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Posted on August 15, 2010 December 24, 2015
Amazing New Close-up Images of Enceladus
Oh, wow! This is one of the best images yet from the Cassini spacecraft of the "tiger stripes" in the south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Over the weekend, Cassini flew by Enceladus, and has sent back some incredible new images, such as the one above. The tiger stripes are actually giant fissures that spew jets of water vapor and organic particles hundreds of kilometers, or miles, out into space, and here, Cassini is staring right down into one of the fissures. See more great images of Enceladus below, plus images of the moons Dione and Tethys.
Close-up of the cracked, crevassed surface of Enceladus. Credit: NASA/Space Science Institute.
While the winter is darkening the moon's southern hemisphere, Cassini has its own version of "night vision goggles" — the composite infrared spectrometer instrument – to track heat even when visible light is low. It will take time for scientists to assemble the data into temperature maps of the fissures.
Enceladus against Saturn's limb. Credit: NASA/Space Science Institute.
More plumes on Enceladus. Credit: NASA/Space Science Institute.
Close-up of Tethys. Credit: NASA/Space Science Institute
Dione from 115,370 kilometers away. Credit: NASA/Space Science Institute
See more amazing images from Cassini's latest at the CICLOPS website.
Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Blog also has created some very cool movies from the flyby images.
Hat tip to Stu Atkinson
Posted on June 21, 2010 December 24, 2015
Titan + Dione = New Desktop
Another stunning image from the Cassini spacecraft, suitable for wallpaper on your desktop. Click image for larger version, or click here for a large 1.125 MB version.
This is Saturn's moon Dione, in crisp detail, against a hazy, ghostly Titan. Simply stunning.
The "wispy" terrain on Dione is visible, and on Titan are hints of atmospheric banding around Titan's north pole. This view looks toward the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Dione (1123 kilometers, 698 miles across) and Titan (5150 kilometers, 3200 miles across), and was taken on April 10, 2010.
No images available yet from Cassini's extremely close flyby of Titan over the weekend where it buzzed the hazy moon at an altitude of just 880 kilometers (547 miles) above the surface.
That is 70 kilometers (43 miles) lower than it has ever been at Titan before. The reason for attempting such a close pass is to try and establish if Titan has a magnetic field of its own. But the Cassini team went through hours and hours of calculations for this close flyby, as Titan's atmosphere applies torque to objects flying through it, much the same way the flow of air would wiggle your hand around if you stuck it outside a moving car window. According to the Cassini website, when engineers calculated the most stable and safe angle for the spacecraft to fly, they found it was almost the same as the angle that would enable Cassini to point its high-gain antenna to Earth. So they cocked the spacecraft a fraction of a degree, enabling them to track the spacecraft in real-time during its closest approach. They set up the trajectory with thrusters firing throughout the flyby to maintain pointing automatically.
The images and data gathered should be amazing, as if everything went as planned, the flyby ended with the ultra violet imaging spectrograph (UVIS) instrument capturing a stellar occultation outbound from Titan. We'll keep you posted!
Source: CICLOPS, Carolyn Porco on Twitter
A Double-Dose of Cassini Goodness
The Cassini mission is just a non-stop faucet of fantastic images! Here are two that were released today, for your viewing pleasure. The first image, above, is an eclipse of Saturn's moon Tethys, which lies in the background, by Dione. The three images were each taken one minute apart.
As you can see, from Cassini's perspective Dione passes right in front of Tethys. Make no mistake in thinking that these two Saturnian companions are close together in this shot, however; Dione, the moon in the foreground, is 2.2 million kilometers (1.4 million miles) from the Cassini spacecraft, while Tethys is 2.6 million kilometers (1.6 million miles) away.
An interesting feature of the image is how Tethys appears brighter on the side of the moon opposite the Sun. This is because Saturn, which lies out of the image to the right, is reflecting light from the Sun back onto the moon. Dione is not being backlit by Saturn from the vantage point of Cassini, so its face that is opposite the Sun appears darker.
Visible on Tethys is the Odysseus Crater, which spans a whopping 400km (240 miles). Given that Tethys is only 1,062 kilometers, or 660 miles across, the crater appears very large in comparison to the moon. It also makes the moon very much resemble the Death Star from Star Wars, don't you think? These images were taken using Cassini's narrow-angle camera on Nov. 28, 2009.
This second image is a synthetic aperture radar image of the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. In the lower right and upper center of the image, the two wrinkly features are actually small Titanian mountains. What exactly causes the grooves in these mountains has still to be determined.
On Earth, the shifting of tectonic plates can form such structures, as well as the processes of water flowing, freezing, and melting.
Since Titan has an atmosphere composed mostly of methane and ethane, and experiences rain much like here on Earth, it's quite possible that these processes are the cause of such features.
Because the illumination of this image comes from the radar on Cassini, the peaks of these formations should be the brightest. As is visible, this isn't the case. Notice how the left side of the upper mountain in the image, and right side of the lower-right mountain are brighter. The materials that make up the darker and lighter areas are the cause for this lighting effect.
The image represents a patch of Titan's surface 250 km (155 miles) high and 285 km (180 miles) wide, and the resolution is about 350 meters (1,150 feet) per pixel, and it was taken on December 28th, 2009.
Source: Cassini Equinox Mission, here and here.


The easiest way to identify a bird's nest is to identify the birds that build and use it. Since those birds are typically adult birds in their breeding plumage, their field marks are useful for proper and confident identification. In many species, however, more camouflaged females do much of the nesting work and can be harder to identify. When birds are actively incubating eggs or feeding chicks it can be easy to get good views of the parents. It is best, however, to use a spotting scope and keep a significant distance from the nest so as not to stress the birds – if the adults feel continually threatened, they may abandon their eggs or chicks.
Once the eggs have hatched, the parent birds will be very active feeding their chicks and may present good views for proper identification, and the chicks themselves can provide great identification clues. First, determining whether the chicks are altricial or precocial can narrow down the identification significantly, and other clues such as size and coloration can be useful. Many chicks are heavily camouflaged for protection from nest predators, however, and they may not always be in a good viewing position to be easily identified.
Location: Where a nest is located gives a clue for the identity of its occupants. Is the nest in a cavity such as a birdhouse or hollow tree, or is it on a cliff, in a low shrub, directly on the ground or high in a tree? Some birds, such as wrens, are also well known for nesting in unusual locations, such as inside a piece of clothing on a clothesline or in a hanging basket of flowers on a porch.
Size: The size of a nest is a good clue for the size of the birds that use it. Larger birds generally have larger nests. Some small birds that regularly have large broods of 5-6 eggs or more may also build larger than expected nests to accommodate the space needs of their growing hatchlings.
Shape: Birds build different nest shapes, from simple shallow scrapes to cups to elaborate hanging pouches or cave-like structures. In addition to the overall shape of the nest, consider how wide or deep it is and where the entry point is for birds traveling back and forth – on the side, top or even the bottom.
Materials: Birds use a wide variety of nesting materials, but most species prefer certain materials to construct their nest. A nest composed mainly of grasses and lined with feathers will be made by a different species than a nest that may be the same size and shape but is built of twigs and moss. Sticks, mud, yarn, pebbles, trash, snakeskin, spider silk, lichen, rootlets, and fur are other common nesting materials.
Construction: Exactly how a nest is constructed can be an indicator of the bird that built it. Some birds build loose, haphazard nests, while others have tightly constructed architectural wonders. Examine how the nest is attached to a tree or bush and note whether it is decorated with lichen, moss, bits of leaves or other materials to serve as camouflage.
Eggs: If the nest contains eggs (use a mirror on a long handle to see into a nest above your head), the shape, size, color, and markings of the eggs can also be great clues for the nest's identity. As with observing brooding birds, however, take care not to disturb the eggs or stress parent birds that have been displaced. Never touch, handle, or remove the eggs unless they are from unprotected invasive species.
Consider the breeding range of birds that could possibly build it. While vagrant birds can occasionally nest well outside their expected breeding territory, it is far more likely that the nest belongs to a familiar species.
Note when the nest is actively in use and how that timing corresponds to the breeding season of different birds. Some species nest very early in the season while others nest very late, but be aware that earlier nesters may also have multiple broods later in the season.
Watch for eggs from brood parasites such as brown-headed cowbirds that may look very different than other eggs in the nest. Not all birds are regular hosts for parasitic eggs, and spotting one can help narrow down the probable identities of the nest occupants.
Visit a local nature center, wildlife refuge visitor center, or similar facility to check if there are any exhibits of common local nests available to study. Seeing positively identified nests up close can give you a better understanding of how to identify nests and make sense of each wild nest you spot. Just like with bird identification, nest identification takes practice and it isn't always possible to identify every nest you find.
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Traveling Reports "Helping People to Help Themselves": A Trip to Gambia
"Helping People to Help Themselves": A Trip to Gambia
On April 14, 2011, my husband and I travelled to Gambia for two weeks to help with a development aid project, along with 4 members and both directors of the association "Hilfe für West-Afrika" (Help for West Africa), which is based in Mössingen-Talheim (Baden-Württemberg). When we arrived in 35 degree heat, we were met by the school principal Mr. Kalipha Jobe and a 15-strong delegation from the John Pickering Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Lamin Daranka, which we support. After a warm welcome, Mr. Kwamla Elliot and his colleague Mr. Belford took us and our luggage to our accommodation. Mr Elliot is the owner of a gas factory in Banjul, the capital of Gambia, and provides much support to our association. This support includes financial donations, which among other things are used to fund container transportation (one container costing €6,000). In addition, he provides lorries and manpower to move and unload the containers. This year, three containers were shipped to Gambia containing parcels for children who are sponsored by the association, bicycles, sewing machines, fabric, computers, hospital beds, medicine, clothes, shoes, various kinds of seeds and large quantities of jam jars. After our first very warm night we drove to our school in Lamin Daranka to meet with the principal, Mr. Jobe. An inspection of the warehouse also took place and we were forced to note that, in typical African style, all the parcels that had been delivered were stored without any apparent order. It therefore took us several hours and plenty of sweat to sort the packages numerically and match them to their respective projects. The Lamin Daranka school was closed for the Easter holidays. However, the doors were opened to the pupils for two days to hand out the donations sent from Germany. Despite the great distance some of the children have to travel to get to school, more than two-thirds of the parcels managed to find a happy recipient (the remaining parcels will be given to the children after the holidays). I noticed to my astonishment that some of the children were wearing shoes that were more than a size too big for them. These had been borrowed from neighbours or friends so that they could look particularly nice for this special day. It was exciting to watch mango and papaya jam being produced in the school's Skill Training Center. Gambia has no raw materials of its own, apart from a large number of mango and papaya trees, whose harvest is often left to rot due to the volume grown. This gave Ms. Renate Müller, the association's chairwoman, the idea three years ago to put the "Gambians' gold" into jars – preserved as jam. This project seems to be a great success as demand is constantly increasing. A Gambian television company is going to film a report soon about jam production. Could there be a better advert? The only downside is that there is nowhere in Gambia which can provide jars. So it falls to us to organize the sourcing and shipping of jars and gelling sugar from Germany to Gambia, funded by donations. Another very important project reflecting our motto "Helping People to Help Themselves" is providing IT and textiles training to young men and women in our Skill Training Center, where they design and produce different fabric products such as clothes, bags and the like. The center is run using German donations of computers, sewing machines and fabric for training purposes. Therefore, for my husband and I it was a particular highlight to be able to present those who had successfully completed the IT course with their diplomas – especially as my husband had seen to the donations of PCs and monitors. As always in Africa, there was a great deal of fuss surrounding the presentation, which took place during a three hour ceremony. Needlework and pictures by the art students were also proudly presented to the interested guests. In addition, the governor of the province opened the newly rebuilt and enlarged IT Center along with the principal and my husband. As a result of their many trips to Gambia and the contacts they have made there, a few of the association members also support individual Gambian families on a virtually one-on-one basis, in what is known as a 'Family project'. However, this help is limited, for example, to handing over a sack of rice, some chickens or clothes and shoes brought by the association workers. The families live not far from Banjul and yet it was incredible to go to a village and hear the children cry "Tubabs, Tubabs", which means "white people" in the local language. After our arrival we were quickly surrounded (by adults as well as children). I was particularly moved by the children, who initially kept their distance but crept closer and closer to the "whites", so that they could touch a hand or a finger to find out if there was really no black skin concealed beneath our white skin. The number of children with swollen stomachs was noticeable. Ms Müller explained to me that these children were suffering from worms, because there is a shortage, or rather a complete lack of worming treatments in Gambia. A father of three children aged between two and eight proudly showed us his house. There were two rooms with openings for windows, needless to say without any glass. There were no cupboards or tables in the house. Only a mattress to sit or lie on, a bed, a chair and an antiquated wooden two-seater sofa with rotting upholstery. An open fireplace served as a cooker, and the toilet was a hole in the ground. There were no mosquito nets to protect against malaria, which are particularly important during the long months of the rainy season. The family's joy when presented with the food, seeds, clothes and shoes we had brought was indescribable. Other villagers who were present also received clothes and shoes brought by one or other of us. Their joy was also unmistakeable. The association is planning a further project in Dankunu, a village with around 2,000 inhabitants situated in the interior of Gambia, around 200km from the capital, Banjul. Mr. Jobe, the school principal, and some of the school staff come from there. The 6 hour journey to Dankunku was an experience in itself. There are very few asphalt roads and they eventually stop altogether, meaning we could only proceed along eroded sandy tracks. Tired and covered in dust, we arrived in Dankunku. Some of the village elders were already waiting for us and surprised us with three newly built round houses, made of clay with palm leaf roofs. The only furniture consisted of a palm wood frame to sleep on. Our first task was therefore to make this "bed" mosquito-proof and to bring in our own sleeping bags and bedding. A shower, running water or even electricity? Not a chance. After a short break the villagers invited us to eat with them. Benachin is a typical Gambian dish consisting of rice with various spices, to which can be added pieces of beef, goat, lamb, chicken or fish, a kind of white cabbage and a root that closely resembles our potato. Incidentally, we always had Benachin when we were invited to eat with the locals. As always, our meal was prepared on an open fire. In the early evening the villagers gathered in the village square. After the usual group Iman prayer, which caused a lot of fuss, Mr Jobe informed those present, amongst whom even we could easily spot the medicine man, about our planned new project: to build a further Skill Training Center for the production of jam. To the great joy of those present, it was announced that medical supplies had been brought for the "village hospital". After approximately one and a half hours – by which point it was pitch black and the only source of light was an LED lamp we had brought – we were invited to the large gathering place. The villagers performed spectactular African dances for us, accompanied by fantastic music. At around 11p.m., we retired to our clay huts in 35 to 40 degree heat, well guarded by villagers at the open doors and windows, particularly from hyenas which sometimes roam through the village at night. The next morning it was back to the big gathering place for us. There were many more speeches from both sides, with gifts of jewellery to the most important village women; we learned that this is important and must be done. Then the supplies we had brought, such as beds for the infirmary, medicine, seeds, bicycles, a chainsaw, clothes and shoes were given to the village elders to be distributed amongst the villagers. After a lunch of Benachin with goat meat, we spent the afternoon driving back in the direction of Banjul. One of my fellow travellers once said to me "When you go home, you will enjoy having a functioning toilet, running water and reliable electricity." Now I can only agree. However, despite all the sweat, the absence of a European toilet and shower and the general lack of hygiene, I would hate to have missed out on my time in Gambia. It was a tiring few weeks, characterised by little sleep and, considering that we were on "holiday", a lot of work. A part of my heart remains with the Gambians. Despite the at times very difficult living conditions, these people radiate so much joy and warmth, as well as values that are partially dying out over here. Many impressions and images are indelibly imprinted on my brain and the return to "business as usual" is not easy with these memories. As a friend of mine said to me before we set off for Gambia together: "After you return you will no longer be the person you were before you left." And he was right. Therefore, in the future I will continue to actively support the most important aim of the association, "helping people to help themselves", by sponsoring children and young people in their school and vocational education. This objective is complemented by medical support, delivering seeds to help cultivate fields and producing "Made in the Gambia". The association needs people to help them by sponsoring children. For €55 per year, a child can go to school, get a school unifom and receive one hot meal every day. Financial donations, for example to finance the container transport to Gambia or to buy jars, gelling sugar and other supplies, are also desperately needed and therefore are very welcome.

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Pavas FC es un club de fútbol de Costa Rica, con sede en la ciudad de San José. Fue fundado en 2000 y actualmente está en la Primera División de LINAFA, la tercera división de Costa Rica.

Historia
Se crea en el año 2000 como un proyecto para jóvenes de la Zona de Pavas, inicia su trayectoria en los torneos regionales donde logra el campeonato de la  Zona B de San José para participar en la Primera División de LINAFA en la temporada 2017-2018.

Para la temporada 2021-2022 se corona campeón del clausura 2022 al derrotar a Quepos Cambute FC en el global 1-0 y obligar a una gran final para disputar el ascenso a la Segunda División de Costa Rica. En la ida de la gran final contra Quepos Cambute FC, ambos equipos reciben una anotación de cada uno dejando la moneda en el aire con el marcador 1-1, en el segundo partido del cuál se define el ascenso a Segunda División de Costa Rica, en los tiempos prórroga, Quepos Cambute FC anota el gol al minuto 106  que pone el marcador 1-0, con este último gol realizado, Pavas es derrotado con el marcador global 2-1, perdiéndose la oportunidad de ascender a la Segunda División de Costa Rica.

Uniforme
 Uniforme titular: Camiseta azul con rayas rojas, pantalón azul, medias rojas.
 Uniforme reserva: Camisa, pantalón y medias rojas

Palmarés

Torneos nacionales
 Campeón Liga Nacional San José (1): 2018
 Campeón Clausura 2022 Tercera División de Costa Rica (1): 2021-2022

Jugadores

Equipo 2022

| colspan=10 style="font-size:95%; background: red" align=center| Porteros

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| colspan=10 style="font-size:95%; background: red" align=center| Defensas

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| colspan=10 style="font-size:95%; background: red" align=center| Mediocampistas

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| colspan=10 style="font-size:95%; background: red" align=center| Delanteros

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Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Página oficial de Club Deportivo Pavas en Facebook.

Equipos de la Tercera División de Costa Rica
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1990
Equipos de fútbol de la provincia de San José

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#include "../perf_precomp.hpp"
#include "opencv2/ts/ocl_perf.hpp"

using std::tr1::make_tuple;

#ifdef HAVE_OPENCL

namespace cvtest {
namespace ocl {

///////////// OpticalFlow Dual TVL1 ////////////////////////
typedef tuple< tuple<int, double>, bool> OpticalFlowDualTVL1Params;
typedef TestBaseWithParam<OpticalFlowDualTVL1Params> OpticalFlowDualTVL1Fixture;

OCL_PERF_TEST_P(OpticalFlowDualTVL1Fixture, OpticalFlowDualTVL1,
            ::testing::Combine(
                        ::testing::Values(make_tuple<int, double>(-1, 0.3),
                                          make_tuple<int, double>(3, 0.5)),
                        ::testing::Bool()
                                )
            )
    {
        Mat frame0 = imread(getDataPath("cv/optflow/RubberWhale1.png"), cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
        ASSERT_FALSE(frame0.empty()) << "can't load RubberWhale1.png";

        Mat frame1 = imread(getDataPath("cv/optflow/RubberWhale2.png"), cv::IMREAD_GRAYSCALE);
        ASSERT_FALSE(frame1.empty()) << "can't load RubberWhale2.png";

        const Size srcSize = frame0.size();

        const OpticalFlowDualTVL1Params params = GetParam();
        const tuple<int, double> filteringScale = get<0>(params);
            const int medianFiltering = get<0>(filteringScale);
            const double scaleStep = get<1>(filteringScale);
        const bool useInitFlow = get<1>(params);
        double eps = 0.9;

        UMat uFrame0; frame0.copyTo(uFrame0);
        UMat uFrame1; frame1.copyTo(uFrame1);
        UMat uFlow(srcSize, CV_32FC2);
        declare.in(uFrame0, uFrame1, WARMUP_READ).out(uFlow, WARMUP_READ);

        //create algorithm
        cv::Ptr<cv::DualTVL1OpticalFlow> alg = cv::createOptFlow_DualTVL1();

        //set parameters
        alg->setScaleStep(scaleStep);
        alg->setMedianFiltering(medianFiltering);

        if (useInitFlow)
        {
            //calculate initial flow as result of optical flow
            alg->calc(uFrame0, uFrame1, uFlow);
        }

        //set flag to use initial flow
        alg->setUseInitialFlow(useInitFlow);
        OCL_TEST_CYCLE()
            alg->calc(uFrame0, uFrame1, uFlow);

        SANITY_CHECK(uFlow, eps, ERROR_RELATIVE);
    }
}
} // namespace cvtest::ocl

#endif // HAVE_OPENCL

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Żurawianka is a river of Poland, a tributary of the Płonka in Płońsk.

Rivers of Poland
Rivers of Masovian Voivodeship


Hobby Boss's two 1/32 B-24s, much vaunted in recent months and previewed at Nuremberg Toy Fair in February, are now about to hit the hobby shelves. No price confirmed, and no in-box reviews that I can see yet, but I see that pre-orders are now being taken, so it must be imminent.
1/32 Liberator ….. that's gonna be HUGE , where would you put it ? and anyway bigger isn't always better as I keep on reminding the little lady.
Some people are complaining re the size and price of these big models. HK's new 1/32 Lanc is a monster, and if their B-17s are anything to go by, the price will be in the hundreds.
A fool and his money eh?…….
I haven't either. A handful of 1/48 kits and I'm scrambling, wondering what I'll do with my next build! A 1/32 Liberator? Where?
Well, HK had what I thought was a really neat idea to include a hook that you bolt on to your wall so the B-17 would hang from the bomb bay like a painting. I would imagine any of these kits could also be made so the wings could be removed for storage. It would be neat to build any of these three, but my 1/48 B-36 kit (also crazy big) is nearly ready to ship so I have that money on hold right now. (I did check the dimensions and it will fit in the back of my Hornet so I can get it to shows!) I gotta check up on the Lanc! It has been a while since I read anything about it.
Buying one big thing with one large up front cost (pay the price and watch her get mad) or spread the costs over the year (and she won't notice).
When I was still "in the hobby", I actually preferred that scale. Wonder what the wingspan of a 32nd B-24 would be…? Definitely a ceiling hanger – no question.
Forty-one and a quarter inches–or a meter and a little bit.
HK supplies a mount that you can attach to the bomb bay on their B-17 and then you can hang it on the wall. Some folks have wired the tail stabs and have hung the thing on the wall. The ultimate is to place it under glass in a coffee table along with you favorite coffee table books… Donate it to a museum.
You wonder about the R/C guys who have quarter scale flying models… what do they do? Again who can afford?
I remember seeing what I thought was an HK B-17 for £180 (more?) and thinking that was the cheapest I'd seen the kit priced at, then realised it was the AFTERMARKET DETAIL-UP set on it's own lol.
Wow this one has to be a huge beast !!! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Really like the box art.
I want it, I need to build it, I have the B-17 and B-25.
Someone once told me I was dreaming because I wanted a 1/48 Stirling. Too big they said… if they can do these in 1/32 … there's hope for me yet. .


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State Budget Gives Health Care to Some Undocumented Immigrants. Arambula Wants to Go Further
Source: The Sacramento Bee
Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula intends to continue pushing to expand health care options for all undocumented immigrants in California even though the state's new $214.8 billion budget provides coverage to a fraction of them.
Arambula's comments this week were among the first he's made publicly since returning to work in Sacramento following his May trial in Fresno, where a jury found him not guilty of child abuse charges.
The Legislature on Thursday passed a $214.8 billion budget deal that includes $98 million to expand Medi-Cal to young undocumented adults, 19 up to 26, in the upcoming fiscal year. Gov. Gavin Newsom now has 12 days to sign or veto the bill. He can also nix parts of the budget through line-item vetoes.
The state already provides health care coverage to children under the age of 19 through legislation passed in 2016.
In early December, Arambula introduced a bill that would go further by expanding Medi-Cal coverage to all adults, regardless of immigration status.
Assembly Bill 4 made it through the Assembly, and earlier this month, was referred to the Senate's committee on health.
But the Legislative Analyst's Office had estimated the Medi-Cal costs to be as much as $900 million in fiscal year 2019-20. It could cost between $3 billion to $3.2 billion in general funding annually going forward, according to an Assembly Appropriations Committee analysis of the bill. There's a companion bill in the Senate, SB 29.
Arambula said it's estimated that one in every five residents in 31st District - which covers Fresno, Kerman, Firebaugh and Coalinga - are undocumented.
AB 4 is still moving through the legislative process, but it wasn't included in the budget approved by lawmakers.
Despite the fact that lawmakers have already included health care for some undocumented immigrants in the budget, it's not the end of AB 4 or Arambula's effort to extend health care to all undocumented immigrants.
AB 4 will likely come up in policy discussions at the end of this month, and Aramubla said he will continue the debate. The bill could be amended as it continues to move forward, and Arambula said he "will work hard to get a version" through the Senate.
"But we don't know its final version or outcome yet," he said. "In someways, I've learned to take it a step at a time, and our big goal at the moment was to secure the funding for the 19-25 year-olds."
If the bill dies this session, the lawmaker said, he'll remain hopeful. Arambula in 2018 introduced Assembly Bill 2965, which would have also offered health care to all adults. "I plan to bring the bill back until we are able to achieve universal coverage," he said.
The appropriations committee's analysis estimated that out of the state's 1.8 million undocumented adults, under AB 4 some 1.26 million of them would be eligible for Medi-Cal coverage, since income eligibility is a factor.
Securing funding to expand health care for young undocumented immigrants is a "good down payment and allows thousands of people in the Central Valley" to have access to health care - individuals who otherwise could not, he said.
"I want to be appreciative that we were able to take this first step," he said.
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'WITH hospitals full of the terminally healthy, we turn our attention to the British pub.
And we read this morning in the Telegraph that swearing is the latest thing to be banned from the boozer.
JD Wetherspoon, which operates 600 pubs, is considering printing a warning on menus and beer mats asking punters to keep their language clean.
It follows a complaint from two customers, who said they found swearing embarrassing when they visited their local in Ruislip with friends.
The Rev Ian Gregory, founder of the Campaign For Courtesy, said he welcomed such a move but thought it would be impossible to enforce.
He suggests a ban in certain pubs, similar to the partial no-smoking policy adopted in Wetherspoon pubs.
A good idea, but why stop there? Are we alone in finding the smell of beer on our breath after a night out in the pub slightly off-putting?


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Tag Archives | Quebec
Quebec upset that magazine grouped it with North Korea, Iran and Syria
Ishmael N. Daro on October 10, 2013
Quebecers might be getting paranoid about their international reputation due to all the publicity of the province's byzantine language laws and occasional lapses into rank bigotry — but is La Belle Province on the level of North Korea?
Quebec mosque defaced with pig's blood
Ishmael N. Daro on September 2, 2013
A mosque in Saguenay, Que., has been defaced with what the vandals claim is pig blood. A letter left at the scene tells the mosque members to "assimilate or go home."
The sexy text messages that forced Laval's mayor to resign
Ishmael N. Daro on July 1, 2013
If you tuned out news of Laval's interim mayor Alexandre Duplessis's resignation, you missed a fantastic story. It's a story of love, loss, escorts and cross-dressing. And it's only the latest in a series of Canadian mayoral scandals.
'Just watch' Justin Trudeau tastelessly abuse his father's legacy
Tannara Yelland on March 20, 2013
In a scenario so perfect it almost seems scripted, a fellow Porter flight passenger handed Justin Trudeau a note asking if Trudeau could "really beat Stephen Harper." What's a man to do?
Threats to Quebec's Francophone culture now include fish, chips
John Cameron on February 21, 2013
Also incomprehensible to the average Francophone, apparently: the words "calamari" and "pasta."
Bigfoot sighted picking berries in Quebec
Sheldon Birnie on October 7, 2012
Two women from northern Quebec claim to have encountered a mysterious beast while berry picking last weekend that was not unlike the legendary "bigfoot."
First we casserole, then makeouts?
Bryn Ossington on May 31, 2012
A long day of shouting down your provincial government can really get your blood flowing. Luckily for protesters in Montreal, a new Twitter account is helping those randy protesters continue the banging after their pots and pans have been put away for the night.
The casseroles are coming, Canada
Laura Beeston on May 28, 2012
Luckily for the Rest of Canada (ROC), there are many quirky and quétaine cultural things that eventually find their way out of the province of Quebec. This week, banging on casseroles in solidarity against the government might be added to that list.
The myth of $325: Maclean's and the Quebec student strikes
Okay, so maybe it started with $325. But over the last two months it's clear the Quebec student strike has become about much more than this baseline number that has been op-ed fodder for the last two months. Here's a breakdown.
American conservative writer wades into Quebec tuition debate just so he can make fun of the French
Ishmael N. Daro on May 11, 2012
It's always a good time when American writers weigh in on Canadian affairs. It's an even better time when they write for National Review, the once-reputable conservative magazine founded by William F. Buckley.
How the Quebec protests started and how they got out of control
Laura Beeston on May 8, 2012
As pundits and editorialists try to pin down who is more "entitled" the actual issues at stake in the Quebec student protest have been ignored. Few have been able to accurately explain the depths of dissent that is months in the making, and its increasing nuance.
Alleged judge allegedly shoots wheelchair-bound wife, allegedly
Ishmael N. Daro on May 8, 2012
The prosecution today presented its case in the first-degree murder trial of former Superior Court judge Jacques Delisle. The retired Quebec judge allegedly shot his partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound wife to shack up with his mistress.
Government cracking down on masked protesters, unreported criminals
Sheldon Birnie on May 7, 2012
Conservative MPs are set to lay the smackdown on rabble-rousers nationwide with a bill that will heavily penalize those wearing masks or disguises to riots and "unlawful assemblies" with up to five years behind bars.
A McGill professor reminds protesting Quebec students of some important facts
McGill University business professor Henry Mintzberg is asking Quebec students, now in their 11th week of protests, to come to their senses and end the "strikes."
To no one's surprise, corruption turns out to be everywhere in Quebec
Ishmael N. Daro on April 20, 2012
Hmm, remember when Maclean's magazine got all that guff for daring to call Quebec " the most corrupt province" in Canada? Remember how we all took to the streets to decry the magazine's attempts to sully the good name of the province that would never ever possibly have a corruption problem?
Well, oops.
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Lest we forget: Winnipeg also has a terrible mayor November 1, 2013
Toronto Police have Rob Ford crack video October 31, 2013
Tiny mouse vs. giant biscuit October 30, 2013
Were you poor growing up? You're probably out of luck forever, kid October 28, 2013
Watch the new Anchorman 2 trailer October 23, 2013
Adorable sea otter blinded by shotgun blast, now fighting for his life October 22, 2013
Liberal candidate accidentally calls out Trudeau for cruising on father's name October 22, 2013
Justin Bieber goes to strip club, leaves a pile of dirty $1 bills for dancer October 22, 2013
Here's a 1970s training video for costumed characters at Disney theme parks October 22, 2013
Rex Murphy super bummed aboriginal people won't get over colonialism October 22, 2013
Social rejection really does feel like a kick in the balls: study October 21, 2013
Justice prevails as two Nigerian students get deported for working off-campus October 18, 2013
Calgary developers who plotted Nenshi's downfall now just openly telling employees to vote against him October 17, 2013
A conversation with Mike Burns, the man behind @DadBoner October 16, 2013
Here's what fire breathing looks like in slow-motion bullet time October 16, 2013
How 'normal' does the GG look? October 16, 2013
Get excited for the Speech from the Throne with a little Game of Thrones October 16, 2013
Quebec upset that magazine grouped it with North Korea, Iran and Syria October 10, 2013
Revealed: 88% of people are damn liars October 10, 2013
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If they have any pride -- if there's anything left in their heart after six straight defeats -- they will go up to Orchard Park, New York, and beat the equally dreadful Bills (4-8).
"Cut to the chase, man: It's personal," safety Jamal Adams said Wednesday. "They came in and they whupped us. They don't like us, we don't like them, so it's going to be a tough battle."
Players said coach Todd Bowles reminded them of the debacle when he spoke to them Monday. He brought it up again Wednesday. He might as well bang the redemption drums, because there's no other tangible motivation. The Jets (3-9) ruined their playoff chances several weeks ago and it's probably too late to save Bowles, who almost certainly will be a goner when the season ends.
"They put it to us pretty good the last time," linebacker Brandon Copeland said. "You don't get too many chances to get some get-back. ... This is like one of those boxing movies where you get knocked out. You get destroyed the first time and you get a second chance to come back. What are you going to do? Are you going to stand up and stand tall? Or are you going to get knocked out again?"
A 31-point loss is bad under any circumstances, but the Jets got played by a team that entered the game in one of the worst offensive funks in NFL history. In a battle of journeyman quarterbacks -- Josh McCown vs. Barkley -- the Bills outplayed and outcoached the Jets so thoroughly that it nearly got Bowles fired.
"Yeah, I think it's fresh in a lot of guys' minds," wide receiver Quincy Enunwa said. "I think the majority of us will use it as motivation. You don't want to get beat like that again. You don't want to get beat at all by them. You don't forget about that, at least not this soon."
The Jets haven't won a division game (0-4). That's a sad commentary on the state of the team, considering the AFC East is arguably the worst division in the NFL. The last time they went winless in the division was 1996, the infamous 1-15 season. No Jets team, under any circumstance, should want to be mentioned in the same sentence as the '96 misfits.
This time, the Jets-Bills battle for last place will have a fresh look at quarterback -- Sam Darnold vs. Josh Allen, the first matchup between rookie starting quarterbacks this season. Maybe Darnold's expected return to the lineup can spark the Jets, who have scored only three offensive touchdowns in the past five games, a franchise record for futility.
Forget the matchups. Forget the X's and O's. Sometimes it just comes down to will and toughness. No one has posted "41-10" on a bulletin board in the Jets' facility. There's no need to.
"We're not necessarily talking about the score," Copeland said, "but we are upfront and honest that they whipped us."
Linebacker Avery Williamson added: "There's plenty of motivation for us because we got beat bad. We've got a point to prove, to come out and get a victory over them."


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Work on a new memorial to fallen Fire Department members at Firefighters Park began in 2018 and was officially dedicated June 26. The new memorial was built to honor those who have died after serving in the department for 10 years or more.
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Troy dedicates new firefighter memorial
By: Brendan Losinski | Troy Times | Published June 29, 2022
Nearly the entire Fire Department, their families, and several community leaders gathered to honor Troy's fallen firefighters — the focus of the department's new memorial.
The mayor, the City Council and leaders of the Fire Department cut the ribbon on the new Firefighter Memorial at Firefighters Park June 26.
TROY — Troy firefighters, their families and members of the community gathered June 26 for the dedication of the new firefighter memorial at Firefighters Park in Troy.
The new memorial lists the names of all of the department members who have died after serving in the department for 10 years or more on six stone tablets, one for each of the department's stations. It also contains a statue of fire equipment and a set of flag poles.
"I think it's a beautiful testament of our support for our firefighters and that our firefighters are our neighbors and friends," said Troy Mayor Ethan Baker. "Now there is a formal place where people can come to pay their respects to those who have fallen who have been part of our department."
Firefighters Park, established in 1991, had long been home to less formal memorials to members of the Troy Fire Department. Now this permanent memorial will be able to stand the test of time.
"Here at Firefighters Park, originally we would plant trees in honor of volunteers who had given their time and passed on," explained Fire Chief Peter Hullinger. "There would be a plaque put at that tree, but over the years, the trees might die or the plaque might get overgrown, so we decided we needed a more permanent memorial for those who gave so much to the community of Troy."
Hullinger said the memorial was designed to be a part of the park where visitors will see it whenever they use the park's pathways.
"This memorial was built to be a part of the park with the pathway going through the memorial," he said. "This will be here for everybody who comes to the park, whether it is someone specifically coming to check out names on the wall or just coming through here to enjoy the park with their kids or to go for a jog."
"The other thing I love about the memorial is that the path through the park goes right through it, so families just enjoying the park can take a moment to see the memorial and take in the names of our firefighters and pay tribute to those who have made our city so great," added Baker.
Several supporters of the department, including family members of department members, began the process for building the new memorial.
"This began in 2018 when we approached the city and got approval for this. We began the development over several months. We were going to start the construction right as COVID hit, so that delayed everything," Hullinger said. "The total cost for the project was approximately $250,000. The city contributed $100,000 to the project, and then the rest was provided by fundraising done by volunteers."
Baker believes that Troy's Fire Department is set apart from most others due to both its size and the fact that it is an all-volunteer department.
"We are the largest city in Oakland County, so we have the largest fire department in Oakland County. We need such a large department because we have the third or fourth most assets per city in the state," he said. "We're unique in that we have a department that is this big and that it is an all-volunteer department. That has grown organically over the last 80 years. It's not something that a community, now, could just decide to do. We have families who have served before them. The strength of it is the firefighters who have these stories of living and working in the city of Troy. All of our members live within 3 miles of each station, so they know the community and they know how to react most quickly. They are protecting their own community."
Hullinger said that if not for one of the names on the memorial, he probably never would have joined the department.
"I have a friend whose name is on the wall … Steven Splan," explained Hullinger. "He's why I joined the department 29 years ago. (Splan) dropped by my house and told me he had just joined and said I should come and check it out. I went to training night, saw what it was all about, and decided I wanted to join the department. I was a volunteer for many years, and then there was an opportunity to go full time, and now I'm the chief of the department. We still take pride in the fact that many people are here because of friends or that they are third- or fourth-generation volunteers."
Splan worked 16 years with the Troy Fire Department before taking a full-time position with the Bloomfield Hills Department of Public Safety, where he had a fatal heart attack while on duty in 2020.
City officials at the event said it was a very deserving memorial for a group of individuals who put their lives and safety on the line to keep the community safe.
"This memorial is a beautiful tribute to our fallen firefighters, and it is meant to have people walk through it, and I want people to bring their families through and take a look at the names," said Baker. "Linda McIntosh from the Somerset Collection said it best the evening of the fire there (on June 13): It's what so many of us in the community already know, and that is that our Troy firefighters are rock stars, and it truly is a testament to the wonderful work they do."
Hullinger added that department members are pleased with how the memorial has turned out and that the project has finally come to fruition.
"The department is very excited right now," he remarked. "We are very proud of this memorial, and they are very honored to have it. We had a huge turnout from the Fire Department here today. Every firetruck in the city is here."
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Main page / Museums and sightseeing in Veliky Novgorod / The Church Of St George In The Marketplace, 1356, 18th c.
This church was built in 1356 replacing a wooden church with the same name. The lower walls date back to the 14th century. In the late 17th century, the upper part was rebuilt in the style of Naryshkin Baroque, which had become popular by that time.
Now the church exhibits the frescoes from the Church of the Transfiguration of Our Savior on Kovalevo Field revived by the well-known Novgorod art conservators.


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Early Birdwatchers And the Birth of Ornithology (Part One) By Jon Friedman
(Author's note: I use the term ornithology in the broadest sense. In this article, I use ornithology to refer to the watching and studying of birds, from prehistoric times to today. Normally ornithology is thought of as a narrow-focus, scientifically-generated study of birds, particularly their physical characteristics. Here I use it to illustrate all manner of bird study, including the making of paintings, engravings and other illustrations of birds. Even the casual observation of birds by non-experts, at least for this article, is included with my use of the term.)
Several newsletter issues ago I wrote about my favorite ornithologist, Alexander Skutch. Skutch died not that long ago, into his 90's, and left a huge amount of published and non-published writings about New World birds found primarily in the North and Central America. He, like many before and after him, further studied what others had already known about birds. The historical record of humankind's awareness of birds might logically begin with the cave paintings of early man. In these images of accurately rendered wildlife, we are able to learn which animals were important to their societies, for both practical and spiritual reasons.
Among the earliest representations of a bird we know anything about was the common, or European Crane (Grus grus), a drawing on a cave wall in the Upper Pyrenees in Northern Spain. It is estimated to be from the Paleolithic period of about 10,000 B.C. Cranes have held a position of special importance among many civilizations throughout history, both for their importance as food and their spiritual significance. The ancient Chinese, Japanese and Egyptians all revered the family of cranes.
Colonel Willoughby Verner, and others accompanying him, reported seeing, in 1913, Neolithic cave drawings made between 6000 and 8000 B.C. in the Spanish province of Cadiz. He identified twelve avian species, native to Spain, which included cranes, flamingos and several ducks. The artists who created these drawings included enough details so the birds could be identified by species. Pictured pursuing these birds were hunters armed with bows and arrows.
Birds were very important to the ancient Egyptians. Beginning around 3000 B.C., they gave some of their most important gods identifiable bird heads. Horus, the supreme sun god, looked down with the eyes and extremely good vision of a hawk. Toth, the moon god of magic and wisdom, spoke with an ibis' bill. Many species of birds, like their important human counterparts, were preserved whole, as mummies. Hieroglyphics show that cranes played an important and revered role for both Egyptian royalty and society as a whole.
The Greek comic playwright, Aristophanes, was an astute observer of birds. In 414 B.C., he wrote a satirical play, called The Birds, based around their habits. Most ancient Athenians, like
the Romans who conquered them, embraced watching birds, developing their flight and feeding patterns for omens. Our word "auspicious," in fact, comes from the Latin avi-spez. It means "bird observer."
Fifty years after Aristophanes, Aristotle tried to systematize what was known (and suspected) of birds. A determined naturalist, in his History of Animals he wrote, "We must not recoil from examination of the humbler creatures. Some may not charm the senses, even though they give pleasure to those inclined to philosophy, but every realm of nature is marvelous…" Aristotle's greatness, unfortunately, extended to gullibility. Along with his own observations, he mixed accounts from birdcatchers and hunters, farmers, fishermen, commoners, even some nonsensical accounts from Aristophanes' plays into his own writings. For example, it was believed at the time that domestic chicken hens could imitate the crowing of cocks, cock behavior and, ultimately, the growing of rooster feathers by the hens! For about 2000 years – through the Roman conquest, the Dark and Middle Ages, the Renaissance – scholars clung to Aristotle's popular descriptions over accuracy.
In the first century after Christ, Pliny the Elder wrote 37 books about animals, and birds in particular. Lacking scholarly knowledge, he arranged fantasy, hearsay and observations in an airtight and orderly manner giving readers the impression of genuine expertness. The "facts" as Pliny the Elder laid them out, remained the leading theories about birds for almost 1000 years!
However, non-scholars who were keen observers left their marks as improvements on the knowledge humans were accumulating about birds. On our continent, near the Ohio River around 500 A.D., the Hopewellian Indians carved birds in the form of stone pipes. Their representations were so accurate that later ornithologists were able to identify them by specific species – the Common Raven, the (now extinct) Carolina Parakeet, the Northern Cardinal (one of America's few crested birds) and the American Kestrel, our smallest falcon.
Some authorities believe that around 750 A.D., the Polynesians had learned enough about birds to follow Golden Plover migrations north from Tahiti to discover the Hawaiian Islands. Polynesian explorers were known to take frigatebirds with them on their journeys, as well, due to their ability to find land masses in the vast seas.
Falconry became known to royals by 1250 A.D., in the times of the Crusades. The Italian emperor Frederick ll had become adept in the sport of falconry, and its popularity spread throughout Europe. The sport of hunting game with falcons started in China around 2000 B.C., advancing to Persia in 1700 B.C. and then to Europe around 200-300 B.C. By Frederick's day, falconry had become high art, pursued by royalty and commoners alike. Frederick's love of the sport, and birds in general, led him to publish his seven volumes of De Arte Venandi Cum Avibus, The Art of Hunting with Birds. In these volumes, he lays out his conclusions about the relationships of body weight and wing surface to the number of wing beats and feather structure, correlating air speed to the size of the pectoral muscles of falcons and eagles. Additionally, Frederick loved to socialize with the menagerie of pelicans, cranes, wild geese and herons he kept in captivity.
Both Eric the Red and Christopher Columbus knew to look for terrestrial birds as a sign they were nearing a land mass. Columbus wrote in his daybook on Oct.8th and 9th, 1492, "There were so many small land-birds. The crew took one, which was flying southwest. There were jays,
ducks, and a pelican. All night the men heard birds passing." Undoubtedly, the bird sounds they heard were from a night migration. Three days later, he landed on the island of Guadahani. "The songs of birds were so pleasant that it seemed as if a man could never wish to leave this place." When Columbus returned to Spain, he brought with him cages full of parrots and pigeons, species unknown to Spain and Europe at that time.
From the second expedition to Virginia in 1584, the English naturalist reported to Sir Walter Raleigh, "We have seen turkey cocks and turkey hens, partridges, cranes and herons. I have noted in the native (Indian) language the names of 86 kinds of fowls…Besides those named, we have caught and eaten, as well as made pictures of, several other birds."
The English colonist William Wood in 1634 wrote, "I have seen them fly as if the ayerie regiment had been pigeons, with neither beginning nor ending, length and breadth of these millions of millions." In addition, in 1621 the English colonist Thomas Merton wrote of the American Wild Turkey, "great flocks have sallied by our doors."
Mark Catesby, by 1710, became America's first painter/naturalist. He roamed from the Carolinas to the Bahamas, stalking birds, shooting, preserving and painting them. He was a trained botanist, and, as such, collected pressed flowers to be sold in England to fund his expeditions. He spent 17 years describing mammals, birds, plants and fish in a two-volume work, "The Natural History of the Carolinas, Florida and the Bahama Islands," engraving and coloring illustrations himself. He pioneered the combining of birds and plants in a single print, creating an appetite for more of the same with rich patrons and the public alike.
Thomas Jefferson, in his 1784 Notes on the State of Virginia catalogued 93 Virginia birds in the Linnean Taxonomic system. That same year, Benjamin Franklin wrote to his daughter: "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly. Too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing-hawk (American Osprey); and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing to his nest, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. For in truth, the turkey is a much more respectable bird. Eagles have been found in all countries, but the turkey was peculiar to ours. He is, besides, a bird of courage."
Around this time, in America and in England, there was a movement afoot among naturalists and artists to portray birds as they are, even including important backgrounds that exemplified the plants and habitats they use and occupy. As early birders moved to more realistic depictions, shooting birds was the common method of enabling them to examine and study the birds in greater individual detail. This method of capture enabled both scientific and artistic advancements. However, as in most professions, charlatans and others tried to advance their reputations with phony accounts and actual hoaxes. This may be best illustrated by the example of the French adventurer Francois Levaillant. Initially, his "discoveries" turned European ornithology upside down. With funding from the noted German ornithologist Jacob Temminck, Levaillant traveled for three years throughout southern Africa collecting birds, many of which were new to European enthusiasts. He returned with over 2000 bird skins and enough written notes to write and illustrate his six-volume Oiseaux d'Afrique, a book that immediately made him famous and respected in the field. Two subsequent books brought him greater recognition and wealth. He squandered his wealth and died in a state of near poverty in a Parisian apartment in 1818. Only later did ornithologists discover that much of what Levaillant wrote were lies. He
had gone so far as to glue feathers from three separate birds onto the skin of a fourth bird in order to claim a new species. Even though he did make legitimate discoveries, such as the Rosy-faced Lovebird for example, the public scoffed and rebuked his reputation. Like some before and after him, he piled lie upon lie to cover his deceptions. As a naturalist, he had praised himself on numerous occasions as an accurate and truthful observer of birds. "I have never let myself be deceived," he wrote. "Never."
Ten years after Levaillant sailed for Africa, Alexander Wilson – often called the father of American ornithology – sailed for America. He was a disgraced Scottish writer and poet (Robert Burns had praised his writing earlier in his career). His love poem, Watty & Meg, had sold more than 100,000 copies, bringing him to the forefront of Scottish writers of the time. However, later, he wrote bitter satires on the leading industries, particularly the textile manufacturers. After being sued by a leading manufacturer, he was forced to recant in public and burn his poetry at the town cross. Humiliated, in 1794, he left Scotland for America, with only the clothes on his back and his gun.
He settled in Philadelphia, had affairs with several women in quick succession, and ultimately met the rich Philadelphia naturalist, William Bartram. Wilson began drawing birds after being inspired by Bartram. Bartram published his own illustrated Catalogue of 215 bird species in 1791 and it was the most accurate ornithological listing prior to Wilson's. Praised for the quality of his drawings by Bartram and his newfound engraver, Alex Lawson, Wilson was determined to gain fame not through poetry, but through bird watching.
In 1804, he wrote Lawson, "I am most earnestly bent on pursuing my plan of making a Collection of all the Birds of this part of North America. Now I don't want you to throw "cold water,' as Shakespeare says, on this notion, Quixotic as it may appear. I have been so long accustomed to the building of Airy Castles and brain Windmills that it has become one of my comforts in life, a sort of rough Bone that amuses me when sated with life's dull drudgery."
Armed only with a pack on his back and his sketchbook, he scoured the woods of the eastern regions in search of birds that had not yet been discovered. Of the 262 species he portrayed, 39 were new to science. This was a record number for new American birds discovered, both before and after his time. Five species were named after him – Wilson's Petrel, Wilson's Phalarope, Wilson's Plover, Wilson's (Common) Snipe, and the Wilson's Warbler.
In Savannah, he shot, in order to color it in accurate detail, an Ivory-billed Woodpecker (now considered extinct on the continent, although a sub-species is known to still exist in the eastern mountains of Cuba). His nine-volume American Ornithology finally brought him the fame he wanted and felt he deserved. The following excerpt about this woodpecker is a good example of his writing style and enthusiasm for his subjects: "This majestic and formidable species stands at the head of the whole class of woodpeckers hitherto discovered. His eye is brilliant and daring; and his whole frame so admirably adapted for his mode of life, and method of procuring subsistence, as to impress on the mind of the examiner the most reverential ideas of the Creator…The sound and healthy tree is the least object of his attention. The diseased, infected with insects, and hastening to putrefaction, are his favorites; there the deadly crawling enemy have formed a lodgement between the bark and tender wood, to drink up the vital part of the tree…"
Like Audubon after him, Wilson had to solicit subscriptions to his work himself. The nine-volume set had 400 life histories, 76 full-page watercolor plates, and sold for $120 (which would be a bargain today.) However, the years-long effort cost him his health, and he died of dysentery at the age of 48. The internationally recognized ornithologist, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, a nephew of famous French leader, completed the two final volumes of the nine-volume set.
Part Two will begin with the famous meeting between Wilson and John James Audubon, who later became the patron saint of birdwatching. Beginning with Audubon, I will describe some of the more advanced and respected birdwatchers of the modern era.
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UPDATE: Neither speed nor alcohol were factors in fatal pickup truck crash
Head-on crash happened Saturday afternoon
Nanaimo News Staff
A man was killed in a crash on Cedar Road near the Cedar bridge yesterday.
According to Nanaimo RCMP, the male driver of a Chevrolet pickup truck died after a head-on collision with a Ford pickup truck at about 1:50 p.m. Saturday.
Two passengers from the Chevy truck were airlifted to hospital, with one taken to Vancouver and one taken to Victoria. A Nanaimo RCMP press release noted that their injuries were serious but not life-threatening. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford truck and his adult female passenger suffered minor injuries that didn't require hospitalization.
Retired Abbotsford Police sergeant Shinder Kirk has been identified as the man who died in the crash.
Five ambulances were at the scene tending to patients. The road was closed until night time.
Nanaimo RCMP said no causes for the crash have yet been determined, but the investigation will continue, including mechanical inspections of the vehicles involved.
"Investigators do not believe alcohol and speed were contributing factors; however, weather and road conditions have not been ruled out," the press release noted.
Andy Watson of the B.C. Coroners service said "we are in the early stages of our fact-finding investigation" around the crash.
editor@nanaimobulletin.com
Transgender Canadians say death certificates don't reflect their lived identity
UPDATE: More hydro crews arrive on the Island


The mission of the Mobile Technology Laboratory (MoTeL) at Kristiania University College, Department of Technology, is to design, develop and deploy innovative and value-creating applications and services in individual and organizational contexts and evaluate their adoption, use, and impact.
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VNRC keeps a daily presence at the State House to provide expertise and advocate for legislation that promotes the quality of Vermont's environment. Throughout our history we have been responsible for passage of some of Vermont's landmark environmental laws. On this page, you'll find a summary of current bills we're working with, what they mean, and where they stand in the Legislature.
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B. Kevin Turner (born 1965), American businessman and former COO of Microsoft
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Pakistan Voices Opposition To Russia's S-400 Sale to India
Oct 14, 2018 by Girish Chandra	in News & Updates
Since their partition in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought three wars, two over the Kashmir region, which both countries claim as their own.Pakistan is opposed to the deal for the delivery of Russian S-400 air defense missile systems to India, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
"We are opposed to any arms race in South Asia and have been proposing measures for promoting restraint in both the nuclear and conventional dominos," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal told reporters during his weekly media briefing.He added that countries supplying arms to India should make sure that such deliveries do not upset the existing balance of forces in the region.
"We cannot remain oblivious to these developments and are firmly committed to maintaining credible minimum deterrence by taking any measure necessary," Faisal emphasized.
India and Russia signed a contract for the sale of the S-400 air defense system on October 5 during President Vladimir Putin's visit to New Delhi.
India has deemed the purchase as necessary for national security, while hoping for a waiver under the punitive Countering America's Adversaries through Sanctions Act (CAATSA).
Relations between the neighboring countries went into a tailspin after India accused Pakistan of harboring gunmen who killed 19 Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir in September 2016.
Islamabad has rejected the claim.The two sides continue to accuse each other of frequent ceasefire violations along the de facto border in Kashmir, a territory that both countries claim as their own.
Since their partition in 1947, India and Pakistan have fought three wars — in 1948, 1965 and 1971 — two over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which has been a flashpoint of tensions between the two countries for over six decades.
Source – SPUTNIK
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Local immigration officials watching reform legal battle
CITY OF NEWBURGH – A federal appeals court dealt another blow to the aspirations of local undocumented immigrants by upholding a stay on an Obama administration program that would to allow millions of them to work and travel freely without fear of deportation for three years.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sided last week with a U.S. District Court judge in maintaining an injunction covering the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents program.
A lawsuit filed by 26 states challenges the legality of the initiatives, under which immigrants who are the parents of U.S. citizens or permanent residents and U.S. residents since Jan. 1, 2010, can apply for a three-year work authorization and be free from deportation.
The decision also prevents the expansion of a 2012 program granting legal status to young immigrants.
The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to reverse the lower court ruling.
Catholic Charities Community Services of Orange County, which runs the Office for New Americans at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center, is still telling people about DAPA but being open about the uncertainty surrounding the program.
"We try to be very realistic in that we don't know when it's going to happen, or if it's going to happen," said Raluca Oncioiu, director of immigration and legal services for Catholic Charities.
Obama used a televised address to announce DAPA in November 2014, as immigration-reform legislation stalled in Congress. Applicants would have to pass a background check and, once approved, pay taxes.
The president also expanded benefits of a program created in June 2012 to give young immigrants two years of legal status. Under the expansion, those who qualify will be protected from deportation for three years instead of two.
"They do have rights now, but I think they're very afraid to step forward if their rights are violated," she said.
An estimated 4 million people are considered eligible for DAPA and the young-immigrant programs. Advocates believe many of them can be found in Newburgh, where more than half the residents are Latino, and Middletown, whose population is nearly 40 percent Latino.
"I'm hoping that something will happen, but I think the hope now is fading a little bit," said Peter Gonzalez, president of Newburgh-based Latinos Unidos.
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Citra distance to Tallahassee
How far is Citra from Tallahassee?
Shortest distance between Citra and Tallahassee is 148.08 miles (238.31 km).
Flight distance from Citra, FL to Tallahassee, FL is 148.08 miles. Estimated flight time is 00 hours 21 minutes.
It takes 00 hours 19 minutes to travel from Citra to Tallahassee with an airplane (average speed of 550 miles).
The driving distance from Citra, Florida to Tallahassee, Florida is: 175.37 miles (282.23 km) by car.
Driving from Citra to Tallahassee will take approximately 02 hours 43 minutes.
#1 Citra
City in Florida, United States of America
29°24'43"N 82°6'35"W
#2 Tallahassee
County seat of Leon County, Florida, USA and Florida federated state capital city
Starting point in Citra: US 301 (-82.109911,29.411923)
Ending point in Tallahassee: South Monroe Street (-84.280628,30.438261)
Estimated Travel Time Between Citra and Tallahassee
The distance between Citra and Tallahassee is 282 km if you choose to drive by road. You can go 03 hours 08 minutes if you drive your car at an average speed of 90 kilometers / hour. For different choices, please review the avg. speed travel time table on the below.
There is no time difference between Citra and Tallahassee. The current time is 10:57:57.
A car with a fuel efficiency of 8.3 l/100 km will need 23.43 liters (6.19 gallon) of gas to cover the route between Citra and Tallahassee.
The estimated cost of gas to go from Citra to Tallahassee is $20.39 (diesel $22.63).
The place names are translated into coordinates to approximate the distance between Citra and Tallahassee (latitude and longitude). Cities, states, and countries each have their own regional center. The Haversine formula is used to measure the radius.
Driving distance from Brent, FL to Citra 363.26 miles (585 km)
Driving distance from Cape Coral, FL to Citra 247.44 miles (398 km)
Driving distance from Fort Lauderdale, FL to Citra 298.11 miles (480 km)
Driving distance from Hialeah, FL to Citra 325.65 miles (524 km)
Driving distance from Jacksonville, FL to Citra 85.38 miles (137 km)
Driving distance from Miami, FL to Citra 320.01 miles (515 km)
Driving distance from Orlando, FL to Citra 96.19 miles (155 km)
Driving distance from Pembroke Pines, FL to Citra 303.48 miles (488 km)
Driving distance from Port Saint Lucie, FL to Citra 212.07 miles (341 km)
Driving distance from St. Petersburg, FL to Citra 136.57 miles (220 km)
Driving distance from Tampa, FL to Citra 114.42 miles (184 km)


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Homes & Pub to be knocked down on Blackfriars Road
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JazzyQ
Wednesday 5 March 2014 1.07pm
Watched this last night, and it shows the sickening disregard our politicians have for the working people of London, dressed up in planning jargon.
* Watch Fiona Colley being interviewed by Evan Davis about the regeneration of Elephant and Castle in Mind the Gap: London v the Rest broadcast on BBC2.
Shame on you greedy Southwark council.
You are being used by cynical manipulators.
nelson_
Happened to watch some of this on BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03x4x6y
It is about planners around Britain, but the most eye-opening bit was a cocky planning consultant in it. Someone who helps developers, for a fee of course, to get planners pass their plans. Worth a watch, not sure if they are featuring any city planning in it, or just countryside as in the one I watched the other night.
Thursday 6 March 2014 11.43am
Just a reminder to come along this afternoon at 2.15pm to City Hall to let our elected leaders know that we did not elect them to sell off our homes and land to developers as investment opportunities, dispatching us off to places where we do not want to live. As it happens I want to continue to live in SE1 where I have been for many years.
It is a bright sunny day so what could be better than a walk along the river to Boris' Hall.
http://www.cfgn.org.uk/2014/02/mipim-london-not-for-sale/
Thursday 6 March 2014 6.25pm
Quadrant House residents turned up on a bright spring afternoon to tell their story at the London is Not For Sale event at City Hall today. In turn we heard others' stories, and talked to people about what is happening to our city. I only heard of "Mipim" this week where our elected representatives get to rub shoulders with the moneyed and powerful property moguls from all over the world in grand marquees, full of delights such as scantily clad girls. Enough to turn their heads, I would imagine, and make them forget all about the people they were elected to serve in dear old Southwark."Property porn" said a poet at the gathering.
"You lot should get a job" said a passer by to the demonstrators, including the residents of QH.
The passer by who said you lot should get a job should get in the real world
We have to stand up for our homes and Quadrant House is a caring community that should not be re developed for corporate gain. Long stand Quadrant House and the surrounding buildings on this piece of land that developers find so marketable to sit empty only to become unfashionable in 40 years to demolish again.
suziq
Friday 7 March 2014 9.57am
Not as long as 40 years even. The new building on the site at 240 Blackfriars Road is the third building in 35 years. When we moved to Quadrant House in 1977 there was a used car lot and supporting office space on the site. That was demolished a couple of years later and offices were built which Peat Marwick McLintock (as they were then called) moved into. That building had been up for approximately 25 years when it was demolished around 10 years ago. After demolition, the site stood empty for seven years, until construction proper restarted at the beginning of 2011. We now have office block mark 3.
Friday 7 March 2014 7.28pm
Ludgate House is doomed after just 25 years down the road.
http://www.buildington.co.uk/buildings/london_se1/245_blackfriars_road/ludgate_house/id/2918
It is a shame if nothing is now built to last any longer than that. And to think we still had buildings dating back to the 18th Century in this road until just a few weeks ago (the Imbibe building).
denis loretto
Friday 7 March 2014 11.53pm
A 45 storey replacement for Ludgate House so close to the even higher One Blackfriars will contribute to the gradual creation of a sort of canyon through which the Thames will flow. Just consider the combined effect of this and the plan for a "cluster" of equally tall buildings on top of and around Waterloo Station. Already the dreadful "Walkie Talkie" building has been built far too near the river -forward of the cluster of City skyscrapers already built on the North bank. Just look what that has done to the view of Tower Bridge from the downstream side.
So not only are people of modest income being forced out of central areas but also the entire character of our great city is being systematically destroyed. Can nothing be done to stop this before it looks like Hong Kong?
Saturday 8 March 2014 12.45pm
I got this link from one of our residents at QH who has been doing some research. Not Hong Kong denis loretto, but Kuala Lumpur here we come.
This film confirmed my worst fears, but it won't stop us from fighting to keep our homes.
http://www.cbre.co.uk/uk-en/services/central_london/development_london
boroughpaul
Sunday 9 March 2014 1.44pm
nothing particularly new in that though is there?
Blackfriars Road developments: councillor seeks reassurance for locals 28 March 2014
'Save our homes' - Quadrant House residents join City Hall demo 7 March 2014
Blackfriars Road: pub, offices, homes and almshouses set for redevelopment 22 January 2014


The AB Selector allows you the ability to switch between either 2 guitar or 2 amps or switch them on together.
If your setup is 2 amps, plug your amps into A and B then you can switch the output between the 2 or run them both at the same time.
If you are using 2 instruments, plug them into A and B and then you can switch between them or run them both together.
This pedal is a passive pedal and only needs power to operate the LED's.


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Home > About SCC > News and Media > Longtime SCC instructor left impact on students, faculty
Longtime SCC instructor left impact on students, faculty
Posted: Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 2:15 PM
Dr. Jim Isemann, a history professor at Southeast Community College for more than 20 years, died Aug. 11 after a lengthy battle with brain cancer. Isemann impacted many students and staff over his long tenure at the College.
"As a non-traditional student at Southeast Community College, he was my professor in my very first college class," said former student Stephanie Matejka. "I took every single one of his history classes as my electives. He took great care with each and every one of his students. His classes were packed with information and perspective."
Arts & Sciences Dean Dr. Carolee Ritter echoed those sentiments and said he also had an impact on many middle and high school students over the years as he helped coordinate the National History Day competition. He also was well-respected by his colleagues as he was elected president of the Lincoln Campus Faculty Association.
"Jim was one of those people whose face lit up every time he entered the room," Ritter said. "He made people feel like he was happy to see them. Collegial, friendly and warm, Jim always showed a genuine interest in those around him."
"Jim loved to engage with students and faculty and staff," added fellow faculty member, Bob Zetocha. "In 2007-2008, he and I started pick-up basketball games after our classes on late Wednesday afternoons at the SCC gym. It was a great opportunity to connect with students."
Isemann was married to fellow SCC instructor Nikki Isemann. The two met in high school in St. Charles, Missouri, and were together for 36 years. Jim also leaves behind two adult daughters, Heidi and Ellie.
"I'm forever grateful for Jim and Nikki's encouragement," Matejka added. "I'm not sure I would have had the confidence to pursue more higher education without them."
The family is requesting that memorial donations be made to either the SCC Global Education Scholarship in support of the SCC Study Abroad program at https://www.southeast.edu/educationalfoundation/, or the Rosenbaum GBM Research Fund which supports innovative solutions specifically for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive type of brain tumor https://virtualtrials.org/Rosenbaum.cfm
Andrea Gallagher
agallagher@southeast.edu
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Sidewalk Labs says 'sketch' of plan for Toronto coming in July
Toronto's Eastern Waterfront is seen in this undated handout photo. Andrew Clement hopes Torontonians won't have to fear visiting the proposed Quayside east-end neighbourhood.HO / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Michael Oliveira
TORONTO — The public will have to wait until late July to see "initial sketches" of a plan for a proposed high-tech community in the city, while a more detailed proposal is set to be released in October, Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto said Thursday at a consultation meeting that offered scant new information.
And it won't be until sometime in the new year that citizens will see the full picture being envisioned by Sidewalk Labs, which is owned by Google's parent company Alphabet.
In October, Waterfront Toronto announced it had chosen Sidewalk Labs to present a plan to design a brand new area of the city from scratch, with innovative technologies and infrastructure that's expected to include roads designed for driverless cars.
Bianca Wylie, co-founder of Tech Reset Canada, said the new timetables given for releasing real details about the project will leave the public with little time to assess them.
"They're going to have to have more public meetings or there's no legitimacy," Wylie said.
"You cannot assess something until you see it in its technical detail."
While the public was originally promised a year of "extensive community and stakeholder consultation," that could be extended, said Kristina Verner, vice president of innovation, sustainability and prosperity for Waterfront Toronto.
"That one year is not written in stone, it could be a little longer than a year, the reality is we need to take as much time as it's going to take to make it right," she said.
"It's not a race to the finish, it's a race to getting it right and, if it takes a little bit longer than what had been articulated ahead of time, there's a commitment on both sides to make sure that time is taken to get the community's voice to be heard and actually answer the questions that come forward as a part of the process."
Molly Sauter said she came away from Thursday's event feeling no more informed about the process and called the presentation "an exercise in salesmanship."
"They're very slick and practised in their marketing," said the McGill University PhD candidate. "They are selling the project, they're not particularly interested in what people have to say about the project.
"There's no room for 'how about you just don't use (people's) data, how about you just don't collect the data?' That's not part of this discussion."
Sidewalk Labs chief policy officer Rit Aggarwala told the crowd the company is "not interested in selling personal information" and will ultimately present a plan that will need to be approved by the government before proceeding.
"At the end of the day, this is all going to be a proposal," he said. "There's no decision we get to make."


The inaugural Cork Rebel Swim will take place on Sunday, 3rd December in a number of Swimming venues throughout Cork. Participants will have the option of choosing from a 500m or 1km timed swim as part of the event.
In addition to their event entry, participants will also receive a FREE Cork Rebel Swim T-SHIRT, as well as a Swim Ireland SWIMMING HAT & DRAWSTRING BAG.
The events are being coordinated by Cork Sports Partnership and a number of Cork Swimming Pools to promote Swimming as a Physical Activity for all.
The Cork Rebel Swim is supported by KBC BANK Bright Ideas, Swim Ireland, Sport Ireland, Cork City Council and Cork County Council and is open to swimmers of all fitness levels.
The aim of the Cork Rebel Swim is to encourage communities and people of all abilities to get physically active through swimming.


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Miami Beach, Florida: Giant Hand Holocaust Memorial
Expressive 40-foot-high hand reaching skyward is wrapped at its wrist by emaciated Holocaust victims. Grim and memorable.
1933 Meridian Ave., Miami Beach, FL
From Dade Blvd turn south at the stoplight onto Convention Center Drive, then make the first right onto 19th St. Drive to the end of the block and turn right into the small parking lot. You walk through a tunnel to get to the base of the hand.
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Giant Hand Holocaust Memorial
Moving monument. Inspiring to say the least. A stark reminder of the pain and suffering of these poor souls during the Holocaust/WWII and the inspiration provided by a survivor.
[R Mogel, 04/10/2019]
This is a very impressive 40-foot-high outstretched hand sculpture that is available for viewing every day of the year. The statue has sculptures of Holocaust victims of all ages on the lower parts of the hand, at the base, and some further out. There are adults reaching out to older people; babies and children reaching to adults. Some are clearly in agony and dying. In addition there is a large wall that has the history of the Holocaust along with names of victims and a large reflecting pool one can see when you come to visit. Very somber reminder of the tragedy of the Holocaust.
[Marilyn Mahabee-Harris, 02/04/2019]
April 2019: Photo added.
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package org.infinispan.config;

import org.infinispan.manager.EmbeddedCacheManager;
import org.infinispan.test.SingleCacheManagerTest;
import org.infinispan.test.fwk.TestCacheManagerFactory;
import org.infinispan.util.concurrent.IsolationLevel;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

import java.util.Properties;

/**
 * /**
 * Tests that string property replacement works properly when parsing
 * a config file.
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 * @author Mircea.Markus@jboss.com
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@Test (groups = "functional", testName = "config.StringPropertyReplacementTest")
public class StringPropertyReplacementTest extends SingleCacheManagerTest {

   protected EmbeddedCacheManager createCacheManager() throws Exception {
      System.setProperty("test.property.asyncListenerMaxThreads","2");
      System.setProperty("test.property.IsolationLevel","READ_COMMITTED");
      System.setProperty("test.property.writeSkewCheck","true");
      System.setProperty("test.property.SyncCommitPhase","true");
      return TestCacheManagerFactory.fromXml("configs/string-property-replaced.xml");
   }

   public void testGlobalConfig() {
      Properties asyncListenerExecutorProperties = cacheManager.getGlobalConfiguration().getAsyncListenerExecutorProperties();
      asyncListenerExecutorProperties.get("maxThreads").equals("2");

      Properties transportProps = cacheManager.getGlobalConfiguration().getTransportProperties();
      // Should be "jgroups-tcp.xml", but gets overriden by test cache manager factory
      assert transportProps.get("configurationFile") == null;
   }

   public void testDefaultCache() {
      Configuration configuration = cacheManager.getCache().getConfiguration();
      assert configuration.getIsolationLevel().equals(IsolationLevel.READ_COMMITTED);
      assert !configuration.isWriteSkewCheck();
      assert configuration.isSyncCommitPhase();
   }
}