Aristotle says "It is by refraining from pleasures that we become temperate, and it is when we have become temperate that we are most able to abstain from pleasures. Similarly with courage; it is by habituating ourselves to make light of alarming situations and to face them that we become brave, and it is when we have become brave that we shall be most able to face an alarming situation" (1104b). When we are placed in an alarming situation we feel panic and confusion, partly because we don't know what is going on; we may react badly, focusing on the wrong things. But if we prepare for dangerous situations, and start with risks we understand and have prepared for, we learn to overcome our fears and we let our training take over. Once we have done this with small risks, we can confront larger risks. By becoming brave, we learn to face greater danger. This is a kind of iterative, self-reinforcing process.
At each iteration we may error on the side of becoming over-confident or over-apprehensive. If we are over-confident, we become reckless and may harm ourselves or others; if over-apprehensive, we will not master our fears. Moreover, not all experience is good – some experience may teach us bad habits. That is why we need wise mentors who can point us toward the right balance, which will allow us to progress toward our goal or aim. And this will vary from one person to another. Aristotle emphasizes that the mean is in relation to us, not to the thing we are doing. A good mentor or teacher will know what the individual student needs to learn.
But then Aristotle throws a curve ball (1107a). Virtue is a mean with respect to two vices (excess and deficiency), but "in respect to what is right and best, it is an extreme." Thus, there can be no mean or excess or deficiency in courage because "the mean is in a sense an extreme" (1107a25). Courage is a virtue that does not require moderation, just as adultery (his other example) is a vice which cannot be accepted even in moderation. What great courage demands in a particular situation, however, will be the mean between recklessness and apprehensiveness. To say courage is an extreme doesn't mean an endorsement of extreme courage or recklessness. Rather, courage will mean different things to different people at different times and places, but getting it exactly right is always desirable and that requires action guided by the right principles as well as the insight to know what to do in a particular situation.
With the right orientation we can achieve virtue by following the principle of the mean. Using "evidence of visible facts to throw light on those that are invisible" (1104a15), Aristotle says excessive of insufficient exercise are harmful, and the same is true for eating and drinking. It is not just that different people need different amounts of exercise and food. Someone who drinks and eats only for pleasure will not find the mean, but someone who eats and drinks to be healthy will. Contrary to the view that the principle of the mean is useless or vacuous, Aristotle is saying not only that there are right and wrong ways to do things, but that we will only find the mean if we are oriented to the good. But this does seem to beg the question: why would we be oriented toward the good?
Aristotle attaches considerable importance to goods intrinsic to activities. I think this has to do with activities that enable us to function well—i.e. excellence. "Any kind of excellence renders that of which it is an excellence good, and makes it perform its function well" (1106a15). Think about riding a bicycle. It is a purposive activity not only in the sense of going from one place to another (an external aim), but it is intrinsically important not to fall off in the process! In other words, there are purposive actions that are performed as part of the activity—the pedalling, the balancing, the moment-to-moment judgments of speed and direction—so that were one to stop, the activity would come to an end. One could stop trying to get from place to place and still be biking, but one cannot stop pedalling and continue to bike. And the activity here requires finding various means: for example, you can't go too fast or too slow, you can't tilt too far in one direction or another, and you need a mix of automatic and conscious effort. Learning to ride a bike is not done by first acquiring technical skill and then putting it into practice. It is through the practice that we acquire the skill.
The mean is intrinsic to the structure of the activity. This seems borne out by the idea that failure is "possible in many ways," but success "in only one" (1106b30), i.e. that which is the best. The "best" means, presumably, the best of which we are capable. Phronesis arises through activity, specifically the development of one's potential. Aristotle starts Book II with the observation faculties are endowed as potentialities and are only later actualized, but virtue we learn by doing. It is as if he is saying that when we try to be virtuous we realize we've already doing it, or that the aspiration to do something well comes from the practice of already doing it. The minute I try to make a work of art, I am already trying to do it well. Rawls calls this the Aristotelian principle: "other things equal, human behings enjoy the exercise of their realized capabilities (their innate or trained abilities), and this enjoyment increases the more the capacity is realized, or the greater its complexity" (Theory of Justice, p. 426).


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1. It's important to plan for business expansion, regular inspections, and breakage.
In the course of day-to-day labwork and x-ray examinations, surprises happen. An older pair of radiation safety glasses may break or a developing crack has grown too large. Maybe you have outdated equipment that isn't as strong as it should be to mitigate the effects of newer equipment. Or it could just be that your supply has dwindled down (or your employee base has grown) and you just don't have enough anymore. But having extra radiation glasses onsite always helps.
Don't slow down lab efficiency to wait for a replacement pair.
The United States government doesn't have a blanket requirement that radiologists, fluoroscope technicians, and other professionals exposed to concentrated radiation have to wear eye safety equipment. But many large medical corporations and hospital conglomerates have private policies requiring them. If your lab mandates that technicians have to use radiation safety glasses, then not having enough can slow down the work.
Sudden departmental expansion or a reallocation of inventory within larger organizations.
Inspections in which onsite guests need eye safety equipment. Inspections often take place during the course of the regular business day, so you need to have enough equipment for both the regular staff, the inspector's party, and the guide or director.
Broken equipment. Emergencies can happen, and being short on equipment could make your staff feel pressured to go without adequate eye safety. Always have a backup so dedicated employees don't have to choose.
An extra pair lets you get lenses repaired instead of having to buy at a premium.
Every business has felt the financial crunch of having to buy something at a premium rate so the business day isn't slowed down. If your lab or facility needs a new pair of radiation safety glasses (or even several pairs) immediately, then you don't have time to wait for sales or to negotiate for lowered expenses.
But extra inventory gives you more than enough time to find the right suppliers for your business. If your staff can just switch out a broken pair of glasses for a new set and notify the equipment manager, then they have negotiating power. They can order a replacement pair without the rush, look for new technology that better protects the users, or send the glasses in for repair when possible. While eye safety is invaluable, a backup supply helps reduce the overall annual expense.
Make the onboarding process as simple as possible.
Extra glasses also helps keep lab expansion simple. If you work for a major hospital chain, then the Human Resources department is probably in a different building entirely. You and your staff may not be kept fully up-to-date on the hiring of new technicians, especially once the interview portion is over and it's all a matter of paperwork.
But if it's a new technician's or researcher's first day, it's important to set the tone by emphasizing safety. The best way to do that is by having leaded vests, gloves, and radiation safety glasses ready for them. Not only is that a great way to build up procedural routine, especially if they were previously employed by an organization that didn't require the glasses, it looks professional. Just like you and your staff are waiting to see what the new employee is made out of, they're wondering if your site is a good fit for them.
2. Even medical businesses are going mobile.
Whether it was caused by the huge market of Internet services or the increasing number of small businesses, mobile companies have taken the country by storm. Initially, these businesses focused on services like landscaping, repairs, and delivery. But they have grown to increase technical and medical fields, too. Anything from traveling veterinary clinics to mobile optical offices is possible, and the businesses are booming.
If your medical business is considering going mobile, equipment is an unignorable conflict. With mobile data, third-party services, and increasingly smart technical software, a tablet can replace a lot of the bulk you need in a physical office. But it doesn't replace the technical equipment or the safety gear, so get your radiation glasses to go.
Meet people's expectations, even if you don't have to.
When you take your business on the road, some customers aren't going to trust you as much as they trust brick-and-mortar businesses. You may have to fight against the long-lasting mythos of the snake-oil salesman, and the best way to do that is to meet your customers' expectations of what professionals do and look like as much as possible. Even if your corporation doesn't require radiation safety glasses, wear them because potential customers respect technical safety. Radiation glasses aren't just a good business practice, they're good marketing.
You can't completely control the environment.
A rolling x-ray machine can be set up in an unused conference room or any spare space with four walls. But once you've lost the complete control of your office space to keep visitors' and patients' eyes away from the radiation, you need to use policy to keep people safe. Always equip nearby customers with radiation glasses, especially if there are children nearby who might not stay where they're told to. Eye problems can develop with varying degrees of exposure to radiation, and there's no way to know what other people's saturation points are. Carry extra glasses to protect them, your staff, and your business.
Whether you have a stationary laboratory, a chain of surgical hospitals, or a mobile veterinary service, radiation safety should be one of your top concerns at all times. Keeping your safety equipment inventory in line with your growth is part of keeping your employees and third parties safe. Go to Phillips Safety Products here to find the glasses you need to keep your staff protected. We offer the protective lenses and comfortable frames you're looking for to replenish your inventory or replace any outdated pairs.


A charming province is located in the easternmost of Indonesia, which is called West Papua. Apart from Raja Ampat, it is the home of other famous tourist spots. One of them is called Tapurarang Historical Site. The location is in Kokas District and it belongs to Fakfak Regency. As the name suggests, Tapurarang is a historical cliff, imprinted with several hand paintings. Some paintings of animals are also seen on the site. Such historical cliff becomes an interesting vacation spot for tourists. Not only it has some historical value, but it also becomes a great object for photography.
The paintings on Tapurarang Historical Site have been there for more than hundreds of years ago. Despite the age, the color and shape of the paintings remain in a good condition. They are both vibrant and thrilling. It is because the color is similar to human's blood. No wonder, the locals call it "lukisan cap tangan darah" or the bloody hand paintings. What about the cliff? The size is definitely enormous and some trees and vegetation grow on it. When it comes to the nuance, it is both peaceful and cool. Thanks to the strategic location of the cliff.
Kokas District is known as an old city. No wonder, many historical sites are available there. Tapurarang Historical Site is not an exception and it has attracted many tourists recently. Apart from tourists, some historians also come to the location. It is because they want to observe the ancient paintings directly. It is said the paintings were made by natural dye, so it can withstand any types of weather. This also explains why the condition of the paintings remains good. They even appear astonishing from afar.
The locals consider Tapurarang Historical Site as a sacred tourist spot. The rumor has it. The ancient paintings were humans who got cursed by Kaborbor (the ghost of the sea). A unique story behind the cliff is quite worthy to learn. Usually, the locals would tell it to tourists. If not, visitors can take advantage of a tour guide to learn some information regarding the history of the cliff. The question is whether there are other attractions in the location or not. Well, some skulls and bones are scattered near to the site!
According to the locals, the skeletons are their ancestors. It is because people used to put the dead near to caves and cliffs back then. Due to the presence of the bones, some tourists feel a strange aura when exploring Tapurarang Historical Site. Despite this issue, people keep coming to the location, as they are interested to see those unique objects by their own eyes. Some of them even carry a camera to the location.
Tapurarang Historical Site belongs to Kokas District. From Jakarta, tourists should take an airplane to Torea Airport in Fakfak Regency. From there, they may continue the trip to Kokas District using a local transportation service. It takes about 2 hours. The last destination is Tapurarang and it takes a longboat ride to reach the site.


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Intra-group loans – national and international
StB [German tax consultant] Dr Maximilian Bannes
International consulting
When setting up subsidiary companies the question that always arises is whether it makes more sense to have funding in the form of equity capital or debt capital. However, among small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular, debt financing is most commonly not fiscally driven but, instead, motivated by economic considerations. The flexibility in the provision and repayment of loans as well as fewer formal requirements are convincing in economic terms. Nevertheless, tax principles have to be taken into account because the uncertain legal situation here could result in double taxation risks. This report provides a brief up-to-date overview of and outlook for the structuring issues with respect to intragroup loans.
Basic types of contract arrangements
Contracting parties are generally able to freely draw up their loan contracts how they wish and to agree whatever loan terms they want to include. Yet, tax law will override civil law if there is a risk of abusive structures; in such cases
either the loan relationship under civil law will then, in principle, be negated and for, tax purposes, equity capital will be assumed instead of debt capital along with all the consequences of this (1st level)
or the agreements concluded under civil law will then be adjusted for tax purposes and instead of the agreed amount of interest only an appropriate amount of interest will be permitted as a business expense deduction (2nd level).
The notional benchmark here is always the 'arm's length comparison', thus the terms that a 'prudent and diligent managing director' would agree. What is relevant is whether or not the loan amount and loan term as well as the debtor's collateral and creditworthiness are in accordance with what is usual for third parties dealing at arm's length. Although, this will take different forms because a distinction has to be made between
loan relationships that are entered into on a purely national basis with no international connection (more on this in section 2) and
cross-border transactions that are usually subject to more far-reaching and stricter requirements (more on this in section 3).
Please note: In the following discussion we do not go into the thin-cap rules (the so-called 'interest barrier' under Section 4h of the Income Tax Act [Einkommenssteuergesetz, EStG]) and the tax consequences of loans that are completely interest-free (Section 6(1) No. 3 EStG).
National transactions
In the case of (purely) national transactions, the loan relationship has to be judged simply on the basis of the criteria of a hidden capital contribution or a hidden profit distribution.
At the 1st level, the recharacterization of the full amount of a loan that has been granted as the provision of equity capital is indeed restricted to rare cases where repayment is not at all wanted. The Federal Fiscal Court (Bundes-finanzhof, BFH) has largely rejected the recharacterization of a loan, granted by shareholders to a company, as a hidden capital contribution (BFH ruling from 11.7.2017, case reference IX R 36/15). Even those loans granted to, or left in a company during a crisis would not cause the loan relationship to be negated 'downstream' under tax law. At the 2nd level, in the case of such a constellation, there are normally different opinions with respect to the appropriate interest rate. If a corporation is paying its shareholders too much in interest, then this would be deemed to constitute a hidden profit distribution. However, interest payments to shareholders that are too low are not a problem any more than cases where the shareholders pay their subsidiary an inflated interest rate.
Recommendation: In a national transaction, the 'downstream' situation will be treated differently from the 'upstream' situation. That is also interesting in terms of structuring if, for example, for the purposes of making use of loss carry-forwards or withholding tax credits, conditions are agreed that deviate from those usual for third parties dealing at arm's length.
Rules in cross-border cases
In cross-border cases the national rules are supplemented by Section 1 of the Foreign Transactions Tax Act(Außensteuergesetz, AStG). Accordingly, all loans that have been granted have to stand up to an arm's length comparison without any distinction being made between 'upstream' or 'downstream'. There is widespread agreement that here, up to now, Section 1 AStG has taken effect only at the 2nd level, i.e., the amount of the interest rate.
Please note: The rule that applies when setting transfer prices is that higher risks are associated with higher interest rates. However, in the case of intra-group loans, where the agreements frequently include subordination, flexible maturities but no collateral, this results in a paradox that has remained unsolved to date, namely, the more closely the structure of the intra-group loan resembles equity, the higher the interest rate should be.
Yet, this problem also illustrates that, in many cases, it will be very difficult to subject the interest rate for an intra-group loan to an arm's length comparison, particularly as intra-group loans are frequently also related to matters under company law. In some cases, external financing is then hardly possible any more on account of the economic situation. The ECJ has recognised this and in the Hornbach case (judgement of 31.8.2018, case reference C-382/16) explicitly acknowledged that, within a group, non-arm's-length agreements should also be permitted for tax purposes if a commercial justification can be provided for this.
Since then, the BFH, in a high-profile ruling from 27.2.2019 (case reference: I R 73/16), has established new principles. In the event of a default, the BFH does not want to allow a profit-reducing deduction; this would be tantamount to an adjustment at the 1st level and thus ultimately, in effect, a recharacterization of the loan relationship as an equity injection. It would then at least be logical, at the 2nd level, not to require interest payments for tax purposes either. However, the BFH has not drawn this conclusion.
The BFH wants the above-mentioned legal consequences to apply to all non-arm's-length loan agreements. In this case, it is focussing particularly on unsecured loans.
Please note: Interestingly, the BFH has scarcely dealt with the issue of whether or not its ruling is compatible with the arguments put forward by the ECJ in the Hornbach case; recently, in an unusual step, this was criticised by the Federal Constitutional Court in its ruling from 4.3.2021 (case reference: 2 BvR 1161/19).
Planned changes for cross-border cases
By introducing a Section 1a AStG the aim is to do away with these unclear rules in cross-border cases. The new rules are admittedly no longer included in any current governmental draft, however, the implementation will in any case be postponed. According to the intention of the legislator, the new rules here will be based on the OECD requirements (Art. X of the OECD TPG).
Within the framework of such new rules, at the 1st level, to begin with, it would have to be demonstrated that the debtor is generally able to service the debt and that it needs the financing for commercial purposes. Otherwise, already in principle, the interest may not be deducted; for transfer pricing purposes this implies recharacterizing debt capital as equity capital. At the 2nd level, thus when assessing the interest rate, besides other factors (such as, e.g., the purpose of the loan, the regulatory frameworks, maturity, currency risks or the loan volume), the borrower's credit risk has to be taken into account, in particular, since this can significantly affect the interest rate. Here, the creditworthiness of the entire group of companies is generally relevant and not that of an individual company.
Recommendations: Cross-border intra-group loan relationships should stand up to an arm's length comparison. This applies not only to the interest rate level but also to the other constituent parts of the loan agreement, especially with respect to collateral. We would recommend that you determine the interest rates on the basis of the appropriate benchmark comparisons.
Groups with cross-border financing, in particular, should keep a close eye on the planned changes in the legal situation and, if necessary, examine existing agreements now already with a view to a potential need for amendments.

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Parliament is Serious Business; not a Kindergarten to Sing Ring-a-Ring-a-Roses
by Dool Hanomansingh
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The late Manic Ramsarran speaking on a PNM political platform at Montrose Junction was saying to the people: "vote Manic for water, vote Manic for better roads…" Dr. Eric Williams, seated on the platform, stopped him and instructed him, 'don't say vote Manic, say vote PNM."
This is the greatness of the PNM. This institution is bigger than any single individual, thus explaining why it has been able to rebound with renewed strength after defeats. It is not Manning or Rowley's political party. It is the peoples' PNM. This was best demonstrated by the return of Penny Beckles, Amery Browne and Brian Manning. This gesture was not because of the magnanimity of Dr. Rowley but the policies and principles of this political institution called the PNM.
Unfortunately, on the UNC platform, the sycophants have made the political leader bigger than the party so long as they can get what they demand. Tragically, the Political Leader generally falls prey to such flatteries! However, as soon as these opportunists are denied their requests they begin to hurl the worse abuses at the Political Leader.
Unlike Dr. Eric Williams who stopped Manic for his egomaniac posturing, the Political Leaders the UNC, both Basdeo Panday and Kamla Persad Bissessar, never stopped such foolish adulation. Both pandered to those vainglorious sentiments to the detriment of the party. Such adulation and flatteries resulted in many strays just walking from the street into Rienzi Complex and being entrusted into the top position of the party.
Where is Trevor Belmosa today? When he walked into the party he was showered with adulation by the then Political Leader while stalwarts like Kelvin Ramnath, Dr. Rampersad Parasram and others were accused of 'bhagwatising' the party. It was a clear case of loyalty being sacrificed for political expediency!
Dr. Keshav Baliran Hedgewar, founder of the RSS of India, the largest voluntary organization of the world, undertook a study to find an explanation for the British, a county with a population of 25M ruling over India, a country of 250M.
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Dr. Hedgewar's research revealed that the British fought for their flag-the Union unlike the Indian soldier who fought for a king. He noted that in the battlefield when a soldier carrying the Union Jack was killed another would lift the flag and move forward and soldiers would continue fighting.
In the case of the Hindu soldiers they fought for their king and when he was defeated, they surrendered. Their existence was tied to the king, a personality, and not a higher cause or mission.
Mutual respect is thrown to the wind when differences of opinion on the politics of the UNC are debated. The party provides no forum for members to air their grievances. These forums have been de-commissioned leaving the members to call talk shows and 'wash their dirty linen in public.' Today any rat's ass PNM working URP can insult the UNC in social media because the behavior of our senior members and the Political Leader's actions are not for the welfare and development of the party as such but for self-preservation.
While a political party needs a majority to win an election, its leadership must understand that it needs good governance to manage the country. Good governance does not mean having on your side a group of inexperienced people with a string of degrees -B Sc., MBA., DBA., LLB, PVC, and BRC. If after one professional qualification, one does not feel assured of him/herself, getting five degrees would not bring one any closer.
It is time for UNC to attract people who have experience working in successful institutions. We must learn from Basdeo Panday's selection of his Cabinet and other senior appointments to manage the affair of the country when he was elected Prime Minister. He did not let past grudges and petty differences confound his mind. He recognized the competence of Bhoe Tewarie and Winston Dookeran and appointed them Principal of St Augustine Campus and Governor of the Central Bank respectively. Individuals like Carlos John and Mervyn Assam were invited to serve in his government.
Ivar Oxaal in Black Intellectuals Come to Power wrote of the composition of the PNM: "Not only Williams himself, but some of the closest associates during his six years in power were, or had been, persons of some intellectual stature themselves. Two of them, Dr. Williams and his former Marxist tutor, Mr. C.L.R. James, were major productive intellectuals with an international reputation. Five were persons who had made local intellectual and artistic contributions in the areas of history, anthropology and the fine arts. Four others were active patrons of local art and had disseminated "culture" and political commentaries via press and radio. Eight other members of the top echelon of the party were, if not, productive intellectuals in the narrow sense, members of the 'learned profession"-law and medicine-with broad cultural interests. And in Learie Constantine the PNM possessed a Party Chairman, widely renowned in Britain and the West Indies for his contributions to cricket, who had written a book on the perennial "colour question."
And despite this line-up of the PNM, Bhadase Sagan Maraj defeated the PNM in the Federal Elections of 1958 and the Local Government Elections of 1959. It would be interesting to know the men and women who were in Maraj's slate and their competencies and backgrounds.
We need Men and Women in Parliament, not children. Parliament is serious business, not a kindergarten to sing Ring -a-Ring-a Roses.
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Dool Hanomansingh
Dool Hanomansingh, BA Degree in History (UWI), is a school teacher, researcher and writer. His publications include Doon Pandit-His Life and Times; Pandits and Politics-a Study of the Divine Life Society and Profiles of Nation Builders. Dool Hanomansingh served with the Hindu Jawaan Sangh and the Hindu Seva Sangh. He is currently the editor of ICDN.TODAY.
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Q: CIAO and python I have been trying to incorporate Chandra Analysis tool (ciao) in python http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao4.4/scripting/runtool.html, with 'wavdetect' being the command in question I use from ciao. While 'wavdetect' works well when I specify the exact name of the input/output files, it does not seem to provide me any output when I use a concatenated name for these files. (I verified that the concatenated files are being read well in wavdetect but the .wait() status is 1). Any pointers as to probable cause (solution?) to this error would be helpful. I paste a part of my program here:
from subprocess import *
p=Popen(["wavdetect","image1.img",
"deep_source_list.fits","deep_scell.fits",
"deep_img.img", "deep_bkg.bkg",
"psffile=xrt_psf.fits",
"scales=1,1.41421,2.0,2.8284,4.0","regfile=region.reg",
"sigthresh=1e-6","clobber=yes"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
p.wait()

(WORKS WELL)

from subprocess import *
for k in (3,4):
innfile="9" + str(k) + ".img"
listfile="9" + str(k) + "_source_list.fits"
scell="9" + str(k) + "_scell.fits"
image="9" + str(k) + "_img.img"
bkg="9" + str(k) + "_bkg.bkg"
regionfile="9" + str(k) + "region.reg"
print(regionfile)
q=Popen(["wavdetect",innfile,listfile,scell,image,bkg,
"psffile=xrt_psf.fits", "scales= 1,1.41421,2.0,2.8284,4.0", regionfile,
"sigthresh=1e-6", "clobber=yes"], stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
q.wait()

(Gives me q.wait()=1 and no output)
Any suggestions?

A: For the sake of closure, I am answering my own question:
I wrote to the ciao help desk who suggested me to make the following changes:
 innfile="infile=9{}.img".format(k) listfile="outfile=9{}_source_list.fits".format(k) scell="scellfile=9{}_scell.fits".format(k) image="imagefile=9{}_img.img".format(k) bkg="defnbkgfile=9{}_bkg.bkg".format(k) regionfile="regfile=9{}region.reg".format(k)

and Viola it worked!

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September 20, 2020 February 10, 2008 by Tony Lumbis
With the Daytona 500 nearly upon us, it's time to finish off my look at the 2008 Nextel Cup rookies. Last week in this column, we profiled three of the six candidates; this time around, we'll finish the job by chronicling three impressive open wheel veterans turned stock car freshmen:
No. 27 Jacques Villeneuve – This Canadian, one of two in the Rookie of the Year class of 2008, has perhaps one of the most impressive resumes of any freshman in NASCAR history. He is one of only three drivers in the world to win the Indianapolis 500, a CART/Champ Car championship, and the prestigious Formula 1 title (Mario Andretti and Emerson Fittipaldi are the other two). Last summer, Villeneuve signed with Bill Davis Racing with hopes of adding both the Daytona 500 and Sprint Cup championship to his list of achievements. The open-wheel ace then kicked off his NASCAR career with seven Craftsman truck and two Cup starts last season, including an impressive 21st-place finish in his debut in the No. 27 car at the treacherous Talladega Superspeedway.
Villeneuve's talent – combined with the presence of longtime crew chief Richard "Slugger" Labbe atop the pit box – would lead one to believe that this open-wheel prodigy would be a shoe-in for the 2008 ROTY award. However, it seems that no amount of skill can overcome this team's biggest hurdle this season, which is sponsorship, or lack thereof. Currently, reports indicate that team owner Bill Davis has only committed to running Villeneuve's car for the first five events of the year if financial backing is not secured. As if that hurdle weren't high enough, this team sits outside the Top 35 in owner points, meaning that they will have to qualify on time for those crucial five races. But if Davis, Labbe and Villeneuve can work through those substantial challenges, then expect the driver to be among the top rookies when things are all said and done.
No. 40 Dario Franchitti – Contributing to the open-wheel alumni theme of this year's rookie class is reigning Indianapolis 500 and IndyCar champion Franchitti. The Scotsman's debut with Chip Ganassi Racing is already off to a good start, with a victory in the Rolex 24 at Daytona last month. However, don't expect the rest of the season to yield that same type of result, as the first European to attempt to run a full schedule in NASCAR history has yet to make a Sprint Cup start.
It's not an entirely uphill battle for this freshman, though. First, thanks to David Stremme's performance last season, the No. 40 team is guaranteed a spot in the first five races of this year. That will give both the crew and driver a chance to focus more on race setup, a definite advantage for someone just learning to drive a 3,400-pound stock car. Also, Franchitti has teammate Juan Pablo Montoya to lean on, a sophomore who handled the stock car transition with style; he scored one victory and the ROTY title in 2007. Montoya's feedback will no doubt benefit the man who hopes to follow in the Colombian's footsteps; look for Franchitti to use his resources wisely and make a formidable run at Ganassi's second consecutive ROTY title.
No. 77 Sam Hornish Jr. – The third former Indy 500 champion competing for ROTY honors is Hornish Jr. The Ohio native will once again drive for team owner Roger Penske in 2008, but the No. 77 Mobil 1 Dodge Charger will now replace the familiar Dallara Honda he drove in the IndyCar Series. Like some of his rookie counterparts, Hornish also boasts impressive statistics in his former series, with 19 wins and three IndyCar Series championships to his credit; those include back-to-back title runs in 2001 and 2002. That success translated into three invitations to the IROC series (2002, '03 and '06), where the open-wheel sensation got a taste of competing against the NASCAR guys.
Despite that experience in IROC, team owner Roger Penske still decided to make the strategic move of swapping Hornish's team points position with the No. 2's of Kurt Busch. The swap will guarantee that Hornish will be guaranteed in the first five events of the season, good news for a driver who missed the field in six out of eight Sprint Cup attempts in 2007. But even though he has five definite starts to begin the season and the presence of two veteran teammates, don't expect him to light the world on fire. There's no doubt that Hornish has the talent to succeed at this level, but his performance to date suggests that he could use some extra miles in the sport's lower divisions; half of the 28-year-old's 11 Nationwide Series starts have resulted in wrecks. The bottom line is that this rookie is fully capable of learning the ins and outs of a stock car, but don't expect him to conquer that learning curve in time to win the 2008 ROTY title.
These rookies below are not running for the ROTY award, but will still carry the yellow stripe on the bumper in 2008
Aric Almirola was most well known for his Daytona pole and the Milwaukee "win that wasn't" in last year's Nationwide series. After dominating the first half the Wisconsin event, Almirola was forced from the driver seat in favor of regularly scheduled driver Denny Hamlin. Hamlin went on to win, Almirola was credited with the victory, and the entire fiasco led to the Floridian's flight from Joe Gibbs Racing to what was then Ginn Racing. He will now share the driving duties of DEI's No. 8 U.S. Army Chevrolet with Mark Martin, driving in 12 of 36 events this season. Still young, Almirola will need to soak up all the information he can get from the veteran; his best finish in '07 was only a 26th-place finish at Phoenix.
Jon Wood and Marcos Ambrose are among those listed to share the driving duties of the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford in 2008. Wood was assumed to be the successor to the famed family ride last season, until he missed multiple Nationwide starts in 2007 due to a mysterious medical condition. Now, he has another chance to make the argument that he deserves the full-time position in this historic ride.
Probably the most memorable event for Ambrose in 2007 was leading 37 laps and almost winning the inaugural Nationwide Series event in Montreal last August. Other than that race, the Australian native had a rather uneventful season en route to an eighth-place points finish in the Nationwide Series. The Wood Brothers appear to be searching for an entity that can carry them into the future; however, I'm not sure either of these drivers can fit the role at the moment.
Next Up: As if you haven't noticed already, the crown jewel of the Sprint Cup season, the Daytona 500, is just around the corner. Conquering the unusual qualifying format for the race is perhaps the most difficult part of Speedweeks; once you are in the show, however, anything is possible, making Daytona a prime venue for one of the rookies to make an unexpected strong showing, similar to David Ragan's fifth-place performance a year ago.
Tony's Pick: I expect DEI to make a comeback this year, and there is no better place for them to start their return to glory than Daytona. I'm picking Regan Smith to survive, and finish strongest among the rookies in the 2008 season opener.
You Pick: Once again, you will have the chance to compete against me to see who is better at picking the race's highest finishing rookie. Starting today, use the survey that will accompany every rookie report this year to choose who you think will best the rest of the freshman for the upcoming event. Last year, you beat me by one race. Well, good luck this time around, because this year, I will be back with a vengeance!
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4 B.C. alpine trails temporarily closed after owl attacks skiers
January 13, 2023, 7:00 p.m. ·2 min read
A grey-horned owl has attacked several skiers this week on ski trails south of Kamloops, B.C., according to the Overland Ski Club. (Liam Singh/Flickr - image credit)
Four ski trails south of Kamloops, B.C., have been temporarily closed after an owl attacked several skiers.
The Overlander Ski Club, about 30 kilometres away from the city, told CBC News on Friday that it had closed its Little Joe trail for the entire day. Three other trails, Ponderosa, Hoss and Sk'elép, are closed from 5 to 10 p.m. because of a "very aggressive" grey-horned owl flying around those areas.
The runs are part of a network known as the Stave Lake ski trails.
"[The owl] is likely defending a nest," the club wrote on its Facebook page. "It is best if you avoid these trails at night for the next week and ski in groups of people instead of alone."
Joel Wood was one of the night skiers visiting the emergency room at Kamloops's Royal Inland Hospital for a tetanus vaccination after his skin was punctured by the animal Thursday night.
Tetanus bacteria, typically found in dirt and soil, enter the body through wounds, cuts or animal bites. Severe muscle spasms can appear within 14 days of exposure and can cause potentially deadly breathing problems, according to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control.
Wood says he was skiing the Cartwheel trail west of Little Joe near Stake Lake when it happened.
I was tucking down a small hill, and the owl first took a pass at me and hit my poles that were sticking out behind me.
"About 100 metres later, it took another pass at me and hit me in the head with its talons and scratched my ear a bit," he told Shelley Joyce, the host of CBC's Daybreak Kamloops.
"It really spooked me out, getting hit in the head like that."
Wood says he feels fine after getting treated and will continue skiing at night but will avoid the Cartwheel trail for now.
"I don't really want to get attacked again."
ImmunizeBC says people can get vaccinated against tetanus and recommends adults get a tetanus booster every 10 years or after suffering serious wounds.
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While Ron DeSantis Is Fighting Culture Wars, Millions Of Floridians Are Losing Their Health Care
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A 'concerning' number of women 65 and older are dying from cervical cancer, according to a new study
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WHO decided the COVID-19 global emergency isn't over. What happens next?
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Tucson's gem show actually includes more than 40 different shows at dozens of locations around town, from exhibit halls to hotels and sprawling camps of roadside exhibit tents. The mix is slightly different every year, and most shows are open to the public with free admission.
While this event brings serious collectors from around the world, it's the "cool" factor that makes it one of the biggest and best events of its kind. Thousands of people from all walks of life come to gawk at gold, oooh over opals, and dig dinosaur fossils.


Commercial/Migratory Beekeeper Motivations may include: profits. Profit centers may include: pollination services, honey production and related products, selling bees.
Commercial, Non-Migratory Beekeeper Motivations may include: profits. Profit centers may include: honey production and related products, selling bees, writing and teaching.
Conventional Side-Line Beekeeper Motivations may include: side-line profits from honey and related products, hobby aspect.
Conventional Hobbyist Beekeeper Motivations may include: hobby aspect, personal honey and related products. Beekeepers in this category may sometimes be a little "geeky." They often like the gadgets and tend to be more invasive or hands-on in their beekeeping. And, they can tend to view beekeeping as an on-going science experiment.
Natural or Treatment-Free Hobbyist Beekeeper Motivations may include: treatment-free hobby aspect, personal honey and products. Beekeepers in this category tend to be less invasive and often combine their beekeeping with organic gardening, permaculture, and/or tending orchards.
Bee-Centered Beekeeper Motivations may include: Raising social awareness of agricultural and personal practices that are decimating pollinators, treatment-free hobby aspect, personal honey and related products. Bee-centered beekeepers tend to be less invasive; more respectful and trusting of the honey bees' own intelligence and ability to care for themselves; and often have the goal of creating an ecotype - a genetically distinct geographic variety, population or race within a species, which is adapted to specific environmental conditions. Bee-centered beekeepers may have the long-term goal of encouraging these ecotypes to swarm and thus re-populate their region with locally adapted honey bees that can survive in the wild.
Preservationist Beekeeper Motivations may include: Providing the most natural life experience for the bees that they can. This would include the hive cavity, the habitat surrounding the hive, and their co-existence with the bees.
Relational Bee Person Motivations may include: Gaining a deeper understanding of the life and needs of the honey bees themselves, so that this person can work to provide the bees with what they need on that little portion of the earth over which this person has influence. And, to simply live in harmonious relationship with the bees.
Re-Wilder Motivations may include: Helping honey bees to return to their wildness; successfully surviving, thriving, and multiplying in the wild.
In my opinion, regardless of where you may choose to land on this continuum, it's important to be careful to not villainize beekeepers/stewards who have landed in other spots on this spectrum. There is a common denominator that unifies us all: we all want our honey bees to live. It is that very deep, heart-felt desire that can cause beekeepers of all varieties to be very passionate, and sometimes even very dogmatic, about the approach to beekeeping that they've chosen.
In addition, there are approaches on this continuum that simply cannot be compared to other approaches. A conventional, migratory beekeeper is as different from a bee-centered beekeeper as a builder of high-rise apartment complexes is different from someone who builds tiny houses. In the world we live in today, each may be equally valid, valuable, and needed, within the context of their own role in the world, but they cannot be compared in any meaningful way. They are not just apples and oranges, they are apple crates and oranges.


Engle Printing & Publishing Donates over $22,000 to GSS!
Many thanks to our great friends from Engle Printing & Publishing Company for donating over $22,000 to Good Samaritan Services! They held their annual golf outing in June and once again donated the proceeds to us. Since starting this event many years ago, they have raised over $130,000 to support our work! This money is specifically used to help the single mothers in our Bridge of Hope at Good Samaritan Services program, helping us provide rental assistance and case management services to help single mothers stay in their housing. We are so grateful for their partnership and support over the years!


Nigerian singer, Wizkid, was dragged into an exchange with a Twitter user over his sons, after he took to platform to disclose that he is on a road trip with his son Zion.
We reported few weeks ago, that Wizkid's first baby mama, Shola wrote about her ordeal at the hands of the popular singer. The recent explosive release, made it seem as if a cordial relationship between Wizkid and his first baby mama Shola Ogudu is not in sight.
Shola, who is the mother of his first son Boluwatife took to Instagram to accuse him of not caring about her son, while stating that she will no longer be labelled a "Money Hungry H*e". Asides this, she also put up the chats between her and her fellow baby mamas including Jada Pollock, who wants the children to connect to each other.
mmmmm. this celeb guys wouldn't learn.


Hailing from Central African Republic (C.A.R.), Boddhi Satva unique & signature Ancestral Soul sound has gained huge following over his career with prominent artist & DJ's like Osunlade, Tony Humphries, Louie Vega & others on board. Many of his productions have been released on respectable labels like Yoruba Records, Yellow Productions, BBE Music, Yelloworange, Tony Records, Vega Records, Foliage Records, Atjazz Record Company, Nervous & Soul Heaven.
1) Marvin Gaye – What's Going On.
First time i heard this album was when my father was driving us back from a long trip in the country side near Bria (Eastern part of Central African Republic). I remember him looking at me and saying that this was REAL Music, Music I needed to really appreciate. At the time I was 7 years old and really liked but only several years later did I really understood what he meant and more so now that he is no longer physically with me.
2) Bob Marley – Could You Be Loved.
Another song my father introduced me to as I was a child. Actually my older brother (may his soul rest in peace) was the first to put me on this, but shouts out to my pops on it for making sure I understood the essence of this song. This takes me just way way back on memory line.
3) The Pasadenas – Right On.
This again was introduced to me by my father. It Really influenced my desire to make music.
4) Zao – Ancien Combattant.
This may be hard for some to get, but Zao is definitely one of those who used Jokes to speak about war and it's devastative impact on the world. This song is another one from when I was a teen. Massive influence on me musically. As much as this came out in the early 80's it is pretty current when we look at the current state of the world.
This song is just one of the many that have made me the musical producer I am today. I was a teen at the time and my friends and I used to rock this over and over back in Bria (Central African Republic).
Boddhi Satva latest release "Benefit" is out on Traxsource.


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A Panssarimiina m/36 egy finn harckocsiakna volt, melyet a téli háború, a második világháború és a folytatólagos háború alatt használtak. Az akna az első ilyen célra épített harckocsiakna volt, amelyet hadrendbe állítottak a finn hadseregnél. Az aknát T. Raatikainen alezredes és Pylkkänen alezredes tervezte. Mindössze 5000 darab készült belőle, mivel gyártása több ok miatt bonyolult volt. A gyújtószerkezet bonyolult kialakítású volt, és úgy tervezték, hogy helyettesíteni lehessen tüzérségi eszközök gyújtószerkezetével, tehát a tüzérségi lövedékeket használhatták az aknák mellett, ezenfelül a fémlemez burkolatot nehéz volt gyártani.

Az akna kör alakú, középen szűkebb alakzattal. Alsó és felső részének pereme recés, ami megakadályozza, hogy jégen vagy fagyott talajon az akna elcsússzon a helyéről.

A második világháború alatt bebizonyosodott, hogy az akna robbanótöltete kevés ahhoz, hogy eltörje a kései szovjet harckocsik lánctalpát, emiatt két kiegészítő töltettel bővítették, melyek egyenként nagyjából 2,5 kg súlyúak voltak. Ezeket az akna alá ásták, hogy kiegészítsék a fő töltetet. Ahol ezek a kiegészítő töltetek nem voltak elhelyezhetőek, ott két aknát ástak egymás alá.

Az aknát a Panssarimiina m/39 akna váltotta 1939-ben, de továbbra is hadrendben maradt.

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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. | California gunman was volatile but passed mental assessment
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Neighbors of Ian David Long described the man who shot and killed 12 people at a country music bar as distant in public but combative with his mother inside the suburban Los Angeles home the two shared.
One ruckus in April was so extreme that they called law enforcement. Authorities brought in a mental health specialist who concluded that Long could not be involuntarily committed for psychiatric observation but worried the 28-year-old Marine veteran might have post-traumatic stress disorder.
Continue reading THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. | California gunman was volatile but passed mental assessment at STL.News.


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Q: Webpack ProvidePlugin/vendor bundle: angular.module is not a function I have an Angular application that is currently built via Webpack into one large bundle, containing all dependencies and app code in a single file. I am trying to split the code into two bundles, one bundle with all of my dependencies, and another with all of my application code.
I have the following webpack.config.js:
var webpack = require('webpack');
var path = require('path');

var definePlugin = new webpack.DefinePlugin({
    'process.env': {
        NODE_ENV: `"${process.env.NODE_ENV}"`
    }
});

var SRC = path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/main/client');
var APP = path.resolve(SRC, 'app/index.js');
var DEST = path.resolve(__dirname, 'target/webapp/dist');

module.exports = {
    entry: {
        vendor: [
            'angular',
            'angular-animate',
            'moment',
            'angular-moment',
            'angular-translate',
            'angular-ui-bootstrap',
            'angular-ui-router',
            'lodash'
        ],
        app: APP
    },
    plugins: [
        new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
            _: 'lodash',
            angular: 'angular',
            angularMoment: 'angular-moment',
            angularTranslate: 'angular-translate',
            moment: 'moment',
            ngAnimate: 'angular-animate',
            uibootstrap: 'angular-ui-bootstrap',
            uirouter: 'angular-ui-router'
        }),
        new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin('vendor', 'vendor.bundle.js'),
        definePlugin
    ],
    output: {
        path: DEST,
        filename: 'bundle.js',
        publicPath: '/',
        hash: true
    },
    module: {
        preLoaders: [],
        loaders: [
            { test: /\.html$/, loaders: ['html'] },
            { test: /\.css$/, loaders: ['style', 'css'] },
            { test: /\.scss$/, loaders: ['style', 'css', 'sass'] },
            {
                test: /\.js$/,
                exclude: /(node_modules|bower_components)/,
                loaders: ['ng-annotate', 'babel?presets[]=es2015', 'eslint']
            },
            {
                test: /\.(ttf|eot|svg|woff2?)(\?v=[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9])?$/,
                loader: 'file'
            }
        ]
    },
    sassLoader: {
        includePaths: [path.resolve(__dirname, './node_modules')]
    }
};

This produces two bundles, one with only the dependencies and one with only the application code. However, when I attempt to load the application, I get: Uncaught TypeError: angular.module is not a function which is traced back to angular-moment.js within the vendor.bundle.js. In other words, angular isn't accessible to other modules that need to be loaded in the vendor.bundle.js file. However, I'm not sure how to make these dependencies visible to each other.

A: To answer the question in the headline of the original post, Angular 1 is not working nicely with webpack without a shim (see https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2049). Try this webpack loader config:
module: {
    loaders: [
        /*
         * Necessary to be able to use angular 1 with webpack as explained in https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/2049
         */
        {
            test: require.resolve('angular'),
            loader: 'exports?window.angular'
        },
    ]
},
plugins: [
    new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
        'angular': 'angular',
    }),
],

This should initialize the angular object properly instead of the default action of setting it to an empty object (which does not have a property named module).

A: Following should move all the scripts not in src folder to vendor chunk.
const path = require('path');
const projectRoot = path.resolve('./');

      new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
        name: 'vendor',
        minChunks: (module) => module.resource && module.resource.indexOf(path.join(projectRoot, 'src')) === -1,
      }),


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Q: What am I supposed to do in Riddler's "Drain Pain" challenge? I see the Batman Reserved spot, but nothing happens when I land on it. I've landed on the wall inside the green neon circle with no results.
It looks like I'm supposed to turn the hole so it's over the room at each level, but I can't figure out how to rotate the circle.
What am I supposed to do in the Drain Pain challenge?

A: You basically have to lower the Batmobile down to the ledge on the same level as the spikes and move left and right. The wheels of the Batmobile will cause the ring of spikes to rotate. Keep rotating to clear paths to go down as far as you can go.
The different slopes you can go down are numbered one to three.  Just follow the order of the slopes to get down to the next level.  For the first and second slopes, you'll want to turn it until you are over the spray painted bat logo for each level.  The third level, you'll have to backtrack and go to the first and second slopes to open up the path.


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The  is a railway line in Japan operated by the major private railway operator Tobu Railway. The line is a  branch off the Isesaki Line at Ōta Station, southbound to Akagi Station.

Operation
All trains stop at all stations on the line, including limited express Ryomo services to and from  in Tokyo.

Stations
All stations are located in Gunma Prefecture.
Limited express Ryomo stops at stations marked ● and passes stations marked │.

History
The Yabuzuka Quarry opened a  gauge handcar line between Ota and Yabuzuka in 1911 to haul stone blocks. The line was acquired by Tobu in March 1913, rebuilt to  gauge and extended to Aioi on 19 March 1913, operating using steam haulage. The line was electrified at 1,500 V DC from 1 March 1928, and in March 1932 extended to Akagi. Freight services ceased in 1996, with the last service running on 25 September.

See also
 List of railway lines in Japan

References
This article incorporates material from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia.

External links

 Tobu Railway Kiryu Line information page

Kiryu Line
Rail transport in Gunma Prefecture
Railway lines opened in 1911
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Home New measurement yields littler proton radius
New measurement yields littler proton radius
Bruce Haley | Nov 07, 2019 | Science
Utilizing the main new strategy in 50 years for estimating the size of the proton by means of electron dispersing, the PRad coordinated effort has created another incentive for the proton's radius in a test directed at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility.
The outcome, as of late distributed in the diary Nature, is one of the most exact estimated from electron-scattering tests. The new incentive for the proton span that was gotten is 0.831 fm, which is littler than the past electron-scattering estimation of 0.88 fm and is in concurrence with later muonic nuclear spectroscopy results.
We are happy that years of hard work of our collaboration is coming to an end with a good result that will help critically toward solution of the so-called proton radius puzzle, says Ashot Gasparian, an educator at North Carolina A&T State University and the analysis' representative.
All noticeable issue known to man is based on a haze of three quarks bound together with solid power vitality. The pervasive proton, which sits at the core of each iota, has been the subject of various studies and trials planned for uncovering its privileged insights. However, a surprising outcome from a test to quantify the size of this cloud, as far as its root-mean-square charge span, has joined nuclear and atomic physicists in a whirlwind of movement to reconsider this essential amount of the proton.
Before 2010, the most exact estimations of the proton's radius originated from two distinctive exploratory techniques. In electron-scattering tests, electrons are taken shots at the protons, and the proton's charge span is controlled by the adjustment in way of the electrons after they bob off, or disperse from, the proton. In nuclear spectroscopy estimations, the changes between vitality levels by electrons are watched (as photons that are emitted by the electrons) as they circle a little core. Cores that have regularly been watched incorporate hydrogen (with one proton) or deuterium (with a proton and a neutron). These two unique strategies yielded a sweep of about 0.88 femtometers.
In 2010, atomic physicists declared outcomes from another technique. They gauged the change between vitality levels of electrons in circle around lab-made hydrogen molecules that supplanted a circling electron with a muon, which circles a lot nearer to the proton and is increasingly touchy to the proton's charge span. This outcome yielded a worth that was 4% littler than previously, at about 0.84 femtometers.
In 2012, a joint effort of researchers drove by Gasparian met up at Jefferson Lab to patch up electron-scattering techniques in order to produce a novel and increasingly exact estimation of the proton's charge span. The PRad try was given need booking as one of the principal analyses to take information and complete its run following a redesign of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility, a DOE User Facility for atomic material science explore. The examination took electron-scattering information in Jefferson Lab's Experimental Hall B in 2016.
When we started this experiment, people were searching for answers. But to make another electron-proton scattering experiment, many skeptics didn't believe that we could do anything new, says Gasparian. If you want to come up with something new, you have to come up with some new tools, some new method. And we did that?we did an experiment which is completely different from other electron-scattering experiments.
The joint effort initiated three new procedures to improve the exactness of the new estimation. The first was execution of another kind of austere objective system, which was financed by a National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation award and was to a great extent created, manufactured and worked by Jefferson Lab's Target group.
The windowless target flowed refrigerated hydrogen gas legitimately into the flood of CEBAF's 1.1 and 2.2 GeV quickened electrons and permitted dissipated electrons to move about unrestricted into the finders.
When we say windowless, we are saying that the tube is open to the vacuum of the accelerator. Which seems like a window?but in electron-scattering, a window is a metal cover on the end of the tube, and those have been removed, says Dipangkar Dutta, an investigation co-representative and a teacher at Mississippi State University.
So this is the first time that people actually put a gas-flow target onto the beamline at Jefferson Lab, says Haiyan Gao, an analysis co-representative and Henry Newson educator at Duke University. The vacuum was good, so that we could have electron beam going through our target to do the experiment, and we actually have a hole in the entrance foil and another in the exit foil. Essentially, the beam just passed through directly to the hydrogen gas, not seeing any window.
The following significant distinction was the utilization of a calorimeter as opposed to the customarily utilized attractive spectrometer to recognize dispersed electrons coming about because of the approaching electrons striking the hydrogen's protons or electrons. The repurposed half breed calorimeter HyCal estimated the energies and places of the dissipated electrons, while a recently manufactured gas electron multiplier, the GEM finder, likewise identified the electrons' situations with significantly higher precision.
The information from the two identifiers was then looked at continuously, which enabled the atomic physicists to characterize every occasion as an electron-electron dissipating or an electron-proton dispersing. This new technique for grouping the occasions enabled the atomic physicists to standardize their electron-proton dissipating information to electron-electron dispersing information, incredibly decreasing test vulnerabilities and expanding accuracy.
The last significant improvement was arrangement of these finders very close in precise good ways from where the electron pillar struck the hydrogen target. The cooperation had the option to get that separation down to short of what one degree.
In electron scattering, in order to extract the radius, we have to go to as small a scattering angle as possible, says Dutta. To get the proton radius, you need to extrapolate to zero angle, which you cannot access in an experiment. So, the closer to zero you can get, the better.
The region that we explored is at such a forward angle and at such small four-momentum transfer squared that it has never been reached before in electron-proton scattering, includes Mahbub Khandaker, a trial co-representative and an educator at Idaho State University.
The associates state the outcome is one of a kind, since it utilized another system by means of electron-dissipating to decide the proton charge range. Presently, they are anticipating contrasting the outcome with new spectroscopic conclusions of the proton sweep and up and coming electron-and muon-dispersing estimations that are being led around the world.
Further, this outcome additionally reveals new insight into guess of another power of nature that was proposed when the proton span astound first surfaced.
When the initial proton radius puzzle came out in 2010, there was hope in the community that maybe we have found a fifth force of nature, that this force acts differently between electrons and muons, says Dutta. But the PRad experiment seems to shut the door on that possibility.
They state the subsequent stage is to consider leading further examinations utilizing this new test strategy to accomplish significantly higher accuracy estimations on this and related themes, for example, the sweep of the deuteron, the core of deuterium.
There is a very good chance we can improve our measurements by a factor of two or maybe even more, Gao says.
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Wetland clear-cutting stopped by Riverkeeper report
The site of wetlands clear-cutting in the Trent Woods area.
A New Bern developer found out this week that mowing down trees in a wetland is not a good idea.
Last Thursday, Neuse Riverkeeper Samantha Krop responded to a call from a Trent Woods resident reporting that bulldozers were razing a neighboring tract of land — in a wetland.
"He pays attention to the land, and he was aware that they were on a wetland," Sam said.
Sam met the caller on site on Friday afternoon to check out the area being cut and agreed it's a designated wetland.
"My big concern is that this is at the headwaters of Lawson Creek, which is a pretty big tributary of the Neuse," she said.
Further research determined no wetland permits had been issued for the area, so Sam put in a call to the Division of Water Resources. When a DWR representative visited the site on Monday, they agreed with the designated-wetland assessment and put an immediate halt to the clearing of the land.
According to DWR, several permits are required to clearcut the area, none of which had been applied for by the owner/developer.
"There's a wetland delineation permit from the Army Corps of Engineers, and a stream determination from DWR has to be done, where they come out and walk the stream and determine where it is and where the buffers are," Sam said.
At the least, it will be months before any more clear-cutting can happen, if it can happen at all.
"I'm hoping for some protective buffers from those two agencies," she said.
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Prior to joining Waterloo, Joel was an Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the George Washington University. He has also worked as a business consultant to financial services firms in Asia, Australia, and North America. His engagements included reorganizing the activities of a major bank and formulating the strategy for a $US 100M startup. Joel's dissertation was a finalist for the Barry M. Richman Award for the Best Dissertation in International Management. He is also the recipient of numerous research grants from institutions such as SSHRC, NBER, CIBER, INET, and CIGI.
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Jim Wilson was born in Tampa in 1966, and raised in Dade City, Florida. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 1988 with honors, served as the President of the Interfraternity Council, and was also President of the Jasons Senior Men's Honorary. He obtained his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 1991, and was a member of the University of Florida Moot Court Team.
Mr. Wilson was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1991. He began his legal career in Tampa working primarily in the fields of insurance defense and personal injury law. He then returned to his hometown of Dade City, and became a partner of the law firm of Johnson, Auvil, Brock & Wilson, where he concentrated on representing personal injury clients. He has tried cases in front of juries in Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Manatee, and Sarasota Counties, has several published appellate decisions, and has argued in front of the Second District Court of Appeal.
Mr. Wilson is admitted to the Florida Bar, and to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He is a member of the Florida Justice Association, and the Tampa Bay Trial Lawyers Association. He has been honored with the prestigious "AV rating" by Martindale-Hubbell, the preeminent national publication in the legal field. The rating is based upon evaluations by other lawyers and is the highest ranking attainable by an attorney for ability and ethics in t he practice of law.
Mr. Wilson and his wife Lori have three children — Jack, Billy, and Annabelle — and reside in Dade City. His interests include sports (especially Alabama football), movies, music, and politics.
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August Prosenik, né le  à Obrežje (actuelle Slovénie, qui en 1916 faisait partie de l'Empire austro-hongrois, et qui en 1920 se rattachait à la Yougoslavie) et le  à Zagreb, en Croatie, une des six républiques de la République socialiste fédérale de Yougoslavie, est un ancien coureur cycliste yougoslave.

Le premier vainqueur de la Course de la Paix
Quand August Prosenik, mécanicien de profession, prend le  à Varsovie le départ de la première Course de la Paix cycliste, au sein de l'équipe Yougoslavie « 1 », il a 32 ans et n'est pas un inconnu en Europe centrale. En 1936, il avait fait partie de la délégation yougoslave qui prit part aux Jeux de Berlin. Il se classa à la  de l'épreuve sur route. En 1937, il remporta le premier Tour de Yougoslavie et, deux années plus tard, le Tour de Serbie. Comme la plupart des coureurs de sa génération, sa carrière cycliste s'arrêta de 1939 à 1946, date à laquelle il remporte le Tour de Roumanie. Au printemps 1948, que la course bicéphale Varsovie-Prague et Prague-Varsovie se terminât par la victoire de deux coureurs yougoslaves a été pour eux comme pour la course un événement.

Mais, dès la fin du mois de , intervint la rupture entre Staline et Tito. August Prosenik et Alexandre Zorić firent encore partie, avec Antonio Strain et Milan Poredski, de la sélection cycliste des sportifs yougoslaves aux Jeux de Londres qui termina  de l'épreuve par équipes, mais ne finirent pas l'épreuve sur route. Leur carrière internationale prit alors fin. Les organisateurs de la Course de la Paix, qui n'avait pas d'ailleurs pas encore ce nom, tinrent à l'écart les cyclistes yougoslaves pendant plusieurs années.

Palmarès
 1934
  Champion de Yougoslavie sur route juniors
1936
  Champion de Yougoslavie sur route
  aux Jeux olympiques de Berlin de la course sur route
1937
  Champion de Yougoslavie sur route
 Tour de Yougoslavie
 Beograd-Sofia
 1938
 Sofia-Beograd
1939
 Tour de Serbie :
 Classement général
 a étape
1940
  Champion de Yougoslavie sur route
1946
 Tour de Roumanie
1947
  Champion des Balkans du contre-la-montre par équipes (avec Milan Poredski et Aleksandar Strain)
 Belgrade-Budapest
  Médaillé d'argent du championnat des Balkans sur route
1948
 Trieste-Varna
 Champion des Balkans
 Course de la Paix
 Classement général

  du Tour de Yougoslavie
  Médaillé d'argent du championnat des Balkans sur route

Sur la Course de la Paix 1948
August Prosenik  remporte la section Varsovie-Prague, disputée en 5 étapes. Il termine  à Lodz,  à Wroclaw,  à Jelenia-Gora,  à Liberec,  à Prague : une présence de tous les jours, près de 5 minutes d'avance sur le deuxième, le Polonais Roman Siemanski, plus de 11 minutes d'avance sur le , Jan Veselý, qui s'affirma l'année suivante.

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Coureur cycliste yougoslave
Coureur cycliste aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1936
Coureur cycliste aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1948
Naissance en août 1916
Décès en juillet 1975
Naissance en Autriche-Hongrie
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Barclays unveils 'Women in Leadership' ETN on NYSE Arca
Jul 14th, 2014 | By Simon Smith, CFA | Category: Equities
Barclays has rolled out an exchange-traded note designed to provide investors with exposure to US companies with gender-diverse executive leadership and governance.
The Barclays Women in Leadership ETN (WIL) provides exposure to companies that have a female CEO and/or at least 25% female members on the board of directors.
Listed on the NYSE Arca, the Barclays Women in Leadership ETN (WIL) is linked to the Barclays Women in Leadership Total Return Index.
The index, which uses data compiled by Institutional Shareholder Services, tracks the performance of US-based listed companies that have a female CEO and/or at least 25% female members on the board of directors, whilst meeting market capitalization and trading volume thresholds.
Barbara Byrne, Vice Chairman of Investment Banking at Barclays, said: "Women are significantly underrepresented in corporate executive leadership, yet a growing body of third-party research suggests that gender-diverse leadership may correlate with relatively stronger corporate performance, as compared to companies with less gender-diverse leadership. We believe that providing ETNs and indices that enable investors to allocate capital to this theme will provide a market-based approach to help catalyze change."
Johnny Wu, Head of EFS Sales, Americas, at Barclays, added: "As with all of our investable index products, Barclays will make the Women in Leadership index available via several investable formats, including total return swaps and structured notes as well as the ETNs. We are excited by the prospect of being able to further the conversation on the need for leading companies to have more diverse leadership representation."
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A comparison between two item prices [or; RPG economies]
https://www.slimesalad.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8192
Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 12:27 am
by Feenicks
There's a comment made in this game about its revival item [I've attached it] that got me thinking a bit. Revival items in games vary tremendously in accessibility and cost, from being something you can't even buy in Final Fantasy 3 to being 100 gil (and thus basically nothing) in Final Fantasy 4. The money economy in AAA is simultaneously incredibly stingy and something you can very quickly just ignore, but all in all I'd put it on the stingier side of things.
On an unrelated note, I decided to try playing Spellshard again and soon came to a stunning revelation:
Every single serious Nathan Karr game [s]that isn't about vore[/s] is just the first chapter of Spellshard.
EDIT: upon reading a bit of an older thread, these 'serious games' may in fact just be Spellshard fangames. My point is made even stronger.
This revelation makes the direct comparison of these two games' revival items possible. Luckily for us, they're both called Archeus, and are at a similar price point. This makes comparing how many battles (starting from the very beginning of the game) are needed in order to afford one very easy.
So I started a new game in Spellshard and noted down how much money each battle in the forest gave me:
On average, about 13 GP a battle. At that rate, you'll be able to buy an Archeus in 23 battles, if you decide to stick around the starting forest for that long.
Next, I did the same in AAA:
On average, about 4 GP a battle. At that rate, it's 52 battles before being able to afford an Archeus... except not quite.
See that asterisk? That was three spell scrolls dropping, each selling for $50, in a single battle. For reference, the most expensive item in the starting town costs $300. For further reference, the most expensive item I could find to buy costs $2000; hopefully that's meant as a joke.
As it turns out, a direct comparison cannot be done here because of that outlier. Get lucky, and you'll be good for money from the get-go. Don't get those drops, and it'll take you multiple battles just to afford the inn again, much less get something that can revive you in that endless final dungeon. And remember, Spellshard is the one where things have got so bad that it's been smacked back to the bronze age! That should be the one with the worse economy!
One last point. In Spellshard, you get given 500GP to outfit yourself and generally keep yourself going while you start out. In AAA, you get $32. That's not even enough to get two healing items!
Thanks, capitalism!


(Sehwān) For all the talk of 'Islamophobia' which permeates the media the fact remains, Muslims suffer a lot more intolerance at the hands of their Islamic brothers and sisters, than they do from Non-Muslims.
Today in Pakistan a suicide bomber detonated himself in the midst of pilgrims visiting the shrine of Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. The resulting explosion saw 71 people murdered and another 250 people injured. Maybe these so called political activists who love to scream 'Islamophobia' every chance they get in which to try and paint the West as intolerable and inhospitable places for Muslims should be asking why so many Muslims leave their so called Motherlands in which to try and seek asylum in the West. Could it be, because of the intolerance they face at..home?


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Q: Airflow : Download latest file from S3 with Wildcard Requirement: To download the latest file i.e., current file from s3
Sample file in s3
bucketname/2020/09/reporting_2020_09_20200902000335.zip
bucketname/2020/09/reporting_2020_09_20200901000027.zip

When I pass the s3_src_key as /2020/09/reporting_2020_09_20200902 doesn't work for below one
Code:
 with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('r') as f_source, tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile('w') as f_target:
     s3_client.download_file(self.s3_src_bucket, self.s3_src_key, f_source.name)

Below one works fine
import os
bucket = 'bucketname'
key = '/2020/09/reporting_2020_09_20200902'
s3_resource = boto3.resource('s3')
my_bucket = s3_resource.Bucket(bucket)
objects = my_bucket.objects.filter(Prefix=key)
for obj in objects:
    path, filename = os.path.split(obj.key)
    my_bucket.download_file(obj.key, filename)

I need help how to use wildcard in Airflow

A: You can list objects that match a given pattern, but then you'll need to write code that decides which one of them is the latest.
Here's the Python SDK function you'll need


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Q: Is there a way of not only adding/removing a class to an HTML element but actually change the value within a CSS class? As for example: I wanna show random background colors by pressing a button. I greated variables which would result in a usual hex-code if I put the strings together... Only how can I write these random values into the CSS file? Is there any way?
I do not wanna change the class name, but what the class name contains as a style-value for background-color!
function changeColor() {
var content = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"];
var one = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
var two = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
var three = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
var four = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
var five = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
var six = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];

A: If you want to change inline styles you can take a look at this page:

Changing HTML Style
  - To change the style of an HTML element, use this syntax:
document.getElementById(id).style.property = new style The following
  example changes the style of a
 element:
Example:

Hello World!

The paragraph above was changed by a script.

 <!DOCTYPE html>

My Heading 1

     <button type="button"
     onclick="document.getElementById('id1').style.color = 'red'">
     Click Me!</button>

Or

 <!DOCTYPE html>

My Heading 1

     <button type="button"
     onclick="document.getElementById('id1').style = 'color: red'">
     Click Me!</button>

A: This is what we have the style attribute for

function change(){
  var content = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g"];
  var one = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
  var two = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
  var three = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
  var four = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
  var five = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
  var six = content[Math.floor(Math.random()*content.length)];
  document.getElementById("element").style.backgroundColor = "#"+one+two+three+four+five+six
}

  see the background

<button onclick="change()">change</button>

A: You can use the onClick event on the button press to call the
changeColor() function.
<Button
       onClick={event => {
       event.preventDefault();
       this.changeColor();
    }}
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