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An alternative to road salt: Scientists explore nontoxic de-icing options extracted from aquatic life
Posted by TheConversation | Feb 21, 2021 | Syndicated
By Monika Bleszynski, Research Scientist and Adjunct Professor, University of Denver
Many people associate a fresh snowfall with pleasures like hot chocolate and winter sports. But for city dwellers, it can also mean caked-on salt that sticks to shoes, clothing hems and cars. That is because as soon as the mercury dips below freezing and precipitation is in the forecast, local governments start spreading de-icing salts to keep roads from freezing over.
These salts are typically a less-refined form of table salt, or sodium chloride, but can also include other compounds, such as magnesium chloride and potassium chloride. They work by lowering the freezing point of water. De-icing salts also do extensive damage to autos, infrastructure and the environment. And cities use them in enormous quantities – nearly 20 million tons per year in the U.S. Snowbelt cities in Canada, Europe and Japan also use de-icing salts heavily.
But new options are in the works. I am a materials scientist seeking solutions for our overly salted sidewalks by analyzing ways in which the natural world deals with ice. Fish, insects and even some plants have learned to adapt to cold climates over hundreds of thousands of years by making their own antifreeze agents to survive subfreezing temperatures. By taking a page from nature, my colleagues and I hope to develop effective but more benign antifreeze compounds.
Harmful impacts of salt
As many drivers know too well, road salt reduces cars' lives by speeding up the rusting process. A 2010 study estimated that the use of de-icing salts costs U.S. drivers US$23.4 billion dollars nationwide yearly in vehicle damage due to corrosion.
Road salts also damage the surfaces we drive on. They contain chlorine ions – atoms with a negative charge – that alter the chemistry of water and make it more corrosive when it comes in contact with materials like concrete and steel. As a result, road salts increase existing strains on aging structures. De-icing salts have contributed to bridge failures and cause cracking and other forms of weathering in highway surfaces.
De-icing salts have widespread effects in nature too. If you drive along a forested road after a long snowy winter, you may notice that trees next to the road look a little more brown than the others. That is because road salts displace minerals in soil and groundwater, creating a condition known as physiological drought.
This means that trees cannot take up water through their roots even if it is freely available in the soil. When natural drought conditions already exist, in such places as Colorado, physiological drought can increase the risk of wildfires by making plants more prone to ignition.
Streams, rivers and lakes are especially vulnerable to water runoff that contains de-icing salts. Chlorine from the salt can inhibit fish from spawning and reduce dissolved oxygen levels in the water, which harms fish and other aquatic life. Salt-laden runoff can also promote the growth of dangerous cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae. Some forms of blue-green algae produce toxins that can sicken humans or animals that consume them in drinking water.
Natural antifreezes
An alternative de-icing option should be nontoxic and break down into benign components – but not too quickly, or its effects will no last. To see why this is important, consider propyplene glycol, which is used to de-ice aircraft.
Propylene glycol is preferred for this purpose because it is less toxic than the ethylene glycol that keeps your car radiator from freezing up. But propylene glycol's effects are short-lived, so aircraft typically can wait for only a limited period between de-icing and takeoff. This is also why propylene glycol is rarely sprayed on roadways and surfaces. Furthermore, although it is generally classified as safe for humans, it can still be deadly for aquatic life.
What about natural alternatives? Scientists have found insects and spiders in Alaska that create antifreeze proteins in their bodies that lower the freezing point of water by a few degrees. And some fish, like the Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni), create antifreeze glycoproteins that prevent the blood in their veins from freezing in the coldest waters on Earth.
Most of these glycoproteins are delicate structures that break down quickly in the harsh outside world. But my colleagues and I are learning how to make our own antifreeze compounds through imitation. Our first challenge is to learn how the natural versions work so we can re-create them.
While there is still much we do not understand, we are using advanced computer modeling to see how antifreeze proteins interact with water molecules. Other scientists have discovered that fish antifreeze glycoproteins contain two main segments, and that certain sections are more essential than others.
Specifically, small compounds called hydroxyl groups, which consist of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, do most of the work. These small compounds lock into place with water molecules, like a key in a lock, to prevent ice from forming. They are also part of most critical sections of the proteins that bind to the surface of any developing ice crystals and prevent them from getting bigger.
Antifreeze proteins are natural polymers – enormous long molecules consisting of smaller repeating molecules, like links in a chain. Re-creating these compounds is no easy task, but we can create our own synthetic versions in a lab, starting with polyvinyl alcohol, or PVA. This is a simple, inexpensive compound that is nontoxic to humans and aquatic life and is a common ingredient in many everyday personal care products.
PVA contains the same hydroxyl groups as those found in fish antifreeze proteins. Using a bit of chemical engineering, we can change where those hydroxyls are located in the polymer structure, making it more like the compounds that fish produce. In the future, we may be able to change PVA from an everyday compound into an ice-fighting substance that can be used just about anywhere.
Because PVA does not degrade too quickly, it has the potential to work on surfaces that need to stay ice-free, such as roads, sidewalks and handrails. Its long chemical structure makes it suitable for shaping and adapting into sprays or coatings. Someday cities may rely in winter on nontoxic spray-on antifreezes that won't stain your clothes or corrode your car.
Monika Bleszynski
Originally published on The Conversation as To make less-harmful road salts, we're studying natural antifreezes produced by fish
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John Adedayo B. Adegboyega, connu comme John Boyega, né le  dans le borough londonien de Southwark, est un acteur et producteur britannico-nigérian. Il devient célèbre auprès du grand public en incarnant le rebelle Finn dans la troisième trilogie de la saga cinématographique Star Wars.

Biographie
John Boyega est le fils d'immigrants nigérians. Voyant le jour à Londres, il grandit à Peckham, dans la banlieue londonienne. Son père est un prédicateur pentecôtiste « sans les cris », déclare-t-il, et sa mère est travailleuse sociale pour des handicapés. Il décrit ses parents comme « accro de films » et dit que son père en particulier était « un énorme fan de Bruce Willis ». Ce dernier voulait d'ailleurs que son fils devienne prédicateur, tout comme lui.

Il est repéré par Teresa Early qui décèle en lui un véritable potentiel au cours de la représentation d'une pièce mise en scène dans son école primaire. Elle propose à ses parents de lui faire suivre les cours d'une école de théâtre pour jeunes talents.

C'est au théâtre qu'il commence officiellement sa carrière, en obtenant un rôle dans Othello en 2010.

En 2011, il rejoint le casting du film Londres, police judiciaire, et celui de l'autre long-métrage Attack the Block. Le réalisateur Joe Cornish dit de lui qu'il est . La même année, il joue le rôle d'un jeune dealer dans le film Junkhearts.

Ses différents rôles lui permettent de figurer en une du magazine Screen International de juillet 2011 consacré aux « stars britanniques de demain ».

En 2013, il est à l'affiche du film Half of a Yellow Sun avec Chiwetel Ejiofor. Ce film, adapté du roman éponyme de l'auteure nigériane Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a pour cadre la guerre du Biafra qui déchira le Nigéria du  au . Le film devient le second succès de tous les temps au Nigéria.

En 2014, il incarne le lieutenant Chris Tanner dans la série 24: Live Another Day.

Le tournant de sa carrière arrive en . En effet, J. J. Abrams, chargé de la réalisation du septième épisode de Star Wars, nommé Le Réveil de la Force, lui confie l'un des rôles principaux de cette nouvelle aventure. Il reçoit le rôle de Finn, un stormtrooper qui se rebelle. Il doit faire face à des remarques racistes de la part de fans de la saga qui voient d'un mauvais œil le fait qu'un acteur noir joue un soldat. Boyega leur répond en expliquant qu'il faudra . Il avoue avoir pleuré en lisant le scénario du film et donne son point de vue sur son personnage : . En , il avance dans une interview qu'il serait intéressé par le rôle de La Panthère noire, héros de Marvel.

En , l'acteur fonde sa propre société de production, Upperroom Entertainment Limited. En , John Boyega annonce que sa société produira Pacific Rim Uprising la suite de Pacific Rim (2013), aux côtés de Legendary Pictures. John Boyega y tiendra par ailleurs le rôle principal. Le film est sorti en , pour un accueil très mitigé de la part de la critique.

En septembre 2020, quelque temps après la sortie de l'épisode IX de Star Wars, John Boyega reproche à Disney d'avoir laissé dans l'ombre les personnages de cette trilogie issus des minorités tels que Finn, après avoir fortement axé sa publicité sur l'importance que ces personnages étaient censés avoir dans la troisième trilogie.

Filmographie

Cinéma
 2011 : Attack the Block de Joe Cornish : Moses
 2011 : Junkhearts de Tinge Krishnan : Jamal
 2013 : Half of a Yellow Sun de Biyi Bandele : Ugwu
 2014 : Imperial Dreams de Malik Witthal : Bambi
 2015 : Star Wars, épisode VII : Le Réveil de la Force (Star Wars : The Force Awakens) de J. J. Abrams : Finn
 2017 : The Circle de James Ponsoldt : Kalden
 2017 : Detroit de Kathryn Bigelow : Melvin Dismukes
 2017 : Star Wars, épisode VIII : Les Derniers Jedi (Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi) de Rian Johnson : Finn
 2018 : Pacific Rim Uprising de Steven S. DeKnight : Jake Pentecost (également producteur)
 2019 : Star Wars, épisode IX : L'Ascension de Skywalker (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker) de J. J. Abrams : Finn
 2022 : Breaking
 2022 : The Woman King de Gina Prince-Bythewood : le roi Ghézo

Télévision

Séries télévisées
 2011 : Becoming Humans - 4 épisodes : Danny Curtis
 2011 : Londres, police judiciaire (Law & Order: UK) - 1 épisode : Jamal Clarkson
 2011 : Da Brick - épisode pilote : Donnie
 2014 : 24: Live Another Day : lieutenant Chris Tanner

Téléfilms
 2012 : My Murder de Bruce Goodison : Shakilus Townsend
 2013 : The Whale d'Alrick Riley : William Bond

Doublage
 2016 : Lego Star Wars : Le Réveil de la Force : Finn (Jeu-vidéo)
 2015 : Major Lazer - 1 épisode : Blkmrkt (série télévisée d'animation)
 2016 : Lego Star Wars : L'Aube de la Résistance : Finn (série télévisée d'animation)
 2017 : Star Wars : Forces du destin : Finn (mini-série télévisée d'animation)

Distinctions

 Golden Globes 2021 : Meilleur acteur dans un second rôle dans une série, une mini-série ou un téléfilm pour Small Axe
  Critics' Choice Television Awards 2021 : Meilleur acteur dans une mini-série ou un téléfilm pour Small Axe.

Voix francophones

En version française, Diouc Koma est la voix régulière de John Boyega. Il le double dans la franchise Star Wars, Imperial Dreams, The Circle, Detroit, Pacific Rim: Uprising et Small Axe.

Il est également doublé à titre exceptionnel par Moussa Sylla dans Attack the Block et Jean-Baptiste Anoumon dans 24 heures Chrono.

Notes et références

Liens externes

Acteur britannique
Acteur de Star Wars
Acteur anglais de doublage
Rising Star Award
Naissance en mars 1992
Naissance à Camberwell
Personnalité britannique née d'un parent nigérian
Personnalité britannique née d'un parent yoruba
Trophée Chopard de la révélation masculine

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Need help navigating BA earnings?
Fed week is upon us once again, and it starts with the S&P 500 Index (SPX) near its highest level in months and Treasury yields near their lowest. Though there's little drama around the Fed's meeting Tuesday and Wednesday, it's probably going to be closely watched in what appears to be a slow news cycle.
The new week also begins with Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) shares under more pressure following reports over the weekend that the U.S. government might investigate the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) approval of Boeing's 737 Max planes. Boeing shares fell 2% in pre-market trading.
If BA shares keep sliding today, that could set up a dichotomy like the one we saw last week in which the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI)—where BA is a prominent member—moves out of sync with the SPX. That's how things looked in the early going, with the DJI falling in pre-market trading and the SPX up. That came after a jump in Asian stocks earlier Monday as optimism continued about possible progress in U.S./China trade negotiations.
Though the Fed might be one focus this week and BA another, make no mistake: The China tariff situation is likely to remain top of mind for the market until there's some kind of resolution.
On the commodities front, crude futures were initially a little lower early Monday before ticking up slightly after news that OPEC would cancel its April meeting. According to the organization, the meeting is being canceled because it expects the oil market to remain oversupplied through the first half of the year, CNBC reported early Monday. OPEC also apparently wants more time to assess the impact of U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela.
This just happened, but one possible ramification is that any hopes for OPEC to turn up the spigots next month might have just gotten dashed.
This week is relatively light on major data, but the few earnings reports on the calendar are from companies that often are seen as barometers of general economic and industry health.
For instance, FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) is scheduled to deliver earnings after the close Tuesday. The courier company is often viewed as a checkup on the global economy. After all, if consumers are buying things, they often order them online and have them delivered via courier.
Also, Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE) is teed up to report earnings later this week. More about Nike as a possible bellwether for the health of the consumer below.
Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), which also reports later this week, could offer investors another look into a semiconductor industry that right now seems to be fighting with what some analysts say appears to be an oversupply situation in the chip market. However, that hasn't really stood in the way of a rally in the sector so far this year.
On the data side of things, investors may want to tune in for the release of factory orders, leading indicators and existing home sales. January factory orders are expected to show a 0.2% rise, while the February leading indicators index is expected to rise 0.2%, and existing home sales for February to show a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.1 million, according to Briefing.com consensus estimates.
As we noted last week, however, one thing to consider watching for is any new insight into the Fed's balance sheet plans. Late last month, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard told CNBC he believes the Fed's bond holdings reduction program is "near an end." Halting the balance sheet reduction would potentially be one way for the Fed to try to give the economy a lift without taking the more dramatic step of lowering rates.
We'll also see if Fed Chair Powell delivers investors any more insight into his views on the global economy and the state of U.S. economic growth. Economists widely expect tepid Q1 growth, so one question Powell might be asked is whether he sees gross domestic product (GDP) bouncing back later this year.
The "dot plots" from Fed officials mapping out where they see rates going in the future also get updated at this meeting, perhaps providing investors a chance to look into the Fed's longer-term thinking.
On Friday, U.S. stocks ended in the green after China's state media reported progress on a potential trade deal between the Asian nation and the United States. That seemed to help assuage some worries from earlier in the week on concerns about when the two countries' presidents might meet.
A Chinese government plan designed to stimulate growth by cutting taxes also seemed to boost sentiment, since the economy there has been slowing lately, with more soft numbers out last week.
With the positive economic news out of China, chipmakers, which tend to derive a good portion of their revenue in relation to China, had a strong day Friday, and the Information Technology sector was handily the day's biggest gainer among the S&P 500's (SPX) 11 sectors. The SPX hit a five-month intraday high on Friday and begins the new week up 12.6% so far this year. The Russell 2000 (RUT) index of small-caps is doing even better, up 15% year-to-date, and the Nasdaq Composite (COMP) is up nearly 16%.
At the same time, U.S. Treasury yields show no sign of any alarming climbs like the one last summer and fall. The 10-year yield ended last week below 2.6%, down at the lowest levels since January. Weak overseas economic growth and a dovish Fed probably help account for that.
Wall Street's main fear gauge dipped under 13 on Friday for the first time since early October, especially because it's fallen from above 36 late last year. Back then there was broad hand wringing about the potential for an overly hawkish Fed and worries about the U.S. and China resolving a trade deal.
Easing Tensions: Wall Street's main fear gauge dipped below 13 on Friday. That's well below where the VIX has historically traded and comes at a time of rising optimism about a U.S.-China trade deal even as the Fed now seems much less hawkish than feared late last year. Data Source: Cboe. Chart source: The thinkorswim® platform from TD Ameritrade. For illustrative purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Putting on the Sneakers: This week, investors are expecting another look at how well the consumer is doing. This time, it will be in the form of Nike earnings. The athletic apparel and shoe maker has come to be considered by some analysts as a bellwether on the heath of the consumer because its products aren't staples like toothpaste, which consumers need to buy regardless of how the economy is doing. When consumers have more money or anticipate having more money, that's when they might tend to go out and buy workout clothes or running shoes, which are more discretionary than consumer staples purchases. After last week—which saw some good news on the consumer economic news front, as well as strong performance Friday by consumer discretionary company Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ: ULTA), which beat expectations on its top and bottom lines—we'll have to see whether NKE continues the trend.
Fed Watch: Even when the Fed isn't expected to make a change in interest rates, it can still be useful to parse through the language in press releases and press conferences—even those accompanying decisions to stand pat on rates. It seems likely investors will be doing just that later this week. A Briefing.com consensus estimate shows expectations for the central bank to leave its key short-term rate unchanged at the conclusion of its two day policy meeting. As you may recall, the last meeting resulted in the Fed holding interest rates steady following a hike back in December. There doesn't seem to be too much to suggest that the Fed would deviate from its pause on rate hikes, a sentiment that has arguably been one factor helping stocks rally this year.


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Did Your U.S. Senator Vote to Force You to Pay for Abortions?
Did Your Senator Vote to Make You Pay for Abortions?
For more than 40 years, the Hyde Amendment has prohibited U.S. tax dollars from directly funding abortions under Medicaid and several other federal programs. Each year, this critical language has been approved as part of the Labor-HHS appropriations process, and has by many accounts been responsible for saving a significant number of lives.
We at the ACLJ have long supported the Hyde Amendment and called for its codification and expansion. We believe that every corner of the Federal Government should protect the right of the American people to refrain from funding a practice so objectionable—the taking of an innocent life.
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate attempted to accomplish this very objective by voting on the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act. This legislation, which is sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker (MS) would have placed the Hyde Amendment into statute and required its application across the entire Federal Government.
Unfortunately, the Senate was not able to obtain the 60 votes required to begin debate on the legislation. By a vote of 48-47, cloture on the Motion to Proceed was not invoked.
The vote was largely along partisan lines, with all but two Republican Senators voting in favor and all but two Democrat Senators voting in opposition. The two Republican Senators who opposed the legislation are Sen. Susan Collins (ME) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK), and the two Democrat Senators who supported the legislation are Bob Casey (PA) and Joe Manchin (WV).
We are grateful to Leader Mitch McConnell (KY) for scheduling this vote, and we encourage those of you who care about this issue to voice your opinion to your U.S. Senators. We will continue fighting to protect your tax dollars from being used in this horrific fashion. We are working toward a day when a pro-life Congress will send a pro-life President this legislation to end taxpayer funding for abortion.
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No. 2 Bulldogs Battle Difficult Weather in New England This Weekend
Harvey and Knapp on their way in to the dock after the last race at Coast Guard
NEW LONDON, CONN – The Yale coed sailing team neared the half-way point in their season this weekend where they looked to come out with a strong finish at all three events, but came short of where they would have liked to be. Poor weather and poor conditions hindered the completion of racing on Saturday at all events.
The Bulldogs won't be very happy with an eleventh place finish at the Danmark Trophy, an event they won handily last year. While the performance is not something the Bulldogs were hoping for, it should give them a good indication on what to improve on when gearing up for the Atlantic Coast Championships that conclude the fall season. It also has notably been the most difficult event of the season so far as far as attendance by top teams. Senior Casey Klingler and first-year Claudia Loiacono finished sixteenth in A division and first year Shawn Harvey sailing with senior KB Knapp ended the weekend in sixth in B division.
Rain and difficult wind conditions were the story at the Smith Trophy at MIT, where the Bulldogs finished fourteenth. It's always a learning experience sailing on the Charles River, an infamously tricky venue. That was the goal for the all first-year team of Nicholas Marwell, Emery Wallace, Martin Tipton and Kathleen Wells, who finished ninth and thirteenth in A and B division, respectively.
The Hewitt Trophy at Dartmouth was the team's strongest showing this weekend, with a respectable fourth place finish led by senior captain Malcolm Lamphere and sophomore Graceann Nicolosi scoring only thirty two points in A division, coming in second place. Sophomore Louisa Nordstrom and senior Christopher Champa came in sixth place in B division, winning a three-way tie breaker to defeat last years singlehanded national champion from Boston College. Sophomore Dylan DiMarchi and first-year Cate Mollerus finished seventh in C division.
Many of the Bulldog sailors will get the weekend off next weekend, and the team will have a chance to rest, learn, and continue to improve towards the back half of the fall season.
Find full results at www.scores.collegesailing.org
Report filed by Nic Baird '19, Yale Sports Publicity

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Are you saying that your character just appeared in the bar?
He is ; Like a freshborn baby.
Me: I wish people would stop trafficking with gods .
Cadogan- that's about what Blarth's reaction is going to be.
Oh, and does anybody have a problem with LeeCHeSSS joining? Technically, he was approved before the new rule changes went into effect, but since he went through the trouble of following procedure we might as well test it out .
I dunno.. he looks shady... Just look at those feet!
My only concern is his heritage, the only "Dwarven" thing the group has encountered was an ancient abandoned Dwarven copper mine in which Cadogan collected some strange and exotic cube-like key.. I mean Toy! Toy!
So he might need to fleash out the Dwarven side somemore and perhaps introduce a new region to our world.
I think a proper character history is in order. And saying "I can't tell you much more or I'll ruin a nice plot twist," doesn't cut it in my book.
I think all the players here are reasonable enough to not take advantage of information contained in an applicant's character history that hasn't been revealed in game. Requiring every applicant to post a full character history would be a good way of getting a feel for their posting style and compatability with the game.
I disagree, Not every person has a full character history when they start playing.
Personaly, when I start, I like having a general back-story, and to flesh it out as I go along.
Maeko: Check my entry in the places thread, "Hidden Citadel of the Brotherhood" it might help you out somewhat.
True. I'm obviously used to my own style where I write out a complete character history for every character I play (and some that I don't).
However, I think people should be required to post something a little more than "A dwarven rogue. He's a mercenary really," to explain their character concept.
Perhaps an application post in the visitor's thread. Something like the first post Itches, Maeko, and myself made when introducing our characters. Or at least the beginings of those posts, before the characters began interacting with the others. This way we can get a feel for the player's posting style before they begin actually posting and at the same time they can give themselves a leaping off point for introducing their character.
Oh, and LeeCHeSSS, don't think I'm picking on you or anything, you just happen to have been designated the guinea pig.
Does anyone know whether or not Sorcerer and Wizard level stack when determining the power of a Familiar, or does the Character just get two familiars of varing power?
Im sure its the former, and I sure i've read it somewhere, but I can't find that somewhere, and whats worse is I can't find anything to confirm that its the latter either.
You can never gain multiple familiars without the feat (which isn't in one of our allowed sources anyways).
Forgive me if I refrain from posting; my head is still spinning. I need a moment to regroup .
Spinning like Blarth's or spinning from like Nicos'?
Most definitely like Blarth's, although I could use a little of the Nicos variety.
Checking the "Sheets"-thread , I noticed , that "The Lone Paladin" entered as a lvl5 character.
Has there been a level-up , somewhere?
I admit , I haven't read all of the story, due to my *ahem* extended leave from this board.
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he didn't enter as alevel 5 charatcer. He leveld up in-game.
Enigma: Sorry about that, but I only want players posting in the game threads.
That is after all why there is a visitor's thread.
No there isn't. Look again.
So many posts....so many posts.
Whoa, whole lot of OOC posts to catch up on.
Lee - I'd like to know a little bit more about this rogue. Not because I don't trust you or think you won't be a fine addition, just because I'm curious. Don't need to reveal much but some personality traits, a physical description, etc would be nice.
Levels - It really wasn't so much the gnolls (stupid "knolls") as it was that we had felt we'd been playing long enough and had accomplished enough to warrant a level. It's virtually impossible to award any ad hoc RP or misc exp in this game and straight combat exp makes it boring. So I don't bother keeping track of experience until it's time to level.
Besides, leveling too quickly would lead to a very boring game.
Edit: Mega, would you mind refreshing my norse mythology for me? I was under the impression that Hel was usually in charge of the dead unless they went to Valhalla (I should presume that Mega was there). But was Heimdall really guardian of the dead? I thought he was just there to watch over Bifrost? But my knowledge of this is quite rusty.
Moreover, where do you see the norse gods fitting in? Are they worshipped in this area? Or is there a norse culture somewhere else in the world? Just wanted to know so I could keep that in mind when I start posting.
Last edited by Cadrius; 19th of March, 2003 at 02:41.
If anything , this sorcerer is a traveller and not very prone to stay long in the same place.


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Q: oninstall vs onactivate event in ServiceWorker What is the difference between oninstall and onactivate events? When are they fired? Which event should I use in order to initialise once-in-a-lifetime operations such as IndexedDB and WebSocket?

A: The oninstall event is the first one received by a Service Worker, and is intended to be used for preparatory activities such as cache and database initialization.
The onactivate event is fired after the installing stage is complete (when all the extend lifetime promises have resolved). It is at this point that the Service Worker is fully operational, and can clean up resources that were in use by previous versions.
The onactivate event will be delayed until the promise passed to event.waitUntil(f) resolves, if it is used. This ensures that the worker will not begin work before its dependencies are ready.
This MDN article is a useful summary: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker_API/Using_Service_Workers#Basic_architecture

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Anointed Hearts is a family group of singers known as the Cole Family. The group consists of the father, mother and 3 daughters. When they started the group, they wanted a name that would better represent them and their ministry... therefore originating the name "Anointed Hearts" in February 2007. They are rooted in good ole mountain harmonies and the sweet anointing of the Holy Spirit. Each song that is sung is a personal heart-felt testimony by one or all in the group.
"We believe that if it does not minister to us...how can we expect it to minister to the people?" Their style of music is Southern Gospel, Bluegrass Gospel and Accapella for good spiritual anointed harmonies. Their roots originate in Eastern Kentucky from the cities of Paintsville and Salyersville, KY.


Multiple modes of usage: from emergencies to big infrastructures, plus a possibility to interact in real time.
The service became very popular and immediately took wing. In the videoconferencing sphere this expression can already be used both metaphorically and literally. In North America Vidyo launched a new videoconferencing service for drones, i.e. small unmanned aerial vehicles, piloted from the ground and used in situations where manned flight is considered too risky or difficult.
A drone-based videoconferencing system can be useful in many situations. One of the first things that come to mind are emergencies caused by accidents or natural disasters: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, train accidents, etc. When a disaster occurs, authorities can send a drone to fly over the area and evaluate the situation.
It was already possible to take videos using drones and watch them later, after its flight. Now the possibilities are many more: thanks to the new Vidyo service, the video is not only broadcast live, but it's also possible to organise a simultaneous videoconference, connecting experts from around the world, and giving them an opportunity to discuss the situation and quickly decide how to intervene. The drone-based videoconferencing service proves the extensibility of VidyoWorks platform and shows how manifold are the potential applications of videoconferencing. A drone-mounted camera, capable of taking HD videos, uses an analog signal to transmit video to the online meeting participants.
An emergency intervention is just one of many possible uses of the new drone videoconferencing service launched by Vidyo. Among the potential users of "flying" virtual videoconferencing rooms there are also industries and governments. In effect, the service can also be useful for inspections of infrastructures and other projects, such as bridges, dams and pipelines.
Although drones do not transmit audio, on-line conference participants can discuss video in real-time. Users can connect from PCs, tablets or smartphones. Upon purchase, customers can choose the model both of drone and video camera, the type of video software and decide whether to opt for the multi-videoconferencing option. So, the offer is really flexible and the service is highly customizable. The final price depends upon the configuration chosen. Vidyo platforms provide excellent performance even if there are some problems with network connectivity (delays, jitter, etc.), which is especially important when it comes to connect flying objects like drones.
As it often happens, the law does not keep up with technology. The US and Europe have different restrictions on the use of drones, and the bureaucratic process of obtaining permits is not always quick. Vidyo has already thought about it, taking the responsibility for completing all the necessary administrative procedures before your drone takes off.
Services like the one created for drones show that videoconferencing is a very flexible tool, which can both function independently and be integrated with existing software and devices, provided with video function. It belongs to so-called vertical applications, and it promises new developments and can open the door to new markets.
JOINVIDEO is entirely based on Vidyo technology: try our on-line video conferencing service for free!


What happens after you place an online order for your custom bikini?
After you purchase your custom figure bikini, we will ask you for all the style and sizing information we need to make your dream bikini. Muscle Dazzle's unique sizing method is designed to ensure your bikini fits perfectly on show day and looks amazing too.
The good news is... our customer service and sizing expert teams will work with you every step of the way. We'll even send you regular updates on your bikini's progress so you can stay as stress-free as possible!
Our goal is always to make you look your absolute best on stage - it's what we love doing, and it's what we do best!
We will request the following two types of information from you before we start working on your bikini. The request will be sent to you via email right after you've submitted your order.
We need progress photos to see your overall look and body type and some measurements. This process will take around 10 minutes. Simply follow the instructions and email us the photos once you have them all. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at any time.


Contrary to popular belief, jet engines are not hard to make. In just a few minutes, you will be on your way to starting your own personal NASA program! It all begins with the glass jar jet engine!
Long matches will keep you a safe distance from the flame.
Begin by removing the screw-on lid from the glass jar and placing it onto a piece of junk wood, cardboard, or something else you don't mind drilling a hole into.
The wood will stop the drill from scratching the table, too.
Drill a small hole at the center of the cap. It's better to start out really small than too large. Later on, you can experiment with different hole sizes to see how they affect the performance of your jar jet engine.
If you don't have a drill, a hammer and nail will work fine.
Place your jar in the freezer for a few minutes. This will decrease the likelihood of your glass jar cracking due to overheating.
Wait until the glass frosts, then remove the jar from the freezer.
Place the frosty glass jar in a safe, non-flammable environment. I set mine on the shell of an old VCR that I sacrificed to the scavenging gods.
The metal shell will keep heat and broken glass off of the table.
Pour a tiny bit of methanol into the jar, as shown in the following photo.
Just a spoonful or two will be enough.
Make sure it is on really tight.
Attach the match to the end of your ruler or stick. Light the match away from the jar. With the match extended away from your body, bring the flame to the opening in the cap.
Before lighting your jet, put on safety goggles and make sure all sentient beings are well clear of the jar.
Always have a fire extinguisher on hand when experimenting with fire.
Be sure to let the glass cool down for a few minutes before touching it again.
Part of the methanol that's trapped inside the glass jar floats around as vapor. This vapor flows toward the opening at the top of the jar. When the match flame meets the vapor, it ignites the entire vapor cloud.
The combustion consumes the oxygen in the jar, while more oxygen is sucked in through the lid. This results in the upside-down tornado shape of the jet flame.
After the first run, the inside of the cap was burned in a circular pattern! If you look closely, you will see that the burn is slightly lopsided. The hole is likely off center, so the escaping fire oscillates around the opening.
The constant heat caused this jar to break after three uses.
Now, try making your own miniature jam jet engine at home and share your experience with the community! Make sure to post any pictures and videos that you take of your valveless jet engine onto the community corkboard, and if you have any questions, ask them below in the comments or in the forum. I am always here to help make your science dreams a reality.
This looks like a fun (and not too dangerous) project. How big do you think the hole in the lid would have to be for this not to work? And would a pin-sized hole be too small?
Generally the hole should be about the size of a penny, depending on the size of the jar. Love the article! I made a giant metal one similar to this, that could run continuously off propane. They're so loud!
Pin-sized is too small. Mine was less than half an inch across. The really fun part is to experiment with different sized holes and see how much flame you get.
Hmm... ideas of using a larger jar and making a flame tornado!
That sounds amazing. Be safe and take video!
Quick question... you say that antifreeze is almost pure methanol. Is it just the Heet brand gas-line antifreeze then? When I think of antifreeze, I think of engine coolant. And most of today's engine coolant skips methanol in lieu of ethylene glycol. So, that wouldn't work, would it? What I need to get is fuel-line antifreeze that specifically states that it contains methanol, right? Which I guess would be a good thing anyway, since a small bottle of fuel-line antifreeze is way cheaper than a jug of engine coolant.
Yup! You are correct. Get the Heet. It's less than two dollars at my local hardware store.


How incredible is the maybeauty incredible face gel?
The incredible face gel was a product that I wanted to try out for a while now! And finally I had the chance to try it out! I'm testing it for more that a month now. So of course now I can tell you al lot more about this incredible product! Curious of it really works?
What is the incredible face gel?
This is a mild peeling or better a gommage. So when you bring it on you need to massage it into your skin, after a time a gritty texture will appear. And after a few minutes the texture will get a more gray color. So how longer you massage your skin how more death skin cells and oil will stay on the gritty texture. So the gommage is a mild but effective scrub.
The face gel has a light pink color. It's a very thin and watery gel. I can use one packing from 10ml twice. The gel itself smells a bit sweet but it's especially a fresh smell!
As you can see there is a lot of difference between the photos! The left on is before using the gel and the right one after! Waaoh, I was shocked after seeing the results! My skin looks so much better after using the gel! My redness and the impurities were less visible! My skin looked so much better after using it! It was much softer and brighter! So yes this gel is indeed incredible! And this result was only after one time using this!
Yeeeeees! This face gel is just amazing! The product does what it promised and it's even much better than that! The packing is so handy, it is a fantastic peeling for your skin without irritating it! The result are incredible! This is the best peeling I ever tried! And I really love the texture from this gel! It's also so cool that you can see the color chance to gray from the gel. It's so fascinating that the death skin cells just come off with this gommage. This product is just a must in your skin care routine! I'm using it now once a week!
Because I love this product so much I have something special for you… Namely a discount code! With the code: elkeface30 you will get 30% off. So 8 cups are normally €26 but with the 30% off they are only €18.20! And that is for sure not much for such an incredible product!
Jeetje, wat een goed spul is dit…Echt amazing, het verschil voor en na!
Wat goed dat je huid er zo schoon van wordt en ideaal voor mensen die snel een geirriteerde huid hebben. Ik ben zeker onder de indruk!
Ja het verschil voor en na is echt groot he!
Wow dat klinkt veelbelovend! Het is wel duur, maar als het zo'n resultaat levert… Ik ga er eens over nadenken!:) Wat leuk dat je alles ook in het Engels schrijft trouwens!
Ja,het is inderdaad vrij prijzig. Maar je komt er zeker lang mee toe en het product is echt de moeite!
Ja, dit is direct anders zo'n gommage. Maar zelf vind ik het echt effectief en zeer fijn!
Dit kende ik nog niet, ziet er goed uit!


during this publication Professor Kronenberg exhibits that Xenophon's Oeconomicus, Varro's De Re Rustica and Virgil's Georgics should not easily works on farming yet belong to a practice of philosophical satire which makes use of allegory and irony to question the that means of morality. those works metaphorically attach farming and its comparable arts to political lifestyles; yet rather than proposing farming in its conventional guise as a favorable image, they use it to version the deficiencies of the energetic lifestyles, which in flip is juxtaposed to a well-liked contemplative lifestyle. even though those 3 texts should not often handled jointly, this ebook convincingly connects them with an unique and provocative interpretation in their allegorical use of farming. It additionally fills a huge hole in our knowing of the literary affects at the Georgics by means of exhibiting that it truly is formed not only via its poetic predecessors yet by way of philosophical dialogue.
Sophron of Syracuse, who lived in Sicily within the overdue fifth/early fourth century BC, represents our merely surviving instance of classical Greek mime. The mimes (short playlets) also are an incredible instance of the classical literary culture outdoor Athens. The Greek textual content is predicated at the common glossy variation, yet with major additions, and a translation is supplied.
Il savait déjà que les chemins qui mènent à l. a. vérité et à l'amour s'entrelacent et serpentent entre des murs aux pierres angulaires acérées, contre lesquelles on s'écorche le cœur. Il est pourtant revenu au will pay de ses origines, ses blessures pas encore cicatrisées, comme on reprend sa word après une aposiopèse.
Seminar paper from the 12 months 2016 within the topic English Language and Literature reviews - different, grade: 1,0, collage of Bonn (Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie), direction: The English Renaissance, language: English, summary: The paper analyses 5 epigrams in Thomas More's and William Lily's paintings "Progymnasmata" and elaborates at the translation suggestions utilized by the 2 students near to their edition from the Greek unique, observe selection, syntactic personal tastes, metrical features and different positive factors.
Polybius boldly declared that 'now that every one areas became obtainable through land or sea, it truly is not applicable to take advantage of poets and writers of delusion as witnesses of the unknown' (4. forty. 2). And but, actually, the importance of delusion didn't reduce because the borders of the identified international elevated. Storytelling was once regularly an inextricable a part of how the traditional Greeks understood their surroundings; mythic maps existed along new, extra concrete, tools of charting thecontours of the earth.


"Since being admitted to the bar in 1994, I have had a particular interest in litigation, I love being in Court and the work that leads to that. It's a mind game with strategy and tactics but most importantly analysis of our case and the other side's. It is a cliché, but no two days are the same and the diverse range of clients I act for is refreshing.
I joined Gibson Sheat in May 1997 and became a partner in 2002."
Edward leads our Commercial Litigation team. Edward specialises in Banking and Finance Recovery, Insolvency, Commercial Dispute Resolution and the Heavy Road Transport Industry and also has a wide commercial practice.
Some clients engage me in times of crisis. For others, especially corporate clients, involvement in litigation is more routine. But my approach to both groups is broadly the same. I gain an understanding of what the client wants from the situation they are in, be sensitive to the situation they face and finally, give frank advice that allows them to decide how to react.
It's the hard fought litigation that is played out through several stages based on a strategy developed at the start. Backing ourselves that the strategy is right and sticking with it through to the end, even when it is severely tested; that challenge is probably the most rewarding.
"Keep looking at the big picture."
Happily my work is often topical and it's important to my clients. I especially enjoy the responsibility of being a professional clients look to for solutions.
My family and then anything to do with the outdoors. At the moment my particular passion is sailing but my shed is full of well-used tramping, mountain biking, fly fishing and skiing gear.
I'd skipper yacht cruises or be a professional tramping and fly-fishing guide.


What is an adult small group?
Groups of 8 to 20 adults meeting in homes (and restaurants), offering a safe environment for spiritual seekers and growing Christ-followers to experience spiritual growth, relational support and lasting life-change!
What do small groups study?
A variety of studies are offered. Studies on prayer, character, marriage, parenting, money, leadership, and many other life issues. Recovery and support groups are available as well. Studies center on understanding biblical principles and practical ways to integrate them into daily living.
Everyone! Members, attenders, Christ-followers and spiritual seekers! Most of our groups are mixed groups (open to men, women, married and single). We also have men's groups, women's groups, and single's groups. Childcare is provided at most groups.
Will I feel intimidated by my lack of Bible knowledge?
Not at all! Our groups are designed to be a safe place for people who are taking steps to investigate Christianity. You can ask questions, share your opinions and experiences, or just listen as others share.
Each study addresses a relevant issue that centers on a Biblical principle. Studies are discussion-oriented rather than lecture-driven and have a practical, life-application focus.
We have over 80 groups meeting all over the area! Bethalto, Collinsville, Edwardsville, Glen Carbon, Granite City, Greenville, Holiday Shores, Maryville, Mt. Olive, Troy, and Vandalia.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday evenings with some groups meeting during the day.
Why should I attend an adult small group?
We were designed by God to live in relationship with others. Positive life-change happens best when we are surrounded by friends who support, encourage and challenge us. Small groups will help you feel like you belong in the Metro family.
We offer Fall, Spring, and Summer trimester Small Groups. There is a month long sign-up period before each Small Group trimester begins. Sign-ups are online or at either of our campus locations.


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package battery

import (
	"bytes"
	"fmt"
	"os/exec"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
	"text/template"

	"github.com/pkg/errors"
	"github.com/th3noname/i3blocks/blocks"
)

// Battery provides information about battery status
type Battery struct {
	Conf configuration
	Data data
}

type data struct {
	// either Full, Charging, Discharging
	Status string

	// in percent
	Power int

	// slice containing the remaining time (h:m:s)
	Time []string
}

type configuration struct {
	PrintTemplate string
	UrgentValue   int
	Color         string
	BatteryID     int
}

// New returns a instance of type Battery
func New() Battery {
	return Battery{
		Conf: configuration{
			PrintTemplate: "{{ .Status }} {{ .Power }} {{ .Time }}",
		},
	}
}

// Exec collects the information
func (b *Battery) Exec() error {
	out, err := exec.Command("acpi", "-b").CombinedOutput()
	if err != nil {
		return errors.Wrap(err, "command execution failed")
	}

	if len(out) == 0 {
		return errors.New("command returned empty")
	}

	return b.parseACPI(out)
}

// Print outputs a formatted string using PrintTemplate
func (b *Battery) Print() (blocks.Output, error) {
	t := template.New("b")
	t, err := t.Parse(b.Conf.PrintTemplate)
	if err != nil {
		return blocks.Output{}, errors.Wrap(err, "parsing template failed")
	}

	var out bytes.Buffer
	err = t.Execute(&out, b.Data)

	return blocks.Output{
			ShortText: out.String(),
			FullText:  out.String(),
			Urgent:    b.Data.Power <= b.Conf.UrgentValue,
			Color:     b.Conf.Color,
		},
		errors.Wrap(err, "executing template failed")
}

func (b *Battery) parseACPI(d []byte) error {
	batteryPrefix := []byte(fmt.Sprintf("Battery %d: ", b.Conf.BatteryID))

	batteries := bytes.Split(d, []byte("\n"))
	for _, battery := range batteries {
		i := bytes.Index(battery, batteryPrefix)
		if i == -1 {
			continue
		}

		parts := bytes.Split(battery[i + len(batteryPrefix):], []byte(","))
		for c, _ := range parts {
			parts[c] = bytes.TrimSpace(parts[c])
		}

		b.Data.Status = string(parts[0])
		var err error
		b.Data.Power, err = strconv.Atoi(string(parts[1][:len(parts[1]) - 1]))
		if err != nil {
			return errors.Wrap(err, "converting power value failed")
		}

		if len(parts) >= 3 {
			b.Data.Time = strings.Split(string(parts[2][:8]), ":")
		}

		return nil
	}

	return errors.New("specified battery id does not exist")
}

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Q: How do I switch pages within a WPF application? I have a WPF application and I cannot figure out a way to switch pages, even create multiple pages.  All of the questions related to this topic only show how to switch, not create AND switch.
I have already tried to look up the solution, but no proper answer shows up.

A: Try
this.NavigationService.Navigate(new PageName());
Or
this.NavigationService?.Navigate(new PageName()); //To check if it's not null
Edit:Sorry, I didn't understand your question correctly.
As I know, you can't just create and navigate to a page. Why can't you just create a page, design it however you want, and then navigate?
Edit2: After some research, I found that you can create your own class and inherit it from Window class.
 public class MyPage: Window
    {
       this.WindowStyle = WindowStyle.SingleBorderWindow;
       //Add grid
       this.RootGrid = new Grid()
       {
           //Add TextBox
           TextBox TextBox_Test = new TextBox()
            { Text = "ABC",
              Background = Brushes.Yellow,
              HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center,
              VerticalAlignment = VerticalAlignment.Top
            };
            this.RootGrid.Children.Add(TextBox_Test);
       }
    }

You can add rows/columns as well.
this.RootGrid.RowDefinitions.Add(new RowDefinition() { Height = new GridLength(20) });
this.RootGrid.ColumnDefinitions.Add(new ColumnDefinition() { Width= new GridWidth(20) });

Then you can navigate to MyPage page as I told.
Hope this helps.


I am sorry for the multiple postings, but I thought this particular subject, although probably quite controversial, might be of interest to the many peoples following these mailing lists, especially because of the upcoming adoption of the AES algorithm by many IETF protocols.
These "time and space" based key sizes equivalents assume that both time and memory are binding constraints in order to break RSA keys. This same draft also indicates that beyond RSA key sizes of 768 bits one can no longer effectively utilize 32-bit processors with the NFS algorithm because the required memory exceeds what can be addressed in 32 bits; one is forced to use 64-bit machines. Beyond RSA key sizes of about 2500 bits, the memory requirements for the NFS algorithm exceed what can be addressed even on 64 bit machines.
Note that either of these sets of RSA key size equivalents could be used with Diffie-Hellman for solving the value of "p" since the NFS algorithm is also the most efficient method to break Diffie-Hellman algorithm today. Note also that these time only equivalents numbers are slightly smaller than those from ANSI X9.42 for Diffie-Hellman (i.e. 2550 vs 3072 for 128 bits, 6700 vs 7680 for 192 bits and 13500 vs 15360 for 256 bits) and the numbers in Hilarie Orman's Internet Draft (i.e. draft-orman-public-key-lengths-01.txt).
Shouldn't IETF standards mention these new "time and space" based key size equivalents in addition to existing "time" only based key size equivalents, and possibly even suggest that "time and space" based key size equivalents be used for RSA and Diffie-Hellman? Why mandate larger equivalent key sizes when smaller equivalent key sizes can probably suffice?
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It was about six months before the last Ontario provincial election that then-Premier Kathleen Wynne decided to sue then-opposition leader Patrick Brown.
The lawsuit was no doubt intended as a distraction and was launched when the Ontario Liberals were in free fall in the polls, and we all know what happened next. They were decimated in the polls and reduced to non-party status. The legal manoeuvre backfired badly.
It wasn't the first time Wynne turned to the courts just before an election. In 2014 election, She launched a $2-million libel action against the Tories then leader, Tim Hudak, and MPP Lisa MacLeod (Nepean-Carleton) over comments about her alleged role in former premier Dalton McGuinty's cancellation of gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga. Things were settled out of court in 2015.
She went on to win the election, which probably emboldened her to do it again in 2018. The first time worked like a charm, the second not so much.
We're now seeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau channelling Wynne's tactic from last September by sending a libel notice to opposition Leader Andrew Scheer six months before the election. Trudeau borrowed Wynne's playbook but obviously didn't read the conclusion.
Trudeau is experiencing a freefall in the polls as well as a result of LavScam and other scandals. Not to mention the long list of failed promises, such as reforming the voting system and balancing the books by 2019.
The 2015 political golden boy, who fancied himself playing Mr. Dress-up in India, has seen his star power sucked into the black hole we saw last week.
The Liberals are now trailing the Conservatives and according to a Nanos Research Poll it's mostly because of the tarnished golden boy himself.
An Ipsos poll found Trudeau's approval rating of 40% was below U.S. President Donald Trump's 43%.
How does Trudeau intend to change the channel? A libel lawsuit against Scheer for comments he made about the LavScam ordeal.
Again, sounds a lot like Wynne's lawsuit against Brown.
When the Globe and Mail broke the SNC-Lavalin story on Feb. 7 alleging that PMO aides had put pressure on JWR to tell her prosecutors to drop criminal charges against the Liberal-friendly company, Trudeau flatly called the story, "false." It was, in fact, true. Top Liberal aides, including the so-called impartial public servant Michael Wernick who has since departed, have all spoken of the pressure that was put on JWR to order her prosecutors off the case.
Trudeau should drop his partisan lawsuit and focus on fulfilling his promises instead of trying to change the channel. He's the last one to lecture other politicians about telling the truth.


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Parker Proctor is staff attorney responsible for Mississippi Bankruptcy, Eviction, Foreclosure and Litigation at Wilson & Associates, PLLC. He received his education at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi (B.A. 2011) and Mississippi College School of Law, in Jackson, Mississippi (J.D. 2015). He was admitted to practice law in Mississippi in September of 2015. He is a member of the Young Lawyers' Section for the Mississippi Bar.


^ Coat of Arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI. 梵蒂岡官網.
^ 2.0 2.1 本篤十六世牧徽 傳統象徵注入新意. 普世教會 第3192期. [2013-04-12].
^ The bear and the scallop-shell — a unique papal coat of arms. Catholic World News. 27 April 2005 [5 January 2007].
^ 5.0 5.1 Glatz, Carol. Pope drops papal crown from coat of arms, adds miter, pallium. Catholic News Service. 2005-05-18 [2012-03-23].
The Coat of Arms of His Holiness Benedict XVI. Vatican. [May 28, 2005].
Benedict XVI's Coat of Arms. EWTN. [May 18, 2005].


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Q: Getting WebDriverSampler: Cannot cast org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement to org.openqa.selenium.By error When I try running my jmeter webdriver sampler with the below code I am getting the error message as shown below.
 var selenium = JavaImporter(org.openqa.selenium)
 var time = JavaImporter(java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit)
 WDS.browser.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(30, time.TimeUnit.SECONDS)
 WDS.sampleResult.sampleStart()

 WDS.log.info("Enter email batch details");
 var batchNameText = WDS.browser.findElement(selenium.By.xpath("//div[contains(@data-testid,\"batchNameTextField\")]//input"))
    wait.until(EC.presenceOfElementLocated(batchNameText));
    batchNameText.click();
    batchNameText.clear();
    batchNameText.sendKeys("test");
    batchNameText.SendKeys(selenium.Keys.TAB);

 WDS.sampleResult.sampleEnd()

Error in log file shows as

java.lang.ClassCastException: Cannot cast
org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement to org.openqa.selenium.By
at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleImpl.newClassCastException(Unknown
Source) at java.lang.invoke.MethodHandleImpl.castReference(Unknown
Source) at jdk.nashorn.internal.scripts.Script$5$^eval_.:program(
:39) at
jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunctionData.invoke(ScriptFunctionData.java:637)
at
jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptFunction.invoke(ScriptFunction.java:494)
at
jdk.nashorn.internal.runtime.ScriptRuntime.apply(ScriptRuntime.java:393)
at
jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:449)
at
jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:406)
at
jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.evalImpl(NashornScriptEngine.java:402)
at
jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.NashornScriptEngine.eval(NashornScriptEngine.java:155)
at javax.script.AbstractScriptEngine.eval(Unknown Source) at
com.googlecode.jmeter.plugins.webdriver.sampler.WebDriverSampler.sample(WebDriverSampler.java:86)
at
org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.doSampling(JMeterThread.java:638)
at
org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.executeSamplePackage(JMeterThread.java:558)
at
org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.processSampler(JMeterThread.java:489)
at org.apache.jmeter.threads.JMeterThread.run(JMeterThread.java:256)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

Not sure whats the issue here. Its same as getting webelement and assigning it to a variable as what I guess.
Thanks in advance.

A: Looking at presenceOfElementLocated function JavaDoc it expects By class instance and you're passing a WebElement to it that's why your code fails.
So my expectation is that you need to change it to something like:
wait.until(EC.presenceOfElementLocated(selenium.By.xpath("//div[contains(@data-testid,\"batchNameTextField\")]//input"))

Going forward please include the full code because it's not very clear what is EC as it isn't declared anywhere.
More information on WebDriver Sampler: The WebDriver Sampler: Your Top 10 Questions Answered


Dont put makeup on in the train. Again I dont know why it bothers people.
Maybe its the smell of the cosmetics? Fear of being smacked with a flying lipstick or sprayed with perfume? I definitely hate the tension of watching the lady across from me apply mascara on an bumpy ride. Or it could that the makeup transformation is a private act and should be done at home. .
I suspect this one is about the boundaries shifting between the public and the private. Things that were once private are increasingly becoming public, and the conservative folk in train management feel like they have to make a statement against the turning tide. I'm amused by the amount of English on the poster. I think the English invasion of the language is more of a threat to Japanese society than moves in the public/private divide.
I sat next to a girl doing her makeup once, I was kinda amused. And then i heard the sound of a lighter. I looked around, and she was holding a hairclip in the flame, and then using the clip to curl her eyelashes. Wow. I really stared, not cos I was impressed by the technique (tho im not saying the the technique was not impressive) but because I thought an open flame on a crowded train, and right next to me, was a bit over the line. She was undaunted and did it again (she had to do the other eye). I started doing the throat clearing cough, ready to say something, in addition t the staring and she looked at me as if to say "mind your own beeswax" and moved onto the next stage of makeup application. I was mildly astounded.


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AVG press release on regioKArgoTramTrain
Subproject regioKArgoTramTrain awarded at regioWIN:
Overall initiative regioKArgio and AVG: "Decisive step forward".
The sub-project regioKArgoTramTrain - a central component of the new overall initiative regioKArgo - was awarded a prize today, Wednesday, April 14, in the state-wide competition RegioWIN (Regional Competitiveness through Innovation and Sustainability) as a lighthouse project of the TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe and will now receive funding from the state of Baden-Württemberg.
"We are very pleased that we were able to convince the competition jury with our concept of developing a completely new type of freight light rail system and embedding it in a comprehensive new logistics concept," says Ascan Egerer, technical managing director of Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG). AVG is leading the consortium of the sub-project, which consists of numerous renowned partners. "With this, we are taking a decisive step forward and can now move into concrete implementation," Ascan Egerer further emphasizes.
Within the framework of regioKArgoTramTrain, it is planned to develop a comprehensive concept for a new type of light rail system that will transport passengers as well as goods from the region to the city in the future. While the current year is still dedicated to the further detailed conception, the test operation of a first prototype in the "real laboratory" is to follow. The test operation is to be carried out on the premises of the Karlsruhe transport company at the Rhine harbor.
"This award is of very great importance and also gives our overall initiative regioKArgo the decisive additional momentum we need to realize our vision," says Waldemar Epple, Chairman of the Board of the automotive engineering network (aen) based in Karlsruhe. The overall regioKArgo initiative, which consists of several sub-projects, has set itself the goal of achieving the following for the region in the near future Karlsruhe to develop and implement a new holistic and customer-oriented logistics concept. This should have several positive effects in terms of climate protection. The increased shift of freight traffic from road to rail can significantly reduce the traffic load caused by individual traffic and greatly reduce emissions.
The regioKArgoTramTrain sub-project, which has now won an award, plays a decisive role in this context. The aim of the overall initiative is to fundamentally reorganize logistics traffic between the Karlsruhe Technology Region and the Karlsruhe metropolitan area and vice versa. Starting from transshipment areas in the region - so-called consolidation centers - parcels and, if necessary, other goods are to be transported by rail with the help of the new type of freight light rail system to transshipment points within the city - so-called city hubs - and from there to be further distributed in a climate-friendly manner over the "last mile". This is also possible in the opposite direction.
Further information on the consortium and the partners of the subproject: The consortium leader of the subproject regioKArgoTramTrain is the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG). Numerous renowned partners are involved in the consortium - including Offenburg University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH, Thales Deutschland GmbH, KIT, INIT GmbH and FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik as well as Deutsche Bahn Engineering & Consult GmbH.
Further information on the overall regioKArgo initiative and the respective sub-projects as well as the numerous partners can be found on the website www.regioKArgo.de .


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With a wireless HDMI transmitter, you can mount your TV anywhere you want and forget about cables and wires. Wireless HDMI kit includes a receiver and lets you connect your television to the laptop, PC, projectors, or game console. It will let you have a wireless streaming experience and is a perfect replacement for HDMI cables. You can also set it up conveniently and allows you to use it conveniently as home or office. It can transmit audio and video without any cables and gives your home a clean look. The following is the list of the best wireless HDMI transmitters on the list.
Here is a powerful wireless system, which comes with anti-interference technology. The wireless HDMI transmitter can stream HD contents from a range of up to 150 feet and there will be no lagging. Moreover, it is compatible with a wide range of devices and has a built-in infrared remote, which lets you control it from a remote location.
This is very easy to set up and is perfect for home entertainment. Furthermore, it lets you mirror or extend your laptop wirelessly and have a comfortable experience of doing online shopping. It has low latency and supports a resolution of 1080p. Additionally, it will let you play your favorite video games without any wires and does not require any cable box.
This wireless HDMI transmitter simplifies your digital life and lets you mount your television anywhere you want. This will transmit the videos through WiFi and has lightning fast speed. Moreover, this goes with all types of HDMI televisions and makes sure that you do not miss your favorite show. Additionally, it will let you watch HD content of 1080p and is a very reliable product.
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Additionally, you can install it within minutes and has pass-through infrared, which eliminates the use of special remote control. Furthermore, it comes in a compact design and has the capacity to transmit from a range of up to 150 feet. This is easy to use and requires a lithium-ion battery.
Here is one of the best wireless HDMI transmitters that come in an ultra-compact design and have a powerful performance. It will let you stream HD movies of 1080p resolution and has a long-range signal. Additionally, it can easily transmit through ceilings, walls, and floors of up to 100 feet and delivers uncompressed content with real-time zero latency.
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With an ability to transmit high definition movies of 1080p, this wireless HDMI transmitter has a delay latency time of up to 0.5 seconds. Moreover, this is compatible with any HDMI enabled device and is ideal for home use. In this, you will find a built-in IR remote extension and lets you control the device with the infrared remote control. Additionally, this will let you have a reliable and stable wireless connection from a distance of up to 200 meters away and comes in a compact design.
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Furthermore, this comes with remote control and the extender is of 45 meters. The transmitter includes a complete set of IR blaster extension cable, IR receiver extension cable, power adapters, and a user manual. This is easy to install and you do not have to add any software driver or special configuration. Additionally, it comes with the feature of 'plug n play' and is suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
If you want to buy the best wireless HDMI transmitter, you have to keep the following in mind.
One of the most important things that you need to consider when getting a wireless HDMI transmitter is the range of the device. Higher ranges will let you use it from different rooms without any interruption. It will transmit the data without any signal loss or interference. Always make sure that the HDMI transmitter can cover half of your home so that you can use the transmitter easily from the receiver end.
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It is important to check the frequency band during set up as any kind of obstruction can have an impact on the connectivity. Certain obstacles like ceiling and walls may obstruct the connectivity. It will be better to go for a wireless HDMI transmitter that can transmit the signals even through ceilings and walls.
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If you are alive and have any access to the internet you have probably been hearing a lot about turmeric and what it can do for you.
I have to say all the buzz is completely justified. There is a reason why it is called the 'queen' of spices. Turmeric is not only good for your health but is also a great beauty product.
So I thought I would help introduce the main benefits of Turmeric for your health and how you can also incorporate it into your beauty routine.
But first, what does Turmeric look like? Most of us know Turmeric in its powder form (which you have to be very careful with, a stain with turmeric is a stain for life!!). It's the yellow powder that we add to out homemade curries. When it is fresh Turmeric looks a lot like ginger and is mainly grown inAsia. It has very powerful anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties amongst many others so it is no surprise that it is so popular and has so many uses.
So what are the main heart benefits of Turmeric?
Anti-inflammatory- Turmeric fights inflammation on a molecular level which makes it better than many of the anti-inflammatory drugs out there.
Heals wounds- Turmeric is a very powerful antiseptic. It has been used to aid healing for centuries. If you have a cut, sprinkling some turmeric on it will help it to heal faster.
Aids scalp conditions- The antiseptic and antibacterial qualities of Turmeric make it perfect to deal with scalp conditions, including dandruff, eczema, and alopecia.
There are many many more amazing health benefits of Turmeric, but as I mentioned Turmeric can also be an incredible tool to add to your beauty repertoire.
Reduces wrinkles- Turmeric mixed with certain ingredients can work wonders for your wrinkles. A great one to try would be mixing turmeric with buttermilk and use it around your eyes. This will not only help smooth out wrinkles but also will help reduce dark circles.
Your first reaction to this can be: No, Turmeric on my face? but do no worry, it won't stain your face like it does fabrics or plastic!
Treat stretch marks- Mixing turmeric with yoghurt will help to lighten existing stretch marks… so if you know someone that had their bump stretch too much during pregnancy, this could be an excellent recommendation.
Treating Acne- Turmeric can help with acne reduction as well as getting rid of old scars left by acne.
So as you can see Turmeric is a great thing to have around the house, it's great for cooking, healing and making yourself feel and look great!
Do you have any interesting ways to use Turmeric?


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Chris Daughtry's family shares how daughter died: reports
Connecticut spearheading investigation into Juul marketing to youths, AG Tong says
by: Mackenzie Maynard, Noelle Gardner
Posted: Feb 25, 2020 / 04:49 AM EST / Updated: Feb 25, 2020 / 06:29 PM EST
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Attorney General William Tong announced Tuesday that Connecticut spearheading a nationwide investigation into the e-cigarette company, Juul Labs, INC.
"The damage has been done," Tong said during a news conference. "They [Juul] dominate 80-90% of this marketplace and we have a youth vaping epidemic that is sweeping the country."
It is a bipartisan, 39-state investigation into the company's marketing and sales practices — including targeting youths.
"This is an expansion of an investigation that the commissioners and I announced in 2019," Tong said.
The announcement comes after a study in January found Juul use increased in 2019, despite all warnings of how dangerous vaping can be. The Attorney General's biggest concern is the vaping company's marketing targeting kids.
Attorney General Tong announcing Connecticut is expanding the JUUL investigation with 39 states. @WTNH pic.twitter.com/X7X52aFZdP
— Noelle Gardner (@NoelleGardner) February 25, 2020
During a round table discussion Tuesday, students at James Hillhouse High School talked about their experience with vaping.
"I feel like the students at our schools don't know how dangerous it really is and they do really see it as a smarter alternative and something they can do without being arrested," said student Kuniya Asobayire.
"A lot of my peers, they vape because and the Juul gives them a sense of relief," added student Alexis Powell.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker told News 8 it's a trend where corporations are looking to make money by taking advantage of the health and safety of children.
"The work that is being done by Attorney General Tong to hold folks accountable is something that is going to have a significant impact to right some of the wrongs that occurred in New Haven and many other communities around Connecticut," said Elicker.
Meantime, the company claims they're helping people quit smoking. That's where the state's Juul investigation picks up.
The Connecticut Department of Public Health reported 46 residents have been hospitalized with lung injuries associated with using e-cigarettes or vaping between August and December of 2019.
Across the country, more than 2,000 people were hospitalized and 52 people have died, including one here in Connecticut.
It's important to note, many states have already sued the e-cigarette giant, claiming the ad campaigns target young people without informing about the risks of nicotine.