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Mercedes-Benz S-Class: the epitome of automotive engineering
A unique tradition since the early days of the brand
Captivating in the sum of its qualities
The world's best-selling luxury vehicle
Stuttgart – The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a byword for luxury, comfort, and driving safety. Because of that, this family of model series has had an enduring impact on the reputation of the brand. Its long and distinguished history stretches back to the beginning of the 20th century.
The great tradition of the S-Class follows the philosophy of a car that has always responded fully to the trends and demands of its time. These responses have come in the form of innovative technology and pioneering safety systems as well as solutions for greater comfort.
It is these strengths that enable each generation of the S-Class to set new standards in vehicle development and that make this model series the epitome of automotive engineering.
The sales figures speak for themselves: more than 3.5 million S-Class saloons have been sold since 1951, making this the world's most successful vehicle in the high-end, luxury segment.
From W 187 to "Ponton Mercedes" (1951 to 1959)
The direct ancestral line of the S-Class began in 1951, when Mercedes-Benz returned to the high-end segment for the first time since the end of the Second World War with the 220 model (W 187).
Launched at the same time, the prestigious Mercedes 300 (W 186) was the largest and fastest car in series production in Germany and the yardstick by which other luxury vehicles were measured. It became known as the "Adenauer Mercedes" because it was the favourite official car of German chancellor Konrad Adenauer.
The next generation of the S-Class followed in 1954: the model 220 (W 180) was the first Mercedes-Benz six-cylinder car to feature a unitised body design. Its ultra-modern "pontoon" body offered previously unheard of levels of comfort.
The single-joint swing axle, which had a low pivot point and had been developed for the Mercedes racing cars, ensured first-class handling.
From the "tailfin" to the 300 SEL 6.3 (1959 to 1972)
The "tailfin" models introduced in 1959 earned their nickname from the understated sight lines adorning the rear wings. The 111/112 model series represented a milestone in automotive history, as this was the first time that Béla Barényi's safety shell had been put into service in a series-production car.
In 1963, Mercedes-Benz launched the prestigious 600 model (W 100) which followed in the tradition of the Super Mercedes. This exclusive, top-of-the-range vehicle was available as a limousine with either a standard, or long wheelbase, or as a landaulet. Its extensive appointments reflected the pinnacle of what was technologically possible at the time.
The timelessly elegant saloons of the 108/109 model series – the successor to the "tailfins" – made their debut in 1965. A highlight of this S‑Class generation was the 300 SEL 6.3 model that appeared in 1968. This top-of-the-range vehicle used the same powerful V8 engine as the model 600 and delivered performance on a par with sports cars.
The first S-Class (model series 116, 1972 to 1980)
In 1972, the 116 model series set new standards with its modern design and extensive comfort and safety features. It was the first model series to officially be called the S-Class, though the letter S had long been used internally by Mercedes-Benz as a designation for high-end vehicles.
In 1978, the 116 model series became the world's first mass-production car to offer anti-lock brakes.
Modern classic (model series 126, 1979 to 1991)
Launched in 1979, the 126 model series had a clean, modern design that did away with the traditional chrome bumpers in favour of plastic ones. The 126 model series raised the bar with regard to aerodynamics, driving comfort, and safety. The air bag, for example, made its debut in this model series in 1981, as did the front passenger air bag in 1988.
A new superlative (model series 140, 1991 to 1998)
Introduced by Mercedes-Benz in 1991, the S-Class of the 140 model series delivered the maximum in comfort and performance. The 600 SE and 600 SEL were the first Mercedes-Benz saloons to be powered by a V12 engine. In 1995, the ESP® Electronic Stability Program was fitted as standard in the V12 versions – a world first.
The S-Class of the 21st century (model series 220, 1998 to 2005)
In 1998, the S-Class 220 model series arrived on the market as the flagship vehicle for Mercedes-Benz's new product strategy. It was marked by a much leaner design than its predecessor.
Innovations available in this S-Class included the COMAND control and display system, the DISTRONIC proximity-controlled cruise control system, Active Body Control (ABC, available from 1999), and the preventive occupant protection system PRE-SAFE (2002).
Exclusive, safe and eco-friendly (model series 221, 2005 to 2013)
In 2005, Mercedes-Benz introduced its integral safety concept in the 221 model series of S-Class. By incorporating all elements of active and passive safety, this S-Class has brought Mercedes-Benz a significant step closer to the vision of safe, accident-free driving.
In 2009, the 221 model series became the first luxury Mercedes-Benz model to feature a hybrid drive – at the same time, the S 400 HYBRID became the first series-production car to be fitted with a lithium-ion battery.
A history of automotive excellence
The exclusive tradition of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class dates right back to the beginning of the 20th century. Since that time, the range of products offered by Mercedes and Benz – Mercedes-Benz from 1926 – has always featured outstanding models in the high-end and luxury bracket.
They are representative of an innovative, visionary approach to automotive engineering that shapes vehicle development as a whole. Mercedes-Benz is taking this long-established tradition into the future with the S-Class generation of 2013.
The history of the S-Class is the focus of a special exhibition at the Mercedes-Benz Museum, running from 18 June to 3 November 2013.
Triple victory in the 2013 Design Trophy
Mercedes-Benz: Real Life Safety


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Type: Journal article
Title: Age effects on survival from early breast cancer in clinical settings in Australia
Author: Roder, D.
De Silva, P.
Zorbas, H.
Kollias, J.
Malycha, P.
Pyke, C.
Campbell, I.
Citation: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 2012; 82(7-8):524-528
Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia
Statement of
Responsibility: David M. Roder, Primali de Silva, Helen M. Zorbas, James Kollias, Peter L. Malycha, Chris M. Pyke and Ian D. Campbell
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The study aim was to determine whether age is an independent risk factor for survival from early invasive breast cancer in contemporary Australian clinical settings. METHODS: The study included 31 493 breast cancers diagnosed in 1998–2005. Risk of death from breast cancer was compared by age, without and with adjustment for clinical risk factors, using Cox proportional hazard regression. RESULTS: Risk of breast cancer death was elevated for cancers of larger size, higher grade, positive nodal status, oestrogen receptor negative status, vascular invasion and multiple foci. Ductal lesions presented a higher risk than other lesions. Adjusting for these factors, the relative risk of breast cancer death (95% confidence limits) was lower for 40–49-year-olds at 0.80 (0.66, 0.96) than for the reference category under 40 years, but higher for 70–79-year-olds at 1.64 (1.36, 1.98) and women aged 80 years or more at 2.19 (1.79, 2.69). The risk for 50–69-year-olds and women under 40 years was similar. Risk-factor adjustment reduced the difference in risk between the reference category under 40 years and 40–49-year-olds, largely eliminated the lower relative risk for 50–69-year-olds, and increased the relative risks for women aged 70–79 years and older. DISCUSSION: Survivals in women under 40 and over 70 years of age are poorer than for 40–69-year-olds. Research is needed into the best treatment modalities for younger women and older women with co-morbidity.
Keywords: Humans; Breast Neoplasms; Survival Rate; Multivariate Analysis; Risk Factors; Age Factors; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Middle Aged; Child; Australia; Female; Young Adult
Rights: © 2012 The AuthorsANZ Journal of Surgery © 2012 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
RMID: 0020127230
Appears in Collections: Public Health publications

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This method performs a hash on the specified message using the provided key. What kind of hash is applied is determined by the constant passed into the mode parameter.
Currently, only one hash type is supported: the SHA256 RSA signature scheme, which is selected by passing the constant crypto.RSASSA_PKCS1_SHA256 into mode. The value of key must be an RSA private key: DER-encoded PKCS#1 or PKCS#8. Only keys between 1024 and 4096 bits in length (inclusive) are supported. Keys must not be password encrypted.
The method returns immediately. The hash is processed asynchronously, however, and the signature returned to the mandatory callback function via its own signature parameter. The signature is returned as a blob. Signatures can be verified using the crypto.verify() method.
Passing an invalid mode or a malformed key will cause an exception to be thrown. Other errors are passed into the callback function's error parameter, which will be null if no error occurred.
into a terminal on your computer to generate a fresh private key.
The second function, hexString(), formats output bytes into hexadecimal characters and is used to display the signature generated by crypto.sign().
The following code is an alternative to the code above: it shows how a simple string can be signed using a pre-existing RSA private key in PKCS#8 format (rather than PKCS#1, as above) taken from a .pem file. The first function, decodePrivate8Pem(), is used to convert the PKCS#8 key for use with crypto.sign().


"NEW YORK (Reuters) – Paintings looted by the Nazis during World War Two and retrieved by the Monuments Men, the Allied group tasked with returning masterpieces to their rightful owners, will be sold at auction on Thursday in New York.
The works, which will go under the hammer during Sotheby's sale of Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture, were among the tens of thousands of works recovered by the art experts whose story is told in the George Clooney film "The Monuments Men," which opens in U.S. theaters on February 7.
"The scale of looting was absolutely extraordinary," said Lucian Simmons, Sotheby's head of restitution.
"In France, for example, 36,000 paintings were stolen from institutions and largely from individuals. The Monuments Men managed to recover and return the majority of those," he said in an interview.


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Q: Laravel - Long initialisation time I maintain several Laravel projects. They usually boot quite quickly but I have that one project which boots very slow.
Project is written in Laravel 5.0, uses PHP 5.4.24, EasyPHP DevServer on Windows Server 2012.
Here's a screenshot from Chrome Clockwork plugin:

For example in another Laravel project(same version - 5.0) running on my local computer(not very fast) it takes 80 - 140 ms to initialise. Furthermore, Application initialisation event ends when Router dispatch starts which is clearly not the case in the picture above.
Another issue(maybe related, maybe not) is that whenever I run composer update it takes several minutes to run all those tasks with merely 6 requirements

A: try to check the problem using logs [error ,warning] in your server .in most scenario you will see the problem in server log file.

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Wax Stain Rookie: Keith Yandle
Wax Stain Wednesday is a regular feature on Dirty Dangle. Our pal Dave at Wax Stain Rookie is an avid autograph and card collector and has some amazing experiences to share with us. WARNING: these posts may make you want to buy a Beckett and get those dusty hockey cards out from under your bed that you hide from your girlfriend like a secret porn collection.
Keith Yandle is a defenseman that I have been a fan of for a number of years now. He was a superstar in the only season he played in the QMJHL for the Moncton Wildcasts which helped launch him into the NHL. In his one year in the CHL, he won the QMJHL top defenseman award, the top defensive player award and made the QMJHL First All-Star team. A year after putting up 84 points in 66 games in the Q, he was playing for the Phoenix Coyotes. It would be two seasons of bouncing between the AHL and NHL before he was a permanent fixture in the lineup, but since 2009-10, Yandle has consistently been one of the best offensive defensemen in the NHL.
In 2009-10 Yandle finished with 41 points which was good enough for 23rd among defensemen in the NHL. That might not seem like a huge accomplishment, but remember he was playing for the Coyotes and 41 points ranked him 4th on the team in scoring. In 2010-11 Yandle's production jumped up to 59 points which ranked him 3rd in the NHL and earned him his first trip to the NHL All-Star Game.
Even this season, he has managed to maintain a strong offensive showing with 41 points through 74 games on a team that is in the bottom third of NHL scoring. That total currently has him 12th among NHL D-men and 4th on his team in scoring. Yandle was also invited this season to participate in his second All-Star Game.
Defensively, Yandle is no slouch either. He has been a plus when it comes to +/- each of the last 3 seasons with his highest being +16 in 09/10 and he does this while averaging 22-24 minutes a game on most nights. It is no wonder that the 'Yotes locked up Yandle for 5 years-$26.25M as he has been a hidden gem in the desert and a big part of the Coyotes success on the ice.
As valuable as Yandle is to the Coyotes on the ice, when it comes to his hockey cards they are pretty affordable. His most expensive rookie card sells for about 40 bucks and most of his rookies can be bought in the $1-8 dollar range.
This is his UD Young Guns rookie from 2006-07 and it is worth about 6-8 bucks.
Here is another "rookie" card of his. This one isn't considered a true rookie card as it is part of an insert set. But I really like the card and wanted to share it as well. This card books for about 5 dollars on the high end and 2 dollars on the low end.
The Autographs
This first auto is from last year's Score set. Many collectors who collected in the early 90's would recognize this design. I was a pretty big fan of this set and the cards are very affordable. If you want a good deal for your money, try building this set. Packs offer lots of great auto inserts as well!
This is the other card I sent to get autographed. It is from the 09-10 Upper Deck set and in both cases Keith signed with a blue sharpie. Each auto is very readable and both were signed with his number 3. The return time on these autos was about 8 months which in my opinion was totally worth the wait. One cool fact is that I sent these to an address in Massachusetts and the cards came back post-marked from the Phoenix area! These cards have done more travelling than I have in the last year.
Posted by Dirty Dangle at 3:05 PM
Mike March 21, 2012 at 5:10 PM
Love that that Score card.
Flashback to my old set in the good old 90's
Do they still make Pro Set cards?
I had a few sets of those.
Yandle was always a guy I would draft in my fantasy pool but he went in the 6th round this year. Way too early.
Oh well next year.
Dave H March 22, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Hey Mike,
No ProSet didn't survive past the 92/93 Season. They produced a really nice Series 1 set that year, but Series 2 never saw the light of day as they filed for bankruptcy.
Some sets like Score, Fleer, Parkhurst, O-Pee-Chee and Donruss have been relicensed by Upper Deck, Panini and In The Game over the years, but no one ever felt like bringing back Pro Set. I think it might have to do with the name being far too tarnished from its first incarnation.
One neat fact, In The Game which produces some really nice cards is owned by Dr. Brian Price. Dr. Price had helped Pro Set license the Parkhurst brand in the early 90's and arguably helped Pro Set create some of the nicest hockey cards in the early 90's (91/92 and 92/93 Parkhurst). It was a shame he couldn't help save their flagship brand too.


For the benefit of new subscribers (as well as easily distractible long-time listeners), Lyssa and Dale discuss what happened in Season 1, episode by episode. There are digressions (and spoilers, obviously). After listening to this, you'll be all set for Season 2, which starts on February 5th!


The Mindray Datascope AS3000 is a continuous flow anesthesia system which offers manual or automatic ventilation, easily adjustable fresh gas delivery, anesthetic agent delivery, ventilation monitoring, convenient ergonomics, and state-of-the-art safety systems.
Multiple ventilator modes including: Pressure Controlled Ventilation (PCV), Pressure Support Ventilation (PS), Synchronized intermittent mandatory Ventilation (SIMV) and Volume Controlled Ventilation (CMV).
The warmed breathing system (35°C) virtually eliminates internal condensation.
The auxiliary O2 / air flowmeters provide a built-in method of regulating O2 concentration.
Remote, dedicated 10.4" color display, adjustable for maximum visibility of ventilator information.


We know that you all love that gooey, cheesy, carb-filled creation known, of course, as mac 'n' cheese. You can pair the classic dish with some delicious craft beer over at Pure Project Brewing at their upcoming Mac 'n' Cheese Throwdown, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22.
The event offers attendees a chance to create their own unique macaroni and cheese recipe to bring into the tap room for other participants, friends and family members to judge. To participate in the throwdown, "chefs" must use a Pure Project beer in their recipe, fill their growler of said beer by Jan. 20, provide their own crockpot or dish for serving on site, turn in a description of the creation and drop off the mac 'n' cheese the day of the event at the tasting room.
Winners will be rewarded with prizes. For more information about registering, stop by Pure Project or send an email to robby@purebrewing.org with registration information. The email should include a description, tasting notes and details about the dish.
Registration will close on Friday, Jan. 20. This event is free to attend.
Some of Pure Project's previous throwdowns in 2016 included a "chowdah" throwdown and a "holy guacamole" throwdown. Keep your eyes peeled for more fun, tasty throwdowns coming up in 2017.


CubeBackup - How to solve the "Username and Password not accepted" or "EOF" error when sending a test email via SMTP?
How to solve the "Username and Password not accepted" or "EOF" error when sending a test email via SMTP?
As a backup administrator, you may wish to use a "Custom SMTP Server" to send backup status reports. However, even after entering the correct information for the SMTP host, port, username and password, you might still run into a "Username and Password not accepted" error or an "EOF" error when clicking the "send a test email" link.
First check to make sure you are using the correct user name and password.
If you are using a GMail account as the sender, considering change the SMTP port from 465 to 587.
If you are using a Google account to send email reports, you may be rejected because Google blocks non-OAuth logins by default. In order to make SMTP mail reports work, the "Allow less secure apps" setting may need to be enabled.
In the "Less secure app access panel", click Turn on access.
If none of the above tips worked, you can try a different email account, such as a Yahoo or Outlook account. If you have your own SMTP service inside your company, please use it instead.


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Die Baureihe OS T5–T8 waren U-Bahn-Triebwagen für den Oberleitungsbetrieb, die von AS Oslo Sporveier für die U-Bahn in der norwegischen Hauptstadt Oslo in den Serien T5 und T6 neu beschafft und in den Serien T7 und T8 aus vorhandenen Fahrzeugen der Serie T4 umgebaut wurden. Die Fahrzeuge wurden auf den westlichen Strecken der Stadt eingesetzt.

Geschichte
1959 wurden zwei Einzelwageneinheiten mit der Bezeichnung T gebaut, die als Prototypen für die Osloer U-Bahn konzipiert wurden. Nach einem einjährigen Test wurden sie im Linienverkehr der Kolsåsbanen eingesetzt, wo sie bis 1983 im regulären Dienst blieben.

Nach den ab 1964 für die Strecken auf der Ostseite beschafften Fahrzeugen OS T1–T4 mit Stromschienenstromabnehmern wollten Oslo Sporveier auch auf den mit Oberleitungen elektrifizierten Strecken des Westnetzes modernere Fahrzeuge einsetzen.

Die ebenso allgemein verwendete Bezeichnung T1300 bezieht sich auf die gesamte Baureihe mit den 49 Fahrzeugen.

Die Neubaufahrzeuge sowie die Wagen der Serie T7 besitzen eine elektrische Widerstandsbremse, Magnetschienenbremsen, Druckluftscheibenbremsen und eine Handbremse an jedem Drehgestell. Die Wagen der Serie T8 erhielten keine Schienenbremsen. Mit selbsttätigen Scharfenbergkupplungen mit seitlichen Kontaktaufsätzen können alle Wagen der Serien T1 bis T8 gekuppelt werden.

Serien

T5, T6
Die Serien T5 (mit einem Führerstand) und T6 (mit zwei Führerständen) waren die ersten U-Bahnwagen für Fahrleitungsbetrieb, die zwischen 1978 und 1981 für die Strecken im Westen der Stadt beschafft wurden. Sie waren an jedem Wagenende mit einer automatischen Scharfenbergkupplung ausgestattet.

Beide Serien wurden nur mit Dachstromabnehmer geliefert und erst später mit Stromabnehmern für den Stromschienenbetrieb nachgerüstet.

T7, T8
1985 bis 1987 wurden die zwischen 1976 und 1977 gebauten Wagen 1151, 1155, 1154, 1156, 1150, 1157, 1152, 1153, 1158 und 1159 der Bauart T4 in dieser Reihenfolge bei Strømmens Værksted in die Serie T7 umgebaut und  mit den neuen Betriebsnummern 1334 bis 1343 versehen.

1989 wurden nochmals die zwischen 1976 und 1977 gebauten Wagen 1160, 1161, 1147, 1149, 1162 und 1148, die ebenfalls aus der Lieferung T4 entstammten, in dieser Reihenfolge bei Strømmens Værksted in die Serie T8 umgebaut. Diese Wagen erhielten die Betriebsnummern 1344 bis 1349.

Die Wagen hatten vor dem Umbau nur Stromschienenstromabnehmer und erhielten je einen Dachstromabnehmer für den Einsatz unter der Oberleitung.

Einsatz
Die Fahrzeuge wurden in den Wagenwerkstätten Avløs und Majorstuen beheimatet.

Bevor das östliche und das westliche Netz 1993 zusammengeführt wurde, fuhren die Wagen der Serien T5 bis T8 ausschließlich auf dem westlichen, die Wagen der Serien T1 bis T4 nur auf dem östlichen Netz. Nach 1993 wurden die westlichen Strecken nacheinander auf Stromschienenbetrieb umgebaut.

Nach der Auslieferung der Baureihe MX3000 wurde am 22. April 2010 der letzte Wagen zur Verschrottung abgefahren.

Erhaltene Fahrzeuge
Die Wagen 1306, 1320 und 1335 sind erhalten geblieben. Ursprünglich war der Wagen 1328 bei der Schrottfirma Oppland metall, die alle anderen Fahrzeuge verschrottet hatte, zur Erhaltung vorgesehen. Er wurde jedoch im Winter 2012 ebenfalls zerlegt.

Typenübersicht

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Einzelnachweise

U-Bahn-Fahrzeug
Schienenfahrzeug (Strømmens Værksted)
U-Bahn (Norwegen)
Triebfahrzeug (Oslo Sporveier)

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Q: How to do stratified sampling on two columns in PySpark Dataframe? I want to sample below data set based on IDs and the comm_type they fall into; The same IDs can have multiple comm_types, the data set is huge so I want to do further analysis on a smaller sample of 1 million unique IDs;
I see there is a sampleBy(col, fractions, seed=None), method to perform this but I need to group the data by comm_type and then sample by IDs, I am struggling to figure out the best way to do it. There are other fields in the dataset as well but the sampling needs to happen on these two columns.
The fractions for the comm_type should match the original data in the DF,
E = 0.5, M = 0.4, P= 0.1, and the unique IDs in original DF is around 19 M, I only need to sample 1 M of the dataset keeping the comm_type fractions consistent to the original dataset.

Will appreciate any help or direction.

A: You can use scikit learn train_test_split function. Function accepts multiple columns for strata.
sklearn.model_selection.train_test_split(*arrays, test_size=None,
train_size=None, random_state=None, shuffle=True, stratify=df[columns to
stratify])


On arrival we were taken back by the efforts undertaken to give the opening a street party atmosphere. There was live music, hog roast, ice cream and community games (not to mention the delicious tea & cakes!).
Some big names were present for the opening including Jeremy Browne, MP for Taunton Deane (loves the liquorice and peppermint), Councillor John Williams, Leader of Taunton Deane Borough Council, and Jane Barrie OBE, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Somerset.
The Waterside House project is part of the wider regeneration of a derelict site in Taunton. It is a focal point in the area and the development has brought in new residents to reclaim a lost part of the town, which had been brownfield wasteland for years.


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Q: Dependency in identity column values after multiple SQL inserts If the next is right:
There are SQL string with multiple inserts (using a stored procedure):
"EXEC SPInsertData ... EXEC SPInsertData ... EXEC SPInsertData ..."
The id in identity column, which is auto incremented, of every new record is smaller than the id of the next one.
E.g. after executing the given SQL string the id of the first record is smaller than id of the second record, and its id is smaller than id of the third record?

A: Yes, if it's an auto-incrementing identity column that is correct

A: By nature, autoincrements go forward with every insert by the amount of the increment.
MS SQL Server offers a way to create a reverse order. Take a look here
create table #test
(
    TestId INT IDENTITY (2, -1),
    DateTimeStamp   DateTime
)
GO
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
INSERT INTO #test (DateTimeStamp) Values (GETDATE());
GO
SELECT * FROM #test

Results:
TestId      DateTimeStamp
2           2009-07-28 15:02:09.200
1           2009-07-28 15:02:09.200
0           2009-07-28 15:02:09.200
-1          2009-07-28 15:02:09.200
-2          2009-07-28 15:02:09.203
-3          2009-07-28 15:02:09.203
-4          2009-07-28 15:02:09.203
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Dairy farming and the futures market full report
Guus Mensink
The only way to preserve a future-proof dairy farming is through margin retention. Without a margin, no sustainable future is possible. A dairy farmer will always have to be aware of this. One way to maintain margin is the use of the futures market for feed and dairy (products). In my research into these futures markets, a number of points emerged that are essential and worth sharing.
The futures market for the agricultural sector has existed worldwide for centuries. Its use has also been praised for years, as well as despised. The reason for this is that there are always winners and losers on the futures market. The futures market has been set up to absorb price fluctuations for both seller and buyer. The futures market provides insight and information about the price expectations about the specific product for the delivery at a previously agreed place and time. The extent to which a contract can change ownership is called liquidity. The dairy futures market was very limited at the start of my research (2015). In the meantime, liquidity is broader and can be described as sufficient for contracts up to a maximum of six months. This is still limited compared to the futures market of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The EEX in Leipzig has announced in 2017 that it will come up with a futures contract for raw milk. To date, it has still not been introduced. European dairy farmers can now cover their milk price risk on the futures market. For this purpose, these dairy farmers can purchase futures contracts from milk powder and butter. These products are currently being offered on the European futures market. Depending on the milk processor, the right number of futures can be purchased which must correlate with the paid milk price. This correct correlation between the paid milk price and the futures ensures a good 'hedge'. As there are no futures for raw milk, there is a cross-hedge. The higher the correlation between the paid milk price and the futures, the lower the basic risk. The ratio between the number of milk powder and butter contracts can vary per period. A good adviser is therefore necessary. And even then a mismatch can arise between the contracts and the liquid milk (basic risk). By using futures for both the input (feed) side and the output (milk) side, the target margin can be determined. By only recording the input or the output on the futures market, a mismatch or squeeze can occur. The desired margin can therefore disappear. By choosing a fixed strategy and following it consistently, the optimal (desired) risk management is created.
As previously indicated, the futures market is under development. Dutch dairy farmers still make relatively little use of futures and options. The reason for this is often that there is insufficient knowledge of it, but it is also not supported by chain partners. In this way, I would also like to call on the financial institutions (banks) and other chain parties (feed suppliers and milk processors) to provide more support to the dairy farmers. They can facilitate dairy farmers by means of money, market access, knowledge, etc. All of this for a common purpose, preservation and, where possible, expansion of the margin for dairy farming.
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"Percy 'Thrills' Partner"
Profession:Singer, Singer-songwriter, Musician, Artist, Drummer, Guitarist, Keyboard player, Pianist, Social activist, Poet
Date of Birth: Jun 18, 1942
Nicknames:James Paul McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney, Solo career of Paul McCartney, Thrillington, Percy 'Thrills'
Ethnicity: Irish people in Great Britain
Country:United Kingdom, England
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Paul Mccartney Net Worth is $780 Million. Sir Paul McCartney is the most successful musician and composer in the history of pop music, with sixty gold discs, over 100 million single sales, and a net worth of $800 million. McCartney was born and raise. Sir James Paul McCartney, MB...
Paul Mccartney Net Worth is $780 Million.
Paul Mccartney Net Worth is $780 Million. Sir Paul McCartney is the most successful musician and composer in the history of pop music, with sixty gold discs, over 100 million single sales, and a net worth of $800 million. McCartney was born and raise Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame as a member of the Beatles, and his collaboration with Lennon is one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Following the band's break-up, he pursued a solo career and formed the group Wings with his first wife Linda Eastman and singer-songwriter Denny Laine.
McCartney has been described by Guinness World Records as both the "most successful composer and recording artist of all time", with 60 gold discs and sales of over 100 million albums and 100 million singles, and "the most successful songwriter" in UK chart history. His Beatles song "Yesterday" has been covered by over 2,200 artists--more than any other song in the history of recorded music. Wings' 1977 release "Mull of Kintyre", co-written with Laine, is one of the best-selling singles ever in the UK. He...
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Sir Paul McCartney to write It's A Wonderful Life musical
Over the course of his career, Sir Paul McCartney has written films, oratorios, poetry collections, children's books and more than 100 hit singles. Now, at the age of 77, he has a new challenge: His ...
Paul McCartney writing a musical, but it's not about the Beatles
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Paul McCartney is working on his first stage musical and it is based on one of the most beloved movies of all time. McCartney is writing music and lyrics for a stage adaptation of ...
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LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney is writing his first stage musical, an adaptation of the classic movie "It's a Wonderful Life." The ex-Beatle is collaborating with "Billy Elliot" playwright Lee Hall and ...
Beatles reunion: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr perform together during McCartney tour stop
Sgt. Pepper may have taught the band to play, but one member of the band took the stage to help one of his friends. Ringo Starr climbed behind a drum kit to give a beat to Paul McCartney's appearance ...
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Postmedia Network Canada Corp. announced Tuesday it will integrate the newsrooms of Sun and Postmedia newspapers in Ottawa, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, resulting in about 90 job losses.
In a memo, Postmedia chief executive Paul Godfrey said the Sun brand will remain separate from that of the broadsheet newspaper in each market and both newspapers will continue to publish. The content in those newspapers, however, will now be produced by an integrated staff of reporters under the direction of a single editor.
Jose Rodriguez will become the editor of the Calgary Sun and the Calgary Herald; Lorne Motley takes on the role of editor at the Edmonton Sun and the Edmonton Journal; and the Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province will be under the leadership of Rob McLaughlin. The editor position of the combined Ottawa Citizen and Ottawa Sun newsroom has yet to be filled.
Postmedia also announced that it is integrating national sports coverage, which will merge reporters from all newsrooms across the country under a single national sports desk. Additionally, the company is implementing a voluntary buyout program in Vancouver and Ottawa, which will result in further job cuts.
Postmedia, Canada's largest news publishing company, announced its plan to acquire the Sun Media chain from Quebecor Inc. in October of 2014. The company recently announced a goal of cutting $80 million in costs by the end of fiscal 2017.
Gerry Nott, a senior vice president at Postmedia, declined to disclose how much the company expects to save by integrating the four newsrooms and how much will be left to cut to reach the $80 million goal. Nott said Postmedia decided to take the action in response to changing economic conditions and did not have this plan in place at the time of the Sun acquisition.
The newspaper industry as a whole has been grappling with how to address declining revenue as more and more readers get their news online. Setting aside the Sun acquisition, print advertising revenue at Postmedia dropped $16.4 million or 17.6 per cent in the first quarter compared to the same quarter the previous year, while print circulation was down $3.2 million or 6.7 per cent.
Postmedia has moved to grow its audience by adding a National Post section in some of its local papers. It has also created new businesses, Digital Marketing Services and Postmedia Content Works, to identify new sources of revenue.


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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - Limited Edition (Xbox 360)
Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days - Limited Edition
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is a raw and brutal crime shooter that redefines the way you experience gaming. Live through 48 hours of hell with Kane and Lynch, two of gaming's most notorious criminals, as they escape the gritty Shanghai underworld. Experience the relentless action in Single Player, online & offline Co-op and critically-acclaimed Fragile Alliance Multiplayer with innovative new modes.
After a simple job goes wrong, Kane and Lynch find themselves wanted by the entire Shanghai underworld. Lynch is living the good life as a henchman in Shanghai, where he has settled down with his girlfriend. He's involved in a big arms deal but needs help to make it happen. Kane is a wanderer, an ex-mercenary with family problems who needs to get away. Despite their differences, Lynch calls him for help. Once together, they set-off a chain of events over two days, as the deal falls apart and Kane and Lynch face the consequences the hard way.
Raw, Real & Uncut – Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days introduces a unique, unseen visual style to video games. Taking references from documentary filmmaking and the user-generated era, Kane & Lynch 2 delivers an unmatched sense of realism and 'in the moment' intensity never before experienced.
Play as Lynch – This time play as psychopath Lynch. He's taking advantage of the opportunities Shanghai has to offer, and nothing is going to get in his way.
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Sequel to Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, one of the best-selling new franchises of 2007
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The sand dunes and shipwrecks; a wild and windswept heli-pad; magnificent cliffs; an old wooden railway transport line; exotic lighthouses; historic ruins; and sailor a long way from home aren't visible from the entrance to Innes National Park.
And you can't see them from the ~30 km of road winding through the park.
To discover the history, see the sights and uncover the mysteries you've got to go behind the scenes and take one or more of the park's 7 sensational walks.
Although the superb view from almost any vantage point along that road is SO distracting you'll be tempted to keep driving from lookout to lookout, take the walks for an even better chance of scenic overload!
AND as well as the attractions above, there's wildlife, spring wildflowers, history and some of South Australia's most spectacular coastal scenery – including Public Loos so scenic some of them are in MY BOOK!
SO … take the trails teaser tour TODAY!
On a fine day the view over the Stenhouse Bay jetty takes some beating in the scenic stakes. That's why it's usually our first stopping off point after entering the park a few kilometres south-west of Marion Bay.
From the park entrance it's only a short drive to the jetty – and the town that the Waratah Gypsum Company built in 1900, although there's not much of it left.
It's also the trailhead for the Lookout Walk – a 2 km circuit that shows off what IS left and the track passes rusting machinery; interpretive signs explaining the bay's historic significance; and 9 lookouts showcasing the spectacular views to the islands in Investigator Strait and the Rhino's Head (see above)!
Which has to be one of Australia's most OBVIOUS place names!
But the most memorable thing for me on this walk isn't the scenery, wildflowers or wildlife. It's the grave of a sailor buried in this lonely outpost far from home.
Rest in peace, Dao Thanh.
The track from the car park to the lighthouse on the Cape runs along a ridgetop with massive cliffs on one side and exposed slopes running down to the pounding seas below on the other. I didn't need the signs warning walkers not to go too close to the edge – it's a sheer drop off way Way WAY down to the water.
No photo is worth taking the fall!! Does that mean I'm not a REAL photographer??
Directly across the strait from the lighthouse are the Althorp Islands, site of several shipwrecks and another lighthouse – a stunning two-lighthouse view! And with a coastline THIS rugged in all directions, the lighthouse/shipwreck thing starts to make sense.
If you've already walked the previous two trails, the historic township of Inneston (you'll NEVER guess the name of the bloke who founded it was William Innes!), provides a welcome break from the relentlessly staggering coastal scenery.
Tragically, while the town that once supported the budding gypsum mining industry was at one stage big enough to support its own bakery, neither are operational today. But the walking track shows off the town's highlights, including restored buildings, Inneston Lake, spectacular spring wildflowers – the freesias are particularly fabulous – and wildlife such as emus, malleefowl and kangaroos.
You've probably realised by now you won't be able to complete all these walks in one day. So if you're looking for a cool place to stay, try Inneston's heritage accommodation – if you can live without TV or mobile access, that is!
Once upon a time, the walk from the trailhead at Inneston – an extension of the historic trail (above) – meant getting to Rhino's Tavern at Stenhouse Bay 3.8 km away in time for lunch before returning along this old wooden railway line that once connected the two towns.
Sadly, the tavern has now closed so carry enough food, water and supplies for a 7.6 km return trek. But it's an easy walk through the trees and along the embankment upon which the railway line was built, with fragments of the gypsum cargo lying among the leaf litter – and spring orchids – where they fell many years ago.
Not much of the railway track remains today, but there's a sense of the past that lingers along the line where horses once drew heavy loads of gypsum from the mining sites to the Stenhouse Bay jetty.
Other than glimpses of the sea near Inneston and Stenhouse Bay, this walk is another opportunity to escape the superb coastal scenery – if you need to!!
If you were still wondering about the lighthouse/shipwreck thing first encountered at Cape Spencer, West Cape will leave you in no doubt.
The stretch of (almost) deserted beach stretching out below the long, wooden stairway down to the sand many metres below is an impressive sight. But the view's even better from the top of the Cape, where a trail to the lighthouse goes just a little closer to the cliffs than I'm comfortable with, especially when the wind is strong!
Hold on to your children – unless they happen to be particularly noisy, naughty or nasty – it's sometimes hard to stay fully upright when the wind's up. There probably won't be many days when a helicopter could land on the heli-pad next to the unusual lighthouse atop this windswept spot (see first photo above), but it's nice to know it's sometimes possible.
But the sight (and site!) of one of Australia's most scenic public loos, with beach views in one direction and the scenic splendour of Pondalowie Bay in the other make braving the wind worthwhile.
If trails along the top of high cliffs with no barriers between you and the sea a LONG way below make you nervous, then the Royston Head walk isn't likely to make you feel any better. But swallow that fear, if you can – this is one of the most spectacular spots in the park.
The walk winds up from Dolphin Beach through the dunes before reaching the exposed cliff tops of the Head – an interesting range of habitats, vegetation and wildlife that you'll promptly forget when faced with the awesome view at the end of the hike!
Although it's part of Innes National Park, Gym Beach isn't accessible via the main road through the park. The alternate route from Marion Bay gives access – but then there's no direct road access to the rest of the park without returning to Marion Bay.
Luckily, the hike starting near Browns Beach along the back of the dunes is an introduction to the varied coastal vegetation habitats as well as providing access to Gym Beach. Although it's a LONG way to go for a swim!
Strangely enough, the walk can be done without laying eyes on either beach – although doing that would deprive you of two of South Australia's BEST beaches!
There's a walk to suit everyone at Innes National Park – and if I can do them all, then so can you! Enjoy!!
STAY: The park has several camping areas. Heritage Accommodation is also available at Inneston. Nearby Marion Bay has a range of accommodation, including a caravan park. Other Yorke Peninsula Towns also offer accommodation.
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Thank you, Mallee! This is why it's one of my favourite Australian places!
If you're looking for a family holiday with activities and scenery amidst superb natural attractions, the Yorke Peninsula is an excellent choice, Anne! Hope you make it sometime!! In the meantime, keep watching – I regularly post about it because I'm lucky enough to go there frequently!!!
Oh what fabulous walks. I so would love to do them or even just one but sadly The Other Half has given up walking and travelling.
Sorry to hear that, Diane. A couple of these walks are quite short and simple – and sometimes the view from the car park is as good as doing the walk. I know reading about these places on my blog isn't quite the same thing, but I hope it continues to take you to wonderful places!
Fabulous shots as always! You live in a gorgeous part of the world.
I tell myself every day how LUCKY I am, LadyFi! Have a wonderful day!
Royston Head looks so beautiful. I can see I'm going to have to get to Innes National Park one day.
HAha, you've got a keen eye, River!! The park has so much sensational scenery, wonderful wildlife and amazing accommodation you won't regret a visit!
Wonderfully windswept walks, Red. I enjoyed this immensely!
I love sheer coastal cliffs, and these remind me of the beautiful West Cape Howe National Park near our old cottage in Torbay, Western Australia.
And, that picture of the kangaroo in a sea of green is one the best images of a roo I've ever seen.
Something about the composition of that shot is truly lovely – well done!
Haha, maybe a virtual walk is the best way to take a walk, Vicki!! The Yorke Peninsula is a little bit like a smaller version of parts of the WA coast, although I'm not familiar with the NP you mention (but it's on the list). And you have the fabulous photo cropping tool to thank for the kanga pic 😀 Hope your Easter is going fabulously!!
Happy Easter to you too, Mariusz! Hope your weather improves!
Can´t wait to be a "grey Nomad", pack and visit all those beautiful places!
Just be a 'Red' nomad like me, Iris! It's easy to change your hair colour 😀 And start keeping a list – I've got a LOT more to show you, my friend! Happy Easter!!
There's not much you can do when the wind is bad, Kathy, except wait for it to let up a bit! Anywhere you missed last time around means an incentive to go back, right?!?! Happy Easter!!
I'm probably more like you, Grace! I mean, where are the bakeries along the Bibbulmun Track?!?!?! We've done all these walks – but over many visits and many years. Hope your Easter is awesome!!
Amazing, the sea water is crystal clear and the sand is so white! I suppose there are some famous white beaches in Australia, such as White Heaven Beach, but they are just part of Aussie beautiful beaches. I'm happy to explore breathtaking sights which are far away from me.
…And if I have a chance to visit West Cape Lighthouse someday, I'll make it sure to be careful of winds. It's windy in Tokyo this week and people are worried that the winds blow away cherry blossoms blooming fully now. But the wind is a breeze when compared with the strong winds which block up helicopters!!
We have one of the longest coastlines of any country in the world, Kozue – so there are a LOT of beautiful beaches, and many of them are deserted! I hope there's still some cherry blossom left – it would be a shame for it all to go too quickly! Have a lovely weekend, my friend!
Although not really here, but I like that Australia has so many miles and miles of beautiful deserted beaches. You cleverly captured some rusting steel to reinforce it is a salt lake.
Hahaha, is that what I did, Andrew?? I thought I was just being arty-farty!!! I'm continually amazed at the deserted beach thing – anywhere else and these gorgeous seaside spots would be JUMPING!! Happy Easter, my friend!
I love a national park that has a ghost town, a lone grave and sheer cliffs with strong winds for naughty children. The Thomson-Pfitzner Plaster Trail sounds especially interesting. So much to do down the Yorke and that's only the tip! I was confronted with the option of heading down this way once, but we took the inland route. You've inspired me to head back.
The whole Yorke Peninsula is one of my favourite OZ places, Andy! It's like a microcosm of many of the coastal attractions around the country. And if I've inspired you to visit one day, then my work is done. Just tell them I sent you, hahaha!!!
Thank you Jo-Anne! I hope you get to see them for yourself someday! Happy Easter!
Just glorious, Red! I hope you don't mind that I've pinned a few of your images, and shared this post on my FB wall too. Happy Easter.
HHHMMMmmm… do I mind free publicity and that someone likes my post enough to share it? That's a no-brainer, Lizzy! Thanx so much and Happy Easter to you too! Looking forward to having a catch-up-on-my-blog-reading weekend!!
I'm not a big fan of wind either, Christie – so it's just as well the windy walk is only a short one!!! Although it's not windy ALL the time 😀 It's VERY easy to step on sleepy lizards, and sadly, they're often run over because they come out onto the road where it's warm. People also see the scales and mistake them for snakes!
This looks like a terrific park where one could spend many days walking and exploring. Your photos are terrific, as usual. Did you go for a swim at that beach? It doesn't exactly look crowded.
I'm sure the beach will be crowded over Easter, TFG – but I've never seen many people there!! At least there's a vantage point for shark-spotting – it's a LONG way down from the car park!! I didn't go swimming, but the water was so clear it was very tempting! It's also a very popular fishing spot for mullet and salmon! Thanx for your kind comment!!


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Governor Kim Reynolds has asked President Donald Trump for a federal disaster declaration and $16 million in federal assistance to help 30 counties recover from severe storms and flooding in June and July.
Osceola County in Northwest Iowa received lots of rainfall and flash flooding during that time that even force one city to evacuate residents. County Engineer Aaron Holmbech says water flow over roads and bridges causing damage.
"We had to actually perform emergency repair work on a couple of bridges and some of that stuff is completing now and we have crossings that are open to the traffic. We're still fighting it, we're still dealing with it. It's an ongoing battle," Holmbech says. Holmbech estimates Osceola County is facing more than $500,000 worth of damages.
Cherokee County is also in the federal disaster request. Sam Kooiker from the City of Cherokee says flooding ruined parts of a park and green space, that will need to be replanted. Kookier points to Rock Valley in Sioux County as suffering a bigger disaster — with more than 50 homes that had to be evacuated due to flooding — but says his city still needs some help.
"We do need the assistance to get back on our feet. Clearly the disaster we're facing is not as severe as disasters elsewhere, but it really has impacted our communities and local taxpayers," Kookier says Cherokee estimates its damage totals two-million dollars. Members of the Iowa Congressional delegation have sent a letter to the president asking him to quickly approve the disaster declaration.
Other counties included in the disaster request are: Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sioux, Story, Webster, Winnebago, and Wright.


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in: Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Secretaries of State of Texas, Immigrants to the Republic of Texas,
Diplomats of the Republic of Texas
Physicians from Texas
Texas Democrats
Yale University alumni
University of Texas at Austin people
People of Texas in the American Civil War
People from Houston, Texas
United States Army Medical Corps officers
Burials at Texas State Cemetery
Ashbel Smith
Dr. Ashbel Smith of Texas
Ashbel Smith (August 13, 1805 – January 21, 1886) was a pioneer physician, diplomat and official of the Republic of Texas, Confederate officer and first President of the Board of Regents of the University of Texas.
2 Texas settler
3 Texas diplomat and secretary of state
4 Citizen, soldier and physician
5 Civil War
6 After the war: focus on public education
7 Memorials
Coat of Arms of Ashbel Smith
Smith was born on August 13, 1805 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States, and attended Hartford public schools. He graduated from Yale University at the age of 19 where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Honor society. Smith taught briefly in a private school in Salisbury, North Carolina and then attended medical school at Yale graduating as medical doctor in 1828. He later lived in France and during the Paris cholera epidemic of 1832, Smith helped to treat the sick and wrote a pamphlet on the disease.[1] Returning to the United States, Smith began his medical practice in Salisbury, North Carolina. He became active politically and part owner of the nullification newspaper the Western Carolinian. In the fall of 1836, Smith was persuaded to move to Texas by J. Pinckney Henderson, whom Smith had become friends with in Salisbury and was already in Texas.
Texas settler
Upon arriving in Texas in 1837, Smith quickly became a close acquaintance of Sam Houston and was appointed to the post of surgeon general with the Republic of Texas Army. Even though militarily the Texas Revolution was over, Smith set up an efficient system of medical operations and established the first hospital in the area that would become Houston.[2] As President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston called on Smith to negotiate a treaty with the Comanches in 1838. The Texas Congress failed to ratify the treaty, which would have recognized a Comanche homeland, the Comancheria, thus leading to the Council House Fight and Great Raid of 1840.[3]
A supporter of public education, Smith was a charter member and first vice president of the Philosophical Society of Texas. The society immediately set about to request that the Texas Congress establish a system of public education in Texas.[1]
In 1839, a yellow fever epidemic broke out in Galveston, and Smith treated the victims of the disease while writing reports about the treatment of the disease in the Galveston News. As a result of this experience, he wrote the first treatise on yellow fever in Texas.[1] He purchased land near Galveston Bay and built his plantation, Evergreen, in southeast Harris County in what is now Baytown, Texas.[4]
Texas diplomat and secretary of state
In President Sam Houston's second term (1841–1844), Dr. Smith was Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Texas to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and France, residing in London and Paris, respectively. He also traveled to Rome on a diplomatic mission to Pope Gregory XVI.[3] In Europe, Smith secured ratification of a treaty of amity and commerce between England and Texas and improved the Republic's relations with France, which had been ruffled by the so-called Pig War.[1] On his return from Europe in 1845, Smith was appointed Secretary of State by President Anson Jones. With the possibility of annexation by the United States Smith worked to give the people of Texas a choice between remaining an independent republic and being annexed. To facilitate this, he negotiated a treaty, in which Mexico recognized the independence of Texas, won in 1836, and in return Texas would not be annexed by another country. This treaty, known as the Smith-Cuevas Treaty, angered many Texans who were strong supporters of annexation, and Smith was burned in effigy by citizens of Galveston and San Felipe.[1] This treaty was rejected by the Texan Congress which preferred the annexation resolutions, and thus, Texas was annexed by the United States on December 29, 1845 and became the 28th state of the Union in early 1846.[5]
Citizen, soldier and physician
The Mexican War is part of the mission of the destiny allotted to the Anglo-Saxon race on this continent. It is our destiny, our mission to Americanize this continent. ... The sword is the great civilizer."—Ashbel Smith[6]
Smith served as a surgeon in the U.S. Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) on active duty with General Zachary Taylor in the field. He also served as president of the board of visitors to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1848.[1] After the Mexican–American War, Smith returned to Texas and, in 1851, he served as a commissioner from the United States to the London Industrial Exposition. The following year he accepted the role as manager of the first Lone Star Fair in Corpus Christi, lending a measure of credibility to that event.[7]
In the early 1850s, Dr. Smith worked with Gail Borden to develop and promote a dried beef biscuit.[4] When the Texas Medical Association came into being in 1853, Smith was one of the founders.[1] In 1855, Smith was elected to the Texas House of Representatives from Harris County. In his first term, Smith supported measures to aid railroad construction, validate land titles, improve the common schools.[1] He also served as headmaster of Houston Academy before the Civil War.
Smith supported Texas' secession from the Union in 1861. When it was clear that war was inevitable, he organized the Bayland Guards, also known as Company C of the 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment to fight for the Confederacy. He outfitted and drilled the company, and the men elected Smith as their captain.[1] While commanding Company C at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, Smith received a severe arm injury and was cited for gallantry, along with the rest of his company. For his bravery, Smith was brevetted a Colonel and was given command of the 2nd Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment. At the Battle of Vicksburg, the regiment was distinguished for its defense of a crescent-shaped fortification, which came to be known as the Second Texas Lunette. The fortification was located in the center of the Vicksburg line of defense. Under the command of Col. Smith, the Second Texas Infantry withstood two Union assaults of brigade strength directed against the lunette on May 22, 1863.[8] After the surrender of the Confederates at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863, Smith was in charge of defenses in the vicinity of the Matagorda Peninsula on the Texas Gulf Coast and finally at the end of the war, the remnants of Second Texas was charged with defending the port of Galveston from Union control.[8]
After the war: focus on public education
At the conclusion of the Civil War, Smith and William P. Ballinger were sent by Texas Confederate Governor Pendleton Murrah as commissioners to negotiate peace terms for Texas with Union officials in New Orleans.[1]
In 1866, Smith and his cousin Henry Gillette founded the Bayland Orphanage to care for the children of deceased Confederate veterans.[9] Smith was also elected again as a Democratic Party state representative from Houston to the Eleventh Texas Legislature, serving for one term in 1866.
The Texas Historical Society was organized in Houston in 1870 with Ashbel Smith as its president.[10]
According to the Handbook of Texas Online in the 1870s, "[Smith] championed public education for blacks and women and was one of three commissioners appointed by Governor Richard Coke to establish an 'Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, for the benefit of the Colored Youths.' This school, located five miles east of Hempstead, is now Prairie View A&M University.[1]
Smith, with Greensville Dowell, reorganized the troubled Galveston Medical College into the Texas Medical College in 1873. As president of the Texas State Medical Association and trustee of the University of Texas, he advocated keeping the medical school in Galveston, arguing before the Texas Legislature that Galveston presented the best opportunity to study diseases.[11]
Smith was appointed by the United States Centennial Commission in 1876 to act as a judge on the Jury of Awards at the Great International Exhibition in Philadelphia. In 1878 President Rutherford B. Hayes appointed him one of the two honorary commissioners from Texas to the Paris International Exposition.[12]
Elected to a final two-year term in the Texas House of Representatives in 1878, Smith again represented his home county in the Sixteenth Texas Legislature. His primary focus was the establishment of a liberal arts public university with a first-class medical department. Smith was made President of the newly established University of Texas Board of Regents in 1881. Smith's goals were to recruit the best professors available for the faculty and to establish a curriculum that would make the university, which in the 1880s was still on the western frontier, a distinctive national institution of higher learning. He also saw to it that the medical branch was established in Galveston, near his home.[1]
Smith never married. He died on January 21, 1886, at his plantation home Evergreen.[13] In 1886, in a special meeting of the regents immediately after Ashbel's death, the regents passed resolutions affirming the school was the "living monument to the high and noble aims of Ashbel Smith," adding: "It may be said of him that he was insofar as the practical inauguration of the University is concerned the "Father of the University of Texas." He is buried in the State Cemetery in Austin.[12]
A number of memorials exist for Dr. Ashbel Smith, including:
Ashbel Smith Professorships throughout the University of Texas system, held by notable scholars including David Crews, Ian McCutcheon, Clarence Paul Oliver, Ilya Prigogine, Emmette Redford, David M. Young, Jr., and Morris Ziff
The Ashbel Smith Building at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, affectionately known as "Old Red"
The Ashbel Smith Distinguished Alumnus Award is the highest alumni honor bestowed by UTMB's School of Medicine Alumni Association.
Ashbel Smith Hall of the University of Texas System administration in Downtown Austin, demolished in 2018.
Smith Street in downtown Houston
Ashbel Street and Ashbel Smith Elementary School in Baytown, Texas, where there is a statue of Ashbel Smith, M.D.
Mary Smith Jones
↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Handbook of Texas Online
↑ Ashbel Smith Papers, The Center for American History
↑ 3.0 3.1 Johnson, Sid S. Texans Who Wore the Gray. Archived March 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ 4.0 4.1 Silverthorne, Elizabeth. Ashbel Smith of Texas: Pioneer, Patriot, Statesman 1805-1886. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M Press 1982.
↑ The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Vol. IX, July 1905-April, 1906.
↑ Views on the Mexican-American War
↑ Lone Star Junction
↑ 8.0 8.1 Lone Star Brigade
↑ At Rest: A Historical Directory of Harris County, Texas, Cemeteries (1822-2001). Compiled by Trevia Wooster Beverly. Tejas Publications & Research, Houston, 2001.
↑ Houston History
↑ McComb, David G. (1986). Galveston: a history. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 98.
↑ 12.0 12.1 Biographical Data from the Texas State Cemetery
Ashbel Smith at the Handbook of Texas
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J. Pinckney Henderson Texas Minister to the United Kingdom and France
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Ebenezer Allen Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas
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Discovery Sapa, the focal point for mountain travel in Vietnam, and a riot of colour and atmosphere as people from the myriad ethnic minorities of the hills gather at their weekly markets.
You are greeted by our local guide at the Hanoi Railway station for the night train to Lao Cai. You will spend the night on the train is in an air-conditioned cabin with sleeper berth (4 persons per cabin).
Arrive Lao Cai in the early morning and you will have breakfast in a local restaurant. Following breakfast you will spend the day visiting Ta Phin and Ma Tra villages. We drive from Lao Cai to Ta Phin village where we will get to know the daily life style, handicraft traditions and specific customs of the Red Dzao tribe.
Take a walk through rice paddies and enjoy stunning scenery along the way before arriving at Ma Tra Village, home of the black H'Mong ethnic people. Hidden away from civilization the villagers still maintain their way of living and lifeas they have for many centuries.
In the late morning you are transferred back to Sapa. After checking in your hotel you will spend the rest of the day at your own convenience.
After breakfast and a quick freshen up start your story of Sapa by taking a walk from Sapa to the direction of Cat Cat Village. You will stop by a little waterfall before continue walking on a trail through rice terraced fields. You can also enjoy the remarkable landscape while walking along a narrow river. Upon arrival at the Y Linh Ho Village of the Black Hmong people, we will take a rest and enjoy a picnic lunch nearby the river. After the lunch, heading to the Muong Hoa Valley and you will pass through Lao Chai Village (also of Black Hmong people) and then Ta Van Village of the Giay people.
Finishing your day of Sapa, you will be transferred to Lao Cai train station for the night train back to Hanoi. Dinner on your own. Overnight on the train in an air-conditioned cabins with soft sleeper berth (4persons/ cabin).
Arrive back at Hanoi railway station at around 5.00 am. End of our services upon arrival at the station.
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The Trumps Stop for Tea with Charles and Camilla Before Palace Reception with the Queen
The Trumps posed for some photos with Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, but left soon after in order to make a NATO reception at Buckingham Palace
By Sean Neumann
During their latest trip to the U.K., President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump again stopped for tea with Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, at the royals' London residence ahead of a reception at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night.
After a morning of meetings, the president and first lady were nearly an hour behind schedule when they arrived at Clarence House for their visit and only stayed for about 15 minutes, according to reports, before heading to the palace to meet Queen Elizabeth, Kate Middleton and various world leaders who had gathered to celebrate the 70th anniversary of NATO.
The first couple was scheduled to arrive at Clarence House at 5:10 pm local time but didn't arrive until about 6:06 pm, according to CNN.
The Trumps posed for some photos with Camilla and Charles, the Queen's oldest son and the heir to the throne, but left soon after in order to make the NATO reception, which was followed by another reception hosted by Boris Johnson, the U.K. prime minister.
President Trump, who is a divisive and widely disliked figure in Britain, nonetheless has spoken warmly of the Queen, calling her a "great, great woman" after their last meeting in June.
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From left: First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump meet with Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, for tea at Clarence House in London.
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From left: First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump with Prince Charles at Clarence House on Tuesday
Before the Trumps had tea on Tuesday, Trump met with other NATO leaders throughout the morning, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Trump and Macron had an at-times tense news conference, in which each criticized the others' viewpoint on the future of the alliance between the U.S., Canada and much of Europe, which has been a cornerstone of the international order for decades.
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Last month, Macron said that the Trump administration's failure to coordinate with international allies was causing the "brain death" of NATO.
On Tuesday, Trump told reporters that Macron's comments were "very, very nasty" and "very disrespectful."
The Trumps' three-day trip to the U.K. continues Wednesday morning with more NATO meetings before a flight home to Washington, D.C., around lunch, when they will return to a capital preparing for an impeachment vote against him by the House of Representatives.


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Defensive effort pushes Cougars past Goshen
The MVNU men's basketball team (19-9, 8-8) added a win and a loss last week, beating out Goshen College at home and falling to No. 3 Bethel College on the road.
The Cougars defeated Goshen 75-70 grabbing 34 rebounds and dishing out 21 assists as a team.
In the eighth conference victory of the season, senior guard Josh Ashwill picked up his first career triple-double. He recorded 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against the Goshen College Maple Leafs.
"We played really well on the defensive end and limited our turnovers," Ashwill said. "I'm really proud of the way we played to win an important conference game against a really good Goshen team."
Sophomore Brett Vipperman matched his career-high in points, scoring 24 for the second time this season.
Freshman Trey McBride added 12 points and four rebounds in the victory.
On Saturday, the Cougars fell in a battle against No. 3 Bethel College 95-84. After eight lead changes and nine ties, Bethel pulled away late in the second half. The Pilots outrebounded the Cougars 46-29.
"Bethel is a really good team and we were right there with them for most of the game," Ashwill said.
During the second half the Cougars struggled offensively, going three to four minutes where they "didn't get many stops and were unable to score," Ashwill said.
Vipperman matched his career high for the second time straight game, scoring a team-high 24 points. Ashwill added 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists.
Senior Deontae Cole added 19 points and six rebounds.
"We battled all the way to the end but fell short," Cole said of the loss.
Cougars Head Coach Jared Ronai credits Bethel for excellent talent and team depth.
It was a "hard-fought 40 minutes, and I'm excited about our progress today," Ronai said during his post-game interview with WNZR. "We are not going to hang our heads, we're going to walk out of here proud and get ready to get better on Monday."
As a team the Cougars tallied 11 steals and earned 17 of their 84 points off Bethel's turnovers.
"We fought right with them for the majority of the night," Ronai said. "I'm really proud of our group."
The Cougars now look toward the matchup with No. 9 Indiana Wesleyan University this Tuesday at 7 p.m.
"To beat IWU on Tuesday we are going to have to play as well as we did Saturday but for the full 40 minutes," said Ashwill. "I think we will put ourselves in a good position to win."
The Cougars currently sit fifth in the Crossroads League, one game behind Taylor University. Playoffs will begin next Tuesday.
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Use Dirac notation (the properties of kets, bras and inner products) directly to establish that the projection operator $\mathbb{\hat P}_+$ is Hermitian. Use the fact that $\mathbb{\hat P}^2_+=\mathbb{\hat P}_+$ to establish that the eigenvalues of the projection operator are $1$ and $0$.

I know how to prove this using mathematical notation, i.e. for any $x,y\in V$ we must show that $\langle x, \ \mathbb{\hat P}_+y\rangle = \langle \mathbb{\hat P}_+x, \ y\rangle$ but how can I prove the way the book suggested, i.e. using Dirac notation and the properties of kets and bras?

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\langle \psi | \left(\sum_{j = 1}^r |\psi_j \rangle \langle \psi_j | \right) =
\sum_{j = 1}^r \langle \psi \mid \psi_j \rangle \langle \psi_j | =\\
\sum_{j = 1}^r \langle \psi_j \mid \psi \rangle^* \langle \psi_j | =
\sum_{j = 1}^r c_j^* \langle \psi_j |
$$
This is the bra corresponding to the ket $P |\psi \rangle = \sum_{j=1}^r c_j | \psi_j \rangle$.  So, $P$ is self-adjoint.

A: I assume from the comments that $P$ is a rank-1 projection, and so it is of the form
$$P=|\psi\rangle\langle\psi|$$
for some vector $|\psi\rangle$ in the Hilbert space. Observe that, in a sense, $|\psi\rangle^*=\langle\psi|$ in Dirac notation, whence
$$P^* = (\langle\psi|)^*(|\psi\rangle)^*,$$
and since the $*$ is involutive one has
$$P^*=|\psi\rangle\langle\psi| = P.$$
The "idempotency" $P^2 = P$ comes from a direct computation
$$P^2 = |\psi\rangle\langle\psi|\psi\rangle\langle\psi|=|\psi\rangle\langle\psi|=P$$
since $|\psi\rangle$ is assumed to be a vector of norm one, so that $\Vert\psi\Vert^2 = \langle\psi|\psi\rangle=1$.

A: I figured out the solution to my question. It is similar to the answers given but I will write it anyways for future reference.
If $\mathbb{\hat P}_+$ is Hermitian then $\langle \psi|\mathbb{\hat P}_+|\phi\rangle=\langle\phi|\mathbb{\hat P}_+|\psi\rangle^*.$
$$\langle\psi|\mathbb{\hat P}_+|\phi\rangle=\langle\psi|+z\rangle\langle+z|\phi\rangle=\langle+z|\psi\rangle^*\langle\phi|+z\rangle^*=\left(\langle\phi|+z\rangle\langle+z|\psi\rangle\right)^*=\left(\langle\phi|\mathbb{\hat P}_+|\psi\rangle\right)^*.$$
Therefore $\mathbb{\hat P}_+$ is Hermitian.
For an eigenstate $\mathbb{\hat P}_+|\lambda\rangle=\lambda|\lambda\rangle$ so $$\mathbb{\hat P}_+^2|\lambda\rangle=\lambda\mathbb{\hat P}_+|\lambda=\lambda^2|\lambda\rangle$$ but since $\mathbb{\hat P}_+^2=\mathbb{\hat P}_+$ we have $\lambda^2=\lambda$ therefore $\lambda=0,1.$

A: Two basic facts are that

*

*if $|w\rangle$ and $|v\rangle$ are two vectors, then

$$
(|w\rangle\langle v|)^\dagger=|v\rangle\langle w|
$$
(*)

*in the general case $P=\sum\limits_{i}|i\rangle\langle i|$, where $|i\rangle$ are vectors of an othonormal basis. In your case $P=|\psi\rangle\langle \psi|$
(**)
Therefore, in order to prove that $P^\dagger=P$, we have simply that $P=|\psi\rangle\langle \psi|=(|\psi\rangle\langle \psi|)^\dagger=P^\dagger$.
To see this (*) we use the uniqueness of the Hermitian operator defined as
$$
(|v\rangle, A|w\rangle)=(A^\dagger|v\rangle, |w\rangle)
$$
with $A=|v\rangle\langle w|$, by substitution is easy to see that the unique way to obatin equality is setting $A^\dagger=|w\rangle\langle v|$.
For the (**) that enable us to use the same proof scheme for the general case of $P=\sum\limits_{i}|i\rangle\langle i|$, we can use the linearity of the inner product in its second argument to obtain $P^\dagger=\sum\limits_{i}(|i\rangle\langle i|)^\dagger$:
$$
(|v\rangle, (A+B)|w\rangle)=(|v\rangle, A|w\rangle)+(|v\rangle, B|w\rangle)=(A^\dagger|v\rangle, |w\rangle)+(B^\dagger|v\rangle, |w\rangle)=(|v\rangle, (A+B)^\dagger|w\rangle)
$$


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