Blagonravov, Anatoli A. (1895-1975): USSR - Helped to launch Sputnik and worked to establish cooperation in space between the USA and USSR.
Bossart, Karel J. (1904-1975): Belgium/USA - The Father of the Atlas rocket.
Brouwer, Dirk (1902-1966): USA - A leader in the field of celestial mechanics.
Clarke, Arthur (1917-2008): UK - Introduced geosynchronous orbits for satellites, noted science fiction writer.
Congreve, William (1772-1828): UK - Introduced rockets to Europe after centuries of neglect.
Crocco, Gaetano Arturo (1877-1968): Italy - Founder of the Italian Rocket Society and leading space scientist.
Damblanc, Louis (1889-1969): France - Built and launched the first modern multi-staged rockets.
Douglas, William K. (1922-1998): USA - Personal physician for the Project Mercury astronauts.
Draper, Charles Stark (1901-1987): USA - The Father of inertial guidance.
Dryden, Hugh Latimer (1898-1965): USA - Helped establish NASA and served as its Deputy Administrator.
Esnault-Pelterie, Robert (1881-1957): France - Aviation and rocketry pioneer.
Faget, Maxime A. (1921-2004): USA - Designed American manned spacecraft from Project Mercury to the Space Shuttle.
Fletcher, James (1919-1991): USA - The only man to head NASA twice.
Fuhs, Allen (1927-): USA - Developed the Space Science Group at the Naval Postgraduate School.
Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642): Italy - The Father of modern science; expanded man's understanding of the Universe.
Ganswindt, Hermann (1856-1934): Germany - Envisioned the first rocket-powered manned space ship and proposed time as a fourth dimension.
Gilruth, Robert (1913-2000): USA - First Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, now the Johnson Space Center.
Goddard, Robert Hutchings (1882-1945): USA - The Father of Modern Rocketry; launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
Godwin, Francis (1562-1633) UK, writer of the book "The Man in the Moon"
Goldin, Daniel (1940-): USA - As an agent of change, reformed and revitalized America's Space Agency.
Hale, William (1797-1870): UK - The inventor of the rotary rocket.
Henry, James (1914-1996): USA - Developed the first partial pressure flight suit.
Hohmann, Walter (1880-1945): Germany - Published influential works on orbits, trajectories, and space ships.
Isayev, Alexei M. (1908-1971): USSR - Rocket engine designer, helped plan and manage the Soviet Space Program.
Jaenke, Martin (1911-2001): USA - A pioneer in inertial rocket systems and analog computers.
Kepler, Jehannes (1571-1630): Germany - Proved the Earth and other planets move according to fixed laws.
Kibalchich, Nikolai Ivanovitch (1854-1881): USSR - Conceived the first design of a manned rocket airplane.
Kittinger, Joseph W. (1928-): USA - Flew the first Manhigh mission; made a record free-fall in Project Excelsior.
Korolev, Sergei Pavlovich (1907-1966): USSR - The Chief Designer of the Soviet Space Program.
Kraft, Christopher (1924-): USA - Directed the Manned Spacecraft Center (now the Johnson Space Center) for ten years.
Lederer, Jerome (1902-2004): USA - A pioneer in improving airplane and spacecraft safety.
Ley, Willy (1906-1969): Germany/USA - Outstanding science writer and co-founder of German Rocket Society.
Lovelace II, William R. (1907-1965): USA - Experimented on the problems of high altitude escape and parachuting.
Malina, Frank J. (1912-1981): USA - Headed development of the WAC Corporal; co-founded the Jet Propulsion Lab.
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727): UK - Identified the fundamental laws of optics, motion, and gravitation.
Oberth, Hermann Julius (1894-1989): Romania/Germany/USA - The Father of Space Travel, he published visionary books on man's future in space.
Ocenasek, Ludvik (1872-1949): Czechoslovakia - Czech rocket and aircraft pioneer.
Riedel, Klaus (1901-1944): Germany - Pioneering Rocket Engineer.
Sagan, Carl Edward (1934-1996): USA - Played a leading role in the U.S. Space Program and helped popularize the science of astronomy.
Sänger, Eugen (1905-1964): Austria/Germany - Visionary physicist in the field of rocket propulsion.
Sarabhai, Vikram Ambalal (1919-1971): India - The Father of India's space program.
Schriever, Bernard A. (1910-2005): USA - The Architect of the United States Air Force space and missile programs.
Schumacher, Andreas (1872-1823): Denmark - Founded the Danish Rocket Corps, the first rocket unit on European Continent.
Steinhoff, Ernst (1908-1987): Germany/USA - Pioneered rocket guidance systems.
Thiel, Walter (1910-1943): Germany - Primary designer of the V-2 rocket engine.
Tikhonravov, Mikhail K. (1900-1974): USSR - Chief theoretician of the Soviet space program.
Tsander, Fridrikh Arturovitch (1887-1933): USSR - Constructed and tested the first liquid propellant rocket motor in the Soviet Union.
Tsiolkovskii, Konstantin Eduardovich (1857-1935): USSR - The Father of Astronautics and Rocket Dynamics.
Unge, Wilhelm (1845-1915): Sweden - Inventor of solid propellant fuels.
Valier, Max (1893-1930): Italy - Applied rockets to automobiles and sleds.
Van Allen, James Alfred (1914-): USA - Devised experiments for Explorer I, the first American satellite.
Von Braun, Wernher (1912-1977): Germany/USA - Developed the V-2, Redstone, and Saturn rockets.
Von Hoefft, Franz (1882-1954): Austria - Co-founded Austria's Scientific Society for High Altitude Research, Europe's first space-related group.
Von Kármán, Theodore (1881-1963): Hungary/USA - The Father of Supersonic Flight, he made fundamental contributions to the theory and practice of aerodynamics.
Von Pirquet, Guido (1880-1966): Austria - Identified the most efficient trajectories for inter-planetary travel.
Webb, James (1906-1992): USA - NASA Administrator from 1961 to 1968; helped lay the groundwork for Apollo 11.
Whipple, Fred Lawrence (1906-2004): USA - Established the first optical tracking system for satellites, proposed the 'dirty snowball' theory of comet formation.
Winkler, Johannes (1887-1947): Germany - Built the first liquid propellant rocket in Europe.
Wyld, James (1913-1953): USA - Invented the regeneratively cooled rocket engine.


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Q: "Taylor expansion" of a function taking values in a Banach space For a Banach space $B$, given a function $f: \mathbb R \to B$, we can define its derivative at $x \in \mathbb R$ as $f'$ such that
$$
\lim_{h\to 0} \frac{\|f(x+h) - f(x) - hf'(x)\|}{h} = 0
$$
if the limit exists.
In such case, I was wondering if it is possible to write
$$
f(x+h) = f(x) + f'(x) h + o(h)?
$$
Is it some generalization of Taylor expansion?
How is $o(h)$ defined then? It represents a function from $\mathbb R$ to $B$, doesn't it?
Thanks and regards!

A: It is indeed possible to write it as an analogue of Taylor series as for $ x, h \in \mathbb{R} $ , $f'(x) $ being a continuous linear map from $\mathbb{R} $ to $B$ if $f$ is differentiable, then you have $$ f(x+h) = f(x) + f'(x)(h) + \epsilon(h) $$ where $ \epsilon(h)/|h| \rightarrow 0 $ in norm topology of $B$ as $|h|\rightarrow 0 $ in $\mathbb{R}$. Equivalently for usual definition of $o$ you can write $$ \|f(x+h)-f(x)-f'(x)(h)\| = o(|h|) $$

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import unittest
from textmagic.rest import TextmagicRestClient
from textmagic.rest.models import Contact, List
from textmagic import TextmagicException
import time

class TestContacts(unittest.TestCase):

    list_name = "Test Api Wrapper List"
    contact_first_name = "John"
    contact_last_name = "Doe"
    contact_phone_a = "999000000"
    contact_phone_b = "999000001"

    contact_a_id = None
    contact_b_id = None
    list_id = None

    interval = .8

    def setUp(self):
        username = "xxx"
        token = "xxx"
        self.client = TextmagicRestClient(username, token)

    def tearDown(self):
        calls = [
            [self.client.contacts, self.contact_a_id],
            [self.client.contacts, self.contact_b_id],
            [self.client.lists, self.list_id],
        ]
        for f in calls:
            try:
                time.sleep(self.interval)
                method = getattr(f[0], "delete")
                method(f[1])
            except:
                continue

    def test_mono_example(self):

        # Create a list to assign contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        my_list = self.client.lists.create(
            name=self.list_name
        )
        self.list_id = my_list.id

        # Create a contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        contact = self.client.contacts.create(
            firstName=self.contact_first_name,
            lastName=self.contact_last_name,
            phone=self.contact_phone_a,
            lists=my_list.id
        )
        self.contact_a_id = contact.id

        self.assertTrue(isinstance(contact, Contact))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact, "id"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact, "href"))

        # Get a contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        contact_a = self.client.contacts.get(contact.id)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(contact_a, Contact))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "id"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "phone"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "email"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "firstName"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "lastName"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "companyName"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "country"))
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(contact_a.country, dict))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_a, "customFields"))
        self.assertTrue(type(contact_a.customFields) is list)
        self.assertEqual(contact_a.firstName, self.contact_first_name)
        self.assertEqual(contact_a.lastName, self.contact_last_name)
        self.assertEqual(contact_a.phone, self.contact_phone_a)

        # Create a second contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        contact_b = self.client.contacts.create(
            firstName="James",
            lastName="Smith",
            phone=self.contact_phone_b,
            lists=my_list.id
        )
        self.contact_b_id = contact_b.id

        self.assertTrue(isinstance(contact_b, Contact))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_b, "id"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(contact_b, "href"))

        # Get a contact list

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        contacts, pager = self.client.contacts.list()
        self.assertTrue(type(contacts) is list)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(pager, dict))
        self.assertTrue("page" in pager)
        self.assertTrue("limit" in pager)
        self.assertTrue("pageCount" in pager)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(contacts[0], Contact))

        # Search a first contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        contacts, _ = self.client.contacts.list(search=True, query=self.contact_phone_a)

        needle = None
        for c in contacts:
            if c.phone == self.contact_phone_a:
                needle = c

        self.assertTrue(isinstance(needle, Contact))
        self.assertEqual(needle.id, contact_a.id)
        self.assertEqual(needle.phone, contact_a.phone)
        self.assertEqual(needle.firstName, self.contact_first_name)
        self.assertEqual(needle.lastName, self.contact_last_name)

        # Update a first contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        updated = self.client.contacts.update(
            contact_a.id,
            firstName="Boris",
            lastName="The Bullet-Dodger",
            phone=contact_a.phone,
            lists=my_list.id,
        )

        self.assertTrue(isinstance(updated, Contact))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(updated, "id"))
        self.assertTrue(hasattr(updated, "href"))

        # Get an updated first contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        contact_a = self.client.contacts.get(contact_a.id)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(contact_a, Contact))
        self.assertEqual(contact_a.firstName, "Boris")
        self.assertEqual(contact_a.lastName, "The Bullet-Dodger")
        self.assertEqual(contact_a.phone, self.contact_phone_a)

        # Get the lists assigned to the contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        lists, pager = self.client.contacts.lists(contact_a.id)
        self.assertTrue(type(lists) is list)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(pager, dict))
        self.assertEqual(len(lists), 1)
        self.assertTrue(isinstance(lists[0], List))
        self.assertEqual(lists[0].name, self.list_name)

        # Delete a contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        r = self.client.contacts.delete(contact.id)
        self.assertTrue(r)

        # Get a deleted contact

        time.sleep(self.interval)
        self.assertRaises(TextmagicException, self.client.contacts.get, contact.id)

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Полтавский мясокомбинат () — предприятие пищевой промышленности в Киевском районе города Полтава.

История

1929—1991
15 марта 1926 года в Полтаве была введена в эксплуатацию беконная фабрика, в 1927 году — началось строительство мясохолодильника.

В 1929 году в соответствии с первым пятилетним планом развития народного хозяйства СССР в результате объединения ранее созданной беконной фабрики с колбасным цехом и мясохладобойни в Полтаве был создан мясоперерабатывающий комбинат, который был введён в эксплуатацию 8 ноября 1929 года. Вместе с основным производством, в 1929 году на мясокомбинате был введён в эксплуатацию первый в СССР цех по производству жильных струн для музыкальных инструментов.

Во второй половине 1930-х годов комбинат участвовал в стахановском движении, работник комбината И. Пятак стал одним из первых стахановцев среди работников мясной отрасли пищевой промышленности СССР.

В 1938 году была проведена модернизация предприятия, в результате которой производительность комбината увеличилась. В марте 1938 года мясокомбинат выпустил первую партию гематогена, в дальнейшем объёмы производства гематогена были увеличены до 2000 флаконов за смену.

После начала Великой Отечественной войны многие работники комбината ушли на фронт. В связи с приближением к городу линии фронта в 1941 году всё оборудование завода было эвакуировано в Чкалов.

После оккупации Полтавы немецкими войсками в сентябре 1941 года на Полтавском мясокомбинате была создана советская подпольная организация, объединившая свыше 40 человек, руководителем которой являлась Я. М. Мисецкая. Её участники вели антифашистскую агитацию, распространяли листовки среди населения, саботировали распоряжения оккупационных властей, выводили из строя оборудование, уничтожали фураж, предназначенный для немецкой армии. Кроме того, подпольщики создали денежный фонд, за счёт которого покупали продукты для передачи арестованным гестапо. Производственные помещения комбината были разрушены во время немецкой оккупации, но вскоре после освобождения города и окончания работ по разминированию территории началось восстановление предприятия. Первые поставки продукции для фронта, в больницы и столовые города мясокомбинат выполнил в конце 1943 года. К сентябрю 1944 года мясокомбинат возобновил выпуск продукции.

В 1946 году комбинат собственными усилиями отремонтировал двухэтажный кирпичный жилой дом (по адресу ул. Балакина, 10), который был сожжен немцами при отступлении из Полтавы. После завершения ремонтно-восстановительных работ дом был поставлен на баланс предприятия, в нём были расселены рабочие комбината.

В 1948 году на комбинате был введён в эксплуатацию консервный цех.

В дальнейшем, комбинат освоил выпуск хирургического шовного материала (стерильного кетгута в ампулах).

По состоянию на начало 1955 года Полтавский мясокомбинат и Полтавская кондитерская фабрика являлись крупнейшими предприятиями пищевой промышленности Полтавы и Полтавской области.

1 января 1967 года на территории комбината был установлен памятный знак работникам мясокомбината, погибшим в Великой Отечественной войне.

После 1991
После провозглашения независимости Украины Полтавский мясокомбинат был включен в реестр государственных предприятий пищевой промышленности Украины, подконтрольных государственной службе ветеринарной медицины Украины.

В мае 1995 года Кабинет министров Украины включил комбинат в перечень предприятий, подлежащих приватизации в течение 1995 года. В результате реорганизации было образовано коллективное предприятие «Полтавский мясокомбинат».

В 2005 году стоимость выпущенной комбинатом продукции составила 58,6 млн. гривен. В 2006 году комбинат сократил объёмы производства в сопоставимых ценах на 6 % — до 55,052 млн гривен. В 2007 году в связи с повышением рыночных цен на говядину комбинат сократил объёмы производства мяса на 7,55 % — до 2,45 тыс. тонн и снизил объёмы производства колбасных изделий на 3 % — до 2,13 тыс. тонн, что привело к снижению общего объёма производства в сопоставимых ценах на 3 % — до 53,4 млн гривен. Тем не менее, в 2007 году на модернизацию производства было израсходовано 1,5 млн гривен, на предприятии были установлены две термокамеры польского производства для варки колбас, что позволило к началу 2008 года увеличить ассортимент выпускаемой продукции до 150 наименований.

Начавшийся в 2008 году экономический кризис и введение с 1 августа 2008 года новых государственных стандартов на производство мясных изделий (существенно ужесточавших требования к продукции) осложнили положение предприятия, к осени 2008 года комбинат перешёл на неполную рабочую неделю.

В 2010 году имела место попытка силового захвата предприятия рейдерами. В результате, производственная деятельность комбината была временно дезорганизована, и здания комбината взяли под охрану сотрудники спецподразделения «Титан» МВД Украины.

По состоянию на начало 2014 года Полтавский мясокомбинат входил в перечень ведущих промышленных предприятий Полтавы и являлся одним из крупнейших мясоперерабатывающих предприятий Украины. С целью оптимизации расходов, в январе 2014 года руководство комбината передало находившееся на балансе предприятия рабочее общежитие (по адресу ул. Павленковская, 18) в коммунальную собственность города.

В январе-сентябре 2014 года объёмы производства несколько сократились, в ноябре-декабре 2014 сокращение объёмов производства продолжалось. К началу 2015 года часть оборудования была демонтирована.

Примечания

Литература
 Л. М. Остроушко. Полтава. Харьков, «Прапор», 1980.

Появились в 1929 году на Украине
Мясокомбинаты СССР
Мясокомбинаты Украины
Предприятия Полтавы

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Google just made a brilliant acqui-hire to get the queen of Silicon Valley, Diane Greene, to run its cloud unit
Google just scored a big coup by convincing one of its board members, VMware cofounder Diane Greene, to head its cloud computing business.Julie Bort | Business Insider | November 20, 2015, 11:12 IST
Google just scored a big coup by convincing one of its board members, VMware cofounder Diane Greene, to head its cloud computing business.
She'll be running a huge new unit, including the Google Apps business (which is part of the Google for Work unit), Google CEO Sundar Pichai said in blog post:
"Greene will lead a new team combining all our cloud businesses, including Google for Work, Cloud Platform, and Google Apps. This new business will bring together product, engineering, marketing, and sales and allow us to operate in a much more integrated, coordinated fashion."
Google clinched the deal by buying her startup, Bebop Technologies, for an unknown sum. She's been working on Bebop in stealth mode since 2012 and we understand it's been a labor of love for her. It was doing something in the cloud computing software space.
Greene is one of the monarchs of Silicon Valley. She founded VMware with her husband and Stanford professor Mendel Rosenblum (and a few others) in the late 1990's. She led the company as its first CEO through a meteoric rise through the early 2000's and its $635 million sale to EMC.
A couple of years after the sale, the board got nervous about a new competitor, Microsoft, and replaced Greene with former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz.
Greene went on to become an active angel investor and startup advisor, backing companies like Cloud Physics, Cumulus Networks, Cloudera, and Nicira (a startup later purchased by VMware for $1.26 billion).
She's been a Google board member since 2012. (She's also on the board of Intuit).
She's well liked and respected in the Valley's startup community, a market that Google really wants to attract to its cloud, instead of watching them go to Amazon or Microsoft.
But Greene is also well-liked and respected in the corporate enterprise world, where everyone uses VMware's products. And that's the true cash-cow market Google hopes to attract to its cloud. Google hopes to grow its cloud computing services so big that one day they make the company more money than ads, Google's Urs Holzle said this week.
Pichai described Greene as "someone who understands enterprise needs very well." He also said in the blog post that she will remain on Google's board:
"As a long-time industry veteran and co-founder and CEO of VMWare, Diane needs no introduction. Cloud computing is revolutionizing the way people live and work, and there is no better person to lead this important area. We're also lucky that Diane has agreed to remain on Google's Board of Directors (she has already served three years here) -- as she has a huge amount of operational experience that will continue to help the company."
Greene's husband Rosenblum cofounded Bebop with her, taking a two-year leave from Stanford to work there. With the sale of the startup, he'll go back to working at Stanford and spending one day a week at Google, reports The New York Times' Steve Lohr.
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Day one about to begin...1st august marks a new month.
I could really use some quick encouragement!
Sorry for having a lapse of reason.
Damn, I almost had a glass of wine.
Oh just so you all no ahead of time.
going to my first meeting tonight. (maybe) kinda nervous!
Do people in AA date?
I really need to shut my mouth!
isobriety so far seems easy... when is the pessimism gonna come?
Date picked - the cycle must end!


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Faith and love are powerful companions, creating a perfect storm of supernatural power. In Acts 3, the lame beggar at the temple door experienced a divine miracle through the faith of Peter and the love of John. In this heartfelt teaching, Larry reveals 5 spiritual keys that created an atmosphere of expectation that was greater than the beggar's desperation. Get ready for divine intervention―Peter (faith) and John (love) are coming to Church!


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Enemies strike a major blow as The Nevers questions Mrs. True's mission
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Rochelle Neil and Laura Donnelly star in The Nevers
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Poor Mary. As we've gotten to learn more about the Touched, their turns fall into roughly two camps. As Mrs. True says to Bonfire Annie, there are the "formidable" turns, like her ability to control fire, or Mrs. True's own ripplings (and I swear there is something else going on with her, there has to be), or Lucy's destructive ability. Those threatening undercurrents have benefits, especially in this new world in which the Turned are being hunted. Then there are the beneficial turns, like Horatio's healing ability, Désireé's truth-telling, and Penance's manipulation of electrical currents.
There are outliers, of course—Primrose's fantastic size plagues her, but if she wanted to, a 10-foot-tall person could probably wage a certain amount of damage. But the only person whose turn seemed truly pure was Mary. What harm can a song do? Theoretically, none. Magnifying it, though, and using it as some kind of clarion call to the other Touched, when there are so many villains out there trying to get to them? I don't think it's unfair to say that Mrs. True knowingly put Mary in danger, and then did nothing to protect her. No perimeter around the park where Mary was to perform, although Mrs. True had just fought off one of those human/cyborg hybrid things, and the Beggar King's henchman Nicolas Perbal. No coordination with Mundi beforehand, so that he could have some other police officers there.
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Of course, I'm not trying to blame Mrs. True for whatever enemy let Maladie's machine-gun henchman out of jail, gave him his gun-arm back, and told him that Mary would be at the park. (Lavinia is our strongest guess, right? Mrs. True had just told her where Mary would be, and Lavinia clearly has influence and cash enough to pay off a jail guard or two and get the henchman released.) But I think it's perhaps a sign of Mrs. True's narrow thinking, or even compartmentalization, of whatever her mission is that she could have that earlier conversation with Mary in which Mary admitted hesitancy toward singing her song; go out and see proof that the Touched's enemies are circling closer by fighting off two of them; and then not put the pieces together and realize that Mary could be a target. (Also: That murder was brutal, and I understand Mundi's pained, furious reaction. But could the Touched have learned something from Maladie's henchman that they now never will because Mundi killed him?)
Mrs. True seems so focused on the "bringing together" part of her mission that I'm not sure she's paid enough attention to what comes after that, and under those circumstances, I worry that the final shot of Bonfire Annie and all those women and children waiting at the orphanage to be let in isn't exactly the hopeful image we might immediately assume. (Strong "All the activated Slayers coming to Buffy," vibe, though.) There's no bringing Mary back, and I think that will weigh on Mrs. True for a long time.
Before the tragedy at the park, this third episode "Ignition" devotes an appreciable amount of time to understanding what makes Mrs. True tick. That confrontation with Maladie has left her self-reflective, and perhaps a little self-pitying; the hazy high of huffing in all that opium with Penance doesn't linger. Instead, we see Mrs. True assessing her face in the mirror (cut to me pointing like Leo in response), arguing with Horatio about the affair they were having that he cut off (the little catch in her voice at the end of "I'm sorry I can't be more generous about being your mistake" was good stuff from Laura Donnelly), and being received with what seems like a little friction and fear from the orphanage's residents when she walks into the kitchen during Mary's gleeful performance of "The Band Played On." For the most part, we've seen Mrs. True with Penance, who adores her, or with Lucy, who respects her. But Mary seems to hit a nerve when she tells Mrs. True later that day that the other people living at St. Romaulda's "all have different answers" regarding "what this place is, and what we're meant to be doing." What is the mission "beyond keeping people safe" that Mrs. True is tasked with—and what happens to it when she can't even do the former?
While Mary struggles with whether she even wants to sing into Penance's amplifier, Mrs. True handles attacks from two fronts. The first is from whoever is putting up the fliers all around London with that sketch of her face on them. We know the perpetrators to be Lavinia and Dr. Hague once we see that portrait of Ms. Cossini in the albums Mrs. True takes from the warehouse, but Mrs. True isn't aware of that. Instead, her trust in Lavinia ends up being a major mistake, possibly resulting in Mary's death. (And the woman who was helping them in their scheme and assisting those human/cyborg kidnappers after drowning her own pregnant Touched daughter? Monster.) And the second comes from the Beggar King, whose men are seen fleeing the episode's opening-scene altercation between Mrs. True and Penance on one side and Bonfire Annie on the other. The Beggar King has a certain burly reputation to maintain, and Mrs. True is making it increasingly difficult. He isn't a real ally to the Turned, but transforming from whatever hired help he is now to an outright enemy isn't exactly great, either.
Speaking of men who can't handle threats from women, let's discuss what Hugo Swann is up to! Strange to me that an aristocrat's greatest desire would be to run a sex club, but money issues are no joke, and clearly there's a cash-flow problem somewhere given how much trickery Hugo is using to get Augie to sign onto the club as an investor. And, maybe I'm getting too paranoid here, but is Hugo using the sex club as a front for something? He's paying Mundi (a former lover!) for information about Mrs. True, and I don't think his suspicions of her are just focused on whether her discreditation or disappearance could turn more members of the Turned to sex work. Lord Massen and Hugo hate each other, but I wonder if they're not more aligned than they realize in their desires to use the Touched for their own ends. Because Lord Massen is also working on a nefarious plan of his own, which we see him discuss with those other ruling men. (Are the "new players in motion" perhaps people these men have enlisted to fight the Turned for them?) And, do those other white ruling guys know what Massen is hiding in the basement of his manor? I'm guessing it's not just dogs!
"Can I not be made the villain of this piece?" Mrs. True had asked her wards at the orphanage, but she should have remembered what she told Bonfire Annie in that initial failed enlistment attempt: The Turned have enemies they don't know about yet, and they're everywhere. Lavinia and Dr. Hague, Maladie, Massen, Hugo Swann, the Beggar King. Every one of them is putting a target on Mrs. True's back, and Mary's murder seems like just the beginning.
I thought Maladie and Mrs. True knew each other as children, but Mrs. True mentions in that conversation with Mary that she was declared insane three years ago, after developing her turn and beginning to experience ripplings. Was she at the same asylum that housed Maladie, and where it seems that they both met Horatio? And if so, how did Mrs. True get out—was that bankrolled by Lavinia, too?
This show is still swimming in exposition dumps, but at least this one was delivered thoughtfully by Donnelly, who manages to elevate every potentially corny element of Mrs. True's character: "I also drink when I shouldn't, fight when I needn't, and fuck men whose names I do not learn. I get nervous in crowds. I see things that aren't there. When I meet someone, the first thing I think of is how to kill them."
All the sex-club nudity in this episode felt very early-season Game of Thrones: not strictly necessary, but a real, "Hey, you're watching HBO!" reminder.
Bonfire Annie is delightful, and I sympathize with this very much: "You can speak your peace, but I will burn us all to death if I have to hear you bicker!"
The fire extinguisher prototype works! Good job, Penance!
Mrs. Adair's green-and-black striped skirt was very Beetlejuice, and I covet it.
"Every woman keeps secrets. Every touched woman keeps a great deal more." Again, I wish this show had dared to make women the exclusive recipients of turns!
Amy Mandon's Maladie is still coming off like Drusilla by way of evil Emma Stone, and that carriage scene with Horatio only deepened my impression. The flirty twist she put on "Promise?" in response to his "This is going to hurt" felt like I was watching the Cruella trailer all over again.
Lucy's backstory is harrowing—crushing her 6-month-old son to death when her turn activated. Not trying to rank trauma here, but that one is pretty awful.
Do we understand what "The Nevers" means this episode? Midway through this first half of the first season … we do not.
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Every New Year offers the ability to start over: you get another chance to make a change in your life, continue with positive habits you're proud of, or finally do that thing you've been putting off because you weren't quite ready, weren't quite sure, or just didn't know where to begin. For women who are thinking about their fertility but aren't ready to start a family, that thing might be egg freezing. Maybe you wanted to do it in the past but weren't sure if it was right for you. Maybe you didn't think it was the right time. Maybe you held back because you didn't know what to expect.
These are all valid reasons for not going ahead with egg freezing in the past, but 2019 is a new year and a new chance to live life on your terms. Reproductive Medicine Associates of Northern California (RMANorCal), a leading infertility clinic with offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto, gives you a few reasons why now is the right time to consider freezing your eggs.
There is no better time than now to freeze your eggs.
With egg freezing, there really is no better time than the present. If you're thinking about freezing your eggs, chances are you should. When a woman is born, her ovaries are filled with all the eggs she'll ever have in her lifetime. Gradually over time, those eggs are released and that number dwindles. A woman is most fertile in her mid-to-late 20s, and that fertility begins to decline significantly after age 35. Age not only affects the overall number of eggs available, it also affects their quality, and the truth is younger eggs are more likely to lead to healthier embryos than older eggs. So if you're ready to freeze your eggs at age 30, it's better than waiting until you're 35. With a woman's egg quality and quantity, time really is of the essence.
Egg freezing is for women who want to empower themselves.
Chances are you know someone who's frozen their eggs for one reason or another. And you may have found yourself wondering if it's right for you. The answer is simple: egg freezing is right for any woman interested in safeguarding her fertility. With egg freezing, you can literally press pause on your biological clock. Once you're ready to move forward with having children, you can. It's that easy. For many women, all of life's puzzle pieces don't fit neatly into a box at just the right moment, and egg freezing empowers women to live life on their terms. So if you're not sure about having children in general, haven't found a partner you want to start a family with or just aren't ready for children now, give your future self the gift of egg freezing. It's literally timeless – and it's a New Year's Resolution that's within reach.
Freezing your eggs in San Francisco is simple. And fast.
Egg freezing might sound complicated, but it's relatively straightforward, and, from your first appointment to your last, only takes a few weeks. First, you'll have an initial consultation where your doctor will get to know you and your health history and draw blood to estimate how many eggs you have in your ovaries. Next, you'll be prescribed medications to stimulate your ovaries to produce multiple mature eggs at once, and your doctor will monitor your progress through this cycle with a few office visits. Once it is determined that your eggs are mature, they'll be retrieved through a quick, 15-minute procedure in our office. Immediately after your eggs are retrieved, they will be frozen and stored until you're ready to use them – and you can go on with your life.
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Sounds like my ex! Even down to him saying something about me being a hypocrite of a Christian. I have been fighting for the last month for $60 for him to pay for the kids lunch at camp. Wth?! Bottom line, don't waste time nor breath. He will never agree willingly to anything. He will always be angry. He will never own up to adultery. He's a loser and that's it. You need to read the blog, Love Lori. I learned a lot from her and dealing with this type of narcissistic personality. You have to change how you interact with him cause he NEVER will.
Thank you, Phoenix. Sad for your situation but it is nice to have someone who relates. I do not understand why these men aren't bending over backwards to do what is right. My lawyer is $350/hour and I suspect his is the same yet we will both pay that amount to fight for $200. That is money he is taking directly of our children's pockets. He had the nerve to ask me to contact Revenue Canada to get him a break on taxes he has to pay on my behalf based on our settlement agreement. My lawyer told his lawyer, "Your client has done nothing to earn any goodwill from my client." Yet, I agreed to do it because why shouldn't he have the money over the government when it can go back to our kids. In reality, it will go to his girlfriend but I feel like I am making concessions to do right by him and then he turns around and kicks me in the teeth yet again. I will definitely check out the blog you suggest. Thank you and Good luck with your situation.
Has anyone ever brought up the possibility of boarder line personality disorder? Have you heard of this before?
I am not sure if the diagnosis fits. What I have seen is the anger issues. That is the main emotion I have experienced with him. I haven't really experienced the other characteristics with him. It was the sociopathic characteristics that had me recollecting several examples that made me think that is likely it. I am definitely not qualified to make a determination but from friends who have experienced sociopaths in their own lives they were quick to pinpoint it as a label for my ex.
The people at the office may be polite to you, however they all know you are a total psycho and do not want you there.


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A Q&A With The Unicorn Handbook Author (and Enchanted Living editor) Carolyn Turgeon
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Rona Berg: Why did you decide to tackle unicorns next, after fairies and mermaids?
Carolyn Turgeon: My editor and I contemplated other creatures (who may or may not be the subject of future handbooks), but I was really excited to delve into unicorns for this third book in the Enchanted Library series. To me, fairies and mermaids and unicorns make the perfect magical trio, all three having inspired obsessions and myths and lore all over the world, pretty much in every place and in every era. And all three have their deep, dark traditional lore and their modern kitschy counterparts—a contrast I find especially fascinating. I mean, look at the Lady and the Unicorn, the unicorns of Leonardo, or the countless images of the sacred hunt, where the unicorn becomes a Christ figure symbolizing purity and suffering and unspeakable beauty. It's such a stunning contrast to your sparkly unicorn cupcakes and bedroom slippers and eyeshadows—that rainbow kitsch you can find everywhere now. So I'm pretty excited to have a whole magical set now with this third book, featuring so many of the writers and artists we see in Enchanted Living.
RB: If you had to describe the source of the unicorn's pull and power, what would it be?
CT: I think there are a lot of answers to this question, but in this issue devoted to magical beasts of all kinds, I'd have to say that the unicorn is about as magical and wonderful a beast as you can imagine, with its beautiful glimmering horn that can purify water and heal those who are ill, its extreme rarity, the idea that only a virgin can tame him. I mean who doesn't love the bad boy who has a soft spot only for you? The unicorn is wild and ferocious and magic and not of this world, but he'll bow before a virgin and fall asleep in her lap. Personally, some of the most enchanted moments of my life involved encounters with wild beasts: seeing humpback whales bubble-net feeding in Alaska, swimming with a wild manatee in Florida, hearing wolves howl at the moon at a sanctuary in Pennsylvania. One of my favorite moments in film is from an Italian movie, Stanno Tutti Bene, when an elk stands in the middle of a freeway, forcing all the cars to stop, and everyone gets out of their cars to stare in awe. I think that a magnificent wild beast resting its head in your lap in the midst of the forest is the culmination of all that ancient, primal magic.
RB: Okay, let's talk about unicorn fashion and beauty. The Unicorn Handbook offers many irresistible DIY unicorn projects. What are some of your favorites and why?
CT: When I first imagined The Unicorn Handbook and how I might incorporate fashion and DIY and so on along with the old-time mythology and art, I immediately pictured that stunning image of artist Kerli wearing a unicorn circlet by Firefly Path. It's a sort of bejeweled headband with a white icicle Christmas ornament extending from the forehead. I don't know how many people can pull off the circlet look—I don't think I could!—but it can be so beautiful, especially on Kerli with her starlight hair and pale skin. Sort of wild and pure at the same time, like the unicorn. I was very happy when JoEllen Elam Conway agreed to write a tutorial for the handbook. Even if you wouldn't wear a circlet every day (though, why not if you can pull it off?) there's always an occasion or two for which unicorn style is required.
RB: What do unicorns love to eat?
CT: Unicorns, like fashion models, are rarely depicted with food and almost never photographed eating, so I can only really conjecture. We do know, from Alice in Wonderland, that they are partial to plum cakes and so we included that recipe in the handbook and also here in this issue (see page 92). In the book, the Wondersmith also offers a recipe for Unicorn Funfetti Treats, for both unicorn and human consumption, made of rolled oats, bananas, apple slices, and a bright pink beet juice icing. I also wanted to include a lot of lavender and violet since I imagine unicorns with a delicate appetite and fondness for purple, and I suspect they also might occasionally snack on leaves and moss and flowers and fruit and moonlight, all the pretty things you find in the forest.
The Unicorn Handbook, the follow-up to 2018's The Mermaid Handbook and 2017's The Faerie Handbook, was published by HarperCollins in June 2020 and is available at enchantedlivingmag.com and wherever books are sold.
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I was just poking around and noticed that Promotion Powertrain in Florida has released new for this year, carbon fiber blocker rings for the synchro assemblies in the TKO's. Figured I'd post it in here since there are quite a few of us running TKO's, and some people have problems with, or dislike the notchy shifting or lack of high rpm shift ability inherent in the brass blocker rings. It'd be especially good for the guys looking to shift at high rpm, particularly over 7k.
I put some in my tko, 2,3,4.. have yet to drive it though.
Let us know how it shifts. I don't mind the notchiness of my TKO really, but I was also used to my Toploader which was quite notchy. I imagine those CF blocker rings will really smooth the shifting out, and make a bigger difference at high rpm.
Did you do anything else to it, like the 2-3 upshift upgrade kit from Promotion?


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O политичкој опозицији
About Political Opposition
Author(s): Slobodan P. Orlović
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Political behavior, Sociology of Politics
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: political opposition; political minorities; change of government; opposition political parties in Serbia
Summary/Abstract: An opinion which is opposed to the ruling and majority opinion, or at least adjusted, is the opposition opinion. Transferred to the policy, it means that activity of political opposition implies a criticism of the government. Opposition political parties are creators and carriers of that criticism and the condition of existence of a democratic state. In a democratic state the government establishes and implements a comprehensive political plan on which is influenced by the institutionalized opposition, primarily by resistance. The opposition has in its hands specific factual and legal tools that not only contest measures of the government, but tries to present itself better to the public opinion. Those tools are: protests, promotions, reports and many legal instruments, from legislative and constitutional initiative to the review of constitutionality of legal acts. An opinion which is opposed to the ruling and majority opinion, or at least adjusted, is the opposition opinion. Transferred to the policy, it means that activity of political opposition implies a criticism of the government. Opposition political parties are creators and carriers of that criticism and the condition of existence of a democratic state. In a democratic state the government establishes and implements a comprehensive political plan on which is influenced by the institutionalized opposition, primarily by resistance. The opposition has in its hands specific factual and legal tools that not only contest measures of the government, but tries to present itself better to the public opinion. Those tools are: protests, promotions, reports and many legal instruments, from legislative and constitutional initiative to the review of constitutionality of legal acts. However, the mechanism in which the opposition trusts the most, are elections. In democratic countries, the reality is a periodic changeof the government by elections. This requires legal and political conditions which give the opposition a chance to win. It doesn't mean that longer stay in the opposition is a sign of lack of democracy, nor that frequent change of political parties in governing is the proof of a democratic nature of the system. Political and the overall social conditions of each state, as well as some specific circumstance or detail, affect the outcome – victory or defeat in the elections. Opposition political parties in stable democracies are part of the system and protect it. Over time, they mitigate the ideological diversity in regard to the ruling party, as well as in regard to other parties in the parliament, and even outside it. This convergence of programs of the parties raises the question of how much people actually have the possibility to elect. Also, the loss of the political identity of opposition and their adopting of the reform character, weakens their power. The opposition has become, from the contrary and vanguard, a potential "partner" with a limited power also because it is institutionally linked with the parliament. Thus the parliament is in effect managed by the government, or by the ruling political party. Opposition parties in Serbia during the 25-year history of multiparty have gone through different phases – from the uncompromising opponents to the potential and actual allies of government. In view of legal position, all registered political parties are equal in the Constitution and statute, with the proviso that statute makes some differences between large and small, ordinary and minority parties. Even pure proportional electoral system mathematically puts all parties in the same position. In political sense, most parties do not save ideological consistency, but they are practically ready to make an alliance with any other party. It reflects negatively on the political opposition attractiveness and disables it to achieve lasting support in certain social groups. This portrays the fact that in the circumstances of financial support and marketing success, institutionalized opposition party can win in elections. And after that quickly loses voters and falls to the level of electoral census because another has greater resources and better (more expensive) promotion.
Journal: Српска политичка мисао
Page Range: 81-101
Национално и грађанско у Уставу Босне и Херцеговине National and Civic in the Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 О односу еколошких права и политике About Relationship Between Environmental Rights and Policy 0 СТАЛНОСТ СУДИЈСКЕ ФУНКЦИЈЕ VS. ОПШТИ РЕИЗБОР СУДИЈА У РЕПУБЛИЦИ СРБИЈИ GENERAL REAPPOINTMENT OF JUDGES IN SERBIA VS. PERMANENT TENURE OF JUDICIAL OFFICE 2010 Правни положај и реалност Уставног суда Србије Legal Status and Reality of the Constitutional Court of Serbia 2017 УСТАВ СРБИЈЕ И ПРАВА ОПОЗИЦИЈЕ CONSTITUTION OF SERBIA AND RIGHTS OF OPPOSITION 2017


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Q: Search based on date and time varchar datatype fiddle
CREATE TABLE STUDY
(
  [ID][INT],
  STUDY_DATE VARCHAR(40),
  START_TIME VARCHAR (40),
  END_TIME VARCHAR (40)

)

INSERT INTO STUDY VALUES(1,'2013-12-26','11:30:00','11:31:00')

SELECT
    STUDY_DATE,
    START_TIME,
    END_TIME
FROM
    STUDY
WHERE
    STUDY_DATE>='2013-12-25'
    AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),START_TIME,108)>='18:41:34'
    AND STUDY_DATE<='2013-12-26'
    AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),END_TIME,108)<='12:41:34'

Here when start_time is greater than end time then it gives me zero result.
What should i do

A: This is not the recommended way to handle dates and times, but if you can't change the datatypes:
SELECT
    STUDY_DATE,
    START_TIME,
    END_TIME
FROM
    STUDY
WHERE
    CAST(STUDY_DATE + ' ' + START_TIME AS DATETIME) >= '2013-12-25 18:41:34' AND
    CAST(STUDY_DATE + ' ' + END_TIME AS DATETIME) <= '2013-12-26 12:41:34'

---ORIG---
You should be a little more respectful of the appropriate data types, if you can. There are alternatives to your design - one might be:
CREATE TABLE STUDY
(
ID INT, -- Consider PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1)?
START_TIME DATETIME,
END_TIME DATETIME
);

That way you could use dates/times more appropriately:
SELECT * FROM STUDY WHERE START_TIME >= '12/25/2013 18:41:34' AND END_TIME <= '12/26/2013 12:41:34'

A: I guess you are trying to group the start time with your eartlier date and the end time with your second date.
If so you can do this:
SELECT STUDY_DATE,START_TIME,END_TIME
FROM STUDY
WHERE
STUDY_DATE BETWEEN  '2013-12-25' AND '2013-12-26'
AND
(
  (STUDY_DATE = '2013-12-25' AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),START_TIME,108)>='18:41:34')
  OR
  (STUDY_DATE = '2013-12-26' AND CONVERT(VARCHAR(8),END_TIME,108)<='12:41:34')
)

Here is the fiddle


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Q: SMIL animation not working when I use with in symbol tag I have a requirement to use the symbol tag and reference the SVG elements in the browser. those svgs are SMIL animation svgs. without symbol tag. it is working fine. but if I use within the symbol and use the reference. it is not working. attached the code below. have a look.
Here is the stackbliz example
HTML Code
<svg style="display:none;">
        <symbol id="Chart_IncreaseInAttacks" width="710px" height="231px" viewBox="0 0 710 231">
            <title>Chart_IncreaseInAttacks</title>
            <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc>
            <defs>
                <clipPath id="clip-path-increaseinattacks" class="graph-clipath" animationId="chart1t1">
                    <path x="150" y="0" height="300" transform=translate(-505,0) width="505"
                        d="M150,75 L643,75 C649.627417,75 655,80.372583 655,87 L655,87 C655,93.627417 649.627417,99 643,99 L150,99 L150,75 Z"
                        id="Rectangle-Copy-15" fill="#0F54AF" fill-rule="nonzero">
                        <animateTransform id="chart1t1" attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="-505,0; 0,0"
                            begin="1s" calcMode="spline" keySplines=".4,0,.78,.69" dur="0.3s" fill="freeze" />
                    </path>
                    <path x="150" y="0" height="300" transform=translate(-505,0) width="505"
                        d="M150,117 L499,117 C505.627417,117 511,122.372583 511,129 L511,129 C511,135.627417 505.627417,141 499,141 L150,141 L150,117 Z"
                        id="Rectangle-Copy-18" fill="#009FDB" fill-rule="nonzero">
                        <animateTransform id="chart1t2" attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="-400,0; 0,0"
                            begin="chart1t1.end" calcMode="spline" keySplines=".4,0,.78,.69" dur="0.3s" fill="freeze" />
                    </path>
                    <path x="150" y="0" height="300" transform=translate(-505,0) width="505"
                        d="M150,159 L239,159 C245.627417,159 251,164.372583 251,171 L251,171 C251,177.627417 245.627417,183 239,183 L150,183 L150,159 Z"
                        id="Rectangle-Copy-19" fill="#30D1FF" fill-rule="nonzero">
                        <animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="-300,0; 0,0"
                            begin="chart1t2.end" calcMode="spline" keySplines=".4,0,.78,.69" dur="0.3s" fill="freeze" />
                    </path>
                </clipPath>
            </defs>
            <g id="Page-1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
                <g id="ATT-CS-Report02_SecurityRiskLandscape" transform="translate(-245.000000, -440.000000)">
                    <g id="Chart_IncreaseInAttacks" transform="translate(245.000000, 440.000000)">
                        <rect id="Rectangle-Copy-14" fill="#F6F6F6" fill-rule="nonzero" x="0" y="0" width="710"
                            height="231"></rect>
                        <text id="Increase-in-attacks" font-size="15" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="22"
                            fill="#009FDB">
                            <tspan x="42" y="40">Increase in attacks in 2018</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="Ransomware-attacks" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" line-spacing="14"
                            fill="#191919">
                            <tspan x="68.462" y="83">Ransomware </tspan>
                            <tspan x="96.765" y="97">attacks</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="Spear-phishing-attac" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" line-spacing="14"
                            fill="#191919">
                            <tspan x="58.199" y="167">Spear-phishing</tspan>
                            <tspan x="96.765" y="181">attacks</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="Spoofing/BEC-attacks" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" line-spacing="14"
                            fill="#191919">
                            <tspan x="83.301" y="125">Spoofing/</tspan>
                            <tspan x="74.27" y="139">BEC attacks</tspan>
                        </text>

                        <path clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" id="kk"
                            d="M150,75 L643,75 C649.627417,75 655,80.372583 655,87 L655,87 C655,93.627417 649.627417,99 643,99 L150,99 L150,75 Z"
                            id="Rectangle-Copy-15" fill="#0F54AF" fill-rule="nonzero"> </path>
                        <path clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)"
                            d="M150,117 L499,117 C505.627417,117 511,122.372583 511,129 L511,129 C511,135.627417 505.627417,141 499,141 L150,141 L150,117 Z"
                            id="Rectangle-Copy-18" fill="#009FDB" fill-rule="nonzero"></path>
                        <path clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)"
                            d="M150,159 L239,159 C245.627417,159 251,164.372583 251,171 L251,171 C251,177.627417 245.627417,183 239,183 L150,183 L150,159 Z"
                            id="Rectangle-Copy-19" fill="#30D1FF" fill-rule="nonzero"></path>

                        <path d="M150.5,68.5 L150.5,190" id="Line-3-Copy" stroke="#191919" stroke-linecap="square"
                            fill-rule="nonzero"></path>
                        <text id="350%" font-size="12" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="16" fill="#F6F6F6">
                            <tspan clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" x="159" y="90">350%
                            </tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="250%" font-size="12" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="16" fill="#F6F6F6">
                            <tspan clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" x="159" y="132">
                                250%</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="70%" font-size="12" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="16" fill="#F6F6F6">
                            <tspan clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" x="159" y="174">70%
                            </tspan>
                        </text>
                    </g>
                </g>
            </g>
        </symbol>
    </svg>

      <svg class="sprite-svg">
                            <use xlink:href="#Chart_IncreaseInAttacks"></use>
                        </svg>

CSS
.sprite-svg {
  height:310px;
  width:710px;
}

A: I've added a viewBox attribute to your second SVG element. The first svg element, the one with the symbol has now <svg style="position:absolute;" width="0" and I've removed display:none and I've moved the <defs> outside the <symbol> element

<svg style="position:absolute;" width="0"  viewBox="0 0 710 231">
 <defs>
                <clipPath id="clip-path-increaseinattacks" class="graph-clipath" animationId="chart1t1">
                    <path x="150" y="0" height="300" transform=translate(-505,0) width="505"
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                        id="Rectangle-Copy-15" fill="#0F54AF" fill-rule="nonzero">
                        <animateTransform id="chart1t1" attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="-505,0; 0,0"
                            begin="1s" calcMode="spline" keySplines=".4,0,.78,.69" dur="0.3s" fill="freeze" />
                    </path>
                    <path x="150" y="0" height="300" transform=translate(-505,0) width="505"
                        d="M150,117 L499,117 C505.627417,117 511,122.372583 511,129 L511,129 C511,135.627417 505.627417,141 499,141 L150,141 L150,117 Z"
                        id="Rectangle-Copy-18" fill="#009FDB" fill-rule="nonzero">
                        <animateTransform id="chart1t2" attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="-400,0; 0,0"
                            begin="chart1t1.end" calcMode="spline" keySplines=".4,0,.78,.69" dur="0.3s" fill="freeze" />
                    </path>
                    <path x="150" y="0" height="300" transform=translate(-505,0) width="505"
                        d="M150,159 L239,159 C245.627417,159 251,164.372583 251,171 L251,171 C251,177.627417 245.627417,183 239,183 L150,183 L150,159 Z"
                        id="Rectangle-Copy-19" fill="#30D1FF" fill-rule="nonzero">
                        <animateTransform attributeName="transform" type="translate" values="-300,0; 0,0"
                            begin="chart1t2.end" calcMode="spline" keySplines=".4,0,.78,.69" dur="0.3s" fill="freeze" />
                    </path>
                </clipPath>
            </defs>
        <symbol id="Chart_IncreaseInAttacks" viewBox="0 0 710 231">
            <title>Chart_IncreaseInAttacks</title>
            <desc>Created with Sketch.</desc>

            <g id="Page_1" stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
                <g id="ATT-CS-Report02_SecurityRiskLandscape" transform="translate(-245.000000, -440.000000)">
                    <g id="Chart_IncreaseInAttacks" transform="translate(245.000000, 440.000000)">
                        <rect id="Rectangle-Copy-14" fill="#F6F6F6" fill-rule="nonzero" x="0" y="0" width="710"
                            height="231"></rect>
                        <text id="Increase-in-attacks" font-size="15" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="22"
                            fill="#009FDB">
                            <tspan x="42" y="40">Increase in attacks in 2018</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="Ransomware-attacks" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" line-spacing="14"
                            fill="#191919">
                            <tspan x="68.462" y="83">Ransomware </tspan>
                            <tspan x="96.765" y="97">attacks</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="Spear-phishing-attac" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" line-spacing="14"
                            fill="#191919">
                            <tspan x="58.199" y="167">Spear-phishing</tspan>
                            <tspan x="96.765" y="181">attacks</tspan>
                        </text>
                        <text id="Spoofing/BEC-attacks" font-size="11" font-weight="normal" line-spacing="14"
                            fill="#191919">
                            <tspan x="83.301" y="125">Spoofing/</tspan>
                            <tspan x="74.27" y="139">BEC attacks</tspan>
                        </text>

                        <path clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" id="kk"
                            d="M150,75 L643,75 C649.627417,75 655,80.372583 655,87 L655,87 C655,93.627417 649.627417,99 643,99 L150,99 L150,75 Z"
                            id="Rectangle-Copy-15" fill="#0F54AF" fill-rule="nonzero"> </path>
                        <path clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)"
                            d="M150,117 L499,117 C505.627417,117 511,122.372583 511,129 L511,129 C511,135.627417 505.627417,141 499,141 L150,141 L150,117 Z"
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                        <path clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)"
                            d="M150,159 L239,159 C245.627417,159 251,164.372583 251,171 L251,171 C251,177.627417 245.627417,183 239,183 L150,183 L150,159 Z"
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                        <path d="M150.5,68.5 L150.5,190" id="Line-3-Copy" stroke="#191919" stroke-linecap="square"
                            fill-rule="nonzero"></path>
                        <text id="350%" font-size="12" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="16" fill="#F6F6F6">
                            <tspan clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" x="159" y="90">350%
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                        </text>
                        <text id="250%" font-size="12" font-weight="bold" line-spacing="16" fill="#F6F6F6">
                            <tspan clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" x="159" y="132">
                                250%</tspan>
                        </text>
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                            <tspan clip-path="url(#clip-path-increaseinattacks)" x="159" y="174">70%
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                        </text>
                    </g>
                </g>
            </g>
        </symbol>
    </svg>

      <svg class="sprite-svg" style="border:1px solid"  viewBox="0 0 710 231">
                            <use xlink:href="#Chart_IncreaseInAttacks"></use>
    </svg>


That is what I am. (Notice the clever way that I used the lower-case "i" in iDiot) I replaced my Droid with an iPhone last week due to the fact that the Droid wouldn't hold a battery charge anymore. Especially after I dumped a whole cup of tea on it during the World Series of Birding. The iPhone has all kind of capabilities and apps that you can download including the entire Sibley Guide (east and west) with sound, Scrabble, oh and a camera.
The camera is why I am an iDiot. This weekend was full of baby showers but Connie and I headed to the Villas anyway to check on the garden and try to relax. We both got up early and took the dog onto the beach for a quick walk. We arrived to a beach full of Laughing Gulls and Horseshoe crabs. There were probably 2,000 gulls on the beach gulping up the crab eggs and probably hundreds of crabs still doing "the nasty". About 100 crabs were upside down on the sand so Connie and I started flipping them over and/or carrying them back to the water's edge. This went on for a few blocks until I noticed a Laughing Gull flailing around in the mud. The poor guy couldn't get out of the muck so I went ankle deep in the slimy mud and picked him up. He was exhausted and couldn't put up much of a fight.
I carried the gull over to Biggie's because I knew she have a cardboard box to put the gull in so that we could keep him calm until we found out where to take him. We called CMBO for info on local bird rehabilitators. They suggested some guy named Steve who never called me back. I decided take the bird to Tri-State Bird Rescue in Newark Delaware on my way to Lauren's baby shower. On my way? Kind of.
Anyway, notice the lack of photos on this post? No photos in spite of the fact that I spent 5 hours with that gull either in my hands, on our porch, or in the passenger seat of the Subaru within inches of my new iPhone 4 with built-in camera. I am truly an iDiot.
I just checked with Tri-State about the bird. He is still there. Still alive. I told them that I would drive him back to the Villas if he can be released. Stay tuned.


By the time you determine you're safe, you're not even sure you want to hold hands anymore.
The genuine moment has passed, but you've invested so much energy and angst that now you can't not take your lover's hand.
You wind up holding and the only reason you take your lover's hand is to prove that you can.


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Home/BUSINESS/Unclaimed Dividend in Nigerian Capital Market Hits N158.44bn in 2019
Unclaimed Dividend in Nigerian Capital Market Hits N158.44bn in 2019
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The total unclaimed dividend figure in the Nigerian capital market stood at N158.44 billion as of December 2019, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Data obtained exclusively by NAN from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) show that the figure is still on the increase in spite of e-dividend registration introduced by SEC in 2015.
NAN reports that dividend is the distribution of a portion of the company's earnings, decided and managed by the company's board of directors, and paid to a class of its shareholders.
Unclaimed dividend is recorded when a shareholder fails to claim an already paid dividend after six months.
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Nigeria's Unclaimed Dividends Increases to N170…
NAN reports that breakdown of the components shows that unclaimed dividends with companies (15 months and above) stood at N119.01 billion.
The ones with registrars amounted to N14.64 billion and unclaimed dividend less than 15 months old stood at N24.77 billion.
Speaking with NAN on reasons for increase on unclaimed dividend, Mr Okey Umeano, SEC Head, Office of the Chief Economist, attributed it to large number of unclaimed shares.
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Umeano said the quantum of unclaimed dividend would always be on the increase as long as there were unclaimed shares.
"The main issue why unclaimed dividend is rising is because we have a large number of unclaimed shares," he said.
According to him, many investors during the banking consolidation bought shares with different names as well as other people's names which they were yet to rectify.
Umeano explained that as companies declare dividend, those accounts would equally be paid, leading to increase in unclaimed dividend figure.
He said that the commission introduced a forbearance window for multiple accounts to enable investors that bought shares with different names to regularise their accounts in order to reduce the quantum of unclaimed dividends.
"SEC gave a window for people to come and rectify the multiple subscription thing.
"Many people have still not been able to claim their own because some of them have forgotten the names they used.
"Some have not been able to prove to their stockbrokers that they are the owners of the shares.
"So, we still have a large chunk of those shares, and anytime dividends are paid, those shares are not claimed and those people don't get their dividends," Umeano said.
He said that over N100 billion out of the unclaimed dividend figures were from those unclaimed shares.
"Until we bring down that number of unclaimed shares, this unclaimed dividend problem will continue," Umeano said.
On the way forward, he said the commission would continue to put pressure on all the people involved in order to curb the problem of unclaimed dividends.
Umeano called on investors to go and prove ownership of their shares, noting that SEC was not prosecuting anybody.
"SEC has given them amnesty to go and claim their shares and as people are claiming those shares, unclaimed dividends number will go down," he said.
Mr Adebayo Adeleke, an investor and Managing Director, Lancelot Ventures Limited, said more efforts were on to ensure that source documents for share transactions contain bank details of investors.
Adeleke said the hike in unclaimed dividends might be due to the recent listings of highly capitalised stocks such as MTNN, Airtel Africa , BUA Cement, among others, which may have pushed the figures upward.
He said companies should be encouraged to publish the list of unclaimed dividends in national dailies, especially those years that were close to being statute barred.
Adeleke stressed the need for more enlightenment for shareholders to embrace e-dividend payment platform.
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The country of Laos is now home to a Coffee Test Farm. The founder, Brian Brewer recently visited us at the Coffee Research Center and shared about his organization with our staff as well as collaborated information. The organization's name, Ban Hao Agriculture (ບ້ານເຮາ) means "Our Village/Local". Ban Hao strives to introduce new genetics as well as wet/dry mill to the local region in Laos where it is located. Brian works with smallholder farmers to improve their coffee. "Currently we're doing this through a seedling distribution program where we give them new genetics to own and then in 3-4 years they give us back seedlings once their coffee is producing", quoted Brian. After this, the coffee is distributed to local farmers. The farmers then have the right to sell the coffee for whatever profit they choose, because Brian says it was theirs to begin with. Ban Hao will buy the coffee at a much higher price (last year the price offered was almost double the average rate in their area) as long as they have the right varieties and are picked correctly.
Due to these factors, Brian's organization is also instituting trainings for the local farmers regarding the best practices for coffee growers and picking the coffee.
We look forward to hearing more of what all they are doing and hopeful to begin collaborating as well.


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'Activities that undermine the military status quo within the buffer zone cannot be permitted'
By Evie Andreou October 7, 2018 October 7, 2018 0101
File photo: Unficyp soldiers monitoring the buffer zone
Maintaining the military status quo and the safety of civilians in the buffer zone continues to be Unficyp's most important priority, a spokesperson of the peacekeeping force said, following complaints by farmers tending their fields in the Nicosia buffer zone on Saturday that they were asked by the UN to leave after the interference of Turkish soldiers.
Unficyp's spokesperson, Aleem Siddique, told the Cyprus News Agency that the incident concerned an individual who "was refused entry into the buffer zone as he did not have UN permission to farm a number of plots."
"Any activities that undermine the military status quo within the buffer zone cannot be permitted," he said, adding that maintaining the military status quo and the safety of civilians in the buffer zone remains the peacekeeping force's "most important priority."
Four farmers told the media on Saturday that they were asked by the UN to leave while working their land in the Nicosia buffer zone after Turkish soldiers complained they were getting too close to their outposts.
One of the farmers said that they were tending their fields when, around 10 armed Turkish soldiers appeared on the embankment, and that soon after, they were asked by the UN to leave the area, as if they chose to remain there, they would do so at their own risk.
The incident reportedly took place in the buffer zone in the Sopaz area.
This was not the first time Turkish soldiers had interrupted their work, the farmer said, adding that they would contact the foreign ministry on Monday to resolve the matter.
He said that they are allowed to cultivate their land within the buffer zone, but that the UN maintain that they ought to stay 200 metres from the Turkish military outposts.
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