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I love discovering new blogs to read. But there were many-a-times when I was thoroughly confused with similar sounding blog names that I eventually gave up reading those blogs rather than trying to match the blog name to the right author. With so many fashion and style blogs popping up, every other name has either one or more of words such as, 'fashion', 'style', 'confessions', 'diaries', in it.
Well, when you are starting a fashion blog what better way is there to indicate that its about fashion than naming it fashion. Right? I couldn't agree more. There are already well established blogs with such names. But as more and more such blogs are popping up, you really need to move away from the same old beaten path, if you want your blog to stand out.
These are some of the reactions that your blog name should/shouldn't be getting from people.
The "Of course I know this blog/I always read this blog!" reaction.
Your blog name must be unique enough that it stays in people's minds not slip away. The moment they hear a word or see something connected to it, your blog name should be the first to pop into their minds.
There are many well established popular blogs with phrases such as 'style' 'fashion' 'confessions' etc. They were the pioneers so, yes, they could afford to name it whatever they wanted. Try to stay away from those common phrases as it adds to confusion. Naming your blog similar to your favorite popular blog will only make yours invisible.
Lastly, if someone googles your blog name, yours should be the first to pop up. NOT another blog with a similar sounding name that is more popular than yours.
90% of the time, your first choice of blog name will not be available. Try out some word play, add/delete few words, change the spellings, try to let it describe your style rather than just saying its about fashion. Use those brain cells and make sure its unique!
Great post! I REALLY enjoyed this! I completely agree with EVERYTHING you've said! There are lots of those "been there seen that" blogs out there and blogs with names I can never remember! I'd love to know what you think of my blog, in terms of name and content. Some pointers maybe? Please do more posts like this, I love reading these!
Couldn't agree more. When I started my fashion (strike-off) personal style posts on my blog, I wanted to change the name and I faced the same what you said. So I let it be.
Hahaha excellent post. Even about non fashion blogs…there are so many blog names with the word 'MUSINGS' in it!!
I love your blog's name though..fits this post aptly.


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People have been expressing art and creativity in various forms. However, with the aim of moving forward, they combine both aspects with futuristic designs that keep our curious minds asking.
Although artists and architects are capable of creating designs for buildings that are practical, they also know how to make it attractive in a way. Below are some examples of their creations.
Also called W57, West 57 is a residential block that is located in New York. Its exterior is similar to that of a pyramid.
Spaceport America is the world's first commercial spaceport that has launched about twelve missions. Among its tenants are the world-renowned companies, such as Armadillo Aerospace, Virgin Galactic, and UP Aerospace.
The Absolute World Towers are two skyscrapers constructed in Toronto. Their shape resembles that of a twisted can.
Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest building. It has been famous not only for its fantastic scenery but also for the impressive buildings surrounding it.
Galaxy Soho Building is built using stone, glass, stainless steel, and aluminum, making it look stylish, elegant, and modern.
Built in 1950, the Atomium is located in Brussels. It was created as a reminder of an iron crystal. It stands more than 100 meters tall and has nine interconnected spheres.
Here are other futuristic buildings you can marvel at.


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Professor (Post Tenure), Data, Systems, and Society
Prof. Richard Larson's career has focused his operations research and systems expertise on a wide variety of problems, in both public and private sectors. He is author, co-author or editor of six books and author or co-author of over 175 scientific articles, primarily in the fields of urban service systems (esp. emergency response systems), disaster planning, pandemics, queueing, logistics, technology-enabled education, smart-energy houses and workforce planning. His first book, Urban Police Patrol Analysis (MIT Press, 1972) was awarded the Lanchester Prize of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA). He is co-author, with Amedeo Odoni, of the widely used Urban Operations Research, Prentice Hall, 1981 (over 1,000 citations). Prof. Larson's research on queues has not only resulted in new computational techniques (e.g., the Queue Inference Engine – an early example of data-driven research — and the Hypercube Queueing Model – 740 citations), but has also been covered extensively in national and international media.
Two recent papers, co-authored with his students, have won Best-Paper-of-the-Year awards: "Modeling the Effects of H1N1 Influenza Vaccine Distribution in the U.S." (with Anna Teytelman), Value in Health, 2012; and "STEM crisis or STEM surplus? Yes and yes" (with Ms. Yi Xue), Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Lawrence M. Klein Award, US Department of Labor, 2015 (and covered in the New York Times).
Prof. Larson served as president of ORSA, (Operations Research Society of America, 1993-4), and is past-president of INFORMS (2005), Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Prof. Larson served as co-director of the MIT Operations Research Center (over 15 years in that post).
Dr. Larson has served on many government boards. For example, with the Institute of Medicine, he served as an invited member of the Board on Health Sciences Policy (2008-2010) and on the Standing Committee on Emergency Management and Medical Response Integration (2009 – 2015).
He has been consultant to numerous companies and government agencies, having multiple major projects with the U.S. Postal Service and the City of New York.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is an INFORMS Founding Fellow. He has been honored with the INFORMS President's Award and the Kimball Medal. In 2017, he was given the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Daniel Berg Medal for "making significant contributions to technology innovation, service systems and strategic decision making," New Delhi, India.
From 1995 to mid 2003, Prof. Larson served as director of MIT's CAES, Center for Advanced Educational Services. His position at CAES focused on bringing technology-enabled learning to students living on the traditional campus and to those living and working far from the university, perhaps on different continents. He was founding director of LINC, Learning International Networks Consortium, an MIT-based international project that has held eight international symposia.
Currently Prof. Larson is principal investigator of the MIT BLOSSOMS Initiative. He continues to be actively engaged in research, especially on how Operations Research can provide insights in the monitoring and control of Covid-19 and on analyzing proposed major structural changes in the US education system.
Prof. Larson's CV.
Email:rclarson@mit.edu
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Sunil Amrith
Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History
Academic Year 21-22
sunil.amrith@yale.edu
Modern South Asian, Southeast Asian and Indian Ocean history; the history of migration and diasporas; environmental history, especially the history of water and climate; the history of port cities
Sunil Amrith is the Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History. He is currently on leave from his role as chair of the South Asian Studies Council, which he will resume in fall 2022. His research focuses on the movements of people and the ecological processes that have connected South and Southeast Asia. Amrith's areas of particular interest include environmental history, the history of migration, and the history of public health. He is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow, and recipient of the 2016 Infosys Prize in Humanities.
Amrith's most recent book is Unruly Waters (Basic Books and Penguin UK), a history of the struggle to understand and control the monsoon in modern South Asia. It was shortlisted for the 2019 Cundill Prize, and was reviewed in Nature, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Review of Books. His previous book, Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants (Harvard University Press, 2013) was awarded the American Historical Association's John F. Richards Prize in South Asian History in 2014, and was selected as an Editor's Choice title by the New York Times Book Review. He is also the author of Migration and Diaspora in Modern Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2011), and Decolonizing International Health: South and Southeast Asia, 1930-1965 (Palgrave, 2006), as well as articles in journals including the American Historical Review, Past and Present, The Lancet and Economic and Political Weekly. Amrith serves on the editorial boards of the American Historical Review and Modern Asian Studies, and he is one of the series editors of the Princeton University Press book series, Histories of Economic Life.
Amrith is currently writing The Ruins of Freedom, an environmental history of the modern world to be published W.W. Norton and Allen Lane.
Current and planned future collaborations include research with Professor David S. Jones (Harvard University) on the history of air pollution and health in India, with Professor Maya Prabhu (Yale School of Medicine) on climate change and migration, and with Professor Akiyuki Kawasaki (Tokyo University) on water-related disasters in South and Southeast Asia. Amrith also serves on the advisory committee for a new film project on water in India to be produced by Krea University.
Professor Amrith welcomes inquiries from prospective graduate students interested in working on any aspect of modern South and Southeast Asian history.
Before coming to Yale, Amrith was the inaugural Mehra Family Professor of South Asian History at Harvard University from 2015-20, where he also served as co-director of the Joint Center for History and Economics, and Interim Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center (in 2019-20). From 2006-2015, he taught at Birkbeck College at the University of London. Sunil Amrith grew up in Singapore, and received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Cambridge.
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"I've always thought ballet was something I could never do because…have you seen ballet dancers? That's why. Just…all of it. So when I heard completely uncoordinated fools like myself could take a ballet type class without feeling too much like an idiot, I had to check it out."
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En física, un pozo cuántico es la denominación que recibe un pozo de potencial que confina, en dos dimensiones, partículas que originalmente tenían libertad para moverse en tres, forzándolas a ocupar una zona acotada. Los efectos del confinamiento cuántico se producen cuando el espesor del «pozo cuántico» es comparable a la longitud de onda de De Broglie de las partículas portadoras de energía (generalmente electrones y huecos de electrones), generando así niveles de energía llamadas «subbandas energéticas», por lo que estos portadores de energía solo podrán tomar valores discretos de energía.

Dingle observó por primera vez este fenómeno en 1974. La «discretización» de los niveles de energía es considerada, por muchos investigadores, una de las manifestaciones más interesantes de la mecánica cuántica.

Existen otros tipos de estructuras cuánticas que mantienen semejanzas con los pozos cuánticos: los hilos cuánticos y los puntos cuánticos, aunque en estas estructuras el confinamiento de partículas corresponde a dos y a tres dimensiones respectivamente.

Pozos cuánticos cuadrado

Fabricación
Se forman por el acople de sustancias de forma consecutiva cuyas bandas prohibidas poseen espesores diferentes. En los semiconductores se intercala un material como el arseniuro de galio o el nitruro de galio-indio (InGaN) entre dos capas de otro material con una banda prohibida mayor, como el arseniuro de aluminio (AlAs) o el nitruro de galio, respectivamente. También se puede encontrar el arseniuro de galio o el arseniuro de aluminio entre dos capas de arseniuro de galio-aluminio (AlGaAs).

Estas estructuras pueden ser fabricadas mediante procedimientos de crecimiento epitaxial como crecimiento epitaxial por haces moleculares o la deposición química en fase vapor.

Las películas metálicas delgadas también pueden soportar estados de pozos cuánticos, en particular, capas metálicas delgadas que crecen en superficies metálicas y semiconductoras. El electrón (o agujero) está confinado por la interfaz metal-vacío en un lado, y en general, por un espacio absoluto con sustratos semiconductores, o por un espacio de banda proyectado con sustratos metálicos.

Aplicaciones más comunes

A causa de la naturaleza cuasi bidimensional, los electrones en los pozos cuánticos poseen una densidad de estados más pronunciada que en el cuerpo de un material. Como consecuencia, los pozos cuánticos se usan de manera abundante en la fabricación de diodos láser. También se los utiliza para fabricar transistores de alta movilidad de electrones (TAMEs o también HEMTs, del inglés, High Electron Mobility Transistors), que se usan en electrónica de bajo ruido. Los fotodetectores infrarrojos de pozos cuánticos también se basan en pozos cuánticos y se los utiliza para operar imágenes infrarrojas.

Mediante un proceso de dopaje (introducción de impurezas tipo N) del pozo cuántico, o preferentemente,  de la barrera de un pozo cuántico, se puede formar un gas de electrones de dos dimensiones (2DEG). Este plasma cuasi bidimensional tiene propiedades interesantes a bajas temperaturas. Una de estas propiedades es el efecto Hall cuántico, que se observa en campos magnéticos elevados. De manera análoga, las impurezas aceptoras en la barrera de un pozo cuántico puede llevar a la formación de un gas de huecos de electrón.

Pozo nuclear

El pozo cuántico nuclear se da en todos los núcleos atómicos y confinan el material nuclear (los nucleones) en una región muy pequeña. El pozo es consecuencia de la superposición de dos tipos de interacciones; la nuclear fuerte (tipo pozo de Wood-Saxon) y la culombiana (tipo hiperbólico). De forma simple, la fuerte repulsión electrostática de los protones se ve contenida por la interacción fuerte, muy intensa a distancias pequeñas. Un modelo matemático simple fue propuesto por Hideki Yukawa, el potencial de Yukawa describe la forma de un potencial de interacción culombiana apantallada.

La superación del pozo en un sentido u otro implica todo tipo de reacciones nucleares.

Véase también
 Partícula en una caja
 Hilo cuántico
 Punto cuántico
 Entremezclado de pozo cuántico (Quantum-well intermixing) (QWI)

Referencias
 https://web.archive.org/web/20061115054652/http://www.imm.cnm.csic.es/castell/memoria2000/l5.pdf
 http://valbuena.fis.ucm.es/expint/html/dc/dc05/Ejercicio05.html

Física del estado sólido
Electrónica cuántica
Ciencia de 1974

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Crittercism Raises $30M More, Inks Mobile App Performance Deal With New Backer Accenture
Some big news today from Crittercism, a startup that operates a platform for companies to monitor their mobile app performance with customers including the likes of Netflix, LinkedIn, Yahoo, Pinterest, Home Depot, AT&T and a number of other Fortune 500 names.
It has raised another $30 million in funding, from a mix of VCs and strategic investors led by Scale Venture Partners with participation also from InterWest Partners, VMware and Accenture. Crittercism and its investors are not revealing any valuation at this time.
Separately, Crittercism has secured a significant deal with new minority investor Accenture that will see the consulting and outsourcing giant use Crittercism's technology in its bigger mobile enterprise offering that designs, builds, tests and manages applications for enterprises, dubbed Accenture Application Factory.
And Crittercism is also releasing new services of its own, in the form of a new API and "zero-touch App Wrapping solution", which will mean that Crittercism will not require source code to monitor an app.
The $30 million investment brings the total raised to date by Crittercism, which started as an AngelPad company, to $48 million, with past backers including Google Ventures, Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures.
Crittercism is one of the many companies out there riding the wave of mobile app usage worldwide, brought by the popularity of smartphones and tablets. A year ago, when Crittercism raised a round led by Google Ventures, the company estimated that it was already monitoring some 500 million devices for crashes and other performance issues. Andrew Levy, Crittercism's co-founder and CEO, tells me that this number is now well over 1 billion.
This speaks to another trend: as the mobile app ecosystem matures, those companies that use apps as part of their business are becoming increasingly focused on quality.
Levy tells me that the investment will be used "to expand our channel efforts" with partners in South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific, as well as invest a lot more in "enterprise initiatives" — a place where both Accenture and VMware (now newly interested in mobile enterprise with its acquisition of AirWatch) will likely play a key role. While Accenture is coming out today with information about how it's involving itself with Crittercism as more than just a simple investor — it will effectively become a reseller for Crittercism's mAPM product — it's not clear yet how VMware will leverage its stake.
"There are a ton of great to market opportunities," Levy says of its relationship with its new strategic investors. On VMware, he says that "they are becoming a lot more serious after AirWatch and that is very interesting for us. They are one of the cloud enablers that has figured out their mobile strategy. They're not just sitting on the sidelines of this."
Although the company is based in the U.S., it's had a long-standing place in driving its business outside of the country. In fact, Levy tells me that Crittercism's first paying customer was Qype, the user-generated reviews platform that was bought by Yelp in 2012.
But while a lot of the opportunity today has been on the B2C and B2B fronts — with the B2C playing a role particularly in driving that billion user number — ScaleVP partner Andy Vitus believes that the longer term opportunity may be in a third category altogether, in the slightly more nebulous category of the Internet of things, where we are talking about machine-to-machine communications.
"I do think Android is becoming the operating system of choice for the 'headless Internet'," he says. And while Crittercism already has some clients using is solutions for M2M deployments, "over time Crittercism will be able to push even more into that. You won't even have a person to report that something has gone wrong," making Crittercism's solution even more essential.
Up to now, most of Crittercism's efforts have been focused on mobile app solutions but it looks like its sights are being raised in more way than one: the API will let enterprises integrate mobile app performance management into a wider dashboard where they are monitoring other apps (for example server-based apps); while the zero-wrapping solution will give companies a way of monitoring apps even if they have not developed them in-house. This is an essential product when you consider that many companies outsource this kind of work (opening the door to how Accenture may use the tool), or use off-the-shelf solutions.
As a part of the funding round, Vitus will join Crittercism's board. Accenture's minority investment will also give it a seat on Crittercism's advisory board.


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Shock: Houston police chief says adios to the city, hola amigos to Miami
Karen Townsend Mar 17, 2021 9:01 PM ET
The resignation of Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo came as a surprise to most Houstonians, including the mayor. The announcement also caught many Miami officials by surprise, the city that has hired Acevedo. Miami officials were conducting a nationwide search for a police chief. Acevedo had not formally applied for the job.
Apparently, Acevedo has friends in Miami City Hall. Houston City Hall was in the dark.
Acevedo informed Mayor Sylvester Turner of his decision around 5 p.m. Sunday, the mayor said at a news conference Monday, acknowledging he had received no prior hint about his police chief's departure. Acevedo never formally applied to be Miami's top cop and was not on anyone's radar there, "other than just a few people at City Hall," the Miami Herald reported Monday.
"I hate to see him leave the city of Houston," Turner said. "But I also realize this is an excellent, extraordinary opportunity for him at a time when he is one of the nation's leading voices in law enforcement."
Turner said Acevedo will stay in Houston for a few more weeks. He said he would announce a new chief by the end of the week, though he declined to say whether it would be an interim or permanent replacement, or from inside the department or elsewhere. Former Chief Charles McClelland said, "There's certainly enough talent and leadership within HPD to move forward."
Frankly, this move is puzzling. Why would Acevedo go to Miami? The police force size is about a third of Houston's. It was widely thought that he would run for political office, possibly mayor, since Turner is in his second and final term which expires at the end of 2023. There is no question that Acevedo is a political creature. He doesn't miss an opportunity to slam Texas Republican politicians on social media, whether it is the state's two GOP senators or the governor. He has come out in favor of stricter gun control restrictions and joined in with Black Lives Matter protest marches. He's been photographed kneeling in solidarity with protesters. He endorsed Joe Biden for president, attended campaign events with Democrats, and contemplated pursuing a job with the Biden administration. He has taken on the NRA over gun violence. Now he feigns an absence of politics in his professional intentions. C'mon, man.
"Politics are not in my heart, because as you know I have no home. I piss off the left and the right, to be honest with you, because they're both extreme," said Acevedo, who came to Houston in late 2016 after leading the Austin Police Department. "But service is in my heart and making a difference is in my heart."
Acevedo and his parents arrived in Miami in 1968 as immigrants from Cuba. He grew up in California and worked as the police chief in Austin before he was recruited to Houston in 2016. During his time in Houston, he has launched a national profile and is frequently a guest on television news shows. He was awarded a speaking slot during the 2020 Democrat national convention.
The job offer in Miami came with some sweet perks, including a bump in salary, so maybe he's just cashing in now. The police force is smaller but the gig is a plum.
There, he will oversee a department of some 1,400 officers, about a quarter of the size of the Houston department. He'll receive a pay bump — to $315,000 — along with a $50,000 relocation fee, a take-home car, and other perks, according to reports from Florida outlets.
Acevedo said his personal ties, the conversations with Miami leadership, and a desire to continue working in law enforcement motivated his decision.
"We really connected," he said, of conversations with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and City Manager Art Noriega. Acevedo said Mayor Sylvester Turner's dwindling time in office (his term ends January 2024) also helped sway the decision.
"When opportunity strikes, you have two choices, right?" he said. "You either seize upon an opportunity, or you don't. When I leave I'm opening up a position with somebody else. And look, I'm not gonna … justify it. I've got my own family reasons, my own reasons."
He hopes to spend at least five years in Miami, he said.
The man who says he isn't political ended up issuing a challenge to city residents to hold the judges and the court system accountable for the rise in crime in Houston. He blames a broken criminal justice system, backlogged courts, and violent criminals issued personal recognizance bonds as the causes of a rising rate of murders. He predicts the number of murders may rise to 500 by the end of the year.
"If you want to march and you want to save lives, let's march on the criminal courts building," he said. "March on the DA's office; march on the criminal justice system that is getting people hurt and getting people killed … Get those courts open. If (judges) don't want to work, get out. We have come to work every single day with COVID. We've lost four firefighters, we've lost a police officer, to our support team members. We've lost family members, you come to work? Why don't you guys go into the courts camping out and asking these judges to get out of the shadow and start answering questions."
He's not wrong about the bail bond "reforms" happening in the city. Criminals are being released back on the streets and crime is up.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez is a Republican. It will be interesting to see how that dynamic plays out. There is an interesting editorial in the Miami Herald about Acevedo's hiring. It notes that he is a catch for the city but the process was flawed. It's hard to argue with that. Mayor Suarez says the secret process of hiring Acevedo was meant to protect him and Mayor Turner from embarrassment if he wasn't hired. Turner was embarrassed, though, because the resignation was a complete surprise. Suarez wants Acevedo's hiring to appease black Miami residents who are unhappy with the city's police force, according to the editorial. They wanted an outsider to be the new chief, not someone promoted from within the current police force. Acevedo fits that demand.
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Na místě dvou zpustlých gotických domů ze 14. století nechali ve druhé polovině 16. století postavit Šlikové vrcholně renesanční dům. Ten později získali Lobkovicové, kteří jej v 1. čtvrtině 17. století (za Benigny z Lobkowicz) přestavěli pozdně renesančně. Dům poté přešel do majetku Martiniců a v 80. letech 17. století se stal majetkem Kolovratů. Kolem roku 1700 byly provedeny raně barokní úpravy. V roce 1741 získali objekt Ditrichštejnové. V 19. století byly prostory paláce rozděleny a vzniklo v nich několik bytů.

Čtyřkřídlý dům s čtvercovým dvorem je dvoupatrový. Severní průčelí do svažující se Loretánské ulice má pět os s nepravidelně rozmístěnými sdruženými okny. Asymetricky poněkud vlevo umístěný vstupní portál má výrazné bosování, nad ním je štuková kartuš se znakem Kolowratů.

Ve 20. století byly interiéry několikrát přestavěny, ale ve dvou místnostech se zachovaly gotické klenby a ve druhém patře jsou pozůstatky dřevěných malovaných barokních stropů z konce 17. století.

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MLS Collecting Siblings of Real Madrid Stars: Red Bulls Land Kaka's Brother Digão
Just weeks after the Columbus Crew signed Federico Higuain, older brother of Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain, the New York Red Bulls have inked Digão, younger brother of Los Blancos attacker Kaka.
Unlike the other three names, Digão, 26, is a defender. He signed with AC Milan at age 19, and has had stints with Italian side AC Rimini, Belgian club Standard Liege, and FC Penafiel of Portugal since then.
"Digão has impressed our coaching staff during his trial in the past week, and we want to continue evaluating him for the remainder of the season," said Red Bulls General Manager Erik Soler. "He has earned a solid amount of experience for a number of European sides and we are glad to add him to our roster."
The 6′ 4," 183-pound Digão began his career in Sao Paolo's youth system before moving on to Sampdoria of Italy and Milan.
Many observers have suggested that this is a first step toward bringing Kaka to New York. This summer, the Brazilian superstar's agent told the New York Post that his client was interested in joining the Red Bulls after Brazil 2014.
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The Scottification of the Vancouver Whitecaps
The Vancouver Whitecaps set what seemed like a new standard last season as the most-attractive-to-watch yet least successful expansion franchise in Major League Soccer history.
They played a skillful, free-flowing style that created lots of chances—unfortunately, too many of those chances were in front of their own net. They conceded 55 goals and finished dead last in the Western Conference. But they were fun to watch.
During the offseason, center back Jay DeMerit returned to health, and the club acquired veteran South Korean wingback Y.P. Lee and Argentine center back Martin Bonjour, along with French attacker Sebastian Le Toux, who led Philadelphia in scoring last season.
With their defense shored up, and more skill in the attacking third, they got off to a great start this season.
But Whitecaps brass, which includes Scottish head coach Martin Rennie, were curiously unsatisfied, and have kept on tinkering with their roster.
Soon after the arrival of Scottish midfielder Barry Robson in mid-June (on a free transfer arranged in January), the team jettisoned Swiss playmaker Davide Chiumiento, arguably the most skillful player on the roster, Le Toux, and the big (but skillful) French striker Eric Hassli—all within one week.
Around the same time Vancouver brought in Scottish striker (and national team captain) Kenny Miller, Jamaican winger Dane Richards, and Irish defender Andy O'Brien.
O'Brien is not Scottish, but Ireland is close enough, ethnically and in their soccer, to Scotland to justify the following tweet from MLSSoccer.com's Matt Doyle after a recent Vancouver loss:
"The Whitecaps may have lost, but I still think they're favorites for the Scottish Premier League title this season."
With Miller, Robson and O'Brien down the spine, the Whitecaps have become stodgier—and more physical: Their recent 2-0 loss to Dallas featured 41 fouls and nine yellow cards, six of them shown to Vancouver players.
Gone is the silky combination play between Chiumiento, Camilo, and Hassli that made them such an entertaining side.
Sure, Chiumiento was not exactly a defense-first kind of guy, and the team left itself too wide open last season, but the offseason acquisitions addressed that problem, to a T. Now, they've fallen off the other side of the horse.
And judging by the results, the problem is not limited to style: the Whitecaps are 2-5-2 in their last nine games.
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"Still Passionate About Playing in America," Beckham Re-signs with LA for Two More Years
The Beckham family's tour of global hotspots, which had passed through Milan and appeared on the brink of heading to Paris, has been held over in Los Angeles, as the Galaxy announced yesterday that the iconic English midfielder had re-signed with the team for two more years.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Beckham's annual salary with LA last season was roughly $6.5 million—or about half of what Paris St. Germain had reportedly offered him in December 2011. After turning that deal down in early January, and bypassing entreaties from Tottenham Hotspur, Beckham focused on hammering out a deal with the Galaxy.
"I've seen first hand how popular soccer is now in the States and I'm as committed as ever to growing the game here," he said in a statement issued by the Galaxy. "My family and I are incredibly happy and settled in America and we look forward to spending many more years here."
Beckham produced a career-high 15 assists and two goals in 26 appearances last season, getting named to the MLS Best XI for the first time in his stateside tenure, and helping the Galaxy win the Supporters' Shield, the MLS Cup, and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, which begin on March 7.
Here's a highlight reel from his MLS career so far:
The 2011 season effectively rescued Beckham's five-year U.S. sojourn, which had been spotted by injuries and an apparent lack of commitment. He had engineered two loan deals to AC Milan—one of which caused him to miss the first half of the 2009 MLS season—and his attention seemed to be splintered between MLS and Europe (and another potential call-up to the English national team).
But he put it all together this past season, as did the Galaxy. Beckham was involved in the MLS Cup–winning play, flicking on a header to Robbie Keane, who found Landon Donovan in the box to bury the game's only goal.
"I am thrilled that David has chosen to re-join the Galaxy," said Galaxy general manager and head coach Bruce Arena. "I felt that he was one of the best players in all of MLS last season and we could not have achieved the success that we did without him. We look forward to trying to replicate that success this season with David once again in a Galaxy uniform."
Beckham has now won championships in the Premier League, La Liga, the Champions League, and MLS. So what's next for the man who's accomplished just about everything? How about helping the Galaxy become the first MLS team ever to win the CONCACAF Champions League?
As Simon Borg says here, that's the next frontier. Los Angeles meets Toronto FC in a first-leg quarterfinal on March 7.
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MLS Roundup: Beckham Leaning Toward Staying; Pareja to Colorado?
Now that the Paris St. Germain deal is officially off, the path is clear for David Beckham to rejoin the MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy, right?
You would think so, but a new MLS deal has yet to be announced. While saying he has every intention of getting it done, AEG President Tim Lieweke sounded some cautionary notes in an interview with the LA Times yesterday:
"The stories were all over the front page of every newspaper in Europe that he was going to Paris; I told everyone I would not pay a lot of attention to that. And now that the stories are that he is going to the Galaxy, I would repeat the same advice: Premature."
Lieweke added that the situation is "heading in the direction" of a new deal for the 36-year-old Englishman, but emphasized that the contract is not done. Yahoo Sports reported that LA had offered a one-year $6.5 million deal that allows Beckham time off for the 2012 London Olympics. But Lieweke told the Times there was more to the deal than those elements:
"We have the added complication that David has the right to purchase a franchise in this league. There are a lot of issues we are going through. We are committed to David and he has always felt strongly about the Galaxy in LA, and it does not surprise me that his family would prefer to stay in LA. But we're not done yet."
It's interesting to us to hear people talk about Beckham "leveraging" his LA situation with the PSG offer (and, reportedly, others).
Is he really concerned about squeezing another million out of AEG? With a net worth of around $220 million (up to $271 million, if you count his wife's income), and the league (and club) accommodating his request for time off for the Olympics, and enabling him to purchase a franchise down the road, does he really care about the salary figure? He already turned down almost twice his 2011 salary from PSG.
We're not experts on these issues, but we'd guess it's more a question of dotting legal 'i's' and crossing contractual 't's' than negotiating dollar amounts. Or we'd hope so, anyway.
The Denver Post is reporting that the Colorado Rapids' have finally settled on a replacement for ex-coach Gary Smith, who departed on acrimonious terms in November, just one year after winning the 2010 MLS Cup. Their new man: FC Dallas assistant and Academy Director Oscar Pareja.
Pareja, a former Colombian international who played eight seasons in MLS with New England and Dallas, beat out a short list of candidates including Denis Hamlett, Tom Soehn, and Richie Williams.
Neither FC Dallas nor Colorado would comment on the report, but Rapids President Tim Hinchey said the club would have an announcement this week.
There has also been widespread speculation that outgoing U.S. U-17 coach Wilmer Cabrera, also a former Colombian international, would join Pareja as an assistant coach in Colorado.
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MLS Import-Export Season Under Way
Cue Art Vandelay: While the fate of Major League Soccer's biggest out-of-contract player, David Beckham, is still undecided (though PSG seems to have the inside track), the 2011-2012 trading season has begun in earnest.
This week the league dealt two 2011 foreign signings back to Mexico and Sweden, respectively, while bringing in a new Brazilian midfielder and generating the usual supply of rumors about other players headed stateside. Let's take a look:
Bravo, But No Encore
Sporting Kansas City announced yesterday that Designated Player Omar Bravo will return to the Mexican Primera Division after just one season with the MLS club.
The 31-year-old attacker, who tied for the SKC lead in goals with nine, has signed with Cruz Azul, but he's apparently leaving on good terms. Kansas City coach Peter Vermes called the Cruz Azul offer "very beneficial for him and us. I understand from the business perspective why the decision was made."
Terms of the deal were not disclosed, per league policy, but Vermes also told the league website: "I think you are smart enough to figure out that obviously there were benefits on both sides that eventually got the deal done. That's really it."
For his part Bravo, left the door open, saying in his departing statement, "I do not want to rule out a return to Sporting KC and MLS."
Bravo is an excellent player and he did well for Kansas City in 2011, but the club is still in good shape without him. Since the 2011 season ended, they've acquired left-sided player Bobby Convey—a former US international who's still only 28, and as Vermes said, "has a lot to prove." He could conceivably take Bravo's place in the KC attack alongside Kei Kamara, Teal Bunbury, and 2011 Rookie of the Year CJ Sapong.
Kansas City also added central midfielder Paulo Nagamura of Brazil, and Bravo's departure will free up the cash to shop for another marquee player.
If I Leave Here Tomorrow
He's travelin' on back to his native Sweden, but Seattle fans will still remember Eric Friberg.
The 25-year-old was a solid signing for the Pacific Northwest club, producing one goal and two assists, and providing depth and versatility to the Sounders' midfield—he played in a central attacking role as well as on both flanks during the 2011 season.
Friberg is returning to Sweden for personal reasons: He and his wife are expecting their first child, and they want to be close to home and extended family.
Brazilian Pipeline
On the import side of the ledger, the LA Galaxy announced yesterday that they've signed 30-year-old Brazilian midfielder Marcelo Sarvas, a native of Sao Paulo who played for Costa Rican side Alajuelense in 2011.
The Galaxy faced Sarvas twice in the CONCACAF Champions League this past season, so they know what they're getting. He could partner with his countryman Juninho next season if Juninho, who was on loan to LA from Sao Paulo FC, accepts the Galaxy's contract offer.
Los Angeles could field three Brazilians next season if Juninho returns and defender Leonardo recovers from his knee injury (and extends his loan from Sao Paulo).
Still in the speculative stages are potential moves by the Red Bulls, who are shopping for both a central defender and an attacking midfielder, along with a possible return to the league by rugged Colombian centerback Wilman Conde, who reportedly wants out of Mexican side Atlas.
New York GM Erik Soler says the team is shopping for a third Designated Player from "one of the bigger leagues" in Europe. "We want someone with high quality on the ball who likes to move the ball around but has the ability to score on their own," he told the league website.
Someone kind of like Dwayne De Rosario…? (Let's just move on.)
Soler said that the first priority is to add a central defender, and he also said that German goalkeeper Frank Rost could be back after all, though not as a DP.
Real Salt Lake brass are also in the hunt for new talent. Head coach Jason Kreis traveled to South America and Europe in the past few weeks, and GM Garth Lagerwey is currently in Asia looking at players.
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MLS Player Salaries: Bargains and Busts
Ream: still underpaid.
The MLS Players Union released the complete list of player earnings this week, and while competing in the league remains a labor of love for most players, there were some encouraging increases over last season.
The average salary is up 12 percent (to more than $154,000) and all but three teams increased their payrolls this season. The median MLS team, according to Jeremiah Oshan, is spending roughly $500,000 more on salaries than it was in 2010.
Yet despite these increases, the median salary went down this year, from $90,000 to $80,000. For more on that apparent contradiction, and lots of other number-crunching goodness, click here, and for the complete list of salaries, see here.
Let's take a look at who's earning their keep and who should pull an Oguchi Onyewu and play for free in 2012.
(All figures "guaranteed compensation" for 2011)
Busts:
Nery Castillo, Chicago Fire, $2,038,062: He turned up out of shape and made eight lackluster appearances last season (with zero goals) and is currently on loan to Greek side Aris FC. One of the alltime MLS busts.
Julian de Guzman, Toronto FC, $1,910,746: He's not a bad player, but the Canadian international has yet to live up to his billing (or salary), and the grace period is over. His countryman Dwayne De Rosario makes one-quarter that amount—and is twice the player.
Andres Mendoza, Columbus Crew, $595,000: Mendoza was upgraded to designated player status, and salary, during the offseason, and has been riding the Crew pine since April.
Nick Kounenakis, Sporting Kansas City, 120,004: He's not breaking the bank but … who is Nick Kounenakis? [Googles Nick Kounenakis….] He's a South African–born Greek centerback—who was released from the team in February.
Brian Nielsen, New York Red Bulls, $120,000: Again, a player not necessarily taking home a Brink's truck of cash, but also not seeing the field. Nielsen made two appearances in 2010, and a combination of injuries and the Red Bulls' solid midfield have kept him sidelined so far in 2011.
Bargains:
Tim Ream, New York Red Bulls, $62,625: The 2010 Rookie of the Year candidate continues to anchor the New York backline, and has received a handful of U.S. national-team callups. He earned just $40,000 last year, so this is a bump up, but not enough of one.
Diego Chaves, Chicago Fire, $45,000: He leads the team in scoring with four goals. His strike partner Gaston Puerari also qualifies as a bargain at $50,000. He may not have Chaves's numbers but he's looked dangerous every time we've seen him.
Omar Cummings, Colorado, $89,188: He's sputtered a bit coming out of the gate in 2011 (and he's currently injured), but Cummings produced 14 goals and three assists in 28 starts last season, then impressed in a trial with Aston Villa of the Premier League (visa issues scotched a deal). MLS is lucky to have him, crazily so at this price.
Khalif Alhassan, Portland, $69,250: The 20-year-old Ghanian winger has sparked the Portland attack this year, picking up assists in each of the Timbers first three home games, all victories.
Fabian Espindola, Real Salt Lake, $75,000: He scored eight goals last season, and we won't be a bit surprised if the hard-working Argentine tops that total in 2011.
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Geoff Cameron, Houston Dynamo, $245,000: That's more like it for the best player on the Dynamo roster—who earned $40,000 last season.
Chris Wondolowski, San Jose Earthquakes, $175,000: Last year, Wondo scored 18 goals to lead the league—while earning $48,000.
Carl Robinson, New York Red Bulls, $75,000: Our least favorite Red Bull pulled down $315,000 last season. He still outearns the far more valuable Ream, but at least they cut him down to size this year.
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MLS Roundup: FCD Dallas, Portland Boost Colombian Influx; Red Bulls Ink Tainio
Three MLS teams announced significant acquisitions yesterday as FC Dallas and the Portland Timbers each landed a Colombian striker, and Red Bull New York confirmed the anticipated signing of Finnish midfielder/defender (and Name Hall of Fame candidate) Teemu Tainio.
FC Dallas signed 18-year-old forward Fabian Castillo, who made 17 appearances and scored three goals for Deportivo Cali last season. Castillo recently played in the South American U-20 championship, and was reportedly being courted by several European clubs.
The Timbers finally put striker Jorge Perlaza on their books after the 26-year-old striker had been with the team for most of training camp. In 2010, Perlaza scored 15 goals in 31 appearances for Colombian first-division side Deportes Tolima, helping lead the club to a first-place finish.
Castillo and Perlaza become the 14th and 15th Colombians to join MLS in the past few years, and Castillo is the fifth Deportivo Cali alum to migrate northward, following Fredy Montero, Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (both Seattle), Jamison Olave (Real Salt Lake), and Jair Benitez, whom Castillo will join in Dallas. Dallas has two other Colombians in 2010 league MVP David Ferreira and striker Milton Rodriguez.
For more on Cafeteros in the U.S. circuit, see here.
Tainio, 31, officially signed with New York after joining the club in training camp on Feb 10. He's expected to line up in midfield for tonight's exhibition against Mexico's Club Atlas—the Red Bulls' final tuneup before their MLS opener on March 19.
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In 2014, Ashley founded Project WOW, an organization that encourages growth and development of women worship leaders and pastors. She is passionate about raising up the next generation of women in worship and seeing female worship leaders live out their calling. Her passion for women in ministry has lead her to join the She Leads team, a ministry focused on connecting, inspiring, and resourcing women in ministry. As a humble yet daring leader, Ashley is amazing at tending to the hearts of those she pastors. We are blessed to have her as an instrumental part of our team.


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        cur = conn.cursor()
        name = request.args.get('name',default='',type=str)
        volumeMin = request.args.get('volumeMin',default=0,type=float)
        volumeMax = request.args.get('volumeMax',default=0,type=float)
        query = """ SELECT * FROM KLSE WHERE (Stock LIKE %s or Name LIKE %s or Stockcode LIKE %s)
                            AND (Volume_changes_pc BETWEEN (IF (%s='_',-5000,%s)) AND (IF(%s='_',5000,%s))) """
        input = (name+"%",name+"%",name+"%",volumeMin,volumeMin,volumeMax,volumeMax)
    try:
        cur.execute(query,(input))
        h = cur.fetchall()
    except Exception:
        return 'Error: unable to fetch items'
      return jsonify({'Stock': h})

Result:
{
  "Stock": [
    [
      11,
      "PRESTAR",
      "PRESTAR RESOURCES BERHAD [S]",
      23.8,
    ],

What I get from previous code with MySQLdb :
    from flask import Flask,jsonify,abort,make_response,request,render_template
    import MySQLdb
    import MySQLdb.cursors

    @app.route('/KLSE/search', methods=['GET'])
    def KLSEsearch():
        db = MySQLdb.connect(host='xxx.mysql.pythonanywhere-services.com',user='zzz',passwd='xxx',db='zzz$default',cursorclass=MySQLdb.cursors.DictCursor)
        curs = db.cursor()
        name = request.args.get('name',default='',type=str)
        volumeMin = request.args.get('volumeMin',default=0,type=float)
        volumeMax = request.args.get('volumeMax',default=0,type=float)
        query = """ SELECT * FROM KLSE WHERE (Stock LIKE %s or Name LIKE %s or Stockcode LIKE %s)
                            AND (Volume_changes_pc BETWEEN (IF (%s='_',-5000,%s)) AND (IF(%s='_',5000,%s))) """
        input = (name+"%",name+"%",name+"%",volumeMin,volumeMin,volumeMax,volumeMax)
    try:
        curs.execute(query,(input))
        h = curs.fetchall()
    except Exception:
        return 'Error: unable to fetch items'
    finally:
        curs.close()
        db.close()
      return jsonify({'Stock': h})

Result that require and show prefix:
{
  "Stock": [
    {
      "Stock": "PRESTAR",
      "Stockcode": "11",
      "Change_pc": 2.604,
      "Name": "PRESTAR RESOURCES BERHAD [S]",
    },

In the code with sqlalchemy, I do not use cursor close and db close, as sqlalchemy engine will handle the connection pooling, is that correct?

A: I think the issue is that cursor object being serialized by jsonify({'Stock': h}) is different for the SQLAlchemy and MySQLdb cursors.
All the data is still there and can be accessed in multiple ways, so you just have to build a dictionary out of the SQLAlchemy cursor and then jsonify that.
So something like this should work (see link for other examples):
def row2dict(row):
    d = {}
    for column in row.__table__.columns:
        d[column.name] = str(getattr(row, column.name))
    return d

I don' think this has anything to do with connection pooling though.

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Q: Navigation Buttons appears when I touch a spinner I need help with this. I have a theme with:
<style name="Theme.CuentameUnCuento" parent="Theme.AppCompat.Light.NoActionBar">
    <!-- Primary brand color. -->
    <item name="colorPrimary">#4CAF50</item>
    <item name="colorPrimaryVariant">#388E3C</item>
    <item name="colorOnPrimary">@color/white</item>
    <!-- Secondary brand color. -->
    <item name="colorSecondary">#009688</item>
    <item name="colorSecondaryVariant">#00796B</item>
    <item name="colorOnSecondary">@color/white</item>
    <!-- Status bar color. -->
    <item name="android:statusBarColor">?attr/colorPrimaryVariant</item>
    <!-- Customize your theme here. -->
    <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
    <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
    <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
    <item name="android:fontFamily">@font/anna</item>
</style>

Then I have, in the MainActivity.java, after the setContentView.
    View decorView = getWindow().getDecorView();
    int uiOptions = View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_HIDE_NAVIGATION
            | View.SYSTEM_UI_FLAG_FULLSCREEN;
    decorView.setSystemUiVisibility(uiOptions);

With all of this I can set the full screen mode in the app.
All seems to works fine, except when I touch a spinner adapter. Then the navigation buttons appears.
In the actitvity_main.xml the spinner:
<Spinner
    android:id="@+id/sp_idioma_menu"
    style="@style/spinner_style"
    android:layout_width="80dp"
    android:layout_height="60dp"
    android:layout_marginEnd="16dp"
    android:layout_marginBottom="36dp"
    app:layout_constraintBottom_toTopOf="@+id/btn_salir"
    app:layout_constraintEnd_toEndOf="parent"
    android:stateListAnimator="@null"/>

The styles.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <style name="spinner_style">
        <item name="android:layout_width">match_parent</item>
        <item name="android:layout_height">wrap_content</item>
        <item name="android:background">@drawable/diseny_spinner</item>
        <item name="android:paddingLeft">8dp</item>
        <item name="android:paddingRight">20dp</item>
        <item name="android:windowNoTitle">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowActionBar">false</item>
        <item name="android:windowFullscreen">true</item>
        <item name="android:windowContentOverlay">@null</item>
    </style>
</resources>

The diseny_spinner.xml is:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <item><layer-list>
        <item><shape>
        </shape></item>
    </layer-list></item>
</selector>

Images:
Screenshot when I touch the Spinner
Screenshot when Spinner is not opened
How can I solve this? Thanks


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Q: Formatting Calendar I need to formatt Calendar to get just the Date DD/MM/YY but no converted into String, i need it into Date dataType.
SimpleDateFormat simpleDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/M/yy");
Calendar cal2 = new GregorianCalendar(simpleDate);
 dateFormat.format(date); //Here i need to store the Date (dd/M/yy) into a Date kin of variable. (NO STRING)

Thus, when i need to update Calendar, into the Date result will reflect the changes.

A: I do not know if this is close enough if someone with more experience can check this over that would be nice!
To truncate a combined "date and time" java.util.Date to just the date component, leaving it effectively at midnight
public static Date truncateTime (Date date) {
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime( date);
cal.set( Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
cal.set( Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
cal.set( Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set( Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
return cal.getTime();

}

A: No such thing as formatted date
A date-time value stored in a date-time class has no format.
A date-time object can generate a String object whose text is in a certain format to represent the date-time's value. But the String and the date-time are separate and distinct from one another.
java.time
The LocalDate class represents a date-only value, without time-of-day and without time zone.
A time zone is crucial in determining a LocalDate. For any given moment, the date varies around the globe by time zone. For example, a few minutes after midnight is still "yesterday" in Montréal.
ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" );
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now( zoneId );

Avoid using the troublesome old date-time classes such as java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar. Use only java.time classes.
Convert from GregorianCalendar
If you have a GregorianCalendar object, convert to a ZonedDateTime by calling the new method added to the old class, toZonedDateTime.
ZonedDateTime zdt = myGregCal.toZonedDateTime();

From there get a LocalDate. The ZonedDateTime object's own assigned time zone is used to determine that date.
LocalDate localDate = zdt.toLocalDate();

Convert from java.util.Date
If you have a java.util.Date object, convert to an Instant. This class represents a moment on the timeline in UTC.
Instant instant = myUtilDate.toInstant();

Apply a time zone to get a ZonedDateTime. Then obtain a LocalDate as we saw above.
ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" );
ZonedDateTime zdt = ZonedDateTime.ofInstant( instant , zoneId );
LocalDate localDate = zdt.toLocalDate();

Immutable objects
The java.time classes follow the Immutable Objects design. Rather than alter ("mutate") the value or attributes of a java.time object, a new java.time object is instantiated based on the attributes of the original object.
Generate String
When you want to generate a String to represent the LocalDate value, define a formatting pattern.
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern( "dd/M/yy" );
String output = localDate.format( formatter );

By the way, I strongly advise against the use of two-digit years. The ambiguity raised and issues involved with parsing are not worth the savings of two characters.


The actual continuous maximum working voltage, wave shape (AC, frequency, DC, pulse etc.), duty cycle (short-time/long-term on-off time), operating conditions and severity of application must be first ascertained. SIZE TABLE gives a choice of various conductor sizes/insulation wall thicknesses for the specified working voltage as well as the optimum smallest size (O.D.) cable. For example, for 10 KV AC or 22 KV DC, the cable would be designated as AWG 18/19/30 X 5 CR, with 3.8 mm OD. The first numbers give conductor AWG and stranding; X 5 represents minimum 1.2 5mm (50 mil) radial insulation of CR (Corona Resistant) PTFE. For the same working voltage, above the stepped solid line, a wide choice is available for combination of conductor sizes, strandings, and radial insulation. A careful study of this literature will help the user to properly specify his chooice, or answer our questions, or at least ask the right questions.
The cables must be suitably de-rated for use at higher temperatures, higher altitudes, and higher frequencies, typically to about 40% under combined effect of operation at 20 km altitude at 100°C and at 400 Hz. It should be carefully noted that DC ratings are about 2.25 times the AC (50/60 Hz) ratings. While describing the applications, the voltages must at all places be clearly stated as DC or AC. Distinction must always be made between the actualworking voltage (AC/DC, worst-case, transients, etc.), proof/test voltage (AC or DC), and the desired minimum Break Down Voltage (BDV). Each of these must be accurately and separately specified. Also, the test procedure and the desired tests on end-cut samples and on 100% lengths should be specific.
Insulation Type: CR PTFE is by far the best amongst PVC, silicone, PE, plain PTFE etc.
Frequency of Corona Bombardment: Life is sharply higher for DC voltages but inversely proportional to voltage, from power frequencies to about 100 MHz.
Intensity of Corona increases with increase in applied voltage, altitude, and decrease in conductor size.
Conductor size and Insulation Thickness: The smallest size cable for a given rating has a ration of about 3 between Overall Dia (OD) to Conductor Dia (CD). For higher voltages, the CD, and consequently the OD, has to be increased. Power handling capacity and cable weight considerations may dictate OD to CD ration lower or higher than 3.
SIZE TABLE gives nominal dia of HVCR cables for conductor size ranging from AWG 28 to AWG 10 (7, 19, 37 or larger numbe of strands) with CR insulation thickness ranging from 0.5 mm (20 mils - designated as X 2 CR) to 2.5 mm (100 mils - designated as X 10 CR). The actual continuous working voltage (for 10,000 hour life) ranges from 4 KV to 22 KV AC (or 9 KV to 50 KV DC). Top-right portion of the charte above each step line is the safe selection zone for the voltage specified on each line.
For use upto 200°C, Silver Plated Copper (SPC) conductors are standard; high-strength copper alloy is recommended for sizes finer than AWG 22/19/34 when insulation thickness beyond X 5 is selected. For up tp 260°C, Nickel Plated Copper (NPC), or alloy, or stainless steel conductors can be ordered. Alloy conductors are recommended for high vibration/flex-life applications.
Many types of shielding are available to reduce the corona RFI pick-up on nearby circuits. The shield also equalises high electric fields caused by grounded sharp-pointed objects.
Overall jackets of several types including PTFE are available. All solid or striped (one or two) colours, and formations of HVCR cables into flat bonded or woven, or multicore cables are available. For larger sizes, varnished fibre glass (VFG) jackets are advised because PTFE jackets are difficult to process.
In some recent tests on long samples of AWG 18/19/30 X 10 CR, rated at 16 KV AC/36 KV DC, repeated application of HV DC of 140 KV did not cause any breakdown,. Similarly, for AWG 20/19/32 X 4 CR rated for working 8 KV AC/18 KV DC, no breakdown was found at 115 KV DC applied repeatedly. Work is in progress on 100 KV DC HVCR cables (within 8 mm size), and lighter weight and more flexible HVCR cables.
SELECT GRADED (SG) HVCR cables for up to 30% higher ratings or longer life (than our normal cables of the same size), for critical applications, are available on demand.


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Kanał Domowy – kanał wodny łączący Jezioro Domowe Małe i rzekę Sawica.

Kanał Domowy to ciek wodny, który wypływa z Jeziora Domowego Małego, a poprzez instalację burzową bezpośrednio wpływa do niego także woda deszczowa z ponad połowy powierzchni Szczytna. Poza granicami miasta wpływa do niego także woda z oczyszczalni miejskiej i tu kanał staje się szerszy i zasobniejszy w wodę.

Przez miasto kanał płynie głównie pod ziemią (choć na terenach mniej zurbanizowanych jest otwarty), poza miastem jest kanałem otwartym. Przecina drogę krajową 57 (Bartoszyce-Pułtusk).

Kanał Domowy jest ciekiem bardzo zanieczyszczonym. Wypływa z pozaklasowego jeziora, wpływa do niego woda burzowa z instalacji bez piaskowników i łapaczy tłuszczów. Oczyszczalnia ścieków miasta Szczytna, także  go zanieczyszcza. Fakty te skutkują tym, że Kanał Domowy zanieczyszcza rzekę Sawicę. Można przyjąć, że poniżej punktu połączenia z Kanałem, Sawica zmienia się z II klasy na III.

Przed rokiem 1998 Kanał Domowy wpływał do Sawicy powyżej jeziora Sasek Mały, gdzie rzeka nosi jeszcze nazwę "Zawić". Bieg kanału zmieniono w związku z otwarciem nowej oczyszczalni i zmianą czystości wody.

Funkcje:
 odbieranie nadmiaru wody z jezior Małego i Dużego
 odbieranie wody deszczowej z większej powierzchni miasta Szczytna
 odbieranie wody z oczyszczalni ścieków

Domowy, Kanał
Transport w Szczytnie


So I am working with some transmission data and I am trying to figure out how to find the amount of people within a certain area of transmission within countries (the data set is worldwide). For example, I am trying to find out how many people are within areas of continuous year-round transmission and areas of seasonal transmission by country. I have been able to figure out how to get the percentage of continuous transmission and seasonal transmission by country, but adding in the amount of people within those areas is stumping me. I am working with raster data for the transmission areas and Landsat raster data for demographics. If anyone has any any suggestions I would be grateful. Let me know if I should clarify anything. I know this is a little vague.
Can't you multiply population by proportion of continuous service to get number of people per pixel with continuous service?


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Q: Gradle cannot start Java Following the libgdx tutorial, I created a Gradle project which runs fine on my desk pc but cannot start Java on my laptop.
Both my machines use Gradle 2.10 on Arch Linux 4.3.3-2 with GNOME Shell 3.18.3 and Java 1.8.0_66 OpenJDK.
This is the error I get on my laptop:
$ gradle desktop:run
Configuration on demand is an incubating feature.
:core:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:core:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:core:classes UP-TO-DATE
:core:jar UP-TO-DATE
:desktop:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:desktop:processResources UP-TO-DATE
:desktop:classes UP-TO-DATE
:desktop:run FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':desktop:run'.
> A problem occurred starting process 'command '/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/bin/java''

The file /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk/bin/java exists, has all the necessary permissions for all users and can be executed manually without problems.


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Fantasy Football Report: Week 15
By - Tim Swift
With fantasy playoffs now underway, here's what you need to know heading into Week 15.
1. Big injuries at the wrong time.
Photo by: Steven Senne
Adrian Peterson goes down Sunday with a foot injury, Rob Gronkowski tears his knee all to pieces, and Aaron Rodgers' availability is still up in the air due to a broken collarbone. If Rodgers is on your roster, you probably found his replacement a month ago. However, things are a bit more tricky with Peterson and Gronk. Dennis Pitta could be a prime waiver wire candidate after hauling in 6 receptions and a touchdown in his first game of the year. As far as replacing Peterson goes, Chris Ogbonnaya, Daniel Thomas and Toby Gerhart are all players who could still be available in your respective league. Hey, they're better than nothing.
2. The Josh McCown/Jay Cutler situation in Chicago.
Josh McCown continued his magical run Monday night, turning in one of the two best fantasy performances of Week 14; 348 yards and 5 total scores. In the last three games, McCown has thrown for over 1,000 yards and 8 TDs, making him a top 5 fantasy QB over that span. HC Marc Trestman put to rest any possible controversy by saying that Cutler will be the starter as soon as he's medically cleared. McCown owners can hold out hope that Cutler can't go this week, but you need a backup ready in the event he can. Jason Campbell and Matt Flynn are two options in deeper leagues with good matchups Sunday.
3. The Shane Vereen factor.
One of the players who will benefit greatly from the injury to Rob Gronkowski is Shane Vereen, the third-year man out of California. The 24-year-old has been a great flex play over the last several weeks, especially in PPR leagues. At this point in the season, Vereen has essentially become a tight end. Over the last four games, he has 24 carries and 33 receptions. Regardless of the format, as long as he's getting double-digit targets (and he will), Vereen is a must-start in the playoffs.
4. What does Marques Colston have left?
Colston owners were treated to a nice surprise on Sunday to the tune of 9 catches for 125 yards and 2 scores. It was such a shocker because the 30-year-old had only found the end zone twice all year and only had one 100-yard game entering Week 14. In PPR leagues, where it's much easier to score, Colston has registered six single-digit games this season. The Saints take on St. Louis this week, but even though they have a suspect secondary, it's probably unrealistic to expect a repeat performance from Colston.
5. Charles Clay is stepping up in Miami.
You can make a strong argument that tight end Charles Clay has been the most consistent pass catcher for the Dolphins this season. The third-year man out of Tulsa was basically an afterthought coming into the year, until Dustin Keller blew out his knee in the preseason. Clay leads Miami with 6 receiving touchdowns, and over the last month, he has registered 24 catches. The 24-year-old has been particularly strong in the red zone, leading the Dolphins in targets. Up next is the Patriots with their extremely depleted defense, so Clay should continue his productive ways.
The Underrated 15 For Week 15:
- Quarterbacks
1. Ryan Tannehill
2. Matt Flynn
3. Matt Ryan
- Running Backs
1. Donald Brown
2. Maurice Jones-Drew
3. Ryan Mathews
- Wide Receivers
1. Steve Johnson
2. Cordarrelle Patterson
3. Rod Streater
- Tight Ends
1. Dennis Pitta
2. Garrett Graham
3. Charles Clay
- Defense/Special Teams
1. New Orleans
3. Indianapolis
*Catch me on Fantasy Football Live every Sunday morning from 8:00 till 9:00 on Sports Radio 560 WNSR Nashville, as well as 95.9 FM, or online @ wnsr.com.
Eric Menke December 12, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Better play this week? Brady versus the Dolphins or Big Ben versus the Bengals? I can't decide.
Tim Swift December 12, 2013 at 4:42 PM
Tough cal,l these guys are pretty much rated dead even for Sun, I lean ever so slightly to Big Ben because the Cincy secondary is pretty beat up and they gave Andrew Luck's best day last week. Also I'm a fan if everything is all even, to start the guy who is going on Sun night or Mon night, because you will know exactly how many points they need to win.


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Broken Kitten Whiskers
By Tom Ryan
What Purpose Do the Whiskers of Dogs & Cats Serve?
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Just like fingernails, it's perfectly natural for a kitten's whiskers to break or get damaged. Because they serve such a crucial purpose in your kitten's everyday functioning, though, whiskers that consistently break or fall out are problematic, and a good reason to see a vet.
What Whiskers Do
Whiskers serve two major functions for your kitten: Sensory perception and balance. Her whiskers are actually very sensitive, like supercharged fingertips, and she uses them to feel her way around her world. Because they stick out so far, she can use them to do things like gauge the size of a tight space or detect minute changes in her environment. They help her navigate in the dark, and like a tightrope walker's pole, they allow her to retain a superior sense of balance -- they're practically the source of your cat's superpowers.
Let 'Em Grow
While you may like to trim your own whiskers, you should never mess with your kitten's -- she needs them. Without her whiskers, her ability to get around is severely diminished, and her confidence will be crippled. She won't be able to jump accurately, and it can impede her balance to the point where she can't even stand up without tipping over. It would be like it someone took away your toes, tied your arms behind your back, blindfolded you and spun you around -- not a good way to get around.
Shedding and Re-Growing
You know you should never cut a kitten's whiskers, but that doesn't mean they won't get hurt on their own. It's 100 percent natural for whiskers to fall out and regrow -- they'll come back after a few weeks. She'll shed some whiskers for the first time when she's about 11 weeks old. And don't stress out too much if a few of them look broken or jagged, because kittens love to play rough. It's perfectly normal for her whiskers to take a bit of a licking when she's roughhousing with her littermates.
Signs of Illness
Sometimes whiskers get broken and fall out, and that's fine. But if her whiskers seem like they're always broken, drooping, splitting at the ends or shriveling, it's probably time to see a vet. In the case of a rapidly-growing kitten, she's likely not gaining weight as quickly as she should be, or even losing weight. Take her in for a checkup to make sure that she is in good health and getting the nutrition she needs so that she and her whiskers stay strong.
Do Cat Whiskers Regrow?→
Why Do Cats Knead Their Front Paws?→
What Are the Whiskers on the Top of a Cat's Head?→
Pet MD: Why Do Cats Have Whiskers?
Petside: Cat Whiskers: Don't Cut! (And Other Whisker Tips)
Tom Ryan is a freelance writer, editor and English tutor. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a degree in English writing, and has also worked as an arts and entertainment reporter with "The Pitt News" and a public relations and advertising copywriter with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.


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Мирослав Васильович Добрянський ( 11 листопада 1954) — український художник-аматор. Працює в стилі батального живопису.

Біографічні відомості
Народився в сім'ї вчителів. Після невдалої спроби вступити до Київського художнього інституту навчався на історичному факультеті ЗНУ, який закінчив у 1977 році, отримавши диплом вчителя історії та суспільствознавства. Близько 20-ти років пропрацював педагогом. З 1998 року — держслужбовець Новомиколаївської РДА Запорізької області.

Виставки
1998—1999р — перші виставки у Новомиколаївці, 2002 рік — відкриття історико-культурної експозиції «Ерістівка» в Широкому; 2003 рік — в Хортиці, 2004 рік — у Києві, в рамках творчого звіту майстрів мистецтв Запорізької області, за що відзначений подякою Запорізької облдержадміністрації; 2005 рік — персональна виставка живописних і графічних робіт у Дніпропетровську. У листопаді 2009 року відкрилася постійно діюча експозиція творів Добрянського М. В. «Запоріжжя — колиска козацтва» в м. Запоріжжя. Також підбірка з 30 графічних робіт М. Добрянського демонструється в офісі історико-культурного центру «Хортиця» у Запоріжжі. Займався дизайном та виготовленням меморіальних дощок пам'яті трьох юнаків, котрі загинули в зоні АТО на Сході України.

Твори
У загальному доробку Добрянського більш 150-ти картин та графічних робіт на історичну тематику.

 «Побачення», «Суд козацький, суд праведний» (1987);
 «Гей, за волю, за Україну», «Козацький двобій» (1988);
 «Оборона замку Д. Вишневецького в 1557 році», «Татарський розвідник», «Суперечка курінних отаманів» (1992);
 «Великий початок. Рік 1648» (1997);
 «Відбиваються» (1999);
 «Брацлавський полковник Данило Нечай в бою під Червоним» (2001);
 «Прикрий мені спину, друг» (2002);
 «Бій в Княжих байраках» (2004);
 «Полон знатного шляхтича. Іван Сірко», «Незгода полковника Богуна» (2005);
 «Сутичка з татарами в степу» (2006);
 «Український шляхтич часів Хмельниччини. Автопортрет», «Дорогий гість під Різдво» (2007);
 «Під Пилявою», «Кошовий отаман Гордієнко в таборі Карла XII» (2008);
 «Похід отамана Сірка на Крим, звільнення побратимів», «Запорізька верф», «Під Сінопою», «Неприємність» (2009);

Примітки

Українські баталісти
Уродженці Браїлова


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package org.knowm.xchange.quadrigacx.service;

import java.math.BigInteger;

import javax.crypto.Mac;
import javax.ws.rs.FormParam;

import org.knowm.xchange.service.BaseParamsDigest;

import si.mazi.rescu.RestInvocation;

public class QuadrigaCxDigest extends BaseParamsDigest {

  private final String clientId;

  private final String apiKey;

  private QuadrigaCxDigest(String secretKeyHex, String clientId, String apiKey) {
    super(secretKeyHex, HMAC_SHA_256);
    this.clientId = clientId;
    this.apiKey = apiKey;
  }

  @Override
  public String digestParams(RestInvocation restInvocation) {
    Mac mac256 = getMac();
    mac256.update(restInvocation.getParamValue(FormParam.class, "nonce").toString().getBytes());
    mac256.update(clientId.getBytes());
    mac256.update(apiKey.getBytes());

    return String.format("%064x", new BigInteger(1, mac256.doFinal())).toUpperCase();
  }

  public static QuadrigaCxDigest createInstance(String secretKey, String userName, String apiKey) {
    return secretKey == null ? null : new QuadrigaCxDigest(secretKey, userName, apiKey);
  }
}