, quality will be much better than this. Weglot offers the first layer of machine translations you can manually edit via a user-friendly dashboard.
Within Weglot premium plans you also have access to professional translators with a 48-72h delivery. You can go through their pricing plans here. Which plan to go for mainly depends on the total number of the words you want to translate and, this information you can find either in the FAQs section or you can contact them. It supports over 60 languages.
So, ultimately Weglot gives you both options for manual translation and automatic translation. It comes with a language switcher which if turned on gets your content translated without having any coding knowledge.
Pricing: Free for up to 2000 words. Premium plans for more translated words.
Prisna is an another easy-to-use WordPress plugin to reach an international audience with your properly translated content. Translating your content with Prisna translate again doesn't require any technical knowledge. It integrates simply by adding a widget.
This plugin translates everything on your website. You need not worry about that. All posts, comments, widgets, etc. gets translated within a couple of minutes. Prisna translate is a light weighted plugin and doesn't put a load on your servers so it saves your those costs as well.
It supports over 80 languages and delivers ultimate support to premium users.
WPML is the most known translation WordPress plugin. It supports over 40 languages and allows you to add your own language variants using the translation editor.
WPML is a plugin which allows you to start the translation just after installing the plugin and no further customization is required.
You can arrange different language contents either in the same domains or on different domains. WPML also has an ability to detect the language of your visitors' browser.
As I said earlier that manual translation is a bit better than machine translation, WPML offers you affordable and professional translation services. This service is available in your WPML translation dashboard itself. Before using WPML, make sure it's compatible with your current Theme and plugins. Also sometimes installation might be a little bit more complex than for Prisna or Weglot.
If you own an e-commerce store, WPML is a great option for you. It delivers your users a flawless product purchase experience. Starting from the product listing, going through the cart and to the confirmation emails, everything is localized to give them an easy experience of purchasing from your website.
Here you got to know 3 easy-to-use translation WordPress plugins that can be easily setup without having any coding knowledge. If you are still confused about which plugin to go for, I would love to help you out.
If you are looking for machine translation or a cost-effective multilingual solution, then you can go for any of the above-mentioned plugins while if you are looking for manual translation and you don't have the time to do so, you can go with either Weglot or WPML WordPress plugin.
If you are looking for a free multilingual solution that automatically translates your content, you can go for Weglot or Prisna.
And if you still have any queries, I am there to help. Feel free to comment below or use the contact form.


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Q: How to edit fields by choosing what to be edited and leaving the rest untouched I have to edit a all fields of a column. So far it is easy :D , but the problem is that the fields contains text and numbers. And I do need to replace the text only and leave the numbers untouched. What is more the text is in unicode which is making the task even harder lol. I tried to use this query but without success ..
UPDATE table_name SET field = REPLACE(field, ' ', 'My text')

A: If you are using Oracle/Postgresql you can use REGEX_REPLACE to replace non-digit:
UPDATE table_name
SET field = regexp_replace( field, '[^[:digit:]]', null ) ;

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• As India gears up to tomorrow by developing transportation infrastructure of its cities, SMC decided to develop a Bus Rapid Transport System for Surat. We got an opportunity to design the prototype bus shelters which was then replicated one of the first corridors to open. The design focusses on the climatic response to the hot and humid climate of Surat, as we went along meeting the functional demands of the project.


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Grand Banks 85
"We had one primary objective above all when we started the 85: to deliver the most fuel-efficient, high-speed, long-range cruiser of this size in the world. Period. In 2017, the GB60 took the company in a whole new direction in terms of appearance, performance and construction techniques. After running the 85, I'm over the moon that yet again we've moved to an entirely different level." —Mark Richards, CEO, Grand Banks Yachts
According to Grand Banks, preliminary sea trial results of GB85 Hull No. 1 are in, and the prognosis is right in line with the builder's performance expectations.
"We had one primary objective above all when we started the 85," said CEO Mark Richards. "To deliver the most fuel-efficient, high-speed, long-range cruiser of this size in the world. Period. It is incredibly exciting to tick this box right out of the gate on what is not yet even the official sea trial."
A key component of Richards' build philosophy is to incorporate high-tech methods that focus on weight reduction, while simultaneously increasing the boat's strength. Each hull employs vacuum-infused E-Glass and then carbon fiber in structural areas, cored with Corecell® and Airex® foam, stitched multi-axial fabric, and 100-percent vinylester resins. The entire deck and superstructure are also fully infused carbon fiber, which makes for stronger, lighter structures. This also keeps the weight low, a critical component of such a large cruising yacht meant for bluewater passages. The end result is an ocean-cruising 85-footer with a half-load displacement of 108,000 lbs. and a 1,000-nm range at fast cruising speed.
The attention to cutting-edge construction also includes all bulkheads and fixed furniture, which are structurally bonded to the hull and deck for superior strength and rigidity. That means berths, locker bases, galley cabinetry, heads, and more are all an integral part of the structure. They don't sit in a liner rattling around or merely held in place with basic tabbing. Instead these components contribute to what amounts to a singular, robust grid that must be experienced in foul weather to be fully appreciated.
Revealed during the initial sea trials, there is zero creaking or working of joinery and furniture, which will pay dividends in foul conditions.
Investing In Itself
Before undertaking a comprehensive four-year renovation project at the 550,000-square-foot factory, Richards anticipated the 85 project and created a test pool within the factory to allow for full system testing and review prior to launching for the performance trials.
"The capital investment made in our yard is a vital element in building next-level yachts," said Richards. "Because we own our factory free and clear, we're able to create the manufacturing facility around the types of boat we want to build and our owners demand. The benefits of this approach are abundantly clear in the 85 and the buzz of excitement is contagious."
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Sea Trial Affirms Tank Test Projections
The Grand Banks warped-hull design is the manifestation of Richards' focus on bringing a design approach from decades of competitive sailboat racing from the Admiral's Cup, America's Cup and a record number of Sydney-Hobart victories. Three key elements to any successful high-performance sailboat design are wetted surface, reduction of energy required to move a boat through the water, and running attitude. Less weight requires less power to push the boat through the water, while a slippery hull design reduces wetted surface, and the design is intended to stay flat and keep the full waterline in the water. The hull design utilized by Grand Banks is a proven concept throughout the range, but the company wanted to reaffirm its performance projections and tank-tested the 85's warped-plane hull form at the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania. According to Richards, the results were exciting.
"In 2017, the GB60 took the company in a whole new direction in terms of appearance, performance and construction techniques," said Richards. "After running the 85, I'm over the moon to state that yet again we've moved to an entirely different level."
VIDEO: PRELIMINARY SEA TRIAL RUN
Hull No. 1 is powered with twin 1,000-hp Volvo IPS 1350s. Twin 1,000-hp, 6-cylinder D13s with straight shafts are available as a no-charge option. Additional engine options are also being evaluated. According to Richards, the 85 exceeded expectations during the preliminary test. Like the entire range of the new generation of Grand Banks, the 85 ran flat and pushed very little water, demonstrating the superior efficiency of the V-shaped warped-hull design.
"To see what she could do in a real-world situation was a real treat," Richards said. "We're not surprised, of course, but that doesn't make her performance any less thrilling to behold. She's going to change the game."
Stay tuned for more GB85 updates as Grand Banks continues the fit-out and prepares for official sea trials in the coming months.
An ocean-cruising 85-footer with a half-load displacement of 108,000 lbs.
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Performance projections, initial sea trial and tank test of new GB85's V-Warp™ hull form at the Australian Maritime College in Tasmania reconfirms results
Entire deck and superstructure are fully infused carbon fiber
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Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death in the US, with one person dying every 4 minutes as a result. For black people, stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death.
Stroke occurs when the supply of blood to the brain is either interrupted or reduced. When this happens, the brain does not get enough oxygen or nutrients which causes brain cells to die.
Strokes occur due to problems with the blood supply to the brain; either the blood supply is blocked or a blood vessel within the brain ruptures.
There are three main kinds of stroke; ischemic, hemorrhagic and TIA. This article will focus on ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes, as there is a separate Knowledge Center article for TIAs, which goes into specific detail about them.
The different forms of stroke have different specific causes.
Ischemic stroke is the most common form of stroke, accounting for around 85% of strokes. This type of stroke is caused by blockages or narrowing of the arteries that provide blood to the brain, resulting in ischemia – severely reduced blood flow.
These blockages are often caused by blood clots, which can form either in the arteries connecting to the brain, or in other blood vessels before being swept through the bloodstream and into narrower arteries within the brain. Clots can be caused by fatty deposits within the arteries called plaque.
Hypertension can lead to rupturing of blood vessels and hemorrhagic stroke.
Hemorrhagic stroke are caused by arteries in the brain either leaking blood or bursting open. The leaked blood puts pressure on brain cells and damages them. Blood vessels can burst or spill blood in the middle of the brain or near the surface of the brain, sending blood into the space between the brain and the skull.
The ruptures can be caused by conditions such as hypertension, trauma, blood-thinning medications and aneurysms (weaknesses in blood vessel walls).
Intracerebral hemorrhage is the most common type of hemorrhagic stroke and occurs when brain tissue is flooded with blood after an artery in the brain bursts. Subarachnoid hemorrhage is the second type of hemorrhagic stroke and is less common. In this type of stroke, bleeding occurs in the subarachnoid space – the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover it.
TIAs are different from the aforementioned kinds of stroke because the flow of blood to the brain is only briefly interrupted. TIAs are similar to ischemic strokes in that they are often caused by blood clots or other debris.
TIAs should be regarded as medical emergencies just like the other kinds of stroke, even if the blockage of the artery is temporary. They serve as warning signs for future strokes and indicate that there is a partially blocked artery or clot source in the heart.
Individuals with poor executive function – a set of thinking skills related to planning, problem-solving and reasoning – may be at greater risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new study published in the journal Neurology.
Workaholics may be jeopardizing their health after a new study reveals working 55 hours or more per week may lead to 33% greater risk of stroke.
Alpha-blockers are used to treat a variety of conditions, including high blood pressure, Raynaud's disease and to improve urine flow in older men with enlarged prostates. Now, a new study suggests there is a higher risk of ischemic stroke for men who take alpha-blockers but who are not already taking other blood pressure medications.
Elderly people who sleep poorly and awaken frequently are more likely to have hardened blood vessels or oxygen-starved tissue in the brain, according to a report published in the journal Stroke.
Strokes occur quickly and, as such, symptoms of stroke often appear suddenly without warning.
Trouble with walking, including dizziness and lack of co-ordination.
Trouble controlling or expressing emotions.
Strokes happen fast and will often occur before an individual can be seen by a doctor for a proper diagnosis.
Face drooping: if the person tries to smile does one side of the face droop?
Arm weakness: if the person tries to raise both their arms does one arm drift downward?
Speech difficulty: if the person tries to repeat a simple phrase is their speech slurred or strange?
The faster a person with suspected stroke receives medical attention, the better their prognosis and the less likely they will be to experience lasting damage or death.
In order for a stroke patient to get the best diagnosis and treatment possible, they will need to be treated at a hospital within 3 hours of their symptoms first appearing.
Both ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes require different kinds of treatment. Unfortunately, it is only possible to be sure of what type of stroke someone has had by giving them a brain scan in a hospital environment.
CT scans of the brain are one of few ways to determine which type of stroke a person has had.
Echocardiogram: a detailed image of the heart is created to check for any sources of clots that could have traveled to the brain to cause a stroke.
A large international study has associated weak grip strength with increased risk of heart attack and stroke, as well as increased risk of death from both cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular diseases.
A helmet that uses microwaves to examine brain tissue has been found to accurately diagnose the type of stroke that a patient has suffered. If developed, the device could lead to early and correct diagnosis of stroke and may improve treatment for what is currently the 5th highest cause of death in the US.
In these modern times, there is practically a smartphone app for all aspects of life. Now, new research has detailed two new apps that could help people detect epileptic seizures and receive better treatment for stroke.
Research scheduled for publication in the July 2016 issue of the journal Neurophotonics reveals proof of principle for the use of frequency-domain near-infrared spectroscopy (fdNIRS) to study brain oxygenation in the first few hours of stroke onset.
As the two main different kinds of stroke, ischemic and hemorrhagic, are caused by different factors, both require different forms of treatment. It is not only important that the type of stroke is diagnosed quickly to reduce the damage done to the brain, but also because treatment suitable for one kind of stroke can be harmful to someone who has had a different kind.
Ischemic strokes are caused by arteries being blocked or narrowed and so treatment focuses on restoring an adequate flow of blood to the brain.
Treatment can begin with drugs to break down clots and prevent further ones from forming. Aspirin can be given, as can an injection of a tissue plasminogen activator (TPA). TPA is very effective at dissolving clots but needs to be injected within 4.5 hours of stroke symptoms manifesting themselves.
Surgeons are able to remove plaque and any other obstructions from the carotid artery through surgery.
Emergency procedures include administering TPA via catheter directly into an artery in the brain or using a catheter to physically remove the clot from its obstructive position. Recent studies have cast doubt as to the effectiveness of these methods, and so research is still ongoing as to how beneficial these procedures are.
There are other procedures that can be carried out to decrease the risk of future strokes or TIAs. A carotid endarterectomy involves a surgeon opening the carotid artery and removing any plaque that might be blocking it.
Alternatively, an angioplasty involves a surgeon inflating a small balloon in a narrowed artery via catheter and then inserting a stent (a mesh tube) into the opening in order to prevent the artery from narrowing again.
Hemorrhagic strokes are caused by bleeding into the brain and so treatment focuses on controlling the bleeding and reducing the pressure on the brain that it is causing.
Treatment can begin with drugs being given to reduce the pressure in the brain, overall blood pressure, prevent seizures and prevent sudden constrictions of blood vessels. If the patient is taking anti-coagulant or anti-platelet medication like Warfarin or Clopidogrel, they can be given drugs or blood transfusions to counter the medication's effects.
Surgery can be used to repair any problems with blood vessels that have led or could lead to hemorrhagic strokes. Surgeons can place small clamps at the base of aneurysms or fill them with detachable coils to stop blood flow to them and prevent rupture.
Support from friends and family – to provide practical support and comfort. Letting friends and family know what can be done to help is very important.