WASHINGTON, DC — Ninety-two secondary manufacturers of the Wood Products Manufacturers Association (WPMA) simultaneously earned certification to the SFI 2015-2021 Chain-of-Custody (COC) Standard, making this the largest single group to certify to the SFI COC Standard at once. Wood products sold as certified to the SFI COC Standard allow these hardwood organizations to be eligible for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits through the LEED Alternative Compliance Path.
LEED is a proven tool that drives the use of certified materials and products across the construction industry. It also raises the bar for all players; requiring architects, builders and consumers to verify the legality of harvested wood and wood fiber materials used in forest-based products that are used in LEED building projects. This underpins LEED's role as an environmental leadership standard.
"We are excited to see these 92 unique hardwood manufacturers positioning themselves to benefit from SFI certification. We are also pleased to be able to offer them enhanced recognition from environmentally conscious consumers," said Jason Metnick, Senior Vice President of Customer Affairs at SFI. Data from a 2016 Natural Marketing Institute survey of 80,000 U.S. consumers showed 36% recognize the SFI logo and what it stands for, more than any other certification standard.
The WPMA will also benefit from an expanding supply of hardwood forest products certified to SFI. "We're seeing more and more lands getting certified in major hardwood producing regions in Tennessee, Ohio, Missouri and Virginia," Metnick said.
Certification to SFI will also help position the WPMA to benefit from the rising use of wood products in buildings as an option for mitigating climate change. Wood products produce far less greenhouse gas emissions over their lifetime than other building materials. Using wood products that store carbon instead of building materials with a bigger carbon footprint also helps slow climate change.
While these innovations in green building and the resulting environmental benefits are good news, many of wood's positive attributes depend on whether the forest it comes from is managed responsibly. Wood that is certified to the SFI Forest Management Standard offers a proof point that the forest has been managed according to multiple environmental, social and economic values — today and into the future.
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Red Bull Air Race announces 2019 calendar, Hall to hunt elusive world title
written by Matt Hall Racing January 31, 2019
Matt Hall in action during the finals at the seventh round of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. (Joerg Mitter/Red Bull Content Pool)
Australia's preeminent pilot Matt Hall will chase his first Red Bull Air Race World Championship trophy across eight stunning locations in 2019, and he will do so with a team hungry to go one step better than the runner-up position earned last season.
The calendar for this year has been revealed by Red Bull Air Race, with the series to kick off on February 8-9 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the city that has become the traditional host of the first race.
From there it will be a spring rendezvous with Europe in a yet-to-be-announced location, before moving onto Kazan – the sporting capital of Russia – from June 15-16. Following Russia, the series will head to its traditional home in Budapest, Hungary from July 13-14, where crowds will watch in awe as Hall and his contemporaries roar under the famed Széchenyi Chain Bridge at 370km/h, to begin a lap in one of the fastest tracks of the season.
From Budapest to Japan, the Chiba prefecture and its ever-passionate fans will host the fifth race of the year from September 7-8, before a soon-to-be-revealed Asian location makes it two races on the trot in the region.
A dash across the Pacific Ocean will then see the world's fastest pilots duke it out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the USA from October 19-20, for the penultimate race of the year. The final stop – and most likely title decider – will take place in Saudi Arabia from November 8-9.
For Hall, the impending season marks another opportunity to taste the world championship glory that has so narrowly evaded him on three separate occasions. In a career spanning six victories and 26 podiums, four of which were overall season results (third in 2009; second 2015, 2016 and 2018), the Novocastrian has a firm belief that he has the team and the tools to realise a dream.
"We think we can be the world champions, we've been so close three times now. Second in the world three times means we've got a good formula, team and plane and I think we can do it," Hall affirmed.
"Just the other day we got out at our airport with one of our planes and ran through a race simulation as a team, and the adrenaline kicked in. Everyone had a smile on their face and looked at each other with fire in their eyes, it's like 'yep, this is why we do it and we're ready to go'."
Of the locations announced Hall has won in only Chiba, Japan, but his form in other locations suggest he'll be a force to be reckoned with. From his six victories, four have occurred in Europe, while he has two podiums in Budapest (2016 and 2018) as well as a second place in Abu Dhabi (2015). In 2017, the former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter pilot topped qualifying in Indianapolis, while he also scored the track record in Russia in 2018.
The 2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship kicks off from February 8-9 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Aussie fans can come up to speed with what happened in 2018 with a season recap on 10 Bold from 3pm-4pm AEDT this Saturday, February 2.
This year's season opening race in the UAE can be watched LIVE on www.redbullairrace.com/live.
2019 Red Bull Air Race World Championship Calendar
February 8-9: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
TBA: Europe
June 15-16: Kazan, Russian Federation
July 13-14: Budapest, Hungary
September 7-8: Chiba, Japan
TBA: Asia
October 19-20: Indianapolis, United States of America
November 8-9: Saudi Arabia
VIDEO: A look at preparations for the 2019 season from the Red Bull Air Race YouTube channel.
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Most countries in Southern Africa are net importers of products from South Africa and are therefore likely to be subject to South African cartels. Imports from South Africa cut across sectors including food, capital equipment, construction materials, energy, plastics and chemical products. Moreover regional markets are closely linked through the presence of South African companies in the rest of the region. This article expands on an earlier article in this Review on the possible impacts of some of the South African cartels on the region, as part of CCRED's monitoring of competition case developments and the evolution of enforcement in the region.
The growth of the poultry industry in African countries and its potential for labour absorption has attracted significant investments to the sector. The strategic importance of the sector has also resulted in the proliferation of policies to support local producers in order to gain from the potential for localised growth.
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You reap what you sow: CropLogic draws Creso Pharma takeover comparisons
By Meagan Evans. Published at Jun 14, 2019, in The 420 Report
As reported in last week's 420 Report, emerging ASX cannabis group Creso Pharma Ltd (ASX:CPH) has received a takeover offer from Canadian cannabis company, PharmaCielo Ltd (TSXV:PCLO), for a total equity value of $122 million.
Merger and acquisition activity in any market segment can often signal the start of industry consolidation, and mark the commencement of significant corporate activity. Trevor Hoey this week speculated that the Creso deal could lead to further cannabis industry consolidation.
In his article, Creso acquisition implies big upside for CropLogic, Trevor specifically highlighted global agricultural technology company, CropLogic (ASX:CLI), and it's prospects in comparison to Creso Pharma:
"Comparing headline numbers, industry presence, revenue diversification, proprietary technology, supply chain management benefits and in particular earnings visibility one would be hard pressed to justify why the group wouldn't fetch a far better price than Creso."
That would certainly be well received by CropLogic shareholders, given the company is currently trading at 4.8 cents per share, for an $18 million market capitalisation, while PharmaCielo is willing to pay A$122 million for Creso.
CropLogic has been operating in the agricultural industry for many years, providing high-tech equipment and expertise to growers of a wide range of crops.
The company offers growers of irrigated crops digital agricultural technology expertise based upon scientific research and delivered with cutting edge technology — science, agronomy and technology interwoven into an expert system for decision support.
After launching in 2017, CropLogic is servicing a significant portion of horticultural growers in the Washington State region, where it has a market share as high as 30% in some crops. It has also seen significant growth Northern Oregon, and has expanded into the Idaho market.
The company is already generating revenues from its established businesses, which compare quite well to that of Creso.
As Trevor highlighted, "In ballpark terms, CropLogic's revenues for the 12 months to March 31, 2019 were about four times that of Creso's and while its bottom line reflected a loss, it was more than $12 million less than Creso's".
Additionally, we need to remember that CLI's one-off ASX listing expenses placed a drag on its earnings for the year to March 31, 2019.
But the real opportunity going forward comes from CLI's recognition of the opportunity in the cannabis space.
CropLogic, with its existing platform, has recently identified an opportunity to service the hemp industry and access the lucrative (cannabidiol) CBD market. It is progressing its business in this area and is now in the process of planting a 500 hectare Industrial Hemp Trial Farm in Oregon with a hemp crop due for harvest towards the end of the year.
The Hemp Trial Farm project is operated by CropLogic's wholly owned subsidiary, LogicalCropping, and is designed to apply the group's technology and agronomy expertise to improve production and CBD yield.
CLI expect the 500 acre farm to be able to produce in the order of 800,000 pounds of industrial hemp biomass every year, and to be generating substantial revenues from the sale of its hemp crop within the next six months, or at the latest, early 2020.
Trevor ran the numbers and determined:
"Based on annual industrial hemp production of 800,000 pounds, a mid-range hemp biomass market price of US$40.00 per pound, a mid-range cost of US$6.00 per pound and an AUD:USD exchange rate of US$0.70, the 500 acre farm should conservatively generate a pre-tax profit in the order of $40 million.
"This is an earnings profile that neither Creso nor most other ASX listed cannabis players can match."
While there are certainly no guarantees when it comes to farming, this $40 million pre-tax profit estimate compares extremely well to CLI's current enterprise value of $13 million, while pre-tax profit in FY2020 should be about three times the group's EV.
This suggests that CLI could be identified as an attractive takeover target, possibly at an attractive premium, or at the very least, shareholders will be rewarded as the stock pops up on investors' radars.
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Weekend trip to southern Poland, November 15-20, 2006
Johannes Lundberg
Sorry for the English (Swenglish?), but for the benefit of my Polish hosts, and for the fun of it (writing in English, that is), I couldn't resist. I also belive my English writing skills are better than my Norwegian, although Swedish probably would be best... Sorry also for the long text, but it is mostly to tease those (three?) who planned to go with me but didn't!
It is now about four weeks since my visit to Kraków and the Polish Tatras. I was there not only for visiting some of the Polish cavers I met this summer in Norway, but also for the cavers meeting Speleokonfrontacje 2006, and of course go caving, see Kraków (it was my first visit to Poland), and the Tatra mountains.
I arrived at Wednesday evening. With Norwegian from Arlanda (Stockholm) the flight was less than two hours, and I can't complain about the price either. On the way to Karolina, who was my superb host during my stay in Poland, we visited her club; Sekcja Taternictwa Jaskiniowego KW Kraków STJ is one of the three and oldest caving club in Kraków, and is really only a section of a mountaineering/alpinist club, but they have several very active and excellent cavers.
The Tatra mountains
Thursday and Friday was Tatra days. We left Kraków quite late they said, around eight in the morning. We were five persons; in addition to Karolina and me, also Ania (who I knew since Norway, and who had joined Karolina to the airport to pick me up the evening before), Tadek, a very experienced caver, and Kuba, who had less caving experience but much more mountaineering and climbing (just arrived from Pakistan). Ania, Tadek and Kuba are all mountain guides and very knowledgeable about the area we were to visit. A brief stop at Kuba's parents home were we had some coffee (without milk, the cow was soon to calve...) and a wonderful view over the Tatra mountains with the Slovakian border just a few kilometres away. From there through the overexploited Zakopane, and soon we were in Kiry where we stayed the night.
Repacking, trying to eat, and bringing what turned out to be way too little water. And off we were. Walking from the small guest house we rented, and into the National Park. Polish cavers must have a "caving certificate" or be accompanied by a caving instructor if they want to visit caves in the National Parks; the situation was more unclear for me as a foreigner, so I kept a low profile. It worked, and we could continue to the cave of the day, the "black cave", Jaskinia Czarna (see http://www.kktj.pl/szkice/czarna.html and http://sktj.pl/epimenides/tatry/czarna_p.html). This 6.5 km cave offers a variable and fun through trip. Not very deep, it still offer a lot of (short) climbing, not only down but perhaps even more up walls. Since we were to do the through trip we brought everything with us through the cave, including pulling down the rope after us. No permanent ropes in the cave, but it was bolted with P-bolts, and all of the climbings and traverses were quite easy—at least for me who didn't had to rig the up wall climbs... Or, perhaps I should say, all except the last climb out of the cave. But before that final climb we had the slightly unpleasant surprise finding one of the lower and tighter parts of the cave half flooded. No problems getting through, we were only a little wetter after this. We also had some nice "rock climbings" and a traverse over the Emerald Lake (Szmaragdowe Jeziorko). And as I said, a lot of climbs! Fun! Except the last 48 meter everything-but-free-hanging up-wall and very dehydrated climb with two heavy rope bags. Cramping legs, stuck bags, but centimetre by centimetre I managed getting up through this terrible climb, and so, after nearly ten hours in the cave, we finally exited out in the pitch dark and starry Tatra night. Now it was only the last few kilometres downhill, in the snow, again with cramping legs and no water left. Next time I will bring much more water for sure! We were back to our guest-house sometime around two in the night, time for some glögg and pepparkakor!
The next day, Friday, the plan was to visit Jaskinia Kasprowa niżna, a cave that seemed quite nice, without too much climbing, but gravel and sand floors and clean passages. This was supposed to be the first cave trip for Karolina since her unfortunate, hmm, incident in Tjorve this summer. So much worse when we found the cave flooded. Totally. OK, it had been raining the weeks before, but it was still quite impressive to meet the water table just some fifty meters into the cave. Not much we could do, crawling through a half-flooded passage is one thing, this something entirely else, so we had to abandon the trip even before it started, and go back. Not that it mattered that much, the day was beautiful, and the mountains likewise. Instead we drove to our first cooked meal in 36 hours. Not very long time, but it felt like ages, and the cabbage tasted terrific. Not quite so the warm beer, though. Will take me many more before I get used to them; hopefully it will not take long time before I have my next!
Pieskowa skała
Back to Kraków we spent the evening on a small pub close to the caving club, celebrating Peter's master degree in geology (he had been working in a remote cave in the Tatras). Peter I also knew since this summer's Tjorve trip, and of course also Iza was there. Not too early the next morning we, that is Karolina, Aneta and me, together with Agata and Mirek, drove out of Kraków and along the "Castle Road" in the Jura district. The Castle Road is called this because of all the castles that lines it, many of which have been quite nicely demolished by the Swedish troops in the 17th Century. On the way to Podlesice we visited a castle that we had not destroyed (too young? not strategically interesting?), but with a very nice and spectacular limestone formation, somewhat similar to a rauk, and hypothesized to be remnants from warmer (subtropical?) climates. The Jura district had several of them, many of which were used as climbing walls. This particular one had a small cave that Karolina had visited a few years before! After arriving to Podlesice and the Speleokonfrontacje (some images) most of the early evening was spent viewing numerous presentations, some more professional and exciting than other, but all the product of a lot of hard work sometimes in very remote and difficult karst areas and caves. Now three weeks late I can not remember even half of it, but Austria, Montenegro, Slovenia, Arabika, and China seems to offer some of the most challenging and promising explorations today. The China expedition was presented by Marcel, who was very much involved in pushing the deepest cave in China to almost 1000 meters (the 983 meters deep Tiangxing system). He is also well known to Norwegian cavers after his trips to Norway (involving both Tjorve explorations and an accident in Burfjellet). I had not met Marcel before, only heard about him, and it was great to finally meet him. The same can be said about Puma (the second—or first?—Burfjellet accident, but also an incredibly inspiring and fascinating woman) and Qb. I hope to see them soon again, if not in Norway so somewhere else! As expected, the evening ended in what might be called a disco, but (almost) without any music that I had heard before. No, not quite true. Some of what we danced to I had heard in movies by Kusturica and his likes!
The day after we travelled slowly back to Kraków. We visited Mirek's parents home, and we were treated to a delicious traditional (that is, exotic!) Polish dish. Very tasty! Thanks a lot, Mirek! We also stopped at the castle Zamek, certainly not neglected by the brutal Swedes--nice to see that my forefathers have contributed so conspicuously to the Polish countryside and tourist business. We also visited the "Sahara of Europe". Sometimes claimed to be "the largest desert in Europe," Pustynia Błędowska is really not a desert (way too humid!) but rather two large and interconnected sand fields that had been used by Rommel's troops as training ground before they were shipped to the true Sahara.
After we had returned Karolina together with Qb, Pablo, Mirek and Agata showed me Kraków by night, ending up in a popular pub close to the old Jewish districts. That is, before we all ended up in Karolina's apartment. Don't know what the time was when we all passed away (very civilised, don't think otherwise!), and the Monday started way too early! But I had a lot of sightseeing that I had to do before leaving Kraków. I like cities where everything is in walking distance, and in Kraków it seems to be so. The Jewish districts again (famous from Schindler's list), but now in daylight, the castle with its dragon, the large central square in the old town, the outer parts with the technical university. I did miss the Communism Tours to Nowa Huta, the "Communist Districts of Kraków", but next time...! At this time we were both very tired, I had cached the cold from China, imported by Pablo, and departure time was approaching all too rapidly. A few hours later I was back in Uppsala. Strange feeling!
Many thanks to Karolina, Ania, Aneta, Tadek, Mirek, Agata, and everyone else who made my visit to Kraków and the Tatras so pleasurable!
Uppsala, December 2006


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Northern Irish painter Andrew Nicholl (1804 – 1886) was the younger brother of painter William Nicholl (1794 – 1840). Nicholl worked in London between 1830 and 1832. He was a founder member of the Belfast Association of Artists and exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, and at the Royal Academy, London. Nicholl was elected as an associate member of the RHA in 1847 before becoming a full member in 1860. The Ulster Museum holds a large collection of his work, from all periods of his career.
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Here's How Google Trains World-Class Managers (Using A Bit of Data Science Helps)
The search giant created a 10-point checklist that all company founders need to see.
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In the 21st century, it's not enough to rely on firsthand experience and consultants to train great managers: You also need the right data. That's an interplay of factors at which Google excels.
Related: Google's 20 Percent Rule Actually Helps Employees Fight Back Against Unreasonable Managers
In fact, Google is known for having some of the best managers in the world. Ever wonder how they train them? Let's take a look at Project Oxygen and how its findings helped Google's managers gain such a stellar reputation.
What is Project Oxygen?
Project Oxygen was a research study at Google that had relatively inauspicious beginnings. Developers at the company had long complained about bad management stifling innovation, so Google's People Innovation Lab decided to conduct an experiment: Its principals hired statisticians to evaluate the differences between high- and low-rated managers. Included in that analysis was data from past performance appraisals, employee surveys, and interviews.
Some observers assumed that the Project Oxygen analysis would prove that manager quality does not impact individual team members' performances. Others thought it would impact individual performance. Unsurprisingly, the latter camp was right.
What were the findings?
Specifically, Project Oxygen's results showed that manager quality does have an impact on performance. And to confirm its findings, the Project Oxygen survey, first conducted in 2008, was repeated and refreshed, in 2018. Following are the top 10 behaviors Google's People Innovation Lab concluded that its best managers shared (with the bolded behaviors on the list coming from the 2018 study specifically). Typically, the best managers:
Are good coaches
Empower their teams and don't micromanage
Create an inclusive team environment, showing concern for success and well-being
Are productive and results-oriented
Are good communicators -- listen and share information
Support career development and discuss performance
Have a clear vision/strategy for the team
Have key technical skills to help advise the team
Collaborate across Google
Are strong decisionmakers
As a result of Project Oxygen's data-driven findings, Google decided to rethink its approach to management altogether.
The first thing the company did was revamp its employee-feedback surveys. Previously, those surveys had focused on manager output. But Google started including questions about whether, in the view of the employees involved, managers spent time coaching the team, communicated a clear vision, etc.
The next step was to refresh the management culture itself. Every manager at Google was made aware of Project Oxygen's results and took steps to align himself or herself with the 10-point list.
According to Michele Donovan, head of People Operations at Google, the key finding from the project could be summed up as, "Having a good manager is essential, like breathing," she told Laszlo Bock (former head of People Operations at Google) for his book Work Rules.
Added Donovan: "If we make managers better, it would be like a breath of fresh air."
How you can improve your own management culture.
Since Google did the hard work for other companies by identifying "great manager" traits, you may now find it a lot easier to improve the management culture at your own organization, using that same 10-point checklist. But first ask yourself these crucial questions:
1. What's your leadership or management style?
When I asked Marvin Chow, VP of marketing at Google, how he hires, he answered, "We hire the best, and people who are culture fits." This simple mantra has allowed him to surround himself with high performers. It also makes it easier for him to coach and mentor them.
How do you interact with the team you're managing? How do you treat each employee under your supervision? Do you encourage and motivate or micromanage and criticize?
Micromanaging doesn't really work in the long run; it's more of a Band-Aid than a remedy for poor performance. The goal of each manager should be to empower his or her team through effective coaching. A great manager is a mentor, someone whom employees are willing to entrust with their careers.
2. How do you empower employees to do their best?
In a YouTube video entitled Academy on Air: Project Oxygen: Why Managers Matter, Kevin Burkhard, head of Online Support and Education at Google, said that empowering team members helps Google managers achieve three key benefits:
Increases ownership and engagement of the team
Facilitates individual team member growth
Scales the impact of the entire team
But none of these benefits is possible if a manager doesn't start by building trust: "The foundation of empowerment for me is building a culture of trust within the team," Burkhard said. "If the team feels like they have a level of safety and trust and know that coaching and feedback are coming in the spirit of improvement ... they actually feel very empowered to make those decisions.
"Even if they make mistakes along the way, they know that it's a process of growing."
3. How do you coach employees when they are struggling?
All too often, middle managers inadvertently create a culture of mistrust, where people are afraid to speak up. This kind of attitude really causes problems when employees are struggling because they'll probably try to hide it rather than ask for help.
Too often we think that the ultimate goal of team empowerment is to help the team (and by extension the team leader) operate at peak efficiency. But it's just as important to make sure every single team member is operating at peak confidence, too. That's impossible to accomplish without a culture of trust.
Sundar Pichai, Google's CEO, said on a visit to his alma mater, The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur: "As a leader, a lot of your job is to make [your team] successful. It's less about trying to be successful (yourself), and more about making sure you have good people and your work is to remove that barrier, remove roadblocks for them so that they can be successful in what they do."
Related: How Google Uses People Analytics to Create a Great Workplace
Good managers are like oxygen.
Although your employees may never come out and say things like "I'm not sure what I'm doing ... can you walk me through this?" or "I'm feeling a little burned out today,",a great manager will pay attention and problem-solve based on the individual needs and goals of each member of his or her team.
Do your own team members value your mentorship and coaching? Do they grow in their careers and become better at their jobs because you touched their lives in a positive, meaningful way? Just how much "like oxygen" is your leadership?
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Lesbian Historic Motif Project: #44b - Dugaw 1989 Warrior Women and Popular Balladry 1650-1850 (ch 5-8)
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Dugaw, Dianne. 1989. Warrior Women and Popular Balladry 1650-1850. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. ISBN 0-226-16916-2
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By popular demand, we return to the topic of cross-dressing and passing women with a study of ballads featuring a woman joining the military in disguise (typically with a romance-related motivation). All of the ballads involve, at heart, a heterosexual romance, however several play at the implications of attraction and desire in cross-gender contexts. And the building-block motifs of gender disguise, claiming cross-gender roles in society, and the ability to take action outside restrictive female spaces are all clearly relevant to creating historic lesbian characters.
Due to length, the entries for this book will be split up into two or three postings (it depends on how many advance postings I have in queue by Wednesday since I won't have time to work on the project this coming weekend).
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The second half of Dugaw examines how the Female Warrior ballads and their popularity reflect society of the time. Were real life women with similar experiences? How do the ballads display concerns about heroism and gender? I'd been planning to cover this part across multiple posts, but I have enough material in queue to finish the book today. Friday I'll have an out-of-order post from a recently-acquired collection of primary sources on homosexuality in early modern France, then we'll be back to cross-dressing/passing next week with Dekker & van de Pol.
Rather than arising from male fantasies as some suggest, the ballads are rooted in actual working class experience. Three features are key contributors to the context in which they arose. There was a general expectation of physical strength and toughness from working-class women. There was a context of near constant warfare and the routine participation of women in military contexts, as well as a somewhat less rigid and regimented structure to the military. And there was a general preoccupation with disguise and cross-dressing.
In addition to women's routine participation in hard physical labor, 18th century accounts are rife with examples of women participating in "male" sports and activites including boxing and duelling, as well as somewhat more conventional active sports such as riding and rowing. The book offers the text of several advertisements of women in dueling exhibitions.
The presence at women (not in disguise) in military contexts is copiously documented where, in addition to the motivation of accompanying husbands and lovers, they provided support services, not only of a domestic kind but including carrying powder for the guns. This occurred on ships as well as in land-based forces. And real-life cases of women serving disguised as men occur regularly. Recruiting practices that indiscriminately pressed boys as young as thirteen make it plausible that a recruiting officer might not look too carefully at a volunteer who presented as a beardless youth.
In the ballads, the act of disguise is presented as matter-of-fact and unquestioned. English society of the 18th century had a preoccupation with masquerades and disguises, and in particular cross-gender disguises and fashions. Women had been appropriating male fashions -- especially for active pursuits -- since the 17th century. Some wore breeches for riding, and there are comments (especially from foreigners) of mistaking the gender of women so dressed. Gender disguise was used by men to escape identification, e.g., during riots, and by women to travel more easily and safely when escaping parents or husbansd. But masquerades were also popular entertainments, including cross-gender masquerades, both among the upper and lower classes. Although this masquing may have had its origins in the more limited escapades of carnival, it had become far more pervasive in 18th century practice.
Of the three factors considered here -- the pervasiveness and loose organization of military life, the expectation of women's physical robustness, and the focus on masquerades -- the first two have clear and identifiable shifts that correlate with the declining popularity of the Female Warrior motif. The organization and regularisation of the military happened all across Europe dong the 19th century. Similarly, the image of women as delicate and frail was generalized from the upper class to lower class women as part of a clear social policy during that same general period. Less clearly deliberate was a shift from participatory masquerading to theatrical performance that divided performers and audience. All three shifts contributed to the loss of popularity of the Female Warrior motif.
Chapter 6 considers how the women in the Female Warrior ballads use gender signifiers as a code and exploit them to perform a blended role of military hero and romantic heroine. I disagree somewhat with the author where she considers an inherent/biological basis for gender difference to be "modern" in contrast with the appropriatable gender of the ballads -- but I disagree only in considering this a progressive change as opposed to an attitude that has regularly varied over time and culture. [See, e.g., the debate between "nature" and "nurture" in the medieval romance of Silence.] But certainly the Victorian age swung more to the "innate" notion of gender, which made the Female Warrior character less plausible.
The notion that gender (especially male gender) can be "put on" with the appropriate clothing underlies the sexual ambiguity and resulting homoerotic implications of the women's disguise. But it is the asymmetry of social attitudes towards men and women that allows the disguised woman to be admired and considered heroic, where cross-dressed male characters are more often seen a humorous. The ballad heroines command admiration for their "masculine" virtues of boldness -- both in battle and in taking control of their own lives -- while remaining anchored in female identity via the romatic arc of the ballads and their eventual return to a "feminine" gender presentation.
Balancing the "masculine" characteristics of the Female Warrior, the male characters in the ballad (and especially the lovers) are "feminized" in many ways, being more passive in their wooing and frequently the object of rescue and comfort by their female counterparts.
This chapter considers the Female Warrior ballads in the larger context of a literature of gender controversy in the 17th century, often shorthanded as "Hic Mulier". (The phrase comes from the title of a pamphlet decrying "masculine women" -- using the Latin masculine demonstrative article "hic" paired with the feminine noun "mulier", i.e., "woman". In response, another pamphlet used the title "haec vir" with the femine article and the masculine noun for "man".) The chapter reviews the principle concerns of this controversy, which focused on the appropriation by both genders of garments and accessories previously considered to be associated with the other gender.
The 16-17th centuries also saw a preoccupation with warrior women of legend and history (the two being less clearly distinguished at the time), such as the amazon knights of Spencer's Faerie Queen and Sidney's Arcadia as well as those of classical myth. "Trouser roles" on stage were popular throughout the 17th century, and played by women for most of the period (in contrast to Shakespeare's women-in-disguise who would have been played by boys). The text provides a vast number of specific titles of works with this general motif, too numerous to review in detail.
The final chapter looks at the "heroic ideal" as presented in the ballads. The ballads present heroism as male-gendered -- but therefore by the appropriatable nature of gender, available to women as well. The Female Warrior combines both Mars (warrior) and Venus (romantic heroine) to challenge the notion of gender-essentialism. The remainder of the chapter largely examines John Gay's Polly (sequel to his Beggar's Opera) as the ultimate satirical deconstruction of these intersecting motifs.
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The next editions of the European Green Capital 2021 and European Green Leaf 2020 competitions now have their finalists. The first award has been given for more than ten years to cities with population exceeding 100 000 people in a bid to recognize their efforts and commitment to achieving sustainable urban development, while maintaining good living standard. The performance of the applicants is evaluated with respect to 12 environmental indicators by experts in sustainable development. Accordingly, these three cities have made it to the finals: Lahti (Finland), Lille and Strasbourg (France)
As for the European Green Leaf award, it was established in 2015 following the success of the Green Capital. Contrary to the latter, it is given to smaller cities from 20 000 to 100 000 people which shall respect 6 environmental indicators. Thus, in 2020 the shortlisted cities are three: Lappeenranta (Finland), Limerick (Ireland) and Mechelen (Belgium).
As quoted in a press release by the European Commission, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Karmenu Vella, congratulated the cities stating that the "…awards showcase cities that are putting their citizens first, offering them a sustainable vision. As finalists, these cities have already taken the first step in proving their green credentials. I am confident that they can all be inspiring role models, demonstrating how we can make our cities better and healthier places – that's what these competitions are all about."
What follows next for the above-listed cities as part of the contest is to convince a jury composed of international experts in their merits when it comes to sustainable development and that they are able to serve as role models to other local authorities in Europe. As usual, the winners will be announced during and official ceremony hosted by the current beholder of the title – Oslo in June 2020. The corresponding financial rewards are EUR 350 000 and EUR 75 000 for the European Green Capital 2021 and European Green Leaf 2020 respectively.
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Washington, DC. . . . Steven Garfinkel, Director of the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO), will retire on January 3, 2002, after more than 30 years of government service. As Director of ISOO since 1980, Mr. Garfinkel is responsible to the President for policy oversight of the government-wide security classification system and the National Industrial Security Program. He reports annually to the President on the status of these programs. (The Information Security Oversight Office is an administrative component of the National Archives and Records Administration, while receiving policy guidance from the National Security Council.)
Mr. Garfinkel was the leader in drafting the current legal foundations for the security classification and industrial security systems, respectively Executive Order 12958, "Classified National Security Information," and Executive Order 12829, "National Industrial Security Program."
In presenting Mr. Garfinkel with the Lifetime Achievement Award on December 5, Archivist of the United States John W. Carlin said, "As the leading architect of the current government-wide security classification system, Steve crafted a system that has produced the largest number of pages declassified in the history of the government's program-more than 800 million pages. This extraordinary accomplishment will provide researchers and historians with information that will help write our nation's history for years to come. . . With more than 30 years of Government service, Steve is one of the best examples of a dedicated public servant. He has kept the beacon burning bright for a democracy that keeps its citizenry informed and yet protects its nation's secrets as it must."
Prior to his appointment as Director of ISOO, Mr. Garfinkel served for almost ten years in the Office of General Counsel of the General Services Administration as the Chief Counsel for the National Archives and Records Service, Chief Counsel for Information and Privacy, and Chief Counsel for Civil Rights.
Recently, Mr. Garfinkel was appointed Chair of the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group (IWG). Under his leadership, the IWG has successfully secured the release of more than 400,000 pages of the records of the Office of Strategic Services and of the Strategic Services Unit, forerunners of the CIA.
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Minzy Work 01: Uno (também estilizado como Uno) é o extended play de estréia da cantora sul-coreana, Minzy. Foi lançado em 17 de abril de 2017 pela The Music Works Entertainment. Ele contém seis faixas, incluindo a faixa-título, "니나노 (Ninano)", com a participação do rapper sul-coreano, Flowsik. O EP marca a estreia da Minzy como artista solo, e incorpora uma gama de gêneros, incluindo EDM, ballad e R&B.

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Em meados de 2016, Minzy entrou para a gravadora The Music Works Entertaiment. Logo eles confirmaram que ela estava trabalhando no seu extended play de estreia. Em março de 2017, a cantora anunciou que finalmente iria estrear como cantora solo em abril. Em 3 de abril, em sua conta oficial no Instagram, Minzy lançou uma programação gráfica para o seu primeiro EP, confirmando o nome e a data de lançamento para 17 de abril. Foi escolhida como a faixa-título a canção "니나노 (Ninano)", com colaboração do rapper sul-coreano, Flowsik.

O EP foi lançado digitalmente em 17 de abril de 2017, juntamente com um videoclipe para a faixa-título. Minzy participou nas letras de todas as canções, além de co-compor a canção "Beautiful Lie". Na Coréia do Sul, o álbum foi distribuído fisicamente e digitalmente pela The Music Work Entertaiment.

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Depois de um showcase no dia do lançamento do seu primeiro extended play, Minzy começou as promoções da faixa-título "니나노 (Ninano)" junto com Flowsik em programas musicais em 18 de abril. Sua primeira performance foi no The Show e Inkigayo da SBS, seguido por Show! Music Core e Show Champion da MBC, Music Bank da KBS, e por fim, M! Countdown da Mnet.

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A lista de faixas foi divulgada na conta oficial da Minzy no Instagram em 11 de abril de 2017.

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All children—no matter where they live—deserve the opportunity to reach their full potential. We must invest in public education and work to ensure its success. Teachers need to be able to teach. We need programs designed to close the achievement gap. We need to end the school-to-prison pipeline. We need to make sure that all of our schools offer the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) curriculum that helps build the skills our students will need for the jobs of the future and also a curriculum that encourages them to think, to create, and to find their own voices.
During the last legislative session, John Culberson got an "F" on the National Education Association's legislative report card, reflecting his poor record of support for public education and educators.


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Evaluation of the Biological Effects of a Natural Extract of Chayotte (Sechium edule): A Molecular and Cellular Analysis
G.F. Dire, E.A.C. Lima, M.L. Gomes, S. Moreno, M.V.C. Faria, R.L. Jales, M.T.J.A. Catanho and M. Bernardo Filho
Abstract: Natural products have been widely used by human beings. However, sometimes the biological effects of these products are not fully known. It is concerned that many natural medicines may contain potentially toxic ingredients and contaminants such as heavy metals. Red blood cells (RBC) and plasma proteins labeled with technetium-99m (99mTc) have several clinical applications and it has been reported that some natural products are capable of reducing the efficiency of this radio labeling. The aim of this work was to assess the oxidant or antioxidant action of the agents presents in the extract of Sechium edule verifying its effects on the labeling of blood elements with 99mTc and on the inhibition of the activity of acetyl cholinesterase (AchE). A freshly extract of Sechium edule was administered to Wistar rats during 15 and 60 days. After that, samples (0.5ml) of blood were incubated with stannous chloride (SnCl2) and 99mTc. The blood was centrifuged and plasma (P) and RBC were isolated. P and RBC were also precipitated with trichloroacetic acid and soluble (S) and insoluble (I) fraction (F) were determined. The results have shown that the referred extract was able to reduce the radio labeling in BC to 15 days of treatment (from 98.77%± 0.45 to 90.35%± 5.04) to 60 days of treatment (from 98.77%± 0.45 to 53.53%± 0.91), in IF-BC (from 90.36%± 2.34 to 21.20%± 2.36) and in IF-P to 15 days of treatment (77.20%± 2.19 to 53.26%± 6.69) to 60 days of treatment (77.20%± 2.19 to 11.01%±3.22). The analysis of toxicology was performed by the determination of acetyl cholinesterase activity. In the light of the results the referred extract has not shown inhibitory action due to the activity of the enzyme. In the light of the results obtained we suggest that the referred extract may induce the generation of activity metabolites with oxidant properties with direct action on the labeling process.
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//this source code was auto-generated by tolua#, do not modify it
using System;
using LuaInterface;

public class System_Collections_Generic_Stack_FairyGUI_GComponentWrap
{
	public static void Register(LuaState L)
	{
		L.BeginClass(typeof(System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>), typeof(System.Object), "Stack_FairyGUI_GComponent");
		L.RegFunction("Clear", Clear);
		L.RegFunction("Contains", Contains);
		L.RegFunction("CopyTo", CopyTo);
		L.RegFunction("Peek", Peek);
		L.RegFunction("Pop", Pop);
		L.RegFunction("Push", Push);
		L.RegFunction("ToArray", ToArray);
		L.RegFunction("TrimExcess", TrimExcess);
		L.RegFunction("GetEnumerator", GetEnumerator);
		L.RegFunction("New", _CreateSystem_Collections_Generic_Stack_FairyGUI_GComponent);
		L.RegFunction("__tostring", ToLua.op_ToString);
		L.RegVar("Count", get_Count, null);
		L.EndClass();
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int _CreateSystem_Collections_Generic_Stack_FairyGUI_GComponent(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 0)
			{
				System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = new System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>();
				ToLua.PushObject(L, obj);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 1 && TypeChecker.CheckTypes<System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1))
			{
				System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<FairyGUI.GComponent> arg0 = (System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.ToObject(L, 1);
				System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = new System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>(arg0);
				ToLua.PushObject(L, obj);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 1 && TypeChecker.CheckTypes<int>(L, 1))
			{
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.lua_tonumber(L, 1);
				System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = new System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>(arg0);
				ToLua.PushObject(L, obj);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to ctor method: System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>.New");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Clear(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			obj.Clear();
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Contains(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 2);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			FairyGUI.GComponent arg0 = (FairyGUI.GComponent)ToLua.CheckObject<FairyGUI.GComponent>(L, 2);
			bool o = obj.Contains(arg0);
			LuaDLL.lua_pushboolean(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int CopyTo(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 3);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			FairyGUI.GComponent[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckObjectArray<FairyGUI.GComponent>(L, 2);
			int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
			obj.CopyTo(arg0, arg1);
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Peek(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			FairyGUI.GComponent o = obj.Peek();
			ToLua.PushObject(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Pop(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			FairyGUI.GComponent o = obj.Pop();
			ToLua.PushObject(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Push(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 2);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			FairyGUI.GComponent arg0 = (FairyGUI.GComponent)ToLua.CheckObject<FairyGUI.GComponent>(L, 2);
			obj.Push(arg0);
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int ToArray(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			FairyGUI.GComponent[] o = obj.ToArray();
			ToLua.Push(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int TrimExcess(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			obj.TrimExcess();
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int GetEnumerator(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)ToLua.CheckObject<System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>>(L, 1);
			System.Collections.IEnumerator o = obj.GetEnumerator();
			ToLua.Push(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int get_Count(IntPtr L)
	{
		object o = null;

		try
		{
			o = ToLua.ToObject(L, 1);
			System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent> obj = (System.Collections.Generic.Stack<FairyGUI.GComponent>)o;
			int ret = obj.Count;
			LuaDLL.lua_pushinteger(L, ret);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e, o, "attempt to index Count on a nil value");
		}
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Q: File redirection in c program I have a c program code that takes a file called input.txt reads numbers off the file and finds the factorials of the numbers in terms of prime. The code works perfectly but I got marks deducted because I did not understand file redirection.
Any explanation on what I missed would be appreciated
#include<stdio.h>

int find_prime_count(int prime, int number);
int find_next_prime(int number);
int Is_Prime(int number);

int main()
{
    FILE *input;
    int factor, number, prime, prime_count, loop_counter;

    input = fopen("input.txt","r");

    fscanf(input, "%d", &number);

    while(number > 0)
    {
        printf("\n%3d! = ", number);

        loop_counter = 0;
        //start with the smallest prime, 2
        prime = 2;
        while(prime <= number)
        {
            prime_count = 0;
            // find the number of current prime number in all the factors,
            // i.e. n, n-1, n-2, ..., 4, 3, 2

            for(factor = number; factor > 1; factor--)
            {
                if(prime <= factor)
                //if the current prime is not greater than the factor
                {
                    prime_count += find_prime_count(prime, factor);
                }
            }
            // print this set (prime, prime_count)
            if (prime == 2)
                printf("\t(%d^%d)", prime, prime_count);
            else
                printf("*(%d^%d)", prime, prime_count);
            //get the next prime number
            prime = find_next_prime(prime);
            //maintain output format
            if((++loop_counter) % 9 == 0) printf("\n       ");
        }
        printf("\n");
        fscanf(input, "%d", &number);
    }
    fclose(input);
}

/*
This function counts how many times the number
"prime" occurs in the number "number".
*/

int find_prime_count(int prime, int number)
{
    int count = 0;
    while(number % prime == 0)
    {
        count++;
        number = number / prime;
    }
    return count;
}

/*Finds the next prime number greater than the input
INPUT: a positive integer n
OUTPUT: prime number > n
*/

int find_next_prime(int number)
{
    int trial_prime;
    if(number == 1 || number == 2) return number + 1;
    //for base cases
    //choose the next odd number
    if(number % 2 == 0)
        trial_prime = number + 1;
    else
        trial_prime = number + 2;
    while( !Is_Prime (trial_prime) )
        //test the next odd number
        trial_prime += 2;
    //while loop will end only when we found a prime number
    return trial_prime;
}

/*Determines if a given number is prime or not
INPUT: a positive integer n
OUTPUT: 1, if n is prime, 0 otherwise
*/

int Is_Prime(int number)
{
    if(number % 2 == 0) return 0; //even numbers cannot be prime number
    int divisor = 3; //start with the smallest odd prime number (> 1) 3
    while(number % divisor != 0)
    {
        if(divisor * divisor > number) //"number" is a prime number
            return 1;
        divisor +=2; //checks for the next odd divisor
    }
    return 0;
}

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