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Renewable energy to attract two-thirds of power plant investments - study
A solar power plant is seen in front of wind turbines in Canino, central Italy, April 27, 2016. REUTERS/Max Rossi
Forecast is good news for decarbonising global electricity system, but not enough to meet UN temperature limit
By Oleg Vukmanovic
June 13 (Reuters) - Renewable energy sources such as wind and solar will attract two-thirds of all investment in power-generating plants between 2016 and 2040 in spite of persistently cheap coal and gas prices, a new report has found.
The forecast by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the energy research unit of information company Bloomberg, expects some $7.8 trillion to be invested globally in renewables over the period, compared with $1.2 trillion for new coal plants - largely in India and other Asian emerging markets.
Gas will attract a relatively small $892 billion, it said, despite a projected glut of the fuel leading to lower power generating costs.
"One conclusion that may surprise is that our forecast shows no golden age for gas, except in North America," according to report co-author Elena Giannakopoulou.
"As a global generation source, gas will be overtaken by renewables in 2027. It will be 2037 before renewables overtake coal," she said.
While good news for helping decarbonise the world's electricity system, it is still not enough to meet the United Nations target to limit global warming below 2 degrees Centigrade.
Another $5.3 trillion in zero-carbon power investment by 2040 is needed to prevent carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rising above the limit of 450 parts per million, the report says.
Rising coal use in India and emerging Asia will push global carbon emissions five percent above 2015 levels by 2040, to 700 megatonnes, it said.
In China, weaker growth and a rebalancing of the economy away from heavy industry, as well as more renewables, will mean emissions peak by as early as 2025.
For Europe renewables will dominate with a 70 percent share in the continent's power mix by 2040, while the United States' share will jump from 14 percent last year to 44 percent.
A breakdown of renewable investments shows that of the $7.8 trillion overall, onshore and offshore wind accounts for $3.1 trillion, with solar taking $3.4 trillion and hydro-electric $911 billion.
(Reporting by Oleg Vukmanovic, editing by Adrian Croft)
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Q: Date ranking in Access SQL? I have a query pulling the last six months of data from a table which has a column, UseDates (so as of today in June, this table has dates for December 2011 through May 2012).
I wish to include a "rank" column that associates a 1 to all December dates, 2 to all January dates, etc -- up to 6 for the dates corresponding one month prior. If I were to open up this query a month from now, the 1 would then be associated with January, etc.
I hope this makes sense!
Example, if I ran the query right now
UseDate        Rank
12/31/2011     1
1/12/2012      2
...
5/23/2012      6

Example, if I ran the query in August:
UseDate        Rank
2/16/2012      1
3/17/2012      2
...
7/21/2012      6

Example, if I ran the query in March:
UseDate        Rank
9/16/2011      1
10/17/2011     2
...
2/24/2012      6

A: You can use month function for UseDates and subtract it from the result of now function. If it goes negative, just add 12. Also you may want to add 1 since you start with 1 and not 0. Apparently it should work for half a year date ranges. You'll get into trouble when you need to "rank" several years.

A: SELECT
    UseDates,
    DateDiff("m", Date(), UseDates) + 7 AS [Rank]
FROM YourTable;

A: You can rank with a count.
SELECT
   Table.ADate,
   (SELECT Count(ADate)
    FROM Table b
    WHERE b.ADate<=Table.ADate) AS Expr1
FROM Table3;

You have to repeat any where statement in the subquery:
SELECT
   Table.ADate,
   (SELECT Count(ADate)
    FROM Table b
    WHERE b.ADate<=Table.ADate And Adate>#2012/02/01#) AS Expr1
FROM Table3
WHERE   Adate>#2012/02/01#

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Keane, Eimear; Layte, Richard; Harrington, Janas M.; Kearney, Patricia M.; Perry, Ivan J.
Copyright: © 2012 Keane et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Background: Parental obesity is a predominant risk factor for childhood obesity. Family factors including socio-economic status (SES) play a role in determining parent weight. It is essential to unpick how shared family factors impact on child weight. This study aims to investigate the association between measured parent weight status, familial socio-economic factors and the risk of childhood obesity at age 9. Methodology/Principal Findings: Cross sectional analysis of the first wave (2008) of the Growing Up in Ireland (GUI) study. GUI is a nationally representative study of 9-year-old children (N = 8,568). Schools were selected from the national total (response rate 82%) and age eligible children (response rate 57%) were invited to participate. Children and their parents had height and weight measurements taken using standard methods. Data were reweighted to account for the sampling design. Childhood overweight and obesity prevalence were calculated using International Obesity Taskforce definitions. Multinomial logistic regression examined the association between parent weight status, indicators of SES and child weight. Overall, 25% of children were either overweight (19.3%) or obese (6.6%). Parental obesity was a significant predictor of child obesity. Of children with normal weight parents, 14.4% were overweight or obese whereas 46.2% of children with obese parents were overweight or obese. Maternal education and household class were more consistently associated with a child being in a higher body mass index category than household income. Adjusted regression indicated that female gender, one parent family type, lower maternal education, lower household class and a heavier parent weight status significantly increased the odds of childhood obesity. Conclusions/Significance: Parental weight appears to be the most influential factor driving the childhood obesity epidemic in Ireland and is an independent predictor of child obesity across SES groups. Due to the high prevalence of obesity in parents and children, population based interventions are required.
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as © 2012 Keane et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


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It's hard to believe that Kate and I have been living in Alaska for three years now and had not driven the Denali Highway yet. We set out to change that yesterday and it was pretty spectacular. We started out later than we had hoped, because we sleept in were to lazy to finish packing the night before like planned. Then we had to eat breakfast and put gasoline in the car. By the time we got there after 3 hours of driving it was nearly 1 pm so the mid-day haze was in full effect, ruining all of my pictures.
Within a few minutes after turning on the rock and dirt Denali Highway we got some stunning views of the mountain. There are tons of small streams along the way, all of them very cold. Probably because we had our first frost overnight. Everything is still pretty green, but you can see the foliage is just starting to change colors. Fall will be here very soon.
The Denali Highway is a 135 mile road that runs between the Parks and Richardson Highways. We drove 55 miles of it from Cantwell (On the Park's Highway) to the Susitna River. There are some great views of the south side of the Alaska Range along the way. The landscape is pretty breathtaking.
Some of the high peaks of the Alaska Range come into view as we look out over the Nenana River and Valley below. Looking into this valley from above was like finding a lost world.
Here's the view from where we ate lunch. Deborah and Hess are the leftmost peaks, Hayes (the tallest in this region) is dead center, to the right you can see Aurora, and Shand which rise out above the Black Rapids Glacier.
The wonderful dog found a caribou bone that still had a bit of meat and sinew. It was great fun for him playing keep-away with us. Then we returned to the car and quickly discovered that his breath was that of rotting animal carcass. The rest of the drive was with the windows down.
At nearly 5 pm, after 7 hours of driving and walking around we hit our turn-around after driving down a little side-road on the Susitna River. It looks like there are tons of great camping areas around here so we definitely plan on returning. I stopped near the bridge to take a few panoramas near the bridge.
This is an 11 image stitched panorama of the Susitna River. The tall peaks to the right are Deborah (12,339 ft.) and Hess (11,940 ft.).
We had dinner at Panorama Pizza on the way north to Denali National Park. It is the best pizza I've had in Alaska so far, so if you find yourself on the Parks Highway a few miles north of Cantwell it's definitely worth the stop. We didn't enter the Park until 8 pm which offered us a little less than two hours of daylight left (the Sun sets at a much more "normal" time these days).
Not far into the park we saw a momma moose and her calf eating on the side of the road.
I believe we saw a total of seven moose in the Park. Unfortunately the haze never really cleared up before sunset, but we did see some awesome light while we were in the park. On our way out we just stopped and watched the light change until the Sun was fully beneath the range to the north. We had some spectacular views of Denali bathed in warm light.
Here's the drive from Fairbanks.


The management of CSF Group plc was in Jakarta for the opening of Computer Exchange Jakarta (CXJ), which is our first expansion into Indonesia. CSF Group will be operating the first high-end purpose built data centre, CXJ, in a joint venture with PT Karya Graha Nusantara. CXJ will start its operations in Q4 2011.
With a gross built up exceeding 30,000 m2, CXJ is presently the largest data center facility in Indonesia. It is equipped with uninterruptable power supply systems and a high quality power back up system. Dedicated emergency power generators will be located at a centralized location to assure 24 x 7 operations to support mission critical businesses. The facility will be using water chilled and air cooled precision systems for facilities cooling.


Colonial Navy is the first DLC released for the real-time strategy game Commander: Conquest of the Americas. The Colonial Navy DLC, previously offered only as a pre-order bonus, contains a variety of extra ships, resources, new historical Commanders and three full historical naval battles.
Commander: Conquest of the Americas DLC: Colonial Navy requires at least a Radeon HD 3870 or GeForce 8800 GT to meet recommended requirements running on high graphics setting, with 1080p resolution. This hardware should achieve 60FPS. Also your PC needs 2 GB RAM to meet the rec specs and run at 60 frames. Another thing to consider is the DirectX capability of your GPU. Commander: Conquest of the Americas DLC: Colonial Navy needs a GPU capable of running DirectX 9.
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The church shares in God's covenant of grace that unites us together as a diverse family (Galatians 3:28), a relationship that is essential to our DNA and governs the decisions we make and the ministry we create.
The heart of God's covenant of grace is His faithfulness. As members of that covenant family, faithfulness to our responsibilities to God and to each other is essential to our church life. We take seriously our responsibility to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and to provide them with homes that image the love of Christ for His bride (Ephesians 5:22-6:4).
By God's grace, we strive to live faithfully as a covenant community.
The gospel teaches us that no one and nothing is beyond the redeeming work of God in Christ. It is the duty of every Christian to step into the lives of broken people and institutions and to seek to reclaim them for the glory of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:11, 6:1-13, 10:5).
By God's grace, we strive to engage the darkness within and without with the redeeming grace of God.
Paul teaches us that our religion is empty and powerless if we don't have love (1 Corinthians 13:1-3). Love binds all things together in perfect harmony (Colossians 3:14). Love requires faithfulness to God and to one another. These are the two great commands of the Scripture given by Christ—to love God and to love our neighbor (Matthew 22:37-40). Love moves us to speak truth with care (Ephesians 4:15).
By God's grace, we strive to create and maintain a loving community that engages the world with God's love.
As people of faith, we believe God has called us to engage in our ministry with dependence on His power. We know that God uses hardship and trials to train us and to cause us to live by faith (James 1:2-3, Hebrews 12:7-18). God also asks us to do what is beyond our ability so that the glory of accomplishment will be His alone (2 Corinthians 12:9). God asks us to risk for the sake of His Kingdom, and we recognize that fruit only comes when the seed dies (John 12:24-26).
By God's grace, we strive to live by faith and courageously serve the Lord.
We serve the Lord here on earth with the knowledge that we are sinners saved by grace. Sin has affected our hearts, minds, and bodies. While we seek reconciliation and renewal, we understand that we are constantly in need of it ourselves.
By God's grace, we strive to maintain an accurate view of ourselves and an accurate view of God so that we, like our Savior, can walk humbly before God and man.
We believe the Word of God to be His inspired revelation and our rule for faith and practice, and a source of freedom and life to those who receive it. We are convinced that living according to the truth demands that we renounce manipulation and deceit.
By God's grace, we strive to live our lives and conduct our ministry in submission to His Word, to speak truth into the culture in which we live, and to live with integrity.


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Read the paper along with Mike
The horror of math education in LAUSD (well, California in general). Passing algebra is now required for graduation in California. And the standards in LAUSD are getting even stricter. This leads to thousands of kids failing algebra over and over again and dropping out. I kept shouting things at the article:
In the fall of 2004, 48,000 ninth-graders took beginning algebra; 44% flunked, nearly twice the failure rate as in English. Seventeen percent finished with Ds. Among those who repeated the class in the spring, nearly three-quarters flunked again.
Former board President Jose Huizar introduced this latest round of requirements... "Yes, there will be dropouts. But I'm looking at the glass half full."
Dumbshit!
Shane Sauby, who worked as an attorney and stockbroker before becoming a teacher, volunteered to teach the students confronting first-year algebra for a second, third or fourth time. He thought he could reach them.
But, Sauby said, many of his students ignored homework, rarely studied for tests and often skipped class.
Dumbshits!
Like other schools in the nation's second-largest district, Birmingham High deals with failing students by shuttling them back into algebra, often with the same teachers.
Stupid!
Tina, who says math has mystified her since she first saw fractions in elementary school, spends class time writing in her journal, chatting with friends or snapping pictures of herself with her cellphone.
Last fall, the school scheduled 17 classes of up to 40 students each for those repeating first-semester algebra.
Oh, I see.
"I got through a year of Vietnam," he said, "so I tell myself every day I can get through 53 minutes of fifth period…. I don't know if I am making a difference with a single kid."
After dropping out, Gabriela found a $7-an-hour job at a Subway sandwich shop in Encino. She needed little math because the cash register calculated change.
Mustard, no mayo. Everything but no pickles. Some jalapenos, please.
"We have a problem with a high dropout rate. You don't address it by making it easier to get through and have the meaning of the diploma diluted," said state Sen. Chuck Poochigian (R-Fresno),
Word. Let's hear your plan for smaller class sizes and better trained math teachers.
who wrote the algebra graduation law
WTF? How is that going to help? You are going to address the problem of a high dropout rate by making it harder to get through? Doing the opposite of something stupid is not the same as doing something smart.
The Center for the Future of Teaching & Learning in Santa Cruz found that more than 40% of eighth-grade algebra teachers in California lack a math credential or are teaching outside their field of expertise; more than 20% of high school math teachers are similarly unprepared.
Fuck! And, of course, the unprepared teachers are not teaching calculus...
Recruitment programs and summer math institutes for teachers have been scaled back or eliminated because of budget cuts.
If you think education is expensive... try ignorance.
At Cal State Northridge, the largest supplier of new teachers to Los Angeles Unified, 35% of future elementary school instructors earned Ds or Fs in their first college-level math class last year.
face-palm
Ganz, who wants to teach third grade, thinks the required math courses are overkill. "I guarantee I won't need to know all this," she said
Stupid bitch.
High school math instructors, meanwhile, face crowded classes of 40 or more students — some of whom do not know their multiplication tables or how to add fractions or convert percentages into decimals.
It's definitely time to focus on skills and rote memorization in the lower grades.
The new approach stresses conceptual lessons rather than rote memorization
Oh My Gödel! What are they thinking?
Searching for a solution in its secondary schools, L.A. Unified is investing millions of dollars in new computer programs that teach pre-algebra, algebra and other skills.
KHAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaan!
Cleveland High, four miles from Birmingham, places ninth- and 10th-graders who get a D or F in algebra into semester-long classes that focus on sixth- and seventh-grade material and pre-algebra. Students then return to standard algebra classes.
Yes. This program could serve as a model for other schools in the state. Sure it takes time, but it's better than throwing them into year after year of algebra that the kids aren't ready for.
But Cleveland's strategy comes with risk. The state can lower the academic rankings of schools that remove ninth graders from first-year algebra ... [inviting] district audits and penalties, including removal of teachers and administrators.
*looks for a baseball bat*
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In order to support the Lakeside Chautauqua mission, provide quality programming in all four Chautauqua pillars, and maintain the facilities and grounds, guests are required to pay a Chautauqua Pass admission fee to enter the grounds during Memorial Day weekend and the Chautauqua summer season.
Guests are encouraged to purchase Season Chautauqua Passes before Wednesday, June 1 at a discounted rated of $660. For orders received on or after June 1, the price will be $695.
Season Auto Passes are available at a discounted rate of $150 before June 1. For orders received on or after June 1, the price will be $170.
Children under the age of 12 and guests over the age of 90 are always free, but require complimentary passes, which are available upon entering Lakeside Chautauqua.
We invite you to purchase passes online. Please allow a minimum of two weeks for processing.
You may also complete and return the 2016 Chautauqua Pass Order Form by mail, or while on the grounds, visit the Hoover Ticket Office.
Ticket Office hours for Memorial Day weekend are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28; 2-4 p.m. and 7-8 p.m. Sunday, May 29; and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday May 30.


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Rare 900-year-old copper arrowhead discovered on Canadian mountain
The arrowhead, which is at the tip of a perfectly preserved antler arrow, was found sticking out of an ice patch in Yukon Territory.
By : Nupur Jha
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A rare copper arrowhead almost 900 years old has been discovered on a remote Canadian mountain, archaeologists have said.
The arrowhead, found in Canada's Yukon Territory, is present at the tip of an antler arrow which is preserved perfectly. "It was found near the top of a snow-capped mountain in South West Yukon," Yukon Archaeologist Greg Hare was quoted as saying by Fox News.
"It was an incredible discovery. We really didn't intend to be on that [ice] patch on that day," he added.
The arrow was spotted by Senior Project Archaeologist Christian Thomas when he was traveling along with other archaeologists on a helicopter along with a documentary film crew.
They first spotted a caribou on the ice patch where they planned to land and ended up making the discovery. "While we were there, we thought we would look around and within five minutes, Chris found this massive barbed antler point sticking out of the ice patch," Hare said.
The arrow is around 11-inches long and includes a barbed antler and a copper-end blade.
The weapon was sent to the University of Ottawa's A.E. Lalonde laboratory for radiocarbon dating and was found to be 850-years-old.
"This is one of the earliest examples that we have bow and arrow technology in the Yukon and it's the earliest known example of copper use in Yukon," Hare said.
So far, around 250 objects have been discovered from the melting ice patches in Southern Yukon. The weapons comprise bows and arrows or throwing darts.
"The advantage of the ice patch project is that most of what we're finding has an organic element that lets us radiocarbon date it," Hare said.
"We will never find things like this in a lowland setting – [the arrow] is only preserved because it has been locked in the ice for basically 1,000 years," he added.
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CEA: Consumer Confidence Dips In Feb.
Arlington, Va. - Consumer confidence in the overall economy and in technology both dropped in February, according to the latest Index from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), however, confidence in both is higher than for the same period last year.
The CEA Index of Consumer Expectations (ICE), which measures consumer expectations about the broader economy, dropped 2.6 points from its all-time high in January to 174.7. This is nearly three points higher than this time last year, when the ICE measured 172.0.
Consumer confidence in technology spending also fell this month, with the CEA Index of Consumer Technology Expectations (ICTE) dipping to 85.6, down 2.4 points. The ICTE, which measures consumer expectations about technology spending, is up nearly 10 points from this time last year.
"February's results suggest that some uncertainty remains for consumers regarding near-term economic prospects," said Shawn DuBravac, CEA's chief economist and director of research. "With that said, indexes are higher than this time last year, which indicates we are moving further along in the path to economic recovery. Despite slight drops in both indexes this month, the trend remains intact - consumer sentiment continues to improve as the underlying economy strengthens."
The CEA Indexes are comprised of the ICE and ICTE, both of which are updated on a monthly basis through consumer surveys. New data is released on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
To find current and past indexes, charts, methodology and future release dates, log on to CEAindexes.org.


Mikaela Shiffrin won by more than a second in Levi, Finland, Saturday (U.S. Ski Team photo).
Eagle-Vail's Mikaela Shiffrin picked up where she left off last season with a dominating World Cup slalom win in Levi, Finland, Saturday, beating out 2010 Olympic slalom champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany by a whopping 1.06 seconds. Defending overall World Cup champion Tina Maze of Slovenia was third.
It was the fifth career World Cup win for the 18-year-old Shiffrin in just her third season, and landed her the unusual prize of a reindeer.
Shiffrin was the only racer in the field to crack 58 seconds in both runs of slalom, but she said she was fortunate to finish the first run in swirling winds that kept the other two American competitors out of the top 30.
Shiffrin, the world champion in slalom last season in Austria, has now won five of the last eight World Cup slalom races. In her incredibly short career, she's now notched the third most World Cup slalom wins by an American woman behind Tamara McKinney's nine and Kristina Koznick's six.
Shiffrin, who was sixth to open the season in a giant slalom in Soelden, Austria, last month, joins Vail's Lindsey Vonn as the only other American to have won in Levi. America is now the only nation with multiple victories at the Finnish resort.
Shiffrin is also rapidly climbing the all-time wins list for American women, tying Kiki Cutter and Christin Cooper with five career victories. Koznick, an Edwards resident, and Vail's Cindy Nelson, are next on the list with six career wins.
Only Julia Mancuso (7), Picabo Street (9), former overall champion McKinney (18) and four-time overall champion Vonn (59) have more career World Cup wins by an American woman.
And if she wasn't already, Shiffrin on Saturday firmly established herself as an Olympic medal favorite in slalom at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, early next year.
Only five American women have medaled in the Olympic slalom and none since Barbara Cochran won slalom gold in 1972 at Sapporo, Japan. Three American women, including Andrea Mead-Lawrence (St. Moritz, 1948) and Gretchen Fraser (Oslo, 1952) have won gold in slalom.
The women's World Cup tour now moves to Beaver Creek for a downhill, super-G and giant slalom Nov. 29-Dec. 1. The events will test the newly completed Raptor course, which will host all women's competition during the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
Vonn, who skipped the first two races of the season in Soelden and Levi to train in Colorado, will make her comeback from knee surgery at the Beaver Creek races.


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require 'test_helper'
require 'fileutils'

class MeasureValidatorTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
  include HealthDataStandards::Validate

  setup do
    @cat1 = HealthDataStandards::Validate::Cat1Measure.instance
    @cat3 = HealthDataStandards::Validate::Cat3Measure.instance
    collection_fixtures('measures')
  end

  test "should have no errors if measure id is valid (cat 1)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat1_good.xml')
    errors = @cat1.validate(doc)
    assert_equal [], errors
  end

  test "should have an error if measure id is invalid (cat 1)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat1_bad_measure_id.xml')
    errors = @cat1.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 2, errors.length
  end

  test "should have no errors if measure id is valid (cat 3)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat3_good.xml')
    errors = @cat3.validate(doc)
    assert_equal [], errors
  end

  test "should have errors if the measure information is duplicate (cat 3)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat3_duplicate_measure.xml')
    errors = @cat3.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 6, errors.length
  end

  test "should have errors if the measure information is duplicate (cat 3), even if measure id is missing" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat3_duplicate_measure_bad_measure_id.xml')
    errors = @cat3.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 6, errors.length
  end

  test "should have errors if the measure information is duplicate (cat 3), even if pop ids are invalid" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat3_duplicate_measure_bad_pop_id.xml')
    errors = @cat3.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 6, errors.length
  end

  test "should have an error if measure id is invalid (cat 3)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat3_bad_measure_id.xml')
    errors = @cat3.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 2, errors.length
  end

  test "should have no errors if set id is valid (cat 1)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat1_setId_good.xml')
    errors = @cat1.validate(doc)
    assert_equal [], errors
  end

  test "should have an error if set id is invalid (cat 1)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat1_setId_bad.xml')
    errors = @cat1.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 1, errors.length
  end

  test "should have an error if set id is valid but for different measure (cat 1)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat1_setId_wrong.xml')
    errors = @cat1.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 1, errors.length
  end

  test "should have multiple errors for invalid and wrong set ids (cat 1)" do
    doc = File.new('test/fixtures/qrda/cat1_setId_1good_1bad_1wrong_1missing.xml')
    errors = @cat1.validate(doc)
    assert_equal 2, errors.length
  end

end


Instinctively we are expert readers of the face. If faces were cities then we all know how to "drive the streets" and navigate in a general sense. That is, we know where the major landmarks are; two eyes, then a nose with a mouth below, right? But what we can't easily do without training is to construct a more detailed map.
Anatomy is the key to making this better map and thereby being able to sculpt believable and compelling faces.
John Haverkamp takes you through three main tutorials that start with you some basics in ZBrush, gives you a guide on the anatomy of the face, then teaches you how to sculpt a face, helps you consider features of the face for different genders, races as well as alien and fantasy faces, helps you detail with skin texturing and finally shows you how to create a custom face morph.
This tutorial set can be used with ZBrush version 4R6 onwards.
Tutorial 1 provides a foundation of sculpting in ZBrush. The main content is to be found in tutorials 2 and 3, but as a bonus we include similar content given to a different set of students for tutorials 4 and 5. Five hours and 17 minutes of content in total. These tutorials were originally broadcast as live webinars.
"Of course when using a Poser or Daz character as a base-mesh a lot of the basics of the form is already done for you. The central problem then is how to not mess it up! This can be a problem when the basics of the skull and muscles hasn't been learned and addressed with prior 'from scratch' practice.
John Haverkamp was born in Ohio and then moved to the pristine Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia at a young age. There he spent a semi-isolated childhood reenacting the Lord of the Rings and being corrupted by Dungeons and Dragons. Always with the fondness for the fantastical and medieval, Art school drove him deeper into Luddite territory by granting him the skills of a traditional metal-smith. This meant post-college jobs making copper fountains, welding and steel fabricating, casting and finishing bronze sculptures, and working for an architectural blacksmith throughout his twenties.
When sick of being an exploited artisan (read starving artist) John got sucked into cyberspace and the arcane mysteries of 3D studio max. It was a long road climbing out of the dark-ages, but the light at the end of the tunnel was discovering Zbrush. Now he teaches digital arts part time, and constantly endeavours to improve his craft as a digital-sculptor and visualizer through personal work, illustration and indie game projects.
01:25 Who does this sculpt look like?
Alien faces : fantasy and sci-fi anatomy, Portraiture and reference, Technical considerations, Using masking and polygroups, Exporting normal and displacement maps.
00:00 Introduction. The X, Y and Z floor allowing reference images on each.
00:05 Placement of the ear.
00:10 Creation of the ear.
00:15 Sculpting strokes of a brush – adjusting the intensity.
00:20 Detailing around the eyes.
00:35 Applying an alpha for skin details.
00:40 Adding lines and wrinkles around the eyes.
01:00 Importing a Poser figure via GoZ. Masking out the eye lashes.
01:05 Masking out the teeth.
01:10 Altering a few characteristics of the face to make it alien.
01:15 Checking the eyes close properly after being altered back in Poser.
01:20 Making the character body a sub object, for less polygons.


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If your employer offers dental insurance, consider yourself fortunate. This benefit works like a valuable "coupon" that can greatly reduce the costs of your dental care. However, no dental benefit plan is set up to cover all of your costs.
To avoid surprises on your dental bill, it is important to understand what your insurance will cover, and what you will need to cover some other way. Dental benefits should not be confused with the dental services you need, which are determined by you and your dentist.
Almost all dental plans are the result of a contract between your employer or plan sponsor and an insurance company. There are many ways in which dental plans are designed and how reimbursement levels are determined. The amount your plan pays is agreed upon by your employer with the insurer. Your dental plan is designed to share your dental care costs. It will most likely not cover the total cost of the services provided by our office. Most dental insurance plans cover between 50% - 80% of our fees for the services that we provide.
Your dental coverage is not based on what your needs or what your dentist recommends. It is based on how much your employer pays into the plan. Employers generally choose to cover some, but not all of employees' dental costs. You need to know how your dental plan is designed – and its limitations.
Usual, customary and reasonable charges (UCR) are the maximum amounts that will be covered by the plan for eligible services. The plan pays an established percentage of your dentist fees or pays the plan sponsor's "customary" fee limit, whichever is less.
Should this charge exceed the plan's customary fee, this does not mean your dentist has overcharged for the procedure. Why? There are no regulations as to how insurance companies determine reimbursement levels, resulting in wide fluctuations. In addition, insurance companies are not required to disclose how they determine "usual, customary and reasonable" charges.
What is my Annual Maximum?
This is the largest dollar amount a dental plan will pay during the contact year. Your employer makes the final decision on maximum levels of payment through the contract with the insurance company. You are expected to pay the copayments and deductibles, as well as any costs above the annual maximum. Annual maximums are not always updated to keep up with the costs of dental care. If the annual maximum of your plan is too low to meet your needs, ask your employer to look into plans with higher annual maximums.
The plan may want you to choose dental care from a list of its preferred providers (dentists who have a contract with the dental benefit plan). The term preferred has nothing to do with the patient's personal choice of a dentist; it refers to the insurance company's choices. If you choose to receive dental care from outside the preferred provider group, you may have higher out of pocket costs. Inform yourself about your plan's methods for paying both in and out of network dentists.
A dental plan may not cover conditions that existed before you are enrolled in the plan. For example, benefits will not be paid for replacing a tooth that was missing before the effective date of coverage. Even though your plan may not cover certain conditions, treatment may still be necessary to maintain your oral health.
These terms apply to patients covered by more than one dental plan (for example, if you are insured by your employer and are also on your spouse's plan). Insurance companies want to know if you have coverage from other companies so they can coordinate your benefits. For example, if your primary (main) insurance will pay half your bill, your secondary insurance will not cover that same portion of the bill.
Benefits from all companies should not add up to more than the total charges. Even though you may have two or more dental benefit plans, there is no guarantee that any of the plans will pay for your dental services. Sometimes, none of the plans will pay for the services that are needed.
Non-duplication of Benefits is extremely tricky in that both parents could be paying premiums for dental insurance coverage for their children, but only one insurance company is going to make any payments. This allows insurance companies to collect premiums, but not have to make any payments to dental providers for your children's dental care. We always recommend that one parent discontinue dental insurance coverage if both coverages are non duplication of benefits as there is no benefit for paying for the second coverage.
Each insurance company handles Coordination of Benefits and Nonduplication of Benifits in its own way. Please check your plan for details.
A dental plan may limit the number of times it will pay for a certain treatment. But some patients may need treatment more often than once for best oral health. For example, a plan might pay for teeth cleaning only twice a year even though you need cleaning four times a year. Be aware of the details in your dental plan but decide about the treatment based on what's best for your health, not just what may be covered.
Each dental benefit plan has its own guidelines for which treatment is "dentally necessary." If a service provided by your dentist does not meet the plan's "dentally necessary" guidelines, the charge may not be reimbursed.
However, that does not mean that the dental treatment was not necessary. Your dentist's advice is based on his or her professional opinion of your case. Your plan's guidelines are not based on your specific case. If your plan rejects a claim because a service was "not dentally necessary," you can follow the appeals process by working with your benefits manager and/or the plan's customer service department.
If a plan has a LEAT clause, it means that if there is more than one way to treat a condition, the plan will only pay for the least expensive treatment. This is one way that insurance companies keep their costs down. However, the least expensive alternative is not always the best option. You should consult with your dentist on the best treatment option for you.
An EOB is a written statement from the insurance company, telling you what they will cover and what you must pay yourself. Your portion of the bill should be paid to the dental practice. If you have questions about the EOB, contact your insurance provider.


Surely, you have been searching for profitable t-shirt niche for your t-shirt business.You have seen that many of your friends are profitable through t-shirt business. But you are in hesitation about your T-shirt niche. You are not sure whether you niche is profitable or not.
Every time you think you are close to the success. You start to dream about selling t-shirts but something unpleasant happens and you have to start again.
Most of the people start T-shirt marketing by hearing from others. They don't research about for the T-shirt niche, about design and other factors. Never start without research. You won't be successful without researching the market.
Someone says you, that a, b, c, d are the profitable niches. You start working with those niches. After a certain period of time, you are not getting sells. You lose your inspiration or you have gone through another niche. Ultimate results are a failure.
The person who told you about the niche selection, he is correct. But he didn't tell you everything. He didn't tell you that these niches will be profitable in a certain region of the world. That's the reason.
T-shirt designs are solely depended on culture, trends, age, gender and temperature of a country. If you want to be successful in T marketing world you should care about this. Deep knowledge of your targeted area, targeted people, you will be successful.
4. How they celebrate different occasions?
These will provide you a complete idea of their cultures trends what they like what they dislike.
Until you have got the complete idea of your targeted peoples, their trends, choice, you shouldn't finalize your niches. If you are quite sure about them then you can.
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HANSARD 1803–2005 → 1990s → 1999 → May 1999 → 10 May 1999 → Written Answers (Commons) → HEALTH
HC Deb 10 May 1999 vol 331 cc64-5W 64W
§ Mr. Fearn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices providing national health service dental treatment there were in(a) the north-west of England and (b) London, in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997 and (iii) 1998; and what is the current figure. [82907]
§ Mr. Denham
The number of General Dental Service (GDS) dentists on a health authority (HA) list at December 1998 and in December in the years 1996 and 1997 in the North and West region health area and in the Greater London HAs area are shown in the table.
General Dental Service: Number of dentists on a HA list at 31 December in each year from 1996 to 1998 inclusive
North and West Greater London
1996 2,195 2,848
Dentists includes principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of dental practices in(a) the north-west of England and (b) London, have (i) under 20 per cent., (ii)21–40 per cent.,(iii) 41–60 per cent., (iv) 61–80 per cent. and (v) 81–100 per cent. of the patients registered with them as national health service patients. [82906]
Information about dentists' private patients is not available centrally. The registration arrangements which these private patients have with their dentist may vary greatly. However, information is available for the average list size of registered National Health Service patients of General Dental Service (GDS) dentists.
The average number of NHS patients registered per GDS principal dentist on a health authority (HA) list at 31 December 1998 was 1,481 in the North West region health area, 902 in the Greater London HAs area, and for England the corresponding average is 1,341. Dentists are 65W counted in each HA in which they practice and some dentists had no registrations on that date. Differences between these averages will reflect not only differences in the level of dentists' commitment to the GDS but also, other circumstances, for example the number of support staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the percentage of all dental treatment provided by the national health service in(a) the north-west of England and (b) London. [83018]
Gross fee expenditure in the General Dental Service for the year 1998–99 in the North and West region health area was £202.5 million and the Greater London Health Authorities was £211.4 million. These represent 15 per cent. and 16 per cent. respectively of gross fee expenditure in England.
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Fire "Idol" Judges and Let Public Pick Panel
The public picks the "American Idol" winner – why not the judges?
By Jere Hester	• Published at 2:06 pm on July 27, 2010
Three scant months before the news of his expected return to the "American Idol" fold, the show's former executive producer, Nigel Lythgoe, suggested getting rid of all the judges and finding new ones.
We'll second his call, and up the ante: Make prospective panelists audition, just like contestants – and let the public pick the next "American Idol" judges.
The show – whose ratings dipped last season amid a subpar talent pool and Simon Cowell's impending departure overshadowing Ellen DeGeneres' arrival – clearly needs a shakeup.
Lythgoe echoed our feelings about the program's decline when he told E! News in April: "It shouldn't be about the judges. It should be about the young talent."
The delicate balance between the eager youngsters' singing and the sometimes cranky panelists' bickering became upended last season, and what got lost in the tumult were the folks who matter most: the TV audience members who care enough to text and call in votes by the tens of millions.
Some big names are being floated as possible Cowell replacements, including Elton John and Justin Timberlake. It's hard to imagine either would subject himself to a competition for the job, but plenty of other celebrities might.
Bret Michaels, off his dramatic victory on "The Apprentice," no doubt would be game, and we suspect his TV boss Donald Trump would be intrigued enough by the challenge to risk getting fired by the public. Howard Stern might give it a go, if only for laughs, and we're fairly sure Chris Isaak – the most off-beat candidate said to be on the Cowell replacement list – would be willing to try out.
As for the current judges, let them take the case for keeping their jobs directly to the people. And just to make things even more interesting, why not invite Paula Abdul to join the competition?
The prospective judges could try out during the performer audition weeks, meaning the voting would start long before the Hollywood performances – adding a new element of drama to the early installments (and no doubt making AT&T very happy).
Fox also likely would benefit from ratings generated by the gimmick, which had a partial test run of sorts this past season. One of the few elements that worked well was the rotating guest judges – Victoria Beckham, Mary J. Blige and Neil Patrick Harris, among others – who filled in before DeGeneres' debut.
One possible downside is that any judges' competition might swipe the spotlight from the performers, at least early on. But with Cowell's absence, the upcoming season will be another transition year for "Idol," no matter what route the producers take.
An audience-picked panel, hopefully, would be able find its rhythm by the time the contest shifts into, say, the top 12 singers.
If a panel chosen by the public flops, we'll only have ourselves to blame. As for their replacements, well, just like the wannabe idols, there always will be more potential judges waiting in the wings, ready to campaign for our votes...
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


Recreating the real world in miniature is often the aim of the many model railroaders. Despite our efforts to do so, we can really only try to mimic reality. Such features as lights, sounds and animation can enhance the feeling of reality.
A perfect example of these three would be an operating sawmill. With some ingenuity the log carriage can be made to run back and forth, accompanied by the sound of the saw. Lights inside the mill can highlight the actions taking place within the mill. The 'Jack Ladder', a continuous chain, could lift logs out of the millpond and take them into the mill where they drop into a hidden chute that returns them to the bottom of the jack ladder.
· A blacksmith could raise and lower his hammer, accompanied by the sound of a hammer hitting an anvil. The sparks and the glow of the forge could even be created using an LED circuit.
· A man standing outside a general store could be smoking a pipe, the intermittent glow of the tobacco showing in the twilight. This is easy to do with fibre optics and a blinking diode.
· The inside of a roundhouse is dimly lit by a series of bulbs hanging from the ceiling rafters. In one corner, a welder's torch flashes blue and white.
· Level crossing lights that flash or gates that drop down when a train approaches, chase lights on a theatre marquee, and flashing lights on a police car or ambulance are all possible with today's technology. These add to the overall effect of the scene.
All of the parts and accessories are readily available to create these and other effects. Many electronic circuits used to trigger these features and different sound systems are also close at hand. Moreover, new electronic devices are regularly introduced to the marketplace.
The Credit Valley Railway Co. Ltd has many of these items in stock as well as books on lighting and animation. Kalmbach Publishing has recently released their second edition of Realistic Animation, Lighting & Sound, which features a wide array of animation, lighting and sound projects to help bring your model railway to life.
If we don't have what you need, we can help you find it.
NOTE: Any additional lights or motors used in the creation of the feeling of reality should be wired to a power circuit separate from the track wiring. Small transformers are available to power these accessories.


The department has all the equipment and infrastructure to run a tertiary care Orthopaedic department.
The Orthopaedic operation theatre is equipped with two 9" High frequency C-Arm machines, two remote operated fracture tables, various power drilling and reaming systems and power saw.
The department has fully equipped arthroscopy system with high definition camera.
The department is well supported by a fully functional department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.


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The Spokesperson for the United Nations Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, would like to clarify recent comments made by the Special Envoy regarding the refugee situation in Europe.
During his last press encounter in Brussels, Mr. de Mistura said that the influx of refugees into Europe is due to the existence of Da'esh and the ongoing conflict in Syria.
The Special Envoy said that more than 230,000 deaths have been recorded so far, due to the use of indiscriminate weaponry by all parties to the conflict. He therefore reminded the international community of the urgent necessity to join forces in finding a political solution to the conflict and putting an end to the bloodshed.
Geneva, 10 September 2015
On 28 May, he met with Dr. Aref Dalila, who shared his views on the situation in Syria and the evolution of the ongoing conflict. They also discussed ways to support Syrian sides in launching a political process. Mr. de Mistura also met with a delegation of elected Security Council members (Chile, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, Venezuela). They discussed the ongoing political efforts and possible role of the United Nations.


Goal setting is the secret to leadership success and living a much focused life in line with your purpose.
All true leaders possess a goal driven attitude. Leaders distinguish themselves from followers by their passion for pre-established goals. They regulate their activities and measure their progress against prescribed objectives and milestones.
Many times, we don't realize that we are setting goals. Whenever we make plans to go to the grocery store, go to school, do laundry or meet friends for a meal, we are in reality setting goals.
A leader understands how to set the right goals, because your future and your life depend on the goals. Where you end up in life is a result of the goals that you set or did not set for your life.
What determines the goal that we set and plans that we make?
It is our purpose and vision in life. Success comes from the discipline of goal setting according to one's purpose.
We have to know and focus on our purposes before we can begin planning, because plans that don't get you to your purpose are counterproductive. Purpose is God original intent for you.
Goals protect us from the undue influence of other people. True leaders are always zealous for and jealous of their goals, because these goals represent their lives.
When our goals change our lives change also. So we must carefully guard our goals. If nothing controls and orders your life, then you are open season to other people and you won't accomplish your purpose.
Remember that the more successful you become, the more people will compete for your time, so you have to guard your goals even more carefully.
A goal is an established point for achievement that leads to a greater accomplishment.
A goal is a point of measure for progress toward an ultimate purpose.
Goals protect us from procrastination.
Goals must relate to the ultimate purpose.
Leaders are committed to their goals.
Leaders are disciplined by goals.
Leaders stick to their goals.
Leaders believe in their goals.
Leaders focus on their goals.
Leaders measure their progress and success by their goals.
Leaders revise their goals when necessary.
Leaders protect their goals from interference.
Leaders transfer their goals to their coworkers and to the next generation.
If you want to be successful as a leader in your domain or chosen field, make goal setting your life. The secret to leadership success is living a much focused life in line with your purpose.


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New trail highlights Prescott's latest purchase of Granite Dells open space
Trail of the Month: Easter Island
The new Easter Island Trail in Prescott's Granite Dells plays off the unusual rock formations in the area east of the Peavine Trail. Trail builders say the rock towers were reminiscent of the World Heritage-Site statues on the actual Easter Island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The city trail is scheduled to be open by Friday afternoon, in time for the Easter weekend. (Cindy Barks/Courier)
By Cindy Barks | Cindy_Barks
Originally Published: March 29, 2018 6:05 a.m.
Trail Basics
Length: Minimum of four miles, maximum of six miles
Difficulty: Moderate to difficult
Prominent features: Sweeping views of Watson Lake and the Point of Rocks; long stretches fronting Boulder Creek; statuesque granite formations
Why it's great right now: The new trail traverses the City of Prescott's late-2017 purchase of 160 acres of open space in the Storm Ranch North.
Just in time for what is shaping up to a warm and mostly-sunny Easter weekend, a new trail in Prescott's Granite Dells will take visitors figuratively to "Easter Island."
The City of Prescott's Recreation Services Department plans to open its new two miles or so of trail in the recently purchased 160-acre parcel of Storm Ranch North land by Friday afternoon, March 30.
Dubbed the Easter Island Trail for the statuesque granite formations that dot the site — reminiscent of the World Heritage rock statues on the Chilean island in the southeastern Pacific Ocean — the trail winds its way through the Dells, east of the Peavine Trail.
Trail map for Prescott's new Easter Island trail.
Dozens of volunteers with the Over the Hill group have been working vigorously in recent weeks to finish the trail that will give the public its first access to the scenic area.
"We really wanted to get something open as soon as possible," Chris Hosking, the city's trails and natural parklands coordinator, said as he supervised more than 30 volunteers along the trail route Monday, March 26. "We've been working three times a week."
To get to the new trail, users will have to hike or ride a minimum of one-and-a-half miles of the Peavine rails-to-trail route. With the one- to two-and-a-half-mile stretch of Peavine, a hike on the new trail will combine for a four-to-six-mile hike.
Hosking said four access points will be available along the eastern side of the Peavine, allowing for a variety of loop hikes. The first will be located across from the Watson Lake cove area — about one and a half miles north of the Sundog Ranch trailhead.
Users should look for the gate on the right-hand side of the Peavine, where the new trail will begin switch-backing its way through the Dells, offering overlooks of Watson Lake with Granite Mountain as a distant backdrop.
Along the way, the Easter Island Trail passes by a number of unusual rock formations. "We named it Easter Island because of the big towers of rock, plus we're opening it up on Easter," Hosking said.
Another prominent feature of the trail will be its frontage along Boulder Creek, a seasonal waterway that, true to its name, cascades through a boulder-strewn canyon.
Although the creek is not currently running, pools of water still remained this week from recent rains.
Over the Hill Gang volunteer Ed Baker throws a rock into place along a section of trail that is under construction in the Quartz Canyon section of the Granite Dells. (Cindy Barks/Courier)
On Monday, the Over the Hill Gang was busy filling in a ravine with pieces of quartz that were littered throughout a canyon, which now carries the name Quartz Canyon.
Hosking, who has visited the new open space parcel dozens of times, designed the trail to take advantage of its views and prominent features.
Allan Grell, an Over the Hill Gang volunteer for the past six years, said Hosking's design "always surprises us. He tells us the trail's going to go through here, and somehow, it does."
Connecting with the Easter Island Trail is the Boulder Creek Trail, which loops back up with the Peavine Trail about two and a half miles north of the Sundog Ranch Road Trailhead.
While a network of lakeside trails has existed on the west side of the Peavine for years, Hosking said the Storm Ranch North trails will offer variety for Dells users.
"It just has a different feel to it," he said of the new open space. "It feels like you're in a different world, and you don't hear anything; it's very quiet."
The two miles or so of new trails are just a portion of the network that Hosking and the Over the Hill Gang plan for the 160 acres. In all, Hosking said the area will feature about six and a half miles of new trail.
Volunteers are already at work on some of the new loops, but they are not yet open to the public. Noting that it is easy to get disoriented in the vast Dells area, Hosking urged users to stay on the established, white-dotted trails.
The city bought the 160-acre parcel of the Storm Ranch North in November 2017, and the purchase closed escrow in late January 2018.
The $2 million purchase amount came from remaining money generated by the now-expired open space and street 1-percent sales tax.
Over the Hill Gang - Easter Island Trail by Courier Video
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'Central Park of Prescott'
City opens new stretch of trail at Watson Lake
Prescott closes escrow on Dells open space acquisition
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Gillian Wearing's "Me in My Mask"
Into our discussion of authenticity comes an artist whose work addresses this head on. Sort of. Gillian Wearing, whose name I did not know, is the first in Newsweek's list The 10 Most Important Artists of Today. A swift look at photographs of her work online suggest a woman interested in hidden layers of common human expression. The work that caught my eye? Her penchant for self-portrait photography while wearing rubber masks modeled on family members and herself at various ages with eye-slits cut into the mask. The result is an arresting visual puzzle: who am I looking at here?
Gillian Wearing's "Self Portrait at 17-Years-Old"
Just so you're not confused, Gillian Wearing was in her mid-to-late 30s when the shot above was taken.
I love this next one. I was complaining the other day about looking in the mirror and seeing old Berrymans. This image of Wearing as her mother gets at that sensation visually.
Gillian Wearing's "Self-Portrait as My Mother Jean Gregory"
Oddly enough, and I haven't done the research to know that this is true, but I would bet Wearing's work has an impact in Evangelical circles. Take a look at this image from a series called Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say (1992–93). Remind of you anything?
From Gillian Wearing's Current Show "People"
Wearing's new show at the Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York is called People. The New York Times review of People states that Wearing works at "coaxing out the unstated feelings, scarring experiences and hidden personalities lurking beneath the surface." There are video confessions and masked portraits as she continues to explore the interaction of aesthetics, portraiture, and self-revelation.
But it's no wonder that in a media, ad-saturated world where youth, physical perfection, hipster cool, and cynicism rule, the conversation is all about what, in the end, is real. And the "what is real" question cuts deep into the dilemma of identity. And when and if I find the real "me" or the real "self", how in the world do I ever get it out into the world, and will anybody care?
That's the question, isn't it? If I were to find my real self, and let it out, via confession and unmasking, would we be heard? Known? Accepted? Cared for? Affirmed? Loved?
We kick it around in a million different ways. And it's the ongoing conversation, the ongoing war, the ongoing question of civilizations.
What is a human being, and how best to live? And who in the world cares?
Gillian Wearing kicks it around with masks, portraits, videos, and confessions. I kick it around by writing plays and creating conversations.
Off to kick it around….
Her work reminds me of Cindy Sherman's.
Yep. Absolutely see what you mean. Hope tomorrow's more productive for you.
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Maple Leafs Game Recaps
Maple Leafs 2 v. Sabres 3 (OT): Peewee Mistakes Are Costly
By PPP Dec 22, 2009, 1:00am EST
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Despite receiving yet another solid goaltending performance from Not Toskalol the Toronto Maple Leafs found a way to cough up a 2-1 lead on just two mistakes in the third period and overtime. It's a shame that the Leafs had two brain cramps that led to goals so late in the game because they got away with so many during the second period as they built up their lead.
The first period was reminiscent to the excellent display that the Leafs put on Friday night. The Leafs came out with jump - the lack thereof which has been a serious problem this year - but again were unable to make the advantage count. They actually left the period down a goal on the back of some poor defensive coverage and a howler by Jonas Gustavsson. He has to get his stick down between his legs on that one. Now don't say that I don't criticise The Monster.
The second period was back to the Sabres team we had seen all of last week. The Leafs took control of the game and scored two lucky hard working goals. Toronto tied it on a shot from behind the goal line by Viktor Stalberg. Stalberg shot it towards the front of the net and it deflected off of lanky Sabres Defenseman Tyler Myers and into the net. The second goal would be equally as strange as it deflected off the skate on Ian White who had pinched in from the point and drove hard to the net.
- David Olesky, Die By The Blade
In that second period the Maple Leafs had a few fire drills in their own end including one 8 man scrum in the crease that somehow saw the Sabres hit Nikolai Kulemin and Wayne Primeau and then slid it wide of the upturned net. At the other end, the Maple Leafs decided that one way to score goals might be to cause Ryan Miller some discomfort. As a result, Viktor Stalberg flew down the ice from the Leafs' face-off dot, burned Henrik Tallinder, and slid a pass towards a driving Colton Orr. The result of the increase in traffic was that Norris candidate Tyler Myers directed the puck past Ryan Miller.
The second goal was again a case of the Leafs doing the small things. Nikolai Kulemin - whose physical play was a highlight of the night and led to a number of other scoring opportunities - took Tyler Myers' ill-advised pinch (and a hit from behind) to set up an odd man rush. The Moustachulent Ian White drove to the far post and Lee Stempniak's pass went in off his skate. Unfortunately, that was all the offence that the Leafs were able to generate.
It's not hard to see how the Sabres are leading the Northeast. Ryan Miller leads the two most important goaltending categories:
2009 - Ryan Miller 29 1718 20 7 54 1.89 862 808 .937 4
This unbelievable season has the Sabres' 3rd in goals against which offsets their 22nd ranked offence. That 19 spot gap plays much better than the Leafs' 17 spot gap between their 29th ranked defence and 12th ranked offence. Here are a couple of things that I picked up from the incredible Time On Ice site. TThe first is a chart looking at both the Corsi and Fenwick numbers Basically, the Corsi number looks at all of the shots that are directed at a net while at even strength and the Fenwick number ignores blocked shots. These are definitely not the be-all numbers but they do give you at least an idea of which players were on their back foot during the game.
Player Number Goals Saved shots Missed Shots Fenwick+/- Blocked Shots Corsi+/-
8 - D - KOMISAREK, MIKE 0 1 16 6 4 6 7 5 2 10
15 - D - KABERLE, TOMAS 1 1 16 6 4 6 8 5 3 10
9 - L - HAGMAN, NIKLAS 0 0 11 5 4 5 5 8 4 9
55 - L - BLAKE, JASON 0 0 11 7 4 4 4 6 2 8
84 - C - GRABOVSKI, MIKHAIL 0 1 10 6 4 6 1 7 2 6
18 - C - PRIMEAU, WAYNE 1 1 7 7 2 2 0 7 4 3
50 - G - GUSTAVSSON, JONAS 2 3 33 26 10 17 -1 18 14 3
2 - D - SCHENN, LUKE 1 0 9 5 4 6 3 6 7 2
12 - R - STEMPNIAK, LEE 1 0 6 7 2 3 -1 7 5 1
4 - D - FINGER, JEFF 0 0 7 7 4 5 -1 7 6 0
45 - L - STALBERG, VIKTOR 1 0 7 6 3 5 0 1 1 0
21 - R - MAYERS, JAMAL 1 1 4 5 2 2 -1 1 2 -2
23 - L - PONIKAROVSKY, ALEXEI 0 1 9 5 1 5 -1 2 3 -2
28 - R - ORR, COLTON 1 2 4 5 2 2 -2 1 1 -2
14 - C - STAJAN, MATT 0 0 10 7 2 7 -2 3 4 -3
81 - C - KESSEL, PHIL 0 1 12 6 2 8 -1 4 6 -3
41 - L - KULEMIN, NIKOLAI 1 1 6 10 2 2 -4 6 6 -4
22 - D - BEAUCHEMIN, FRANCOIS 1 2 10 13 2 6 -8 6 5 -7
7 - D - WHITE, IAN 1 2 8 15 2 5 -11 7 5 -9
The second page rom there goes towards explaining why Jamal Mayers and Colton Orr were out against Derek Roy and Jochen Hecht on the tying goal. Ron Wilson had deployed them most often at even strength against the Sabres' duo. They were a part of the unit that played the 2nd most minutes against them. If not for a momentary bobble by Mayers we wouldn't even be discussing the error.
As for the winner, that's where the title of the post comes in. I played defence once upon a time when I wasn't busy being a sniper and one thing I learned was that there should always, when possible, be a defenceman in front of the net. Frankly, trying to figure out why Francois Beauchemin felt compelled to run into the corner has left me baffled. It evidently surprised Mikhail Grabovski and Phil Kessel too because neither one was prepared to rotate down to cover Roy before he potted the winner.
The full Ron Wilson presser is below and it's great to see a coach not trying to spin things positively. Actually, it's kind of funny because the media are trying to give him an opening to do just that. Considering Gustavsson's performance over the last two games (.944 sv% and a 1.59GAA) Chemmy is right that as fans we can try to at least feel a bit better about the weekend's games considering the Toskalol bascially surrendered two on Friday night. There's still a long way to do to get into the playoffs, especially considering last night's other results, but every point does count. Let's just hope that the wasted second points don't come back to haunt the Leafs.
Leafs with a convincing win against the grinding Islanders They held the most dangerous lead the Leafs can have.


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Hayley Wommack; Owner, CrossFit Level 2 Trainer
Hayley is a Level 2 certified CrossFit trainer, NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USAW Sports Performance Coach and has completed the CrossFit Endurance trainer course. Hayley has an undergraduate and masters degree in Exercise Physiology. Hayley found CrossFit in 2012 after a lifetime of competing as a multi-sport athlete. CrossFit challenges Hayley and fulfills her drive to compete. Hayley is very passionate about CrossFit and is dedicated to helping the community of Oxford reach their health and fitness goals.
Matt Hague; CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
Matt is a registered nurse and has his Bachelors of Science in Nursing. He is a CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and has attended the CrossFit Mobility course. Matt has coached CrossFit since 2013 and is a founder/owner of Wheat State CrossFit in Wichita, KS. Matt started CrossFitting at an affiliate in August 2012, at which time he also ran his first 5k. Since then he has competed in several CrossFit competitions, sprint distance triathlons, half marathons, trail half marathons, and numerous other races. If Matt isn't at the box coaching or doing a WOD with a class, you will find him running around the streets and trails Oxford (with or without a wt'd vest on), hunting or fishing, or spending time with his wife (if it's Friday they are eating pizza and binge watching some show on Netflix). He is passionate about CrossFit and movement patterns and loves watching his athletes improve over time. He moved to Oxford, MS in August of 2015 with his wife Susan, who is a professor at the University of Mississippi.
Gina DeLucia; CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
Gina is originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but is currently a student at the University of Mississippi. She began CrossFit when she was just 16 years old after many years of gymnastics, and other fitness related activities. She instantly fell in love with the sport and soon after received her CrossFit L1 training certification so she could share her knowledge with others. Gina loves competing at local competitions and has big dreams of someday competing at an elite level. But for now, she enjoys coaching and motivating others here at Maxx Strength and Conditioning.
Cullen Pollard; CrossFit Level 1 Candidate
Cullen played soccer at the junior college level and completed his bachelors degree at the University of Mississippi. He is a science teacher for the Lafayette County School District as well as a coach for the commodore girls soccer program. Cullen started Crossfit in 2014 and joined the Maxx Strength family in 2016. He is working toward getting his Crossfit level 1 certification. Cullen and his wife Felicia have 2 boys and enjoy spending time outdoors and being active.
Cheyanne Clouse; CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
Cheyanne is a Level 1 certified CrossFit trainer and ACE Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor . Cheyanne graduated with a bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Wingate University in North Carolina is currently pursuing a masters degree in Health Promotion at Ole Miss. Cheyanne was a competitive swimmer in college and has been a CrossFit coach since 2015. When Cheyanne isn't in the box or at class, you'll find her working at the Turner Center as the Fitness Graduate Assistant for Campus Recreation. She is originally from upstate New York and has the sweetest, cutest cat name Malibu.
Alex Bethay; CrossFit Level 1 Trainer
Alex is currently a senior exercise science/kinesiology major at the University of Mississippi and plans to apply to physical therapy school. Alex started getting into fitness during high school, where he ran track for three years and played soccer for two. When a Crossfit gym opened up in his hometown of Booneville, MS Alex decided to take up CrossFit, as he was looking for something consistent and fun for his workouts. He instantly fell in love with the sport and the community within the gym. Once Alex moved to college he knew he had to find a Crossfit home in Oxford as well. Alex became a coach because he likes to see people fight for their goals, and he loves being able to lead our athletes towards those goals.
More profiles to come:
Brad Franks, CrossFit Level 1 Trainer


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Iraqi president discusses foreign troops cut with Trump in Davos
Witness says Mexican druglord 'El Chapo' paid massive bribes to top cop
Witness says Mexican druglord 'El Chapo' paid massive bribes to top cop /node/1411621/world
Mexico's top drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted as he arrives at Long Island MacArthur airport in New York, US, January 19, 2017, after his extradition from Mexico.(Reuters File Photo)
Updated 27 November 2018
Tom Hays I AP
Witness Miguel Angel Martinez said the Sinaloa cartel paid $10 million in drug money bribes at least twice to Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni
Martinez worked for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in the late 1980s and early 1990s
NEW YORK: Back when business was starting to boom, notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman took delight in seeing massive cocaine shipments arriving by air from Colombia, occasions he code-named "parties" that made him so rich he could pay multimillion dollar bribes to a powerful police commander, a government witness at Guzman's US trial testified Monday.
Miguel Angel Martinez told the jury that while working for Guzman in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the largest shipment ever seen at that time was carried by a fleet of 10 planes, each hauling hundreds of kilos, that landed one day on a hidden airstrip.
At the time, Guzman "was very happy," Martinez said. He added Guzman told him, "Compadre, now it's a great party."
Martinez, testifying in the trial's third week, also told the jury that the Sinaloa cartel paid $10 million in drug money bribes at least twice to Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni, a top law enforcement official in Mexico City. In exchange, Calderoni tipped off the cartel about investigations and offered other protections that helped keep Guzman from getting caught.
Calderoni was known in that era for helping solve the slaying of a Drug Enforcement agent by drug dealers in Mexico in 1985. He also was accused of corruption and torture before slipping out of the country to live in McAllen, Texas, where he was gunned down in a suspected hit in 2003.
Guzman was extradited to the United States last year to face drug-trafficking charges accusing him of running a cartel known for greed and violence. His lawyers say he's being framed by cooperators like Martinez, whose witness protection status remains unclear.
To show that Martinez actually knew Guzman, prosecutors entered into evidence a photo they said shows him sitting next to Guzman at a social gathering sometime in the early 1990s. The prosecutors had the face of Martinez obscured because they say having images of him go public could put his life in danger.
Last week, another former cartel member who's pleaded guilty and is behind bars testified that a high-level security chief in Mexico and a second law enforcement official who once worked under the country's new president-elect took millions of dollars in bribes in the mid-2000s.
Martinez testified that, after washing out as a pilot for Guzman by nearly crashing a plane with his boss aboard, he was made a cartel administrator helping oversee the Colombian shipments and bribery. He said that he and Guzman became so close that Guzman became the godfather of his son.
He described how Guzman was born into poverty in a part of the Sinaloa countryside known for growing marijuana and poppies for heroin. He testified that the future kingpin told him he went into the drug trade because "he didn't have anything to eat."
Topics: Mexoco Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Sinaloa cartel drug trafficking
El Chapo trial witness: Ex-Mexico security chief was bribed
El Chapo bribed Interpol, Mexican officials to keep drugs flowing, informant says
Judge denies El Chapo-wife embrace, deems too risky
South Korea to deploy anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz /node/1616641/world
South Korea will not officially be joining a coalition of forces known as the International Maritime Security Construct
SEOUL: South Korea's military said on Tuesday it plans to expand the deployment of an anti-piracy unit now operating off the coast of Africa to the area around the Strait of Hormuz, after the United States pressed for help in guarding oil tankers.
Attacks on oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran last year prompted US officials to call for allies to join a planned maritime security mission.
While South Korea, a key US ally, will deploy its forces to the area, including the Gulf, it will not officially be joining a coalition of forces known as the International Maritime Security Construct, the defense ministry said.
"The South Korean government decided to temporarily expand the deployment of the Cheonghae military unit," a ministry official told reporters, adding that the step would ensure the safety of citizens and free navigation of South Korean vessels.
The decision to divert the navy unit already operating southwest of Arabia is a political compromise that will not require fresh authorization by parliament ahead of an election in April.
The Cheonghae unit will continue with its mission while it cooperates with the coalition, the ministry said, adding that the United States had been briefed on the decision, which was also explained to the Iranians separately.
The United States welcomes and appreciates South Korea's decision to expand the mission of its Cheonghae anti-piracy unit to the Strait of Hormuz, William Coleman, spokesman for the US Embassy in Seoul, told Reuters on Wednesday.
"This decision is a demonstration of the strength of the US-ROK alliance and our commitment to cooperate on global security concerns."
The Iranian embassy in Seoul had no comment on the matter.
The Strait of Hormuz is a busy passageway into the Gulf, with vessels sailing through it approximately 900 times a year for South Korea, which gets more than 70% of its oil from the Middle East, the defense ministry says.
Sending troops to the area has been a politically sensitive issue in South Korea ahead of the election.
A survey by pollster Realmeter last week showed 48.4% of South Koreans were opposed to dispatching soldiers to the Strait, while 40.3% supported the idea.
Tuesday's move was broadly supported by lawmakers although some said it could risk Iran ties and the safety of South Koreans in the region. A number of progressive activist groups issued a statement criticizing the decision and said they will stage a protest in front of the president's office on Wednesday.
The Cheonghae unit has been stationed in the Gulf of Aden since 2009, working to tackle piracy in partnership with African countries as well as the United States and the European Union.
The 302-strong unit operates a 4,500-ton destroyer, a Lynx anti-submarine helicopter and three speed boats, South Korea's 2018 defense white paper showed.
Among its operations were the rescue of a South Korean ship and its crew in 2011, shooting eight suspected pirates and capturing five others in the incident.
The South Korean troops have also evacuated South Korean citizens from Libya and Yemen, and as of November 2018 had escorted around 18,750 South Korean and international vessels.
South Korea, the world's fifth-largest crude oil importer and one of Iran's major oil customers, stopped importing Iranian crude from May after waivers of US sanctions ended at the start of that month.
Topics: South Korea Hormuz
South Korea mulls sending own ships to Strait of Hormuz


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Q: POSTGRESQL Refresh materialized views CONCURRENTLY How to speed up refresh of simple materilized view
create materialized view some_name as select * from some_heavy_table WITH DATA
if it took a lot of time being refreshed CONCURRENTLY?

A: On Databases Materialized Views only for that if your query executed a long time. It is often used on reports. How works Materialized Views?
When you create a materialized view, then DB is firstly executed your query one time and stores return data in the internal system hidden tables. Next time when we will use this view then DB will be used data stored on the system tables. That's why next time our query returns data very very fastly. Some people always use Refresh Materialized when selecting the view process. This is not the right method. In this case, there is no point in using materialized. Note that, if your data on tables used in materialized views will be updated, so you can not view updated data for selecting materialized. Because materialized views are executed and are calculated only one time. So, for viewing new data we can do refreshing materialized using refresh materialized commands. So, recommended using materialized only for tables which not often updated. As a result, recommended refreshing materialized views one time on the day using the jobs (or schedule scripts). And the second way is is that, you can think of some mechanism or logical process for refreshing. For example: When your data is updated then we can insert log data to our log tables, so that we knew about this updating process. And before selecting materialized views we must check our log tables, when we view the updated process records on the log tables, then we must firstly execute refresh materialized and after then we can use this view.

A: From the Postgres source code:

Concurrent refresh builds new data in temp tablespace, and does diff

So refreshing a materialized view concurrently will take more time, because there is more work to do. Instead of just replacing the table, it has to check for the difference between old and new and update. In both cases the data from the query needs to be computed, but there's no way around that, and basically no difference between using 'concurrently' or not.
However, anything depending on the materialized view being available is blocked unless you use 'concurrently'. So if you have a long running refresh, it might be beneficial to do it concurrently. This will take more time in total, but it will have less impact on the other users of the materialized view.
If your goal is to have it done as quickly as possible however, you should not use concurrently.


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Bywater Properties
Stallan Brand
akp were engaged as Principal Contractor to carry out the major refurbishment of the Sauchiehall Street site that will house the proposed McLellan Works.
McLellan Works occupies an entire block on the north side of Sauchiehall Street and complements the multimillion-pound avenues programme.
The works completed by akp is over levels 1 and 3, basement and reception encompassing strip out and refurbishment, with the addition of shopfronts and external upgrading works to the stonework, roof, etc.
Under the scheme the proposed McLellan Works situated in one of the city's most elegant buildings will be home to creative SMEs and food and retail outlets.
In recent years the building around the galleries operated as Breckenridge House, incorporating a mix of commercial tenants and retail units.
The aim is for McLellan Works to continue to serve as the entrance to the McLellan Galleries, which stands immediately behind the building and is currently occupied by the Glasgow School of Art.
The building has 34,440 square feet of mixed co-working and SME office space over the upper three storeys. The ground floor commercial space has 9,366 square feet of retail and commercial space.
A focal point of the refurbished building is the central entrance with an artisan café and meeting spaces providing access to the building.
The development was led by McLellan Works' new owner, Bywater Properties, with its transformation carried out by Glasgow-based architects, Stallan Brand, National Building Consultancy, Project Management and Cost Consultants Trident and Award-Winning Principal Contractor akp Scotland.
Keri Monaghan, project architect of Glasgow-based Stallan Brand, said; "This dynamic project offers the opportunity to unlock a piece of Glasgow's history by reinstating the presence of the McLellan Galleries on Sauchiehall Street.
"We were delighted to be a part of the proposals to re-establish the city's connection to a piece of cultural heritage while also maintaining a listed building, delivering attractive office space, and contributing to the ongoing improvements being made to Sauchiehall Street."
Ross McDermott, Project Manager of Trident's Glasgow office commented; "We enjoyed working with Bywater and the wider project team in delivering McLellan Works to the Glasgow market. The design intent is something special and will provide flexible office accommodation and retail space for those who look to be part of Glasgow's cultural heritage and resurgence of this vibrant area of the city centre.
akp Scotland Managing Director and Founding partner Ian McEwan commented; "It was fantastic to deliver another major refurbishment in Glasgow City Centre for."
The McLellan Galleries, which sit within the same block as the planned McLellan Works, were originally built in 1855 to house the art collection of Archibald McLellan, a local coach builder, councillor and patron of the arts.
From 1869 the galleries were home to the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) until its move to the Mackintosh Building in 1899.
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Commercial, Leisure & Hospitality
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Many new structure teams do not spend enough time thinking about weight placement. During the tournament there are no do-overs for weight placement. If you drop a weight or hit the structure and it breaks early then testing is over. Make sure that you have practiced enough with weight placement so that you are comfortable around the tester and with handling the weights.
Have more than one person practice weight placement. A weight placer could be sick on tournament day and someone else would have to take their place.
Elementary and Middle Level teams may have adults assist with placement of weights that weigh 25 pounds or more. Teams should verify this within the rules of the current years challenge. It is the teams decision on whether an adult will assist with weight placement. It is very important that the adult assistant provide only muscle. The selection and placement of weights is the teams responsibility and the adult assistant should not be directing this in any way. If appraisers feel that the adult assistant is guiding weight placement then the adult assistant may not be allowed to continue to assist with weight placement. The adult assistant should also practice with the team so that the weight placers and the adult assistant are comfortable with each other. There are additional comments on the adult assistant on the Team Manager info page of this site.
It is very important that structure(s) brought to tournament meet the specifications of the challenge. Structures that do not meet ALL of the specifications will not be scored for weight held. A few weeks before tournament the team should do their own mock check in. Take the specifications from the challenge and go down the list, checking off each item (weight, height, center hole clearance, etc.). It is very stressful to get to tournament and find out that the structure must be modified in order to be able to test it for score.
The team needs to decide on what they think is the safest way to carry the structure to the tournament. A cardboard box can easily be sat on and destroy the structure inside. Laying it loose in the front seat of the car is probably not a good idea either because someone can just jump into the car and sit on it. (This hasn't happened to my team but I do know of teams that had this happen to them.) Treat the structure like gold so that it arrives safely at the tournament. Some teams carry a spare structure to tournament as a backup just in case.
How are you going to transport your structure safely to the tournament?
Before tournament do your own mock check in with the structure - does it meet the challenge specifications?
Do you think you need a spare structure?
Do you have a plan for weight placement?
Has everyone practiced with weights in case of illness? How do you adjust your performance?.
These comments are generic. Refer to the specific challenge and travel guide for specifics on the current year's challenge.
As soon as possible scope out the performance site and determine what weights are available. The weights you planned on using may not be available. Note that the challenges generally state that a team can ask the Regional Director or Tournament Director for a list of the specific weights that will be available at tournament.
Checking out the site also allows you time to think about how to stage your performance. The location of the tester board and weights cannot be changed so you may have to adjust your staging to accommodate the actual layout of the performance site.
Typically, structure teams must check their structures in from 30 minutes to 1 hour before their presentation time. Check in times will generally be noted when the tournament schedule is published. Check in procedures vary from year to year. Consult the Travel Guide for Teams that is published in January or February of each year for current year check in procedures. Generally, structure teams are responsible for all handling of the structure during check in and appraisers are trained to not touch the structure during the process. Refer to the current years challenge and travel guide for additional information.
Teams with structures that do not meet specifications will be given time (as it is available) to modify their structure to comply with specifications. Once check in is complete the structure is left with the weigh in appraisers. Teams should have a container to store the structure. The weigh in appraisers will "seal" the container in some manner. Teams will be instructed when to return to weigh in to pick up their structure prior to their performance.
Brainstorm a list of materials and tools that you might need if for some reason you have to modify and/or repair the structure once your reach the tournament site. Pack these in a "structure emergency repair kit" and bring them to the tournament.
At some point after you check in with the prep area appraiser you will be directed to have someone to return to weigh in to pick up your structure. Do not remove the seal from the structure container until directed to do so by an appraiser.
Once time begins, relax and enjoy yourself.


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Q: Powershell stopped working, can't execute scripts or type into shell my powershell in Win10 has become completely nonfunctional.

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*If I try and execute a script it hangs on an empty shell window

*If I load Powershell (with and without Admin) it displays the copyright info but I can't type anything

*If I load the script into ISE the play button is greyed out but the stop button is active.  If I press stop the play button remains grayed out.  Also can't type into the ISE console window.

*Restarted several times, same problem

Anyone know what this could be?

A: Luckily had another Win10 box handy, was some Registry weirdness.  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Microsoft.PowershellScript.1\Shell\0\Command
Was:
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" "-file" "%1"
Should have been:
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" "-Command" "if((Get-ExecutionPolicy ) -ne 'AllSigned') { Set-ExecutionPolicy -Scope Process Bypass }; & '%1'"

A: I found this trick in 2014 forum post: with the Powershell open press Ctrl+X then Ctrl+C. Worked for me.


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Inventor Chrissie Probert Jones talks about her line of fabulous pillowcases, placemats, duvet covers, aprons, and tablecloth.
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This brings doodling to two "battlefields" - eating and sleeping. Brilliant!
The smudge in the middle is my fault. I think my kids put some food on the lens. Thanks guys.
Would love to hear your comments or questions. Isn't this just beautiful??????


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