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New variant hits sports just as they were nearing normality
Published: Nov. 26, 2021 at 2:10 PM CST|Updated: Nov. 26, 2021 at 2:20 PM CST
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Golf, cricket and rugby became the first major sports to be affected by the new COVID-19 variant on Friday, prompting fears of renewed travel restrictions and disrupted events just as they were returning to normal nearly two years into the pandemic.
European golfers withdrew midway through the season-opening DP World Tour tournament in Johannesburg and were scrambling to catch flights out of South Africa. Visiting cricket and rugby teams were doing the same.
Golf was the first to be hit by the emergence of the new B.1.1.529 variant that was initially identified in South Africa and is causing concern over fears that it may be more transmissible than current variants and resistant to vaccines.
It has already been detected in Israel, Hong Kong and Belgium as well as several other countries in southern Africa.
While the start of the World Tour was ruined, rugby games in South Africa in a new European-South African tournament were postponed "due to the sudden developments," organizers said. A tour to South Africa by India's cricket team next month was likely to be reconsidered, although there was no official comment yet.
The Dutch cricket team, already in South Africa for a series, was considering whether to cancel its remaining games and return home early. The Royal Netherlands Cricket Federation said it was looking at options but was "unlikely" to be able to find flights at short notice.
"The physical and mental health of the players is the first priority," the federation said.
Organizers of golf's Joburg Open, which started Thursday, said it would continue even after at least 23 mostly European players pulled out in the hours after South African health authorities announced they had detected the new variant. The tournament was later reduced to a 54-hole, three-round event ending on Saturday "to help non-South African resident players, caddies and tournament support staff return to their home countries," the organizers said.
The Joburg Open was scheduled to be the first of three events in South Africa to start the new season on the circuit formerly known as the European Tour. But next week's South African Open will now only be a South African tour event with international players likely to head home to beat travel restrictions. The Alfred Dunhill Championship set for Dec. 9-12 was canceled.
Many of the players who withdrew from the Joburg Open were from Britain or Ireland and reacted following the British government's announcement that it would re-impose a ban on visitors from South Africa and five other southern African countries from 4 a.m. Sunday. Returning residents would have compulsory 10-day quarantine periods in designated hotels.
The European Union and the United States later said they also would stop air travel from the southern African region as countries across the world began putting in place new travel restrictions.
Irish golfer Paul Dunne, one of those to withdraw, told RTE Radio that he had managed to get a flight home via Dubai and the only ones now available went through Ethiopia, where a yearlong conflict now threatens to reach the capital, Addis Ababa.
"Nobody fancies traveling through there either," Dunne said. "Bit of a minefield at the minute."
Not all were leaving. Scottish golfer David Drysdale said he had decided to keep playing in the Joburg Open and then stay in South Africa with his wife, who is also his caddy, and make a vacation of it.
"Most of the British players have all decided to head home and that's totally understandable if you've got a wife and kids at home," Drysdale told the Scotsman newspaper. "There wasn't a (plane) seat to be had by the time we found out what had happened. A lot of the guys were panicking, but we thought, 'what's the point?'
"We are staying with a mate in Joburg and our plan is to still stay until Christmas then return home. Hopefully this variant is not as bad as they are fearing ... it's not even been 24 hours since we heard about this."
Four rugby teams — two from Wales, one from Ireland and one from Italy — were also trying to return home from South Africa before they even had the chance to play after their games were postponed by the United Rugby Championship.
"With the situation in South Africa having changed so quickly, we are now looking to repatriate our staff ASAP," Welsh club Cardiff said.
There was bound to also be repercussions for other events in other countries, like the women's cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe, another southern African nation listed on new travel bans. Nine national teams, including the United States, are playing in that tournament, which runs until Dec. 5.
The African Cup of Nations, Africa's premier soccer tournament, is just over a month away and looming as a possible problem after having already been postponed for a year because of the pandemic.
The 24-team tournament will be played in Cameroon and only two southern African nations, Malawi and Zimbabwe, have qualified. But the African Cup would be hard-hit if European countries extend travel restrictions across Africa.
Top European soccer teams, and especially those in the Premier League, have previously prevented their African players from traveling and playing for their countries because of the risks and quarantine periods imposed on them when they return.
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Up-and-comers: Investing in and mentoring the next generation of landscapers
As a green industry professional, you know better than most how important it is to find qualified and dedicated employees, and one of the best places to find such employees is within the upcoming generation.
While there are many employers out there who believe millennials and Generation Z aren't the most reliable sources when it comes to workers, investing in the next generation of landscapers is one of the most beneficial moves your company could make.
Check out what green industry professionals have to say about working with and taking time to mentor younger landscapers.
Building student interest
While it's hard to believe that you could ever find truly interested individuals in middle and high school, this could actually prove to be one of the best areas to begin with when getting students interested in the green industry.
"We have to start by communication with the schools and students in the elementary and high school level," says Stephen Corrigan, president of Mountain View Landscapes."We have to show them the possibilities in our industry from entry level to management. We need to communicate the possibilities, especially to the students that may not be set going to college after high school."
Clinton Tucker, a landscape architect and owner of Sugar Hill Outdoors in Dacula, Georgia, says that introducing students to this industry in middle school could ultimately prove to be more helpful to the future workforce than waiting until high school.
"At that age, they can be taking pride in cutting their own grass and making it look good," he says. "Then they can notice stuff they might not think about, like swells on the side of the road and different types of plant material."
At the high school level, Amber Fox, human resources director for Grunder Landscaping Company in Dayton, Ohio, says Grunder has identified local schools with landscaping programs, and members of the Grunder team pay visits to these schools to meet with students, give presentations and serve on advisory boards for some of the schools.
"Recruiting student labor is no walk in the park," says Fox. "Enrollment in these programs is low, and employers are all trying to recruit the same students. This is where you have to stand out in the sea of sameness. Be consistent, honest and show a path for growth within your organization."
Gerardo Rodriguez, president and owner of Pullmann's Landscape and Associates Inc. in Morehead City, North Carolina, agrees that more needs to be done to help shed light on the industry before students graduate high school.
"Not every kid is college material," says Rodriguez. "They put it in the kids' minds that they have to have a college degree, but they don't tell them that one out of 100 kids will get the CEO job. If they find in high school that a kid is not college material, they can pitch him a career. And this kid in the future can have a great career and make a lot of money."
College and young professionals
Corrigan has had multiple opportunities to work with students and young professionals, and he has found them to be a valuable asset to his company and the green industry as a whole.
Corrigan notes that his company has partnered with the University of Massachusetts over the years to fill intern positions in their landscape architecture, landscape operations and arborist tracks.
Additionally, Corrigan says they continue to keep in contact with local vocational schools with landscape programs, looking for students who might show an interest in the green industry.
"Continue to work on your relationships with local schools and colleges," he says. "We have had a strong relationship locally with our schools and have over 20 percent of our staff that's come through some kind of green industry education."
Tucker hopes that by talking to students early on, more will come to understand the vast amount of opportunities that the green industry offers.
"(People need to) get over the misconception of thinking that landscaping is just cutting grass or running a weed eater all day," Tucker said. "There's an interest, and it's an industry that most people don't even think about going into."
Some landscapers might not fully see the value of bringing in student workers, especially those simply searching for summer employment or those still in high school, but what they might not realize is that those summer opportunities and young workers could turn into long-term investments.
Corrigan says that there's a large portion of the green industry workforce between the ages of 18 and 25 that haven't gone to college and are undecided on their long-term career paths. This, he says, creates an excellent opportunity to talk to them about what all the green industry can offer them, with or without a college degree.
Without the upcoming generations taking an interest in the green industry, it's not very likely that landscaping companies will continue to grow.
"The idea is that if the company is going to grow, we're going to need younger people to start in labor positions and move them into team leader positions so that as we grow, we have enough bend strength," says Michael Pickel, owner of Pickel Landscape Group in Landenberg, Pennsylvania.
Before you count these millennials and Generation Z workers out, take time to talk to them about the benefits of working in the green industry, and don't be afraid to invest in their futures. They could very well prove to be the driving force behind the future success of your landscaping company.
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Since October 2017, stories about sexual harassment have been in the media. Harassment, sexual and other types, is a serious workplace and societal problem and needs to stay at the forefront. Unfortunately, the nuances of the issue are often confused. The press doesn't always distinguish between sexual harassment and sexual assault.
Behavior that is disrespectful often occurs on a continuum, and if it's not addressed early it can erode. For example, subtleties, if not confronted and addressed, can deteriorate into sexual harassment, which can deteriorate into sexual assault. The lines between different types of behavior can at times be thin and blurred, but the behaviors are distinct from each other.
Live your values and don't tolerate behavior that is contrary to those values – behavior that is disrespectful and disruptive to the workplace.
If unacceptable behavior occurs, address it and empower every employee to address it –and live up to that commitment.
If behavior is judged against a standard of respect, organizations don't need to determine if it does or doesn't meet the legal definition (or standard) of harassment. Simply stated, raise the bar on your acceptable standards of behavior – and live up to that commitment.
This is what organizations should be stressing in their harassment prevention training. They should also be having more conversations about workplace behavior outside of compliance training sessions. Managers need to be involved and engaged in these conversations.
Employees should feel comfortable confronting behavior with the perpetrator when it happens and reporting the behavior in accordance with the organization's policies. How do you encourage employees to address and stand up to unacceptable behavior? After all, it can be intimidating. We've got suggestions for that in The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book, a companion to our earlier book on conflict. A chapter in this book also entitled Are You Playing Nice in the Sandbox? is filled with phrases that can be used or tailored to respectfully confront disruptive behavior.
Organizations have an obligation to be compliant with the laws. They also have an obligation to create and maintain workplaces that are comfortable, professional, and respectful for their employees, clients, customers, guests, and visitors. Common sense goes a long way toward meeting both of these obligations!
There is much to say on this subject, and we will in future blogs, so please be sure to check our posts on Making People Matter, which we publish every week at makingpeoplematter.blogspot.com.


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What is brick patching masonry? It repairs the trouble spots to masonry works by mending them usually by just packing in the joints. Someone might ask, can I do this repair myself? Perhaps for some hundreds, yes. The price depends upon the kind of work that has to be done. A basic loose brick is not difficult to patch back into place and might not cost anywhere near that.
For more extensive repairs, it is best to work with a qualified mason to correct things. The charge could be about the same nonetheless they would check to be sure that there is nothing compromising the building's integrity. You should not fix a brick stairway only to learn that the total structure is fragile. It will lead to its collapse which may cause injuries. I recommend that you get a quote for repairs from a licensed contractor. If you simply have a small patch to do, I believe it is possible to do yourself, but I would rely on the professionals.
Why Hire Omega for Brick Patch Masonry in Casa View?
When you have to fix the brick to your residence, you may be thinking of attempting the trouble yourself. Why use brick patch masons? Below are a few benefits of hiring a pro.
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Q: Java - JTable - Set a cell to not allow editing I have a JTable with a model instantiated as:
TableModel ss = new DefaultTableModel(myArray[][], myHeaderArray[]);

Where the arrays are generated. However, at the moment, you can still edit cells. How can I prevent this?
Thanks!

A: Extend JTable or the DefaultTableModel, override the isCellEditable(int row, int column) method, and return false for the cells that you don't want the user to be able to edit.
For instance, if you didn't want the user to be able to modify the 2nd column, then you'd do something like:
@Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
   if (column == 1) {
      return false;
   }  else {
      return true;
   }
}

Note as per mre's comment that the above method could be compressed and re-written as:
@Override
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
   return (column != 1);
}

If you don't want the user to be able to edit any cells, then simply have this method return false always:
// anonymous inner class example
TableModel ss = new DefaultTableModel(myArray[][], myHeaderArray[]) {
    @Override
    public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int column) {
       return false;
    }
};

A: Subclass or create an anonymous version of DefaultTableModel and override the isCellEditable method.

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\section{Introduction}
The observation of a baryon asymmetry in the Universe is one of the most significant facts pointing to the need of Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) physics and any new theory of particle physics must be at least consistent with this phenomenon.
On the other hand, as we shall see later, an observation of lepton number violation at low-energy scales can shed light on the baryon number generation mechanism and also serves as a guideline for pinpointing the underlying ultraviolet complete theory.

The observed baryon asymmetry of the Universe can be quantified as the baryon-to-photon number density ratio
$\eta_B^{obs}=(n_{b}-n_{\overline{b}})/n_{\gamma}=\left(6.09\pm 0.06\right)\times10^{-10}$ \cite{Ade}
and various theories try to account for this value. One of the most popular scenarios of high-scale baryogenesis is so-called leptogenesis \cite{Fukugita}, which generates a $(B-L)$ number density asymmetry (where $B$ and $L$ indicates the baryon and lepton number, respectively) at some high scale, satisfying the well-known three Sakharov conditions \cite{Sakharov}: $B$ violation, $CP$ violation and departure from thermal equilibrium. The created $(B-L)$ asymmetry is then rapidly translated into the baryon asymmetry by $(B+L)$ violating sphaleron processes above the electroweak (EW) scale \cite{Kuzmin}.

Lepton number violation (LNV) is also closely related to another observation pointing to BSM physics, namely, to the tiny, but non-zero neutrino masses and to the corresponding question of the underlying neutrino mass generation mechanism. In case that neutrinos are Dirac spinors, lepton number is conserved, which might be protected by an underlying symmetry. On the other hand, if neutrinos have Majorana masses, lepton number is violated, implying the occurrence of neutrinoless double beta ($0\nu\beta\beta$) decay \cite{Furry}.
In this report, we will highlight the fact that a non-standard mechanism which contributes to $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay will also erase a pre-existing baryon asymmetry produced at high scales in the early Universe due to the sphaleron processes. In other words, the observation of non-standard $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay will {\it falsify} high-scale baryogenesis mechanisms. The following text is mostly based on reference \cite{Deppisch4}, which can be referred to for further details.

The most relevant $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay processes are those with $\Delta L=2$ and $\Delta B=0$. Therefore, if we assume that lepton number is broken well above the EW scale, we can characterize corresponding interactions with odd-dimension $\Delta L=2$ effective operators which involve Standard Model (SM) particles only.
Up to dimension 11, there are 129 operators \cite{deGouvea}, out of which we will focus on the following four examples
\begin{eqnarray}
\mathcal{O}_5 = (L^iL^j)H^k H^l \varepsilon_{ik} \varepsilon_{jl},&&
\mathcal{O}_7 = (L^id^c)(\bar{e^c}\bar{u^c})H^j \varepsilon_{ij}, \nonumber \\
\mathcal{O}_9 = (L^iL^j)(\bar{Q_i}\bar{u^c})(\bar{Q_j}\bar{u^c}),&&
\mathcal{O}_{11} = (L^iL^j)(Q_k d^c)(Q_l d^c)H_m\bar{H}_i \varepsilon_{jk} \varepsilon_{lm}. \label{eq:ops}
\end{eqnarray}
Here $L=\left(\nu_L, e_L\right)^T$, $Q=\left(u_L, d_L\right)^T$, $H=(H^+, H^0 )^T$ are $SU(2)_L$ doublets and $\bar{e^c}, \bar{u^c}, \bar{d^c}$ refer to charge conjugated $SU(2)_L$ singlets. The two-component Weyl spinor notation is used: fields with~(without) a bar are right-~(left-)handed under the Lorentz group. While $\mathcal{O}_5$ is the standard Weinberg operator, the other non-standard operators will generate light neutrino Majorana masses at loop level after EW symmetry breaking.

\section{Effective Operators and Effective Couplings for $0\nu\beta\beta$ Decay}
The non-standard contributions to $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay can be parametrized by effective operators of dimension 6 and 9~\cite{Pas}, corresponding to short-range and long-range interactions, respectively, see Fig. \ref{fig:1}. Assuming the dominance of one operator, the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half life is given by
\begin{equation} \label{eq:halflife}
T^{-1}_{1/2}=\epsilon_i^2G_i|M_i|^2,
\end{equation}
where $G_i$ is the nuclear $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay phase space factor and $M_i$ stands for the matrix element for a given isotope and operator. The coefficient $\epsilon_i$ is an effective coupling of a specific operator, which is related to the cut-off scale $\Lambda$ of the generating operator $\mathcal{O}_D$ in eq. (\ref{eq:ops}) as \cite{Deppisch}
\begin{equation} \label{eq:opscales}
m_e\epsilon_{5}=\frac{g^2\mathrm{v}^2}{\Lambda_5}, \ \ \ \frac{G_F\epsilon_{7}}{\sqrt{2}}=\frac{g^3\mathrm{v}}{2\Lambda_7^3},\ \ \
\frac{G_F^2\epsilon_{\{9,11\}}}{2m_p}=\Bigg\{\frac{g^4}{\Lambda_9^5},\frac{g^6\mathrm{v}^2}{\Lambda_{11}^7}\Bigg\},
\end{equation}
where v denotes the Higgs vacuum expectation value after EW symmetry breaking.
In case of the five dimensional operator, the effective coupling is simply given by the ratio of effective $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay mass $m_{ee}$ to electron mass $m_{e}$. Couplings corresponding to operators of higher dimensions are normalized by the Fermi coupling $G_F$ and the proton mass $m_p$. Moreover, the expected scaling in an ultraviolet complete model generating a particular effective operator is described by powers of a generic coupling constant $g$. However, its role is purely instructive, as in the following analysis it is set to unity for simplicity.

Using equations (\ref{eq:halflife}) and (\ref{eq:opscales}) we can obtain the scales of the effective operators $\Lambda_D$ in terms of the $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half life and particular matrix elements, whose numerical values consequently play an important role in this calculation. The bounds on $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half life given by experimental searches in $^{76}$Ge and $^{136}$Xe with $90\%$ C. L. currently reach values of $T_{1/2}>2.1\times10^{25}$ y \cite{Agostini} and $T_{1/2}>(1.1-1.9)\times10^{25}$ y \cite{Albert,Gando}, respectively.
Using the results on the effective couplings $\epsilon$ from \cite{Deppisch} and rescaling them with the current limits on $T_{1/2}$, one can obtain the corresponding cut-off scale $\Lambda_D$ for each operator, which are depicted in Fig. \ref{fig:2}. The planned sensitivity of future $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay searches is expected to improve by two orders of magnitude to $T_{1/2}\approx 10^{27}$ y \cite{Gomez}.

\begin{figure*}[b!]
\centering
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.355]{img/selops.png}
\caption{Diagrams showing the contributions of operators (\ref{eq:ops}) to $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay in terms of effective vertices, which are point-like at the nuclear Fermi scale.}
\label{fig:1}
\end{minipage}
\quad
\begin{minipage}[t]{0.45\linewidth}
\centering
\includegraphics[scale=0.18]{img/results.png}
\caption{Comparison of temperature intervals in which the LNV and LFV operators are in equilibrium assuming observation of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay at the current/future (left/right bars) sensitivity.
}
\label{fig:2}
\end{minipage}
\end{figure*}

\section{Lepton Asymmetry Washout}
Let us now compute the washout effect on a pre-existing net lepton asymmetry by the above discussed effective operators. If we consider the washout driven by a single LNV  $\Delta L=2$ operator of dimension $D$, the Boltzmann equation for $\eta_L$, the net lepton number in dependence on temperature $T$ and normalized to the photon density $n_{\gamma}$, reads \cite{Deppisch4}
\begin{equation} \label{eq:boleq}
n_{\gamma}HT\frac{\mathrm{d}\eta_L}{\mathrm{d}T}=c_D\frac{T^{2D-4}}{\Lambda_D^{2D-8}}\eta_L,
\end{equation}
where $n_{\gamma}\approx2T^3/\pi^2$ is the equilibrium photon density, $H\approx1.66\sqrt{g_*}T^2/\Lambda_{Pl}$ denotes the Hubble parameter with the effective number of degrees of freedom $g_*$ ($\approx107$ in case of SM) and the Planck scale $\Lambda_{Pl}=1.2\times10^{19}$ GeV. The constant $c_D$ on the right-hand side of the equation varies for each operator and is obtaining by calculating the scattering density integrated over the whole phase space and summing over all possible initial and final states. The constants corresponding to our selection of operators (\ref{eq:ops}) are $c_{\{5,7,9,11\}}=\{8/\pi^5,27/(2\pi^7),3.2\times10^4/\pi^9,3.9\times10^5/\pi^{13}\}$.

The condition for an operator $\mathcal{O}_D$ to be in equilibrium is given by \cite{Deppisch4}
\begin{equation}
\frac{\Gamma_W}{H}\equiv\frac{c_D}{n_{\gamma}H}\frac{T^{2D-4}}{\Lambda_D^{2D-8}}\approx 0.3c_D\frac{\Lambda_{Pl}}{\Lambda_D}\left(\frac{T}{\Lambda_D}\right)^{2D-9} \gtrsim 1.
\end{equation}
This relation is satisfied whenever the temperature $T$ lies in the interval
\begin{equation}
\Lambda_D \gtrsim T \gtrsim \lambda_D\equiv\Lambda_D\left(\frac{\Lambda_D}{c'_D\Lambda_{Pl}}\right)^{\frac{1}{2D-9}}.
\label{ineq1}
\end{equation}
The lower limit $\lambda_D$ therefore represents the temperature above which any pre-existing lepton number asymmetry will be washed out in case that $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is observed at the corresponding rate and if the given operator $\mathcal{O}_D$ is the dominant contribution. On the other hand, the scale $\Lambda_D$ indicates the upper limit given by validity of the effective operator approach. Above this scale the underlying (UV-completed) model must be considered.

If we consider a particular operator, e.g. $\mathcal{O}_7$, we can rewrite the inequalities (\ref{ineq1}) using (\ref{eq:opscales}) and (\ref{eq:halflife}) in terms of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half-life; i.e.,
\begin{equation}
\left(\frac{T_{1/2}}{10^{25}\mathrm{y}}\right)^{\frac{1}{6}} 2.3\times 10^{4}\ \mathrm{GeV} \gtrsim T \gtrsim \left(\frac{T_{1/2}}{10^{25}\mathrm{y}}\right)^{\frac{1}{5}} 98.9\ \mathrm{GeV},
\end{equation}
where $T_{1/2}$ can be substituted by a chosen value of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay half-life or by its future limit. If we set $T_{1/2}$ to the (approximate) current experimental limit $10^{25}$ y, then these inequalities yield simply the expression (\ref{ineq1}) for $D=7$ with corresponding numerical values of the involved scales.

A more precise determination of the lower limit for the washout can be obtained by solving the Boltzmann equation (\ref{eq:boleq}). In this way we can determine the scale $\hat{\lambda}_D$, above which the lepton asymmetry washout induced by a particular operator is effective enough to suppress the primordial asymmetry down to the EW scale, where the remaining difference is translated into a baryon asymmetry by sphaleron processes. This more stringent limit reads
\begin{equation}
\hat{\lambda}_D\approx\left[\left(2D-9\right)\log_e\left(\frac{10^{-2}}{\eta_B^{\mathrm{obs}}}\right)\lambda_D^{2D-9}+\mathrm{v}^{2D-9}\right]^{\frac{1}{2D-9}}.
\end{equation}
The considered primordial asymmetry is of order one. The intervals of effective washout for all the operators are depicted in Fig. \ref{fig:2} for both the current and future $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay sensitivities.
The most obvious feature of the obtained results is the big gap between the Weinberg operator ($\approx 10^{14}$ GeV) and other LNV operators ($\approx 10^{3-4}$ GeV), which means that $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay can provide information about both low and high scales. On the one hand, if $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is observed and triggered by any of the non-standard mechanisms, any high-scale baryogenesis scenario above corresponding $\hat{\lambda}_D$ is excluded. Nevertheless, if $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay is dominated by the standard mass mechanism, the origin of neutrino masses and baryogenesis are most probably high-scale phenomena.

Hence, it turns out that it is very important to be able to distinguish non-standard mechanisms from the standard one since they correspond to very different cut-off scales, leading to very different temperature ranges within which the wash-out effect on lepton asymmetry is efficient. Naturally, the observation of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay alone would not be enough to pin down the underlying effective operator. However, different strategies exist to distinguish different mechanisms of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay (for further discussion we refer to \cite{Deppisch4}). Possibilities are, for example, to observe the decay from different isotopes \cite{Deppisch2} or to measure the angular and energy distribution of the outgoing electrons, which could be achieved by the SuperNEMO experiment \cite{Arnold}. This is applicable for the operator $\mathcal{O}_7$, whose final state contains electrons of opposite helicities. On the other hand, if the effective operator $\mathcal{O}_9$ or $\mathcal{O}_{11}$ contributes most, they could be probed at the LHC. In fact, observation of LNV at the LHC would already imply an exponential reduction of any primordial lepton asymmetry and consequently an exclusion of highscale leptogenesis models~\cite{Deppisch3,Deppisch5}.

Unlike resonant processes at LHC, $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay can probe LNV only in the first lepton generation. However, if LFV is observed, our argumentation can be extended to the lepton asymmetry washout on other flavours. This is shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:2}. For the current and estimated future constraints from $\mu\rightarrow e\gamma$, $\tau \rightarrow \ell \gamma$ and $\mu - e$ conversion in nuclei, the corresponding temperature interval is shown where all flavours are in equilibrium. Thus, an overlap among the intervals of LFV and LNV processes ensures that the net numbers of both involved flavours are efficiently washed out.

To conclude, we have described a tight connection between low-energy LNV and the observed baryon number asymmetry. The observation of $0\nu\beta\beta$ decay triggered by a non-standard mechanism together with an observation of LFV would exclude high-scale baryogenesis scenarios. However, some caveats should be taken into account. For instance, the baryon asymmetry can be generated below the electroweak scale or certain mechanism protecting the asymmetries from washouts can exist.
In any case, we wish to encourage experiments to perform extensive searches of any LNV processes, as their discoveries can lead to fundamental conclusions about the early stages of the Universe formation.

\section{Acknoledgements}
We would like to thank co-authors of the original paper \cite{Deppisch4}, Frank F. Deppisch, Martin Hirsch and Heinrich P\"{a}s for corrections and useful discussions. The work of JH and WCH was supported partly by the London Centre for Terauniverse Studies, using funding from the European Research Council via the Advanced Investigator Grant 267352.

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Q: How do I use the /give command to give myself a broken elytra? I want to use the /give command to give myself a broken elytra. So far I have /give @p elytra 1 0 {"Broken":1} but that doesn't work. It then says Component 'Broken' was not an object.

A: Quick solution: /give @p elytra 1 431
Long explanation:
The syntax of the /give command is the following:
give <player: target> <itemName: string> [amount: int] [data: int] [components: components]

(from the wiki, archive)
player is a target selector, in your case you want @p, meaning the nearest player to you, which is yourself.
itemName is the name of the item, that's elytra.
amount is the number of items you want to have, since /give requires at least 1 and the stack limit of elytra is 1, only 1 is possible.
data is the so-called "metadata" of the item. The primary use of it and the reason it was originally added was for uses of an items. Since the durability of the elytra (0 or not) decides if it is broken, you can just set it to 431 to have a 0 durability elytra. (Or 432, I have two conflicting sources, just try it.)
components is optional and you don't need it in this case. And since you're playing PE and not Java, you could only use "CanPlaceOn" (which is useless, because elytra can't be placed) and "CanDestroy" (which you don't want) anyway.

A: Here's a quick one:
/give (your mc name) elytra

A: if you are playing in one of the newer versions it is now:
/give @p minecraft:elytra{Damage:431} 1


The CardLinx Association ("CardLinx") today announced the availability of a new open source card-linking software suite developed by Microsoft, one of its founding members. Microsoft has made the codebase for its Earn card-linking platform free and publicly available under the MIT License so that other companies can build on the code and expand the availability of card-linking. The software demonstrates API access to the leading payment networks and is available for download today from the CardLinx website (www.cardlinx.org).


I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week! This fall has just flown by, but I am so excited to be getting closer to Christmas. So before my Black Friday/Cyber Monday posts start, I thought I would share some Thanksgiving outfit ideas. I tend to dress up a little bit for Thanksgiving dinner, so a few ideas are more like what I will be wearing this year. But I have included some more casual options from my past outfits as well!


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Partners of Fate (o Partners in Fate) è un film muto del 1921 diretto da Bernard J. Durning. La sceneggiatura di Robert Dillon si basa su un soggetto di Stephen Chalmers. Prodotto dalla Fox Film Corporation, il film aveva come interpreti Louise Lovely (attrice australiana che lavorò a Hollywood), William Scott, Rosemary Theby, Philo McCullough, George Siegmann, Richard Cummings.

Trama
Due coppie, non troppo bene assortite, si imbarcano ognuna per proprio conto sulla stessa nave in crociera per la luna di miele. Helen Meriless, brava e seria ragazza, ha sposato un uomo fatuo e superficiale; Frances Lloyd, dal canto suo, è una civetta farfallona il cui marito è un serio professionista. La nave subirà un naufragio che metterà a dura prova la solidità dei loro legami. Helen e il marito supereranno la prova restando l'un l'altro fedeli, mentre gli altri due, separatamente, intrecceranno delle relazioni adultere. Una nave giunta in loro soccorso salverà la coppia fedifraga, lasciando gli altri al loro destino. Alla fine, però, i veri vincitori saranno quelli che si sono dimostrati fedeltà l'un l'altra.

Produzione
Il film fu prodotto dalla Fox Film Corporation.

Distribuzione
Il copyright del film, richiesto dalla Fox Film Corp., fu registrato il 2 gennaio 1921 con il numero LP15998.
Distribuito dalla Fox Film Corporation e presentato da William Fox, il film uscì nelle sale statunitensi nel gennaio 1921.

Non si conoscono copie ancora esistenti della pellicola che viene considerata presumibilmente perduta.

Note

Voci correlate
Filmografia della Fox Film Corporation

Collegamenti esterni

Film ambientati nei Mari del Sud
Film drammatici

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Is it unethical to wear silk?
The choice is in your hands.
Image: Reuters/Ann Wang
Marc Bain
ASOS, the popular and rapidly growing British online fashion retailer, has announced a major new change in the products it will—or rather won't—carry.
Under pressure from the animal-welfare group PETA, the company has joined the likes of Zara, H&M, Gap, and others in ditching mohair, but it's also going a few steps further. The company's new policy will ban products using cashmere, silk, feathers (including down), bone, horn, shell (including mother of pearl), and teeth from ASOS's websites too. It will be fully in effect by the end of January 2019.
But one banned material in the list has caused some to pause: Silk, which is made by silkworms.
"They're insects," said one shopper interviewed on a high street by the BBC. Thomas, 33, told the BBC he was "delighted" by ASOS's other bans—"anything that discourages the hurting or harming of any animal is good"—but was confused by the concern for silkworms. "I think sentient animals definitely, but things like worms—it's not going to be such a big deal, is it?"
The logic of ASOS's choice to cease using most of these animal-derived materials is evident. There are awful stories about animal abuse in the farming of mohair and feathers. The boom of the cashmere industry has had serious environmental consequences (pdf). Bone, horn, and teeth, which are typically used for things like buttons, often require a mammal dying. (ASOS, incidentally, already did not sell real fur, and says it will only use leather that is a byproduct of the meat industry and wool from suppliers with good animal husbandry.)
But why silk? And should this be the next product that a conscious consumer must give up?
As with almost anything we wear, buy, or eat, the ethics of wearing or eschewing silk aren't entirely straightforward, and a person's decision ultimately comes down to what factors matter most to them. Here are some considerations to keep in mind when making your own decision:
How is silk made?
There's no getting around this: Silkworms die to produce silk.
There are different types of silk, but the variety we generally refer to when we talk about silk—the one used for stunning saris or flowy dresses—comes from the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori. It isn't actually a worm; it's a mulberry-leaf-munching moth pupa. It spins silk to make the cocoon for its transformation into its adult form as a winged moth.
A silkworm, which isn't really a worm at all, tucks into some mulberry leaves.
Image: Reuters/Alessandro Bianchi
That silken cocoon is what silk producers are after, and they want it intact. Once the worm has spun it, but before it's able to break out and damage it, silk producers will treat the cocoon with hot air, steam, or boiling water, in a process called "stifling." In sunny, tropical areas, it might also be done by placing the cocoons in bright sunshine. These processes make the cocoon easier to unwind in a single, unbroken filament that can be woven into silk thread.
But when you dip the cocoon in boiling water or bake it with hot air, you're killing the pupa inside. And huge amounts of pupa are killed in these ways to make the world's silk. To make one pound of the lustrous, revered material requires about 2,500 or more silkworms.
There is a variety of silk called Peace Silk, or Ahimsa Silk, that doesn't involve stifling. But animal-welfare advocates, including PETA, are skeptical of how humane this method is. There's no certification to make sure the process meets standards. One group in India reported female moths being stored in trays to lay eggs at one facility, while the males were "put into the refrigerator and kept in a semi-frozen condition" until they were brought out to mate. Once they could no longer mate, they were discarded.
Can silkworms feel pain?
If you set your ethical bar at whether a living thing died to produce a product, then silk is a fiber you'll want to avoid.
But for many, like the man the BBC spoke with, the question is whether the living thing involved has the level of consciousness required to experience pain.
Yes, silkworms are cooked in their cocoons, but do they suffer? PETA believes so. "Although worms can't show their distress in ways that humans easily recognise, anyone who has ever seen earthworms become startled when their dark homes are uncovered must acknowledge that worms are sensitive," it says. "They produce endorphins and have a physical response to pain."
The science isn't so clear though. The release of endorphins, which happens in many animals, including humans, modifies the senses and helps us cope with pain. Earthworms have been found to produce endorphins, which does suggest a response of some sort to pain. But again, silkworms aren't actually worms, so the earthworm example may not be a particularly useful indicator.
"So, what do these insects feel, if anything?" asked the animal-rights advocate Mark Hawthorne, in his 2013 book, Bleating Hearts: The Hidden World of Animal Suffering. "I put the question to Thomas Miller, an entomologist at the University of California—Riverside, who says that silkworms have a central nervous system, but that they lack structures equivalent to vertebrate pain receptors. 'Bottom line,' he says, 'there is no evidence they experience what you call pain.'" (Hawthorne was skeptical of the answer because, he notes, scientists will occasionally come to one conclusion only to reverse it later as more evidence comes to light.)
You could say they're like a black box.
Some research indicates that invertebrates don't experience pain as we understand it. But we aren't able to determine exactly what they experience.
Last year, Gizmodo asked a group of neuroscientists, biologists, and entomologists what we understand about the way insects sense and experience the world. The general consensus was that, while they may recoil from harmful stimuli, they almost certainly don't "feel" things the same way we do, and we can't definitively say what they experience, including whether they feel pain.
The reality is that, right now, we don't really have a clear answer on whether silkworms feel what we call pain.
What about silk's costs and benefits to humans?
Silk's detractors will point to the awful incidents of child labor found in the silk industry in India and Uzbekistan.
But sericulture, or the production of silk and rearing of silkworms, has also been an important part of certain cultures for centuries, especially in India and China, the world's biggest silk producers. In both countries today it still provides livelihoods to a large number of people.
A silk producer in Sihong county, Jiangsu province, China.
Image: Reuters/Stringer
In rural areas of India, in particular, the work it offers can be invaluable, especially for women. "The sericulture industry has opened up phenomenal employment avenues and helped women to become important players in the decision-making process—whether in the household or in the community at large," wrote the author of one study of a South Indian village. Another concluded (pdf) that the work women found in sericulture had positive spillover effects on education and nutrition in their households.
If you're buying silk from a big brand, however, it's probably coming from an industrial facility in China. Often brands themselves aren't even sure where their materials originate.
What are the alternatives to silk?
If you decide you'd rather not wear silk, there are man-made alternatives you might consider as substitutes. Unfortunately these may not be any better, ethically speaking.
The main one is rayon, also called viscose, the first-ever man-made fiber. It was developed as a silk substitute in the late 19th century, and is made of regenerated and purified cellulose, usually derived from wood pulp. Despite its main ingredient being plant-based, the process to manufacture it requires highly toxic chemicals. Last year, a report linked H&M, Zara, and Marks & Spencer to viscose factories in China, India, and Indonesia that were causing severe environmental pollution and harming the health of nearby communities.
You could also consider some varieties of polyester, but polyester has been found to leech tiny plastic fibers when washed that end up in waterways, and ultimately, in fish. Microfiber pollution is now recognized as a serious and still growing problem. Even cotton, a thirsty crop and a material that is very hard to recycle, doesn't come entirely guilt-free.
So, is it ethical to wear silk? By now it's probably evident that there's no one clear answer. It depends on your own personal values and priorities and how you weigh them against one another.
It's worth remembering, though, that just about any product comes with its own set of ethical tradeoffs. As Clare Press wrote in Vogue of the materials that ASOS banned, "Everything comes with a cost of some sort."


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Man reunites with plane he flew nearly 50 years ago
It was a full-circle moment today at Falcon Field for a man re-united with a plane he flew decades ago!
By: KNXV Staff
Posted at 7:40 PM, Mar 01, 2022
MESA, Ariz. (KNXV) — — An Arizona man had a full-circle moment as he was reunited with a plane he flew decades ago.
Sean Fowler was walking around Falcon Field Airport when something caught his eye.
"I noticed an aircraft which looked similar to the type of aircraft my father flew when he was a teenager," he said.
The flight instructor sent his father a photo of the plane.
"I saw the tail number and thought, 'This isn't the kind of plane I flew, son. This is the plane that I flew, 6275 Lima," said Steve Fowler.
A friend helped Sean track down the plane's current owner.
"I read his message. I couldn't believe it. It just kind out of the blue," said Roy Hyatt.
Hyatt was quick to welcome Steve into the cockpit.
"I just think it's really cool to meet new pilots, old pilots and I just feel blessed to be a part of it," added Hyatt.
Steve and his family traveled from Tucson to Mesa to see the two-seater. Steve's mind glided back to 1974 when he was in flight school.
"I think of an idyllic, young, and carefree teenager with this whole life ahead of him. I had just turned 18 years old," added Steve Fowler.
He says this type of plane was the one everyone wanted to fly.
"It just goes, goes and goes. It's not like a big lumbering plane with long wings," added Steve.
The flight for Steve is like a bookend. His first flight, in the same plane, was when he was just 18 years old. Steve is now 65. A lot has happened in those 47 years from getting married to and having kids. He says his ride at Falcon Field was certainly an adventure.
"I appreciate Roy Hyatt so much. He won't even let me pay him for the fuel. But, it's been a wonderful experience," added Steve.
This story was originally reported by Venton Blandin on abc15.com.


Yes- he'd be tier 1 w/ option of testing for higher tiers based on his manditory training class results.
But there is no mandatory training class right now. The current safety course does not prepare you for the above listed bikes.
Yet, we are recommending these as a first bike from a 15 year layoff from a rider that has an undefined skill level?! And that level is pointing more to quite low than high.
i see your point, BAR; and i am for tiered licensing. but i suppose we are all assuming his current skill level to fit our opinions. me included.
this guy might have had 15 years riding experience before he took his 15 year break. he has a license. if the OP has minimal riding experience, then i would definitely recommend something more like a gs500f or yamaha virago 250.
can the original poster give us a little more info about his riding history and skill level?
Just for the record, I was one of the ones that was saying that tiered licensing is idiotic for precisely this reason. If this guy's been out of the game for 15 years, he's at least 30 years old and also has enough sense to take the MSF course before buying a bike. Obviously, he can't be trusted with anything bigger than a Rebel 125.
You are correct. Re-education orders are being issued for those who have failed to follow proper orthodoxy.
Excellent use of a Zappa reference.
Sean, good to meet you in person at the IMS.
That's a -big- oss naked italian bike. They look killer in metallic roulette green with red accents, and sound amazing.


Liu joined the Communist Youth League in 1951 and was admitted to the Communist Party 3 years later. She became one of the officials in the Village and Township Government. As she talked, we could sense her pride in the early stages of her career. Her good fortune did not last long though; she developed the symptoms of leprosy. Everyone in the family believed it was because she had 'too much dampness' in her body from living in the graveyard. At first they ignored the symptoms. When Liu's health did not improve, her friend recommended she have a check-up in the hospital. It was then that she was diagnosed with leprosy. Liu was sent to the leprosy rehab village in 1957. She was one of the lucky ones, she did not have to spend her life in solitude; her husband decided to move to the leprosy village with her. They left their three children to be taken care by their Grandparents.
Life was tough in the 1960s; the Government was promoting self-reliance. They had a slogan "Leprosy is not scary and it is curable." The village began to develop, and many model laborers were sent to the village to visit and study. Despite this people continued to be afraid of people with leprosy. Though the PALS were given ration coupons by the government it was difficult to for them to buy anything. Outsiders would often sanitize the coupons before accepting them.
Liu recounted to us that during that time, "My foot was punctured by something sharp while working in the field. I did not pay much attention to it. Between the heavy workload in the fields and my position as the deputy village head, I had too much work to do. Over the years my wound deteriorated and became a chronic ulcer." She stressed, however, that all 12 families in the village who married, after they fully recovered from leprosy, had children, and the second generation was born healthy.
Liu speaks with pride about her children. Her youngest son is now a teacher and visits her very often; he also brought her to the best hospital in the area the last time she was sick. He gave her more than one thousand Yuan to buy Chinese herbs to restore the health. The day before we arrived, he called Liu to ask her whether she had finished the medicine, saying he would bring more during his next visit. Liu seldom sees her daughter who married and moved away from the area. Liu also told us that her eldest grandson is getting married soon and invited her to the wedding in her old hometown. Sadly, she will not be able to share the happiness with him as the ulcers in her feet make traveling any distance very difficult.
When asked about her life now, Liu was excited to tell us about the development of the village and the installation of power cables. Everything is so different nowadays. People outside the village show concern for us and as a result, the villagers' mood is better. Liu is looking forward to spending her remaining years watching how the world develops.


Located on a 132-acre plot in Herriman City, in the Southwest corner of the Salt Lake Metro Area just 20 minutes west of Rio Tinto Stadium, the Zions Bank Training Center will house the daily training activities for five soccer teams: Major League Soccer's Real Salt Lake, the United Soccer League's Real Monarchs, as well as three age-group extensions of the club's U.S. Soccer Development Academy, previously located in Arizona. For the first time this Fall, RSL will provide a U-14 entry into the USSDA setup, while potential future additions include an RSL Women's Professional Team, and other youth development age groups.
The Zions Bank Real Academy – which also includes the 5,000-seat Zions Bank Stadium, home of the USL Real Monarchs, scheduled to open this October – will also offer opportunities for high school, college and adult recreational soccer activity, as well as varying levels of rugby, lacrosse and other sports.
In Herriman, the Zions Bank Real Academy amenities include a total of 10 fields including the Stadium, with one each for school and Herriman City public use and a total of seven (7) regulation-size training fields (80 yards wide by 120 yards long). Four of the fields will be natural grass and outdoor, with the remaining three fields utilizing a state-of-the-art artificial surface from The Netherlands, including that of the 5,000-seat Zions Bank Stadium. Two of the artificial fields will be housed in the Zions Bank Training Center's iconic 208,000 sq-ft. indoor structure, the largest pre-engineered freespan building in North America. Atop this building will be a solar panel array from Utah's own Auric Solar, at roughly half the size of its Rio Tinto Stadium installation.
In addition to the items mentioned above, the Zions Bank Real Academy includes the campus for a 300-student STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) charter school developed in conjunction with Jordan School District, with 77,000 square feet of classrooms and a 90-acre campus. Intended to serve as what Mr. Hansen calls the "Harvard of Soccer," the charter school will host approximately 50 students from out of state, with these students boarded on-site in a satellite structure. Adjacent to that structure will be facilities to house visiting Real Monarchs' opponents, visiting academy teams, and facilities able to host international delegations visiting the area for events at both Zions Bank Stadium and Rio Tinto Stadium.


PARSONS, Tennessee — A 12-year-old boy led a Decatur County, Tennessee deputy on a chase Thursday morning during a "joyride" in his father's truck before later crashing into a building.
The call came in around 5:45 a.m. local time when the owner of the vehicle reported it as his son and truck.
A deputy later spotted the truck and tried to stop it but the boy allegedly fled. From there, he crashed into a business near two highways.
The boy suffered some bruises. It's unclear whether he'll face charges.


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There's nothing like a great bridal shower. And even better when the bridal shower invitation templates are as tempting as the party. You may also see invitation samples.
These are invites that will set the mood for the party, and can you go wrong? We think not! You may also see Birthday Invitation Templates.
What is being offered under Bridal Shower Invitations templates Online?
"Customised templates" is the key term here. Not every friend wants the same kind of words or text or colour for the bride to be. So when you choose from bridal shower invitations templates online, there is a whole range of options. In fact, some of these templates come with customised accessories too.
Economical at best. The templates available online are so cheap that you can get as many number of copies made later. In fact, some are readily available at a cost, so all you need to do is download it at a price and then take as many copies.
Option to change the template is always there when you buy online. For instance, a template doesn't look good once you print it, you haven't ordered a hundred copied already, you can always change it.
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A vibrant urban oasis had outgrown its old systems and was in desperate need of a refresh. Now, a brand-new website is helping the Norfolk Botanical Garden reach a bigger audience than ever before, increasing visits to the site and driving ticket sales.
Norfolk Botanical Garden's website was based on a proprietary Content Management System (CMS) which was no longer supported by the vendor, making it difficult to update and maintain the website. The design utilized an extensive amount of Flash, making it incompatible with many modern mobile devices and invisible to search engines. In addition, users struggled to navigate the site and find the information they were looking for.
NBG's redesigned website is powered by WordPress, giving them the ability to create pages and update content on the fly. In addition, the system also uses a powerful ticketing system so NBG can sell tickets online, making it easier than ever to visit the gardens. Content is organized in pockets so it is simple for users to find the information they need.
Within one year of the website's launch, traffic from tablet users increased by 44%, time visitors spent on the site increased by 20%, and organic search referrals increased by 50%.
In 2013, vh.Agency worked with NBG to promote their 75th anniversary through numerous channels, including a microsite, digital marketing campaign, commemorative poster, gala invitations, and other print components. A pay-per-click campaign, display ads, and retargeting generated an increase in ticket sales and also helped promote events throughout the year. In addition, new animated banners were rolled out every month to advertise various events and exhibits. The campaign was a tremendous success, generating huge spikes in ticket sales and website traffic.


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The University of West Hungary's Savaria Campus Library is a public library, a place of democracy and the equality of rights. As a central institution of a knowledge-based society, the library's task is to support life-long learning by providing unrestricted access to its wealth of information, including the the treasures of Hungarian and international culture. The library aims to provide its visitors with knowledge through its services related to education and the supply of information.


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1980: Goals at the beginning
As you read under 'history' in 1980 key people in each country were co-opted onto a steering committee, ideas and possibilities were put forward, and targets for a European seminar were formulated.
These can be summed up in the following manner:
It was the declared intention that the diverse cultures of the continent of Europe should all be represented, and as such spokespeople from as many nations as possible were invited to be members of the committee (now called the Council) and to take part in deciding which artists and teachers were to be invited.
The seminars were intended to be ecumenical (or 'inter-denominational'), insofar as this is possible. Due to necessity, for the first few years the makeup of the Council, and indeed the majority of the first people to attend, were from the Protestant evangelical wing of the church in Europe. It has been a major problem to find representatives from all the denominations. This was partly out of suspicion from churches about a new entity and partly out of theological suspicion, especially when such an organisation was bound to affect the young people of their congregations. For conservative evangelical churches anything relating to the arts, let alone the performance arts, was considered 'of the world', (even demonic in the case of some rock music *4); for those of a Catholic tradition, sacred music was one thing but the new 'Christian arts' were seen to be an invention of evangelicals. It took a number of years before Catholics could be convinced of the purposes and aims of the Christian Artists movement, though later they became widely represented both on the Council and also by artists, teachers, and registrants.*5)
It was decided that the Seminar would aim to attract practitioners from all artistic disciplines. This proved impossible in the early days, as the seminar could only grow according to what was acceptable among Christians and in the churches of Europe. In the early 1980s new and contemporary styles of music were becoming more widely used amongst Christians but there was little understanding of the use of fine art, and theatre or dance in the church were still an anathema in some denominations. The integration of these other art forms proved to be a slow process.
To have the annual social dialogue about all practicalities related to work, society and EU.
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Authored by epriestley on Feb 2 2019, 1:23 PM.
Fixes T8693. Ref T13098. On a 30x15 terminal, the we can only fit "Score: X/12 * Deaths: Y" on the top line if both X and Y are less than 10, so they can render with a single character.
As soon as the player breaks more than 9 blocks or dies more than 9 times, we need an extra character to render the score. This causes an off-screen write to curses and crashes.
Raise the minimum requirement to 32 columns so we can render "12/12" and up to "99" deaths. Then, change the display logic to show "99" if you die more than 99 times.
Beat the game on a 32x15 terminal.
Changed logic to award me 1000 deaths per actual death.
Died on a 32x15 terminal.
Actually make the death change work.
Programming on a 32x15 terminal is hard, okay?


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Ready for snow? Nor'easter could bring 5-plus inches to northern Delaware on Wednesday
Jeff Neiburg
Delaware News Journal
After a mild 2019-20 winter that saw many cities in the Northeast accumulate record-low snow totals, the 2020-21 winter season could bring a nor'easter and with it 5-plus inches of snow to northern Delaware next week.
Meteorologist Lee Robertson with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey, said that it "does look like a significant snowfall is possible for much of the area" Wednesday.
Snow is expected to begin Wednesday morning and continue later into the day, Robertson said. Asked about the likelihood of the forecasted 5 to 8 inches of snow, Robertson said it's looking "fairly likely" that is the case.
The storm will also bring winds of 10 to 20 mph, and Robertson said there is a possibility of coastal flooding. The forecasted high in Wilmington on Wednesday is 33 degrees.
"There is increasing confidence a coastal storm will impact the region Wednesday with strong winds and heavy precipitation likely," NWS Mount Holly wrote Saturday on Twitter. "What remains uncertain is the specific details such as where the rain/snow line sets up and the heaviest snow amounts fall."
Southern Delaware is much more likely to see rain. In Lewes, for example, the forecasted high on Wednesday is 49.
The snowfall Wednesday would be a welcome sign for those who enjoy winter after a mild and rather boring snow season last year.
Wilmington saw less than an inch of snow all season last year, making it the second least snowy winter in the last 72 years, Delaware State Climatologist Daniel Leathers told Delaware Online/The News Journal in March. The average winter snowfall is just over 16.5 inches.
The reason for the lack of snow last year was an abnormally mild winter.
The average temperature for winter 2019-2020 in Wilmington was about 5 degrees above the normal at 39.4 degrees, tying with the winters of 2015-2016 and 1997-1998 as the fourth warmest.
Statewide, the winter season was about 6 degrees above normal and ranked as the sixth warmest, according to Leathers.
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Q: Powershell arrays - Get upper and lower index value before joining I have a two PowerShell objects that I parse: $Table1 and $Table2.
Parsing Table 1, I get a Timestamp: $TimeStamp for which I need to find the two closest values in Table 2.
$Table2 looks like this:

Price  TimeStamp
-----  ----------------
0.0597 1542056680.72746
0.0584 1542056650.34414
0.0555 1542056197.46668
0.0551 1542056167.28967

$TimeStamp = 1542056303
$Table2 is already sorted by TimeStamp

My goal is to get back efficiently the upper and lower indexes of $Table2 (core of my question). I will then make a linear interpolation between the two timestamps and the two prices to get the value of $Price.
The linear interpolation part is not required in the answer, this is just for context purpose.
Cheers,
Philippe

A: I would do it like that:
$TimeStamp = 1542056303

# find closest before given timestamp
$Table2 | Where-Object { [int]$_.Timestamp -gt $TimeStamp } | Select-Object -Last 1

# find closest after given timestamp
$Table2 | Where-Object { [int]$_.Timestamp -lt $TimeStamp } | Select-Object -First 1

A: Imo you don't need the index if you store the row.

*

*iterating the table and check if current value less or equal than $TimeStamp

*if not store current row as $Upper

*if -le store row as $Lower and break the foreach

## Q:\Test\2018\11\13\SO_53279995.ps1

$TimeStamp = 1542056303
$table2 = Import-Csv '.\table2.csv' | Sort-Object TimeStamp -Descending
$Upper = $Null
$Lower = $Null

ForEach ($Row in $table2){
    if([Double]$Row.TimeStamp -le $TimeStamp){
        $Lower = $Row
        Break
    } else {
        $Upper = $Row
    }
}
If ($Upper -and $Lower){
    $Upper
    $Lower
    "Do your interpolation"
} else {
    "can't evaluate nearest values"
}

Sample output
Price  TimeStamp
-----  ---------
0.0584 1542056650.34414
0.0555 1542056197.46668
Do your interpolation


The gambling itself has always been the engaging activity for masses — the stories of people losing fortunes were perhaps not less significant that the rare winner's one. In the digital age many platforms appeared on the Internet to provide the new experience.
The digital currency casinos proved to be profitable and within a few last years a lot of project aimed the development in this direction.
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Anyway, despite the cryptocurrency market rapid shifts during the last couple of years, the digital currency casino market has evolved and grew, given the appearance of more game types, features, bonuses, and more.
The blockchain technology allows achievement of correct game results that cannot be faked or altered and players ratings that cannot be counterfeited. There were different solutions out there in the market even before the blockchain worldwide adoption, though so far nothing is likely to provide better security and privacy in the coming years.
Client's anonymity of the top level and the best access options. Years before many players had legitimate doubts and concerns regarding their personal information being shared on third-party gambling resources. And of course, it is not a case with the crypto casinos. However, many gambling solutions are so easy-to-use that they automatically register user accounts when accessing the websites, and therefore, do not require personal information such as email, name, or real postal players address. Of course, it is a positive approach as an anonymity level like this also allows users located in countries where online gambling is under a legal ban, still access the resources and play their favorite games.
Unfortunately, some emerging crypto casinos currently suffer from the governmental tightening regulations as they are required to obtain licenses and apply more stricter rules over time.
Astronomically high speed of transaction execution. Before the blockchain stepped into modern tech world, both the deposits and withdrawals in online gambling had never been that fast. Most popular existing casinos require transactions to have one confirmation on the blockchain network, before allowing users to wager their funds. However, the overall process can require no more than a few seconds or a couple of minutes, based on the client's digital currency of choice. In contrast, the withdrawals are usually processed almost instantly. Users no longer have to wait for days before being able to play their favourite games or withdraw the funds.
Lowest fees within the industry — the modern digital currency casinos undoubtedly have the lowest fees and house edges on the existing market. Most cases show no cost associated with either deposits or withdrawals, and many new startups aim for low maximum indications to be attractive in this market and cope with numerous competitors.
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'use strict';

import _ from 'underscore'

class Utils {
  constructor(app) {
    this.app = app;
  }

  static getCookie(name) {
    let cookieValue = null;

    if (document.cookie && document.cookie !== '') {
      let cookies = document.cookie.split(';');

      for (let i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
        let cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);

        if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) === (name + '=')) {
          cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
          break;
        }
      }
    }

    return cookieValue;
  }

  static setCookie(key, value, expireDays) {
    let exdate = new Date();
    exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + expireDays);
    let c_value = escape(value) + ((expireDays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + exdate.toUTCString());
    document.cookie = key + "=" + c_value;
  }

  static json2message(json) {
    let ul = jQuery('<ul>');

    _.each(Object.keys(json), function (value) {
      let li = jQuery('<li>');
      let innerUl = jQuery('<ul>');
      let key = value.replace(/_/g, ' ');

      li.text(key.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + key.slice(1));
      li.append(innerUl);

      _.each(json[value], function (value) {
        let innerLi = jQuery('<li>');
        innerLi.text(value);
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      });

      ul.append(li);
    });

    return ul.prop('outerHTML');
  }
}

export {Utils as default}

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Rivers are changing all the time
The Conversation UK
Published at 12:04 am November 13th, 2019
People moving through the flooded lands via boats in Rajshahi on Tuesday, October 1, 2019Dhaka Tribune
This affects their capacity to contain floods
Across the world, flooding is expected to become more frequent and extreme as the planet heats up.
Building robust flood defenses and modeling vulnerable areas is crucial if we are to avoid loss of life and livelihoods from these devastating weather events.
But our new research reveals that the capacity of rivers to keep water flowing within their banks can change quickly -- and some flood models and defenses may be under-equipped to deal with the consequences.
Many assume that flooding is due to heavy rainfall. This is true, but only part of the explanation.
Floods also occur when the amount of water running off the land exceeds the capacity of rivers to carry that flow. This means that if the capacities of river channels change, then two identical rainfall events falling on similarly wet ground can cause flooding of very different severity.
Most rivers are forever changing. They are shaped by the sediments and water they carry. Humans have modified most of the world's rivers in some way. In some cases, this is through direct influence, such as dam construction or river engineering.
Other influences are indirect -- building on nearby land reduces the capacity of the ground to absorb water, agriculture draws water from rivers, and deforestation leaves more water to flow elsewhere.
Rivers respond to changes in climate as well. During drier periods, less water flows through river systems. This means that there is often less energy to move the sediments at their beds, so riverbed levels may progressively rise, decreasing the capacity of the river.
But it is not always easy to predict how rivers will change. Extreme shifts in channel shape and capacity can occur very rapidly. After a recent flash flood in Spain, one river rose almost a metre as huge volumes of sediment from upstream were displaced and dumped further along.
Uncertain risk
Unfortunately, such changes are typically ignored by flood engineers and modelers, who generally treat the channel as a fixed feature. If rivers actually change their capacity in space and time, then estimates of flood probability may be incorrect, putting people and property at risk.
Motivated by these concerns, we investigated the pace at which channel changes occur, and to what extent these alterations might be driven by climate. We began with a simple conceptual model: Climate controls rainfall, rainfall affects river flow, and river flow shapes channel capacity.
Direct observations of this link were lacking in river systems over short timescales. So, we took 10,000 measurements of the capacity of 67 rivers in the US, covering a period of nearly 70 years.
We also gathered rainfall and river flow data, to assess how climatic changes affected the capacity of the rivers. We discovered that temporary shifts in river capacity, lasting years to decades, were far more frequent than had previously been assumed.
Overall, river capacity tends to increase during periods that are wetter than average due to greater erosion of river channels, and decrease in drier periods. We also found that multi-year climate cycles that affect regional precipitation patterns can cause channel capacity to expand and contract too, perhaps on a global scale.
Armed with this knowledge, we may eventually be able to predict how the capacity of rivers changes, and hence better understand flood risk.
In temperate regions such as the UK, where rivers tend to be vegetated, heavily engineered and relatively stable, delicate changes in channel capacity are hard to detect and unlikely to be life-threatening.
However, in river systems that carry high volumes of sediment, or in parts of the world where rainfall varies considerably during the year, sudden reductions in river capacity may dramatically increase flood risk for nearby settlements.
For example, the Ganges-Brahmaputra river in India and Bangladesh falls under this category. Its capacity is already changing, and its floodplains are some of the most densely populated in the world.
Unfortunately, we still have a very poor understanding of the nature and causes of channel capacity changes in most regions -- and it is the most at-risk places that tend to have the least data.
Louise Slater is Associate Professor in Physical Geography, University of Oxford. Abdou Khouakhi is Research Associate, Climate and Weather Data Analysis, Loughborough University. Robert Wilby is Professor of Hydroclimatic Modelling, Loughborough University. A version of this article previously appeared on The Conversation UK.
Higher-magnitude flood frequency increases in Bangladesh
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Flood insurance scheme for agricultural day labourers in Bangladesh
Govt initiative to restore livelihoods of 1 million flood-affected people
Flood victims in Madaripur still await government assistance
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Tom Goodman is a seasoned communications executive who worked at three major American corporations – CBS, ABC and J. Walter Thompson – before launching Goodman Media in 1996.
Goodman Media quickly became a leading strategic communications agency, representing major media companies in television, radio, newspaper, magazine and book publishing, and other areas of entertainment; electronics, retail, and other consumer companies; health care organizations; professional services firms in law and executive recruitment; transportation companies; business and trade groups; and not-for-profit organizations in the arts, education, and advocacy.
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