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The Cuba UFO Files - An Interview with Orestes Girbau
From Inexplicata
By Debora Goldstern
Crónica Subterránea
This interview brings to a close the cycle of reports for the year 2009, published throughout the year in Crónica Subterránea, where little-heard-from voices found a place at our site, and which will continue next year, God willing. In this instance, readers of our blog will gain firsthand knowledge of the state of Ufology in Cuba, guided by one of its foremost exponents, Orestes Girbau Collado, who has been performing the task with great merit.
We shall discuss not only the latest developments in the subject of UFOs, but also in their mysterious occupants, popularly known as "humanoids" - one of our guest's specialties - and look into some archaeological discoveries made in Cuba that we make known today in an exclusive for Crónica Subterránea.
DG: Although you're acknowledged as one of the best UFO researchers by his peers, Orestes Girbau Collado keeps a low profile and not much is known of his work, rich in suggestive details on events that tend to have Cuba as a protagonist. And my first question is: How did Orestes get started in ufology?
OG: First and foremost I'd like to thank you for this interview in your wonderful site, which has fulfilled the expectations of those seeking on the various enigmas of the past and the present. My story begins at the age of 6, when I lived in a rural community in Ciego de Avila. In the afternoon I would sit on the porch with my maternal grandmother to hear her stories -- she was a correspondent for the Diario de la Marina. The opposition of the planet Mars was approaching (1956) and at one point I thought to ask her about the V-shaped formation of certain birds at twilight. She immediately offered an explanation, adding that flying saucers from the planet Mars had been observed flying similar formations. That gave rise to my interest, enthusiasm and restless approach to the phenomenon, which endures to this very day. Until age 15 I compiled a variety of information on the subject. I remember acquiring my first book, a work by retired Major Donald Keyhoe entitled "Flying Saucers from Other Worlds", and in September 1957 I saw a strange cylindrical object for the first time, flying across the sky at high speed. Up to 1965 I collected scrapbooks with news items about UFOs. It was that year that a worldwide flap of sightings took place, with the ones of the Argentinean, Chilean and British bases in the Antarctic being particularly significant. I was also impressed by the fact that the object had been caught on film. At that time, I was living in the city of Matanzas and was becoming involved with other young students and older people interested in the subject, and whose beliefs were similar to mine regarding the plurality of inhabited worlds and extraterrestrial visitations. That time period was highly stimulating and decisive for my future path, learning about the informative work of Mr. Oscar Hurtado, the father of Cuban ufology, a journalist and advocate of UFO-ET reality. I owe a great deal to this illustrious figure in Cuban literature. Between 1973 and 1982 I was linked to a number of amateur astronomy groups, creating a UFO section and becoming something more than just a collector of extraterrestrial data, since the amount of reports worldwide caused us to feel, in fact, a greater awareness of the situation and its likely implications. My efforts at the time prompted me to build a 5-inch refractor telescope, which to this day remains the largest in our province. In 1984, the Theosophical Society asked me to hold the first UFO lecture I ever presented, dealing with such aspects as alien settlements that may have been established within our solar system with the purpose of visiting us.
At that time, the influence of my investigative approach in UFO research was becoming known both in France and in the former USSR, which served as an investigative lodestone. In April 1985, and as a result of a memorable sighting in the Soviet Union, the Gener y del Monde Provincial Library in Matanzas extended an invitation to organize public events aimed at discussing subjects pertaining to the UFO mystery, contact in ancient times, parapsychology, etc. This is how the Círculo Albert Einstein came about, which I preside, and which remains active nearly a quarter century later. It should be noted that during this time period we carried out several informative programs, a total of 162 sessions, some of the classified as unique. Inspired by this initiative and thanks to the assistance of many friends, the Círculo grew to some 200 members in 1989. Many interesting events that occurred later are testament to its creativity. In October 1989 I was asked to give a Master Conference entitled "OVNI: ayer, hoy y mañana" (UFOs: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow) within the framework of a scientific conference (Geociencias '89) held at the Varadero summer resort. This was the first time such an activity had taken place in our archipelago. As from 1988 I collaborated with the "Yumurí" weekly and the "Girón" provincial newspaper and from '90 to'95, I contributed to a 20-minute weekly radio show on the Radio 26 provincial network.
Then came October 1995. On the 15th of that month, the [UFO] landing at Torrientes, Matanzas, took place, opening a new stage in the case histories and kicking off new horizons for Cuban researchers. The following year (1996), filmmakers Octavio Cortázar and Hugo Parrados asked me to help with a major project – a documentary aimed at chronicling the thorny subject of unidentified aerial presences over some Cuban provinces. This is how "OVNIS: ¿En Cuba?" (UFOs in Cuba?) came about. It even went on to win an award at the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile.
On 21 April 1997, 13 colleagues from Matanzas established PIFAAM (Proyecto In vestigación de Fenómenos Anómalos Aéreos en Matanzas – Aerial Anomalous Phenomenon Research Project in Matanzas), which I presided until June 2003. I had about 20 field research cases to my name at the moment, and up to that point, I'd had the privilege of reading some 100 specialized works. Following several contacts and meetings with colleagues from several provinces, we reached the conclusion that we had to do the unthinkable: set in motion the legal transactions to create the Asociación Cubana de Ufología (A.C.U. – Cuban Ufology Association). So on November 14, 1998 we established the Comité Gestor Nacional de la A.C.U. in Havana at the site of the Cuban Meteorology Society, presided by acknowledged ufologist and physicist Enrique Pérez Gutiérrez. After 11 years of transactions, an infinity of events at such institutions as the José Martí National Library or the Rubén Martínez Villena Public Library, and at the Academy of Sciences itself, we had a multi-disciplinary membership of 157 colleagues in 7 provinces and our own Bylaws, organizational structure and code of ethics, and things keep us as though it was the first day. I should mention the large number of attendees at our events, ranging between 100 and 200 people at times. I collaborated with the OvnisCuba website between 2002 and 2005.
Between 2000 and the present I have contributed to "Signos" magazine from Villa Clara, which published a full number devoted to UFOs, and to h my friend and colleague Dr. Jorge R. Bermúdez's book "Ovnilogía Cubana" (Cuban Ufology). During that time, I collaborated with the "1861" magazine, the publication of the Matanzas Speleological Committee, on works related to certain ancestral Pre-Columbian enigmas. I've also delved into meteorological subjects in the "Humedal" newspaper (I've worked as a specialist in forecasting for the Matanzas Meteorological Institute for 22 years now), participating in several activities sponsored by the Cuban Speleological Society, reading a paper at an International Congress on Prehistoric Art in the year 2008.
As of July 2005 I had the privilege of being asked to contribute to the Asociacion Forteana Latinoamericana in Argentina, thanks to kindness of its director, Fabio Picasso, and the support given by another good friend, Liliana Núñez from Chile. I'm eternally grateful to both. I still have some time left at the helm of the Comité Gestor. I'm not sure if we'll achieve our goal, which remains one of our dreams. We can envision it, but we're neither fortune-tellers nor mages. Those who have faith in us can be convinced that Cuban ufology is alive and well. I'm currently finalizing details to complete a monograph on UFOs in the province of Matanzas, will be finalizing a documentary script and hope to complete a specialized literary work.
Discussing ufology in Cuba today is to venture into an exciting field, as regards both case histories and quality of research, placing the country in a privileged position in the subject. With this context in mind, it isn't surprising to find detailed studies, proving that one can become involved with ufology "without dying in the effort."
Serious ufology can be performed by any serious researcher who is willing to avoid confusion or manipulation. I don't think that our ufology is more emotionally interesting than what is done by Latin American brethren or from other latitudes. We have had verified experiences and/or indirect evidence, like anyone else. Close encounters, manifestation of prints on the ground, photos, videos, detections, teleportation's, disappearances, bedroom visitations, USOs… we have a rich history of events in respective dossiers. Literature, folklore and art – among other cultural manifestations – have complemented the field as they have in the rest of the continent. I strongly defend this point, since in my opinion, ufology is an (emerging) science that requires all cultural and scientific currents to serve both science and culture at the right time, with its new approach to research. The Nazca Lines required – or suggest – a higher technique, and are one of the cultural manifestations that have received most attention. A genuine cattle mutilation leaves a researcher flabbergasted, but at the same time, the meticulous use of technology applied on the animal represents a work of art, when we think of the fact that there are no tell-tale signs of confrontations between the victim animal and its obsessive aggressors. Can someone not consider crop circles and their perplexity the leave in their wake as a work of art?
Nonetheless, there are unquestionable aspects that make a difference: all groups and independent or "lone" researchers (as we call them, since they aren't committed to any of our organizations, while remaining a very active component within the whole of the Comité Gestor), are united around the Committee, which isn't so common in other countries. There is a plurality of interests.
DG: Humanoid cases occupy a special place in your reports. These entities are generally defined as UFO crewmen. Is this association valid, or should the term be redefined?
OG: When I became Vice-President of the Committee, Prof. Enrique Pérez assigned me the task of dealing with cases involving humanoids in Cuba. At the time I barely had 7 files in my hands. I prefer to classify them into four categories: humanoids, paraphysical entities, animal-like creatures and androids. Cloned entities are another plausible variant, but I'll set that aside for the moment. Today, with the development of nanotechnology, we can understand that higher intelligences must first use exploratory probes, then vehicles that can go unnoticed, and finally, promote their exploration agenda gradually. A little common sense would indicate that they come to us with an advanced technology, but not one that is greater than we Earthlings will have before the 21st century is over. I should add that we could well be visited by the inhabitants of a single planet and not fifty or a hundred, as is commonly believed. I assumed this belief before the French COMETA report became known: If interstellar distances are an obstacle to vessels that have been able to dominate antigravity or travel by using magnetic lines between heavenly bodies, or interstellar electrical currents, and if on the other hand, the existence of other dimensions are pure science fiction along with hyperspatial or time-space travel, Atlantis is a myth and the solid objects that flew in the atmosphere prior to the Arnold sighting as far back as 1897 are little but sensationalist charades, to what can we ascribe the thousands of experiences reported to which no explanation of any kind can be found? I think, number one, that they can visit us by using mechanisms that take advantage of powerful energy in space, discovered by the beings who pilot such advanced technology, achieving speeds that cannot be conceived by the most creative minds, all thanks to those rivers of energy. Number two, it isn't necessary to invoke visitors from beyond the solar system – they may have been concealed for a long time in one of the planets of our won, waiting for the right time. Number three, the space visitors may be closer to the terrestrial community than the great mass of humanity is able to imagine.
If we redefine the foregoing, this would cause a tendency to judge certain values that most of humanity believes in and respects, and to which it devotes its time, welfare and its very existence. If a substantial part of close encounters are nothing more than the product of terrestrial technology, this would represent a disquieting variable, considering the straight-line turns at 90 degree angles, and the thrust they employ when disappearing almost instantly before the witness and the radar. There is talk of symbiotic ships and this possibility is approached none-too-subtly in the documentary on the Roswell autopsy. Does anyone know why? Anyone aware of the life, work and personal experiences of the American child prodigy David Adair will realize that there's something fishy going on. In his interviews, reports and statements he says he has seen and touched aerial devices in bases located in his country, and which could not have been built by Earthlings. Adair says that these spaceships respond to touch and the mood of those who come in to contact with them. Well, he believes the same thing – designing and building this aerospace technology is impossible for humans, and he reiterates that they are symbiotic UFOs. Making comparisons, we notice a captivating detail in the laboratory of French scientist Jean Louis Naudin. He tests advanced aircraft design, small and large, resembling disks. When compared with the research, experiments and developments concealed at the heart of Area 51, such a story would not withstand the scrutiny of knowledgeable people. However, the number of developments to be found in a lab as futuristic as Naudin's are fascinating. The statistical data we handle provide us with invaluable information. As naysayers are quick to say, only one per cent of the total number of UFO reports may be of value, but their alien provenance is only a slight possibility. If the number of reports is intensifying, we must assume that the 1% represents thousands of sightings, It is necessary to keep this in mind when making a priori judgments.
According to witnesses, winged humanoids, Adamski-type characters and visitors of short stature have been reported in Cuba. We have also had those whose characteristics are reminiscent to more than a few historic cases, due to their clothing and helmets. When these occupants are mentioned, I believe it fitting to mention robots programmed within the craft, or perhaps guided remotely from a probe hidden in the solar system, invisible to humans. In my work "El Principe Negro" (The Black Prince) I try to acknowledge the probe (or probes) around us, fulfilling their hypothetical missions with the required precision. But this clearly falls within thought processes based on chance data arising from unlikely sources, as speculative as they are logical. Since my strong point is the study of UFOs through the human technological process, I look for technological, chronological and statistical relationships that suggest that at least one alien race has visited us – is still visiting us – over the past 150 years. I am not averse to believing in various types of aliens. It is possible. What I am trying to say here and now is that they hail from a material, three-dimensional world, using forces unimaginable to present-day humans, and without straying too far, stressing the fact they could be different races from the same world, employing androids for various reasons, and whose aesthetics change according to their needs. It isn't the same thing to see an entity in our likeness with wings than another humanoid with a robotic aspect and superimposed wings, or other cloned beings (that can only be conceived in a laboratory) with a similar structure. The Mothman isn't like the "angels" that Lot invited into his home to drink wine. However, there could have been a religious relationship, if we add wings to those envoys from on high, which aren't always Nordic-looking. Aren't the Chinese going to the Moon in coming years? If Selenites existed, and happened to see one of them, they would compare him to others who consider landing, or have landed on the Moon in the past. Russians, Americans or Germans arriving there would be distinguished from the Chinese by the hue of their skin and the characteristics of their eyes, and all of them by their various languages, national emblems, suits and spaceship types. The same would happen to an astronaut of African origin. As you can see, there are certain parts that can be matched.
At the dawn of history, UFOs were understood as a factor that belonged within the "extraterrestrial" subject. This perspective was subsequently restructured, and the "UFO" acquired a more proximate origin, giving rise to even more questions, and to greater resistance among experts, since the implications of an interdimensional link are still not accepted.
I believe that the greatest resistance comes from researchers, arising from the excessive trust in the intentions of that one per cent of genuine ET cases. Facts are sometimes underestimated, since we are unable to reason with another type of logic, given that human nature is easily conditionable and presents unequal levels of spirituality. The prototypical UFO occupant is either overly peaceful, highly indifferent or extremely dangerous. The ones that come to save us represent a new age, and take away the past sins of this unfinished absurdity, the unending horror that Millennial mythology has brought along with it. To me – and hovering on the edges of the implausible – this interstellar race respects free will. Mine and that of others. They aren't gods, although they've had to play that difficult role. It becomes hard to me to imagine how hard it must be for cosmic intelligences – out of respect and formal commitment toward the freedom of human beings and their normal evolution – to keep from altering anything with procedures that it would find atavistic, and whose most lurid example can be seen in the so-called implants, which can be as thick as a hair, inducing visual and auditory hallucinations in people.
Now then, let us say that these groups have been on Earth for a while, possess this mind-bending technology, are able to defy the restrictions and laws of gravity, and are in league with powerful ultraterrestrial forces or simply with EBEs. What group that isn't under the military yoke of some great power can be so bold, and where would it settle on this planet? But since everything seems possible in this world, let's give them the benefit of doubt and say that this group is located in another dimension (or in Hell), but they would no longer be Earthlings. Much less angels.
DG: But let's go back to Cuba. Is there any recurring pattern on the island, within the UFO phenomenon?
It wasn't until 1989 that sightings were on the rise. The months of October-December 1995 were highly significant, due to the unprecedented wave of sightings in several provinces, with accepted territorial patterns: the southern reaches of the Havana provinces, the provinces of Matanzas, Camaguey, Cienfuegos and Sancti Spiritus. Unidentified objects are frequent in this area, with a dozen of events made known by our country's press becoming notorious.
In the summer of '68, October of '73 and January '89, they were seen respectively to the south of Havana, to the north of the Capital and in what we call today Youth Island. What we have called the "Damaso Case" occurred in the Spring of 2003. This singular abduction and teleportation case kept many Cuban ufologists in check. In the Eastern region you find the legendary "luz de Yara" (Yara Light) – a source of controversy nowadays, and which has existed in remote areas for centuries, and was the subject of research by Carlos Heredero for a long time. I need them to find the similarities between the dates covered, and the models that lead to their relationship with peak moments in worldwide flaps.
I should say that Matanzas has had some exclusives: let's say that the first photo of a UFO was taken as it flew over the city in July 1952 – does this month and year sound familiar to you? We also had the same sighting of a USO emerging in broad daylight from the depths of our Bay on 5 July 1959. Also strange was the first landing and emergence of a ufonaut from its flying machine near the town of Torriente in southern Matanzas. All moving pictures of anomalous cases in our files were recorded in this territory. The first telepathic contact, and the only [UFO] crash we are aware of [also occurred here].
DG: Aside from your interests as a ufologist, you delved into the study of vanished American civilizations prior to the arrival of Columbus. While little information ever comes to light, every so often we hear of discoveries in Cuba that testify to this unknown past.
OG: I am linked with the members of the former Sociedad Epigrafica de Cuba (SOEC – Cuban Epigraphy Society), sharing in their triumphs and discoveries, which transformed Pre-Colombian history from one day to the other, with such solid archaeological and epigraphical evidence that their specialists, presided by Georgeos Diaz Montexano, had a significant informative career in an off the island between 1989 and 1994. I witnessed how the U.S. Epigraphic Society and even the wife of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl, acting in his name, acknowledged those outstanding events firsthand. They were promoted and supported by the Círculo Albert Einstein from their inception. Belonging to another speleo-archaeological group was useful to me. It encouraged me to acquire and share a diversity of knowledge, such as archaeology and ancient history. The tempting discovery of an alleged city sunken beneath the waters of Guanahacabibes, Pinar del Rio, bolstered my thoughts on the multiplicity of ancient enigmas in the Caribbean region, particularly in Cuba. The foregoing has made me take advantage – objectively speaking – of the notion of Paleocontact in Cuba, the existence of profound archaeological enigmas in our aboriginal culture. A theory based on outstanding arguments, and not sufficiently pseudo-scientific to be dismissed. There is also the unequivocal sign of an extracontinental presence in the largest island of the Antilles. Paleocontact (or contact through stone) has found Lic. Carlos A. Garcia among its greatest proponents. He has performed serious analyses of cave art on the walls and ceilings of some Cuban cave. He explains that there are samples of art whose three-dimensional projection can be interpreted hypothetically as prehistoric machinery. As we all know, it would be unlikely, unless there was further circumstantial or causal evidence that could be corroborated from our present knowledge.
A distant culture, if one did indeed flourish, could have been located in Mega, the sunken city, which is at the heart of discussions that will bear fruit at some point in the future. The studies published by Cuban scientific researcher Manuel Iturralde offer some clarification, but are far from conclusive. The enigma persists.
Among the mysteries that are a source for doubt and propel the debate we find Baya Manaco, one of the deities of the Cuban native pantheon. It has been feverishly studied by Dr. Thelvia Marin. The statuette is impressive by its peculiar structure and its outstanding appearance, which predisposes some – from an esoteric perspective – to see in it a character similar to the Japanese figurines, that is to say, an astronaut. Geographer Leonel Pérez and I have looked into an aboriginal spheroid that displays concentric circles on each pole. If the native culture that crafted these spheres did not belong to the same one responsible for the cave art, how was it done? Their separation, one from another, has the same width. I'm just showing you an insignificant fraction of the mysteries held by this ceremonial artifact. As far as epigraphy goes, the expectations created in the 1990s were never surpassed, and I must admit it. Valuable pieces and clues still await us. Edilio Estupiñan, my colleague – also a member of PIFAAM – died a year ago and Mr. Díaz Montexano, who acted as president of the then-operational but unformalized SOEC, currently lives in Spain, where he has stood out for years due to his ceaseless research endeavors. In recent times, he believes he has discovered analogies between the representation of an ancient figurine, found in the interior of our own province, and a deity from ancient Mexico. I am referring to the god Tezcatlipoca. Should a broader effort be made – undertaking a greater on-site gathering of information – with Mexican archaeologists, many outstanding elements that imply wide transculturation between North America and the Caribbean might emerge. This diffusionism would cover areas of Western Cuba, where information supporting the possibility has been gleaned.
DG: One final and compulsory question. What are Orestes Girbau's recommendations to researchers taking their first steps in ufology?
I would advise the fourth generation of Latin American researchers, among other things, to be yourselves and follow the voice of your own conscience. Collaborate positively with each other, applying the standard of optimism. Aliens exist, and those who would conceal this reality for whatever reason also persist. Also be aware that the larger part of public opinion (despite having access to books, magazines, newspapers, videos and other documents) passively accepts any statement as fact, no matter how gross it may seem. Do not allow yourselves to be dismissed as fanatics: if you develop a ufology with the required maturity, you may slow them down, yet never stop them. You must never allow yourselves to be tagged as "fanatics". Bear in mind that according to Blázquez, in his Diccionario de las Ciencias Humanas (Dictionary of Human Sciences), the characteristics of fanaticism are: stubbornness, recalcitrance, dogmatism, ideological radicalization, aggressive intolerance, rigidity and the inability to understand and engage in dialogue, and the distortion of reality. You can see the negativity that you can eliminate from yourselves, or the element negatives in others that you must ward against. Keep in mind that understanding and love for a cause are stronger than the pride of disinformers. You dream, like the rest of us, with the crucial official encounter between beings of the cosmos and humans. This contact may also be delayed, because there must first be contact among ourselves. No one must undermine or destroy our dreams, which are sacred, as the truth we seek comes from the common source of all truths. Know that the future belongs to you and is impossible without you. Giordano Bruno and other medieval thinkers believed that the horrible world in which they lived was the only reality for an irrevocable future. Let us learn from history.
DG: Orestes Girbau Collado, many thanks!
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Sean and the scintillating six.
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Whoever can select the right answer will win money: the amount depends on how long it takes to answer the question. A potential £1000 is possible for an answer in zero seconds, but the money falls to nothing in just ten seconds. With timing done to the hundredth of a second, players can win precise amounts of money – £641 is a reasonable result for one question. Just three questions in this round, so it's over before we get the chance to be bored.
Whoever's got the most money from the first round plays first in the "Head to Head" round. They're also able to pick their opponent, and the first of two categories – for instance, "European flags" or "World landmarks". Something will be shown to each player in turn, and their job is to identify it. The "something" might be a picture of a famous landmark. It might be an anagram of a fruit, or an author's name with a word missing, or some basic maths.
The players stand at opposite ends of the video floor, and bat the bar between them. The first player to make an error, or who fails to respond in time, will lose that category. Whoever loses three categories also loses their place in the game, and hands over all their money to their opponent.
There's an added complication: the players are only allowed to respond when the bar is in their half of the floor. This is a very short time – perhaps five seconds when the round starts, little more than two seconds later on. But the questions get harder as the round goes on.
After a winner's been found from the first pair, that player stands behind the other desk, to the right of the set. The loser is dismissed into shadow with a curt "you've been beaten by the bar".
The highest-scoring player remaining from Fast Cash picks their opponent, and the next pair perform, and the final pair are also reduced to a single player.
Three players remain in the game. A second round of Fast Cash allows the players to add more money to their banks – this time, five questions are asked, again with four answers. The player with most money takes an advantage into Stop the Bar.
This fourth round is a three-way time game. The player in the lead gets the full length of the bar – about 30 seconds. Whoever's in second place has a three-second penalty, and the player in third gets a six-second handicap.
In each question, the contestants see three options, and their bar starts as soon as they see the clue. Only one of the options meets the clue, and the players are asked to find that option. Their personal bar will stop as soon as they lock in, but an incorrect answer will cost two seconds from their clock. Players are out as soon as their bar rebounds to them, and the last player standing wins.
Don't let your mind go blanc.
The daily winner takes on Beat the Bar for the cash everyone has won. Here, the winner picks a category from six options, and is then asked some questions. A correct answer allows them to advance along the floor. After five correct answers, the player will stop. So will the bar, which started at the opposite end and has been advancing towards them at a constant rate.
The player chooses a second category for the next round, and the questioning resumes. So does the bar. After five correct answers, player and bar stop, and a third category is picked. Eventually, the bar will reach the end, and will rebound towards the player, hoping to catch them from behind. Can the player outrun the bar? Will they give fifteen correct answers and reach safety, or will the bar crush them from behind?
This is an outstanding final game, tense and swift, victory and defeat are always in the player's grasp. A pursuit to remain alive is familiar from The Chase, except here the player actually moves along a real playing surface. There's plenty of show in this game show, and it ends with a fabulous final round.
Five questions in, and it's looking good...
There were some slight quibbles with the show - "Stop the Bar" tended to be an anticlimax, and Sean's scripted line didn't gel with his cheery and breezy personality. The host has to give right answers after the final, which saps the emotional climax. But these were tweaks that could be polished up in a second series.
Catchphrases
"You've been beaten by the bar."
For you, it's Lights Out!
Devised by: Danny Moody, Ryan Davies, Joe Evans, Jamie Fisher, Matt Floyd
Rage Music
Inspired by the bleep test used by athletes, apparently.
The first series aired at 5pm, as summer replacement for The Chase alongside Freeze Out in August 2015 to test out new quiz formats. It was recommissioned for a second series and aired at 3pm, going head to head with the final batch of Deal or No Deal episodes.
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Q: Transforming shapefile to WGS:84 (EPSG: 4326) in QGIS? I received several shapefiles from an colleague that he told me is in WGS:84. If I look at the metadata in Qgis it tells me the following:
In layer spatial reference system units
xMin,yMin 3572722.82,5453423.31 : xMax,yMax 3582448.25,5462926.22
Layer Spatial Reference System
+proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs

Now when I try to save it in another projection say WGS:84 Pseudo Mercator (EPSG: 3857) it gives me the following:
 Export to vector file failed.
    Error: Failed to transform a point while drawing a feature with ID '1'. Writing stopped. (Exception: forward transform of
    (62425.896446, 95242.109906)
    PROJ.4: +proj=longlat +datum=WGS84 +no_defs +to +proj=merc +a=6378137 +b=6378137 +lat_ts=0.0 +lon_0=0.0 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0 +k=1.0 +units=m +nadgrids=@null +wktext  +no_defs
    Error: latitude or longitude exceeded limits)

A similar message is returned in R with the rgdal package. I suspect that the initial projection is somehow wrong.
Is it truly WGS84?
The problem occurs with all shapefiles.
ogrinfo -so

tells me:
INFO: Open of `XXX.shp'
      using driver `ESRI Shapefile' successful.
1: XXXABC (Polygon)

A: Your data seems not to be in WGS84, but in a metric system as you can see from the metadata you posted.
The xmin/ymin coordinates 3572722/5453423 have 7 digits both, while coordinates in WGS84 are much smaller (from -180 to 180 degrees).
If your coordinates would have 6 digits and 7 digits, it could be e.g. a UTM projection.
Furthermore, your first coordinate starts with a 3 and you said that your data is from south-east Germany, so my conclusion is, that your data is still projected in DHDN Gauss-Krüger 3 (EPSG 31467).
These coordinates in WGS 84 would be something like 12.2/49.8.
If, and only if, the layer currently has a wrong CRS assigned to its coordinate values: Right-click on the layer in the Layers list and choose Set Layer CRS. Then pick the appropriate CRS from the list or search with the filter.
To reproject your layer then to WGS84, you have to right-click, use Save As ... and click on Change... behind the current CRS to pick another one and then press OK to create a new copy of your data with that new CRS.
A little more info on your DHDN Gauss-Krüger 3 data:
This is a metric system, so the coordinates tell you the offset from a reference meridian in meters. Gauss-Krüger is divided in 3-degree zones, so your reference meridian for GK 3 is 3 * 3 = 9. Actually your offset from that meridian is ca. 72.7 km to the east, but in Gauss-Krüger 3 there are 500.000m added. -> 3 | 500000 + 72722 -> 3572722. The y-coordinate shows to norther offset from the equator as reference line in meters, so around 5423 km from there.

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Thank you, sweet Jean! I love Easter posts. So humbling and precious! Easter blessings to you!
Hi Lynn! You have some very powerful images here. And you must have a wonderful prayer life to reflect on the crucifixion in this way. I never really thought about the attitude of the men who would have driven the nails into the Lord…or the Lord's kind look to them. This really helps me to reflect on the Way of the Cross.
I don't know about that but I do know the Lord, as Creator, drops some vivid images into my head. So humbled it has touched your life. Thank you so much, dear Ceil! Easter blessings to you!
The ultimate definition of love! Thanks and praise to Jesus! Another beautifully written post, Lynn.
Your kind words bless this ol' heart! Thank you, sweet Jamie! Easter blessings to you!
← Along the Way ← What Brings You to the Cross?


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Skoczogonki (Collembola) – gromada, podgromada lub rząd stawonogów z grupy sześcionogów. Do 2019 roku opisano ich 9394 gatunków, z których w Polsce stwierdzono około 470. Rzeczywista różnorodność tej grupy jest jednak zdecydowanie większa, może nawet przekraczać 50 tysięcy gatunków.

Budowa i biologia
Skoczogonki występują w środowisku wodnym i lądowym. Nie mają skrzydeł (pierwotnie bezskrzydłe). Wydłużone ciało o różnorodnym ubarwieniu, długości kilku milimetrów, zwykle bez oczu, czułki 4-6-członowe i 6-segmentowy odwłok. Aparat gębowy gryzący lub kłująco-ssący. Gatunki skaczące posiadają na odwłoku tzw. widełki skokowe i hamowidło. Pierwszy segment odwłokowy jest zaopatrzony na stronie brzusznej w rurkowatą przysadkę, zwaną cewką brzuszną. Może ona nabrzmiewać na wierzchołku i służyć jako przylga dla przytwierdzenia się do podłoża. Brak wieloczłonowych przysadek odwłokowych, zamiast nich czasami są krótkie, pazurkowate wyrostki na wierzchołku odwłoka. Gatunki nieskaczące są pozbawione widełek i zaszczepki, czyli hamowidła.
Stopy są 1-członowe. Rozwój przebiega bez przeobrażenia.

Występują licznie w różnych wilgotnych środowiskach, we wszystkich typach gleb, ściółce leśnej, mchu, a nawet na śniegu. Odżywiają się martwą materią organiczną lub roślinami, przyczyniając się do rozwoju mikroflory glebowej. Wiele gatunków jest szkodnikami upraw szklarniowych.

Skamieniałości najstarszego znanego skoczogonka (Rhyniella precursor) znalezione zostały w dolnodewońskim stanowisku paleontologicznym Rhynie Chert w Szkocji.

Systematyka

Pozycja wśród sześcionogów

Ranga
W zależności od przyjętej systematyki skoczogonkom nadaje się różną rangę. W tradycyjnych systemach włączano skoczogonki w obręb owadów do podgromady owadów pierwotnie bezskrzydłych i wówczas miały one rangę rzędu. Ewentualnie nadawano owadom bezskrzydłym wyższą rangę, a skoczogonki umieszczano w monotypowej podgromadzie Oligoentomata w ich obrębie. Późniejsze prace wykazały parafiletyzm tak definiowanych owadów bezskrzydłych, a skoczogonki wraz z widłogonkami i pierwogonkami zaczęto umieszczać w grupie skrytoszczękich. Grupie tej bardziej tradycyjnie nadawano rangę podgromady w obrębie owadów (wówczas skoczogonki miały rangę rzędu) lub rangę gromady w obrębie sześcionogów (wówczas skoczogonkom daje się rangę rzędu lub podgromady). Wśród współczesnych systematyków dominuje jednak nadawanie skoczogonkom rangi gromady w obrębie podtypu sześcionogów. Ma to związek z faktem, że skrytoszczękie mogą być taksonem parafiletycznym, w szczególności część analiz filogenetycznych rozpoznaje widłogonki jako bliższe owadom niż skoczogonkom i pierwogonkom.

Filogeneza

Relacje pokrewieństwa pomiędzy poszczególnymi gromadami sześcionogów nie zostały jednoznacznie rozpracowane. Współczesne molekularne analizy filogenetyczne wskazują na jedną z dwóch opcji. Według pierwszej skoczogonki są grupą siostrzaną dla kladu obejmującego pierwogonki i widłogonki i wraz z nimi formują klad skrytoszczękich, zajmujący z kolei siostrzaną pozycję względem owadów (jawnoszczękich). Takie wyniki otrzymał m.in. zespół Luan Y. w 2005 roku. Według drugiej opcji skoczogonki zajmują pozycję siostrzaną względem pierwogonków, formując z nimi klad Ellipura, natomiast widłogonki zajmują pozycję siostrzaną względem owadów, tworząc z nimi klad Cercophora. Takie wyniki otrzymał m.in. zespół Karla Kjera w 2016 roku. W przypadku obu tych hipotez znaleźć można dowody morfologiczne świadczące na ich korzyść.

Hipoteza historyczna, jakoby skoczogonki w ogóle nie należały do sześcionogów jest odrzucana przez współczesne analizy filogenomiczne.

Podział systematyczny
Tradycyjnie do skoczogonków zaliczano dwa podrzędy: wolnopierścieniowe (Arthropleona) i zrosłopierścieniowe (Symphypleona), później wyróżniono również Neelipleona, jednak nie wszyscy taksonomowie zgadzali się z taką interpretacją. W niektórych klasyfikacjach wyróżniano Entomobryomorpha, Neelipleona, Poduromorpha i Symphypleona, w innych Entomobryomorpha i Poduromorpha uznawano za podgrupy wewnątrz Arthropleona. W analizach filogenetycznych przeprowadzonych przez Haesego (2002) oraz Luana i współpracowników (2005) grupa Symphypleona była parafiletyczna. U Haesego parafiletyczne były również Entobryomorpha, zaś monofiletyczne – Poduromorpha, podczas gdy w analizach Luanga i in. monofiletyczne były zarówno Entobryomorpha, jak i Poduromorpha (a tym samym również Arthropleona jako całość). Wyniki analizy rybosomowego RNA 18S i 28S przeprowadzonej przez Gao i innych w 2008 wykazały, że zaliczane wcześniej do Symphypleona Neelidae stanowią bazalną linię ewolucyjną wśród współczesnych skoczogonków, stąd przywrócono do klasyfikacji Neelipleona. Analiza ta wykazała monofiletyzm nowo zdefiniowanych Symphypleona jak i pozostałych dwóch grup: Entomobryomorpha i Poduromorpha.

Współcześnie dzieli się więc skoczogonki na 4 grupy o randze rzędów (rzadziej podgromad lub podrzędów) i 32 rodziny:
 Poduromorpha Börner, 1913
 nadrodzina: Neanuroidea Börner, 1901
 rodzina: Neanuridae Börner, 1901 – mrowiaczki
 rodzina: Brachystomellidae Stach, 1949
 rodzina: Odontellidae Massoud, 1967
 nadrodzina: Poduroidea Latreille, 18045
 rodzina: Poduridae Latreille, 1804 – pchliczkowate
 nadrodzina: Hypogastruroidea Börner, 1906
 rodzina: Hypogastruridae Börner, 1906
 rodzina: Pachytullbergiidae Stach, 1954
 nadrodzina: Gulgastruroidea Lee & Thibaud, 1998
 rodzina: Gulgastruridae Lee & Thibaud, 1998
 nadrodzina: Onychiuroidea Lubbock, 1867
 rodzina: Paleotullbergiidae Deharveng, 2004
 rodzina: Onychiuridae Lubbock, 1867 – przyślepkowate
 rodzina: Tullbergiidae Bagnall, 1935
 nadrodzina: Isotogastruroidea Thibaud & Najt, 1992
 rodzina: Isotogastruridae Thibaud & Najt, 1992
 Entomobryomorpha Börner, 1913
 nadrodzina: Tomoceroidea Schäffer, 1896
 rodzina: Oncopoduridae Carl & Lebedinsky, 1905
 rodzina: Tomoceridae Schäffer, 1896 – łuśniczkowate
 nadrodzina: Isotomoidea Schäffer, 1896
 rodzina: Isotomidae Schäffer, 1896 – pchlicowate
 rodzina: Actaletidae Börner, 1902
 rodzina: †Protentomobryidae Folsom, 1937
 nadrodzina: Entomobryoidea Schäffer, 1896
 rodzina: Microfalculidae Massoud & Betsch, 1966
 rodzina: †Praentomobryidae Christiansen & Nascimbene, 2006
 rodzina: Entomobryidae Schäffer, 1896
 rodzina: Paronellidae Börner, 1913
 rodzina: †Oncobryidae Christiansen & Pike, 2002
 nadrodzina: Coenaletoidea Bellinger, 1985
 rodzina: Coenaletidae Bellinger, 1985
 Neelipleona Massoud, 1971
 rodzina: Neelidae Folsom, 1896
 Symphypleona Börner, 1901 – zrosłopierścieniowe
 nadrodzina: Sminthuridoidea Börner, 1906
 rodzina: Mackenziellidae Yosii, 1961
 rodzina: Sminthurididae Börner, 1906
 nadrodzina: Katiannoidea Börner, 1913
 rodzina: Katiannidae Börner, 1913
 rodzina: Spinothecidae Delamare Deboutteville, 1961
 rodzina: Arrhopalitidae Stach, 19569
 rodzina: Collophoridae Bretfeld, 1999
 nadrodzina: Sturmioidea Bretfeld, 1994
 rodzina: Sturmiidae Bretfeld, 1994
 nadrodzina: Sminthuroidea Lubbock, 1862
 rodzina: Sminthuridae Lubbock, 1862 – podskoczkowate
 rodzina: Bourletiellidae Börner, 1912
 nadrodzina: Dicyrtomoidea Börner, 1906
 rodzina: Dicyrtomidae Börner, 1906

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Q: Find element in array that matches selection and write to that row of the array The good news is I'm to the very last part of this project, the bad news is i can't figure it out. My program consist of two forms. The first form is only relevant at this moment because it is where I originally load the text file into a dictionary.
class SharedMethods
{
    public static void LoadDictionary(Dictionary<string, string> vendorPhones)
    {
        string currentLine;
        string[] fields = new string[2];
        StreamReader vendorReader = new StreamReader("Vendor.txt");

        while (vendorReader.EndOfStream == false)
        {
            currentLine = vendorReader.ReadLine();
            fields = currentLine.Split(',');

            vendorPhones.Add(fields[1], fields[6]);
            string[] name = { fields[1] };
            string[] phone = { fields[6] };
        }
        vendorReader.Close();
    }
}

Now the second form is what is important. This form is opened from the first form and allows the user to select a name from a combobox, and the phone number that belongs to that name is displayed in a text box. The user can then type in the text box to overwrite that name and click save to save it to a text file. My problem is I can't figure out how to get the writing function to find the selected name in the text and then write over the current phone element in that row. Here is my code for this form:
public partial class UpdateVendor : Form
{
    public UpdateVendor()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }

    public Dictionary<string, string> vendorPhones = new Dictionary<string, string>();

    private void UpdateVendor_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        SharedMethods.LoadDictionary(vendorPhones);
        foreach (string name in vendorPhones.Keys)
        {
            cboVendors.Items.Add(name);
        }
    }

    private void cboVendors_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        string selectedName = cboVendors.SelectedItem.ToString();
        string phone = vendorPhones[selectedName];
        txtPhone.Text = phone.ToString();
    }

    private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //SharedMethods.LoadDictionary(vendorPhones);
        //string selectedName = cboVendors.SelectedItem.ToString();
        //string newPhone;
        //newPhone = txtPhone.Text;

        //using (var sw = new StreamWriter("Vendors.txt"))
        //{

        //}
        // I've tried a lot of things but can't get any to work.

    }

Sorry if the code makes you cringe in disgust. I'm just learning code and I'm ecstatic that it works half the time.
To add, here is how the program looks when running:
Second form running

A: Try following :
            string selectedName = cboVendors.SelectedItem.ToString();
            string phone = vendorPhones[selectedName];
            if (vendorPhones.ContainsKey(selectedName))
            {
                vendorPhones[selectedName] = phone;
            }
            else
            {
                vendorPhones.Add(selectedName, phone);
            }

A: The problem here is that, because you are not capturing all the data when reading the file in the first place, you will have to be a little tricky about writing it back so that you don't lose any data.
What we can do is re-read the entire file back into an array, then search each line in the array for the one that contains our vendor and original phone number. When we find that line, update the phone number part to the new number. Then, write all the lines back to the file again
Here's one way to do it:
private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    // Grab the selected vendor name
    string selectedName = cboVendors.SelectedItem.ToString();

    // Grab the original phone number for this vendor
    string originalPhone = vendorPhones[selectedName];

    // Read all the file lines into an array:
    var fileLines = File.ReadAllLines("Vendor.txt");

    // Now we iterate over the file lines one by one, looking for a match
    for (int i = 0; i < fileLines.Length; i++)
    {
        // Break the line into parts to see if this line is the one we need to update
        string[] lineParts = fileLines[i].Split(',');
        string name = lineParts[1];
        string phone = lineParts[6];

        // Compare this line's name and phone with our originals
        if (name == selectedName && phone == originalPhone)
        {
            // It's a match, so we will update the phone number part of this line
            lineParts[6] = txtPhone.Text;

            // And then we join the parts back together and assign it to the line again
            fileLines[i] = string.Join(",", lineParts);

            // Now we can break out of the loop since we updated our vendor info
            break;
        }
    }

    // Finally, we can write all the lines back to the file
    File.WriteAllLines("Vendor.txt", fileLines);

    // May not be necessary, but if you're not reading back from the file right away
    // then update the dictionary with the new phone number for this vendor
    vendorPhones[selectedName] = txtPhone.Text;
}

Ideally, however, you would capture ALL the data when you read the file, and for each line in the file you would create a new Vendor object that had properties representing each comma-separated value. Then, these Vendor objects could be stored in a List<Vendor>. Now you have a collection of strongly typed objects that you can display and manipulate, and when you're all done you can just write them all back to the file in a similar manner.
But that wasn't your question, and it sounds like you may not be quite there yet...


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World's doctors: "Let us treat patients in Syria"
tags: #Doctors4Syria, armed violence, chemical weapons, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, IPPNW, Syria
[IPPNW Co-Presidents Ira Helfand, Robert Mtonga, and Tilman Ruff, former Co-President Sergey Kolesnikov, and a number of affiliate leaders have signed the following call for medical neutrality in Syria. Updates about the appeal can be followed on Twitter at #Doctors4Syria. The same hashtag can be used to comment on the appeal and to forward it to others.]
The conflict in Syria has led to what is arguably one of the world's worst humanitarian crisis since the end of the Cold War. An estimated 100,000 people have been killed[1] – most of them civilians – and many more have been wounded, tortured or abused. Millions have been driven from their homes; families have been divided; and entire communities torn apart. We must not let considerations of military intervention destroy our ability to focus on getting them help.
As doctors and medical professionals from around the world, the scale of this emergency leaves us horrified. We are appalled by the lack of access to health care for affected civilians, and by the deliberate targeting of medical facilities and personnel. It is our professional, ethical and moral duty to provide treatment and care to anyone in need. When we cannot do so personally, we are obliged to speak out in support of those who are risking their lives to provide life-saving assistance.
Systematic assaults on medical professionals, facilities, and patients are breaking Syria's health care system and making it nearly impossible for civilians to receive essential medical services. Thirty-seven percent of Syrian hospitals have been destroyed and a further twenty percent severely damaged. Makeshift clinics have become fully-fledged trauma centres struggling to cope with the injured and sick. An estimated 469 health workers are currently imprisoned[2] and around 15,000 doctors have been forced to flee abroad[3]. According to one report, there were 5,000 physicians in Aleppo before the conflict started, and only 36 remain[4].
The targeted attacks on medical facilities and personnel are deliberate and systematic, not an inevitable nor acceptable consequence of armed conflict. Such attacks are an unconscionable betrayal of the principle of medical neutrality.
The number of people requiring medical assistance is increasing exponentially, as a direct result of conflict and indirectly because of the deterioration of a once-sophisticated public health system and the lack of adequate curative and preventive care. Horrific injuries are going untended, women are giving birth with no medical assistance, men, women and children are undergoing life-saving surgery without anaesthetic and victims of sexual violence have nowhere to turn to.
The Syrian population is vulnerable to outbreaks of hepatitis, typhoid, cholera or dysentery[5]. The lack of medical pharmaceuticals has already exacerbated an outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis, a severe infectious skin disease that can cause serious disability, there has been an alarming increase in cases of acute diarrhoea[6], and in June aid agencies reported a measles epidemic sweeping through districts of northern Syria. In some areas, children born since the conflict started have had no vaccinations, meaning that conditions for an epidemic – which have no respect for national borders – are ripe.
With the Syrian health system at breaking point, patients battling chronic illnesses including cancer, diabetes, hypertension and heart disease and requiring long-term medical assistance have nowhere to turn for essential medical care.
The majority of medical assistance is being delivered by Syrian medical personnel but they are struggling in the face of massive need and dangerous conditions. Governmental restrictions, coupled with inflexibility and bureaucracy in the international aid system, is making things worse. As a result, large parts of Syria are completely cut off from any form of medical assistance.
Medical professionals are required to treat anyone in need to the best of their ability. Any wounded or sick person must be allowed access to medical treatment.
As doctors and health professionals we urgently demand that medical colleagues in Syria be allowed and supported to treat patients, save lives and alleviate suffering without the fear of attacks or reprisals.
To alleviate the impact on civilians of this conflict and of the deliberate attacks on the health care system, and to support our medical colleagues, we call on:
The Syrian Government and all armed parties to refrain from attacking hospitals, ambulances, medical facilities and supplies, health professionals and patients; and the Syrian government to allow access to treatment for any patient and hold perpetrators of such violations accountable according to internationally recognized legal standards;
All armed parties to respect the proper functions of medical professionals and medical neutrality by allowing medical professionals to treat anyone in need of medical care and not interfering with the proper operation of health care facilities;
Governments that support parties to this civil war should demand that all armed actors halt immediately attacks on medical personnel, facilities, patients, medical supplies and allow medical supplies and care to reach Syrians, whether crossing front lines or across Syria's borders;
The UN and international donors to increase support to Syrian medical networks, in both government and opposition areas, where, since the beginning of the conflict, health professionals have been risking their lives to provide essential services in an extremely hostile environment.
[1] Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General – http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23455760
[2] Violations documentation Centre – http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/24/world/middleeast/on-both-sides-in-syrian-war-doctors-are-often-the-target.html?pagewanted=all
[3] Tom Bollyky, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations – http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/05/syrian-attacks-on-health-care-system-terrorising-population/
[4] Joint Rapid Assessment of Northern Syria http://www.irinnews.org/pdf/aleppo_assessment_report.pdf
[5] WHO : http://www.emro.who.int/press-releases/2013/disease-epidemics-syria.html
[6] WHO – http://www.emro.who.int/press-releases/2013/disease-epidemics-syria.html
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Q: Average of multiple data frames in R having same column pattern I have multiple data frames or files which i would like to get the average of columns in each data-frame and write them back.
The pattern across all my dataframes. So this is how all my files are named their column header.
names(WGCNA_avg_gene)
 [1] "Family"    "Symbol"    "C1_S1_S7"  "C1_S3_S9"  "C2_S1_S10" "C2_S2_S11" "C3_S1_S13" "C3_S2_S14" "C3_S3_S15"
[10] "C4_S1_S16" "C4_S2_S17" "C4_S3_S18" "C5_S1_S19" "C5_S2_S20" "C5_S3_S21" "C6_S1_S22" "C6_S2_S23" "C6_S3_S24"

Now so far what im doing is this way
WGCNA_avg_gene  <- e %>% mutate(C1 = rowMeans(.[grep("C1", names(.))]),
                                C2 = rowMeans(.[grep("C2", names(.))]),
                                C3 = rowMeans(.[grep("C3", names(.))]),
                                C4 = rowMeans(.[grep("C4", names(.))]),
                                C5 = rowMeans(.[grep("C5", names(.))]),
                                C6 = rowMeans(.[grep("C6", names(.))]))

names(WGCNA_avg_gene)

one = WGCNA_avg_gene %>% select(Family,Symbol,C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6)
names(one)[2] = "Gene"

Im getting average of each data frame subletting it and then write back.
The steps which needs to be done after reading and what i understood is this.

*

*Read all the files from a folder

*Make them into a list.

*The use function into the list lappply perhaps.

But I can read the files and get a list but im not sure how to apply my above average which I'm calculating for individual data-frame into my list and do the same.
Any help would be really appreciated.

A: List all the files that you want to read with list.files, use lapply to read each one divide them into different groups based on column name and take mean of each one of them.
list_of_files <- list.files('csv/folder/',pattern = '\\.csv$', full.names = TRUE)

lapply(list_of_files, function(x) {
    tmp <- read.csv(x)
    t1 <- tmp[-(1:2)]
    cbind(tmp[1:2], sapply(split.default(t1,
          sub('_.*', '', names(t1))), rowMeans, na.rm = TRUE))
}) -> result

If you want to write the result back to a new dataframe for each file.
lapply(list_of_files, function(x) {
  tmp <- read.csv(x)
  t1 <- tmp[-(1:2)]
  result <- cbind(tmp[1:2], sapply(split.default(t1,
                   sub('_.*', '', names(t1))), rowMeans, na.rm = TRUE))
  write.csv(result, paste0('result_', basename(x)), row.names = FALSE)
})


Looks like you have to wear a lot of suits for work! I'm sure you love the Casual Friday aspect! But your suit outfits are still cute! Lucky for you.. suits look horrible on me!! I have a giveaway running right now & would love for you to enter it!
If you mean the black and grey combo, I'd say no. Med school interviews are probably a lot like job interviews and its best to play it safe and wear a matching suit. If you meant the black on black dress/blazer I'd say yes but I wouldn't roll the sleeves like I did. Congrats on your interviews and good luck!!
ah, sorry, I should have been clear. I did mean the black dress/black blazer combo :) I either need to buy a whole new suit (I really hate my current one and the pants are too short so I can only wear flats) or buy a blazer and heels so I have a professional dress and I feel I would get a lot more use out of those pieces.
I love this! I should start doing this so that I can show the outfits that don't make the full photo-shoot cut too! Love all these blazers - I need to wear the 4 I have more often so that I feel okay spending money on even more!!


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Death Stranding: Geoff Keighely Discusses Mysterious Online Multiplayer
Death Stranding's multiplayer is kind of like the pee mushroom.
byMatt Kim
Posted Aug. 21, 2019, 11:51 p.m.
At Gamescom, Hideo Kojima gave us the best look at Death Stranding so far. Maybe too good a look. Now, Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley spoke about what players can expect from Death Stranding when it is released, including some details about the mysterious multiplayer.
Speaking with IGN at Gamescom, Keighley talked about the multiplayer portion of Death Stranding that Kojima hasn't spoken too much about just yet. According to Keighley, the multiplayer portion really exemplifies the themes of "connection" that Kojima has talked about whenever discussing Death Stranding. Watch the interview in the video above.
"What he's doing with the online aspects of it, I think people aren't quite fully ready for what he's doing."
Keighley specifically mentioned the mushroom portion of the Gamescom demo. You know, when Norman Reedus' character Sam peed on it? Kojima mentioned during the press conference that if multiple players pee in the same spot, on the same mushroom, something will happen.
Keighley says this concept is the thing to focus on for the game's online portions. "You got to take that concept and think about how that applies to everything you do in the game, in this connected world and connecting people."
Will Death Stranding feature a passive multiplayer system where everyone can interact in a shared world? While Kojima hasn't confirmed anything just yet, it does seem like players will be able to interact with shared world markers, like say, a mushroom everyone can pee on. Don't worry though, you won't see Norman Reedus' junk while he's peeing.
Keighley will actually be in the game, or at least his likeness. "[Kojima] scanned me a couple years ago in San Diego, I had no idea what for," Keighley revealed. "He didn't tell me until a week or two ago, 'Oh, you're kind of in the game.'"
Keighley couldn't say what role his character will have in the game. In fact, he doesn't even voice his own likeness. That job falls to voice actor Matthew Mercer who revealed his new role to Keighley just recently at San Diego Comic Con.
For more on Death Stranding at Gamescom, check out what we know about Death Stranding so far, as well as a breakdown of an exclusive Gamescom Death Stranding trailer. Death Stranding will be released on PlayStation 4 November 8.
Matt Kim is a reporter for IGN. You can reach him on Twitter.
Release Date: Nov. 8, 2019
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Pc, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4
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While water is essential for life, a large share of bacterial life on earth is found on surfaces that are subjected to frequent drying events. Little is known about the surrounding microscale hydration conditions of different cell organizations (e.g. solitary and aggregated bacteria) on a drying surface, and how these conditions affects survival. One of the main research focuses of our lab is the life of bacteria on plant leaf surfaces. We recently revealed that microscopic droplets are formed around bacterial aggregates on a macroscopically dry surface at least partially due to deliquescence of salts. Deliquescent compounds are common on leaves (e.g. from aerosols) and were suggested to form thin liquid films and microdroplets during daytime as a result of the moderate relative humidity (RH) on the leaf surface. Notably, in our experiments, droplet size correlated with aggregate size, and cell survival was higher within larger droplets. We argue that bacteria can control their fate, at least to some degree, by modulating their self-organization on the surface, which in turn affect their microscale hydration conditions and consequently impact survival. Similar results were obtained with two different strains, Pseudomonas putida and P. fluorescens, suggesting this is not a species-specific phenomenon. The formation and retention of microdroplets around aggregates are likely central features of the leaf surface as a microbial habitat and key for bacterial survival on plant leaf surfaces.


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Being a spiritual brand, the team was very particular about not doing aggressive promotions. Hence the challenge was to build the brand in a creative and powerful way. The brand had a loyal offline following and their was a concern that their audience did not have a large online presence.
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Increased followers by organizing regular campaigns and contests.
Successfully converted followers into clients.
Interesting, Motivational and Inspiring Quotes to hike the engagement via Social media.
Call-to-action words are embedded to drive organic engagement (meaning more number of likes, shares and comments).
Three posts on Facebook, Twitter, Google +, Instagram, LinkedIn & Pinterest weekly.
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Private Facebook group created and moderated to create an online sacred space, and promoting greater community amongst followers.
Interactive questions and answers session once a week that we moderate.
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Change Path LLC purchased a new stake in EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:EOG) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 3,515 shares of the energy exploration company's stock, valued at approximately $307,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cornerstone Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of EOG Resources by 41.2% in the 3rd quarter. Cornerstone Advisors Inc. now owns 490 shares of the energy exploration company's stock worth $63,000 after purchasing an additional 143 shares during the period. Athena Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of EOG Resources in the 4th quarter worth approximately $46,000. Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of EOG Resources by 108.3% in the 4th quarter. Legacy Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 552 shares of the energy exploration company's stock worth $48,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of EOG Resources by 30.8% in the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 565 shares of the energy exploration company's stock worth $49,000 after purchasing an additional 133 shares during the period. Finally, Enlightenment Research LLC acquired a new position in shares of EOG Resources in the 4th quarter worth approximately $52,000. Institutional investors own 86.96% of the company's stock.
Shares of EOG stock opened at $88.85 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $51.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.04, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.27, a current ratio of 1.36 and a quick ratio of 1.13. EOG Resources Inc has a 12 month low of $82.04 and a 12 month high of $133.53.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 26th. The energy exploration company reported $1.24 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.34 by ($0.10). The business had revenue of $4.57 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.44 billion. EOG Resources had a net margin of 19.79% and a return on equity of 17.83%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 36.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.69 EPS. Analysts forecast that EOG Resources Inc will post 4.43 EPS for the current year.
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, April 15th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.99%. EOG Resources's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 15.88%.
EOG has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Credit Suisse Group upgraded shares of EOG Resources from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $128.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 16th. ValuEngine upgraded shares of EOG Resources from a "sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 20th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of EOG Resources from $133.00 to $118.00 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, November 20th. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of EOG Resources from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 22nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $133.00 price objective on shares of EOG Resources in a research note on Monday, December 3rd. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, nine have given a hold rating and sixteen have given a buy rating to the company. EOG Resources presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $123.68.
In other EOG Resources news, Director Frank G. Wisner sold 3,150 shares of EOG Resources stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $92.60, for a total transaction of $291,690.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 116,586 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $10,795,863.60. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Ezra Y. Yacob sold 2,388 shares of EOG Resources stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.77, for a total transaction of $235,862.76. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 45,424 shares in the company, valued at $4,486,528.48. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 6,834 shares of company stock valued at $640,668 in the last 90 days. 0.51% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.
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Many Albertans express confusion, frustration over COVID-19 emergency alert message
Mark Villani CTV News Calgary Video Journalist
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Published Saturday, May 1, 2021 3:03PM MDT Last Updated Saturday, May 1, 2021 6:46PM MDT
CALGARY -- Karine Betts was enjoying an early afternoon with her children at her rural home on Friday when suddenly her phone sounded off with an emergency alert.
"My kids were terrified," she said. "I read the message and instantly I was just livid because my kids were upset and I had to tell them it was the exact same thing we've been hearing for the past 13 months."
Betts, like hundreds of thousands of others, received the same emergency alert message shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, to inform Albertans of the latest COVID-19 restrictions.
The rural Albertan resident of Lake Isle called the message 'fear-mongering' and said it was a 'gross misuse' of the broadcast system.
"Those alerts are meant to get people's immediate attention like in the case of a child abduction or loose gunman or something like that, but if that continues people are going to turn their phone off, they're going to stop paying attention," Betts said.
"You have so many vulnerable people that are genuinely scared and we're already bombarded on the streets to stay home, wear a mask, I take my kids to the park and there's signage everywhere, you know what on earth is this doing to people?"
Thousands more took to social media and CTV News received several emails expressing frustration over how the message was delivered.
Kimberly Roy, an expectant mother who is due in less than three weeks understood the importance of communicating the message, but admitted her fear at the moment of receiving it.
"I totally thought it was an Amber Alert, I was panicked for whatever child was in danger and that was kind of my initial reaction to it," she said.
"It was a little bit of panic just to think there could be something really wrong going on."
A 'PRUDENT' MESSAGE
In a statement, the UCP government stands by its decision to send out the emergency alert, which was delivered to Alberta smartphone users for the first time since the pandemic began.
"Alberta, as well as other provinces, have used emergency alerts for the pandemic previously," read the statement from Premier Jason Kenney's press secretary, Jerrica Goodwin.
"With Alberta seeing the highest level of active cases since the beginning of the pandemic, and new restrictions for localized areas, it was prudent to ensure all Albertans are aware of the health measures in place to prevent the further spread of COVID-19."
On Thursday, Kenney had also warned Albertans at a COVID-19 update press conference that the alert was going to be sent out the following day.
"All I can say is that I don't want to be standing here two weeks from now, having to bring in something like a hard lockdown on Alberta that we've managed to avoid as a province in the last year, because people don't respond to this call."
POLITICAL SCIENTIST: 'IT'S A GOOD COMMUNICATION TOOL'
While thousands of Albertans expressed concern over using the province's emergency alert system to deliver COVID-19 restrictions, some political experts say government officials made the right call.
"We're in the worst pandemic of anyone's lifetime," said Mount Royal University political science professor Keith Brownsey.
"We've had over 25,000 Canadians die, and we are at max capacity in terms of Alberta's hospitals so I don't think anyone can complain about the government using the emergency network at this time."
Brownsey adds that this alert is a good communication tool and alerts Albertans to new health measures in an instant.
"It's up front, this is a serious event," he said.
"I'm glad the province uses the notification system on our smart phones, I think it's a wise thing, it emphasizes the fact that we are in a pandemic and it gets that information out quickly to just about everybody."
The Alberta government says using the emergency alert system to broadcast a message about the COVID-19 restrictions in place was the right move.
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Q: Manage a Pool of Users based on location I have an app that I want to build but am unsure of what technologies and methodologies to use.
I want to be able to let a user "go online" and share their location. I want to be able to run certain operations based on any given number of online users within a given radius.
I assume that I'll have to be able to continuously poll online users for location, but how do I manage to know and update user's location over time? What technologies can make this possible and is there a pattern that already exists to accomplish this?
Edit to try to be more specific:
Assuming i know how to get location info on the client is there a way for a server to check how many users online are in a range at any time? The only way i can think of doing this is to continually update and store location periodically. Then continually query the DB for users in a certain range.

A: I would use the method which you describe with MongoDB.  Mongo has built-in geospacial query handling.  Store the location and use the $near query parameter.