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I always envisioned a 21st-century U.S. industrial revolution as a sustainable one -- both spurred and powered by renewable energy. Alas, we continue to suffer from short-term myopic thinking. We have opted to focus our efforts on developing technologies (and yes, jobs) that squeeze every last bit of our energy capital from the Earth. And all the while, we are jeopardizing our society's - perhaps all of humanity's (but not Earth's) - long-term viability. (GW)
Oil and Gas Boom Lifts U.S. Economy
By Russell Gold
The Fleetwood Homes factory in Nampa, Idaho, is building more manufactured homes for oil-field workers.
NAMPA, Idaho—The staccato of nail guns echoes across a cavernous building here as workers piece together manufactured houses with easy-to-clean linoleum floors and rugged interiors for muddy oil-field workers.
There is no oil and gas production in Idaho, but that doesn't mean the U.S. energy boom has bypassed this bedroom community west of Boise. Fleetwood Homes of Idaho, a subsidiary of Cavco Industries Inc., has increased production by 25% since last fall at its Nampa factory, hiring 40 workers and adding hours for employees. It is building the extra-insulated "Dakota" model for shipment 1,000 miles east to the Bakken oil field in North Dakota.
Were it not for the new demand for oil-field housing, factory manager Jeff Chrisman says he would be handing out furloughs, not overtime. Instead, "We've been able to bring back people that we hated losing a couple of years ago," he says.
An energy boom is revving up the U.S. economy. The use of new drilling techniques to tap oil and gas in shale rocks far underground helped add about 158,500 new oil and gas jobs over the past five years, and economists think it has created even more jobs in companies supplying the energy industry and in the broader service industry. U.S. oil production is rising for the first time in decades. Natural gas has become so plentiful that prices recently plunged to a 10-year low.
The economic benefits of rising energy production are spreading far beyond the traditional oil patch, to Ohio and Pennsylvania, Nebraska and New York, North Carolina and Idaho. Truck drivers from pretty much anywhere can find work related to the surging energy business. Private-equity firms completed $24.8 billion of energy deals of all types last year, up from $8.5 billion in 2010, according to data tracker Preqin. Manufacturing plants are returning to the U.S. to take advantage of cheap natural gas, spurring major investments in petrochemical and steel production in the Gulf Coast and Midwest.
Landowners in huge swaths of the country where shale is found are raking in money for leasing their mineral rights. Consumers throughout the U.S. are paying lower bills for heating and electricity because of cheap natural gas. Even the U.S. balance of payments with other countries is improving because of the new energy economy.
"This is probably the biggest stimulus we have going," says Michael Lynch, president of Strategic Energy & Economic Research, a consultant based in Amherst, Mass. Some $145 billion will be spent drilling and completing U.S. wells this year, up from $13 billion in 2000, estimates Spears & Associates Inc., an oil-field market research firm.
Though the energy boom looks like a road to prosperity, it may be a bumpy one. Drilling is disrupting communities in ways that are still unfolding, creating concerns about the costs to local governments for things like road damage. It is also raising fears about potential water contamination, air pollution and even earthquakes from the effects of drilling thousands of new deep wells.
Skeptics warn that individual shale communities could experience an employment boom, followed by a painful bust. Rosy economic models "tell us nothing about what will happen when drilling ends," warns a May 2011 paper published by Cornell University's City and Regional Planning Department and funded in part by a foundation opposed to shale drilling.
Indeed, lower prices already have slowed new drilling for natural gas, causing jobs and investment to shrink in some communities. But energy companies have shifted their spending to shale wells that will provide oil, leading to rapid growth elsewhere. Even if gas prices stay low, overall employment is expected to continue rising, says John Larson, an economist with IHS Consulting.
Government officials are highlighting rising energy production as a bright spot in a still fragile economy. During his State of the Union speech, President Barack Obama said, "The development of natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner and cheaper." He cited an industry study finding that development of shale gas will create more than 100,000 jobs by the end of the decade. For every new job working in the oil and gas sector, another four are supported by the energy supply chain and by workers spending more money on goods and services, says Timothy Considine, an independent economist who has worked on estimating job creation in the natural resources sector.
Even state officials in New York, which has blocked shale-gas development until an environmental review is completed, say the economic boost would be considerable. "There is potentially a very significant economic upside," says Joe Martens, the state's environmental commissioner. "There's an enormous job impact."
The growth in energy exploration and production is due to the widespread use of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Horizontal drilling allows energy companies to extract gas and oil up to a mile away from the actual well. Meanwhile, fracking—which involves pumping millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals to break open dense rocks and release hydrocarbons—has enabled the industry to tap into energy-rich shale formations once overlooked by petroleum geologists.
Beyond simply adding jobs, communities from Pennsylvania and Ohio to Colorado and Texas that are home to this energy boom are experiencing a new emotion: optimism. Jeff Dahl, chief executive of MTR Gaming Group Inc., which operates a casino and resort in Wheeling, W.Va., says he is seeing consumer confidence rising as landowners get leasing bonuses of thousands of dollars and companies compete for workers.
"People are beginning to believe this is a game changer for the region," says Mr. Dahl. The result is more spending on dining out and entertainment.
Exactly how much money has been flowing from energy companies into landowners' bank accounts is unknown; the Internal Revenue Service doesn't track royalties or payments for leasing land for energy exploration. But the industry says it paid out $6 billion from 2008 to 2010 just in Pennsylvania, home to much of the Marcellus Shale, a formation of gas-bearing rock.
Scott Kingsley, chief financial officer of Community Bank Systems Inc., which operates 170 bank branches in rural New York and Pennsylvania, says it has seen a 20% growth in deposits in regions where there is shale drilling, versus about 5% elsewhere. Mr. Kingsley says the bank is adding monthly wealth-management seminars to advise customers unused to a sudden influx of money.
The increase in oil and gas well drilling is boosting Nance County, Neb., a rural area west of Omaha that has traditionally produced cattle, corn and hogs.
Now the energy industry is tapping another Nance County resource: two giant sand dunes. Decades of dredging the Loup River has created these dunes, each about a mile long and 60 feet tall. Sand is a critical ingredient in fracking operations because it props open cracks in the shale, allowing oil and gas to flow out.
In 2007, Preferred Sands LLC bought a struggling sand company that had supplied glass foundries, and began to target oil-field companies instead. Now the largest private employer in the county, it has expanded the local work force to 134 from 15 and plans to add another 10 workers by midyear.
"This deal here is like winning the lottery," says Clair Jones, a member of the county board of supervisors. The only downside is that the wages paid at the sand mine have made it tougher for local companies to compete for labor, he says. "It has raised the bar for everyone."
In rural western Wisconsin, state officials are losing count of all the new sand mines popping up. "We've created way over 1,000 jobs in this industry in the last four months," says Tom Woletz, who works for the state's Department of Natural Resources.
The energy industry has discovered so much new natural gas, causing gas prices to drop 39% over the past year, that it is breathing new life into energy-intensive manufacturing such as steel and plastics.
"We think lower natural gas prices are creating a structural economic advantage for the U.S.," says Chat Reynders, chairman and chief executive of Boston-based Reynders McVeigh Capital Management. "It's a new competitive strength for U.S. manufacturers." He points out that people who purchase energy supplies for companies in Asia pay up to six times as much for natural gas as their counterparts in Texas and Louisiana.
Steelmaker Nucor Corp. is among the companies investing in new U.S. manufacturing plants to take advantage of the abundant gas. In 2004, Nucor closed a facility located along the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge that enriched iron for use in steel mills. The company dismantled the facility and shipped it to Trinidad, where an offshore gas field offered a low-cost, long-term supply.
Last year, Nucor began construction on a new iron upgrader, just a few hundred feet away from the old facility in St. James Parish, La. It will cost $750 million to build and create 150 permanent jobs, which the company says will pay an average of $75,000 a year.
What changed? "Shale gas allows that natural gas to be more competitive, and more competitive natural gas enabled us to build this facility in Louisiana instead of building a second facility in Trinidad," says John Ferriola, Nucor's president.
Petrochemical makers are also adding capacity because of the low-cost energy. Several companies, including Dow Chemical Co., have announced plans to either restart or build new facilities along the Gulf Coast that will churn out basic ingredients for plastic packaging and car bumpers. Royal Dutch Shell PLC has plans for a similar facility near Pittsburgh.
Other parts of the country are looking for ways to take advantage of the cheap gas. In Maine, Kennebec Valley Gas Company LLC is seeking financing to build a gas pipeline into Augusta. The $85 million pipeline, which will create an estimated 500 construction jobs, will allow companies and consumers to switch to lower-cost gas from expensive heating oil—and, backers say, knock $1,200 off the average Augusta homeowner's $4,400 winter home-heating bill.
"That is money people can put in their pocket," says Rich Silkman, a company principal.
The gas will lower fuel costs and help three local paper mills, which employ 1,700 people, stay competitive, says John Williams, head of the Maine Pulp & Paper Association.
Gas now fuels about one-quarter of U.S. electricity production, a figure expected to rise as proposed environment regulations force more coal-fired power plants to close. Last year, Siemens AG opened a $350 million facility in Charlotte, N.C., to build giant turbines that generate electricity from natural gas that has hired 700 workers so far.
Randy Zwirn, global head of Siemens's energy service business, says it made the investment because it predicts a growing demand for gas-powered electricity. "Shale provides almost an insurance, a hedge, to keep gas prices low," he says.
At Fleetwood Home's factory in Idaho, Mr. Chrisman, the plant manager, had no clue about the energy boom until he received a call from a planned 300-unit housing development in Williston, N.D. He traveled there in 2010 and saw well-paid workers sleeping in their cars in a local Wal-Mart parking lot during winter because of the lack of housing.
As the factory's pace of production began picking up last summer, Mr. Chrisman rehired workers he had let go amid the housing downturn. Shannon Smith returned to her job caulking tiles and cleaning up the houses before they are loaded onto trucks.
"In the two years I was laid off, we lost our house" and racked up a lot of credit-card debt, says Ms. Smith, a mother of two. "There was no money and nothing to do. This is chance to buy groceries again and keep paying the bills."
Though she has never seen an oil well, Ms. Smith says, "I hope it keeps coming."
—Ryan Dezember and Gregory Zuckerman contributed
to this article.
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YEREVAN (Azatutyun.am)—Armenia is inching closer to buying sophisticated Russian fighter jets for its armed forces, the Defense Ministry in Yerevan indicated on Thursday.
Armenia's current government signaled a strong interest in acquiring such aircraft shortly after taking office in May last year. In June, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan photographed himself in the cockpit of a Su-30SM parked at the Erebuni airbase in Yerevan.
Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan said in early December that Moscow and Yerevan are now close to signing a contract on the delivery of the warplanes which would significantly strengthen Armenia's modest Air Force. "We are trying to do that very quickly," he told Russian journalists.
Citing the Armenian Defense Ministry, the Russian Sputnik news agency reported on Wednesday that the contract has already been signed.


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Wilhelm Adam (general)
For the German army colonel in 6th Army, see Wilhelm Adam.
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Wilhelm Adam (15 September 1877 – 8 April 1949) was a German general who served in the Bavarian Army, the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht.
Wilhelm Adam
15 September 1877 (1877-09-15)
8 April 1949 (1949-04-09) (aged 71)
Weimar Republic
Generaloberst
Adam was born in Ansbach, joining the German Army in 1897, and serving in Bavarian telegraph and Communication units before being detached to the Bavarian War Academy in 1907.
During World War I, Adam fought as a company leader of a Bavarian pioneer unit, but only for a short period. Towards the end of 1914, Adam became a General Staff Officer on the Staff of the Army High command. But right at the end of the war he was back to being a Bavarian engineer unit leader. With the end of the war, Adam served in various posts within the Reichswehr, from posts such as a liaison officer to the Bavarian Military Ministry and being an infantry battalion commander, in the 20th Infantry Regiment.
By Hitler's rise to power in 1933, Adam was Chief of the Troop Office and soon was commanding a division and was also at the same time commanding Military District VII. Adam retired on 31 December 1938, but he was recalled for service from 26 August 1939. After several years of being at the disposal of the army he retired in 1943 and died in 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
MemoirEdit
Adam's unpublished memoir was preserved for many years after the war in a Bavarian monastery. It is now in the Institute of Contemporary History archives in Munich as file ED109/2.[citation needed]
PromotionsEdit
Fahnrich (25 January 1898)
Leutnant (10 March 1899)
Oberleutnant (28 October 1905)
Hauptmann (1 October 1911)
Major (14 December 1917)
Oberstleutnant (1 February 1923)
Oberst (1 February 1927)
Generalmajor (1 February 1930)
Generalleutnant (1 December 1931)
General der Infanterie (1 April 1935)
Generaloberst (1 January 1939)
Awards and decorationsEdit
Iron Cross of 1914
Prince Regent Luitpold Medal
Military Merit Order, 3rd class with swords (Bavaria)
Knight's Cross 2nd Class of the Albert Order with swords
LiteratureEdit
Hackl, Othmar: Die Bayerische Kriegsakademie (1867–1914). C.H. Beck´sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, München 1989, ISBN 3-406-10490-8, p. 393.
Stahl, Friedrich-Christian: Generaloberst Wilhelm Adam. In: Gerd R. Ueberschär (Hrsg.): Hitlers militärische Elite. 68 Lebensläufe. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2011, ISBN 978-3-534-23980-1, p. 1–8.
Heuer, Gerd F.: Die Generalobersten des Heeres. Inhaber höchster deutscher Kommandostellen. Moewig, Rastatt 1988, ISBN 3-8118-1049-9, p. 1–8.
Siegler, Fritz von (1953), "Adam, Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 53–54 ; (full text online)
Solomon, Robert (2002). Who's Who in Nazi Germany. Retrieved 17 February 2006.
Access related topics
Military of Germany portal
World War I portal
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AngloGold Hints at $3bn Investment for Colombian Mine
AngloGold Ashanti could invest as much as $2.5bn to $3bn to develop a gold mine in Colombia if feasibility studies prove the project is viable, according to a company official. AngloGold Ashanti head of Colombia's unit Rafael Herz said the La Colosa project is projected to have 12.3 m
AngloGold Ashanti could invest as much as $2.5bn to $3bn to develop a gold mine in Colombia if feasibility studies prove the project is viable, according to a company official.
AngloGold Ashanti head of Colombia's unit Rafael Herz said the La Colosa project is projected to have 12.3 million ounces of gold in unproven resources with an estimated 20-year life.
AngloGold Ashanti expects to invest $250m alone in exploration at La Colosa during 2010-12.
The La Colosa goldmine project in Tolima has been granted a partial permit, although a water permit from local authorities is still pending.
Once a water permit is granted, construction will be ready to start between 2014 and 2016 with gold production estimated to be seen in 2016 or 2017, Herz told Reuters.
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This Month We Hear from Karen!
We are gearing up for a very busy fall of ministry! In addition to the usual ESEPA work, Gary has several conferences to speak at – one on the complex topic of homosexuality in the Bible, another on the topic "Can We Trust in the New Testament?" He will also take trips to Orlando to work on the Wycliffe Associates project, where he will serve as a consultant for translating Hebrews (September) and Revelation (October). In addition, he will be heading the online team on the translation notes for 1 Corinthians. (For information on his Wycliffe work, take a look at the June newsletter on this website).
I (Karen) am working on a new course to teach this fall at ESEPA, as well as writing textbooks in time for the two counseling courses I teach In Oct/Nov.
I am also writing the curriculum for my annual Honduras Missionary Kid retreat in October. We will focus on God's instructions to renew our mind, and we expect that it will be a VERY practical series of lessons for all of us!
Please pray for me, Karen, about these projects – I find it very difficult to concentrate on writing, and it's doubly difficult that the final product has to be in Spanish for most of them. I have so much to finish in a short period of time, I ask that God will give me supernatural clarity of thought, plus the supernatural ability to sit still long enough to get those thoughts onto paper!
Our support level now stands around 92%.
Read from Gary's ongoing sermon series on 1 Thessalonians. This time it is how Paul evangelized and gave us a pattern to follow – he worked day and night.


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Australian token mapping journey to set off
The Australian Government has announced a start to work on a token-mapping exercise for crypto-assets to help educate policy-makers and regulators, support the industry and provide protections for consumers. A press release from the Office of the Treasury has announced the Federal Government plans to commence token-mapping work this year.
Regulation is struggling to keep up with the fast-changing, which over one million taxpayers have interacted with some kind of crypto-asset since 2018, according to the Australian Taxation Office.
The token mapping was one of the recommendations of the Senate Report into crypto-assets, and is seen as an important first step to set definitions so that regulation is able to be made in a flexible manner.
Per the Assistant Treasurer:
As it stands, the crypto sector is largely unregulated, and we need to do some work to get the balance right so we can embrace new and innovative technologies while safeguarding consumers
Designed to be a "serious approach" by the Federal Government, the announcement goes further than the Senate Recommendation, noting that token-mapping exercise will help identify how crypto-assets and related services should be regulated. It will sensibly involve industry participants and stakeholders and should take on the Senate Inquiry's recommendation to look overseas as there is a wealth of work being done which can help move Australia forward.
Consumer protection is at the forefront of the exercise due to the accessibility and increasing proliferation of crypto assets:
The aim will be to identify notable gaps in the regulatory framework, progress work on a licensing framework, review innovative organisational structures, look at custody obligations for third party custodians of crypto assets and provide additional consumer safeguards.
With a public consultation paper to be released soon, Australia will be one of the first country to conducting this kind of exercise. In a press conference today, the Assistant Treasurer said:
With the increasingly widespread proliferation of crypto assets – to the extent that crypto advertisements can be seen plastered all over big sporting events – we need to make sure customers engaging with crypto are adequately informed and protected.
The previous government dabbled in crypto asset regulation but prematurely jumped straight to options without first understanding what was being regulated. The Albanese Government is taking a more serious approach to work out what is in the ecosystem and what risks need to be looked at first.
The second comment is a bit strange given the recent Senate Inquiry was entirely bipartisan and drew in submissions from a very broad range of industry participants, leading to the recommendation which is now being delivered on by the current government. Sensible engagement and learning will be needed to ensure the historical and misguided narrative around crypto-asset usage and risk doesn't overshadow the strides being taken around the world in crypto products and the retooling of business back offices using blockchain systems.
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If you like Instagramming as much as I do, then you may have noticed a TV screen flash up in the top right hand corner of your home page recently. This new addition to the social media app is called IGTV, with many noting its arrival as serious competition for Snapchat and in particular, YouTube.
We know by now that the younger generation, AKA Millennials, prefer visual marketing material as opposed to obvious advertising. They want a brand that they can really connect with and believe in. Instagram has an impressive 1 billion monthly users, with 59% of its audience being those aged between 18 to 29. Some 53% of those users also specified Instagram as being the best platform to tell them about new products.
The fact that there exists many 'social media influencers' out there speaks volumes. A product or brand in the right hands and seen by the right people can have a massive impact on how well a company or brand performs. Market yourself properly on Instagram and the world is your oyster as they say. You'll be benefitting from free advertising and building a loyal following as you go.
The new IGTV platform finally allows brands to tell a story - to captivate audiences and want them leaving more. Would I for example visit YouTube just to check out a video on Thomas Cook's top holiday destinations for summer 2018? No. Would I however sit clicking through the IGTV button on my phone whilst waiting for a train as a way of passing the time? Yes! That's exactly where Instagram has hit the nail on the head. They have filtered out engaging videos depending on which accounts or people you follow most on Instagram (in my case travel) and targeted you with personalised advertising, hitting the right audience with their brand and leaving you wanting to find out more.
IGTV can host videos up to an hour long, all for free whilst enabling people to comment, like and really get immersed in your page. Although videos on Instagram's normal feed usually perform better when they're under 30 seconds long, the fast scrolling ability is minimised on IGTV, meaning people are more likely to stick around for two to three minutes. Unlike YouTube, IGTV is actually built for how you use your phone: vertically, meaning anyone can create an IGTV video easily.
The channel has also opened up a new opportunity for businesses and brands to take an interactive approach when it comes to inviting bloggers to sample their product. In fact, just the other day I watched a video of a food reviewer taking us on a video diary tour of his favourite restaurant in Rome, placing a new emphasis on how reviews of products and brands will be carried out in a few years' time as we move away from traditional print media.
Whilst it's too soon to say what impact IGTV will have on the likes of YouTube and Snapchat, it's clear to see that the platform presents a fantastic opportunity for brands and companies to really come to life for their audience and get their messaging across.
· Create enticing vertical videos with an aspect ratio of 9:16.
· Ensure that your content is on-brand with your Instagram tone, company and the messaging you want to get across.
· Make the majority of your IGTV videos between two and three minutes long.
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Making Women's History: How One Dad Is Helping His Daughters and Others Young Girls Do Just That
For a young girl, there's nothing quite like spending quality time with Dad, working on school projects with him, hearing his voice cheer you on at games, and running into his arms for a big hug after a long day. For his daughters, Sanjay Nambiar is that Dad and then some.
Sanjay, who is an author, is raising identical twin girls. To inspire them and others, he created the Super Duper Princess Heroes, a global cross-media brand that empowers girls through a universe of diverse characters, glamour, social awareness, and fun! He launched the brand with the award-winning children's book, "The Super Duper Princess Heroes: How It All Started." Now it is expanding and will soon offer additional books, interactive stories, animation, games, toys, and more.
Through the Super Duper Princess Heroes, Sanjay hopes to inspire girls to cultivate the super hero within, as the brand slogan proclaims: "Be You. Be Powerful. Be A Super Duper Princess Hero!" By combining cuteness with strength, charm with independence, and fancy outfits with dazzling super powers, Sanjay hopes to motivate his daughters and girls around the world to:
· Have a strong sense of self, individuality, and pride;
· Cultivate social confidence and emotional intelligence;
· Identify with stronger female role models in children's popular literature;
· Take care of themselves and the world around them; and
· Find their inner "Super Heroes".
As the girl power zeitgeist continues to captivate our cultural consciousness, it is refreshing and important to hear support for the movement from men as well as Additionally, the brand's website also spotlights several real-life Princess Heroes, which makes it a perfect fit for Women's History Month! For more information, please visit superduperprincessheroes.com.
About Sanjay NambiarSanjay Nambiar has written severAdditionallyning books, including "The Super Duper Princess Heroes: How It All Started", "Maybe (A Little Zen for Little Ones)", "Still There? (A Little Zen for Little Ones)", and "Remember the Stars (A Little Zen for Little Ones)". Through his books, he hopes to inspire readers and convey positive messages to kids. Sanjay grew up in Carson, CA, where he overcame a gang- and drug-riddled environment with the help of a closely-knit family and a focus on education. He graduated with honors from U.C. Berkeley, with degrees in Economics and Neurobiology, and earned an M.B.A. from UCLA. Sanjay now is a freelance copywriter and lives with his wife and endlessly energetic identical twin daughters in Los Angeles, CA, where he sometimes bemoans the monotony of the pleasant weather.


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Q: c# - How to execute a .Jar file with Arguments.Length > 8191 I should starting a .jar several times like this
        string JavaDir = @"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_161\bin\javaw.exe";
        string MinecraftVersion = @"1.12.2";
        string ForgeVersion = @"14.23.2.2611";
        string Version = MinecraftVersion + @"-forge-" + ForgeVersion;
        string ClientDir = @CurrentDirectory + @"\Client";
        string Assets = ClientDir + @"\assets";
        string Libraries = ClientDir + @"\libraries";
        string Jar = ClientDir + @"\versions\" + MinecraftVersion + @"\" + MinecraftVersion + @".jar";
        string Natives = ClientDir + @"\versions\" + MinecraftVersion + @"\" + MinecraftVersion + "-natives";
        string Arguments = @"-XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx1G -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M -Djava.library.path=""" + Natives + @""" -cp """ + Libraries + @"\net\minecraftforge\forge\" + MinecraftVersion + @"-" + ForgeVersion + @"\" + Version + @".jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\minecraft\launchwrapper\1.12\launchwrapper-1.12.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\ow2\asm\asm-all\5.2\asm-all-5.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\jline\jline\2.13\jline-2.13.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\typesafe\akka\akka-actor_2.11\2.3.3\akka-actor_2.11-2.3.3.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\typesafe\config\1.2.1\config-1.2.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-actors-migration_2.11\1.1.0\scala-actors-migration_2.11-1.1.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-compiler\2.11.1\scala-compiler-2.11.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\plugins\scala-continuations-library_2.11\1.0.2\scala-continuations-library_2.11-1.0.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\plugins\scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1\1.0.2\scala-continuations-plugin_2.11.1-1.0.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-library\2.11.1\scala-library-2.11.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-parser-combinators_2.11\1.0.1\scala-parser-combinators_2.11-1.0.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-reflect\2.11.1\scala-reflect-2.11.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-swing_2.11\1.0.1\scala-swing_2.11-1.0.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\scala-lang\scala-xml_2.11\1.0.2\scala-xml_2.11-1.0.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\lzma\lzma\0.0.1\lzma-0.0.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\5.0.3\jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\java3d\vecmath\1.5.2\vecmath-1.5.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\sf\trove4j\trove4j\3.0.3\trove4j-3.0.3.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\minecraftforge\MercuriusUpdater\1.12.2\MercuriusUpdater-1.12.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\oshi-project\oshi-core\1.1\oshi-core-1.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\java\dev\jna\jna\4.4.0\jna-4.4.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\java\dev\jna\platform\3.4.0\platform-3.4.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\ibm\icu\icu4j-core-mojang\51.2\icu4j-core-mojang-51.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\sf\jopt-simple\jopt-simple\5.0.3\jopt-simple-5.0.3.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\paulscode\codecjorbis\20101023\codecjorbis-20101023.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\paulscode\codecwav\20101023\codecwav-20101023.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\paulscode\libraryjavasound\20101123\libraryjavasound-20101123.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\paulscode\librarylwjglopenal\20100824\librarylwjglopenal-20100824.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\paulscode\soundsystem\20120107\soundsystem-20120107.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\io\netty\netty-all\4.1.9.Final\netty-all-4.1.9.Final.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\google\guava\guava\21.0\guava-21.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\apache\commons\commons-lang3\3.5\commons-lang3-3.5.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\commons-io\commons-io\2.5\commons-io-2.5.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\commons-codec\commons-codec\1.10\commons-codec-1.10.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\java\jinput\jinput\2.0.5\jinput-2.0.5.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\net\java\jutils\jutils\1.0.0\jutils-1.0.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\google\code\gson\gson\2.8.0\gson-2.8.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\mojang\authlib\1.5.25\authlib-1.5.25.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\mojang\realms\1.10.19\realms-1.10.19.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\apache\commons\commons-compress\1.8.1\commons-compress-1.8.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpclient\4.3.3\httpclient-4.3.3.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\commons-logging\commons-logging\1.1.3\commons-logging-1.1.3.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\apache\httpcomponents\httpcore\4.3.2\httpcore-4.3.2.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\it\unimi\dsi\fastutil\7.1.0\fastutil-7.1.0.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-api\2.8.1\log4j-api-2.8.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\apache\logging\log4j\log4j-core\2.8.1\log4j-core-2.8.1.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\org\lwjgl\lwjgl\lwjgl_util\2.9.4-nightly-20150209\lwjgl_util-2.9.4-nightly-20150209.jar"";""" + Libraries + @"\com\mojang\text2speech\1.10.3\text2speech-1.10.3.jar"";""" + Jar + @" net.minecraft.launchwrapper.Launch --username " + Username + @" --version " + Version + @" --gameDir """ + ClientDir + @""" --assetsDir """ + Assets + @""" --assetIndex 1.12 --uuid " + UUID + @" --accessToken " + AccessToken + @" --userType legacy --tweakClass net.minecraftforge.fml.common.launcher.FMLTweaker --versionType Forge";
        Client.StartInfo.FileName = @"""" + JavaDir + @"""";
        Client.StartInfo.Arguments = Arguments;
        Client.Start();

but the argument's limit is 8191 char and my argument is greater than the limit.
How I can run it?
EDIT: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/essential/environment/cmdLineArgs.html

A: You could make your program receive a file as an argument and read it.
The file would have one or more lines depending the number of arguments you'd like to pass to the program.
Your program would need to receive the file and parse it line by line.

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Chopin, Frederic
Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2
(Flute and Guitar)
Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period. He is widely regarded as the greatest Polish composer, and ranks as one of music's greatest tone poets. The popular nocturne is in rondo form, although the first episode repeats in a more ornamented manner before the commencement of the second, with every further repeat employing the ornamentation. Thus the form can be written A A' B A' B A' C. Unusually for a rondo, the tempo is andante, giving a tender, floating melody. The last episode takes the somewhat unorthodox senza tempo (without time) in the penultimate bar.
Also by Chopin, Frederic:
Three Pieces (Guitar Duo)
Mazurka Op. 33 No. 1 (Cello & Guitar)
Etude "Tristesse" Op. 10, No. 3 (Clarinet & Guitar)
Prelude No. 4 (Violin & Guitar)
Also from the Romantic period:
Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 (Flute & Guitar)
Romanze (Clarinet & Guitar)
Danza Española No. 5 (Guitar Duo)
Spanish Dance No. 1 from La Vida Breve (Viola & Guitar)
Romanza (Easy Violin & Easy Guitar) - Em
Stückchen, Op. 68, No. 5 (Guitar Duo)
Traumerei (Descant Recorder & Guitar)
Ave Maria (Clarinet & Guitar) - D
Concerto in D - i - Allegro giusto (Guitar Quartet)
Concerto RV93 in D Major (Guitar & Piano)
Menuet (Guitar Trio)
Till Rosorna (Violin & Guitar)
Menuetto (Guitar Duo)
Crossing (Violin & Guitar)
Ave Maria, E Major (Violin & Guitar)
Crossing (Flute & Guitar)
O Holy Night (Flute & Guitar)
Romanza (Flute & Guitar) - Am
Variations on a Theme by Sor (Flute & Guitar) - Theme
Songs of Spring: Garden (Flute & Guitar)
Dance of the Hours (Flute & Guitar)
Granada (Flute & Guitar)
Two Jigs (Flute & Guitar)
Water (Flute & Guitar)
El Testament d'Amelia (Flute & Guitar)
The Holly & the Ivy Fantasia (Flute & Guitar)
T. for Two (Flute & Guitar)
Invention No. 10 (Guitar Duo)
Menuet (Descant Recorder & Guitar)
Suite in C - i - Rondeau (Guitar Quartet)
Ave Maria - A Major (Voice & Guitar)
Gavotte I & II from Suite No. 3 (Guitar Quartet)
La Musète (Cello & Guitar)
Traumerei (Viola & Guitar)
Bist du bei mir (Guitar Duo)


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Beautiful Girlzs
Beautiful People All Around The World
Heath Care
Duchess Meghan will appear at a virtual summit hosted by The 19th*
By Beautifulgirlzs 6 months ago
The Duchess of Sussex has scheduled her next "public" appearance! She will appear at the virtual summit from The 19th*, a very new "nonprofit, nonpartisan newsroom focusing on gender and politics." The name comes from the 19th Amendment, which legalized women's right to vote. The asterisk is for the unfinished business of the 19th Amendment, namely that there are not nearly enough women running for office or winning elections. The 19th* was started by CEO Emily Ramshaw, and Ramshaw is who will be interviewed by Duchess Meghan. The virtual summit will happen on August 14th, and Meghan's interview with Ramshaw will happen at about 4:30 pm EST. Here's more about the summit, plus an actual quote from Meghan:
The event will mark the centennial of women's right to vote with a series of live-streamed conversations between prominent women in politics, civics, journalism, and the arts. The organization is named for the transformative amendment that granted women—but in practice, white women—the ballot. The asterisk serves as a visible reminder of the 19th amendment's unfinished business. That kind of candor—about whom our democratic ideals have accommodated and whom those same values have failed to protect—seems to have drawn Markle's interest.
"The 19th*'s commitment to reporting and storytelling that lifts up those who are too often underrepresented in the media has never been more important," the duchess said in a statement to Glamour. "I'm looking forward to asking the cofounder what it means to build a media outlet with gender equity, diversity, and community at its core."
Ramshaw explains that "the duchess learned about The 19th* and its mission and reached out to us. She told us that our vision for The 19th*—building a truly diverse and representative newsroom that covers women with nuance—spoke to her immediately."
The summit—The 19th* Represents—will see journalists from the outlet sit down with some of the most influential women in America: three U.S. senators (including potential vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris), several congresswomen and congressional candidates, Melinda Gates, Hillary Clinton, and Stacey Abrams. It will also feature none other than Meryl Streep.
[From Glamour]
I'm looking forward to hearing from all of the cool kids who knew about The 19th* before Meghan! You know there will be somebody claiming that, which is funny because it truly just launched a few days ago. You can see The 19th*'s site here. There is a lot of original content – mostly political analysis – already, even though the site was only launched in the past week. This looks like a great thing for Meghan to highlight, especially in an election year where, frankly, we need more women to turn out and more women to be engaged in the political process. My fear is that a flock of Karens will dominate the political debate – perhaps that's what Meghan is concerned about too. I'm very interested to see what Meghan has to say and has to ask Ramshaw.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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Deluxe re-release of the famous neoclassical's bands long deleted debut (Equilibrium 2007). Coming in 8 Panel Deluxe-Digipak with + 4 bonus tracks + Remixed tracks & Remastered 2016. Hexperos are delighted to be celebrating their musical adventure, which began around 12 years ago, with the reissue of their first album, originally released in 2007. On this reissue Hexperos included several bonus tracks: a few singles and a couple of lullabies that were originally released as part of various prestigious compilations over the years. Hexperos have bestowed a new light upon "The Garden of the Hesperides" by improving the sound of the album through remixing and remastering. This will allow you to hear and feel the fresh and current energy in these old compositions. Hexperos are the soprano and flute player Alessandra Santovito and the poli instrumentalist Francesco Forgione. The exotic Mediterranean fragrance of sensual percussion patterns, together with the low rumble of Francesco's double bass and the soft keyboard pads enriched by the work of violinists Domenico Mancini and Alessandro Pensa, set the appropriate nocturnal atmosphere for Alessandra's soaring voice to cast its spell. Instrumentation and arrangements are often minimal throughout the songs, but skillfully mastered to balance grandiose dramatic moments against delicate passages, sparsely colored with a discreet Celtic tone that finds its way into some of tracks much through the contribution of harpist Francesca Romana Di Nicola. This seemingly ethereal touch is nevertheless ineffective in dispelling the predominantly somber quality of the album. In fact, much of the mood that The Garden of the Hesperides evokes can be compared to what one may find in Classical chamber music, yet it has been quite a few years since such ambiance has been so impressively comprised into a Gothic Neo-Classical album, and so perfectly used to display such mysterious sensuality and romance. A remarkable debut, which easily deserves a place alongside the best works from acts such as Arcana, Ophelia's Dream or Dead Can Dance. Presented in a rich Digipak in completely new lay-out.


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Science, Public Health Policy & the Law
Science, Public Health Policy and the Law
IPAK PHPI
Ethics in Science and Technology
An IPAK PHPI Publication
In spite of billions of dollars invested into biomedical research and practice, western civilizations are characterized by chronic illness. Papers published in this journal will focus on the nexus between science, public health policy, biomedical practice and the laws and regulations that govern health care practices. Solution-focused improvements in translation of science into improved human life are welcome.
Contact: Email the Editor-in-Chief
Science, Public Health Policy & the Law: Convergence
James Lyons-Weiler, Editor-in-Chief
Our Flawed Mental Health Policies
Jennifer Giustra-Kozek
Shortcomings in the Latest MMR Vaccination and Autism Study
Joshua P Bennett
Measles Outbreak Exposes National Security Readiness Problems and False Narratives
James Lyons-Weiler
The corporate proponents of vaccine products are promoting their use to the U.S. Government as a tool for promoting national security. There are quite a few factors that make these claims dubious at best. Among the accumulating evidence that national security claims for vaccines are over reaching are the following developments. First, the measles vaccine does not provide lifelong immunity. When the shot "wears off" after a number of years, the victim may get adult measles, which is actually more dangerous than childhood measles. The vaccine itself contains live virus particles which lead to "asymptomatic" (and unknown) infection, which in itself can be a threat to public health. Here we begin to separate biological facts from corporate fiction
Excess Teen Suicide Risk Associated with Gardasil Exposure: Implications for Public Health Policy
Joshua Mazer
There are likely but hitherto unreported safety signals for Gardasil vaccine in the form of increased risk of suicides and deaths from all causes in clinical trial group exposed to the Gardasil vaccine. Comparison of suicide rates in the two exposure clinical groups yielded relative risks of 3.53 and relative risk of death from all causes of 1.77 compared to CDC-reported baseline suicide rates. Since these are the only clinical trial data available on the question, public health policy on Gardasil recommendations should be updated and as soon as possible, new clinical studies focused on suicide rates utilizing inert placebo (i.e., truly saline-only) vs. vaccine clinical group comparisons must be undertaken.
From the Director & Editor-in-Chief
This initiative exists to help insure that policies in public health practice and law are founded on a full consideration of available knowledge derived by robust science. From Dr Lyons-Weiler: "While IPAK will continue to conduct basic, clinical and translational biomedical research in a completely unbiased manner, and will pubish results regardless of the outcome, it will also be increasingly centered on questions of policy and law that impact public health, laws that impact public health, and cases and rulings that impact the citizen's expression of self-governance through law. We're putting the Public back into Public Health."
IPAK does not endorse any particular candidate and does not support any speciifc piece of legislations, but instead provides analyses of proposed positions on their likely impact on human pain and suffering and works to educate legislators on the current state of biomedical knowledge in the peer-review published literature.
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Alberto T. Estévez
Architecture, biodigital & genetics
- Genetics & Cybernetics in Architecture
Biodigital Architecture
Text of Alberto T. Estévez, "Biodigital Architecture", in VV.AA., Computation: The new realm of architectural design, pp. 681-686, Ed. eCAADe / Istanbul Technical University - Faculty of Architecture / Yildiz Technical University - Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, 2009
The latest biological and digital technologies offer new possibilities and benefits for the production of new architecture: There is vast potential in the natural world if we work with DNA as though it were "natural software", and in the digital realm if we work with software as though it were "digital DNA". Pioneers in these fields converge in the Biodigital Architecture Master's Degree, with the Genetic Architectures Research Group and Ph.D. Programme at the ESARQ (UIC), in Barcelona. The purpose of this article is to put forward the theoretical basis and some of the research carried out to date.
It is perhaps no coincidence that Barcelona —the city of Antoni Gaudí, also where Salvador Dalí prophesied that genetics will change the future of architecture— should have seen, from 2000, the real application of genetics to architecture; with the creation of the world's first genetic architecture laboratory and the first digital production workshop at a Spanish school of architecture; with the creation of the first research group and the first systematic post-graduate programme on these subjects, the Biodigital Architecture Master's Degree and the Genetic Architectures Research group & Ph.D. Programme.
Work has begun on using genetics to meet architectural objectives and on research into the use of new digital technologies to produce architecture at the real scale. We can now see the advantages of this genetic, biodigital architecture made of materials that emerge, that "grow" of their own accord, thanks to systems of natural or digital self-organization, when DNA and software are the new materials of a new architecture, and when genetic and cybernetic systems are the new systems of a new architecture. It is fascinating to see the great potential of the natural world if we work with DNA as though it were "natural software", and the vast possibilities of the digital world if we work with software as though it were "digital DNA" (Estévez, 2003). Our field of interest is biodigital architecture as the fusion of genetics and cybernetics, at a time when new biological and digital technologies have given us the conditions for a new architecture. In this sense, the following diagram is based on the above:
Figure 1. © Alberto T. Estévez, Diagram of the three ages of architecture (Estévez, 2005).
This gives us two approaches to the application of genetics to architecture, with different research objectives:
Figure 2. Left, © Alberto T. Estévez, Genetic Barcelona Project, Barcelona, 2003-2006: genetic creation of bioluminescent plants for urban and domestic use. Right, photo of the UIC Genetic Architectures Laboratory, Barcelona, 2008: genetic research with Agustí Fontarnau, to obtain living elements, building materials and living spaces that can be useful to architecture (photo: Alberto T. Estévez).
1. Genetic research to obtain living elements, building materials and useful living spaces for architecture. For example, we are now in the second phase of the genetic creation of bioluminescent plants for urban and domestic use (Estévez, Autumn 2005; Estévez, 2007): illustrated with figure 2, the Genetic Barcelona Project of the Author, and with photos of the UIC Genetic Architectures Laboratory, in Barcelona: the first time in history that geneticists are working for architects. Research is being carried out into the genetic control of growth to develop living cells that are converted into building materials and habitable space that are "directed" by means of their specific genetic design (figure 3), thereby producing architecture that is 100% ecological, recyclable and sustainable, with maximum energy-saving throughout the construction process and no need for manual labour, as its growth is natural.
Figure 3. Left, photo of the UIC Genetic Architectures Laboratory, Barcelona, 2008: genetic research with Agustí Fontarnau, to obtain living elements, building materials and living spaces that can be useful to architecture. Right, © Alberto T. Estévez (with Marina Serer), Ceci n'est pas un pavillon, Genetic Barcelona Pavilion (detail), Barcelona, 2007: soft, edible, genetic remodelling of the Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion in Barcelona. (Photos: Alberto T. Estévez).
2. Work on digital design and production seen as a genetic process. Knowing that "which can be drawn can be constructed" (Estévez, 2008), because that which can be drawn using digital tools has a digital DNA which allows automated emergence, robotized self-construction and artificial growth. Using digital technologies to produce not more models or moulds as is habitual in today's production systems ["No models, no moulds!" (Estévez, 2008)], but real architecture at the natural scale of 1:1, from viewpoints of genetic architectures (figures 4, 5 and 6, of different projects). This is a move beyond the mass production of uniform elements, since digital design and production can equally produce 100 identical or 100 different parts.
Figure 4. Bernard Cache, Digital Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, 2001: produced at the ESARQ (UIC) Digital Architecture Laboratory (photo: Bernard Cache). Right, detail of panel (photo: Alberto T. Estévez)
Thus the two aspects of research are being carried out simultaneously.
On the one hand, biotechnologies, architectural objectives with the application of genetics, such as the author's Genetic Barcelona Project [(Estévez, Autumn 2005; Estévez, 2008), figure 2]. Or such as the Genetic Barcelona Pavilion, for a "soft, edible genetic remodelling of the Mies van der Rohe's German Pavilion in Barcelona" (figure 3, detail): with the sentence Ceci n'est pas un pavillon became the title of a "manifesto-project" or a "manifesto-image". The work forms part of research into genetic control of cell growth, making living tissue grow as a building material. It was presented in the exhibition "Bios 4: Biotechnological and Environmental Art", CAAC Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, 03.05.2007-02.09.2007.
On the other, digital technologies, CAD-CAM to directly produce real architecture. As in the case of the Digital Barcelona Pavilion, Barcelona, by Bernard Cache (figure 4): also known as Pavilion of L'Orme, this was the first building to be completely designed and produced using digital media. It was made in 2001 in the Digital Architecture Laboratory of the ESARQ (UIC), with the collaboration of the School's lecturers and students. It was also presented in the exhibition "Architectures non standard", at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 10.12.2003-01.03.2004). Or as in the case of the G. Doctor's Surgery, also in Barcelona, by the author (figure 5).
Figure 5. © Alberto T. Estévez. G. Doctor's Surgery, Barcelona, 2006: "No models, no moulds!", CAD-CAM technologies to directly produce real architecture at a natural scale of 1:1. From left to right, respectively, project, drawings and finished product, of panels digitally fabricated by the CNC machine of the Digital Architecture Laboratory of the ESARQ (UIC). (Photos: Alberto T. Estévez / Drawings: Ernesto Bueno, Juan Cardenal, Diego Navarro, Guillem Torres / CNC: Pablo Baquero, Affonso Orciuoli, Daniel Wunsch).
This can be illustrated by other cases of recent work in the research project and postgraduate course in question.
For example, the creation of architecture by researching strategies using digital morphogenetics, or work using genetic algorithms, mainly directed by Karl S. Chu. These, thanks to graphic software and robotics become real architecture surfaces, volumes and spaces: by experimenting with emergent forms using substitutive systems that function on the basis of algorithms, creating patterns of data to which given geometric equivalencies are applied, can translate as "proto-architectural" forms (figure 6).
Figure 6. Left, Dennis Dollens (with Affonso Orciuoli and the Master's degree students), Tensegrity Barcelona Tower, Biodigital Architecture Master's Degree, Digital Architecture Laboratory, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2008 (photo: Alberto T. Estévez). Right, Julián Ardila and Andrea Bezerra (with Karl S. Chu, tutor), Biodigital being, Biodigital Architecture Master's Degree, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2008 (drawing: Julián Ardila and Andrea Bezerra).
Alternatively, adopting approaches closer to bionics, the Barcelona Tensegrity Tower was designed, modelled in 3D and created digitally at real scale and to a height of 10 metres (figure 6), directed by Dennis Dollens and produced in the Digital Architecture Laboratory, ESARQ (UIC), Barcelona, 2008. This project brings together tensegrity with biology, thanks to the cellular nature of the tower's design, its irregular struts, all differing according to the branching, enveloping logic of phyllotaxis. Further, the morphological exploration of skins and membranes illustrates at which point tensegrity becomes organic and where variation can be bio-mimetically incorporated into the digital design. The project drew on a range of references, from Ernst Haeckel's historical drawings of radiolaria to Buckminster Fuller's structures.
Finally, with the example of works presented here (figures 4, 5 and 6), the manifesto "No models, no moulds!" by the author of this article sets out to move beyond the limited use —weighed down by our immediate past— accorded to digital technology and exploit the giant's step it represents over present-day production systems (see above the Diagram of the Three Ages of Architecture, figure 1). Its coherent utilization and its vast potential make it a challenge for the future, with the realization that the principal of these digital technological possibilities is to manufacture real parts, at a scale of 1:1, architecture in themselves, that require "no models, no moulds".
ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., "Genetic architectures", in ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., et al., Genetic architectures, SITES Books / ESARQ-UIC, Santa Fe (USA) / Barcelona, 2003, pp. 4-17 (www.amazon.com).
ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., "Biomorphic architecture", in ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., et al., Genetic architectures II: digital tools and organic forms, SITES Books / ESARQ-UIC, Santa Fe (USA) / Barcelona, 2005, pp. 18-53 and pp. 54-80 (www.amazon.com).
ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., "Arquitectura biodigital", in VV.AA., Memorias del Congreso, SIGRADI / CUJAE, Havana (Cuba), 2008, pp. 484-487.
ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., "Genetic Barcelona Project", Metalocus, no. 017, Madrid, Autumn 2005, pp. 162-165.
ESTÉVEZ, Alberto T., "The genetic creation of bioluminescent plants for urban and domestic use", Leonardo, vol. 40, no. 1, The MIT Press, San Francisco-California / Cambridge-Massachusetts (USA), February 2007, pp. 18 and 46.
Etiquetas: ADN, Alberto T. Estévez, architecture, arquitectura, arquitectura digital, biodigital, biology, cibernética, cybernetics, digital, digital architecture, DNA, genética, genetics
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Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) degree who meet entrance requirements to the College enter as pre-business students and retain that classification until they successfully achieve BSBA admission (see BSBA admission requirements). Students pursuing the Bachelor of Science in Economics (BS Economics) who meet entrance requirements to the College of Business enter as economics majors.
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For transfer students who have not taken either the ACT or SAT, minimum requirements for College entrance are:
A minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.50 from all colleges and universities attended, with successful completion of at least 12 hours toward the degree, and
Current enrollment or completion with a letter grade of C or higher in MATH 1260, BA 1600, or MATH 1310, or both MATH 1340 and MATH 1350.
Students seeking transfer to BGSU and the College of Business should contact the Office of Admissions. Prospective transfer students are encouraged to meet with Undergraduate Student Development (college office) or faculty advisors for information regarding the college's programs.
Credit by transfer from a four-year, fully accredited institution is accepted for most courses. Credit by transfer from a two-year, fully accredited institution is not accepted for most business courses that are junior or senior level at BGSU. However, transfer students with sufficient background in the subject matter of a course may seek credit by examination or credit through the College Level Examination Program (see Credit by examination). These validation options are given at the discretion of the appropriate department, with approval of the student's dean, and may result in BGSU credit for the course.
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A minimum cumulative BGSU grade point average of 2.50 with successful completion of at least 12 BGSU hours toward the degree, and
Current enrollment or completion with a letter grade of C or higher in MATH 1260, or BA 1600, or MATH 1310, or both MATH 1340 and MATH 1350.
Students currently enrolled in other BGSU colleges or in pre-major advising are encouraged to meet with Undergraduate Student Development (college office) or faculty advisors for information regarding the college's programs and course schedules before applying for entrance to the College.
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A Coordinated Approach to Pelvic Metastatic Disease
Johns Hopkins Orthopaedic Surgery
Adam Levin consults with patient Julian Sparrow. "Having a team that is used to working on these particular cases is vital," he says.
The removal of metastatic disease around the acetabulum presents not only surgical challenges but logistical challenges as well.
"The point where patients are in the process of their cancer treatment will determine the best time for surgery," says Adam Levin, an orthopaedic oncologist who specializes in complex reconstructive options for metastatic disease that has spread to the pelvis.
Reconstructing approximately 12 cases of metastatic disease in the acetabulum annually — twice the national average for specialists in the field — Levin knows that achieving the best surgical outcomes requires close coordination among medical oncologists, pathologists, orthopaedic surgeons, radiologists and rehabilitation specialists.
"If we're not all on the same page," he says, "I can disrupt a patient's systemic treatment."
For example, prior to surgery, Levin needs to know exactly when chemotherapy or radiation was administered because it could affect healing due to effects on the immune system or blood flow.
He and the team also confer to plan any postsurgical chemotherapy and radiation. In some cases, surgery could delay the start or continuation of other treatments. In other cases, medical oncologists may recommend surgery to get patients walking again so they can tolerate chemotherapy.
"If one of us wasn't cognizant of the process, it could impair the patient's ability to heal and go on to chemo, and then the patient gets worse," he says.
For complex surgeries, Levin often works with orthopaedic oncologist Carol Morris to decrease the time the surgery takes, which can be as much as a full day.
More typically, the procedure involves scooping out the bone in the pelvis where the cancer has spread and then killing any remaining tumor cells with a local adjuvant, or by freezing or burning the area. After that, the reconstruction begins.
"There isn't always much good bone left to be able to attach an implant to," says Levin, "so we use modified hip replacement implants, bone cement and long screws to re-create the pelvis, particularly the hip socket. It results in a stable replacement that will last the patient's lifetime."
Sometimes both acetabula are broken, and Levin uses large screws that enter other areas of the pelvis, almost like rebar. "Then," he says, "even after months of not walking, patients are able to walk out of the hospital."
Oncology, Orthopaedic


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Faith Tribe Marked Milestones in Early 2022
Faith Tribe, a collaborative and open-source fashion design platform, has remained focused on democratising fashion in the metaverse.
Since its launch, Faith Tribe has marked significant achievements that are working in favour of not only the fashion industry but also the blockchain and crypto sphere. Some of our marked milestones in early 2022 include the following:
Successful Token Launch (24th February)
Faith Tribe's native token, $FTRB, successfully launched its public sale on the 24th February. It was launched on centralised exchanges as well as Initial DEX Offering launchpads. Despite the ongoing invasion in Ukraine, the token's success has seen heights as high as 7x listing price and has retained its stability.
Presence in the Paris Fashion Week (28th February – March 8th)
The native Faith Tribe brand, Faith Connexion, showcased one of the most epic fashion shows in Paris during Paris Fashion Week. Faith Tribe featured six outfits from Faith Connexion's new collection. Faith Tribe partnered with DressX to digitally design all the pieces in 3D. The occasion, MFW's closing party, was sponsored by Faith Tribe with a successful after party, which was graced by a well-renowned DJ, Blond:ish, with the objective of promoting the brand's vision of developing a global creator ecosystem.
Open for Design Submissions (March 17th)
After the successful $FTRB public sale, the platform is seeking to empower designers and artists in the mass market across the globe. This step is helping to build an open-source and democratic design platform. As such, designers who wish to have their works featured beside Faith Connexion's collection can submit their pieces through the online portal.
Faith Tribe also had a successful pop-up at Metaverse Fashion Week on decentraland which was a huge hit! They also have recently announced their sponsorship of the AIBC Dubai Event and of the NFT La conferences in Los Angeles.
The above registered milestones have seen Faith Tribe enhance the fashion industry in the long-term. Faith Tribe remains committed to creating and integrating relevant tools that provide opportunities for creators across the globe in the fashion industry.


Albert Einstein is often cited as the smartest human ever known, but even he was not infallible. The original inspiration for the absent minded professor, he was known to ask Princeton cab drivers to take him to "Einstein's House", because he couldn't remember his own address.
And WB Yeats, one of the greatest writers of the last century, wasn't always deemed so – his application for a professorship was rejected by Trinity College Dublin, due to the fact he had misspelt the word "professor".
Sometimes even the most intelligent people can make mistakes. This concept is widely known amongst HR and Payroll professionals – no matter how senior the employee, no matter how large their salary – even the smartest can make the simplest errors.
Often this manifests when it comes to remuneration. Incredibly smart people, mathematically gifted financiers, engineers and IT specialists, can suddenly develop mental blocks when it comes to basic concepts like tax equalisation, double taxation and in particular, why that large tax refund that has just issued to their bank account doesn't belong to them.
Back to Einstein. Absent minded he may have been, but he got a lot right too. "A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it".
This is where the pre-assignment Employee Tax Briefings come in. Easily the most acrimonious disputes witnessed between a company and employee revolved around the repayment of a tax refund which is clearly due back to the company. Disputes that could have been avoided had a 30 minute, independent tax briefing occurred at the start of an assignment.
There are a few key areas to be covered in each briefing. The best approach is methodical, working through each topic and inviting questions during the discussion.
Obtain the Assignment Letter and any calculations in advance.
Start by explaining who you are, what your role is, why the process is being undertaken & what the desired result is.
Stress that the goal is compliance, to protect both the company and the employee.
Then ask the individual to explain their personal circumstances and the terms of the assignment.
How will their take home pay be affected?
Much of the treatment will depend on the internal policies of the company, such as tax equalisation and tax protection, so it naturally follows that this is covered next. Follow this with a discussion of the treatment of other sources of income, anything non-employment related. Close off on domestic affairs by addressing Social Security position. The host country tax position can be left till last, as usually the impact will be borne by the company via a shadow payroll, which the employee will quickly forget about.
Any action points arising should be addressed in writing afterwards.
Outsourcing your Global Mobility or International Payroll function allows the tax briefing to be delivered by a professional, perceived as both an expert and a neutral party. This facilitates questions and ensures accurate and clear advice is given.
A standardised document should be provided, summarising the company's international assignment policies and a glossary of terms used – this will be the touchstone for future queries and the first line of defence in potential disputes.
Business is all about managing expectations, and expectations are best managed through effective communication.
Most of the tax impacts of undertaking a foreign assignment are readily understood; if correct time and effort are dedicated to explaining them. Equalisation, hypo tax, DTAs and residency follow clear and easily digestible logic.
In addition, compliance with company policy is greatly enhanced where co-operation is promised "up front" by the employee, where the requirements have been adequately justified and where the opportunity to have questions answered was provided.
In particular, their Social Security position has been considered and is correct.
Briefings are a positive, pro-active and beneficial tool to help bond the employee during what can be a challenging time abroad. Getting off on the right foot through the provision of detailed advice will help to ease the transition.
Listen to Albert. Be wise. Avoid the problem.
Barry Flanagan is a Senior Tax and Payroll Manager with Immedis. If you would like more information about Global Mobility Tax, Expatriate Payroll or Tax Briefings, contact us on info@immedis.com and a member of our team will be in touch.


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Q: SwiftUI: Observable Object does not update in View? I am struggling here for days now: I have a async function that get's called onRecieve from a timer in a LoadingView. It calls the getData function from the class ViewModel. Data gets fetched with an HTTP Get Request and compared: if the fetched ID = to the transactionID in my app and the fetched Status = "Success", then the payment is successful.
This is toggled in my observable class. Have a look:
//View Model
@MainActor class ViewModel: ObservableObject {

@Published var fetchedData = FetchedData()
@Published var successfullPayment: Bool = false
@Published var information: String = "Versuch's weiter!"

// Function to fetch Data from the Databank
func getData() {

    guard let url = URL(string: getUrl) else {return}

    URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: url) { (data, res, err) in
        do{
            if let data = data {

                let result = try JSONDecoder().decode(FetchedData.self, from: data)

                DispatchQueue.main.async {
                    self.fetchedData = result

                    if self.fetchedData.id == transactionId && self.fetchedData.statuscode == "Success" {

                        self.successfullPayment = true

                        print("Payment was successful")

                    } else {print("Pending ...")}

                }
            } else {
                print("No data")
            }

        } catch (let error) {
            print(error.localizedDescription)
        }
    }.resume()
}
}

And this is my observing LoadingView:
struct LoadingView: View {

    //Timer
    let timer = Timer.publish(every: 1, on: .main, in: .common).autoconnect()
    @State private var counter = 0

    @State var paymentCancelled = false

    @ObservedObject var observable: ViewModel

    var body: some View {

            ZStack {

                Image("money")
                    .resizable()
                    .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit)

                VStack {

                    if self.observable.successfullPayment == true{
                        Text("Thanks you" as String)
                            .font(.largeTitle)
                            .fontWeight(.black)
                            .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
                        .padding(.top, 100)
                    } else {
                        Text("Paying ..." as String)
                            .font(.largeTitle)
                            .fontWeight(.black)
                            .multilineTextAlignment(.center)
                        .padding(.top, 100)
                    }

                    PushView(destination: CancelledView(), isActive: $paymentCancelled) {
                        Spacer()
                    }

                    Button {

                        paymentCancelled.toggle()
                        print("payment cancelled!")

                    } label: {
                        Label("Abbrechen", systemImage: "nosign")
                            .padding(.horizontal, 40)
                            .padding(.vertical, 10.0)
                            .background(Color.blue)
                            .foregroundColor(Color.white)
                            .cornerRadius(10)
                            .font(Font.body.weight(.medium))
                    }
                    .padding(.bottom, 50)

                }
                .navigationBarTitle("")
                .navigationBarHidden(true)
            }
            .onReceive(timer) { time in
                if counter == 90 {
                    timer.upstream.connect().cancel()
                    print("Timer cancelled")
                } else {
                    ViewModel().getData()

                }

                counter += 1
            }

    }
    }

But the published var successfullPayment doesn't update the View. What am I missing here? Has it to do with the async function?

A: I will focus only on the call to getData(). Your view is calling the following command:
ViewModel().getData()

This means that you are calling the function on a new instance of the view model. So, the variables fetchedData and successfullPayment will be updated on an instance which is not the one being used in the view.
The first step would be to use the same instance that you have in your view:
observable.getData()

Be sure that the view calling LoadingView has a @StateObject of type ViewModel and that you are passing it correctly.


Hobbies are a healthy escape from reality. They give people something to help focus their passion. John Whiting, a resident of Riverview, has an unusual one: he loves dolls. Big dolls. His home is a display case for his unique collection of vintage mannequins he has gathered since the 1990s.
His collection began at the age of 19. Whiting was working at JCPenney and his boss had a room filled with mannequins that he was planning on throwing away. Not wanting to see the mannequins end up in a landfill, Whiting asked if he could take some home with him. His mother found out the next day and told him he could only keep them if they were kept in his room.
With limited space, Whiting ended up having to sell a few of them to local boutiques. This began his life-long hobby. Throughout the years, Whiting has bought, traded and found mannequins that were thrown away by department stores. Most stores now use dressing forms for displays as opposed to the realistic looking mannequins.
The trend of mannequin displays started in the early 1800s and died down in the early 2000s. Whiting was a window dresser and was laid off due to major department stores closings because it is cheaper for smaller stores to use dress forms. But that did not prevent Whiting from enjoying his passion for dressing up the mannequins.
Whiting is now the merchandising manager at the Plant City Marshalls, and uses his creativity through decorating the features and displays throughout the store. However, he brings his work home and turns it into a stress-relieving hobby.
One of his spare rooms is filled with extra pieces waiting their turn to be featured. "Whenever my friends and neighbors come over, they always expect to see something different," said Whiting. He influenced a neighbor to start her own collection. "I enjoy showing them off when I host parties and teaching people about my collection," says Whiting. Whiting is not the only serious collector. There are over 1,000 people who collect them worldwide.
There are countless Facebook groups who exchange innovative ideas for decorating or selling their pieces to one another. He is good friends with about 50 collectors. In the past, Whiting has been private about his interest.


Constructing Improvement troubles House Improvement Contractor's Licenses in Prince William County. The sad component is they target old folks and soon after reading the 365 Vivint Sales Manual it set off alarms in my head and that was just before reading this. The third deck is accessed from the rooftop and was constructed on prime of the greenhouse. If I stroll up to a unit and see a cap is bad and it is older, house owner hasn't had it carried out in a although, I replace the cap and know it was just the cap. Now here comes the query, can I use aluminum L-brackets riveted to the tubing to assistance the plywood or must I use just wood and screwed to the aluminum as a support for the floor.
I've thought about that door business, as well, but the way the hill is built up to spot the property on it is such a drop-off that a particular person has problems coming up it except on all-fours. Vivint is rapid to point to the contract terms which state you agree that they are not liable for much more than 12x the month-to-month charge, or a $1,000 (whichever is less), even if the loss is due to improper installation. You do not have to replace the whole floor, Brent. The bed rails on the new Tacomas are not only wider, but most shell makers make the tops to mold over these plastic rails, and-most importantly-shells on the new Tacomas need to utilize that inside metal track rail-there really is no other way to mount it. Sadly, I never consider a shell from a 99 would work on a new Tacoma, and the Access Cab is primarily an extended cab-they only come in a single bed length.
Sorry I cannot be a lot more precise as there are numerous diverse tends to make of RV's these days. I hope other people will get in touch with you based on reading your comment. By the way, did you notice that one particular of those propaganda hubs on underground houses got an Editor's Decision. I attached the old contactor back to the unit, closed the access panel and went inside. So, armed with my cart, my two x4, my tape measure, pencil, cut sheet, and my printouts…I went straight to the plywood aisle.
To defend the imported 'built in America' cabinets a tiny bit, I suppose there is a require to promote some aspect of US labor involvement and I do not really blame them for trying. The tile adhesive had also stained the flooring, but I didn't have to deal with the thicker floor adhesive that demands to be scraped off. Occasionally the only way you are going to be able to acquire the coil is to buy the entire contactor unit. If the dirt surrounding your underground dome is allowed to drain out because no far more water can get in, then the cracks in the shell only need to be sealed to preserve the critters out not the water.
If vinyl tile is utilized, be positive to strategy the edges very carefully to steer clear of having to cut tiny slivers of tile along the walls. There is quite small weight exerted on the floor under the cabinets. BuildZoom uses permit and license data to infer this contractor's principal service. Oops…I meant 42-60 month verbal contract extension. I, now hold the quantity of cuts to 12 ( store policy), unless you are prepared to come back later to pick it up. Here is why. It appears that the energy from the highlines managed to ground from the bin, via the trailer, by means of the axels, through the steel belts which have been already displaying in the tires…and left a mark of carbon from the tires on the road (the burnt spot).


For sake of better and efficient administration the entire area under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of India was divided into four Masonic Regions. The details of areas under each Region are given in Rule 53 of BoC.
Rule 58 provides as to who are to be considered as members of the Regional Grand Lodge and Rule 72 says that each Regional Grand Lodge has the power and authority to frame by-laws for its own government. This has resulted in differing by-laws of the four Regions in India. It should, however, be noted that that no by-law of the Region or any daughter Lodge can be valid if the same is not in conformity with the provisions of the BoC. Examples of this are – black-balling of a candidate for initiation or joining and operation of bank accounts.


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Joint Release By USTR Robert Lighthizer And Kenyan Cabinet Secretary For Industry, Trade And Cooperatives, Peter Munya
Public Hearings on Proposed Section 301 Tariff List
Statement By U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Section 301 Action
Statement on Meetings Between the United States and Japan to Advance the Bilateral Trade Relationship
The United States and Colombia Meet to Review Implementation of the United States - Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
U.S. Poultry Gains New Market Access in Morocco
USTR Announces New GSP Eligibility Review of Turkey
USTR Finalizes Second Tranche of Tariffs on Chinese Products in Response to China's Unfair Trade Practices
USTR Statement on Trade Negotiations with Mexico and Canada
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Peter Munya (represented by Trade Principal Secretary Dr. Chris Kiptoo in Washington, DC) today announced the establishment of a U.S.-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group to explore ways to deepen the trade and investment ties between the two countries.
Earlier in the day, President Trump met with President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss the strong bilateral relationship between the United States and Kenya. Under the economic dialogue announced by the Presidents, the U.S.-Kenya Trade and Investment Working Group will support comprehensive trade policies and begin to lay the groundwork for a stronger future trade relationship.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said:
"It has been a pleasure to welcome the Kenyan delegation to the United States as we meet to build a stronger bilateral trade and investment relationship between our two countries. Under the Trade and Investment Working Group, our two countries will work together to explore a mutually beneficial trade and investment framework to guide our relationship moving forward, including by maximizing the remaining years of AGOA and looking ahead to the next steps."
Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said:
"Although AGOA preferences scheme has led to increased Kenyan exports since 2000, its utilization has been suboptimal. Through implementation of the recently launched National AGOA strategy and action plan, Kenya seeks greater US support in order to optimize available opportunities in the remaining seven years of AGOA. Under the Trade and Investment Working Group, we look forward to exploring ways to deepen trade and investment ties between Kenya and the United States."
Trade between the two countries stands at about $1.0 billion a year. Over 70 percent ($407 million in 2017) of Kenya's exports to the United States entered under AGOA.


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RESPONSE OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.) TO AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF MORINGA (Moringa oleifera LAM.) AND NITROGEN RATES. PART II
Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LVII
Written by Mustapha Alhaji MUHAMMAN, Bindawa Mohammed AUWALU, Sanusi Gaya MOHAMMED
Maize (Zea mays L.), the major staple crop in Nigeria is recording low yield ha-1 in farmer's field. The low yield is attributed to inadequate application of fertilizers more especially the nitrogen type. Fertilizer is a scarcest and expensive commodity to small scale farmers who constitute major maize producers. Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) a common plant in Nigeria were earlier reported to improve crop growth and yield. Thus, field experiments were conducted in 2009 and 2010 rainy seasons at the Teaching and Research Farm, Faculty of Agriculture, Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria to study the response of Maize to Aqueous Extract of Moringa and Nitrogen rates. Treatments consist of four concentrations of moringa shoots extract (0%, 3%, 4% and 5%) and three Nitrogen rates (0, 60, 120 kg N ha-1). These treatments in a factorial combination were laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. Foliar spray of moringa extract on maize started at 2 weeks after sowing and continued fortnightly until 8 weeks after sowing. Nitrogen rates were applied in two doses at land preparation and at 5 weeks after sowing. Data were collected on Leaf area index, Crop growth rate, Net assimilation rate and Grain yield ha-1 and were subjected to Analysis of Variance. Results showed significant effects of moringa extract and Nitrogen rates with interactions on the parameters. Based on the results, it was concluded that moringa extract can compliment nitrogen fertilizer on the growth and yield of maize. Therefore, 120 kg N ha-1 with 5 % moringa extract which manifested highest effect on the parameters should be adopted to improve yield per unit area.
Alhaji Muhamman M., Mohammed Auwalu M., Gaya Mohammed S. 2014, RESPONSE OF MAIZE (Zea mays L.) TO AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF MORINGA (Moringa oleifera LAM.) AND NITROGEN RATES. PART II. Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LVII, ISSN 2285-5831, 264-271.
Aqueous Extract of Moringa
improve yield ha-1
Nitrogen rates