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This is the first time the 1792 $10 Washington President gold eagle pattern coin appeared at public auction since 1890; 100 percent of the net proceeds will benefit charitable causes.
Despite his vast collection, Newman considered the 1792 Washington gold eagle, graded NGC XF 45★, his favorite coin of all for a special reason. Newman believed the Washington gold eagle was not produced because legend stated it defied the president's own edict that his likeness not appear on any U.S. currency to avoid appearing as a monarch to the new democracy.
"To my father, George Washington was a personal heroes," son Andy Newman said. "He considered Washington's refusal that our country's first coinage depict his own image on it to be an emblematic example of Washington's profound humility and willingness to put country before self."
The article linked here is interesting, because there were a lot of Washington tokens issued in Britain around this time (see "The Red Book" for a whole section). Whether it was an actual pattern from the US Mint may be debatable, but it certainly is an interesting piece. Washington apparently did refuse to be on the coinage–no actual person appeared until the commemorative Columbian half of 1892–so who knows?


Questions. We all have them – especially when entering an entirely new experience, like college. You probably asked a lot of questions on your tour of Hawk Hill – What's the average class size? What do people do on the weekends? What is the cafeteria food like? Why is Barbelin so Instagram-able? Will I feel at home here at SJU?
Now that you have decided to join our community on Hawk Hill, a new world was opened to you – one with infinite possibilities and more questions. What will it be like living away from home? How much homework will I have? Will I feel at home here at SJU? In the midst of Housing selection, students and families will call our office with lots of questions. How much storage is available under the bed? Can we bring a coffee maker? Can my dog come to visit me in the Residence Halls? And always, lots of unasked questions bubbling below the surface: Will I get along with my roommate? What about my suite/hall mates? What will college be like? Will I feel at home here at SJU?
That's where the Office of Residence Life comes in – where hawks come to nest. From the moment you pull up on campus with all of your new "college stuff" and we get you and your belongings moved in to your new home – we are there. It is the SJUHaul or Best of the Nest fellow student that carries your bedding and luggage in to your room and you begin to set up your new home. From your RA (Resident Assistant) welcoming you to your floor or suite with a huge smile and a handmade name tag for our door. Through the first few weeks when you are struggling to find your classes and your footing on campus and there is always a helping hand or listening ear. We are there to answer questions from: how can I do my laundry without shrinking all of my clothes? How can I manage my workload and new friendships and my relationships back at home? Our Residential Area Managers (RAM) and Residence Hall Managers (RHM) when you need someone to talk to, a problem to work out, a resource to get connected to or when you've had that first fight with your roommate and you're not sure how to talk to them about it. We are here to support you as you explore this new world and challenge you to think of things in new and interesting ways. Through conversations that last in the early morning hours, to engaging with faculty outside of the classroom, to learning more about yourself and others than you even thought possible. In this community, you will start understand the magic of Hawk Hill- your new home.
At the end of the year, we collect non-perishable food & gently used clothing for those in need in Philadelphia. Most often the donations we get are leftover Ramen, Easy Mac & Poptarts – uneaten because you have shared your meals in community with your friends and classmates in the café and around campus. It's often said that at any point any day on campus there is free food somewhere – you will find it – and all of those anxieties of finding people to share a meal with will be distant memories. Gently used shirts and other free swag donated from attending so many wonderful events planned by our faculty, staff and student groups – and they just wouldn't fit in the last piece of luggage packed for the trip to your hometown. They carry the memories of those times you felt the most alive, the most connected to SJU. As that last bag goes in the car, there more questions that will arise – what will I do all summer without my new community? How many days until the next move in? How was there ever a time I didn't feel at home here on Hawk Hill?
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry reunited with Kate Middleton and Prince William for the first time since publicly acknowledging the brother's feud over the weekend to join the rest of the royal family in honouring those lost in war. While there looked to be a bit of tension on both sides - a body language expert said Harry and Meghan appeared isolated from the others and that Harry seemed tense - the Duke and Duchess of Sussex seemed just as loved up as ever towards each other.
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Another body language expert, Blanca Cobb, noted that the couple seemed very in sync at the event, saying, "Their stance is very similar from their heads all the way to their feet, and they're almost a mirror image of each other," showing that they are "emotionally in sync and on the same wavelength, which is a testament to their relationship—you want to be like someone you like."
While for the most part, Harry and Meghan remained somber at the important event, they were spotted sharing affectionate looks when seated and away from photographers:
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Cosmopolitan US' body language expert also noted that Kate and William "seemed much more relaxed and happier than Meghan and Harry. Kate has a much bigger smile than Meghan, and you tend to emote more when you're happy and relaxed." While we can't say why this is, Vanity Fair recently reported that Kate is currently in the Queen's good books thanks to her 'keep calm and carry on' approach in life.
Plus, it pays to note, the Duchess of Cambridge was seated front row with HRH at this event and then again on the same balcony the next day.
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Twelve-year-old Katelyn Hupp enjoyed constructing a tower by meticulously interlocking one wooden block at a time and was pleased to see it slowly grow.
The Poland Middle School sixth-grader's care, willingness to take her time and occasionally re-examine her work resulted in a 5-foot structure that held together well.
You could also say that Katelyn's approach was symbolic of the growth, progression and success of the building in which she put together the tower, while her parents, Chad and Keri Hupp, and younger brother, Nathan, watched.
"It's our willingness to evolve," Suzanne Barbati said, referring to a key ingredient that has allowed OH WOW! The Roger & Gloria Jones Children's Center for Science & Technology, 11 W. Federal St., to continue to grow and thrive.
Barbati, executive director of the popular 17,820-square-foot downtown facility, was on hand for a seventh birthday bash Sunday afternoon at the center to celebrate its accomplishments and growth since it opened May 12, 2011.
Sponsoring the family-oriented funfest was Suzie's Dogs & Drafts.
During the seven years, an estimated 380,000 people have visited and explored OH WOW's hands-on, interactive exhibits and educational programs rooted in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. That includes about 84,000 visitors last year, and the figure is expected to top 100,000 by year's end, Barbati noted.
Another primary force behind the center's success is the staff, which has grown from five to 13 part- and full-time employees, including Youngstown State University STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] students, some of whom have built prototypes of the museum's exhibits, she continued.
In addition, OH WOW has expanded outreach efforts, is restructuring its internal operating process to be more efficient and enjoys strong partnerships with YSU, the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County and other major entities, Barbati said.
Also, a two-way street exists between the facility being a vital part of what many see as downtown's renaissance and the impact of the city's growth on the center, she added.
Creating a small but highly scientific type of growth at the birthday bash was Gracie Rice, 8, who enjoyed slowly blowing soap bubbles shortly after Bri Davis, a six-month employee, conducted dry-ice demonstrations in a flask.
"Dry ice is a form of carbon dioxide and it sublimates," meaning it passes from a solid to a gas, skipping the liquid phase, explained Davis, who donned a pair of gloves to protect her hands from exposure to the material, which transitions from one state to the other at minus 110 degrees.
Gracie and others also formed "bubble snakes," after Davis had placed a piece of cloth with a rubber band over the top of a plastic bottle that contained dish soap and sugar.
The youngsters blew through the cloth, which allowed bubbles to come out the other end in a pattern that resembled a snake.
Accompanying Gracie were her father, William Rice; younger sister Emma, 5; the girls' niece, Brenna Pascute, 7, a first-grader at Lakeview Elementary School in Cortland; and Brenna's parents, Dan Pascute and Melinda McDaniel.
"I was here when I was in kindergarten. My favorite thing was the airplane simulator thing," Brenna recalled.
"I think we're going to get a membership. This is a lot of fun," Dan Pascute said, adding the birthday celebration marked his first visit to OH WOW.
Also among those who derive plenty of fun from the facility's offerings is Mr. Ralf, who began nearly five years ago and refers to himself as "a jack of all trades" and "a senior edutainer" (an educator and entertainer).
"We know how everything works; we know how everything should work," said Mr. Ralf, whose duties include performing a variety of scientific demonstrations and experiments, maintaining the exhibits, conducting school visits and doing public-relations and outreach work.
Mr. Ralf, who also has an extensive background in counseling, added that he loves to show parents and their children how scientific principles and concepts can benefit many practical, everyday areas of their lives.
He also left no doubt about his relationship with OH WOW.
Barbati's plans for the facility include upgrades to some of the first-floor exhibits, including installing new flooring under a water table this fall.
Also in the works is an exhibit to show how five types of movement can benefit people's emotional, physical and mental well-being while improving their health. About 15 percent of the estimated $225,000 cost has been raised for that effort, she noted.
Going forward, OH WOW also hopes to build on its community partnerships and possibly expand to the building's second floor, Barbati said.
She added that a new associate director has been hired to focus on further development and outreach efforts.
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Q: Is the particle reaction $π^- + p \to K^- + Σ^+$ possible? I'm currently going over some undergraduate exams on particle physics and I'm having problems with a specific reaction, namely
$$
\pi^- + p \to K^- + \Sigma^+
$$
which, in my opinion, is not allowed due to strangeness violation ($0 \rightarrow -2$), so it could only be a weak interaction. Since it's purely hadronic, though, it should be a strong interaction. Can anyone explain to me where I'm wrong? Or is the professor's answer wrong? He marked the "not allowed" answer with "wrong" (no further explanation).

A: This reaction can proceed through multiple charged weak interactions (i.e. instances of a virtual $W$ boson being emitted or absorbed, the flavor-changing weak processes of the standard model); provided sufficient center-of-mass energy, of course. Schematically:
$$
\small{
\begin{array}{cc}
\pi^- \!\! \equiv \begin{Bmatrix} \overline u \cr d \end{Bmatrix} \cr
p ~ \equiv \begin{Bmatrix} u \cr u \cr d \end{Bmatrix}
\end{array}
\rightarrow
\begin{bmatrix} \overline u \cr \! u + W^- \!\! \cr u \cr u \cr d \end{bmatrix} \equiv
\begin{bmatrix} \overline u \cr u \cr \! W^- + u \cr u \cr d \end{bmatrix} \rightarrow
\begin{bmatrix} \overline u \cr u \cr s \cr u \cr d \end{bmatrix} \rightarrow
\begin{bmatrix} \overline u \cr u \cr s \cr u \cr u + W^- \!\! \end{bmatrix} \equiv
\begin{bmatrix} \overline u \cr u \cr s \cr \! W^- + u \! \cr u \end{bmatrix} \rightarrow
\begin{bmatrix} \overline u \cr u \cr s \cr s \cr u \end{bmatrix}
\equiv
\begin{array}{cc}
\begin{Bmatrix} \overline u \cr s \end{Bmatrix} \equiv K^- \cr
\begin{Bmatrix} u \cr u \cr s \end{Bmatrix} \equiv \Sigma^+
\end{array}
}
$$
But surely the cross section of this reaction, $\sigma[~\pi^- + p \rightarrow K^- + \Sigma^+~]$,
is expected to be quite small compared to $\sigma[~\pi^- + p \rightarrow K^0 + \Sigma^0~]$, for instance.

A: This reaction is not possible, but for a nontrivial reason.
As you note, the non-conservation of strangeness forces this to be a weak interaction, but there is nothing stopping baryons from partaking in weak interactions (as in e.g. this reaction). However, no charge is exchanged in the process, so it would be due to a weak neutral current, and these do conserve strangeness.
The proton has an ($\mathrm{uud}$) configuration and the pion contains ($\mathrm{d \overline u}$); the Σ is ($\mathrm{uus}$) and the K is ($\mathrm{s \overline u}$). This means that you would need to turn two down quarks into strange quarks, i.e. something like this:

Such a flavour-changing neutral current is as yet hypothetical, and has not been observed. (See for instance, the Z boson Feynman rules.)

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Q: Can Oracle VM be downloaded for free? I would like to try out Oracle VM just for fun.
Can it be downloaded for free from Oracle?
And if so, does anyone have a link?

A: You can get it from the Downloads link on the Oracle VM home page.  Choose Enterprise Linux & VM from the Downloads menu.  Or this link will take you right to it.  Note you'll have to register as part of the download process.
(Also worth noting that VirtualBox is now Oracle's product and is free to download)

A: Developers can download copies of the Oracle server, and the Oracle VM lives inside there.

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I was mislead by a comment into thinking that the JVM was at issue.
I can't delete it because it's accepted.


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Balancing Frogs
When Memory Dies
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A. Sivanandan, a Sri Lankan Tamil who left his native country for Great Britain in 1958, composed this novel about three generations of a Sri Lankan family who witness their country's descent into ethnic strife and the beginnings of civil war in the mid-20th century.
The narrative is divided into three sections, one for each generation. In the first section, Sahadevan, an educated Tamil, describes the trade union politics of the 1920s and 1930s through his friendships and family ties with those people who are in the midst of events. In the middle section, his son Rajan lives through the first years of independence. The entire novel is, in fact, narrated from Rajan's point of view, although he vanishes from the scene when he moves to Great Britain and disappears. The third generation is represented by Vijay, who, through some deft genealogical slight-of-hand on the author's part, continues the same family despite actually being Sinhala. He gets to witness the full-blown culmination of the disintegration of the social order that had so troubled his father.
What we have here, and what overshadows the book's actual narrative, is a political and social history of Sri Lanka from the 1920s to the early 1980s, from trade unions agitating against British rule early on, to the early years to Ceylon self-government, to the total breakdown of the country along communal lines in the late 1970s. Actual individual characters seem unimportant by comparison. Oh, there are plenty of characters about, but they all seem expendable. When something truly horrible happens (and many, many horrible things happen over the course of this book), you're warned of it several pages in advance by the shift in mood.
So I was never really able to get emotionally invested in this book. I found it a valuable read chiefly because it was educational. My wife and I are planning to visit Sri Lanka over next Chinese New Year, and when visiting a new, unfamiliar country, acquainting oneself with the basics of its culture and history are necessary to avoid being a bumbling, idiot foreigner. On one hand, the politics discussed in the book are now 30 years out of date. But on the other hand, they deal with the origins of the very same civil war which only ended in 2009, and remains the single defining event in the nation's recent history. The narrative itself may have left me cold, but When Memory Dies had true value for me for giving me a contextual framework upon which I can hang new bits of information about this nation of Sri Lanka.
Last month I wrote of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother that I found the novel weakest when characters ranted at each other about politics. By any objective measure, When Memory Dies is a hundred times worse in that regard, and the density of political ranting increases as the novel goes on, as characters shout cliched lines at each other. (I found it downright funny when, on page 360 of my edition, a character who appears nowhere else in the narrative pipes up to say of the Prime Minister, "Boy, that guy likes to play around with democracy, doesn't he?")
I actually didn't mind this so much, probably because it was far removed from my everyday experience -- hearing complaints about the dictatorial ambitions of Prime Minster Ranasinghe Premadasa was new to me, so my brain was able to contextualize it as data concerning political history. That said, by bringing this up at all I believe I have become both the first and the last person ever to draw a comparison between A. Sivanandan's When Memory Dies and Cory Doctorow's Little Brother.
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SKI JACKET is rated 4.0 out of 5 by 1.
Rated 4 out of 5 by GreenT from Happy apart from one little thing... The jacket has every thing that I need from a ski jacket for on piste skiing. However, there is one little niggle that annoys me about it - the colour of the jacket is red and dark blue. It is not red and black. From the images on the website the red jacket does look like it has black outer detailing, so the site isn't terribly clear. Despite this, the inside of the jacket is black - to me this seems strange, the secondary colour of the jacket is dark blue, why would the designers make the inside, lycra cuffs, and zippers black? The rest of my accessories (pants, gloves, etc) are black, so i'll just have to put up with the clash of colours.


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Q: How to exit from an infinite loop without pressing Ctrl+Break in Turbo C++ I want to make a stop-watch in C (live Stop-watch) without using inbuilt function "Timer" in Turbo C. My code is as follows:
 #include<stdio.h>
 #include<conio.h>
 #include<dos.h>

 int main()
 {
 int hh,mm,ss;
 hh=mm=ss=0;
 gotoxy(10,10);
 printf("\nSTOP - WATCH: ");
 gotoxy(20,18);
 printf("HH : MM : SS");
 _setcursortype(_NOCURSOR);
 for(;;ss++) //An infinite loop
 {
  if(ss==60)
  {
    mm++;
    ss=0;
  }

  if(mm==60)
  {
    hh++;
    mm=0;
  }

  gotoxy(20,20);
  delay(1000);
  printf("%02d : %02d : %02d",hh,mm,ss);

 }
 return 0;
 }

Now I want to exit from this program on press of a button on the keyboard (lets say 'Q').

A: Use kbhit() and getch() from <conio.h> to get keyboard input.

A: Your program is to use kbhit() and getch().  Should you forget, should you mistakenly compile, then your only option is Ctrl + Break (which probably won't work, but you might get lucky).


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This document explains how to contribute changes to the Gitea project. It assumes you have followed the [installation instructions](https://github.com/go-gitea/docs/tree/master/en-US/installation). Sensitive security-related issues should be reported to [security@gitea.io](mailto:security@gitea.io).

## Bug reports

Please search the issues on the issue tracker with a variety of keywords to ensure your bug is not already reported.

If unique, [open an issue](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/new) and answer the questions so we can understand and reproduce the problematic behavior.

The burden is on you to convince us that it is actually a bug in Gitea. This is easiest to do when you write clear, concise instructions so we can reproduce the behavior (even if it seems obvious). The more detailed and specific you are, the faster we will be able to help you. Check out [How to Report Bugs Effectively](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html).

Please be kind, remember that Gitea comes at no cost to you, and you're getting free help.

## Discuss your design

The project welcomes submissions but please let everyone know what you're working on if you want to change or add something to the Gitea repositories.

Before starting to write something new for the Gitea project, please [file an issue](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/new). Significant changes must go through the [change proposal process](https://github.com/go-gitea/proposals) before they can be accepted.

This process gives everyone a chance to validate the design, helps prevent duplication of effort, and ensures that the idea fits inside the goals for the project and tools. It also checks that the design is sound before code is written; the code review tool is not the place for high-level discussions.

## Testing redux

Before sending code out for review, run all the tests for the whole tree to make sure the changes don't break other usage and keep the compatibility on upgrade. To make sure you are running the test suite exactly like we do you should install the CLI for [Drone CI](https://github.com/drone/drone), as we are using the server for continous testing, following [these instructions](http://readme.drone.io/0.5/install/cli/). After that you can simply call `drone exec` within your working directory and it will try to run the test suite locally.

## Code review

Changes to Gitea must be reviewed before they are accepted, no matter who makes the change even if it is an owner or a maintainer. We use GitHub's pull request workflow to do that and we also use [LGTM](http://lgtm.co) to ensure every PR is reviewed by at least 2 maintainers.

Please try to make your pull request easy to review for us. Please read the "[How to get faster PR reviews](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/master/docs/devel/faster_reviews.md)" guide, it has lots of useful tips for any project you may want to contribute. Some of the key points:

* Make small pull requests. The smaller, the faster to review and the more likely it will be merged soon.
* Don't make changes unrelated to your PR. Maybe there are typos on some comments, maybe refactoring would be welcome on a function... but if that is not related to your PR, please make *another* PR for that.
* Split big pull requests in multiple small ones. An incremental change will be faster to review than a huge PR.

## Sign your work

The sign-off is a simple line at the end of the explanation for the patch. Your signature certifies that you wrote the patch or otherwise have the right to pass it on as an open-source patch. The rules are pretty simple: If you can certify [DCO](DCO), then you just add a line to every git commit message:

```
Signed-off-by: Joe Smith <joe.smith@email.com>
```

Please use your real name, we really dislike pseudonyms or anonymous contributions. We are in the opensource world without secrets. If you set your `user.name` and `user.email` git configs, you can sign your commit automatically with `git commit -s`.

## Maintainers

To make sure every PR is checked, we got team maintainers. Every PR **MUST** be reviewed by at least two maintainers (or owners) before it can get merged. A maintainer should be a contributor of Gitea (or Gogs) and contributed at least 4 accepted PRs. A contributor should apply as a maintainer in the [Gitter develop channel](https://gitter.im/go-gitea/develop). The owners or the team maintainers may invite the contributor. A maintainer should spend some time on code reviews. If a maintainer has no time to do that, they should apply to leave the maintainers team and we will give them the honor of being a member of the advisors team. Of course, if an advisor has time to code review, we will gladly welcome them back to maintainers team. If someone has no time to code review and forgets to leave the maintainers team, the owners have the power to move him from maintainers team to advisors team.

## Owners

Since Gitea is a pure community organization without any company support, to keep the development healthy we will elect the owners every year. Every time we will elect three owners. All the contributors may vote up to three people, one of which is the main owner, and the others are assistant owners. When the new owners have been elected, the old owners MUST move the power to the new ones. If an owner don't obey these rules, the others are allowed to revoke his owner status.

After the election, the new owners should say they agree with these rules on the [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) on the [Gitter main channel](https://gitter.im/go-gitea/gitea). Below are the words to speak:

```
I'm glad to be an owner of Gitea, I agree with [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md). I will spend part of my time on Gitea and lead the development of Gitea.
```

To honor the past owners, here's the history of the owners and the time they served:

* 2016-11-04 ~ 2017-12-31
  * [Lunny Xiao](https://github.com/lunny) <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
  * [Thomas Boerger](https://github.com/tboerger) <thomas@webhippie.de>
  * [Kim Carlbäcker](https://github.com/bkcsoft) <kim.carlbacker@gmail.com>

## Versions

Gitea has the `master` branch as a tip branch and has version branches such as `v0.9`. `v0.9` is a release branch and we will tag `v0.9.0` for binary download. If `v0.9.0` has bugs, we will accept pull requests on the `v0.9` branch and publish a `v0.9.1` tag, after bringing the bug fix also to the master branch.

Since the `master` branch is a tip version, if you wish to use Gitea in production, please download the latest release tag version. All the branches will be protected via GitHub, all the PRs to every branch must be reviewed by two maintainers and must pass the automatic tests.

## Copyright

Code that you contribute should use the standard copyright header:

```
// Copyright 2016 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
```

Files in the repository contain copyright from the year they are added to the year they are last changed. If the copyright author is changed, just paste the header below the old one.

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Category Sports
Renato Moicano
Author Sabnam Maheswori Published on June 20, 2020 3 min read
2 Renato Moicano Net Worth
3 Renato Moicano Wife: Priscila Van Der Broocke
4 Short Wiki-Like Bio
Last Modified On: 20th June, 2020, 11:25 AM
Brazilian mixed martial artist Renato Moicano competes in the Lightweight division of the UFC. Since his professional debut in 2010, he made a name for himself fighting all over Brazil. In July 2014, he earned the interim Jungle Fight featherweight title after winning his first eight fights.
Birth Name Renato Moicano
Birth Date 21 May 1989
Birthplace Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Nationality Brazilian
Height 5 feet 11 inches
Parents N/A
Wife Priscila Van Der Broocke
Children A son
Net Worth N/A
Renato Moicano Net Worth
Renato signed with the UFC on 12 December 2014. He replaced Rony Jason against Tom Niinimaki on ten days' notice at 'UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Dollaway.' He won the fight through the submission in the second round. Later, he was scheduled to fight Mirsad Bektic on 30 May 2015 at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Alves, but he pulled off the bout due to an injury. Lucas Martins then replaced him.
Renato won with a split decision against Zubaira Tukhugov at UFC 198 for his second UFC appearance. He was expected to face Mike De La Torre on 24 September 2016 at UFC Fight Night 95. But, he pulled out with injury and was replaced on short notice by Godofredo Pepey.
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Renato faced Brian Ortega on 29 July 2017 at UFC 214 but lost the fight via submission in the third round. After the battle with Brian, he moved from Brazil to the United States to train at the American Top Team.
The Brasilian fighter faced José Aldo on 02 February 2019 in the co-main event at UFC Fight Night 144. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. He started fighting under Lightweight Division in 2020. In March, he knocked down Damir Hadžović within 44 seconds of the first round in UFC Brasilia.
Though Renato has earned a colossal net worth from his MMA career, his net worth is still unknown.
Renato Moicano Wife: Priscila Van Der Broocke
Renato Moicano is happily married to wife, Priscila Van Der Broocke. His wife is also a professional in MMA, who made her debut on 02 December 2017. The couple was a schoolmate in the early 2000s. They both had a crush on each other as a kid. But, they started dating each other after 11 years.
Renato's wife, Priscila, once told:
"We were friends at school, but he was always moving from school to school, so we kind of lost contact." "After a few years, we found each other on Facebook and started chatting and met again."
Priscila follows her husband's success in MMA. She made her MMA debut in December 2017, finishing Laila Oliveira via first-round knockout. Additionally, she is a model and an athlete her entire life.
Renato trained his wife to a blue belt in jiu-jitsu after her successful MMA debut. In an interview, he admitted that watching Priscila enter a cage to fight professionally for the first time was not easy.
Renato and his wife share a child. His wife gave birth to their son in March 2020. After defeating Damir Hadžović in UFC Brasilia in March 2020, Renato called out his wife and son and dedicated his win to them.
Short Wiki-Like Bio
Renato Moicano Carneiro was born on 21 May 1989, in Brasilia, Brazil, which makes his age 31. He has been practicing mixed martial arts since he was a child and has grown to become a teacher in MMA and Muay Thai.
Renato has a tall height; he stands 5 feet, 11 inches tall. His body weighs 70 kg.
His fighting style is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai. He is a black belt in both Jiu-Jitsu and Muay Thai.
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import { Argv } from 'yargs';
import {
  CommandContext,
  CommandModule,
  CommandModuleError,
  CommandModuleImplementation,
  CommandScope,
} from '../command-module';

export const demandCommandFailureMessage = `You need to specify a command before moving on. Use '--help' to view the available commands.`;

export function addCommandModuleToYargs<
  T extends object,
  U extends Partial<CommandModuleImplementation> & {
    new (context: CommandContext): Partial<CommandModuleImplementation> & CommandModule;
  },
>(localYargs: Argv<T>, commandModule: U, context: CommandContext): Argv<T> {
  const cmd = new commandModule(context);
  const {
    args: {
      options: { jsonHelp },
    },
    workspace,
  } = context;

  const describe = jsonHelp ? cmd.fullDescribe : cmd.describe;

  return localYargs.command({
    command: cmd.command,
    aliases: cmd.aliases,
    describe:
      // We cannot add custom fields in help, such as long command description which is used in AIO.
      // Therefore, we get around this by adding a complex object as a string which we later parse when generating the help files.
      typeof describe === 'object' ? JSON.stringify(describe) : describe,
    deprecated: cmd.deprecated,
    builder: (argv) => {
      // Skip scope validation when running with '--json-help' since it's easier to generate the output for all commands this way.
      const isInvalidScope =
        !jsonHelp &&
        ((cmd.scope === CommandScope.In && !workspace) ||
          (cmd.scope === CommandScope.Out && workspace));

      if (isInvalidScope) {
        throw new CommandModuleError(
          `This command is not available when running the Angular CLI ${
            workspace ? 'inside' : 'outside'
          } a workspace.`,
        );
      }

      return cmd.builder(argv) as Argv<T>;
    },
    handler: (args) => cmd.handler(args),
  });
}


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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Xbox Overview
Developer: Pandemic Studios
"Begun, the Clone War has" - Jedi Master Yoda. It starts where Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones ends. As Jedi Anakin Skywalker, Mace Windu or Obi-Wan Kenobi, you lead the Republic Army in the greatest battles of the epic Clone Wars. Your directive: to stop the Separatists from reassembling an ancient Sith weapon of mass annihilation. Battle for survival in a variety of multiplayer games with up to four players, from Deathmatch to King-of-the-Hill -- and even strategic Conquest games. And engage over 30 unique combat units as you wage war across six worlds in the galaxyís most unforgettable conflict.
Related Xbox Cheats for Star Wars: The Clone Wars
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Other games developed by Pandemic Studios
The 2nd installment of Destroy All Humans is soon to be release on the Xbox Console..Crypto is back to rewrite history and the 60's will never be the same again. Invasion is set for this fall.
Star Wars Battlefront will put fans and gamers in the heat of the action as they re-live all of the epic battles from the classic and prequel eras of the Star Wars universe. Gamers will be able to participate in the most memorable Star Wars battles s..
Star Wars Battlefront II improves upon the original game's single-player experience with open-ended, mission-based objectives inspired from all six Star Wars films. The compelling storyline spans more than 12 new locations, many from Episode III, i..
Mercenaries is a revolutionary, 3rd person action-shooter game set in the near future and inspired by real world events. On the eve of a historic reunification of North and South Korea, a ruthless general stages a military coup to take control of Nor..
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Johann Carl Rahsskopff (* 18. August 1806 in Molsheim/Pfalz; † 20. Dezember 1886 in Koblenz) war ein deutscher Uhrmacher und Mechaniker.

Leben
Johann Carl Rahsskopff beschäftigte sich mit der Konstruktion von außergewöhnlichen Turm-, Wand- und Tischuhren mit heliokoider Verzahnung (Schneckenverzahnung). Sein Name steht für den Bau einer speziellen Turmuhren-Hemmung in Abwandlung der bekannten Hemmung von Brocot. 1849 erfolgte die Patentierung eines Manometers. Eine Ausstellung seiner Produkte erfolgte auf regionalen Gewerbeausstellungen der Jahre 1844, 1852 und 1854.

1855 folgte die Teilnahme an der Weltausstellung in Paris.
Rahsskopff lieferte von ihm gebaute Uhren auf Schloss Stolzenfels bei Koblenz für den Preußischen König. Aufgrund seiner Leistungen wurde er zum "Königlichen Hof-Uhrmacher und Mechaniker" in Coblenz (Koblenz) ernannt.

Literatur
 Ian D. Fowler, Eugen Denkel: Die Uhrmacherfamilie Rahsskopff in Koblenz. In: Kreismuseum Neuwied (Hg.): Kinzing & Co. Innovative Uhren aus der Provinz. Neuwied 2003 (Katalog der Ausstellung im Kreismuseum Neuwied, 7. September bis 26. Oktober 2003). ISBN 3-00-012149-8. S. 52–62.
 Commission Impériale (Hg.): Exposition des produits de l'industrie de toutes les nations, 1855. Catalogue Officiel. Exposition universelle, Paris 1855. Darin S. 395: No. 280: Rahsskopff (J.-C.), à Coblenz (Prusse-Rhénane).

Weblinks
 Ian D. Fowler, Eugen Denkel: Die Uhrmacherfamilie Rahsskopff in Coblenz
 Ian D. Fowler: Experimentelle Präzisionspendeluhr, mit Schneckenverzahnung sign.: J.C. Rahsskopff in Coblenz

Uhrmacher
Deutscher
Geboren 1806
Gestorben 1886
Mann

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Efficiency Technologies in Oil and Gas Industry Reduce Energy Use
Fact Sheet August 27, 2014
Efficiency Technologies in Oil and Gas Industry Reduce Energy Use (PDF)
© Ormat
The trailblazer pipeline.
Two energy-efficient technologies, combined heat and power (CHP) and waste heat to power (WHP), are reducing energy costs, increasing efficiency, and improving reliability while delivering other environmental benefits. But there is potential for their expanded use. Changes to federal tax financing policies can help support greater adoption of these proven technologies across the oil and gas sector.
By producing both heat and power from a single fuel source, combined heat and power has double the efficiency of central station power generation. Waste heat to power captures waste heat that would typically be vented from an industrial facility and uses it to make electricity with no additional combustion and no incremental emissions. Both CHP and WHP dramatically lower energy use, emissions, and costs.
Increased efficiency reduces energy costs
CHP and WHP can be used in a variety of industrial applications that have significant and coincident power and thermal loads. Combined heat and power has a long history in the industrial sector. Facilities in the chemicals, metal, oil refining, pulp and paper, and food processing sectors represent more than 80 percent of total global capacity for electric CHP.1 In the United States, CHP provides 18 percent of power and steam to oil and gas industries.2
Basic processes such as oil recovery, petroleum refining, natural gas distillation, and pipeline compressor stations use large amounts of energy, but many facilities that conduct these operations still release wasted heat into the atmosphere rather than harnessing it for power production. CHP and WHP can also be practical solutions at sites with hot water, steam, or other thermal loads.3 These highly efficient power-generating systems deliver more energy from a given amount of initial fuel, dramatically reducing costs.
Combined heat and power and wasted heat to power installations are delivering efficiency and cost savings to the oil and gas industry in states across the country.
Targa Resources, which operates a natural gas distillation facility in Mont Belvieu, Texas, examined the possibility of on-site power generation using CHP in an effort to improve the efficiency and reliability of its heating plant as well as the potential to expand its facilities.4 In 2009, the company installed a 15-megawatt (MW) CHP project, which today provides as much as 90 percent of the facility's electricity.
The Trailblazer Pipeline runs 436 miles across Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska and is outfitted with compressor stations along its route. Heat is produced as a byproduct of the pressurized systems which push the fuel from station to station. The heat from all of the stations along the way is collected and delivered to the compressor station in northeastern Colorado, which recycles the wasted heat through a 3.5-MW WHP system that provides power to the electric grid. Over the course of the 20-year agreement, system operators expect to save more than $10 million.
Eliminating financial barriers to CHP and WHP
CHP and WHP systems offer the oil and gas industry proven methods to improve efficiency, power quality, energy reliability, and security while lowering energy costs. Despite these benefits, technical and financial hurdles continue to limit more widespread adoption of efficiency technologies. These obstacles include narrow recognition of WHP as a renewable energy source, limited incentive programs, and a lack of access to financing. Government policies are needed to create equity and parity in energy policy to further reduce the capital cost of CHP and WHP and increase its deployment.
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, "Cogeneration/Combined Heat and Power (CHP)," http://www.c2es.org/technology/factsheet/CogenerationCHP.
U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Combined Heat and Power: A Clean Energy Solution" (August 2012), https://www1.eere.energy.gov/manufactering/distributedenergy/pdfs/ chp_clean_energy_solution.pdf, 11.
U.S. Department of Energy, CHP Technical Assistance Partnerships: Southwest, "Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Stations," http://www. southwestchptap.org/industrial-naturalgas.
U.S. Department of Energy, Gulf Coast Clean Energy Application Center, "Targa Resources Project Profile," http://files.harc.edu/sites/gulfcoastchp/projectprofiles/targa.pdf.
Downloads Efficiency Technologies in Oil and Gas Industry Reduce Energy Use (PDF)


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Адам Гарсия (; род. 1973) — австралийский актёр, режиссёр, танцор чечётки и певец.

Ранние годы
Гарсия родился в 1973 году в семье Джин Балхарри и Фабио Гарсии в Вахруне (Новый Южный Уэльс). Его мать, Джин, австралийка, а отец, Фабио, родом из Колумбии. Мать Гарсии — физиотерапевт на пенсии. Он посещал среднюю школу Нокса. Также обучился чечетке в Capital Dance Studio в Сиднее, Австралия.

Карьера
Также учился в Сиднейском университете по специальности химик-биолог, но после года обучения бросил его, чтобы участвовать в австралийском туре вест-эндского мюзикла «Шарканье в горячих туфлях» () (1992—1993). В 1994 он играет в этом мюзикле в лондонском театре «Театр Королевы» () и после его показа продолжил свою карьеру в театрах британской столицы — мюзиклы «Бриолин» (), «Птаха» (). Большой успех и признание пришли к Гарсии, когда он исполнил роль Тони Манеро в мюзикле «Лихорадка субботнего вечера» (), поставленной в лондонском театре «Лондон Палладиум» (), — этот спектакль продержался на сцене около года. За эту роль он был номинирован на премию «Olivier Award» как Лучший актёр мюзикла.

Гарсия снимался в таких фильмах как «Уайльд», «Каблуки», «Бар «Гадкий койот»», «Очарование», «Как заработать 20 миллионов баксов». Он выступал с танцевальным номером на церемонии открытия Олимпиады 2000 года в Сиднее. Как певец он участвовал в создании новых саундтреков классических мюзиклов «Скрипач на крыше» и «Волосы» для фирмы «That's Entertainment Productions».

Личная жизнь
C 1998 по 2001 год состоял в отношениях с танцовщицей, Летицией Рэй. C 2003 по 2004 встречался с актрисой Амелией Уорнер. 26 марта 2015 года Гарсия женился в Лондоне на своей давней подруге Наталии Чубин. Чубин ранее работала старшим менеджером по маркетингу в PlayStation. У пары есть дочь и сын.

Фильмография

Актёр
 1997 — Уайльд / Wilde — Джонс
 2000 — Бар «Гадкий койот» / Coyote Ugly — Кевин О'Доннелл
 2000 — Каблуки / Bootmen — Шон Одкин
 2001 — Сильная женщина / Riding in Cars with Boys — Джейсон д'Онофрио
 2002 —  / The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest — Энди
 2003 — Кенгуру Джекпот / Kangaroo Jack — Кенгуру Джекпот (озвучивание)
 2004 — Звезда сцены / Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen — Стью
 2004 — Братья-соперники / Love's Brother — Джино
 2005 — Без оглядки / Standing Still — Майкл
 2005 — Рождественское вторжение / The Christmas Invasion — Алекс
 2008 — Высшая школа «Британниа» / Britannia High — Стефан

Режиссёрские работы
 2012 — Гомофобия / Homophobia

Примечания

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The Spinelli Group is organising a series of events in European national capitals in order to meet citizens and national policy makers and make advance the debate on federal solutions to the challenges Europe is facing.
The debates will be in German and English, with interpretation.
REFORMING THE EURO-ZONE – NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY, EUROPEAN SOLIDARITY, EUROPEAN PUBLIC GOODS: WHERE DOES THE BALANCE LAY?
REFORMING THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: MORE POWERS TO THE STATES OR TIME FOR A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND A FEDERAL UNION?


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Sukulenty (ze šp. suculento – šťavnatý) jsou rostliny, které umí shromažďovat ve svém těle (stonku nebo listech) vodu, která jim umožňuje přežít i velmi dlouhá období sucha. Jsou tak uzpůsobené k přežití v pouštních a polopouštních podmínkách.

Typické znaky
 vyžadují hodně světla a občasnou zálivku (sprchnutí)
 CAM metabolismus, který minimalizuje ztrátu vody
 méně průduchů
 spíše mohutnější kmeny než drobné větve s lístky; kmeny nebývají zdřevnatělé a jsou schopny fotosyntézy
 tělo těchto rostlin bývá odlišné od běžných rostlin – sukulenty mají redukovanou formu růstu, "kompaktnější" tělo (ne tolik větvené jako u běžných keřů nebo stromů); nezdřevnatělé, většinou dužinaté objemné tělo (nebo jeho část – listy, kmen, kořeny, hlízy, …) schopné změny objemu (v závislosti na příjmu a akumulaci vody), jehož povrch je nějakým způsobem (voskem, "chloupky") opatřen proti rapidnímu vysoušení

Výskyt sukulentů
Sukulenty se typicky vyskytují v suchých tropických a subtropických oblastech jako jsou stepi, polopouště a pouště, kde jsou vlivem vysokých teplot a nízkých srážek ke svému přežití nuceny akumulovat vodu. Vyskytují se také v oblastech, kde je sice celoroční úhrn srážek vysoký, ale střídají se zde výrazná období vlhka a sucha.

Příklady sukulentů
Nejznámějšími sukulenty jsou kaktusy. Téměř každý kaktus patří mezi sukulenty, ale existují i jiné sukulenty než kaktusy. Mohou existovat i jako epifyty. Dalším příkladem je Aloe, z čeledi Asphodelaceae. Sukulenty většinou nejsou vybíravé na kvalitní půdu – mohou vegetovat na pouštích, mořských pobřežích i v oblastech solných pánví bohatých na minerály.

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 (česky) https://web.archive.org/web/20140808185230/http://www.sukulenty.eu/co-je-to-sukulent-sukulentni-rostlina/
  http://www.floridanaturepictures.com/cacti/cacti.html
  https://zahradadecin.cz/sukulenty/
  http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/fieldno.html

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Even after working for years among the madding crowd, to afford it, he didn't think one percent of those who'd attended his retirement party realized that, "Getting away from it all" meant owning a small, offshore island.
Almost self-sufficient, he only came to "town" about once a month. Today, after some shopping, he would sooner be at the diner beyond the dentist's back window than in this chair, but he'd need good teeth to continue to enjoy that.
One hour, and one bacon cheeseburger from now, he'd be on the little ferry, back to Eden.
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Network: The CW, CBC
Episodes: 25 (half-hour)
Seasons: two
TV show dates: August 3, 2010 — March 28, 2011
Performers include: Michael Seater, Stacey Farber, Alain Goulem, Angela Asher, Jesse Rath, Kaniehtiio Horn, Arielle Shiri, Peter Keleghan, Ellen David, Erin Agostino, Carl Alacchi, Samantha Moore, and Raphael Cohen-Demers.
Tom Bellow (Michael Seater) and Jessie Hill (Stacey Farber) are college students and best friends that have grown up next door to each other, in very different households.
Jessie throws herself into everything she takes on, be it working, shopping, or just hanging out. She lacks that filter in social conversation and doesn't fully appreciate authority, especially if she feels something just isn't right.
Jessie's father, Phil (Al Goulem), works in I.T., but thinks of himself as a "modern day plumber." He's the self-proclaimed "High Sheriff of Recycle Town" and has a green room next to the garage but it's really where he goes to sneak beef jerky. His wife, Tara (Angela Asher), is a proud liberal but knows when it's best to pull back a little (which is why she allows the beef jerky secret to continue). Tara works at a non-profit called NGO, a place that doesn't accomplish a lot, but she's happy to think she's changing the world.
Ever socially conscious, the Hills have an Iraqui refugee (Carl Alacchi) living with them. Understandably, he's often confused about what's going on around him.
Tom is the type of guy who's comfortable with both jocks and emo-boys. He likes to think it's because of his well-rounded personality, but really this guy just likes to be liked, and isn't big on conflict.
Tom's dad, Ben (Peter Keleghan), is a municipal judge in small claims. For his job, Ben struggles with weighty issues, looking at them from every possible angle. He knows how to intimidate others both at work and at home. The true power in the house though belongs to Judith (Ellen David), Tom's uptight wife. She's a complete throwback to more traditional times which doesn't always sit well with the neighbor ladies.
Monica (Kaniehtiio Horn), Tom's aggressive big sister, lives downtown while little sister Wendy (Arielle Shiri) lives at home and often looks for ways to push her own boundaries.
While playing a particularly intense game of "truth or dare," Jessie dares Tom to propose to her. To her surprise, he proposes for real and they commit to getting married. Tom's uptight parents hate the idea and Jessie's free-spirited parents don't care for the institution of marriage as a whole. Their friends aren't crazy about the matrimony plans either — including Carter (Jesse Rath), Tom's best friend, who is the first guy that Jessie slept with some two years ago.
Tom and Jessie feel their love is truly genuine and plan to prove that love can conquer all. The parents try to use reverse psychology and act like they're gung-ho. It doesn't work and they elope. After looking for a place of their own, Tom and Jessie end up moving into the attic of Tom's parents' house.
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This wine is produced by Les Maîtres Vignerons de Cascastel. They are located in the Fitou Appelation in the Languedoc, a mountaneous wine region in the south of France. Along with the Clairette du Languedoc AOC, Fitou AOC is the oldest still wine appellation in the region. Les Maîtres Vignerons de Cascastel are a co-op of 100 extremely dedicated winemakers. To date, approximately 70% of their wine is produced on site and is sold either directly or through partners. L'objectifest de développernospartenariats avec l'ensemble de la distribution en étant à l'écoute de leursbesoins et en étant force de proposition dans un marché en évolution.
Their objective is to develop strong relationships with the entire distribution system, be attentive to their needs and be a recognizable force in the market.
This red wine is a blend of 20% Syrah, 40% Carignan and 40% Grenache.
In the glass, it is a brilliant ruby red color with nice thick legs.
It appears a little muted at first but with a few swirls, aromas of cherry yogurt chews, black wet earth, nutmeg, cinnamon and almond paste start tickling your nose.
Generous mouth feel, soft velvety tannins, spicy, lots of ripe black cherries and toasted ground almonds.
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Zuckerberg and Chan latest wealthy philanthropists to attempt to 'cure all disease'
by Ben Adams |
Billionaire husband-and-wife team Priscilla Chan, a trained pediatrician, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will invest around $3 billion over the next 10 years into a series of science-led projects designed to "cure, prevent or manage all disease within our children's lifetime."
The announcement, made last night by the two in San Francisco and alongside Bill Gates (and streamed on Facebook), will see about $600 million of the funds funneled into a so-called Biohub over the next decade.
The first project, called Cell Atlas, will seek to create a map that describes the different types of cells that control the body's major organs.
The second project, known as the Infectious Disease Initiative, will attempt to make new tests and vaccines to tackle infectious diseases, including HIV, Ebola, Zika, and others.
This research hub, which is based in San Francisco, will also bring Bay-area academic researchers together, Chan said, including those from UC San Francisco, Stanford University and UC Berkeley. She added that whatever comes out of this lab will be available to other scientists.
The money will come from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which the two created back in December 2015. Zuckerberg has a personal fortune of around $50 billion and has committed to give away 99% of his wealth.
Chan said in her address: "We believe that the future we all want for our children is possible. We set a goal: Can we cure all diseases in our children's lifetime? That doesn't mean that no one will ever get sick. But it does mean that our children and their children should get sick a lot less. And that we should be able to detect and treat or at least manage it as an ongoing condition."
Critics were quick to point out that this figure is far less than the $30 billion-plus spent by the NIH and the more than $51 billion spent by PhRMA members on R&D spend each year, who are all trying to achieve the same goal.
This project and investment is one of the latest in a string of wealthy donors seeking to help combat or cure some of the world's biggest diseases.
Dr. Beth Breeze, director of the center for philanthropy at the University of Kent, said: "The Chan Zuckerberg announcement is unusual in size but is in keeping with trends amongst today's biggest donors who want to achieve transformational change, prefer funding prevention over cure and tend to invest in causes and organisations with which they have prior connections."
Recent investments include from former Facebook ($FB) president and billionaire Silicon Valley veteran Sean Parker, who in April announced he would inject $250 million into the immuno-oncology research field in an effort to boost cancer survival rates. Two months later, he also revealed that he would be helping fund what could be the first-ever CRISPR human trial.
The Facebook alumni join the estate of the billionaire shipping magnate Daniel Ludwig, who donated $540 million to 6 cancer centers in 2014, and Nike co-founder Phil Knight, who pledged $500 million to cancer researchers at Oregon Health & Science University in 2013, as seeking to help speed up research into deadly diseases.
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Keara Gordon's practice includes the defence of class actions and complex litigation across a variety of substantive areas, including consumer, securities, privacy, and insurance litigation in a myriad of industries; financial and corporate litigation and counselling; corporate governance litigation; and internal investigations. She has been involved in appeals to the Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, and the appellate courts of New York, DC, Delaware, and Maryland.
Keara's current or recent engagements include:
Won a complete defense verdict, as first chair trial counsel, after a 61-day trial where the plaintiffs initially sought US $80 million, won counterclaims including defeating the plaintiffs' attempt to stop a redevelopment of the South Street Seaport, and the Court awarded our client US $11.4 million in attorneys' fees, disbursements, and prejudgement interest (Andejo v. South Street Seaport LP et al. New York State Supreme);
Won dismissals on motions to dismiss, including: Pena v. British Airways, Case #1:18-cv-06278-LDH-RML (E.D.N.Y. 2020); Gaddis v. Just Brands Inc. et al., Case No. 0:19-CV-62067 (S.D. Fla. 2019) (plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed case after filing of two motions to dismiss); Campbell-Clark v. Blue Diamond Growers (E.D.N.Y. 2019); Kamal v. J. Crew, (D. N.J. Sept. 10, 2019), (D. N.J. June 6, 2017), and (D. N.J. Oct. 20, 2016), aff'd, — F.3d –, 2019 WL 1087350 (3d Cir. Mar. 8, 2019); Skillett v. Citizens Parking Shareholders GP, LLC, (N.Y. Sup. 2019); Parker v. J. Crew, (Circuit Court Cook County, Ill. 2018); Jacobson v. Peter Piper Inc., (D. Ariz. 2018); Russell Spitzer v. Icon Parking Systems, LLC and Stankus v. Quik Park Management LLC et al, (N.Y. Sup. 2017) (plaintiffs gave up after we filed our motions to dismiss); Snyder v. Acorn et. al., 684 Fed. Appx. 710 (10th Cir. 2017); Schutz v. Hudson News Distributors LLC, 2015 WL 6087595 (N.Y. Sup. Oct. 16, 2015); U.S. ex rel. Fox v. Dr. Reddy's Inc., 2014 WL 6750786 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 1, 2014); In re GLG Securities Litigation, 2014 WL 464762, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,809 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 3, 2014); U.S. ex rel. Casady v. Am. Int'l Grp., 2013 WL 1702777 (S.D. Cal. Apr. 19, 2013) (dismissing First Amended Complaint); U.S. ex. rel. Casady v. Am. Int'l Grp., 2014 WL 1286552 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 29, 2014) (dismissing Second Amended Complaint), aff'd, 639 Fed. Appx. 489 (9th Cir. 2016); Footbridge Limited Trust v. Countrywide Financial Corp., 770 F . Supp. 2d 618 (S.D.N.Y. 2011); SRM Global Fund L.P. v. Countrywide Financial Corp, et al., 2010 WL 2473595 (S.D.N.Y. June 17, 2010), aff'd, 448 Fed. Appx. 116 (2nd Cir. 2011); Kinlay v. Henley (N.Y. Sup. 2006); Elliott Associates L.P. et al. v. Hayes, 14 A.D.3d 435, 787 N.Y.S.2d 872 (N.Y. App. Div. 2005); In re AEGON N.V. Securities Litig., 2004 WL 1415973 (S.D.N.Y. June 23, 2004); GLB Forest v. Hight et. al., (S.D.N.Y. 2004) (plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed case after filing of motion to dismiss);
Won pre-emptive motion to deny class certification, which the Second Circuit affirmed, Spagnola v. Chubb Corp., 264 F.R.D. 76 (S.D.N.Y. 2010), aff'd, 531 F. Appx. 93 (2d Cir. 2013);
Won summary judgement motions, including: Whitaker v. Appriss, 2017 WL 3065174 (N.D. Ind. July 18, 2017) (putative class action alleging violations of federal privacy litigation, the Driver's Privacy Protection Act); Residential Holdings III LLC v. Archstone–Smith Operating Trust, 2011 WL 1364244, *3 (N.Y. App. Div. April 12, 2011) (litigation arising from a $1.2 billion real estate transaction); Virginia Academy of Clinical Psychologists v. Group Hospitalization and Medical Services, Inc. D/B/A Blue Cross/Blue Shield of the National Capital Area, 878 A.2d 1226 (D.C. 2005) (test case by the VACP; affirming summary judgment dismissal of fraud claim);
Won appeals, including: Kamal v. J. Crew, 2017 WL 2443062 (D. N.J. June 6, 2017) and 2016 WL 6133827 (D. N.J. Oct. 20, 2016), aff'd, — F.3d –, 2019 WL 1087350 (3d Cir. Mar. 8, 2019); U.S. ex. rel. Casady v. Am. Int'l Grp., 2014 WL 1286552 (S.D. Cal. Mar. 29, 2014) (dismissing Second Amended Complaint), aff'd, 639 Fed. Appx. 489 (9th Cir. 2016); SRM Global Fund L.P. v. Countrywide Financial Corp, et al., 2010 WL 2473595 (S.D.N.Y. June 17, 2010), aff'd, 448 Fed. Appx. 116 (2nd Cir. 2011); Spagnola v. Chubb Corp., 264 F.R.D. 76 (S.D.N.Y. 2010), aff'd, 531 F. Appx. 93 (2d Cir. 2013); Residential Holdings III LLC v. Archstone–Smith Operating Trust, 2011 WL 1364244, *3 (N.Y. App. Div. April 12, 2011); Andejo v. South Street Seaport LP et al., 2007 NY Slip Op 04231 [40 AD3d 407] (N.Y. App. Div. 2007);
Secured favorable settlements, including: Dover v. British Airways, (E.D.N.Y. 2018); Cody v. SoulCycle, Inc. (C.D. Cal. 2017); Cavka v. SoulCycle (C. D. Cal. 2018); Plycos, LLC, et al. v. Tang et al. (L.A. Superior Court) and Chen v. Spokeo, Inc. (AAA Arbitration) (2016); In re Nu Horizons Shareholders Litig., (N.Y. Sup. 2011); Held v. AAA Southern New England (D. Ct. 2013); CoKinetics v. DB Capital (N.Y. Sup. 2006); Fresco v. Automotive Directions Inc., et. al., (S.D. Fla. 2009);
Represented companies, audit committees and officers and directors in connection with internal investigations in a variety of substantive areas including accounting irregularities, potential OFAC violations, potential theft by company officers, "tone at the top" issues, and in connection with disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Treasury, and the Department of Defense;
In the wake of Covid-19, counseled and advised various clients and current representation of three global airlines and a major university defending against Covid-19 related putative class actions; and
Pro bono, as amicus counsel for Child Justice, Inc., advocated that children who are exposed to domestic violence be included in protection orders, even in instances when the child is not physically present for the violent event. The Washington State Supreme Court modified the protection order. Rodriguez v. Zavala.
Keara has been with the firm more than 25 years, and has served on the firm-wide Executive Committee, as the Chair of the Partner Nominating Committee, co-chair of the Class Action Litigation Practice Group, and on the Steering Committee for DLA Piper's National Leadership Alliance for Women (LAW), among other leadership roles. Keara served on the board of directors of MAC Angels, a non-profit corporation that helps families coping with ALS, and coaches her daughter's mock trial team at the Ursuline School, which in their first year of competition won first place in the 2017 Thurgood Marshall Junior Mock Trial Program.
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CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo 'Indefinitely' After Advising Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo Amid Sex Scandal
CNN released a statement on Tuesday, saying the documents released have prompted the network to start their own internal investigation.
(Fwrd Axis) — CNN has suspended anchor Chris Cuomo after filings in a probe showed he helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, defend himself amid sexual assault allegations while he was the governor of New York.
Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation back in August after facing the possibility of impeachment. He has denied any wrongdoing.
Documents were released Monday and showed Chris Cuomo helped his brother, the former governor, find out how many women would be accusing him of sexual harassment.
"I would — when asked, I would reach out to sources, other journalists, to see if they had heard of anybody else coming out," Cuomo said, according to the documents.
Cuomo, who has hosted "Cuomo Prime Time" during the 9 PM ET hour on the network since 2017, previously released a statement on the show. During the broadcast, he said that helping his brother was a family matter.
CNN released a statement on Tuesday, saying the documents released on Monday have prompted the network to start their own internal investigation.
"When Chris admitted to us that he had offered advice to his brother's staff, he broke our rules and we acknowledged that publicly," the statement said. "But we also appreciated the unique position he was in and understood his need to put family first and job second. However, these documents point to a greater level of involvement in his brother's efforts than we previously knew. As a result, we have suspended Chris indefinitely, pending further evaluation."
Cuomo texted the governor's top aide with a tip that he had a "lead on the wedding girl" and later said he spoke to his brother and top aides, saying he was trying to help them understand that the complaint should be taken seriously.
Anderson Cooper will be filling in for Cuomo's hour until the matter is resolved, CNN also confirmed.
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Sweet Saving Grace
Despite everything, wine ended up being their sweet saving grace.
Author: Bill Churchwell
REFUGIO, Texas — A local family who took a risk on what started as a hobby involving wine making ended up uncorking a big business. David and Regina Staggs opened up a vineyard and winery called Texas SouthWind just outside of Refugio. It's one of the few along the Texas coast.
Unfortunately, they took a hit with Hurricane Harvey, losing their home. The couple's vineyard also suffered severe damage.
On the back roads of South Texas, nestled between Refugio and Goliad on Highway 183, you will find 145 acres of Regina Staggs very own heaven on earth.
"My husband and I and our two children moved out here in 2002. We had cattle, and horses, but it just never panned out," said Texas SouthWind owner Regina Staggs.
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A local family who took a risk on what started as a hobby involving winemaking ended up uncorking a big business.
The couple might not have been cut out for the ranching life, but a passion for vino and a crazy idea sparked a new page in their story.
"My husband was a home winemaker, and I didn't know a thing about it, no idea, but I was very curious about what was going on underneath our dinning room table," Staggs joked.
It might not be Napa or even the hill country, but despite not having the ideal location to grow, Regina wasn't going to let that stop her from going after something bigger.
"I don't know how many times we were told, when we were fixing to open the doors, you are not going to make it."
Regina said she was ready to prove them wrong, "watch me! Okay, we'll see how well we do."
This family really prides themselves on being a family-owned and operated business, just starting out with about 400 bottles now pushing 190-thousand a year.
They came up with the perfect name, and an iconic cowboy hat logo that was just as big as the lone star state.
"I wanted it to scream Texas," said Regina.
That was ten years ago and they were well on their way to making a name for themselves in the world of wine, but then a devastating blow.
It was August of 2017 and Hurricane Harvey roared onto the Texas coast. The category four storm sitting on top of the area for several hours.
"We left not knowing what we would come back to."
Regina sent us pictures of the damage they found when her family returned home.
The images show a flooded mess, trees down, and one of the vineyards was left in bad shape.
"We could just see the path of destruction," said Regina. "We lost the roof on the home an everything inside got wet."
Regina said her family's home just couldn't be saved and it had to be bulldozed.
Amazingly, the rest of the structures of the winery were completely intact and so were the tanks housing her famous blackberry, which was aging at the time of the storm.
"We were very fortunate."
The family pushed forward, motivated by one goal to get wine on the shelf.
Today, 2 years after Harvey and their drive to succeed is just as strong as work continues on the family's property to improve and expand their business.
"You just keep doing what you were called to do," said Regina.
A passion served up in a glass of faith and determination.
Texas SouthWind is located at 16375 US 183 just outside of Refugio and is open Monday through Saturday from 11 am - 6 pm.
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1) Mastering the body so that the mind is not distracted by itching, aches and pains – essential oils for meditation can help with this.
2) 1st level mastery of the mind – the capacity to freeze conscious thought processes and suppress the incessant babble that makes our consciousness a maelstrom of inane and insane disconnected chatter. This I call peace.
3) 1st level control of the now quiet and empty space in your head. This means being able to create and hold a simple image in the timeless dark of your mind – which is now under total control. For some people this may be a simple Cross of Christ or a Circle; it is almost always a simple glyph that has deep meaning for the practitioner.
4) Becoming one with the image in your mind.
These steps are as simple as they sound – but like all things worth mastering, each one can be devilishly difficult. Because of the focus they provide, essential oils for meditation can help greatly. I have no intention of writing an an extensive instruction on meditation here – but if you need some advice by all means contact me. What I will do though, is to provide a very, very elementary introduction to the simplest position and practice.
Choose a quiet space with dim light where you won't be disturbed. Remember to switch off ALL electronic equipment that may disturb you. Sit in a chair – head up, back straight, knees together, hands on knees, eyes closed. DON'T SLOUCH! As with all meditation positions it's important to remain semi-rigid and alert to the tendency to 'relax' – which you really must not do. With practice you will be able to ignore any distracting signals that your body sends you. One great teacher called this position "The God". If you have a strong essential oil (see below for details) in your diffuser when you are doing this, it will help to keep your mind focused and clear. This is the first benefit of using essential oils for meditation.
First, make sure you have a suitable essential oil diffusing in your space. Breath slowly, steadily and calmly in and out through your nose. If you struggle at first (most people do), allow yourself to breathe a little faster, but still steadily. if you still struggle, breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, slowly and steadily and when you are comfortable gradually shift back to breathing only through the nose.
Now for the tricky bit! You should be able to hold your physical position for at least 30 minutes without moving before you move to this phase. Old-world practitioners used to test their abilities by having a saucer brim-full of water placed on their heads – if they spilled one drop then they were not yet competent.
Once you are happy with your capacity to remain absolutely still you basically forget about your body because it will no longer trouble you or deflect you from your purpose. You are sitting quietly and steadily and you need to think about – NOTHING. So you try to think about NOTHING; and that's where the fun begins, because your brain just won't stop producing images, memories, friends, people places and heaven knows what else. Your mission – should you choose to accept is – is to SILENCE this rabble of thoughts. This is one area where essential oils can help – just focus without words or images on the sensation of the odor as it hits your mind.
Essential oils act on the mind through the limbic system, and so they have a powerful effect on our moods and state of mind. That is a key reason we can use essential oils for meditation. Over thousands of years, the best oils for spiritual and meditation practices have been selected and tested, but I'm going to start you off not with the best oils in a general sense, but the most powerful oils to help you control your mind. They do this by basically overwhelming your mental sense and displacing the meaningless stream of thoughts that so troubles. We'll call these active thought suppressants.
This is not a hard and fast rule; these are not the best oils for deep meditation, they are merely effective as a mental distraction because of their powerful (and beautiful) odors. However, as with so many things, you need good quality 100% pure oils as any unpleasant 'undertones' will unsettle your mind and drive your mind away from the condition you seek.
Simply get a good diffuser – and some good quality oils (you do NOT to spend huge amount of money – less than $20 for a good selection of oils and less than $30 for a very nice diffuser. Before you begin your session, let the diffuser fill your meditation space with the odor of your selected oil and keep it running (it MUST be silent). Make sure you can switch off any lights on the diffuser – you don't need the distraction, although with a little more tuition, a rotating light pattern could be useful as a further aid.
Imagine yourself pushing down and drowning every thought that tries to rise; imaging yourself pushing it down and drowning it in darkness – cut off every word, every thought every image and let your mind concentrate only on the smell of the oil as you breath slow and steady. You will struggle at first, but by focusing on the oils odor you will find that eventually, your mind will surrender and become silent on your command. You may then dispense with the oil, although I prefer to move to a more sophisticated oil like frankincense which has deep spiritual roots and is of great importance in more advanced techniques.
You are now sitting silent and easy, your mind a blank in a sea of darkness. No words or sounds or itches or any thought disturbs you. Now for the hardest part!
Let a simple shape appear in front of you – if you are a Christian, then a cross might be best; if you are an atheist or of any other denomination, use any shape that has meaning for you – but keep it simple. Do NOT let words and associations rush into your silent space – keep suppressing them. The image in front of you will twist and and rotate and do all manner of strange things because your mind is fighting back against your control. HOLD FAST! Time will move at a radically adjusted rate in this mode and your adventure is just beginning.
It may take weeks to master this practice but you will be truly astonished at the result. Whatever your faith or philosophy you will gain one of the deepest insights into the universe it is possible for any human to acquire. On this I will say no more, for the road is yours to tread and yours alone.
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