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Volcano on island of Stromboli in Italy erupts
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Thursday, 4 July 2019 3:04 pm
Italian volcano
At least one person has been killed after a series of eruptions from one of Earth's most active volcanoes.
At least one person has died after the volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted, throwing ash high into the sky and enveloping the popular tourist destination in smoke.
The victim was an excursionist who was on a path on the volcano with a friend, said Marco Giorgianni, mayor of the community of Lipari on the nearby island of the same name on Wednesday, according to the news agency Ansa.
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Another person was said to have been injured
Rescue services say the eruption had started fires on the western side of the small Mediterranean island north of Sicily.
Fire crews were being called in from nearby locations and a Canadair plane was already in action.
The erupting volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli has sent a huge cloud of ash into the sky.Image: AAP
"We saw the explosion from the hotel. There was a loud roar," said Michela Favorito, who works in a hotel near Fico Grande, on the east side of the island.
"We plugged our ears and after this a cloud of ash swept over us. The whole sky is full of ash, a fairly large cloud," she told Reuters.
Fiona Carter, a British tourist on the island of Panarea, about 27km from Stromboli, heard the blast.
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"We turned around to see a mushroom cloud coming from Stromboli. Everyone was in shock. Then red hot lava started running down the mountain towards the little village of Ginostra," she told Reuters.
"The cloud got bigger, white and grey. It enveloped Ginostra and now the cloud has covered Stromboli entirely. Several boats set off for Stromboli," she added.
The volcano on the popular tourist island of Stromboli in Italy has erupted, with witnesses reporting a huge mushroom cloud; the eruption also started fires.Image: AAP/EURONEWS
National Institute of Geophysics and Vulcanology expert Stefano Branca told Reuters there had been a "paroxysmal eruption" on the island, when high-pressure magma explodes from a shallow, underground reservoir. "These are events of great intensity and quite rare," he said.
Tourists often climb to the 924-metre summit of the volcano and peer into its crater, with small puffs of molten rock regularly blasted into the sky. It was not clear if anyone was on the crater at the time of the latest blast.
According to the geology.com website, Stromboli is one of the most active volcanoes on the planet and has been erupting almost continuously since 1932.
The island was the setting for a 1950 movie starring Ingrid Bergman and, with other islands in the Aeolian archipelago, has become a favourite location in recent decades for holiday homes for the rich and famous.
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Floculação, no campo da química, é o processo onde coloides saem de suspensão na forma de agregados, formando partículas maiores, ditos "flocos" ou "flóculos". A ação difere da precipitação em que, antes da floculação, coloides são meramente suspensos em um líquido e não realmente dissolvidos em uma solução. No sistema floculado não há a formação de um "bolo" (adensamento de material ao fundo do recipiente), dado que todos os flocos estão em suspensão.

Em tratamento de água
Em tratamento de água para consumo público e uso específico da indústria, como na fabricação de cerveja, a floculação faz com que as partículas finas de areia, argila, matéria orgânica e sólidos em suspensão presentes na água se agreguem e formem flocos.

Tanto no tratamento de água para consumo como no tratamento de efluentes, a floculação é uma etapa do processo na estação de tratamento de águas em que, após adicionar os coagulantes por meio químico, como adição de Al2(SO4)3 (sulfato de alumínio) ou FeCl3 (cloreto férrico), as partículas em suspensão tornam-se pequenos flocos (flóculos), decantando em seguida. Porém, a etapa de adição dos coagulantes chama-se coagulação. Nesta etapa ocorre a desestabilização das partículas, possibilitando assim a floculação na próxima etapa.

Armazenado em um tanque aberto, o processo de floculação se dá quando pás motorizadas promovem o giro da água, de forma muito lenta, propiciando que as partículas se unam, formando os flocos de impurezas. A formação destes flocos é essencial para o processo de decantação, pois as partículas se tornarão mais densas que os outros componentes do efluente. A velocidade de movimentação da massa líquida deve ser de forma lenta o suficiente para não romper os flocos em formação e rápida o suficiente para que os flocos não decantem e se choquem, a fim de formar flocos maiores.

A floculação nas ETAs corresponde à etapa em que são fornecidas condições para facilitar o contato e a agregação de partículas previamente coaguladas, visando a formação de flocos com tamanho e massa específica que favoreçam sua remoção por sedimentação, flotação ou filtração rápida. O desempenho da unidade de floculação depende da eficiência da unidade de mistura rápida, a qual é influenciada pelos seguintes fatores: tipo de coagulante, pH de coagulação, temperatura da água, concentração e idade da solução de coagulante, tempo e gradiente de velocidade da mistura rápida, tipo e geometria do equipamento de floculação e qualidade da água bruta.

Floculação na indústria
Considere-se um cristal de caulinita, com suas superfícies maiores carregadas negativamente. Estas cargas negativas são provenientes das ligações quebradas de superfícies, assim, sendo o cristal constituído por ânions oxigênio que possui raio iônico muito maior que os cátions, é natural a predominância de cargas negativas.

Logo, para contrabalancear essas cargas negativas, existe uma região em torno da partícula onde moléculas de água são fortemente atraídas pela superfície. Juntamente com estas moléculas de água estão ligados cátions di ou trivalentes, como o Ca2+, Fe3+ e Mg2+.

Como estas ligações geram forças muito grandes, a água é fixada na superfície das partículas sólidas, comportando-se como água rígida. Este estado é chamado floculado, pois em torno de cada partícula de caulinita existe uma camada de água rígida que neutraliza completamente as cargas residuais da caulinita.

Ver também
 Equação de coagulação de Smoluchowski

Bibliografia
 RICHTER Carlos A., AZEVEDO NETO José M. de; Tratamento de Água. Tecnologia atualizada, Editora Edgard Blücher Ltda, São Paulo – SP, 1991.

Processos químicos
Tratamento de águas

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MANCHESTER UNITED missed Paul Pogba and Michael Carrick in the 1-0 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday in the Premier League, according to Gary Neville.
An Alvaro Morata header gave the Blues an important win and meant the Red Devils slipped eight points behind leaders Manchester City.
And Neville believes the battle at Stamford Bridge was lost in midfield.
"I thought they got killed in midfield," he said on Sky Sports.
"Jose Mourinho, since the Liverpool game, has talked about not being able to freshen it up. I thought Herrera, Matic and Mkhitaryan got absolutely ambushed.
"(N'Golo) Kante was doing his job brilliantly, (Tiemoue) Bakayoko was running off him, (Eden) Hazard and (Cesc) Fabregas were dropping in and controlling the match.
MANCHESTER UNITED endured a torrid Sunday, with a defeat to Chelsea followed by a severe train delay.
"Manchester United were just well short in that area. If you dominate midfield in the big games, you're in business and Chelsea did.
"I think Pogba is a big miss because of his confidence and arrogance. He takes the ball into tight areas, holds the ball, beats a man.
United return to action after the international break against Newcastle at Old Trafford in the Premier League.
Chelsea will look to keep their momentum going as they travel to West Brom with Tony Pulis under pressure.


Marine Renewable Energy: Integral to Present at Waterpower Week in DC -Integral Consulting Inc.
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Grace Chang, Ph.D., Craig Jones, Ph.D., Kaus Raghukumar, Ph.D., and Gene Revelas will present on various topics, including novel technologies for acoustic monitoring, challenges faced by the marine energy industry, wave energy capture optimization, and a streamlined and standardized benthic habitat mapping tool set. In addition, work performed on marine energy projects by Integral and others for the U.S. Department of Energy will be featured in a workshop on Wednesday, April 3, titled "Marine Energy Environmental Cost Assessment." Dr. Chang also serves as a member of the METS Board.
Session Leader: Craig Jones, Ph.D.
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Hans Marius Hansen, född 7 september 1886 i Fåborg, död 13 juni 1956, var en dansk fysiker.

Hansen avlade skolämbetsexamen i fysik 1909, men hade redan året innan anställts som assistent vid Polyteknisk Læreanstalt, där han stannade till 1918, men var från 1913 även vikarierande docent vid Köpenhamns universitet, där han 1918 blev ordinarie docent. Förutom kortare studievistelser 1910 i Berlin och Uppsala studerade han under tre terminer 1911–1912 i Göttingen, där han en stor del av tiden var anställd som assistent under professor Woldemar Voigt. Han utförde där de undersökningar, som ingår i avhandlingen Bidrag til Studiet af den inverse Zeeman-Effekt, ett experimentellt-fysiskt arbete, med vilket han 1913 tog doktorsgraden vid Köpenhamns universitet. Även senare studerade han magneto- och elektrooptiska fenomen tillsammans med olika medarbetare, bland annat undersökte han tillsammans med Sven Werner det på Niels Bohrs institut upptäckta grundämnet hafniums optiska spektrum (1923). År 1923 blev Hansen ordinarie professor vid Köpenhamns universitet, då han tilldelades en nyinrättad professur i fysik med inriktning på medicinsk fysik. För studiet och användningen av denna disciplin utförde han ett betydande arbete, i synnerhet vid inrättandet av universitetets nya biofysiska institution (1928) och av Radiumstationens fysiska laboratorium (1922).

Hansen skrev även Vejledninger ved de fysiske Øvelser for Fabrikingeniører (1914). År 1913 blev han redaktör för "Fysisk Tidsskrift", i vilken han skrev talrika översiktsartiklar över nyare fysik. Han medverkade i "Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon" och "Naturens Verden".

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Remember last month when I was going to share my Day In The Life Mini Album that I made?
You can see that post, here.
Then my computer crashed and burned. And I never got my mini album uploaded here.
But now I am up and running with my computer issues resolved and today I wanted to share my album.
I ended you using (almost exclusively) Amy Tan papers. Some are old, others are from her new collection called Better Together. You can find her papers and embellishments here. Can we just talk, for a second, about how all of her collections just flow so seamlessly?
For each photo, I added a digital time stamp so I could keep my photos in order. Then I printed them, 2 photos on one 4x6 photo. This saved some photo paper. The photos have a larger white border, and I am not crazy about it but was too far into printing to start all over.
It works + perfection isn't needed.
I am really glad I documented my One Little Day. I will definitely do it again. While I am glad I got my mini album completed, I am not so sure I would choose to do a mini album again. Next time I will probably just add the photos into my Project Life Book.
Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out my giveaway going on yesterday's post. Five people will each win a free pair of glasses from Firmoo.
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My passion is information and how it can be expressed through code, visualization, and writing. I'm also passionate about teaching it; I've self-published three online books to help people learn the relevant skills: The Bastards Book of Ruby, Photography, and Regular Expressions (an explanation for the "Bastards" moniker is here).
I occasionally blog. You can also follow me on Twitter: @dancow.
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I used to lead a quiet lifestyle back in Ireland (Killarney is a very small town and there isn't much to do there anyway!) and after almost four years in London, I'm still not quite used to the constant noise that surrounds me. I didn't think I would say that but sometimes (only sometimes! I did leave for a good reason) I really miss the Irish countryside: to be able to walk to work (but then I got a car and sometimes drove the 1K distance instead 🙂 ); run for half an hour and end up in massive Killarney National Park; or hop into my car and drive to some of the most magnificent beaches I've ever seen in my life, Inch and Rossbeigh, both only a 40-minute drive away… Life was rather peaceful….


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S:t Lars kapell (finska: Pyhän Laurin kappeli), även känd som Lövö kapell, är en kyrka i Lövö i Helsingfors. Den byggdes då Munkkiniemen seurakunta medlemsantal ökade som församlingens andra kyrka. Kapellet och dess atriumgård ritades av Olli Kivinen. Kyrkan blev klar år 1983. Kapellets orgel, från 1984, är tillverkad av orgelbyggeriet Matti Eerola.

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Q: Guest Additions seemingly uninstalls every time I use "software updater" in Ubuntu Studio The latest Ubuntu Studio is amazing and comes with all the software I need to make graphics for my 2D games. However, every time I execute the "Software Updater" (the one with the orange sync icon), Ubuntu Studio seems to to "break" and become a pain to use.
I am using Virtual Box to run the Guest OS, and the problem seems to happen  for Lubuntu in my other laptop which is the Alienware M11x. I am currently using Ubuntu Studio 64-bit installed on my Virtual Box which is installed on my Asus G73JH-A1 laptop.
Everytime the software updater notifies me of an update, I would accept the installation, but there are always side effects which will be listed next:

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*Virtual Box / Ubuntu Studio does not scale intelligently in "scaled window mode". I understand the meaning of "scaled" but with Guest Additions, the OS usually fixes the screen so that the screen is not stretched (rather pixels are added to fill up the unused pixels). I like this feature because I don't have to use xrandr which I can never (no matter how many help threads I read) get to become permanent because it would break my OS and I would have to reinstall the OS which takes at least 2 hours or make OS backups every time.

*What is wrong with vertical window scrolling? Every time I use the software updater and restart the system, the page scrolling breaks. No matter what windows has the keyboard/input focus, the mouse scroll would scroll through the desktop screens
instead of the in focus folder-manager or web browser, or any other in-focus application.

*I also lose host-to-guest drag and drop which I use a lot, and I'm pretty sure I lose all the other features that require Guest Additions to work.

*So every time I install software updates through the GUI app, the Guest Additions break. I have to reinstall the Guest Addition every time to get these fixes back. I have a feeling I am going in circles.

*Why does the Guest Additions fix these annoyances? Why doesn't the standard OS fix the scroll bug? It doesn't make sense because a bug fix should not be an add-on.
Honestly, why is it so hard to get things to be permanent. xrandr requires writing a dangerous config file to make the resolution permanent. Guest additions also don't seem to permanent either.
I use these instructions to install the guest additions and they work every time.

A: You need the dkms package installed in the guest and the host or every time there is a kernel update it will break the guest additions and virtual box will not load and you will have to run:
sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

The VirtualBox kernel module is automatically installed on your system when you install VirtualBox. To maintain it with future kernel updates, for those Linux distributions which provide it -- most current ones -- we recommend installing Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS). This framework helps with building and upgrading kernel modules.
Be sure to install DKMS before installing the Linux Guest Additions. If DKMS is not available or not installed, the guest kernel modules will need to be recreated manually whenever the guest kernel is updated.
If DKMS is not already installed, execute the following:
sudo apt-get install dkms

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Syboris Pippins, 18, and Jaylen Barker, 20, had their charges upgraded by officials Thursday and are now being held on a $2 million bond each, CBS News reports.
The young men are two of five suspects who are being held in the shooting death of 21-year-old Mississippi State University student Joseph Tillman. Their charges have been upgraded to capital murder, and they could both face the death penalty.
According to CBS News, the three other young men were charged with accessory after the fact to murder.
Starkville, Miss., Police Chief Frank Nichols said that Tillman, a senior marketing major, was seen interacting with a group of men in Starkville's Cotton District development, near the campus, prior to being robbed and shot.


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putting it on the line: open doer policy
sitting in traffic: road kill
humility and gratitude: aluminum foil
cutting screen time: embracing turnoffs
Few of us wake up in the morning looking forward to a day of turnoffs.
Yet such days can be filled with the kind of productivity and focus simply not possible without them. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have demonstrated concrete findings that reveal how removing the nonstop distractions of email during the workday not only reduces stress but enables tangibly sharper focus. "We found that when you remove email from workers' lives, they multitask less and experience less stress," said informatics professor Gloria Mark, who coauthored the study, "A Pace Not Dictated by Electrons," with a UCI project scientist and U.S. Army senior research scientist, funded by the Army and the National Science Foundation.
To be sure, being on screen call can be both fun and stimulating. Receiving and responding to a dozen emails every hour or so requires quick thinking, provokes additional mental and personal connections, opens a range of possibilities and offers a palpable sense of productivity. What happens, though, when preparing a speech under deadline that requires hours of focused thought and related research? Or completing the chapter of a book with an unbroken arc of logic and engagement? Or helping a son or daughter with a complex school project? Or… Or… Or….
Turn off the email program for several hours at a time and watch what happens. The clock doesn't move at quite so relentless a pace. Concentration can't help but be enhanced. The mind's natural elasticity responds with previously denied creativity. In a typical 10-hour workday (the cliché of an eight-hour workday having gone the way of the Palm Pilot), having four or five periods of email access and completing the associated tasks enables the kind of dedicated attention not otherwise available.
The continuous bursts of adrenaline may initially be missed, but the longer-term feelings of peace and demonstrated increase in productivity should more than compensate. Projects can be savored rather than rushed, akin to lunch with a colleague at a relatively quiet restaurant, away from the computer and with mobile access either left at the office or turned off from appetizer to dessert.
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Home > Featured Blogs > Tencent's News Portal Is Differentiating Itself By Using IBM Social Analytics During The World Cup
Tencent's News Portal Is Differentiating Itself By Using IBM Social Analytics During The World Cup
Gene Cao
Contributed by James McCormick and Allison Smith
Tencent's news portal is one of the largest online news portals in China, with more than 25 channels covering all types of news. Tencent faces fierce competition, which it intends to combat by building its analytics competency. With the eyes of millions of Chinese soccer fans on the World Cup, Tencent has a chance to better target its news and reports by using social analytics — which the news portal did by launching a mini-site of World Cup 2014 coverage. More than 50 advertisers showed interest in the World Cup site, thinking that it would differentiate Tencent's news offerings and draw more traffic. And they were right: The site got more than 3 million hits in the first week of the Cup.
Tencent now has the first social analytics website for sports in China. Supported by IBM's Social Analytics engine and hosted in its SoftLayer data center in Hong Kong, the site aggregates data from most leading Chinese social platforms including Qzone, Renren, Sina Weibo, and Tencent Weibo. Full coverage of these social platforms can help Chinese businesses get a fuller picture of customers to better personalize and target offers. Tencent's news editors also have a separate social analytics tool to find buzzwords or popular terms on social platforms and highlight these attention-getting phrases in their titles and articles.
This investment is delivering two major benefits to Tencent:
Real-time updates on and off the field attract more soccer fans. Users can now gauge the latest sentiment about each team by analyzing positive and negative tweets on microblogs. It converts variations of related Chinese words used on microblogs into different forms and provides real-time reports about competitions, commentary from soccer experts and former players, and updates about what is happening on and off the field.
Articles use catchy phrases to attract viewers. Editors can find popular terms, like famous players' nicknames, in real time to help modify the tone of their articles to match the sentiment on social media. This helps make their articles more attractive and thus generate more web visits and social platform sharing than their rivals.
What it means to your business
Tencent parlayed a modest investment in IBM's Social Analytics tool into significant increases in readership and revenue. This shows how the news business can use digital analytics to better understand customer needs and build competencies — at a cost that most Chinese businesses can afford.
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Chevrolet Corvette right-hand-drive is go!
Joshua Dowling
National Motoring Editor
Development of a right-hand-drive Chevrolet Corvette is about to be resumed post COVID-19 lockdowns. Australian timing and price are still yet to be confirmed.
The Chevrolet Corvette is still on track for right-hand-drive, even though development of it and other variants was paused during the coronavirus crisis.
A media alert issued by General Motors in Europe overnight has confirmed the new Chevrolet Corvette will still be available in right-hand-drive.
It will be the first time in the history of the nameplate that the Corvette has been built in right-hand-drive on the main production line.
Hopefully, the only question that remains for Australian fans is when it will arrive in local showrooms and how much it will cost.
CarAdvice understands it will be priced between $120,000 and $140,000 plus on-road costs, depending on currency fluctuations.
As reported previously, the plan is to sell the factory-built right-hand-drive Corvette alongside locally-converted right-hand-drive Chevrolet Silverado pick-ups under a new General Motors Specialty Vehicles (GMSV) network.
While negotiations continue with Detroit and Holden Special Vehicles about the future of its Australian operations once Holden closes – and the brand is retired at the end of this year – CarAdvice understands no decision has been made and no agreements have been signed.
While the media bulletin from General Motors in Europe does not go into detail about the right-hand-drive Corvette, the halo sportscar is expected to be offered in the UK and Japan, as well as Australia.
Last month, CarAdvice reported the right-hand-drive Corvette was at risk of being cancelled or postponed – and in danger of not making it to Australia – because development of that and other variants had been paused during the coronavirus crisis.
At the time, a report out of the US – based on a leaked copy of a secret internal General Motors document – claimed GM's executive director in charge of program management, Michelle Braun, "recently issued a blanket order pausing all future car and truck development, including for the Corvette".
While the stoppages were only temporary, those with knowledge of the program told CarAdvice there was "little to no chance" the Chevrolet Corvette will make it to Australia in the first half of 2021 as originally planned – and might not happen at all if pushed down the priority queue.
However, CarAdvice has since been told that General Motors never wavered from its commitment to bring the Corvette in right-hand-drive to Australia, but its timing will depend on how quickly the proposed GMSV network is established.
CarAdvice has been told Detroit wants to finalise compensation packages with the Holden dealer network before moving onto plans for GMSV.
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Vladislav Serhiyovych Supryaha - em ucraniano, Владислав Сергійович Супряга (Sarata, 15 de fevereiro de 2000) é um futebolista ucraniano, que atua como atacante. Atualmente defende a , emprestado pelo Dínamo de Kiev.

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Supryaha profissionalizou-se no Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk em 2016, mas não chegou a jogar pelo time principal., embora figurasse no banco de reservas em algumas partidas. Com o rebaixamento da equipe para a terceira divisão ucraniana em decorrência de problemas financeiros, assinou com o recém-fundado Dnipro-1, pelo qual disputou seus primeiros jogos como profissional.

Após 22 partidas e 7 gols, foi contratado pelo Dínamo de Kiev em agosto de 2018, estreando contra o Chernomorets Odessa. Na temporada 2019–20, voltou ao Dnipro-1 por empréstimo, atuando em 25 partidas e marcando 14 gols, ficando em terceiro lugar na artilharia do campeonato (empatado com Viktor Tsyhankov). Reintegrado ao Dínamo em 2020, sagrou-se campeão nacional, da Copa da Ucrânia e da Supercopa.

Em janeiro de 2022, Supryaha assinou por empréstimo com a , em sua primeira experiência em um clube não-ucraniano. A estreia do atacante pela equipe italiana foi contra o , substituindo Manolo Gabbiadini aos 36 minutos do primeiro tempo.

Carreira internacional
Desde 2016, Supryaha defende as seleções de base da Ucrânia, tendo vencido a Copa do Mundo Sub-20 em 2019, tendo feito 2 gols na competição - ambos na final contra a Coreia do Sul.

Títulos
Dínamo de Kiev
 Campeonato Ucraniano: 2020–21
 Copa da Ucrânia: 2020–21
 Supercopa da Ucrânia: 2020
Seleção Ucraniana Sub-20
  Copa do Mundo Sub-20: 2019

Links
 Perfil de Vladyslav Supryaga - OGol.com.br

Futebolistas da Ucrânia
Futebolistas do Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Futebolistas do SC Dnipro-1
Futebolistas do Dínamo de Kiev
Futebolistas da Unione Calcio Sampdoria


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72nd Street è una fermata della metropolitana di New York situata sulla linea IND Second Avenue. Nel 2019 è stata utilizzata da  passeggeri. È servita dalla linea Q, attiva 24 ore su 24. Durante le ore di punta fermano occasionalmente anche alcune corse della linea N.

Storia
La stazione venne realizzata come parte della prima fase della Second Avenue Subway. I lavori di costruzione ebbero inizio nell'aprile 2007. Fu aperta al pubblico il 1º gennaio 2017.

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La stazione è sotterranea, ha due binari e una banchina a isola larga 8,5 metri. È posta al di sotto di Second Avenue e il mezzanino possiede quattro punti di ingresso dal piano stradale: l'edificio di ventilazione nell'angolo nord-ovest dell'incrocio con 72nd Street ospita tre scale mobili, mentre quello nell'angolo sud-est cinque ascensori, altri due ingressi dotati di una scala e una scala mobile si trovano nell'angolo nord-est dell'incrocio con 69th Street.

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text:
\section{INTRODUCTION}

The choice of the boundary conditions for the quantum state of the universe
must
be done on just the two natural possibilities which exist for positive definite
metrics; i.e. compact metrics or noncompact metrics which are asymptotic to
metrics of maximal symmetry. Choosing only compact metrics to avoid [1] any
boundary for the quantum state of the universe does not make much difference
for the state amplitude with respect to the alternate choice of noncompact
metrics which are disconnected, consist of a compact part with physical
boundary at a given hypersurface and an asymptotically euclidean or
anti-DeSitter
part without any inner boundary, and dominate on any noncompact connected
metric [2,3]. For practical purposes, instead of compact metrics, one could
likewise take noncompact disconnected metrics for the physical quantum state
of the universe. Therefore, metrics which are asymptotically euclidean or
anti-DeSitter may also contribute the path integral describing the state
of the universe. Clearly, when such metrics are endowed with a given inner
boundary which behaves as a microscopic nonzero bridge between two
asymptotic large regions, the metrics would represent contributions from
wormholes.

Wormholes whose maximally-symmetric asymptotic metrics are euclidean space
have already been extensively considered [4]. They comes about as solutions
of the euclidean Einstein equations for gravity coupled to special kinds of
matter fields [5]. When expressed as a Friedmann-Robertson-Walker metric
with scale factor $a$ in terms of the conformal time
$\eta=\int\frac{d\tau}{a}$,
these wormhole spacetimes can be represented by [6]
\[a = M_{n}\cosh^{\frac{2}{n}}(\frac{n}{2}\eta),\]
with $M_{n}$ the throat radius. Solutions exist for $n=1,2$ and $4$; they
correspond to large [7], Tolman-Hawking [8] and Giddings-Strominger [9]
wormholes, respectively. It has been shown that these three solutions
can be related to each other by means of suitable conformal transformations
[4],
and that each of them converts into one of the most important closed
Robertson-Walker universe models with a perfect fluid (respectively,
dust-filled,
radiation-filled, and ultra-stiff matter universe) by analytical continuation
into the Lorentzian region [10]. However, connections bridging
maximally-symmetric
anti-DeSitter asymptotic metrics have not been hitherto studied. It is the
aim of this paper to examine the spacetime characteristics of two of such
connections. These will appear as particular solutions of the euclidean
equations of motion for Hilbert-Einstein gravity minimally coupled to
scalar fields for the case of a negative cosmological constant.

\section{THE CLASSICAL SOLUTIONS}

The euclidean action corresponding to a minimal massless scalar field $\Phi$,
coupled to Hilbert-Einstein gravity with a negative cosmological constant
$\Lambda$, can be written as
\begin{equation}
\[I=-\frac{1}{16\pi G}\int_{M}d^{4}xg^{\frac{1}{2}}(R+2\Lambda)\]
\end{equation}
where $K$ is the trace of the second fundamental form. In a
 Friedmann-Robertson-Walker
minisuperspace, action (1) reduces to
\begin{equation}
I = -\frac{1}{2}\int d\eta
 N(-\frac{a'^{2}}{N^{2}}-a^{2}-\frac{\Lambda}{3}a^{4}+a^{2}\phi '^{2}),
\end{equation}
where $N$ is the lapse function and $\phi=(\frac{4\pi
G}{3})^{\frac{1}{2}}\Phi$.
$'$ denotes differentiation with respect to conformal time.

{}From the equation of motion for $\phi$, we obtain
\begin{equation}
a^{2}\phi '=B_{0}=Const.
\end{equation}

The holding of (3) implies: (i) that action (2) describes a vacuum whose
energy-momentum tensor will be given in terms of the cosmological constant
$\Lambda$,
and (ii) conservation of the momentum conjugate to $\phi$ which we shall
refer to as the scalar field charge $B_{0}$. The first implication stems
inmediately from the Klein-Gordon equation modified by the Robertson-Walker
evolution, i.e.
\begin{equation}
\ddot{\phi}+3H\dot{\phi}=-\frac{\partial V(\phi)}{\partial\phi},
\end{equation}
where the overhead dot means derivative with respect to the Robertson-Walker
time
$\tau$, $V(\phi)$ is the scalar-field potential, and $H=\frac{\dot{a}}{a}$ is
the Hubble parameter. Hence, from (3) and (4) it follows that $\frac{\partial
V(\phi)}{\partial\phi}=0$.

{}From implication (ii) it turns out that the scalar field charge flowing
through
a three-sphere enclosing the origin is given by $2\pi^{2}B_{0}$. As it was
noted by Myers [11], any wormhole-like solution producing handles in large
parent (here, asymptotic anti-DeSitter) universes would then imply quantized
scalar-field charges, so that $B_{0}=nB_{0}^{(min)}$, with the quantum of
charge defined by $\phi\rightarrow\tilde{\phi}=\phi+\frac{B_{0}^{(min)}}{\pi}$,
$\phi$ identified with $\tilde{\phi}$, and $n$ an integer. We note
furthermore that quantization of the charge should be associated not just to
handles
on only one large region, but also with any even number of wormholes connecting
two otherwise disconnected asymptotic large anti-DeSitter regions. We would
like to emphasize that the lorentzian version of such an spacetime would then
admit an $SL(2,C)$ spinor structure [12].

We shall show in what follows that exact analytical wormhole-like solutions
whose maximally-symmetric asymptotic metrics are anti-DeSitter space can be
obtained from the
equations of motion derived from (2) and (3) if we choose particular suitable
values for the charge $B_{0}$.

The equation of motion for $a$ and the Hamiltonian constraint obtained from (2)
and (3)
are
\begin{equation}
a''=a+\frac{2}{3}\Lambda a^{3}+\frac{B_{0}^{2}}{a^{2}}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
a'^{2}=a^{2}+\frac{\Lambda}{3}a^{4}-\frac{B_{0}^{2}}{a^{2}}.
\end{equation}

Solutions to (5) and (6) can be easily obtained using the ansatz
$B_{0}^{2}=\frac{2}{3}\Lambda ^{-2}$
and the change of variables
\[a^{2}=w^{-2}-\Lambda^{-1} , \xi=\int wd\eta .\]
We have two solutions
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda
^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\frac{3^{\frac{1}{2}}}{\cos(2\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}\xi)}-1)^{\frac{1}{2}}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\frac{3^{\frac{1}{2}}}{\sin(2\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}\xi)}-1)^{\frac{1}{2}}.
\end{equation}

For the first of these solutions, we have for the scalar field
\begin{equation}
\phi=-(\frac{2}{3})^{\frac{1}{2}}\eta
-\frac{3^{\frac{1}{4}}i}{3^{\frac{1}{2}}+1}\Pi(\sin^{-1}[2^{\frac{1}{2}}\cos(\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}\xi)],\frac{1}{3^{\frac{1}{2}}+1},\frac{2^{\frac{1}{2}}}{2}) ,
\end{equation}
where
\begin{equation}
\eta=(\frac{3}{4})^{\frac{1}{4}}F(\sin^{-1}[2^{\frac{1}{2}}\sin(\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}\xi)],\frac{2^{\frac{1}{2}}}{2}) ,
\end{equation}
$F$ and $\Pi$ are the elliptic integral of the first and third kind,
respectively [13], and $0<\xi\leq\frac{\pi}{4}\Lambda^{\frac{1}{2}}$. Solution
(7)
can be expressed in terms of the conformal time $\eta$ by using (10) as
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(3^{\frac{1}{2}}nc^{2}[(\frac{4}{3})^{\frac{1}{4}}\eta]-1)^{\frac{1}{2}},
\end{equation}
whose lorentzian continuation is
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(3^{\frac{1}{2}}cn^{2}[(\frac{4}{3})^{\frac{1}{4}}\eta]-1)^{\frac{1}{2}}.
\end{equation}
In Eqns. (11) and (12) $nc$ and $cn$ denote Jacobian elliptic functions [13].

We also obtain $\tau$ as a function of variable $\xi$,
\[\tilde{\tau}\equiv
(\frac{7+48^{\frac{1}{2}}}{12})^{\frac{1}{4}}\Lambda^{\frac{1}{2}}\tau \]
\begin{equation}
=\Pi(\sin^{-1}[\frac{\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}\xi}{(3^{\frac{1}{2}}-1)(\frac{1}{2}+\frac{\sin^{2}\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}\xi}{3^{\frac{1}{2}}-1})^{\frac{1}{2}}}],\frac{12^{\frac{1}{2}}}{3^{\frac{1}{2}}+1},
\frac{2^{\frac{1}{2}}}{(3^{\frac{1}{2}}+1)^{\frac{1}{2}}}).
\end{equation}

We finally note that the Bochner theorem [14] is respected in the sense that
the scalar curvature and the time-time component of the Ricci tensor are both
negative definite
\[R=\frac{12\Lambda^{-2}}{a^{6}}(3nc^{4}T-3^{\frac{1}{2}}nc^{6}T-3^{\frac{1}{2}}nc^{2}T)<0\]
\[R_{0}^{0}=-\frac{3\Lambda^{-2}}{a^{6}}(3^{\frac{1}{2}}nc^{6}T-3nc^{4}T+3^{\frac{1}{2}}nc^{2}T+1)<0 , \]
where $T\equiv (\frac{4}{3})^{\frac{1}{4}}\eta$.

It follows then that the
topological change implied by this solution is allowed, and therefore it can be
interpreted as a wormhole or handle on asymptotically anti-DeSitter spaces.

Let us take now $B_{0}^{2}=\frac{4}{3}\Lambda^{-2}$. In this case the
analytical
solutions to the equations of motion (3) and (5), and Hamiltonian constraint
(6)
are
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\frac{3}{\cos^{2}\eta}-2)^{\frac{1}{2}}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\frac{3}{\sin^{2}\eta}-2)^{\frac{1}{2}}.
\end{equation}
For the first of these solutions, we have
\begin{equation}
\phi =
-3^{\frac{1}{2}}(\eta-3^{\frac{1}{2}}\tan^{-1}(3^{\frac{1}{2}}\tan\eta)).
\end{equation}
The lorentzian continuation of (14) becomes
\begin{equation}
a=\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\frac{3}{\cosh^{2}\eta}-2)^{\frac{1}{2}}.
\end{equation}
In this case, we have for the Robertson-Walker time
\begin{equation}
\tau=\frac{\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}}{3^{\frac{1}{2}}}\Pi(\sin^{-1}[\frac{3^{\frac{1}{2}}\sin\eta}{(1+2\sin^{2}\eta)^{\frac{1}{2}}}],-(\frac{2}{3})^{\frac{1}{2}},1),
\end{equation}

Again in this case the solutions will correspond to an allowed change of
topology as the curvature scalar and the time-time component of the Ricci
tensor
also are both negative definite. Thus, solution (11) represents an elliptic
wormhole and solution (14) a circular wormhole. Moreover, by shifting the
scale factor squared by some given constants [4], one obtains new
solutions, such as $(a^{2}+a(\eta=0)^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}$ which gives
$(\frac{2}{\Lambda})^{\frac{1}{2}}(3^{\frac{1}{2}}dc^{2}[(\frac{4}{3})^{\frac{1}{4}}\eta]-1)^{\frac{1}{2}}$
for elliptic wormholes or
$\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}(\frac{3}{\cos^{2}\eta}-1)^{\frac{1}{2}}$
for circular wormholes. Of particular interest is the shift
\begin{equation}
a^{(0)}=(a^{2}+\Lambda^{-1})^{\frac{1}{2}}=3^{\frac{1}{4}}\Lambda^{-\frac{1}{2}}nc[(\frac{4}{3})^{\frac{1}{4}}\eta],
\end{equation}
which yields a scale factor that depends linearly on the Jacobian elliptic
function $nc$ (it is easy to see that the lorentzian continuation of (19)
will lead to the same expression as (19), but with the function $cn$ instead
of $nc$.) The functions $nc$ and $cn$ are doubly periodic, with periods $4K$
and $4Ki$, $K$ being the complete elliptic integral of the first kind
$K\equiv F(\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{2^{\frac{1}{2}}}{2})$ [13]. It follows that,
if the wormhole (19) connects points on just $two$, rather than four, parent
large universes, then the scalar field $\phi$ will take values on a closed
path, and the momentum (scalar-field charge) generating shifts of $\phi$
will become quantized. However, if the charge is quantized, solution (11)
becomes a handle on just $one$ asymptotic anti-DeSitter region. Considering
two of such regions leads to a situation which would correspond to a pair
($n=2$) of scalar-field quanta, each with charge
$(\frac{2}{3})^{\frac{1}{2}}\Lambda^{-1}$,
such as it is depicted in Fig. 1, as compared with wormhole (19) for
which the scalar-field charge is quantized so that $n=1$. For $n=1$, the
two large universes are connected by two wormhole tubes, and for $n=2$ they
are disconnected and each possesses a handle. It is worth emphasising that,
since these two elliptic wormhole solutions are periodic both in real and
imaginary conformal time, and so should possess gravitational temperature,
the essential difference between such solutions is that whereas the conformal
time periods are $2K$ and $2Ki$ for spacetime (11), such periods become $4K$
and $4Ki$ for spacetime (19). It then follows that wormhole (19) has a
temp
associate with wormhole (11), i.e. $\frac{1}{2K}$.
A similar situation can be
likewise discussed for the circular wormhole (17) and the metric which is
derived from it according to the shift $(a^{2}+2\Lambda^{-1})^{\frac{1}{2}}$.
In all the cases, baby universes with metrics correspondingly obtained from
lorentzian continuation from the euclidean wormhole metrics are branched off
from the asymptotic anti-DeSitter regions.

\section{QUANTUM DESCRIPTION}

In order to accomplish a quantum description of the elliptic and circular
wormholes considered in the precedent section, one should not introduce any $a$
$priori$
distinction between different values of the parameter $B_{0}$, dealing with the
general case
and leaving any analysis on the quantum state to be established according to
suitable
boundary conditions. For these we take the Hawking-Page boundary conditions
[15], i.e. we shall only consider those solutions of the Wheeler DeWitt
equation that are regular as the three-geometry degenerates and vanish as the
three-metric becomes infinite. The Wheeler DeWitt equation can be obtained
by introducing quantum operators instead of the classical momenta $p_{a}=a'$
of the Hamiltonian constraint (6). This gives
\begin{equation}
l_{p}^{4}\frac{\partial^{2}\Psi}{\partial
a^{2}}-(a^{2}+\frac{\Lambda}{3}a^{4}-\frac{B_{0}^{2}}{a^{2}})\Psi=0,
\end{equation}
where $l_{p}$ denotes Planck length.

Solving rigurously (20) is very difficult, but we can still obtain approximate
solutions in the two regions of most interest, i.e. as $a\rightarrow\infty$
and as $a\rightarrow 0$. The substitution $y=a^{2}$ transforms (20) into
\begin{equation}
l_{p}^{4}y^{2}\frac{\partial^{2}\Psi}{\partial
y^{2}}-\frac{1}{4}(y^{2}+\frac{\Lambda}{3}y^{3}-B_{0}^{2})\Psi=0.
\end{equation}
Then, for very large $a$, one can neglect $B_{0}^{2}$ in (21). Defining
$z=1+\frac{\Lambda}{3}y$ and denoting $l_{p}^{4}\Lambda^{2}$ by the
dimensionless
constant $\lambda^{2}$, (21) reduces to
\[\frac{\partial^{2}\Psi}{\partial z^{2}}-\frac{9}{4}\lambda^{-2}z\Psi=0\]
or
\begin{equation}
\frac{\partial^{2}\Psi}{\partial x^{2}}-x\Psi=0,
\end{equation}
with $z^{3}=\frac{4\lambda^{2}}{9}x^{3}$. The solution of (22) can be given in
terms of
the known Airy functions [13,16].

In order to satisfy boundary conditions at infinity, one should choose the
pair of linearly independent solutions $Ai(-x)$ and $Bi(-x)$, which correspond
to the Bessel function
\begin{equation}
\Psi(z)=z^{\frac{1}{2}}{\it C}_{\frac{1}{3}}(i\lambda^{-1}z^{\frac{3}{2}})
\end{equation}
whenever we take for ${\it C}_{\frac{1}{3}}$ the Hankel function
$H^{(1)}_{\frac{1}{3}}$.
Thus, we have in the limit $a\rightarrow\infty$,
\begin{equation}
\Psi(x)=3^{\frac{1}{6}}(2\lambda)^{\frac{1}{3}}[Ai(-x)-iBi(-x)]\rightarrow\Psi(a)=\frac{1}{2}a^{-\frac{1}{2}}e^{-\frac{2}{3}a^{3}},
\end{equation}
which is valid both for positive and negative $a$. The wave function $\Psi(a)$
for asymptotically anti-DeSitter wormholes will be then exponentially damped
at a rate which is quicker than that for asymptotically euclidean wormholes.

It is worth noticing that the wave equation for a particle of unit mass and
charge $e$ moving along direction $\rho$ in a homogeneous electric field
of intensity $E$ is given by $\varphi ''+\sigma\varphi=0$, where [16] in
natural units ($\hbar=c=G=1$)
\[\sigma=(1+e\rho)(\frac{2E^{3}}{F^{2}})^{\frac{1}{3}},\]
$F$ being the force acted upon the particle, $F=eE$. Thus, comparing the
expression for $\sigma$ with
\[x=(1+\frac{\Lambda}{3}a^{2})(\frac{9}{4\Lambda^{2}})^{\frac{1}{3}},\]
(which is also given in natural units)
we see that the asymptotic dynamics of the considered wormhole is equivalent
to that of a particle of unit mass and charge $e=\frac{\Lambda}{3}a$, moving
in a homogeneous field of intensity $E=\frac{1}{8a^{2}}$.

For very small $a$, we obtain from (21)
\begin{equation}
y^{2}\frac{\partial^{2}\Psi}{\partial
y^{2}}-(\frac{y^{2}}{4l_{p}^{4}}-\frac{\bar{B}_{0}^{2}}{4})\Psi=0,
\end{equation}
in which $\bar{B}_{0}^{2}=\frac{B_{0}^{2}}{l_{p}^{4}}$. Solutions to (25) are
given in terms of the modified Bessel functions [13]
\begin{equation}
\Psi(a)=a{\it
T}_{\frac{1}{2}(1-\bar{B}_{0}^{2})^{\frac{1}{2}}}(\frac{a^{2}}{2l_{p}^{2}}).
\end{equation}
The behaviour of $\Psi(a)$ will be regular at $a\rightarrow 0$ if we choose
${\it T}\equiv{\it I}$ [13], since then $\Psi(a)$ tends to zero as one
approaches
$a=0$. Note that even though the solution oscillates for ${\it B}_{0}>1$, the
presence of a factor $a$ will make such oscillations to damp as the
three-geometry
degenerates. This situation is maintained even when we would choose an operator
ordering other than $p=0$. For $p=1$ (which is the case discussed by Hawking
and Page in [15]) we obtain a solution which still vanishes as $a\rightarrow
0$.
In any event, one always can transform to new coordinates in minisuperspace in
terms of which the Wheeler DeWitt equation for small $a$ becomes the wave
equations for two harmonic oscillators with oposite sign of energy, which has
a fully regular behaviour for degenerating three-geometries. The conclusion
is thereby obtained that although asymptotically anti-DeSitter and euclidean
wormholes have quite a different asymptotic behaviour, they behave in a
indistinguishable fashion at the smallest quantum values of the scale factor.

\vspace{1.3cm}

$Acknowledgements$. The author is grateful to CAICYT for support under
Research Project N' PB91-0052 and to CSIC for an Accion Especial. I would
also like to thank L.J. Garay for conversations.

\pagebreak

\noindent\section*{References}
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\end{description}

\pagebreak

{\bf Legend for Figure}

\vspace{1cm}

Fig. 1.- Pictorial  representation of the two elliptic wormhole instantons
as interpreted in terms of the two first excited states of the scalar-field
charge. The ground state $n=0$ would be chargeless and correspond to just
topologically-featureless asymptotic anti-DeSitter space, without any
wormhole or handle.

\end{document}

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IOF teargases school kids in Old City of al-Khalil
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday attacked Palestinian school children at Abul-Rish checkpoint in the Old City of al-Khali city, with no reason.
Local sources told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli soldiers attacked the students as they were going home from schools.
Dozens of students suffered from their exposure to tear gas fumes.
The IOF harasses and assaults Palestinian kids almost on a daily basis, and obstructs their movement as they go to or return from their schools.
Palestinian who lost sight in Israeli jail sentenced to 16 months
An Israeli military court sentenced on Thursday a Palestinian detainee to 16 months in jail and a fine of 5,000 shekels.
Israel's Salem military court ruled that prisoner Mohamed Dweikat, from Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, be incarcerated for 16 months in Israeli prisons and pay a bail of up to 5,000 shekels.
Prisoner Dweikat was kidnapped by the Israeli occupation forces on December 6, 2016, just one week after he had tied the knot and celebrated his engagement party.
Dweikat had been made to attend several hearings at Israeli courts before he ultimately received the 16-month term.
Prisoner Dweikat lost sight due to preplanned medical neglect in Israeli dungeons. The occupation authorities have prevented him from undergoing urgent medical checks and being treated by a specialized doctor. They further turned down his frequent appeals to release him due to his deteriorating health condition.
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Protesters rushed to hospital as Israeli military rolls into Nablus
A number of Palestinians were left injured and another kidnapped at daybreak Friday in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in the northern West Bank province of Nablus.
According to eye-witnesses, the IOF rolled into the Old City of Nablus in over 20 military vehicles and cordoned off residential neighborhoods.
Sounds of heavy blasts and gunfire were detected all the way through the assault.
The occupation army ransacked civilian homes before they kidnapped the Palestinian young man Mohamed al-Hamami from his family's home.
Fierce clashes burst out shortly after the IOF stormed the area and attacked Palestinian protesters with live rounds and teargas canisters.
At least four Palestinian young men sustained live bullet wounds in their hands and legs. They were all rushed to Rafidia Hospital for urgent treatment.
Over recent weeks, tension has edged higher in Nablus due to the simmering terrorism and crackdowns perpetrated by the Israeli military and settlers against the locals.
The occupation army claims that such raids come in the hunt for Palestinian youngster Abdul Karim Assi, accused, by the Israeli forces, of carrying out an anti-occupation stabbing attack in Ariel settlement outpost, illegally build on Palestinian land in Salfit. The alleged attack led to the death of an Israeli settler.
UN: Situation in Gaza is affected by internal issues and closures
The UN has said that the current dire humanitarian situation in the besieged Gaza Strip has resulted from the UNRWA funding crisis, the faltering inter-Palestinian reconciliation and the closure of border crossings.
This came in a news briefing held on Thursday by Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the UN secretary-general.
He was replying to a question on the Security Council closed meeting on Gaza which was held on Wednesday at the request of Kuwait and Bolivia.
The spokesman stated that UN Middle East peace coordinator, Nikolay Mladenov, highlighted the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, "which, obviously, has been made more… stressful with the funding crisis more."
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Israeli court extends detention of MP Naser Abdul Jawad
An Israeli court on Friday extended the detention of MP Naser Abdul Jawad, from Deir Ballout town in Salfit governorate in the northern West Bank, at the pretext of continuing investigation procedures.
Local sources revealed that MP Abdul Jawad has been arrested for 49 days under harsh violent investigation.
The lawyer of Palestinian Prisoners Society affirmed that the detainee's health has deteriorated and that he was moved to a medical center for treatment.
Abdul Jawad was arrested many times in Israeli jails, the last of which was after he came back home from Malaysia where he obtained his PhD degree.
Israeli forces seal Nablus-area village, revoke permits of several local workers
NABLUS (Ma'an) — Israeli forces on Thursday closed all side roads surrounding the Beita village, south of Nablus city in the northern occupied West bank. .Beita's mayor, Fouad Maali, told Ma'an that all roads leading to Beita from the eastern and northeastern sides — the Huwwara, Ula, and Awarta roads — were sealed with dirt mounds.
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Maali added that Israeli ofrces have been revoking the permits of workers from Beita who work inside Israel as part of the collecive punishment against the village.
Israel often enforces punitive measures, including closures, raids, and permit revocations, on entire Palestinian towns and villages for things such as stone throwing and alleged attacks on Israeli forces.
Rights groups have condemned such practices as "collective punishment."
Omar al-Abed, Palestinian teen who killed 3 settlers in July, sentenced to life in prison
RAMALLAH (Ma'an) — An Israeli military court on Thursday sentenced Palestinian prisoner Omar al-Abed, 19, to four life sentences for stabbing and killing three Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank in July.
As part of the sentence, the court also ordered that al-Abed would be excluded from any future prisoner exchange or release deals between Israel and Palestinian political factions.
Al-Abed, from the Ramallah-area village of Kobar was convicted on three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder in December.Al-Abed carried out the attack in July in the illegal Halamish settlement, nearby his village in the Ramallah district.
The victims as were Yosef Salomon, 70, and his adult children, Chaya, 46, and Elad, 36. Tova Salomon, 68, Yosef Salomon's wife, was seriously wounded in the attack.
The settler family were were reportedly having shabbat dinner with about 10 members of their family when the al-Abed broke into their house. A neighbor, a soldier in the Israeli army, reportedly heard the disturbance, and arrived to the scene and shot and moderately wounded al-Abed.
The deadly attack took place after three Palestinians were killed — two of them by Israeli police and one reportedly by an Israeli settler — when large-scale civil disobedience demonstrations in Jerusalem erupted into violent clashes.
Al-Abed reportedly wrote on Facebook before carrying out the attack: "I have many dreams and I believe they will come true, I love life and I love to make others happy, but what is my life is when they (Israel) murder women and children and defile our Al-Aqsa?"
"All I have is this sharpened knife to comply with the call of our Aqsa… If you don't open its gates, I am confident that others will follow me to strike with an iron hand. I am warning you," he continued, referring to Israeli security measures at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the summer, when Israeli forces installed metal detectors at the holy site.
In the wake of the Halamish stabbing, Israeli forces imposed a series of punitive measures on the family of the al-Abed, and the residents of Kobar, temporarily sealing the village, detaining the al-Abed's brother and mother, raiding the local health clinic, and destroying al-Abed's home.
The Israeli government has long faced criticism for its response to attacks, with rights groups saying severe security measures amount to collective punishment and a violation of international law.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called for holding an international peace conference to save the political process in the region.
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Abbas accused the United States of putting the entire political process in an impasse because of its decision to consider Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its support for Israeli occupation practices against the defenseless Palestinian people.
Abbas' demand for an international peace conference came a few days after his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the same matter.
He hopes that Moscow will launch an international peace conference, or push towards this direction as a possible alternative to the United States' mediating role.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah said on Thursday that Abbas' demand enjoyed broad Palestinian support.
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The PA cut ties with the US administration following Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Palestinians declared that the US Administration has lost its eligibility as a mediator and sponsor of the peace process and rejected any meetings with US officials, accusing the country of turning into an official sponsor of Israel.
Member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Hanan Ashrawi, said on Thursday that the US Administration encouraged Israel to "continue its flagrant violations, and total disregard for international law," in a manner that constituted "an obvious breach of the peace process and the principle of a two-state solution."
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Leader of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Shaikh Raed Salah
Israel's Central Court in Beersheba yesterday extended the solitary confinement of the head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, for six months, his lawyer Khaled Zabarqa said.
Israel's prison service filed an application demanding the extension of Sheikh Salah's solitary confinement for another six months on Monday.
The ruling means Salah will spend one year in solitary confinement, subject to him being released at the end of the new term.
Zabarqa stressed that "there is no real justification to extend Sheikh Salah isolation" and described the decision as "arbitrary and political revenge" because of his positions with regards to Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
He said his team will see if they can appeal the decision at the Supreme Court.
Arab Member of the Knesset Talab Abu Arar, of the Joint List, condemned the Israeli court's ruling and said: "The decision to extend the solitary confinement of Sheikh Salah and his arrest in the first place is political persecution of the leaders of our Arab society."
Read: Israel refuses Sheikh Raed Salah's appeal
Sheikh Salah was arrested from his house on 25 August 2017 and was indicted nine days later by the Israeli Public Prosecution. He was accused of violating the law and inciting terror.
An Israeli court in Haifa decided that he remain in prison until the end of the judicial measures against him. His defence team appealed against the ruling, but the appeal was turned down by the court.
He had previously been released after spending nine months in Israeli jails on 17 January 2016. His release was subject to restrictions on his movement, including travel bans and a ban on entering Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Israel moves to create punitive 'blacklist' of citizens who back BDS
Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon
Israel's Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon is "set to approve in the coming days new regulations to prevent organisations and individuals who support a boycott of Israel from receiving various tax breaks or from participating in government bids", newspaper Haaretz has reported.
According to the report, Israeli officials in the strategic affairs ministry "expect a list of Israeli citizens and organisations who support BDS" to be compiled, in addition to "the existing list of foreign groups that promote BDS".
The paper continued that "if and when the new regulations are approved, an inter-ministerial team will begin work on" a list "for local groups and activists under the supervision of legal advisers".
Sources in the strategic affairs ministry "said that the effort would focus on central groups and activists – including Israelis – and not on people who are critical of Israel and believe Israel should be boycotted".
Read: Israel holds international conference against BDS
Those blacklisted would be prevented "receiving benefits from the government or government contracts and jobs, said the officials".
Finance ministry officials, meanwhile, "said that anyone who is to be sanctioned under any new regulations would first be summoned for a hearing on the matter."
In addition, Haaretz reported, Israeli authorities are "working to advance an amendment to the Boycott Prevention Law that would allow the filing of civil lawsuits against boycott activists and organisations".
Israeli law does not distinguish between a call to boycott settlements in the occupied West Bank and a general boycott of Israel.
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Q: Rails is not routing to my Twilio controller action I have a paid account with Twilio. In my rails app I have a very simple setup to answer an incoming phone call in rails with twilio. In routes.rb, I have
post 'communications/answer_phone' => 'communications#answer_phone'

In communications_controller.rb, I have
class CommunicationsController < ApplicationController
  skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
  def answer_phone
    logger.debug '******** answered'
    response = Twilio::TwiML::Response.new do |r|
      r.Say "Yay! You're on Rails!", voice: "alice"
    end
    render :xml => response.to_xml
  end
end

If I try to call my Twilio number, ngrok says 500 Internal Server Error, so I know the request is getting to ngrok. If I look at my rails log file, I see
Started POST "/communications/answer_phone" for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx at 2017-02-02 21:47:06 +1100

so, the request is making it to my application. I don't get ******** answered in my log file from logger.debug. The request never makes it to my answer_phone action. Any ideas what could be wrong?
UPDATE
I've done rake routes and that gives me
communications_receive_sms POST /communications/answer_phone(.:format) communications#answer_phone

That looks correct. If I deliberately spell the route incorrectly in routes.rb, I get this error
ActionController::RoutingError (No route matches [POST] "/communications/answer_phone"):

So I know the request is getting to my rails application and I know it is finding the route. What could cause rails to find the appropriate route but fail the call the associated action.

A: I've found a bug in rails 4.18. There is an example on the internet that makes it happen. See the link below
https://www.twilio.com/blog/2016/05/calling-rails-5-getting-started-with-twilio-on-rails.html
The example is for rails 5, so the bug must be fixed now. The following code line causes the error.
r.Say "Yay! You're on Rails!", voice: "alice"

The apostrophe in "Yay! You're on Rails!" is not the standard one on my computer keyboard. The normal apostrophe is hex character 0x27, the one in the word You're is hex character 0x92. This causes a parsing error in rails. Even if I route to a different action in that controller, the error still occurs.
I hope this helps someone in the future.
EDIT
If you change the apostrophe, you'll have to restart your rails server to correct the problem


The New England Patriots are three-point road dogs against the Kansas City Chiefs, according to top betting sites for the 2019 NFL Conference Championship game. But it's not just the best online sportsbooks where the gambling action is taking place. These are some rather unusual prop bets, though. A lot is riding on this game, and it all comes down to Tom 'The Goat' Brady and Pat 'The Arm-adillo' Mahomes. Or "the legend vs. the phenom" as former Cowboys QB Tony Romo dubbed it.
Let's have a look at some trends as seen on the top betting sites. The Pats are 7-1 SU and ATS in their last eight games as underdogs. And 8-4 SU in AFC championship games. As well as 5-3 SU as underdogs in the postseason under Bill Belichick. New England is also 7-3 SU in its last 10 versus Kansas City.
The naysayers will be quick to point out to the Pat's terrible on-the-road performance this season. As they are always quick to point out to New England's seeming flaws or shortcomings. They are also quick to forget these is Tom freakin Brady and Bill freakin Belichick we're talking about here. A restaurant would be the only venture at which those two could fail. Because they would only serve crow.
The Chiefs' defense was one of the worse defenses in the regular season, if not the worst. However, let us not overlook the fact the KC has allowed just 17.4 points per game this season. Including the playoffs.
Our Game Prediction: I was convinced the Pats would beat the Chargers straight-up but would not cover the point spread. I was only half right, but I should have been fully right. I gave the Bolts too much credit and had too little faith in the Patriots. Especially since the game was in Foxboro, where Tom Brady was lord and master for the 2018-19 season. Having said that, Kansas City was not, like New England, unbeatable at home. The Chiefs lost to none other than the Bolts 28-29 at Arrowhead Stadium in Week 15. KC was a 3.5-point home favorite in that one, per top betting sites. All things considered, feel free to fade the Pats, but do so at your own risk. I know I won't.


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Members of SouthStar Bank bring smiles to patients with free Build-A-Bear parties through the Star Warrior's Project at Texas Children's Hospital in the renowned Houston Medical Center. Over 200 free bears were distributed to children and families in the first three months of the Star Warriors Project operations. The Build-A-Bear Workshop booth is sponsored by SouthStar Bank and located inside the lobby of Wallace Tower each month. Children currently undergoing treatments in the Texas Children's Cancer and Hematology Centers are invited to build their own bear. The Star Warriors Project was created and funded by SouthStar Bank with hopes of bringing joy to the families, who without doubt, are going through tough times. The bank is excited to announce four additional party dates, once each month through the end of the year. Allyson Brown, project founder and SouthStar Bank Board Member, says, "I really want to bring joy to the children experiencing such adult pain and allow the Star in each child to shine bright." Each teddy bear is customized by the children; everything from their outfits, the hearts that go inside and even the recording that plays when you press the bear's paw. "Parents often times record a personal saying for their child to hear," says Shelley Barineau, Star Warriors Volunteer and Texas Children's Hospital Advisory Board Member. "It really makes the whole experience extra special." The next date for the Star Warriors Project is scheduled on September 13th in the lobby of Wallace Tower. To view more photos from the Star Warriors Project, visit Facebook.com/SouthStarBank.
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SouthStar Bank Awards $10,000 Community Reinvestment Grant to Hill Country Conservancy
SouthStar Bank today announced it has awarded a $10,000 community reinvestment grant to the Hill Country Conservancy. The group was one of five nominated for the award. The funds will be used to enhance and expand The Violet Crown Trail, the first regional trail system in Central Texas. After years of land acquisition and planning, the first segment is now open and the trail is on its way to becoming the longest urban trail in Central Texas. "The Violet Crown Trail is many things to many people: recreation, transportation, nature study, family, walking, biking and more. It is also a place for community service and appreciation of the Texas landscape our early settlers called home. This generous grant from SouthStar Bank will help connect people and places through the longest urban trail in the region." Heidi Cohn, Director of Development, Hill Country Conservancy. "As a true independent, Texas-based community bank we put the funds entrusted to us right back to work building our communities," said David Kapavik, President, SouthStar Bank. "Opportunities to reconnect with nature through protected, freely accessible lands are an important part of Austin's active outdoor lifestyle. We are honored to help expand this vital oasis for future generations to enjoy." In addition to traditional financial services, SouthStar Bank offers the latest conveniences such as online banking, and mobile banking with check capture. The bank specializes in mortgages, including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, VA and USDA loans. It also offers a unique bank-held mortgage program for qualified buyers with circumstances that prevent them from securing a loan through these traditional secondary markets. SouthStar Bank's Austin area footprint includes facilities in Leander, Round Rock, Bee Caves and South Austin. A branch under construction at FM 620 and Steiner Ranch Blvd. will open this fall. The bank stresses community involvement and personal relationships along with flexible, common-sense lending on mortgages, commercial real estate and construction.
by SouthStar Bank March 29, 2016
Texas Humane Heroes Receives $10,000 Community Reinvestment Grant From SouthStar Bank
SouthStar Bank today announced it has awarded its $10,000 Leander Community Reinvestment Grant to Texas Humane Heroes, one of five Leander-area service groups nominated for the cash award. The group plans to add ten specially designed above-ground kennels that promote healthy, happy pets while they await adoption into their forever homes. The recipient was selected by online voting open to the public. The other nominees included Leander Parks & Recreation, Hill Country Community Ministries (HCCM), Leander Educational Excellence Foundation (LEEF), and the Open My World Therapeutic Riding Center. Each of the runners-up received a $1000 consolation prize. In addition to lending and traditional financial services, SouthStar brings the latest conveniences to its customers such as online banking, and mobile banking with check capture. SouthStar Bank specializes in mortgages, including a unique program for qualified buyers with special circumstances that prevent them from securing a loan through traditional secondary markets like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. SouthStar Bank's Austin area footprint includes facilities in Leander, Round Rock, Bee Caves and South Austin. A branch under construction at FM 620 and Steiner Ranch Blvd. will open this fall. Planning is underway for a facility in Georgetown. The bank stresses community involvement and personal relationships along with flexible, common-sense lending on mortgages, commercial real estate and construction.


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