The QScrollArea class provides a scrolling view onto another widget.
The scroll bars appearance depends on the currently set scroll bar policies. You can control the appearance of the scroll bars using the inherited functionality from QAbstractScrollArea.
For example, you can set the QAbstractScrollArea::horizontalScrollBarPolicy and QAbstractScrollArea::verticalScrollBarPolicy properties. Or if you want the scroll bars to adjust dynamically when the contents of the scroll area changes, you can use the horizontalScrollBar() and verticalScrollBar() functions (which enable you to access the scroll bars) and set the scroll bars' values whenever the scroll area's contents change, using the QScrollBar::setValue() function.
You can retrieve the child widget using the widget() function. The view can be made to be resizable with the setWidgetResizable() function. The alignment of the widget can be specified with setAlignment().
Two convenience functions ensureVisible() and ensureWidgetVisible() ensure a certain region of the contents is visible inside the viewport, by scrolling the contents if necessary.
When using a scroll area to display the contents of a custom widget, it is important to ensure that the size hint of the child widget is set to a suitable value. If a standard QWidget is used for the child widget, it may be necessary to call QWidget::setMinimumSize() to ensure that the contents of the widget are shown correctly within the scroll area.
If a scroll area is used to display the contents of a widget that contains child widgets arranged in a layout, it is important to realize that the size policy of the layout will also determine the size of the widget. This is especially useful to know if you intend to dynamically change the contents of the layout. In such cases, setting the layout's size constraint property to one which provides constraints on the minimum and/or maximum size of the layout (e.g., QLayout::SetMinAndMaxSize) will cause the size of the scroll area to be updated whenever the contents of the layout changes.
For a complete example using the QScrollArea class, see the Image Viewer example. The example shows how to combine QLabel and QScrollArea to display an image.
See also QAbstractScrollArea, QScrollBar, and Image Viewer Example.
This property holds the alignment of the scroll area's widget.
By default, the widget stays rooted to the top-left corner of the scroll area.
Это свойство было введено в Qt 4.2.
This property holds whether the scroll area should resize the view widget.
If this property is set to false (the default), the scroll area honors the size of its widget. Regardless of this property, you can programmatically resize the widget using widget()->resize(), and the scroll area will automatically adjust itself to the new size.
If this property is set to true, the scroll area will automatically resize the widget in order to avoid scroll bars where they can be avoided, or to take advantage of extra space.
Constructs an empty scroll area with the given parent.
Destroys the scroll area and its child widget.
Scrolls the contents of the scroll area so that the point (x, y) is visible inside the region of the viewport with margins specified in pixels by xmargin and ymargin. Если указанная точка не может быть достигнута, содержимое прокручивается до ближайшего годного положения. Значение по умолчанию для обоих полей равно 50 пикселов.
Scrolls the contents of the scroll area so that the childWidget of QScrollArea::widget() is visible inside the viewport with margins specified in pixels by xmargin and ymargin. Если указанная точка не может быть достигнута, содержимое прокручивается до ближайшего годного положения. Значение по умолчанию для обоих полей равно 50 пикселов.
Sets the scroll area's widget.
The widget becomes a child of the scroll area, and will be destroyed when the scroll area is deleted or when a new widget is set.
The widget's autoFillBackground property will be set to true.
If the scroll area is visible when the widget is added, you must show() it explicitly.
Note that You must add the layout of widget before you call this function; if you add it later, the widget will not be visible - regardless of when you show() the scroll area. In this case, you can also not show() the widget later.
Removes the scroll area's widget, and passes ownership of the widget to the caller.
Returns the scroll area's widget, or 0 if there is none.


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How to Banish Doubt & Create What You Want
By Margaret Blaine on August 4, 2022 in Buddhism In Daily Life, faith/prayer, handling goals, How Are You Chanting?, Manifesting what You Want, Master Your Mind, practical buddhism
I've had a question about how to handle doubt. Why does doubt come up and often remain persistent? We have two sides. Our human side and our spiritual side. Our human side is taught from babyhood to use the rational mind and use our senses to look to our circumstances to determine what we believe […]
Do You Know How the Mind Works to Create Results?
By Margaret Blaine on July 14, 2022 in Buddhism In Daily Life, handling goals, How Are You Chanting?, Manifesting what You Want, Master Your Mind, personal growth, practical buddhism
We have learned a great deal about how the mind works since Nichiren's time. I think it helps to understand how the mind works to create the kinds of results we want to create through chanting. Conscious Mind There are three different major levels of the mind. The first is the rational mind. The […]
Know What to Do When Not Seeing Benefit?
By Margaret Blaine on June 2, 2022 in Buddhism In Daily Life, handling goals, How Are You Chanting?, Manifesting what You Want, Master Your Mind, Obstacles, practical buddhism
Buddhism describes nine levels of consciousness, the ninth level being the level which science would describe as pure potentiality and Buddhism would say is the intelligent life force, the Mystic Law. Daisaku Ikeda would describe this invisible level of life as follows: "In the innermost depths of all beings, there is the primal life-force and […]
Know How to Chant As though Your Goal is Achieved?
By Margaret Blaine on February 3, 2022 in Buddhism In Daily Life, faith/prayer, handling goals, How Are You Chanting?, Manifesting what You Want, Master Your Mind, personal growth, practical buddhism
"Drop the doubt. Begin to live as though your prayers have already been answered." Daisaku Ikeda I have received this question. "How do I chant about a goal as though it's already accomplished, when it's still in the future?" This is an important question because we know that our thoughts are generative. They are […]
Why Do Some Goals Take So Long?
By Margaret Blaine on January 7, 2022 in Buddhism In Daily Life, Experiences, faith/prayer, handling goals, Manifesting what You Want, practical buddhism
I have received a number of questions about why goals haven't been achieved quickly and easily, and sometimes not at all. In this video I am going to explore some of the reasons. The first thing to realize is that chanting is not magic. If chant for something but then take no action towards it, […]
Guidelines to Strengthening Your Goal Setting
By Margaret Blaine on October 7, 2021 in Basics, Buddhism In Daily Life, Experiences, handling goals
I have received a number of questions about how to chant about various situations. Since there have been a number of questions, I think it would be good to review some of the guidelines for chanting. Do You always Need a Goal? You can chant with or without a goal. I know that some people […]
Do You Know the Power of Thought?
By Margaret Blaine on May 6, 2021 in Buddhism Concepts, Buddhism In Daily Life, handling goals, personal growth
To download the transcript, click here. If you look at the nine levels of consciousness in the Buddhist literature the 9th is the fundamental ground of consciousness that is in all things. That level embodies the generative, intelligent power of the universe and we are one with it. That sounds esoteric until you look into […]
Does How You Chant for a Goal, Matter?
By Margaret Blaine on February 4, 2021 in Buddhism In Daily Life, handling goals, How Are You Chanting?, practical buddhism
I have had a question this week. What is the difference between visualizing a goal as already accomplished and forcing a goal? When we envision a goal we can visualize it with a light touch, trusting the infinite to work it out. When you do this you envision the goal as already done, thereby telling […]
Is There A Way to Set More Effective Goals?
By Margaret Blaine on October 1, 2020 in Buddhism In Daily Life, Experiences, faith/prayer, handling goals, Manifesting what You Want, Master Your Mind
I have received number of questions about how to set a goal. What You Will Learn By the end of our time together, I will cover the differences between our human and our infinite side and why ,when connecting with your infinite side through chanting, you must handle setting a goal differently from how we're […]
How Should We Chant About the Virus?
By Margaret Blaine on March 12, 2020 in Buddhism Concepts, Buddhism In Daily Life, faith/prayer, handling goals, Master Your Mind, practical buddhism
I had a question this week. "How should I chant about the COVID-19 ? Before I get into this topic, I just want you to know that these are my opinions. I'm not representing anyone. We all know Buddhism is reason. And I think that reason is important when looking at something as panic producing […]

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Э́двард Э́ддисон Ги́лберт (; 6 июля 1854 — неизвестно) — американский политик, вице-губернатор Небраски. Член  и Популистской партии.

Биография
Гилберт родился в округе Макупин, Иллинойс, а в 1884 году переехал в округ Йорк, Небраска. 1 января 1878 года он женился на Луизе Мей.

В 1889 году Гилберт был членом Палаты представителей Небраски, а в 1899—1901 годах — вице-губернатором штата. В 1900 и 1902 годах он баллотировался на очередной срок, однако потерпел поражение.

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Two heavyweights of England lock horns in this exciting fixture in the Premier League. Tottenham hosts the only undefeated team left in Europe this season, at the Wembley Stadium.
The Spurs will be pleased with their efforts in grinding out a win against the tough Crystal Palace, despite being on the road. A lone goal in the 66th minute by Foyth gifted the three points to the team from London. For a change, Harry Kane was not on the scoresheet.
Chelsea under Maurizio Sarri has really been a different beast in 2018, and Eden Hazard, the wonderboy has started to grow into building his legacy and leaving his mark on the sport on football. He has fearlessly announced his aim to dethrone the stalwarts of the game, Messi, and Cristiano. And the Belgian's performances so far in the season has been backing up his claim.
Chelsea had to settle for a draw against Everton, at home, last weekend. The match remained goalless for the whole of ninety minutes, and Sarri and Co have vowed to make amends in the next game.
Last five head-to-head matches saw three Chelsea wins and two wins for Spurs. Also, the home side had three victories, while the away team recorded two wins.
Spurs are on a winning streak of four matches and has lost only twice in their last 12 outings.
Chelsea is currently the only unbeaten team in Europe and is on a run of 19 matches without a loss.
Tottenham has had a mixed record at home recently, with three of their last six matches resulting in a loss.
Chelsea is unbeaten in their last eight ties on the road, seven of them wins.
Under captain Eden Hazard and gaffer Sarri, Chelsea will bounce back from their recent draw against Everton, at home, and will make amends for that against Spurs. Pochettino's men had a recent slump in form at home and suffered three losses in their last six matches.
Goals will be scarce in this tie, as both teams will play it safe at first and avoid conceding early goals. Later on, the tempo will pick up, and the team who makes the fewer mistakes will walk away with the win.
As things stand, Chelsea has the advantage. Their unbeaten status isn't really threatened to that much of an extent by Spurs, even though they have the home advantage.
Tune in for an exciting match, one which will have lasting effects, come the end of the season.


Not talking about any tech stuff here: I can only recommend pre-selecting a bunch of images. Or pull them out of a category and their subcategories, [like our featured pictures](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Featured_pictures). The [last year's POTY candidates](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_Year/2013/Candidates) are also an excellent choice. The reason is that Wikimedia Commons is not censored and hosts literally all kind of media files.
Thanks Rainer, those categories of photos are gorgeous. Surprisingly, picking absolutely at random also gives nice results most of the time. But it is true that using the script as it is, makes it a bit difficult to use a laptop in public due to the occasional ugly/disturbing picture.


Were You Arrested For Domestic Battery?
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As a former criminal prosecutor, Gary D. Stone realizes that the police often arrest the husband, ex-husband or boyfriend in order to diffuse a situation, regardless of whether or not he is guilty of assault and battery.
Don't let a charge of domestic violence change your life forever. Call an aggressive attorney immediately. At the Stone Law Office, Gary D. Stone defends people accused of domestic violence.
As your attorney, Gary D. Stone interviews eyewitnesses, checks emergency room records and reviews police reports to determine what happened. Mr. Stone makes sure to tell his client's side of the story, to put what happened into context so that all of the facts are presented.
If you are guilty of domestic violence, the court may reduce your sentence if you agree to counseling or get help for any drug or alcohol problems you might have. As your lawyer, Mr. Stone can help you evaluate your options and ask the court to consider a reduction in charges or sentencing.
To discuss your case and evaluate the options available to you, contact domestic violence attorney Gary D. Stone today to schedule a free initial consultation.


All major negative demographic trends — including alcohol poisoning deaths, murder and suicide — have been receding in Russia in the last five years, with life expectancy reaching an all-time high of 71 years in 2013.
When Russia annexed Crimea in March, it added 2.4 million people to the country's population of 143.7 million, prompting several Western observers to put forward the theory that the Kremlin's aim was to offset the effect of the country's long-declining population.
Yet last year, long before the events in Crimea, Russia recorded its first year of natural population growth since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, with the number of births exceeding the number of deaths by 24,013. The trend continued through the beginning of this year, according to data released by the State Statistics Service at the end of May.
The government was quick to recognize and capitalize on the reversal of the negative demographic trends of the past two decades, though demographers are divided over whether the positive trend is sustainable.
"We have reached a qualitatively new level of many living standards, for example average income. These demographic and social development changes were achieved in a very short period, while for many other countries it took decades," President Vladimir Putin told an audience of government officials and senior business executives at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum in late May.
All major negative demographic trends — including alcohol poisoning deaths, murder and suicide — have been receding in Russia in the last five years, with life expectancy reaching an all-time high of 71 years in 2013, according to the Health Ministry, up from 67 in 2007. Russia's birth rate of 1.7 children per woman surpassed the European Union's average of 1.6 in 2012.
But despite the current positive trend, it is far from stable, with two major schools of demographic thought in Russia disagreeing on whether the government will be able to contribute to its further improvement.
Anatoly Vishnevsky, director of the Demography Institute at the Higher School of Economics, warned that Russia's recent population growth is not sustainable, as the next few generations of potential mothers will be those born after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when fewer children were already being born.
"In 2019 there will only be 12.9 million women of the most active maternity age of between 20 to 35, while in 2013 there were 17.2 million, so of course there will be fewer children in the future," he said in emailed comments.
Russia's economy collapsed after the breakup of the Soviet Union, which had a devastating effect on the birth rate as families struggled to make ends meet.
But the government could offset the decrease in the number of women of child-bearing age by introducing more measures to encourage them to have children, said Andrei Korotayev, chief researcher at the Laboratory of Political Demography at the Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.
"The birth rate in Russia began to grow after the government introduced financial incentives for mothers in 2007," he said in a telephone interview.
"This was an unequivocal success, but in order to face new challenges in the future, we will have to introduce even more effective measures," he said.
Russian families are entitled to a certificate for 429,408 rubles ($12,500) after the birth or adoption of a second child. The money can be put toward buying real estate or toward the child's education, or be deposited into the mother's pension account. The Finance Ministry considered scrapping the incentives in 2013, but backed off after widespread opposition among experts and the general public.
Russia has more reasons to be concerned about its birth rate in the future, as life expectancy is growing, putting increased pressure on the pension system. The mortality rate has dropped rapidly in the last few years, mainly due to new legislation restricting the sale and advertisement of alcohol in 2006, demographers interviewed by The Moscow Times said. The general growth of the economy and subsequent rise in prosperity has also contributed to increased longevity, they said.
"Russia will have to raise its retirement age soon: The current ages of 55 for women and 60 for men are already too generous for the country," Korotayev said.
While Russians are drinking less and having more children, the country should not become complacent and be fooled into thinking that its demographic crisis is over, according to Korotayev.
"The danger is that we will get used to the present situation as the new norm, and forget how much effort it took to improve the matter," he said.


GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO/KJCT) Lakewood proved to be too much for Grand Junction as they win in straight sets.
Grand Junction improved the scoring in each game scoring 11, 16 and 19.
The Tigers led midway through the third game but failed to win.
Grand Junction falls to 4-6 and will take on Central on the road at 5:30 P.M. on September 11.


Linux is an open source operating system invented by Linus Torvalds in 1991. The name Linux is pronounced the same as 'Lin' in the word Linen, and this is also how its creator pronounces his name, though some mistakenly pronounce it 'lie nux'. Linux is a UNIX-like operating system which is differentiated from UNIX mostly in that it uses some variant of the kernel Linus invented. Advantages to using Linux include system stability, a number of free applications and languages, and relative security and lack of 'in the wild' viruses.
Because Linux is open source there are different distributions or versions that are maintained by independent groups or companies. The main distributions are as follows.
Once you have a distribution you will have to prepare you hard disk properly. Back up your existing hard drive data in case data recovery is required later, or there is a problem with the installation. You might also choose to use a raid setup to make raid data recovery options possible, especially if you intent to use Linux for a server.
You can install Linux either by downloading a distribution from the Internet, or by downloading an image, which you can burn to a CD, or by purchasing a CD-ROM with a Linux installer.
Once you have Linux installed, you'll want to familiar yourself with UNIX concepts like the command line, and commands available. Most Linux commands are identical or very close to ones commonly available on UNIX systems.
If you're managing a multiple user system, or server, you will need to know the basics of Linux system administration.
Some software requires modifying the core of Linux; the kernel. This is done through recompiling the kernel, installing alternative kernels, or using different kernel models.
A number of things in Linux are customizable. Among the popular things to customize is the Window manager, and its themes. Also different command line shells exist, and aliasing complicated commands to simple words is helpful.
One powerful aspect of Linux is the ability to automate tasks using mini-programs to accomplish redundant or repetitive tasks. Linux generally comes with support for Shell Script, Perl, PHP, and other scripting languages.
Linux is a very network centric operating system. Linux typically comes installed with a web server named Apache, which is the most popular web server. It also has support for file sharing both using the Network File System (NFS), as well as other systems like SMB using SAMBA.
With viruses constantly on the rise, and the economy being tough, Linux can be a safer, and productive alternative to mainstream systems such as Windows. Other UNIX-like systems also about like Mac OS X, a commercial OS from Apple, as well as FreeBSD, and Darwin, which are both UNIX based free systems. Even with all of these choices UNIX like operating systems offer a variety of free software, rugged security features, powerful administration capabilities, and dynamic extensibility.


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Remembering George E. Johnson, Founder Johnson Products Company
November 30, 2016 by admin Black Economics, Black Family, Black History, Business, Featured, General
George Ellis Johnson, Sr. was an African American entrepreneur and founder of Johnson Products Company, a hair care firm, and Independence Bank in Chicago, Illinois. Johnson was born on June 16, 1927 in Richton, Mississippi to Priscilla Johnson. He is perhaps best known for being the first African American to have his company listed on the American Stock Exchange.
In 1929 when Johnson was two years old, he moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother after she separated from his father. He grew up in Chicago, and attended Wendell Phillips High School. At eight Johnson began working as a shoe shine boy and later held jobs as a bus boy, a pin setter at a bowling alley, and paper boy for the Chicago Herald Tribune. In 1944 he dropped out of school and accepted a job as a production chemist for the Samuel B. Fuller cosmetics firm.
Johnson remained at Fuller Cosmetics until 1954 when he left to found his own firm, Johnson Products Company. He and his wife, Joan (Henderson) Johnson, started the company with only $500. Unlike earlier African American cosmetics firms which targeted women, Johnson developed his first products exclusively for male customers. Johnson Products first success was Ultra Wave Hair Culture, which was a hair relaxer for men.
In 1957, Johnson Products released a new hair straightener specifically for women called Ultra Sheen which, unique among such products, could be applied at home. Soon Ultra Sheen surpassed Ultra Wave in sales and popularity. In 1964, Johnson founded Independence Bank in Chicago which by the 1980s had become the largest black-owned bank in the United States. Independence Bank was sold in 1994.
Also in the late 1960s, sensing the growing popularity of "Afro" style hair with the rise of Black Power as a political philosophy, Johnson developed its most famous product, Afro Sheen. By the late 1960s Johnson Products became the principal sponsor of the national television dance show, Soul Train. With markets in Africa, the West Indies, and Latin America by the early 1970s, Johnson Products Company had become the largest African American owned corporation in the United States.
In 1971 Johnson Products Company became the first African American owned corporation listed on the American Stock Exchange. George Johnson also became the first African American to serve on the board of directors of Commonwealth Edison, a large utility corporation in northeastern Ohio. Johnson resigned as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Johnson Products Company in 1989. Johnson Products Company was purchased by the Proctor and Gamble Corporation in 2004, but in March 2009 a consortium of African American investment firms bought the company.
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The Novum Testamentum Graece is the basis for nearly every modern Bible translation. Used by scholars, pastors, students and translators, the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece is the standard and globally preeminent critical edition of the Greek New Testament. The 28th edition includes fundamental revisions for better clarity and usability. The text of Catholic Epistles now incorporates the text-critical insights of the Editio Critical Maior (ECM) of the Greek New Testament—the most recent scholarly research in establishing the Greek text. In addition, newly discovered Papyri 117-127 are listed for the first time, opening up interesting perspectives, particularly on the Acts of the Apostles. The NA28 contains two resources: the morphologically tagged text with apparatus markers, and the critical apparatus.


Werner's class ultimately shone through, and he finished a difficult race on the podium. His third place came after a DNF two years ago. Even this time, preparations were compromised. The team hadn't turned a single lap of testing before the event. With that in mind, the result was all the more impressive. AUTOMOBILSPORT's camera team was along for the ride for the pre-race preparations and the race weekend itself, with a report set to land on our online channels soon. In the meantime, enjoy Werner's first-hand account of his time in the Ferrari, in this issue.
There are more examples of bringing childhood dreams and memories to life in this issue. For instance, the Giro d'Italia Automobilistico. The event was a fantastic adventure across Italy, Group 5 cars competing on what was a mix of rally and circuit stages. What more could you ask for? You can read all about the history of the Giro, which ran between 1973 and 1988, in our cover story – as well as interviews with Riccardo Patrese and Emilio Radaelli plus some insight into the special cars built by the competing manufacturers. This issue also features the second part of Ian Phillips' Leyton House story, and a close look at what Virgilio Conrero did with the Opel GT 48 years ago.


1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg, molasses, and vinegar.
2. Sift flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt. Stir into the creamed butter mixture slowly. Divide the dough into thirds or fourths, pat with flour and wrap each in waxed paper. Chill it for at least 3 hours.
3. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll out the dough to 1/4-inch thick on a floured surface and cut out cookies with a floured gingerbread man cutter.
4. Line baking sheets with parchment paper, and arrange cookies 2 inches apart, and bake for 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to cooling racks. Re-roll dough scraps and continue cutting cookies until all dough is gone.
5. If decorating, pipe the icing* on the cookies using a pastry bag or plastic baggie with one tip cut off. Allow icing to cool completely.
*Don't be afraid to buy tubed decorating icing. It comes in a variety of colors, and it's so easy to apply. Less mess! You can also play around with dried fruits and candies.


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Gordon Henderson researched the exact location for his diorama using historical records and Google Street view. Such painstaking work has really paid off! The use of our materials is brilliant, but it is Gordons work which really nails it.


Students at Lake Windermere Primary School in Salisbury North, South Australia, practise mindfulness every day for 10 minutes and the school community hasn't looked back!
The school reports a significant drop in behavioural issues needing front-office intervention as students intentionally choose kindness and optimism in their lives and change impulsive actions to thoughtful responses. SA Mental Health Commissioner Chris Burns paid a visit to the school and Year 2 students Zaid, Harmonie, Kobi and Arwen generously explained the benefits of mindfulness.


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London: English Westerners' Society, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Best material on Captain French, who commanded Company M, 7th U.S. Cavalry, at Little Big Horn in 1876. Vol. 25 in the EWS Brand Book series. Signed by author. 6769.	More about A Captain of "Chivalric Courage"; Thomas H. French, 7th Cavalry
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Ho, for the Great West; and other original papers to mark the 25th Anniversary of the English Westerners' Society
London: English Westerners' Society, 1980. 1st printing. Paperback. Collection of eight original papers published by The English Westerner's Society marking its 25th anniversary. Introduction by Don Russell. Authors are: Colin Taylor, "Ho, for the Great West, the West of William Blackmore;" Philip J. Rasch, "These Were the Regulators," about the...	More about Ho, for the Great West; and other original papers to mark the 25th Anniversary of the English...
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Colonel Brackett on the Frontier Cavalry
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jack Flaherty got a lift from St. Louis' lineup, and the rookie right-hander made the most of it.
Marcell Ozuna tripled home Martinez and scored on Paul DeJong's double. Jedd Gyorko's RBI single, St. Louis' fifth straight hit, made it 4-0.
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require 'test_helper'

module Tilia
  module Dav
    # Tests related to the MOVE request.
    class HttpMoveTest < DavServerTest
      # Sets up the DAV tree.
      #
      # @return void
      def set_up_tree
        @tree = Mock::Collection.new(
          'root',
          'file1' => 'content1',
          'file2' => 'content2'
        )
      end

      def test_move_to_self
        request = Http::Request.new(
          'MOVE',
          '/file1',
          'Destination' => '/file1'
        )
        response = self.request(request)
        assert_equal(403, response.status)
        assert_equal('content1', @tree.child('file1').get)
      end

      def test_move
        request = Http::Request.new(
          'MOVE',
          '/file1',
          'Destination' => '/file3'
        )
        response = self.request(request)
        assert_equal(201, response.status, response.inspect)
        assert_equal('content1', @tree.child('file3').get)
        refute(@tree.child_exists('file1'))
      end

      def test_move_to_existing
        request = Http::Request.new(
          'MOVE',
          '/file1',
          'Destination' => '/file2'
        )
        response = self.request(request)
        assert_equal(204, response.status, response.inspect)
        assert_equal('content1', @tree.child('file2').get)
        refute(@tree.child_exists('file1'))
      end

      def test_move_to_existing_overwrite_t
        request = Http::Request.new(
          'MOVE',
          '/file1',
          'Destination' => '/file2',
          'Overwrite' => 'T'
        )
        response = self.request(request)
        assert_equal(204, response.status, response.inspect)
        assert_equal('content1', @tree.child('file2').get)
        refute(@tree.child_exists('file1'))
      end

      def test_move_to_existing_overwrite_f
        request = Http::Request.new(
          'MOVE',
          '/file1',
          'Destination' => '/file2',
          'Overwrite' => 'F'
        )
        response = self.request(request)
        assert_equal(412, response.status, response.inspect)
        assert_equal('content1', @tree.child('file1').get)
        assert_equal('content2', @tree.child('file2').get)
        assert(@tree.child_exists('file1'))
        assert(@tree.child_exists('file2'))
      end

      # If we MOVE to an existing file, but a plugin prevents the original from
      # being deleted, we need to make sure that the server does not delete
      # the destination.
      def test_move_to_existing_blocked_delete_source
        @server.on(
          'beforeUnbind',
          lambda do |path|
            fail Exception::Forbidden, 'uh oh' if path == 'file1'
          end
        )
        request = Http::Request.new(
          'MOVE',
          '/file1',
          'Destination' => '/file2'
        )
        response = self.request(request)
        assert_equal(403, response.status, response.inspect)
        assert_equal('content1', @tree.child('file1').get)
        assert_equal('content2', @tree.child('file2').get)
        assert(@tree.child_exists('file1'))
        assert(@tree.child_exists('file2'))
      end
    end
  end
end

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How do I attach a volume to multiple instances in Red Hat OpenStack Platform?
The Launchpad Page states that cinder already has support for sharing a volume between multiple Volumes.
How do I configure a volume to be shared between multiple instances?
While cinder already has the needed bits, nova still lacks this functionality, thus it is not yet ready to be used in Red Hat OpenStack Platform. The upstream development can be followed in this Blueprint.
Red Hat engineering we actively tracking the development in Red Hat RFE 1033180 where this is being incorporated with RHOSP 14 as finally both Nova and libvirt satisfying all requirements.


Bombad Radio: Episode 85 marks the return of Bombad Radio after their summer break, and a great interview with Forgotten Realms author R.A. Salvatore. The discuss his new book The Companions without going into any spoilers. They talk about The Sundering and what this means for the Realms, how the project got started, and they touch a little on Troy Denning and Ed Greenwood's involvement in the project.
For a desolate looking wasteland of sand, Tatooine actually has a variety of lifeforms, some of which show up in John Jackson Miller's Kenobi. From dewbacks and banthas to sarlaccs and krayt dragons, below you'll find a visual gallery of the wildlife of Tatooine.
Krakk! Snit's rear foot struck a hold. Annileen went somersaulting forward, even as the impossible mass of the dewback went aloft underneath her. She saw light as the suns flashed before her eyes–and then darkness as the bulk of the dewback eclipsed them.
And then, nothing. -Kenobi, Chapter Five.
Fan Phenomena: Star Wars edited by Mika Elovaara and published by Intellect Ltd. is out today in paperback and digital formats. You can pick it up through Amazon and Barnes & Noble. The University of Chicago Press has more links for those in the US, and Intellect Books has links for those in the UK.
Gen Con 2013 kicks off today in Indianapolis, IN and runs from August 15-18th. While the spotlight for this convention will be on gaming, there will be quite a few Forgotten Realms and Star Wars authors in attendance including Troy Denning, R.A. Salvatore, Richard Lee Byers, Erin M. Evans, Michael A. Stackpole, David Farland (aka Dave Wolverton) as well as Patrick Rothfuss. You can check out the full details on the official site.


Electric Mini Truck,Easy Cargo mover,Electric Pallet Truck,Ride-type farm vehicle,Ride-on truck,Electric light Lorry by Sifonco Corp.
1. Short distance cargo carry.
2. Dislike the smell of gasoline.
3. Normal truck is too big and too expensive.
4. Particular space, unable to use fuel equipment.. and so on.
for specific people about electric mini truck.
the maintenance is almost nothing, it is worth for developing this item.
1.If the cargo is usually less than 200 kgs, utilize 24Volt control system.
2.If the cargo is more than 400 kgs, utilize 48Volt control system.
make the choice for 24V or 48V.
4.Difference for 24V and 48V: 48V is more powerful and consume more energy.
7.The capacity for LiFePO4 battery pack: 24V60AH or 48V60AH.
8.The 24V60AH battery set is good for working 6 hours.
9. Fixed speeds at 12 km/hour or 15 km/hour or 18km/hour.
10.Tailer made service for load bucket (cargo bed) and battery set.
11.No worry about replacing tires when Solid tires are utilized.
3.(First gear) forward 9 km/hour.
4.(First gear) reverse 3 km/hour.
Concept Car: Four person Surrey quadricycle(ETC-400), take out back seats, put a pallet, add first gear (for climbing slope), prototype.
1. Eco friendly and protect envrironment eductation.
2. Pollution free and zero emission, no harm to human and animals.
3. Save energy and save money.
can do repairs if necessary.
5. Use electric truck to replace gasoline/diesel truck.
Sifonco Corporation – Electric Mini Truck, Easy Cargo mover, Electric Pallet Truck, Electric Light Lorry Truck, Ride-type farm vehicle, Ride-on truck vehicles design and manufacturer,from TAIWAN.
© 2019 SIFONCO CORPORATION, all rights reserved.


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Hi there... How was your week? Well, I feel like I spent more time with my Neti Pot this week than finding good links for you online. I have some sinus/cold situation that is taking its slow time exiting my life. So I apologize for the lack of links! But isn't that space above designed by Jennifer Reynolds pretty amazing?? :) I could spend the entire weekend in that bed!
I won't be spending the entire weekend in bed, but I will take some time to relax, catch up on things around the house, hopefully bake my first layered cake (yikes) and attend a BBQ in honor of Memorial Day. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend and I will see you here next week!
Oooo, what a lovely space. Hope you get some great rest and have an awesome weekend!
Hope you are feeling better soon. Elie has a sinus thing going on too, and Katie has been sneezing all day...something is definitely in the air round here!!!


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Fit: this style fits true to size. Stand-up collar. Long sleeves. Front snap button placket. Chest flap pockets. Dual slit pockets. Faux fur trim. Approx. 27" length (size S). ImportedThis item cannot be shipped to Canada.
A puffer jacket in black by Urban Republic for a winter in comfort and style. Embrace the cold weather season with this cute puffer jacket featuring slant pockets and burgundy faux fur trimmed hoodie for added protection against the wind and cold.


A prom is a semi formal dance usually held at the end of a school year. This much awaited event is help for seniors and encompasses a lot of entertainment for the students. During the prom a prom king and a prom queen is selected among the students. This is a very special title and holds tremendous importance for the students.
The students help out during the prom; some play the role of a DJ while others attend to the punch bowl to ensure no one spikes it with alcohol. A theme makes a prom much more enjoyable. This is because the decorations and entertainment can be planned according to the theme. Here are a few fun prom themes.
A masquerade ball is a masked ball where every individual wears a mask the covers a majority of their face or their entire face. This theme became popular during the 18th century.
A masquerade ball themed prom would be a very interesting theme to have. It would create an atmosphere of suspense and mystery. The unmasking could happen just before the prom king and queen is declared.
Candy is enjoyed by all teenagers. You could extend this enjoyment by incorporating it into one of their major nights. The prom venue could be converted into a candy land, an imaginary land where everything is made of candy.
The decorations could include tall cupcake stands with colorful cupcakes, giant lollipop handouts, an entrance made with giant candy cane and so on.
A unique and different prom theme is that of a haunted one. Proms are generally associated with magic or romance and thus the themes are expected to be pretty and beautiful. A haunted theme would be a different yet enjoyable way to spend this night.
A haunted house could be placed adjacent to the dance floor to provide a break from the dance floor. The decorations could be done with rope spider web and fog machines. Underclassmen could be dressed up as monsters and ghosts to provide the scare element.
Alice in Wonderland is a theme where one could experiment with a lot of wacky decorations. The entrance could be shaped in the form of a rabbit hole and the dance floor could represent a croquet ground.
Other notable decorations could include hat centerpieces, giant flowers and branches for people to take pictures in front of. Various scenes from the novel could be recreated to give the theme a sense of authenticity.
The beautiful atmosphere of Pandora could be the perfect setting for a prom. It would be very enjoyable for the prom goers. Underclassmen could be dressed up as navi inhabitants and pose for pictures with the seniors.


Income, Savings, Monthly expenses, and Debt .
All of these are important factors in determining how much of a mortgage you can afford and it's impact on your monthly budget and your lifestyle.
The following categories are a guide. Once you review these and feel comfortable that you can qualify as a first time home buyer, set up an appointment with a Mortgage Broker and let them help you determine the best course of action to take.
What is your monthly income? What is your combined Income?
Besides your Incomes from work are their other sources you want to include?
In most situations purchasing a home will require that you have a sufficient amount of savings or liquid assets that can be used for your down payment and closing costs. If you don't have much of cash available, there are loan programs available (through FHA and VA mortgage programs) that do not require a lot of cash at closing.
There are some closing costs that you cannot finance through your loan and this is where working with a Realtor can really begin to pay off. Experienced Realtors are aware of available programs for first time home buyers' in your area, or can help you identify down payment grants available to government employees like teachers, police officers, fire fighters, EMT, etc. through local, state or federal government programs.
Once you have this information in hand, sit down with a Mortgage Broker and review your options and find out what your home buying potential is!


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Landmark Investment in Our National Parks Is Underway
On first anniversary of Great American Outdoors Act, critical repairs across the country have started
Article August 3, 2021 By: Marcia Argust Read time:
Projects: U.S. Public Lands and Rivers Conservation
In 2019, Rocky Mountain National Park recorded 4.7 million visits, with visitors spending over $313 million in gateway communities and supporting over 4,460 jobs. Improvements from the Great American Outdoors Act will mean a better visitor experience for tourists, whose visits support the local community.
The National Park System is one of America's greatest treasures, but it has become tarnished over the last century. Deteriorating historic buildings, crumbling roads, worn campgrounds, eroding trails, and outdated sewer and electrical systems have led to a backlog of repairs that will cost billions of dollars to fix.
Congress addressed this challenge last year, however, when it approved the Great American Outdoors (GAO) Act, which was signed into law in August 2020, directing up to $6.65 billion of non-taxpayer funds over five years to priority park repairs. The act, which passed Congress with overwhelming bipartisan support, also provides nearly $3 billion for maintenance needs at other land management agencies and the Bureau of Indian Education, and it permanently funds the Land and Water Conservation Fund. The landmark law is financed by mineral revenues, such as royalties, from energy development that occurs on federal land and waters. It represents the biggest congressional investment in the National Park Service (NPS), the 100-plus year agency that manages our parks, since World War II.
The NPS has been moving quickly to undertake repairs, using a detailed process to prioritize assets and restoration needs, undertaking planning, design and compliance work, and sharing specific project lists for fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022 for congressional review and approval. Its list of fiscal 2021 park projects will cost approximately $1.3 billion. The GAO Act has jump-started significant work that includes replacing bridges and roads, restoring historic structures, and modernizing outdated and unsafe facilities. These projects protect visitor access and preserve pieces of history and, critically, will support jobs. The more than 300 million visitors to national parks in 2019 spent an estimated $21 billion in local gateway communities, supporting over 340,000 jobs.
The Pew Charitable Trusts is among many stakeholder groups that are closely monitoring and providing feedback on the rollout of GAO Act funds. On March 11, Pew sent a letter to NPS Acting Director Shawn Benge that provided a number of recommendations to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the act. Recommendations included choosing repair projects that are deemed to be "highest" and "high" priorities; considering a park unit's plan and anticipated ability to sustain a project over time; providing for stakeholder engagement, transparency with the public, and frequent communication with key congressional committees; and creating opportunities for public-private collaboration and partnership with federal agencies, Friends groups, and service organizations to leverage GAO Act funding.
As the Great American Outdoors Act celebrates its first anniversary, it is achieving significant progress in making park sites safe and accessible for visitors for decades to come by working through the maintenance backlog within our National Park System.
Here are snapshots of several of the improvements being undertaken and the sites that will receive inaugural support from the Great American Outdoors Act. For a full list of Great American Outdoors Act projects for fiscal 2021, please visit: https://www.doi.gov/budget/gaoa.
Access to spectacular overnight camping spots will be upgraded
Tuolumne Meadow campers seek out Siesta Lake for picnicking and swimming.
Don Graham Flickr
Yosemite National Park, California
AMOUNT: $26.2 million
PROJECT: Rehabilitate the Tuolumne Meadows Campground
Tuolumne Meadows Campground has more than 300 campsites and receives 141,000 visitors annually. This GAO Act investment includes more than $26 million to improve campground roads, tent pads, picnic tables, fire rings, food storage containers for bear protection, and other amenities.
Ohanapecosh campground, set to receive upgrades, is within hiking distance of an island known as the Grove of the Patriarchs. Campers look forward to traversing the river to see the old growth trees there.
Sfgamchick Flickr
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
AMOUNT: $2.8 million
PROJECT: Rehabilitate Ohanapecosh campground
The Ohanapecosh campground is open from May until October and receives 100,000 visitors annually. This funding will improve campground facilities through grading camp sites, repairing fire grates and picnic tables, and converting facilities to meet Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards for visitors with disabilities.
The ranger station at Moraine Park Campground offers educational services and hiking maps to visitors.
Robin Kanouse Flickr
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
PROJECT: Moraine Park Campground electrical distribution and rehabilitation of Headquarters East Water System
The Moraine Park Campground's deferred maintenance encompasses outdated critical infrastructure, including the electrical and water and wastewater systems. Visitors will benefit from replacing above-ground primary electrical distribution lines; addressing drainage issues at campsites; improving accessibility at campsites, comfort stations, and toilets; rehabilitating the ranger station and entrance kiosk; and adding food lockers to campsites.
America's historic structures will be rehabilitated
The Statue of Liberty has millions of dollars in repair needs and the Great American Outdoor Act will help preserve the iconic American treasure.
Statue of Liberty National Monument, New York
PROJECT: Rehabilitate the terreplein and the related levels above, repair the pedestal, and rehabilitate Main Immigration Building exterior components
Many people gaze at the Statue of Liberty, but some overlook its pedestal and foundation that help lift her up high over Upper New York Bay. New funding will help repair the statue's base; money also will be used to make needed repairs to the Main Immigration Building on Ellis Island, where nearly 12 million immigrants were processed. This is where park visitors learn about the experience of entering America during the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Important roadways and thoroughfares within the National Park System will be fixed
On the popular Going-to-the-Sun Road at Glacier National Park, red "jammer" buses have been ferrying passengers since the 1930s.
Danita Delimont Alamy Stock Photo
Glacier National Park, Montana
PROJECT: Rehabilitate final 9.3 miles of Going-to-the-Sun Road and replace bridge over McDonald Creek
This project will fix a portion of Going-to-the-Sun Road near Lake McDonald in the southwestern part of the park. The road is the main east-west avenue through the park and crosses the Continental Divide. In addition, a bridge spanning Upper McDonald Creek will be replaced with one that allows visitors to stroll across the riverway.
This sinkhole along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in May 2019 snarled traffic and hindered vehicle safety. It is just one example of why a section of the parkway received Great American Outdoor Act priority repair funding.
George Washington Memorial Parkway, Virginia
AMOUNT: $207.8 million
PROJECT: The project will reconstruct 7.6 miles of the George Washington Memorial Parkway between Spout Run and I-495 near Washington, D.C.
Twenty-six million visitors annually travel on this section of the George Washington Memorial Parkway. Among other amenities, this project will rehabilitate the north section of the parkway, preventing emergency sinkhole events and increasing driver and passenger safety on this stretch of road that is a designated evacuation route for the nation's capital.
Marcia Argust directs The Pew Charitable Trusts' U.S. public lands and rivers conservation project.
Marcia Argust Director
Fact Sheet December 23, 2020
Why We Need to Fix Our Parks, 2020
The National Park Service (NPS) is over 100 years old, and the infrastructure and facilities at the more than 400 sites it manages nationwide are aging. Add wear and tear from visitors and inconsistent annual funding, and the park service can't keep pace with needed repairs. NPS' maintenance backlog has grown to an estimated $13.1 billion, and more than half of that is for highest-priority assets.
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America's national parks are more popular than ever, but they're facing serious challenges. Aging infrastructure and decades of underfunding have resulted in a backlog of maintenance repairs that is estimated at nearly $11.3 billion.
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Bearwood Lakes Golf Club, Berkshire is an 18 hole, par 72 (6850 yards), private, parkland golf course designed by Martin Hawtree.
Visitors: Visitors may only play at Bearwood Lakes as an invited guest of a member.
79 ratings & 57 reviews on Golfshake. Ranked 53 out of 2074.
What the club says: Bearwood Lakes is an oasis of calm and beauty set in the midst of one of the most commercially vibrant areas of Europe. With a backdrop of mature oak, lime and beech and surrounded by Scots pine, it's undulating terrain rolls along the banks of Bearwood Lake, with dramatic views of the whole Bearwood Estate.
Always a pleasure to play here and can't wait for the greens to be as good as they normally are.
Such a beautiful course. Even though the fairways have been heavily worked on/maintained mid August - still a gorgeous course. Love my biannual trip there!
Practice facilities are second to none and i play courses all over the country!
Always a great course to play at - well set out and designed. Great practise facilities and beautiful clubhouse.
Course was not at its best due to the conditions but i know it will be first class in the summer - so a price worth paying.
Always love playing at Bearwood. Great setting, excellent condition and very professional staff!
Really great course - good layout and very good test of golf. Fantastic condition and well worth playing there.
Amazing day at BWL. Always a pleasure to play there. The tees, fairways, greens are just top class. The scenery is just wonderful. The locally sourced sausages make the best all day breakfast 'bap' ever. Finishing a round with 2 + 2 drinks for £15 is a bargain in such a first class club house. The course is immaculate (though there was a lot of green keepers out on machinery today (which slowed things up a touch) ....I've never seen so many mowers and 'blowers' as today - that is definitely a first for me to see green-keepers blowing debris off the fairways .... so that's how they keep their pristine condition!
Fantastic set up, course in great condition. Only minor gripe greens look like they have a issue starting to appear, moss dead areas, have played course before and greens were immaculate. Still a good test of golf.
Fantastic course and very scenic. Would defintely play it again.
Such a gorgeous course. Always in immaculate condition. Some of the fairways were spongy and like luxury carpet. I love playing here a couple of times every year as a guest. Amazingly the greens were slowest ever.
Very pretty course for this time of year. Greens were in excellent condition and can't wait for the spring to see what this course really offers.


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Q: How to use ks test for 2 vectors of scores in python? I am trying to figure out how to determine whether to reject or not the null hypothesis using ks-test.

*

*In matlab there is a function named kstest2 decides if it should reject $H_0$. I want to use python scipy function
ks_2samp but it returns the p-value and the $\alpha$, how can I
determine if one should reject $H_0$ given those 2 parameters ?

*If I have 2 vectors of scores per day, how can I use Matlab/python kstest2 to see if the are distributed the same?

*Is there a clean way to change the scores vector to a continuous distributed vector?

A: *

*Simply compare the p-value to your desired significance level. If your p-value is less than (or equal to) your significance level (your chosen type I error rate, $\alpha$), you should reject the null hypothesis. (You may need to brush up your understanding of how hypothesis testing works.)

*If you mean you want to combine information across many days, it depends on whether the days are going to share a distribution (within the two different groups of things being compared in the test) or not, but one approach that works in either case would be to test the distribution of p-values for uniformity against the alternative that it's typically smaller. That would give an overall test that would apply over many days. However, if you're testing every day, you may want to consider the properties of such a procedure.

*No. If you don't have continuous distributions you probably shouldn't be doing a KS test at all; it won't have the usual properties (e.g. type I error rates will be too low, power will be low).

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Juanfernándezpetrell (Pterodroma externa) är en fågel i familjen liror inom ordningen stormfåglar.

Utseende
Juanfernándezpetrellen är en stor (43 cm) och gråvit petrell. Ovansidan grå med ett svart "M" över vingarna och ibland med en vitaktig hästsko vid stjärtroten. Undersidan är vit, även undersidan av vingen, med smal svart bakkant, svart spets, smal svart framkant från vingspets til knogen och ett kort och tydligare svart band mot mitten av vingen från knogen.

På huvudet syns en svart hjässa som sträcker sig nedanför ögat. Den är större och har annorlunda vingteckning än överlappande stejnegerpetrellen, medan hawaiipetrellen har mörkare hjässa och mer svart på undersidan av vingen.

Utbredning och systematik
Fågeln häckar endemiskt på Isla Alejandro Selkirk, en av Juan Fernández-öarna utanför Chiles kust. Utanför häckningssäsongen lever den pelagiskt i tropiska och subtropiska östra Stilla havet, norrut till Hawaiiöarna, och ses regelbundet utanför Mexikos västra kust. Tillfälligt har den påträffats i Australien, Japan och Nya Zeeland. Den behandlas som monotypisk, det vill säga att den inte delas in i några underarter.

Levnadssätt

Häckning
Denna fågel är en havslevande art som mycket sällan kommer nära land annat än för att häcka. På Isla Alejandro Selkirk häckar den i utgrävda bohålor på sluttningar i ormbunksskogar (Dicksonia externa), i stånd av lågvuxna ormbunkar, i närliggande gräsmarker samt utmed öppna bergsryggar på mellan 600 och 1150 meters höjd. Den lägger ett enda ägg mellan mitten av december och början av januari som kläcks i februari-mars

Föda
Juanférnandezpetrellen lever förmodligen huvudsakligen av bläckfisk (Ommastrephidae) och flygfisk. Den är beroende av predatorer som gulfenad tonfisk för att driva upp föda till ytan.

Status
Juanfernándezpetrellen har en stor världspopulation på åtminstone tre miljoner invidiver och det finns inga konkreta bevis på att arten minskar i antal. Trots det kategoriserar internationella naturvårdsunionen IUCN arten som sårbar med tanke på dess mycket begränsade utbredningsområde och noterar att om exempelvis införda predatorer skulle orsaka en minskning i beståndet, skulle arten uppgraderas till akut hotad.

Namn
På svenska har fågeln även kallats chilepetrell.

I kulturen
Juanfernándezpetrellen finns på ett julfrimärke från Palau 1987 med valören 22 cent.

Noter

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 Bilder och filmer på Internet Bird Collection
 Läten på xeno-canto.org

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Whoda Thunk All-Star Pitcher CJ Wilson Is Also a Badass in a Race Car?
CJ Wilson is getting ready to trade in his mitt for a very different type of glove.
By Marshall Pruett
CJ Wilson Racing
Major League Baseball pitcher CJ Wilson isn't ready to hang up his glove and cleats, but the reasons to consider a career change are becoming more obvious with each lap of testing.
The two-time MLB All-Star, presently a free agent, has turned his full attention to driving, and with his CJ Wilson Racing team already aligned with IMSA's Continental Tire Series, the lefty has a clear path to becoming a two-sport professional.
The maturation process for Wilson, conducted in 991.2-spec Porsche GT3 Cup car, has been aided by CJWR veteran Marc Miller whose skills and experience in sports car racing have accelerated the Californian's development in the cockpit.
Wilson, left, with Miller at TWS.
Andris Laivins
Based on the footage from Wilson's test this week at the retro-fabulous Texas World Speedway facility, the combination of Miller's coaching and CJ's talent will soon have the team owner preparing to make his first professional start in IMSA.
"It's great to take another step towards my goals," Wilson told RoadandTrack.com. "We had a chance to burn through two sets of tires today and I made a lot of progress. Having Marc as my coach was incredibly helpful because we have a lot of faith in each other and communicate using the same terms. Having sat in driver debriefings for the past six years with the race team I was able to take all the input logically and make progress each session.
"The only odd thing about the test is that nobody else was here, which was the first time I have ever been on a track completely alone, so when we did a race simulation I had to use my imagination. TWS is a really fast and bumpy track. I expected Rick from The Walking Dead to lead a pack of people to come over-run our trailer. I don't expect my next outing to be as 'Twilight Zone." Looking forward to getting back in the car in ten days and pick up where I left off."
According to Miller, the timing is right to welcome his boss into the driver rotation starting at the next Continental Tire Series race.
"CJ did great today, but I expected as much," said Miller, whose resume includes racing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in IMSA's top-tier WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. "He is logical and methodical which makes him easy to help and that translated into a very quick progression along the learning curve. Like any professional athlete though he is never truly satisfied because he wants to be perfect, so we definitely speak the same language in that regard. He took quickly to the new Porsche GT3 Cup car. It is confidence inspiring and such a capable platform so that suited him well in getting up to speed.
"We were able to get a lot of track time at TWS, which is now late in its life and a bit of a ghost town environment, which is quite ironic seeing as it's the spot where CJ's driving career, in a proper race car, begins. Overall it as a successful first outing and I look forward to working with CJ this season. I expect he will have a solid debut at Sebring. He better or I'm likely fired."


Welcome to the Richter Scale! I'm Grant Richter, and this is where I talk about stuff.
I'll be perfectly honest, when Herman came to me with the idea of writing a weekly blog post, I wasn't entirely on board. I've run a few blogs before, each one devoted to a specific character. Every time I start one it's the most fun thing in the world and it feels like it's going to be my jam for the rest of my life. After a few months, though, because I'm fairly mercurial, I lose my enthusiasm for said character and, while I can talk about a subject all day long, spending a week writing a blog post in that mindset can feel a lot like work.
I'd actually typed out the words "I don't want to to promise anything…", but before I hit Send, Herman hit me up with those most magical and wonderful of words "You can write about whatever you want".
I can definitely do that.
Also Cable. Expect frequent mentions of Cable.
I hope you think the things that fall out of my brain into the blogosphere are interesting and amusing. Also, if there is a title, a run, an issue, a theme, creator, etc in comics that you have strong feelings about, and you are curious as to how it filters through the shenanigans that are my thought processes, feel free to hit me up here on the site, or on Twitter @BrotherAskani and I'll see what I can do.


FAFSA stands for Free Application for Federal Student Aid (fafsa.gov). FAFSA is a program under Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education. It is used to apply for federal student financial aid, such as the Pell Grant, student loans, and college work-study.
Yes. No matter what your financial situation is. Apply. Your circumstances may change throughout the academic year. By applying for the FAFSA, the process to have aid available to you will be a quicker process.
Apply for each academic year as soon as possible after October 1st at fafsa.gov. The sooner you apply the more availability of funds and the less likely you will be stressed out in getting all your finances in order.
Include this school code for Minnesota State Mankato.
There are several steps to the financial aid process. This overview will give you an idea of the order in which the financial aid process happens.
An online tool from the Minnesota Office of Higher Education estimates the amount of federal, state, and University-based grants, along with federal education tax benefits, that may be available to you.


Longines has revamped its online presence in the UK, and added the option for customers to buy direct from the brand.
The update, which has been live for around a week, looks to combine support for Longines retail partners on one hand, while inviting consumers to complete their purchase online.
Longines.co.uk offers a same day delivery service to central London locations, next day delivery service to the rest of the UK.
All watches are sold with Longines' 2 year international warranty.
An elegant feature of the website is what Longines calls a comparator, which allows customers to select three watches and look at them side-by-side, comparing the look, features and prices of each piece.
The site also allows customers to search all watches based on availability, so they can avoid browsing watches that are not in stock.


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Criminology (B.A.)
Min IELTS average: 6.5 (Min Reading: 6.0, Min Writing: 6.0, Min Listening: 6.0, Min Speaking: 6.0)
22,956 CAD
As a criminology student, you'll delve into the exciting world of crime, criminals, victims and the law. Criminology isn't like an episode of CSI; while forensics are part of what you'll study, your classes will also draw on sociology, psychology and law to examine what defines a crime, why people commit them and how society responds. You'll get a well-rounded education that emphasizes critical thinking, communication and writing skills – which just about every employer you meet wants to see.
Wilfrid Laurier University (commonly referred to as WLU or simply Laurier) is a public university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Laurier has a second campus in Brantford and offices in Kitchener, Toronto and Chongqing, China. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. The university offers undergraduate and graduateprograms in a variety of fields, with nearly 15,000 full-time undergraduate students, over 900 full‑time grad students and nearly 3,000 part-time students as of Fall 2016. Laurier's varsity teams, known as the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks, compete in the West Conference of the Ontario University Athletics, affiliated to the U Sports.
#1: most sustainable campus in Ontario (2017, Corporate Knights)
#1: national ranking in "student career services" (CERIC)
#1: national ranking in "satisfaction with decision to attend Laurier" (2017 and 2018, Maclean's)
#1: national ranking in "course instructors" (2017, Maclean's)
#1: national ranking in "residence living and extracurricular activities" (2017, Maclean's)
#1: Laurier has the largest business degree co-op program in Canada
Co-op and Employment Facts
99.8%: graduates from 2017 who have secure employment or undertook postgraduate studies after graduation
900: employers who recruit co-op students at Laurier every year
4,900: co-op jobs posted every year
9,000: co-op interviews held every year
70%: Laurier co-op students who find employment in and around Toronto
7,300: one-on-one appointments at Laurier's Career Centre every year
700+: events and workshops held at Laurier's Career Centre every year
Laurier's Waterloo Campus is located in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The majority of the University's faculties reside at the Waterloo Campus, including Business, Arts, Science, Music, and Health. Altogether, approximately 15,000 students attend classes at the Waterloo campus.
Laurier's Brantford Campus is located in Brantford, Ontario, approximately 50 km south of the campus in Waterloo. The campus opened its doors in 1999 with a total of 39 students in its inaugural year. As of January 2015, there were 2,625 full-time students, and an unstated number of part-time students, enrolled at the school. In late 2017, Laurier estimated a total of over 3,000 students.
Kitchener campus
In the Fall of 2006 the Faculty of Social Work (previously on the Waterloo campus) moved to downtown Kitchener. Located on Duke St. it moved into the old St. Jerome's High School which was designated a heritage site by the City of Kitchener. This move allowed the students to be closer to the community and social service agencies with which they are partnered. Also in an effort to partner better with the community and make the building more welcoming, faculty and staff held such events as the Political Coffee House Series, several all-candidates debates and the Expressions of Social Justice Festival


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Politics|Obama Warns U.S. Faces Diffuse Terrorism Threats
Obama Warns U.S. Faces Diffuse Terrorism Threats
President Obama on Wednesday at West Point, where he laid out his foreign policy plan for his final two and a half years in office.CreditCreditGabriella Demczuk/The New York Times
By Mark Landler
WEST POINT, N.Y. — President Obama tried once more to articulate his vision of the American role in the world on Wednesday, telling graduating cadets here that the nation they were being called to serve would seek to avoid military misadventures abroad, even as it confronts a new set of terrorist threats from the Middle East to Africa.
Speaking at the commencement of the United States Military Academy, Mr. Obama disputed critics who say his cautious response to crises like Syria's civil war and Russian aggression toward Ukraine had eroded America's leadership in the world. Those critics, he said, were "either misreading history or engaged in partisan politics."
But for a president who has promised to take the United States off a permanent war footing, Mr. Obama painted an unsettling portrait of the world, 13 years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The nation, he said, had, in effect, traded Al Qaeda in Afghanistan for a more diffuse threat from extremists in Syria, Nigeria, Somalia, Yemen, Mali and other countries.
A day after announcing that the last American soldier would leave Afghanistan at the end of 2016, Mr. Obama told a new class of Army officers that some of them would be sent on murkier missions, helping endangered nations deal with their own terrorist groups.
In the only new policy announcement of the speech, he called on Congress to finance what he called a Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund, with up to $5 billion to provide training in these operations to vulnerable countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey, all neighbors of Syria.
President Obama gave a commencement speech at West Point on Wednesday, describing his foreign policy vision as one in which "American isolationism is not an option."CreditCreditGabriella Demczuk/The New York Times
"We have to develop a strategy that matches this diffuse threat; one that expands our reach without sending forces that stretch our military too thin, or stirs up local resentments," Mr. Obama declared. "We need partners to fight terrorists alongside us."
The president has spoken before about the threat from terrorism, most notably in a speech last May at the National Defense University. But on those occasions he had taken pains to note that the threat was on a lesser scale than the Sept. 11 attacks and could be dealt with "smartly and proportionately."
On Wednesday, his language was more ominous: "For the foreseeable future," he said, "the most direct threat to America at home and abroad remains terrorism."
Mr. Obama singled out Syria, which he said was becoming a haven for extremists, a situation that his critics have attributed in part to his own unwillingness to take more aggressive action. While pledging to strengthen American support for the opposition — something he has done several times before — the president did not discuss expanding the C.I.A.'s covert training program for Syrian rebels in Jordan, perhaps bringing in the military, an option that is being discussed inside the administration.
A senior administration official said after the speech that the White House was consulting with Congress about ways to expand the military's role in counterterrorism operations. But he declined to say whether the administration had decided on a bigger Pentagon role in Syria and noted there were other ways to help the opposition.
President Obama discussed climate change in his speech at West Point, saying he intends "to make sure America is out front in putting together a global framework to preserve our planet."CreditCreditJim Watson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Little in Mr. Obama's tone suggested he had dropped his reluctance to get involved militarily in Syria, a position that has not changed despite three years of war and a death toll above 160,000.
"I made a decision that we should not put American troops into the middle of this increasingly sectarian war, and I believe that is the right decision," Mr. Obama said. "But that does not mean we shouldn't help the Syrian people stand up against a dictator who bombs and starves his own people."
Weeks in the drafting, the president's speech was meant to be a wide-ranging rebuttal to critics who say he should have done more to curb the bloodshed in Syria or stop Russia's takeover of Crimea. But it also rejected arguments that the United States should retreat from its post-World War II centrality in global affairs.
Mr. Obama instead called for a middle course between isolationism and overreach, citing the international coalition the United States had mobilized to counter Russia's aggression in Ukraine as an example of how to use American muscle "without firing a shot."
"America must always lead on the world stage," the president said. "But U.S. military action cannot be the only — or even primary — component of our leadership in every instance. Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail."
West Point, with its 1,064 graduating cadets in full dress uniform, offered a grand backdrop for Mr. Obama's foreign policy blueprint. But he got a subdued reception under leaden skies and chilly wind, which left family members of the cadets, many in shirt sleeves and sundresses, shivering in the stands of the football stadium.
One line that did bring a burst of applause, mainly from parents, came when Mr. Obama told the graduates they might be the first class since 2001 not sent to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan. It was a very different theme than in 2009, when he came here to announce the United States would send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
Mr. Obama presented Afghanistan as a mission all but fulfilled and described a world of threats that require a more targeted and varied American response. He also repeated a call for the United States to be more transparent about its counterterrorism operations — something on which it has made scant progress since last year.
"When we cannot explain our efforts clearly and publicly, we face terrorist propaganda and international suspicion," Mr. Obama said. "We erode legitimacy with our partners and our people; and we reduce accountability in our own government."
The president once again pledged to be more open about America's secret wars, saying that drone strikes "like those we've carried out in Yemen and Somalia" need to be explained publicly to counter militant propaganda. He did not mention Pakistan, which for a decade has been the epicenter of America's drone wars, but where the United States government still considers the strikes, carried out by the C.I.A., a covert action. But he reiterated a vow to transfer the drone strikes and other counterterrorism operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, a pledge he made a year ago, but which has been unfulfilled because of turf fights and congressional resistance.
A nearly deserted base in Iraq in December 2011. President Obama said troops will be out of Afghanistan by the end of 2016.CreditPool photo by Mario Tama
Mr. Obama has been deeply frustrated by the criticism of his foreign policy, which during his first term was generally perceived as his strong suit. He has lashed out at critics, whom he accuses of reflexively calling for military action as the remedy for every crisis.
On a trip to Asia last month, Mr. Obama described his foreign policy credo with a baseball analogy: "You hit singles, you hit doubles; every once in a while we may be able to hit a home run." But, he added, the overriding objective is to avoid an error on the scale of the Iraq war.
In private conversations, the president has used a saltier variation of the phrase, "don't do stupid stuff" — brushing aside as reckless those who say the United States should consider enforcing a no-fly zone in Syria or supplying arms to Ukrainian troops.
At West Point, a 212-year-old institution on a bluff overlooking the Hudson River, Mr. Obama struck a loftier tone, quoting Dwight D. Eisenhower on the folly of war and John F. Kennedy on the need for peace based on "a gradual evolution in human institutions."
Mr. Obama said the Iran nuclear negotiations and a new climate-change accord would be among his top foreign policy priorities for his final two and a half years in office, noting tartly that a deal on climate change would be a stretch "if a whole lot of our political leaders deny that it is taking place."
To make his case for the United States as the ultimate guarantor of an international order, the president drew on the example of Russia and Ukraine. Far from conceding the episode was a setback, he said American leadership in putting together an international coalition and imposing sanctions had thrown President Vladimir V. Putin on the defensive.
"This mobilization of world opinion and institutions served as a counterweight to Russian propaganda, Russian troops on the border and armed militias in ski masks," Mr. Obama said.
Mark Mazzetti contributed reporting from Washington.
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An American F-15E Just Shot Down An Armed Drone Over Syria
Gary Wetzel
Filed to:Drones
An American F-15E shot down a suspected pro-Syrian government drone in southeastern Syria today after it "dropped one of several weapons it was carrying near a position occupied by Coalition personnel who are training and advising partner ground forces in the fight against ISIS", according to the CENTCOM news release.
The drone was not identified but was described as being similar in size to the American made MQ-1 Predator. Since 2014, the Iranian Shaeed 129 UAV has been operating over Syria and is very similar in size to the Predator. With Iran's steadily growing involvement in the Syrian conflict, it seems most likely that this type of UAV was the type shot down, though no official confirmation has been made.
The weapon fired by the pro-Syrian drone apparently did not hit its target near At Tanf, instead striking 'dirt', according to a spokesman for CENTCOM. The training garrison near At Tanf has been the center of increased tension among Syrian-backed forces and Coalition forces as pro-regime fighters have come under attack by American air power several times, even as recently as Tuesday. A 34-mile wide deconfliction zone has been established by the U.S. around the base at At Tanf and the U.S. has issued repeated warnings to opposing elements regarding their advance on the base.
The timing of this engagement, provided it was in fact an Iranian UAV, is very interesting. Just yesterday an Iranian news outlet posted on YouTube a video purportedly from an Iranian UAV as it flew near an American drone. The drone in the video is a Predator but it cannot be confirmed when or where the video was obtained.
The Shaeed 129 is Iran's first attempt at a MALE (medium-altitude, long-endurance system) UAV. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard unveiled it in 2012 and claim it has an endurance of nearly 24 hours, a range of 1,700 kilometers and can carry up to eight weapons, including the Sadid-1 anti-tank missile.
The Iranian-backed terrorist organization Hezbollah also threatened to attack American forces in Syria yesterday, claiming it was only though 'self-restraint' that it hadn't done so already in Syria. Hezbollah is also reportedly in possession of the Shaeed 129 and video has surfaced showing its use in Syria attacking anti-government forces.
UAVs in the face of modern fighters do not stand a chance. While it has not been confirmed yet whether the F-15E used a missile or its internal 20mm gun to down the drone, it is the second time an American aircraft has shot down a UAV. The first downing happened in 2009 over Iraq when a Iranian drone was shot down by American F-16s
Last year, an Israeli F-16 nearly shot down a Russian UAV after the drone had crossed over into Israel from Syria. Israel has shot down drones in the past, including one in 2012 over the Negav desert after the drone had flown in from the Mediterranean. In this incident, a F-16 used a missile to destroy the drone.
The vulnerability of drones to fighters is not a new revelation. As far back as 2002, the USAF was arming its Predators with Stinger air-to-air missiles to address this weakness. The program was short lived after one aerial exchange of missiles in late 2002 over Iraq.
On December 23, 2002 a Predator was flying over Iraq when it was challenged by an Iraqi MiG-25 Foxbat. Both aircraft engaged and fired missiles. The Predator's missile fell short but the Foxbat's did not. Video of the engagement was obtained by CBS News and both missiles can be seen in the sky at the same time. The video ends with the destruction of the Predator, ultimately ending future attempts to arm drones to protect themselves in combat.
The significance of today's event is not that an F-15E was able to shoot down a drone, but that the drone was shot down after it had launched a failed attack on Coalition forces on the ground. The last official occurrence of American troops being killed in an enemy airstrike was in Korea in 1953.
The proliferation of militarized drones, from military standard to adaptable commercial drones, has spurred a new race to combat the presence of drones and protect ground forces from their attacks. Fortunately, a F-15E was able to intervene today. That may not always be the case, and the day where the security blanket of American air supremacy is lost to a drone fleet may be fast approaching.
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