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The African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) is a hornbill. Hornbills are a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.
The African Grey Hornbill is a widespread and common resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa and into Arabia.
This is a bird mainly of open woodland and savannah. The female lays two to four white eggs in a tree hollow, which is blocked off during incubation with a cement made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp. There is only one narrow aperture, just big enough for the male to transfer food to the mother and the chicks.
When the chicks and female outgrow the nest, the mother breaks out and rebuilds the wall, after which both parents feed the chicks.
This species is a large bird, at 45 cm in length, but is one of the smaller hornbills. It has mainly grey plumage, with the head, flight feathers and long tail being a darker shade. There is a white line down each side of the head and one on the back which is visible only in flight. The long curved bill is black and has a small casque and a creamy horizontal stripe.
The male has a black bill, whereas the female has red on the mandibles. The plumage of the male and female is similar. Immature birds are more uniformly grey. The flight is undulating. The similarly sized Red-billed Hornbill has uniformly grey plumage.
The African Grey Hornbill is omnivorous, taking insects, fruit and reptiles. It feeds mainly in trees.
This conspicuous bird advertises its presence with its incongruous piping pee-o pee-o pee-o call.
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The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret. Despite the similarities in plumage to the egrets of the genus Egretta, it is more closely related to the herons of Ardea. Originally native to parts of Asia, Africa and Europe, it has undergone a rapid expansion in its distribution and successfully colonised much of the rest of the world.
It is a white bird adorned with buff plumes in the breeding season. It nests in colonies, usually near bodies of water and often with other wading birds. The nest is a platform of sticks in trees or shrubs. Cattle Egrets exploit drier and open habitats more than other heron species. Their feeding habitats include seasonally inundated grasslands, pastures, farmlands, wetlands and rice paddies. They often accompany cattle or other large mammals, catching insect and small vertebrate prey disturbed by these animals. Some populations of the Cattle Egret are migratory and others show post-breeding dispersal.
The adult Cattle Egret has few predators, but birds or mammals may raid its nests, and chicks may be lost to starvation, calcium deficiency or disturbance from other large birds. This species maintains a special relationship with cattle, which extends to other large grazing mammals. The cattle egret removes ticks and flies from cattle and consumes them. This benefits both species, but it has been implicated in the spread of tick-borne animal diseases.
Crimson Breasted Shrike
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The last time I saw this little beauty was in Mookgapong on a visit to a friend's game farm. How surprising to find one beneath my fig trees.
The Crimson-breasted Shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus) or the Crimson-breasted Gonolek, ('gonolek' – supposedly imitative of its call), is a southern African bird occurring in a broad swathe from southern Angola to the Free State province in South Africa. This species was first collected by William John Burchell in 1811 near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers.
He named it atrococcineus meaning 'black/red', finding the striking colour combination quite remarkable. The generic name Laniarius was coined by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot and was meant to call attention to the butcher-like habits of the group. In South West Africa its colours reminded Germans of their homeland flag and it therefore became the Reichsvogel ("Empire bird"). This species is closely related to two other bushshrikes, the Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus) and the Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster) of East Africa.
Cape White-eye
Kraalogie.
This species is about 12 cm long with rounded wings, strong legs, and a conspicuous ring of white feathers round the eyes. The upperparts are green, and the throat and vent are bright yellow. The members of the nominate group have a pale yellow central belly with peach coloured flanks. The members of the capensis subgroup have a grey breast and belly, while the virens subgroup have a greenish-yellow breast and belly.
They are very vocal, and constantly keep in touch with soft trilled pee, pree or pirreee callnotes. The song consists of repeated long jerky phrases of sweet reedy notes, varying in pitch, volume and temp, usually starting off with teee teee or pirrup pirrup notes, then becoming a fast rambled jumble of notes, which may incorporate mimicked phrases of other birdcalls.
Crested Barbet
With its thick bill and and very colourful plumage the Crested Barbet is unmistakeable. This small bird has a speckled yellow and red face with a small black crest. The belly is yellow with red speckles, wings are black with white specks and it has a broad black band on its neck. Yellow head and body with black and white feathers, red markings on end of body, its colour blends well in the bush. They have a distinct shrill.
The Crested Barbet feeds on Insects, other birds eggs and fruits.
They nest in a hole in a tree or a Sisal log in a garden. They are monogamous and territorial during breeding. Territory size varies according to their habitat. Eggs are laid between September to December. 1 to 5 eggs are laid at daily intervals. Incubation lasts between 13 to 17 days, beginning with the second or third egg and mainly by the female. The young hatch naked and blind. They are fed insects by both parents. Faecal material is removed regularly. They fledge after about 31 days. Up to five broods have been recorded in a breeding season.
They are found singly or in pairs. They like to bounce around on the ground looking for food, they usually call from a branch out in the open. They do not fly easily and then only for short distances. Crested Barbets roost in holes in trees. They are very vocal, the call being a trill that can continue for long periods. Crested Barbets are aggressive towards other birds in their territory and chase off both nest competitors such as other Barbets and other birds such as doves and thrushes. They have also been recorded to have attacked a rat and killed a snake.
Red-faced Mouse Bird
The Red-faced Mousebird (Urocolius indicus) is a species of mousebird or coly. It is a common in southern Africa from Zaire, Zambia and Tanzania south to the Cape. Its habitat is savanna with thickets, fynbos scrub, other open woodland, gardens and orchards.
This bird is about 34 cm (13 inches) long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length. The crested head and breast are pale cinnamon with a red bill and eye mask. The rest of the upperparts and tail are blue-grey apart from a paler grey rump. The belly is whitish. The sexes are similar, but juveniles lack the crest and have a green mask.
The Red-faced Mousebird is a frugivore which subsists on fruits, berries, leaves, seeds and nectar. Its flight is typically fast, strong and direct from one feeding area to another.
This is a social bird outside the breeding season, feeding together in small groups, normally of about half a dozen birds, but sometimes up to 15 or more. It engages in mutual preening and roosts in groups at night. It is more wary than other mousebirds. The Red-faced Mousebird has a whistled tsee-tee-tee call.
These sedentary birds breed between June to February. The nest is a large untidy cup of plant material lined with material such as sheep wool. The clutch is 2-6 eggs which hatch in about two weeks.
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Posted by Teo Blašković on September 11, 2018 at 12:16 UTC (3 years ago)
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The National Weather Service has issued hurricane and storm surge warnings for portions of the coasts of North and South Carolina on September 11, 2018, as extremely dangerous Hurricane "Florence" continues heading toward the East Coast U.S. Landfall is expected between northern South Carolina and North Carolina's Outer Banks on September 13. Florence could linger over the Southeast for several days after landfall, leading to catastrophic flash flooding and major river flooding in parts of the Carolinas, Virginia and neighboring states.
Governors of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina have declared states of emergency ahead of the storm and more than 1.5 million people have already evacuated coastal areas.
Computer-model forecasts generally project Florence to make landfall between northern South Carolina and North Carolina's Outer Banks as a Category 4 Hurricane on Thursday, September 13.
While shifts in the track are still possible, storm impacts will expand great distances beyond where landfall occurs and there is a potential for Florence's forward speed to slow and possibly stall, leading to more than 500 mm (20 inches) of rainfall on some of the already saturated ground which would lead to catastrophic flash flooding and major river flooding in parts of the Carolinas, Virginia and other neighboring states.
If Florence makes landfall as a Category 4 in North Carolina, it would be the strongest storm to come ashore that far north on record.
Hurricane "Florence" as seen from ISS on September 10, 2018. Credit: NASA/ISS
In general, most of hurricane damage and loss of life occurs not on the coast, but from flooding as the result of heavy rain. In all likelihood, this will be the case with Hurricane Florence as well, according to AccuWeather President and Founder Dr. Joel N. Myers.
"There could be devastating floods well in from the coast back in the hills and mountains of North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia," Myers said.
"There's never been a storm like Florence," AccuWeather Vice President of Forecasting and Graphics Operations Marshall Moss said. "It was located father north in the Atlantic than any other storm to ever hit the Carolinas, so what we're forecasting is unprecedented. Also, most storms coming into the Carolinas tend to move northward, and this storm looks like it's going to stall over the region and potentially bring tremendous, life-threatening flooding."
Cameras outside the station captured views of Hurricane Florence in the Atlantic at 8:10 a.m. EDT Sept. 10. With winds of 115 miles an hour it could make landfall along the eastern seaboard of the U.S. late Thursday or early Friday. pic.twitter.com/DhEHhSeeDx
— Intl. Space Station (@Space_Station) September 10, 2018
At 09:00 UTC on September 11, the center of Hurricane "Florence" was located about 660 km (410 miles) S out Bermuda and 1 570 km (975 miles) ESE of Cape Fear, North Carolina. Its maximum sustained winds were 220 km/h (140 mph), making it a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm was moving WNW at 24 km/h (15 mph) with minimum central pressure 944 hPa.
A Storm Surge Watch is in effect for Edisto Beach, South Carolina to the North Carolina-Virginia border, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, including the Neuse and Pamlico Rivers. A Storm Surge Watch means there is a possibility of life-threatening inundation, from rising water moving inland from the coastline, in the indicated locations during the next 48 hours.
A Hurricane Watch is in effect for Edisto Beach, South Carolina to the North Carolina-Virginia border, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. A Hurricane Watch means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area. A watch is typically issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds, conditions that make outside preparations difficult or dangerous.
Florence will hit the region which received 150 to 300% of its normal rainfall since May.
Interests elsewhere in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic states should monitor the progress of Florence, NHC said, adding that additional watches may be required later today.
The combination of a dangerous storm surge and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be flooded by rising waters moving inland from the shoreline. The water has the potential to reach the following heights above ground if peak surge occurs at the time of high tide:
Edisto Beach to Murrells Inlet: 60 - 120 cm (2 - 4 feet)
Murrells Inlet to Cape Fear: 120 to 180 cm (4 - 6 feet)
Cape Fear to Cape Lookout, including The Neuse and Pamlico River: 180 to 360 cm (6 - 12 feet)
Cape Lookout to Ocracoke Inlet: 150 to 240 cm (5 - 8 feet)
Ocracoke Inlet to North Carolina/Virginia Border: 90 to 150 cm (3 - 5 feet)
The deepest water will occur along the immediate coast in areas of onshore winds, where the surge will be accompanied by large and destructive waves. Surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge and the tidal cycle, and can vary greatly over short distances.
Florence is expected to produce total rainfall accumulations of 381 to 508 mm (15 to 20 inches) with isolated maxima to 762 mm (30 inches) near Florence's track over portions of North Carolina, Virginia, and northern South Carolina through Saturday, September 15. This rainfall may produce life-threatening flash flooding.
Hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area by late Thursday or Thursday night, September 13, with tropical storm conditions possible by Thursday morning.
Swells generated by Florence are affecting Bermuda and portions of the U.S. East Coast. These swells are likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions.
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'Diastasis Recti Causes a Mummy Tummy'. Discuss.
Diastasis Recti (click for more info) is without doubt a major culprit (or at least a symptom) in the mummy tummy stakes.
But make sure you don't overlook diet, excess fat storage and maybe a lack of motivation or a feeling of hopelessness about your situation too. Here's some ideas and strategies that might help.
If you have a post pregnancy belly which bulges or protrudes, and seems to form a cone shape when you get up from lying on your back, then you probably do have split abdominal muscles, or diastasis recti. You will also likely be suffering from weak core muscles – that's the muscles that support your lower back, define your waistline and are connected to your pelvic floor.
But there may be other factors at play. Appropriate exercises for diastasis recti are the core activation and strengthening exercises discussed here. You see, the muscles that have split – the outermost, vertical recti muscles of your abdomen – are connected to the important transverse abdominus muscle that lies deep inside.
Any exercise that strengthens the transverse muscle and draws it IN, by default will also draw the recti muscles TOGETHER.
Multi-tasking exercise. We like that.
But I would like to add a cautionary note, that follows on from my post about the psychology of excuses… if you do not perform these exercises on a daily basis to repair your diastasis recti and strengthen your core AS WELL AS eat and exercise intensively to lose fat… you will not get rid of your mummy tummy.
In our determination to identify the one issue to place all our focus on, we easily lose sight of the maybe more obvious stuff. I recently dealt with a client who was so fixated on diastasis recti as the key to all her mummy tummy woes, she chose to ignore (or at least downplay) her excessive sugar consumption. The abdominal gap wasn't the big deal in this particular case, the sugar in her diet was. But it was easier to focus on the former as that felt more 'medical', more out of her control, or was maybe just less painful or less hassle to deal with.
Post natal fat loss does not have one isolated answer.
This is why my MUTU System incorporates 5 essential components, ONE of which is treating diastasis recti.
Don't kid yourself into thinking that if you could just close the gap in your abdominal muscles, all would be flat and gorgeous. In some cases this may be the predominant problem (every individual is unique), but there are 4 other issues. Ignore them, and you will make improvements, but you won't have solved the problem.
Are you confused by the extent of your own diastasis recti, and how much it contributes to the appearance of your tummy? Let me know where you're struggling and I'll try to clear it up for you!
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I would like to know if this is going to really "work" before I buy it. I have three children. One is 7 months old, and yes, I still look pregnant. I saw a PT for a few weeks and she showed me some exercises. Honestly, I didn't keep up with them b/c I am so busy. I think I thought by 7 months things would be better. I still look 5 months pregnant. I have a small frame so it looks ridiculous. I'm contemplating plastic surgery, but would rather work on it first with a tried and true work out plan. I recognize I'll actually have to do the exercises, but without seeing the videos, just wanted to know how successful they are.


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Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo goes on sale next year from $189,000
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Porsche may be known for powerful cars, but these days it wants to be known for cars with even more powerful electric motors. While we wait a couple more years for the fully electric Mission E, here's a quick, plug-in Porsche that just happens to have a five-seat wagon.
This is the Porsche Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo. What that comically long name means is that the most powerful Panamera available is now available in "Sport Turismo" wagon guise (should you or your family or friends or dog need more space). There is a lot of power here: 680 horsepower leveraged by using a 4.0-liter biturbo V8 engine and an electric motor with a 14.1kWh battery. That also allows for a 0–60 mph run of 3.2 seconds. In a wagon.
When we drove the four-seat hatchback version of the Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid this summer, it was enjoyable at any speed. That's mostly thanks to the abundance of power available almost from the moment you press down on the accelerator pedal, especially in its most aggressive settings when the gasoline engine and electric motor work in concert. When the track driving is over, and city traffic comes back into the picture, the E-Hybrid can be switched back into electric mode for an estimated 30 miles of range.
The interior of the Panamera is a nice place, too: it has space for four (five is a crowd), and an interesting array of touchscreens, touch-capacitive buttons, and lots of stitched leather. It's no Volvo wagon when it comes to cargo room, but your faithful pet should be comfortable next to some luggage or snow equipment.
None of this comes cheap, however. Starting next spring, the Turbo S E-Hybrid Sport Turismo will command $189,450 before a single item from the enormous list of extras is added. It's therefore very easy to make this car cost as much as a nice piece of real estate in many areas.
But because it has plentiful space for all your friends and things, and a beautifully detailed interior with sharp gauges, screens, and up-to-date technology, it's possibly nicer than that house you could buy instead.
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Q: easiest way to remove invalid characters from a xml file? I have a xml file with invalid characters. I searched through internet and haven't found any other way than reading the file as a text file and replace invalid characters one by one.
Can somebody please tell me an easiest way to remove invalid characters from a xml file..
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A: I would try HtmlAgilityPack. At least better than trying to parse manually.
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   }
}

this outputs:
<year>where 12 > 13 occures </year>

A: Start by thinking of the question differently. Your problem is that the input isn't valid XML. So you actually want to remove invalid characters from a non-XML file. That might sound pedantic, but it immediately indicates that tools designed for processing XML will be no use to you, because your input is not XML.
Fixing the problem at source is always better than trying to repair the damage later. But it you are going to embark on a repair strategy, the first thing is to define precisely what faults in the data you want to repair and how you intend to repair them. It's also a good idea to say clearly what constraints you apply to the solution: for example, does it matter if your repair accidentally changes the contents of any comments or CDATA sections?
Once you have defined your repair strategy: e.g. "replace any & by & if it is not immediately followed by either #nn; or #xnn; or a name followed by ';', coding it up becomes quite straightforward.

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Q: PyQT5 : Qlabel overlay eachother even after using grid I'm new and I just want to learn how to code some UI. My problem with PyQt5 is the following.
I just create 3 labels (each named label, label1 and label2). One is supposed to contain just text, another one is supposed to print the time and the third one is supposed to print the position (x, y) of the mouse.
When I use the grid layout, it just print Qlabels at the same place even if I specify a different position with grid add widget.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.
My code :
#Source : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46007891/setting-background-color-of-pyqt5-qwidget
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QMainWindow, QWidget, QLabel, QApplication, QToolTip, QPushButton,
                             QMessageBox, QGridLayout, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QTextEdit)
from PyQt5.QtGui import QIcon, QFont
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QTime

class BgColorExperiment(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        # moves the widget to a position on the screen at x=300, y=300 coordinates
        self.left = 300
        self.top  = 300
        # resizes the widget (250px wide and 150px high)
        self.width  = 450
        self.height = 450
        # title of Widget shown in the titlebar
        self.title ='Suivi des BDs crées'
        # sets the application icon
        self.setWindowIcon(QIcon('suivibdicon.png'))
        # Set the status bar
        self.statusBar().showMessage('Engineered by idiots')
        # parent
        self.init_ui()

    def init_ui(self):
        # Artiste
        self.setObjectName('MainWidget')
        self.setStyleSheet("""
            #MainWidget {
                background-color: #333;
                }
            .QLabel{
                color: green;
                background-color: #333;
                selection-color: yellow;
                selection-background-color: blue;
                font-family : Consolas;
                font-size: 10pt;
                }
            .QToolTip {
                background-color: #333;
                color: #fff;
                border: red solid 1px;
                opacity: 100;
                font-family : Consolas;
                font-size: 10pt;
                }
            .QMessageBox {
                background-color: #333;
                }
            QStatusBar {
                color: green;
                font-family : Consolas;
                font-size: 10pt;
                }
        """)
        # violence
        self.label  = QLabel('position of the mouse', self)
        self.label1 = QLabel('some words 一些单词', self)
        self.label2 = QLabel('digital clock', self)

        grid = QGridLayout()

        # just blablabla
        grid.addWidget(self.label1, 0, 0)

        # Digital Clock
        grid.addWidget(self.label2, 1, 0)

        # Mouse tracking
        x, y = 0, 0
        self.text = "x: {0}, y: {1}".format(x, y)
        self.label = QLabel(self.text, self) # display the x and y coordinates of a mouse pointer in a label widget.
        grid.addWidget(self.label, 2, 0)
        self.setMouseTracking(True)

#        # push button widget and set a tooltip (useless)
#        #btn = QPushButton('Button', self)
#        #btn.setToolTip('This is a QPushButton widget for refresh')
#        #btn.resize(btn.sizeHint())
#        #hbox.addWidget(btn)

        # set the grid
        self.setLayout(grid)
        # set the window size using the setGeometry
        self.setGeometry(self.left, self.top, self.width, self.height)
        # set the window title
        self.setWindowTitle(self.title)
        self.show()                                 # displays the widget on the screen

    def closeEvent(self, event): # Define behavior when clicking on the x button on the title bar
        reply = QMessageBox.question(self, 'Message',  "Are you sure to quit?", QMessageBox.Yes | QMessageBox.No, QMessageBox.No)
        if reply == QMessageBox.Yes:
            event.accept()
        else:
            event.ignore()

    def mouseMoveEvent(self, e): # for following the position of the mouse
        x, y = e.x(), e.y()
        text = "x: {0}, y: {1}".format(x, y)
        self.label.setText(text)

    def showTime(self): # for printing the time (format = 'hh:mm:ss')
        time = QTime.currentTime()
        text = time.toString('hh:mm:ss')
        self.label2.setText(text)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    APP = QApplication(sys.argv)
    EXP = BgColorExperiment()
    sys.exit(APP.exec_()) # mainloop of the application

A: void QMainWindow::setCentralWidget(QWidget *widget)
Sets the given widget to be the main window's central widget.
Note: QMainWindow takes ownership of the widget pointer and deletes it at the appropriate time.
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import (QMainWindow, QWidget, QLabel, QApplication, QToolTip, QPushButton,
                             QMessageBox, QGridLayout, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QTextEdit)
from PyQt5.QtGui  import QIcon, QFont
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QTime

class BgColorExperiment(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        # moves the widget to a position on the screen at x=300, y=300 coordinates
        self.left = 300
        self.top  = 300
        # resizes the widget (250px wide and 150px high)
        self.width  = 450
        self.height = 450
        # title of Widget shown in the titlebar
        self.title ='Suivi des BDs crées'
        # sets the application icon
        self.setWindowIcon(QIcon('suivibdicon.png'))
        # Set the status bar
        self.statusBar().showMessage('Engineered by idiots')
        # parent
        self.init_ui()

    def init_ui(self):
        # Artiste
        self.setObjectName('MainWidget')
        self.setStyleSheet("""
            #MainWidget {
                background-color: #333;
                }
            .QLabel{
                color: green;
                background-color: #333;
                selection-color: yellow;
                selection-background-color: blue;
                font-family : Consolas;
                font-size: 10pt;
                }
            .QToolTip {
                background-color: #333;
                color: #fff;
                border: red solid 1px;
                opacity: 100;
                font-family : Consolas;
                font-size: 10pt;
                }
            .QMessageBox {
                background-color: #333;
                }
            QStatusBar {
                color: green;
                font-family : Consolas;
                font-size: 10pt;
                }
        """)
        # violence
        self.label  = QLabel('position of the mouse', self)
        self.label1 = QLabel('some words 一些单词', self)
        self.label2 = QLabel('digital clock', self)

        centralWidget = QWidget()                         # +++++
        self.setCentralWidget(centralWidget)              # +++++

        grid = QGridLayout(centralWidget)                 # +++++ centralWidget

        # just blablabla
        grid.addWidget(self.label1, 0, 0)

        # Digital Clock
        grid.addWidget(self.label2, 1, 0)

        # Mouse tracking
        x, y = 0, 0
        self.text = "x: {0}, y: {1}".format(x, y)
        self.label = QLabel(self.text, self) # display the x and y coordinates of a mouse pointer in a label widget.
        grid.addWidget(self.label, 2, 0)
        self.setMouseTracking(True)

#        # push button widget and set a tooltip (useless)
#        #btn = QPushButton('Button', self)
#        #btn.setToolTip('This is a QPushButton widget for refresh')
#        #btn.resize(btn.sizeHint())
#        #hbox.addWidget(btn)

        # set the grid
#        self.setLayout(grid)                                          # -----
        # set the window size using the setGeometry
        self.setGeometry(self.left, self.top, self.width, self.height)
        # set the window title
        self.setWindowTitle(self.title)
        self.show()                                 # displays the widget on the screen

    def closeEvent(self, event): # Define behavior when clicking on the x button on the title bar
        reply = QMessageBox.question(self, 'Message',  "Are you sure to quit?", QMessageBox.Yes | QMessageBox.No, QMessageBox.No)
        if reply == QMessageBox.Yes:
            event.accept()
        else:
            event.ignore()

    def mouseMoveEvent(self, e): # for following the position of the mouse
        x, y = e.x(), e.y()
        text = "x: {0}, y: {1}".format(x, y)
        self.label.setText(text)

    def showTime(self): # for printing the time (format = 'hh:mm:ss')
        time = QTime.currentTime()
        text = time.toString('hh:mm:ss')
        self.label2.setText(text)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    APP = QApplication(sys.argv)
    EXP = BgColorExperiment()
    sys.exit(APP.exec_()) # mainloop of the application


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In the modern day, most people prioritize comfort and efficiency in their homes. How people heat and cool their homes determines the efficient realization of those priorities. A 5600 square foot home, for example, can explode your energy bills if cooling and heating systems are not efficient. The use of conventional electricity for heating and cooling greatly contributes to spike in energy bills. Conventional electricity is generated using fossil fuels such as coal and oil. With these fossil fuel sources running dangerously low, one source that humans have barely exploited, called geothermal energy, could provide attractive possibilities for bridging that gap and saving you massive energy costs. Geothermal systems take advantage of the natural warmth of the earth to heat and cool your home.
Geothermal energy is energy harvested from the heat found deep beneath the surface of the earth. The internal heat of the earth forms as a result of radioactive decay of minerals and consistent heat loss from the original earth formation. It's is a clean and renewable form of energy because it's infinite and doesn't contribute to any greenhouse gas emission.
Energy inside the earth is never going to deplete and will remain as a source of heat, for millions and millions of years and we can harness that energy that is going to be cheaper and can help us to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and global warming and public health issues that result from their use.
How Geothermal Energy Works?
Direct Geothermal energy
Geothermal heat pump
Geothermal power plant
Dry steam
Flash steam
Binary cycle
Examples of geothermal energy
The core found beneath the earth's crust harbors a lot of heat. The deeper you go underneath the surface of the earth, the hotter it becomes. The core, which is approximately 6, 437 kilometers or 4,000 miles below the surface of the earth, can achieve temperatures of about 4200 degree Celsius or 7,600 degrees Fahrenheit. A portion of that heat emanated from the earth formation process approximately 4 billion years ago.
The remaining heat stems from continuous decomposition of radioactive materials underneath the earth. The heat found inside the core of the earth is so extreme that it melts rocks found nearby. The melted rock is called magma. Since magma is less dense than rocks wrapping around it, it's forced up the surface of the earth. On some instances, the pressure inside the core forces magma out through vents, erupting out to the surface, a phenomenon known as volcanic eruption. However, in most instances, magma doesn't come out of the earth's crust. Instead, it heats rocks nearby, plus the water trapped within these rocks.
See also How Does a Geothermal Heat Pump Work and Types of Geothermal Heat Pumps
In some instances, the heating of water causes pressure to build up inside and forces the water to escape through vents in the earth culminating into pools of hot water commonly referred to as hot springs or ruptures of steam and hot water, commonly known as Geysers. Heated water that remains under the earth surface form pools known as geothermal reservoirs.
To get that heat, water is pumped down an "injection well". Then it filters through the cracks in the rocks where they are at a high temperature. The water then returns via the "recovery well" under pressure in the form of steam. That steam is captured and is used to drive electric generators.
To produce geothermal energy, the hot water from the geothermal reservoir must be tapped. There are three techniques used to tap this hot water:
This technique is used in locations where geothermal reservoirs and hot springs are in proximity to the surface of the earth. Vents are drilled from the ground to the geothermal reservoir and the hot water pumped directly to homes and buildings for heating purposes. The hot water is pumped via a heat exchanger that transmits the heat from the hot water into the home's heating system. The used water is then allowed to flow back into the geothermal reservoir to be reheated, and the cycle continues.
A geothermal heat pump is sometimes called ground source heat pump. It's a central cooling and heating system, which conveys heat to and from the ground. It leverages the earth as a heat source during winter months and a heat sink during summer months.
See also Geothermal Heat Pump Installation
Ideally, geothermal heat pump works a lot like the traditional heat pump. It utilizes high-pressure refrigerant to harness and transfer heat in and out of the house. The only difference is that a traditional heat pump captures the heat and releases it to the atmosphere. A geothermal heat pump conveys heat into and out of the building via long loops of pipe filled with liquid buried under the ground. An electric compressor and heat exchanger installed in the building sucks up the heat from the pipes and delivers it throughout the building through a duct system. The geothermal heat pump works exactly the opposite during summer. The pipes suck heat away from the building and transfer it to the ground for absorption.
Geothermal power plants generally harness the heat underneath the earth's crust and use it to generate electricity. There are three kinds of geothermal power plants:
Here, hot steam is harnessed directly from geothermal reservoirs and transmitted to geothermal power plant where it turns a turbine. The turbine then triggers a generator to produce electricity.
Here, water at a temperature of 148 to 371 degrees Celsius is sucked up from the geothermal reservoir through drilled down pipes. Some of the water is converted to steam and directed to spin turbines that trigger a generator to produce electricity. The steam is then allowed to cool off and eventually turns to water. The water is directed back to the geothermal reservoir to heat up and continue the cycle.
Binary cycle plants use moderately hot water. The water is transferred via a heat exchanger. In the exchanger, the heat of the water is conveyed to a liquid, like isobutene, which boils at a comparatively lower temperature than water. When the liquid is subjected to heat, it converts to steam. The steam is directed to turn a turbine, which spooks a generator to produce electricity.
How much geothermal energy can be useful depends on several factors for e.g.: location, how hot the water gets, the rocks inside the earth and amount of water pumped into the area. If the rocks are not hot enough or cool down naturally this presents a problem for geothermal power stations.
See also Causes, Effects and Solutions to Industrial Pollution on Our Environment
A Geyser is a hot spring where water sporadically boils, sending a long column of steam and water into the atmosphere. It's quite an amazing spectacle. Nonetheless, some Geysers result in eruptions that burst thousands if not hundreds of liters of hot water up hundreds of feet into the atmosphere. The world's famous Geyser is the Old Faithful situated in Yellowstone National Park in the United States. It's known to erupt each 60 to 90 minutes. For a Geyser to occur, the following conditions must be present:
Scorching rocks underneath the earth's surface
Ground water source
A subsurface water reservoir
Vents that enable water to be conveyed to the surface
Geysers are extremely rare phenomenon. United States, Russia, Chile, New Zealand and Iceland are countries that harbor active Geysers.
Hot springs are springs that come about due to the appearance of geothermally heated groundwater that comes out from the earth's crust. Geothermal hot springs occur at different locations in the earth's crust. Some hot springs contain water at a perfect temperature for bathing. Others are so hot that anyone trying to bath in them can sustain severe burns or die.
A fumarole is a vent from which steam and gasses escape into the atmosphere. The vent can be utilized to tap geothermal energy. Fumaroles may form along small cracks or long fissures, in chaotic fields or clusters. They may also form on lava flow surfaces and huge deposits of pyroclastic flows. They may occur for decades or even centuries if they form on top of a constant heat source like active magma. They might well disappear within weeks or months if they form on top of a fresh volcanic deposit that quickly cools. Their temperature range from 70 to 100 degrees Celsius.
The only concern about geothermal energy is that it releases hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is a kind of gas that smells a lot like rotten egg. Otherwise, the advantages of geothermal energy are simply overwhelming. It's clean, green, renewable, relatively inexpensive, and cuts backs on the use of fossils fuels, which contribute to massive pollution and global warming.
References: ucsusa , howstuffworks
Image credit: pixabay
Various Pros and Cons of Geothermal Energy
What is Geothermal Energy and Types of Geothermal Power Plants
Various Advantages of Geothermal Energy
Various Disadvantages of Geothermal Energy
Advantages of Geothermal Pump Systems


OK not exactly real life but you know what I mean.
Reminds me of Patrick Warburton.
BEHOLD... the cost of a car!
I do intend to have those on my wagon by waterwerks... we'll see though.
So Joel, if the England thing did become a reality, would you be selling both cars?
at least I'd "catch up" on the mileage by then..
Now that we have a couple of threads extending past the first page.. what do you guys think of the number of threads on each page? I'm not a fan of having the 10 threads per page that is default on vbulletin sites, but with vbulletin being larger than zeroforum we probably shouldn't have 35 threads per page either.
I agree, 10 is too small... Maybe 20 or 25?
For some reason mine was on 10 per page? haha.. Weird.
So do you currently see this thread as being ~13 pages? I see it as being currently on page 5!
I changed it to 25 replies for page.. So I see 5 now.
Didn't realize it was user-controlled. Makes "Page ___ Owned!" posts pointless.
There are quite a few things you can change.
hmm, so on top of having learned CSS and AJAX to do the company website, and learning some JAVA and how to work with Microsoft CRM, I now have to learn how to create reports using Visual Studio, SQL, and SQL Reporting Service. Oy. Why can't I just run the printer?
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from django.db import migrations, models
import django.db.models.deletion

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ('simplekeys', '0002_auto_20170421_0307'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.AlterField(
            model_name='key',
            name='tier',
            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, related_name='keys', to='simplekeys.Tier'),
        ),
    ]

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Two USP faculty members, Assoc Prof Lo Mun Hou and Dr Edmund Low, received the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Awards (ATEA) for Academic Year 2016/2017 on 28 September. Both received the USP Teaching Excellence Awards in 2017 – see here.
ATEA recognises faculty members who have displayed a high level of commitment to their teaching for the year. They have gone beyond the normal duty of classroom teaching and made significant and lasting contributions to students' intellectual and personal growth.
At USP, A/P Lo teaches in the domains of Writing and Critical Thinking, and Humanities and Social Sciences. As a frequent winner of Teaching Excellence Awards at both USP and university levels, A/P Lo continues his rigorous and insightful ways of imparting knowledge to students with great intellectual engagement and desire to lift students' confidence and performance.
Dr Low teaches in the domains of Quantitative Reasoning (QR) Foundation, and Sciences and Technologies. His module "Quantifying Environmental Quality" is a prime example showing the efficacy of topic‐driven content that serves to exemplify the scientific/quantitative concepts our QR programme strives to inculcate. He pitches his class in a way eminently suitable for the interdisciplinary make‐up of his students, and structures the class in a way to make it challenging and engaging for everyone.
Heartiest congrats, A/P Lo and Dr Low!
USP faculty members A/P Lo Mun Hou (left) and Dr Edmund Low (right).


Layer chicken, tomato, lettuce, cheese, honey mustard together on the mini pretzel roll....yum! Is it time for lunch yet? Making your own honey mustard sauce is so easy. Here's how.
Whip mustard, mayo, and honey together with a fork.
Spread honey mustard on your pretzel bun and enjoy!
Those look sooo yummy! I live in SD as well :) Do they sell those mini pretzel rolls at all the Costcos?


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Editor's Note: Anti-lynching bill passes Senate days after Ida B. Wells honor
By Ariana Portalatin, Editor-In-Chief
Ida B. Wells was a remarkable activist and journalist whose anti-lynching campaign helped in the fight for civil rights of black Americans in the U.S. The risks she took to improve the lives of others are still affecting change today. Three days after the city celebrated her sacrifices and achievements by naming a street after her, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to make lynching a federal crime.
The bill, now headed to the House of Representatives for approval, was spearheaded by Senators Kamala Harris, D-Calif., Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Tim Scott, R-S.C. According to a Dec. 21, 2018, Vox article, the "Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2018" serves as a recognition and apology of past lynching crimes that have gone unnoticed by local and state law enforcement.
"It is really important that our laws protect vulnerable people and outline accurately what are crimes against human beings," Harris said. "These were some of the most violent acts that took place against Americans in our country for generations, so for this to be acknowledged as a crime for which there will be accountability and consequence is something that I'm very excited about."
According to the legislature, lynching has been documented in all but four states, with at least 4,742 people, predominantly African-American, being lynched from 1882–1968. Despite the large number, 99 percent of perpetrators went unpunished. Enacting the bill would allow judges to impose additional sentencing on top of other charges. Anyone convicted of lynching someone due to discrimination could be sentenced to up to life in prison, while causing bodily harm would lead to at least 10 years.
The bill was initially introduced in June 2018 and passed by the Senate in December, but the House failed to act on it before the congressional session ended. Passing the bill after nearly 200 attempts to do so is a long-awaited but much-needed victory.
"Only by coming to terms with history can the United States effectively champion human rights abroad," the bill states. "An apology offered in the spirit of true repentance moves the United States toward reconciliation and may become central to a new understanding, on which improved racial relations can be forged."
The bill defines lynching as an act of willfully [causing] bodily injury to any other person because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation and disability.
No one should face discrimination. Some still do not understand why.
Mat Staver, founder of evangelical nonprofit Liberty Counsel, opposed the bill's inclusion of the LGBTQ community during a Jan. 8 interview with Christian news outlet OneNews Now.
The Liberty Counsel is widely known as an anti-LGBTQ organization. Staver attempted to defend his view by stating, "Lynching is wrong no matter whether someone is white or black, gay or straight, disabled or able-bodied. An anti-lynching bill should apply to everyone without any categories."
Staver's statement is the equivalent of someone saying "All Lives Matter" in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Although Staver attempted to save face, his comments and attempts to remove the protected categories suggest he was trying to implement a loophole into the bill.
Fortunately, his attempts were unsuccessful.
Ida B. Wells and many other civil rights activists worked tirelessly to defend the rights of black people, and it's about time the U.S. government took action to recognize and officially condemn these hateful acts. Racism exists in the U.S. today, and passing the bill is another step toward true racial equality and justice.
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The biggest payment challenges healthcare companies face in 2018 — 7 insights
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BillingTree's 2018 "Healthcare Business Strategy and Technology Survey" revealed healthcare providers struggle with a lack of payment channels and are increasingly adopting payment technologies. Here are seven insights:
1. Patient inability to pay is the biggest challenge in revenue cycle and collection, followed by collecting once the patient has left the facility and a lack of payment channels which can include web, interactive voice response and staff to accept payments.
2. Disputes over the amount billed and posting to the database scored lowest in comparison to other challenges.
3. The number of providers offering interactive voice response payment options jumped from 7 percent to 50 percent, despite the previous year's responses indicating there weren't drastic plans to adopt new payment technologies.
4. Respondents ranked HIPAA compliance and reporting as the top two priorities in choosing payment processing services.
5. Almost 90 percent of respondents said they accept HSA/FSA and credit/debit as forms of patient payment. Half accept payments via an interactive voice response system, an increase from 6.7 percent last year.
6. More than 60 percent of respondents plan to add web payment options within the next 12 months. One-fourth said they'll add an automated option to their phone system to accept payments through an automated voice response system, compared to only 13 percent from last year's survey.
7. The survey was conducted over a one-month period at the end of 2017. Healthcare collections facilities made up 50 percent of respondents, while 25 percent were multi-location hospitals with shared service centers and 25 percent were single location medical practices.


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VLS Newsletter – September 2020
Overall the number of cases stands at 65, with 1 product under investigation, 0 not compliant following investigation, 0 not compliant following six month review, 1 product not proven to be compliant and escalated to Trading Standards, 1 product compliant during investigation and no further action taken, 1 compliant following investigation, 0 compliant following six month review and 61 archived.
Case 010165 – concerned the cold weather properties of an automotive engine oil and the use of a non-approved formulation. Upon independent testing arranged by VLS, the product was found to be complaint regarding its cold weather properties and insufficient evidence was obtained whether the product was using a non-approved formulation. Consequently the case will remain anonymous until archived on the 12th October.
Case 163 – concerning the claims made against manufacturer specifications has been investigated and the product found to be in compliance. The case is due for a six month review on 27th September.
Case 010160 – has now been archived.
Case 010159 – remains under investigation and has been passed to UEIL regarding the claims made on a 5w30 automotive engine oil.
Case 010154 – due to non-compliant HTHS properties identified at the six month review, the case regarding an automotive engine oil has been escalated to Trading Standards who have contacted the Named Party.
To view the case outcomes, visit https://ukla-vls.org.uk/case-outcomes/
For details of how to submit a lubricant product complaint to VLS, go to https://ukla-vls.org.uk/case-handling-process/
VLS has also purchased UK lubricant marketer test data from the Institute of Materials for nine products over the summer period and for five test properties for each of the products. All samples concern 5w30 automotive engine oils with the exception of one 10w40 automotive engine oil.
API have announced EOLCS licensees have the option to apply for Emergency Provisional Licensing according to the requirements of paragraph 6.9 of API 1509, recognising that the COVID-19 crisis could disrupt the supply of components that licensees use to formulate their API-licensed engine oils.
ILMA report that the Japanese stock market has been buoyed after Warren Buffet took a 5% stake in five major Japanese companies with interests in mining and energy, including Mitsubishi.
SMMT have reported that commercial vehicle production in the UK rose 3.6% in July however UK engine manufacturing fell 10.6% and UK car production fell 20.8% over the same period.
ASTM – VLS has been invited to join the ASTM sub-committee on Global Lubricant Test Standards Collaboration Team which sets out to improve communications between various global standard developing bodies.
Media Editorial
Commercial Vehicle Workshop (CVW) Summer 2020 issue reported on VLS's findings regarding a raft of complaints concerning 5w30 automotive engine oils.
LubesNGreases August 2020, featured an article from VLS on the importance of packaging and labelling.
Lube magazine Aug 20, featured an article from VLS on its new pro-active approach, and a news feature on the escalation of an automotive engine oil case to Trading Standards.
VLS has produced a short introduction to the ACEA engine oil sequences which is available on the homepage of its website.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, VLS has rephased its promotional campaign over the summer period and will re-commence advertising in the trade press from September 2020.
The current plan includes
Professional Motor Mechanic, September 2020, Page 17
Garage magazine, October 2020.
Aftermarket magazine, November 2020
Commercial Vehicle Workshop, December 2020.
Garage magazine, January 2021.
Professional Motor Mechanic, February 2021.
Commercial Vehicle Workshop, February 2021.
UNITI, Stuttgart will now take place on 28-29 April 2021.
Automechanika Frankfurt will now be held on 14-18 September 2021.
ChemUK , has been moved to 12th and 13th May 2021 at the NEC, Birmingham, UK.
Lubmat, Bilbao will take place on the 1st and 2nd December 2020
ICIS, the 25th World Base Oils Conference will take place on 17th to 19th February 2021 in London.
ELGI, Hamburg will take place on 24-27 April 2021.
VLS will be exhibiting at Automechanika UK at the NEC in Birmingham on 8-10 June, 2021 https://www.automechanika-birmingham.com/
To follow VLS on LinkedIn click here.


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Q: wget - download all image links from a text file (on server) and download to folder on server I have a txt file on the server with hundreds of image links. All links are images.
I want to ssh and use wget to download all the links in the txt file into a folder on the server.
I have googled my brains out with no luck

A: wget has the -i switch. This way, you can let it read the URLs which it should download from a file:
ssh user@hostname 'wget -i imagelinks.txt'

This works if your file contains one URL per line.


My name is Mr. Iniguez I was born and raised in Southern California. I graduated from Loyola Marymount University where I received my Bachelor's Degree in Liberal Studies with a Minor in Elementary Education and a Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. I have been blessed to have received a Catholic education from elementary school to college. Through this spiritual education, I recognize the importance of educating the whole person. I have worked at Immaculate Heart of Mary for three years as the Kindergarten teacher and four years as the 4th grade teacher. This will be my first year as the junior high ELA teacher. I am very excited and ready for a new beginning .I am an avid Los Angeles Lakers fan and enjoying playing basketball on almost a daily basis. I am ready, willing, and able to keep pace with Junior High!


We recently had a conversation with some of the analysts over at Gartner about the exponential growth in Web 2.0 and social technologies. We talked about how they are promoting and simplifying collaboration and idea exchange among geographically dispersed groups and populations.
Today, with the release of DéjàClick ScriptShare, we're bringing Web performance monitoring and management into this discussion of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and retention.
Previously, Web performance management was largely an individual responsibility, with one person testing scripts and responding to errors. ScriptShare turns it into a team affair, enabling employees anywhere to contribute to the task. Users can now take any click stream they record and save with DéjàClick, upload it to a private Script Repository, and e-mail it to colleagues who can play and edit the script at any time.
This ensures that each member of your IT team is aware of your organization's Web performance monitoring testing scripts and strategies. Alternately, it enables management to see first hand the proactive measures you are taking to optimize uptime and responsiveness of your Web properties. Plus, if you ever leave your company, you'll be able to transfer management of these properties to a colleague or successor so that monitoring can continue seamlessly.
ScriptShare also increases your mobility. If you're at home or traveling without the machine you recorded the initial scripts on, you can now access them from any Internet-enabled computer. You'll be able to respond to any errors you receive immediately, rather than having to wait until you return to you primary work station. And if we've said it once, we've said it a thousand times: Speed is crucial when it comes to delivering a quality online customer experience.
So I invite you to test it out and let us know what you think. Really, the uses of ScriptShare are endless.


IT'S YERSEL! Internet cult sensation, the self proclaimed chubby wee chancer from the top end of Stevenston. GRADO made a name for himself from starring in Vice documentary 'The British Wrestler' and BBC's 'Insane Fight Club". GRADO is a star of the British Wrestling scene specifically Insane Championship Wrestling. Dubbed by Colt Cabana 'Medium Daddy' a throwback to major British wrestling star in 1980s 'Big Daddy' he is a former ICW tag team champion with Colt (Irn Jew).


Hurricane Irma is expected to make landfall this weekend in Florida. According to the Washington Post, the category five storm has wind speeds reaching 185 mph and could create a storm surge of seven to 11 feet of water. Irma is tied as the second strongest storm recorded in the Atlantic, as well as the strongest outside of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. The storm's current environment is "ideal for some additional intensification," according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm's path cannot be perfectly predicted, but it is expected to hit the Florida Keys on Saturday and follow the western side of the peninsula. This will mark the first time in US history that two storms of this caliber will make landfall in the same season.
A University of Kansas student found an unattended gun in an on-campus bathroom on Tuesday. According to the University Daily Kansan, the student came across the gun in a men's restroom on the fourth floor of Wescoe Hall and reported it to a graduate teaching assistant who called 911. KU Public Safety officers retrieved the gun. Deputy police chief James Anguiano has disclosed that the gun is a .38 caliber revolver and was loaded at the time of discovery. The incident follows the controversial passage of the new campus carry law that permits anyone over the age of 21 to carry a concealed weapon on university campuses.


Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "subreddits", cover a variety of topics including news, science movies, video games and all others.
Reddit is one of the most popular social media tool or it can also be considered as "the front page of the Internet". Reddit must be good, but there are few cons in every good thing. What if you found an instant error while posting your urgent blog at Reddit? The only option you've is to contact Reddit tech support services or you'd like to call Reddit 3rd party tech support services for help.


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Home » Supreme Court to Hear Case of Web Designer Who Objects to Same-Sex Marriage
Supreme Court to Hear Case of Web Designer Who Objects to Same-Sex Marriage
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A divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, in Denver, applied the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny to the law but upheld it.
"Colorado has a compelling interest in protecting both the dignity interests of members of marginalized groups and their material interests in accessing the commercial marketplace," Judge Mary Beck Briscoe wrote for the majority, adding that the law is narrowly tailored to address that interest.
"To be sure," Judge Briscoe wrote, "L.G.B.T. consumers may be able to obtain wedding-website design services from other businesses; yet, L.G.B.T. consumers will never be able to obtain wedding-related services of the same quality and nature as those that appellants offer."
Judge Briscoe added that "Colorado may prohibit speech that promotes unlawful activity, including unlawful discrimination."
In dissent, Chief Judge Timothy M. Tymkovich, citing George Orwell, said "the majority takes the remarkable — and novel — stance that the government may force Ms. Smith to produce messages that violate her conscience."
"It seems we have moved from 'live and let live,'" he wrote, "to 'you can't say that.'"
Kristen Waggoner, a lawyer with Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents Ms. Smith, said the antidiscrimination law violates the First Amendment's protection of free speech. "Colorado has weaponized its law to silence speech it disagrees with, to compel speech it approves of and to punish anyone who dares to dissent," she said in a statement.
Jennifer C. Pizer, a lawyer with Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization focusing on the L.G.B.T.Q. community, said in a statement that the Supreme Court should "reaffirm and apply longstanding constitutional precedent that our freedoms of religion and speech are not a license to discriminate when operating a business."
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Many of the Justice Department's finest legal minds are falling prey to a garden-variety Internet scam.
An internal survey in the Justice Department of Ottawa shows that almost 2,000 of their staff is likely to fall victim to a phony "phishing" link in their email.
In December, to address questions about the security of sensitive information, the Justice Department launched a security exercise by sending emails to 5,000 employees. This determined if the recipients are able to recognize cyber fraud. Scam emails are made to look like genuine official communications from government or financial institutions, but somewhere in the email is a link to a fake website, also made to look like the real thing.
156 million "phishing" emails are sent all around the world daily. Anyone conned into clicking the contained web links risks sending personal and confidential information, such as online banking password, or credit card information, to the wrong hands.
The Justice Department's mock exercise resulted to 1,850 people clicking on the phony embedded links. Although no actual information has been leaked, a 37% clicking rate demonstrates a poor result for public servants who received the emails. This is way higher than the rate for the general population which was only 5%. Red flags were raised about public servants being duped by "phishing" scams.
However, a following wave of mock scam emails in February and April showed an improved result. The clicking rates were down by half, to which Carole Saindon says, "This is an awareness campaign designed to inform and educate employees on issues surrounding cyber security. To protect the integrity of the department's information systems, and in turn better protect Canadians." Saindon says that the exercises treated phishing in particular as it poses an increasing threat from cyber criminals. With the February and April results, the Justice Department tagged the mock emails as an effective and preventive campaign against cyber crime.
According to Canada's get Cyber Safe website, about 10% of the 156 million phishing emails still slip through spam filters each day. Of that 10%, about 8 million are opened by the recipients but only 800,000 are redirected through the spam links. Everyday there are still 80,000 credit card numbers and personal information phished out of emails.
An occurrence in late 2012 demonstrates the dangers of phishing, when a lawyer working at the Human Resources and Skills Development of Justice Canada caused a major privacy breach with the loss of a USB key. It contained unencrypted confidential information about 5,045 Canadians who had appeals under disability rulings of the Canada Pension Plan. The key included their medical condition and SIN numbers. The breach is still being investigated.
The Canadian Press obtained a February briefing note on the exercise that indicated that the exercises will continue up to August and October, with the simulations "graduating in levels of sophistication." This time, those caught by the simulation will receive tips through a pop-up window on how to avoid being victimized by malicious emails.
"Don't get phished!" so says the website.
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Home Industries Health Care Addiction treatment center operator buys former Greenfield hospital building
Addiction treatment center operator buys former Greenfield hospital building
Post Acute Specialty Hospital closed in 2019
The former Post Acute Specialty Hospital of Milwaukee building in Greenfield.
Last updated on February 24th, 2020 at 04:19 pm
The operator of an alcohol and drug treatment center in Louisville has purchased the former Post Acute Specialty Hospital of Milwaukee building in Greenfield for $4 million.
Landmark Recovery of Louisville, LLC, which is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, bought the 155,945-square-foot building at 5017 S. 110th St. from an affiliate of Birmingham, Alabama-based real estate investment trust Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
The MPT affiliate purchased the building in September 2019 from Toledo, Ohio-based health care real estate investment firm Welltower Inc. for $2 million.
Post Acute Specialty Hospital closed the former 62-bed hospital in April 2019.
Landmark Recovery provides a medically assisted detox program as well as both inpatient and outpatient treatment programs at its Louisville location, according to its website. Landmark officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
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The operator of an alcohol and drug treatment center in Louisville has purchased the former Post Acute Specialty Hospital of Milwaukee building in Greenfield for $4 million. Landmark Recovery of Louisville, LLC, which is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, bought the 155,945-square-foot building at 5017 S. 110th St. from an affiliate of Birmingham, Alabama-based real estate investment trust Medical Properties Trust, Inc. The MPT affiliate purchased the building in September 2019 from Toledo, Ohio-based health care real estate investment firm Welltower Inc. for $2 million. Post Acute Specialty Hospital closed the former 62-bed hospital in April 2019. Landmark Recovery provides a medically assisted detox program as well as both inpatient and outpatient treatment programs at its Louisville location, according to its website. Landmark officials could not immediately be reached for comment.


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Series Editors: Pareschi, L., Nobile, F., Bangerth, W., Tosin, A., Zubelli, J.P.
This series publishes advanced textbooks, research-level monographs and collected works that focus on applications of mathematics to social and industrial problems, including biology, medicine, engineering, environment and finance. Mathematical and numerical modeling is playing a crucial role in the solution of the complex and interrelated problems faced nowadays not only by researchers operating in the field of basic sciences, but also in more directly applied and industrial sectors.
This series is meant to host selected contributions focusing on the relevance of mathematics in real life applications and to provide useful reference material to students, academic and industrial researchers at an international level. Interdisciplinary contributions, showing a fruitful collaboration of mathematicians with researchers of other fields to address complex applications, are welcomed in this series.


The HB firearm tool division is the new part of Herman Bartelink that deals with a series of products dedicated to those who are familiar with firearms and shooting sports. Here are some of the items offered by the division.
Thanks to our experience of mechanical design, we have been able to develop the kind of products that are most suitable for the industry just by innovating or "re-interpreting" products existing on the market, which are in any case tools for a variety of uses.


We all have them–disagreements, fights, tiffs, arguments, quarrels, squabbles, disputes… Call them what you will, but we all seem to have them. Michael and I didn't really argue until our kids came along. Exhaustion and stress can do that to you. Sometimes a little sleep is the best solution for both of us, other times we need to sit down and calmly communicate our issues until we work out a solution.
The problem is that when you're angry and hurt, it's easier to argue than it is to be calm. It's easier to stew in your anger than it is to let go.
Pride is destructive. It tells you how it's more important to be right than it is to do right. It makes you feel little, while it tempts you to grasp a false sense of importance. It's deceptive. It interfere's with God's word by twisting the truth into a lie. It beckons you to hold on to anger and hate. It rejects the mere thought of humility.
Here's the thing about pride. It lurks in the shadows waiting and hoping that you'll invite it back in. And when you do, it takes the wheel.
We all have a choice when we're angry. It's not always an easy choice, but we do have the ability to choose between pride and humility.
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Q: We get time from server and change into local time zone in iOS 7? server time is 4:00AM and local current time is 3:32PM i was use this method but this method is not working so solve this.
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter1 = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
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some people say this method is working but when i was use this code this is not working.

A:     NSDate* NSdateFromNSString(NSString *selectedDate)
{
    NSString *dateWithInitialFormat =selectedDate;
    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];

    [dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"];
    [dateFormatter setTimeZone:[NSTimeZone timeZoneWithName:@"America/Chicago"]];
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    NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateWithInitialFormat];
    return date;
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A: Perhaps, you should
dateFormatter.calendar = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];

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dateFormatter.locale = [[NSLocale alloc] initWithLocaleIdentifier:@"en_US"];


One of the problems of working preparing digital images for competitions is understanding the requirements of the program which eventually works with the digital projector. If the images are not the right pixel size then the resolution of the image will either not be of a high standard or the image distorted in some way or simply rejected. So the recent club meeting addressed these issues because for even the most experienced photographer it is possible to forget and to submit competition entries which are unsatisfactory.
So Jon Peters and Ron Burnell went through the procedures for naming and re-sizing digital files. Seeing the adjustments being made on the screen showed the correct pathway to avoiding future problems of this kind.
This was followed by a review of images which the club will consider for forthcoming battles with other clubs.
But the remainder of the evening was given over to a big thank you to the club treasurer Rose Finch who is leaving to move to be nearer her family in another part of the country. Rose has been treasurer for seven years and has done an extremely efficient job in managing the club's financial affairs. But more importantly Rosie has great sense of humour and a very warm personality which has been invaluable in welcoming new members to the club. She is also a passionate photographer with a love of landscapes and natural history photography. Many of her photographs have taken awards in club competitions. The club will miss her dearly but understand her reasons for moving on. We are also delighted she will be keeping in touch with us through one of our digital critique circles.


Objective : The objective of the scheme is to award scholarships to meritorious students belonging to economically weaker families so as to provide them better opportunities for higher education and thus enhance their employability.
Scope : The scholarship is to be awarded for studies in India in a government or private college/university. It will also cover technical and vocational courses in Industrial Training Institutes/ Industrial Training Centres affiliated with the National Council for Vocational Training (NCVT) of classes at Graduation level.
Eligibility : Students who have passed Class XII exam or its equivalent in the Academic Year 2011-12 and are interested to pursue higher education in the field of i) Medicine, Engineering, Graduation in any discipline, Diploma Course in any field or other equivalent courses. ii) Vocational Courses through Government recognized Colleges/Institutes or courses in Industrial Training Institutes (ITI). For i) above Candidates who have passed Class XII exam or equivalent in the Academic year 2011-12 with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade and annual income of whose parents/guardian from all sources does not exceed ` 1,00,000/- per annum. For ii) above The basic educational qualification is relaxed to Class X or equivalent with at least 60% marks in the Academic year 2011-12 subject to income ceiling of parents/guardians.
Duration : Scholarship shall be provided for the entire duration of the course subject to the candidate fulfilling the requisite eligibility conditions for renewal.
Rate of Scholarship : An amount of Rs.10,000/- per annum will be awarded to the selected candidate which is payable in ten monthly installments of ` 1,000/- each. The Scholarship amount will be transferred to Bank Account of the selected scholar through NEFT. Therefore in case the candidate is selected for scholarship, the Bank Account details and IFSC code are compulsory.
Conditions For Scholarship : (i) Scholarship shall be awarded to the students who have secured not less than 60% marks or equivalent grade in the previous final examination and the annual income of whose parents/guardians from all sources does not exceed `1,00,000/- per annum. (ii) Selection of LIC Scholar will be on the basis of merit and family background such as percentage of marks in class 12th /10th and annual income of the family. Eligible Students having the lowest income shall be given preference in the ascending order. (iii) The candidate should secure more than 55%marks in professional streams and 50% marks in graduation courses in Arts/Science/Commerce or equivalent grade in the previous final examination of the course for which scholarship is awarded, failing which the scholarship will be discontinued. (iv) Scholarship shall not be given to more than one student in a family. (v) The students should be regular in attendance for which the yardstick shall be decided by the competent authority of the school/college/university. (vi) Income certificate should be on self-certification basis by way of an affidavit on non-judicial stamp paper for self-employed parents and from employer for employed parents supported by documents (from revenue department) such as land held in the name of parents. (vii) If a student violates any terms and conditions of the scholarship, the scholarship may be suspended or cancelled. (viii) If a student is found to have obtained a scholarship by false statement/certificates, his/her scholarship shall be cancelled forthwith and the amount of the scholarship paid shall be recovered, at the discretion of the concerned Divisional Administration of LIC.(ix) LIC Golden Jubilee Foundation will lay down the detailed procedure for processing and sanctioning of scholarships to eligible students. (x) The scheme shall be evaluated at regular intervals by the LICGJF. (xi) The regulations can be changed at any time at the discretion of the Board of Trustees of LICGJF.


무수한 '핫 플레이스'가 뜨고 지는 서울, 그곳에 조용히 자기 자리를 지키고 있는 한강 옆 동네, 망원동이 있습니다. 더서울라이브 13호에서는 오래된 주택과 아기자기한 새로운 가게들이 공존하는 망원동을 소개합니다.
Launched in September 2017, THESEOULive introduces a new method of exploring Seoul, South Korea. THESEOULive focuses on unraveling hidden jewels of Seoul that can only be found with rumination. It is anticipated to change cliche perception of the city from a complex and desolate metropolis to a center full of joy, convenience, and beauty. Written in both English and Korean, it is easily approachable by foreigners. In the 13th [Mangwondong], it covers area right next to the Hangang river, Mangwondong where stays same while other places rise and fall continuously. You can meet both old houses and new cozy stores here. A special Seoul map included.


Streams-There are a few openings in Maxwell Creek and the Bear Creek stream is open at the launch site. Warm weather is on the way so there will be more open areas to fish.
The steelhead are hitting egg sacs dropped under torpedo bobbers. The fish being caught are bright and shiny…the normal color of late winter steelies.
Bays-Some of the ice is getting darker in color so be careful ice fishing this time of year. Port Bay had 10 inches in different place, however some of the shoreline ice is breaking-up. The warmer weather will heat the shallow water shoreline and that ice will be the first to melt.
The perch are still hitting near Third Creek. They were in 15 to 20 feet of water. Again use caution. Temps will be in the high 50's on Thursday which will melt ice. Don't use ATV's this time of year.