The North Shore's own small batch craft distiller, Ryan and Wood, today announces the premiere bottling of their newest spirit, Folly Cove Rum.
When we visited the distillery in August, Bob Ryan was carefully developing the new rum, experimenting with various batches, and using the finest quality molasses to create the perfect balance of smoothness and taste. We sniffed and tasted a few and were incredibly impressed with the science behind such rich flavor. Now his final recipe has had it's chance to age in charred American white oak barrels and today will be bottled by hand and released to the public.
Folly Cove is a small cove on the northeast tip of Gloucester, known for its shipwrecks and for the smugglers who landed there back in the day, and thus the name evokes both the sea coast and an air of mystery. The quality produced by this local gem is no mystery, though, and if rum is your spirit of choice, today is a day to celebrate.
Ryan & Wood distribute to many local liquor stores, and they can help you find the source closest to you. They also keep a Facebook page where you can find out about upcoming events or tastings.
Joey from Good Morning Gloucester interviewed Bob Ryan on what makes his rum so special, and you can check it out here.


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Young Mega hero keen on Gully Boy remake?
Published on Feb 20, 2019 5:29 pm IST
Young Mega hero Sai Dharam Tej has been lying low for the last few years with no notable hits. He is currently working on Chitralahari, a romantic entertainer also featuring Nivetha Pethuraj and Kalyani Priyadarshan. Thanks to his past experiences, Sai has become quite choosy about the films he will be part of in future.
Now, if the latest buzz is to be believed, Sai is evincing interest in remaking the latest Bollywood hit musical drama, Gully Boy. The film has become a smash hit and is inching towards the Rs 100 crore nett milestone. Apparently, Sai is of the opinion that he will perfectly suit the underdog slum rapper role played to perfection by Ranveer Singh. However, let's wait for the official word to come out from the horse's mouth.


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Cardinal calls for better understanding of the causes of crime
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 @ 2:00 pm
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In the annual 'Sir Harold Hood Memorial' lecture, delivered this year by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor at Allen Hall seminary in Chelsea, the Cardinal asked whether we should try and 'better understand why people commit crime.' He suspects 'that better understanding would lead to less punishment and a clearer connection between Criminal Justice and Social policy.'
Quoting some key statistics about the prison population:
'39% of children in custody have been on the child protection register or have experienced neglect or abuse. 71% have been involved with, or in the care of Social Services prior to imprisonment.
Over half the women in prison have suffered domestic violence; over 30% have been sexually abused.
50% of the men and women in prison ran away from home as children.'
The Cardinal said that 'we need to restore an emphasis on rehabilitation and reform, rather than punishment'.
He added: 'Sometimes, good things happen in prison. Sometimes prisoners take the few opportunities that exist, to address the issues behind their offending behaviour and are able to move forward positively in their lives.'
Drawing particular attention to the work of the 'Basic Caring Communities', the Cardinal concluded the lecture by focusing on this rehabilitation and reform – 'all the statistics available indicate that people leaving prison, who receive support and encouragement from others, on the outside, are more likely to break the cycle of reoffending.' He commended the 'Basic Caring Communities' scheme to all Catholic parishes as 'an excellent way of fulfilling the Lord's words "Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me".'
Full lecture
Sir Harold Hood Memorial Lecture – Cardinal Cormac
Prisonadvice.org.uk
Basic Caring Communities (Pact)
Contact/Information
Contact Alex Carter t. 0207 735 9535
e. alex.carter@prisonadvice.org.uk
w. www.prisonadvice.org.uk
The late Sir Harold Hood was formerly Vice-President of Pact. He was a remarkable man who inspired and helped many people during his life through his faith, wisdom and encouragement. His dedication to our charity's work, and his personal concern for the welfare of prisoners and their families, was outstanding. Infused with this concern, the work of Pact continues to grow and flourish. This year marks the seventh anniversary of Sir Harold's death.
Pact is a national charity which currently works inside 20 prisons, has staff placed with several local authorities, and volunteers working to support families and prisoners on release. Pact works with offenders, ex-offenders, and their children and families, focusing on relationships, mentoring and befriending support, and safeguarding and supporting children and vulnerable adults.
BaCC is a project of Pact which supports ex-offenders in the early days and months following release, drawing on the support of small groups of volunteers from local church communities. At present it is based at HMPs Wandsworth, Brixton, Bristol and Forest Banks. You can find out more on the BaCC section of the Pact website: prisonadvice.org.uk/bacc."
Stats references
39% of children in custody have been on the child protection register or have experienced neglect or abuse. (Jacobson J. et al (2010) Punishing Disadvantage: a profile of children in custody, London: Prison Reform Trust). 71% have been involved with, or in the care of Social Services prior to imprisonment. (Youth Justice Board, Accommodation needs and experiences, 2007, as cited in Legal Action, February 2008).
Over half the women in prison have suffered domestic violence; over 30% have been sexually abused. (Social Exclusion Unit (2002) Reducing reoffending by exprisoners, London: Social Exclusion Unit). 50% of the men and women in prison ran away from home as children.' (Social Exclusion Unit Report 'Reducing reoffending by ex-prisoners', July 2002).
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Free Imperial Palace Bike Ride – Tokyo Cheapo
by Peter Nacken
The Imperial Palace Bike Ride is a great Sunday activity, especially if you have kids. The city of Tokyo has bikes at hand for you to do an easy 3km, non-elevation course halfway around the Imperial Palace grounds. The streets are closed for motorized traffic, so all the bike junkies (including those who bring their own bikes) can mosey around the 5-lane streets, only occasionally observing the traffic lights for crossing pedestrians.
Update: Bicycles must now be rented elsewhere to use the course, which remains open most Sundays. Find out where to rent a bike in Tokyo.
Step into the playful world of Akihabara. Akiba, as it's known for short, is the gaming and geek center of Tokyo, known for its arcades, – click here for details
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All you need to do is fill in an application form (easy enough to do with no Japanese language skills – you only need to give your name, address, age and gender) and line up to get your bike. You are then politely asked to only do one round and return the bike, but no one says you can't just line up for another round. They also offer tandems, which is great fun. The idea is to enable this course for non-cyclists and visually impaired people. There are even free cycle lessons (in Japanese) for those who can't cycle.
The bike desk is open from 10:00-15:00 on non-rainy Sundays (decided one day prior if the forecast is 50% or more chance of rain) and it can be found next to the Kokyo-mae koban, a 3-minute walk from Exit 2 of Nijubashi Station on the Chiyoda Line, or a 15-minute walk from the Marunouchi side of JR Tokyo Station. Detailed information can be found here. Also check out the Tokyo By Bike article on this topic as well.
Written by: Peter Nacken
Filed under: Lifestyle, Outdoors, Things to do
Tags: Bicycles, Family, Rent A Bike
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BRender (сокращение от Blazing Renderer) — игровой движок с поддержкой трёхмерной полигональной графики, разработанный компанией Argonaut Software. Движок использовался в собственных продуктах компании и лицензировался сторонними разработчиками.

Технические характеристики
Движок поддерживает импорт 3DS, ASC, DXF и NFF форматов для геометрии уровня; VUE-формат для анимации моделей и форматы BMP, GIF, IFF, TGA для текстур, без ограничения по размеру. Есть возможность создавать анимированные (подвижные) текстуры (которые могут использоваться, например, как водная поверхность) из видеофайлов. Также поддерживается импорт данных из 3ds Max при помощи поставляемого плагина.

Движок может использовать различные фильтры при выводе изображения, например, эффект горячего воздуха или размытие движения.

Кроссплатформенный исходный код может быть легко портирован на другие платформы; изначально движок поддерживает MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 3.1/3.11, 95 и выше, Sony PlayStation 1. Поддерживает набор команд MMX. Изначально движок имел программный рендерер, позже была добавлена поддержка графических ускорителей (3dfx и подобных).

C 3 мая 2022 года был опубликован исходный код движка под лицензией MIT

Игры, использующие BRender
 1995 — FX Fighter от Argonaut Games
 1995 — FX Fighter Turbo от Argonaut Games
 1995 — 3D Movie Maker от Microsoft Kids
 1996 — Pete Sampras Tennis 97 от Codemasters
 1997 — Croc: Legend of the Gobbos от Argonaut Games
 1997 — Dr. Who, Destiny Of The Doctors от BBC Multimedia
 1997 — Carmageddon от Stainless Software и Sales Curve Interactive
 1997 — Carmageddon Splat Pack
 1997 — I-War и дополнение «Defiance» от Particle Systems Ltd.
 1997 — Privateer 2: The Darkening от Origin Systems
 1999 — Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now! от Stainless Software
 2000 — Play with Teletubbies от BBC Multimedia
 2001 — Aladdin in Nasira's Revenge от Argonaut Games
 2001 — Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone от Argonaut Games (только версия для PlayStation)
 2002 — Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets от Argonaut Games (только версия для PlayStation)
 2003 — SWAT: Global Strike Team от Argonaut Games

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 BRender. Интервью с Джезом Саном, основателем Argonaut Games

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By harrisonca on November 5th, 2011 . Filed under: Bakeries, Cupcake Ideas .
Amanda from The Clever Little Cupcake Company, a custom cake and cupcake bakery in Lanconshire county of northwest England, is responsible for these brilliant creations for her own father.
These are for my Dad as a token good luck as he is having an operation on his bowels on Monday. He won't be able to eat things like this for a while, so I thought the bowel cupcakes might cheer him up (or he might hit me!!).


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Aquafit for All Association
What are the barriers and facilitators to providing inclusive aquatic activities for children with mental health challenges?
Studies have repeatedly shown that inclusive education improves the child's quality of life, health status, as well as income and employment outcomes, all of which are important social determinants of health for children, and contribute to their childhood experience and life trajectory. However, aquatic community programs for children with disabilities are often segregated so that children with mental health challenges are separated from peers. By having a deeper understanding of the barriers and facilitators to inclusive aquatic programming in the community, we can work with co-researchers and the broader community to expand inclusion practices to programs beyond aquatics.
British Columbia Brain Injury Association
What are the rehabilitation and research priorities for improving quality of life among people with TBI?
Over 300,000 people live with traumatic brain injury (TBI). After injury, people experience many physical, cognitive, and mental health problems, which can last from months to a lifetime and significantly impact their quality of life. Additionally, family members, carers, and friends of people with TBI experience changes in their life due to the new roles and commitments caused by the person's injury. Our goal is to bring together researchers, clinicians, people with TBI, carers, and policy makers to 1) develop key priority areas for rehabilitation and research, and 2) initiate transformative community rehabilitation to improve quality of life for individuals and carers after TBI.
Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia
Social Connectivity in the time of COVID-19: A participatory needs assessment from the experience of racialized newcomers in Burnaby
We aim to understand how Burnaby can increase social connectivity, especially for recent newcomers from racialized communities. Through the collaboration of community members, service providers, and researchers, we aim to understand community members' recent social experiences, the role of community programming, barriers to social connectivity, and opportunities for innovation. This project is urgent and important, especially in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, because the learnings will be applied to improve existing service delivery, coordination of services, and implementation of new programs, ultimately boosting social connectivity and enhancing wellbeing in Burnaby.
Kamloops Food Policy Council
Evaluating Collective Action in the Kamloops Regional Food System
This project aims to understand how to collectively move food policies with positive health outcomes from plan to action. Much thought and engagement has been put into policies and plans in our region that provide a pathway towards a healthy and regenerative food system. However, a gap between the adoption of plans and their implementation has been identified by researchers and planners. As a result, we are first seeking to understand the role that community engagement and civic inclusion can play in supporting the implementation of policy. Secondly, we will explore how to authentically measure what matters to see what impact our efforts have.
McCreary Centre Society
A youth led investigation of BC adolescents' substance use
The McCreary Centre Society and the Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society are seeking to convene a group of young people who want to better understand how social determinants of health impact underage substance use among BC youth and how these can be addressed. Together the young people will develop specific research questions which can be answered with an in-depth analysis of data from the 2018 BC Adolescent Health Survey. The project aims to include those most likely to be impacted by harmful substance use in the design of a research project which can inform systems planning to reduce substance-related harms among BC youth.
MEFM Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Fibromyalgia Society of British Columbia
Examining the Unmet Needs of British Columbians living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Mapping a Provincial Needs Assessment
This project examines British Columbians living with a disabling and neglected chronic illness, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) to better understand ME patients' health and social services needs. It aims to inform policy decision making, and to improve patient care and support. The Convene Grant process allows for community, research, clinical, and decision-makers to partner in the development of a provincial ME needs assessment framework and Investigative Grant proposal. The project will identify key stakeholders, data sources and methodology appropriate to this patient population. Project analysis and reporting will outline next steps to maximise a larger project in the future.
Nanaimo Region John Howard Society
Engaging the power of community: Recovery, reintegration and healthy lifestyles.
By engaging Guthrie Alumni's skills and knowledge we will explore the systemic gaps that may exist between health and social recovery. We will examine the role of social networks in alumni recovery that may or may not lead them back into systems of addiction/incarceration. The project has ramifications for health and justice systems responses to addiction. We aim to understand the activities of the informal network that maintains Alumni's health recovery and social success. In this phase we will collaboratively refine key issues and processes to enable the autonomous participation of Alumni. This work will help us plan a future project on systemic change to post incarceration recovery.
Qmunity BC's Queer Resource Centre Society
Speaking truth to abuse: LGBTQ elders share their stories of elder abuse and survival
LGBT seniors are at greater risk for elder abuse than their heterosexual counterparts, since they share many risk factors, some of which are connected to historic cultural prejudices. The situation is made worse because many LGBT people mistrust a health care system that has historically ignored their concerns. In this project, we will seek out survivors of LGBT elder abuse, collect their stories, and disseminate them in order to generate greater understanding of the issue among both lay people and professionals. This grant will help us apply for funding, design our project, recruit community members as patient partners, and consider ways to support survivors throughout our project.
A good life with dementia: collective action to enable wellbeing in the CRD
Social action to shift negative definitions and inaccurate assumptions about people with dementia is required in the CRD, as the number of people living with dementia is expected to grow in all municipalities of the region. The Centre for Health Leadership and Research at Royal Roads University and the Alzheimer Society of BC, together with people living with dementia and other community stakeholders, will convene a process of cooperative inquiry to develop the CRD as a good place to live with dementia. People living with dementia will be supported to participate as full citizens in an active role as 'place makers' to inform development of networked, dementia-capable communities.
Eng/aging and HIV: Knowledge Exchange Between Administrative Data Study and Older Adults Living with HIV in British Columbia
To an unprecedented degree in the history of HIV/AIDS, people with HIV are living longer thanks to treatment and there is a need to understand the complexity of aging with HIV by those who live this actuality. This project engages older adults living with HIV, a care provider, and other researchers to convene as a research council. We will co-develop a research plan to examine the recent issue of aging and HIV while using an administrative health data study called COAST at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. Through our Convene process, we honour the perspectives and living experiences of older adults living with HIV to shape the research questions and plan of action.
Stroke Recovery Association Of British Columbia
World Cafe - Community Conversations After Stroke
Stroke is a sudden event which challenges participation in life roles. Addressing this issue is challenged within our province that has geographical, cultural, and service related diversity. Our research will help these diverse communities to understand what stroke survivors and their community need, and the approaches that they think are required to meet these needs, recognising their specific circumstances . Only then can meaningful development of support and services take place. Our collaborative approach which identifies and brings together stakeholders will start the process of partnership development. We will apply for further funding to support and implement the research findings.
T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation
The Thriving Coastal Communities Initiative
Coastal communities in BC are facing a number of pressing challenges that are affecting the health and well-being of local people. These challenges include climate change, loss of community infrastructure, competition over marine space, loss of access to fisheries and complex marine management plans. Local communities can feel the impacts of these pressures in very real ways through loss of livelihoods, declining economies, outmigration of youth, loss of food security, and health challenges. It is important that coastal communities continue to thrive and maintain an active presence on the water. This participatory action research project asks "How can coastal communities continue to thrive?"
Understanding of Pregnancy Experiences of First Nations Women with Gestational Diabetes in the Nuu-Chah-Nulth communities
Our proposed project aligns with the goals of the Convene Grants. The overall objective of the proposed project is to improve maternal health status, especially women with gestational diabetes living in the NTC communities. By understanding the gestational diabetes issue, we can generate recommendations to support and improve patient experiences and clinical outcomes and increase access to diabetes education and training. The results from the planning and focus group study phase will be used to apply for a multi-year large intervention grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Community-led Options for Access to Substitution Therapies (COAST) Project
Our team is working to understand the impacts of community cannabis programs (CCPs) on the lives of people who use drugs (PWUD) amidst dual public health crises—the opioid crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Many PWUD are using cannabis from CCPs to reduce other substance use, withdrawal symptoms, and cravings, which in turn helps to reduce harms. The Convene Grant will bring together leading researchers on substance use, people with lived experience, CCP coordinators, and policy makers, to co-develop a research plan to study the impacts of CCPs on PWUD, which will help create well-informed policies and practices and empower community-led organizations to support their communities.
Truth (through art) to power: Arts-based truth-telling to transform research and reduce inequities at the intersections of health and justice
Health and social inequities faced by Indigenous Peoples are linked to criminal justice inequities. A partnership between the UBC Transformative Health & Justice Research Cluster and Megaphone Magazine will host writing workshops, and a subsequent public truth-telling series where people affected by the criminal justice system will share their stories towards destigmatization and empowerment. Stakeholders and researchers will be invited, and a graphic recorder and filmmaker will visually collect themes. This series will provide a roadmap to shape research priorities and the development of PAR funding applications that address social, health and criminal justice inequities.
A participatory framework to support the social-emotional wellbeing of children in the early years: Developing a sustainable, coordinated and strength-based system
In British Columbia, we are observing a worrying trend of increasing numbers of young children with social-emotional vulnerabilities. Children who experience social-emotional vulnerabilities during the early years of life are susceptible to a number of negative health and social outcomes across the lifespan. Our project will convene a diverse participant network in three BC communities to develop a community-based participatory action research agenda to address systemic influences on children's social-emotional vulnerability.
Addressing Homelessness in Kelowna: Establishing Participatory Action Research Priorities
Individuals who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, experience higher morbidity and mortality than the general population. Previous research has shown that people who are homeless consume more health care resources than the general population in particular emergency room visits and 911 services. Once health issues become chronic, reversing the problem can be costly and time consuming. Preventing homelessness prevents poor health outcomes downstream. Our series of meetings with key stakeholders will identify research possibilities aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of innovative community-based prevention interventions among at-risk individuals.
Chilliwack Overdose Response Project
Our project's goal is to help address the overdose crisis in the Fraser East region, which has been one of the hardest-hit regions in BC. To date, most research has focused on urban settings, and more rural communities have lacked qualitative research that would lead to a deeper understanding of the systemic issues tied to the crisis and give rise to meaningful, appropriate action. Convening grant funds will be used to engage additional people affected by the crisis and to develop a participatory action research plan. Partnerships will address challenges around effective practice related to supporting individuals and families impacted by the OD crisis in Chilliwack and the Fraser East.
Land, Health and Healing: Understanding and promoting the health and wellness benefits of Indigenous Protected Areas
Health scholars working in Indigenous health acknowledge that connection to land is an important aspect to improving health and wellbeing. Yet little research explores the health and wellbeing benefits of connections to the land, which is particularly important in light of the recent resurgence of Indigenous-led conservation initiatives. Our team is trying to understand how Indigenous Protected Areas can be understood through a lens rooted in health, healing, and wellness. This project has the potential to develop into a viable research project which examines the connections between Indigenous-led conservation initiatives and the links between land, health and wellbeing.
Community Empowerment of African Migrant Women Across British Columbia
Sub-Saharan African migrant women and their families in Canada are disproportionately burdened by social and health inequities. British Columbia has one of the highest numbers of female African migrant women in Canada. How can we address these inequities created by intersections of social identities, policies, processes of oppression and privilege, and institutional practices both here in Canada and from their pre- migration contexts? Through a community-based provincial townhall meeting we will bring African migrant women and other stakeholders together to deliberate and decide on research questions to inform improvements to their daily lived experiences and that of their families.
A Community Based Participatory Project to Understand the Health Impacts of LGBTQ2S Recreational Sports on Sexually and Gender Diverse Communities
We know that LGBTQ2S people face poorer health outcomes compared to their straight and cisgender peers. LGBTQ2S people are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and to experience feelings of loneliness and social isolation. Understanding the benefits that community athletics might have in challenging these health disparities will offer new insights for healthcare practitioners committed to promoting the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ2S communities. The Convene process will allow the research team to gauge and explore the themes that LGBTQ2S recreational athletes identify as central to their involvement in LGBTQ2S sports spaces and how they have impacted their health and wellbeing.
xaqana itkini (Many Ways of Working Together): Laying the Foundation for a Participatory Action Research Project Plan
Institutional structures, discourses and norms that sustain colonialism in health systems need to be disrupted to shift power relations and meaningfully engage Indigenous peoples, knowledge systems, and approaches to wellness. Our goal is to work with Ktunaxa Nation to co-develop a participatory action research project to align the health system's roles and responsibilities in serving Indigenous communities with culturally-informed understandings of wellness and locally-identified priorities. A Convene Grant will support our research partnership to engage Ktunaxa Elders, Knowledge Holders and citizens to co-create mutually-beneficial research priorities.
Building capacity for promoting refugee and newcomer health: a community engagement project
Currently primary healthcare services in BC do not meet the complex health needs of refugees and newcomers. These groups experience multiple barriers to accessing equitable healthcare including inadequate language support, gender-based issues and low health literacy. The settlement sector and primary healthcare sector recognize a need to work with refugee newcomer communities to understand what promotes integrated healthcare including the social determinants of health. This Convene process will develope a community advisory board to develop and build community capacity for a research project that can answer important questions about promoting equitable healthcare for newcomer communities.
Celebrating Resistance through Intergenerational Storytelling: Decolonial Participatory Research with Two-Spirit, Trans, Non-binary and Gender Diverse Children, Youth, Seniors and Elders
"Celebrating Resistance Through Intergenerational Storytelling" brings together Indigenous and allied settler researchers and community stakeholders to identify wise practices and ethical guidelines for decolonial intergenerational arts-based research with Two-Spirit, trans, non-binary and gender diverse communities in British Columbia. A focus group with Two-Spirit youth will inform a 2-day research planning meeting held on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Emerging from established relationships and community knowledge, this research planning project will revitalize intergenerational 2STNBGD relationships and inform an in-depth study on this issue.
Understanding the contraceptive health care needs of patients in British Columbia
Most Canadian women will use some form of birth control during their lives, but contraceptive failure is common. Contraceptive failure is often the result of patients being prescribed a method they are not fully informed about how to use and that does not fit their unique needs, and leads to a significant number of unintended pregnancies each year. This grant will bring together patients, researchers, educators, and healthcare providers to develop a research project that will explore what patients need and want out of contraceptive care. This information can then inform improvements to the system in BC so that everyone who wants it has access to contraception that fits their needs.
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My research focuses on one of the hallmark examples of multi-scale astrophysics: star formation in molecular clouds and feedback from massive stars during galaxy formation. It is widely accepted that the unknown physics of star formation and feedback represent the main uncertainties in our understanding of how galaxies form. My group combines major observational surveys of gas and young stars in galaxies across cosmic time with state-of-the-art numerical simulations of star and galaxy formation. That way, we attempt to answer fundamental open questions, such as how most stars in the Universe formed, where the ancient globular clusters came from, and how we can bridge the gap between cold dark matter cosmology and the observable galaxy population. Among others, our research interests cover: the interstellar medium and molecular cloud evolution star formation and feedback (globular) cluster formation, evolution, and dynamics galaxy formation and evolution assembly history of the Milky Way observational surveys (e.g. with ALMA and MUSE) numerical simulations. For more information, also see my group's website: http://www.mustang-project.org.
Do Spectroscopic Dense Gas Fractions Track Molecular Cloud Surface Densities?
Reina-Campos, M.; Kruijssen, J. M. D. et al.
Pfeffer, Joel; Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik et al.
Lamers, H. J. G. L. M.; Kruijssen, J. M. D. et al.
Miholics, Meghan; Kruijssen, J. M. Diederik et al.
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The TSHA's ambitious plan to chop our already thin numbers into two teams, assuming that each would be strong enough to be worthy competitors at the Emperor's Day (2008/12/23) CCM Exhibition Tournament in Kitasenjyu, proved to be hopelessly optimistic.
More photos at the bottom of the page
While we had a great time to a man, neither of the resulting undermanned (not to mention over-aged) teams, the TSHA (in white) or the JSBHF (in red), was able to make it into the final against some stiff local competition provided by the Misconduct Hockey League. The superior speed (not to mention youth) of the two MHL inspired teams (Tigers and Giants) proved too much for the one line TSHA/JSBHF "teams" and the MHL teams both ended up in the final fighting it out for the tournament victory. In the end it was the MHL Tigers (yellow) that overcame the MHL Giants (black) to claim the spoils.
The first game of the day long CCM Exhibition Tournament was the MHL Tigers vs. the five man JSBHF. It was a close game but the JSBHF while playing solid defense just couldn't generate the offence needed to seriously pressure the Tigers. The final score was Tigers 1 and JSBHF 0. It was a scenario that would repeat throughout the day.
The second game saw other MHL team, the Giants (black) taking on the TSHA (white). It was a see-saw game that ended 3 to 2 with the home Giants scoring in the final minutes. Again, a one goal difference earned in the last minute, that would repeat for the TSHA.
For some reason these first two games proved to be the hardest run in TSHA history with all four teams sucking wind like jet engines and ending with everybody coughing like a bronchitis ward after the games. Colin was perhaps the worst affected, losing his lunch into the penalty box area but all the players were various shades of green.
We decided the next two games would be played our "normal" flat out pace, as opposed to running all over the place at full speed all the time. The new strategy seemed to work better with more passing, ball possession and control in the offensive zone. Unfortunately we also decided to "goon it up" for some reason with both TSHA/JSBHF teams getting penalties (Dave, Paul, Christian all finding their way to the box) and losing the games by familiar score lines on power plays in the final minute. The JSBHF (red) went down 1 to 0 to the MHL Giants (black) yet again and the shorthanded TSHA lost to the Tigers (yellow) again in the final few seconds this time by a score of 2 to 1. Chad again provided the offense for the TSHA.
The semifinals saw the young MHL teams pick up the pace yet another notch against the few old men of the "one-line" TSHA teams. The MHL Giants (black) finally broke down the tough defense of the JSBHF and scored two goals for a new final scoreline of 2 to O. Unfortunately the JSBHF still couldn't get a goal. The MHL Tigers came blasting out of the gate for their semi-final against the TSHA scoring early and often and never looking back on the way to a 5 to 0 win to book a place in the final against the Giants (black).
This set-up a up an all MHL final with the TSHA/JSBHF players watching. And to be fair it was a great game to watch with the Tigers (yellow) opening strong and the Giants black) clawing it back to a one goal game in the finals minute. The Tigers (yellow) did however prevail for a much deserved 2 to 1 win to claim the overall tournament victory.
Some of the TSHA/JSBHF boys then headed to an Ueno izakaya to drown their sorrows. There was much of the talk was about how we would need more players to be competitive (two lines would be good) and even then we would need to get into better shape either way. There were plenty of assurances to one another that the new year would see a renewed focus on diet and physical fitness that was completely contradicted by a bunch of truly appalling menu choices of fried meat and carbs drowned with beer...
Only time will tell if the new year will provide us with the commitment to round up the requisite number of players and appropriate level of physical fitness that will be required to win the inevitable next CCM Exhibition Tournament.


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import io.hops.metadata.common.FinderType;

import java.util.EnumMap;

public abstract class Variable {

  protected final static EnumMap<Finder, byte[]> defaultValues =
      new EnumMap(Finder.class);

  public static void registerVariableDefaultValue(Finder variable,
      byte[] defaultValue) {
    defaultValues.put(variable, defaultValue);
  }

  public static enum Finder implements FinderType<Variable> {

    //Named Variables
    BlockID,
    INodeID,
    QuotaUpdateID,
    ReplicationIndex,
    StorageInfo,
    BlockTokenKeys,
    BTCurrKey,
    BTNextKey,
    BTSimpleKey,
    SIdCounter,
    HdfsLeParams,
    YarnLeParams,
    MisReplicatedFilesIndex,
    SafeModeReached,
    BrLbMaxConcurrentBRs,
    RMStateStoreVersion,
    RMStateStoreEpoch,
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    RMDTSequenceNumber,
    QuotaTicksCounter,
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    GenericInteger,
    GenericLong,
    GenericString,
    GenericByteArray,
    GenericArray,
    Seed,
    StorageMap,  // TODO do we need this?
    CacheDirectiveID,
    neededScanCount,
    RollingUpgradeInfo,
    SafeModeInfo,
    GenericDouble,
    BlockTotal,
    BlockThreshold,
    BlockReplicationQueueThreshold,
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    public int getId() {
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    }

    public byte[] getDefaultValue() {
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    }

    public static Finder getFinder(int varType) {
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    @Override
    public Class getType() {
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    @Override
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  private final Finder type;

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  }

  public abstract void setValue(byte[] val);

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  public abstract Object getValue();

  public abstract int getLength();

  public Finder getType() {
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  }

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      case GenericLong:
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      case GenericString:
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      case GenericArray:
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      case BlockID:
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      case INodeID:
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      case QuotaUpdateID:
        return new IntVariable(varType);
      case ReplicationIndex:
        return new ArrayVariable(varType);
      case StorageInfo:
        return new ArrayVariable(varType);
      case BlockTokenKeys:
        return new ArrayVariable(varType);
      case BTCurrKey:
      case BTNextKey:
      case BTSimpleKey:
        return new ByteArrayVariable(varType);
      case SIdCounter:
        return new IntVariable(varType);
      case HdfsLeParams:
      case YarnLeParams:
        return new StringVariable(varType);
      case MisReplicatedFilesIndex:
        return new LongVariable(varType);
      case SafeModeReached:
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      case RMStateStoreVersion:
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      case RMStateStoreEpoch:
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      case AMRMToken:
        return new ByteArrayVariable(varType);
      case RMDTSequenceNumber:
        return new IntVariable(varType);
      case QuotaTicksCounter:
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      case Seed:
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      case CacheDirectiveID:
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      case neededScanCount:
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      case completedScanCount:
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    }
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Q: What is >> for after print command in python 2? import cStringIO

output = cStringIO.StringIO()
output.write('First line.\n')
print >>output, 'Second line.'

# Retrieve file contents -- this will be
# 'First line.\nSecond line.\n'
contents = output.getvalue()

What does >>output in the print statement on line 5 do?

A: It redirects the print statement output to an open file-like object. See the print statement documentation:

print also has an extended form, defined by the second portion of the syntax described above. This form is sometimes referred to as "print chevron." In this form, the first expression after the >> must evaluate to a "file-like" object, specifically an object that has a write() method as described above. With this extended form, the subsequent expressions are printed to this file object. If the first expression evaluates to None, then sys.stdout is used as the file for output.

Essentially, the line is translated to output.write('Second line.' + '\n') asprint` adds a newline to it's output unless the expression ends with a comma.
The syntax is based on the bash append >> syntax (which also influenced C++ << and >> I/O operators); see PEP 214 for a full motivation for why this was chosen.
In Python 3, where print() is a function, you'd write:
print('Second line.', file=output)

instead.

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2. Minutes of the 2007 AGM: Approved with the proviso of a minor amendment to item 3 in order to modify the statement.
3. Matters arising: There have been continuous efforts to review the Constitution and to develop transparent and democratic engagement processes with members.
It was agreed that a sentence should be inserted into the Constitution to state explicitly that the Chair should normally be chosen from the serving members of the Executive Committee. The word "normally" should be included in the Constitution.
For the election of Chair and Vice Chair, nominated individuals should provide a CV and Statement of Intent, which will be circulated to all members before the AGM for ratification. The arrangement will be included in the Constitution's Bye-Laws.
4.1 Election of Chair and Vice Chair: It was noted that earlier this year the nomination of Dr Lore Arthur (The Open University) as Chair was approved by all Executive members;this was ratified by the AGM.
4.2 Dr Michele Schweisfurth (University of Birmingham), was proposed as Vice Chair by Professor Clive Harber, and seconded by Dr Malcolm Mercer. Members present expressed their support for these nominations and duly ratified them.
4.3 Election of Executive Members: Following Professor Clive Harber's resignation, one replacement nomination was received for executive membership. It was, therefore, ratified that Dr Gu Qing (University of Nottingham) be accepted as an Executive Member. It was noted that Professor Rosalind Pritchard resigned as a member of the Executive Committee and thanks were expressed to her and Professor Clive Harber for their longstanding commitment to and engagement with BAICE.
4.4 Election of Student Representative: Following the resignation of Tareq Al Bakri as Student Representative on the Executive Committee, it was noted that arrangements for the election of a successor were in progress.
5. BAICE President 2008/09: It was reported that Professor Robin Alexander (University of Cambridge) had been approached to act as the Association's President for the academic year 2008-2009, and that he had accepted the invitation. Members present whole-heartedly supported this proposal and confirmed the appointment. The Chair thanked Professor Julia Preece for her work and continuous support as President from 2006-2008.
6. Report from the Chair: Professor Pritchard reported that the past year had been very successful for the Association, which is in a position of stable finances, active membership and a thriving journal with Compare. It was noted that the goals proposed in her initial statement of intent have been realised, including the development of a strategic plan, the revision of the Constitution, extending the regionalisation of the Association to cover all of the UK, offering of a BAICE prize, designing a new visual identity, offering an increased number of services to members and tightening the relationship with Compare. Professor Pritchard congratulated the respective organisers on the success of a 1-day writing workshop convened jointly by the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol, a BAICE Research Student Workshop on Professional Development held at the University of Sussex, and the Writers' Workshop organised by Compare. It was noted that the BAICE History &Archive Project, coordinated by Professor Michael Crossley (University of Bristol) and Professor Keith Watson (University of Reading), commenced in February 2008. The suitability of the conference venue in Glasgow and efficient organisation through DACE was praised and Professor Michael Osborne, Kathy MacLachlan, Joyce Lang and Sarah McCulloch were thanked by all members for making the BAICE 2008 conference possible. Professor Pritchard expressed her thanks to the Executive Committee for their support in the past year.
Dr Lore Arthur, in her role as Chair, warmly thanked Professor Pritchard for all her hard work and commitment to BAICE over several years and in her role as Chair, 2006-2008. Dr Arthur also acknowledged the hard work undertaken by the appointed officers, in particular Dr Niens, the Treasurer and Jane Anthony, the Membership Secretary, both of whom had to deal with a number of complex circumstances during the past year. She also thanked Dr Sheila Trahar, Secretary to BAICE, for all her hard work on behalf of BAICE.
7. Treasurer's Report: Dr Ulrike Niens circulated a Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st July 2008 which had been prepared by Coppers@ Co. She reported to members that 2008 had been a successful transitional period during which the Compare finances were moved under the auspices of BAICE. It was noted that a substantial increase in Royalties of just over £13,000 was received which was accompanied by a slight increase in spending, resulting in a surplus of funds of £8,500. A savings account had been opened, which currently contains £40,000. It was reported that the Executive Committee had decided not to apply for charitable status based on the advice from an external financial consultant. Expense guidelines have been approved by the Committee to increase transparency of expenditures. The Treasurer was thanked for her work over the past year.
8. Report from the Membership Secretary: Jane Anthony reported that there are currently 264 BAICE members from 39 countries and that this includes a substantial number of new student and full members who joined BAICE in 2007/2008. It was noted that a slight decrease in the actual figures was partly due to members recruited through BAICE conferences failing to renew their membership and due to some standing order payments not having been received over the past year. Procedures for non-paying members have been tightened over the past year, which resulted in prompt reminders for outstanding payments and more regular up-dates of the membership lists. It was reported that difficulties with the distribution of Compare have been addressed successfully. The Membership Secretary was thanked for her efforts and commitment.
9. Report from the Editors of Compare: Professor Karen Evans reported that the journal was flourishing and attracting an increasing number of high quality papers. It was reported that due to this success, resulting in a continuous flow and subsequent backlog of manuscripts, Compare will be increased to six issues per year. It was noted that four new members had been appointed to the advisory board last year: Dr Shajlaja Fennell (University of Cambridge), Dr Theresa Lillis (Open University), Dr Elizabeth McNess (University of Bristol) and Dr Christopher Williams (University of Birmingham). Professor Carlos Torres (University of California) has been welcomed to the International Advisory Board. The editors were thanked for their work on behalf of the Association.
10. Report on BAICE website: Members agreed that the BAICE website has been developed to a high professional and user friendly standard over the past year.
11. Any Other Business: The UKFIET/BAICE conference will take place in Oxford in 2009. The location for the BAICE conference 2010 still needs to be confirmed. Comments concerning the conferences should be sent to the Chair.
12. Date of next Annual General Meeting: UKFIET Conference, Oxford, September 2009.
Report from the Chair: Professor Pritchard reported that the past year had been very successful for the Association, which is in a position of stable finances, active membership and a thriving journal with Compare. It was noted that the goals proposed in her initial statement of intent have been realised, including the development of a strategic plan, the revision of the Constitution, extending the regionalisation of the Association to cover all of the UK, offering of a BAICE prize, designing a new visual identity, offering an increased number of services to members and tightening the relationship with Compare. Professor Pritchard congratulated the respective organisers on the success of a 1-day writing workshop convened jointly by the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol, a BAICE Research Student Workshop on Professional Development held at the University of Sussex, and the Writers' Workshop organised by Compare. It was noted that the BAICE History &Archive Project, coordinated by Professor Michael Crossley (University of Bristol) and Professor Keith Watson (University of Reading), commenced in February 2008. The suitability of the conference venue in Glasgow and efficient organisation through DACE was praised and Professor Michael Osborne, Kathy MacLachlan, Joyce Lang and Sarah McCulloch were thanked by all members for making the BAICE 2008 conference possible. Professor Pritchard expressed her thanks to the Executive Committee for their support in the past year.


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UEFA Champions League 2008-2009 - all stages and played matches
Stage Dates Count of played matches
First qualifying round 15 July 2008 - 23 July 2008 28 matches
Second qualifying round 29 July 2008 - 6 August 2008 28 matches
Third qualifying round 12 August 2008 - 27 August 2008 32 matches
Group stage 16 September 2008 - 10 December 2008 96 matches
Round of 16 24 February 2009 - 11 March 2009 16 matches
Quarter-final 7 April 2009 - 15 April 2009 8 matches
Semi-final 28 April 2009 - 6 May 2009 4 matches
Final 27 May 2009 1 matches
Winner FC Barcelona
Runner-up Manchester United
Semi-finalists Chelsea FC and
Common information
Dates 15 July 2008 - 27 May 2009
Teams 76 clubs from 52 countries
Matches played 213
Goals scored 555 (2.61 per match)
2.61 per match
List of Participants in UEFA Champions League 2008-2009


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Christmas is not for Christians - GetAlongWithGod.comGetAlongWithGod | A blog about discovering a God worth knowing.
I know the title of this post is shocking but before I lose you, let me expound on why I make the statement: Christmas is not for Christians. This title basically says that Christmas is a holiday for the unbeliever! Well, as an indwelt believer in Jesus, I experience Christ daily. My life celebrates Him regularly as He reveals Himself to me moment by moment in all of my days.
So you might say, "How can you say that celebrating His birth is not for me?" Quite simply, because my focus on Christmas day is as it is on every day—Christ. But this is a day and a season when the world is celebrating friends, family and gifts, against the backdrop of the Life of Christ. His name, His story and His Life is inescapable. Christmas is a day that the Spirit presents JESUS, once again, as Emmanuel God with US. He does this for all those who may not know Him in their every day. It's as it was when the wise men from afar and the shepherds in the field followed a star. Those who are open to receiving the gift of Him, will find Him who has been promised.
During the Christmas season as I walk through life I am to be like the manger, a vessel simply upholding the King of Glory. This day is not for me, any more than it was for the original manger. My life is a celebration of Christ EVERY DAY; I don't need a single day of awareness but the world does. Many Christians boycott Christmas as pagan. I feel they are missing the point. This day isn't about them! Christmas is for them to be a vessel to present the King of Glory in all His humility. It is to take His life into situations for the receptive and openhearted. This is a day when possibly your unsaved friends and family will gather together focusing unknowingly on Jesus, while you're given the opportunity to simply rest as a vessel of Christ's Life.
If you have Christ inside of you, you don't need a birthday. Every day is His birthday as He presents His life through you. Christmas is not for you to defend your rights against what you perceive to be INJUSTICE. This day is for you to display Him. This day is to present Him in all stillness, with all satisfaction.
So as I enter a new Christmas, I am not going to focus on what I'm to receive but what is to be given out of me. It is tremendously freeing. Christmas is not for Christians, but it is an opportunity for an unsaved world to have another chance to acknowledge Christ. Yes, pagan foolishness happens, but the story of our Savior is again presented to a world needing Him. Let His Life come forth from us to be The Light that so desperately needs to be seen. Rather than being against, let's let Christ again come lowly to present Himself as THE Light of the World.
No noticeable shots in the back…hehehe Thank you for commenting!
Thank you Michael… I love this post. Appreciate you stopping by.
Christmas isn't for Christians, this needed to be shared John, and you did such an amazing clarity of heart, the spirit of Christ. Blessings.


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Według danych z 1 stycznia 2018 Wasilików liczył 11 074 mieszkańców.

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Wasilków położony jest w centralno-wschodniej części województwa podlaskiego, w dolinie rzeki Supraśli, przy drodze krajowej nr 19. Od Białegostoku oddalony jest o 3 km, od Czarnej Białostockiej o 14, a od Sokółki o 32 km.

Miasto królewskie położone było w końcu XVIII wieku w starostwie niegrodowym wasilkowskim w powiecie grodzieńskim województwa trockiego. W latach 1975–1998 miasto administracyjnie należało do woj. białostockiego.

Demografia

Historia

Badania archeologiczne wskazują, że pierwsi osadnicy na terenie Wasilkowa pojawili się już w mezolicie. Pierwsze osadnictwo występowało tu w XIII-XIV wieku. Po 1509 r. obszar na zachód od rzeki Sokołdki był kolonizowany przez Mikołaja Radziwiłła, który zbudował sobie dwór nad tą rzeczką. Od 1512 r. na zachód od niej rozciągała się posiadłość Samuela Lenca Samotyi (dziś Leńce). Niedługo potem miejsce u ujścia Sokołdki, w którym wcześniej znajdowały się stajnie królewskie, Radziwiłł oddał wójtowi dobrzyniewskiemu Łukaszowi Kurzenieckiemu, który w 1536 r., wyrąbał tam las pod pole "pod ostupom Vasilkovom". Miasto zostało założone na polecenie Zygmunta Augusta w 1566 roku, a 8 grudnia 1566 otrzymało prawa miejskie. Starostą był Hiob Bretfus, nadworny architekt króla Zygmunta I Starego. Od tej pory mieszkańcy mieli sądzić się i rządzić według prawa magdeburskiego. Miasto otrzymało też herb, którym mogło pieczętować dokumenty oraz prawo pobierania ceł i myt. Miasto powstało w miejscu wcześniej niezamieszkanym, a zasiedlili je ludzie z Goniądza, Tykocina i Białegostoku. Dwa dni później utworzono parafię. W 1566 w Wasilkowie wzniesiono drewnianą cerkiew, a w 1567 roku zbudowano tu pierwszy kościół (również drewniany). W roku 1576 starostą został Łukasz Górnicki.

Miasto królewskie w 1782 roku.

W połowie XVII wieku miasteczko zamieszkiwało około 500 mieszkańców. Przed I rozbiorem Polski w Wasilkowie mieszkało już 1500 osób, w tym ok. 100 unitów i 150 Żydów. Po III rozbiorze w 1795 roku Wasilków włączony został do Prus, a w 1807 do zaboru rosyjskiego.

W roku 1880 Wasilków liczył 3880 mieszkańców. 5 maja 1895 roku pożar strawił pół miasta. Pod koniec XIX wieku Wasilków liczył 3918 mieszkańców, z czego połowa była katolikami. Miasto powróciło do Polski po odzyskaniu niepodległości w 1918. W 1921 mieszkańców było 3903. Były tu kościół katolicki, cerkiew i synagoga. W 1929 działały fabryki sukna, młyny i tartaki.

Synagoga przy ul. Wojtachowskiej powstała w połowie XVIII wieku. Był to budynek murowany. W 1941 Niemcy bożnicę spalili.

W 1939 liczba mieszkańców wynosiła 5174.

16 września 1939 Wasilków zaatakowany został przez wojska niemieckie, tydzień później wkroczyła Armia Czerwona. W sierpniu 1941 roku Niemcy utworzyli tam getto dla ludności żydowskiej, w którym przebywało ponad 1000 osób. Getto zostało zlikwidowane 2 listopada 1942. Żydzi zostali wywiezieni do obozu przejściowego w Białymstoku, a stamtąd do obozu zagłady w Treblince.

W wyniku działań wojennych Wasilków zniszczony został w około 20 procentach, a liczba mieszkańców wyniosła 3948 osób.

Demografia

Według Powszechnego Spisu Ludności z 1921 roku miasto zamieszkiwało 3903 osoby, wśród których 2469 było wyznania rzymskokatolickiego, 481 prawosławnego, 3 ewangelickiego a 950 mojżeszowego. Jednocześnie 3348 mieszkańców zadeklarowało polską przynależność narodową, 23 białoruską, 514 żydowską, 17 rosyjską i jeden czeską. Było tu 713 budynków mieszkalnych.

Według danych GUS z 30 czerwca 2012, miasto liczyło 10 306 mieszkańców.

 Piramida wieku mieszkańców Wasilkowa w 2014 roku.

Zabytki

 Renesansowy układ przestrzenny miasta – najstarszy i najcenniejszy zabytek miasta zaprojektowany w ramach pomiary włócznej.
 Kościół parafialny pw. Przemienienia Pańskiego
 Cerkiew prawosławna pw. Świętych Apostołów Piotra i Pawła (parafialna)
 Sanktuarium Matki Boskiej Bolesnej w Świętej Wodzie
 Cmentarz rzymskokatolicki z końca XIX wieku
 Cmentarz żydowski przy ul. Słowackiego z drugiej połowy XIX wieku (w Wasilkowie istniały jeszcze dwa kirkuty – przy ul. Polnej i przy ul. Supraślskiej – które zostały zniszczone podczas wojny i nie są uznane za zabytki)

Muzea
 Podlaskie Muzeum Kultury Ludowej

Infrastruktura drogowo-kolejowa

Przez Wasilków nie biegnie już droga krajowa nr 19 prowadząca od przejścia granicznego z Białorusią w Kuźnicy, przez Białystok do Rzeszowa. Droga obecnie omija miasto po oddaniu do użytku obwodnicy Wasilkowa. W mieście przy linii kolejowej nr 6 Zielonka – Kuźnica Białostocka znajduje się stacja kolejowa Wasilków.

Sport
W 1946 w mieście założono obecny klub sportowy KS Wasilków, występujący w swojej historii także pod nazwami Łoś, Włókniarz, MZKS, KP (Klub Piłkarski) Wasilków.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

 Serwis gminy i miasta
 Jurajski Park Dinozaurów (Muzeum Dziejów Ziemi)

Wsie ekonomii grodzieńskiej

Miasta królewskie I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo trockie)
Miasta lokowane przez Zygmunta II Augusta
Miasta w Polsce lokowane w XVI wieku
Miasta w województwie podlaskim
Starostwo wasilkowskie (I Rzeczpospolita)


This morning I noticed that Stan Ricker passed away. Stan was the man who did a lot of Half Speed Mastering for MFSL. And that was only a part of all his work.
I remember the glorious MFSL time we enjoyed so much. The first "unbelief" when I saw an ad for MFSL with Supertramp's Crime of the Century. Could not belief it. Durob Audio, our company, was kind of monopoly player in the market of "special discs". Sheffield, Telarc, Century and many other labels. And always we met the comment "nice music, nice quality, but why you don't have discs with known artists". Then Mobile's Supertramp arrived and we got it! Thousands, ten thousands. Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Frank Sinatra and many more were following What a nice time.
Great memories. Time goes on, things get better, things get worse. Thanks to people like Stan Ricker, Doug Sax and many others we had good audiophile experiences at that time. Rest in peace.
Sad news for vinyl fans — pioneering mastering engineer Stan Ricker has died. Stan built a name and reputation in the music industry for his work on numerous highly-regarded album releases and reissues, including many albums for Analogue Productions. His loss at age 79, within months of the death of Doug Sax of The Mastering Lab, is a blow to the music world.
Beyond his noteworthy contributions to many historic album releases, Stan was a devoted and strong advocate of the half-speed mastering technique, in which the cutting lathe turns at precisely half the desired playback speed. This gives the cutting head twice the time to cut complex analog grooves into the lacquer — affording greater sonic accuracy.
The half-speed mastering process refined by Stan gave rise to high-quality labels such as Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, Reference Recordings and Windham Hill. Stan was a technical consultant and mastering engineer for record labels such as Analogue Productions, Columbia Records, Delos, JVC, Mobile Fidelity, MCA, Phillips, Pure Audiophile, RCA, Reference Recordings, Telarc, Telefunken, Warner Brothers and Windham Hill, to name but a few.
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Q: Approximating the average of a list consisting of real numbers Given a list of real number $(a_1, a_2, \ldots,a_n)$ we are interested in the average $\mu = \dfrac{1}{n}\displaystyle\sum_{i = 1}^{n}a_n.$ You are given a simple probabilist algorithm that approximates $\mu:$

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*Choose a parameter $k$ (is a fixed parameter you determine and thus not choosen at random)

*$s := 0$

*repeat $k$ times:
$i\leftarrow$ uniformly at random choosen index $1\leq i\leq n$
$s \leftarrow s + a_i$

*$X = \dfrac{s}{k}$

*return $X$
I'm asked to show that $\text{Var}[X] \leq \dfrac{1}{4k}.$ So far I noticed that clearly $\mathbb{E}[X] = \mu$ and for estimating the variance one probably wants to make use of the formula $\text{Var}[X] = \mathbb{E}[X^2]-\mathbb{E}[X]$ but I don't know how to determine $X^2.$ Could someone give me an advice how to proceed?

A: I assume that $\forall i$, $a_i\in [0,1]$.
The algorithm can be analyzed by defining the i.i.d random variables $X_1,\ldots,X_k$ , each with uniform distribution over the set $\{a_1,\ldots,a_n\}$.
Then the output of the algorithm is $X=\frac 1k \sum_{i=1}^k X_i$ and $$\operatorname{Var}(X) = \frac 1k \operatorname{Var}(X_1)\leq \frac 1{4k}$$
where the last inequality follows from Popoviciu's inequality.


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package com.hpedrorodrigues.hyperion.processor;

import com.hpedrorodrigues.hyperion.base.AbstractTest;
import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;

@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
public class KotlinProcessorTest extends AbstractTest {

    private KotlinProcessor processor;

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        this.processor = new KotlinProcessor();
    }

    @Test
    public void processFileName() {
        final String expected = "Test.kt";

        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getFileName("test"))
                .isEqualTo(expected);
    }

    @Test
    public void processPackageName() {
        final String expected = "package test\n\n";

        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getNamespace("test"))
                .isEqualTo(expected);
    }

    @Test
    public void processStartClass() {
        final String expected = "class Test {";

        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getStartClass("test"))
                .isEqualTo(expected);
    }

    @Test
    public void processType() {
        final String expected = "\n\n\tvar test: Int = 0";

        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getType("test", "Int"))
                .isEqualTo(expected);
    }

    @Test
    public void processListType() {
        final String expected = "\n\n\tvar test: List<String> = null";

        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getListType("test", "String"))
                .isEqualTo(expected);
    }

    @Test
    public void processListTypeName() {
        final String expected = "List<String>";

        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getListTypeName("String"))
                .isEqualTo(expected);
    }

    @Test
    public void processListSetter() {
        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getListSetter("test", "Double"))
                .isEmpty();
    }

    @Test
    public void processListGetter() {
        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getListGetter("test", "Boolean"))
                .isEmpty();
    }

    @Test
    public void processSetter() {
        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getSetter("test", "Float"))
                .isEmpty();
    }

    @Test
    public void processGetter() {
        Assertions
                .assertThat(processor.getGetter("test", "Integer"))
                .isEmpty();
    }
}


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Ferry Corsten's 'Gouryella – From The Heavens' Documentary Is a Trance Journey
Following a 13-year Gouryella dormancy, Ferry Corsten decided to resurrect the uplifting trance alias in 2015. 'From The Heavens' documents his grand return as Gouryella, Corsten takes viewers on a journey documenting a movement that began 15 years ago in The Netherlands.
When the project was first created, it was a joint collaboration between Holland natives, Ferry Corsten and Tiësto. The resurgence of the Gouryella moniker comes from Ferry himself. Giving the fans more of what they want, Ferry embarked on a worldwide tour, Ferry Corsten Presents Gouryella, in the beginning of 2016. Traveling the world as an internationally acclaimed musician, the From The Heavens documentary follows the producer and DJ for a detailed, full story of one of dance music's most mystical projects. Gouryella celebrates trance in its purest form, which is what ignites those who experience Gouryella live.
When asked about 'From The Heavens', Ferry said: "Telling a story through music is one thing. Telling a story through photos, video and a narrative is another. I'm very excited that I'm able to bring this documentary onto the stage and take my fans with me on a journey behind the scenes and through the process that is Gouryella".
Ferry Corsten Draws Up New Concept With 'Blueprint' Album: The Nocturnal Times Exclusive Interview
'From The Heavens' includes appearances from Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, Cosmic Gate, Markus Schulz, Above & Beyond and Aly & Fila. The film also offers fans insight into the history of dance music, Gouryella, and the memories made along the way.
This year, Corsten also released his latest studio album, Blueprint, which is a game-changer, and one of his most in-depth pieces in years.
The 53-minute documentary is available now exclusively through YouTube and will be available soon on all other digital platforms.
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Burning Man Attendees Illegally Dumped Trash and Idled In 12 Hours of Traffic
Sep. 8 2022, Published 3:18 p.m. ET
One of Burning Man's key principles is Leaving No Trace — but considering the Burning Man trash and idling traffic seen in the aftermath of the 2022 event, it's clear that this year's burners were a little too burned to truly heed that philosophy.
Burning Man attendees illegally dump endless trash every year.
This year, Burning Man ran from Aug. 28 through Sept. 5, 2022, with about 66,000 attendees flocking to the desert in Black Rock City, as per The Economic Times.
But in the days following the festival, there have been a number of reports of trash polluting various nearby areas.
Nearly 80,000 people pour into Nevada's Black Rock Desert each year for the Burning Man festival with community principles that include leaving no trace in the environment and protecting social networks and public spaces.https://t.co/0gnDMp2aQS
— Bruno J. Navarro (@Bruno_J_Navarro) September 8, 2022
For instance, Mark Lowenstern, the owner of a car wash in the Lake Tahoe, Calif. town of Truckee, told SFGate that every year during the days after Burning Man wraps up, his business is forced to "triple its dumpster removal efforts." People unload "everything you can think of," from trash bags to tents, into the car wash's dumpsters, as Lake Tahoe isn't far from Black Rock City.
Anna Klovstad, Truckee Town Council member and former mayor, told SFGate that following Burning Man each year, "campers often fill the dumpsters with everything from tents, shade structures and other trash that isn't your normal camping trash."
This process is known as illegal dumping, and it has a number of negative effects on the environment, the economy, and people.
"Burners are environmentalists. It's just our nature," reads a statement on the "Leaving No Trace" page on Burning Man's website. "Leaving No Trace is arguably Burning Man's most important Principle."
Some burners discard the "leaving no trace" ethos once they exit the event. #BurningManhttps://t.co/y9vgpkt9X2
— SFGATE (@SFGate) September 7, 2022
The website is filled with tips for reducing your trash while at the festival, and it advises burners to take their trash to the "several dumps and recycling facilities in the Reno area who will process your trash, cheaply and easily," along with a guide to nearby waste disposal and recycling locations.
And improperly disposing of festival trash isn't the only way burners polluted the environment this summer.
Burning Man attendees idled their cars in hours of traffic after the festival.
When Burning Man wrapped upon Sept. 5, the tens of thousands of attendees were ready to get back to the world of showers and air conditioning — but perhaps they shouldn't have all left at the grounds at the same time.
The traffic jams to exit the desert on Monday were so rough that some people were stuck in the gridlock for 12 hours, as reported by The NY Post. "Exodus wait time is currently around eight hours," the official Burning Man Twitter account tweeted on Monday morning. "Consider delaying your departure until conditions improve."
That night, at 12:32 a.m. on Sept. 6, the account posted that "Exodus wait time is over nine hours," advising people to delay their departures.
Tho people love to compare the #Burningman aesthetic to Mad Max…the Exodus from camp is the most Mad Max I've felt all week…5 hours in, two more till I reach the exit gate. 🤦🏻♂🤷🏻♂ @bmantraffic @burningman pic.twitter.com/ihOczA91Z0
— CJ (@cjyu) September 5, 2022
A photo posted by a Twitter user named CJ showed numerous cars stretching across 15 lanes of standstill traffic in the desert. "Five hours in, two more till I reach the exit gate," CJ wrote.
And with the desert's hot temperatures, it's likely that many of those cars left their engines idling in order to use the AC while stuck in the traffic, emitting fossil fuels that could have been saved had the organizers staggered departures to prevent traffic.
Hopefully next year, Burning Man's organizers and attendees will make greater efforts to intercept illegal trash dumping and polluting traffic.
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Avoidable Perils
A TANK FULL OF SHARKS, a deadly laser beam, a vat of acid – bad things are happening and our heroes are at risk! But will you help save them?
By Anna Dowd
Genre-defying transmedia techno-troublemakers Counterpilot presents Avoidable Perils – an all-ages interactive game and whimsical social experiment exploring activism in the attention economy.
Coming to you via large-scale screens and sound design throughout Festival Park, Counterpilot Director Nathan Sibthorpe says the aim of the game is to save the cast of cartoon superheroes from their unfolding predicaments – all with the power of a simple text message.
"You've got 15 minutes to turn around the fate of the cartoon hero, so enough time to call your mum and get her to send a text in as well."
With a critical mass of bystanders participating, the hero is saved and audiences are rewarded with a victory lap and the chance to learn more about the character's superpowers.
"It's definitely very fun when a character is saved by the people," Sibthorpe says.
An allegory for the avoidable perils in our collective midst, the idea for the project was originally inspired by climate change, but took full form when the pandemic hit.
"With climate change, we wanted to make a work that incorporated the idea that it takes a lot of Australians to do something small, to coordinate and collaborate to fight this huge threat we face," Sibthorpe says.
"As a collective, when we couldn't tour the shows we had planned for the year, we picked up the concept again as something we could apply to spaces in a range of socially distanced scenarios. And thematically, it made total sense given the immediate peril we're facing with COVID. Safety is a team sport but we all have the free will to decide if we want to play."
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I'm finally the owner of a peppermint candy cookie cutter, and that's what I used to make the spiders (some with a little witch hat added). I'm actually starting to see something other than the obvious in each cookie cutter. Maybe, just maybe, a teeny, tiny bit of Callye (The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle) is rubbing off on me, through osmosis:) As she says, "Think outside the cutter"! Callye is the QUEEN of cutter creativity!
Sugar cookie spiders are the best, don't you think?
The spiders are nade with my favorite sugar cookie/royal icing recipe.
For the little hats, I cut out tiny triangles from the cookie dough and placed it directly against the top of the head before baking.
For the eyes, I used pre-made candy eyes from Michael's.
Squeel! These are so cute, love the ones with the hats and very smart of you to use your candy cookie cutter.
So cute! And I would have never thought to do this, thanks for such a great idea!!
The cookies is so cute! I want to get this cutter if I can.
These are too adorable. :) What a creative use of the candy cookie cutter to make these spider cookies. Love those with the hats too.
Love it! The perfect Halloween treat!
These spiders are so cute! (And I never say that about spiders :) How smart of you to use the candy cookie cutter! I love this idea!
So cute! I love seeing cookie cutters used for designs other than there purpose! Very creative!
Sue, These are my favorite cookie you've made (so far);). OK, so I say that about every one you've ever made but it's the truth. I have a box full of cookie cutters. It's time to think outside the box, pun intended. Thanks for the inspiration.
So creative. I love these creepy, but very cute spiders!
Oh how clever to use that cookie cutter!
Amazing! You are so clever and oh so talented!!!
Those spiders look so cute!
Ha ha ha.. I LOVE that you put little hats on them! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!!
Those are some friendly looking spiders.
I love that bit of advice!! I looked at that cookie cutter after you mentioned it...and saw the wrapped candy/peppermint. I'm so excited to get out my cookie cutters and do this! I used to make the Martha Stewart spider webs on Halloween because they're easy (flood with white...black spiral..pull through with a skewer - and of course you know this lol) but now I want to venture! Your spider are awesome, Sue!
you did GREAT thinking outside the cutter!!
I don't mind those spiders at all. They are as cute as can be!
These are the sweetest and cutest spiders I have ever seen! So adorable and lovely! Beautiful!


The first part of our trip to Colorado was driving from West Virginia to Ohio to get to the airport. He drive there was interesting because I was the only girl in a car full of boys. I'm not complaining, I just didn't understand half of the conversations. Anyways, the drive to Ohio seemed to go by pretty fast.
Before I knew it we were getting lunch at Chick-fil-A in Ohio before heading to the airport to catch our flight to Texas. Once everyone got their food we went to the airport. When we got to security I realized I did not get the TSA pre-check, which was odd for me because I've always gotten the pre-check every time I've been on a plane. It took much longer in the standard security line than it did in the pre-check. It was not very fun.
After security, we waited for a short while and then boarded our plane to Texas. I was a little anxious but I got over that really quick when we got up into the air. The flight itself was a little boring but that's ok. There's not much you can do on a plane.
Once we landed in Texas, we had a little time to get some food before we had to get on our flight to Colorado. We ate at a little taco place and it was so good! We then found ourself in a crowd of impatient people trying to board flights, because there were three different planes boarding in the same area at the same time. But eventually we got onto our plane.
The flight from Texas to Colorado wasn't boring at all. I talked for most of the flight and napped for a little bit. That made the flight seem to go by so fast.
Once in Colorado, we were all very tired and very ready to get to the hotel and sleep. But before we do that, we had to get our bags from the baggage claim. It took a little while, but once the bags started coming we were out of there very fast to go catch a shuttle bus to go to the rental car place. We got to there quick but had to wait a few minutes while some of our group leaders finished getting the cars. We then split up into three big ole cars and headed to the hotel.
We got to the hotel and it was quite nice. It was clean and it smelled good. And then we all got some well needed rest.