Although I spent very little time in Lisbon (I definitely must pay it another visit) I had the chance to do a day trip to Sintra. And what a wonderful town! It's a dream place, like a fairy tale. Continue reading if you want to visit it with me.
Sintra is one of the most beautiful villages in Portugal, and the advantage is that it's very close to Lisbon. You can stay in Lisbon and then make other short trips to nearby towns. Take the train to Sintra from Rossio Station (Estação Ferroviária do Rossio). The station is quite central, on Rua 1° Dezembro Avenue.
The train ride takes about 40 minutes and the ticket price is €2,15 (3.00 USD) for adults. It's not possible to buy or book online, you buy the tickets directly at the station. There are several departures per day so there is no need to worry. If you want to seize the day, arrive early.
The station in Sintra is on Dr. Miguel Bombarda Avenue. When you leave the station, walk to your left, all the attractions are on that side. You can take the tourist bus 434 which takes you to the Old Town and the main attractions. The cost of the bus ticket is €5,00 ($6.19 USD). You can also walk because the center is less than 1 km away, about 10 minutes walking. There are several signboards so if you want to go to the center, follow the way to the National Palace.
Following the signs to the Moorish Castle, we went through a garden called Parque da Liberdade. It's quite picturesque, like everything in Sintra. You feel that at any moment a gnome is going to come out from under a mushroom.
If you have a good physical condition I recommend going up to the castle walking. It's somewhat challenging since the way it's uphill, but the landscape and the views while you go up are worth it. We had a cool weather and the forest in Sintra gives you a fairytale feeling.
During your day trip to Sintra, I recommend you to visit this castle. It was built by the Arabs between the 8th and 9th century to control the region. Sintra was under Muslims' rule until 1147 when Afonso I of Portugal finally conquered it.
Towards century XV the castle was abandoned since the population of Sintra was settling around the National Palace. A Lightning destroyed one tower in 1636, and the earthquake of 1755 caused serious damage as well.
In the 19th century, they began to restore it and clean it to be a tourist attraction. The castle is made up of old walls, ramps, and stairs, as well as 5 towers. It can be a bit dangerous so be careful especially if you come with children. The view from the castle is impressive, besides it was windy and foggy so the experience was magical.
The entrance to the Moorish Castle costs € 8.00 ($10.00 USD), but there are combined tickets available. On the official website of the Sintra parks, you can check the discounts they offer.
After leaving the Moorish Castle, continue climbing the path to reach the Palace of Pena. There are signs to get there so it's not possible to get lost. Also, you will see the Palace in the distance.
If you do the day trip to Sintra, this is the attraction that you should not miss. It's a very attractive palace as if taken from a Disney movie. It's painted in yellow, violet and red. It also presents many architectural styles that include neo-Gothic, Neo-Islamic and Neo-Renaissance. This makes it one of the greatest expressions of the romantic style in the 19th century.
Prince Ferdinand II of Portugal commissioned the construction of this palace in 1836. The palace was the summer residence of the royal family. Later it would become the property of the state opening its doors to visitors in 1910. I don't know if the fog was due to the height or because of the season (autumn), but it made the palace look more exotic and charming.
The entrance is enhanced with an arch in Arabic style through which you access the patio. Here you find the ticket office and the gift shop, as well as the public toilets. One of the most striking decorations is a figure crowning a portico. According to the guide they gave us, it's a Triton, a half man, and half-fish, creature. Also noteworthy are the Moorish tiles that decorate the walls of some buildings.
The decoration of the palace interior is in a Baroque style. You can see an interior courtyard with an Arabic style, as well as several rooms used by royalty. The rooms are not very big, but the furniture and decoration are interesting. The price is € 14.00 ($17.34 USD) but, as I mentioned before, you can buy combined tickets with other attractions.
After visiting these two palaces, we went to the Center taking a different route from the one we climbed. I would be lying if I tell you exactly which path we took because in the middle of the large forest it was difficult to remember. Anyway, we found the center and as the way was downhill it took less time.
In the Center, there are several colorful buildings mostly shops and restaurants. In the National Palace and its small square, you'll see the tourists gather to take pictures. Around this area, there are several cobbled streets where you'll find small restaurants and souvenir shops.
The National Palace is another of the main attractions for visitors who make a day trip to Sintra. What stands out most of this palace are two cone-shaped chimneys which give it a peculiar look. Its construction began in the 16th century. It has different styles such as Gothic, Medieval, Renaissance and Manueline. Although this mixture of styles is not as striking as in the Palace of Pena.
I was particularly disappointed that I couldn't visit a palace called La Quinta Da Regaleira. I did not research much about Sintra before coming and I didn't know anything about this place. People who make a day trip to Sintra don't pay much attention to this palace. If you travel early from Lisbon, you'll have enough time to see it. It's also only 15 minutes walking from the National Palace, so go there!!
One of the most impressive attractions in this palace is the Inverted Tower, also called Initiation Well. It is a spiral-shaped well that has 9 levels joined by stairs. Supposedly they symbolize the 9 levels of Dante's hell … spooky! The price is only €6,00 ($7.43 USD) for adults.
Another interesting place is the Chalet of the Countess of Edla. It takes its name from its owner, the Swiss-born opera singer Elisa Hensler. In the 19th century, she became the second wife of King Ferdinand II of Portugal, who ordered the construction of the chalet. After her marriage, they gave her the title of Countess of Edla. The chalet has that style of houses in the Swiss Alps. The government restored it in 2007 to be a tourist attraction. The ticket price is €8.50 ($10.53 USD), but according to those who have visited it, it's enough to see it from the outside. To get there, you can take the bus 434 or walk, which will take an hour.
I left The Convent of the Capuchos for the end because you can only reach it if you have a car. Unless you want to walk the 90 minutes through the forests of Sintra. The truth is that it's not a bad idea because forests are wonderful. This convent was founded in 1560 and they say that 8 friars were the first inhabitants. They took strict vows of poverty, so the Convent is quite sober and seems to blend with nature.
Although every place we travel to has its charm and beauty, I can not recommend you Sintra enough. It has a very special vibe. Perhaps it's due to the extensive forests, the moss on the big rocks, the eclectic palaces, the hilly surface or the thick fog, but I assure you that it's a magical place!!
You should consider not to do a day trip to Sintra, and stay at least 2 days. if my itinerary hadn't been already planned, I'd have stayed longer.
I hope you liked this post as much as I enjoyed writing it (I want to return to Sintra!!). If you liked it please share it on your fav social media. I would also like you to leave your comments if you have visited or plan to visit Sintra. And finally, I invite you to follow me on Instagram or Twitter. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and Boa Viagem!!
Such a beautiful way to spend the day. I remember hiking all the castles with friends in Old Navy flip flops. No one told me I'd be walking up so many flights of stairs, but it was certainly worth it for the views. One of my favourite spots in Europe.
This is a great guide and your pictures are gorgeous!
What a perfect timing to read this post. Visiting Lisbon in May so saving your post for some great tips!
I love your post! I am planning to visit Portugal this year and would love to add this town on my list. And I definitely appreciate the public transportation details.
I hope it's been useful 🙂 and enjoy your trip to Portugal, there are beautiful towns there!
Oh wow! I'm visiting Portugal this year and your photos makes me excited for my trip. Thank you for the recommendations!
I visited Sintra last year and it was one of the most beautiful I've been, so much so that I took a second day trip before I left Portugal. Your post wonderfully highlights the magical essence and charm of a beautiful town!
Great article and travel guide! Saving and hope to use this one day!


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Jordan Poole celebrated his four-point play with a nod to Steph Curry
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Since being selected in the first round of the 2019 NBA draft, things haven't gone quite as planned for Jordan Poole. The rookie has had an up and down year in his first season with the Golden State Warriors that recently sent him on a trip to Santa Cruz.
After a rough five-game stretch in December that saw Jordan Poole shooting 4-for-19 from the field and 3-for-14 from beyond the arc, the Warriors decided it was time to send Poole down to the G League to find his confidence.
Poole played three games with the Golden State's G League affiliate, the Santa Cruz Warriors, and played well. Poole averaged 26 points, six rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in his three-game G League stint. In the NBA, Poole is shooting 26.3 % from the field, in the G League, he shot 20 percentage points better at 46.3 %.
When D'Angelo Russell went down with an injury, Poole played well enough in Santa Cruz, the Warriors brought their 2019 first-round pick up to San Francisco.
Against the Memphis Grizzlies, Poole played 27 minutes for Golden State and scored 13 points, the 10th time this season the Michigan product scored in double digits.
Against Ja Morant and the Grizzlies, Poole knocked down four shots from long distance, with one of his attempts resulting in a four-point play. After hitting the three-pointer and getting fouled, the rookie broke out a familiar celebration.
Jordan Poole counting like Steph after a 4-PT play pic.twitter.com/Jn9fI9jaj4
— Chris Montano (@gswchris) January 12, 2020
Similar to his two-time Most Valuable Player teammate, Stephen Curry, Poole counted his fingers to four after the shot went down.
Count it! 1, 2, 3, 4 point play for @StephenCurry30
📺 @NBCSAuthentic pic.twitter.com/e0lxCVUfMw
— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 22, 2018
Over the past month, Curry has been able to be around the team as he progresses through his broken hand rehab, and it looks like some of his habits are already wearing off on the Warriors' rookie.
Steph Curry explains why he writes Philippians 4:13 on his sneakers

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Posted on August 3, 2021 By Mary
The new Police and Crime Commissioner Chris Nelson is running a series of roadshows across the county during September and October. He is going to be talking about his Police and Crime Plan intentions and the Chief Constable Rod Hansen will also be at each event along with local police management teams. Chris would very much like as many Parish and Town Councils to attend as possible.
Below are the links to the seven events and he has asked that these are publicised to all the Parish and Town Councils to encourage attendance at what is expected to be an interesting and informative event which will hopefully encourage much discussion.
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Cotswolds South – Monday 7 September – Cotswolds South at RAU (6pm until 8.30pm)
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Cotswolds North – Monday 27 September- Cotswolds North at Moreton Fire College (6pm until 8.30pm)
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In 2014, Paul Sullivan, myself and some other Slow Travel Berlin writers divided the historical events of the 'ninths' between us and published stories on them on slowtravelberlin.com. As that website is now, sadly, partly unavailable, I am reposting my articles on this blog. (Check here for the 1848 story on the execution of Robert Blum).
In early November 1918, Germany was in chaos. Even though the country no longer needed to fight on two fronts (the Russian revolution of 1917 had led to Moscow's unconditional surrender), the arrival of United States on the Western Front, with its almost unlimited reinforcements, was the beginning of the end for the German Imperial Army.
From August 1918 onwards the Allies were on the offensive, and German Supreme Army Command realised that total military collapse was near. The population was grieving for the men lost in the war, food was severely rationed, and, since the example of the Russian surrender of 1917, both the Social Democratic and Communist parties were clamouring for peace.
The ultimate trigger for the events that occurred on 9 November 1918 was a last attempt by the Imperial Navy to turn the military tables in Germany's favour. On 24 October of that same year, battle cruisers stationed at Kiel were ordered to make their way to the North Sea for a final showdown with the British Royal Navy. But the sailors refused to sail, and before long, their mutiny had spread from the ships to the town of Kiel itself.
The first Workers' and Soldiers' Council was proclaimed there on 4 November, and representatives of the Council spread throughout Germany to urge workers and soldiers to form revolutionary councils of their own. At the same time, on the home political front, Friedrich Ebert, leader of the moderate Social Democratic Party (SPD), had already secured concessions from the Kaiser and Supreme Army Command that effectively turned Germany into a parliamentary democracy. Ebert and his number two, Philipp Scheidemann, considered these concessions sufficient and certainly wanted to avoid a full-blown revolution.
Meanwhile, Kaiser Wilhelm II, who had left – some say fled – Berlin on October 28 for German Military Headquarters in Spa, Belgium, was slowly coming to terms with the fact that support for the monarchy was slipping away. When he suggested he return to Berlin to restore order with the help of the Imperial army, he was told by military commanders that the army was no longer his to command, and in fact might turn against him.
On November 9th, Wilhelm, still in Spa, had started to consider relinquishing the title of German Kaiser but staying on as King of Prussia. Developments in Berlin, however, had long passed the point of no return, and the Chancellor, Prince Max von Baden, had by that time already announced the Kaiser's abdication.
Finally facing up to reality, Wilhelm took the royal train to the Dutch border, where he was granted political asylum in the early morning of 10 November. He wasn't the only one to lose his throne of course. King Ludwig III of Bavaria had been forced to abdicate on 7 November by radical Socialists, and between 9 and 30 November, the twenty remaining German Kings, Archdukes, Dukes and Princes followed suit.
Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm II spent the last 23 years of his life at a country estate in the Netherlands, Huis Doorn, now a fascinating museum. He maintained a make-believe Imperial Court, with the aid of 59 railway carriages full of Royal furniture, treasures and uniforms that the Weimar regime had allowed him to transport out of his three Berlin palaces. He spent his days chopping wood in the surrounding forest, and his evenings debating astrology and archeology with any scientist willing to come over and agree with the Kaiser's views.
As the Dutch government was quite embarrassed at having to host the Kaiser (he was after all wanted as a war criminal by the Allied governments of the UK, USA, and especially France), he was under a kind of house arrest. He could go for drives in the vicinity of his country house, but only within a radius of some 10 kilometres. Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands famously wanted nothing to do with her distant relative – in the 23 years of Wilhelm's exile, she never received him. Until his death in 1941, the Kaiser never gave up hopes of resuming his role in Germany – he even wrote to Hitler offering his services, which understandably didn't improve his standing with the Dutch government either.
Philipp Scheidemann addressing the crowd from the Reichtag restaurant's window on 9 November 1918.
Ebert, the SPD's chairman, was furious and told Scheidemann he had no right to declare a republic – the political form of the new German state should be for the Constitutional Assembly to decide. But the rumour about Liebknecht had been true enough; gaining a balcony of the Stadtschloss (City Palace) on Lustgarten, two hours after Scheidemann had made his own proclamation from the Reichstag, and fuelled by the momentum originating from the sailors' mutiny at Kiel, Liebknecht indeed declared a Communist (Soviet) Republic.
Liebknecht's action resulted in the creation of a revolutionary Council of People's Deputies. In a classic "if you can't beat them, join them" spiel, the SPD's Ebert and Scheidemann, who wanted to stay on the parliamentary track, got themselves elected to the revolutionary Council to prevent the most radical elements taking control. The SPD gradually gained control of the Council, and dissolved it in favour of the democratically elected Weimar National Assembly in February 1919.
The Stadtschloss, the centrepiece of these momentous events, was blown up by the GDR regime in 1950, though it made sure to save one piece: the portal from which Liebknecht had declared the revolution. Carefully restored, it was integrated into the new building for the GDR Council of State on the other side of Schlossplatz, where it remains today – and is now part of the management institute that currently occupies the building. By the time the new Stadtschloss will be finished, possibly by the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Wall in 2019, there will actually be two Liebknecht Portals – one in the recreated City Palace, the other in the ex-GDR building across the square – but very little will be left of Communist Germany otherwise.
It is hard to say which of the many fateful "ninth of Novembers" dotting German history had the most long term impact. Ironically, the events of November 1918, which could have done so much good for the country – the dismissal of a totally outdated, autocratic monarchy in favour of a modern, liberal democracy – ultimately caused such a violent backlash both on the populist as well as the conservative sides of society that it paved the way for the Nazis to take over.


Ski in, ski out. Village centre.
B11 Jardin Alpin is a stunning 4 bedroom apartment offering convenient ski in, ski out accommodation. Split over two floors, and sleeping 8/10 people, this 90m2 third floor apartment offers a wonderfully light and spacious open plan living, dining and kitchen area with breakfast bar. The apartment has been tastefully decorated with many local Savoyard touches which create a welcoming and homely atmosphere. Enjoy a relaxing glass of wine on the large south facing balcony, with table and chairs, which offers stunning views to the surrounding mountains and pistes below. This spacious apartment benefits from a private underground parking space, as well as a ski locker.
This ski in, ski out apartment is location on the pistes, in the very heart of Morillon 1100 Les Esserts, with the cafes, bars, restaurants, and ski lifts of the village on your doorstep.
This property is privately owned and has been carefully selected to be in Alps Accommodation's premier portfolio. It has a Saturday changeover day, however in low season and for last minute bookings, flexible arrival days and length of stay may be available. Contact us for more information.
You enter Jardin Alpin B11 into the wonderfully bright and spacious open plan upper level, consisting of living, dining and kitchen areas. A series of south facing windows, and glass door giving access to the balcony, allow light to flood in while simultaneously offering staggering views over the spacious balcony towards forests and mountains beyond. The property has been tastefully furnished and decorated with many local Savoyard touches generating a comfortable homely feel.
In the spacious living area are three large and very comfortable sofas which surround an attractive wooden coffee table and are positioned in front of a large LCD TV with DVD player. Guests will also find free Wi-Fi, a sound system and a selection of board games providing entertainment for the whole family. Two armchairs, set in a quiet corner, offer a great place to relax with one of a selection of books provided in the apartment.
The kitchen comes fully equipped with a 4 ring hob, full sized oven, microwave, dishwasher, two fridges, washing machine, coffee machine, fondue kit, and a great selection of crockery and cooking equipment, with plenty of work space to create the perfect meal. Also in the kitchen area is a breakfast bar with 3 stools providing a perfect place to grab a morning coffee with glimpses of distant peaks framed perfectly in a nearby window.
The large wooden dining table offers comfortable seating for up to 10 people.
There is also a WC on this level.
Jardin Alpin B11 offers 4 bedrooms, all of which are located on the lower floor of this split level apartment. All rooms are equipped with bed side tables, while ample storage is provided by a combination of wardrobes and storage units.
Bedroom one is a spacious ensuite master bedroom with luxurious king size bed (or twin arrangement, on request) and fabulous views over the snowy pistes below. The ensuite bathroom consists of a bath with integrated shower, vanity unit with hand basin, heated towel rail and WC. Bedroom two is a bright double bedroom which again benefits from the apartments elevated position to provide great piste views. Good storage is provided by under-bed drawers, and a large wooden wardrobe. Bedroom three is the first twin bedroom and contains a luxurious treat in the shape of it's very own flat screen TV. Bedroom four, the second twin bedroom, is located directly opposite bedroom three and offers a unique glimpse of the beautiful alpine landscape to the north of the apartment. A large built in wardrobe provides excellent storage.
A family bathroom located on the same lower floor, consisting of a bath and integrated shower, vanity unit with hand basin and heated towel rail. There is also a separate WC.
A comfortable sofa bed is found in the living area of the upper floor, allowing the apartment to sleep up to 10 guests.
The apartment forms part of a beautifully constructed development with timber cladding, and hand-crafted details in the local Savoyard style. Perched high above the swooping pistes below, the spacious 13m2 south facing balcony makes the most of the property's elevated position offering fantastic views of forests, peaks, pistes, and walking/biking trails which lead from the village. The balcony is equipped with a table and chairs, allowing for outside dining, while deck chairs make it the perfect place for sunbathing, with a glass of wine in hand of course!
The apartment has a private underground parking space and a ski locker (which requires you to bring a padlock). The car park and main entrance can be accessed from the apartment by a lift. There is plenty of extra free public parking just a couple of minutes away.
Jardin Alpin B11 is situated right in the heart of the car-free centre of Morillon 1100 Les Esserts. Offering wonderful views over the slopes and of course immediate access to all the mountain has to offer, Jardin Alpin B11 is an ideal winter or summer holiday destination.
In winter, Jardin Alpin B11 is ideally placed for skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts with the slopes and ski lifts just a short walk from your front door. You can ski back home down the famous tree-lined, green Marvel run, and then enjoy a well-earned drink on your balcony. As well as giving you direct access to the pistes, the village bars, restaurants, bakery, a small supermarket, and other shops are all right on your doorstep.
In summer, Jardin Alpin B11 provides a great base for hiking and mountain biking. A nearby chairlift operates throughout July and August, allowing quick and easy access to the higher mountain trails during the height of summer. Many walking and biking trails can of course be accessed direct from the apartment, without any need to take the lifts.
The main village of Morillon with its many other amenities, and also Lac Bleu leisure park is just a short drive down the mountain from Les Esserts. For further information about all that Morillon has to offer, please see our resort information page.
Large groups or families travelling together and who wish to be accommodated nearby to one another, may also be interested in Apartment Jardin Alpin (3-bedroom) which is situated in the same building. The Penthouse (7-bedroom) is located in an adjacent building within the same residence.
Best equipped accommodation we have stayed in in France. Thanks to Hayley for organising the ski passes - and for responding so efficiently to our queries.
The property was everything we hoped for and more. It is fantastically located opposite the slopes and has everything you could wish for. We travelled as 4 adults and 6 children under 10 years of age. There was plenty to keep them occupied in the apartment, lots of board games and lots of giddy holes for endless games of hide and seek. The endless supply of hot water and hot radiators in the bathrooms were perfect and much needed after a day's skiing. Tom and Hayley were both so helpful in the office and went above and beyond to help make our stay an even more enjoyable one. Thank you so much.
Thank you for a wonderful week in your apartment. Sun every day, good snow, lots of fun. Igloo food delicious. What a great location and very comfortable apartment.
Fantastic week skiing, wonderful apartment, great location! Loved the ping pong.
A wonderful week in the beautiful summer mountains. Excellent apartment with amazing views and so well equipped! Huge thanks! We hope to return in winter!
Just a note to say that we enjoyed a wonderful week in Samoens and that the organisation pre and during the holiday was excellent, although we cannot give you the credit for the sunshine last week it all made for a good time for our family.


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Closure elusive nearly 3 months after Amtrak derailment
On behalf of Adler Law Group, LLC | Jul 30, 2015 | Wrongful Death
The last person still hospitalized after the Northeast Corridor Amtrak derailment May 12 has been released. As we observed in a post just days after the wreck, everyone in the region, including Connecticut residents, felt the trauma that day.
Eight people died and more than 200 people were injured in the disaster near Philadelphia. Temple University Hospital confirms that the final person admitted to the facility for treatment after the crash has been transferred to an unnamed facility.
But that does not mean that all the victims' need for medical care is over. Many continue to suffer from the physical and emotional injuries they suffered when the Amtrak train took a curve at more than 100 mph — more than double the recommended speed.
Many lawsuits for wrongful death and personal injury have been filed. None have been resolved. The official investigation of the tragedy hasn't even determined its cause. Amtrak says it won't contest any of the claims. But again, victims' worries are not over. That's because federal law caps the passenger rail company's liability at just $200 million for the accident.
That ceiling, which has never been adjusted for inflation, is one of the provisions of the Amtrak reauthorization bill Congress passed in 1997. The idea behind that at the time was to provide some assurance that rail companies wouldn't be taken out of commission by a major lawsuit.
But some legal observers say the cap is insufficient for the damage done in this case. They say it effectively forces victims of the disaster to forego at least some compensation for damages they would otherwise be entitled to recover.
Congress is considering legislation that would raise the cap to $295 million, but many say that's not enough, either.
Source: The New York Times, "Limit on Damages Is Squeezing Victims of Amtrak Wreck," Ron Nixon, July 24, 2015


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Q: Intuition behind unequal class intervals histogram In a histogram with unequal class interval, say for example, the data:
Number of Fruits | Frequency
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    1-2          |     5
    2-3          |     6
    3-5          |    10
    5-10         |     9
    10-24        |    12

Why does it make sense to find the frequency density to correct for the unequal class intervals? What is the intuition behind the logic?
I understand the way to find the density is:
$$\frac{\text{Frequency}}{\text{Size of Class Interval}}\times\text{Lowest Class Size}$$
How would someone go about reading such a histogram?

A: Here is data simulated in R that matches your frequency table.
A fundamental principle of a histogram is that each observation be represented by the same basic unit of area.
The histogram shown below, is a frequency histogram, in which
bar heights are chosen so that the total area in the histogram
will be $1.$ (The tick marks on the horizontal axis, show
exact locations of my simulated points.)
set.seed(813)
x = c(runif(5, 1,2), runif(6, 2,3), runif(10, 3,5),
      runif(9, 5,10), runif(12, 10,24))
ends = c(1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 24)
hist(x, br=ends, col="skyblue2"); rug(x)

In R a 'nonprinted'
histogram provides information about how the bars are drawn,
including bar heights.
hist(x, br=ends, plot=F)
$breaks
[1]  1  2  3  5 10 24

$counts
[1]  5  6 10  9 12

$density
[1] 0.11904762 0.14285714 0.11904762 0.04285714 0.02040816

$mids
[1]  1.5  2.5  4.0  7.5 17.0

w = diff(hist(x, br=ends, plot=F)$breaks)  # widths
h = hist(x, br=ends, plot=F)$density       # heights
a = w*h;  a                                # areas
[1] 0.1190476 0.1428571 0.2380952 0.2142857 0.2857143
sum(a)
[1] 1                                # total area = 1

Depending on your interests, you might want to see if you can
figure out how 'densities' are derived from 'frequencies'.
I am not familiar with the term 'frequency density'.
Ordinarily, histograms based on varying interval widths are deprecated
in statistical practice because they are difficult for many
people to interpret.
By contrast, here is a 'frequency' histogram of my version
of your data. It uses intervals of equal widths. That makes
it possible to show a vertical Frequency scale--even to label each bar with the number of observations it represents.) I have added
dotted horizontal lines to show 42 equal 'blocks of area', one
for each observation. (One would not necessarily show labels
atop bars or horizontal lines in a histogram for publication.)
ends.2 = seq(0, 24, by=2)   # equally spaced
hist(x, br=ends.2, col="skyblue4", ylim=c(0,13), label=T,
      main="Frequency Histogram")
abline(h = 0:11, col="green", lty="dotted")

Here is a histogram of my version of the data that I believe
to be more easily readable than the one suggested in your
exercise. [Using rug to make tick marks for individual
observations works best if there are fewer than about 100
observations.]
ends.3 = seq(0,25, by=5)
hist(x, br=ends.3, col="skyblue2", ylim=c(0,17),
     main="Frequency Histogram")
rug(x)

Note: The author of the problem may have had other learning objectives
in mind, but I hope you will remember: (1) A fundamental principle of a histogram is that each observation is represented by the same amount of area. (2) For presentation to non-statisticians, it is seldom necessary or desirable to make a histogram with unequal bin widths.

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In the early 19th century, Lord Byron wrote in Don Juan that "till taught by pain, men really know not what good water's worth".
Nearly 200 years later, humanity still does not seem to understand water's value, exemplified in decades of poor water management and governance practically everywhere. But the impending water crisis is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore, especially for those who are already feeling its effects.
To be sure, some improvements in water management have been made in recent years but they have come incrementally, at far too slow a pace to address the problem effectively.
To help kick-start progress, major multinational companies such as Nestle, Coca-Cola, SABMiller, and Unilever which have long emphasized to their investors the challenge that water scarcity poses for their businesses, not to mention the communities in which they operate, are working to improve water availability, quality and sustainability.
Their success will require an innovative strategy that upends entrenched assumptions about – and approaches to – water-related problems.
For example, the prevailing view that the world needs good water management, although accurate, is too narrow.
Water management should not be regarded as an end in itself – a single-variant solution for a single-variant problem – but as a means to several ends, including environmental conservation and social and economic development.
Viewed in this broader context, many of the paradigms, practices and processes that are being used to manage communities' water resources must change.
Given that competition for water resources cannot be disentangled from competition for, say, food and energy, it cannot be addressed independently. Multivariant problems demand multivariant solutions.
Complicating matters further, these problems' backdrop is likely to change considerably over the next few decades, owing to demographic shifts, population growth, urbanization, migration within and among countries, globalization, trade liberalization and rapid expansion of middle classes in the developing world.
These shifts will accompany rapid industrialization and advances in science and technology (especially information and communications technology), and will transform dietary habits and consumption patterns.
As a result, water-consumption patterns will change considerably, including indirectly, through shifts in agriculture, energy, and land use.
Indeed, these linkages are already evident in many parts of the world. For example, in many Asian countries – including India, China, and Pakistan – groundwater levels are declining at an alarming rate, owing to over-extraction and energy subsidies.
For India, the problem began in the 1970s when major donors encouraged the government to provide farmers with free electricity for irrigation.
The subsidies were manageable at first, and achieved their goal of boosting food production in states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
This profligacy has taken a serious toll on groundwater levels, forcing the tube-wells from which the water is pumped to be installed ever more deeply.
According to the Third World Center for Water Management, the amount of electricity required to pump water in India has doubled – in some cases, even tripled – in the past decade alone as tube-wells have moved from 10-15 meters to 200-400 meters deep.
The increasing depth requires three to four times more horsepower for each pump.
Under these conditions, state water ministries have few options for making groundwater irrigation sustainable.
With the relentless increase in electricity subsidies, which are squeezing the energy sector, it is difficult to devise effective policies to stem over-pumping.
It may sound daunting but the reality is that these challenges are surmountable – if, that is, our leaders commit to tackling them.
We already have the needed technology, know-how, experience, and even financing.
With strong political will, sustained pressure from an informed public, and a "can do" attitude from water professionals and institutions pursuing intersectoral cooperation, the world's water management problems can be addressed effectively.
Asit K. Biswas is Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and co-founder of the Third World Center for Water Management.


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This American apple pie institution known as "parental discretion" will cleanse any sense of innuendo or sarcasm from this website that might actually make you think, and will also insult your intelligence at the same time. So protect your family, this website contains explicit depictions of things which are real.


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Джоанна Тауэрская (; ) — первая жена шотландского короля Давида II.

Биография
Младшая дочь английского короля Эдуарда II Плантагенета и его жены Изабеллы Французской. Родилась в замке Тауэр. В 1324 году из-за конфликта между родителями вместе со своей сестрой Элеонорой Джоанна была передана на воспитание супруге Хью Диспенсера младшего Элеоноре де Клер, а позднее — Ральфу де Монтермеру и его супруге Изабелле Гастингс. Жили девочки в замках Плиши и Мальборо. В 1326 году после свержения Эдуарда II была возвращена матери.

В соответствии с условиями Нортгемптонского договора Джоанна была выдана замуж 17 июля 1328 года за принца Давида Шотландского. Свадьба состоялась в Берике. 7 июня 1329 года её свёкор Роберт I умер, и шестилетний Давид стал королём. Супруги были коронованы в аббатстве Сконе в ноябре 1331 года.

После победы Эдуарда III, брата Джоан, поддержавшего претендента на шотландскую корону Эдуарда Баллиоля при Хэлидон Хилл в июле 1333 года, Давида II и его жену из соображений безопасности переправили во Францию. Они прибыли в Булонь в мае 1334 года, где их встретил французский король Филипп VI. О жизни короля и королевы Шотландии на континенте известно немного, за исключением того, что они проживали в замке Шато-Гайар, а король Филипп обращался с ними уважительно.

Тем временем сторонники Давида взяли верх в Шотландии, и Давид II с Джоанной смогли вернуться в своё королевство в июне 1341 года, когда он взял бразды правления в свои руки. В 1346 году Давид II был взят в плен в битве при Невиллс-Кроссе (17.10.1346) и оставался в плену в Англии на протяжении 11 лет. Её брат, Эдуард III, позволил Джоанне несколько раз навестить его в лондонском Тауэре, но супруги были разлучены, детей у них не было. После того, как Давид II был освобожден в 1357 году, Джоанна решила остаться в Англии.

Джоанна умерла в Англии 5 лет спустя и была похоронена в Церкви францисканцев (Grey Friars Church) в Лондоне.

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Литература

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End Trafficking
What's Next in the Fight Against Child Trafficking?
Emily Pasnak-Lapchick
Anti human-trafficking advocates have made many gains in recent years, but we have a long way to go before we end this global scourge.
Recent Anti-Trafficking Successes
The past few years have marked many victories for advocates and courageous survivors of the illegal trafficking of boys, girls, women and men. (Trafficking includes violence, abuse, sexual exploitation, forced labor and the use of children as soldiers.) This month, which President Obama proclaimed as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month," we should take a moment to celebrate how far we have come in such a short period of time.
In September 2016, for the first time ever, the U.N. made a survivor of child trafficking its Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking.
Human trafficking was explicitly mentioned in three of the world's Sustainable Development Goals, for instance, adding it prominently to the global agenda. Last month, the U.N. Security Council also unanimously adopted a resolution condemning human trafficking in the strongest terms.
In September 2016, an anti-trafficking activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Nadia Murad Basee Taha — a Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and abuse by ISIS as a child — was appointed United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking. This is the first time a survivor of child trafficking has ever received this distinction.
During the May 2016 World Humanitarian Conference in Istanbul, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Nadia Murad Basee Taha, a human rights activist and a survivor of abduction and torture by ISIS. © U.N. Photo #678905/Eskinder Debebe/2016
Countries and Governments Take Action, Too
The United States government also launched the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking made up of eleven survivor leaders. They lend their expertise to develop annual reports on federal government programs, serve as contacts for agencies interested in survivor input, provide recommendations on federal anti-trafficking policies and more. This year, they released the first U.S. government report on human trafficking written by survivors.
The number of countries with statutes criminalizing trafficking has increased from 18% in 2003 to 88% in 2016 according to a 2016 UNODC report. Analysis indicates that the longer legislation is in place, the higher the conviction rates for traffickers.
The Corporate World Joins the Fight
With increasing pressure from consumers and human rights groups, international brands are beginning to speak openly about how they are addressing slavery and trafficking in their supply chains.
With increasing pressure from consumers and human rights groups, international brands are beginning to address trafficking in their supply chains.
Groups such as Made in a Free World are helping companies to conduct risk assessment and eliminate exploitation through programs like "Forced Labor Risk Determination and Mitigation" — with 33 companies signing up in just a few years.
But the Struggle Against Trafficking Isn't Over
We still have a lot more hard work to do. In the coming years, we need to work harder to focus on survivor leadership, to pass effective policies, to convict traffickers, and to protect children, women and men who are victimized every day.
Right now, we are facing the largest movement of refugees and migrants since World War II. Civil wars, conflicts, environmental instability, famine and dire poverty are driving children and their families to flee their homes. Fifty million children globally — or 1 of every 200 children worldwide — are refugees. Often separated from their families, struggling for food and clean water and unable to access schooling, children on the move are increasingly vulnerable to trafficking.
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Children Fleeing War Are Most at Risk
According to UNICEF, children are being forcibly recruited as child soldiers in the Syrian civil war. There have been reports documenting the abuse and exploitation of Syrian refugee children working in clothing factories in Turkey. In Greece, young children — many of them boys — are being forced to turn to commercial sex to survive.
But, as UNICEF Deputy Director Julian Forsyth reminds us, "We must remember that children, whatever their status, are first and foremost children. We have a duty to keep them safe in a healthy and nurturing environment."
We must remember that children, whatever their status, are first and foremost children. We have a duty to keep them safe in a healthy and nurturing environment.
In another example of the vulnerability of child refugees, it appears that the commercial sex industry along the Mexican/Guatemalan border is largely driven by the mass influx of migrants — particularly adolescents — who are often fleeing gang violence in their home countries.
Anyone Can Be Affected
While refugee and migrant children are extremely vulnerable, trafficking is occurring in virtually every corner of our world. It can affect anyone who is lured by false promises or coerced by abuse. A new UNODC report released last month identified 500 different trafficking flows between 2012 and 2014. For example, trafficked children from 137 countries were identified in Western and Southern Europe. While cross-border trafficking occurs frequently, "...42 percent of the detected victims are trafficked domestically."
Women and girls are the most frequently identified victims of trafficking. However, in recent years, the trafficking of men and boys has been on the rise. Between 2012 and 2014, more than 1 in 5 trafficking victims identified were men. More than a quarter of all known trafficking victims in 2014 were children. In regions such as Sub-Saharan Africa and Central America, most of the victims are children.
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How Can You Join the Fight?
While we have come a long way, there is much work to do. Today, about 85 million children are subjected to the most hazardous forms of labor. Some 5.5 million children have been trafficked into grueling work or commercial sexual exploitation. Tens of thousands of children are associated with armed groups in conflict-torn countries around the world. This is unacceptable. Every child has a right to protection from violence, abuse and exploitation.
Every child has a right to protection from violence, abuse and exploitation.
The world must urgently address the root causes that make children vulnerable to trafficking. We must also devise systems to protect children from falling victim to trafficking in the first place.
Let's work together to build on the progress we have already made. As a global citizen, you have an important role to play in helping us put children first.
1. Pledge to stand with us to end trafficking, exploitation and abuse.
2. Become a conscious consumer and support brands that are acting to end trafficking in their supply chains.
3. Learn how to recognize if a child is being trafficked and call the National Human Trafficking Hotline to report suspicious behavior.
4. Donate to UNICEF's global child protection programs.
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How do I choose the right hosting plan for my needs?
You want to make sure your hosting needs are adequately addressed without overpaying for a plan that gives you unnecessary capacity and features. Understandable. "How do I choose the right hosting plan?" is probably the most common question we see from prospective customers here at Pagely. While we try to lay things out as clearly as possible via our feature comparison matrix, there will inherently be some fuzziness and complexity due to the number of moving parts involved in estimating one's minimal adequate plan. This post will attempt to give you some basic heuristics we use to zero-in on the plan that will serve you best.
In the same way you only ever want to insure an asset up to the value of that asset, you only want to "insure" your site commensurate with the level of risk that it being down (or slow, or hacked, or unmaintainable) represents to your business. Adding extra 9's of availability begins to show diminishing returns past a certain point. As an example: your child's soccer team website can likely be hosted on a commodity $2/mo Hostgator shared hosting plan however you would be remiss to host your mission-critical WooCommerce site that is the backbone of your business there.
Many providers can get you 3 9's of availability without issue but it typically gets logarithmically more expensive as you get into 5-6 9's of availability. Right now Pagely has 5 9's of historical uptime on a trailing 6mo average as sampled across a random smattering of customer sites. Ultimately if you look at the beefiness of your hosting plan as an insurance policy against downtime & slowness then you want to choose the minimum adequate plan that gets you most ROI for dollar spent mitigating risk. That all starts with quantifying total risk first – if you haven't yet read last week's post linked above, that would be worth your time.
OK so now how do I choose the right hosting plan?
There are of course exceptions to the flowchart above and caps can be addressed via a la carte expansion packs, but this is roughly the logic we use in chatting with folks to steer them to the most appropriate plan. Every site has a different resource footprint, % of cachability, usage patterns, performance requirements but this gives a starting point to begin the conversation. Unlike other competitors in this space we bill based on resource usage and not arbitrary stats like pageviews. We believe the latter practice penalizes you for success and would instead prefer to align pricing with costs and charge more for the value we provide in terms of keeping your data protected and you site stable, secure & fast.
Other providers may steer you towards a high-end plan out of the gate. We prefer you start on the low end of the spectrum and load test to make sure it holds up under load. When you move to Pagely our engineers handle the migration of up to two of your sites at no extra charge. We stand up your site on a test domain and give you the ability to run load tests against it before cutting over your DNS. This allows you to simulate conditions of peak load prior to cutting over and have the confidence that your site performs adequately under load on the least expensive plan that accommodates your needs.
For load testing there are numerous tools out there you can use ranging from Open Source utilities to commercial SaaS. That will likely be an entire post on its own but if we had to choose a SaaS vendor we recommend Load Impact. They give you the ability to load test not just static sites but to emulate user logins on dynamic sites like membership sites and eCommerce sites to get a true simulation of conditions at peak anticipated load.
With Pagely you're never locked into a long-term contract at a given level. If you learn that you're under or over-served at your current plan you can self-serve upgrade or downgrade via your Dashboard.
In a future post we'll show you how to go about load testing your sites prior to cutover to give you the confidence that your site can handle load. In the meantime, what are the key questions you're wrestling with in determining the most appropriate plan? I'll address them in the comments or if you need some private help to determine your optimal plan tell me about your situation and I'll work with you one-on-one to figure it out.


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Q: Yii 2 - Trying to login, but return as a guest again. How to solve this? I try to login using a custom User model, but when I try to login, it keeps me as a guest. I mean, when I click on the Login button in the login.php view, it returns to the home page, but still as a guest, and not a logged user. I don't know if I get problems with the cookies or anything else. I need help, please.
This is my custom User model, named Usuario.php
<?php

namespace app\models;

use Yii;

class Usuario extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord implements \yii\web\IdentityInterface
{

    public $authKey;

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public static function tableName()
    {
        return 'usuario';
    }

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            [['rut', 'nombre', 'aPaterno', 'aMaterno', 'password', 'correo', 'direccion', 'telefono', 'idPerfil'], 'required'],
            [['idPerfil', 'idSesion'], 'integer'],
            [['rut', 'telefono'], 'string', 'max' => 15],
            [['nombre', 'password', 'correo'], 'string', 'max' => 100],
            [['aPaterno', 'aMaterno'], 'string', 'max' => 50],
            [['direccion'], 'string', 'max' => 200],
            [['idPerfil'], 'exist', 'skipOnError' => true, 'targetClass' => Perfil::className(), 'targetAttribute' => ['idPerfil' => 'idPerfil']],
            [['idSesion'], 'exist', 'skipOnError' => true, 'targetClass' => Sesion::className(), 'targetAttribute' => ['idSesion' => 'idSesion']],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * @inheritdoc
     */
    public function attributeLabels()
    {
        return [
            'rut' => 'Rut',
            'nombre' => 'Nombre',
            'aPaterno' => 'A Paterno',
            'aMaterno' => 'A Materno',
            'password' => 'Password',
            'correo' => 'Correo',
            'direccion' => 'Direccion',
            'telefono' => 'Telefono',
            'idPerfil' => 'Id Perfil',
            'idSesion' => 'Id Sesion',
        ];
    }

    public function getIdPerfil0()
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Perfil::className(), ['idPerfil' => 'idPerfil']);
    }

    public function getIdSesion0()
    {
        return $this->hasOne(Sesion::className(), ['idSesion' => 'idSesion']);
    }

    public static function findIdentity($rut)
    {
        return self::findOne(['rut' => $rut]);
    }

    public static function findIdentityByAccessToken($token, $type = null)
    {
        throw new yii\base\NotSupportedException('"findIdentityByAccessToken" is not implemented.');
    }

    public static function findByUsername($rut)
    {
        return self::findOne(['rut' => $rut]);
    }

    public function getId()
    {
        return $this->rut;
    }

    public function getAuthKey()
    {
        return $this->authKey;
    }

    public function validateAuthKey($authKey)
    {
        return $this->authKey === $authKey;
    }

    public function validatePassword($password)
    {
        return $this->password === $password;
    }
}

This is the actionLogin() function in SiteController.php
public function actionLogin()
    {
        if (!Yii::$app->user->isGuest) {
            return $this->goHome();
        }

        $model = new LoginForm();
        if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->login()) {
            return $this->goBack();
        }
        return $this->render('login', [
            'model' => $model,
        ]);
    }

And this is my LoginForm.php
<?php

namespace app\models;

use Yii;
use yii\base\Model;

/**
 * LoginForm is the model behind the login form.
 *
 * @property User|null $user This property is read-only.
 *
 */
class LoginForm extends Model
{
    public $rut;
    public $password;
    public $rememberMe = true;

    private $_user = false;

    /**
     * @return array the validation rules.
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            // username and password are both required
            [['rut', 'password'], 'required'],
            // rememberMe must be a boolean value
            ['rememberMe', 'boolean'],
            // password is validated by validatePassword()
            ['password', 'validatePassword'],
        ];
    }

    /**
     * Validates the password.
     * This method serves as the inline validation for password.
     *
     * @param string $attribute the attribute currently being validated
     * @param array $params the additional name-value pairs given in the rule
     */
    public function validatePassword($attribute, $params)
    {
        if (!$this->hasErrors()) {
            $user = $this->getUser();

            if (!$user || !$user->validatePassword($this->password)) {
                $this->addError($attribute, 'Incorrect username or password.');
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Logs in a user using the provided username and password.
     * @return bool whether the user is logged in successfully
     */
    public function login()
    {
        if ($this->validate()) {
            return Yii::$app->user->login($this->getUser(), $this->rememberMe ? 3600*24*30 : 0);
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Finds user by [[username]]
     *
     * @return User|null
     */
    public function getUser()
    {
        if ($this->_user === false) {
            $this->_user = Usuario::findByUsername($this->rut);
        }

        return $this->_user;
    }
}

A: If you see login page again, this row returns false:
if ($model->load(Yii::$app->request->post()) && $model->login()) {

So, before this line, try to validate and check content of errors member:
if(\Yii::$app->request->isPost)
{
    $model->validate();
    var_dump($model->errors);exit;
}

"If" enclosure is needed otherwise this block will be executed also the first time when use enter in login page.


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require 'parameters/types/object'

require 'time'

module Parameters
  module Types
    class Time < Object

      #
      # Coerces a value into a Time object.
      #
      # @param [Integer, #to_time, #to_s] value
      #   The value to coerce.
      #
      # @return [::Time]
      #   The coerced Time object.
      #
      def self.coerce(value)
        case value
        when Integer
          ::Time.at(value)
        else
          if value.respond_to?(:to_time)
            value.to_time
          else
            ::Time.parse(value.to_s)
          end
        end
      end

    end
  end
end

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I am addicted to infusing my water with something yummy to give it a little flavour kick. It is very simple way how to create healthier drink than just having a soda or pouring some sugary syrup with lots of preservatives into a glass every time you are thirsty.
The most popular infused water is the well known lemon in your glass or sliced cucumber. Recently I have also seen people drinking water with strawberry or other fruits, but did you know you can also infuse your water with some herbs and even flowers? Trust me on this one, it's definitely worth a try.
Roses are definitely my favourite flavour in drinks! Just get some blooming roses and lavender, add it to your water and let sit in the fridge for some time. Then you can enjoy this royal spa water.
Red Currant is quite sour which means it's very refreshing especially if you combine it with mint. Just crush a hand full of those berries and add some mint leaves that you have squished in your hand just to help with the flavour release. Cool it down a little and enjoy the nice kick.
You can work with any herb plant you want so you have nice space for experimenting on the flavours. I love mint and melissa because it has this lemon-ish aroma that I really love. Always just work those leaves with your hand to release the aroma.
I will surely post some another tips on flavours for this drink but go ahead and don't be shy to experiment with these. If you add some fruit you like, you basically cannot go wrong. And i guarantee you will soon forget about those artificial flavoured drinks!


Good quality flannel. Owl print is cute without being to childish. My daughter loves it. Cozy and warm.
Have a fun winter with this adorable owl patterned 100% cotton flannel set. Pointehaven's 5 oz (175 GSM) flannel is made from single-ply yarns for soft and durable sheets. Available in a variety of colors and patterns to match every bedroom. Twin duvet set includes: 1 duvet cover: 88 inches width x 68 inches length and 1 standard sham: 26 inches width x 20 inches length, Full / Queen duvet set includes: 1 duvet cover: 96 inches width x 92 inches length and 2 standard shams: 26 inches width x 20 inches length, King duvet set includes: 1 duvet cover: 96 inches width x 110 inches length and 2 king shams: 36 inches width x 20 inches length.
This is a super soft brand of flannel duvet cover. I'm very impressed by how much this cover feels like a cloud after washing. The texture was very smooth before washing, almost felt like a satin cotton material, but after washing and drying in normal cotton wash cycles in my Samsung set the duvet cover fluffed up completely, showing short velvet like material surface. No pilling yet for me also after wash. Just the ideal kind of even softness and warmness. It makes sleeping in it in this wintertime so indulging. Investing in a quality flannel duvet cover is truly worthwhile, and this brand definitely achieves what it says. So basically all is amazing, even the patterns of the penguin skiing look cute, but I took one star off because I was not sent the pattern I ordered. I ordered the owl pattern queen duvet cover, but I was sent the penguin skiing pattern. It's quite annoying when you don't get what you order, and I did not send it back as it's too much trouble for me and the penguin one even though color is slightly monotonous without green and blue, is still cute and was in my consideration before I ordered. I do hope Overstock can reimburse me somehow for the obvious mistake.


This creates a Menagerie Shipyard filled with rare ships, and items, unavailable through normal race shipyards.
It will jump randomly around the X universe.
The Shipyards jump timer is set on a 1-2hr cycle.
When it arrives in a new sector it's timer will start counting down to a random time between the 1-2hr cycle.
It's position in Sector will be 25km in Y direction, if the sector has stuff near or in that area the station will be positioned in a safe area close to the co-ords.
It's big anyway so you'll see it.
Note: in sectors that already have EQ Docks the upgrades above will not show but in other sectors you'll have those upgrades available.
If you want to find the station it'll cost money in the form of Advanced Satellites.
When the station arrives at a sector that one of your Adv Sats are in you will recieve a message letting you know where it is.
The station is very old and on the rare occasion you may find some bits that have fallen off when it jumps away from a sector.
Chances of drops per sector are 50%.
Any drops you do find will only be 1x per crate - didn't want to make it too cheaty.
and a readme text file.
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Great work, now I will play AP!
1) Is it compatable do you think with XRM and the Phanon Corporation?
2) Will it spawn in any sector at all, or is there a limited selection?
4) I presume the OWPs can use the jumpdrive?
5) Is there going to be a problem with the different ware sizes, between your version ( vannila ) and XRM; namelt the size of the jumpdrive.
Whatever the answer, I will download this tonight and have a play if I have time! Thanks.
1 - It's 100% compatable with Phanon, I used generic friendly race so player can buy the ships.
Looks good for XRM too, so shouldn't be any problems.
2 - It'll spawn anywhere within a 10 sector radius of wherever the player is when it's created and recreated.
3 - I'll have a look at the TC one and add what i can from the AP one.
5 - The guys in XRM said it looks ok and the wares should hopefully be ok.
I would have liked to have changed the prices for some of the cheaper ships to better portray their rarity but to do that i'd have to alter Tships, which is easy job, but then it'd become in/uncompatable with many of the mods that add extra ships to the game.
Thanks for all that Argo.
I already asked paul from the XRM team about you using the vannila Khaak ships, ( which is the Corvette I want! ) he says the vannila Khaak are all still there, so there should be no probs there then.
I will probably ask in the XRM thread, but I will try it and see too I think, with regards the ware size.
Don't worry about the ship price, the main reason I want your shipyard is for the role playing opportunities, ( and the Khaak corvette! ) I will cheat out the money where the price is not enough; I have self control!
I will download in a mo, but doubt I will have time now to play tonight, but will get back asap to tell you how I found it!
Baaaad: No Khaak Frigate (M7) for sale.
Can you please do something about it Argo?
Khaak M7 must be part of XRM, or whichever mod your using, because it's not part of vanilla which is the ship list I used for this.
I haven't looked into doing any Mod versions that use modified TShips and custom ships as I don't know how it would be taken by the guys that made the Mod tbh.
Oh well, I guess I will have to wait and hope one bails on me (3-4% chance). Because I am flying this Rakshasa baby no matter what!
By the way, is Guardian a defensive turret structure? Havent seen one yet, but it has 0 speed.
Yea, Guardian is a Khaak M1 OWP, in TC in the main khaak sector there were a few of those around some stations you had to kill.
Oh yeah, I remember now. It was a long time ago.
So they are worth buying then, I mean at least better than a Lasertower (4 GKE's+missiles). And a whole lot better looking for sure.
At bloody last! I have found it in my AP+XRM game!
Oh sadness, its not the vanilla corvette model, its the XRM model, this is not good; I do so like the vanilla Khaak corvette. XRM prices too.
greypanther wrote: At bloody last! I have found it in my AP+XRM game!
Unfortunately if i were to do that then this would become incompatable with Mods like XRM or any others that add ships.
It's mainly because any ship i added as extra would mess up the Tfiles that XRM use. There's also the mess that would come with trying to change ship model files.
If you really want the ship then you could look at the tutorials to see how best to change your game to the way you want it.
I will think on it.
I guess I just cannot get away from the fact that I will have to find the time, somehow, to become a modder myself. Oh dear.
Any chance of adding the AP Gunner and the Albion Pride ?


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La microscopía (o también sin tilde: «microscopia») es el conjunto de técnicas y métodos destinados a hacer visible los objetos de estudio que por su pequeñez están fuera del rango de resolución del ojo normal.

Si bien el microscopio es el elemento central de la microscopía, el uso del mismo se requiere para producir las imágenes adecuadas, de todo un conjunto de métodos y técnicas afines pero extrínsecas al aparato. Algunas de ellas son, técnicas de preparación y manejo de los objetos de estudio, técnicas de salida, procesamiento, interpretación y registro de imágenes, etc.

Exceptuando técnicas especiales como las utilizadas en microscopio de fuerza atómica, microscopio de iones en campo y microscopio de efecto túnel, la microscopía generalmente implica la difracción, reflexión o refracción de algún tipo de radiación incidente en el sujeto de estudio.

Historia
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Holanda, 1632-1723), un vendedor de telas, aficionado a pulir lentes, logró fabricar lentes lo suficientemente poderosas como para observar bacterias, hongos y protozoos, a los que llamó "animálculos".

El primer microscopio compuesto fue desarrollado por Zacharias Janssen. A partir de este, los avances tecnológicos permitieron llegar a los modernos microscopios de nuestro tiempo, los que existen de varios tipos y son usados con diferentes fines. Cincuenta años después de la creación del microscopio, el inglés Robert Hooke perfecciona el microscopio; Hooke utiliza un microscopio compuesto para estudiar cortes de corcho y describe los pequeños poros en forma de caja, a los que él llamó "células". Publica su libro Micrographia.

Microscopía óptica

Microscopía óptica (microscopía de luz clásica), consiste en hacer pasar luz visible de una fuente (difractada, reflejada o refractada en el sujeto de estudio) a través de lentes ópticos simples o múltiples, para lograr una vista ampliada de la muestra. La imagen resultante puede ser detectada directamente por el ojo humano, impresa en una placa fotográfica o registrada y mostrada digitalmente (y eventualmente almacenada en algún soporte digital). En la fig. mo1 puede verse un microscopio estereoscópico (adecuado principalmente para una visión binocular directa).

Galería de imágenes

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  Theoretical basis of super resolution 4Pi microscopy & design of a confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscope
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MD5 vulnerability renews calls for faster SHA-256 transition
Researchers have found a new way to exploit an MD5 vulnerability to put users at risk, and experts say this is all the more reason to move faster in transitioning to SHA-256.
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The MD5 hash function has had a rocky history right from the start, and researchers are still finding new ways...
to exploit its vulnerabilities -- even as many companies are actively transitioning away from the technology.
In a research paper published this week, authors from French research institute Inria identified a new class of transcript collision attacks affecting "mainstream" key exchange protocols, such as TLS, IKE and SSH. Such MD5 vulnerability attacks were thought to be too resource-intensive to be performed reliably, but the researchers found that an attacker would be able to successfully impersonate an end user in about one hour.
According to Michael Taylor, applications and product development lead for Indianapolis-based Rook Security, the attacks work by generating a collision or a scenario where two different inputs into an encryption protocol algorithm yield the same result.
"If a user and a legitimate site are both using a protocol like TLSv1.1 that relies on SHA-1 and MD5, and the user can be tricked into visiting a compromised site, as well as a legitimate site, then the compromised one may be able to impersonate the user to the legitimate site. Both the authentic site and the end user must be using one of the weak encryption protocols," Taylor said. "MD5 was intended to have very few instances of these collision scenarios, but because of how it is implemented within these protocols, the attacker must calculate a lower number of cryptographic hashes before finding a collision. This allows the attacker the ability to then communicate to the legitimate server as though he or she is the end user."
The researchers call attacks like this "SLOTH," or Security Losses from Obsolete and Truncated Transcript Hashes, and note this is "a not-so-subtle reference to laziness in the protocol-design community with regard to removing legacy cryptographic constructions."
Wes Widner, director of threat intelligence at Norse, based in Foster City, Calif., said MD5 vulnerabilities were found very quickly after the hash function was first introduced.
"MD5 was designed in 1991 as a secure replacement for MD4. In 1996, a fatal flaw was found in MD5, and subsequent flaws were found in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008," Widner said. "As of 2010, the CMU Software Engineering Institute considered MD5 'cryptographically broken and unsuitable for further use.' Most U.S. government applications now require SHA-2 hashes."
Taylor said MD5 is still one of the most common hash algorithms used today in spite of the risks it poses.
"The reluctance to move away from MD5 is most likely due to people being willing to accept the collision risk for the vast majority of file-signing scenarios, where there is not an 'adversary' attempting to manipulate the data, but the end user wants to verify that their file was transferred without corruption."
While experts agreed that MD5 should be left behind in favor of SHA-256, and companies have been pushing to abandon SHA-1, Widner said there are still hurdles to be jumped, and the final move may not happen until SHA-1 is broken in the same way this research breaks MD5.
"The long and short of it is that generating lots of SHA-256 hashes takes a lot of time and energy. Both of those are enemies of large-scale computing, so people tend to avoid them as much as possible," Widner said. "The second reason SHA-256 hasn't been adopted more widely, specifically in cryptographic systems: SHA-1 hasn't been broken yet. Vulnerabilities have been discovered, but a hash collision hasn't been achieved yet. I would argue that being able to generate a hash collision with MD5 is what motivated people to stop using it in secure systems. SHA-1 will suffer the same fate if [or] when a hash collision is demonstrated with it."
Michael Cobb, CISSP-ISSAP and renowned security author, said there needs to be better cooperation to move past vulnerable protocols.
"The Internet will always be plagued by weak encryption algorithms if newer versions of protocols, such as TLS, have to be backwards compatible to support older versions," Cobb said. "Until the industry can agree on deadline dates after which XX protocol will no longer be supported, enterprises will always drag their feet and delay upgrading code that may be insecure, but runs mission-critical processes."
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The mighty Storm Ciara: 170 kilometres (106 miles) per hour in Germany: UK and Europe battered: Flight from New York to London 2 hours ahead of schedule due to powerful 800 mph (1,287 km/h) jet stream
Waves crash against a lighthouse during Storm Ciara at Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, on February 9, 2020. © Pascal Rossignol, REUTERS
A British Airways Boeing 747 arrived almost 2 hours ahead of schedule and possibly set a new subsonic record during it's New York to London trip during Storm Ciara. The plane was pushed along at more than 800mph, by an incredibly strong jetstream.
The incredibly powerful Storm Ciara has left the UK and is now battering north-west Europe, causing destruction with strong winds reaching speeds of 150km/h (93mph). Storm Ciara - known as Sabine in Germany and Switzerland and Elsa in Norway - has caused hundreds of flights to be grounded and rail services cancelled in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.
The mighty Storm Ciara, a massive low system stretching 4,000 miles from Canada to Siberia via Europe and Scandinavia.
In Holland, around 240 flights to and from Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, one of Europe's busiest, were cancelled on Sunday as a powerful storm blew in off the Atlantic Ocean with wind gusts of up to 120 km per hour (74 mph). Storm Ciara downed trees, disrupted public transportation and blew roofs off some buildings. All professional Dutch soccer matches were cancelled, along with most outdoor sporting events.
In Belgium, the Royal Meteorological Institute issued an alert for Sunday of winds reaching 130 km/h, or more, with the risk of property damage nationwide. Some sixty flights departing or arriving at Brussels Airport have been cancelled as a precaution, according to an airport spokesman, who said further delays were possible. In Brussels, woods and parks will be closed Sunday and Monday. The Belgium football league has announced postponements for championship matches that had been scheduled for Sunday.
While weather experts said the UK had seen the worst of the storm by Sunday evening, other parts of Europe on Monday were still bracing for it to strike or intensify. The storm - called Sabine in Germany - was largely over in northern Germany as of Monday morning, but whether authorities said it was still coming for the south. Gusts measuring more than 170 kilometres (106 miles) per hour were reported in the Black Forest in southern Germany Monday morning. German weather officials said the storm would carry on for several hours, with the heaviest rains and strongest winds expected in the south. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and all long-distance train travel was put on hold until appropriate weather conditions could be confirmed. Multiple injuries due to downed trees have been reported since Sunday. Two women in the city of Saarbrucken in western Germany were in the hospital after a tree fell on their car. One remains in critical condition. A 16-year-old in North Rhine-Westphalia also sustained head injuries from a falling tree. Overnight winds in Frankfurt blew a crane into the roof of the city's cathedral, where it became stuck. Germany issued its second-highest storm warning level for the entire southern half of the country. In parts of Bavaria and Baden-Wurttemberg, the highest level 4 warning has been issued.


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Chemistry department receives NSF grant for nitric oxide research
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Dr. Michael Shaw holds up a ball and stick heme model
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $81,231 to SIUE's Chemistry department to work on a new project entitled "Collaborative Research: Redox Behavior of Heme-NOx Models – A Vehicle for Outreach and Discovery." SIUE Chemistry Chair Dr. Michael J. Shaw is directing the three-year project, bringing on undergraduate and graduate students to aid him in the research. Shaw will be working in collaboration with University of Oklahoma's Chemistry Chair Dr. George Richter-Addo.
The project is focused on nitric oxide (NO) and its behavior within hemes, which are porphyrin compounds that exist as part of biological molecules like the oxygen-transporting blood protein hemoglobin. Nitric oxide plays a vital role in human and animal bodies, as it is important in the management of blood pressure and attacks bacteria in immune systems. Nitric oxide is indeed so powerful that it is vital for human and animal life.
"NOx is important in the body but it has to be managed in exactly the right way because otherwise it's a poison. It's a poison without which you would die. The heme is the mechanism by which it is managed," Shaw explains.
To study the redox behavior in the research, Shaw and his students will be looking at the behavior of electrons in the hemes. Knowing the behavior of electrons is important because electrons hold atoms together, and when the number of electrons is less than it should be, it has massive effects on the particles, compounds, hemes, and overall, the body in which the nitric oxide resides.
Researching nitric oxide is not a new endeavor for Dr. Shaw. He and Dr. Richter-Addo were awarded a similar grant in 2008, and they have been collaborating their research since 2001. As Shaw and Richter-Addo's current research is for "Redox Behavior of Heme-NOx Models," adding the "x" to the NO is what has set this project apart from their earlier research on nitric oxide.
"Basically, the 'x' stands for the related family of nitrogen oxides," Shaw says. "We focused on the NO for the first grant, and we're broadening the focus so as to include some other interesting molecules as well. NO is so reactive that even the products of its reactions are still reactive…that's why we're putting the 'x' there to…indicate that there's more happening with the NO and we want the flexibility in the project description to hunt those down."
To find out more about nitric oxide, Shaw and his students will be building synthetic compounds and analyzing them, so no human blood will be extracted. This research, though not focused on disease states within human and animal bodies, can provide insight into diseases related to heme dysfunction by examining the fundamental chemical properties.
"Science is so big that you can only focus on one part at a time. [Chemists are] good at making the molecules. We're good at figuring out what their properties are and divining their structures," says Shaw.
Shaw brings about 20 years of experience analyzing these types of compounds to this project, so his expertise will help further the project and help his students gain in depth knowledge. Richter-Addo directs PhD groups at the University of Oklahoma and brings around 20 years of experience synthesizing the compounds, and together he, Shaw, and their students will be able to make fascinating discoveries about nitric oxide. Shaw believes that this collaboration will bring great benefit to both the universities and the students who have the opportunity to participate in the research.
"Having a master's and undergraduate institution pair with a R1 PhD institution is a very attractive thing for NSF to fund in terms of broader impacts. Basically, we're seen as bringing the undergraduate experience to the project," Shaw says.
The students participating in this project must meet rigorous standards of excellence within the field. In their research, the students will gain experience that will ready them for either PhD work or industry work and be named as co-authors once Shaw and Richter-Addo are ready to publish.
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