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NETL's Albany fabrication lab specializes in metals research for energy applications, and its Fabrication Laboratory helps develop strong, durable alloys for use in energy production
Induction Furnace pouring hot metal into an evaporative pattern mold. The NETL Albany facility has successfully made 0.100 inch (2.5 mm) thick castings by adapting the aluminum evaporative pattern casting (epc) to steel.
By measuring the composition of alloys down to parts-per-million levels, it is possible to work out how changes to ingredients and processing conditions affect their composition.
Materials Program Readies New Materials for Service in Traditional and Novel Applications
Measurement of carbon and sulfur in primary steels, ores, finished metals, and other inorganic materials.
1.0 MW pilot-Scale Electric Arc Furnace, scrap melting up to 1 ton per hour.
The High-Performance Materials program drives to characterize, produce, and certify cost-effective alloys and high-performance materials suitable for extreme environments that are found in fossil-based power-generation systems. NETL supports and catalyzes a robust domestic materials supply chain that prepares materials for Advanced Ultra-Supercritical Steam Cycles (AUSC) and spinoff applications.
Transformational power technologies, like AUSC and supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) have the potential to increase efficiencies and bolster clean coal efforts. However, these systems operate at higher temperatures and pressures leading to more corrosive and harsher environments when compared to traditional power plants. Additionally, the existing fleet is increasingly subjected to cycling conditions due to the penetration of renewable energy sources onto the electricity grid. Cycling adds stress to the materials of construction, because the plants were not designed for the extreme changes in temperature and pressure brought on by cycling conditions.
The Crosscutting Materials program works to accelerate the development of improved steels, superalloys, and other advanced alloys to address challenges of both the existing fleet and future power systems. Materials of interest include those that enable components and equipment to perform in the high-temperature, high-pressure, corrosive environments of an advanced energy system with specific emphasis on durability, availability, and cost.
Computational Materials Design
High Temperature Material Supply Chain
Interact with the High Performance Materials Program!
Advanced Welding
September 21st- November 13th, 2020
The Advanced Welding Workforce Initiative (AWWI) is a partnership between ARC and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) to increase education and training for advanced technical workers in Appalachia. Apply today!
Spring Fossil Energy R&D
Project Review Meeting
NETL's Crosscutting Energy Storage program will be
at the annual Spring Fossil Energy R&D Project Review
Meeting. Learn more about the meeting, opportunities to
connect, register and more for the meeting here.
TIME Technological Innovation
in Metals Engineering
NETL's Crosscutting High Performance Materials program will be at the TIME Technological Innovation in Materials Engineering meeting. Learn more about the meeting and opportunities to connect here.
The 14th International Symposium on Superalloys
Seven Springs, PA
September 13th-17th, 2020
NETL's Crosscutting High Performance Materials program will be at the 14th International Symposium on Superalloys. Learn more about the meeting and opportunities to connect here.
NETL Involvement
NETL supports an AUSC Component Testing Consortium, a 15-year effort supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Ohio Coal Development Office, and industry partners. The consortium is working to develop materials for boiler and steam turbines for AUSC Coal Plants. The current effort is completing manufacturing trials, R&D, ASME code cases, and techno-economic analysis to ready the domestic supply chain to support AUSC power plant construction.
The eXtremeMAT project addresses the materials of construction challenges by harnessing the unparalleled computational and experimental materials science expertise and capabilities within the DOE national laboratory, into an integrated team aimed at improving heat-resistant alloys. NETL leads the consortium with partner laboratories, Ames Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Check out eXtremeMAT's website here to learn more.
The Crosscutting program also participates in the multi-year collaboration with the United Kingdom's Department for Business, Energy, & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and DOE on fossil energy technologies with a strong emphasis on materials. The partnership's objective is to share and develop knowledge and expertise in high-temperature materials for advanced fossil energy power plant applications. You can read more about the partnership goals, objectives, and accomplishments here.
DOE Fossil Energy supports the High-Performance Computing for Materials (HPC4Mtls) program as part of DOE's High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation Program. HPC4Mtls accelerates industry discovery, design, and development of materials in energy technologies by enabling access to computational capabilities and expertise in the DOE laboratories. To learn more about the program and current solicitations click here.
Additional Links and Resources
NETL researchers develop and maintain the Energy Data eXchange (EDX) to support private collaboration for ongoing research efforts, and technology transfer of finalized DOE and NETL research products. EDX offers a secure environment for multi-organizational research teams to share, build and collaborate online tools, data, and information. EDX platform can be reached here.
NETL's Systems Energy Analysis group conducts a variety of energy analyses to identify and evaluate promising R&D opportunities. Check out their website for specific Materials analysis and other technology related studies.
Fossil Energy Resources
Solicitations & Funding Opportunities
NETL implements this effort as part of DOE's Crosscutting Research Program.
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Name: Margaret D. SCOTT
Address: 1242 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19146, USA
E Mail: scottmargaretd@gmail.com
Webpage: under reconstruction
Date of birth: 21st July, 1942
Secondary Education:
1953 – 1960 Wolverhampton Girls' High School, (Local State Grammar School)
School Hockey Captain; played hockey for Staffordshire County Team.
7 GCE O Levels: English Language, English Literature, History, Mathematics, Greek, Latin, French.
3 GCE A Levels: Ancient History and Literature, Greek, Latin.
University Qualifications:
BA (Hons) Classics: Bedford College, London University, 1964.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, London University, 1965.
MA International Relations: Webster University, St. Louis, (London Campus), 1999. Distinguished Student Status awarded.
D.Min. Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, 2017
Other qualifications:
"Diploma Habilitationis" in Sacred Studies. Pontificium Institutum Regina Mundi, Rome, 1971. (Awarded "cum mentione").
Diploma in Mariology, Marianum Theological Faculty, Rome, 1970. (Awarded "summa con laude".)
Clinical Pastoral Education, Basic Unit, Dublin, 1984.
Course in Diagnostic and Formation of Values, University of Bilbao, Spain, 1989.
Certificate of Attendance at Seminar: "Five Summits:
Challenges For the Church and Humanity", Ilades, Latin
American Institute of Doctrine and Social Studies, Santiago, Chile, 1996.
Catholic Teachers Certificate, England, 1965, (with distinction in practical work)
Diocese of Santiago, Chile, 1995.
London University: BA Hons. Classics,
Postgraduate Certificate of Education
PONTIFICAL INSTITUTE REGINA MUNDI, ROME:Theology
PONTIFICAL UNIVERSITY "MARIANUM": ROME: Theology
Webster University: M.A. International Relations
Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia: D. Min. Doctor of Ministry
Prior to Religious Life:
Volunteer for United Nations Refugee Resettlement Program, Austria, 1964; translator, German to English.
Ministry in Religious Life:
Entered the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, 1965. Novitiate In England. Theological Studies in Rome. Final Profession, 1975.
Boscombe Convent, England, (Deputy Headmistress) 1973-1976.
St. Raphaela's Secondary School, Dublin, 1978-1984.
Initial formation directress in England, Ireland and Chile, 1976-1996.
Instructress Third Probation, Rome, 1989-1991.
Local Superior:
Stillorgan, Dublin. 1980-1985, with ultimate responsibility for a community of 12, two schools and a University Residence.
Finglas, Dublin, 1986 with responsibility for a Community of 10 and a retreat house.
Philadelphia, USA, 2016 with responsibility for a Community of 5
Assistant General, General Team, in Rome, 1987-1992, with responsibility for the Communities in English speaking countries: England, Ireland, USA, India, Philippines, and Japan.
Provincial Superior, English-Irish Province, 1997-2004.
Chile, 1992-1997. Pastoral work in a shanty town, involvement in human rights' issues and formation programs in CONFERRE.
Other ministry:
President of the Conference of Men and Women Religious in England and Wales, 2001-2004.
Vice-President, Union of Conferences of Major Religious Superiors in Europe. 2001-2004.
Visiting Lecturer:
Quinn School of Business, University College, Dublin, appointed 2001.
Plater College, Oxford, UK, appointed 2003.
Webster Graduate Studies Center, London Campus, International Relations Department, 2004
Widely traveled in Europe, Africa, India, Asia, Latin America and USA giving lectures and workshops on the Eucharist and other topics.
Retreat Director, Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. Both 30 and 8 day
Facilitation: Chapters and Assemblies of Religious Congregations, including Sisters of the Cross and Passion, Ursulines of Jesus, Faithful Companions of Jesus...
Intra-ecclesial dialogue:
As President of the Conference of religious in England and Wales, engaged in developing partnership and dialogue with the Conference of Bishops and with the UK Government.
Justice issues:
Leader of a delegation representing religious menand women from UK and USA to the Holy Land, 2002.
Co-signatory of statement sent to Tony Blair and George W. Bush.
Member of English Bishops' delegation to Holy Land : "The UniversalChurch in solidarity with the Church in the Holy Land", 2004. Hosted by Latin Patriarch and attended by delegations from Bishops' Conferences worldwide.
Eucharist and Social Justice:
During Year of the Eucharist speaking on the Relationship between Eucharist and Social Justice various venues in USA, including International Keynote Address at "The Church In the Modern World", USCCB, Washington DC., 2005.
Keynote Speaker, National Justice and Peace Network, Conference, Liverpool, UK, 2008.
International Visiting Fellow, 2004-2005, Woodstock Theological Center, Georgetown University, Washington DC, researching: "A Eucharistic Reflection on the impact of economic Globalization on the poor".
Regular contributor since 1993 to TESTIMONIO, Spirituality Magazine published by CONFERRE, Chile.
Regular contributor to HANDMAIDS TODAY, published by Handmaids of the Sacred Heart.
Several articles in MENSAJE, Jesuit Magazine, Chile.
Two articles in MANRESA, Jesuits, Spain.
Two articles in THE PREACHER, UK
One article in EMMANUEL, USA
One article in THE FURROW, Ireland.
One article, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS
One article, The Way, Jesuit Magazine. UK
"The Eucharist and Social Justice". Paulist Press, 2009
Translated into Spanish. "La Eucaristia y la Justicia Social", Sal Terrae, 2010
Coordinating committee, International Womens' Peace Colloquium. Barry University.
Member of Board of External Consultants, Center for the Study of Catholic Social Thought, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, PA.
UNANIMA International. (NGO at UN)
Latest Ministries:
Director, St Raphaela Spirituality Center. 2007-2012
Adjunct Professor, St Joseph's University, Philadelphia, Theology Department, "Introduction to Christian Ethics'. 2019-2012; 2016-
Head of School, Seisen International School, Tokyo, Japan. 2012-201
Director, Ignatian Leadership Program, St Joseph's University 2016 - Present
Fluent in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German and some Japanese. Now learning Arabic.

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Despite recent heavy rains, Ethiopia is still reeling from the worst drought to hit the country for half a century, particularly in the livestock-dependent regions of Oromia and Somali. Yet studies (pdf) suggest the country could have billions of cubic metres of untapped groundwater.
The story is the same across many parts of Africa, where farmers rely on erratic rains and depleted surface water while potentially vast groundwater reserves go ignored. Africa's subterranean water amounts to an estimated 660,000 cubic kilometres (pdf), according to research from the British Geological Society – more than 100 times the continent's annual renewable freshwater resources.
A new initiative co-led by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is aiming to mobilise support for greater use of Africa's under-used aquifers. Developed in the wake of targets set at the UN Sustainable Development Summit and the Paris climate talks last year, the goals of the Groundwater Solutions Initiative for Policy and Practice (GRIPP) include leveraging $1bn (£770m) of investments in sub-Saharan Africa for sustainable groundwater irrigation and improving groundwater access in the region for 4m rural households.
The idea is timely given widespread drought across southern and eastern Africa, yet it is not without controversy. Decades of overexploitation in north Africa (pdf), where groundwater is more abundant, have left many sedimentary aquifers dangerously depleted and in some cases degraded by saltwater intrusion. In Morocco, for example, the water table of the Saïss deep aquifer – one of north Africa's largest aquifers – has fallen by an annual average of 3m over the past 20 years.
If the right policies and incentives are in place, however, groundwater can be exploited sustainably, argues Jeremy Bird, director general of IWMI.
Improving Africa's irrigation infrastructure has long been a goal of national policymakers and development agencies. The World Bank, for instance, is currently trying to mobilise international funders to help double irrigation levels in six countries in the drought-prone Sahel region.
The Sahel Irrigation Initiative Programme, with input from IWMI, is now considering the use of simple, farmer-managed pump bores alongside its focus on more expensive canals, reservoirs and other centrally-managed surface water infrastructure projects.
Africa may have considerable untapped aquifers, but not all are able to be easily and affordably accessed, says Casey. "Rural electrification has been limited, discounting the possibility of politically motivated energy subsidies that could make high powered pumping affordable to small scale farmers". Capacity for groundwater withdrawal is also hampered by a lack of reliable hydro-geological data (Ethiopia has mapped less than one quarter of its groundwater resources) and relevant expertise.
All these factors contribute to a patchy experience of groundwater projects to date. According to UPGro – a DFID-funded research programme examining groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa – nearly one third of such projects in sub-Saharan Africa fail within a few years of construction. The World Bank puts the estimated cost of groundwater project failures at more than $1.2bn (pdf) in lost investment over the last 20 years.
The main aim of GRIPP, which is focusing on projects not just in Africa but around the world, is to correct this trend through the promotion of research and knowledge-sharing around sustainable groundwater withdrawal practices and policies.
A vital step in this respect centres on farmer buy-in, says Ugandan water planning expert Callist Tindimugaya, vice president of the International Association of Hydrologists, a GRIPP partner. Because groundwater is an "invisible commons", he argues, farmers struggle to know what comprises sustainable usage. Government provision of cheap power for water pumps and other price incentives to promote agricultural productivity can lead to overuse as well, he adds.
"Local initiatives to co-manage the resource are increasingly being explored as an important element in sustainable groundwater use as farmers realise their common interest in safeguarding the resource," says Tindimugaya.
A case in point from another part of the world is in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where farmer groups in over 700 communities agreed to collectively monitor groundwater levels, to plan their crop planting jointly and to adopt water-saving techniques. The project, which ran from 2003 to 2009, successfully reduced overexploitation (pdf) in the semi-arid state. Since the project ended, however, and without adequate governance systems in place, most of the farmer-led initiatives have ceased.
Policymakers might find incentives the best initial defence against unsustainable abstraction, says Bird. He cites a pilot project in the Chinese province of Shanxi, where farmers access set volumes of water from the state-run pumping system with pre-paid smartcards. If they use less than their quota of pumping time, they can trade it with other farmers.
"Our role is to identify the types of policies which might work in a particular situation, learn lessons from other areas and then assess the impacts of these policy decisions over time and see what the implications have been," says Bird.


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Q: Как сделать чтобы позиция элемента была равна позиции "thumb" input на JS? Учу JS, сделал range slider, все работает более-менее. Когда ползунок на 50% тогда все ок, но когда значение больше или меньше 50%, то позиция счетчика числа, который появляется сверху, уже не равна позиции thumb. Как это исправить?

const slideValue = document.querySelector("span");
const inputSlider = document.querySelector("input")

inputSlider.oninput = function () {
  const spanValue = inputSlider.value;
  slideValue.textContent = spanValue;
  slideValue.style.left = (spanValue / 5000) + "%";
  slideValue.classList.add("show");
};

inputSlider.onblur = function () {
  slideValue.classList.remove("show");
}
* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html,
body {
  display: grid;
  height: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  place-items: center;
  background: #664aff;
}

.range {
  height: 80px;
  width: 500px;
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 0 65px;
}

.range .sliderValue {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
}

.range .sliderValue span {
  position: absolute;
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: 500;
  top: -50px;
  line-height: 55px;
  z-index: 2;
  transform: translateX(-50%) scale(0);
  transform-origin: bottom;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.range .sliderValue span.show {
  transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
}

.range .sliderValue span::after {
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  background: #664aff;
  z-index: -1;
  transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(45deg);
  left: 50%;
  border: 3px solid #fff;
  border-top-left-radius: 50%;
  border-top-right-radius: 50%;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 50%;
}

.range .field {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 100%;
}

.range .field .value {
  position: absolute;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #664aff;
}

.range .field .value.left {
  left: -7px;
}

.range .field .value.right {
  right: -50px;
}

.range .field input {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  height: 3px;
  width: 100%;
  background: #ddd;
  border-radius: 5px;
  outline: none;
  border: 0;
  margin: 0 10px;
}

.range .field input::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  background: #664aff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 3px solid #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <title>Range Slider</title>

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        <input type="range" min="0" , max="500000" value="250000" steps="1" />

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A: Просто, при расчёте позиции, нужно учитывать отступы и ширину ползунка:

const slideValue = document.querySelector("span");
const inputSlider = document.querySelector("input")

inputSlider.oninput = function() {
  const spanValue = inputSlider.value;
  slideValue.textContent = spanValue;
  slideValue.style.left = `${20 + (this.clientWidth - 20) / 100 * (spanValue / 5000)}px`;
  slideValue.classList.add("show");
};

inputSlider.onblur = function() {
  slideValue.classList.remove("show");
}
* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

html,
body {
  display: grid;
  height: 100%;
  text-align: center;
  place-items: center;
  background: #664aff;
}

.range {
  height: 80px;
  width: 500px;
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  padding: 0 65px;
}

.range .sliderValue {
  position: relative;
  width: 100%;
}

.range .sliderValue span {
  position: absolute;
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: 500;
  top: -50px;
  line-height: 55px;
  z-index: 2;
  transform: translateX(-50%) scale(0);
  transform-origin: bottom;
  transition: transform 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.range .sliderValue span.show {
  transform: translateX(-50%) scale(1);
}

.range .sliderValue span::after {
  position: absolute;
  content: "";
  height: 50px;
  width: 50px;
  background: #664aff;
  z-index: -1;
  transform: translateX(-50%) rotate(45deg);
  left: 50%;
  border: 3px solid #fff;
  border-top-left-radius: 50%;
  border-top-right-radius: 50%;
  border-bottom-left-radius: 50%;
}

.range .field {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  height: 100%;
}

.range .field .value {
  position: absolute;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 600;
  color: #664aff;
}

.range .field .value.left {
  left: -7px;
}

.range .field .value.right {
  right: -50px;
}

.range .field input {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  height: 3px;
  width: 100%;
  background: #ddd;
  border-radius: 5px;
  outline: none;
  border: 0;
  margin: 0 10px;
}

.range .field input::-webkit-slider-thumb {
  -webkit-appearance: none;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  background: #664aff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  border: 3px solid #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

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  <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
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University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Gimghoul Castle - Dromgoole's Castle
You are here Home > Colleges and Universities > University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Gimghoul Castle - Dromgoole's Castle
Ghimghoul Castle near the University of North Carolina campus is a ruin with many legends attached. One says that 18-year-old Peter Dromgoole was buried here in 1833 after he lost a duel for the hand of his beloved Miss Fanny. Another tale says that Fanny loved Peter and didn't know he had been murdered. She waited for him and finally passed away of grief. In still other incarnations, Peter died in Fanny's arms as he took the shot from his dueling opponent. Reports say that in reality Peter Dromgoole was a young man who applied to UNC in 1833 but left for Europe when he didn't get in. His uncle, George C. Dromgoole, actually did fight a duel in 1837, but wasn't shot.
Gimghoul Road
35.911975981609864, -79.03602732720174
Orange County, North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC (1.1 mi.)
Carrboro, NC (2.2 mi.)
Fearrington, NC (7.6 mi.)
Fearrington Village, NC (8.1 mi.)
Durham, NC (9.5 mi.)
Green Level, NC (11.6 mi.)
Hillsborough, NC (11.8 mi.)
Morrisville, NC (13.3 mi.)
Efland, NC (13.9 mi.)
Gorman, NC (14.7 mi.)
Michael Parks | December 15, 2016 at 11:44 am
This Castle is not in Ruins as the site mentions. It is owned, used, and maintained by UNC's 'Ghimgool Society', a secret Fraternity composed of Brothers from the school's other fraternities.
While the Castle is typically closed to the public, Half of the castle is lived in full-time by a caretaker (and family) while the other half is composed mainly of a Large Banquet Hall (where I once ran sound for a band performing for the Ghimgool Society's St. Patrick's Day party) and a few other 'meeting rooms'. There is a circular staircase in the center of the Castle which ascends a 'watchtower spire' and opens on the top to a lookout spot.
In the 'Back Yard' there is a very small stone Amphitheater, just large enough for a Sunday Prayer Service or other such gathering.
Down a footpath adjacent to the 'front yard' you will find a stone 'throne' of sorts that may or may not be man-made. This 'throne' is the central point of most of the "Legends of the Lovers" that are mentioned on this site, most of which claim this is the spot where either the dying duelist took his last breath, or where the forelorn girl sat waiting for the return of her lover.
All in all it is a beautiful building, in a private, quiet and serene location, just be careful treading too closely… the Ghimgool Society still uses this castle regularly and there is almost certainly always someone home watching for sneaky explorers.
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21.7 mi. — Raleigh, North Carolina
Mordecai House
29.3 mi. — Elon, North Carolina
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Michael Renegar
Ghosts of the Triangle (NC): Historic Haunts of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill (Haunted America)
Ghosts of the Yadkin Valley (NC) (Haunted America)
R.G. Absher
Haunted Historic Greensboro
Theresa Bane
Best Ghost Tales of North Carolina, 2nd Edition
Terrance Zepke
Ghosts of North Carolina: The Haunted Locations of Durham, Fayetteville, Greenville, Cary, Chapel Hill, Wilmington and Jacksonville
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Q: the derivative of $ {1\over x} + {1\over y} = 1$ I am finding the derivative of this equation, using the implicit differentiation in term of x.
$$ {1\over x} + {1\over y} = 1$$
Here is what I did.
$$ {1\over x} + {1\over y} = 1$$
$$ x^{-1} + y^{-1} = 1$$
$$$$
$$ D_x  [x^{-1} + y^{-1}] = D_x [1]$$
$$-x^{-2} - y^{-2}\cdot D_x y = 0 $$
$$-y^{-2} \cdot D_x y = x^{-2}$$
$$D_x y = - {y^{2} \over x^2}$$
My derivative is
$$D_x y = - {y^{2} \over x^2}$$
Is this correct?
The answer book says that it is:
$$d_x y = {(y-1) \over (x-1)}$$
Did I do anything wrong? Or is it just the answer book typo? Or can I rewrite this?

A: Both answers are correct.
$${1\over x} + {1\over y} = 1 \\ \implies y+x=xy \\ \implies y = \frac{x}{x-1}\quad \text{and}\quad x=\frac{y}{y-1}$$
Plug one of those each into your answer to get $$\require{cancel}D_xy = -\frac{y^2}{x^2} = -\frac{y}{x}\frac{y}{x} = -\frac{\color{red}{\cancel {\color{black}y}}}{\color{red}{\cancel {\color{black}x}}}\left(\frac{{\color{red}{\cancel {\color{black}x}}}(y-1)}{{\color{red}{\cancel {\color{black}y}}}(x-1)}\right) = -\frac{y-1}{x-1}$$
Note that you would have gotten this answer immediately if you had implicitly differentiated $y+x=xy$ instead of $\frac1x + \frac 1y = 1$.  So that's likely what the answer key writer did.

A: Your answer is correct. You can rewrite it.
Hint:
$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y}=1 \Rightarrow xy=y+x \Rightarrow y=x(y-1)$ and $x=y(x-1).$
Now rewrite $\frac{y^2}{x^2}$ as $\frac{y}{x}\cdot \frac{y}{x}.$

A: Both answers are same(correct) you just have to substitute y as a function of x to see this in your derivative. But the function is undefined when any of y or x is 0.


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billw said:
Because they've never seen one and it's not reproducible. And you can reference many documented cases of fraud (e.g. the Fox sisters). That makes it easy to think that explains all cases. However if you look at people like Harry Price who spent a lifetime investigating them and who was also was a skilled conjurer who exposed many frauds (mediums and hauntings)--he actually believed the phenomena to be genuine. And I'm sure for good reason. It's still understandably hard to convince some people.
Reproducibility only proves that a phenomenon is not caused by consciousness. If a phenomenon is caused by a consciousness (like a ghost), then the ghost might get bored or impatient. It is also possible that some skeptics don't have the patience to wait for a spirit to produce phenomena. That's why ghost hunters have to sit through hundreds of hours of video to get a good piece of evidence. I also get the impression that close minded skeptics can never be satisfied.
Dmitch
Andrew Paquette said:
There was a question, now deleted, about whether I thought everything has a spirit. I didn't have time to answer it earlier (I just finished writing two articles) but wanted to comment. With the original question gone, I'll just wing it.
My impression is that matter is held together by spirit. This would mean that, if true, everything has a "spirit", including what we refer to as inanimate objects. This is not a unique idea, as anyone who looks into Eastern mysticism will discover. How it works is a separate topic that I don't want to speculate on. As for hierarchies among spirits, again, I have no idea if there is a hierarchy or how it would work if there is. For all we know, a spirit incarnated as a human today might enjoy being a tree for a couple hundred years before coming back as a human. A related question is whether planets and galaxies have spirits. I have read books by mystics who claim this is the case. I would say it is possible, but beyond that have no opinion. If this sounds strange, think of how strange it sounds for materialists to claim there is no such thing as a spirit to guide our bodies in this world.
As we generally know consciousness, it requires some kind of sense organs, at least in this 3 dimensional reality. That other types of life has a kind of consciousness has some validity. As in the secret life of plants. (Trippy 1979 film) <
Inanimate objects may have consciousness,however, it may not be as we can imagine.
radicalpolitik said:
I am intrigued by these testimonies, however I do have a few problems, as always.
Firstly, I see a pretty severe conflict with mediumship
Secondly, if humans reincarnate, why not animals, it seems rather arrogant to suggest that only humans 'survive'
Thirdly, I find this hard to reconcile with darwinian evolution, (although Myers and William James didn't seem to in developing their theory of mind)
Fourthly, and this is more related to survival in general, why should any part of us survive death if we go blank when we sleep?
Fifthly, people have been 'dead' for several hours and then reanimated, so that should suggest that consciousness is brain based
First, there is no contradiction between mediumship and reincarnation, because I do not know of cases where a medium has contacted a deceased while another human being has memories of the life of the deceased, it is true that some spirits of the deceased through mediums have claimed that there is no reincarnation , but it is rather that they do not know if reincarnation happens, so they can be wrong.
Second, I do not know anyone who claims that reincarnation occurs only in humans. The most likely is that all living beings reincarnate, only that we are only aware of some reincarnations within our own species.
Third, there is no logical contradiction between reincarnation and Darwinian evolution. The evolution of organic beings could happen in parallel with the evolution of spiritual beings.
Fourth, if when we sleep, we lose consciousness may be because the living brain represses our consciousness. Once dead the brain, our consciousness is not repressed; this is the filter hypothesis .
And fifth, that people have been "dead" and then reanimated and those people report having perceived events that occurred during their clinical death suggests that consciousness does not existencially depend of the brain.
Mediums are seemingly able to contact 'spirits' years afterwards, yet these reincarnation cases seem to show a pattern of 18 months to two years. This is why I swing towards super psi, because it offers a more parsimonious and solid explanation.
The evidence about children who seem to remember previous lives suggests that only people who die violently soon reincarnate, then can only few people reincarnate. The super psi hypothesis is not more parsimonious than the afterlife hypothesis because the afterlife hypothesis is the direct interpretation of the data, besides that in some mediumship cases the information provided is not a single living being which the super psi hypothesis requires an absurd complexity while information provided is entirely on the deceased being, which the afterlife hypothesis is more probable.
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Haruhi said:
I actually this misconception is due to skeptical ignorance and/or deliberate evasion. Growing up in a Hindu household, I was very surprised to see increasing human population as an argument against reincarnation. In the Hindu texts there's mention of distant worlds and possibly even universes, not to mention souls moving from animal to human and back.
Now that said, I think all the ideas about karma are mostly wrong. Assuming this stuff is real, and I think there's enough evidence to at least muse on the possibility, I personally believe ancient factions took the evidence of past lives and used the ignorance of others to create a caste system favorable to the ruling class.
Of course taking mysteries and manipulating people into following isn't relegated to believers. We see similar concern that materialist evangelists are doing that now.
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Sciborg_S_Patel said:
The population boom is a stupid argument anyway. It presumes that more people have lived than are alive now, which is false. 100 billion humans have lived and died, and there are 7 billion now, so that's more than enough to make up the numbers if reincarnation is a real phenomena.
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What is relevant is not the total (100 billion), but the max number that lived at any one time. After all, don't you think that reincarnation is supposed to have started before the current generation?
Ian Thompson said:
But we don't know if everyone reincarnates immediately. Or even if everyone reincarnates. We have more reason to suspect reincarnation - if it exists - is limited to a subset of souls.
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Well if consciousness is fundamental, and it expresses itself through brains, for instance, then it wouldn't matter how many 'souls' there are. The humans and all other living beings would simply be manifestations of this fundamental consciousness that would hold some memories of corporeal existence. I am not saying this is true at all, this is purely conjecture.
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According to some sources, there are spirits that not only have never incarnated as human, but have never incarnated on Earth or anywhere else. Some incarnate many times, some once, some never. However, the conversation about numbers is pointless if souls cannot be counted for comparison, and they can't be.
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I believe Bernardo once suggested that if dreamers have dream characters who can in turn dream, we could be talking about Mind starting from Unity only to divide & unify Consciousness like drops of mercury on a table.
So the idea of a 1-1 correspondence between souls and individuated conscious may not be the right way to think about things at all...
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Bucky, forgive me for taking your post out of its original thread and putting into this one, but 1) I don't want to derail that other thread, and 2) it fits nicely here. I just did a little search on this and wanted to post what I found.
You are talking about the Ryan case in Jim Tucker's book.
Explain how a children of 5 can provide the detailed life events of an unknown, uncredited movie extra from the 40s that not even experts were able to identify. It required researchers multiple consultations with specialists of the field, and multiple trips to the library of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, to finally identify the actor.
I think it's pretty difficult to avoid the "anomaly". Be it an elaborate scam of two psychopaths (the parents) and their brainwashed child or, at the very minimum, a case of multiple psi instances.
I haven't read the book yet, but given that I have an interest and some knowledge in old movies, I thought I'd look into this a bit more.
This article summarizes the story. Ryan and his mother are flipping through a Hollywood film book, Ryan stops at a still from the 1930s Mae West movie Night after Night, and his mother doesn't recognize the faces of the six men in the picture but Ryan points to one of them. "Hey Mama," he said. "That's George. We did a picture together." His finger then shot over to a man on the right, wearing an overcoat and a scowl. "That guy's me. I found me!"
The mom then identified George as George Raft, but the other man she was not able to identity. (Just as an aside, George Raft himself was not an obscure actor; he was part of Warner Bros.'s stable of lead men in the 30s and 40s and is easily identifiable by movie fans of that era).
The story continues: Cyndi wrote Tucker, whom she found through her online research, and included the photo. Eventually it ended up in the hands of a film archivist, who, after weeks of research, confirmed the scowling man's name: Martin Martyn, an uncredited extra in the film.
This is the part I researched. His name is actually Marty Martyn, and his name is supplied as part of the cast of the film on the Internet Movie Database (playing the character Malloy). Now that doesn't mean he is credited in the film, someone could have found it out and put it there.
But then I googled and found that the film is available on youtube, and the actor IS credited.
See at 0:57.
So that is an incorrect fact. (Although, according to IMDB, this is his only appearance in a movie.)
This then also makes me a bit skeptical of the account that it took this film archivist "weeks of research", unless it just took him that long to locate the movie. But I see it's been available since 2006 on a Mae West DVD boxset. (Although Martyn plays one of the several unidentified thugs in a gang in this movie, so I can understand it may have taken some time to identify which character was which actor.)
Hopefully what I posted is not too pedantic, and it doesn't change my appreciation of the unexplainable findings in studies of children's memories of past lives, but I just wanted to clear this up.
EDIT: Marty Martyn's bio on IMDB:
Marty Martyn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1903. His birth name was Morris Kolinsky, and he was the son of Ukrainian-born parents, Philip and Rebecca Kolinsky. His father operated a clothes press in a tailor shop. Marty grew up in Philadelphia before moving with his younger sister, Florence, to New York, where, under the name Marty Kolinsky, he once lived in a brownstone apartment building at 108 West 69th St. Working as a dancer, he appeared in a Broadway production called "Gay Paree" in 1925. He only appeared in one film, "Night After Night," which starred George Raft. Martyn may have had a line that was cut from the final film, which would explain why his name appears in the credits even though he has no apparent lines in the version that reached theaters. Frustrated as a performer, Martyn opened the Marty Martyn Agency and became a successful talent agent. Among his clients was Glenn Ford. He had four marriages, one biological daughter and five stepchildren. He died in hospital in 1964, while suffering from leukemia. Immediate cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage. His widow, Margaret, was the niece of 20th Century-Fox president Spyros P. Skouras.
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Thanks Ian. Good point.
I went back to the book and checked. Tucker says that Marty Martyn is credited in the titles (pag 192), but they initially thought he was an uncredited extra.
The problem is they were not able to put a name to a face, that which Ryan had indicated from a scene in the movie. The consultant then wen to the library, searched for all available material about the movie and found a picture with a caption saying that the man in question was Marty Martyn playing "a racketeer called Malloy".
Tucker says there's not a single reference to that name, "Malloy", in the whole movie. So this got them confused for some time.
( I guess the name was probably used in the script but never mentioned in the movie? )
This is not how Tucker reports it. This phase of the investigation was pretty quick. The producer of "The Unexplained" (the TV show documenting Ryan's case) hired a consultant (Kate Coe) to help with the identification of the unknown extra. Tucker doesn't mention "weeks of research". She pretty quickly suggested the man was an uncredited extra and then sent the picture to other colleagues who were not able to put a name to his face.
So after this first phase of consultation they just had a picture of a "guy in a hat", but no name and a incorrect assumption that he was uncredited. Later she went to the library of the Academy of Motion Picture, found the book with the picture and credits and got the name.
So the difficulty in finding the actor was mainly due to finding a reliable source that could associate faces to names for such an old movie.
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Thanks Bucky. That makes sense. I looked through the scenes with the thugs in the movie, and yeah they don't speak or are not named, so I can understand it would have been a problem to match the faces with the actors' names. So it's the article that has reported it wrong.
can you elaborate a bit about bernardo kastrup's dream analogy ?
i'm french and it's very hard for me to understand him as i would like.
What happens to us after death according to Bernardo for example ?
Ian Gordon said:
There is an interesting addition to this case that I don't think I have heard before.
@JKMac posted this link in another thread: http://www.today.com/news/return-life-how-some-children-have-memories-reincarnation-2D80550946
In the video Tucker reports that Ryan claimed his previous incarnation ended at age 61, while the death certificate reported Marty Martyn died at age 59.
It turned out the certificate was incorrect. Martyn did die at age 61.
I don't recall having read this detail in the book. I don't have it right now with me, so I can't check.
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That fits with the IMDB bio data I posted above: 1903-1964 (61 years old), so it may have already been known that that certificate was incorrect (?).
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Do we know what was the source for the IMDB data, and when it was updated?
I can't tell, so that's why I qualified my statement.


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Turkey has nothing to hide in its policy toward Syrian refugees, but the lack of transparency is overshadowing an open-door policy that the country should be proud of, says the head of an NGO. Serious problems are looming unless Turkey displays better governance on the issue, says Taner Kılıç
Turkey should be proud of its open-door policy and the physical conditions of the camps it has established for Syrian refugees, said the head of an NGO, while warning that its lack of transparency could cast doubt over the positive aspects of its treatment of Syrian refugees.
Turkey needs to improve its policies by embarking upon a better model of governance, said Taner Kılıç, the head of the Association for Solidarity with Refugees (Mülteci-Der), adding that the recent return of refugees back to Syria indicates that problems exist with the current approach.
What is your assessment of Turkey's policy about the influx of Syrian refugees?
From the first day, Turkey has followed an open-door policy. This should be appreciated. But when the influx started in April 2011, the Syrians were called guests instead of refugees. Turkey signed the 1951 Geneva Convention on refugees but with a geographical limitation. Those coming from the east are not recognized as refugees.
What's wrong with calling them guests?
With the recognition of refugee status, that person becomes entitled to certain rights, and the state is bound to certain commitments. To give you an example; according to U.N. criteria, camps for refugees need to be established 50 kilometers away from the border. When this was said to the head of a camp in Turkey that was right at the border, that person said, "That is the criteria for refugees; these are guests, we can locate them wherever we want."
So there is the risk of arbitrary treatment; but can you say that Syrian refugees have been mistreated in Turkey?
When compared to other camps, the physical conditions are very good. We do appreciate that. In November 2011, Turkey started saying it was implementing a temporary protection regime – a concept created after the Kosovo War. But under the temporary protection regime, refugees are granted the right to personally apply for asylum; in Turkey, Syrian refugees are denied that right. In addition, the regime can be valid for two years whereas in Turkey, it's been more than two years since the first arrivals. So not much has changed in practice.
Interestingly, when Turkey faced the first influx of mass refugees from Iraq in the Gulf crisis in 1992, it was discovered that there was nothing in Turkey's legislation about refugees.
So Turkey just signed the convention and did nothing afterwards.
There is no constitutional or legal protection; the issue was left in the hands of the police department dealing with foreign nationals and a few civil servants. The legislative, executive and judiciary remained completely uninterested in the issue. We have hundreds of laws about rent law but nothing about an issue that is so critical about human life. The bylaw dating from 1994 is still valid and that will change next year. In March 2012, the government issued a circular on the treatment of the Syrian refugees but it was kept a secret. There is said to be 450,000 Syrian refugees, half of whom are in camps, and actually the number could be much higher; there is a circular about them and we can't read it. Amnesty International's Turkey office has requested to see it; even parliamentarians' request to see it was denied. This is not understandable from the perspective of a country where there should be rule of law.
Syrians are coming from a war zone; aren't the security concerns of the government legitimate?
But we are talking about what to do to the Syrian refugees within Turkey's borders. In fact, I read that circular which was sent to me by an official who asked me not to show it to anybody. Interestingly, there is nothing that should be objected to by human rights activists; there is nothing serious to criticize. This approach is wrong. Turkey has an open-door policy; it has camps that it should be proud of. But these camps were kept closed to foreign NGOs or to the press until recently. Amnesty International's Syria coordinator could not enter the camp to talk to the refugees. Is this logical? He was just going to talk to them about what happened to them.
Why do you think there is such a policy?
I see it as Cold War security paranoia. But the lack of transparency overshadows all the positive things Turkey is doing. In addition, Turkey puts those camps under suspicion by its own hand; this approach casts doubt on its own policy. Turkey has nothing to hide and nothing to be ashamed of, but once you say you cannot enter these camps, questions are raised as to whether terrorists are being trained there.
Look, there is a serious governance problem here. You cannot manage this by directives given from Ankara. This is an issue with very serious social dimensions. Even if you take 30,000 people from Kütahya and relocate them to Balıkesir, there will be very serious problems. We are talking about 400,000 people with a foreign culture. You need to have all the relevant actors, psychologists, sociologists, social service experts, representatives from professional chambers, universities and NGOs working together.
If there is nothing to be ashamed of; then why would the government need to change its policy?
We need to talk about recent events in the camps. The heads of the camps are chosen from the local authorities, some are provincial heads of health, some are chosen from among school directors or imams. Management of a refugee camp requires expertise that Turkey does not have. Turkey could have made use of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) expertise in this field.
Turkish officials argue that the UNHCR is active in countries that are unable to cope with the problem, whereas Turkey has the means to manage it.
Turkey wants to give the message that it is a strong state. But while it refused at the beginning to receive any assistance from the outside world, the UNHCR nearly begged at the beginning to help; a year later, the government made a U-turn. But currently it says, "Write a check and don't bother with the rest." This is not rational.
In the Süleymanşah camp, 600 Syrians were sent back following incidents after two children died in a fire. Even if these Syrians made a mistake or committed a crime, they should not have been sent back to Syria. This is unacceptable as far as the non-refoulement principle is concerned. According to our sources, Turkish officials told the Free Syrian army that these 600 people were [President Bashar] al-Assad's spies.
The open-door policy is no longer totally valid, for the doors are not completely open. Thousands are being made to wait in the border region with the argument that the new camps are not ready. Only passport holders can enter Turkey, but the regime in Syria no longer issues passports. Human trafficking has started at the border – those who pay 100 liras are smuggled into Turkey.
Do you think we are heading toward a crisis?
There could be some very dramatic outcomes. The camps established by Turkey inside Syria are an open target; they constitute a big danger for both the refugees and also for those Turkish officials working there. The Bab al-Hawa camp across from Reyhanlı was bombed recently by the Syrian regime.
Do you think the seeds of hostility are being laid between Turks and Syrians?
There is such a risk. We have seen it after the bombing in Reyhanlı. Actually this was the city where Syrian refugees are most welcome. [Following attacks on Syrian refugees], between 5,000 and 7,000 Syrians have gone back, according to press reports. This is very humiliating. If refugees do not feel secure and decide to go back to uncertainty, this tells us that there are serious problems with the policy.
Who is Taner Kılıç ?
Born in 1969, Taner Kılıç graduated from the law faculty of 9 Eylül University in İzmir.
Since 1993, he has worked as a lawyer. After serving on the board of Mazlum-Der's İzmir branch, a human rights association, he became one of the founders of Amnesty International's Turkey branch.
Following training from Amnesty International's branch in Switzerland, he became the first refugee coordinator of Amnesty's Turkey Branch, holding the position for five years.
He also worked as deputy director and ombudsman of Amnesty International's Turkey branch.
In 2008 he founded the Association for Solidarity with Refugees (Mülteci-Der) in İzmir and remains the head of the organization today.
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from . import AWSObject, AWSProperty, Tags
from .validators import boolean, integer, json_checker, double
try:
    from awacs.aws import Policy
    policytypes = (dict, Policy)
except ImportError:
    policytypes = dict,

class RetentionPeriod(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'NumberOfDays': (integer, False),
        'Unlimited': (boolean, False),
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class Channel(AWSObject):
    resource_type = "AWS::IoTAnalytics::Channel"

    props = {
        'ChannelName': (basestring, False),
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        'Tags': ((Tags, list), False),
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class AddAttributes(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'Attributes': (json_checker, False),
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        'Next': (basestring, False),
    }

class ActivityChannel(AWSProperty):
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class Datastore(AWSProperty):
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class DeviceRegistryEnrich(AWSProperty):
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        'ThingName': (basestring, False),
    }

class DeviceShadowEnrich(AWSProperty):
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        'Next': (basestring, False),
        'RoleArn': (basestring, False),
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class Filter(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'Filter': (basestring, False),
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class Lambda(AWSProperty):
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class Activity(AWSProperty):
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        'Math': (Math, False),
        'RemoveAttributes': (RemoveAttributes, False),
        'SelectAttributes': (SelectAttributes, False),
    }

class Pipeline(AWSObject):
    resource_type = "AWS::IoTAnalytics::Pipeline"

    props = {
        'PipelineActivities': ([Activity], True),
        'PipelineName': (basestring, False),
        'Tags': ((Tags, list), False),
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class RetentionPeriod(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'NumberOfDays': (integer, False),
        'Unlimited': (boolean, False),
    }

class Datastore(AWSObject):
    resource_type = "AWS::IoTAnalytics::Datastore"

    props = {
        'DatastoreName': (basestring, False),
        'RetentionPeriod': (RetentionPeriod, False),
        'Tags': ((Tags, list), False),
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class ResourceConfiguration(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'ComputeType': (basestring, True),
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class DatasetContentVersionValue(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'DatasetName': (basestring, False),
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class OutputFileUriValue(AWSProperty):
    props = {
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class Variable(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'DatasetContentVersionValue': (DatasetContentVersionValue, False),
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        'VariableName': (basestring, False)
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class ContainerAction(AWSProperty):
    props = {
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        'Image': (basestring, True),
        'ResourceConfiguration': (ResourceConfiguration, False),
        'Variables': ([Variable], False),
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class DeltaTime(AWSProperty):
    props = {
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class QueryActionFilter(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'DeltaTime': (DeltaTime, False),
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class QueryAction(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'Filters': ([QueryActionFilter], False),
        'SqlQuery': (basestring, False),
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class Action(AWSProperty):
    props = {
        'ActionName': (basestring, True),
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class Schedule(AWSProperty):
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class TriggeringDataset(AWSProperty):
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class Trigger(AWSProperty):
    props = {
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class Dataset(AWSObject):
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    props = {
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Rebuilding Nepal
Ram Prasad Sapkota (62) of Tripureshwor VDC, 35 km from HQ Dhadingbesi of Dhading district mends his house, which collapsed during the earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale in April 25 2015. He is one of the earthquake survivors who received rice seeds distributed by Oxfam and our partner, Small Farmer Agricultural Cooperative Federation (SFACF). Credit Jes Aznar / Oxfam.
On 25th April 2015 a massive earthquake struck Nepal between the capital of Kathmandu and the city of Pokhara, killing thousands and causing widespread devastation.
Hundreds of thousands of people fled their homes fearing aftershocks and gathered in the surrounding areas, some in makeshift camps. Transport and communications were severely disrupted. Just over two weeks later on 12th May, a second earthquake of a similar magnitude caused further devastation. As a result, more than 8,900 people died, over 23,500 were injured and more than 800,000 houses were destroyed or damaged. In total, over 8 million people across 31 districts were affected by the earthquake.
In the first few days after the first earthquake hit, Oxfam in Nepal immediately responded by providing lifesaving relief including food items and drinking water and by setting up temporary shelters and emergency latrines. Our priorities were to ensure that affected people had access to adequate humanitarian assistance and to prevent the outbreak of disease.
During the first weeks, we distributed staple food supplies, alongside rice seeds and agricultural tools for farmers. We managed to ship vital emergency supplies to Gorkha, near the epicenter of the quake, as well as providing tarpaulins, rice, water and sanitation equipment to other hard-hit rural districts. In Kathmandu Valley, we provided clean water and sanitation facilities to earthquake survivors living in some of the worst hit districts. Oxfam's technical experts constructed water tanks and sanitation facilities in the temporary camps.
By April 25th, 2017, thanks to our donors, Oxfam has:
distributed close to 60,000 emergency and improved shelter kits benefitting over 322,00 people
helped 17,000 farmers to access rice seeds to replenish destroyed supplies.
constructed 8,000 latrines providing safer, more dignified living conditions.
provided chlorinated water to 35,000 people.
distributed cash vouchers to enable families to buy seeds, tools and other essential items, which in turn helps boost the local economy.
provided over 6,000 Compassionate Grants to enable people to buy life saving food items or medicines.
provided over 2,300 families with a Multi Purpose grant to restart existing businesses, to regenerate community infrastructure, and to support market and financial systems.
supported over 14,000 families with Oxfam's Cash for Work (CFW) programme, which provides short-term employment in the rebuilding of community services.
Together we have reached over 534,000 people in need.
After the initial relief phase the focus shifts to recovery and reconstruction.
Now, our focus shifts from emergency relief to long-term recovery for Nepal. Thousands of people have benefited from Oxfam's cash for work schemes, which gives them much needed income in return for repairing damaged water supplies and pathways connecting communities. Oxfam's recovery grants help rebuild livelihoods and regenerate the community infrastructures. We are continuing to repair and restore longer term water and sanitation facilities in schools with separate toilets and wash areas for girls to encourage them to come to school.
Dhan Kumari Adhikari (32) of Tripureshwor VDC in Dhading district scatters the rice seeds in her field, preparing for paddy cultivation. A housewife and a mother of 2, Dhan Kumari received the seeds from Oxfam and our partner, Small Farmers Agriculture Cooperative after the rice stock seeds that she had stored away from her previous yield got mixed with rubble when her house collapsed during the earthquake. Credit Jes Aznar / Oxfam.
While Nepal continues the long road to recovery, Oxfam is urging the government to engage with communities in reconstruction and resettlement schemes to identify those in greatest need and to replace lost documents. "With monsoon rains fast approaching in Nepal, it is imperative that reconstruction is made both speedier and fairer," said Oxfam country director Cecilia Keizer. "After such an overwhelming show of generosity, the people of Nepal deserve a fast and fair route to recovery."
How can you show your support?
By donating to Oxfam on a regular basis through our Shareplan monthly giving program, you are giving us the financial security we need to step in and save lives – whenever and wherever we're needed. Thank you for your ongoing commitment. Lives depend on it.
Map: Oxfam works in 7 out of the 14 most affected regions in Nepal
Photo Book: The Year Nepal Shook
Publication: Nepal One Year on
Publication: Rebuilding a More Resilient Nepal: Key recommendations for reconstruction and recovery, October 2015
Update: Nepal 6-month Report, October 2015
Report: 3-month Update, July 2015
News Release: One month on, Oxfam reaching Nepal's most isolated in a race against the monsoon, May 25, 2015
News Release: Devastating earthquakes in Nepal, May 12, 2015
News Release: Need for shelter in monsoons biggest concern in rural areas of Nepal, May 7, 2015
Blog: Nepal earthquake was 'single most frightening experience of my life', May 19, 2015
Blog: Fostering gender equality in emergencies, May 1, 2015
Blog: 3 things to know about how we're helping in Nepal, April 30, 2015
Updated April 25, 2016


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North Carolina and South Carolina:
USGS Professional Paper 1462
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This report is the product of a 4-year project of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) under the Conterminous United States Mineral Assessment Program (GUSMAP) to assess mineral resources of the Charlotte l°x2° quadrangle, North Carolina and South Carolina (fig. 1). Data on geology, mineral-deposit occurrences, geochemistry, heavy minerals, and geophysics available in September 1981 have been integrated into a multidisciplinary analysis of the mineral-resource potential of the quadrangle. In addition, the relative importance of different commodities of the area is evaluated from records of past production through 1978. The results of CUSMAP for the Charlotte quadrangle are presented here and in related map reports of the U.S. Geological Survey (see Gairand others, 1986). Stone, sand and gravel, clay, and 17 types of metallic and other nonmetallic mineral deposits are evaluated. Commodities produced from these deposits at the present time or in the past, or those judged potentially available, are base metals (copper, lead, and zinc), gold, silver, lithium, tin, beryllium, iron, thorium (monazite), rare earths, zirconium, barite, sul-fur, feldspar, mica, corundum, kyanite and sillimanite, quartz, and rutile. The general arrangement of this report and the plan for the resource assessment follow rather closely the outlines of several earlier CUSMAP reports, particularly the report on the Rolla l°x2° quadrangle, Missouri (Pratt, 1981). The methods of mineral-resource assessment used in that report, and generally followed here, were evolved at a mineral-resource assessment work shop in Golden, Colo., in December 1979 (Shawe, 1981). The principal steps in the assessment (Pratt, 1981), as adapted to the Charlotte quadrangle area, are 1. Compilation of geologic, geochemical, and geophysical maps to identify the geologic environments of the area. 2. Determination of the types of known mineral deposits and of mineral commodities derived from these deposits and identification of commodities that are potentially derivable, as inferred from geochemical and heavy-mineral data obtained during this study. 3. Construction of descriptive models for the known mineral-deposit types by assembly of criteria that characterize the deposits. 4. Systematic correlation of geologic, mineral-occurrence, geochemical, mineralogic, and geophysical1 data and comparison of the data with features of the descriptive models.
Evaluations of 17 types of metallic-nonmetallic mineral deposits and of stone, sand-gravel, and clay construction materials, with geologic, geophysical, and geochemical background information. Includes black and white geologic map at 1:250,000 scale. Edited by Jacob E. Gair, 1989. 171 pages.
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Every so often, an athlete emerges whose abilities exceed the boundaries of convention and provide a new bright-line of distinction. Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and LeBron James are among the special few whose personal contributions, sportsmanship, and competitive drive forever altered the landscape of professional sports.
They became legends who brought hope and championships to their loyal fans. And they were fun to watch, too.
So, who will be this generation's King James, exceeding expectations and pumping fresh blood into a stale franchise?
It is becoming clear that former Oregon Ducks quarterback Marcus Mariota is the frontrunner for membership into this exclusive club of game changers. And while no professional career is certain, the humble yet explosive Heisman Trophy winner has shown the same athletic brio and record breaking brilliance of our nation's past masters.
Finally, after months of enduring the endless barrage of fuzzy chop logic and analyst hand-wringing in anticipation of the 2015 NFL Draft, the St. Louis High School star will begin his NFL career with the Tennessee Titans as the No. 2 overall pick in the first round. The circumstances are ripe in Tennessee with a new coach in Ken Whisenhunt. And Mariota could be an important piece for a less than exemplary Titans organization turn to its franchise around.
Here are three reasons why Mariota is this generation's next superstar.
Performance Under Pressure As seen before with athletes such as Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods and LeBron James, Nike's latest advertising campaign is once again trumpeting the arrival of the next great American athlete: Marcus Mariota. Certainly, the advertising execs for the world's preeminent sports apparel company are hardly incapable of gaffe, but the company's track record for identifying and endorsing burgeoning talent is impressive. Nike's first commercial featuring a young James in his first year with Cleveland Cavaliers poked fun at the absurd amount of pressure placed on the 18-year-old's shoulders. After freezing on the court, James laughs it off. A decade later, the two-time NBA champion ring recipient and four-time MVP has blossomed into arguably the finest active NBA basketball player today.
Mariota possesses that same gene: an ability to transform pressure into high-performance fuel. The best athletes shrug off mistakes, maintaining focus with steely resolve as they confront inevitable moments of adversity. In fact, how often do you see quarterbacks congratulate their opponents after they get sacked and then follow it up with a game breaking pass or a 40-yard scamper to the endzone? That is what sets Mariota apart from the field. Former St. Louis High School teammate and friend, Colorado defensive end Juda Parker summed up Mariota's unshakeable demeanor on the football field. "The stage is never too big for him. He never gets too big headed about things, and I guess that's how he can do great things and still have a smile on his face," Parker told Aaron Fentress of CSNNW. Believe the Hype, Nike's ringing endorsement of Mariota, is a convincing pitch, but Mariota is more than just a sleek commercial from a billion dollar corporation. When Mariota announced he would enter the 2015 NFL Draft, one could almost hear the collective sigh of relief among Pac-12 coaches as Mariota's reign would finally come to an end.
A true sportsman, Mariota is gracious in defeat.
I'm not just saying this because we're playing him in a week and a half, I said it last year that I thought he's the best quarterback in the nation. I'll say it again this year: He's the best quarterback in the nation. Personally, especially looking at our style of offense, Marcus Mariota can play in any style of offense. He can play in our offense. He can play in that offense. He could play in any kind of offense because he can run, he can be dynamic as a runner, but he can also stay in the pocket and throw it everywhere, on time.
I just don't know how he's going to miss. There will be a transition period, but I don't see how he can miss. If I was still in the league coaching, and ownership or the head coach wanted an opinion from me, I'd be on the table standing and saying this guy has a tremendous future in the NFL. … He'll get better at everything. He doesn't have a shortcoming at anything, I don't think. I think he can do all the things you want in the pocket.
If we pick him at No. 2, you definitely think he can be the Day 1 starter. He was impressive. I'm not sure where that came from that I have a certain quarterback type. Marcus has the qualities I think are important to the position in the NFL. He's got good leadership. His team really gravitates to him. He doesn't turn the ball over. … He's accurate. He can extend the play. He processes things well. That's really what you're looking for.
So, at long last, the greatest quarterback in Oregon history will continue his career in the NFL. Now, it's the Hawaiian's opportunity to jumpstart an eager Tennessee fan base and give Oregon fans a reason to watch football on Sundays. The legacy is just beginning and Mariota's will be one to remember.


Artificial Intelligence or «R.U.R. – Rossum's Universal Robots» – ¡The Future is analogue!
Source: #OnThisDay 1938: The first attempt at science fiction on television aired - a BBC adaptation of Karel Čapek's Rossum's Universal Robots. https://twitter.com/bbcarchive/status/962619743277432832.
In the 1930s, the clouds over Europe became darker and darker. After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936, many intellectuals and writers had guessed what the political development in Europe was heading for. Čapek also had a highly sensitive perception of current events. His anti-war drama «Bílá Nemoc» («The White Plague»), written in 1936/37, was created in the gloomy atmosphere, in which two highly different characters face each other: The Dictator who infects the people with his demagogic speeches with the virus of mass psychosis – the «White Plague» (aka «Morbus Chengi») – and Dr Galen, a doctor who is aware of the value of human life and can cure the disease. The Dictator orders the doctor to come to him after his best friend, an armor magnate, has contracted the «White Plague». He asks Dr Galen to save his friend. The doctor only wants to do it under one condition: Armament production has to be discontinued. The dictator refuses.
This is where the clasp closes to R.U.R., especially as the National Socialist robots prove just as murderous and should plunge the world into the abyss. Čapek himself died of pneumonia on 25 December 1938, only a few weeks after the fatal Munich Agreement and just three months before the Germans invaded Prague on 15 March 1939.


As Jon Holmlund reported in his post last week, research on the editing of genes in human embryos is now being conducted in the United States. The door to doing this research was opened by the consensus report on Human Genome Editing published by the National Academy of Sciences earlier this year. That report encouraged the pursuit of research on gene editing in human embryos and justified that based on the potential benefit of editing human embryos to correct genes for serious human genetic disorders. The report recommended that once basic research could show the reliability of the gene editing techniques it would be reasonable to proceed with human clinical trials as long as those trials involved the correction of genes responsible for serious genetic disorders. They stated that there were significantly more moral concerns about using human genome editing for enhancement and that enhancement should not be pursued until those moral concerns were resolved. Thus, the research currently being done in Portland, Oregon by Shoukhrat Mitalipov (see article in MIT Technology Review) involves creating human embryos with a single gene genetic disorder and then editing the abnormal gene to remove the disorder.
However, the idea that human germline genetic modification should be pursued to correct serious genetic disorders is a flawed concept. The technique used by Mitalipov does not involve treatment of a diseased human embryo, but the creation at the time of conception of a genetically altered embryo. Since the goal of this procedure is not the treatment of a diseased individual, but the creation of a child free of a particular genetic disease for parents who desire such a genetically related child, there is a much simpler and already available means to accomplish that goal. The parents can accomplish that in the large majority of cases by using preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) to select an embryo that does not have the disorder. Since this method is much simpler, involves much less risk, and will undoubtedly be less expensive than gene editing, there would be very little market for embryonic gene editing for parents who are carriers of a serious genetic disorder and desire to have an unaffected child.
Some might suggest that gene editing of embryos with a genetic disorder would be morally preferred to PGD because of the destruction of the embryos who do have a genetic disorder in the process of using PGD. This is based on the human embryo having full moral status which makes the destruction of embryos inherent in the way PGD is used impermissible. However, if human embryos have full moral status, then the research being done to develop human embryonic gene editing is impermissible since it involves destruction of the embryos created for the research.
Since there will be little practical use for human embryonic gene editing in dealing with serious genetic disorders, what will human embryonic gene editing be used for? It will be used for things that cannot be done with PGD. It will be used to create children with genes that the parents do not possess. It will be used for enhancement. Those who promote research on human embryonic gene editing should be honest and admit that it will have little use in the treatment of single gene disorders and that the real reason to develop it is to do enhancement, which they admit is morally problematic.
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Q: JetBrains Meta Programming System not working Whenever I try to run the batch script to run MPS, it opens for a split second then immediately closes.
Trying to run it via the command line gives me the following message: "Jetbrains/MPS was unexpected at this time."
I posted the question also on their forum, but I don't seem to get an answer, so maybe someone else had this problem as well.
EDIT: For clarification, I am using Windows 10 on 64 bits, and have tried both version 203.7148.1199 and version 202.8194.1069, installed via the toolbox app and via the standalone installer. I also want to mention that my system meets the requirements to run the program.
EDIT 2: I found out that it works but only if it is installed in the C drive, not in any other drive.

A: The problem was the path in which MPS was installed. Apparently, it's a bug that I just discovered and the characters '(' or ')' in the installation path make MPS just not run. Probably the bat script doesn't take them right into account or something.

A: This depends on what OS you are running, and which version of MPS you downloaded. If you used the generic package, you must at least copy the contents from the bin/<os> directory (e.g. bin/win) to the bin directory. Although the recommended way of running vanilla MPS is to download the platform specific package (Windows, Linux or Mac) and then run it from your normal starter (e.g. a menu like the Windows start menu).


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Q: No row at position (-1) - SQL Server when trying to save DataTable changes I have a Windows Forms data entry applet for entering data into a small SQL Server database. I keep seeing this error when trying to save my new record after clicking AddNewItem button on the binding navigator component.

My code on clicking the save button on the binding navigator looks like this:
private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
        try
        {
            this.Validate();

            int currentPosition = this.witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.Rows.Count - 1;
            WitsStatusDBDataSet.TestCaseRow row = (WitsStatusDBDataSet.TestCaseRow)witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.Rows[currentPosition];
            row.AcceptChanges();

            witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.AcceptChanges();
            this.testCaseBindingSource.EndEdit();

            int current = witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.Rows.Count - 1;

            testCaseTableAdapter.Update(this.witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.Rows[current]);
            WitsStatusDBEntry.WitsStatusDBDataSetTableAdapters.TableAdapterManager manager = new TableAdapterManager();
            manager.UpdateAll(witsStatusDBDataSet);

            SysTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(2500);
            statusLabel1.Text = "Updated successfully.";
            SysTimer.Start();
        }
        catch(Exception exc)
        {
            string msg = exc.Message + " : " + exc.StackTrace;
            Clipboard.SetText(msg);
            MessageBox.Show(msg);
        }
}

If I enter the data manually in SQL Server Mgmt Studio, the binding navigator successfully loads it and I can use Move Next and Move Previous successfully.
But if I have a brand-new database that has just been deployed, with no records, I get this error.
I checked StackOverflow for similar issues, but nothing seemed to be the same situation.

A: I re-coded the method, based on mason's comment. Here is the working code:
private void btnSave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            WitsStatusDBDataSet.TestCaseRow row = null;
            this.Validate();

            int currentPosition = this.witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.Rows.Count - 1;
            if(currentPosition == -1)
            {
                row = AddRowToDataTable(testCase: witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase);
            }

            if (row == null)
            {
                currentPosition = this.witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.Rows.Count - 1;
            }
            row.AcceptChanges();

            witsStatusDBDataSet.TestCase.AcceptChanges();
            this.testCaseBindingSource.EndEdit();

            testCaseTableAdapter.Update(row);
            testCaseTableAdapter.InsertCase(row.Title, row.IsAutomated, row.Description, row.State, row.Area, row.Iteration, row.Priority,
                row.Severity, row.Owner, row.CreatedDate, row.ModifiedDate, row.TFS_Case_ID, row.TFSInstance);

            WitsStatusDBEntry.WitsStatusDBDataSetTableAdapters.TableAdapterManager manager = new TableAdapterManager();
            manager.Connection = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=WitsStatusDB;Integrated Security=True");
            manager.UpdateAll(witsStatusDBDataSet);

            SysTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(2500);
            statusLabel1.Text = "Updated successfully.";
            SysTimer.Start();
        }
        catch(Exception exc)
        {
            string msg = exc.Message + " : " + exc.StackTrace;
            Clipboard.SetText(msg);
            MessageBox.Show(msg);
        }
    }

Notice I had to call "AddRowToDataDable()" - that method simply transfers the contents of the Windows Form to the TestCaseRow object.


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youth alive
How Youth Alive is breaking the cycle of violence and HIV in Kampala, Uganda
In 2016, Avert reported that 1.4 million people in Uganda were living with HIV, and that the country experienced 28,000 cases of AIDS-related death. In the last decade, the country has seen a 21 per cent spike in new infections, and these statistics are set to grow without affirmative action. A serious lack of government funding has had a detrimental effect on the nation's ability to improve the situation. This has meant increased pressure on NGOs working the front lines.
PHOTO: Rachel Kulchin
Youth Alive Uganda is a community based organization that delivers educational programs to empower the youth of Kampala, the country's capital city. Their work includes promoting HIV awareness and prevention, conflict resolution and peace keeping strategies, and fighting violence against women and girls. They believe that the best way to help the community is by providing the tools needed so that they may help themselves. And this begins with youth.
Youth Alive's programs offer life skills and basic education that aim to inspire youth to break these cycles. In some cases, poverty and lack of educational and employment opportunities within the community have forced children and young adults into prostitution. News Vision estimates that there are about 12,000 child sex workers in Uganda.
As well, Avert reported that HIV was prevalent among more than 35 per cent of sex workers in 2014. It is estimated that sex workers and their clients accounted for 16 per cent of new HIV infections in Uganda in the same year. The partners of clients accounted for an additional 3 per cent. Punitive laws and stigmatizing attitudes towards sex workers has meant that these groups most vulnerable to infection are far less likely to engage with HIV services.
Another tool employed by Youth Alive is a workshop series in which participants enact situations involving threatening scenarios and conflict. They teach participants peaceful resolutions and strategies to turn a potential threatening situation, into an amicable one.
These workshops are critical, and their purposes are multifaceted. Youth Alive Uganda also focuses on violence prevention for women and girls in particular. Their wish is that the workshops will become a double-edged sword in the fight against HIV and violence.
Click here for more information on Youth Alive Uganda and how to get involved.
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***Nearly 40 cars are taking in Tuesday's Michelin 'On Track Opportunity' at Daytona International Speedway, with DPi, LMP2, LMP3, GTLM, GT3, GT4 and TCR machinery all represented for the single-day of running in advance of the 2019 IMSA seasons.
***The on-track session runs until 8 p.m. ET, to provide teams with night-time running.
***Wayne Taylor Racing and Juncos Racing are present with its Cadillac DPi-V.Rs, with Performance Tech running its Oreca 07 Gibson, alongside GTLM teams Porsche GT Team and Risi Competizione.
***More than a dozen GTD cars are taking part, including the U.S. debut of the 2019-spec Porsche 911 GT3 R, run by Park Place Motorsports, four Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evos, featuring entries from Magnus Racing and Grasser Racing Team as well as Moorespeed, which has made the switch to an Audi R8 LMS Evo from its originally announced Porsche.
***A total of 18 Michelin Motorsport Tire Specialists are on-site to support the teams, including North America motorsports director Chris Baker, technical director Ken Payne and operations manager Robbie Holley.
***Teams were welcomed to mid-40-degree temperatures this morning, making for faster-than-expected lap times in the cool conditions. "While we prefer it to be sunny and warm in Florida, this is much better in representation of the weather we'll expect like in the [Rolex] 24," Michelin's Payne told Sportscar365.
***Grasser Racing Team principal Gottfried Grasser told Sportscar365 their Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo was two seconds quicker this morning compared to the best lap laid down, in non-Evo spec, from this year's race, which was won by the Austrian squad.
***While having lost Toni Vilander to Scuderia Corsa, Risi appears set to return for the opening two rounds of the season with its Ferrari 488 GTE, although plans beyond the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring still up in the air. The Houston-based team has ruled out a GTD entry alongside its GTLM effort.
***Miguel Molina is handling testing duties in Risi's entry today, while Nick Tandy is at the wheel of the No. 911 Porsche 911 RSR, which is still in its Motul Petit Le Mans class-winning retro livery.
***AIM Vasser Sullivan is using Tuesday's running to evaluate livery options for its Lexus RC F GT3 entries. The right side of the DayGlo yellow-colored car is painted in black, with the left side silver.
***Mike Lemay has become the new Lexus Motorsports manager, taking the place of Mark Egger, who has been reassigned to a new production car-related project within Toyota. Lemay had previously served as the assistant general manager of the Toyota Chicago regional office.
***P1 Motorsports is expecting to confirm the full-season lineup for its Mercedes-AMG GT3 within the next few days, according to team manager Gary Cummings. Mercedes-AMG factory driver Maxi Buhk, who drove for the team at Motul Petit Le Mans, has been rumored to join owner/driver JC Perez.
***Perez and Daniel Morad are testing today, although the Canadian, who has remained Silver-rated for 2019 following a successful appeal to the FIA, is understood to be part of Montaplast by Land Motorsport's lineup for the Rolex 24.
***Cummings told Sportscar365 that P1 expects to take delivery of a brand-new Mercedes GT3 chassis later this month that will become its primary car.
***Brazilian ace Sergio Jimenez was on-site with the team on Tuesday, prior to traveling to Saudi Arabia for the opening round of the Jaguar I-PACE eTROPHY in Riyadh, where he will represent Jaguar Brazil Racing in the new single-make all-electric championship.
***Bryan Sellers and Katherine Legge will also take part in the eTROPHY, driving for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. A total of 11 vehicles are set for Saturday's race.
***Moorespeed's newly confirmed season-long Audi GTD program will feature star power not only at the wheel but on the pit box, with John Horton joining the Texas-based team as engineer and Jürgen Zürn as chief strategist and data engineer. Horton has joined the team from Park Place Motorsports.
***Chris Mower has joined Mazda Team Joest as its new team coordinator. Mower, who served as team manager for the ill-fated Nissan LMP1 program, is understood to be one of several high-profile hires to the team next year, including the potential of Brad Kettler, who has departed Audi Sport customer racing.
***While not present today, Mazda is set to return to Daytona for a two-day private test this weekend, which is poised to see Timo Bernhard turn his first laps in the Multimatic-built Mazda RT24-P. BMW Team RLL, Montaplast by Land Motorsport and Starworks Motorsport are also slated to test on Saturday and Sunday, with Acura Team Penske on Dec. 18-19.
***Despite being initially announced as a Michelin Endurance Cup-only driver, Starworks team principal Peter Baron indicated that the intention is for Parker Chase to complete the entire season alongside Dalziel. An Audi factory driver is set to join the duo, along with a yet-to-be-announced Silver-rated pilot for the Rolex 24.
***Baron said they remain open to the possibility of running a second Audi for the WeatherTech Sprint Cup races, in the place of Land's Audi effort, which is confirmed for the Endurance Cup only races.
***While Land's lineup has yet to be announced, Morad, Christopher Mies, Dries Vanthoor and Ricardo Feller's names are on the side of the car, with Mies and Feller on testing duty today.
***Meyer Shank Racing is set to take delivery of two brand-new Acura NSX GT3 Evos later this month according to team co-owner Mike Shank. The Ohio-based team is utilizing its No. 93 car, upgraded to Evo-spec, today with AJ Allmendinger and Jackie Heinricher at the wheel.
***Paul Holton and Kuno Wittmer turned laps in Compass Racing's McLaren 570S GT4, with the team expecting to announce its driver lineup for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge season in the coming days, according to team principal Karl Thomson.
***Thomson told Sportscar365 it's their goal to run as a two-car McLaren squad in GS next year, with the British manufacturer having provided increased support since McLaren Automotive's takeover of the program. Two McLaren engineers are on-site for today's test.
***The McLaren GT4 update package will be made available following January's Pilot Challenge season-opener, with the Canadian squad having worked with McLaren Automotive on 22 different areas of improvement, from a-arms to brakes and exhaust updates.
***Thomson said they expect to take delivery of their new McLaren 720S GT3 in February but has ruled out a debut in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring. Sportscar365 understands McLaren's IMSA manufacturer agreement is for the WeatherTech Sprint Cup races only.
***It's understood McLaren will make an initial batch of 12 cars available to customers next year, with Compass having been the first officially announced order.
***Rebel Rock Racing is set to field at least one Camaro GT4.R for the full Pilot Challenge season, according to Robin Liddell, who will be joined by Frank DePew at the wheel. A second car, budget permitting, hasn't been ruled out and could feature Andrew Davis, who paired with Liddell in the final three rounds of last season.
***Muehlner Motorsports has expanded into IMSA Prototype Challenge with a pair of Norma M30 Nissans that will be run under the Robillard Racing banner. Stevan McAleer and Joe Robillard will drive the cars solo in the 1 hour and 45-minute races and team up in a single entry for the pair of three-hour races at Daytona and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
***Team principal Bernhard Muehlner told Sportscar365 they are still planning to run a GT4 program, likely in the SRO-run GT4 America championship, next year alongside its new customer operation.
***Dawson Racing, the team behind the D3 Transformers operation, is also present with a Ligier JS P3 Nissan for Theodore Olson and Nelson Mason ahead of a planned full-season IPC effort and potential second entry next year.
***Ian Dawson told Sportscar365 that a LMP2 program, as initially announced in October 2017, remains a "moving target" with a final decision for a possible 2019 entry needing to be made within the next two weeks. Dawson indicated that the recent bankruptcy of Toys "R" Us affected the sponsorship of its planned Ligier JS P217 Gibson program for 2018.
***A celebration of life for renowned motorsports photographer John Thawley has been set for next month following the Roar Before the 24 weekend. Services for Thawley, who passed way in October, will be held at Joanne's House at Hope Hospice in Bonita Springs, Fla. on Mon. Jan. 7 at 4 p.m.


The sign said, "Humans only!" It was spelled correctly for a change. Out in the sticks it's even money. I walked in, sat down at a booth. I don't like sitting at the bar, especially with my back to the door: not on a planet like this.
"I'll start a new pot." She smiled, winked, and went on her way. I always fool them. They never know; they just think they do.