BALTIMORE – In the America East opener for the both teams, the UMBC women's soccer team fell, 1-0, to the New Hampshire Wildcats in overtime on Sunday afternoon.
UNH came out firing first in the third minute, as Megan Rumbold placed a shot on goal that Leah Roth (Valencia, Pa.) was able to catch for her first save of the day.
Danielle Fuentes (Rockville, Md./Magruder) took two shots that went and Christina Corbi (Medford, N.J.) had a shot go wide in the first 10 minutes of the game.
Elysia Paolillo (Holliston, Mass.) sent a shot in the 18th minute, but her attempt sailed wide of the net as well.
In the course of three minutes, New Hampshire placed three shots within the goal, but Roth was able to save one while the others were sent high or wide.
To start the second half, UNH started just as hot as they ended the first, sending a shot towards the goal in the first three minutes that was blocked.
Roth made back-to-back saves in a three minute period that helped to keep the Wildcats out of the net and keep the game at 0-0.
UMBC's only shot attempt in the second half came in the 77th minute, when Fuentes had her shot blocked by a defender.
After UNH's Ally Reynolds sent a shot towards the net in the first minute of the overtime period that Roth saved, the Wildcats were able to score the game's only goal.
In the 93rd minute, Kaylan Williams passed the ball to Liz Lane, who launched a shot from 15 feet out into the right corner of the net.
New Hampshire moves to 5-4-1 overall and 1-0-0 in America East play, while UMBC falls to 1-9-0 on the season and 0-1-0 in conference play.
8: Roth made a season-high eight saves in the net today.
3: Fuentes led the Retrievers with three shots on the day.
0: UMBC put no shots on goal during today's game; overall, the Retrievers took five shots compared to the Wildcats' 19.
Mia Neas moved to 5-4-1 on the season, picking up her second shutout of the year. Roth fell to 1-7-0 on the year but made eight saves in goal, setting a new season-high.
The Retrievers return home to Baltimore to face the Binghamton Bearcats on Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN3. Tickets can be purchased at tickets.umbc.edu.


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A DECISION IN THE MONUMENTAL INTERNET FREE SPEECH CASE IS EXPECTED SOON
JOIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUR FELLOW INTERNET USERS TO
ANNOUNCE THE DECISION IN REAL TIME
WILL ONLINE FREE SPEECH SURVIVE?
Please distribute this alert intact until July 15, 1997
Citizens Internet Empowerment Coalition
http://www.ciec.org/
SUPREME COURT SET TO RULE ANY DAY NOW IN CDA CASE
The future of the Internet and the fate of the First Amendment in the
information Age hang in the balance.
Within the next 4 weeks, the United States Supreme Court will hand down an
historic decision in the legal challenge to the Communications Decency Act
(CDA) - a law which imposes broad content regulations on the Internet.
A decision could come AT ANY TIME.
Will the Supreme Court agree with a decision of a Philadelphia Federal Court
which last year ruled the CDA unconstitutional? Or will the Court side with
Senator Exon, the Department of Justice, the Christian Coalition, and other
proponents of censorship who argue that the Federal Government is the best
and most appropriate judge of what you should see and say online?
As an Internet user, you have a tremendous stake in the outcome.
It's not too late to become a part of history. There are several ways you
can participate -- Please take a moment to read the instructions below
and join the fight for free speech online.
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO PARTICIPATE
In anticipation of this historic event, the Citizens Internet
Empowerment Coalition have launched the "FREE SPEECH VIGIL" campaign to
help spread the news about the case and provide an opportunity for
Internet users to join the fight.  The campaign is an extension of the
highly successful "Question Mark" campaign previously coordinated by
the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) and the Voters
Telecommunications Watch (VTW) which drew over 10,000 participants.
The CIEC is also seeking your support in other ways. Please read the
instructions below or visit http://www.ciec.org/ for details on how you can
If You Maintain A World Wide Web Page:
1. Add the following link *TODAY* in a prominent location on your site.
When the decision is announced by the Supreme Court, follow your page's
link and read the text of the Supreme Court's opinion.
Since June of 1996, more than 10,000 world wide web sites have joined
together to provide Internet users with the latest news and
information about the case.
If you have already linked to the CIEC icon or do not maintain a
world wide web page, please visit http://www.ciec.org/action/ to find out
what you can do to help.
2. IMPORTANT -> Let us know you have joined the campaign:
Drop us a note at  and let us know you have
added the link to your site.  We will keep a running tally of the
number of participating sites.
3. Forward this Alert to your Friends and co-workers (only
until July 15, 1997)
HELP CIEC STAY ONLINE!
Finally, we need your support to continue to provide the most comprehensive,
up-to-date online resource on the fight for free speech on the Internet.
Please visit http://www.ciec.org/fund/ to find out what you can do to
contribute to the cause.
HOW WILL THIS CAMPAIGN WORK?
After you have added the link (above) to your page, an animated image
will be displayed on your site.  The image will be updated to reflect the
latest news on the case (the update will occur at our server -- you will
not have to do anything).
When the decision is announced by the Supreme Court, the icon will
change to reflect the outcome (good or bad). By clicking on the image,
Internet users will jump to a page containing the text of the decision,
analysis, and other important information.
This effort is an extension of the highly-successful "question
mark/fireworks" campaign in June of 1996 announcing the decision in the
Philadelphia case.  Both campaigns were organized by the Center for
Democracy and Technology http://www.cdt.org and the Voters
Telecommunications Watch http://www.vtw.org.
BACKGROUND ON THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT
The Communications Decency Act (CDA) was enacted in February of 1996 as
part of the Telecommunications Reform Act.  The law seeks to protect minors
from objectionable or sexually explicit material on the Internet by
imposing broad content regulations and stiff criminal penalties on the
"display" of "indecent" or "patently offensive" material on the Internet.
While supporters of the CDA argue that the law is designed to protect
children from "pornography" on the Internet, two separate Federal Courts
have agreed that the law goes far beyond that and would ban otherwise
constitutionally protected materials.
The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case on March
19, 1997.  CIEC lead attorney Bruce Ennis argued the case on behalf of both
the CIEC and ACLU plaintiffs.
The CDA is not about obscenity, child pornography, or using the Internet to
stalk or prey on children.  These activities are already illegal under
current law and are not at issue in this case.
CIEC and other opponents of the new law argue that while well intentioned,
the CDA fails to account for the unique nature of the Internet, and that it
will have a far-reaching chilling effect on constitutionally protected
speech online. On a global, decentralized communications medium like the
Internet, the only effective and constitutional means of controlling access
to objectionable material is to rely on users and parents, not the
government, to decide what material is or is not appropriate.
On the Internet, every single user is a publisher with the capacity to
reach millions of people.  As a result, all of us have a stake in the
outcome of this case.
Two lawsuits were filed to challenge the constitutionality of the CDA in a
Philadelphia federal court in February 1996.
The cases have been brought, respectively, by The Citizens Internet
Empowerment Coalition (CIEC), comprised of the American Library
Association. civil Liberties groups, Internet Service Providers, Commercial
Online Service Providers, Newspaper, Magazine and Book Publishers, and over
57,000 individual Internet users. The ACLU, along with a coalition of civil
liberties groups, advocacy groups, online content providers, and others
filed the initial case on the day the CDA was signed into law.
Detailed information on the legal challenges, as well as information about
the CDA, is available at the following web sites:
Legal Challenges To The CDA
*  The Citizens Internet
Empowerment Coalition (CIEC)  -   http://www.ciec.org/
*  The ACLU                      -   http://www.aclu.org/
The outcome of this legal battle will have far reaching implications.  At
stake is nothing less than the future of the First Amendment in the
information age.
For more information on the Free Speech Vigil, including press inquiries,
Jonah Seiger,  +1.202.637.9800
Communications Director, Center for Democracy and Technology/Citizens
Internet Empowerment Coalition
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Assessment analyzes risk for spread of apple maggot
Pest, plant experts find transporting and composting urban organic food and yard waste poses threat.
Ross Courtney // July 8, 2016
The PacifiClean composting facility in Quincy, Washington, is shown operational in the spring of 2015. Concerns over the spread of the apple maggot have prompted state authorities to stop composting activity, at least temporarily. (Courtesy Ryan Leong)
A trio of pest consultants has concluded that transporting urban organic waste would likely spread the dreaded apple maggot to orchards in rural Washington and recommended heating yard and food scraps before hauling them to areas the pest hasn't already reached.
The consultants published their results in early May in a pest risk assessment, gauging the likelihood that the apple maggot would hitch a ride on compost feed stocks hauled from areas quarantined for the pest — primarily the Puget Sound region — to eastern Washington compost facilities.
Today, the 271-page, $200,000 technical document, paid for by fruit industry assessments, provides a guidebook for state officials, recycling companies, cities and counties searching for a way to meet a growing demand to compost while still protecting Washington's most valuable agricultural commodity from one of its most feared pests.
The goal is to do both, to "co-exist," said Laurie Davies, manager of the Washington state Department of Ecology's Waste to Resources program, which regulates commercial scale composting.
"We don't want solid waste to stop moving because of apple maggot," she said. "If it doesn't move, we have a health issue."
About the assessment
The assessment paints an alarming picture for the spread of apple maggot, or Rhagoletis pomonella, a pest common in feral orchards and backyard fruit trees in much of western Washington but quarantined since the 1980s to prevent it from reaching the eastern Washington counties that produce apples.
The apple maggot directly attacks fruit, turning the flesh brown and mushy and causing apples to drop early. It has never been found in commercial fruit in Washington, yet many international trading partners consider it a pest of concern.
The consultants from Colorado, Massachusetts and England concluded the risk of spreading the maggot through waste hauling is "likely to occur with low uncertainty" if compost companies do not treat it first.
They traced four hypothetical routes for the maggot, called pathway analyses, each through a different eastern Washington composter, and gauged different levels of risk. Every composter handles their feed stocks, sometimes called municipal green waste or MGW, in different ways.
Overall, the risk posed by R. pomonella moving on waste from the quarantine area is unacceptable, they determined.
Tree fruit industry officials praised the report's strong language for validating their concerns.
Their painstaking methodology left few stones unturned and little room for argument, said Mike Willett, manager of the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission. For example, consultants normally would run only one pathway analysis, he said.
"There was dispute about how much pest risk there was," said Jon DeVaney, president of the Yakima-based Washington State Tree Fruit Association, which represents growers and packers. The third-party document concludes that the risk is "higher than a lot of people suspected."
The state still has a long way to go before implementing any of the recommendations or allowing any more transfer of yard compost outside the quarantine. The state currently has imposed a moratorium on any such transfers.
The consultants, all well known in the pest control industry, suggested mechanically heating the compost material to kill all life stages of the apple maggot before moving it across quarantine lines.
Entomologists from the U.S. Department of Agriculture have shown that heating will work in small quantities but have not tested it on a broad commercial scale. (See "Dealing with apple maggot in yard waste" in the March 1, 2016 issue.)
State officials will lean on the assessment to develop protocols for ensuring the yard waste is treated, said Kirk Robinson, deputy director of the Washington State Department of Agriculture, the agency charged with preventing the spread of farm pests. They have no deadline in mind for that to happen, he said.
History of green waste
Composting, though more common as urban areas have grown, is not new.
Over the past 20 years, the state Department of Ecology has been regulating the disposal of food scraps and yard clippings from cities through composting to divert it from landfills, where it may leach into groundwater and cause greenhouse gasses as it breaks down. The Ecology Department writes the regulations while county health districts issue permits.
For years, the city of Seattle had sent much of its waste to Cedar Grove, a company with facilities in Everett and Maple Valley, helping turn compost into a business enterprise. "It is a commodity and it's a big business," said Davies of the Ecology Department.
However, composters in Puget Sound are running out of room, prompting local governments to seek help from eastern Washington facilities, usually located farther from metropolitan centers and closer to farmers who purchase the finished compost as fertilizer.
In 2013, the city of Seattle contracted with PacifiClean Environmental of Spokane to transport and compost the city's green waste at a facility in Quincy, Washington. An alert fruit grower in the area read about the agreement in a local newspaper and told a state Agriculture Department official he was worried about apple maggot. That was the first the agency had heard of the issue.
Seattle's well-publicized composting mandate for all residents took effect Jan. 1, 2015. PacifiClean began accepting the city's waste that February.
On Feb. 3, the Department of Agriculture declared emergency authority to issue special permits for compost facilities that haul waste across the quarantine boundary, but allowed PacifiClean to continue while it worked out the details of the permit.
On June 30, 2015, the Agriculture Department issued a special permit for the PacifiClean plant, located about 6 miles south of Quincy.
Within a few days, inspectors found apple maggot larvae in apple waste in the PacifiClean processing line, according to Jim Marra, manager of the Agriculture Department's pest management program, and the agency suspended the permit on July 10.
However, they still allowed the waste transfer if the company ground it before hauling. In August, inspectors continued to find apples they feared could provide apple maggot habitat in the waste stream in Quincy and finally put a halt to all the shipments on Aug. 18.
When all was said and done, PacifiClean processed more than 24,000 tons of Seattle waste during the seven months of operation.
Later, inspectors also found an adult apple maggot fly in a trap near Royal Organics, a Royal City compost company that in the past had accepted green waste from inside the quarantine but ceased when the Agriculture Department made the emergency rule.
The fly did not necessarily come from Royal Organics, officials said. The agency's traps catch some adults outside the quarantine every year.
PacifiClean's dilemma
The controversy has left PacifiClean in limbo.
The company now is gauging the economic sense of the heat treatments called for in the risk assessment, General Manager Ryan Leong said. "We're in the process of evaluating all that and trying to determine if that's feasible," he said.
For now, the company is unable to use the expansion made specifically for the Seattle contract that could have been worth more than $3 million per year and processed a projected 65,000 tons of waste.
"A lot of money went into developing additional infrastructure," Leong said. He declined to reveal how much.
In the meantime, Cedar Grove has temporarily resumed taking Seattle's waste.
PacifiClean may have landed the biggest catch with the Seattle contract, but they were not fishing uncharted waters.
Other eastern Washington companies, such as Royal Organics and Natural Selection Farms in Sunnyside, had been accepting waste from quarantine areas before the fruit industry realized it. Their respective counties permitted it under Ecology's regulations.
Meanwhile, the state Department of Agriculture has allowed other facilities to continue.
Barr Tech in Lincoln County currently accepts municipal green waste from the Spokane area, which is inside the quarantine.
In fact, department officials are planning to redraw the quarantine boundaries to include Barr Tech's portion of Lincoln County, reasoning that the apple maggot already is in the area, which is not home to any commercial fruit orchards anyway.
Also, the department permits the Greater Wenatchee Landfill and Recycling Center to accept solid yard waste. Solid waste does not pose as big of a threat as organic waste, Marra said, as long as the city sending it separates solid waste from organics, such as food scraps, and the landfill covers and buries the solid waste right away. Douglas County also has active pest boards and advisors who understand apple maggot, Marra said.
Fruit industry officials don't want to completely stop the state from recycling, they said. "It's not that the fruit industry has any problem with composting, per se," said Willett of the research commission. But the new risk assessment calls for a long-term plan that prevents the spread of the apple maggot and treats everybody fairly.
"I believe that it argues for some level of standardization of processing," he said. •
Determing the risk
On March 31, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law Senate Bill 6605, which requires local agencies and the state Department of Ecology to gauge — with the state's Department of Agriculture — the risk of spreading pests when making solid waste regulations. It took effect June 9. For more information, visit 1.usa.gov/1Y4p7jn.
The consultants
The three consultants hired by the state Department of Agriculture to draft a risk assessment of the apple maggot spread posed by organic waste for composting all have high credentials in the international pest management community.
—Claire Sansford of York, England, a plant pathologist known for evaluating threats for the United Kingdom and the European Union. She has been an independent
plant health consultant for three years. She previously worked 24 years for former government crop agencies in the United Kingdom, where she specialized in phytosanitary risks posed by plant waste. She was the primary author of the report.
—Victor Mastro, a private consultant in Cotuit, Massachusetts. He previously served as entomologist and laboratory director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or APHIS.
—James R. Reynolds, owner of a plant health consultancy in Fort Collins, Colorado. He previously worked as the Western Regional Director for APHIS's Plant Protection and Quarantine program.
Another consultant — Jaak Ryckeboer, an expert in hygienic safety of organic waste processing in Brussels, Belgium — reviewed the 271-page document.
The risk assessment is available on the Department of Agriculture website at 1.usa.gov/28grvZo
– by Ross Courtney
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About the Author: Ross Courtney
Ross Courtney is an associate editor for Good Fruit Grower, writing articles and taking photos for the print magazine and website. He has a degree from Pacific Lutheran University. -- Follow the author -- Contact: 509-930-8798 or email.
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Mitsubishi Hitachi wins order for 55 MW turbine for Las Pailas II project
Domo de San Pedro geothermal project, Mexico (source: Grupo Dragon)
Alexander Richter 17 Oct 2016
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems has secured a 55 MW turbine order for the Las Pailas II geothermal power project by state utility ICE in Costa Rica.
In an announcement this morning, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) announces that it "has received an order for a 55 megawatt (MW) class steam turbine for the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE: Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad), Costa Rica's state electricity and telecommunications utility. The turbine will be a core component of the Las Pailas II geothermal power plant, which will be built in Guanacaste Province in the northwest region of the country.
The Las Pailas II site is in close proximity to the Miravalles III geothermal power plant, for which MHPS delivered a steam turbine in 2000. The new plant is targeted alleviating the impact of climate change by increasing the level of power supply derived from renewable energy.
INITEC Energía, S.A., a Spanish engineering firm, will be in charge of EPCM (engineering, and procurement management) on the project. Construction management will be handled by ICE. MHPS will supply the steam turbine through that company and will also dispatch engineers to the site to provide technical advice in installation and commissioning, taking advantage of its abundant experience as an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor. A generator, manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, will also be supplied.
Costa Rica ranks eleventh worldwide in terms of geothermal power generation capacity. In recent years demand for electric power has been increasing in step with its steady economic growth. In response, ICE is focusing on building new geothermal plants and expanding the output of existing facilities. MHPS to date has delivered equipment to two of Costa Rica's Miravalles geothermal plants, with a combined output of 32 MW.
MHPS is in prime position to provide comprehensive solutions in both thermal and geothermal power generation systems. In geothermal power generation, the Company has received more than 100 orders from 13 countries. The total capacity of these units exceeds 3,000 MW, giving MHPS one of the world's foremost track records in the supply of geothermal power generation equipment. Latin America in particular is one of the most important regions for MHPS's geothermal business. In the past two years, MHPS installed two geothermal plants in Mexico (total output of 75 MW) as an EPC contractor, demonstrating the Company's strong commitment to this market.
Going forward, MHPS will continue to proactively offer solutions in geothermal power generation equipment and facilities, thereby contributing to the mitigation of global warming.
Source: Official release by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems
Correction: In a previous version of the article we reported that construction was contracted to INITEC from Spain. The company has though only been tasked with EPC services, the construction management will be done by ICE itself.
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Posted on February 21, 2019 February 21, 2019 by astrogeekz
NASA is sending a small, autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020. The Mars Helicopter Scout (MHS) will travel to the red planet with the agency's Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in June 2020.
The Mars Helicopter with the Mars 2020 rover in the background (Image: NASA-JPL Caltech)
It would be for the first time that a helicopter would fly in the Martian skies to scout interesting targets for study. The body of the helicopter is small but its blades are mighty and powerful.
This is because the atmosphere on Mars is just 1% as dense as Earth's. So the helicopter would need to push enough air downward to receive an upward force that allows for thrust and controlled flight.
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech
The helicopter would make 5 flights on Mars over a 30-day period, each time going farther than the last. It would fly for 90 seconds at a time and reach heights of up to 3 to 5 meters.
The helicopter would also communicate with the rover. It carries a camera which is as powerful as your smartphone cameras! The helicopter is battery powered but a solar array on the helicopter will recharge the batteries making it self-sufficient.
Animation of the Mars Helicopter flying on Mars (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
The Mars Helicopter team has already performed a number of tests. In 2016, the team flew a test model of the helicopter in the 25-foot (7.6-meter) space simulator at JPL. The chamber simulated the low pressure of the Martian atmosphere.
After Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity, NASA plans to do some amazing things with the Mars 2020 rover that have never been done before.
All the best NASA!
Categories: Astronomy, Astrophysics, NASA
4 thoughts on "NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars in 2020"
Saksham says:
I mean why helicopter ? Is it cheap or something ?
Krukarius says:
I believe, that the helicopter can be more mobile and reach much more places, than typical rover.
davidworleyfanniemae says:
quite interesting!
Hashan Palliyaguruge says:
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Some companies, like Banana Software Development, supported this setup, although you had to build a simple device to attach the Atari-style joystick to the parallel port of the PC. Some other computers supported "digital" joysticks natively, like the Amstrad PC.
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Q: Forming image payload from exported SavedModel I've trained a model with the TF object detection API. This automatically exported a variables folder and saved_model.pb.  I ran saved_model_cli show --dir <saved_model_path> --all and got the output:
MetaGraphDef with tag-set: 'serve' contains the following SignatureDefs:

signature_def['serving_default']:
  The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following input(s):
    inputs['serialized_example'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_STRING
        shape: ()
        name: tf_example:0
  The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following output(s):
    outputs['detection_boxes'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 40, 4)
        name: detection_boxes:0
    outputs['detection_classes'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 40)
        name: detection_classes:0
    outputs['detection_scores'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 40)
        name: detection_scores:0
    outputs['num_detections'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1)
        name: num_detections:0
    outputs['raw_detection_boxes'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 204800, 4)
        name: raw_detection_boxes:0
    outputs['raw_detection_scores'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 204800, 2)
        name: raw_detection_scores:0
  Method name is: tensorflow/serving/predict

signature_def['tensorflow/serving/predict']:
  The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following input(s):
    inputs['serialized_example'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_STRING
        shape: ()
        name: tf_example:0
  The given SavedModel SignatureDef contains the following output(s):
    outputs['detection_boxes'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 40, 4)
        name: detection_boxes:0
    outputs['detection_classes'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 40)
        name: detection_classes:0
    outputs['detection_scores'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 40)
        name: detection_scores:0
    outputs['num_detections'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1)
        name: num_detections:0
    outputs['raw_detection_boxes'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 204800, 4)
        name: raw_detection_boxes:0
    outputs['raw_detection_scores'] tensor_info:
        dtype: DT_FLOAT
        shape: (1, 204800, 2)
        name: raw_detection_scores:0
  Method name is: tensorflow/serving/predict

I then created a predict function with:
predict_fn = tf.contrib.predictor.from_saved_model(<saved_model_path>)
Now I'm stuck on constructing an image(s) payload to send to this. In particular I'm confused about the input name of serialized_example, input dtype of DT_STRING, and input shape of (). Would anyone please be willing to demonstrate how to take either a numpy array or jpeg image file and form a proper payload for this model?

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Q: How Angle AOP' is equal to (90° - θ) in the second figure? I'm learning Trigonometry right now with myself and at current I'm understanding how to find the trigonometric ratio of the angle (90°- θ) in those of θ. I'm little bit confused right now in second Figure, I didn't get how angle AOP'= (90°- θ). First figure is understandable to me because the angle BOP' is less than 90°but the second on is a little bit confusing because of the angle BOP' > 90°. Please help. Sorry If I'm asking foolish question. Thankyou in advance.

A: So after really looking at it some more the question is so simple it's hard. Let's start by thinking all the way back to high school geometry where you had to do triangle proofs. This is essentially the same thing, just a slightly different.
So, let's go basic (get some paper out and follow along with me):
Let $\angle AOB$ be equal to $90^\circ$. This is true since $\angle AOB$ is a right angle.
So if you draw this out on paper then what you're looking at is a simple right angle. Now in a different color ink on the same angle draw a line from $A$ to $O$ and let that line be known as $AO$. What it's saying is that you can rotate this line any where from $0^\circ$ ($AO$) to $90^\circ$ which is $\angle AOB$ and anything in that rotation is $\theta$.
Now, rotate the line passed $AO$ and let any line rotated passed $AO$ be denoted as $OP$. You should now have an obtuse angle denoted as $\angle AOP$ which is $\gt 90^\circ$, so here you have $90 + \theta$. You're looking for $90 - \theta$ so we need to work backwards.
So for this we take the line $OB$ and rotate it in the clockwise direction passed $A$, and denote any line passed $AO$ as $OP'$. Since any line going in the counter-clockwise direction passed $OB$ was considered $90 + \theta$ then logically the opposite will be $90 - \theta$.
Thus this is how you retrieve the ratio of $\angle AOP' = 90 - \theta$ because again, the rotating line generates the angle $\theta$.
Sorry for the lengthy answer but I tried to be as detailed as possible, let me know if this helps, or if you need further clarification.

A: One thing to remember about these angles is that
we care about both the size (also called magnitude) of the angle,
we also care about an additional property that may be called
the direction, orientation, or sense of the angle.
This is unlike a lot of other plane geometry that you may have seen,
where we care only about the magnitude of the angle, not its orientation.
Rather than thinking of the angle as the shape of the wedge formed by
two rays emanating out from a common point $O$, I find it better to think
of it as a measurement of "turning" or rotation.
A positive angle is a counterclockwise rotation; negative is clockwise.
For example, if we take an arrow pointing from $O$ to $A$ and rotate it $30^\circ$ counterclockwise, the measurement of this rotation is $30^\circ$;
if we rotate it $30^\circ$ clockwise, the measurement of this rotation is $-30^\circ$. (Your book talks about rotating a line; I say "arrow" to
emphasize that the thing we are rotating points outward from $O$
to $A$ and to points beyond.)
The sum of two angles is what you get if you perform one rotation right after the other. If the rotations are in opposite directions, one of them will cancel out part of the other rotation. So if we add $80^\circ$ and
$70^\circ$ we get $150^\circ$ (all counterclockwise);
but if we add $80^\circ$ and $-70^\circ$ we get $10^\circ$
(that is, the $70^\circ$ clockwise rotation undoes most of the
$80^\circ$ counterclockwise rotation).
If we add $70^\circ$ and $-80^\circ$ we get $-10^\circ$,
because after rotating $70^\circ$ counterclockwise, we rotate
$80^\circ$ clockwise, which undoes all of the initial counterclockwise
rotation and then continues rotating clockwise for another $10^\circ$.
Subtracting angles just means we reverse the direction of the second angle
before adding it to the first, that is,
$80^\circ - 70^\circ = 80^\circ+ (-70^\circ) = 10^\circ$.
So $90^\circ - \theta$ means you rotate your arrow $90^\circ$ counterclockwise and then $\theta$ clockwise.
If $\theta > 90^\circ$, the clockwise rotation completely wipes out the
counterclockwise rotation and then continues to rotate clockwise
from the starting state.
For example, if $\theta = 120^\circ$, then
$90^\circ - \theta = 90^\circ - 120^\circ = -30^\circ$,
that is, if the arrow is initially pointing from $O$ to $A$ we
turn it $90^\circ$ counterclockwise, then $90^\circ$ clockwise
(undoing the first $90^\circ$ rotation) and an
additional $30^\circ$ clockwise. The arrow ends up pointing at a
point that looks much like the point $P'$ in your second figure,
on the "clockwise" side of $OA$.
And that's what the book means when it gives $90^\circ - \theta$
as the measurement of $\angle AOP'$. Assuming $\theta$ is positive,
if you initially point the arrow toward $A$,
rotate $90^\circ$ counterclockwise, and then rotate $\theta$ clockwise,
it ends up pointing toward $P'$. If $90^\circ < \theta < 180^\circ$
then $P'$ is in the lower right quadrant as it is in the second figure.

A: Correction:
In the second figure $\theta\approx120$, so $\angle AOP'=90-120=-30$. The direction of the measurement is important.


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The European Central Bank (ECB) must be prepared to take the heat and raise interest rates further, including by more than the market expects, if that is needed to bring down inflation, ECB policymaker Isabel Schnabel said in an interview published on Saturday.
The ECB raised rates for a fourth straight time last week and hinted at further hikes – jolting euro zone bond markets and triggering a backlash from the Italian government.
Investors now expect the rate that the ECB pays on bank deposits, currently at two percent, to rise to 3.4 percent next year, compared to a 2.75 percent peak priced in before last week's decision.
Schnabel, the leading voice in the ECB's hawkish camp that has driven the recent string of hikes, opened the door to increasing the deposit rate even further than the market expects if the inflation outlook requires it.
"Whether we will still need to go higher than that will depend on the future inflation outlook," she told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
She added that the ECB will focus on medium-term inflation expectations, rather than current readings, and saw little risk of raising borrowing costs too far at present given that real interest rates are still very low.
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HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Health granted 27 dispensary permits for medical marijuana dispensaries today, including facilities in Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster and York Counties, the department said in a press release.
The permittees now have six months in which to become operational before they can begin dispensing medical marijuana.
The release said there will be a total of 52 dispensaries located across the commonwealth. Each of the 27 permit holders is eligible to open a total of three locations, but some permit holders have opted not to open all eligible locations at this time.
A complete list of locations is available on the Department of Health website at www.health.pa.gov .
The 27 permits were issued in six regions across the commonwealth.
In Cumberland County, the permit holder is Organic Remedies LLC, and the primary dispensary name is Organic Remedies, located at 4425 Valley Road in Enola.
In Dauphin County, the permit holder is KW Ventures Holdings, LLC. The primary dispensary name is Firefly Dispensaries, located at 801 S. Front Street in Steelton.
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In York County, the permit was issued to Cansortium Pennsylvania, LLC. The primary dispensary name is Knox Medical, located at 6444-652 Frederick Street in Hanover.
Individual dispensary locations, score cards for all dispensary applicants and redacted applications for the 27 dispensary permit holders are available on the Medical Marijuana section on the Department of Health website at www.health.pa.gov .
Redacted applications for all grower/processors are also available on the website, the release said.
The Office of Medical Marijuana received 457 applications: 177 for growers and processors; and 280 for dispensaries.
The Medical Marijuana Act became effective on May 17, 2016, and is expected to be fully implemented in early 2018. The Medical Marijuana Program will offer medical marijuana to patients who are residents of Pennsylvania and under a practitioner's care for the treatment of a serious medical condition as defined by Act 16.
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A healthy gut is an important part of our overall wellness, impacting digestion and the immune system. Because of this, scientists research factors that can affect our gut microbiome — the bacteria, fungi and other microbes that line this part of our bodies. A recent study, published in the journal Nature, found that the way babies are born can impact the microbiome.
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Princess Diana Would Have Been 'Appalled' by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Behavior, Claims Expert
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While Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are often criticized for their need to maintain privacy, one of their harshest critics claims that Princess Diana would have been "appalled" by the way the couple behaves, calling them out for being "pretentious."
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have come under fire many times for the way they've handled the media and public, including when they introduced their baby to the world, as well as how they planned a private christening ceremony for Archie, out of the spotlight.
Among those who have criticized the couple is writer Lady Colin Campbell, who called the couple's behavior "graceless" and maintains that Princess Diana wouldn't approve.
In an interview with Woman magazine, Campbell shared that Prince Harry and Markle have been "trotting out the charm when it suits them." As a result, she believes that "Diana would be appalled, she had enough nous to know when to put on a show."
Campbell continued, explaining, "She was very aware of how important it was to be gracious, while Meghan — and Harry to an extent — trot out the charm when it suits them, but otherwise are graceless."
Campbell believes that the couple are "depriving" fans by being "pretentious" and attacked Markle, in particular, noting: "Her behavior shows a lack of understanding and appreciation of what being royal is. I'm not sure who she thinks she is behaving this way."
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Should Markle act more like a lady?
Campbell recently came after Markle, asserting that she needs "to be a lady not a hustler." During an appearance on Good Morning Britain, when the author was asked how Markle "is doing" as a member of the royal family, she didn't hold back.
Campbell noted: "I think the verdict is out at the moment," adding, "I'm rooting for Meghan. I hope that Meghan is going to do as she appeared in the very early days that she would be doing."
She did, however, express some concern, sharing, "I have to say, the ride has been rather rockier than one would have hoped. I have an awful feeling that Meghan needs to understand things that she doesn't yet understand."
This evening, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex attended #TheLionKing European premiere in London at the Odeon Theatre. In celebration of the film's release, The Walt Disney Company announced #ProtectThePride, a global conservation campaign to support efforts protecting the rapidly diminishing lion population across Africa. As a part of their commitment to this cause, Disney also made a donation to The Duke of Sussex's upcoming environment & community initiative which will be formally announced this autumn. The Duke and Duchess are committed to advancing conservation efforts across Africa and around the world, and working with communities to ensure a sustainable future for the planet. This evening Their Royal Highnesses had the pleasure of meeting the cast and creative team behind the film, as well as supporters of @africanparksnetwork, of which The Duke is President. Photo credit: PA images / Getty images – Chris Jackson
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Campbell compared the life of a royal to being a celebrity, sharing: "Like there's a massive difference between being a celebrity hustling your way from the bottom to the top — and she was a very proud hustler, she used to use the word hustle for herself and her first husband very proudly — and being a lady or being a royal."
She continued: "You don't hustle, the values, the embodiment is completely different. She's sorted, she's got it. I think she needs to now embrace it and understand it's a new game in town. She's an actress; she needs to come up with a new act."
Lady Colin had previously critiqued Markle, telling Closer magazine: "She was never an A-lister, so she needs to stop acting like one. Royalty do not behave like celebrities do. It's cheap, vulgar and irresponsible."


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Lucy Spada ~ Small Town Postmaster Earns Community's Respect
By Louise Lindgren
Lucy Spada, retired postmaster of the Town of Index, lived by two rules--Help where you can and keep your own counsel – Good advice on how to get along in a small town from one who knows. Born in her parent's home in Index, Washington in August 1923, she lived there with her parents most of her life. And, in over three decades of managing the post office, she stubbornly kept her own counsel and earned a reputation for discretion that is unrivaled among the people of that town.
What goes into the upbringing of such a lady? Certainly strong Italian Catholic parents and the traditions they brought with them from the old country in 1922 were factors. Lucy spoke Italian until she started school, but from then on English was encouraged at home. Her father was strict in training her to blend in and live as an American citizen. If he'd had a crystal ball, he would have been pleased to see her raise the American flag in front of the post office every working day for thirty-five years.
However, back in the twenties and early thirties such a future was far from the imagination of the little girl who played Run Sheep Run, Hide and Seek, and took pleasure in walking on tall wooden stilts.
Winters often meant trekking through snowdrifts five feet deep, following the path stamped out by her father's heavy hip boots to the base of School Hill. Then a slippery climb up the broom-swept boardwalk would bring her to the top from which she could see out over the little town along the river with towering mountains as its backdrop. When school was out, the hill became the scene of daredevil sledding and toboggan runs.
In the summers, time was spent in the gardens, for in those early Depression years, every empty lot became "fair game for those who needed to raise their own produce to survive" she recalls. Some summers the circus came to town, and put up its tents in an empty field – giving Lucy's little brother and other boys the opportunity to haul water for the animals in exchange for a ticket. "We didn't need much money back then," she said. "It wasn't like today. We didn't need the 'right' jeans or running shoes. Back then we were happy to have shoes!"
Lack of money didn't stop the community from providing its young people with the pleasures of group activities. When it was clear that fees involved with joining Girl Scouts and Campfire were beyond the reach of most families, a Girls Club was formed with no fees required. Members could earn "merit medallions" by completing public service and learning projects.
In 1941, graduating at the top of her class in high school brought Lucy to her first public crisis, the dreaded valedictory speech. Four typewritten pages had to be memorized. She had been in several school plays (always pulling the parts which had plenty of lines to learn), but this was different. In rehearsal for the ceremony, the Superintendent would sit at the back of the vast gymnasium and listen for the clarity of each and every word. A drop in volume would bring the command, "Begin, again!" She said, "I can't do it." And he said, "You will do it because it's part of your senior English assignment." So, she did!
There was an innovative post-graduate course offered at the high school back then. Students could return to take whatever they had missed out on, such as a special subject or foreign language. Lucy availed herself of this, as well as working part time at the general store. Four-hour Saturday morning housecleaning stints brought in an extra fifty cents per week.
After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the townspeople mobilized for the war effort. Lucy remembers the scrap drives, rationing, Red Cross training, and the ladies meeting at a local hotel to knit socks and make bandages. Settled deep in the mountain valley, Lucy took her turn at the twenty-four hour watch from the porch of City Hall, scanning the small patch of sky above for enemy planes. The wider world had intruded on a peaceful existence.
Soon, she joined that wider world, taking a job as clerk in Hammer's Department Store in the "big city" of Monroe, twenty-three miles away. Two hours of every working day were spent sitting on an Index Stage Company bus. Another hour and a half was spent in the bus station after work, waiting for the "seven o'clock" to carry her home to an eight o'clock dinner.
Lucy's big break came in 1951. Index's long-time postmistress was forced to retire because of her age, and the best job in Index was open. "I'd no more thought about applying than flying to the moon!" she said. But her friends persuaded her to try. It was an arduous process, and much depended on letters of recommendation, preferably with one from a Congressman. Fortunately, Lucy's public-spirited father was a personal friend of Congressman Henry M. Jackson, who willingly wrote the appropriate missive. A grueling all-day civil service exam followed for the young woman who admitted to being "scared to death."
On April Fool's Day, 1951, the postal inspectors came to finger-print Miss Lucy Spada, Postmaster, at her place of business in back of the general store. She was "on-stage" again – ready to meet the public every day of her business life. Her duties included providing a physical space for the post office. It was expected that ten percent of her salary would pay the rent for her small office and all the post office boxes. She even bought two empty lots next door for building a new office in case the store closed down.
During her thirty-five-year tenure, Lucy was privy to the most private information about each person in town. She knew who was being hounded by the bill-collector, who was receiving nasty I.R.S. letters, who received the summons and the lawyer's letters. And, she said not a word. Of course, it was "postal regulations" to respect confidentiality, but on the other hand, there's always the human factor which can break most any regulation. Not in Lucy's case. And for that, she is respected by every person in the Town of Index.
Retirement meant an increase in public service and domestic projects. Whether it was crocheting an afghan for the church bazaar, cooking for a bake sale, or helping the museum – whatever needed doing, she was there. She upheld her father's standard of maintaining immaculate gardens. Often she was seen quickly pushing her hand-mower across the manicured lawn for one last pass before a storm hit. After retirement, and with the illness of her mother weighing heavily upon her, Lucy Spada finally left her girlhood home to live nearer to her mother, who was in a senior facility in Monroe. The Town of Index is the less for her leaving, but her lessons of community service and discretion have been passed on to good advantage.
Source: Interview with Lucy Spada by Louise Lindgren, June 4, 1990
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HS SPORTS: Wallenpaupack and Western Wayne will delay restart to winter sports season
BY JOBY FAWCETT STAFF WRITER
Joby Fawcett
Dec 30, 2020 Updated Jan 2, 2021
Wallenpaupack and Western Wayne will continue to pause extracurricular activities while they remain with virtual learning after the holiday break.
Both Wayne County schools join Honesdale as Lackawanna Interscholastic Athletic Association members to extend the suspension of winter sports. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Wednesday the three-week restrictions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 will be allowed to expire as scheduled Monday.
At a meeting Tuesday, the Wallenpaupack school board chose to follow what Honesdale did a day earlier in response to data related to COVID-19 cases in Wayne County and in consultation with Wayne Memorial Hospital, and will stay with a virtual learning model until Jan. 19. Athletic teams are not permitted to practice during virtual learning.
Western Wayne is going on a week-to-week basis and pushed its virtual learning until Jan. 11.
Wallenpaupack athletic director Ann Marie Simons said the girls basketball team and wrestling team have completed six practices. The boys and girls swimming programs have conducted five, while the boys basketball team has had four.
Western Wayne athletic director Bob Black said his teams have completed six practices.
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association reduced the number of required practices before a team can hold a contest from 15 to 10. It also adopted a tiered practice requirement based upon the number of practices already completed.
Wallenpaupack teams would not return to practice by Monday. Therefore, the earliest a program could compete at Wallenpaupack is Jan. 23.
"It's certainly a challenge and every school is dealing with their own individual situations," said Jim McGinnis, whose boys basketball team won the District 2 Class 5A championship last season. "We are hoping to have some kind of season. These last two weeks we have held Zoom meetings and posted online workouts, and the kids are keeping track and posting so they are being accountable.
"Hopefully, we are back soon and we can start getting in the gym so we are prepared for a season."
Western Wayne, if it returns Jan. 11, could start holding contests as soon as Jan. 15.
"The extra time actually helps me because I had an injury in football, but we have had a lot of Google meetings and we are all getting out and dribbling the ball, doing drills, even if it's just doing pushups, we have to do anything we can," Western Wayne junior Thomas Chernasky said. "We honestly think we have a chance to have a successful season, so we are going to do whatever it takes to achieve them while working out at safely as we can at home."
Lackawanna Trail, North Pocono and Old Forge have not completed any of the required 10 practices. The maximum number of practices any LIAA school could have is eight because of the delayed Dec. 4 start mandated by school superintendents. Schools that have six or more practices completed can, by PIAA rule, schedule a contest or scrimmage as early as Jan. 8.
Virtual practices are not allowed and a school may not shorten the days of practice before competition by hosting more than one practice in a day, the PIAA announced in a release.
Superintendents in the LIAA established Jan. 21 as the first date to schedule contests for winter sports programs. LIAA presidents for boys basketball, girls basketball, swimming and wrestling are tasked with setting up schedules based on that date.
The goal for boys and girls basketball is to complete its regular season schedule which includes 13 games for teams in Division I and Division II, and 14 games for teams in Division III and Division IV.
Scott Gower, president for swimming, also indicated the goal is to complete the maximum number of meets whether they be in-person or virtual.
However, the wrestling regular season is starting to get squeezed.
Honesdale, Wallenpaupack and Western Wayne compete in Division II of the Lackawanna League in basketball. Wallenpaupack and Honesdale compete in Division I and Western Wayne is in Division II for wrestling.
Wallenpaupack's swimming program challenges are compounded by not having a pool on campus, but have made arrangements for workouts at the Woodloch Sports Complex and the Carbondale YMCA.
"We have done a lot of pep talks and motivational speeches," Wallenpaupack swim coach Stephanie Campbell said. "Through school, I created a group for all of the swimmers and I post videos and dry land workouts, inspirational things, technique videos to watch and Olympic races to inspire them. We are just trying to stay positive. We don't have a pool, but thankfully Woodloch and YMCA will help us get some pool time. We are just trying to explore our options with what we have. We are focused on that fact that our season hasn't been canceled and we still have a team.
"We want to keep this program running. The kids are very positive and they are posting on their social media a lot of motivational messages, as well."
The PIAA, which has a Board of Directors meeting scheduled for Jan. 6, has already extended the regular-season to allow for teams that do not qualify for the postseason or are eliminated from the playoffs to schedule games up to March 27 and pushed back the district deadline to provide additional opportunities to schedule games.
This year's state tournament is also a champions-only event that is scheduled to start March 16-17 and conclude March 27.
District 2 Chairman Frank Majikes is going to meet with athletic directors from all member schools to discuss the recommendation for a minimum number of contests to qualify for the postseason.
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From X Factor to the bright lights of Darwen!
Darwen's glittering Christmas Lights will be switched on by X Factor's Max Stone this Saturday.
Max, who made it to the final 10 acts on the X Factor, and is replacing Union J in the Darwen event, will be giving a live performance for the crowd.


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Alliant Educational Foundation Creates New Scholarship Fund for Students of Color, Research for Underserved Populations
Additional $1.14M in Scholarships, Contributions Announced
In an effort to combat systemic racism, social/civil unrest and inequality, the Alliant Educational Foundation (AEF), a nonprofit organization supporting students attending Alliant International University (AIU) and other institutions of higher education, has launched the Stephanie Byers-Bell Scholarship Fund. When fully funded, this endowed scholarship will generate an annual scholarship of at least $4,000 for graduate students of color and/or those conducting research impacting underserved populations.
According to CEO Valin Brown, the scholarship is named after Stephanie Byers Bell – a long time Alliant International University employee and current director of campus and student services in Los Angeles – who has been a key player in the development of the university's campuses as strongholds of multiculturalism and student support.
"Given today's polarized political climate along with increasing awareness of how race, gender and privilege are such critical issues, Alliant Educational Foundation is thrilled to announce the Stephanie Byers-Bell Scholarship," Brown said. "We are focused on building an enduring scholarship that will enable Alliant's best and brightest to conclude their doctoral work with less financial stress, while honoring a valuable long-time employee."
This latest scholarship opportunity comes on the heels of several other AEF milestones, including:
$500,000 in scholarship funds granted to Alliant in December 2020
Another $500,000 approved for next December 2021 – half ($250,000) of this is allocated for three new scholarship funds focused on diversity, equity and inclusion
Approximately $100,000 in donor-restricted scholarships granted directly by AEF this spring
And a total of $40,000 in direct contributions to four of the national leadership organizations in racial justice (Equal Justice Initiative, Color of Change, 8 Can't Wait and Black Futures Lab)
Since its launch in 2015, donations to AEF have helped more than 2,400 students across California pursue advanced professional practice degrees in a wide range of professions including psychology, law, education and business.
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Rev. John Taylor was a distinguished pioneer Baptist preacher and writer who was born in Faquier County, Va in 1752. He united with the Baptists in his twentieth year. He began to preach almost immediately after he joined the church and continued with great success. He located in Kentucky in 1785.
In 1795 he moved to what would soon become Boone County and became the first preacher for Bullittsburg Baptist Church. He ministered there for seven years. During that time the church experienced revival in 1800-01 (in what is often called the "Second Great Awakening in America"); there were 113 people converted and baptized into the church.
John Taylor's influence on Boone County Baptists far exceeded the seven years he resided and preached in the county. He was one of two invited to preach at the funeral of Absalom Graves in 1826; Graves was the leading missionary advocate among Baptists in Boone County.


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Confirmed: Montella will be the new coach of Sevilla
Vincenzo Montella will be the new coach of Sevilla, the club confirmed. The Italian will head the Andalusians as soon as he breaks his relationship with his former Milan team. He will bind to the club by 2019, officially signing today, and on Saturday he will lead the team's first training session and then be presented to the media.
It is not yet clear who will be the assistants of Montella to Ramon Sanchez Pichuan. His assistant is supposed to be Enzo Maresca, who won the UEFA Cup with Sevilla in 2006.


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President in a meeting with representatives of Iraqi parties and political groups:
There's still long way until we reach full security stability in region, rooting out terrorism/ We could defeat terrorists with each other's help
President stressed, "All Iranian and Iraqi parties and political groups supporting development of relations between the two nations indicates that the two nations have no disagreements in deepening relations".
Speaking at the meeting with representatives of Iraqi parties and political groups on Monday in Iraq, President Hassan Rouhani said, "In all these years, all officials of the two countries have made efforts to develop relations between the two nations".
We are happy that the Iraqi and Iranian governments and nations have been alongside each other in critical points in history, said the President.
Dr Rouhani also went on to say, "At the time when the United States is seeking to pressurise the Iranian nation with its unjust sanctions, we need to develop and deepen our relations to stand against them".
Stating that the Iraqi army and nation have stood up against the terrorists well, he said, "During the days when some countries were smiling, thinking that the people of Iraq would lose to ISIS terrorists, the Iranian nation stood by the people of Iraq and we could defeat the terrorists".
"Fortunately, today we are seeing security and stability in Iraq and we are happy that a good democracy is happening in this country and all parties are working for the future of the country," he said.
The President also said, "There is still a long way until we reach full security and stability in the region and terrorism is rooted out".
He continued, "Terrorism cannot be eliminated with only military power, because the world powers are supporting them, and today, we are witnessing their unjust actions in Syria and other countries".
Dr Rouhani also went on to stress the importance of unity and brotherhood among the countries in the region.
Describing Zionism and those who want to dominate the wealth of the countries of the region as the root cause of issues in the region, he said, "Major powers are seeking their own interests".
"Today, Iran and Iraq are enjoying the closest relations with each other and the two nations love each other and their interest".
He added, "All parties and political groups of the two countries' welcoming of development of relations between Iran and Iraq indicates that we can continue this path for a better future for the region".