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Hi out there- has anyone paddled (or know of) paddling the Spatsizi from the rail grade instead of using the long portage? It looks fairly steep, but if anyone has some beta on that, I would be grateful. Thanks.
I've seen it and it didn't look logical. Regardless you can't get there as the road has been washed out lower on the klappan for two seasons. A few hunters get past on quads but no vehicles. I doubt anyone will pay the substantial dollars to fix the road as the mining company that was exploring just sold their tenures to the province and won't be exploring for a while. So the only realistic way to do the spatsizi is to fly in to airplane lake.
Hi Cordillera, thanks for the input. Didn't realize the road was a no-go.


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Q: Matrix entries not being detected I am currently working with a matrix of size 7 x 7 in which I put 9 random points. I have implemented this in R, and I'm trying to create an indicator for whether these points have no points directly next to them (vertically and horizontally). The problem I'm running into is that this indicator sometimes is wrong because my code does not detect every time there is a point. In the code 1 denotes a point in the matrix. Code is attached:
m = 7
n = 9

V = rep(0, m^2) #create vector
SA = sample(1:49, 9) #uniform random samples

k = n
while (k > 0){
  if (V[SA[k]] < 1){
    V[SA[k]] = V[SA[k]] + 1
    k = k - 1
  } else {
    V[SA[k]] = V[SA[k]] - 1
    k = k + 1
  }
}

M = matrix(V, nrow = 7)
z = rep(0, m) #0 vector of length m
M1 = cbind(z, M, z) #column bind 0-vectors to matrix
M2 = rbind(z, M1, z) #row bind 0-vectors to matrix
M2 #visual of matrix

HC = 0
count = 0
for (i in 1:m + 2){ #check if condition is fulfilled
  for (j in 1:m + 2){
    if (M2[i,j] == 1){
      count = count + 1
      NBS = sum(M2[i - 1,j] + M2[i + 1,j] + M2[i,j - 1] + M2[i,j + 1])
      if (NBS >= 1){
        HC = 0
      } else {
        HC = 1
      }
    }
  }
}
HC #indicator for whether condition has been fulfilled

The issue occurs somewhere within the nested for loop section, where I've included a count which should sum to 9 every time if it worked as intended. Currently sometimes HC = 1 even though it is very obvious by looking at M2 that some of the points do have adjacent points.  Did I make a mistake in NBS (checking neighbours) or how do i fix this?

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Most in the Palmetto State favor giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship, under specific requirements, rather than deporting them or allowing them to stay only for a limited time, according to a Winthrop Poll question asked exclusively for The State newspaper.
"The answer is not build a wall or send them home," said S.C. political consultant Chip Felkel, whose firm has worked with state business leaders to promote immigration reform. "That's easy, cop-out easy."
Still, South Carolinians don't favor a path to citizenship as much as the rest of Americans do.
A nationwide Gallup Poll this summer found 65 percent favored allowing undocumented immigrants to become citizens versus 58 percent in South Carolina, according to the Winthrop Poll.
"The loudest voice is still Donald Trump," Felkel said. "It's a red-meat issue."
A big concern
Asked to name the nation's biggest problem in the Winthrop poll, immigration ranked fourth among all South Carolinians – trailing the economy, government and moral values but ahead of jobs.
Immigration is an even more vital concern among Republicans, where debate over the issue sometimes has dominated the large presidential field.
For S.C. Republicans, only the economy surpassed immigration as the most important problem facing the United States, the poll found.
Winthrop pollsters did not give respondents a list of issues to select from, Huffmon said.
Instead, those surveyed could answer with any problem at the top of their mind. "They were organic answers," he said.
Yet immigration is not a top-of-mind issue for many Democrats. The issue did not crack the top five concerns for Democrats surveyed, who said the economy and education were their top worries.
Recent Columbia-area stops by top 2016 Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders included almost no discussion of immigration.
Republicans consistently have made immigration part of their stump speeches around the state. Several GOP hopefuls have touted their plans to stop more undocumented immigrants from entering the country by building more walls on the Mexican border.
For example, Ben Carson, the retired Maryland neurosurgeon who is second to Trump in GOP presidential polls, last month in Greenville suggested "using the combination of the right kind of barrier and putting people there to monitor and having a judicial system that prosecuted first-time offenders."
Still, Carson, like some other GOP candidates, doesn't see mass deportation as a solution. "I don't think that it is possible to round them all up."
'An applause line'
The latest Winthrop Poll results line up with the pathway-to-citizenship position of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who is running for the GOP nomination.
A similar Winthrop Poll in April 2013 found a majority of South Carolinians backed comprehensive immigration reforms that included a path to citizenship for those in the country illegally.
But in primary season, Republican candidates are trying to appeal to hard-core party supporters, who hold stronger opinions on the issue. Primaries attract more of those hard-line Republicans. Those voters also are the ones showing up at town hall meetings and restaurants to grill candidates.
"People asking the politicians to do something are not people favoring a path to citizenship," Huffmon said.
That has led to some shifts in views among the Republican presidential hopefuls. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, for example, have backed off some of their previous pro-immigration reform stances.
Last month in Greenville, Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants, said he wants a merit-based immigration policy. He vowed to end policies where "America has become a hotel that checks in but never checks out."
Other candidates, including Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, have touted their opposition to "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.
"It's an applause line," Huffmon said.
However, immigration reform opponents in the state say their position is shared by more than just conservative GOP activists.
State Sen. Lee Bright, a Spartanburg Republican who unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate last year, thinks South Carolinians surveyed in the poll backed citizenship because they expect the president and Congress to act and fix the problem.
Based on his Senate campaigning last year, Bright said most South Carolinians think immigrants in the country illegally should be sent home because they broke the rules.
The rub, he said, is that people don't want to call for deportation themselves because they know or have met undocumented immigrants.
"They personalize this," said Bright, who ran against Graham last year, in part, because of the senator's call for citizenship for undocumented immigrants. "They will want someone, a leader, who will make that hard decision."
Wait until next year
A tough call for GOP candidates might be weighing the right answer to the immigration issue that also aids businesses, who cannot afford to see millions of workers disappear.
S.C. business leaders favor an immigration-reform package that includes protecting the border while improving the guest worker programs that provide employees for the state's tourism and agriculture industries.
But, like some of the candidates running for the White House, the business community's position on a path to citizenship is not always clear.
Business leaders say they see the Winthrop Poll results as a sign that South Carolinians want to find a solution to the immigration issue.
"There's also a lot of room to educate on this," said Carl Blackstone, president of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce. "Right now, no one has the right plan. We've been debating this for what – 10 years? – and still don't have a plan (from Congress). It doesn't look like we're going to have one any time soon."
Some presidential hopefuls agree structured reform is needed, including to the guest worker program.
"We have to fix the legal immigration system," Carly Fiorina, a former chief executive who stands third nationally and fourth in S.C. GOP polls, said in Aiken on Friday. "Every single one of these festering problems can be solved."
Winthrop's Huffmon expects the rhetoric on immigration to soften after the GOP presidential nominee is chosen.
"I expect the attitude reflected here (in the poll) will be adopted by next November."
The Associated Press contributed
Weighing in on immigration
The Winthrop Poll asked South Carolinians their opinion last month about how the U.S. government should handle undocumented immigrants. Pollsters asked: "Should the government: deport all illegal immigrants back to the their home county; allow illegal immigrants to remain in the United States in order to work, but only for a limited amount of time; or allow illegal immigrants to remain in the United States and become U.S. citizens, but only if they meet certain requirements over a period of time?"
Here's how South Carolinians responded:
Allow to become citizens:
All: 58%
Republicans and GOP leaning: 42%
Deport all illegal immigrants:
Remain to work for limited time:
Rock Hill veteran receives keys to the 'American Dream' in Fort Mill
Droves of student athletes descend on York County for camps
'Time to cut the bleeding': York County sells industrial site for a loss. But whose?
By John Marks
York County South Carolina and investors including York Electric Coop built an industrial site spec building at East York Industrial Park. It sold for less than they paid. York Electric took the most loss.
Welcome Copperheads: Here's a closer look at Fort Mill's newest high school
Lancaster, Rock Hill, York in final round of junior legion baseball state tournament
Car rolls over several times in Chester County crash, officials say
Clover School District makes case to charge developers fees. Will York Co. approve?
Inmate stabbed in the head had to wait 15 minutes for prison guard to help, SC suit says

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Q: grep and sed - replace all instances of a string I have a bash script I'm writing that greps for a filepath.  I want to be able to use the output of the grep to replace each instance of the old filepath with the new filepath.
Example:
grep -R "/~test/dev/portal" .
I want to be able to pipe this output into sed to replace each instance of "/~test/dev/portal/" with "/apps/portal/" (keep in mind, the output of the grep is typically more than one file)
Thanks in advance!

A: grep -ZlR "/~test/dev/portal" . | xargs -0 -l1 sed -i 's:/~test/dev/portal/:/apps/portal/:g'


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The Kansas City Royals Are 'Having Some Thoughts' About A Downtown Stadium
KCUR | By Greg Echlin
Jason Hanna
The Kansas City Royals are considering the team's future home and acknowledge downtown Kansas City is one of the options.
The Kansas City Royals are looking ahead and beginning to publicly consider downtown as the team's next stadium location.
On any other day an announcement that the Kansas City Royals had promoted two of its high-profile executives would be considered big news, but Tuesday it was overshadowed by team majority owner John Sherman's revelation the team is conducting internal studies on whether to eventually play baseball in downtown Kansas City.
"I get asked this literally everywhere I go," said Sherman when asked about the prospects of a downtown stadium. The possibility of a downtown stadium resurfaced when Sherman and his group of investors purchased the Royals from David Glass in the fall of 2020 for $1 billion.
The Royals currently have a lease at the Truman Sports Complex through 2031.
Before fielding questions about the Royals' venue future, Sherman announced the promotion of Dayton Moore to president of team operations. Long-time aide J.J. Picollo was named to succeed Moore as the Royals general manager.
While Moore and Picollo are measuring the team's caliber as a 2022 playoff contender, Sherman also knows it's time to think about its long-term future and where the team will play over the long haul.
A downtown stadium?
"We're having some thoughts about it," said Sherman. "We want to be more transparent about how we're thinking about it. Begin that discussion and start to get feedback from the various groups in the community."
Sherman said the Royals have started "an internal process" to help evaluate the team's options and clearly indicated that downtown baseball is one of those options.
This year in Major League Baseball, the Royals rank 20th in attendance with 987,610 fans (an average of 14,313 per game). Starting with Tuesday's game (Sept. 14) against Oakland to begin a three-game series, the Royals have 12 home dates remaining.
At the current average, the Royals figure to pull in a total of $1.1 million this season, which would be their lowest since 1975, two years after Kauffman Stadium opened as Royals Stadium.
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Sherman outlined his criteria for what will determine the Royals' final decision: "Community impact, economic growth and quality of life for people in this region."
He also acknowledges that the math must work and anticipates a "public-private partnership" if a downtown stadium is built.
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Bob Dylan apologizes for faked signatures of his new book
The 2 rock stars who said Iron Maiden's Paul Di'Anno is one of the best singers of all time
The Sisters of Mercy announce 2023 North American tour dates
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Bob Dylan released a new book called "The Philosophy of Modern Song" where he analyzes the nature of popular music, giving opinions on many other songwriters. It contains Dylan's commentary on 66 songs by other artists. It is the first book he has published since he was awarded with the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Publishers Simon & Schuster offered the fans 900 copies, that costed 600 dollars each, of a limited-edition of the book signed by Dylan himself. However, the people who the bought this edition, realized that the signature of the singer wasn't real and was made using autopen, a device used for the automatic signing of a signature.
After being criticized by what happened, Bob Dylan apologized on his social networks for using the autopen technology.
"To my fans and followers, I've been made aware that there's some controversy about signatures on some of my recent artwork prints and on a limited-edition of Philosophy Of Modern Song. I've hand-signed each and every art print over the years, and there's never been a problem."
"However, in 2019 I had a bad case of vertigo and it continued into the pandemic years. It takes a crew of five working in close quarters with me to help enable these signing sessions. And we could not find a safe and workable way to complete what I needed to do while the virus was raging."
"So, during the pandemic, it was impossible to sign anything and the vertigo didn't help. With contractual deadlines looming, the idea of using an auto-pen was suggested to me, along with the assurance that this kind of thing is done 'all the time' in the art and literary worlds."
"Using a machine was an error in judgment and I want to rectify it immediately. I'm working with Simon & Schuster and my gallery partners to do just that. With my deepest regrets," Bob Dylan said.
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No new food photos today as I'm still working on leftovers. However… I can promise a 'treat' tomorrow. January 25th is Burns' Night, and as I'm a Scottish Canadian, I'll be attempting a vegetarian haggis recipe that just might have been possible during the war.
Straight on to some of Anne's other memories. Here are answers to a few random questions I asked.
Was there enough paper for school jotters? Yes, but the quality of paper became very bad as time went on; rubbing out became quite a problem. Paper (like everything else!) was in short supply everywhere, newspapers slimmed down sometimes to only two sheets (4 pages, that is) from ten or twelve. The writers and reporters were given the slogan 'Boil It Down!" to keep their items short. Books too – the paper was really dreadful.
What did you do during the war for presents and birthday cakes? I used to be given half-a-crown to buy five 6-penny presents for my siblings – usually sweets with my unwanted sweet coupons. I'd have to save up pocket money for gifts for Mum (e.g. a pretty ornament) and Dad (a fishing fly or ciggies).
Auntie Bessie (in England) was wonderful: she would occasionally have saved enough 'points' and rations to make and send us a fruit cake, and she was a great baker.
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I wasn't Scottish but I remember Robbie Burns day at school. I'm not sure we did anything but maybe read one of his poems. It was after the war too. I find it interesting too that they got presents for their birthdays. All we ever did was mom baked a cake with a few coins scattered in it. (imagine how unhealthy that might be really). Sometimes it was enough to buy a 19 cent bottle of teeny perfume at the Five & Dime store. We never had presents for our birthdays. I am really enjoying your blogs. So interesting and informative.
I've never heard of coins being baked in birthday cakes, but my Mum used to put them in the Christmas pudding along with some charms. You used to have to eat the pudding really carefully!
I'm glad you're enjoying the blogs. I just love opening up my e-mail in the morning to find more information from Anne. It's the kind of stuff that you can't find in books but really brings day-to-day on the homefront to life.


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Scotiabank expands parental leave top-ups, offers virtual medical care to staff
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Scotiabank is expanding top-up pay for employees who take maternity and parental leave in Canada.
Effective April 1, eligible employees will have six weeks of parental leave top-up pay to 100 per cent, which supplements maternity and parental benefits from employment insurance (EI). For birth mothers, this means an increase from six weeks to 12 weeks of top-up pay.
"We believe in total wellbeing for our diverse workforce that focuses on employees' physical, mental, social, and financial health," said Barb Mason, group head and chief human resources officer at Scotiabank.
"We're proud to promote an inclusive culture with the enhancements made to our Maternity and Parental Leave Policy that includes all parents, whether you are a birth or non-birth mother, father, same sex parent or adoptive parent. Scotiabank is committed to increase support for new parents and growing families within the organization."
The company's benefit plan also offers $3,000 in mental health services per year as part of employees' core coverage, an expansion of mental health coverage to extended family members and a total of five paid personal days per year.
The bank is also providing its employees digitally-enabled access to healthcare in Canada. Starting April 1, Scotiabank is offering access to a virtual medical care program through its benefits provider. The program conveniently offers users 24/7 access to healthcare providers right at employees' fingertips.
"At Scotiabank, we look at an employee's wellbeing holistically and part of this involves providing employees with more flexible benefits that allows them to bring their best selves to work," said Dominic Cole-Morgan, senior vice-president of total rewards.
"Our comprehensive, flexible benefits programs are just one way we support the unique needs of our employees within our diverse, multigenerational workforce."
The bank's new virtual care program is delivered through an app that helps employees save time and be more proactive about their health.
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This is especially helpful to employees located in rural areas throughout the country, where access to practitioners can be limited.
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Born in 1969, American ice hockey players, St. Louis Blues players,
Boston Bruins players
Phoenix Roadrunners (IHL) players
Omaha Lancers alumni
St. Cloud State Huskies players
Worcester IceCats players
Providence Bruins players
Indianapolis Ice players
Utah Grizzlies players
Kentucky Thoroughblades players
Cincinnati Cyclones players
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Fred Knipscheer (born September 3, 1969 in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is a retired professional ice hockey centre 28 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and St. Louis Blues.
The native of Fort Wayne, Indiana enjoyed three strong years at St. Cloud State. In 1992-93 he scored 34 goals in 36 games and was voted on to the WCHA first all-star team and the NCAA West Second All-American Team.
The Boston Bruins signed him as a free agent after his big year and brought him up for eleven games in 1993-94. The youngster scored three goals and showed plenty of spunk but spent most of the year with the Providence Bruins of the AHL. He demonstrated the same zest the following year scoring 63 points in Providence and playing hard during a 16-game recall in Boston.
Early in the 1995-96 season Knipscheer was traded to the St. Louis Blues for veteran defenceman Rick Zombo. He only played one NHL game that year and returned to the minors where he remained through the 1999-2000 season.
In the NHL Knipscheer scored 6 goals and 3 assists in 28 regular season games. In the playoffs he scored 2 goals and an assist in 16 games.
He was an assistant coach of the Indiana Ice in 2004-05.
Fred Knipscheer's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
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Panono Announces Ball-Camera Featuring 108MP
Panono has announced its plans to release the first edition of its ball-shaped camera, Panono Explorer. Touted as the first consumer camera to exceed 100MP, the Explorer allows users to capture high-resolution, 360° x 360° full-spherical panoramic images.
The 108MP Panono camera features 36 individual camera modules embedded all around it that simultaneously capture everything in every direction. Can also be operated with a selfie-stick, the ball-camera can be remote-controlled via a mobile device when mounted on a tripod.
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Available for USD 1499 (approx. Rs. 96,145) via the company's official website, the camera will be shipped from September 2015. According to the company, when the Panono Camera goes into increased production, the retail price is expected to be USD 599 (approx. Rs. 38,420).
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package com.wordpress.nprogramming;

import com.wordpress.nprogramming.commands.FollowingCommand;
import com.wordpress.nprogramming.commands.PostingCommand;
import com.wordpress.nprogramming.model.Timeline;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.List;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;

public class FollowingCommandTest {
    private FollowingCommand command;
    private AppContext context;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        command = new FollowingCommand();
        context = new TwitterAppContext();
        new PostingCommand().run(CommandSamples.POSTING_COMMAND_FOR_MIKOLAJ, context);
    }

    @Test
    public void test_that_subscribing_to_existing_user_adds_follower_to_that_timeline() throws Exception {
        command.run(CommandSamples.FOLLOWING_COMMAND_JULIA_FOLLOWS_MIKOLAJ, context);
        Timeline timeline = context.getTimelineFor(CommandSamples.MIKOLAJ);
        List<String> followers = timeline.getFollowers();

        assertThat(followers.contains(CommandSamples.JULIA), is(true));
    }

    @Test
    public void test_that_subscribing_follower_to_non_existing_user_do_nothing() throws Exception {
        command.run("Julia follows non_existing_user", context);
        Timeline timeline = context.getTimelineFor("non_existing_user");

        assertThat(timeline, is(Timeline.Empty.INSTANCE));
        List<String> followers = timeline.getFollowers();

        assertThat(followers.size(), is(0));
    }
}

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Football & Murder - The Things That Made America Great
Michael Koryta
Little, Brown & Co.
reviewed by Kemper
4 out of 5 future NFL stars
This story is kinda like if Coach Eric Taylor on Friday Night Lights and Nick Stefanos from the crime novels by George Pellecanos were brothers who had been pulled apart by a family tragedy and now faced a killer.
Actually, I'm just being glib and that's not doing justice to this book. Let's start over:
In 1989, Adam Austin was a high school football star and his younger brother Kent looked to follow in his footsteps. As their team was in the middle of a season that would culminate in a state championship, Adam blew off giving their sister Marie a ride home one night, and that moment of teenage irresponsibility had horrible consequences when Marie was abducted and murdered.
Over 20 years pass. Adam now works as a bail-bondsmen with a private detective's license, and Kent became the football coach of their old high school team. While Adam is a hard-drinker who spends his nights hunting down criminals who miss their court dates, Kent is a sober church going family man and community leader. Adam wallows in his guilt over Marie's death by living in their childhood home and preserving her room exactly as it was when she died, but Kent tries to avoid any mention of his late sister. The two brothers have barely spoken in years after Adam became enraged at Kent for visiting their sister's killer in prison and praying for the man.
As Kent prepares his undefeated football team for the play-offs, a young woman visits Adam with a request that he track down her father who was just released from prison. Adam makes a quick hundred bucks without missing his next beer, but this act results in a brutal murder that again links the two brothers in tragedy and rocks their small Ohio town.
I thought this one would be a straight up thriller, and while it has a few of those elements, it's really more like Lehane's Mystic River in that it's about the impact to a family and a community caused by a crime, and all the ways that people try to make their peace with that. It's the different lives and attitudes of the two brothers that really make this book hum as it examines how they dealt with their grief and loss, and how they both took it to extremes that are sadly understandable.
Adam thinks that Kent committed an unforgivable offense to Marie's memory by offering forgiveness to her killer without understanding that it was how Kent was able to get some closure. Kent believes that Adam's refusal to move on is just a stubborn decision on his part, but he can't see that Adam has never found a way to forgive himself for her death.
Koryta does an excellent job of making both of these men sympathetic. Instead of the caricature of a screaming football coach who only cares about winning, Kent is a thoughtful and kind man who truly believes that he's helping teenagers become upstanding adults, and he holds himself to extremely high standards. Adam seems like a cynical and lazy drunk at the beginning, but he's also a determined man who refuses to let anything stand in the way of dealing with what he feels responsible for.
And oddly enough, this is also a book about sports. Kent sometimes feels silly at worrying about football games in the midst of everything going on, but he also knows that carrying on is the only way to get through something terrible. He struggles to strike a balance between letting his players know what's really important versus what a championship would do for their struggling small town. Football is one thing that Adam and Kent can still talk about, and as Adam notes, sometimes it makes you feel better to just to hit the shit out of somebody.
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	MIT License http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
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"use strict";
const ContextDependency = require("./ContextDependency");
const ModuleDependencyTemplateAsRequireId = require("./ModuleDependencyTemplateAsRequireId");

class RequireContextDependency extends ContextDependency {
	constructor(options, range) {
		super(options);
		this.range = range;
	}

	get type() {
		return "require.context";
	}
}

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module.exports = RequireContextDependency;


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Q: How to render Griddle component having a column with colspan I need to render a table where every alternate row will have a row that spans through the all the columns. Something like below in html,

 Heading 1
 Heading 2

 row 1 column 1
 row 1 column 2

 row 1 column with colspan

 row 2 column 1
 row 2 column 2

 row 2 column with colspan

Griddle documentation does not mention anything about colspan, but here is a example to customize columns.
const CustomColumn = ({value}) => {value};
const CustomHeading = ({title}) => {title};

<Griddle data={fakeData}>
  <RowDefinition>
    <ColumnDefinition id="name" customComponent={CustomColumn} />
    <ColumnDefinition id="state" customHeadingComponent={CustomHeading} />
    <ColumnDefinition id="company" />
  </RowDefinition>
</Griddle>

Though I found a colspan prop in Griddle implementation but it has a comment saying it is unused.
https://github.com/GriddleGriddle/Griddle/blob/c1ce9939f9a93ad9942a63cfd7efc544056ea829/src/module.d.ts#L77
Is there anyway to implement this using Griddle, or I need to create my own table component?

A: As of now this is not possible to implement in Griddle directly, may be a hack with CSS can do the trick. But I choose to create my own custom table component instead.


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A full day at leisure to explore the stunning Okanagan Valley. Perhaps take a tour of one or more of the regions vineyards or alternatively spend the day relaxing on the beaches of Lake Okanagan.
Coeur d'Alene is the hub of the Panhandle region of northern Idaho. It is a fun resort town that offers visitors a multitude of activities to enjoy including golf, hiking, biking and water-skiing. Spend some time on the 3,000 ft lakefront boardwalk people watching, or get out on the lake for some water based activities. Take an evening stroll through Tubbs Hill, a beautiful 120-acre wood that offers panoramic views and is a great spot for a sunset. City Beach and City Park are the places to hang out and watch people skating, swimming and playing Frisbee.
A city steeped in history, Lewiston traces its beginnings to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. In 1805, the famed explorer team came to the confluence of the Clearwater and Snake rivers, now the site of twin cities Lewiston, Idaho, and Clarkson, Washington. Pick any weekend of the year for your stay: Lewiston has a uniquely dry, temperate climate, ideal for year-round recreational activities. Whitewater rafting, kayaking, swimming, fishing, tubing, canoeing and jet boating opportunities are plentiful - and that's only the water sports. Landlubbers can golf, camp, hike, jog and bicycle. For the truly adventurous, a trip to Hells Canyon, the deepest canyon in North America, is a must. Those who venture into the gorge, via raft or jet boat, will discover 2,500-year-old Native American carvings on the canyon walls. Try your hand at indoor risk with a visit to the Clearwater River Casino. Whether braving the rapids or browsing through pioneer artifacts in the city's museums, you're sure to get a taste of the indomitable spirit of the early American settlers.
Surrounded by the Lolo National Forest, Missoula, Montana is known as the "Garden City" for its lush forests and abundant fresh water.
Rattlesnake National Recreation Area and Wilderness, less than five miles from the city, offers endless mountain trails and bike paths on 61,000 acres of glaciated topography.
Whether you want a walk in the woods or an intense mountain bike ride, you'll find high mountain lakes, crystal clear waterfalls, hanging valleys, and slopes of sub-alpine fir, pine and spruce leading to open parklands. Be on the lookout for deer, elk, coyotes, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, black bears, grizzly bears (rare!), moose, and mountain lions, as well as eagles, hawks, ospreys, and a variety of songbirds. In the park's northern region, the Flathead Indian Reservation protects sacred lands that were once vision-quest sites for the Salish Indians, so be sure not to trespass.
Learn about Missoula's historic developments and more on an historic walking tour and at the city's excellent heritage museums.
As delightful as it is today, Butte began as nothing more than a bunch of mining camps back in the early 1870's. Then, silver and copper were discovered. This discovery began to bring in a flood of new companies and new people to Butte. By the late 1870's, a large and bustling city center had emerged – and was growing larger literally by the day. Then, as fate would have it, a fire in 1879 burned down the entire central business district. Following this disaster, the Butte city council passed a law that required all new buildings downtown (known as "uptown Butte") to be built from brick or stone – most of which still stand today and make Butte the historic and unique city it is.
While silver and gold were actively mined in Butte, it was copper that truly put the town on the map - it is estimated that Butte supplied around 1/3 of the copper for the United States in the late 1800's and the early part of the 1900's. The most interesting and entertaining way to see the town is to take a narrated tour on the Trolley. You'll see where miner, scoundrels and famous characters lived, and worked, and made Butte the lively urban center it was.
Established in 1872 as America's first national park, Yellowstone is located in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, and contains natural wonders that must be seen to be believed. In addition to Old Faithful, many of the world's most incredible hot springs and geysers are located within Yellowstone National Park. Each area of the park has its own unique features. The bubbling, boiling surface of Mammoth Hot Springs appears to be covered with white chalk. Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest, oldest and most dynamic of Yellowstone's thermal areas, with few of its features under the boiling point. See the world's tallest geyser at Steamboat Geyser.
In the Madison Natural Area, thermal action bubbles up in many colors. A one-mile trail takes you through the colorful hot springs and the two large mud pots of the Artist Paint Pots just south of Norris Junction. The Old Faithful Area is where 60% of the world's geysers share a small space. There are nearly 150 of these thermal wonders within one square mile of Old Faithful.
The Grant Village Area and the Lake Area are both adjacent to Yellowstone Lake, the largest high elevation lake in North America. The bottom of Yellowstone Lake has the same terrain as Yellowstone Park, namely geysers, hot springs. A hot spot at Mary Bay got high as 252F. Formed by erosion rather than glaciation, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River features as an awe-inspiring attraction in Native American lore, pioneer travel accounts, and in early tourist descriptions. Three main falls can be viewed from locations along the Canyon such as Lookout Point, Uncle Tom's Area, Red Rock Point, Artists Point, and Brink of the Lower Trails Falls.
In order to get the most from your visit, we highly recommend you spend one night in the Mammoth Hot Springs and 2 nights in the Southern half of the Park near Old Faithful or The Lake.
A short drive today will bring you to Montana's delightful capital city, Helena, home to one of the richest gold strikes - Last Chance Gulch. History has left Helena with a wealth of monuments and architecture. Take a trip on the Last Chance tour train for a quick drive by of Helena's historic areas and enjoy a leisure afternoon enjoying the town and surrounding area.
Whitefish & Glacier National Park
Get ready for some of the most spectacular scenery on earth today, as you head for Glacier National Park. Known to Native Americans as the "Shining Mountains" and the "Backbone of the World", Glacier National Park encompasses more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows, lakes, rugged peaks and glacial-carved valleys in the Northern Rocky Mountains. The park is named for its prominent glacier-carved terrain and remnant glaciers descended from the ice ages of 10,000 years ago. The result of millennia of geological action is some of the most spectacular scenery on the planet. This diverse landscape is home to more than 70 species of mammals including the grizzly bear, wolverine, gray wolf and lynx, over 260 species of birds, including golden eagles, and an incredible variety of plant life. An absolute must while you're here is the famous Going-to-the-Sun Road, truly the scenic drive of a lifetime.
With two days here, you may choose to spend one day exploring nearby attractions. Just over the Canadian border (remember your passport!) is Glacier's sister park, Waterton Lakes National Park and the site of Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. The first park of its kind in the world, the Peace Park symbolizes the long-standing friendship and cooperation between Waterton Lakes National Park and Glacier National Park. To the west of Glacier National Park is the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, home of the Museum of the Plains Indian. Take the 70-mile self-drive tour of Blackfeet Country, following 15 historical "Blackfeet Trail Tour" markers across the prairie, and you'll understand why the Blackfeet felt so at home under this big sky. The Museum's permanent exhibition illustrates the diversity of historic, social and ceremonial arts created by the tribal peoples of the Northern Plains.
Back in Alberta, Lethbridge had its beginnings with the notorious whisky trade. Fort Whoop-Up, which was located along the Oldman River, was an American trading outpost operating from 1869 to 1874 when the North-West Mounted Police arrived on the scene. A replica of the Fort can now be found in Indian Battle Park located in the river valley.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/99/67009
Title: Optical conductivity study of screening of many-body effects in graphene interfaces
Authors: Gogoi, P.K.
Santoso, I.
Saha, S.
Wang, S.
Castro Neto, A.H.
Loh, K.P.
Venkatesan, T.
Rusydi, A.
Citation: Gogoi, P.K., Santoso, I., Saha, S., Wang, S., Castro Neto, A.H., Loh, K.P., Venkatesan, T., Rusydi, A. (2012-09). Optical conductivity study of screening of many-body effects in graphene interfaces. EPL 99 (6) : -. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/99/67009
Abstract: Theoretical studies have shown that electron-electron (e-e) and electron-hole (e-h) interactions play important roles in many observed quantum properties of graphene making this an ideal system to study many-body effects. In this report we show that spectroscopic ellipsometry can enable us to measure this interactions quantitatively. We present spectroscopic data in two extreme systems of graphene on quartz (GOQ), an insulator, and graphene on copper (GOC), a metal which show that for GOQ, both e-e and e-h interactions dominate while for GOC e-h interactions are screened. The data further enables the estimation of the strength of the many-body interaction through the effective fine-structure constant, α* g. The α* g for GOQ indicates a strong correlation with an almost energy-independent value of about 1.37. In contrast, the α* g value of GOC is photon energy dependent and is almost two orders of magnitude lower at low energies indicating very weak correlation. © 2012 Copyright EPLA.
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DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/99/67009


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Statins May Boost Diabetes Risk in Older Women
But experts say finding shouldn't spur change in guidelines for the cholesterol-lowering drugs
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By Kathleen Doheny
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, Jan. 9, 2012 (HealthDay News) -- Statin medications used by women after menopause appear to increase their risk of developing diabetes, according to a large, new study.
The research echoes findings of other studies linking the cholesterol-lowering drugs with an increased diabetes risk in men and women. Statins include drugs such as Lipitor, Lescol and Mevacor.
"We found statins increased the risk of diabetes about 48 percent after adjusting for different risk factors such as family history of diabetes, body mass index and [physical] activity," said Dr. Yunsheng Ma, associate professor of medicine and an epidemiologist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Mass. "It's a moderate risk," he said.
However, the study found an association, not a cause and effect.
The authors stressed that the findings -- published online Jan. 9 in the Archives of Internal Medicine -- are not a reason to change current guidelines for use of the drugs in those with or without diabetes. Statins are often prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels in order to prevent heart disease or its progression. Diabetes is a strong risk factor for heart disease.
For the study, the researchers followed nearly 154,000 participants in the Women's Health Initiative, a long-running look at health issues in postmenopausal women.
At the study start in 1993, their average age was 63, and slightly more than 7 percent were taking statins. By 2005, more than 10,200 reported they had developed type 2 diabetes, meaning their blood sugar levels were too high.
People with type 2 diabetes don't make or properly utilize insulin, a hormone that regulates the amount of sugar, or glucose, in the blood. Uncontrolled diabetes can damage the kidneys, nerves and eyes.
Those taking statins were more likely to develop diabetes, the researchers found. When contributing factors such as family history and excess weight were considered, the statin users were nearly 1.5 times more likely to develop diabetes than those not taking statins. The risk applied for all kinds of statin drugs.
The researchers can't explain the link. "It's still an area under scrutiny," said Annie Culver, the study's first author and a consulting pharmacist with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
"Statins may affect the way the body manages insulin and glucose responses," she said.
The take-home message for women and others, the researchers said, is to pay attention to lifestyle measures that can lower diabetes risk or help manage the disorder if they already have it. Keeping a healthy body weight, eating a healthy diet and getting regular physical activity can all help.
"If they do need statin therapy, they should not be complacent that medication will solve the problem," Culver said. Lifestyle measures still matter, she added.
If an older woman needs statins to reduce heart attack or stroke risk, this study should not dissuade them, agreed Dr. Spyros Mezitis, a clinical endocrinologist consultant at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He said the findings are observational, and as such the researchers cannot control for all the possible confounding factors.
Doctors should try to keep statin dosage as low as possible, he said. And women with and without diabetes who are prescribed a statin to lower cholesterol should expect regular monitoring of their cholesterol and blood glucose levels.
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum, attending cardiologist and director of Women and Heart Disease at the Heart and Vascular Institute at Lenox Hill Hospital, said that as a result of the findings, women on the medications should watch their intake of sugar, starches and carbohydrates to maintain healthy blood sugar levels.
Every woman taking a statin needs to know her risk of heart disease, Steinbaum said, and she needs to ask her doctor, "Is the statin necessary?"
The researchers, who noted that statins can manage the heart-related consequences of diabetes, said more work is needed to unravel the link between the drugs and the blood-sugar disorder.
To learn more about statins and cholesterol, visit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
SOURCES: Yunsheng Ma, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and epidemiologist, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass.; Annie Culver, B.Pharm., consulting pharmacist, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Mass.; Spyros Mezitis, M.D., Ph.D., endocrinologist and clinical endocrinology consultant, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, and assistant professor, clinical medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center; Suzanne Steinbaum, D.O., attending cardiologist and director, Women and Heart Disease, Heart and Vascular Institute, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City; Jan. 9, 2012, Archives of Internal Medicine, online
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I've spent far too many days changing my plans and staying at home rather than venturing out for a planned shoot because I thought the conditions weren't favourable. With the help of my smart-phone, I believed I could accurately predict detrimental lighting and weather conditions, avoiding the disappointment of a failed shoot. How wrong I was: weather forecasts are best ignored.
Landscape photography isn't easy, there are thousands of pitfalls awaiting the unsuspecting photographer. Given all these difficulties, it seems sensible to try and eliminate as many potentially troublesome variables as possible. When considering our on-location workflow, eliminating errors like camera-shake, mirror-slap, inadequate depth-of-field, and myriad other issues is critical to success. We learn from our mistakes and slowly hone our technique over the years until we achieve competence of craft. It's perhaps not surprising then, that we extrapolate such considerations back to the planning part of the process when considering the weather before leaving the house. However, depending on our personal degree of pessimism, following such a ritual can potentially result in us missing thousands of opportunities. Alternatively, a huge dose of optimism before embarking on a shoot, and making sure we get out there, regardless of the weather and the light, is a fantastic recipe for success.
Becoming more productive as a landscape photographer relies on our ability to shoot 'reactively', making the most of whatever is presented to us. When we repeatedly immerse ourselves in the landscape regardless of the prevailing conditions, our confidence slowly grows and our skill-set develops; enabling us to create compelling imagery in conditions that would have previously seemed impossible. Photographers with this kind of outlook are often the most productive, they approach every shoot positively and optimistically, with acceptance rather than resistance. A positive relaxed approach benefits creativity, we happily make the most of whatever unfolds, and curiously 'fate' seemingly starts to work in our favour.
I very nearly didn't get out of bed on the morning I shot this image, there was rain forecast and a significant cloud-base, so I thought it unlikely I would benefit from any crepuscular spectacle. I couldn't believe my luck when I arrived at St Mary's Lighthouse to find it illuminated in bright pink light as part of a campaign to promote awareness for breast cancer research. I emphasised the colour palette in post-processing, helped by the gentle twilight colours. I learned a valuable lesson that morning, that in the world of landscape photography, fortune favours the brave.


'Butch' Anderson is best remembered as the flamboyant drum major of the New York Skyliners throughout the 1970s, '80s and '90s. He joined Skyliners in 1970, as a soprano player. He left for a season to march as drum major of Syracuse Brigadiers, then returned to New York in 1972 as assistant drum major behind Walter Winkelman. His early music education began in the fourth grade, with teacher Brad Longdo, and continued through the end of high school. He was also a solo soprano player, horn instructor and show co-ordinator with Skyliners. He previously played a horn with both the Schuylerville Green Sabres and the Interstatesmen, of Troy, NY and Pittsfield, MA, and marched as drum major with both the Marksmen and Syracuse Brigadiers. He was horn instructor for many corps, notably Pittsfield Skyhawks, Pittsfield Pom Poms, Saratoga Hurricanes, Emerald Knights, Muchachos and Johnstown Patriots. He served as show co-ordinator for the Skyliners during two separate periods in the 1980s, and helped institute a contest in Albany NY organized by a group of lawyers, called Law, Order and Justice.


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Pazuzu är en gud inom babylonsk och assyrisk mytologi. Han är en vind-demon, och son till guden Hanbi. Han representerade den sydvästra vinden, stormens bärare.

Beskrivning
Pazuzu beskrivs som en chimaira av mänskliga och animaliska kroppsdelar. Kroppen är en människas, huvudet av ett lejon eller hund, örn-liknande fötter, två par vingar, svans av en skorpion. Han avbildas oftast med högra handen uppåt och vänstra nedåt; en gest som har varit långlivad inom det ockulta.

Mytologi
Pazuzu är sydvästra vindens gud som är känd för att skapa torka och svält under de torra säsongerna, och stormar under regnsäsongen. Pazuzu var i strid med ärkegudinnan Lamashtu, som var känd att orsaka skador på både mor och barn under barnets födelse och uppväxt. Pazuzu skyddar barn och mödrar från farsoter och onda krafter, främst gudinnan Lamashtu.

Inom popkulturen
 Pazuzu nämns i Exorcisten-filmerna.
 Finns med inom Dungeons and Dragons.
 Bandet Gorillaz har en modifierad staty av Pazuzu vid deras studio.
 I TV-serien Futurama, säsong 4 avsnitt 9, förekommer Pazuzu som ett bevingat, drakliknande monster.
 I den tecknade serien Adèles extraordinära äventyr av Jacques Tardi förekommer demonen Pazuzu, både som staty och genom att olika personer klär ut sig till honom.
 Pazuzu förekommer som en fiende i dataspelet Diablo 3.
 I TV-serien Simpsons, säsong 29 avsnitt 4, blir den yngsta dottern Maggie besatt av Pazuzu.

Externa länkar
 Sydvästra vindens demon
 figur av Pazuzu
 Pazuz (PDF artikel)
 Article on Pazuzu on Archaeowiki.

Babylonisk mytologi
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