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Q: Passing one value to two Clojure functions I have one value that I want to pass to two functions. I would expect there to be a clean way to do this in Clojure.
For example, I have a discrete probability distribution, represented as a hashmap. Let's say I want to pass it to both mean and stdev functions (i.e. my custom mean and standard deviation functions.)
Currently this is what I have:
[(mean dist) (stdev dist)]

Another way -- not really an improvement -- would be:
((fn [x] [(mean x) (stdev x)]) dist)

I want to do this more compactly. How?

A: Use juxt:
((juxt mean stdev) dist)
; [82.03M 3.41M]

A simpler example with core functions:
((juxt inc dec) 2)
; [3 1]

A comment: the key advantage in this case isn't really compactness so much as the expressivity of juxtaposing the two functions.
Now that I know that juxt was the key, I can find related questions, such as "Is there a reverse-map?". That said, those others were not easily discoverable based on what I knew at the time (10 minutes ago), so I hope this answer will help people discover this sometimes handy function.

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Green Foods; Green Antioxidants detoxify you in ways that are profoundly important says Dr.
Purple Antioxidants; anthocyanins in purple foods do double duty, they go in and prevent damage and help heal the damage that is already done.
Each color has unique antioxidants and your goal is to pick the deepest, richest colors you can find in the grocery store. Kristin Kirkpatrick has designed a 24 antioxidant diet plan to amp up your daily intake plus sharing her tricks in how to get the most out of those nutrients. Recent studies have shown that eating tomatoes and broccoli together creates greater health effects. Disclaimer:The information contained in this website is provided for informational purposes only, and is not intended to convey medical advice or to substitute for advice from your own physician. As a petite, 35 lbs 5 year old girl I would stand with my hands on my hips and tell my 6 foot 1inch, 225 lbs, construction contractor father that I wasn't going to finish the food on my plate. I often hear "you need to take one more bite", as if that last bite guarantees the exact amount of calories or nutrients necessary at that moment in time, or a parent who requires a child to eat a certain amount of a food. A child instinctively knows how much food they need, the more we trust them the more they will make good decisions. TweetPin ItUsing a Video to Empower Patients Facing Major Surgery How can patients about to undergo major surgery effectively communicate their wishes for care after their operations?
Hypothyroidism is a condition affecting the thyroid gland where the correct amounts of thyroid hormones are not produced as they should be.
Hypothyroidism can leave you feeling bloated and heavy, and more often than not, constipated. Finally, as with any healthy diet, the best foods to eat for hypothyroidism are simply healthy and natural ones. I would recommend you all to have a look at my selective wish list of products that I have used which are very useful for those who are having hypothyroidism too.
About Jennifer HughesJennifer is working as an public health expert and usually providing counselling services for those who would like to loose weight fast and naturally. So one should not follow your table to decide whether he would eat or not tomatoes for gaining weight. 1- you multiply LBS with a daily consumption per KG: as a result the daily consumption for a 190 pounder guy is of 270 g of proteins, which is quite ridiculous… it means eating more than one kilogram of beef a day, or 2,5 Kgs of eggs, namely 30 eggs a day !
Hi,my weight is 52 but height is 6 but I would like to gain my weight at least 2 or 3 month period any one help me teach how to gain weight and what food to eat in daily basis.
Oz, they go in and take away those free radicals but we have to prep them in a certain way to get the antioxidants out. Get those nutrients through whole foods and not supplements, whole foods work together to increase their potency.
Additionally, this smoothie helps to provide energy, control cravings, and get antioxidants into your body early to help you tackle the stress of your day. Frying salmon or any fish will sap the nutrients; using an outdoor grill can add cancer-causing chemicals. Chop tomatoes and artichoke hearts; mix with scallions, olive oil, add about half of the oregano and salt. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
For those suffering hypothyroidism, the gland is under-active and this can result in undesired weight gain.
Occasionally, hypothyroidism and other thyroid conditions can actually be caused by a bodily aversion to gluten. Be sure to include plenty of foods in your diet that are rich in fiber to combat this symptom (See Fiber Rich Bran Crackers for more details). However there are healthy fats out there that hypothyroidism sufferers should include in their diet. Proteins help you to build muscle, carbs gives you enough energy and fat helps you to put some weight.
What are good carbs to consume before and after workouts to avoid feeling lightheaded or faint? This is something that can be effective over a short period of time, but ideally you would still consume carbs.
Try and eat them a couple hours prior to your workout to give you strength and just keep a general idea of your calories to make sure your keeping a weekly calorie deficit to lose fat. Maybe you should review and clarify your numbers and what would be the practical consequences of it (how to use them).
Below are the top rated cat foods, with their ingredients, so you know what to look for when you go out shopping for cat food. Get your daily dose of antioxidants from whole foods, where compounds naturally work together. Studies have shown that eating a diet rich in antioxidant-containing foods, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains, has been linked to a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. Cook your carrot whole so nutrients don't escape, the riper the banana the higher the antioxidant level. Cot broccoli and let sit for a few moments to bring out the enzymes that helps with cancer reduction, then add heat to them. This soup is the perfect source of lycopene because heat breaks down the cell walls of the tomato to unleash its potency.
Pair with this delectable gratin, containing artichokes, one of the only foods that maintain its nutrients when cooked.
The best foods to eat for hypothyroidism are ones which are not only beneficial for the condition itself, but are also healthy and nutritious enough to help you lose weight or maintain a healthy diet. Increasing your protein level can, in effect, make the body more efficient at this task and avoid the dips and drops in hormone levels common to hypothyroidism that lead to weight gain. Examples of high-fiber foods include: wholewheat pasta, popcorn, lentils, bananas, raspberries, broccoli and brown rice. As with protein intake, the correct levels of fat and cholesterol in the body help to keep the system running smoothly. Eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, cut back on processed foods and drink enough water to stay hydrated.
So previous post we learned about Calories and general idea on how to gain weight easily and build muscle. You should choose food items so it varies your protein sources to get the full range of amino acids. Please no link dropping, no keywords or domains as names; do not spam, and do not advertise!
Remember, a good food may be a bit more expensive, but it will provide your cat a long, healthy life and they will eat less because they are getting higher amounts of protein rather than fillers that burn off and leave them hungry sooner.
With parsley the fresher the better, combine your greens such as cabbage with vitamin C for maximum iron absorption. Freezing does not affect their nutrient potency, so you can stock up on berries while they're in season.
Lightly steaming the broccoli is best; this is even better than eating it raw, because the heat helps enzymes bond to your digestive tract, rather than get flushed away. Some of the best foods to eat for hypothyroidism include eggs, fish, red meats and poultry. These antibodies can cause thyroid conditions and cutting foods containing wheat or gluten out of the diet rids the body of this irritation. There are many options out there that you can incorporate into your diet to tailor it to your fiber requirements. Healthy fats can be found in the following foods: olive oil, oily fish, avocados, cottage cheese, and nuts, among others.
Now this post will contain foods to eat to gain weight. Only if you had read the earlier post (part-1) you could catch up with this.
Sadly the media and magazines have shown that protein is mainly used to repair damaged muscle tissues. Prepare a 7 times meal plan that includes breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, Post workout, Dinner, pre bed. Oz's ultimate antioxidant guide, simple ways to supercharge your foods, tips to get the most out antioxidants with guest Kristin Kirkpatrick.
Healthful enzymes are only activated after broccoli has been cut, so chop the florets in half or quarters. Nuts are a great way to snack to increase your protein levels without even thinking about it. Even if your hypothyroidism is not caused by a gluten allergy, eliminating it can help with the symptoms. Following the above tips can help you to lose weight, stay healthy and increase your vitality.
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Luckily nowadays many gluten-free products are commercially available, including breads, pastas and snacks.
Switching to a gluten or wheat-free diet can increase your energy, help to manage your weight and decrease bloating. The Evo line is meant to mimic the natural diet cats would eat in the wild and it does so. Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols, a natural source of Vitamin E), Tomato Pomace, Cranberries, Chicory Root Extract, Salmon Oil, Flaxseed, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Beta-Carotene, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin D-3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Biotin, Vitamin B-12 Supplement), Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Ferrous Sulfate, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Manganese Sulfate, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Kelp, Taurine, Lactobacillus Plantarum, Enterococcus Faecium, Lactobacillus Casei, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Rosemary Extract.
It has great options for meat, provides healthy fats through the different oils, and a good number of fruits and veggies.
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The Year I Flew Away
By: Marie Arnold
In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn't the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect American -- but will she lose herself in the process? Perfect for fans of HURRICANE CHILD and FRONT DESK.
It's 1985 and ten-year-old Gabrielle is excited to be moving from Haiti to America. Unfortunately, her parents won't be able to join her yet and she'll be living in a place called Brooklyn, New York, with relatives she has never met. She promises her parents that she will behave, but life proves to be difficult in the United States, from learning the language to always feeling like she doesn't fit in to being bullied. So when a witch offers her a chance to speak English perfectly and be "American," she makes the deal. But soon she realizes how much she has given up by trying to fit in and, along with her two new friends (one of them a talking rat), takes on the witch in an epic battle to try to reverse the spell.
Gabrielle is a funny and engaging heroine you won't soon forget in this sweet and lyrical novel that's perfect for fans of Hurricane Child and Front Desk.
Age(s): 8,9,10,11,12
Marie Arnold
Marie Arnold was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of seven. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York alongside her extended family. Marie enjoys creating stories full of adventure, and wonder, which center on girls of color. When she's not writing, she's adding to her insanely long Netflix cue and trying not to order pizza. THE YEAR I FLEW AWAY is her debut middle grade novel. She lives in Los Angeles, CA.
★"This refreshing middle-grade story offers a 'new kid' narrative that defines the heart of what it means to be American in today's world. Arnold champions the beauty and complexity of Gabrielle's culture, which is intensified by Caribbean mysticism, an unlikely (yet highly influential) character, and the bustling backdrop of the City of Dreams. The beauty of this book lies in its depiction of not only the joy and excitement but the sacrifice and weight of immigration for young people. Arnold is thorough and intentional in fleshing out what it means for Gabrielle to support her family back in Haiti, which heightens the stakes of her choices, making readers even more deeply invested into her success. This book will shift the notion of what exactly it means to be Black, to be an immigrant, and to fit in and be accepted." —Booklist, STARRED review
★"Arnold skillfully fuses distinct immigrant experiences with the supernatural to express a universally felt desire for belonging....Gabrielle is a charming narrator, and of course, good guy (girl) magic wins out in the end, but the threat to immigrant lives and identities is presented poignantly nonetheless in this richly imaginative origin story of one Haitian American girl that offers a fantastical take on immigrant narratives." —Kirkus, STARRED review
"Balancing realistic and fantastical elements, Arnold's astute debut asks hard questions about what it means to be an American and who is considered one." —Publishers Weekly
Chapter OneThe River That Wasn't There
It takes hard work to eat nine mangoes back to back, but that's just what I'm going to do. I'm about to become mango champion of my village. My best friend, Stephanie, stacks a pile of mangoes in front of me. The boys assemble their stack in front of Paul, the boy I will be racing against. This match has been a long time coming. All the kids in the village put off their chores to watch us.
My heart is beating loud and fast, like a drum at a carnival. I look over at Paul. He's taller, bigger, and quicker than me. But today is not his day; it's mine. I've been practicing. I turn and nod to Stephanie; she smiles back at me. We are ready.
All the kids shout, "One, two, three—eat!"
I bite into my first mango—it tastes like honey and summer. It oozes out sticky-sweet nectar that runs down my fingers. I tear into another with my teeth, suck all the juices out, then toss the skin aside and start on a new one. While the boys laugh and make fun of me for even trying to beat Paul, I rip into my third mango.
Paul is showing off by juggling some of the mangoes before he eats them. He's so sure that he'll win that he takes time to joke around. But I'm not joking around. This is serious. I'm on my seventh mango. Soon, the boys notice that I am ahead and close to winning. That's when they call out to Paul and demand that he eat faster.
"She's a girl! You can't let her win!" the boys shout.
"Hurry, Gabrielle! Hurry!" Stephanie shouts.
Paul speeds up—he's like a hungry animal. I'm on my last mango, but Paul is close to catching up with me.
"You can do it!" The girls cheer as my victory gets closer. I bite and chew through the last mango, just as Paul is about to finish his. It's close—but not close enough. I toss aside the final mango skin, and it lands in the bucket before Paul's mango does—I win!
"Yay!" Stephanie and I rejoice with the other girls.
"Gabrielle Marie Jean, you better not be in another mango contest!" My mom's voice rings throughout the village. The crowd scatters, everyone but Stephanie.
"You better not be staining that dress, it's one of your good ones . . ." my mom says. I can't see her yet, but her voice fills up the village. She's getting closer. I look down at my dress, and it's dripping with mango juice and dirt.
"Ah, we gotta go!" I say to Stephanie as I grab her hand. We run off and head to our favorite hiding place—the crawlspace under the church. We wiggle our way inside and lie flat on our stomachs. We look out at the parade of shoes and sandals going by us.
We hear my mom asking other grownups where I am. They all tell her they don't know. My mom calls out my name. Judging by her tone, I'm really in for it.
"We can't hide here forever," Stephanie says.
"Maybe we hide just long enough for my mom to find something else to be mad about."
"Okay, but you are usually the reason she's mad, so . . ."
Stephanie's right. I am usually the one who makes my mom use her I'm-not-happy-with-you face. And yes, sometimes I do get into trouble, but it's mostly not my fault. Like, it's not my fault that I like competing against the boys. They think that because they are boys they can do everything better. So it's up to Stephanie and me to show them girls can do stuff too. Also, it's not my fault that mangoes are so good that I have to eat them all.
"Gabrielle, you have three seconds to come out from wherever you're hiding!" my mom warns as we watch her red sandals get closer. Stephanie and I look at each other with wide eyes.
"Go, save yourself," I tell her.
"I can't leave you here alone," she replies.
"It's too late for me. Go!"
"Okay. Good luck," she says as she crawls out of our hiding spot.
I hear footsteps approaching. I see red sandals head toward me and then stop. Mom knows I'm under here. But she doesn't scold me or yank me out from under the crawlspace. Instead, she sits at the base of the steps.
"Well, I can't find my daughter. I guess I better get a new one. One who doesn't get mud and mango juice all over her dress. One who finishes her chores before she goes to play. But even if this new daughter is perfect, I'll still miss the one I had before. The one who gave the best hugs and made me laugh. The daughter who almost won a mango contest."
"Almost?" I shout in disbelief. I crawl out from under the church to defend my championship. I stand before her. "Mom, I won, I really won!"
"Yes, I know," she says as she stands up.
That's when I realize . . . "Hey, you tricked me!"
"Moms are allowed to trick their kids. Now, explain yourself. You are a mess, young lady!" she says.
"I know, I'm sorry, but I had to compete."
She looks me over, but this time she twists her lips from side to side. I think that means she's thinking.
"Am I in trouble?" I ask.
"Well, that depends. Who did you beat out to win the mango contest?"
"He's twice your size!" she says with a big grin. She quickly changes her expression, like she just remembered she was supposed to be upset. "You should be grounded this evening. Which is a shame, because guess whose bones have been talking?"
"Madame Tita?" I ask as I start jumping up and down.
Madame Tita is a round woman with pretty skin, like midnight. She wears colorful wraps on her head and moves like a turtle. Her voice is deep and rumbles. She sounds like what mountains would sound like if mountains had a voice. She's one hundred years old, and what she says goes because she's the oldest. When her bones ache a little, she says they're talking to her. And when her bones speak, it usually means it's going t...

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Q: FB.login not triggering in mobile browsers I'm building a mobile web site that directs users through Facebook auth with the following code
(function (d, s, id) {
    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];
    if (d.getElementById(id)) {
        return;
    }
    js = d.createElement(s);
    js.id = id;
    js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js";
    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);
}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));

window.fbAsyncInit = function () {
    FB.init({
        appId: '{app_id}', // App ID from the app dashboard
        channelUrl: '{app url}', // Channel file for x-domain comms
        status: true, // Check Facebook Login status
        xfbml: true
    });

    FB.login(function (response) {
    //FB.login contents
    }, {
        scope: '{permissions}'
    });
}

This works on desktop browsers but in mobile browsers FB.login doesn't trigger. It seems many people have had this issue. According to this Stack Exchange question FB.login cannot be fired inside window.fbAsyncInit and the best way around the issue is to have a button that triggers FB.login once everything is loaded. Can someone authoritative verify that this is my best option before I implement it.

A: The best approach is to use FB.getLoginStatus instead FB.login in fbAsyncInit part, and then based on the current status you can sign in user, or use his credentials. Got something like this:
window.fbAsyncInit = function () {
    FB.Event.subscribe('auth.statusChange', function(auth){
        if(auth.status==='connected'){
            // subscribe to event, and do some magic stuff when status changes
        }
    });

    FB.init({
        appId: fb_config_app_id,        // App ID from the app dashboard
        channelUrl: fb_config_channel,  // Channel file for x-domain comms
        status: true,                   // Check Facebook Login status
        xfbml: true                     // Look for social plugins on the page
    });

    // Load in the user credentials
    FB.getLoginStatus(function(response){
        if (response.status === 'connected') {
            // hey - user is already connected !
        } else {
            // login user
        }
    });
}


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Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. East wind 10 to 15 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 7pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Northeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light after midnight.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.


» Well Water Testing and Test Kits: Which Kit is Best for Your Well Water?
There are a large number of water testing labs and test kits on the market for the home water well owner. This brief article looks at the different options you can choose from in order to make sure your water is safe. If you already understand your water is safe but are attempting to solve a specific well water problem such as staining, odors or corrosion there are a number of excellent home test kits now available. You can easily analyze your water in the convenience of your home and get immediate results.
Municipal city water systems are required to test their water supplies regularly to ensure the water is safe to drink. However here is no requirement to test a private well except for bacteria when it is first drilled or the pump is changed. The fact is, you are responsible for making sure your water is safe.
Most private wells provide a clean, safe supply of water; however, contaminants can pollute private wells, and unfortunately you cannot see, smell or taste most of them. Consequently, you should test your well water on a regular basis. The decision on what to test your water for should be based on the types of land uses near your well.
A general mineral analysis which includes nitrate plus coliform bacteria is a good place to start. If you live near gas stations, industry, agricultural areas or a major highway you would also want to test for organic compounds, heavy metals, pesticides and herbicides as well.
A general mineral test will include calcium, magnesium, chloride, nitrate, potassium and sodium along with metals such as iron and manganese. If you are experiencing stains or sediment, a general mineral analysis will tell you what is causing the problem. If the water has a funny taste or odor a general mineral analysis with bacteria will usually tell you what is causing the problem.These tests show if the water will be corrosive to pipes, or form mineral scale in your pipes, and the levels of minerals and salts. If you are having problems with color in the water or brown staining additional tests for tannins is recommended.
Coliform bacteria live in soil, on vegetation and in surface water. Coliform bacteria found in the intestines of warm-blooded animals and their feces are called E.coli. Some strains of coliform bacteria can survive for long periods in soil and water and can be carried into well casings by insects. Coliform bacteria are the most common contaminants found in private water systems. Private wells should be tested at least once a year for bacteria. However, bacteria are only one of many possible contaminants.
Testing for lead and copper should be done on "first draw" water that has been stagnant in the distribution pipes for at least six hours. If lead and copper levels are high due to plumbing, they can usually be reduced to acceptable levels by flushing the faucet for a minute or two before collecting water for drinking.
Nitrate forms when nitrogen from fertilizers, animal wastes, septic systems, municipal sewage sludge, decaying plants and other sources combines with oxygenated water. In infants under six months of age, nitrate exposure can cause a serious condition called methemoglobinemia or "blue-baby syndrome." Infants with this condition need immediate medical care because it can lead to coma and death. Test for nitrate if a pregnant woman or infant will be drinking the water. Everyone should have their water tested for nitrate at least once. If you live in an area within ¼ mile of a corn, soybean or vegetable field, you should test your water for nitrate regularly. Well owners should also test for nitrate regularly if their well is located near an area where fertilizers are manufactured or handled; or an animal feed lot or manure-storage area.
Household and industrial solvents, gasoline and fuel oil are examples of volatile organic chemicals or VOCs. Some VOCs are relatively non-toxic, while others can cause cancer, birth defects and reproductive problems. Fuel oil and gasoline can enter groundwater as a result of a leaking storage tank or spill. Wells that are located within ¼ mile of an active or abandoned gasoline station, home or farm fuel tank or bulk storage tank have about a 25% chance of being contaminated and should be tested at least once for pVOCs (VOCs from petroleum products).
Paint thinners, dry cleaning chemicals and industrial solvents can enter groundwater from spills, improper disposal, leaking storage tanks and landfills. Wells that are located within ¼ mile of a landfill, dry cleaner, auto repair shop or industrial site where solvents have been used should be tested for VOCs. Because solvents, gasoline and fuel oil are common in our environment, all owners of private wells should consider having their water tested for VOCs at least once.
Pesticides are chemicals used to control weeds and insects. Some of these have entered groundwater as a result of their use on farm fields. Others have been found in groundwater following spills and improper disposal. Long-term use of drinking water that contains pesticide residues may increase your risk of developing cancer or other serious health problems.
If your well is located within a short proximity to a corn, soybean or vegetable field, you should test your well water for pesticides. You should also consider a pesticide test if your well is within less than a mile where pesticides are manufactured or used. Well owners who are uncertain about the use of pesticides in their area may also want to consider having their water tested at least once.
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Home » Emirates News Agency – Brazil defeats Korea Republic by four and faces Croatia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup
Emirates News Agency – Brazil defeats Korea Republic by four and faces Croatia in the quarter-finals of the World Cup
December 6, 2022 by archyde
Tuesday, December 6, 2022 – 1:34 am
Doha, December 5, WAM, The Brazilian national football team deservedly booked its place in the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, with a huge 4-1 victory over South Korea today in the second round (round of 16) of the tournament.
The Brazilian team will meet in the quarter-finals with its Croatian counterpart, who ended the dream of the Japanese team earlier today through penalty kicks in another match in the second round.
This is the eighth consecutive edition of the World Cup tournaments, in which the Brazilian national team reaches at least the quarter-finals, as the last version in which it came out of the round of 16 was the 1990 World Cup in Italy.
The Brazilian national team decided the match greatly in its first half through a clean quad, through which it practically confirmed that it is one of the candidates to win the title in the current version.
The Brazilian national team did not give its Korean counterpart any opportunity to enter the atmosphere of the match, as the team started scoring early through Vinicius Junior in the seventh minute, then other goals came through Neymar from a penalty kick, Richarlison and Lucas Paqueta in the 13th, 29th and 36th minutes, respectively, to end the first half with a clean four for Neymar and his companions.
In the second half, the Korean team intensified its attempts to respond and reduce the score, and this resulted in a goal in the 76th minute, signed by substitute Baek Song Ho.
The match witnessed the return of Neymar to participate in the matches of the Brazilian national team, after the injury prevented him from participating with the team in the matches against Switzerland and Cameroon in his group in the first round.
And with the goal scored by Neymar today, he became the third Brazilian player to score in 3 different versions of the World Cup after both the legend Pele and the phenomenon Ronaldo.
Neymar raised his tally to 76 goals, becoming one goal away from Pele's participation in the title of the historic scorer for the Brazilian national team, which is unique to Pele so far with 77 goals.
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Lingoport recently released its latest version of Globalyzer: version 3.5. Below is the webinar that was held to go over the new features of Globalyzer 3.5, designed to help companies reach new locales and keep software applications world-ready. With the latest release, the time and resources required for internationalization have been cut down significantly through a streamlined internationalization process with Globalyzer. Adam Asnes and Olivier Libouban of Lingoport provide an overview of how Globalyzer fixes internationalization bugs using static source code analysis and helps software teams prioritize embedded strings.


Due to mounting health concerns, I am unable to continue as the editor and publisher of Home in Henderson.
I've known this day would come since I had my heart attack in 2008. It is only sheer cussedness that has allowed me to continue as long as I have since then.
And I've paid the price.
Three hospitalizations later, with the last hospital stay just a few months ago, I've been told that I can either reduce the stress in my life or leave a fairly young (albeit bloated and sickly white) corpse behind. Even Captain Obvious would say that the handwriting on the wall is pretty clear, and even a man as stubborn as I am eventually figures out when to quit. Of course, the most important reasons to give it up are my wife and children. Maintaining Home in Henderson day-to-day is not worth the price of leaving them behind.
The predominant thing that kept me from shutting the site down in 2008 was the same thing that compelled me to take the site over in 2006: my desire that the Home in Henderson project continue. Although the blog has been an occasional lightning rod of controversy, I think that it provides a valuable platform for individual expression and that it can be a catalyst for positive change in our community. Because of this belief, I felt that simply shutting it down was not a viable option. I needed to find someone who has the capacity to harness this beast and make it do the things I know it can do.
I believe that Phil Hart of Dataforge is that person. He understands the issues involved in news blogging, he has the technical expertise to maintain and improve the site in ways that I never could, he is invested in our community, and he has the business acumen to run Home in Henderson in a way that I believe will make the site a universally acknowledged boon to Henderson and Vance County — a place where we can meet and exchange viewpoints in a way that benefits us all.
The matter of who runs the blog is not nearly as important as the blogging itself. I encourage you to blog on, to put your ideas out there for the world to read and debate. Let Home in Henderson continue to be your personal forum for ideas, critiques, and commentary about everything and anything. Nature abhors a vacuum, and a community without discussion, debate, and even dissent is abhorrent to any culture that fancies itself a democracy.
As for me, I welcome my return to private life. I may cover an occasional story as a favor to Phil, but by and large I'll be working towards the goal that brought me to Henderson in the first place: making the lives of our young people better by giving them the tools they need to become productive members of our society.
I give thanks to everyone who supported me during my tenure as editor, and I hope that you will continue to support Home in Henderson and the principles upon which it was founded.
Best wishes and prayers for continued good health!
Wishing you the best in all things, Jason.


I am Prasanta Kumar Bal, Scientist , Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation Research, Anna University ,India.
I am using 6 ensembles for my study namely , aenwh(HadCM3Q0),aexsr(HadCM3Q1),aexsd(HadCM3Q5),aexsf(HadCM3Q7),aexsm(HadCM3Q11) and aexso(HadCM3Q13) from the 17 member ensemble QUMP.
May I know the naming convention for the other ensembles from QUMP in HadCM3Q format which is given as below.
Looking forward for the early response.
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Drawing from Afrofuturism and fashion, Sandra Mujinga (Congolese, b. 1989) investigates the biopolitical condition of the Black body in today's urban scenario. Her work is part of the New Museum Triennial, on view through January 2022.
Words by Geoffrey Mak
Fashion always obscures the body. It places the body at a certain remove, occluding the known into the terrain of the unseen. For Sandra Mujinga's performance Clear as Day (2017) for the Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, the artist staged a performance in the format of a runway show: ten Black models walking in orthogonal lines across a courtyard, wearing looks designed by Mujinga. Women sport tops with pink elongated sleeves draped to the floor, or what looks like apple-green scarves draped over the head and running down the length of a body. One model wears a dress with a kimono collar and voluminous, rued sleeves in dusty blue. These clothes render the Black body as other, unfamiliar, exotic, foreign, yet at the same time—because this is working in the vernaculars of fashion—chic, aspirational, lush, desired. Should the Black body be represented as relatable, legible, or even human? On the one hand, representing the Black body as intelligible is a vie for inclusion, yet runs equal risk of detection in a racially biased surveillance state, psychographic data capture, and market commodification. There are advantages to invisibility: survival by confusion strategy. Legacies like Afrofuturism imagine alternatives—alien bodies that work in the opposite direction by embracing and exacerbating otherness. Influ- enced by speculative writers such as Nnedi Okorafor and N. K. Jemisin, Mujinga's worlds are populated by foreign bodies. In her 2020 solo exhibition "Spectral Keepers" at The Approach gallery in London, towering humanoid figures populate the space doused in chroma key green light (a color that signifies, in filmmaking, absolute potentiality). Four sculptures appear like emaciated figures from a dystopian future. The stick-thin giants wear rued trousers with transparent PVC layers, and long, oversized hoodies ruched with dangling string. At once, the hoodie references the garment so often seen as the target of urban racial profiling, but blended with the punk-Baroque aesthetic associated with the New Romantics.
Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1989, Mujinga was interested in fashion from a young age. Her mother studied fashion, even if she went on to work in more practical professions. Mujinga told Frieze of her own work, "I am making garments, but I am not working in fashion," indicating how her work follows where fashion exists outside traditional institutions: the dance floor, social media. As a DJ who often scores music for her own works, she brings her work to the context of the club, where queer and raced bodies often revel in fashion for bursts of visibility and play. (That last decade's underground club music was so often described as "post-apocalyptic" tracks with Mujinga's otherworldly alien bodies.) Her latest work Worldview at Swiss Institute features an eight-hour video of a lake flanked by mountains that, at first glance, appears to be a stand-still photograph. Though closer inspection would reveal small figures—part cyborg, part alien—moving about the landscape, both in plain sight but evading surveillance. This vantage point decenters the human, an aesthetic perspective Mujinga draws from Octavia E. Butler's fiction, a recurring influence on her work. The landscape was shot from a valley in the Norwegian fjords at Gudvangen, recognizably this world, yet populated by humanoids from an imagined future. It's a speculation augmented onto the present, opening up futures and possibilities for today's dystopian realities.
Image courtesy of the artist and The Approach, London.


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Governor presides over 34th foundation day of Dr. YS Parmar Horticulture University
SHIMLA---- Governor H.P Acharya Devvrat called upon young and budding scientists to go in the fields and produce such a research work in the field of natural farming so that it reached to the one and all farmers of the state. Governor was addressing students and teachers of Dr. Y.S Parmar University on the occasion of 34th foundation day of the University of Nauni, in District Solan today.
The Governor also inaugurated Geetanjali Hostel for girls in the University established at the cost of Rs. 2.50 crore. He also went around Subhash Palekar agri research block of the University.
Governor on this occasion offered floral tribute on the statue of Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar.
The Governor on this occasion said that the side effects of excessive usage of chemical fertilizers have started degrading the fertility of soil. As per the report of scientists of Agriculture University, Hisar and Agricultural University Ludhiana, the ground water level in these two states is going down by four feet per year and the organic carbon of the land is also diminishing. He said that the use of chemical fertilizers also creating harmful effects on human health.
The Governor said that in order to maintain the fertility of soil, to save man and animals from the adverse effects of chemical fertilizers and to increase the income of the farmers at zero cost, there is a need to promote natural farming at the bigger level. He said that natural farming is also helpful in environmental conservation and recharging of ground water.
He urged agri scientists to preserve traditional seeds for agriculture and try to improve its quality so that output could be increased. He said Nauni University is capable of taking such initiatives and implementing these results in field.
Acharya Devvrat urged farmers and horticulturists of the state to produce more fruits and vegetables as per the ability of Himachal's land and also promote floriculture. He said that agricultural scientists need to do more research in this direction. He said that agricultural scientists should also work towards modern technology and research in order to make them available to farmers at their farms.
The Governor urged the teachers and students to make the University an ideal for agricultural and horticultural research so that the entire country can get benefited from the research done here.
He congratulated the teachers and students on the occasion of the 34th Foundation anniversary of the University and hoped that the University will work hard in the direction of promoting natural farming as per the requirement.
Acharya Devvrat, honoured the Vice Chancellor of the University, Dr. SS Negi, Dr. RP Awasthi, Dr. Jagmohan Singh, Dr. K.R. Dheman and Vijay Singh Thakur.
He also honoured the meritorious students, the University staff and progressive farmers.
Acharya Devvrat on this occasion released the books 'Disease Experiments in Vegetable Production' written by Dr. S.K. Gupta and 'Objective Biochemistry and Bio Technology' written by Dr. A.K Nath.
University Vice-Chancellor Dr. H.S Sharma welcomed the Chief Guest and apprised him of the activities of the University.
DC Solan Vinod Kumar, SP Madhusudan Sharma, University Registrar Rajesh Maria, Professor, Students and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.


Video of the Eaton Level 3 CHAdeMO Charging Station on Level 2 inside Uptown Station Multi Modal Transportation Center parking garage Normal Illinois. It's located on the transition from Level 1 to 2 right by the Uptown Station elevator entrance door.
There are five Eaton Level 2 Charging Stations in the same location – just around the corner.
On Level three of this parking garage you will find four Tesla Motors Supercharger stations.
At the parking garage next door attached to the Marriott – you will find two more Eaton Level 2 Charging Stations on the ground level.
Eaton video taken before I had a proper video camcorder.
Several of the older videos are before I had my video recorder. This is another one of those. Video was shot from the Marriott directly next door to the Uptown Station Multi Modal Transportation Center parking garage.


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A Race Ting? G-Eazy Treated Very Differently Than A$AP Rocky By Swedish Officials
By Nada Mesh
You can't ignore the facts.
With Kim and Kanye attempting to work their magic at the White House with Donald Trump, it was starting to look like A$AP Rocky may walk the streets a free man once more. But the most recent news in this whole debacle sees the detained rapper forced to stay behind bars until Thursday at the earliest, having been deemed a "flight risk" by officials. He is currently facing a total of a potential six-year detainment for assault, and when he was first jailed in Sweden, a timeline of two weeks was given until his release, but as time goes on his release is being pushed further and further. As the investigation is ongoing, Rocky is being forced to live in solitary confinement, and under deplorable conditions. With the situation seemingly not getting any better, and people beginning to wonder just when it is exactly Rocky would be seeing the light of day, we have to wonder just how it is that despite not actually being charged, he's receiving much worse treatment than his white counterpart, G-Eazy, did with country officials.
If you recall, in May of last year, G-Eazy walked away scot-free of any jail time, after he went on a coked-up spree and punched a bouncer in the head in Sweden. At the time, Despite being arrested on charges of assault, possession of drugs and use of narcotics, prosecutors made a deal with him only a day and a half later: he pled guilty to violent resistance, a crime of violence against an official and illegal drug possession, and was allowed to leave the country immediately. He was sentenced only with a $10k fine and probation, as well as paying $900 to the security guard. As opposed to Rocky, who had clear video evidence showing he was just acting in a manner of self-defense, G-Eazy punched the man completely on his own (drugged up) accord, yet the difference in their treatment speaks volumes. If that's not enough to convince you that this case screams undertones of racial discrimination, you may recall back in 2015, when Snoop Dogg was arrested in Sweden after being pulled over and brought into custody because cops suspected he was driving under the influence. He was only released after cops forced him to pee in a cup to determine he was clean. At the time, Snoop swore he would never return to the country.
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Music as Friction
The Kronos Quartet's Mexican road movie
by Sylvia Pfeiffenberger
"I'm always looking for musical answers to social problems," says David Harrington, founder and first violinist of the Kronos Quartet.
For almost thirty years, Kronos has been producing avant-garde art for the masses, demonstrating on over 50 albums that aesthetic experimentation and radical politics can and often do go together. From their notorious rendition of Jimi Hendrix' "Purple Haze" to the searing anti-war statement of George Crumb's Black Angels, Kronos has chronicled the soul of the 20th century. In premiering over 400 new works for string quartet, from minimalist Philip Glass to tango composer Astor Piazzola, they've also expanded the vocabulary of their instruments well beyond what Bach or Vivaldi ever imagined.
This year Harrington, John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Jennifer Culp (replacing long-time cellist Joan Jeanrenaud) revealed another remarkable facet with the release of Nuevo, a work that springs from a longtime obsession with the densely layered musical landcape of Mexico.
"When you visit Mexico the world of sound is just colliding into your eardrums there," says Harrington, speaking recently from his home in San Francisco. "It wakes up your whole imagination as a musician. You feel like you've never heard as much music as you're hearing now."
"It's a very exciting musical experience to just walk down the street in Mexico City," Harrington recalls. "I wanted to find a way of telling that story, of what it's like to be a musician encountering this incredible sophistication and depth and sense of time and history."
The choice of rock en español producer Gustavo Santaolalla, who tweaks records for some of the Distrito Federal's hottest indie rockers, proved crucial to realizing Harrington's vision for Nuevo. As the producer for the indie rock group Café Tacuba, who combines everything from ranchera to heavy metal into a distinctly hip, distinctly Mexican sound, the eclectic Santaolalla was able to push the quartet into radically new territories.
"Gustavo is very creative, very imaginative, very instinctive," says Harrington. Over 30 days--the longest post-production in Kronos' history--Santaolalla transformed their sound so completely that even longtime fans might be challenged at times to recognize them. Rest assured, though: that's no distorted brass band blaring from a transistor radio on "El Sinaloense." Nor are you listening to a virtually enhanced "101 Strings" romantic orchestra on their cover of "Perfidia."
"A lot of the work on this album happened in turning our sound into various qualities that we hadn't had before," notes Harrington. "That was something I was really committed to. This album had to propel the world of Kronos into a totally different place than we'd ever been before. That's why we called it Nuevo."
Santaolalla's power to transform one voice into another, morphing pizzicato strings into cathedral bells in mid-note, embodies the album's larger theme of transformation. Reflecting on last September, when the CD was being mixed, Harrington noted that the richness and depth of Mexican history and culture has the power to transform visitors. So, too does the power of art. "Nuevo, for me, had to do with transforming pain into something else, something joyous if possible," he says. "That was the goal of this album."
No strangers to transformations in sound, Kronos has long incorporated rare and unconventional instruments in their recordings. Here we hear maracas, water glasses and a hybrid, trumpet-amplified Stroh violin from the early days of radio recording that Harrington plays on Nuevo's "Tabu." The most unusual instrument heard on the album is undoubtedly a vibrating leaf, played like a reed instrument by one-armed street musician Carlos Garcia. In "Perfidia," it sounds somewhere between a trumpet and a musical saw.
"When I first heard Carlos Garcia [in Mexico City] I was several blocks away from him, and I thought it was a violin," Harrington reminisces. "The closer I got, the stranger this violin sounded. When I was right next to him, then I realized. That experience ... taught me that any object can become a musical instrument, depending on what the performer can extract from it. People think they have to have Steinway pianos, or Stradivariuses, or whatever, all this stuff. When I heard Carlos Garcia, I felt like he was telling the truth with a leaf."
Kronos listened to "hundreds, if not thousands" of CDs as background research for the album, which took seven years to make. "We were hoping to find a way of telling this story so Nuevo was almost like a film," Harrington says. One album featured '60s sound engineer Juan Garcia Esquivel, whose zany collages and early experiments with stereo effects and 3-D sound defined that era's swinging lounge music. Its name was See It In Sound, and it gave them the synaesthetic roadmap they were looking for.
"It blew me away," Harrington remembers. "I wanted [Esquivel] to write an original piece for the album, but his health didn't allow it." When the group went to visit Esquivel, Mexico's patron saint of space-age bachelor pad music did give Kronos his blessing and some advice.
"He said, 'remember the sense of humor.'" Harrington says. "We tried to honor that suggestion." Nuevo delivers with a cover of Esquivel's "Mini Skirt," a medley of retooled telenovela theme songs, rollicking huasteco fiddle music, and a norteña/electronica dance remix by Nortec Collective's Plankton Man.
Mixing play and high seriousness has always been a Kronos specialty. Their albums and concerts have consistently loosened the tie of the stuffed shirts in the classical music establishment. Harrington notes, "Frequently people think that music has to be one thing or another... that it's not real if it's not really serious. I'm always looking for a balance."
The serious side of Nuevo emerges on tracks like Osvaldo Golijov's "K'in Sventa Ch'ul Me'tik Kwadulupe," featuring 1970s field recordings of Chiapas Indians praying to the Virgin of Guadelupe in their indigenous tongue, and "12/12," a 12-minute piece honoring the Virgin's feast day, written and performed by Café Tacuba with Kronos. These reverent observances dedicated to Mexico's symbolic mother show that Nuevo is more than a brief, touristic foray into her lap.
Instead, the album taps deep into Mexico's foundational myth of la raza, a story in which races and cultures mix in often violent, but always compelling ways. Like Mexico's attempts to forge a positive identity out of an ambivalent past, Kronos has always sought music that describes violence and loss while tranforming it into something beautiful.
Though Nuevo may prove too postmodern for Mexico purists, Kronos largely captures in it a Mexican-style ethos of ingenuity, humor, spirituality and infinite variety. Uninterested in the turf wars inspired by critical terms such as postmodern ("I'm probably the only guy on the block who doesn't know what that means") Harrington says, "I look at music as the friction that humans encounter between themselves and the world. The resulting sound is music."
Regional audiences can catch some of that friction this Saturday, when Kronos performs new works and old at Duke's Reynolds Theater.
Issue: 2002-09-18 Music Music Feature


In the spring of 1933, the aristocratic Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte mounted its annual exhibition in Madrid on the still little studied subject of Spanish carpets. The corresponding catalogue represents the first major publication in the field, and the only extant record of many of the rugs. The ninety-two examples on view spanned productions from the 15th-19th centuries, originating in contexts as varied as the late medieval Morisco communities of Albacete and the 18th-century court-sponsored workshops of Madrid.
The private lenders to the exhibition, while all resident in Spain, were not all Spanish, and many of the rugs left with their owners soon after, disappearing in the turmoil of World War II. The lenders represented a variety of collecting profiles—aristocratic, high bourgeois and "gentleman" art dealer—though most were not hereditary owners. The formation of their collections was due to two major factors: the desamortización or expropriation and sale of Spanish ecclesiastical holdings starting in 1835—thus the creation of a market for such goods—and the rise of a class of antiquarian dealers who profited from such exchanges, in many cases promoted by provincial churches and members of local monuments commissions. Indeed, the organizers of the exhibition noted that by 1933, many of the best examples of Spanish rugs had already left the country. Perhaps ironically, for the Restorationist members of the Sociedad Española de Amigos del Arte, the exhibition of "old rugs" represented a certain vindication of traditional, Spanish aesthetic values against the backdrop of the modernizing and anti-clerical Second Republic.
Among the exhibition lenders were such colorful figures as the German Ambassador Johannes von Welczek, the naturalized Spanish art dealer José Weissberger, the American Arthur Byne, recently denounced as the "despoiler of Spain," and the Andalucían Beatriz Lafora, mother of the "Broadway bandit". This lecture will explore the 1933 exhibition and its context: the prevailing conditions of collecting, the organizers, the lenders, the rugs and their fate or present whereabouts.
Heather Ecker (New York, 1964) is an independent scholar and curator and founder of Viridian Projects, LLC, a Boston-based art consulting company. She served as Head of Curatorial Affairs at the Aga Khan Museum from 2011-2013. Previously, she was Curator of Islamic Art and Department Head, The Arts of Asia and the Islamic World, at the Detroit Institute of Arts, where she opened the Gallery of Islamic Art and the Gallery of Ancient Middle Eastern Art in 2010. Before then, she served as an Assistant Curator at the Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar. She was the guest curator of Caliphs and Kings: The Art and Influence of Islamic Spain, selections from the Hispanic Society of America at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art (2003-04). She received her Dphil (PhD) in Islamic Art and Archaeology at the University of Oxford (2000), and holds undergraduate degrees from Harvard University and the University of London.


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Grabow-Below war von 1959 bis 2019 eine Gemeinde im Südwesten des Landkreises Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.  Die Gemeinde wurde vom Amt Röbel-Müritz mit Sitz in der Stadt Röbel/Müritz verwaltet. Ihr Gebiet bildet heute einen Ortsteil der Gemeinde Eldetal.

Geografie
Grabow und Below liegen im Südwesten des Gemeindegebiets, direkt an der Landesgrenze zu Brandenburg, die hier der Fluss Dosse markiert. Das obere Dossetal wird von vielen Entwässerungsgräben durchzogen. Grabow liegt etwa drei Kilometer nordwestlich von Below. Unmittelbar östlich von Below dehnt sich die Wittstock-Ruppiner Heide aus.Die Stadt Röbel/Müritz ist etwa 18 Kilometer entfernt, die brandenburgische Stadt Wittstock/Dosse 17 Kilometer. Am 31. Dezember 2017 lebten in Grabow-Below 103 Einwohner auf einer Fläche von 13,55 km². Die Gemeinde hatte die Postleitzahl 17209 und die Telefonvorwahl 039925.

Geschichte
Die wahrscheinlich ursprünglich slawisch besiedelte Ortschaft Grabow – ein häufig vorkommender Ortsname (vom altslawischen grabu = "Hainbuche") – wurde 1344 in einer Belehnungsurkunde genannt. Während in Grabow die Gutsbesitzer häufig wechselten, war der Teilort Below ritterschaftlicher Besitz. Below war ab 1840 Sitz der Städtischen Försterei der Stadt Wittstock.

1957 wurden die etwa drei Kilometer voneinander entfernten Teilorte Grabow und Below zur Gemeinde Grabow-Below zusammengeschlossen. Zum 26. Mai 2019 fusionierte Grabow-Below mit Massow, Wredenhagen und Zepkow zur neuen Gemeinde Eldetal. Letzter Bürgermeister war Ilgen Wegener.

Denkmale

Baudenkmale

Die Grabower Kirche wurde in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts von Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel im neogotischen Stil errichtet. Der Chor wird durch ein halbes Oktogon gebildet und hat drei Rundbogenfenster. Der durch einen Blitzschlag zerstörte Kirchturm wurde 1899 erneuert, das Dach 1999. Die Friedhofsmauer wurde 1992 nach historischem Vorbild als Trockenmauerwerk wieder aufgebaut.

Gedenkstätten

Südlich von Below befindet sich im Stadtforst von Wittstock/Dosse die Gedenkstätte Todesmarsch im Belower Wald in Trägerschaft der Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten für die Opfer des Todesmarsches des KZ Sachsenhausen 1945.

Auf dem Dorffriedhof wurde 1946 eine Ehrengrabanlage für 132 umgekommene KZ-Häftlinge geschaffen. In Below und Grabow wurde an der Dorfstraße je eine von insgesamt 120 an der Marschroute angebrachten Informationstafeln aufgestellt.

Verkehr
Grabow und Below liegen abseits der überregionalen Straßenverbindungen. Die Bundesautobahn 19 (Berlin – Rostock) verläuft zwar zwischen den beiden Orten hindurch, die Anschlussstellen Röbel und Wittstock sind jedoch fast 20 Kilometer entfernt. Von der Bundesstraße 198 erreicht man Grabow und Below über Wredenhagen. Der nächste Bahnhof befindet sich in Wittstock/Dosse.

Weblinks

 Grabow-Below auf amt-roebel-mueritz.de

Einzelnachweise

Eldetal
Ehemalige Gemeinde (Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte)
Gemeindegründung 1957
Gemeindeauflösung 2019

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