Pitt-Johnstown undergraduate research encompasses intellectual, creative and/or scholarly activities, in which the student and faculty member have a collaborative relationship. Research may take many forms including class projects, capstone seminars, senior projects, and independent studies. Originality is key to the student's work.
These projects may be presented locally, regionally, or nationally; the real hallmark of an undergraduate research, creative or scholarly project, is that it offers students the opportunity to experience their discipline in the real world.
SPUR-Biodiversity is a summer program providing students with intensive undergraduate research experiences under the mentorship of Pitt-Johnstown faculty. Students work for eight weeks on projects in the campus nature area. The program is funded by the Alice Waters Thomas Fund of The Community Foundation for the Alleghenies.
Undergraduate research encompasses intellectual, creative and/or scholarly activities in which the student and faculty member have a partnership. Ultimately these projects may be disseminated locally, regionally, or nationally, but the real hallmark of an undergraduate research project is that it allows students a chance to experience their discipline outside of their textbooks. Pitt-Johnstown has established a fund to support faculty-student research, scholarship, and creative activities. Click here for a list of some of the recently funded projects.
The undergraduate research experience at Pitt-Johnstown benefits from a highly successful collaboration with the Windber Research Institute (WRI). WRI, which has distinguished itself through its pioneering research and programs in areas including breast cancer, health promotion, and disease prevention, is a key player in the future health and well-being of people all over the world. The collaboration connects Pitt-Johnstown faculty and students with WRI scientists on projects, student internships, and real-world opportunities.


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Sunday wasn't so much a day of rest but a day where we didn't do that much. After sleeping in we went out late morning for coffee and toured through the home wares department at the Rinacentre - I was especially ogling all the christmas goodies.
The best part is that I still have the big truffle left!


Banke District Police on Wednesday arrested one of the fugitives wanted in the murder of one Dipendra Adhikari of Nepalgunj Municipality-16.
Yam Bahadur Thapa of Nepalgunj Municipality-1, accused in Adhikari murder case, was nabbed.
Rathod further informed that the police have been investigating the case and searching for six other individuals involved in the incident.


When it comes to BBQ joints they are hard to top from the Southern US states like Alabama and Georgia. When it comes to BBQ joints in Canada, they are few and far between. Luckily in Calgary we have a couple that are serving up southern style BBQ. We had an opportunity to try Holy Smoke BBQ and it was good.


Encouraged by Robert Perkins comment on an earlier posting, I'm thinking about gathering more info on the local area.
I'd like to start collecting interesting tidbits about the past and present of the East Dulwich area and also other peoples stories, memories, links to sites, photos etc.
I'm happy to scan and host photos relevant to this project on my Filckr site – if anyone's interested the best thing to do is comment and I'll get in touch.
Also, if anyone's done anything similar anywhere else and has any advice to offer I'd be very grateful.
Been living in East Dulwich for 3 years and be interested in delving into it's past. Interesting titbit number one, there is a blue plaque up the road from me for Enid Blyton. Maybe if you set up a Flickr group I'll get a pic sorted.
Strangely enough I keep meaning to take my camera up to Colyton Road – there's also a blue plaque there.


We can deny the fact if we want, but human beings have a selfless nature somewhere in them. At times it's hidden and some express it. We can be involved in charity work, social events, donations but there are a few who are totally selfless while carrying on such acts. It is a step towards helping others as we do our bit on the weekends. It need not be something on a huge scale but we can definitely volunteer at the old age home, orphanage, spend time with differently challenged kids. We could also give out clothes which has been in our wardrobe for half a decade and we have not disposed them. We could keep the old books in cartons and give to the ones who cannot buy them. No one becomes POOR by GIVING. Once we start with such drives, the best part is the feeling that we get which cannot be explained. It involves a satisfied mind, heart and the magical blessing that we get from strangers. The look in their eyes speaks more than thousand words. Being appreciated is the least concern that we look out for.
Nothing could be a better sacrifice than saving a life of the other person. The thought in itself sounds scary and the step towards organ donation is a big one. Since life is unpredictable there are hundreds of people who have donated organs at an early stage. Each one of us need to give in a thought if we have not. Once registered,the hospitals should be informed by our near ones so that they can use our organs later. I guess more than donating organs, the thought of donating is a SACRIFICE and BEING HUMANE!!
By the end of of it all, Life is just about LOVE that we shower on others, HOPE that we trust on, and FAITH that keeps us going !! Ain't it ??


Real Estate: Consists of a .19+/- acre lot with 75+/- ft. of road frontage. Improving the site is a salt box style home (1,932+/-SF) designed with 6-rooms including 3-bedrooms, 1-bath, kitchen, dining area, living room, laundry area, finished basement, deck and an attached 1.5-car garage. Reference Lewiston Tax Map 151, Lot 53.
Directions: From exit 80 on I95, follow Lisbon St. north .1 miles to Cassell St. on the right, follow to the property on the right.
Terms: A $2,500 deposit (nonrefundable as to highest bidder) in CASH or CERTIFIED U.S. FUNDS, made payable to the Keenan Auction Co., Inc. (deposited with the Auctioneer as a qualification to bid), increased to 10% of the purchase price day of sale in cash or personal check, with balance due and payable within 30 days from date of auction. The property will be sold by public auction subject to all outstanding municipal assessments. Conveyance of the property will be by release deed. All other terms will be announced at the public sale. For a Property Information Package visit KeenanAuction.com or call (207) 885-5100 and request by auction #19-92. Richard J. Keenan #236. Our 47th Year and 8,002nd Auction.


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Home Editors' Picks Black Tourism Professionals Answer Questions About Race
Elliott L. Ferguson, II, president and CEO, Destination DC (Photo courtesy of washington.org)
Black Tourism Professionals Answer Questions About Race
Andrea Doyle
Following the death of George Floyd and the overwhelming response nationwide, seven Black executives from destination marketing organizations across the country partnered on a video to share their experiences and encourage an open dialogue about race and racism throughout their lives and in the tourism industry. Running 8 minutes and 38 seconds, "5 Questions About Race" takes less time to view than the 8 minutes and 46 seconds that George Floyd had a knee on his neck when he was murdered on May 25, 2020.
"There are a few reactions as this public conversation continues: some people are concerned; some don't know what to say; some are scared; and some, unfortunately, will remain ignorant," said Elliott L. Ferguson, II, president and CEO, Destination DC, in a statement. "But these are discussions we need to have and then follow them with action if we are to effect real change in our country, so I encourage everyone to have open and honest dialogue."
"As a Black professional who has worked hard to be in a position of leadership in my industry, I have experienced and seen my share of racial inequality," said Cleo Battle, Chief Operating Officer, Louisville Tourism, in a statement. "The time is now to make changes in our industry for the future, and I proudly join my colleagues in helping to lead the conversation forward."
In a shared statement, Al Hutchinson, president and CEO, Visit Baltimore and Charles H. Jeffers, II, chief operating officer, Visit Baltimore, said, "Visit Baltimore wants to do its part in eradicating racism in our city, industry, and America. As Black destination leaders for a majority African American city, we make a special call to our White colleagues to help us confront racism. We can't do this alone; we'll only achieve positive, lasting change by working together."
"The first step in making meaningful and lasting change is the acknowledgment that these inequities exist and are prevalent in our industry and society," said James Jessie, chief sales officer, Travel Portland, in a statement. "Yet, this only where the journey begins. It must be followed with a dialogue resulting in changes we will all make today and hold ourselves accountable to tomorrow to ensure a brighter future for Black men and women in America."
"We're at a tipping point for our community, our country, and our industry," said Melvin Tennant, president and CEO, Meet Minneapolis. "We must heed the words of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, who said we must act on racial injustice with 'the fierce urgency of now.' We must be ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work. It's important that everybody who needs to be at the table is included in this discussion. Otherwise, we'll find ourselves repeating this cycle once more."
"We've watched as calls for social justice have swept the nation in recent weeks, and it's time for the tourism industry to step up," said Dan Williams, vice president, convention sales and services, Experience Columbus, in a statement. "If history has shown us anything, it's that the Black community cannot do it alone, so we're asking for our industry's help. Yes, it starts with listening and learning; but we also have to have some tough conversations. We have to allow ourselves to see others' reality and get uncomfortable. We need you to stand beside us and use your voices to ensure equity in our industry, and our lives, starting now."
The video premiered at Destinations International's 2020 Annual Convention on July 14. "A lot of conversations centered around race may be uncomfortable by many; but in order to grow, we must break out of our comfort zones and have an open dialogue with one another," said Don Welsh, president and CEO of Destinations International. "We are excited to debut this impactful video on race with our convention attendees and we are thankful for the travel and tourism leaders who opened up to shed a light on their experiences. Hopefully, we can all learn and start to make real change and put words into actions."
To watch "5 Questions About Race," visit: youtu.be/GqfUrMMIa0U.
Al Hutchinson, president and CEO, Visit Baltimore, recently shared his feelings about systemic racism in the U.S.. It can be accessed here.
Stories about future travel can be accessed at #AmazingDaysAhead.
Al Hutchinson
Charles H. Jeffers
Cleo Battle
Dan Williams
Destination DC
Destinations International
Don Welsh
Elliott L. Ferguson
James Jessie
Louisville Tourism
Meet Minneapolis
Melvin Tennant
Travel Portland
Visit Baltimore
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Click here for information on this year's essay contest.
The legend of Mulan has been passed down from generation to generation and dynasty to dynasty in Asia. From her tomb near Loyang in China, her story has spread for over a thousand years through oral tradition, poems and books. What is the spirit of Mulan that has allowed this young lady's memory to survive for so long in China? And what special characteristics has capture the imagination of a world wide moving-going audience?
Victory Press sponsored a nation-wide essay contest during Chinese New Year of 1999, to see youths views on this historical heroine.
The spirit of a person is what makes one special and unique. It is when one's spirit burns brightly and cannot be put out by the darkness of life, that the true spirit of a person stands out. Mulan's spirit represents that flame.
Humility, ingenuity, perseverance and honesty are some of the many abilities that describe the spirit of Mulan and the way she lived her life. Deep down, Mulan also had courage, a courage found inside one's self. When faced with a tough decision, Mulan took the side she felt was right; the side that involved more risks and that was foreign to her simple lifestyle as a young Chinese woman. She sacrificed her life and security, and took her father's place in the Chinese army.
Several situations came up soon after Mulan made her decision. These situations could either be looked at in a positive or negative way. Mulan, possessing a flaming spirit, had a positive attitude towards the circumstances. She had to preserve to maintain the honor of her family. Obstacles came hard and fast upon Mulan. She could have given up many times, but she cleared the hurdles gracefully because of her positive mindset. By combining her courage with ingenuity, the Chinese achieved victory. Mulan, true to her nature, showed humility rather than boasting.
Mulan's story does not end here. The same flaming spirit is ablaze in many people today. It is seen in those willing to live each day as if it was their last. They live not for themselves, but for others.
My grandma was one of these people. She, too, was Chinese. Her mother died when she was three. Soon after, her father sent her and her siblings from her home in South Africa to China to learn the Chinese culture. While they were there, the Japanese took over China, bombing as they came. In all the chaos of war, a young child, about sixteen months old, was left along and crying. As Mulan would have done, my grandma risked her life and stayed with him until his mother came.
Later, my grandma married a Chinese American and moved to America with him. Obstacles came up in America. Grandma faced all the challenges life threw at her and with her positive spirit, turned them into gems. Although Grandma was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer later in life, she remained strong in heart, mind and soul, even as her suffering increased. Her cheerfulness and joy were contagious.
Throughout her life, Grandma had faced many hardships, obstacles and pain. Like Mulan, Grandma had a positive, humble and persevering spirit. She used her courage and ingenuity to help others. Both changed negatives into beautiful jewels. Their spirits' flames did not grow dim. They lit other's flames during their lifetimes and now others are glowing brightly and more radiantly than before. Mulan's spirit, the flame, still burns brightly as it is being passed on when one spirit lights another.
The spirit of Mulan that lies dormant in all of us can only be inhibited by our own pre-conceived and false ideas of what a woman can and cannot do, or what a woman should and should not do. We need to overcome these false barriers and open our minds and hearts and allow the spirit of Mulan that lies in all of us, to express itself with all its might.
The example Mulan teaches us that one can do anything that one sets their mind to do. All it requires is to believe in oneself.
I believe that the love that Mulan gives to her parents is stemming from the love that all parents give their children. I also believe that if the concept of filial piety, which is the true spirit that Mulan demonstrates, can be widely accepted and promoted today, it will cause more peace and harmony in society.
If I were to play with a girl, I would like to play with someone like Mulan, not like Sleeping Beauty. Most people think that being strong is having muscles, but it isn't only that. Strength is also using your mind and having will. Muscles and weapons don't help if you don't use your mind. Strength is a combination of will, mind and muscles.
My Mom and Dad always say that I should stand up for what is right, even if I am standing alone. Mulan knew that she was younger and stronger than her father, so she should be the one fighting, not her father. Even though everyone said that girls shouldn't be training and fighting, Mulan did what she felt was right.
The Spirit of Mulan In order to understand the spirit of Mulan, you must first ask yourself what does spirit mean to me? I feel one's spirit is an unstopable force that drives you to complete your goals in life.
Mulan's spirit drove her to try and save her father's life. He was vary weak and she knew he couldn't fight the Huns. So she decided to take her father's sword and clothes and tried to pass herself of as a man. She believed doing so she would make a difference for her family and China.
While Mulan was trying to be a soldier, she was beaten. But through everything, she learned to be true to her heart and how to be a good soldier and to keep trying. No matter what.
When I was in karate, I had to spar with other kids. I got socked in the stomache. I hurt really bad and I even cried. But I tryed my best and I went back and fought again. I never gave up either. Mulan went on to fight the Huns and won. Even though there were lots of things in her way, she kept trying. She taught everyone what pride, love and spirit is all about.
The Daughter's Rights Mulan wanted to be a warrior, so she could help her father. But she couldn't, because she was a girl. Society wouldn't allow females in combat. Because society had it's own way of thinking what females roles were. But everyone now, has the right to choose what they want to be. It has gotten easier and better for women to choose careers and she is not supposed to get harrassed about it.
For example a couple of my classmates and me were on a football team. It consisted mainly of boys with an exception of two girls. These girls took some teasing and bullying. But they held their ground and took their place on the team. Nobody even noticed later on. They finished out the season, proving that if you want something bad enough, you can do it.
In the future we will see more mixed teams in sports, jobs, and in religions, where women will hold office and certain positions not open to them. So little by little women stood up for their rights and things began to change.


Pub guide to the U.K.
Amazingly, the thing that we miss the most about England is the pubs. Pubs, an abridged term for public house, are unique establishments to the U.K. Despite places in other countries, including the U.S., claiming to be pub-like, they fall short. There really is not anything quite like a British or Irish pub. They are neither bars nor truly restaurants. Pubs are the social enclave of rural England where village life centers around.
Pubs can be traced back in history to the Roman occupation days of the first century A.D. The Romans loved to build things. Soon, villages and cities were connected in an intricate network of roads. Pubs became a place for people to gather and listen to the tales of travelers, catch-up on news, discuss issues, and drink. Drinking has always been central to the pub experience. However, pubs rarely serve hard alcohol, like vodka, gin, or bourbon. Instead, ale is the preferred beverage. Many even have their own unique ale label. Beer and hard ciders are also very popular.
My wife really prefers apple cider. Strong Bow is her favorite. I am almost exclusively a Guinness man. Pubs allow children too, so our boys can get soda (we found that our American family and friends do not quite understand that we allow our children to hang-out in pubs). We all love pub-grub. Food in pubs is usually made fresh on the premises from simple ingredients. The food is reasonable healthy, filling, and inexpensive. Typical dishes include steak-and-ale pie, fish-and-chips (of course), shepard's pie, bangors and mash (sausages with mashed potatoes), ploughman's lunch (cold cheese, chutney, bread, and egg), and more. On Sunday, most pubs have an amazing roast served buffet style. I'm getting hungry!
Everyone has their favorite pub. We are no exception. Elijah, Aaron, and Mish all fancy the Red Lion in Middleton. The owners, Kevin and Fiona, are exceptional! They always treated us very well. We even stayed there for a few nights as we were getting settled. We all have many fond memories of times well-spent in the pub socializing with our new village friends and learning British culture. As much as I too loved the Red Lion, my favorite pub was the Royal George up the road in the same village. The beams in the building date back to the 1200's. Imagine sitting in a place that was erected 500 years before your country was founded. If those beams could talk!
Most pubs have similar names. The Royal George, The White Horse, The Green Dragon, The Red Lion, The Fox and Hound, or the Golden Eagle are common. Inside you can always find a warm welcome, hot food, cold drink, and endless talk. You can play traditional pub games like darts, skittles, dominoes, or trivia. If you prefer, you can watch a game of football (soccer) on the tele or chat with friends or make new ones. Whatever you are in the mood for, you can usually find it at your local pub. So, when you travel through the U.K., stop in and have a drink (or more). Let us know about your experience. It will make us reminiscent of our old pub back in Middleton. Cheers!


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layout: post
title: Print or remove duplicates in list
date: 2017-03-02 13:43:00 +0800
author: Yuan Jiang
tags: python
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How to quickly print out or remove duplicated items from given list in python.

## Remove duplicates only
```python
# simply change list to set, e.g.
list_with_dups = [1, 2, 3, 1]
list_without_dups = list(set(list_with_dups))
```

## Find out duplicates only
```python
import collections
list_with_dups = [1, 2, 3, 1]
print [item for item, count in collections.Counter(list_with_dups).items() if count > 1]
```

## Find out and remove duplicates
```python
list_with_dups = [1, 2, 3, 1]
dups = []
uniq = []
for item in list_with_dups:
    if item not in uniq:
        uniq.append(item)
    else:
        dups.append(item)
# print dups
print dups
# print unique list with dups removed
print uniq
```

Also see this stackoverflow [post](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9835819) for reference.

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The shelf life of a UPS battery under storage conditions depends on battery ratings and ambient temperature.
The shelf life of a UPS battery under storage conditions depends on battery ratings and ambient temperature. For each APC UPS family the expected battery discharge rate is presented for various storage conditions.
The type of battery used in all UPS products has a "self-discharge" characteristic. This is the amount of charge the battery will naturally lose even if it is disconnected. At 20° Celsius, a battery will lose 3% of its capacity per month. However, at 40° Celsius, a battery will lose 10% of its capacity per month.
When any of these APC UPS models has been powered "off", the battery discharge is equal to the self-discharge rate.
There are two ways to turn off a Smart-UPS. When applicable, if the UPS is switched off by using the rear switch, then the battery discharge is equal to the self-discharge rate. However, if the UPS is switched off with the front panel button, then the self discharge rate at 20° Celsius will increase from the natural 3% to 5% per month. The lost power goes into a small micropower circuit which is needed in order for the UPS to "remember" if it is supposed to restart automatically when the AC power is restored.
Any time a SmartUPS RT (1kva to 10kva) will be turned off without input power present, or allowed to operate in bypass for over 24 hours, the battery modules should be disconnected to prevent unnecessary discharge. Depending on the health of the batteries, they can discharge below start-up voltage (approximately 85vDC) within 72 hours if the UPS is not operating normally.
Any time a SmartUPS RT (15kva to 20kva) will be turned off without input power present, the battery modules should be disconnected to prevent unnecessary discharge. However, unlike the smaller RT units, the 15kva and 20kva SmartUPS RT's are able to charge batteries while in bypass mode.
There are two ways to turn off a Matrix-UPS. If the UPS is switched off using the rear switch, then the battery discharge rate is slightly higher than the natural self-discharge rate, which is 5% at 20° Celsius. The extra power goes into "bleeder" circuits which are required to discharge the large capacitors inside the unit in order to protect service personnel.
However, if the UPS is switched off with the front touch switch, then the self discharge rate at 20° Celsius will increase from the natural 5% to 7% per month. The additional lost power goes into a small micropower circuit which is needed for the UPS to "remember" if it is supposed to restart automatically when the AC power is restored.
If a Matrix-UPS is to be stored in this condition (i.e. off) for a long period of time, it is recommended that the batteries be detached from the Matrix-UPS Electronics Unit, as this will reduce the self-discharge rate to 3% per month.
Any time a Symmetra will be turned off or allowed to operate in bypass for over 24 hours, the battery modules should be disconnected/disabled to prevent unnecessary discharge. Depending on the Symmetra model in use, batteries can discharge below start-up voltage (approximately 90vDC) within 72 hours if the UPS is not operating normally.
If the ambient temperature during storage is - 15°C to + 30°C (+ 5°F to + 86°F), perform a full recharge cycle at least every six months.
In environments where the ambient temperature is + 30°C to + 45°C (+ 86°F to + 113°F), perform a full recharge cycle at least every three months.


Leptospiras have been found frequently in salt and fresh water by Noguchi (1), Uhlenhuth and Zuelzer (2), Hindle (3), Burgess (4) and several other workers, but as the attempts to cultivate these organisms have not been successful in most instances, practically nothing is known of their pathogenicity, cultural characters and immunological reactions.
In connection with the investigation of yellow fever in West Africa, it was considered advisable to study the leptospiral group of spirochetes found in water from different sources, and to ascertain whether pathogenic species could be found living free in nature. In order to obtain these organisms in pure culture, a number of different methods were tried and the following technique was found to give fairly satisfactory results.
Samples of water were collected from various sources, such as open drains from houses, rain-water storage tanks, sump pits, pools, and rivers. The water was filtered first through paper, then through Berkefeld V and finally through Berkefeld N filters.


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Livia Boscardin is the secretary of the doctoral programme "Law and Animals: Ethics at Crossroads" of the Law School of the University of Basel and is writing her sociological dissertation on animals and sustainability.
POSTS BY Livia Boscardin
Anne Peters, Saskia Stucki, Livia Boscardin
The Animal Turn – what is it and why now?
After the linguistic turn and the iconic turn, we have been witnessing an animal turn in the social sciences and the humanities. What do we mean by animal turn? We mean an increasing scholarly interest in animals, in the relationships between humans and other animals, and in the role and status of animals in (human) society. The animal turn is an academic focus on animals in new terms and under new premises.After the linguistic turn and the iconic turn, we have been witnessing an animal turn in the social sciences and the humanities. What do we mean by animal turn? We mean an increasing scholarly interest in animals, in the relationships between humans and other animals, and in the role and status of animals in (human) society. The animal turn is an academic focus on animals in new terms and under new premises. Continue reading >>


A simple little FileMakerPro database for keeping track of the birds you've seen. I'm new to birding so I may have left out fields important to more experienced birders. If you have a suggestion please write with your ideas.
Easy to use. Click in the common name field and choose from the drop down list which will then auto enter the genus and species for you. Enter all other data that you want. There are buttons for easy and automatic searching of Google for images and audio. There is also a button for searching of the Wikipedia.
This is freeware though I gladly accept donations.
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The cable dated 2 November  was received. The [North] Korean said has already, or will soon, ship 28 train cars of material aid for Vietnam. The transportation procedures have been handled by the railway transport system (trans. note--xitong). We do not have to ask them to go through diplomatic channels to work out the procedures with us again.
The contents of this cable can be reported to the [North] Korean side. It is a notification. There is no need to reply. If the [North] Korean side asks, you can report that intermodal transportation will be used for these materials. The exact procedures can be handled by the railway authorities of the two countries.
PRC FMA 109-02845-03, 34. Translated by Charles Kraus.


Within the pages of this convenient source, woodworkers will learn the art of relief carving, which gives the illusion of depth, through projects on wild creatures. An in-depth introduction teaches novice carvers basic techniques, such as choosing wood and transferring a pattern while intermediate and experienced carvers will appreciate a section devoted to advanced techniques, such as undercutting for depth and creating free-floating areas within a carving. Step-by-step line drawings are included for each project, with shaded patterns illustrating depth and shadow. Genre-specific techniques for wildlife creatures are given exclusive study in this resource and include difficult detailing elements such as creating facial features, and texturing fur, hair, and feathers. More than 60 patterns, including 15 new projects for creating fighting buck, mule deer, elk, and fish, will provide skilled hands with many new challenges. Additionally, woodcarvers will learn how to add finishing details to their projects with woodburning, Danish oil, and paint.
As woodcarvers we take inspiration from what''s around us, and nature is one of the biggest influences from which we draw ideas. Some of us choose to focus on plant life, whilst others just can''t'' resist the lure of the animal kingdom.
If you are among those who get a buzz out of turning blanks of timber into reliefs of flying ducks or mischievious wolf cubs, then you will enjoy Wildlife Carving in Relief. Now in its second edition, this popular book has been revised and expanded to include new patterns and a useful gallery of wildlife reference photos.
Starting with understanding patterns, transferring to wood and carving cuts, Irish moves on to exploring techniques such as features, hair and feathers, before providing a step-by-step of a buffalo portrait. And then what follows are pages and pages of patterns and illustrations of a variety of animals such as a red fox, a bear catching salmon, fighting rams, howling wolf, and a beautiful scene of a woodland gathering.
The wildlife carver certianly has much to draw inspiration from.


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Podcasts The Name of the Pod
Game Design Red Menace Oui, Chef!
Storytelling California Constitution
Cover Page/
The Name of the Pod
Game Design/
Oui, Chef!
Storytelling/
California Constitution
Comes The Inquisitor
June 17, 2018 / Jon Cassie and Chris Tatro
Episode 44: Comes the Inquisitor (Season 2, Episode 21)
Synopsis: In which the Vorlons send a sadistic mass murderer to judge whether Delenn and Sheridan are worthy, and G'Kar attempts to secure some help for his people.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517638/?ref_=ttep_ep21
http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/countries/master/guide/043.html
"From Hell" is an amazing comic series from Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell focusing on the Jack the Ripper murders and, Victorian society, and mystical geography of late 19th century London. Incredibly detailed, very challenging.
"Letters from Whitechapel" is a really great logic/deduction boardgame. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/59959/letters-whitechapel
The Prisoner's "Once Upon a Time" where Number 2 attempts to break Number 6 using "degree absolute" https://tv.avclub.com/the-prisoner-once-upon-a-time-1798207352
Legion https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5114356/?ref_=nv_sr_1 An amazing show with an almost breathtaking presentation of telepathy and identity.
David Lee Roth's "California Girls" The first minute or so of the video, before the song actually begins, has that same fisheye lens closeup technique we see in this video. It's very unsettling in both contexts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GMoLENWsSk
DS9's "Empok Nor," directed by Mike Vejar http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Empok_Nor_(episode)
June 17, 2018 / Jon Cassie and Chris Tatro/
Jon Cassie and Chris Tatro
The Fall of Night
The Long, Twilight Struggle


Often, "anything and everything" includes increasing their tax allowances and exemptions at work so payroll will start withholding less money from their paycheck.
If not done right, this can lead to a very large tax bill come April 15.
The tax bill may be the symptom of larger debt problems. At this time of year we run into clients who have decreased their payroll withholding or withdrawn money from a retirement plan so they can pay their bills. Now they have a tax problem on top of their credit card debt.
Tax debts can also result if you get a creditor to let you pay less than what you owe as payment in full. What the creditor may not tell you is that they are required to report the forgiven debt to the IRS on a 1099. This counts as income that you may have to pay taxes on as if you earned that money. By doing this you can go from a credit card problem to a tax problem.
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Indigenous Peoples' Day at Boston-area museums
October 13, 2019 / Jennifer E. Sheppard / 0 Comments
First, we'd like to start with a land acknowledgement for Tufts University that we are grateful to borrow from an article in the Tufts Daily:
Tufts University's Medford campus is located on Wôpanâak (Wampanoag) and Massachusett traditional territory. Tufts' Walnut Hill was once one of the hills in a slave-holding estate called Ten Hills Plantation. Both Africans and Native Americans were enslaved in the colony of Massachusetts, and trade in Native American and African laborers made Massachusetts a driving force in the Atlantic slave trade.
Op-Ed: Acknowledging our settler-colonial present, the Tufts Daily
Last year, in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, Tufts Museum Studies Blog editor Danielle Bennett shared a list of articles covering efforts to decolonize museums around the world. This year, we're sharing events happening at Boston-area museums, planned jointly with indigenous educators, artists, and leaders, that celebrate native history and culture.
Indigenous Peoples' Day at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
10:00 am–5:00 pm
Features: free admission, special events
Enjoy free admission and special events at the MFA for Indigenous Peoples' Day—and the Fenway Alliance's 18th annual Opening Our Doors Day. Indigenous Peoples' Day recognizes and celebrates the heritage of Native Americans and the histories of their nations and communities. Enjoy music and dance, take a tour of our Native North American Art Gallery and respond to our collection, and drop in on family art-making activities and artist demonstrations.
Co-created and presented in partnership with Akomawt Educational Initiative and Jonathan James-Perry, Tribal Citizen of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Nation.
Founded in 1870, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, stands on the historic homelands of the Massachusett people, a site which has long served as a place of meeting and exchange among different nations.
Cost: free with free admission
Indigenous Peoples' Day: Abundant Voices at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Also offered as part of The Fenway Alliance's Opening Our Doors Day.
This Indigenous Peoples' Day, the Gardner Museum is honored to collaborate with choreographer and Neighborhood Salon Luminary Marsha Parrilla of Danza Orgánica to present local Indigenous artists from the Massachusett, Nipmuc, Mashpee Wampanoag, and Aquinnah Wampanoag tribes.
The theme for the day is "Abundant Voices," emphasizing the necessary perspectives and incredible work of these creative leaders. Enjoy hands-on art making, interactive performance, storytelling, a special performance from Gardner Museum Choreographers in Residence All Ready with local youth performers and more.
Explore additional hands-on activities and performances organized by The Fenway Alliance throughout the day across the street from the Gardner Museum in beautiful Evans Way Park.
Cost: free with free admission on a first-come, first-served basis
Native American Poets Playlist at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Saturday, October 12–Monday, October 14, 2019
In a program marking Cambridge's Indigenous People's Day–celebrated as the federal holiday Columbus Day–eight Native American poets may be heard reading their work in the galleries. Enrich your museum visit by listening to an evocative recorded playlist of contemporary poems by Native American authors. Wander freely across the first-floor galleries to see where the poems take you and expand your understanding of Native arts and cultures. The poems, drawn from a powerful recent anthology, New Poets of Native Nations (edited by Heid E. Erdrich; Graywolf Press) celebrate Native poets first published in the twenty-first century. Hear the exhibits "come into voice" and experience the museum in a new way. Borrow a free audio player with regular museum admission.
Jointly sponsored with the Harvard University Native American Program and the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University
Cost: free with regular admission
Indigenous People's Weekend at Plimoth Plantation
Long before Europeans arrived, the Wampanoag people were living in this area known as Patuxet. Join us as we acknowledge the indigenous groups that have called this place home and celebrate their traditions through song, dance, and craft.
Wampanoag Perspectives on Land: Acknowledging Indigenous Space at the Fruitlands Museumm
Join Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) on Indigenous Peoples' Day at Fruitlands Museum as she presents "Wampanoag Perspectives on the Land: Acknowledging Indigenous Space." Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag) is a multi-medium traditional and contemporary artist, with specialties in wampum shell carving and reviving natural dye techniques for her finger-woven sashes, bags, and baskets.
Cost: free with regular admission (space is limited – registration is requested)
Though the city of Boston and state of Massacusetts have yet to officially recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day, we're heartened to see that hasn't stopped our cultural institutions. You can find other Boston-area happenings in this list from Cultural Survival. If you're not in the Boston area, you can find Indigenous People's Day events around the country in this list by Indian Country Today. Our guess (and hope) is that more museums near you may be celebrating and collaborating with indigenous voices tomorrow* – take a look for yourself!
*and next week, and next month, and next year, and so on – for many more days besides just tomorrow!
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Get the facts: Fact-checking new ads from Nunn campaign, National Republican Congressional Committee
Updated: 6:46 PM CDT Sep 26, 2022
Amanda Rooker
Chief Political Reporter
MEANTIME, ZACH NUNN AND THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE HAVE BOTH RELEASED NEW TELEVISION ADS TARGETING. AXIE KCCI. AMANDA ROOKER GETS THE FACTS ON THE CLAIMS MADE IN THOSE ADS. A NEW THIRD PARTY ATTACK AD TARGETS DEMOCRATS IN DIXIE FOR HER VOTING RECORD. CINDY ACTUALLY VOTED 100% OF THE TIME WITH NANCY PELOSI, 100% WITH JOE BIDEN. THAT CLAIM IS MOSTLY TRUE, ACCORDING TO WEBSITE FIVETHIRTYEIGHT. CINDY HAS VOTED WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN 100% OF THE TIME. AS OF AUGUST 17TH. AND INVESTIGATIVE NONPROFIT PROPUBLICA SHOWS ANTHONY HAS VOTED 100% OF THE TIME WITH NANCY PELOSI SINCE JANUARY 20, 21. THEY DID DISAGREE ON FIVE VOTES IN THE PREVIOUS CONGRESSIONAL TERM. THAT INCLUDES AXES NO VOTE ON THE HEROES ACT, THE COVID RESPONSE PACKAGE FOR MAY 2020. ON THE ADS NEXT CLAIM ACTUALLY VOTED FOR THE SPENDING BILLS THAT LED TO HIGH PRICES. U.S. HOUSE RECORDS SHOW ACTUALLY DID VOTE YES ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT AND THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT. BUT DID THOSE BILLS LEAD TO HIGHER PRICES? THE NRDC CITES THESE TWO NEW YORK TIMES ARTICLES AND THIS VOX REPORT ALL OF THEM ARGUE THE $1.9 TRILLION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT DID DRIVE AT LEAST SOME OF CURRENT INFLATION. THE COMMITTEE ALSO POINTS TO AN INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH COMMENTARY AND AN ABC NEWS FACT CHECK, OTH REPORTING THAT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT COULD CAUSE HIGHER GAS PRICES. THE AD, THEN CLAIMS, ACTUALLY DISMISSED THE CONCERN ABOUT RISING INFLATION. DURING AN ANKENY TOWN HALL IN JULY 2021 IGNORED EXPERTS WARNINGS, CALLING THEM BASELESS. THE NRSC SAYS EXPERT WARNINGS CAME FROM FORMER TREASURY SECRETARY LARRY SUMMERS AND ECONOMIST OLIVER BLANCHARD ON THE SPENDING BILLS. POTENTIAL IMPACT ON INFLATION. KCCI ASKED HIS CAMPAIGN WHAT FALSE ADVERTISEMENTS SHE WAS REFERRING TO IN THAT CLIP. HER CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON RESPONDED IN A STATEMENT, WRITING IN PART, QUOTE, AT THE TIME, WASHINGTON REPUBLICANS WERE CHEERLEADING INFLATION, BUT COMPARING THE PRICE OF GAS FROM A YEAR EARLIER, WHEN MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORLDWIDE WERE IN COVID LOCKDOWNS, CAUSING GAS PRICES TO HIT RECORD LOWS. A NEW NON-CAMPAIGN AD ALSO BRINGS UP INFLATION, WITH THIS CLAIM I KNOW WHAT SKYROCKETING GAS PRICES AND INFLATION MEAN TO YOUR FAMILY, COSTING YOU OVER FIVE GRAND A YEAR. CINDY ACTUALLY VOTES WITH JOE BIDEN 100% OF THE TIME. AN OUR FAMILIES LIKE YOURS AND MINE ARE PAYING THE PRICE. THAT FIVE GRAND CLAIM COMES FROM THIS BLOOMBERG REPORT. IT FOUND THAT THE AVERAGE U.S. HOUSEHOLD DOES HAVE TO SPEND AN EXTRA 50 $200 THIS YEAR. BUT THAT REPORT NOT LINK BIDEN ADMINISTRATION POLICY TO HIGHER COSTS. AND THERE IS STILL DEBATE AROUND WHAT IS DRIVING OUR RISING INFLATION. ALEX ARDON IS THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF POLICY FOR THE PENN WHARTON BUDGET MODEL SAYS THERE ARE SEVERAL FACTORS. THE FIRST BEING THE ECONOMY IS COMING OUT OF, QUOTE, EXCEPTIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES FOLLOWING THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE SUPPLY CHAI
Zach Nunn, the Republican candidate for Iowa's third congressional district and the National Republican Congressional Committee have both released new TV ads targeting the Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne.The ad from the NRCC targets Axne's voting record."Cindy Axne voted 100% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and 100% of the time with Joe Biden," the ad claims.That claim is true with regard to the 117th congress (2021-22).According to FiveThirtyEight, Axne has voted with Biden 100% of the time as of Aug. 17.Investigative nonprofit ProPublica shows Axne has voted 100% of the time with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, since Jan. 2021. However, they did disagree on five votes in the previous congressional term — that includes Axne's 'no' vote on the HEROES Act, the COVID-19 response package from May 2020.The ad continues, with a narrator saying, "Axne voted for the spending bills that led to high prices." Red banners pop up on the screen with text reading, "The American Rescue Plan Act $1.9 Trillion" and "The Inflation Reduction Act $740 Billion." U.S. House records show Axne did vote 'yes' on the American Rescue Plan Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. But did those bills lead to high prices? The NRCC cites this New York Times article from March 2021 and another from last June. They also refer to this Vox report published in May. They all argue that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act did drive at least some of current inflation. The NRCC also points to an Institute for Energy Research commentary and an ABC News Fact Check, both of which report that the Inflation Reduction Act could cause higher gas prices.The ad then claims that Axne dismissed concern about rising inflation during an Ankeny town hall in July 2021." ignored experts' warnings, calling them "false advertisements,'" the ad continues.The NRCC said "expert warnings" came from former treasury secretary Larry Summers and economist Olivier Blanchard on the spending bills' potential impact on inflation. KCCI asked Axne's campaign what "false advertisements" she was referring to. Axne for Congress spokesperson Paige Godden responded in a statement, writing: "Congresswoman Axne is very concerned with rising prices, which is why she led a bill with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley to fight the monopolization of the meat packing industry to lower the cost of food for Iowans, voted to reduce the price of prescription medications, and fought hard to ensure E-15, a cheaper fuel alternative, was available to Iowans all summer long. "At the time, Washington Republicans were cheerleading inflation but comparing the price of gas from a year earlier, when millions of people worldwide were in Covid lockdowns causing gas prices to hit record lows. It was as if they didn't want the economy to recover so they could score political points. "Since then, she's helped lead a number of bills to alleviate bottlenecks at our ports, create more essential goods like semiconductors here in America, and create good-paying American jobs."A new Zach Nunn campaign ad also brings up inflation."I know what skyrocketing gas prices and inflation mean to your family. Costing you over $5,000 a year. Cindy Axne votes with Joe Biden 100% of the time and now families like yours and mine are paying the price," Nunn said in the ad.The $5,000 claim comes from a Bloomberg report. Bloomberg analysis found the average U.S. household has to spend an extra $5,200 this year, but the report does not link Biden Administration policies to higher costs.
Zach Nunn, the Republican candidate for Iowa's third congressional district and the National Republican Congressional Committee have both released new TV ads targeting the Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne.
The ad from the NRCC targets Axne's voting record.
"Cindy Axne voted 100% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and 100% of the time with Joe Biden," the ad claims.
That claim is true with regard to the 117th congress (2021-22).
According to FiveThirtyEight, Axne has voted with Biden 100% of the time as of Aug. 17.
Investigative nonprofit ProPublica shows Axne has voted 100% of the time with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, since Jan. 2021.
However, they did disagree on five votes in the previous congressional term — that includes Axne's 'no' vote on the HEROES Act, the COVID-19 response package from May 2020.
The ad continues, with a narrator saying, "Axne voted for the spending bills that led to high prices."
Red banners pop up on the screen with text reading, "The American Rescue Plan Act $1.9 Trillion" and "The Inflation Reduction Act $740 Billion."
U.S. House records show Axne did vote 'yes' on the American Rescue Plan Act and the Inflation Reduction Act.
But did those bills lead to high prices?
The NRCC cites this New York Times article from March 2021 and another from last June. They also refer to this Vox report published in May. They all argue that the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act did drive at least some of current inflation.
The NRCC also points to an Institute for Energy Research commentary and an ABC News Fact Check, both of which report that the Inflation Reduction Act could cause higher gas prices.
The ad then claims that Axne dismissed concern about rising inflation during an Ankeny town hall in July 2021.
"[Axne] ignored experts' warnings, calling them "false advertisements,'" the ad continues.
The NRCC said "expert warnings" came from former treasury secretary Larry Summers and economist Olivier Blanchard on the spending bills' potential impact on inflation.
KCCI asked Axne's campaign what "false advertisements" she was referring to.
Axne for Congress spokesperson Paige Godden responded in a statement, writing:
"Congresswoman Axne is very concerned with rising prices, which is why she led a bill with Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley to fight the monopolization of the meat packing industry to lower the cost of food for Iowans, voted to reduce the price of prescription medications, and fought hard to ensure E-15, a cheaper fuel alternative, was available to Iowans all summer long.
"At the time, Washington Republicans were cheerleading inflation but comparing the price of gas from a year earlier, when millions of people worldwide were in Covid lockdowns causing gas prices to hit record lows. It was as if they didn't want the economy to recover so they could score political points.
"Since then, she's helped lead a number of bills to alleviate bottlenecks at our ports, create more essential goods like semiconductors here in America, and create good-paying American jobs."
A new Zach Nunn campaign ad also brings up inflation.
"I know what skyrocketing gas prices and inflation mean to your family. Costing you over $5,000 a year. Cindy Axne votes with Joe Biden 100% of the time and now families like yours and mine are paying the price," Nunn said in the ad.
The $5,000 claim comes from a Bloomberg report. Bloomberg analysis found the average U.S. household has to spend an extra $5,200 this year, but the report does not link Biden Administration policies to higher costs.


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package com.vzome.core.algebra;

public final class PentagonField extends AlgebraicField
{
    public PentagonField()
    {
        super( "golden" );

        defaultStrutScaling = createAlgebraicNumber( -1, 1, 2, 0 );
    };

    public static final double PHI_VALUE = ( 1.0 + Math.sqrt( 5.0 ) ) / 2.0;

    // I haven't dug into why this is true, at the moment
    //
    public static final double B1_LENGTH = 2d * PHI_VALUE * PHI_VALUE * PHI_VALUE;

    private static final int ONES_PLACE = 0, PHIS_PLACE = 1;

    @Override
    double evaluateNumber( BigRational[] factors )
    {
        return factors[ ONES_PLACE ] .getReal() + PHI_VALUE * factors[ PHIS_PLACE ] .getReal();
    }

    @Override
    public int getOrder()
    {
        return 2;
    }

    private final AlgebraicNumber defaultStrutScaling;

    @Override
    public final BigRational[] multiply( BigRational[] v1, BigRational[] v2 )
    {
    	BigRational phis = v1[PHIS_PLACE] .times( v2[ONES_PLACE] ) .plus( v1[ONES_PLACE] .times( v2[PHIS_PLACE] ) ) .plus( v1[PHIS_PLACE] .times( v2[PHIS_PLACE] ) );
    	BigRational ones = v1[ONES_PLACE] .times( v2[ONES_PLACE] ) .plus( v1[PHIS_PLACE] .times( v2[PHIS_PLACE] ) );

    	return new BigRational[]{ ones, phis };
    }

    @Override
    protected BigRational[] reciprocal( BigRational[] v2 )
    {
        BigRational denominator = v2[0].times(v2[0]) .plus( v2[0].times(v2[1]) ) .minus( v2[1].times(v2[1]) );

        BigRational ones = v2[1] .plus( v2[0] ) .divides( denominator );
        BigRational phis = v2[1] .negate() .divides( denominator );

        return new BigRational[]{ ones, phis };
    }

    @Override
    public void defineMultiplier( StringBuffer buf, int which )
    {
        buf.append( "phi = ( 1 + sqrt(5) ) / 2" );
    }

    @Override
    public AlgebraicNumber getDefaultStrutScaling()
    {
        return defaultStrutScaling;
    }

    @Override
    public String getIrrational( int which )
    {
        return this .getIrrational( which, DEFAULT_FORMAT );
    }

    @Override
    BigRational[] scaleBy( BigRational[] factors, int whichIrrational )
    {
        if ( whichIrrational == 0 )
            return factors;
        else
            return new BigRational[]{ factors[ 1 ], factors[ 0 ] .plus( factors[ 1 ] ) };
    }

    @Override
    public String getIrrational( int which, int format )
    {
        if ( format == DEFAULT_FORMAT )
            return "\u03C6";
        else
            return "phi";
    }

    @Override
    public AlgebraicNumber parseLegacyNumber( String string )
    {
        int div = 1;
        if ( string .startsWith( "(" ) ) {
            int closeParen = string .indexOf( ")" );
            div = Integer .parseInt( string .substring( closeParen+2 ) );
            string = string .substring( 1, closeParen );
        }

        int phis = 0;
        int phiIndex = string .indexOf( "phi" );
        if ( phiIndex >= 0 ) {
            String part = string .substring( 0, phiIndex );
            if ( part .length() == 0 )
                phis = 1;
            else if ( part .equals( "-" ) )
                phis = -1;
            else
                phis = Integer .parseInt( part );
            string = string .substring( phiIndex+3 );
        }

        int ones;
        if ( string .length() == 0 )
            ones = 0;
        else {
            if ( string .startsWith( "+" ) )
                string = string .substring( 1 );
            ones = Integer .parseInt( string );
        }
        return createAlgebraicNumber( ones, phis, div, 0 );
    }
}


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PCMag UK Software & Services Mobile Apps
WhatsApp Now Gives You More Than an Hour to Recall a Message
You now have 1 hour, 8 minutes, and 16 seconds to delete specific WhatsApp messages.
12 Mar 2018, 9:34 p.m.
Having textual regret? If you sent your message via WhatsApp, you'll now have more than an hour to recall it.
According to WhatsApp-focused WABetaInfo, WhatsApp recently rolled out app updates that increase the message recall time limit from just 8 minutes and 32 seconds to more than an hour. You now have 1 hour, 8 minutes, and 16 seconds to delete specific WhatsApp messages, the site reported.
A new WhatsApp for iOS update (2.18.31) is available on AppStore.
It is a bug fixes update, but it has the new "Delete for everyone" limit, that's 1 hour, 8 minutes and 16 seconds.
— WABetaInfo (@WABetaInfo) March 8, 2018
In an email to PCMag, WhatsApp confirmed it has made this change, but declined to comment on why the limit is so specific. Meanwhile, rival messaging app Telegram gives users 48 hours to unsend messages.
WhatsApp first introduced its message recall feature in October, noting it's "particularly useful if you sent a message to the wrong chat or if the message you sent contains a mistake."
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Timothy Scott Baker (né le  à Shreveport, Louisiane, États-Unis), est un lanceur droitier de baseball évoluant en Ligue majeure entre 2005 et 2015.

Carrière

Twins du Minnesota

Après des études secondaires à la Captain Shreve High School de Shreveport (Louisiane), Scott Baker suit des études études universitaires à l'Université d'État de l'Oklahoma où il porte les couleurs des Oklahoma State Cowboys. Il accumule 22 victoires pour 10 défaites entre 2001 et 2003 avec les Cowboys pour 41 matches joués dont 39 comme lanceur partant.

Il est repêché le 3 juin 2003 par les Twins du Minnesota au deuxième tour de sélection. Il passe la saison 2004 en Ligues mineures avant d'effectuer ses débuts en Ligue majeure, le 7 mai 2005.

Baker joue pour les Twins de 2005 à 2011. Une opération au coude l'empêche de jouer la saison 2012 alors qu'il fait toujours partie du club du Minnesota.

Cubs de Chicago
Le , il signe un contrat d'un an avec les Cubs de Chicago. Il n'effectue que 3 départs pour les Cubs en 2013 et maintient une moyenne de points mérités de 3,60 en 15 manches lancées.

Rangers du Texas
Le , Baker signe un contrat des ligues mineures avec les Mariners de Seattle. Il est retranché par le club et libéré de son contrat le 24 mars suivant, à quelques jours du début de la saison des Mariners. Le , il rejoint les Rangers du Texas via un contrat des ligues mineures. Il effectue 8 départs et ajoute 17 présences en relève pour les Rangers en 2014 : sa moyenne de points mérités s'élève à 5,47 en 80 manches et deux tiers, avec 3 victoires et 4 défaites.

Yankees de New York
Le , Baker signe un contrat avec les Yankees de New York. Il est libéré le  suivant, dans les derniers jours du camp d'entraînement.

Dodgers de Los Angeles
Il rejoint les Dodgers de Los Angeles le .

Statistiques

Note : G = Matches joués ; GS = Matches comme lanceur partant ; CG = Matches complets ; SHO = Blanchissages ; V = Victoires ; D = Défaites ; SV = Sauvetages ; IP = Manches lancées ; SO = Retraits sur des prises ; ERA = Moyenne de points mérités.

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Naissance à Shreveport
Naissance en septembre 1981
Joueur américain de baseball
Joueur des Twins du Minnesota
Joueur des Cubs de Chicago
Joueur des Rangers du Texas
Joueur des Dodgers de Los Angeles
Lanceur des ligues majeures de baseball
Joueur de baseball des Cowboys d'Oklahoma State

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Dorothy, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1990 (printed 2013)
inkjet print	(frame: 57.0 cm x 43.5 cm, image: 55.0 cm x 41.0 cm)
Dorothy (Tudley) Delaney (birthdate undisclosed) was the elder sister of one of Michael Riley's closest friends. After working at Boomalli, Delaney worked as a youth worker and in drug and alcohol outreach with Aboriginal community organisations, including The Settlement neighbourhood centre in Chippendale, Sydney.
Accession number: 2013.50.12
Currently not on display
Michael Riley (age 30 in 1990)
Dorothy Delaney
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1. Kristina, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1984 (printed 2013). 2. Linda and Binni, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1984 (printed 2013). 3. Maria, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1986 (printed 2013). 4. Avril, from the portfolio "Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990", 1986 (printed 2013). All Michael Riley.
Michael Riley's portraits
Portrait story
Linda Burney, Brenda Croft and Darrell Sibosado share memories of Michael Riley and his photographic practice.
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Magazine article by Amanda Rowell, 2015
Michael Riley's early portraits by Amanda Rowell.
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Portraits by Michael Riley
Influential Indigenous Australian artist Michael Riley (1960 - 2004) created these portrait photographs between 1984 and 1990 - they stand as an intricately connected group portrait of the vibrant urban-based Indigenous arts community in Sydney's inner-west at a formative moment.


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Kristen Bell is understandably adored by her fans. Not only is she crazy talented, fights for causes she loves, but she's also hilarious. And having kids might have made her sense of humor even more side splitting. If you don't believe me, just take a gander at some of Kristen Bell's funniest mom photos and try not to crack a smile.
What's just so lovable about Bell is that she's just totally frank about family life, whether she's self-deprecating about being a "bad" mom or laughing at her and husband Dax Shepard's best efforts to keep two adorable little humans alive.
I talk myself down all the time. I feel pressure to be perfect on a daily basis, and sometimes you're doing great and other times you're not. There's been moments where I have dropped my kids off at school, truthfully, wearing two different Birkenstocks because I got ready too fast or I've not worn a bra. But I chose to find comedy in that and not shame myself.
Her fans should be glad that she decided to take the high road and set an example for moms everywhere. Here are a few standouts.
Traveling with diapers is never easy. But hair ties are basically the parenting version of duct tape.
They live to break down my self-esteem. It's that, and they don't watch much TV. I mean they're 1 and 3. They're new to it all. But [the 3-year-old] was sick last month and Dax had said, "Should we put on a movie? Should we blow her mind and put on Frozen?" And we did, and about 15 minutes in she said, "Mummy, I think you should turn this off." She didn't like it.
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This is why we can't have nice things, right? She told The Independent, "Our house looks like a giant arts and crafts dumpster. We make our own decorations every year. I give the kids construction paper and crayons and whatever they come up with, I just tape it on the walls."
Her and Dax have talked about how they do "tag team" parenting before. It's quite the strategy. "It's not about perfection, but it is about being thoughtful and not reactive. So in order to not be reactive, we switch kids a lot," she told People.
Parenting isn't just about the kids. It's also about how badass moms are for getting the job done. If you want something done, it's best to do it "like a mother." Bell certainly seems to have the technique down.


Taxon: Daucus tenuisectus Coss. ex Batt.
Sáenz Laín, C. 1981. Research on Daucus L. (Umbelliferae) Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 37:493.
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=453996. Accessed 20 April 2019.


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British and Afghan forces enter Sayedabad
British and Afghan forces involved in the latest push against the Taliban in central Helmand yesterday entered the town of Sayedabad, the main objective of Operation TOR SHEZADA.
Under the cover of darkness on Day 4 of the operation, Monday 2 August 2010, soldiers from Somme Company, 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, 21 Engineer Regiment and the Counter-IED Task Force patrolled carefully through fields and waist-deep irrigation ditches to reach the outskirts of the town.
In a swift move, under the protection of fire support provided by troops out to the east, two compounds to the south of the village were cleared of possible insurgents and IEDs.
Major Darren Newman, Officer Commanding Somme Company, said at the time:
The Company along with our Afghan partners has cleared through Sayedabad and we have systematically cleared through each of the compounds looking for insurgent activity.
Once a foothold had been achieved and defensive positions established in the compounds, two joint units of British and Afghan soldiers moved forward, clearing through the town on the west and east sides from the south.
See Related Links for more images and video footage from Day 4 of Operation TOR SHEZADA as British and Afghan forces enter the town of Sayedabad.
At each stage, Afghan security forces were used to interact with the local Sayedabad population.
Major Newman continued:
As we have pushed through we've found nothing to suggest the Taliban have been here in the last 48 to 72 hours.
It appears the presence of overwhelming forces from ISAF and the ANA [Afghan National Army] has effectively meant the insurgents have fled out of this area before we arrived.
Local atmospherics appear to be good. The locals are welcoming and pleased with our presence," he added.
Once the village had been cleared, ISAF forces held a shura (a local meeting) with the elders of the town to explain what had been happening.
Major Newman said:
They've agreed to work with us in partnership to provide security here and clear the area of improvised explosive devices.
Their main concern was security. Clearly if we have a permanent presence here that is something we hope to address in the very first instance.
Security is the main focus for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in the region. Although Sayedabad was free of insurgents, as the shura was taking place heavy gunfire could be heard some 800m to the north as Corunna Company, 1 LANCS, continued its push south to open up the road between Sayedabad and Nad 'Ali.
The road continues to present a heavy IED threat to ISAF forces and the local population.
Major Newman concluded:
We'll now look to consolidate our position and start searching for improvised explosive devices in the vicinity of the local compounds and routes in and out. Where we find them we'll remove them.
Published 3 August 2010


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Q: Validity of Poisson summation formula Let $\psi(x)$ be a smooth function with compact support. Let $f$ be a real valued function defined on $\mathbb{R}^n$. Then the Poisson summation formula holds
$$
\sum_{x \in \mathbb{Z}^n} \psi(x) e^{2 \pi i f(x)} = \sum_{x \in \mathbb{Z}^n} \int_{\mathbb{R}^n} \psi(y) e^{2 \pi i f(y) - 2 \pi i x.y}  dy
$$
for suitable choice of $f$ for example if $f$ is smooth. I was wondering, does Poisson summation formula still hold if $f$ was piecewise smooth?
Furthermore, can one do most harmonic analysis with phase function with piecewise smooth function? or does it cause a serious problem in general? Any input appreciated, thank u.
A definition of piecewise smooth function on $\mathbb{R}^n$ can be found in the link below. What I had in mind was let $h: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ be a piecewise smooth function on $\mathbb{R}$ and let $g$ be a smooth function on $\mathbb{R}^n$. I was mostly curious about functions of the form $f = g \circ h$.

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Created by Julian Fellowes, the drama follows the life of the Crawley family and their servants on a country estate before the First World War.
Hugh plays Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham.
It was broadcast on PBS in the USA from 9th January 2011.
The series won 6 Emmys and a Golden Globe for Best Mini-Series. Hugh's performance earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Mini-Series.


STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Saturday night's "white out" by Penn State fans when Ohio State played the Nittany Lions at Beaver Stadium was the 13th time this has been done.
Some people think the tradition, where almost everyone in the stadium wears a white t-shirt, white sweatshirt or something white, started when Penn State beat Ohio State in 2005 in a nationally televised game.
Actually, it started a year earlier in 2004 in a game against Purdue. The 2005 game against Ohio State was just the first time it got widespread attention.
The first "white out" was the brainchild for Guido D'Elia, who worked in the sports marketing department at Penn State.
The first year, the request to wear white was aimed at just the 22,000-seat student section.
Without social media to spread the word, students were recruited to approach other students during change of classes time to ask them to wear white. Some of the students advertising the "white out" reportedly used bull horns to spread the message.
The idea wasn't original. The current Phoenix Coyotes franchise in the National Hockey League tried it in the 1980s when it had "white out" games while operating under the name of the Winnipeg Jets.
Penn State took it to another level, though, as the athletes like to say, by getting almost 110,000 people to show up all in white and scream their heads off.
Maybe the biggest reason the "white out" caught on and became a fixture is that the season ticket holders and the rest of the fans liked it and joined the students, starting with the 2005 Ohio State game, which the Nittany Lions won 17-10.
While it is an impressive sight, the intimidation factor in Penn State's version of the "white out" might not be quite as big as it has built up to be.
Penn State won only five of the previous 12 "white out" games it played, including losing four of the last five times before Saturday night when its fans put on the white shirts.
Of course, the quality of the competition in the "white out" games might have something to do with that.
The first one in 2004 against Purdue was chosen to try to create more enthusiasm in the stadium for a match-up with a Boilermakers team that was ranked No. 9.
Saturday night was the fourth time Ohio State was chosen for a "white out" game. The other times were 2014, 2012 and 2005. Michigan has also been involved four times – 2015, 2013, 2010 and 2006.
Notre Dame, Alabama, Iowa and Illinois when it was ranked in the Top 25 in 2008 are the other visiting teams who have played in "white out" games.


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Player Spotlight: David Goodwin
Audio/Story posted February 23, 2017 in CommRadio, Sports by Eric Ohlson
David Goodwin has been a perfect model of consistency for the Nittany Lions since his freshman season, where he tallied 18 points. Goodwin has etched his name in Penn State hockey history for a number of reasons—the first of which came during the 2013-2014 season. The freshman assisted on Curtis Loik's game-winning goal against Army, and also scored a goal, in the first ever game at Pegula Ice Arena.
A product of the United States Hockey League (USHL), Goodwin played for the Green Bay Gamblers, Sioux City Musketeers, and Cedar Rapids Rough Riders before committing to play in Happy Valley. The Missouri native burst onto the scene as a sophomore, ranking second on the team with 34 points and leading with a plus-13 rating. He registered seven multi-point games and two four-point games, but the best had yet to come for the sophomore.
As a junior, in the 2015-2016 season, Goodwin lead the team in points, scored 11 goals, and had a team-high 27 assists, which was also tied for third in the Big Ten. He scored six power play goals, had eight multi-point games, and racked up two seven-game point streaks, helping Penn State set a program record with 21 wins.
Goodwin was awarded the captaincy for this season, an honor that is voted upon by the players. Being given the "C" is a testament to the leadership he brings and the respect that his teammates have for him. While the goals haven't been there this season, he has registered 22 assists and is currently a career-high plus-14, playing with a new set of line mates for the fourth straight year—another testament to his versatility.
November 11th was a special day for Goodwin, as he assisted on a Chase Berger goal against Alaska Anchorage to reach to the 100-point milestone – something no Nittany Lion had ever accomplished. The two-time Academic All-Big Ten player has displayed his great character off the ice as well. On February 2nd, Goodwin was named one of five finalists for the Hockey Humanitarian Award for his service to others. He has volunteered at special needs schools to work one-on-one with mentally challenged students, taught at elementary schools, and helped build retaining walls in El Salvador and Nicaragua and has taught English at a university in Cuba.
The double Economics and Spanish major has helped Penn State go from a new Big Ten team with eight wins his freshman year, to a team that received a number one ranking during this season. Goodwin's Penn State story isn't finished yet, as the Nittany Lions continue to chase their goal of winning the Big Ten Championship and now have a real possibility of receiving an at-large berth in the NCAA tournament for the very first time.
Penn State may have been swept by Minnesota last weekend, but Goodwin was happy with how his team played.
"If we play the way we played on Saturday, I think everyone will feel very confident with the potential outcomes that we'll get over the next six games," Goodwin said.
Eric Ohlson is a senior majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact him, email ewo5082@psu.edu.
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Eric Ohlson is a member of ComRadio's sports and production staffs. He is majoring in Broadcast Journalism and minoring in Kinesiology and is a member of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism. Eric has done play-by-play for Penn State lacrosse, volleyball, softball, soccer and hockey, and has served as a producer for volleyball and hockey. A big hockey fan, Eric is the current host of ComRadio's NHL talk show, "The Sin Bin." One day, Eric hopes to being doing radio or TV play-by-play for lacrosse, soccer and hockey. Outside of ComRadio, Eric is the VP of the Hands For Heroes Club and spent two years in Army ROTC. He can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Fieldays is Australasia's largest annual agricultural trade show. Hamilton transforms into the hub of exhibits featuring cutting edge innovative technology laced with a bit of that number 8-wire flair synonymous to New Zealand.
Fieldays was brought about by a group of local Waikato men keen to showcase the local agricultural business ventures back in 1968. The first Fieldays was held at the Te Rapa Race Course. This first fieldays event originally attracted over 10,000 people.
Since its origin Fieldays has grown in leaps and bounds as kiwis are more keen to showcase our largest economic sector.
There are great ranges of other activities that will keep the whole family entertained. Including the tractor pull, fencing competition and the battle of the bachelors.
This annual event sets about both promoting and bringing together the best that New Zealand has to offer.
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/*
* Skipjack
* (C) 1999-2007 Jack Lloyd
*
* Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
*/

#ifndef BOTAN_SKIPJACK_H__
#define BOTAN_SKIPJACK_H__

#include <botan/block_cipher.h>

namespace Botan {

/**
* Skipjack, a NSA designed cipher used in Fortezza
*/
class BOTAN_DLL Skipjack : public Block_Cipher_Fixed_Params<8, 10>
   {
   public:
      void encrypt_n(const byte in[], byte out[], size_t blocks) const;
      void decrypt_n(const byte in[], byte out[], size_t blocks) const;

      void clear();
      std::string name() const { return "Skipjack"; }
      BlockCipher* clone() const { return new Skipjack; }

      Skipjack() : FTAB(2560) {}
   private:
      void key_schedule(const byte[], size_t);

      SecureVector<byte> FTAB;
   };

}

#endif


Paul Hillier curates this collection of Arvo Pärt's instrumental and choral chamber music drawn from different periods in the composer's career. He brings together his celebrated vocal ensembles, along with chamber group NYYD, and long-time collaborator organist Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, to produce another powerful recording of ethereal sacred music.
Paul Hillier works his magic. It is most definitely worth seeking out.
It's this inexorable journey to stillness, and the stunning economy by which it gets there which makes Pärt's music compelling, timeless and moving.
A sublime concord of voices and strings in Pärt's characteristic tintinnabulate flotation.
It is no surprise that the virtuosic singers in Theatre of Voices and Ars Nova Copenhagen are often to be found in early music ensembles.
The patient, softly-contoured gentleness they bring to the start of The Deer's Cry is mesmerising and makes the stresses of its later insistence – climax seems too strong a word – all the more effective.
The sound of the uppermost voice in Hillier's choirs—soprano Else Trop—is somewhere between celestial and astounding.
Es ist ein Glücksfall gerade für Pärts Musik, dass fast alle Interpreten hier sowohl Spezialisten für Alte als auch Neue Musik sind.
The vocalists and instrumentalists sound heavenly. Paul Hillier works his magic. It is most definitely worth seeking out.
is perhaps the warmth and beauty of the voices of Ars Nova Copenhagen that is most immediately striking.
Sur la pochette du disque, une salle obscure et déserte, au sol grisâtre et aux murs épurés.
The quality of the singing, whether from choir or soloists, is outstanding.


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The ragged skyline of the Darling Range can be seen from most parts of the island. The rocky summits of Mt Leventhorpe, Counsels Peak and the Matterhorn-like Pillingers Peak are all composed of granite, which intruded deep in the Earth's Crust as a hot magma between 400 and 380 million years ago.
Walkers Lookout is a low hill on the western flank of the Darling Range that provides extensive views over most of the island. Unlike the rest of the Darling Range, Walkers Lookout is composed of sedimentary rocks (Mathinna Beds) that were deposited between 405 to 420 million years ago. The layers of sandstone and siltstone that make up the Mathinna Beds were baked by the heat of the later granite intrusions and are now transformed into quartzite and slate.
Between 200 and 23 million years ago, tectonic forces associated with the separation of Australia and Antarctica and the opening of the Tasman Sea have uplifted and exposed the granite and Mathinna Beds to the Earth's surface forming the Bassian Rise, a ridge of older rocks that extends across eastern Bass Strait from Tasmania to Wilson Promontory.
View northeast towards The Patriarchs and Babel Island
View east towards Prime Seal Island.
View southwest towards Whitemark, Big Green Island, Mt Chappell Island and Badger Island.
As you admire the superb view from Walkers Lookout, spare a thought on the geological processes that have shaped the Flinders Island we see today.
Around 420 million years ago Australia was part of the Gondwana supercontinent which was then drifting southwards. Tasmania was located along the 30˚S latitude which puts it around about where Coffs Harbour is today.
At this time sediment from eroding mountains was carried out to sea to the edge of the continental shelf. Here the sands and silts slid down off the shelf to build up on the deep ocean floor at depths exceeding 1000m. This was the origin of the island's present-day Mathinna Beds.
The build up of sediments in the Mathinna Beds ended in the Devonian period around 400mya.
Deformation along the trailing north eastern continental edge of Gondwana resulted in widespread folding and uplift of rocks.
This mountain building event is called the Tabberabberan Orogeny. It lasted for tens of millions of years and affected much of the Australian east coast.
Having been uplifted and folded, the Mathinna Beds were then locally baked into hard metamorphic rocks as a series of granite magmas intruded in and around them between 400 and 380 mya.
These gave birth to the Furneaux Group's most distinctive rocks. Granite outcrops occur extensively across the islands today and were noted in Bass and Flinders 1798 voyage of discovery.
Then followed a long period of uplift and erosion on FLinders Island while glaciomarine and nonmarine sequences were deposited over much of the Tasmanian landmass.
The breakup of Gondwana started around 180mya when Africa and South America broke off the supercontinent.
This event coincided with a new array of volcanic activity across Tasmania which saw huge dolerite dykes intrude into existing ancient rock layers. These are mostly seen in the Furneaux Group today in the precinct around Cape Barren and southern Flinders Island.
In the leadup to the final breakup of Gondwana when Australia and Antarctica separated over the period 80-45mya, the Flinders Island block was uplifted by vertical faulting. Widespread erosion followed.
At some point between 40–20mya while Australia tracked northwards away from Antarctica, volcanoes erupted around the Furneaux Group. These sent lava flows tracking across the landscape to fill in the eroded valleys that had formed in the time since the Flinders Island block was raised up clear of the surrounding ocean waters.
The most significant event for Furneaux Group geology in the last 10mya was the start of the last ice age around 2.5mya.
While ice formed up in glaciers and sea ice across the world, sea levels fluctuated wildly from between 20m-130m below current levels. This had the effect of not only opening and closing a land bridge between Tasmania and the mainland but also of creating a shallow embayment to the west of Flinders Island.
As sea levels rose and fell, sands from the newly exposed marine areas blew up over the island covering up most of the low-lying rocks. Sands from the bay to the west were rich in marine shelled animals called forams.
The 'Roaring 40s' winds piled these shells up to create a type of limestone / calcareous sand. To the east the ocean sands tended to accumulate more gently into compacted beds of quartz grains and marine fossils.