Rereadability: I will be revisiting this book again and again.
Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea is a classic fantasy tale that feels surprisingly fresh. It tells a large story without being epic or sprawling. It is short, simple, and brilliant.
The story follows a young wizard named Ged from his childhood as a fledgeling sorcerer to his early adulthood. Le Guin tells us that Ged will one day go on great adventures and become an incredible wizard, but she warns that this is not that story. It is the story of a man finding out who he is in the a world of thousands of islands, a variety of cultures and people, and powerful magic.
When Ged learns that he has magical abilities, he leaves his home island of Gont for the School for wizards. If you've read a lot of fantasy, you've probably encountered a handful of wizarding schools—Hogwarts, Brakebills from The Magicians, and The University from The Name of the Wind come to mind.
The School comes with many familiar elements: a teacher for each of the magic forms, the snobby rival. During his time at the school, Ged brings an evil being into the world while attempting to outdo his rival with a complex spell. Ged's creation—the Shadow—becomes the antagonist of the story.
For a sub-200-page book, A Wizard of Earthsea packs years' worth of events into a very small space. Every chapter is an adventure of its own.
I have had a rough streak of fantasy book lately. Nothing was really clicking for me. I went into this book apprehensively, expecting it to feel outdated, overdone, and possibly a bit dry.
Instead, Le Guin inverts expectations from the start, writing a fantasy not about saving the world but about a wizard saving himself and coming to terms with his own dark side.
The book may not have a breakneck plot or intense action, but it has magic in every moment and a world that feels both plausible and alien.
It didn't take very long for me to understand why this is considered one of the classics of fantasy. As I read, I noticed connections to Rothfuss, Hobb, and Gaiman. Though the book was originally compared to The Chronicles of Narnia and The Lord of the Rings, A Wizard of Earthsea is a unique story in a unique setting.
I won't tell you that you have to read this book. But if you read it, you will understand why it has been celebrated for so long, and you will understand where many contemporary fantasy books got their inspiration. A Wizard of Earthsea is a book to read under an old, shady tree—or a book to read on a subway or in a hospital. Either way, it will take you into another world.


Sunday is the start of National Ice Cream Month and Baskin-Robbins has a freebie.
Sunday kicks off National Ice Cream Month and Baskin-Robbins is celebrating with a treat.
From 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, get a free sample of the "Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Polar Pizza" at participating locations nationwide.
Mark your calendar because July 15 is National Ice Cream Day and many ice cream shops are expected to have specials.
Carrabba's Italian Grill: Through Sunday, get a free order of lasagne when you dine in and order off the "Carrabba's Today, Carrabba's Tomorrow" menu. The menu includes three signature dishes — Chicken Bryan, Chicken Marsala or Pollo Rosa Maria.
Even though National Sunglasses Day was Wednesday, one national chain is celebrating with a freebie Friday.
Women's fashion retailer Charlotte Russe stores will give away free pairs of patriotic sunglasses Friday.
No purchase is necessary and the shades will be available while supplies last at all locations. The mall-based retailer is known for its trendy clothes and accessories that cater to teens and young adults.
Although the company has done smaller giveaways in the past, this is the first time it's "executing a giveaway in all of our brick and mortar locations," according to the company statement.
Find store locations at www.charlotterusse.com.
To get the Charlotte Russe deal, some shoppers are being told they need to present an email or can show a coupon on the Charlotte Russe app. Download the Android app here and the iPhone version here.
Mountain Dew lovers, Sam's Club has a new flavor on tap.
The new Mountain Dew Berry Monsoon is exclusively available in Sam's Club cafés and includes berry and lime flavors.
On Thursday and Friday, the cafes, which are open to non-members too, will give away free samples of the drink.
The sample event is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the two days and while supplies last.


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Trudeau vs. Kim: Trump calls Canadian PM 'weak' and North Korean dictator 'talented'
By Katie Dangerfield	Global News
Updated June 12, 2018 5:44 pm
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U.S President Donald Trump's feud with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to escalate, while his relationship with the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Un seems to be flourishing.
On Tuesday, Trump met Kim in Singapore for a historic summit on denuclearization. The two shook hands, smiled, went for a walk and dined together (a sharp contrast to the tumultuous relationship between the two leaders only months ago).
COMMENTARY: Why would Trump insult Trudeau?
Kim — who has been accused of murder, torture and sexual violence — was hailed as someone with a "great personality" and a "very talented man" by Trump.
Trump has had a less friendly tone toward Trudeau.
WATCH: Trump says Justin Trudeau 'didn't know Air Force One has 20 televisions'
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Trump on Trudeau: Justin didn't know Air Force One has 20 televisions – Jun 12, 2018
Trudeau, who defended Canada's trade policies over the weekend, was called "weak" and "dishonest" by the U.S. president. One of Trump's aides even went as far as to say, "there is a special place in hell" for leaders like Justin Trudeau. (The aide apologized for that choice of words on Tuesday.)
Here's what Trump has said about the two leaders over the past few days.
Trump on Kim
During a media conference Tuesday, Trump was asked why he was so comfortable calling Kim a "talented man."
Trump responded by saying: "Well, he is very talented. Anybody who takes over a situation like he did at 26 years of age and is able to run it, and run it tough. I don't say it was nice."
READ MORE: 5 key moments you may have missed from Trump-Kim summit
Trump said he formed a "very special bond with" with Kim and they got along right from the beginning of the summit.
When Trump was pressed about Kim's human rights abuse, he said he discussed it with the North Korean leader but did not elaborate.
"I believe it's a rough situation over there, there's no question about it. We did discuss it today, pretty strongly," Trump said. "We'll be doing something on it. It's rough. It's rough in a lot of places, by the way, not just there. But it's rough."
Trump also told reporters that he does not say Kim is "nice" but believed he would end up helping people in North Korean prison camps.
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The U.S. president's comments were a far cry from his speech to the UN in September, in which he called Kim a "rocket man" on a "suicide mission" and smalled the regime's human rights abuses.
"It is responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of North Koreans, and for the imprisonment, torture, killing and oppression of countless more," Trump said in September.
Kim, an authoritarian leader, has been accused by the U.S. of ordering the public assassination of his half-brother with a nerve agent, executing his uncle by firing squad and presiding over a notorious gulag estimated to hold 80,000 to 120,000 political prisoners.
WATCH: North Korea defector says prisoners fed to dogs, women forced to have abortions
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Trump on Trudeau
Trump's friendliness to Kim is a stark contrast to his current tone with Trudeau. And it started over trade tariffs the U.S. imposed on Canada last month.
At a G7 summit wrap-up news conference over the weekend, Justin Trudeau said Canada wouldn't be "pushed around" by the U.S. amid the tariff dispute on steel and aluminum.
WATCH: Americans pay tribute to Canada amid Trump attacks on Trudeau
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Trudeau said it was an "insult" that Trump would justify his steel tariffs as a national security issue, and confirmed that Canada will move forward with retaliatory tariffs.
READ MORE: Donald Trump slams Trudeau (again), says PM will cost Canadians 'a lot of money'
Trump then blasted Trudeau in a series of tweets, mid-air on his way to the North Korea summit, calling the prime minister "meek and mild" and "very dishonest and weak."
PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a news conference after I left saying that, "US Tariffs were kind of insulting" and he "will not be pushed around." Very dishonest & weak. Our Tariffs are in response to his of 270% on dairy!
Based on Justin's false statements at his news conference, and the fact that Canada is charging massive Tariffs to our U.S. farmers, workers and companies, I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique as we look at Tariffs on automobiles flooding the U.S. Market!
Trump aides Larry Kudlow and Peter Navarro joined the criticism and characterized Trudeau as dishonest and inexperienced.
"He really kind of stabbed us in the back," Kudlow, Trump's director of the National Economic Council, told CNN. Kudlow also characterized Trudeau's comments as "amateurish" and "sophomoric."
Trade adviser Peter Navarro went even further during an appearance on Fox News.
READ MORE: Why Trudeau has become Trump's newest Twitter target
"There is a special place in hell for any leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door and that's what bad-faith Justin Trudeau did with that stunt press conference," Navarro said.
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Navarro apologized for his choice of words during a speaking engagement on Tuesday. "In conveying that message I used language that was inappropriate and basically lost the power of that message. I own that, that was my mistake, my words," he said, according to a CFO Journal report on Twitter.
On Tuesday, after Trump met with Kim, he again attacked Trudeau for his comments, saying they would "cost a lot of money for the people of Canada."
He then compared his relationship with Trudeau with the North Korean leader.
"I have had a good relationship with Justin and I think I have a very good relationship with chairman Kim right now," Trump said.
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2020 Symposium Directions & Parking
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From Sacramento - I5 / Highway 99 North To Chico
From I5, take Highway 99 North to Chico. Exit Highway 99 at Highway 32 turning left onto East 8th Street to and through downtown Chico. Continue west to Chestnut Street. Turn right on Chestnut Street and continue north for six blocks to West 2nd Street and the university.
From the Bay Area - I505 and I5 from the West to Chico
From I5, turn east on Hwy. 32 in Orland, stay on Hwy. 32 into Chico to West 2nd Street. Turn left on West 2nd Street and continue to the University.
From Redding/Red Bluff - Highway 99 South to Chico
From I5, take Hwy 99 south to Chico: Exit Hwy. 99 at Hwy. 32 turning right onto East 8th Street. For the downtown turn right on Main Street. For symposium, continue west to Chestnut Street. Turn right on Chestnut Street and continue north for six blocks to West 2nd Street and the University.
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To get driving directions to our campus via Google, enter your address or zip code in the form below.
Parking is available in the multi-story garage near the BMU and is located between 2nd and 3rd Streets and Chestnut and Normal Streets. The entrance to the garage is off Chestnut Street. Download a copy of the CSUC parking garages and Bell Memorial Union location. Park in any open space marked G or F/S with an hourly permit. Please read the instructions for parking in the garage as they do issue tickets if not parked properly. You may also use any of the street parking south of campus (both free and metered). Regular school session is out during the Symposium, so street parking should be available.
The Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is the closest major airport. It is 90 miles south of Chico and is served by most major carriers. You can rent a car or catch a shuttle at the Sacramento Airport.
Super Shuttle (Sacramento-based)
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Reserve your spot 24 hours in advance
Pick up and drop off at terminal A & B
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AMTRAK and Greyhound Bus also have regular service into downtown Chico, although hours are limited.
The AMTRAK train depot is located at W. 5th and Orange Streets, telephone: 895-8000 or 800-872-7246. The train leaves twice daily at 3:06 a.m. southbound and 1:42 a.m. northbound. The San Joaquin is a combination train and bus ride that leaves Chico three times daily, all southbound at 9:25 a.m., 11:55 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. This service terminates in downtown Los Angeles. Contact your local travel agencies for details or www.amtrak.com.
The Greyhound bus depot is located at W. 5th & Orange Streets. Call them for the schedule and current fares at 530-343-8266 or 1-800-231-2222 or visit www.greyhound.com.
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As winter descends upon us all, ABRs across the country are starting to accept the fact that there may be several months of limited riding ahead.
While for us this means simply locking our bikes away in the garage, Russian motorcyclists are also preparing for the winter by storing their bikes away, only many don't have the luxury of a garage and instead must store their bikes in their apartments.
Photographer Valeriy Zaytsev documented these scenes in a photo series that makes for bizarre and intriguing viewing. Check out a selection of these photos below.
So the next time your other half complains about your motorcycle taking up too much room in the garage, show her these photos!


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Towns have unique needs, costs Some have similar populations, but little else matches up
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Last month, taxpayers in the small town of Barkhamsted approved a budget of $2.4 million to run their municipal government for the coming fiscal year.
About 30 miles southwest, the town of Washington, with almost the same number of 3,700 residents, approved an annual budget of $5.0 million.
Do the taxpayers of Barkhamsted get only half the amount of service that the people of Washington get? The short answer is no. The long answer is nuanced.
This is just one example of many in Connecticut, where each of the 169 municipalities sets its own annual budget according to its own wishes, needs and limitations. It is usually oblivious to what its neighbors are doing.
Only when the dust of budget season settles to allow for town-to-town comparisons do these anomalies emerge.
Despite their similar sizes, Barkhamsted and Washington differ in character and level of resources, but they also present their budget figures differently. An examination of expenses, revenues and services, plus interviews with officials in both towns shows that Washington has traditionally provided a fuller array of service, while Barkhamsted offers its citizens "a fairly basic service," in the words of its first selectman, Donald S. Stein.
Washington, with a grand list showing property worth nearly twice that of Barkhamsted's, can better afford it. But Barkhamsted's budget this year also focused solely on operational expenses, while Washington's included a capital plan for one-time expenses of $1.2 million to buy equipment and land for open space and affordable housing.
The main reason why Washington is better heeled is that, due its closer proximity to New York, it attracts a much higher number of weekend residents who pay full property taxes while not putting a commensurate burden on public services, especially the school system. On the other hand, "urban people tend to expect more," noted Bart Russell, executive director of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns. Washington employs twice as many full-time staff and officials as Barkhamsted.
These are not the only fiscal anomalies in Northwestern Connecticut.
Norfolk spends more than double on municipal services than next-door Colebrook does, although the size of their populations is nearly the same. In exploring the reasons, Colebrook First Selectman Thomas McKeon noted that Norfolk has a stronger commercial tax base that can support a $3.4 million annual expenditure, compared to his $1.6 million. "Here, almost everything has to come out of the homeowner's pocket."
The two largest municipalities in Litchfield County, Torrington and New Milford, also present a budgetary contrast, although their populations are not that different.
Torrington, with an estimated 36,000 residents, passed a $52.3 million city budget for the coming year, while New Milford, with 20 percent fewer people, will spend about one-third less.
One reason is that New Milford continues to enjoy an unpaid volunteer fire department, despite 29,000 residents. Refusing to change its status to a city, New Milford contributes $401,000 to its firefighters, while Torrington pays $4.7 million for a career department.
But Torrington is truly a city in both substance and appearance, with all the services an urban community requires. Most notably, its tax dollars pay for full curbside pickup of trash and recyclables, while New Milford residents are on their own, paying for private collection or permits to use the transfer station.
Despite the financial disparities, these six municipalities do what they all do – plow and maintain local roads, provide emergency services, manage waste, offer special services to seniors and young people, help fund the library, maintain town property, and furnish a cadre of officials and civil servants with the tools to keep the machine of governance running.
The accompanying chart tells how they do it.
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The Actors Fund is a national human services organization that helps professionals in the performing arts and entertainment fields by providing programs and services for those in need, in crisis, or transition. In 1998, The Actors Fund created the Artists Health Insurance Resource Center (AHIRC) and accompanying website in response to its constituents' growing need for access to affordable health care.
Recognizing AHIRC as the leading mechanism for increasing artists' access to information and health care services, LINC approached The Actors Fund about a partnership that would further expand AHIRC's reach to artists across the country. With LINC's support and the cooperation of leaders in LINC's Creative Communities, The Actors Fund significantly expanded its connections to artists working in all disciplines. LINC funding enabled AHIRC to develop LINC City and Regional Guides, succinct and comprehensive booklets that help artists understand their health insurance options and direct them to local health care providers, including sliding-scale clinics, in their communities. The Actors Fund has produced and distributed 19 guides as well as the booklet "Every Artist Insured," which offers an explanation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and what it means for artists' access to health care. In addition, The Actors Fund conducted workshops and other educational events in LINC's Creative Communities, co-sponsored by local arts organizations, and its Every Artist Insured Tour provided seminars on the topics of getting and keeping health insurance in more than twenty cities.
Through its work with LINC, The Actors Fund realized the value of local partnerships. Its greatest successes in reaching artists have occurred when it has partnered with local organizations and built upon local networks. The Center for Cultural Innovation in California, Springboard for the Arts in Minneapolis, and Chicago Artists Resource—all LINC partners—are just a few of the local partners with which The Actors Fund collaborated.


Product design specialists ITERATE has recently collaborated with Welsh healthcare aids manufacturer Ryno, to develop the first innovative healthcare product of their latest range; the Domestic Dexterity Handle.
Based in South Wales, RYNO develop healthcare products that assist everyday living. The first in a line of new products is the Domestic Dexterity Handle; a versatile grip that allows objects such as sweeping brushes, frying pans, umbrellas and wheel barrows to be more easily used by individuals who have fine motor dexterity problems.
The product has been described as a 'versatile grip'; a product that permits users with fine motor dexterity problems to access and use everyday objects with ease.
Thrilled to be working on such a worthwhile product, ITERATE was tasked with helping get the product to market, seeing the team work closely with the brand to create the universal grip. The challenge was to get the grip performing its main function; being ergonomic and accommodating the existing grip of a wide variety of objects.
Problem solved – Utilising its expertise and state-of-the-art equipment, the ITERATE team solved a variety of problems. Through the use of their in-house FDM (fuse deposition modelling) capability, they created a range of 3D-printed designs; continuing to fly for flag for additive manufacturing. By doing so, they were able to explore and assess each version and their ergonomic benefits. When at the final stages of agreeing on a design for the healthcare product, the team then partook on a journey of user testing, gathering feedback to ensure that an optimal design had been arrived at.
The end result – The final phase of the project saw ITERATE create a 3D CAD model for injection-moulding. ITERATE then selected glass-filled nylon as the production material; mainly due to the fact that the product has lots of different uses, needing to be made of a material that provided high impact and heat resistance. A suite of mould tools were machined in Taiwan so that the finished healthcare product could be manufactured in volume.
Chris Davies, Owner at RYNO Handle, was extremely happy with the outcome.
"The team at ITERATE provided a first class service by supporting the development, prototyping and testing of our new healthcare handle".


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Robert "Robb" Heaton ( -  à Bradford) était le batteur du groupe de rock britannique New Model Army.

Né le  à Knutsford, Robb Heaton débute la musique en pratiquant la guitare. Adolescent, il décide de jouer de la batterie tout en continuant la guitare. En 1982, il se rend à Bradford et rencontre Justin Sullivan, il rejoint alors New model Army. Il participe au succès du groupe, grâce à l'album "Vengeance" en 1984, "No rest for the wicked" en 1985 et surtout "Thunder and consolation" en 1989.

Suite à de graves problèmes de santé, il quitte le groupe en 1998.

Le , Robert Heaton décède d'un cancer du pancréas.

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2020 Nissan Frontier Redesign, Specs, Release Date – The 2020 Nissan frontier possesses a cost-effective price, an automobile-like interior, several toned ranges plus it produces an incredible performance. In addition to that, there are two body designs as well as 2-bed furniture measures. Additionally, two motors as well as two transmissions.
The middle of-dimension pickup truck which is simple to set up or even a 4-tire push is within the supply. Frontier began its pathway 14 yrs ago plus it trips over a 2nd-era. Should you be keen on away from-roading, a Frontier Pro 4x Team Cab is accessible also plus it brings a huge-responsibility revocation. Its primary competitors are GMC Canyon, Chevy Colorado and Toyota Tacoma.
Contrary to its competition, the impending 2020 Nissan frontier has a considerably delicate and conservative technique. Nonetheless, the complete design appears appealing and competitive. Alternatively, the changes within the new model are minimal. The front side finish will continue to be undamaged using the same grille and front lights as just before.
The most recent supplement is 16-" alloy tires which are recommended and therefore are searching modern day. The exterior coloration color scheme remains to be also. Nonetheless, a Frontier Pro 4x contributes several far more exterior paints, for example, Metal Azure.
The interior is comfy and is also much more comparable to a consistent car's interior in comparison to the real pickup truck. Performance is on yet another stage, and even the switches design are fantastic. A Ruler Cab version has a crowded seating that is undoubtedly excellent just for little ones. Decide on a Team Cab product, and you will get yourself a back-end counter for three travelers.
That counter can undoubtedly cater to men and women. The seating is comfy and therefore are dressed up in a material fabric. Increased toned amounts put premium leather material seating. The freight location is adequate, and also the front side chairs can retract smooth which is useful when keeping much longer goods.
A typical engine is a 2.5-liter several-tube that will create approximately 152 HP and 171 lb-feet of torque. Each 5-pace handbook and automated transmission are offered. Also, this engine delivers simply a two-tire generate set up. The fuel economy has a guide transmission scored at 19 miles per gallon from the city and 23 miles per gallon on the road.
A computerized gearbox features a 17/22 miles per gallon fuel economy numbers. The 2020 Nissan frontier delivers one more drivetrain system that is undoubtedly non-obligatory. This is a 4.-liter V6 that results in 261 HP and 281 lb-feet of torque. A 4-tire travel setting is standard using this drivetrain plus it utilizes a 6-pace guide transmission. Additionally, a 5-velocity automated transmission is incorporated in the offer you too.
A starting up a price in the 2020 Nissan frontier is $21,000. Middle of the-cut SV designs together with the V6 engine and Staff Cab settings will cost $31,000.


This unit, Medopharm Private Limited (Unit II), a General formulation unit at 50, Kayarembedu Village, Guduvanchery, Tamil Nadu, India, commissioned in 2015 and proposed to cater to European/WHO and other third world countries.Total site area is about 17 acres, surrounded by environment-friendly open lands and greenery.The main production block has a total plinth area of about 42,814 sq. ft(3941 Sq. meters) . meters. The second block houses utilities in the ground floor and QC Lab in the first floor, combined plinth area of about 800 sq.mts.
Medopharm Private Limited (Unit II) site is a new proposed Solid Oral Dosage Formulations manufacturing unit for production of Tablets & Capsules formulations in generics & branded generics, for domestic as well as exports to other countries for its own marketing, contract manufacturing for third parties and co-marketing.


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With the eyes of the world on the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, hundreds of ISO standards will make the games a safe and memorable occasion for all. From alpine skiing to speed skating, standards play a role in every sport in the Winter Olympic Games.
ISO 14001 for environmental management is another ISO standard on the winner's podium. The Sochi Game Organizers have committed themselves to the use of environmentally friendly building materials and renewable sources of energy, waste minimization and recycling, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as sustainable water and energy use.
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Q: Converting daily data in to weekly in Pandas I have a dataframe as given below:
Index    Date               Country    Occurence
0    2013-12-30                  US             1
1    2013-12-30                  India          3
2    2014-01-10                  US             1
3    2014-01-15                  India          1
4    2014-02-05                  UK             5

I want to convert daily data into weekly,grouped by anatomy,method being sum.
Itried resampling,but the output gave Multi Index data frame from which i was not able to access "Country" and "Date" columns(pls refer above)
The desired output is given below:
Date   Country    Occurence
Week1  India      4
Week2
Week1   US        2
Week2
Week5   Germany   5

A: You can groupby on country and resample on week
In [63]: df
Out[63]:
        Date Country  Occurence
0 2013-12-30      US          1
1 2013-12-30   India          3
2 2014-01-10      US          1
3 2014-01-15   India          1
4 2014-02-05      UK          5

In [64]: df.set_index('Date').groupby('Country').resample('W', how='sum')
Out[64]:
                    Occurence
Country Date
India   2014-01-05          3
        2014-01-12        NaN
        2014-01-19          1
UK      2014-02-09          5
US      2014-01-05          1
        2014-01-12          1

And, you could use reset_index()
In [65]: df.set_index('Date').groupby('Country').resample('W', how='sum').reset_index()
Out[65]:
  Country       Date  Occurence
0   India 2014-01-05          3
1   India 2014-01-12        NaN
2   India 2014-01-19          1
3      UK 2014-02-09          5
4      US 2014-01-05          1
5      US 2014-01-12          1

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Green Day Reveal New Song 'Oh Yeah' Ahead of Album Release
Pamela Littky
"Oh yeah," that just happened. Green Day have dropped another song ahead of the release of their Father of All... album as the new track "Oh Yeah" can be heard at the bottom of the page.
Last week, the band began teasing that a new track called "Oh Yeah" would be arriving, sharing a GIF of famous wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage and his Slim Jim commercial catch phrase "Oh Yeah."
The song follows on the heels of the previously released title track, which commanded the airwaves last fall. The group also issued the song "Fire, Ready, Aim" last fall, tying it to promotions for the National Hockey League.
The Father of All ... album is set to drop Feb. 7. Look for the band to hit the road this summer on the "Hella Mega" tour with Weezer and Fall Out Boy. The band's tour dates can be found directly below.
Green Day, "Oh Yeah"
Green Day, Fall Out Boy + Weezer 2020 Tour Dates
06/13 - Paris, France @ La Defense Arena
06/14 - Groningen, Netherlands @ Stadspark
06/17 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis
06/21 - Vienna, Austria @ Ernst Happel Stadium
06/24 - Glasgow, Scotland @ Bellahouston Park
06/26 - London, England @ London Stadium
06/27 - Huddersfield, England @ The John Smith's Stadium
06/29 - Dublin, Ireland @ RDS Arena
07/17 - Seattle, Wash. @ T-Mobile Park
07/21 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Oracle Park
07/24 - San Diego, Calif. @ Petco Park
07/25 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Dodger Stadium
07/28 - Commerce City, Colo. @ DICK's Sporting Goods Park
07/31 - Arlington, Texas @ Globe Life Field
08/01 - Houston, Texas @ Minute Maid Park
08/05 - Miami, Fla. @ Hard Rock Stadium
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As of October 31st, we officially ended our 5 year run on Vineyard Drive. We achieved our goals with our wine clubs "Wait Listed" and our Reserve Cabernets fully allocated. It was a great ride, but we now offer two flights at our new Morro Bay Tasting Room. Tasting Flight One, $10: Mooney Family "Blanc de Noir" Sparkling; 2013 El Pistolero Grenache Blanc; 2013 El Pistolero Pinot Noir – SLH & El Pistolero Cabernet Sauvignon. Tasting Flight Two (available on weekends) $18: 2013 Mooney Family Chardonnay; 2012 Cielo Rosso (Super Tuscan); 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon; 2012 CASK 4 (100% Cabernet Sauvignon). As we always have, your tasting fee is credited towards wine purchase!


Job Title: Electrical Design Engineer Location: Kent Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Salary: £36,000 - £40,000 Electrical – PLC – Design – Codesys – AutoCAD – Controls – Automation – Electronic – Software – Electrical Design – Design Engineer A Kent based manufacturer are actively looking to recruit for an Electrical Design Engineer on a full-time basis. The Electrical Design Engineer will be ensuring the products future quality standards are maintained, assisting in design projects as well as overseeing the build and test of designs too. The Electrical Design Engineer will be responsible for: •Conceptual designs of new products •Arranging the creation of prototype parts & assemblies •Creating electrical circuits drawings, assembly drawings & bills of materials •Liaising with internal and external suppliers as required throughout the design process •The creation of software using Codesys The Electrical Design Engineer will ideally have: •A formal qualification in Electrical Engineering •The ability to use Microsoft Office packages •The ability to create and produce technical drawings to a high standard •Good organisational skills •Experience using design packages (AutoCAD/SolidWorks etc) •Experience of PLC programming (advantageous) •Experience within the automotive sector (beneficial) The Electrical Design Engineer will earn a salary between £36,000 & £40,000 plus benefits. If you are interested in this fantastic Electrical Design Engineer opportunity please apply now with an updated CV, your salary expectations as well as your availability.


Owners whose pets fly, slither, hop, swim or fit the description of "exotic pet" will have access to the expertise and facilities available through the new Veterinary Health and Wellness Center as the Exotic Animal Medicine Service is scheduled to begin consulting with referring veterinarians and clients beginning on August 20.
The Exotic Animal Medicine Service (EAMS) faculty and staff, known nationally and internationally for clinical expertise and veterinary education, will see both primary care and referral cases, with an emphasis on birds, small mammals, non-venomous reptiles, fishes, and amphibians. The service will provide routine and specialized medical and surgical care for both healthy and sick animals. The service will not see wildlife, venomous reptiles, non-human primates, or large carnivores.
Through the collective expertise of EAMS faculty as well as collegial support and collaboration with other specialists within the Veterinary Health Complex (VHC), EAMS is able to offer referring veterinarians and clients access to state-of-the-science medicine in a number of specialty services. These services include anesthesiology, behavior, dentistry, cardiology, critical care, dermatology, emergency medicine, nutrition, ophthalmology, neurology, oncology, orthopedic and soft tissue surgery, radiology/ imaging (contrast fluoroscopy, CT, MRI, ultrasound), and internal medicine.
After-hours emergency services are available for all VHC clients. Weekday emergencies will be accommodated for existing clients and efforts will be made to accommodate new clients whenever possible.
The EAMS will also provide an opportunity for DVM students and house officers to develop basic and advanced clinical skills with a range of animal species not seen in other specialty services within the Veterinary Health Complex.
EAMS faculty also contribute to the veterinary care in many partner institutions, including the North Carolina Zoo, the Karen Beasley Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center on Topsail Island, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the Sylvan Heights Waterfowl Park in Scotland Neck, and the North Carolina Aquariums at Roanoke Island, Pine Knoll Shores, and Fort Fisher.
The EAMS will treat multiple types of birds including parrots, finches, doves, pigeons, raptors used for falconry, waterfowl, and poultry kept as pets.
Rabbits, ferrets, guinea pigs, chinchillas, rats, hedgehogs, sugar gliders, hamsters, gerbils, and other small mammal species can be wonderful companions and the EAMS team will discuss appropriate care and preventative treatments with owners to help the pet live many healthy years.
Pet turtles, snakes, lizards, geckos, frogs, toads, and salamanders are among the variety of species seen by EAMS clinicians (exceptions are venomous reptiles and large lizards, except by special arrangement).
The EAMS team provides medical and surgical treatment for a variety of fish species. Invertebrates, including tarantulas and coral, can develop infections, parasite infestations, and other problems that require veterinary care.
For more information on the Exotic Animal Medical Service, please call the Veterinary Health and Wellness Center at 919. 513.6500 or e-mail vhcexoticmedicine@ncsu.edu.


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Just What is Algorithmic Synthesis?
In a traditional FPGA design flow, crafting the hardware architecture and writing VHDL or Verilog for RTL synthesis requires considerable effort. The code must follow a synthesis standard, meet timing, implement the interface specification, and function correctly. Given enough time, a design team is capable of meeting all these constraints. However, time is one thing that is always in short supply. Deadlines imposed by time to market pressures often force designers to compromise, resulting in them to settle for 'good enough' by re-using blocks and IP that are over designed for their application.
In the past few years, tools and methodologies that support algorithmic synthesis have risen to help designers build and verify hardware more efficiently, giving them better control over optimization of their design architecture. The starting point of this flow is a subset of pure C++ that includes a bit-accurate class library. The code is analyzed, architecturally constrained, and scheduled to create synthesizable HDL.
For algorithmic intensive designs, this approach for creating verified RTL is an order of magnitude faster than manual methods. So if a designer is currently building and verifying 1,000 gates per day, the same designer using algorithmic synthesis can build and verify 10,000 gates per day.
If all this sounds familiar, that is because behavioral synthesis—introduced with significant fanfare a few years ago—promised the same productivity gains. Reality soon caught up with the hype, however, as designers discovered that behavioral synthesis tools were significantly limited in what they actually did. Essentially, the tools incorporated a source language that required some timing as well as design hierarchy and interface information. As a result, designers had to be intimately familiar with the capabilities of the synthesis tool to know how much and what kind of information to put into the source language. Too much information limited the synthesis tool and resulted in poor quality designs. Too little information lead to a design that didn't work as expected. Either way, designers did not obtain the desired productivity and flexibility they were hoping to gain.
Removing timing and parallelism from the source language is what separates first-generation (behavioral) high-level synthesis from second-generation (algorithmic) high-level synthesis. Algorithmic synthesis tools decouple complex IO timing from the functionality of the source. This allows the functionality and design timing to be developed and verified independently.
There are a growing number of algorithmic synthesis tools on the market today, making it difficult to sort through their competing claims. Basically, one of the primary differentiators is what language the tool requires the designer to use at a higher level to describe the algorithms. Some rely on languages that include hardware constructs, including Handel-C, SystemC, System Verilog and others. Unfortunately, these languages are extremely difficult to write, and are closer to the RTL abstraction level than higher level languages used to describe system behavior such as C++.
The most productive algorithmic synthesis tools are based on pure ANSI C/C++, making it possible to develop functional hardware in the form of C algorithms and synthesize process-specific and optimized RTL code. American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C++ is one of the most widely used algorithmic modeling languages in the world. It incorporates all the elements to model algorithms concisely, clearly and efficiently. A non-proprietary class library can then be used to model bit-accurate behavior. And C++ has many software design and debug tools that can now be re-used for hardware design.
With algorithmic synthesis based on pure ANSI C++, the source code doesn't embed constraints such as clock cycles, concurrency, modules and ports, which would result in a rigid description – verbose and bound to a specific technology. Instead the user can apply synthesis directives to specify the target ASIC or FPGA technology, describe the interface properties, control the amount of parallelism in the design, trade-off area for speed, and more.
Synthesis constraints for the architecture can be applied based on the design analysis. These constraints can be broken into hierarchy, interface, memory, loop and low-level timing constraints.
• Hierarchy constraints allow the sequential design to be separated into a set of hierarchical blocks and define how those blocks run in parallel.
• The interface constraints define the transaction-level communication, pin-level timing and flow control in the design.
• Memory constraints allow the selection of different memory architectures both within blocks and in the communication between blocks.
• Loop constraints are used to add parallelism to each block in the design, including pipelining.
• Low-level timing constraints are available if needed.
Once the design is constrained, it can be scheduled. The result is the designer can quickly infer the appropriate amount of parallelism necessary to meet the performance requirements. This allows the same sequential C++ source to be used for creating highly compact (serial) designs to highly fast (parallel) designs.
At the core of every high-level synthesis tool is a scheduler. Once all the architectural constraints are selected, the scheduler applies the constraints to create a fully timed design. The scheduler is responsible for meeting all the timing constraints, including the clock period. One of the biggest conceptual changes between RTL synthesis and algorithmic synthesis is that the design is not written to run at a specific clock speed, rather the high-level synthesis tool builds a design based on the clock speed constraint. Many tools claim to be high-level synthesis tools, but without a scheduler, they are merely translators and much less powerful than high-level synthesis tools.
Once the scheduler has added time to the design, the RTL output can be generated. The RTL generation involves extracting the datapath, control and FSM for the design. Now the design needs to be verified.
An algorithmic synthesis tool knows the full detail about the timing and structure that is added to a design. This means the tool can also allow the original untimed C++ testbench to be re-used for every output from the tool. In other words, the untimed testbench can be re-used for every architecture created from a C++ design. Once it is verified the design can be run through a standard RTL synthesis flow.
By reducing the amount of effort spent needed to generate code, algorithmic synthesis gives designers more time for architectural exploration. They can efficiently evaluate alternative implementations, modifying and re-verifying C to effectively perform a series of "what-if" evaluations of alternative algorithms. Users need only to change the constraints within an algorithmic synthesis environment to optimize a design for size, performance, or a variety of other variables. After exploring a range of possible scenarios in a relatively short period of time, the designers can quickly determine an optimal implementation within a reasonable schedule.
Equally important, the quality of the source code is greatly enhanced. Since the lower level code is automatically generated, there are fewer bugs introduced into the design—up to 60% fewer. Automatic synthesis eliminates errors that invariably crop up during manual RTL generation, which is key to improving the overall design cycle.
Higher level synthesis tools are even capable of automatic interface creation. Advanced algorithmic synthesis methodologies are able to directly support interface synthesis, because the source code is sequential. Intelligent algorithmic synthesis tools can create all of the parallelism, concurrency and structure in a hardware design, and generate interface protocols that closely match the dataflow needs of the design. The result is more efficient design with fewer errors. In addition, the resulting interfaces are synthesized to meet, but not dramatically exceed, the performance of the chip, saving on valuable silicon real estate.
To enhance the verification effort, the same high-level description is used to automatically create a consistent verification environment from C to RTL, including high speed transaction-level models, ensuring that the intent specified by the system engineer is preserved. This replaces the slow, manual process of creating models and incrementally adding structure, concurrency and parallelism to develop transaction-level, behavioral and RTL models. Called manual progressive refinement, misinterpretations and syntax errors are introduced as the various models are hand-coded, creating a verification and model maintenance nightmare.
Algorithmic synthesis solves the fundamental problem of creating transaction-level models for new signal processing hardware. Algorithmic synthesis tools automatically generate transaction-level models from a pure ANSI C++ description, adding structure, parallelism and concurrency to create models at various levels of abstraction. These SystemC and System Verilog models, with their hierarchy and parallelism, provide design teams with powerful options for system-level verification. Although transaction-level modeling challenges remain for CPUs, third-party IP and embedded memory, algorithmic synthesis frees the designer from manually creating these models for signal processing hardware, resolving one part of the transaction level model creation problem.
Algorithmic synthesis is the first approach that truly supports practical hardware synthesis from sequential languages to timed RTL. Starting with C++, the same language can now be used for software, hardware and system modeling. By allowing more optimization options, hardware designers consistently achieve better results than hand-coded designs in days rather than months for many datapath intensive designs.
Intelligent algorithmic synthesis tools can create all of the parallelism, concurrency and structure in a hardware design, and can even generate interface protocols that closely match the dataflow needs of the design. The result is more efficient design with fewer errors, helping design teams to produce higher quality designs on the most aggressive development schedules.
About the Author: Bryan Bowyer is a technical marketing engineer in Mentor Graphics' High-level Synthesis Division. In 1999, he joined Mentor as a developer and has been responsible for advances in interface synthesis technology and design analysis. Bowyer has a B.S in Computer Engineering from Oregon State University.


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Only collectors item, as nobody sane would use it for anything productive. Would you let MS drive you somewhere?
Brings a whole new meaning to there old slogan "Microsoft - Where do you want to go today?"
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De Lux Reveal New Single and Video – 'Oh Man The Future'-July 31st
New Single – 'Oh Man The Future'-July 31
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New Album- 'Generation' – Out Now
The Californian duo draw on Talking Heads and LCD Soundsystem with a dreamy summer breeze of a song Sunday Times Culture
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De Lux have today debuted the video for new single 'Oh Man The Future' (out July 31st), the latest to be taken from new album Generation, out now through Innovative Leisure (Tropics, Classixx, BADBADNOTGOOD). The single is currently on the 6Music Playlist with support also from Radio 1 (Huw Stephens), and the attendant video (which premiered through LA Times) finds Sean Guerin and Isaac Franco's frenzied approximation of a future dystopia vying against a meandering drive through Long Beach's sun-dappled suburbs.
On their 2014 debut album Voyage, L.A duo De Lux learned how to take their influences and create a sound all their own— a synthesis of post-punk, disco, funk and synth wizardry that drew inspiration from the same combination of agitation and exhilaration that helped LCD Soundsystem and Talking Heads deliver their unique brand of danceable social commentary. Now that they've found their sound, De Lux have created a story to go with it on their new album Generation.
On Voyage, De Lux sounded every inch an emerging band of 1979 or 1982 as much as 2014, an aesthetic entirely informed by the meticulous tastes of Sean Guerin and Isaac Franzo. Encountering each other during High School in L.A., Isaac and Sean had both been independently finessing adventures in music since the age of 15. A teenage Isaac pored over the sources of hip-hop's greatest samples via an elder DJ brother's collection- all the while following a strict diet of classic and obscure disco/boogie tunes- whilst Sean was holed away recording & re-recording the songs he'd been writing since his early teens. Both were ultimately in pursuit of the groove, that moment where bass & beat align to hypnotic effect.
Once their debut was released, De Lux found themselves caught up in a whirlwind of touring- but they had to fight to find time to write. A work-in-progress song "It's A Combination" was the tipping point, when Sean and Isaac realized they'd been making rough drafts for a year. They returned to their L.A. practice space with new instruments — like the little-known but sought-after synthesizer guitar beloved of King Crimson's Adrian Belew — and new inspirations, chief among them punk performance artist Karen Finley, whose 1987 debut album Sean discovered at a Seattle record store. Her infamously uncensored lyrics made him realize there was more he could sing about, too: "You admire the ambition behind her saying whatever she wants," he says.
Generation is a darker album than Voyage, heavy on urban anxiety and audaciously candid, too. Over its eleven songs, De Lux charts the distance between childhood and adulthood, nostalgia and aspiration, and dream and reality, all with unflinching autobiographical detail (and with a secret nod to the Pokémon theme, too). "When I write lyrics," Sean says, "I try and be as specific as possible. We think about if someone listens to us in 30 years: 'Oh, that's what was going on at that time.'" The result is entirely unfiltered and fearlessly contemporary.
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'Hillbilly Elegy' movie sparks backlash about portrayal of Appalachia and addiction
Anagha Srikanth | Oct. 15, 2020
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Netflix is releasing the film adaptation of the best-selling "Hillbilly Elegy" in November.
The response on social media to the trailer was mixed.
Critics feel the memoir paints an unflattering picture of Appalachia with too broad a brush.
Not long after Netflix released the trailer for "Hillbilly Elegy," Amy Adams — who plays the main characters' mother in the film adaptation of the memoir — was trending on Twitter.
The campaign for Amy Adams to win the Academy Award has started. pic.twitter.com/Q8eSxhFwg6
— Sebastien (@sebdgallagher) October 14, 2020
Her performance as Bev Vance in the roughly two-minute trailer captivated many fans eagerly anticipating the film's release on Nov. 24. But those familiar with social media know that no matter how quickly compliments come in, criticism can equally flood it out.
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In this case, it wasn't necessarily Adams or her performance that critics had an issue with, but just the entire premise of the movie itself.
Amy Adams finally winning her Oscar for conservative poverty porn pic.twitter.com/UqYs9Q7EyY
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Published in 2016, "Hillbilly Elegy" rode a wave of interest in rural America after voters stumped the pollsters by electing President Trump. Author J. D. Vance, a venture capitalist, wrote a memoir about his childhood in Middletown, Ohio, that touched on issues of poverty and drug abuse. But natives of the region questioned Vance's self-proclaimed "hillbilly" identity, assumed via his Appalachian grandparents.
I've heard there's a Hillbilly Elegy trailer and it's a good day to remember that JD Vance is a hedge fund millionaire who has never lived in Appalachia
— John Ray (@johnlray) October 14, 2020
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The book also blames "social rot," or the culture of Appalachia, and a lack of personal responsibility for the region's conservative politics. Vance has identified as a social conservative and is critical of some of the Republican party's economic policies, but economics takes second chair to work ethic in his memoir.
There are Appalachian stories worth telling. Hillbilly Elegy isn't one. Give movie deals to actual Appalachians, or at least to someone who doesn't use my people as an allegory, so he can throw his hands up and say systemic poverty is based in personal laziness. Bless his heart.
— Nick Morroweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge (@NRMorrow) October 15, 2020
Critics accuse Vance of looking down on these communities and profiting off of a one-sided portrayal of their lives. To remedy this, several writers published "Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to 'Hillbilly Elegy,'" edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll, in 2019. The anthology includes poems, photographs, memoirs and even comics — some kinder to Vance than others.
An Ohio Democrat named Betsy Rader wrote, "Vance's sweeping stereotypes are shark bait for conservative policymakers. They feed into the mythology that the undeserving poor make bad choices and are to blame for their own poverty, so taxpayer money should not be wasted in programs to help lift people out of poverty."
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Protein Purification and Isolation Market
Protein Purification and Isolation Market: By Technology (Western Blotting, Electrophoresis, Others) By Product (Consumables, Instruments) By Application (Diagnostics, Biomarker Discovery, Others) By End-User (Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Companies, Hospitals) Regional Analysis & Forecast - 2026
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Published date: Aug, 2019
Protein purification is the way toward isolating proteins from the complex blends of organisms or tissues, cells dependent on contrasts in their physical properties. The process isolates proteins and non-protein parts in the blend to isolate the ideal protein. It is advantageous for the description of the capacity, deciding the structure, and collaborations of the protein to be considered. Cutting edge technology makes new pathways in protein purification and isolation technologies which is driving the market growth. The overall global Protein purification and isolation market was valued at $5.18 bn in 2018 and is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 8.2% CAGR between 2018 and 2026, resulting in 2026 global sales of $9.73 bn. However, the staggering expense of purification instruments is restraining market growth. Moreover, rising funding from both private and public research institutions for biotechnological research provides ample of opportunities for the market.
Protein purification and isolation depending on Technology, chromatography segment is expected to account for the largest share of the protein purification and isolation market owing chromatography is considered as one of the delicate and precise strategies for protein refinement and isolation when contrasted with different methods. Market players additionally focus on the commercialization of new products dependent on this innovation to build their offer. For instance, Bio-Rad laboratories propelled new software for the purification of proteins with NGC chromatography systems.
The Global Protein Purification and Isolation Market is segmented on the basis of Technology, Product, Application, End-User, and Region
Based on the Technology: Western Blotting, Electrophoresis, Chromatography, Precipitation, Ultrafiltration, and Others
Based on the Product: Consumables and Instruments
Based on the Application: Diagnostics, Protein-protein interaction studies, Biomarker Discovery, and, Drug screening
Based on the End-User: Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological companies, Hospitals and Academic and research institutes
Based on the Region: North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and LAMEA. Among that the Asia Pacific held the largest share of the market due to Governments of emerging countries, for example, India and China are expected to offer high potential development stage for this industry by giving funds to the advancement of novel purification and isolation methods
The key players in the Global Protein Purification and Isolation Market include Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc, Merck KGaA, QIAGEN N.V, Takara Bio Inc, PerkinElmer Inc and etc...
Report Description: The report covers in-depth analysis of Global Protein purification and isolation market. The report assesses the market products pipeline by stage of development (early development, pre-clinical, clinical and in approval), by Technologies (Western Blotting, Electrophoresis, Chromatography, Precipitation, Ultrafiltration, and Others). In addition, the report includes key insights on other development activities, including (but not limited to) – licensing (In and Out), collaborations, acquisitions, reimbursement, patent, and regulatory designations.
The report includes in-depth company profiles of key players in the Global Protein Purification and Isolation Market. The company profile includes key information on the overview, financial highlights, product portfolio, business strategies, and key recent developments.
The report highlights information on emerging companies with potentially disruptive technologies and new market entrants.
Provides detailed analysis of the market structure along with forecast of the various segments and sub-segments of the Global Protein purification and isolation market
Provides a comparative analysis of key marketed and pipeline products
Provides key information on players involved in the Global Protein purification and isolation market
Provides a complete overview of market segments and the regional outlook of Global Protein purification and isolation market
Provides in-depth coverage of key news related to global Protein purification and isolation market, including major mergers and acquisitions and product development updates such as clinical trial progression updates and regulatory updates
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HOLSTER FOR SMITH WESSON AIR LIGHT 38 SPECIAL ?
Hi, LJ. Thanks for the interest. Follow this link for holster options for a S&W J-Frame with a 1.875″ barrel. These will fit your Airweight 38 Special if the barrel is also 1.875″.
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Active LEO and carry a variety of weapon systems off duty: I own (1) mini IWB, (1) standard IWB, (1) 2 mag carrier, (1) ambi appendix mag carrier and looking at add an additional mini IWB soon.. I love your products, don't have any genuine complaints… I like the new additions to the holster colors available, however when will this translate to ability to "customize" the color of the Ventcore material. I like the red color but as I acquire additional holsters I'd like to be able to change the color. Thanks.
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Can U make a Ventcore IWB holster for the Beretta Px4 Compact Carry pistol? If yes, when will it be available – personal interest would be for the black carbon fiber color option! Thanks!
Any chance of the American flag being a choice like you guys offered last year ?
Hello! I found your site from a IG post. Do your IWC holsters work at a appendix position? This would be for a HkP7M8.
Hi, Kevin. Glad you found us through IG! Unfortunately, our IWB holsters don't work very well for appendix carry due to the cant. We currently don't offer an AIWB holster for the HK P7M8 but I will send a request in to our design team to get one in the works. When it's up on the site we will message you back right here.
Hi, Rob. Thanks for the interest. That was a limited run we did but we have been receiving a lot of requests for it. We are planning a series of patriotic holster options and an American flag one will certainly be a choice. Whether it's that exact same print from our previous run has not yet been determined.
Do you have any idea when you might run that American Flag print?
Hi, Rob the next Patriot Series is scheduled for May 29th which is Memorial Day. It will probably be a different pattern than last year's but it will be a patriotic design.
Thanks for the input! Your requests have been noted.
Would really like to see the regular or mini ventcore with an attached mag carrier option. Think that may be an option in the future??
Would really like to see the regular or mini ventcore with an attached mag carrier option just like the AIWB +. Do you think that may be an option in the future??


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The Top 5 Current Female Fighters in MMA
Posted on Last updated: October 22, 2017 By: Author MMA Hits Team
Past couple years have been the most successful and "mainstream" year in women's MMA's short history. We saw the huge rise and crashing fall of Ronda Rousey, usurped by the new media darling and Queen, Holly Holm.
We saw Joanna Jedrzejczyk solidify herself as strawweight KING (I think women should be allowed to be called 'kings,' too.)
As MMA continues to grow into a mainstream professional sport, is not exclusively a boys fight club but in recent years female fighters get a lot of recognition through promotions worldwide. The question is who the best female fighter on the planet? Its hard to define the criteria, but they rank through dominance, techniques and killing performance.
Check out below the current best Female MMA fighters:
Valentina Shevchenko
Shevchenko is Kyrgyzstani-Peruvian MMA fighter best known for world-class striking, not only that her ground game is very efficient too. She is former Muay Thai fighter considers as best in the world.
Shevchenko made her UFC debut in a short notice stepped in to compete against Sarah Kaufman at UFC on Fox 17 and won the bout via split decision. In her second fight against Amanda Nunes which she lost a razor-thin at UFC 196 on March 5, 2016. But afterward, she went on strike and outclassed former UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion Holly Holm and submit grappler Julianna Pena, to prove herself no.1 in Bantamweight division. She got all the tools in her arsenal that makes her elite fighter in the game. In her recent rematch with Amanda Nunes, she falls short again at UFC 215. In early September Valentina announced to dropping to 125pound for her next bout, which might lead her to turn into a dominant champion.
Claudia Gadelha
Gadelha could have best Strawweight techniques in the world, without doubt, a rising star in the UFC. The Brazilian strawweight contender Gadelha short of fall against Joanna Jedrzejczyk twice in 2013 and 2106.
Gadelha fought Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 212 on June 3, 2017, which she won via submission, with that win her stress eased off little. Recently, Gadhelha faced Jessica Andrade at UFC fight night 117 which she lost via unanimous decision. Despite some losses, Gadelha has great fight techniques, and suffocating ground game helped her gain some notoriety in MMA.
Cris Cyborg
Cyborg is a master of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has two gold medals for the IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu competitions. Two consecutive years in a row 2011, 2012 left her victorious. She also won a bronze medal in Submission wrestling in Barcelona.
Cyborg's career started in Brazil, her home soil. Fighting Erica Paes and losing via double knee bar, Cyborg's next four rights would be Storm Samurai fights in Brazil, and she would go on to win them all, before fighting for Showtime's Elite XC. Her victorious fight with Elite XC was against Shayna Baszler, putting her in San Diego, and therefore the first time fighting on American soil.
Her career of wins has not been all roses, however. First, as a female MMA fighter, she is at a disadvantage because there was previously little room for women's matches in the mixed martial arts fighting world. In addition to this skip, she battles with her weight class. Cristiane is a featherweight, which means the lowest weight she needs to be is 145lbs. While she fought for StrikeForce, she managed to win the StrikeForce Featherweight Championship, a title that she defended and held twice. The third defense on December 17, 2011, against Hiroko Yakanama was also a victory. Santos title got stripped of after failing a drug test for steroids. She signed the UFC in 2015 and won her debut against Leslie Smith at UFC 198 and won the bout via TKO in first round. At UFC 214 Cyborg faced against Tonya Evinger and won by TKO. In recent times, she evolved as a fighter and improved her grappling skills tremendously. Cyborg wants to fight Holly Holm next at UFC 219 which is still under negotiations, nothing is confirmed yet.
"Joanna Violence." is most entertaining MMA and Muay Thai fighter ranked #1 in pound-for-pound female fighter in UFC. Joanna is not only bad ass fighter, but she has excellent takedowns defense. With her killer instincts, she can hurt her opponent while defending takedowns with incredible use of the elbow.
Jedrzejczyk garnered a victory at UFC 185 on March 14, 2015, against Carla Esparza via TKO in the second round to score the UFC strawweight championship. She has brilliant highly technical strikes to behold. She is the violent beast and no one able to stop her at 115 pounds.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk next faces Rose Namajunas at UFC 217 at Madison Square Garden NY on November 4.
Amanda Nunes is reigning UFC bantamweight champion made her UFC debut in 2013. After losing to Cat Zingano in at UFC 178, she is holding straight six victories, which also includes Shayna Baszler, Sara McMann, Valentina Shevchenko and defeating Mesha Tate won the bout via submission at UFC 207 in the first round on July 9, 2016.
Later on that year Nunes made her title defense against MMA superstar Ronda Rousey at UFC 207, won the fight via TKO in the first round. That was a pretty impressive run. Amanda 'The Lioness' major success comes inside the octagon from her athleticism. She's not a wild but dangerous brawler with good jiu-jitsu skills. Nunes also have judo brown belt not to forget her grappling skills is as deadly as her kickboxing. She has a strong hold on her posture, very effective from all positions with her ground strikes and can cause severe damage to her opponent. She considers most well-rounded and best pound-for-pound MMA fighter.
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While Thailand has been internationally recognized for its efforts to reduce poverty and its development from a low-income country to a middle-income country, its economic growth has not been fully inclusive. Growth has been concentrated only in some areas, giving rise to both geographical and income inequality. This Joint Programme thus aims to support a comprehensive programmatic approach to social protection, to scale up coverage of the Child Support Grant, and to increase coverage for informal workers. An aging population and an influx of migrants has led to the review of the social protection system, which will be followed by integrated policy solutions. The Child Support Grant will be scaled up from supporting 700,000 children to 2 million by the end of 2021, as a result of the strengthened integrated social protection systems. Finally, policy changes to the existing social security schemes will be designed and tested, to allow for more effective coverage of domestic workers, including women and migrants.
The Joint Programme will conduct a comprehensive review of the social protection system, followed by recommendations for a more inclusive, integrated system. It will pilot new technologies to deliver benefits, focus on finding solutions to address the coverage gaps and reach groups left behind (vulnerable children, migrant and domestic workers) and focus on a reform of its social protection system to ensure the absorption of new entrants in the system. Additionally, the 20 Year National Strategic Plan creates an opportunity for structural reform of the sector, at a time when the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) has been designated to provide leadership for an increasingly integrated approach.
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Q: How to compare two variables in javascript I want to match two variables.
var this_roll;

and
var last_roll;

I have this code, that i want the output of "win" or "losse". The output should be "win" if last_roll and this_roll have the same value and "lose" if not

"use strict";
var x;
var win_losse = 'losse';
var last_roll;
var last_bet;
var this_roll = $('#past')[0].childNodes[9].textContent;
var bet_input = document.getElementById('betAmount').value=x;
var roll_time = $('#banner')[0].childNodes[0].textContent;
var base_bet = 5;

function thisRoll() {

 console.log(this_roll);
 if (this_roll == 0) {
  this_roll = 'green';
 } else if ((this_roll >= 1) && (this_roll <= 7)) {
  this_roll = 'red';
 } else if ((this_roll >= 8) && (this_roll <= 14)) {
  this_roll = 'black';
 }
}

function compare() {

 if (this_roll == last_roll) {
  win_losse = 'win';
 } else {
  win_losse = 'losse';
 }
 console.log(win_lose);
}

function lastRoll() {

 console.log(this_roll);
 if (this_roll == 0) {
  last_roll = 'green';
 } else if ((this_roll >= 1) && (this_roll <= 7)) {
  last_roll = 'red';
 } else if ((this_roll >= 8) && (this_roll <= 14)) {
  last_roll = 'black';
 }
}

function bet() {

 if (win_losse == 'win') {
  x = base_bet;
 } else if (win_losse == 'losse') {
  x = last_bet * 2;
 }
}
console.log(x);

A: This works for sure

"use strict";
//Removed the global x variable
//Removed the global win_lose variable
var last_roll = $('#past')[0].childNodes[8].textContent;
var last_bet;
var this_roll = $('#past')[0].childNodes[9].textContent;
var bet_input = document.getElementById('betAmount').value=x;
//Removede the Roll_time variable because it wasn't used
var base_bet = 5;

function ThisRoll(this_roll) {
 var rollhisThis; //Added a local  variable
 if (this_roll === 0) {
  rollhisThis = 'green';
 } else if ((this_roll >= 1) && (this_roll <= 7)) {
  rollhisThis = 'red';
 } else if ((this_roll >= 8) && (this_roll <= 14)) {
  rollhisThis = 'black';
 }
 return rollhisThis; //Added return
}
var thisRoll = ThisRoll(this_roll); //Added a new global variable
console.log(thisRoll);

function LastRoll(last_roll) {

 var rollhisLast; //Added a local variable
 if (last_roll === 0) {
  rollhisLast = 'green';
 } else if ((last_roll >= 1) && (last_roll <= 7)) {
  rollhisLast = 'red';
 } else if ((last_roll >= 8) && (last_roll <= 14)) {
  rollhisLast = 'black';
 }
 return rollhisLast; //Added return
}
var lastRoll = LastRoll(last_roll); //Added a new global variable
console.log(LastRoll);

function compare(thisRoll, lastRoll) {
    var win_lose; //Added a local win_lose variable
    if (thisRoll !== lastRoll) {
        win_lose = 'lose';
    } else {
        win_lose = 'win';
    }
    return win_lose; //Added return
}
var winLose = compare(thisRoll, lastRoll); //Added a gloabl variable
console.log(winLose);

function bet() {

 if (win_losse == 'win') {
  x = base_bet;
 } else if (win_losse == 'losse') {
  x = last_bet * 2;
 }
}
console.log(x);


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For now it remains a proverbial trial balloon, but a possible US switch from a single-minded focus on suspending Iran's uranium enrichment to an emphasis on transparency would be a positive step – and it would be a demand that Iran would find much more difficult to resist.
The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) report on Iran[ii] confirms that none of Iran's declared nuclear activity and that no nuclear materials have been diverted to military purposes. The problem is in developing confidence that there is no undeclared, or clandestine, nuclear program – and that will become possible only through significant increases in Iranian transparency.
And that is the critical problem. Unfortunately, however, the Security Council's has focused its attention and political capital on getting Iran to suspend the enrichment activity – declared activity that is now fully under IAEA inspections. The Security Council has always had to recognize suspension as a temporary, confidence-building measure, not an end in itself. The Council does not and could not credibly dispute Iran's right to enrich, but it still demands suspension until the international community can be fully assured that there is no longer any clandestine nuclear activity.
But, in the meantime, while the dispute over enrichment has continued, at times giving rise to threats of military action against Iran, the enrichment program has only grown and there has been no progress on the transparency front.
In fact, Iran would be much more vulnerable to transparency pressures. Under international law and the Treaty it has signed, it has no right to secrecy when it comes to nuclear matters. Indeed, Iran has not challenged the fundamental principle of transparency or its legal obligation to be in full compliance with the IAEA safeguards that are mandated under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Two years ago Iran's chief nuclear negotiator agreed that, "what should be important…is to have Iran's activities within the framework of the IAEA and under the supervision of the inspectors of the Agency".[vi] In other words, Iran's long-term obligation under the NPT is not to forgo enrichment, but to allow the IAEA the access it needs to confirm that any enrichment is for peaceful purposes.
Iran's refusal to make the goodwill gesture of suspending enrichment until the achievement of satisfactory IAEA access is not a trifling matter, of course. It represents defiance of the Security Council and is, at the very least, shortsighted. But the single-minded focus on suspension of enrichment has also been shortsighted. The real issue is not whether Iran has the capacity to enrich uranium, but that when it does enrich, the international community can have full confidence that none of its enrichment capability is steered toward the development of a nuclear weapon.
The core objective is to bring Iran into unambiguous, verified compliance with its obligations under the NPT and IAEA safeguards. And given its past venture into clandestine activity, compelling Iran to abide by the Additional Protocol, even though it is not compulsory for other states, would be a reasonable and principled demand.
As argued here before, it would, of course, be best if Iran neither pursued nor acquired any of the sensitive fuel cycle technologies that are potentially adaptable to weapons purposes. But restrictions on such technologies are unlikely to be successful if the strategy is to single out Iran. The IAEA has been exploring plans whereby enrichment and reprocessing for civilian purposes would be brought under international control to produce fuel for an IAEA fuel bank, from which the operators of civilian power plants anywhere in the world in need of such fuel would be supplied. Some two years ago, in fact, Iran offered to have an international consortium put in charge of its enrichment program[vii] -- a gesture that falls well short of multilateral controls but is, nevertheless, a step in the right direction.
Until that happens, however, the Iran-specific restriction on uranium enrichment remains a confidence-building measure—a sign of cooperation rather than an essential element of compliance. Iran's refusal to agree to this gesture should not be defined as a fundamental challenge to Security Council authority and thus grounds for military action. But on the universal principle of full disclosure and on Iran's obligation to permit full and unfettered inspection of all its nuclear activity and facilities there can obviously be no compromise.
And if the Obama administration is in fact shifting its policy from suspension to transparency, that is a welcome development.
[i] David E. Sanger, "US May Drop Key Condition for Talks With Iran," The New York Times, 14 April 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/world/middleeast/14diplo.html.
[ii] Report by the Director General, "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007), 1803 (2008) and 1835 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 19 February 2009, International Atomic Energy Agency (GOV/2009/8). http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2009/gov2009-8.pdf.
[iii] For example, Canada urged the 2005 NPT Review Conference to make "the Additional Protocol, together with a comprehensive safeguards agreement, …the verification standard pursuant to Article III.1" for fulfilling "the obligations of that section of the Treaty." Canadian statement to the 2004 NPT PrepCom on "Implementation of the Provisions of the Treaty Relating to the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Safeguards and Nuclear Weapon Free Zones Issues" (http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/arms/2004nptcluster2-en.asp).
[v] Report by the Director General, "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006) and 1747 (2007) in the Islamic Republic of Iran," 15 November 2007, International Atomic Energy Agency (GOV/2007/58). http://www.iaea.org/Publications/Documents/Board/2007/gov2007-58.pdf.
[vi] Aljazeera.net. 2007. Iran nuclear report due. 21 February 21. http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/420AE469-30CB-4F06-8C7E-F549318B58D6.htm.